Podcasts about northeast pennsylvania

In this episode, Frank has an engaging conversation with Jeremy Popiel, COO of the Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA. Follow as they get into the fascinating history and evolution of the YMCA, its significant role in the community, and the various programs it offers. Jeremy, who has a rich background in sports and recreation, shares his inspiring career journey and his vision for the future of the YMCA. The episode also highlights a special memorial run event, Bernie's Run, which supports the Y's wellness programs. Tune in to learn more about how the YMCA is positively impacting lives across Northeast Pennsylvania.If you or someone you know wants to be featured in our next podcast, message us on Facebook!

Sign up for our newsletter! A new outdoor recreation area in a Pittsburgh park is meant to include people of all abilities. When hikers make it to the halfway point on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, there's a tradition of eating a half gallon of ice cream. An environmental reporter shifts his perspective by leaning into the landscape. A network of trails in Northeast Pennsylvania that follows old railroad corridors is now carrying economic development across the region. From our archives, how a 67-year-old grandmother hiked the Appalachian Trail in just a pair of Keds. And the Brood 14 cicadas are now emerging. We're independent and non-profit, and we don't get money from WESA, WPSU or any other radio station. So we must turn to you, our listeners, for support. Take action today so we can continue to keep you informed.  Donate today.  Or send us a check to: The Allegheny Front, 67 Bedford Square, Pittsburgh, 15203.  And thanks! 

The new Older Adult Advocacy Center in Scranton is the first of its kind in the state. It’ll serve older adults who are victims of abuse or neglect in parts of Northeast Pennsylvania. The Public Utility Commission has announced a series of six public hearings in early June regarding Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania's proposed rate increase, which could rise more than 10-percent. A progressive Pennsylvania group is calling for Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman to resign, over his “apparent inability” to perform his job amid recent reports about his mental health. Pennsylvania Indivisible’s Bucks County chapter says polling of their statewide membership shows more than 90% of their 16-thousand members agrees with the request. A man has been charged with providing alcohol to the 20-year-old who fell from the outfield stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's what happened during Tuesday’s Primary, in one Lancaster County township. Voters in Colerain Township approved a small-games-of-chance referendum. It was the fourth time township voters have taken on the issue since the 1990s. Lake Pleasant in northwestern Pennsylvania was created more than 1500 years ago when a glacier retreated and is home to rare plants and birds like osprey. The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple recently joined a team working to reforest an area that was once mined, as part of an effort to restore hundreds of acres of mineland across the region. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we join local comedy club owner Nick Bruce as he shares the intriguing story of Wise Crackers Comedy Club in Northeast Pennsylvania. Learn about the club's history, the comedians who've graced the stage, and the unique atmosphere that sets it apart. Nick discusses the challenges of running a comedy club, the intricacies of booking acts, and the importance of fundraisers for the club's survival. We also dive into funny anecdotes from Nick's personal experiences, including his favorite concerts and his unfortunate accident. Discover how Wise Crackers is more than just a venue—it's a staple of the local entertainment scene.If you or someone you know wants to be featured in our next podcast, message us on Facebook!

In this episode of the New England Outdoor Life Podcast, we journey beyond the New England borders into the legendary Delaware River Valley with fly fishing guide and outdoor enthusiast Jason Metzker. Based in Northeast Pennsylvania, Jason shares his deep passion for fly fishing the iconic East and West Branches of the Delaware — a fishery hailed by many as the most challenging and rewarding dry fly destination east of the Mississippi.We dive into:The incredible “bug soup” hatches of the DelawareThe technical challenges and rewards of targeting trout on driesJason's guide life, balancing a full-time career and twilight tripsThe history and ecological tensions surrounding the Delaware River systemHis role in launching the revolutionary East Cape Drifter — a 300lb carbon fiber drift boat shaking up the scene on both coastsWhether you're a seasoned angler, curious about drift boats, or love great storytelling from the riverbank — this one's for you.

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the guest speaker at a ‘Hands Off!’ rally in Northeast Pennsylvania on Saturday. After President Donald Trump announced his plan to place tariffs on most nations, Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation had mixed reactions. Saturday was the first day of Trout Season in Pennsylvania. The man who killed a Cumberland County police officer more than 30 years ago has been resentenced to life in prison without parole. Southern York County school officials canceled a Black chemist’s invitation to mentor fifth graders, raising new allegations of racism amid mounting tensions across the public school district. Dauphin County Commissioner George Hartwick is facing a DUI charge following a crash last week. A bill in the Pennsylvania legislature to accept millions of federal dollars for solar projects for low-income families has suddenly put the state’s solar industry on edge.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Morgan is a Professor of Counseling & Human Services at the University of Scranton, who has spent thirty years researching, teaching, and writing about mental health and addiction. He is the author of Addiction, Attachment, Trauma and Recovery, which provides a holistic, multidisciplinary framework for understanding and treating addictive processes. In this conversation, we explore: — The extent to which addiction can be viewed as an attachment disorder — The central paradox at the heart of addiction — Why addiction is a “jealous relationship” that crowds out most others — Why addictions localised within individual members can be thought of as “symptoms” of much wider societal problems. And more. You can get a copy of Dr Morgan's book by going to https://bit.ly/oliver-addiction. --- Dr. Oliver Morgan is a distinguished Professor of Counseling & Human Services in the Panuska College of Professional Studies at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. With a diverse educational background, he holds a Bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, a Master's degree in Marital and Family Therapy, and a doctoral degree in Pastoral Psychotherapy from Boston University. Dr. Morgan's expertise lies in the fields of addiction studies, marital and family counseling, and pastoral care. He has made significant contributions to the academic community through his teaching and publications. As a faculty member since 1990, he has taught various courses in undergraduate and graduate programs, shaping the curriculum in Addiction Studies and Marital and Family Counseling. Dr. Morgan also served as the Department Chair from 1997 to 2009. His publications include an acclaimed book titled "Addiction, Attachment, Trauma and Recovery: The Power of Connection," published in 2019 by W.W. Norton. Additionally, he has co-edited five books covering topics such as Addiction Studies, Catholic Intellectual Thought, and Counseling & Spirituality. Dr. Morgan has authored or co-authored numerous book chapters, proceedings, and peer-reviewed articles on subjects ranging from addiction and pastoral care to spirituality and clinical practice. Beyond his academic endeavors, Dr. Morgan has been involved in service and leadership activities both within the university and the wider community. He has held important roles in university-wide task forces focused on student lifestyles and corporate mission and identity. Furthermore, he co-founded a psychosocial oncology practice in Northeast Pennsylvania, offering support to cancer patients, their caregivers, and loved ones. Dr. Oliver Morgan's contributions to counseling, addiction studies, and his commitment to compassionate care have established him as a respected educator, researcher, and practitioner in the field of counseling and human services. --- 4 Books Dr Morgan Recommends for Every Therapist Should Read: — Addiction, Attachment, Trauma, and Recovery: The Power of Connection — Oliver J. Morgan - https://wwnorton.co.uk/books/9780393713176-addiction-attachment-trauma-and-recovery — In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction — Dr Gabor Maté - https://amzn.to/4125SLH — The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit — Bruce K. Alexander - https://amzn.to/46I1yp1 — Addiction and Spirituality: A Multidisciplinary Approach — Oliver J. Morgan - https://amzn.to/3JWpQBU

Get Dr. Mina's Ultimate (Affordable) Skincare Guide here. Get Dr. Mina's free PDF on How to create Healthy Skin Habits here. Join Dr. Mina and Dr. Mansha Sethi as they navigate the ever-evolving world of med spas. In this conversation, they break down popular aesthetic services, discuss industry regulations, and highlight why patient safety should always come first. From understanding the risks of non-physician providers to choosing a reputable med spa, this episode empowers listeners to make informed decisions about cosmetic treatments. Whether you're curious about injectables or considering your first med spa visit, this discussion sheds light on what every patient needs to know before booking an appointment. Key Takeaways: - Med spas offer a variety of non-invasive cosmetic procedures. - Regulation of med spas varies significantly by state. - Only a small percentage of med spas have proper physician oversight. - Complications can arise from aesthetic procedures, even in trained hands. - Patients should be cautious of overly cheap services. - It's essential to verify the qualifications of the providers at med spas. - Hydrafacials and laser hair removal are popular and effective treatments. - Patients should be wary of over-promising treatments and results. - Cleanliness and organization are critical indicators of a reputable med spa. - Collaboration between dermatologists and estheticians enhances patient care.   In This Episode: (02:00) Understanding Med Spas: A Comprehensive Overview (06:08) Regulation and Oversight of Med Spas (14:57) Complications and Patient Safety in Aesthetic Procedures (18:51) Choosing the Right Med Spa: Key Considerations (21:04) Best Practices and Treatments at Med Spas (25:23) Red Flags and Warning Signs at Med Spas (28:10) Final Thoughts: Ensuring Safety and Quality in Aesthetic Care   Dr. Mansha Sethi is a board-certified dermatologist serving both adult and pediatric patients. She currently practices medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology at St. Luke's University Health Network in PA. Part of her job includes training dermatology residents. Prior to this, Dr. Sethi worked at a private practice in Houston, TX. She grew up in Northeast Pennsylvania. She attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, for her Bachelor of Science, earning Dean's List each semester for academic record. She received her medical degree from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. She was selected to present her research at local and national conferences – the Philadelphia Dermatological Society and the American Academy of Dermatology. She completed a year of internal medicine at Jefferson-Abington Hospital and her dermatology residency at Thomas Jefferson University. Philly holds a special place in her heart because she met her husband there. Dr. Sethi is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery. She's one of the social media ambassadors for AAD. Outside work, she enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and spending time with family. She's navigating new mom life with her baby boy. Follow Dr. Sethi here: https://www.instagram.com/doctor_sethi   Follow Dr. Mina here:-  https://instagram.com/drminaskin https://www.facebook.com/drminaskin https://www.youtube.com/@drminaskin https://www.linkedin.com/in/drminaskin/ For more great skin care tips, subscribe to The Skin Real Podcast or visit www.theskinreal.com Baucom & Mina Derm Surgery, LLC Email - scheduling@atlantadermsurgery.com Contact - (404) 844-0496 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/baucomminamd/ Thanks for listening! The content of this podcast is for entertainment, educational, and informational purposes and does not constitute formal medical advice.

In this episode, host Dan Kimbrough discusses the Luzerne Learns to Work program with Shanie Mohamed and Alex Piehl from the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce. This innovative initiative aims to prepare high school students for successful careers in Northeast Pennsylvania. The program provides students with a blend of soft and technical skills training, as well as direct connections to local employers. By partnering with schools, the program helps 11th and 12th graders explore their career interests, access personalized learning pathways, and participate in valuable work-based learning experiences. This program is an evolution of the Chamber's previous efforts, demonstrating the power of early exposure to in-demand fields. Now, the Luzerne Learns to Work program casts a wider net, equipping students with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in a variety of local industries. For businesses, the program offers a unique opportunity to shape the future workforce. By engaging with the program and providing work-based learning experiences, companies can ensure students gain the relevant skills and exposure needed to succeed in their organizations. Tune in to learn how the Luzerne Learns to Work program is transforming the way students prepare for their careers and how businesses can get involved in shaping the next generation of Northeast Pennsylvania's workforce. To learn more - https://luzernelearnstowork.org/

Many property management business owners out there struggle with having a bad brand, bad pricing, cheapo clients, a lack of confidence, and more. In today's episode of the #DoorGrowShow, property management growth experts Jason and Sarah Hull sit down in-person with property manager and DoorGrow client, Kelly Rafuse, to talk about her journey with property management. You'll Learn [04:53] How to Be Picky with the Clients You Bring on [10:59] Overcoming the “Hustler” Mindset [15:04] Choosing an Effective Brand [21:07] Cheapos, Normals, and Premium Buyers Tweetables  ”As you live and you grow in this business, you learn what makes money and what doesn't.” “ The more confident you are, the more some of these… difficult personality types will kind of abdicate and allow you to lead them.” “ It's better to be at the top than to be competing with the garbage at the bottom.” “ Need is scarcity, need is starving, and need is survival.” Resources DoorGrow and Scale Mastermind DoorGrow Academy DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive TalkRoute Referral Link Transcript [00:00:00] Kelly: You know, as you live and you grow in this business, you learn what makes money and what doesn't. And I learned how to manage property the hard way.  [00:00:07] Jason: But you learned it.  [00:00:08] Kelly: Yes.  [00:00:10] Jason: Welcome DoorGrow property managers to the DoorGrow show. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others, impact lives. And you're interested in growing in business and life. And you're open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow property manager DoorGrow property managers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it. [00:00:37] You think they're crazy for not because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships and residual income. At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. We're your hosts, property management growth experts, Jason Hull, founder and CEO of DoorGrow, and Sarah Hull, the co owner and COO of DoorGrow. And now let's get into the show.  [00:01:13] So our guest today, we're hanging out with Kelly. Kelly, introduce yourself.  [00:01:17] Kelly: Hi there, my name is Kelly Rafuse with Crimson Cape Property Management in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.  [00:01:22] Jason: And you have a really nice logo. Where'd you get that really nice logo?  [00:01:25] Kelly: It's this little mastermind I joined called DoorGrow helped me with that.  [00:01:29] Jason: And it's, I was saying, I think it's cool because it's like you are flying right there. [00:01:33] It's like, it like reminds me of you.  [00:01:37] Kelly: Well, yeah. I had this Marvel Comics stud fetish, so.  [00:01:41] Jason: Yes. Okay. You're the Marvel comic gal. All right. So really excited to be hanging out. We're actually in Pennsylvania because this is kind of the neck of the woods Sarah grew up in and managed properties nearby and you manage properties in a neighboring market and so. [00:01:59] The same market. The same market. She, yeah. Exact same market.  [00:02:02] Sarah: I left and she has the market.  [00:02:05] Kelly: While you were here, I was just managing my own portfolio.  [00:02:08] Jason: Oh, okay.  [00:02:09] Kelly: And people were coming to me to manage theirs, and that's how I got into this mess.  [00:02:15] Jason: Yeah. Well, give us a little more background on you, Kelly. [00:02:18] How'd you get into property management?  [00:02:20] Kelly: Oh, well, I started off as a real estate investor. You know, buying homes out here in Northeast PA. It's a very good place to invest in property. Cash flow is, I mean, I think cap rates were like 12 percent when I got in. So, I mean, it was huge, and honestly, I was trying to replace my income because I'd gotten as far as I could go in my former career, you know, hit a huge glass ceiling, and realized that, you know, real estate was probably my ticket to freedom. [00:02:45] Jason: What was your former career?  [00:02:47] Kelly: I was on the radio.  [00:02:48] Jason: Yeah, okay, you've got a great voice for it, so.  [00:02:51] Thank you very much.  [00:02:53] Yeah, so you were doing the radio.  [00:02:54] Kelly: Yeah, so I actually got into this market, and I liked it here. I actually, I did my two years and then moved to a bigger market. I was in Hartford, Connecticut for a while. [00:03:03] And then an opportunity to come back presented itself. And I came back because I genuinely like the area. And you know, the inexpensive real estate was an attraction. And then My husband and I got into investing in properties. We built up quite a portfolio. We had 25 units of our own at one point. [00:03:20] We're down to 14 now. We sold a few off that, you know, really weren't moneymakers for us. But, you know, as you live and you grow in this business, you learn what makes money and what doesn't. And I learned how to manage property the hard way.  [00:03:33] Jason: But you learned it.  [00:03:34] Kelly: Yes. I made all the mistakes.  [00:03:37] Jason: Yeah. And that's sometimes learning through mistakes and pain. [00:03:41] I sometimes joke that DoorGrow was built on thousands of mistakes.  [00:03:45] Kelly: You're telling me. And I will introduce My biggest pain point in just a second here. So what caused me to join DoorGrow is my husband's a real estate broker. And so people were banging on his door. "Can you manage my property? Can you manage my property?" It's like, "well, I don't do that, but my wife does."  [00:04:03] Jason: Yeah.  [00:04:04] Kelly: And I'm like, well, I can't manage their property. I don't have a real estate license. And so it was a whole year of, "come on! Just get the license. Just do it! Just do it. Come on!" So I got the license. And I took on one of his investor clients, and I joined DoorGrow, like all in the same day. [00:04:23] And what I found out when I joined DoorGrow was I never should have taken on that client.  [00:04:27] Jason: That was the price of tuition. It's one of the key lessons that defines you in business, which is you learn those lessons and not take on bad clients. Well, I mean, for us, it's been really inspiring and exciting to see your journey as an entrepreneur and see you kind of get all this ready and get things developed and start to grow. [00:04:46] And so, we were talking about it, like, what should we talk about on the podcast today with Kelly? And you had mentioned.  [00:04:53] Sarah: Yeah, I had said, I think for me, one of the biggest shifts that I've seen in Kelly again and again and again is shifts in mindset because it was just even a few weeks ago where maybe a month ago or something, was relatively recent, where you were saying like, "oh, I read this book and it changed my life I'm waking up at like 4:30 in the morning and structuring my day different" and it was just again and again. But you've had these little shifts that end up leading to these huge changes for you and how you run things and how you structure your day and like just even your, your energy levels seem to be more protected now. [00:05:32] Kelly: Yeah, I'm not getting up at 4:30 in the morning anymore. Although I just learned yesterday I might have to start again because my daughter wants to join the swim team. Oh. And they practice it. 5 a. m. sometimes, but yeah, I mean, it's, it's been a struggle because I'm not only a real estate entrepreneur. [00:05:48] I am also, you know, a wife of a whirlwind. I mean, my husband is a broker. He's into wholesaling. He's into flipping. And I go to manage him.  [00:05:58] Jason: The whirlwind broker.  [00:06:00] Kelly: Yeah, and,  [00:06:02] Jason: yeah.  [00:06:02] Kelly: No, we'll say no more about that.  [00:06:04] Sarah: There's a lot going on. [00:06:05] Lots of moving pieces.  [00:06:06] Kelly: He's a genius. He's like a Bill Gates level genius. [00:06:09] I'm just waiting for the ship to come in. Yeah, nice. It's been 30 years, but it's coming.  [00:06:13] Jason: So what do you feel like maybe was the first mindset thing that you noticed in Kelly, kind of overcoming? Or what do you feel like was your first?  [00:06:22] Sarah: I don't know if I can think of a first, but I know that there's been several that I'd like to highlight. [00:06:27] Jason: Okay.  [00:06:27] Sarah: So I think one of the things is being much more picky with what clients you take on and what properties you take on and how you kind of screen and vet people.  [00:06:41] Jason: Maybe that first client helped you learn that lesson.  [00:06:44] Sarah: Yes.  [00:06:45] Jason: Yeah. So what, what was the lesson there? Like, what did you figure out?  [00:06:48] Kelly: Oh, wow. You know, the, the first thing is I have to see if our philosophies match. [00:06:53] Jason: You and the client.  [00:06:54] Kelly: Yes. And when I got into real estate investing, I admit I'm a bit of an idealist. I know you're into personality types.  [00:07:01] Jason: Yeah.  [00:07:01] Kelly: And I test as an INFP.  [00:07:03] Jason: Okay.  [00:07:03] Kelly: So I probably have no business being in any business at all, but yet here I am. But I'm a dreamer. I'm a visionary. And so my first company was, and still is called Good People, Good Homes, LLC. [00:07:15] And I own property in that LLC. I'm not really doing business in it. It just holds property for me. But when I started it, it was supposed to be the company and it was: you buy these distressed properties in these neighborhoods and you fix them up and you put great people in them and it brings up the whole neighborhood and then everybody loves you and we hold hands and sing Kumbaya and that didn't really happen. [00:07:36] Jason: Yeah.  [00:07:36] Kelly: But I did improve a lot of properties.  [00:07:39] Jason: Okay.  [00:07:39] Kelly: Right. Yeah.  [00:07:41] Sarah: I think arguably in this market, you are outdoing anything that I've ever seen because the befores and afters are just wild. And the rent rates before and after are wild. And this area, yes, you can absolutely get a great deal, a great bargain on real estate, and that doesn't come without its challenges and its problems. [00:08:06] But one of the things that I think is just so great in this area that you do is you take these distressed properties and you make them beautiful and livable and safe. And you provide a wonderful home now on something before that was dilapidated.  [00:08:25] Kelly: And the market's full of C class properties. You know, I hear a lot of property managers say, "Why are you even bothering with those?" [00:08:31] Well, honestly, there isn't anything else. Yeah, that's what we hear. You work with what you got. And I probably wouldn't be a real estate investor if the market wasn't like this. Because that's how I got in. I didn't make a ton of money in radio. I didn't. But I made enough to get in, you know, with a C class property. [00:08:48] And now those C class properties are paying for my life, and my daughter's life, and it's beautiful. The property management company? That's just icing on the cake, but I think it might even eclipse what I've been able to do with my rentals.  [00:09:00] Jason: Oh, I'm sure.  [00:09:01] Kelly: And there's a need for it.  [00:09:02] Jason: Yeah. Big need.  [00:09:04] Kelly: Yeah. So the biggest thing I learned, back to your question about how to vet clients, does their philosophy match mine? Do they believe their C class property could be turned into a desirable place to live? And yes, you will be charging market rent for that, which is a lot more than maybe you thought you could charge. And you'll get a better class tenant that way. Or are they just happy not doing anything to the property, just letting it be what it is and getting whoever they can get into it and, you know, getting whatever money they can for it. I don't really want to work with those people.  [00:09:38] Jason: Do you find part of this though is just selling? [00:09:41] It's like convincing them to align with your vision? Because it sounds like you have a better vision than a lot of the people that might come to you.  [00:09:48] Kelly: Sometimes when I show them the spreadsheet, of, you know, what I've done for some of my other clients, including the first one that I told you about. I mean, I really turned some of his properties around. [00:09:59] And I've tried to fire him twice. Yeah.  [00:10:01] He won't go and, you know, he's also a third of my income, so I'm going to keep him on. And, but the thing is, he's kind of listening to me now. Kind of.  [00:10:11] Sarah: He's open. Well, I think. It's like a walnut shell. We've just cracked it open. Maybe some of the good ideas are seeping through. [00:10:18] Jason: I've talked about this before, but I think also part of it is, as we've seen, you come into your own in more confidence in what you're doing and the more confident you are, the more some of these A personality types or these difficult personality types will kind of abdicate and allow you to lead them. [00:10:36] And I talk about metaphorically punching people in the face sometimes. So you probably maybe punched them in the face metaphorically a couple of times since then. And so setting those healthier boundaries. Is something we naturally do when we start to believe in ourselves more. And so what other shifts do you feel like you've noticed in Kelly? [00:10:55] Or what are some of the things that DoorGrow's helped you with? Are you making changes too?  [00:10:59] Kelly: Well, like Sarah said, a lot of the mindset stuff, I mean, a big revelation came to me when I was at DoorGrow live.  [00:11:05] Jason: Yeah, what was that?  [00:11:07] Kelly: Well, first of all, getting to DoorGrow Live was a challenge because I was in the midst of my survival mode. [00:11:13] I'm a solopreneur still. I do everything myself. My husband's my broker of record, but, like, he's off doing his thing. Sure. So.  [00:11:21] Jason: You were doing everything, you're really busy, and you're like, how do I take a break to even just go to DoorGrow Live?  [00:11:26] Kelly: Yeah, and, you know, then I've got this mindset that, you know, how can I afford it? [00:11:30] But the thing is, I did have the money to go. That's another thing. I've got a poverty mindset I need to get past. And when I went to DoorGrow Live, that was really thrown in my face. Because I was talking about the challenges of being a solopreneur. And one of the pieces of advice that I was given by one of the speakers is, "What's your time worth?" [00:11:49] You know, you can't be doing all of these things when you pay somebody. Yeah, and I thought, well, what's my time worth? And then this little voice in the back of my head said, well, not a whole heck of a lot.  [00:12:00] Jason: You told everybody that. You said, "not a whole heck of a lot."  [00:12:04] Kelly: Yeah.  [00:12:04] Jason: And we're like, "oh, okay."  [00:12:06] Kelly: Yeah.  [00:12:07] Jason: Yeah. [00:12:07] Kelly: Well, I mean, that comes from, you know, my background. I grew up without a lot.  [00:12:11] Jason: Yeah. You know,  [00:12:12] Kelly: I saw my parents struggle. They're working class people. You know, I got into an industry that was on its, you know, downslide when I, I started on the radio in you know, the early nineties, you know, probably right after it started to slide down and, you know, there've been multiple layoffs and, you know, voice tracking and automation and, you know, I survived, but I think one of the reasons I survived was I was willing to work really hard for not a whole lot of compensation. [00:12:40] Jason: Sure.  [00:12:40] Kelly: You know, as people were let go and reductions in force, I was given more duties, but not more money.  [00:12:47] Jason: Sure.  [00:12:48] Kelly: And, you know, you do that long enough, you start getting the message that, oh, well, your time really isn't worth a whole heck of a lot.  [00:12:54] Jason: Yeah.  [00:12:55] Kelly: Yeah.  [00:12:56] Jason: Who decides what your time's worth?  [00:12:57] Kelly: I do.  [00:12:58] Jason: Yeah. I do. [00:12:59] Yes.  [00:12:59] Kelly: I do.  [00:13:00] Yeah!  [00:13:01] And, you know, that's... [00:13:02] you do now. Yes.  [00:13:03] Jason: How has that shifted for you then? What's your perception of your time and the value of it? of your time now?  [00:13:09] Kelly: My perception of my time is, you know, first of all, I don't need to be tied to the Henry Ford 40 hour work week or even the 50-60-70-80 hour work week that I hear people say you "should" do when you're running a business because, you know, it's impractical. [00:13:24] I have a daughter. She's a teenager. She's just started high school this year. She's a field hockey athlete and now she wants to be on the swim team and she's got needs. Mhm. Right? I've got a husband who does not have a cushy job I can fall back on while I do my entrepreneurial thing.  [00:13:40] Jason: Right. Right. [00:13:41] Kelly: He's also an entrepreneur. [00:13:43] We are living off self employment income. So it is a constant, you know, point of stress. So, you know, I need to find out my key productivity time, and that's when I work. And sometimes I get four or five hours a day, and that's it, of key productivity time. But then I find myself, you know, when I'm walking the dog, having all these great ideas. [00:14:06] You know, I do things like I listen to your podcast you know, some great audio books that have been recommended to me. I devoured The One Thing by Gary Keller, the Profit First book. And I'm starting to implement these ideas. And it's just sort of like they're ladder steps.  [00:14:23] Jason: So basically, little by little, you've been investing in yourself by leveraging reading, getting coaching, doing this stuff. [00:14:31] And that's translated into you valuing yourself a little bit more.  [00:14:35] Yeah.  [00:14:35] Awesome.  [00:14:36] Kelly: Absolutely. And I've learned to turn things over, like maintenance, you know, I hired one of the vendors that you recommended, Vendoroo and they're, you know, the tenants still text me with maintenance issues. [00:14:47] Sure. And I text back, "put it in the portal." Right. "If you can't put it in the portal, call this number and they'll teach you how to put it in the portal."  [00:14:55] Jason: But yeah, probably less willing to take phone calls than you were before.  [00:14:58] Kelly: Yeah, I've never really taken phone calls.  [00:15:00] Jason: That's good, that's good. [00:15:02] Kelly: Thanks me. Get it all in writing.  [00:15:04] Jason: So you went through our whole rapid revamp process as well, like with the branding and like getting everything kind of dialed in, pricing. You've implemented a lot of things. And so, has that impacted your confidence level as well?  [00:15:20] Kelly: Oh, absolutely. I really feel like, you know, I'm marketing a real brand now with Crimson Cape. [00:15:25] Jason: Yeah. What, what was it before that?  [00:15:26] Kelly: GPGH Management Company.  [00:15:29] Jason: Oh, the acronym.  [00:15:30] Kelly: Yep. Good People, Good Homes.  [00:15:32] Jason: Yeah.  [00:15:32] Kelly: You know, just to take off of that and, you know, everything was GPGH. My husband was GPGH Realty.  [00:15:38] Jason: It sounds like some sort of drug or something. What do you take in GPGH? [00:15:42] Kelly: Well, it's the right market. [00:15:44] Jason: Okay. Well, then there's that GLP 1 joke too that you could put in there. GLP 1. Yeah. But my husband actually reprinted his real estate company because of, you know, he was inspired by what I did.  [00:15:54] Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What's his brand?  [00:15:56] Kelly: He's Gorilla Real Estate. That's the little stuffed gorilla you saw on the way in. [00:16:00] Jason: Okay, yeah. Yeah, and they're different, which is nice. They're not like, you know, kind of mixed together.  [00:16:06] Kelly: Right, right. And I don't want, you know, people to really associate us together, even though we do share an office.  [00:16:11] Jason: Yeah.  [00:16:12] For now.  [00:16:13] So you've gone through the branding, your pricing is different than anyone else in the market. [00:16:19] Kelly: Yeah. It's higher than anyone else in the market too. And that keeps a lot of the riffraff away.  [00:16:24] Jason: Yeah. It's better to be at the top than to be competing with the garbage at the bottom. For sure. Yeah. Especially in a difficult or lower end market. Yeah. Yeah. So awesome. What other changes?  [00:16:36] Sarah: I think, well, how many, we've gone through the rapid revamp a couple of times, so she's done the mindset piece a few times, and I think every time you go through it, you kind of get, like, an extra layer out of it, like almost like the next, like we're stacking like, levels and levels and levels of different like mindset tips and tricks, and then the perception piece, which once we're done with the little pieces on the website, we can get that launched for you. [00:17:04] I think that will make a huge difference. And recently. I mean, for the whole entirety of the time that you were in our program, you had always said "there is no way I can add more units. There is no way I can do more work. There is no way I can even focus on growth." And you are now adding new doors. [00:17:24] Kelly: Yep, I added three last week. I added another two Sunday night from a current client. I didn't know she had another double block. You know how I got those doors? She called me from you know, her poor husband is at the Cleveland Clinic. So she called me from Cleveland and she's like "I got a no heat call from this one building that you're not managing And I can't deal with it. Can you please take these units?"  [00:17:47] Jason: Nice.  [00:17:48] Kelly: So I just got two more doors.  [00:17:49] Jason: Okay.  [00:17:50] Kelly: And I'm hopefully closing on another five by the end of the week.  [00:17:53] Yes! [00:17:55] Jason: So doors are just starting to flow and you're able to dedicate time now towards growth which before you're kind of  [00:18:01] Kelly: yeah  [00:18:01] Jason: Chicken with head cut off running around and dealing with stuff. [00:18:04] Kelly: It's going to get a little iffy again now that I've added these doors, you know, okay. Now I have to onboard all these tenants. And there's a couple that come with the vacant units that they want me to rent in January?  [00:18:16] Jason: Yeah.  [00:18:17] Sarah: The best time of year here.  [00:18:21] Jason: Right. Lots of activity.  [00:18:23] Sarah: Speaking of vacant units, You have none now in the portfolio that you're Managing? [00:18:28] My current portfolio, I filled them all.  [00:18:31] Yeah, and how many did you have? Because I feel like all throughout the year I was getting updates and it was like 20 something and down a little bit, down a little bit, and now you're at zero.  [00:18:41] Kelly: Yeah, I filled I think 17 units over the course of the last year. [00:18:45] Amazing.  [00:18:46] 10 of them were filled between September and now.  [00:18:50] Jason: Nice. Wow.  [00:18:50] Kelly: And I've got a few that are coming up. I've got, you know, two of my tenants are moving into senior housing. So, you know, that means I'm probably going to have to redo their apartments because they've been living there since like 1965 or whatever. [00:19:04] I'm sure they're going to need to be some updates.  [00:19:07] Jason: So in getting this business started, if you hadn't heard about DoorGrow, or say, DoorGrow didn't exist. Where would you be you think right now?  [00:19:15] Kelly: Oh my gosh.  [00:19:16] Jason: What'd be going on?  [00:19:17] Kelly: I'm not sure I'd still be doing it.  [00:19:19] Jason: You think you would have quit?  [00:19:20] Kelly: With this client that I took on from the beginning, if I didn't know any better, I would think this is what property management is. [00:19:27] Jason: And you'd be like, yeah, right, so talking with us saying you should probably fire this client was probably enough to go, "okay, this may not be everybody."  [00:19:35] Kelly: Right. [00:19:36] Jason: Okay. [00:19:36] Kelly: Right, right. And you know, and you also helped me work with this client. So he's still my client, and he could be a very good client now that his buildings are cash flowing. But that remains to be seen because I got a little pushback on a repair last night that I wasn't real happy with, but we'll see. [00:19:53] Jason: You're going to set some strong boundaries with this guy.  [00:19:56] Kelly: I might have to punch him in the face a third time.  [00:19:58] Jason: Metaphorically. Right, right. Metaphorically, we're not advocating violence. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Well anything else that we should chat about or cover? I mean, it's really been, like I said at the beginning, it's been inspiring and exciting to see you grow. [00:20:13] We're really excited to see where you take this and we've seen just it and that's why we do what we do. It's great to see clients just grow like you've come so far. Your whole energy is just different. Just how you are from when we saw you at DoorGrow live and you're like, well, what's your time worth? [00:20:29] And you're, you've spouted off, "well, not very much," you know, or whatever you've come a long way. And I'm really excited to see where you go with this because this could be a really great residual income business. I think absolutely it will overshadow what you're making off your rental properties, but then it also feed you some more real estate deals in the future. [00:20:47] For sure as you, as you work this. And so, yeah, I think it'll be interesting. And how does the, the king of Gorilla Real Estate feel about everything that you're doing?  [00:20:56] Kelly: Oh, he's incredibly supportive. Yeah. I think he misses when I used to just, you know, clean up his bookkeeping for him. We now have to hire someone to do that. [00:21:05] Jason: Mm-hmm. Yes. Those wealthy problems. Yeah.  [00:21:07] Kelly: And yeah, and that's another mindset thing I need to get over. And you cover this in the rapid revamp when you're talking about, you know, the three types of clients you got, your, your normals, which you're, you're aiming for.  [00:21:18] Jason: Yeah.  [00:21:18] Kelly: But then you've got, you know, your cheapos and your premiums. [00:21:21] Sure.  [00:21:21] Jason: Yeah.  [00:21:21] Kelly: And and, and one of the things you talked about, the cheapos is. Are you a cheapo?  [00:21:27] Jason: Oh. Yeah.  [00:21:27] Kelly: And I realize that, yeah, I kind of am a cheapo.  [00:21:30] Jason: You get what you attract. Huh. And so, yeah, we're blind, we have a blind spot towards which category we are showing up as, and so stretching yourself to not be a cheapo. [00:21:41] Kelly: I grew up with nothing. You know, I grew up with nothing, so, yeah, that's why I'm a cheapo.  [00:21:47] Sarah: Yeah. And I get it, because I too was in that mindset, especially when I lived here.  [00:21:52] This area is in that mindset. [00:21:54] Yes, the whole area is very, and when you find someone who kind of breaks through that bubble, It's odd here, right? [00:22:03] And it's different. And it's weird. And it's like, what are they doing? What is this all about? This is just weird. Like, why are you not, you know, normal like us? And when that was something that I had struggled with for a very, very long time, too, because back when I had lived here, I thought, "okay, well, I want to make more money. And like, I need to make more money. And the only way I can do that is I can either work more hours and maybe get some overtime or maybe I can find a job that's going to pay me more and or ask for a raise, or and this is my go to strategy, was let's just work two jobs, three jobs, four jobs." I was working four jobs at a time. [00:22:44] I was working seven days a week and I did that for years and years and years just because, well, this job I maxed out on and I can't get any more money out of here, but I need more money, so, oh, let me just add on another job. Yeah, so I understand that completely and it was just, it was with time that that started to just crack and shift a little bit. [00:23:02] Jason: Kind of the trap of time for dollars. As if that's the only way.  [00:23:07] Sarah: Absolutely. Absolutely.  [00:23:09] Jason: So yeah, so being exposed just to other people that are not of that mindset probably is cracks that glass ceiling you spoke of a little bit before maybe.  [00:23:19] Kelly: Right. Yeah. And what I'm noticing is that I'm attracting people, local people, that have a similar mindset and they exist. [00:23:28] You know, there's a lot of entrepreneurs in this area. Chris Jones started Pepper Jam, and he decided to keep his company here.  [00:23:34] Sarah: Oh, wow.  [00:23:34] Kelly: Yeah, I mean, there's, there's a few. Tech company, you might have heard of them. But yeah, there's, there's a few.  [00:23:39] Jason: So, you are no longer a cheapo.  [00:23:42] Kelly: No. I, well, I'm working on it. [00:23:45] I'm working on it. I catch myself.  [00:23:46] Jason: You say... [00:23:47] Kelly: I am no longer a cheapo.  [00:23:49] Jason: I am more normal.  [00:23:51] Kelly: I am more normal.  [00:23:52] Jason: Graduating towards premium.  [00:23:53] Kelly: And I'm graduating towards premium.  [00:23:55] Jason: It's good to be premium. We get to decide this, right? We get to decide this. [00:24:00] And so as you stretch yourself into more premium experience and recognizing, like, money is not the painful thing to be focused on, there's, and there's better things to be focused on that are more valuable and more important, like your time. And as you put a greater and greater premium on your time, you shift out of that currency of cash being the, you know, the God of your life controlling you and then you can start to be grateful. [00:24:26] And I think one of the key things for everybody listening is when we start to celebrate all of the things that we used to complain about related to money, I think this is how we shift out of that poverty mindset is, oh, we got to pay this bill. Thank you God that I have lights and power that I'm able to afford to do this. [00:24:44] Or thank you that I'm able to do this. And when we start to be grateful instead of projecting pain every time we see or hear money, And we start to project gratitude, then we start to attract more money. Like we start to be open to that. And as we shift into normal, yeah, we attract more normals. As we shift into premium, we attract more premium clients. [00:25:05] And they recognize you. It's like, there's a knowing between you and them, like, yeah, this is how it works. You come to us and we take care of everything and we take care of you and you get a premium service and product and they're like, "yeah, that's what I want." because premium buyers, when they see people that are cheapos. [00:25:20] They can like kind of smell it on you, right? So then they're like, "I don't want to work with this person. They're not going to take care of my property the way that I would want or do things or take care of me the way that I want." And so investing in ourselves. Sometimes for me, one of my coaches said, "go get a massage, you know, go do things to invest or take care of yourself to where you feel like..." you know, anything where we say, I think the poverty mindset is we hear this voice that says, " I don't need that nicer car. You don't need to go get a massage. Why do you need that?" Normal and premium is about shifting beyond need, right? Need is scarcity, need is starving, and need is survival, and so, and then what happens is we have to create drama or problems in our life in order to justify taking time off, so we have to get sick, or we have to justify it. [00:26:09] Doing something and so when we shift out of that then we shift into a healthier state where we can decide I am going to take a vacation or I am going to take time off. I'm going to go to DoorGrow live. You should all go to DoorGrow live, so.  [00:26:20] Sarah: I highly recommend coming up in May!  [00:26:23] Jason: It's coming up in May. Go to doorgrowlive.Com. So, all right anything else we should touch on?  [00:26:28] Sarah: One thing and I don't know if I've ever said this on the coach a call where you've been on but for me, it was actually Roya Mattis. She, at the time, was in Mary Kay like, and I was in cosmetic sales for Mary Kay, and It was very early in my Mary Kay career and I was kind of learning how to be entrepreneur ish, right? [00:26:53] Like, "Oh, I can write these things off and I can do things differently" and, "Oh, this is an expense, but it's a good expense." And it was a lot of new things for me. And one of the things that she had said is and I'll never forget because it just stuck with me and I went, "Oh, okay." Yeah, I need to stop thinking like that right now. [00:27:11] Is " come tax time, there are people who can't wait for tax time because they're waiting. They're depending on that refund and they're like, 'Oh, thank God I get this refund.' Right?" [00:27:21] A lot of rent gets caught up in it. [00:27:23] It sure does. Yeah. Funny. All of a sudden they have money. So. Once you start really making money, though, you don't get refunds anymore. [00:27:33] What ends up happening is you pay money. And not only do you pay money into it, but you now are, like, quarterly paying money. But you don't have to do that if you're, like, barely scraping by, if you're not making money. So, what she said to me is, " when you're, like, rich and you're making money You're excited to pay this money because you're making so much money that now, not only are not going to get a refund, but you don't, you don't worry about the refund, you're making money and now you're paying the taxes and you are going to hit a point where you want to be paying taxes more often than just once a year because that means you've reached a certain level and now you're making a certain amount of money and your goal at that point is then going to be, 'well, how can I increase this?'" [00:28:24] And that for me, it just stuck in my head forever. And I went, "Oh. Oh, geez. I didn't even realize that." And at that time I was, I was. Like, "well, I'm going to get a couple thousand dollars back, like on my tax refund." I haven't gotten a refund in years. And it's true though. It's just a different way of thinking about things. [00:28:40] It's like, well, you know, if you make this tiny little bit of money and then I can get, you know, a couple thousand dollars back at the end of the year, or I can make a whole lot more money. And then, yes, I have to make some quarterly tax payments. Man, I'd rather make a lot more money and I'll just give the government some of it. [00:28:54] And then what you have to do is just figure out how can we reduce that as much as possible.  [00:28:59] Jason: I would love to see taxes just be reduced dramatically. So, we'll see.  [00:29:04] Kelly: But, who knows what they're going to do.  [00:29:05] Jason: I don't get super excited about paying taxes, but I do get excited. I would rather, like, see more income on my tax return. [00:29:13] You know taxes every time so.  [00:29:14] Sarah: Would you rather make the big amount of money so that you have to pay the taxes in or would you make a really small amount of money so that you get a refund?  [00:29:22] Kelly: Yeah, just a really good accountant that can help you zig when the government zags  [00:29:26] Sarah: So that that was something that she said to me and I went oh, okay, that is a very different way of thinking about it. [00:29:33] And it just, just stuck with me.  [00:29:35] Jason: Yeah. Always looking through the lens of 'why is this positive?' it's a healthy mindset for sure. Yeah. Why are taxes positive? All right. Everybody listening is like, "they're not."  [00:29:45] Sarah: I know. Right. Cool. My brother wants a shout out. So shout out to Jason.  [00:29:50] Jason: What's up, Jason? [00:29:51] Sarah: He's like, "you never shout me out!" Here, here you are. The three of us are waving to you now. So, what's up, Jason?  [00:29:58] Jason: No, he's got the same name as me. Everybody's like, what's that all about?  [00:30:01] He's dating a Sarah.  [00:30:03] Kelly: Oh!  [00:30:04] Jason: Which is funny. And you have a stepsister, that's Sarah, so he's got two, three Sarahs in his life right now. [00:30:13] Three Sarahs, two Jasons, and a partridge in a pear tree. All right. Cool. Well, Kelly, it's been great coming to hang out in your office and to meet you in person like here in Pennsylvania. Thanks for hosting the DoorGrow show and having us hang out with you and we're excited to see where you go and how you progress in the program and all the things you're going to do as you add doors. [00:30:36] And I think the future is really bright for Crimson Property Management, Crimson Cape. Hey, I missed the Cape. It's like superhero stuff here. Yes. I am. I love it. All right. And that's it. So if you are tuning in, make sure to check us out at DoorGrow. com. 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Each month there are a variety of observances with the goal of holding our attention in this busy and noisy world. November may not seem like a warm month, but I feel that it's a month of warmth. We typically gather for Thanksgiving with family and friends and express our gratitude for one another and all that we have in our lives while enjoying fellowship and a good meal. On Veterans' Day we honor and thank all who served in the military to protect our country. And November is also National Family Caregivers month. So it seems like the ideal time to have a conversation with JoAnna VanTine, a woman who experienced the serious consequences of her ex-husband's mental illness and PTSD for which he did not seek treatment or help. He served in the Marines and even met with a group of fellow veterans from time to time who shared their ailments but he never felt comfortable enough to say that he was having issues too. As we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11, let's think about not only the men and women who serve and have served; let's think about their family members and how they are impacted by the experiences their loved ones have. JoAnna works for NAMI Northeast Region PA as the community engagement and volunteer coordinator and often leads support groups and education programs for family members of individuals living with mental illness. She also recently became trained to reach ⁠NAMI Homefront ⁠to offer support for family members of veterans with mental illness. If you are someone with a mental illness or if you are a friend, family member or caregiver of someone with a mental illness, know that you can find support through your local chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Of course you should seek treatment and therapy for any illness, but if you feel like you would like to have the support of people who have walked in your shoes and conversation with people who get it, reach out to your local NAMI Chapter. Support groups and programs are run by facilitators who have lived experience with mental illness. If you live in Northeast PA, visit ⁠NAMI Northeast Region PA⁠. Thank you to my podcast sponsor Budget Through Life  founded by the knowledgeable Emily Hickox, who is passionate about helping everyone learn how to budget through their life. Follow ⁠Budget Through Life⁠ on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for valuable tips and information. Please remember to subscribe to this channel, listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast or other podcast platforms, share the podcast and follow me on social media. Please be aware that an account has popped up on Instagram that is impersonating me. My account is: realfunny_wine_girl_jeannine (you can also tell by the fact that my account is the one with over 3,000 posts and over 900 followers). The fraudulent account using my name Jeannine Luby, my Funny Wine Girl logo, and exact bio is "funny_winegirljeannine". PLEASE report them for impersonating me and block them. Instagram has yet to do it despite my three reports and a handful of friends trying to help me. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

Paris native and American citizen Melisse Brunet is conducting herself and orchestras in the only way she knows how--by being her true self and not conforming to others' ideas of what a woman conductor should look like or do. She spoke with me on this podcast a few months ago about her joy of becoming a U.S. citizen and her profession, and we briefly spoke about her being featured in the documentary "Maestra." This week we dive deeper into what the experience of competing in La Maestra was like and how she felt about being so honest and vulnerable in the documentary about a handful of the women in the competition. Watch the film Maestra on Netflix or rent it ⁠by clicking here ⁠to help support music education for youth in America, AND a percent goes to this podcast! To see Melisse in action conducting the Northeast Philharmonic in Northeast PA, ⁠click here to view the schedule⁠ of events. Thank you to my podcast sponsor ⁠ @BudgetThroughLife ⁠ for supporting the content I produce each week. Be sure to check out Emily's videos and follow Budget Through Life on Facebook and Instagram for information to help you budget through your life, especially as the costly holiday season approaches. If you would like to help support this podcast, please reach out to Jeannine.Luby@gmail.com. Please be sure to subscribe to this channel and follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram. Share this podcast with a friend, foe or anyone you know; write a review on Apple Podcasts and/or rate on Spotify. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

Steve Sherk has spent the past few years gathering whitetail data in the deep woods of Northeast Pennsylvania. Sherk focused on daylight buck activity. In this video he discusses with the Exodus Crew his findings, including what he thinks is the most important factor when it comes to deer movement during the hunting season. His study considered temperature, moon phases, barometric pressure, and much more in relation to how it impacts deer hunting. Regardless of where you are hunting this year, there is something everyone can take away and use to improve your hunting strategy. • Decoding mature buck movements • Trail cam strategies unveiled • October vs. November buck activity • How weather patterns alter hunting   The Exodus AppDownload Now: Apple App Google Play Store https://www.whitetailmasteracademy.com/ USE CODE OnX at checkout to receive one year of OnX Elite (Limited to the first ten orders). The coupon will show 0% off. However, I'll email you the code to unlock one year of free OnX Elite! CONNECT: https://linktr.ee/exodustrailcameras  https://linktr.ee/TheLandPodcast  https://bit.ly/TheDeerGearPodcast 

Spooky season is upon us, and what better way to get in the mood than to share some creepy stories about weird things in the woods? A weird deer creature (or a not deer), a strange man in the woods, eerie voices heard by a hiker in Northeast Pennsylvania, college students hunted by a man in a headlamp in Europe, something walking around a family's tent in Utah, and a spooky silhouette in the forests of France. Get into the Halloween spirit and let us know what you think of these creepy backwoods stories! #creepy #spooky #spookyseason #spookystories #creepystories 3:13 - Spooky Deer Camp Encounter 11:24 - Creepy late night experience 15:15 - NEPA Experience 21:43 - Creepy backwood college story 26:44 - Late night visitor 32:42 - Strange silhouette in the forest Links! Follow us on Social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddanduntold/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oddanduntold Website: https://www.oddanduntold.com Email me! : jason@oddanduntold.com Merch Store: https://oddanduntold.creator-spring.com UFO Sightings in the Poconos: Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania Spooky Backwoods Encounters | Episode 101 Bigfoot in the British Isles | Episode 88 Backwoods Creepy on Reddit Check out Riversend, the band behind "Moonlight," our awesome theme music! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1yIwfeu2cH1kDZaMYxKOUe?si=NIUijnmsQe6LNWOsfZ2jPw Riversend Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Riversendband Riversend Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riversendband/

Meet Vito Quaglia, a lifelong educator and leader from Northeast Pennsylvania. Over the past many years, Vito has held various administrative and coaching positions in the Northeast PA area. He runs the Matter of Principal podcast and is also writing a screenplay (WOW!). A huge Notre Dame, Phillies, and Springsteen fan, we'll talk all this, education leadership, and more LIVE on the #ELB podcast on Wednesday, September 18th, at 4:15 pm. Join us on all the socials. #ELB podcast. Learn more about Vito here: www.vitoquaglia.com IXL Personalized Learning sponsors this podcast. IXL is used by more than 1 million teachers each day. It is also the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12. Learn more here: ixl.com/elb

Host Lisa Champeau talks to Mark Hoover, former and longtime CEO of the Human Resources Center, a Northeast Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that provides services for adults with physical and mental challenges. Mark talks about helping young people who were languishing in front of their TV sets for 15 years or more because there was no place for them to go and ultimately, creating a Foundation to make sure there were would always be somewhere for adults with special needs to live and work in his community.   FOLLOW HARMONYTALK PODCAST @harmonytalkpodcast Join Our Mailing List: https://mailchi.mp/fa5d124c4e19/harmonytalk-mailing-list   Instagram: https://instagram.com/harmonytalkpodcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harmonytalkpodcast  YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HarmonyTALKPodcast  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/harmonytalkpodcast    https://harmonytalkpodcast.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: NYPD officials say six people were shot in a park near East 191st Street and Morris Avenue in the Bronx Wednesday night. All victims are being treated at nearby hospitals. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will soon stop providing "deep sedation" for procedures at its only clinic offering it. Also, NYU researchers report that toxic subway air disproportionately harms low-income commuters, especially Black and Hispanic riders, due to longer commutes and more transfers. Plus, forecasters predict New York City will be spared the worst of Tropical Storm Debby's rain and flooding as the storm tracks west toward Northeast Pennsylvania and New York's Southern Tier.

Join us as we welcome Jessica Newman, a first-generation farmer from Northeast Pennsylvania, who shares her inspiring journey of establishing a successful sheep farming operation while balancing a full-time nursing career. From purchasing her farm in 2014 to building her agricultural enterprise from scratch, Jessica provides valuable insights into the unique challenges and innovative approaches she employs in managing her Texel sheep flock. We also explore her experiences with Dexter cattle and the delicate balance of managing off-farm jobs with farm responsibilities.Listen in as Jessica recounts journey to raising sheep on her newly acquired land. We discuss the initial hurdles of setting up infrastructure, the gradual development of her farm, and the implementation of rotational grazing practices inspired by Joel Saladin. Learn about the complexities of managing pastures overrun with goldenrod and milkweed, heavy clay soil, and steep grades, and discover the successes and lessons learned in creating a sustainable grazing system.This episode also covers essential advice for beginners in farming, emphasizing the importance of understanding land capacity and avoiding overgrazing. We touch on various business models, such as custom grazing and leased land, and highlight the influence of business strategies from authors like Mike Michalowicz and Greg Judy. Additionally, Jessica shares her experiences with sheep artificial insemination, breeding strategies for optimal production, and the importance of balancing personal life and farm responsibilities. Tune in for a wealth of practical advice and inspiring stories from Jessica's farming journey.Links Mentioned in the Episode:SouthView StationVisit our Sponsors:Noble Research InstituteKencove Farm Fence

Jim Loftus is now seven months into his role as CEO of Times-Shamrock Communications.Before joining the company, where he spent nine years as Chief Operations Officer earlier in his career, Loftus served as the Chief Operations Officer of 7 Mountains Media. Before that, he served as President/CEO of WBEB-FM in Philadelphia under the ownership of Jerry Lee.How are things going for this owner of radio stations, out-of-home and digital media in Northeast Pennsylvania, as well as radio stations in Milwaukee and a stand-alone operation in Baltimore?Loftus shares all in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Today we are joined by Greg Ahlswede of the USA Orienteering Team. We learn what this exciting adventure sport is all about and the role Pennsylvania is playing in its growth. Greg hails from Northeast PA where the rugged terrain is perfect for grabbing a map and finding yourself running deep off the trails.  You can also find Greg and the USA orienteering team at orienteeringusa.org. 

Join us for this episode of Gettin' To Know The 570 as we chat with David DeCosmo, a celebrated reporter from Northeastern Pennsylvania. Reflecting on his storied career, David recalls his deep involvement in historic events like the Agnes Flood, his transition from radio to television, and finally into blogging and volunteer media. Listen in as he shares numerous stories from his illustrious career, such as solving a Titanic mystery, his involvement in the Chappaquiddick Hearings, and exploring local amusement parks' history. We also enjoyed hearing his stance on journalism's evolution, the decline of local news, and social media's role. Beyond the screen, David opens up about his unexpected acting roles, contributions to journalist mental health protocols, and the heartwarming story of meeting his wife. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom, highlighting David's unwavering commitment to factual journalism and his enduring legacy in the media world.If you or someone you know wants to be featured in our next podcast, message us on Facebook!

When I think of a yoga class, I picture calmness in a room that's perhaps dimly lit with an instructor speaking in a soothing voice to provide peace to participants in attendance. But that's not how every yoga class looks, and tranquility aside, a yoga studio is a business just like any other; it must be profitable. Whether budgets, marketing data and profit seem to fit this Zen picture or not, that's business. My guest this week Chelsea Manganaro has successfully tapped into the best parts of herself to become a thriving entrepreneur in Northeast PA with two locations of her Nearme yoga studio, a cafe by the same name, a new rooftop venture and an annual Yoga Festival taking place on June 8 and 9 on Montage Mountain in Moosic, PA. Get tickets to the Yoga Festival here. For information on the yoga festival visit this link. This podcast is sponsored by Budget Through Life offering one-on-one finance coaching as well as group classes on credit, debt and budgeting skills. Learn how to budget through your life with founder Emily Hickox. Remember to subscribe to this podcast here and on YouTube. Share with a friend, foe or anyone you know! And if you would like to support this content through a donation or sponsorship in an amount that fits your budget reach out to Jeannine at Jeannine.Luby@gmail.com. Be sure to follow on social media at Funny Wine Girl Jeannine.

Have you ever had a Maibock? My old buddy Chip "The Beer Guy" Hanuscik lured me up to Northeast PA with Maibock. He talked FOUR brewers into making one, and dangled that in front of me. I took the bait like a brown trout rising to a Green Drake, and I'll tell you all about it. PLUS: NEPA Pizza! The incredible Sabatini's! Tom Brennan! And a real life Wilkes-Barre kielbassi shop!  Next episode? THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN! I asked you who you wanted me to interview, and you said "Give us The Pizza Boy, Al Kominski!" Well, I cannot defy or deny the people, so I went down to Enola and got the interview...and then hung around and visited some breweries. You'll get what you asked for...in two weeks! Until then? TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE PODCAST! Seen Through A Glass is sponsored by the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau. Come visit Centre County!   This episode uses these sounds under the following license: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ arrow-impact-87260 Sound Effect found on Pixabay (https://pixabay.com) "Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https: //www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

Welcome to the Step It Up Entrepreneur podcast, where we dive deep into the journeys of remarkable entrepreneurs who've stepped up to the challenges of business and emerged triumphant. In today's episode, your host Tomas Keenan sits down with Rich Moyer, a true entrepreneur with a diverse background spanning various industries. From his competitive roots in Northeast Pennsylvania to his unexpected foray into entrepreneurship, Rich's story is one of resilience, innovation, and the power of human connections. Join us as Rich shares his fascinating journey, from his early days as a PGA golf professional to his pivot into sales and eventually founding his own construction-related business at just 26 years old. Despite initial doubts, Rich's unwavering commitment to his team propelled his company to unprecedented success, achieving multi-million dollar revenues before ultimately selling it. But Rich's entrepreneurial spirit didn't stop there. His latest venture, Hoppin', is revolutionizing the hospitality industry with its high-tech, self-serve taproom franchise. Through careful expansion and a focus on cultivating strong relationships, Rich and his team are setting new standards for customer experience and franchise support. So grab a seat and tune in as we explore the operational intricacies of taproom business, the art of franchise expansion, and the timeless principles of success with the one and only Rich Moyer.    Find more about Rich https://www.hoppinbrandsf.ranchising.com/ or his socials! Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Youtube. https://www.facebook.com/HoppinCharlotte/   https://www.linkedin.com/company/hoppin-brand/    https://www.instagram.com/hoppinclt/ https://www.youtube.com/@Hoppinfranchise      

In this episode of the Antler Up Podcast, host Jeremy Dinsmore is joined by guests Tim Sisock, Josh Hobson, and Jim D'Agostino as they recount their thrilling experience at the Montage Mountain Archery Fest in Northeast PA. The group dives into the excitement of shooting two challenging courses and shares their thoughts on the impressive improvements and fun elements of the event. Josh Hobson makes his debut on the podcast, introducing himself to the listeners and sharing his deep passion for archery. He also regales the audience with a captivating story about a real fun PA buck, showcasing his enthusiasm for hunting in the region. Tim Sissock highlights his incredibly successful turkey season, where he managed to wrap up his hunt for two birds in less than an hour and a half. He also discusses how he has evolved his approach to deer hunting and the preparations underway for their NY hunting property. The conversation emphasizes the importance of friendship in hunting, highlighting how it can lead to unforgettable memories and experiences. The group also discusses the crucial role of testing gear and building confidence in equipment for successful hunts. They delve into how shooting in different angles and terrains at the festival has improved their accuracy and prepared them for real-life hunting situations. The benefits of having a dedicated hunting property are also discussed, providing a guaranteed spot and better planning opportunities. The episode covers the friendly competition among friends, which not only enhances shooting skills but also adds a fun and challenging element to the experience. They talk about experimenting with different arrows and equipment to find the best setup for archery competitions. Listeners will gain valuable insights into scouting and observing deer behavior, the importance of paying attention to small details, and the need to be adaptable in the field. The discussion also touches on transitioning from hunting on main trails to secondary trails for better chances of encountering mature bucks. Finally, the group emphasizes the importance of maintaining focus and staying calm during hunts to make accurate shots. This episode is packed with practical tips, exciting stories, and the camaraderie that makes hunting a truly rewarding experience. So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with the boys on today's episode of the Antler Up Podcast.  Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up! www.antlerupoutdoors.com www.tethrdnation.com www.sportsmensempire.com  https://ourgroundscoffeeco.com/ https://thebowtiquellc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Antler Up Podcast, host Jeremy Dinsmore is joined by guests Tim Sisock, Josh Hobson, and Jim D'Agostino as they recount their thrilling experience at the Montage Mountain Archery Fest in Northeast PA. The group dives into the excitement of shooting two challenging courses and shares their thoughts on the impressive improvements and fun elements of the event.Josh Hobson makes his debut on the podcast, introducing himself to the listeners and sharing his deep passion for archery. He also regales the audience with a captivating story about a real fun PA buck, showcasing his enthusiasm for hunting in the region.Tim Sissock highlights his incredibly successful turkey season, where he managed to wrap up his hunt for two birds in less than an hour and a half. He also discusses how he has evolved his approach to deer hunting and the preparations underway for their NY hunting property.The conversation emphasizes the importance of friendship in hunting, highlighting how it can lead to unforgettable memories and experiences. The group also discusses the crucial role of testing gear and building confidence in equipment for successful hunts.They delve into how shooting in different angles and terrains at the festival has improved their accuracy and prepared them for real-life hunting situations. The benefits of having a dedicated hunting property are also discussed, providing a guaranteed spot and better planning opportunities.The episode covers the friendly competition among friends, which not only enhances shooting skills but also adds a fun and challenging element to the experience. They talk about experimenting with different arrows and equipment to find the best setup for archery competitions.Listeners will gain valuable insights into scouting and observing deer behavior, the importance of paying attention to small details, and the need to be adaptable in the field. The discussion also touches on transitioning from hunting on main trails to secondary trails for better chances of encountering mature bucks.Finally, the group emphasizes the importance of maintaining focus and staying calm during hunts to make accurate shots. This episode is packed with practical tips, exciting stories, and the camaraderie that makes hunting a truly rewarding experience.So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with the boys on today's episode of the Antler Up Podcast. Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up!www.antlerupoutdoors.comwww.tethrdnation.comwww.sportsmensempire.comhttps://ourgroundscoffeeco.com/https://thebowtiquellc.com/

In this episode of the Antler Up Podcast, host Jeremy Dinsmore is joined by guests Tim Sisock, Josh Hobson, and Jim D'Agostino as they recount their thrilling experience at the Montage Mountain Archery Fest in Northeast PA. The group dives into the excitement of shooting two challenging courses and shares their thoughts on the impressive improvements and fun elements of the event.Josh Hobson makes his debut on the podcast, introducing himself to the listeners and sharing his deep passion for archery. He also regales the audience with a captivating story about a real fun PA buck, showcasing his enthusiasm for hunting in the region.Tim Sissock highlights his incredibly successful turkey season, where he managed to wrap up his hunt for two birds in less than an hour and a half. He also discusses how he has evolved his approach to deer hunting and the preparations underway for their NY hunting property.The conversation emphasizes the importance of friendship in hunting, highlighting how it can lead to unforgettable memories and experiences. The group also discusses the crucial role of testing gear and building confidence in equipment for successful hunts.They delve into how shooting in different angles and terrains at the festival has improved their accuracy and prepared them for real-life hunting situations. The benefits of having a dedicated hunting property are also discussed, providing a guaranteed spot and better planning opportunities.The episode covers the friendly competition among friends, which not only enhances shooting skills but also adds a fun and challenging element to the experience. They talk about experimenting with different arrows and equipment to find the best setup for archery competitions.Listeners will gain valuable insights into scouting and observing deer behavior, the importance of paying attention to small details, and the need to be adaptable in the field. The discussion also touches on transitioning from hunting on main trails to secondary trails for better chances of encountering mature bucks.Finally, the group emphasizes the importance of maintaining focus and staying calm during hunts to make accurate shots. This episode is packed with practical tips, exciting stories, and the camaraderie that makes hunting a truly rewarding experience.So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with the boys on today's episode of the Antler Up Podcast. Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up!www.antlerupoutdoors.comwww.tethrdnation.comwww.sportsmensempire.comhttps://ourgroundscoffeeco.com/https://thebowtiquellc.com/

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to another engaging episode of the Healthcare Trailblazers Podcast! Today, we're excited to introduce Geoffrey Roche, a dynamic figure whose background uniquely combines healthcare leadership with a personal connection to nursing through his mother. Geoffrey shares his journey from growing up in Northeast Pennsylvania to making significant impacts in healthcare, drawing on his political experiences and deep commitment to patient-centered innovation.In This Episode:* From Politics to Healthcare: Discover how Joffrey transitioned from political internships to leading significant healthcare initiatives, driven by a passion for policy and community service.* Leading with Purpose: Learn about Geoffrey's approach to healthcare leadership, emphasizing empathy, patient feedback, and community engagement.* Innovative Projects: Geoffrey discusses his role in developing a new cancer center, focusing on how patient and community input shaped the project, resulting in a facility designed for both medical excellence and human comfort.* Patient-Centered Care: Insights into how a personal history in healthcare, influenced by his mother's nursing career, has shaped his patient advocacy efforts.* Future Visions: Geoffrey shares his thoughts on the future of healthcare, the importance of patient-centered design, and how healthcare systems can become more responsive to the needs of those they serve.Join us for a thought-provoking conversation that explores how personal experiences and professional roles intersect to push healthcare towards more compassionate and effective practices.

This episode of We Question & Learn features an interview with Brian Slawin, Regional Director and Portfolio Manager of the Central and Northeast Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Then my guest will be Mark Sherman, President of Community Heart and Soul doing outreach in 125 small towns across the United States.

Picture this: nearly 1,000 women gathering in a green space surrounded by trees and a gently flowing river. No it's not a commercial setting for a Massengill commercial. But it does involve women. My guest this week is Melissa Roberts, owner of the Ski Shack in Northeast PA and co-founder of Wild Women NEPA --the catalyst for why so many women gathered in a park on a Sunday in August of 2023. The energy of the day was amazing! Hear how her connection with nature has helped her in difficult times with the loss of her mother, health challenges of her children, postpartum depression and the pandemic. And why she wants to introduce all women to the beauty and power nature holds to help us heal. If you are a woman in or near northeastern PA and would like to apply to be a vendor or a workshop presenter at this year's Wild Women NEPA Festival on August 25, applications are due by April 30, click here. This podcast is sponsored by Budget Through Life with Emily Hickox who offers one-on-one personal finance coaching as well as group classes. Visit Budget Through Life on YouTube for practical tips and tricks. Please remember to subscribe to this podcast and tell a friend, foe or anyone you know to listen. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

This week Jami chats with Lisa Molendini about how procrastination led her to find her calling in yoga and she encourages everyone to approach yoga with curiosity, not intimidation, and make the experience yours by focusing on what feels right to you. We also discuss how reconnecting with your body is a divine source of empowerment that seems to be missing in our society.  Lisa Molendini is a 200+hr RYT®, Usui Reiki practitioner, and certified meditation teacher who teaches several classes each week in the Northeast PA area. In addition to regularly-scheduled classes, pop-ups, and workshops, Lisa LOVES sharing yoga at festivals both near and far. Her wish is that others feel comfortable and welcome in her classes, and are empowered to "make it their own" as they reconnect with body and breath. Learn more about Lisa and her offerings >> linktr.ee/lisamoyoga  

Dom continues the Dom Giordano Program by welcoming Scott Presler of EarlyVoteAction.com back onto the Dom Giordano Program to hear why he's coming to Bucks County on Tuesday as he continues his travels throughout the state of Pennsylvania registering voters for Republicans in effort to win in 2024. Presler stresses the importance of Pennsylvania in the election, and addresses multiple hit pieces written about him in the national media. Then, Presler discusses voter registration strategies, telling of the importance in garnering new conservative voters, particularly in underappreciated communities such as the Amish community in Central PA and the Puerto Rican community in Northeast Pennsylvania. 

In today's third hour, Dom continues the Dom Giordano Program by welcoming Scott Presler of EarlyVoteAction.com back onto the Dom Giordano Program to hear why he's coming to Bucks County on Tuesday as he continues his travels throughout the state of Pennsylvania registering voters for Republicans in effort to win in 2024. Presler stresses the importance of Pennsylvania in the election, and addresses multiple hit pieces written about him in the national media. Then, Presler discusses voter registration strategies, telling of the importance in garnering new conservative voters, particularly in underappreciated communities such as the Amish community in Central PA and the Puerto Rican community in Northeast Pennsylvania. Then, after playing Money Melody, Dom takes a call from Stan Casacio, who's trying to organize a debate between Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick and primary challenger Mark Houck. Also, Dom reveals the side topic winner of the week, and bounces between the topics of the day with callers. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Welcome to the Antler Up Podcast with your host, Jeremy Dinsmore! In this episode, Jeremy sits down with special guests Jim D'Agostino, Greg Gondella Jr. and Doug Morrissey. Join us for this week's episode as we delve into the heart of Northeast PA's premier archery event: Archery Fest at Montage Mountain! In this episode, guests Greg and Doug share with us the intricacies of this year's archery event, unveiling exciting changes, additions, and more. This year archers will experience navigating multiple courses with varying difficulty levels, ensuring every archer finds their perfect challenge. There will be some new competitions, new shots and more opportunities for archers as this event offers an unparalleled adventure for archery enthusiasts of all levels. Greg shares insider knowledge about the High Tines Archery shop, shedding light on the leagues he runs and the immense effort behind organizing such an event. Plus, uncover the secrets of utilizing the Spartan Forge app to conquer the courses with precision through the Blue Force Tracker. Whether you're a seasoned archer or a newcomer to the sport, this episode promises to ignite your passion for archery and leave you eagerly anticipating your next shot at Archery Fest at Montage Mountain May 17th through the 19th.  So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with Beau Martonik on today's episode of the Antler Up Podcast.  Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up! www.antlerupoutdoors.com www.tethrdnation.com www.sportsmensempire.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Antler Up Podcast with your host, Jeremy Dinsmore! In this episode, Jeremy sits down with special guests Jim D'Agostino, Greg Gondella Jr. and Doug Morrissey.Join us for this week's episode as we delve into the heart of Northeast PA's premier archery event: Archery Fest at Montage Mountain! In this episode, guests Greg and Doug share with us  the intricacies of this year's archery event, unveiling exciting changes, additions, and more.This year archers will experience navigating multiple courses with varying difficulty levels, ensuring every archer finds their perfect challenge. There will be some new competitions, new shots and more opportunities for archers as this event offers an unparalleled adventure for archery enthusiasts of all levels.Greg shares insider knowledge about the High Tines Archery shop, shedding light on the leagues he runs and the immense effort behind organizing such an event. Plus, uncover the secrets of utilizing the Spartan Forge app to conquer the courses with precision through the Blue Force Tracker.Whether you're a seasoned archer or a newcomer to the sport, this episode promises to ignite your passion for archery and leave you eagerly anticipating your next shot at Archery Fest at Montage Mountain May 17th through the 19th. So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with Beau Martonik on today's episode of the Antler Up Podcast. Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up!www.antlerupoutdoors.comwww.tethrdnation.comwww.sportsmensempire.com

Juan Espino marries architecture, history and the human experience to create some of the most “smile-inducing” paintings of our time. Working in the “Art Naïve” or, Folk-Art style. Guest Host Todd Stephens, and Juan discuss his use of painting as a form of therapy before relocating to the United States from his native Mexico. He is now the owner of Looking Glass Art Gallery, in Northeast Pennsylvania.  www.lookingglassartgallery.com.    Find Todd Stephens at: @toddjstephens (Twitter) @tjstephens (LinkedIn) @workinman1 (Instagram)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anyone else dread hiring? Wonder how to pick good candidates better the first time? My guest today used to answer yes and yes, but then he figured out a better way to hire and formed a company to help others do the same thing. He'll tell us what he thinks. Dr. Neal is a practicing Optometrist alongside his wife, Dr. Amy Neal. Together they founded Lakeside Vision in picturesque Hawley, Pennsylvania. They are celebrating their 20th year of servicing Northeast Pennsylvania. Dr. Michael neal is the chief executive officer at Build My Team. He is the face of the company, having founded the company as a result of his own practice's hiring struggles. In his downtime Dr. Neal spends with Amy, their two boys and two dogs. Both Drs. Neal have recently taken up running and even run when not being chased. In this episode Carl White and Dr. Michael Neal discuss:The biggest challenges medical professionals face in staffing their practiceResults of hiring based on assessments vs. resumes and prior experienceHow changing the way you hire has benefited Dr. Neal's practice Want to be a guest on PracticeCare?Have an experience with a business issue you think others will benefit from? Come on PracticeCare and tell the world! Here's the link where you can get the process started. Connect with Dr. Michael Nealwww.buildmyteam.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/build-my-team-health-wellness/https://www.facebook.com/BuildMyTeamCompany Connect with Carl WhiteWebsite: http://www.marketvisorygroup.comEmail:  whitec@marketvisorygroup.comFacebook:  https://www.facebook.com/marketvisorygroupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9BLCu_i2ezBj1ktUHVmigLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/healthcaremktg 

Dearest Slushies, we're so happy to be back in the saddle! We took a mini-hiatus and return with this episode devoted to the poems of Jodi Balas. You'll hear us mull over her artful use of concrete poetry and dive deep into her thinking about poetry, the body, and NFTs. How does a poem's form entwine with its image system in order to serve its sense? How is taste also (always) about power? All of these questions are wrapped in a glittering cascade of editorial acumen and quirky dishing: Listen as Dagne explains the difference between NFTs and Cryptocurrency, reminding us of Rattle's prescient issue dedicated to NFT poets. Or let us know what you think: should “mini cocktails” ever be a thing for happy hours? Is “drinkable” ever a compliment? Can we make a meme of Jason's seductive eyebrow skills? In addition to the following links you might dig–  NFTs explained in 5 Minutes & Brit Bennett's “Ain't That Good News”-- we invite you to contemplate the ritual of champagne sabering (if you try this in your backyard, shout “Poetry!”) With best wishes for a happy new year from the Slush Pile Crew.   At the table: Kathleen Volk Miller, Marion Wrenn, Jason Schneiderman, Dagne Forrest, Samanatha Neugebauer   Jodi Balas is a neurodivergent poet from Northeast Pennsylvania. A lover of words (salacious, being a favorite – it just rolls off the tongue), her poetry has been accepted in Hole in the Head Review, Wild Roof Journal, Humana Obscura, Pinch Journal, and elsewhere. Jodi's poem, “His mouth, mine” was selected as a finalist for the 2023 River Heron Review poetry prize and her poem, “Bone Density” won the 2023 Comstock Review Muriel Craft Bailey Award judged by Danusha Lameris. Jodi is in the process of developing her first chapbook to market to the poetry world. You could follow her musings on Instagram @jodibalas_ WALKING TO SURRENDER   The ghost at my side,   the knife in my coat pocket       hanging on the coat rack. I         yield to morning in apprehension             almost every morning. I'm               hardening, becoming the                   weight of two dead trees. A                     spool of thread wound so tight,                         it's hard to find the starting                           point - the dull tip of a needle is                         useless. I try and unknot the                     shoelace from yesterday, the                   muscle of memory below the ribs               and figure out which direction I'm             headed or which route is correct for         my mental state I've been trying       to correct but cannot correct   until I surrender entirely to the blinding wave of fear. MY BODY AS AN NFT Allow me to unshackle your wrists, bring you up off your knees & up to speed. Call me a good investment, the original copy. Non-refundable, metallic over bone, wire over skin – untethered, the virtual sin. You cannot use me in some side hustle, sleight of hand deal. I am my own creator. Watch how I catapult through your veins and rush you faster than a thief with a shank. Electric/cryptic #mytongueisdigitalweight Begging for a bit of action you're not sure how to obtain. Tell me, is there mutual interest? I can tell you that I'm priceless. Watch closely before I become a liability, before your pockets explode, before the scales begin to re-balance themselves.

Delivered 3/16/24 at Melava malka for Northeast Kollel, Bnai Israel Ohev Zedek, and Chelkeinu Initiative in Northeast PA   16:48 Civilians in Gaza 22:10 Balancing Obligations 26:50 Different Values in a Community 34:35 What/Should Those in Yeshiva do in Solidarity for Eretz Yisroel 41:02 Engaging with Anti Semitism 46:53 Mental Health – Rav or Therapist… Continue reading Making Sense of What is Going On in Israel (with Q&A)

Having a well-oiled team is a crucial piece of any successful business. Medical practitioners running their own practices are no stranger to the impact of employee turnover. In this episode of the Prosperous Doc®, Shane Tenny, CFP®, speaks with Dr. Michael Neal about the importance of building a strong team and hiring and retaining the right people. Dr. Neal practices optometry alongside his wife, Dr. Amy Neal. When they first opened their practice, he began to experience the challenges of developing a team alongside a growing business.“We were approaching hiring team members the wrong way. We were approaching it completely upside down. And unfortunately, we got the results that we deserved because of how we were approaching it,” Dr. Neal says about his first hiring challenges.A desire to streamline the hiring process and evaluate candidates more effectively led Dr. Neal to develop assessments that determine a candidate's suitability for a role and their ability to learn quickly. These assessments are delivered via text message and filter out 97% of applicants, removing a significant administrative burden from the hiring process. This was the starting point of his other business venture, Build My Team, which delivers better people faster. Later in the episode, Shane and Dr. Neal discuss the benefits of bringing in a professional manager to oversee the operations of a medical practice. “It's the team that's providing the care for the bulk of [the time]. If you want to advance in healthcare, one of the ways to do it is to adopt that mindset and bring on these A players,” he says.

Chris Jones started doing stand-up in the Poconos when he was 15 years old. He started doing bar shows and open mics when he was 19. He's 28 now and after a few years away from the stage, he's back and being productive. He's emerged as one of the stand-outs in the Northeast Pennsylvania scene and has big plans for 2024. Follow Chris Jones: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i_gotadumper/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisjonescomedyTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisjonescomedySupport the show

Jim, a brooding, self-absorbed hobo is traveling the country, obsessed with the belief that his father is the famous (and dead?) rock legend Jim Morrison. Sorrie is an intelligent, but non-streetwise teenage girl who is fleeing her controlling and abusive parents. The pair meet and in a cross-country odyssey overcome obstacles before them, and with one another, in "Travels with Jim," the debut novel by Jill Evans. Evans joins host Tory Gates to discuss the conditions that brought Jim and Sorrie about, and also her own upbringing and life, which played a part in this unique work. With roots firmly in Long Island, New York and Northeast Pennsylvania, Evans discusses her Polish and Italian backgrounds, the interactions with her family and the examples set for her as she pursued her own work. Jill Evans earned a bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University and an MFA with a concentration in writing from Lindenwood University. Her articles have appeared in publications that include Newsday and the East Hampton Star. She also teaches memoir and creative writing at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island.

Joshua Harper, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting and Applied Voice at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, speaking about a program titled, "Shining Light: A Hymn to the Sun," to be performed by the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 4:00 pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 35 South Franklin Street, in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Admission is free. For more information: www.choralsociety.net/

AWOKEN – Conspiracy or Theory Donald GaladeDonald A. Galade has been serving people in the financial services industry since 1987. He is CEO of Kingdom Financial Ministries, a Christian-Based Registered Investment Advisory firm. ​ A student of the Word, Don has earned certificates of Theology, Ministerial Studies, and Bible Prophecy from the International School of the Word, which was founded by Perry Stone.He is CEO and managing partner of a Registered Financial Advisor Firm in Northeast PA called Kingdom Financial Ministries. He is also President of an RIA firm known as GFS Financial Advisors, LLC. He is the author of multiple books and a producer of Christian film and music. He produced a great Pro-Life documentary called, “The Voice of John” starring Perry Stone, Dr. Alveda King and Father Frank Pavone.” He is a three time, international best-selling author. His books include “In God We Trust, The Dollar We Worship” and his latest book, “Awoken: Conspiracy or Theory?”Help me welcome to the program, “Donald Galade!” Donald, it is a blessing to finally get you on the program. I appreciate you joining us today.First question I always start with is this. Other than that brief information I just shared, can you tell us in your own words, “Who is Donald Galade?”You're in the financial services industry. You've been doing this since 1987. That's about the time I was getting involved in the industry as well. I was selling life insurance to the military at the time. That was the market I was familiar with due to my military service. I did pretty good. But I missed my military comradery and became a police officer as it was set up along the same way. But, I said all that because I know how difficult it can be at times. So my hat is off to you brother for making your business so successful. I love it. And the work you do to help Christian investors is needful and beneficial. I know from, know from first-hand knowledge, that there are a lot of scammers out there that are pushing people into bad investment vehicles and things. So I just appreciate you working it from the Christian point of view. Thank you for what you do. Let's start with your latest book, “Awoken: Conspiracy or Theory.” Why did you write this book and why publish it now?You talk about an elite group that is asserting dominance over almost every aspect of our lives. I have heard bits and pieces of some of the things you discuss, but you've put it all together, like a reference book. Share with us some of the facts you've discovered and included in this book…You share that there is a New World Order that requires the participation of every world leader, including US Presidents. And this has been going on since 1900?What if the President says “no?” You share that what we are witnessing right now, building in the Middle East, is the foundation of WW3. Can you explain why that is important to the End Times?Your book reviews on Amazon are off the charts. This is a hot topic, for sure, right now. Especially as we are coming up on the 2024 election.Don, this is so interesting. I love this book. I just got it a few days ago and it's almost finished. It's just awesome. You definitely are hitting on all the hot topics, that's for sure. How can someone...

Many of us enjoy a good RomCom. I think of it like one of my favorite snacks, a Reese's cup. Only in this case it's "you've got your romance in my comedy; I've got my comedy in your romance." I've been working on a ladies' night of Rom and Com for women here in Northeast PA for over a year but because of various bad timing and other circumstances, the event has been cancelled three times. Most recently the event was slated to take place in February but LBC Distillery had to close its tasting room rather unexpectedly -- LBC Distillery was home to previous Funny Wine Girl ladies comedy nights and was always a lovely place to gather. We will miss that tasting room! The concept is to have romance provided by author Tina Gallagher and comedy provided by me (Jeannine Luby) and other hilarious folks like Mary Rapach. In our effort to pivot, Tina and I did a mini virtual Galentine's Evening of Rom and Com on my Funny Wine Girl Jeannine Facebook. If you would like to watch the complete event with Rom and my comedy, visit my YouTube Channel here. This bonus podcast highlights the Romance solely. So please enjoy author Tina Gallagher reading Chapter 1 from her romance novel "Thick Girls Pole." For more of Tina's romance stories, visit Amazon or her website here.

Tracy welcomes Dr. Michael Neal, Optometrist and CEO of Build My Team to explore the concept of talent certainty and its impact on building a successful team and operating a successful practice.  Dr. Mike and his wife realized they were hiring their staff the wrong way, and it was costing them in terms of finances, time, energy and high stress levels. By prioritizing hiring the right people, their practice experienced financial growth, reduced headcount, increased patient care volumes, and significantly higher net income. Build My Team was born out of this realization, and now serves clients in over 40 states in various practice areas. We discussed the three steps to hiring the right people:  Finding suitable candidates Assigning candidates appropriate roles Empowering them to take charge  The advantages of working with a service like Build My Team are innumerable, and include:  Stress reduction Taking back precious time Offering providers and their teams the ability to focus on what's most important to inside and outside of work Traditional hiring methods are outdated, and the importance of assessing skills for a suitable position cannot be understated.  If you have struggled with filling roles in your practice, this episode will help you see how you can do it differently, setting yourself and your team up for success. Join us to learn how to hire the right way. Dr. Neal's Bio: Dr. Neal is a practicing Optometrist alongside his wife, Dr. Amy Neal. Together they founded Lakeside Vision in picturesque Hawley, Pennsylvania. They are celebrating their 20th year of servicing Northeast Pennsylvania. Downtime is spent with Amy, their two boys and two dogs. Both Drs. Neal have recently taken up running and even run when not being chased. Find Dr. Neal: Website LinkedIn Facebook Connect With Us: Schedule Strategy Session with Tracy Tracy's LinkedIn Business Page LinkedIn Community Instagram

Diane, at the age of 78 and a half, hails from Jersey City, New Jersey, where she grew up as an only child. She lived most of her adult life in Jersey before moving to Northeast Pennsylvania. In this serene setting, she leads a fulfilling life on a semi-homestead, cultivating her garden and caring for her chickens. Her companions include her Great Dane, Lola, and a variety of other pets. In her personal life, Diane celebrates a remarkable 50-year marriage with her husband Richard, and together they raised five children. She is a cherished grandmother to seven grandchildren and a great-grandmother to two. Professionally, Diane devoted her career to nursing, serving in diverse roles including wound care, renal/dialysis, and geriatric care. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a nurse practitioner, providing psychiatric care to male inmates at the Pennsylvania State Department of Corrections. Diane's life has been marked by a struggle with what is now known as Binge Eating Disorder, a condition she describes as "food addiction." This disorder led to significant weight fluctuations, with her weight varying by 50 to 100 pounds over several years. She found partial success in weight management through her involvement in 12-step programs addressing food addiction, though she continued to experience bouts of uncontrolled food binges. Despite these challenges, Diane's health was largely uneventful until her later years. In 2017, she was diagnosed and treated for colon cancer, undergoing surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation. It was during this period that she adopted a keto diet, eventually transitioning to a carnivore diet in January 2020. This dietary shift resulted in an 80-pound weight loss and enabled her to maintain a consistent weight for almost three years, a new achievement in her life. Diane also faced additional health issues, including a second battle with cancer in her lung in 2022 and a significant cardiac procedure to replace an aortic valve. She has successfully recovered from these health challenges and now relishes her retirement, energetically managing her homestead. Diane has a history of depression and anxiety dating back to early adolescence. She was previously treated with various SSRIs and medications but has since ceased using psychiatric drugs. Currently, she enjoys a more stable mood than in the past. Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer and introduction. 02:48 Childhood food addiction led to weight problems. 05:58 Eating disorders and addiction, recent battle with colon cancer and treatment. 10:00 Two surgeries, chemo, radiation, keto, recovery. 13:25 Lung surgery caused neuropathy, essential oil helped. 17:20 Carnivore lifestyle eliminates addiction and anxiety. 21:33 Colon cancer: surgery successful, no recurrence. 24:14 Humans don't need colons for nutrition. 27:37 Carnivore diet: simple, easy, suits laziness. 30:58 Vigor and exercise key to healthy aging. 33:19 Expressive aphasia, COVID pneumonia, brain improvement. 38:17 Enjoying morning coffee without dairy or sugar. 42:01 Favorite rant, regretful about past choices. 44:07 Healthcare broken, Rivero offers alternative solution. 50:18 Support during challenging times, lonely road, indulging in desserts, outlook on life, future plans, having fun. 52:17 Gave up control and stress for peace. 54:17 Hens bring joy and benefits to us. See open positions at Revero: https://jobs.lever.co/Revero/ Join Carnivore Diet for a free 30 day trial: https://carnivore.diet/join/ Carnivore Shirts: https://merch.carnivore.diet Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://carnivore.diet/subscribe/ . ‪#revero #shawnbaker #Carnivorediet #MeatHeals #HealthCreation   #humanfood #AnimalBased #ZeroCarb #DietCoach  #FatAdapted #Carnivore #sugarfree  ‪

The Philadelphia Phillies came up short in Game Seven of the National League Championship Series -- losing to Arizona 4-2. The company behind a new type of plastics recycling plant in central Pennsylvania has withdrawn a key permit application, but is still going forward with the project.  A bill has passed the state Senate that would require parents to opt in to allow children to view books deemed sexually explicit. A third lawyer for former President Donald Trump is pleading guilty to trying to help him stay in office despite losing the 2020 election. We look at how Jenna Ellis also influenced lawmakers in Pennsylvania to undermine the results. Wind phones  provide a line to help people cope with the loss of a loved one. The movement that started in Japan has made its way to Northeast Pennsylvania. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get more LVwithLOVE Thank you to our Partners! WXPN Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate  Molly's Irish Grille & Sports Pub VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/Sd_Y3LrnOLk In this episode, we sit down with Louis Cinquino, Board Chair of Community Action Lehigh Valley. Discover the incredible impact this organization has on our community, its origins, funding, and the areas it touches. Community Action's community problem-solving efforts have had long-lasting results, from voter referendums to affordable housing initiatives. Today, it employs nearly 100 workers, boasting a budget of $23 million and owning over $8 million in real estate. Their administrative costs consistently stay under 9% of their annual budget. We'll also delve into The Seed Farm, located on a 42-acre site in Emmaus, dedicated to cultivating the next generation of farmers. Offering affordable access to land, equipment, and essential training, The Seed Farm empowers new farmers to start their businesses. From equipment operation to marketing, they provide the skills and knowledge needed for success. And let's not forget the vital work of the Second Harvest Food Bank, committed to ending food insecurity in the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania. They provide nutritious food, nutrition education, and dismantle barriers to create access, all while respecting the dignity of our neighbors. Special thanks to our sponsors: Molly's Irish Grille & Sports Pub, Wind Creek Event Center, WXPN, and Michael Bernadyn with RE/MAX. For more information, visit www.communityactionlv.org. GUESTS Louis Cinquino - Board President, Community Action Lehigh Valley  Links Community Action Lehigh Valley: communityactionlv.org