Podcast appearances and mentions of Patricia Taylor

When a divorced Southern Belle sets her sights on a strapping younger man, she lets nothing get in her way - not his wife, nor his disappointed parents. Within only months, the relationship explodes into deadly violence, manipulations and poisonings. Sources: Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule Evil-in-Law: Love, Greed and Murder Bonnie's Blog of Crime - Deadly Women: Patricia Allanson  Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

Patricia Taylor is an anti-racism educator, podcaster, and writer who believes in having critical conversations around racial justice with clarity and candor. She writes on instagram under #somethoughtsfromyourblackfriend and joins Manda on the podcast today to encourage us to learn how to listen so that we can genuinely love better. Press play to hear more about: What inspired Patty to begin writing #somethoughtsfromyourblackfriend How we can become better listeners, especially to those that are different than us Why becoming anti-racist is a lifelong endeavor You can connect with Patty and learn from her writing at https://www.instagram.com/patricia_a_taylor/ A Longer Table Podcast is hosted by Manda Carpenter. For more, visit www.mandacarpenter.com. Checkout our amazing sponsors: ABLE - code ALONGERTABLE15 for 15% off all apparel! Cozy Earth - code ALONGERTABLE for 35% off luxurious bedding & pjs!

REWIND: In honor of Black history month, and this year's theme of resistance, we are revisiting past conversations with guests committed to the active and everyday work of resisting racism and the false ideology of white supremacy.    Anti-racism work is daily; it's a choice to embrace discomfort, the uncertainty of how folks around you will react, and a commitment to unapologetic truth telling. This week's guest, writer (founder of the blog, Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend), anti-racism activist / educator, and co-host of the  Upside Down podcast,  Patricia A. Taylor is on the journey. We have long admired her work, and this conversation is full of thoughtful insights, we delved into: - Patricia's journey aligning her writing with social justice and listening to the call from God to move into anti-racism work.  - Why proximity to BIPOC communities doesn't absolve churches and individuals from doing the work of anti-racism.  - How she embraces care for her mind, body and spirit, rooted in scripture from Jeremiah to the Psalms, and 2 Corinthians 3: 3-5. - The necessity of lament and repentance for the church as it relates to racial and social justice.   - Why spiritual bypassing is dangerous, and why being vulnerable around safe people (particularly for those in BIPOC communities) about what we're feeling is a form of self care.  - What Patricia hopes those in her community take away from her work: questions that guide them toward action, and keep them rooted in compassion.  More about Patricia A. Taylor: Patricia Taylor is a wife, mom and California native. She believes in Jesus, truth-telling, loving all of our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice with grace and honesty. Her work is rooted in anti-racism education, and she serves as the BIPOC Educator for Be The Bridge. You may find her on Instagram @patricia_a_taylor and on Facebook at Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend by Patricia A. Taylor. Stay Connected with Us - Pray with our Feet website where you can check out our online shop, blog and devotionals.  Stay in community with us on IG and Twitter.  Credits: HUGE thank you to my husband, Kes, our podcast editor!  He is also a talented creative entrepreneur, videographer and photographer! You can work with him and explore his work here.   

In part three of this bonus podcast series where we are paying tribute to Black motherhood, I am joined by Marcie Alvis-Walker, Patricia Taylor and Nya Abernathy as they discuss the Black Motherhood in Media. Not only do they share their own experiences growing up and the Black mothers in media that influenced them but also share their passion for having more representation of Black women and girls in media today. They talk about raising daughters under the heavy influence of whiteness all around them and the very real struggle they face as Black mothers keeping their children's dignity fully intact. Book bans, censorship and teaching our children more accurate history is also discussed.

Patricia Taylor Kennedy, CEO at Kennedy Effect Patricia simplifies the complexities of self-help. Knowing what the Game of Life template could be (your destination goals and the steps to get there), she bridges the gaps to show you what might be missing. That way, you can connect the dots and create the strategy you need […] The post Patricia Taylor Kennedy With Kennedy Effect appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

In this episode, Brandi is joined by Patricia Taylor to talk about the unique ways that Christian spaces create, uphold, and perpetuate rape culture. Note: This conversation is generally inexplicit and shys away from descriptions of violence beyond general facts. But even so, they talk about issues that many of us have been impacted by and thus we invite folks to listen and hold themselves with caution and tenderness.  You can find Patty online:InstagramYou can find the legacy trip she mentions here. If you like and want to support the work of Reclaiming My Theology, can follow, review/rate, or share with a friend. You can also join us on patreon at patreon.com/reclaimingmytheology. Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is by Sanchez Fair. 

Description: If you want to see hope in action, just take a look at our youth! Here at Be the Bridge, we are passionate about equipping and empowering students to step forward in the work of racial healing, racial equity, and racial unity right where they are. For this episode of the podcast, Patricia Taylor, Be the Bridge's Director of Programs, talks with Kaylee Morgan, Be the Bridge's Youth & University Program Manager, and two students, Sydney Middleton and Regan Murray, to discuss our youth guide and their involvement in a group. They share the ways they are learning and growing as individuals and as students in a trusted community. They are leading the way in this work, are having brave conversations, and are reminding us to never underestimate the power of small steps along the journey and small conversations in daily life. Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown Producer, Editor, & Music - Travon Potts Transcriber - Sarah Connatser Quotes: “We're here to equip the next generation to continue to do the work and empower them to empower those that follow right after them.” -Kaylee Morgan “We do this work for the betterment of us all.” -Patricia Taylor “You can't educate others without really educating yourself.” -Sydney Middleton “You never know how a small conversation could change someone's whole perspective on an issue.” -Regan Murray “I really do believe this next generation is going to see some monumental things when it comes to justice work in the justice movement and justice actually being served.” -Kaylee Morgan Links: Ad for Epic Will: EpicWill.com [use promo code BTB20 for 20% off] Become a Be the Bridge Partner: BeTheBridge.com/giveShop the Be the Bridge Store: Shop.BeTheBridge.com Be the Bridge Youth: BTByouth.com instagram.com/btbyouth twitter.com/btbyouth tiktok.com/@bethebridge_ Be the Bridge: BeTheBridge.com facebook.com/beabridgebuilder/ Latasha Morrison: latashamorrison.com/ facebook.com/LatashaMMorrison --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN?What does Agritourism mean for farmers, entrepreneurs, and residents in the mountains? Tune in to find out the answer to this question from our guest today, Laura Lauffer as we go on with our conversation with her.EPISODE SUMMARY:Joseph will interview our special guest, Laura Lauffer, Project Director of EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems and Appalachian Regional Commission Power Project Center for Environmental Farming Systems sponsored by North Carolina State University – an organization whose objective is to offer financial, technical, and business support to regional farms and food-related businesses, while also being an advocate for agritourism. This conversation will cover the process of creating and implementing a business model that emphasizes community development, as well as the relationship between public policy and economic development in Appalachian communities.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empowermtnfood/Website: https://cefs.ncsu.edu/food-system-initiatives/emfs-empowering-mountain-food-systems/EPISODE QUOTE: “ Everybody's got a yellow squash in July, so maybe planta different kind of beet instead. You have to be smart.”  Tune in for this fun conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by Clicking Here.SHOW NOTESSegment 1Lauffer is a native of North Carolina, her father retired when she was in elementary school. She gotta enjoy the tightly knit community of soldiers and their families. Whilst taking part in the Peace Corps she got to visit Zaire, a country in Africa.SEGMENT 2 In Zaire she was an extension agent. She would get seeds and extend them to farmers in the area to increase protein consumption as it was lacking in the people's diet. The Peace Corps also gave her the opportunity to learn the local dialect and also used French. She goes on to share that she earned a minor in Spanish in Montreal. Before starting a farm in Garner in Hohnston County she toured around Europe. She then became a Peace Corps recruiter in Grad school. Her area of expertise is food systems and economic development. She started a program at North Carolina Community College where she taught sustainability. She left the classroom and applied her skills in the field as a program director at NCA&T for regional food systems. Agritourism is tourism that is added to an existing farming operation.SEGMENT 3‍Using her website people can create appointments to get hooked up with different resources being offered by the program. One of the resources includes Advanced Business Services which helps local businesses that are advanced. The small business centers are partners that community colleges host to offer free business counseling. In agriculture, she is noticing carbon sequestration, which is recognizing farmers as a solution to climate change instead of as a factor of climate change.SEGMENT 4She uses storytelling to give people background and context to farms and agriculture including their purpose. The ideal farm-to-table program is where the farmer and chef are expressing creativity and have a relationship of understanding. An example is Silva Ilda, they change their many every week according to what's coming in fresh.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------TRANSCRIPT00:00:40.740 –> 00:00:57.240 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklyn McElroy, welcome you to the gateway to the smokies podcast this podcast is about America's most visited National Park, the great smoky mountains National Park in the surrounding towns, this area is filled with H in that.00:00:59.460 –> 00:01:03.690 Joseph McElroy: Deep-storied history filters that we explore with the weekly episode.00:01:04.500 –> 00:01:11.850 Joseph McElroy: As I said, I'm Joseph Franklin McElroy man in the world, but also deep roots in these mountains by families living the great smokies for over 200 years.00:01:12.270 –> 00:01:20.160 Joseph McElroy: My businesses and travel, but my heart is a culture today we're going to talk about agritourism and farm to table with Laura lot left.00:01:20.910 –> 00:01:29.220 Joseph McElroy: The first, you know a few sponsors and things like that you know when you start planning a trip.00:01:29.790 –> 00:01:38.310 Joseph McElroy: After you decide where you're going to go usually the first things you do is, you choose a book your flight you book your place you're going to stay.00:01:38.820 –> 00:01:47.010 Joseph McElroy: As because you need to have a place to start your vacation adventure and then you can get done you get to work on it in Tenerife now I place.00:01:47.880 –> 00:01:52.740 Joseph McElroy: and finding a place to stay, I want you to imagine a place evocative of motor courts of the past.00:01:53.550 –> 00:01:58.920 Joseph McElroy: Modern and vibrant with a Chic Appalachian feel a place for adventure and for relaxation.00:01:59.520 –> 00:02:07.410 Joseph McElroy: Imagine a place where you efficient a mountain heritage trout stream grill to catch on fire and eat accompanied by fine wines or craft beers.00:02:07.800 –> 00:02:20.100 Joseph McElroy: So imagine a place with old-time music and world cultural sounds, there is no other place like Meadowlark Motel in Maggie Valley North Carolina your smoky mountain adventures start with where you stay.00:02:20.940 –> 00:02:27.720 Joseph McElroy: Now, one of the things that we can help you with is to help you build your itinerary once you decide that you're going to stay.00:02:28.080 –> 00:02:39.780 Joseph McElroy: and come to the smoky mountains for vacation state the middle art we actually have a site called smokies adventure calm, that you can actually do your research on to find out about.00:02:40.950 –> 00:02:46.920 Joseph McElroy: The best hiking trails waterfalls outdoor adventures and family entertainment that you can find here.00:02:47.910 –> 00:02:59.940 Joseph McElroy: And you can find a lot about the great smoky mountains National Park, you have the best trails the best waterfalls and what you can do in caves code, you find out about the history of the smokies and how to explore that.00:03:00.960 –> 00:03:04.290 Joseph McElroy: That smokies adventure smokies plural adventure com.ew-]0:03:05.490 –> 00:03:16.620 Joseph McElroy: For your research pleasure and then when you get here will be more than happy to sell to set you up with tours or other things to do, and of course, we have a lot of things going on here we have the metal dark smoky mountain.00:03:17.730 –> 00:03:20.070 Joseph McElroy: Historical Center here with lots of.00:03:21.150 –> 00:03:27.390 Joseph McElroy: Events coming about mountain heritage and music and culture, here in the mountains and I'll tell you about a couple of00:03:28.170 –> 00:03:39.810 Joseph McElroy: Recently there was a viral event on TikTok and Instagram with some cloggers and specifically one color flogger I live, right here and Maggie Valley, the valley Jonathan.00:03:41.490 –> 00:03:52.500 Joseph McElroy: And we're going to actually bring those cloggers here this weekend to the Meadowlark Motel to do performance the J creek cloggers and.00:03:53.100 –> 00:04:03.210 Joseph McElroy: And they are going to be here on Friday night on Saturday night and your father, going to be performing at 730 but previous to that you can have a free Barbecue.00:04:04.050 –> 00:04:20.730 Joseph McElroy: There is sort of an iconic dance group that has been forming for a number of years, but zip the legend Ross was just picked up on tick tock and Instagram doing some solo buck dancing that was reminiscent of a lot of.00:04:21.750 –> 00:04:31.440 Joseph McElroy: Urban dancing going on, and he became sort of a hero and he's actually got a nickname now in the army online things he says he's called the legend.00:04:32.550 –> 00:04:34.710 Joseph McElroy: Is he doing something called any call it, Chris walked.00:04:35.910 –> 00:04:42.750 Joseph McElroy: that's an urban culture but it's part of the clogging that he does here so so it's kind of cool.00:04:43.500 –> 00:04:56.850 Joseph McElroy: That that happened I don't think they've had I think they've had 100 million views it's crazy, so you know we invite you to come out and see it live on Saturday night July 30 here at the Meadowlark00:04:58.110 –> 00:05:11.160 Joseph McElroy: admission is free for the motel guests and for heritage club members and it's $20 for people that are just visiting it's called 8289261717 to find out information reverse to reserve your room.00:05:12.390 –> 00:05:22.320 Joseph McElroy: Now, another thing that on August six that we're doing a smoky mountain heritage Center is putting on starting a Cherokee heritage series and they're bringing in.00:05:23.910 –> 00:05:34.530 Joseph McElroy: What true Appalachian Appalachian treasure baby arch and Davey is a world-famous Cherokee tribal historic and storing and Ward winning craftsman.00:05:35.070 –> 00:05:43.410 Joseph McElroy: Traditional Cherokee crafts, especially mass and baskets and he's a beloved spokesman for the Eastern Cherokee tribe.00:05:43.980 –> 00:05:56.520 Joseph McElroy: And this will be on August six starting at six the Barbecue dinner and music and then there will be a whole presentation that you will find very interesting.00:05:57.240 –> 00:06:08.160 Joseph McElroy: Michigan is $20 for guest three for hotel guests in here to close my hair does club Members call eight to 89261717 to reserve your seat.00:06:08.820 –> 00:06:22.080 Joseph McElroy: One of the events coming up that I've been promoting for a while now is a songwriters camp I don't know if you've heard of Jim Lauderdale but he's a grammy award-winning artist I think 30 hit songs under his belt.00:06:23.340 –> 00:06:39.630 Joseph McElroy: That he's written for various artists or more he wrote a lot of George strait's songs he wrote king of the broken hearts might be one of the big ones that you know so and he's leading a crew of grammy award-winning artist here there's gonna be Charles Humphrey the third.00:06:41.370 –> 00:06:57.330 Joseph McElroy: And then there's gonna Be daring Nicholson of Balsam Range les mills and Charles Chamberlain it's like a dream team of songwriters and top musicians here at the metal art and it's a two-day event, where you have a meet and greet and have a.00:06:58.590 –> 00:07:08.910 Joseph McElroy: concert by the songs from the road band and Barbecue dinner and all star concept on a Saturday night and then you're going to have.00:07:09.660 –> 00:07:29.640 Joseph McElroy: An all day intensive workshop where you actually walk away with a DEMO tape of one of your songs and it's gonna be it's gonna be incredible it's a great way to meet and learn from some of the top in the business so call eight to 89261717 to reserve your space and to get a ticket.00:07:31.440 –> 00:07:42.810 Joseph McElroy: get a space for the workshop and the two concerts are also available to the public, just to come and enjoy the music so again eight to 89261717 to get your spot.00:07:44.940 –> 00:07:51.420 Joseph McElroy: So today we're going to be talking about tourism with lunch.00:07:54.810 –> 00:07:55.560 Joseph McElroy: it's with.00:07:56.670 –> 00:08:10.050 Joseph McElroy: Our guest his name is Laura laufer is and she is the project director of empowering mountain food systems at appalachian regional convinced Commission power project Center for environmental party farming systems.00:08:11.250 –> 00:08:13.260 Joseph McElroy: You can't say that a lot of times fast.00:08:15.000 –> 00:08:15.750 Laura Lauffer she/her: Natural.00:08:15.990 –> 00:08:26.670 Joseph McElroy: sponsored by North Carolina State University an organization, whose objective is to offer financial, technical and business support to regional farms and food related businesses.00:08:27.090 –> 00:08:35.820 Joseph McElroy: while also being an advocate for agritourism, she holds degrees from Western Carolina university nc State University speaks for language.00:08:36.180 –> 00:08:47.340 Joseph McElroy: And there's a webinar producer blogger and Community activists she resides in western North Carolina enjoys hiking and spending time with family or friends Hello Laura how are you doing.00:08:47.370 –> 00:08:49.710 Laura Lauffer she/her: hey hey guys.00:08:49.920 –> 00:08:51.270 Joseph McElroy: I pronounce your last name right.00:08:51.570 –> 00:08:52.140 Laura Lauffer she/her: Now offer.00:08:52.410 –> 00:08:56.730 Joseph McElroy: offer okay so we're very thrilled to have you here today.00:08:57.990 –> 00:09:02.400 Joseph McElroy: You know, we are, we are getting in into farm to table here it's of lr.00:09:03.480 –> 00:09:11.100 Joseph McElroy: we've actually put in a raised garden back in the back here and then yeah I went out to my old family farm wish I owned.00:09:12.120 –> 00:09:22.950 Joseph McElroy: A third of it and on my on my land grant visible where my grandfather farm I put in my first field and now i'm a farmer feeling so proud of myself.00:09:24.480 –> 00:09:31.140 Joseph McElroy: As I got a lot to learn, but I did, I do have some candy roasters and things like that.00:09:31.980 –> 00:09:43.200 Joseph McElroy: Growing there so i'm looking forward to this conversation because i'm sure you can teach me how I could do this much better so, but first I want to get a little bit of your background you're a native of fayetteville North Carolina right.00:09:43.890 –> 00:09:44.850 Laura Lauffer she/her: Yes, I am.00:09:45.030 –> 00:09:46.140 Joseph McElroy: yeah and then.00:09:47.160 –> 00:09:54.090 Joseph McElroy: You know I whenever I think of that area I automatically think it for broad were you were you an army brat by chance.00:09:54.660 –> 00:09:58.170 Laura Lauffer she/her: My dad was in the army, yes that's how I like to answer that.00:09:59.160 –> 00:10:01.530 Laura Lauffer she/her: I did I did grow up more closer to.00:10:01.530 –> 00:10:12.390 Laura Lauffer she/her: Fort bragg and my dad was career special forces, and it was a really wonderful wonderful way to grow up, it was a really nice Community there on base.00:10:12.660 –> 00:10:15.000 Joseph McElroy: So you got to stay in one place for your whole childhood.00:10:15.360 –> 00:10:16.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: I did.00:10:16.410 –> 00:10:17.400 Laura Lauffer she/her: My dad died.00:10:17.430 –> 00:10:24.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah my dad I was a kind of a late comer as far as the in the order of children, so my dad retired.00:10:25.620 –> 00:10:35.070 Laura Lauffer she/her: When I was still in elementary school, but we stayed there because of the tight Community bond with all the soldiers families so well.00:10:35.340 –> 00:10:46.650 Joseph McElroy: yeah I was just recently out there, my son my 13 year old son is happens to be a power lifter and there was a there was actually a major power lifting event out there, so.00:10:47.880 –> 00:10:54.000 Joseph McElroy: You know I I it's interesting mixed bag place or some really beautiful places in some places that.00:10:55.590 –> 00:10:55.950 Joseph McElroy: But.00:10:57.030 –> 00:11:00.960 Joseph McElroy: All of North Carolina is it beautiful so.00:11:01.440 –> 00:11:04.080 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah I used to consider myself a beach girl.00:11:04.500 –> 00:11:04.800 Laura Lauffer she/her: And then.00:11:05.280 –> 00:11:16.350 Laura Lauffer she/her: To the mountains and I was coming back from the beach a couple years ago and I, and I was so happy to come to the mountains, so I just decided, I was in North Carolina girl.00:11:16.740 –> 00:11:18.330 Joseph McElroy: There you go you got everything here.00:11:18.360 –> 00:11:18.630 yeah.00:11:19.890 –> 00:11:25.980 Joseph McElroy: We have a rain forest, we have snow ski mountains and we have a white this white sand beaches.00:11:26.790 –> 00:11:36.270 Joseph McElroy: You can't really beat that yeah so how did you end up going to Western Carolina university from high school and fayetteville.00:11:37.590 –> 00:11:40.860 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, it was a circuitous route as you.00:11:41.910 –> 00:11:44.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: can imagine, and there was a boy involved in.00:11:44.490 –> 00:11:44.760 So.00:11:47.070 –> 00:11:47.760 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah.00:11:47.850 –> 00:12:04.560 Laura Lauffer she/her: But I was very glad I ended up here, and so this was a sweet homecoming for me since I graduated there in 1988 and another boy I met and I took off to the Peace Corps from from cali so.00:12:05.970 –> 00:12:15.540 Laura Lauffer she/her: So 30 years later i'm back and really, really appreciating it more you know in my advanced age, the beauty.00:12:15.960 –> 00:12:28.770 Laura Lauffer she/her: Of the region, you know, back then, I you know we were hiking and kind of go into paradise falls and stuff like that, but this time i'm really, really enjoying the beauty of the of the region.00:12:29.340 –> 00:12:31.530 Joseph McElroy: Peace Corps where'd you go in the Peace Corps.00:12:32.010 –> 00:12:33.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: went desire.00:12:33.420 –> 00:12:33.990 Joseph McElroy: wow.00:12:34.140 –> 00:12:43.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: it's this country in the middle of Africa it's a probably the one of the most difficult posts, you can have honestly and.00:12:44.460 –> 00:12:50.970 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was an amazing experience and many volunteers don't have that experience anymore being.00:12:50.970 –> 00:12:52.140 Laura Lauffer she/her: So rural.00:12:52.920 –> 00:12:58.050 Joseph McElroy: Well, I gotta I want to hear a little bit more about the experience but we got to take a break right now and then.00:12:59.640 –> 00:13:01.950 Joseph McElroy: And then and talk a little bit more about that.00:13:02.040 –> 00:13:04.380 Joseph McElroy: and other than, of course, Western North Carolina.00:13:04.920 –> 00:13:05.520 Great.00:15:21.300 –> 00:15:36.300 Joseph McElroy: Howdy! this is Joseph Franklyn McElroy back with the Gateway to the Smokies podcast my guest is Laura Lauffer so Laura you are the peace corps and you were in Africa and what you were doing, and they have anything related to agriculture, what.00:15:37.080 –> 00:15:38.430 Laura Lauffer she/her: It did and.00:15:38.940 –> 00:15:53.520, Laura Lauffer, she/her: We were extension agents what most people know what extension agents do here is extend the research from the land grant university to farmers and enzyme air, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.00:15:54.630 –> 00:15:59.760 Laura Lauffer she/her: There was a Research Station but there were no agents, and so my husband and I.00:16:01.290 –> 00:16:08.040 Laura Lauffer s: would get seeds and extend them to farmers in the region, mostly corn and soybeans.00:16:08.550 –> 00:16:22.110 Laura Lauffer she/her: To try to increase the protein content of diets because malnutrition, was an issue there, so it was a lovely amazing experience, who lived in a mud hut with no plumbing and no electricity and only got around on bikes.00:16:22.560 –> 00:16:27.690 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh, it was It made me appreciate all that we have.00:16:28.470 –> 00:16:38.670 Joseph McElroy: Well, that sounds like a fantastic experience I see that you spoke four languages, you know romantic languages and then this one called Chiluba00:16:39.210 –> 00:16:56.250, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Chiluba, yeah I was in a gas station in Raleigh once and the guy behind the counter was speaking to Buddha and I started speaking to him is like a so yeah it's a that's The great thing about peace corps is they, they teach you the local dialect.00:16:56.700 –> 00:16:57.390 Joseph McElroy: Oh wow.00:16:58.110 –> 00:17:04.440, Laura Lauffer, she/her: yeah so it was really great I think it'd be hard for me to carry on a conversation, and most of those languages.00:17:05.820 –> 00:17:16.530 Laura Lauffer she/her: I grew up spending a lot of time in Montreal and got a minor in Spanish, and then spoke French and spoke Chiluba are so it's a mix match in there.00:17:16.770 –> 00:17:19.290 Joseph McElroy: wow how long did you stay inside here?00:17:19.920 –> 00:17:20.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: Three years.00:17:22.410 –> 00:17:23.520 Joseph McElroy: becomes almost all right.00:17:24.150 –> 00:17:44.370, Laura Lauffer, she/her: yeah it was we stayed on we extended a little at the end and worked in the itinerary rain forest with john interests heart and they were doing research with the band booty tribe, which is also known as the pygmies way deep in the rain forest and.00:17:45.660 –> 00:17:53.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was an amazing experience, but we were ready to go and we hitchhiked across the continent it's something you can't do really anymore.00:17:54.780 –> 00:17:58.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was a true vagabond experience for some young people.00:17:59.460 –> 00:18:01.770 Joseph McElroy: And then you came back to the United States after that.00:18:02.370 –> 00:18:14.280, Laura Lauffer, she/her: We did we thought we would travel a lot more, but the Gulf War was going on in our family, you know, is ready for us to come back, but we toured around Europe for a little bit and then came back.00:18:14.640 –> 00:18:15.810 Joseph McElroy: And we're to settle settle.00:18:17.400 –> 00:18:29.850, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Actually, we stayed in wake county for a while, and then we moved out into the country and the head started our first little farm in garner and Johnston county.00:18:30.090 –> 00:18:30.510 Joseph McElroy: Oh wow.00:18:30.810 –> 00:18:45.000, Laura Lauffer, she/her: And, and I worked in Durham I've worked for Africa, new service until I went to Grad school and became a peace corps recruiter in Grad school at NC state, and that was really wonderful experience.00:18:45.300 –> 00:18:53.280 Joseph McElroy: And that's where you got even further into understanding at the Grad school you got into the agriculture-related studies.00:18:53.940 –> 00:19:04.410 Laura Lauffer she/her: no, mostly sustainability so I'm not an ag-technician food systems person and Community development and economic development.00:19:05.340 –> 00:19:18.540 Laura Lauffer she/her: So I'm not the I do have you know a little bit of knowledge, you know enough to get by on animal husbandry and crop production, but my area of emphasis is food systems and economic development.00:19:18.690 –> 00:19:27.870 Joseph McElroy: wow you know what are the, what are the only three pine-rated logic facility, the Western Asheville by the state of North Carolina in terms of sustainable yeah.00:19:28.110 –> 00:19:42.690 Laura Lauffer she/her: Fantastic yeah I taught sustainability for a while I started a program at Central Carolina Community College, where the few sustainability degrees in the state, and that was a wonderful experience.00:19:43.020 –> 00:19:48.180 Joseph McElroy: And then you worked as a program coordinator of local farms of food within see at antique00:19:48.960 –> 00:19:57.690 Laura Lauffer she/her: I did that's when I got I left teaching because I really was kind of tired of talking about sustainability so much in the classroom every day and I was.00:19:58.560 –> 00:20:14.310 Laura Lauffer she/her: missing the application in the field, and so I took a leap of faith and left teaching and was brought on for this regional food systems work at NCAA empty and their extension Program.00:20:14.760 –> 00:20:21.840 Joseph McElroy: cool and what is the regional food system work, what is it you do there?00:20:21.930 –> 00:20:28.980 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, so one of the things that we like to focus on is helping farmers with their supply chain.00:20:29.910 –> 00:20:38.550, Laura Lauffer, she/her: If they want to diversify their source of funding, do they want to diversify markets this happened a lot during covid where.00:20:38.940 –> 00:20:56.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know the one-on-one marketing say at farmer's markets when a way, so we help folks establish their web presence, maybe, establish a pickup and so, for that they needed coolers, and so we had a program our funder came to us during cove it and said.00:20:58.050 –> 00:21:13.680 Laura Lauffer she/her: What, what do you need to do you know, because everything this of course it was not our plan to have a pandemic in this project, and so I went to the farmers, and I was like what what do y'all need most and it was cold storage so because they were like.00:21:14.190 –> 00:21:15.810 Laura Lauffer she/her: had to hold on to things a little bit.00:21:15.810 –> 00:21:30.960 Laura Lauffer she/her: Longer and have a different distribution method so um so supply chain is very important, you know, maintaining that quality and diversifying income so that's kind of a snapshot that's one of the things we do.00:21:31.710 –> 00:21:42.030 Joseph McElroy: So the new so you ended up then coming to Western North Carolina and leading leading be coming the project director of this up God awful lot.00:21:45.360 –> 00:21:48.600 Laura Lauffer she/her: it's empowering that with IT systems that says it all.00:21:50.040 –> 00:21:55.860 Joseph McElroy: Of that is an applicant Appalachian Regional Commission our project Center for environmental party system.00:21:56.430 –> 00:22:01.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah you always have to mention your funders you know they like that and it's important.00:22:01.530 –> 00:22:01.920 Laura Lauffer she/her: So yeah.00:22:02.520 –> 00:22:09.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: We are funded by the appalachian regional Commission it's a over a million dollar grant over four years.00:22:09.810 –> 00:22:28.440 Laura Lauffer she/her: To do this work, and we also very importantly, got funding from the cherokee preservation foundation to work with cherokee farmers and cherokee food systems and my office is actually in the Qualla boundary of the eastern band of Cherokee so we've had the great pleasure to work with.00:22:29.760 –> 00:22:38.310 Laura Lauffer she/her: tribal government and and are our allies there to help Cherokee farmers and cherokee businesses grow.00:22:38.790 –> 00:22:43.980 Joseph McElroy: So you work do you do you work with pharmacy work with other businesses like restaurants groceries.00:22:45.120 –> 00:22:45.450 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:22:46.650 –> 00:22:48.540 Laura Lauffer she/her: um so like during covid00:22:49.830 –> 00:22:58.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: Some restaurants transition to be the grocery stores, so I hope folks know about Guadalupe CAFE and downtown Silva00:22:58.770 –> 00:22:59.820 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's a great CAFE.00:22:59.820 –> 00:23:00.300 yeah.00:23:01.440 –> 00:23:04.590 Joseph McElroy: I look at like the multiple salsa salsa.00:23:04.830 –> 00:23:08.460 Joseph McElroy: yeah good you can bring a great day yeah.00:23:08.730 –> 00:23:16.110 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah yeah yeah Jen is wonderful and she's always been super committed to local food systems and so.00:23:17.100 –> 00:23:21.570 Laura Lauffer she/her: And she was only doing take out but folks will come get their takeout they can get coffee.00:23:22.080 –> 00:23:41.520 Laura Lauffer she/her: butter cheese bacon and so, for that she needs more cold storage, and so we help with that, and then we also help with Yonder, which is a fabulous market up in Franklin, and so they during covid they transition from a from a restaurant to a.00:23:43.020 –> 00:23:48.870 Laura Lauffer she/her: Community supported agriculture, where they were selling bags of food and and a little grocery store.00:23:49.320 –> 00:24:06.030 Laura Lauffer she/her: So yeah absolutely so it's you know it's all along we'd like to work all along the supply chain were even work with Western Carolina university, we had an event there a few weeks ago, talking to their catering directors about buying local for events there.00:24:06.390 –> 00:24:10.500 Joseph McElroy: Well, so a little, so our little planet, the building a.00:24:12.090 –> 00:24:22.680 Joseph McElroy: Small essentially a small farm to help support our plans to make this restaurant would be something we could actually work a little bit with you on.00:24:23.190 –> 00:24:31.170, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Absolutely, I mean you're in Haywood county this project is only goes from Haywood to Cherokee county.00:24:32.310 –> 00:24:39.600 Laura Lauffer she/her: there's often not a lot of attention out here in this little piece of heaven, you know there, there is a lot of mountains west of Asheville.00:24:39.870 –> 00:24:40.200 Right.00:24:41.280 –> 00:24:45.510 Laura Lauffer she/her: And yeah yeah we love, we have some great partners in Haywood county.00:24:45.960 –> 00:24:46.710 Joseph McElroy: cool yeah.00:24:47.880 –> 00:24:49.890 Joseph McElroy: Totally yeah totally.00:24:51.660 –> 00:24:56.430 Joseph McElroy: Totally enamored by you know the concept of agritourism.00:24:57.750 –> 00:25:00.930 Joseph McElroy: And you how do you guys promote agritourism00:25:02.040 –> 00:25:17.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well agritourism what's really essential is that agritourism is tourism that is added on to an existing farming operation so it's not this case where.00:25:18.480 –> 00:25:35.520 Laura Lauffer she/her: Laura goes and buys a piece of land and puts up a beautiful barn and it's a wedding venue that is not agritourism so agritourism, is a working farm or you know farm production business where they're adding agritourism.00:25:36.330 –> 00:25:46.740, Laura Lauffer, she/her: To increase knowledge and, hopefully, of course, in increase revenue, and you know people are very interested to learn, you know where their food comes from.00:25:47.400 –> 00:26:08.670 Laura Lauffer she/her: And, and you know children love to go walk along or shear a sheep Jehovah raw farm and Haywood county has a fantastic agritourism operation, where you can stay in their cabin and she and use the wool from a shared sheep and make your own rug oh.00:26:09.480 –> 00:26:10.410 Laura Lauffer she/her: that's cool yeah.00:26:10.470 –> 00:26:12.750 Laura Lauffer she/her: So look up Jehovah raw form they are.00:26:13.440 –> 00:26:15.060 Joseph McElroy: All yeah you know.00:26:16.410 –> 00:26:17.670 Joseph McElroy: I was i'm a beekeeper.00:26:17.790 –> 00:26:27.300 Joseph McElroy: Without fantastic I actually learned it I did beekeeping a little bit when I was a kid here in the mountains back she learned to do be pretty good at it in the south bronx in New York City.00:26:27.570 –> 00:26:37.800 Joseph McElroy: Oh, my goodness, I would put bee hives and in Community arts and we were near the at the botanical gardens.00:26:38.190 –> 00:26:38.790 Joseph McElroy: I know.00:26:38.880 –> 00:26:43.530 Joseph McElroy: I got I got all sorts of interesting flavors, but do you work with beekeepers is that.00:26:43.980 –> 00:26:58.200, Laura Lauffer, she/her: yeah absolutely one of our first grants, we made was to Ferguson farms in haywood county and they are 100 year farm, there is a historical farm and Haywood county and.00:26:59.100 –> 00:27:11.880 Laura Lauffer she/her: They started beekeeping, excuse me in 2019, I believe, when we first started and their operation, they are now getting ready to add blanton to their farm.00:27:11.910 –> 00:27:25.440 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah so you can go in and have a beautiful tent on the river and you know hang out in your tub and then go and get on a four-wheeler and go visit the horses and learn about beekeeping.00:27:26.640 –> 00:27:28.680 Laura Lauffer she/her: learn about you know beef production.00:27:29.100 –> 00:27:40.020 Joseph McElroy: I did a lot of education about beekeeping to kids in the bronx in the Community garden so i'm looking to start doing that, here too, because I enjoyed it.00:27:40.410 –> 00:27:48.060 Joseph McElroy: And I have you know I have, I have four year old twins now how am I have a 30-year-old son that four-year-old twins and.00:27:48.600 –> 00:27:54.390 Joseph McElroy: I think I look forward to being able to show them about these things so but I think, making it a part of a program I might even.00:27:54.960 –> 00:28:07.260 Joseph McElroy: You know, I think that I can do, because I figured out how to do it, the Community garden how to have a number of beehives here at the Meadowlark, because you can create beef like you know you create barriers that regulate wearing the bees fly.00:28:07.620 –> 00:28:09.840 Joseph McElroy: Right at the height and everything else, so you can get.00:28:09.840 –> 00:28:12.210 Joseph McElroy: them to fly above people for the most part.00:28:13.440 –> 00:28:20.340 Joseph McElroy: And so that you can have been very densely populated areas, and a lot of you know, and so people didn't know that but I got we got to take another break.00:28:20.400 –> 00:28:23.940 Joseph McElroy: Okay, and then we'll come back and talk more about what you're doing okay.00:28:24.330 –> 00:28:25.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: Okay, thanks.00:30:30.750 –> 00:30:39.090 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklin McElroy back with the gateway to the smokies podcasts that my guest Laura Lauffer so Laura you know I.00:30:40.140 –> 00:30:56.880 Joseph McElroy: assume I'm a neophyte business person, and you know and it's trying to get into agritourism, and some of the agriculture, how does, how does, how does somebody approached your organization and find out about assistance and special programs and things like that.00:30:58.110 –> 00:31:01.980 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, just Google empowering mountain food systems and.00:31:03.150 –> 00:31:12.030 Laura Lauffer she/her: You will come up in our homepage will come up and on the right, there's a little purple button that says apply here, and that will take you.00:31:12.510 –> 00:31:30.510 Laura Lauffer she/her: straight into our portal and then you have an appointment with me and I talked to folks about what they're up to and I hook them up with the different resources that they have we have a really cool program right now it's called Advanced business services that are helping.00:31:31.800 –> 00:31:36.660, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Local businesses who are kind of advanced, so we just helped.00:31:37.830 –> 00:31:44.940 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh valley view farms she's a verbal culture operation, do you know what permaculture is.00:31:44.970 –> 00:31:46.140 Joseph McElroy: No, I have no idea.00:31:46.350 –> 00:31:48.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: permaculture is worm farming.00:31:48.600 –> 00:31:51.270 Joseph McElroy: Oh wow for me, but yeah.00:31:51.480 –> 00:32:04.980 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah and she has an amazing worm farming operation, and so we assisted her with her new logo and her sign she has classes at her farm she's actually teaching a class Mary Ann Smith.00:32:06.240 –> 00:32:09.480 Laura Lauffer she/her: August 2 and clay county.00:32:10.200 –> 00:32:11.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: So she's at the haywood.00:32:12.000 –> 00:32:21.300 Laura Lauffer she/her: county historic farmers market every Saturday selling worm castings which is worm poop and it's just some of the most rich.00:32:23.010 –> 00:32:38.100 Laura Lauffer she/her: fertilizer you can use you really need to only use a very little so anyhow so that's a an example of a client we just helped and we're helping bear waters brewing there and Maggie.00:32:39.060 –> 00:32:48.750 Laura Lauffer she/her: They want to expand purchasing local products and so will be helping them with some refrigeration so that they can refrigerate more local products.00:32:48.840 –> 00:32:54.630 Joseph McElroy: Oh fabulous now do you offer do you offer education classes things training things like that.00:32:55.290 –> 00:33:03.390 Laura Lauffer she/her: that's mostly left to extension and one of our key partners in this project is the small business centers.00:33:04.230 –> 00:33:18.450 Laura Lauffer she/her: Every Community college in the state hosts a small business Center offering free business counseling and so, because this is an economic development project we really focus on that business side of of agriculture.00:33:19.290 –> 00:33:30.360 Laura Lauffer she/her: And we partner with with each small business Center so there and haywood county we partner with haywood Community college and Ashley swagger to have classes there.00:33:31.380 –> 00:33:37.470 Laura Lauffer she/her: But extension, and you know you're so fortunate here we've got mills river Research Station.00:33:38.220 –> 00:33:54.990 Laura Lauffer she/her: nearby and the mountain horticulture Research Station is on raccoon road there and haywood county and just they you know, keep keep in touch with them and their calendar and your local extension office so that's that they do that technical training piece.00:33:55.470 –> 00:34:00.720 Joseph McElroy: yeah that's that's cutting this nice i've been i've been noticing that there are some things out here we go cuz.00:34:01.980 –> 00:34:11.910 Joseph McElroy: I know pretty much what to do with beekeeping, but in terms of actually you know what the neck how to evolve a farm is now is not something i've ever done before.00:34:13.260 –> 00:34:13.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah.00:34:13.710 –> 00:34:24.420 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, you gotta you gotta come up with a marketing plan, like any good business, you know, come up with your dear cost benefit analysis and figure out if you're making money or losing money and.00:34:26.250 –> 00:34:28.260 Laura Lauffer she/her: And kind of go from there.00:34:28.530 –> 00:34:35.970 Joseph McElroy: Well, I think my my challenge is, I mean i've been doing a lot of marketing, so my challenge, though, is actually, how do you grow the best stuff.00:34:37.290 –> 00:34:38.190 Joseph McElroy: Right yeah.00:34:38.280 –> 00:34:39.840 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, you start with good soil.00:34:39.930 –> 00:34:42.600 Joseph McElroy: Good soil and the worm sounds like a good addition.00:34:42.630 –> 00:34:44.070 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah yeah.00:34:44.280 –> 00:34:50.130 Joseph McElroy: yeah i've been using I think mushroom based stuff or or beef of based stuff right.00:34:50.520 –> 00:34:57.510 Laura Lauffer she/her: Nice nice yeah we're we're blessed with fantastic wild mushroom foraging in this region.00:34:58.320 –> 00:35:04.650 Joseph McElroy: So you've mentioned a few agriculture agritourism business examples around the area.00:35:05.760 –> 00:35:10.710 Joseph McElroy: I think there's also another one, you probably know about darnell farms over swaying county.00:35:10.800 –> 00:35:21.090 Laura Lauffer she/her: Right yeah yeah the Dardanelles are fantastic partners in our in our work and I always highlight them when I do teach a marketing class because.00:35:21.480 –> 00:35:33.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know I encourage anybody to go to the darnell farm is Facebook page because they do live video all the time and and one of the best ones I saw was on.00:35:34.440 –> 00:35:42.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: They went out in the field picked a tomato sliced it put it between two pieces of wonder bread with semantics and.00:35:42.330 –> 00:35:44.640 Joseph McElroy: Probably good old southern Mayo and.00:35:45.150 –> 00:35:47.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was just running down his.00:35:47.700 –> 00:35:48.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: hand and he.00:35:49.350 –> 00:35:50.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: And he was loving it.00:35:51.060 –> 00:35:54.960 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know just folks just lined up for miles to count on your sandwich.00:35:55.230 –> 00:35:59.280 Joseph McElroy: I eat a tomato sandwich about every every other week I love it to me.00:36:01.080 –> 00:36:09.210 Joseph McElroy: So I put mine on yeah wheat bread, I put spinach on the right, you know i'm a little bit more elaborate still but the basis of it is still tomato mail on.00:36:10.350 –> 00:36:10.620 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:36:11.700 –> 00:36:24.840 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah they're fantastic Community members, they support a lot of food pantries they're great place to work, and it really is a fun event venue with live music or river.00:36:25.950 –> 00:36:31.500 Laura Lauffer she/her: Picking pumpkins and strawberries and hayride so that that is a lot of fun and.00:36:33.420 –> 00:36:36.810 Joseph McElroy: So uh so any other places that you think.00:36:37.140 –> 00:36:38.790 Laura Lauffer she/her: highlight that are really great yes.00:36:38.910 –> 00:36:40.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: Yes, there's a new one.00:36:41.040 –> 00:37:00.420 Laura Lauffer she/her: And I just found out today i'm a with from appalachian sustainable LIFE project, which is a sister organization they're having a farm tour this year that will have a few stops and haywood county and they're going to go to smoky mountain manga least talk about a mouthful.00:37:01.740 –> 00:37:09.150 Laura Lauffer she/her: So the manga least a pig is the cutest pig it's a pig with with tight tight curly hair.00:37:09.540 –> 00:37:09.780 Joseph McElroy: But it.00:37:09.840 –> 00:37:15.030 Laura Lauffer she/her: Has like the highest fat content, the large chefs love it.00:37:15.120 –> 00:37:27.930 Laura Lauffer she/her: love it love it so but during cove it, you know things changed for them and they lived on a beautiful piece of land with the river and people wanted to Camp so like well let's try camping.00:37:28.410 –> 00:37:29.310 Laura Lauffer she/her: And so they.00:37:29.850 –> 00:37:38.820 Laura Lauffer she/her: I believe their platform is hip camp hai PC emp is kind of like an airbnb for farmers who have land.00:37:39.090 –> 00:37:39.450 Laura Lauffer she/her: So you.00:37:39.510 –> 00:37:51.900 Laura Lauffer she/her: roll up in your camper you roll up with your tent and you have this beautiful experience on a farm So yes, smoky mountain manga Lisa and you can buy some amazing pork chops while you're there.00:37:52.320 –> 00:38:10.380 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's that's pretty cool yeah i'm looking at putting some yeah some cabins are clapping out and I earned us now, because now, I have the whole facility to do all the management and all that so yeah It makes sense, where do you see the future of tourism in the next few years.00:38:11.670 –> 00:38:22.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: I think i'm ECO tourism for sure i'm talking about sustainability and one of the really exciting things that's happening.00:38:22.680 –> 00:38:28.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: In agriculture is carbon sequestration is you know, recognizing farmers.00:38:28.860 –> 00:38:40.800 Laura Lauffer she/her: As a solution to climate change, and not a problem for climate change, and so you know going and seeing you know what are these sustainability measures, you can take with your cattle.00:38:41.490 –> 00:38:47.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: and your pastures, how can we, you know, can you know use practices that.00:38:48.390 –> 00:39:00.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: create a better habitat for birds and pollinators things like that so i'm hopeful that consumers will will want to do that and take your children to see you know you and.00:39:00.780 –> 00:39:10.080 Laura Lauffer she/her: I took some nutrition students to interview some farmers and they had no idea that I think that potatoes grew into ground.00:39:10.350 –> 00:39:19.500 Laura Lauffer she/her: Or that you know I know the first time I saw how Brussels sprouts sprouts grew I was like oh wow that's kind of cool that they grow on a stock.00:39:19.770 –> 00:39:32.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah um yeah it's fun and you know we have these beautiful rivers and all of this, recreation, so what I would like to see is folks combine you know come out.00:39:33.360 –> 00:39:44.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: enjoy the River enjoy the mountains and leave maybe leave some of your resources behind leave some of your money behind with a local farm that conserves that beauty that you love to see.00:39:45.210 –> 00:40:01.110 Joseph McElroy: Right, I think it's a great idea for children, you know that used to be the children were a big mainstay of tourism here and haywood county but because he had the ghost town in the sky, but you know now research shows that hey the predominance demographic now comes out as over 45 right.00:40:01.410 –> 00:40:02.820 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah the motorcycle people.00:40:03.000 –> 00:40:12.510 Joseph McElroy: The motorcycle people and you got the pet friendly crowd you've got the hikers and you got but, in general, there there there it's an older demographic now so but.00:40:13.230 –> 00:40:23.430 Joseph McElroy: Since coven we're starting to see families come out and I think having things like agritourism, where they learn a lot of stuff go going from penny.00:40:23.850 –> 00:40:37.890 Joseph McElroy: petting sheep to you know, seeing how things grow to you know camping I think those are all great visions for do for really vital revitalizing tourism across the board.00:40:38.490 –> 00:40:40.110 Joseph McElroy: I also I also saw that you.00:40:40.320 –> 00:40:48.450 Joseph McElroy: You encourage diversity i've been doing a lot of work involving women in pursuing the field So how do you do that, and what do you do for them.00:40:49.410 –> 00:40:59.250 Laura Lauffer she/her: I really don't have to do anything for them, they are leaders in the field, and they are dynamic savvy business people.00:41:00.990 –> 00:41:16.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: So they don't really require any extra attention any extra programming I just you know I work to serve them the way I serve anybody else I did write an article for smoky mountain news a couple years ago about.00:41:17.310 –> 00:41:29.160 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know the dynamism of women in agriculture in the region and katie from katie's orchard Patricia Taylor told a story about being with a few women that went to the apple meetings.00:41:30.030 –> 00:41:38.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know, years ago, and that the male apple farmers are kind of like looking at her about speaking up and she's like i'm here to learn.00:41:39.270 –> 00:41:50.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: And and she's an amazing amazing farmer, I absolutely recommend you go by katie's orchard in canton and you can pick apples and pears and blackberries and blueberries and.00:41:51.180 –> 00:42:08.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: Get jam and honey and so that's another another great asset at katie and so she she's a leader, she counsels other farmers and yeah women, women are natural leaders, and so they don't need me for much.00:42:09.120 –> 00:42:19.350 Joseph McElroy: But sometimes they have unique challenges I mean maybe not as much as they used to, but like my grandmother when she moved here back in the 40s 50s he became like the first one is broker.00:42:20.130 –> 00:42:29.880 Joseph McElroy: State of North Carolina but they would let her open her own bank account to her husband came in and open it yeah is there any unique challenges that women face down the an agritourism.00:42:30.570 –> 00:42:40.650 Joseph McElroy: No oh good all right cool all right, well, we have to take another break and then we'll come back we'll finish up with you know some some things you want to make people aware of.00:42:41.070 –> 00:42:42.420 Laura Lauffer she/her: Okay excellent Thank you.00:44:43.980 –> 00:44:54.780 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklin McElroy back with a gateway to the smokies podcast my guest is Laura Laufer so Laura, you know my business that's funded my.00:44:55.560 –> 00:45:07.050 Joseph McElroy: This move them into the back end of my childhood home and this motel and things originated in marketing and you know, a big part of what we do is content storytelling.00:45:07.590 –> 00:45:14.010 Joseph McElroy: And and and we've built the Meadowlark you know we tripled revenue tripled things through storytelling essentially through.00:45:14.430 –> 00:45:27.420 Joseph McElroy: The mountain heritage is the common theme throughout what we do so, I noticed that you emphasize storytelling in your agritourism businesses as a way to build it what, what do you, what do you tell them.00:45:28.470 –> 00:45:40.440 Laura Lauffer she/her: Absolutely, I mean that's what you know you clinch folks with you know this goat is named Beatrice after my grandma because my grandma was hard-headed and this goat.00:45:40.740 –> 00:45:52.950 Laura Lauffer she/her: is hard-headed and that's why we call her Beatrice well how is she hard-headed well she's hard headed to because she figured out how to get out of the fence, and you know, and you just go on and tell that story about.00:45:53.850 –> 00:46:04.350 Laura Lauffer she/her: About unique things about your farm and, like you, you know you're talking about your grandmother, you know, especially if it's a heritage farm let folks know you know how long.00:46:04.710 –> 00:46:14.460 Laura Lauffer she/her: Has this been here, this is why we're here, this is why we do that, and you know it can be as simple as the story of where your food comes from you know, like.00:46:14.880 –> 00:46:32.970 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh, you enjoy bread, do you know that bread comes from wheat, and this is where we grow wheat in western North Carolina and wheat can also be used for this, and so so contextualizing agriculture so folks understand what it means to their everyday life.00:46:33.990 –> 00:46:39.120 Joseph McElroy: that's cool that's cool they know I that's yeah that's what we tell people.00:46:40.320 –> 00:46:47.970 Joseph McElroy: When they're wanting to do things in social media like tick tock and stuff like that and Instagram it's all about telling a narrative right.00:46:48.750 –> 00:46:58.680 Joseph McElroy: about telling the story yeah and so that's you know that's the way to help people a lot I think in terms of get their story out there.00:46:59.790 –> 00:47:09.600 Laura Lauffer she/her: We say on when folks do social media on Facebook, that it should be the content should be 80% storytelling and 20% selling.00:47:09.900 –> 00:47:13.710 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know, you know it's like oh here's pictures of.00:47:14.340 –> 00:47:30.150 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know, we want the best picture of your child eating a strawberry from our strawberry patch you get thousands of pictures of kids with strawberry all over their face and people love it and then you say Oh, by the way, you know still pick in until dark until August it.00:47:30.480 –> 00:47:38.130 Joseph McElroy: You know cool so um, how do you define the ideal farm to table Program.00:47:38.700 –> 00:47:41.160 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh that's a good one um.00:47:42.450 –> 00:47:52.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: When the chef works with the farmer, before anything goes into the ground, and so you know say chef is reading.00:47:53.790 –> 00:48:04.470 Laura Lauffer she/her: So fancy culinary you know fine dining magazine, and he sees this beautiful ready CIO and he's like I want that you know, on my plate, it looks beautiful.00:48:04.800 –> 00:48:16.710 Laura Lauffer she/her: So he and his the farmer that he works with they sit down with maybe the Johnny seed catalog and and they're talking about it and they're like okay well i'll try it i'll plant simply, you will see how that goes.00:48:17.190 –> 00:48:27.060 Laura Lauffer she/her: And it is a relationship like that it's it's truly creativity on both ends and you know the chef has to have some.00:48:28.050 –> 00:48:41.850 Laura Lauffer she/her: expectations and understanding of the challenges of disease water, you know things that happen that some things can go wrong, but it's truly truly a relationship, you know the chef is visiting the farm.00:48:43.080 –> 00:49:02.670 Laura Lauffer she/her: The farmers going in to have a great meal at the restaurant, so that is absolutely the ideal where the the chef's menu like here in Silva El de is a fantastic example they changed their menu every couple of weeks to what's what's what's fresh and what's coming in the door.00:49:03.570 –> 00:49:11.160 Joseph McElroy: that's I mean yeah the when you're doing the farming you'd have to you have to you have to deal with the dynamics of what's available.00:49:11.700 –> 00:49:15.390 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah well everybody's got yellow squash in my.00:49:16.740 –> 00:49:24.270 Laura Lauffer she/her: Maybe plant, you know, a different kind of beat instead so you have to be smart like that.00:49:24.690 –> 00:49:28.230 Joseph McElroy: Right or come up with unique recipes for yellow squash.00:49:29.070 –> 00:49:30.510 Joseph McElroy: yeah yeah.00:49:30.720 –> 00:49:32.160 Laura Lauffer she/her: I think they're out there somewhere.00:49:32.640 –> 00:49:37.110 Joseph McElroy: Well i'm i'm loving yellow squash soup cream soup.00:49:38.880 –> 00:49:39.390 Joseph McElroy: it's good.00:49:41.010 –> 00:49:42.000 Joseph McElroy: So, but.00:49:47.160 –> 00:49:47.460 Joseph McElroy: You.00:49:48.720 –> 00:49:49.050 Joseph McElroy: You.00:49:50.970 –> 00:49:55.710 Joseph McElroy: You sorry I lost my place in my my questions here so.00:49:57.240 –> 00:50:02.760 Joseph McElroy: So you have a website right what's the website again you just say Google is easiest way.00:50:03.120 –> 00:50:06.570 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah empowering mountain foods.org I believe.00:50:06.840 –> 00:50:16.620 Laura Lauffer she/her: Okay i'm done and there's two other websites I wanted folks to be aware of that, I hope we can put on the Facebook page one is the visit nc farms APP.00:50:17.190 –> 00:50:26.400 Laura Lauffer she/her: So this is an APP sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and in haywood county it's sponsored by cooperative extension.00:50:27.090 –> 00:50:37.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: And bunkum county it's sponsored by soil and water and in Jackson county it's funded by the tourism development authority and so.00:50:37.620 –> 00:50:47.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: You download this APP and wherever you're driving in North Carolina you can you know type in you know alpaca farm or strawberries, and it will come up.00:50:48.090 –> 00:51:02.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: With the map hours what's available, so the visit nc farms APP and then the other one i'm super excited about, especially for your out of town folks is vacation or supported agriculture and.00:51:04.260 –> 00:51:08.880 Laura Lauffer she/her: I put that link in the chat so I don't quite remember that I hope i'm not messing this up.00:51:09.390 –> 00:51:20.400 Laura Lauffer she/her: So P one provisions visit and see smokies and so hopefully we can put that in the in the stream and what's so exciting about this is before you get to town.00:51:20.910 –> 00:51:32.670 Laura Lauffer she/her: and say you're staying in a cabin and you would like a bag of fresh freshly picked produce from a farm right down the road and.00:51:33.450 –> 00:51:45.780 Laura Lauffer she/her: And haywood county it's mark mcdonough at mighty know mark and Danielle at mighty known and Christine Christine braswell of outlaw acres so these two farmers are supplying.00:51:46.890 –> 00:51:58.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: Visitors with a beautiful bag of produce eggs and flowers and it's there for them to pick up at bear waters brewery in bosu wine shop in waynesville when they get to town.00:51:58.740 –> 00:52:01.980 Joseph McElroy: So those are the waters with the cannon or the one advantage.00:52:02.280 –> 00:52:03.150 Laura Lauffer she/her: The one in Maggie.00:52:03.480 –> 00:52:04.530 Joseph McElroy: Really yeah.00:52:04.860 –> 00:52:13.500 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah so yeah we met with Kevin he's really excited to support us he's a big supporter of of local farmers.00:52:14.010 –> 00:52:17.520 Joseph McElroy: piggy backs have to have that list so they'd have this produce while they're here.00:52:17.760 –> 00:52:19.080 Joseph McElroy: yeah what to say.00:52:20.160 –> 00:52:20.430 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah.00:52:21.000 –> 00:52:24.630 Joseph McElroy: Well, you know we have Kevin tier two middle of we should talk to bear waters and.00:52:24.840 –> 00:52:37.770 Laura Lauffer she/her: Absolutely yeah you will send you the link and when some for all your folks who are coming in August, you can go ahead and send them the link and say hey do you want to pick up a bag of produce here you go.00:52:38.340 –> 00:52:39.420 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's a great yeah.00:52:39.510 –> 00:52:46.800 Laura Lauffer she/her: It is it's a it's happening it's been happening at nc state sponsored program it's been happening on the coast, for five years.00:52:47.250 –> 00:52:48.300 Joseph McElroy: and pay for it right.00:52:48.720 –> 00:52:49.230 Joseph McElroy: Oh yeah.00:52:49.500 –> 00:52:52.170 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh yeah I believe it's $45 a bag.00:52:53.310 –> 00:53:10.170 Laura Lauffer she/her: And you get your own you know kick insulated pooler carrier and haywood county and Jackson county are pioneers in western North Carolina it's been happening on the coast, for five years, so we were really appreciative.00:53:10.560 –> 00:53:16.740 Joseph McElroy: Well it's great I mean anybody out there, doing airbnb should seriously seriously think about this, you can wait.00:53:17.490 –> 00:53:18.810 Joseph McElroy: For your clients right.00:53:18.840 –> 00:53:21.000 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah I can I can hook them up.00:53:21.300 –> 00:53:21.690 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:53:22.020 –> 00:53:29.040 Laura Lauffer she/her: We just met with some airbnb owners last week and they're very, very excited about this.00:53:29.310 –> 00:53:34.380 Joseph McElroy: Well, oh yeah I mean I like the idea I like the idea is, we could put in our cabin.00:53:34.710 –> 00:53:38.340 Joseph McElroy: yeah we actually go pick it up for them and have it there when they arrived.00:53:38.400 –> 00:53:40.290 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah that'd be great right down the road.00:53:40.500 –> 00:53:46.530 Joseph McElroy: You know, right down the road from us so cool so everybody out there Miller moto soon gonna have produce available in the rooms, where you go.00:53:49.290 –> 00:53:52.980 Joseph McElroy: cool any other any other thing you want to shout out before I close up.00:53:53.910 –> 00:54:06.270 Laura Lauffer she/her: Just you know go to your local farmers market check them out um when you go and eat out at a restaurant ask them do you have any local products on your menu.00:54:07.170 –> 00:54:25.920 Laura Lauffer she/her: This really is up to, we as consumers to drive the markets to these farms, I mean we we drive around the smokies we see these beautiful venues, and some of them are venues that are beautiful because farmers are being conservation minded and keeping land and production.00:54:26.250 –> 00:54:28.560 Laura Lauffer she/her: So, so I say eat your view.00:54:29.160 –> 00:54:32.190 Joseph McElroy: yeah cool well Thank you so much for being on my show.00:54:32.250 –> 00:54:37.560 Joseph McElroy: it's planning, I want to talk further I will go to your website do the application to come talk to you.00:54:37.830 –> 00:54:42.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah we have a little bit of funding left we're really excited about it.00:54:42.330 –> 00:54:43.080 Joseph McElroy: So oh.00:54:43.950 –> 00:54:55.140 Joseph McElroy: yeah Thank you so this is the gateway the smoke these podcasts were streamed live on facebook@facebook.com slash gateway to the smoke these podcasts every Friday every.00:54:55.920 –> 00:55:04.350 Joseph McElroy: Every Tuesday at six to seven it's also in the talk radio dot nyc network, which is a network of live podcasts every day.00:55:04.920 –> 00:55:17.670 Joseph McElroy: ranging from help for small business to sell help to pet help to any number of subjects and it's very dynamic, because every podcast is live, so I recommend you take a look at what are the offerings they have and it's.00:55:18.300 –> 00:55:22.020 Joseph McElroy: it's it's a good network, you can also find all the old.00:55:22.740 –> 00:55:32.370 Joseph McElroy: episodes for this organized long transcripts on the smokies adventure COM site you go there and there's a link at the top, for the gateway to the smoke these podcasts and.00:55:32.910 –> 00:55:44.820 Joseph McElroy: I look forward to you coming and listening to us again next week I think we're about to take a month off so it'd be rerun for a month and a half until September but I'll be back in September with new shows and new.00:55:45.300 –> 00:55:50.850 Joseph McElroy: New people to talk to as well, some old friends and old subjects to go over again.00:55:51.870 –> 00:55:54.630 Joseph McElroy: So until next time, thank you for listening.

How do you honor the ways in which you've grown while having grace for your past self? Lindsy Wallace interviews Kayla Craig, the “Day One” of the Upside Down Podcast, along with fellow co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Alissa Molina for our final episode.In this episode, we:Hear from Kayla about how she sees God in a more vibrant, beautiful way since the podcast first startedReflect on how different conversations and guests have expanded her language and helped her shape her questionsDiscuss Kayla's vocational discovery of deep spiritual writing that is accessible and maintains an eye for wonder and beautyHear about her current and upcoming projects, including two books and a new podcastTalk about her hopes for five years from now: less burnout, more communal rest, and more tendernessLearn about Kayla's fascination with the TitanicJoin us for the very last episode of our little podcast that could! Let us know what one word would describe your journey with this community. Thank you so much for being a part of the conversation all these years.News, Notes, and Links:Follow Liturgies for Parents on Instagram, subscribe to the podcast, and grab Kayla's book, To Light Their Way.You can continue to support the Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help keep this podcast accessible.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We'll still be on Instagram. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Support the show

How does being in an ecumenical space expand and enrich our spiritual lives, within and beyond the walls of the church? Patricia Taylor, along with Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace, put Upside Down Podcast co-host Alissa Molina in the hot seat in the second of our final four episodes.In this episode, we:Hear from Alissa as she explains what the podcast has brought to her life and how it has helped her embrace Catholicism even moreReflect on how the podcast brought up questions of the heart that forced her to see how she's embodying faith beyond the space of worshipDiscuss how past topics and guests revealed that there are so many places to experience GodTalk about the unique ecumenical space the podcast has offered over the years and the impact of it on her faithLearn more about From Here, the nonprofit media organization that Alissa started to encourage the love of God, neighbor, and selfJoin us for our remaining episodes to hear more from our hosts and learn about their journey over the years with the Upside Down Podcast. We're so grateful to have you along. News, Notes, and Links:Be sure to check out From Here and all of its offerings. You can continue to support the Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help keep this podcast accessible.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Support the show

What happens when our view of God becomes more expansive, and what does it reveal to us about ourselves and others? Lindsy Wallace is the first Upside Down Podcast host in the hot seat, as she's interviewed by fellow co-hosts Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, and Kayla Craig. In this episode, we:Talk about Lindsy's personal and spiritual growth over the duration of the podcast, including connecting with a more expansive view of GodReflect on finding the Divine at the end of ourselves, when so much has been stripped awayHear about Lindsy leaning into her 7 wing (as an enneagram 8)Discuss what it means to live all of it—the exciting and the terrifying—as she's going through all the thingsLearn what topics and people Lindsy wishes we had time to cover and interviewTalk about hope for the future (hint: it's in the margins) Join us for part one of four episodes in which we interview each host, sharing personal stories, reflections, and responses to an array of rapid-fire questions as we wind down The Upside Down Podcast.News, Notes, and Links:Check out Mary Graham on Instagram. Have you ever listened to our interview with Father Gregory Boyle? Find it here.You can continue to support the Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help keep this podcast accessible.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Description: If you want to see hope in action, just take a look at our youth! Here at Be the Bridge, we are passionate about equipping and empowering students to step forward in the work of racial healing, racial equity, and racial unity right where they are. For this episode of the podcast, Patricia Taylor, Be the Bridge's Director of Programs, talks with Kaylee Morgan, Be the Bridge's Youth & University Program Manager, and two students, Sydney Middleton and Regan Murray, to discuss our youth guide and their involvement in a group. They share the ways they are learning and growing as individuals and as students in a trusted community. They are leading the way in this work, are having brave conversations, and are reminding us to never underestimate the power of small steps along the journey and small conversations in daily life. Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown Producer, Editor, & Music - Travon Potts Transcriber - Sarah Connatser Quotes: “We're here to equip the next generation to continue to do the work and empower them to empower those that follow right after them.” -Kaylee Morgan “We do this work for the betterment of us all.” -Patricia Taylor “You can't educate others without really educating yourself.” -Sydney Middleton “You never know how a small conversation could change someone's whole perspective on an issue.” -Regan Murray “I really do believe this next generation is going to see some monumental things when it comes to justice work in the justice movement and justice actually being served.” -Kaylee Morgan Links: Ad for Epic Will: EpicWill.com [use promo code BTB20 for 20% off] Become a Be the Bridge Partner: BeTheBridge.com/giveShop the Be the Bridge Store: Shop.BeTheBridge.com Be the Bridge Youth: BTByouth.com instagram.com/btbyouth twitter.com/btbyouth tiktok.com/@bethebridge_ Be the Bridge: BeTheBridge.com facebook.com/beabridgebuilder/ Latasha Morrison: latashamorrison.com/ facebook.com/LatashaMMorrison --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We've got a special announcement to share. Co-hosts Kayla Craig, Lindsy Wallace, Alissa Molina, and Patricia Taylor come together to bring you an important update about the future of the Upside Down Podcast. News, Notes, and Links:You can continue to support the Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help keep this podcast accessible.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Want to learn more about #Orgasm and erotic playdates? About heart connected sexuality? Find out in this week's episode of The Rose Woman Podcast where I interview #intimacy expert @susanpizzazzbratton. She is co-founder and CEO of two corporations: @personallifemedia a publisher of heart-connected #lovemaking techniques and bedroom communication skills and @do.the.20 , a manufacturer of organic and botanical supplements that enhance #sexualvitality A best-selling author and publisher of 34 books and programs including Sexual Soulmates, Relationship Magic, Revive Her Drive, Ravish Him, Steamy Sex Ed™, The Passion Patch, Hormone Balancing, and Hot To Trot. In this episode, we cover:-The 20 Kinds of #Orgasms-How people create this bond-The #ExpandedOrgasm Practice-Erotic playdates-The pace of seduction-Sexual Soulmates-The Internal Erection Helpful Links:Susan Bratton's WebsiteSexual SoulmatesSexual Soulmate PactPersonal Life MediaThe20 StoreInstagram - @susanbratton BetterLover VideosYouTube ‘Better Lover' Channel Facebook - @trustedhotsexadvisortomillionsLinkedInTwitter - @SusanBrattonDr. Patricia Taylor - is the leading teacher of Expanded Orgasm in the world today.Sheri Winston - is a celebrated sexuality teacher, award-winning author and medical professional. Episode #58: Lit Up: Arousal, Orgasm and The Brain with Dr. Nan WiseFind Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman and Christine on Instagram as @the.rose.womanPlease enjoy this episode of lively, inspiring, straight talk with this striking powerful woman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do we know when we are in a space of true belonging, where our whole person can be welcome, present, and safe? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor, Kayla Craig, and Lindsy Wallace talk with writer, liturgist, and speaker Cole Arthur Riley about freedom and belonging—the good and the bad kind.In this episode, we:Discuss how Black Liturgies came to be and why Cole chose to initially remain anonymousShare definitions of true belonging: spaces where we have the freedom to question, doubt, and change our minds without our status of belonging being at riskConsider how our bodies know what belonging is as opposed to assimilation or conformityTalk about the importance of solitude to better understand what belonging is for each of usPoint out how not all belonging is good and that there are consequences for both staying and leavingAsk what our ancestors teach us about belonging and liberation from harmful spacesWonder what it looks like for there to be a space of belonging for everyone and how, perhaps, it starts with the least of these to shape that spaceJoin us in this conversation about finding belonging and the community that comes with it. We hope it gives you more language for your journey and imagination for what could be.News, Notes, and Links:Follow Cole and her work on her website, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and be sure to grab a copy of her new book, This Here Flesh.Add Toni Morrison's Beloved to your bookshelf, if you haven't already.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

It's our 100th episode! Co-hosts Kayla Craig, Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, and Lindsy Wallace celebrate this milestone by looking back on where they've been, what they've learned, and what they hope for this little podcast that could and the community that's grown from it. In this episode, we:Hear from listeners, former guests, and past hosts about their Upside Down Podcast memories and reflections Talk about how the podcast came to be: to create a space for honest conversations about faith, justice, and cultureRemember how each of us got to a point where we needed these conversations and whyDiscuss how caring for ourselves is a communal act and necessary for dismantling unjust systemsRecall pivotal moments with different podcast guests that stayed with us and even shaped our thinkingCelebrate the over five years of building and being a part of this incredible communityThank you so much for being a part of this space, whether you've been a longtime listener or you're just joining us. We're honored you're here.News, Notes, and Links:Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

In part three of this bonus podcast series where we are paying tribute to Black motherhood, I am joined by Marcie Alvis-Walker, Patricia Taylor and Nya Abernathy as they discuss the Black Motherhood in Media. Not only do they share their own experiences growing up and the Black mothers in media that influenced them but also share their passion for having more representation of Black women and girls in media today. They talk about raising daughters under the heavy influence of whiteness all around them and the very real struggle they face as Black mothers keeping their children's dignity fully intact. Book bans, censorship and teaching our children more accurate history is also discussed. 

How do you break up with American Christianity and meaningfully make space for those in deconstruction? Co-hosts Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, and Kayla Craig talk with Jonny Craig, Kayla's husband, our podcast editor, and the host of The Digital Community—an online space for sharing questions, doubts, and wonderings about God and culture.In this episode, we:Dive into what deconstruction means for many and the experience of realizing that the world we learned about in church is different from the actual world we inhabitTalk about the creation of The Digital Community and how it's for people who are looking to find spiritual fullness and safety beyond the walls of the churchPoint out the effort to preserve power by criticizing deconstruction and vilifying people of color and womenConsider the lonesome, lonely journey of being in deconstruction and how much we need to connect with each otherAsk the question, “What is culture, and what is Christ?” when unpacking church, biblical translations, and so onTalk about the need to divest from whiteness and sit under the leadership of historically marginalized groupsJoin us for this conversation about finding and holding space for deconstructing and dismantling. Our hope is that you come away encouraged to persist in unlearning and learning, wherever you are.News, Notes, and Links:Check out The Digital Community's website and on Instagram! Want to hear more? The Digital Community also has a podcast.You can follow Jonny on Twitter here.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

How do we talk with young people about fighting racism when we're struggling with it ourselves? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor, Lindsy Wallace, and Kayla Craig talk with Dr. Jemar Tisby—the founder of The Witness, Inc., cohost of the Pass the Mic podcast, and a New York Times bestselling author—about the need to normalize having conversations about racial justice with the young people in our lives.In this episode, we:Discuss how Dr. Tisby's new book, How to Fight Racism Young Reader's Edition: A Guide to Standing Up for Racial Justice, came aboutTalk about how you keep going in the pursuit of racial justice when attacks and accusations are thrown your wayRemember the example of others who persisted before us, like Fannie Lou HamerPoint out that Christianity can inspire movements toward equity and justice, despite being used to justify the oppositeTalk about the importance of digging in with our families when it comes to racial justice and not letting headlines disciple our youthEmphasize the need to continue educating ourselves about racism to interrupt generational ignoranceAsk how we can encourage youth to persist when they see grownups behaving badlyJoin us for this inspiring discussion about fighting racism by raising up the next generation of justice seekers. We invite you to share your thoughts with us on Instagram and in our Facebook group! News, Notes, and Links:Follow along with Dr. Jemar Tisby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Substack, and be sure to pick up a copy of his new book, How to Fight Racism Young Reader's Edition: A Guide to Standing Up for Racial Justice.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Description: In this fun holiday episode, Founder and Podcast host Latasha Morrison chats with her friend and Be the Bridge's Director of Programs, Patricia Taylor, about all things Hallmark! They discuss the progress Hallmark has made over the years in their movies regarding diversity and representation in all forms. (Be prepared for a few spoilers!) Tasha and Patricia even dream up their own Hallmark movie. And then we go from movies to music when Tasha chats with friend and Be the Bridge podcast producer and editor, Travon Potts. They dive into some of the work Travon has done and the important role music plays in film and in our lives. It is sure to get you in the Christmas spirit! Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts Transcriber - Sarah Connatser Quotes: “It's like that spirit that we say we want all year round where people are kind to each other and love each other. And you know it's gonna be a nice ending. Like there's nothing wrong with having that comfort, you know?” -Patricia Taylor “When I watch TV I want to escape. So I don't want the same trauma that's happening in the world on my TV, especially Christmas movies.” - Latasha Morrison “The kitchen is really sacred in our community.” -Latasha Morrison “When you can identify with something off-screen when you're watching the movie, it just makes you feel seen.” - Latasha Morrison “Us as Black folks, we want to feel our music.” - Travon Potts “Just with the sound of the music, I feel the yams and the collard greens and the macaroni and cheese!” -Travon Potts Links: Become a financial partner with Be the Bridge here: bethebridge.com/give/ Shop the Be the Bridge store here: shop.bethebridge.com/ Patricia Taylor: instagram.com/patricia_a_taylor Travon Potts: travonpotts.com instagram.com/travonpotts ientstudiosatl.com LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE Podcast link: https://podlink.to/BeTheBridgeSocial handles/links: Instagram: @LatashaMorrisonTwitter: @LatashaMorrisonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LatashaMMorrison/Official Hashtag: #bethebridge --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Description: In this fun holiday episode, Founder and Podcast host Latasha Morrison chats with her friend and Be the Bridge's Director of Programs, Patricia Taylor, about all things Hallmark! They discuss the progress Hallmark has made over the years in their movies regarding diversity and representation in all forms. (Be prepared for a few spoilers!) Tasha and Patricia even dream up their own Hallmark movie. And then we go from movies to music when Tasha chats with friend and Be the Bridge podcast producer and editor, Travon Potts. They dive into some of the work Travon has done and the important role music plays in film and in our lives. It is sure to get you in the Christmas spirit! Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts Transcriber - Sarah Connatser Quotes: “It's like that spirit that we say we want all year round where people are kind to each other and love each other. And you know it's gonna be a nice ending. Like there's nothing wrong with having that comfort, you know?” -Patricia Taylor “When I watch TV I want to escape. So I don't want the same trauma that's happening in the world on my TV, especially Christmas movies.” - Latasha Morrison “The kitchen is really sacred in our community.” -Latasha Morrison “When you can identify with something off-screen when you're watching the movie, it just makes you feel seen.” - Latasha Morrison “Us as Black folks, we want to feel our music.” - Travon Potts “Just with the sound of the music, I feel the yams and the collard greens and the macaroni and cheese!” -Travon Potts Links: Become a financial partner with Be the Bridge here: bethebridge.com/give/ Shop the Be the Bridge store here: shop.bethebridge.com/ Patricia Taylor: instagram.com/patricia_a_taylort Travon Potts: travonpotts.com instagram.com/travonpotts ientstudiosatl.com LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE Podcast link: https://podlink.to/BeTheBridgeSocial handles/links: Instagram: @LatashaMorrisonTwitter: @LatashaMorrisonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LatashaMMorrison/Official Hashtag: #bethebridge

Patricia Taylor is a wife, mom and California native turned Georgia peach. She believes in Jesus, loving all our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice with grace and honesty. Her work is rooted in anti-racism education, and she currently  serves as the Director of Programs for Be The Bridge. Patricia is also a co-host for Upside Down Podcast, which is an ecumenical faith space that has unscripted conversations around justice, spirituality, and culture. Most recently she has done education-based course writing for Sesame Street in Communities at this link. In this conversation we talk about her most recent celebration of turning 40 and all that means to her. Patricia shares what she has learned about becoming fully who she was created to be as Black woman taking up space and owning her voice. We dive into topics like setting boundaries, being a “token” Black friend, and thoughts to her younger self. 

Have you ever considered that Jesus is who he is because of a woman? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Kayla Craig talk with writer Kat Armas about this bigger, expansive, abuelita faith—one that persists, resists, and survives.In this episode, we:Discuss the influence of Kat's Roman Catholic upbringing on having a tangible and embodied view of Mother MaryTalk about Julian of Norwich's image of Jesus as mother as well as Jesus being raised by a mother and being mothered himselfMarvel at how marginalized women can contain the most sacred and most holyDefine what abuelita theology means and how it's birthed through our lived experiencesGo over the difference between persistence and resistance and where they can meet and overlap on the journey to justiceAsk who is in our spiritual genealogies and who are the theologians in our lives who wouldn't be considered one by the dominant cultureWonder what are the places where we haven't been trained to experience God Join us for this stirring conversation about what a lived theology looks like from the perspective of being a woman. We hope that it enriches your experience of the Advent season.News, Notes, and Links:Follow along with Kat through her website, on Instagram, on Twitter, and through her podcast. You pick up her beautiful book, Abuelita Faith, here. Check out the Chasing Justice Masterclass that Kat co-led with Dr. Yolanda Pierce, “Rooted: Elders, Ancestors, and Collective Memory” here.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

How do we navigate grief ourselves and with others? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Alissa Molina have a conversation with J.S. Park, who is a teaching pastor, writer, and interfaith hospital chaplain about persisting through grief and the ministry of presence.In this episode, we:Discuss the vulnerability of sharing our grief, how it can open us to being wounded or experiencing healingDefine the role of a chaplain and the experience of vicarious griefTalk about how those in crisis can question whether or not they are allowed to grieve and where that shame of grief comes fromCover what it means to bypass someone's pain and our instinct to want to problem solveAsk about the role of the church in navigating grief, pointing out how believers can often mishandle it through spiritual bypassingConsider how we can push back on the need to “fix” a person's grief immediately and the significance of just showing up insteadTalk about how letting grief in can offer us a fuller and more human experience, connecting us to those who went before us Join us for this rich conversation about the experience of grief and how we can grieve well, for the sake of ourselves and others. We hope you find permission and safety to grieve, whatever you're going through. News, Notes, and Links:Follow along with J.S. Park on Instagram and Twitter, and be sure to pick up a copy of his book.Read this Instagram post from September 4 that we referenced.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

I am so excited and so honored to have Patricia Taylor on the Still Becoming podcast. Patricia is a wife, mom, friend, Anti-Racism Educator, Director of Programs for Be the Bridge and cohost of Upside Down Podcast. And she is a total delight and so incredibly wise, powerful, and insightful. In this vulnerable conversation Patricia lets us into how she came to do the important work she is doing in the world, and the heart that drives all the work she does. We also spend time talking about the cost of the work, the relationships lost, the grief and the pain. This is such a vulnerable, and I feel sacred conversation where Patricia lets us into a small glimpse of her story, her heart, and her work. I can't wait for you to hear everything Patricia shares. Patricia Taylor is a wife, mom and California native turned Georgia peach. She believes in Jesus, loving all our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice with grace and honesty. Her work is rooted in anti-racism education, and she serves as the Director of Programs for Be The Bridge. Patricia is also a co-host for Upside Down Podcast, which is an ecumenical faith space that has unscripted conversations around justice, spirituality, and culture. You may find her on Instagram @patricia_a_taylor and on Facebook at Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend by Patricia A. Taylor. For more Still Becoming, follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina. Or check out monicadicristina.com for articles, interviews and resources.

What comes to mind when you think of prayer? In this episode, Patricia Taylor, Alissa Molina, and Lindsy Wallace interview co-host Kayla Craig about her upcoming book, To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers & Liturgies for Parents, and expanding our idea of prayer. In this episode, we:Ask Kayla where her belief that prayer is real and powerful comes from, especially in light of how much prayer gets casually thrown aroundConsider how everything in our lives can be prayerRecount how a difficult experience led Kayla to examine what prayer meant to her and the transformation that happened in her understanding of prayerDiscuss how she addresses tough and complex topics in a nuanced, inclusive way that makes space for allAsk what does persistence in prayer through our weariness and our wait look likeJoin us as we talk about Kayla's journey of putting together her book. We can't recommend it enough to anyone with children in their lives: caregivers, educators, and so on.  News, Notes, and Links:Preorder a copy of To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers & Liturgies for Parents from Amazon or from Soul Book Nook, a Black-owned book store that's local to Kayla and can ship anywhere.Can't wait to get your hands on your copy? Here's a special preview.Kayla has put together a collection of free gifts as a thank you to anyone who preorders the book before October 5. Get access to a printable collection of 12 breath prayer cards, a 5-day guided devotional for overwhelmed parents, and a downloadable art print for your home or office.Are you on Goodreads? Be sure to add Kayla's book to your lists and leave a review.Follow Liturgies for Parents and Kayla on Instagram, and check out Kayla's website here. We love Cole Arthur Riley's prayers at Black Liturgies. Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

What does it mean to persist these days, and what do we desire to persist toward? Co-hosts Lindy Wallace, Kayla Craig, Alissa Molina, and Patricia Taylor kick off our sixth season with a conversation about the long game of persistence and why we're still here.In this episode, we:Talk about why we're still showing up on this “little podcast that could” Dig into the meaning of persistence: how it's both opposing something and imagining how it could be betterDiscuss how the definition of persisting has been twisted and weaponized in toxic ways that are detrimental to our health and well-beingAsk ourselves the question, “What are we persisting toward?” What is the endgame we are reaching for?Dive into how persistence intersects with rest, how both are acts of resistance, and the invitation to join the long line of those who have resisted before usConsider how persisting can be an act of self-discovery, empowering us to get to the truer version of ourselves by identifying what we say yes or no toGive you a bit of a teaser about this season's offeringsJoin us as we launch Season 6 with the theme of persistence. Our hope is that you come away inspired to go with intention and take heart that to persist is to imagine something beautifully just and whole for everyone. News, Notes, and Links:Check out Iris Chen of Untigering on Instagram.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Today's episode was birthed from an idea that I had several months ago. So Cha, Lettie, Marcie, and Patricia all said yes to speaking about the power of being a Black woman and some of what we deal with on a regular basis.  I wanted to utilize the month of August to talk to feature all of us together. This episode is more than I could have dreamed. They represent healing, love, courage, authenticity, and truth. Listening to the convo made me proud to be in community with them and this wasn't just a podcast recording— it was Black Woman power being exemplified. Here are just a few of the questions that I asked them: 1. What will you no longer return to? 2. What will you no longer accept from others? 3. How are you honoring your Blackness from the perspective of self-care? 4. How is pleasure incorporated into your lives? What give you pleasure? 5. What have you learned about love? Marcie Alvis-Walker is a writer and the creator of the blog and Instagram feed, Black Coffee with White Friends and Mockingbird History Lessons. She is passionate about what it means to embrace intersectionality, diversity and inclusion in our daily lives. As a history enthusiast, she believes that learning our comprehensive history from diverse narratives is not only racially healing but also radically anti- racist.  She recently moved to Chicago, Illinois with her husband, daughter, and their dog Evie where she reads a lot of books, watches a lot of movies, and drinks a lot of tea and coffee. Lettie Shumate is a historian, educator, and facilitator in Wilmington, NC. She is also the host and owner of her podcast “History Shows Us” where she educates about history and bridges the past to the present, she discusses racial and social issues, and she doesn't hold back the truth. Her gift and ability to “connect the dots” is something that is critical to learning from the past. The love she has for history is evident! Lettie received her M.A. in History in 2015 where she focused on American history and specialized in Black history and race studies. She also completed her M.A. in Conflict Management & Resolution in May 2020 which equipped her with skills to incorporate effective communication with hard topics and how to navigate these situations, mediation and facilitation knowledge, and this MA contributed greatly to her work as both a historian and antiracism educator. Lettie's story and journey is filled with strength and resilience, receiving “noes” and continuing to have faith and be obedient, regardless, and learning what it means to truly choose and cultivate joy while growing and healing. Patricia Taylor is a wife, mom and California native turned Georgia peach. She believes in Jesus, loving all our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice with grace and honesty. Her work is rooted in anti-racism education, and she currently serves as the BIPOC Educator for Be The Bridge. Patricia is also a co-host for Upside Down Podcast, which is an ecumenical faith space that has unscripted conversations around justice, spirituality, and culture. You may find her on Instagram @patricia_a_taylor and on Facebook at Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend by Patricia A. Taylor. Cha Barefield is a powerful speaker, entrepreneur and talk show host of The Cha Show. The Cha Show is committed to curating meaningful conversations that bring people together. It creates a safe space for people to share their stories. The Cha Show inspires our hearts to be better, love better and hope more. Cha believes in the power of pushing the needle towards love. She sees the extraordinary in the ordinary and causes us to see the same. The world needs what Cha seeks to amplify, now more than ever.   Follow me on Instagram Check out my website Connect with Lettie on Instagram   Follow History Shows Us on IG Listen to Lettie's Podcasts  Visit Lettie's Patreon Connect with Marcie on Instagram Follow Marcie's story on her website Support Marcie on Patreon Connect ...

“The more I began to really explore who God is apart from people who profess the name of God, then I started to know more about my own worth and my own value in God's eyes and the love that Jesus has for me regardless of what I've done.” – Patricia Taylor In this episode, Patricia Taylor shares her experience having an abortion at the age of 19 years old. Patricia reflects on the pain and trauma experienced after the procedure and what ultimately led to her desire to share her story with others. Patricia also reflects on the following: feeling unworthy of grace and love the importance of post-abortion after-care how the church weaponizes grace, love, and forgiveness post-abortion trauma triggers how relationships with friends were impacted the importance of safe people what churches can do better post-abortive stress syndrome the benefits of speaking her truth Patricia Taylor is a wife, mom and California native turned Georgia peach. She believes in Jesus, loving all our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice with grace and honesty. Her work is rooted in anti-racism education, and she currently serves as the BIPOC Educator for Be The Bridge. Patricia is also a co-host for Upside Down Podcast, which is an ecumenical faith space that has unscripted conversations around justice, spirituality, and culture. You may find her on Instagram @patricia_a_taylor and on Facebook at Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend by Patricia A. Taylor. Lecrae's  YouTube Interview Lecrae's song  ” Good, Bad, Ugly” Follow me on Instagram Check out my website Connect with Patricia on Instagram  Listen to Patricia's Podcasts  Visit Patricia's website 

In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Patricia Taylor, Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy and Business Programs, at APPA, details key findings from a new APPA report on hydrogen.

What brings you rest? Is it something that’s easy for you to embrace, or do you find yourself struggling with it? Co-hosts Kayla Craig, Alissa Molina, and Patricia Taylor talk about the need for rest—to nourish ourselves and to love one another—in our final episode of the season. In this episode, we:Discuss how rest can be a struggle when it is often considered selfish or something to be earned instead of an innate needAcknowledge that rest is an act of resistance against grind culture and even the Western church’s culture of production and productivityAsk each other what it takes to be able to say we are worthy of rest and to believe itConsider the interconnectedness of rest: when we fill ourselves up through our rest, that frees us and creates margin to give so that others may experience restTalk about what’s at stake when we don’t rest and how our refusal to rest is a refusal to rest in GodWonder what it looks like for us to take cues from our bodies and the physical life around us and grow in awareness of those invitations to restJoin us as we conclude our fifth season with this conversation about the necessity of rest. We hope it speaks to you and encourages you to regard this act as loving and essential to the well-being of yourself and those around you. News, Notes, and Links:Savoring this quote: “God's creation is a life-giving inhale for all of us, and Sabbath is the exhale.” ― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy WorldAnd this one, also from Shelly Miller: “Extravagant wastefulness in time might prove the most productive thing you choose for yourself.”Add “‘All of Your Ways Are Peace” by The Porter’s Gate to your playlist and soak it in.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @alissarmolina, and @lindsy.wallace.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

The title of this episode is just a fraction of what me and my friend Patricia Taylor discuss in this podcast episode! Patricia and I met through Instagram last year and I immediately noticed that not only was she a Black woman who spoke up about racism and injustice, but she did it while showing the truth about righteousness and what it means to truly embody a spirit of truth and justice. She is also co-host of the Upside Down Podcast and is heavily involved with Be the Bridge. Righteous anger, centering Blackness, what progress really means, and the weaponization of spirituality are just a few things we talk about. Patricia is truly a light and I can't wait for you to learn more about how she is impacting the hearts and minds of many! Follow Patricia: Upside Down Podcast On Instagram: @patricia_a_taylor Her blog: Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend Follow me on Instagram @sincerely.lettie and follow this podcast @historyshowsuspodcast

“Silence is not spiritual, and action is not optional.” Author, speaker, and podcast host Tiffany Bluhm talks with host Patricia Taylor about accountability and abuse—particularly in faith spaces—and the hard questions we must ask.TW: This episode covers spiritual abuse, though it does not go into specific details. Still, we want to allow listeners whose stories may include abuse to be aware of what’s coming.In this episode, we:Discuss Tiffany’s latest book, Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak UpTalk about how women are expected to “play by the rules” set by culture, society, and the churchCover the gaslighting that happens when speaking truth, the weaponization of scripture, and the insulation of men in powerAsk why abuse happens so often in faith spaces and what elements allow for thisConsider how many of us don’t want to believe that we can offer our trust to an untrustworthy leader, leading to silence and complicityDiscuss the systemic nature of abuse, what it takes to dismantle those systems, and the cost of speaking up and speaking outTalk about how Jesus addressed the powerful and their abuse of authority while leveling hierarchies and ushering in equity Join us for this discussion about taking an honest look at abuse and what it takes to pursue love as justice. We invite you to lean into the liberating and healing ways of Jesus as we expand and challenge the familiar if it’s not leading us closer to love. News, Notes, and Links:Check out Tiffany’s website and follow her on Instagram.Have you grabbed your copy of “Prey Tell” yet? Find it here! This post about spiritual abuse from Reclaiming My Theology. An encouragement from K.J. Ramsey, as well as this wisdom.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Is there truly enough for everyone, and do we really believe there is abundance? Hosts Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, Kayla Craig, and Lindsy Wallace discuss what it means to live out of a posture of abundance in a world that has conditioned us to believe in scarcity. In this episode, we:Talk about how we seem to embrace the concept of spiritual abundance yet struggle with the idea of abundance of what we have in this world Discuss how the mindset of scarcity is incompatible with what we profess to believe and how the economic system of our culture thrives on a scarcityDive into how we shift what we believe “enough” means and how much we needConsider whether or not our economic system is an idol and a place from which we draw our sense of securityCover the impact that grind culture, meritocracy, and white supremacy have on our relationships, time, priorities, and moreJoin us for this thought-provoking conversation about kingdom economics. We hope that it catalyzes honest conversations with your community related to stewardship and taking a posture of abundance together.News, Notes, and Links:Lindsy quoted a snippet from The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics by Ched Myers.Bookmark this poem by Jessica Faith Kantrowitz.Add Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen to your reading list.We’re big fans of Money and Possessions by Walter Brueggemann.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

What does a liberated faith look like? Writer and speaker Danté Stewart talks with co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Lindsy Wallace about the meaning of liberation and how it impacts how we view God, ourselves, and the world.In this episode, we:Reflect on the complex, beautiful, and terrible journey of liberation, the changes we make along the way, and how we look at the world within ourselves and the world around usDiscuss the influence of writer and activist James Baldwin and the invitation from Baldwin to wrestle deeply and truthfullyTalk about the influence of Black womanist theologians and how they shape Danté’s understanding of liberationGo in depth about how liberation asks us to look at the story of Jesus and see the ways in which he invites us into a better story of God and ourselves than the stories many of us are offeredDiscuss the symbols, myths, and metaphors about God that we have inherited, and how those have oftentimes been incredibly limitedJoin us for this deep conversation with Danté about the significance of the word liberation and how it gives us the ability to narrate our story and have eyes to see an enlarged view of the world.News, Notes, and Links:Keep up with Danté’s work by checking out his website, following him on Instagram, and following him on Twitter. You can find the Instagram post we referenced here. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is essential reading.We can’t wait to read World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.Add these books to the stack: Critical Terms for Religious Studies by Mark C. Taylor, In Search of Our Mothers’ Garden by Alice Walker, and Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian by James Cone.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

How do you know when you’ve grown, and how does that growth show up in other parts of your life? Speaker, author, musician, curator, and previous podcast guest Justin McRoberts talks with co-hosts Kayla Craig and Patricia Taylor about what growth does in us in our faith, our relationships, and the risks we must take.In this episode, we:Chat about Justin’s upcoming book, It Is What You Make of ItReflect on the act of discernment and the sense of possibility the process can give usChallenge the idea of certainty and “getting it right” when it comes to discernment and how that way of thinking impacts our view of GodDiscuss the freedom to explore new things that comes with a deep sense of safetyTalk about the role of mentors, coaches, and community as well as the significance of having people invest in your growth for the long haulAsk what our measurement for success is and how we even define itDiscuss storytelling and the power it has to invite others to enter into something that’s different or new to themJoin us as we talk with Justin about deconstruction, reconstruction, and the process of evolving. News, Notes, and Links:Looking for more from Justin McRoberts? Find him on Instagram and check out his podcast, @ Sea with Justin McRoberts. You can also pre-order his newest book, It Is What You Make of It, which is out in June.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Patricia Taylor, Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy and Business Programs at APPA, details what are utilities doing for electric vehicle adoption and forecasting and how APPA is supporting members in the EV space.

Anti-racism work is daily; it's a choice to embrace discomfort, the uncertainty of how folks around you will react, and a commitment to unapologetic truth telling. This week's guest, writer (founder of the blog, Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend), anti-racism activist / educator, podcaster (Upside Down podcast), Patricia A. Taylor is on the journey. We have long admired her work, and this conversation is full of thoughtful insights, we delved into: -  Her journey -  aligning her writing with social justice and listening to the call from God to move into anti-racism work.  - Why proximity to BIPOC communities doesn't absolve churches and individuals from doing the work of anti-racism.  - How she embraces care for her mind, body and spirit, rooted in scripture from Jeremiah to the Psalms, and 2 Corinthians 3: 3-5. - The necessity of lament and repentance for the church as it relates to racial and social justice.   - Why spiritual bypassing is dangerous, and why being vulnerable around safe people (particularly for those in BIPOC communities) about what we're feeling is a form of self care.  - What Patricia hopes those in her community take away from her work: questions that guide them toward action, and keep them rooted in compassion.    More about Patricia Taylor // Follow Her Work:  Patricia Taylor is a wife, mom and California native turned Georgia peach. She believes in Jesus, truth-telling, loving all our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice with grace and honesty. Her work is rooted in anti-racism education, and she serves as the BIPOC Educator for Be The Bridge. Patricia is also a cohost for Upside Down Podcast, which is an ecumenical faith space that has unscripted conversations around justice, spirituality, and culture. You may find her on Instagram @patricia_a_taylor and on Facebook at Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend by Patricia A. Taylor. Announcements: Thank you to all who have donated to the podcast! If you're able to send a donation to further our work (on Venmo). We are working on a Patreon page.  Our podcast store is opening soon. In the meantime, get your The Revolution Needs our Joy, Too mug now!  Stay in community with us on IG and Twitter.  Stay tuned for our NEW Instagram Live pop-up series, "Continually Awakening," where we make space to keep the conversation going around social justice and faith in between PWF podcast episodes.  Credits: HUGE thank you to my husband, Kes, our podcast editor!  He is also a talented creative entrepreneur, videographer and photographer! You can work with him and explore his work here.   

As Black History Month comes to a close, we still have work to do. How can we continue to elevate the voices of people of color? What does it look like to authentically come alongside one another as bridge builders? This week I’m rounding out my February series with Patricia Taylor, as she shares her experience as a Black woman and bridge builder! We chat through what it looks like to be authentically yourself as a woman of color and how white people can continue to elevate the voices of BIPOC long after Black History Month. Patricia shares the importance of knowing your “why” and encouragement for the body of Christ to step into hard things with one another. LINKS Patricia's Instagram Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend FB Be the Bridge FB Group Be the Bridge on Instagram Upside Down Podcast Follow me on social media: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER Subscribe to my newsletter and check out the free resources I offer!

In episode three of a four-part series during Black History Month, we celebrate BLACK WOMEN. I am joined once again by Marcie Alvis-Walker from @blackcoffeewithwhitefriends and special guests Patricia Taylor from the popular blog and instagram account ‘Some Thoughts from Your Black Friend’; author and therapist Tasha Hunter and Historian Lettie Shumate from @sincerely.lettie. In this conversation, we continue our discussion about distorted ideas and images of Black women throughout history; from the asexual mammy image to the hypersexual jezebel stereotype to black women as the backbone of society. This episode is not for young ears, and for those of you who have sexual trauma as part of your story should approach this episode with caution, as the history we share could be triggering. The tragic story of Sarah Baartman is shared as we discuss how her story weaves throughout the history of the voyeurism and consumption of Black women's bodies. Guests very candidly and openly share their own stories of learning to embrace their Black bodies while being under the white gaze and how they have had to fight to love and accept the skin they are in. Finally, my guests share their own personal Black women ‘SHE-ROS’ who they feel fully encompass mind, body, and spirit.

Why is dreaming so significant, and how do you dream freely? Inspired by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s beautiful inauguration poem, co-hosts Patricia Taylor, Kayla Craig, Lindsy Wallace, and Alissa Molina discuss the necessity of dreaming and having prophetic imagination.In this episode, we:Talk about the boundlessness of dreaming and how it gives us vision for possibilities Ask how creativity relates to dreamingConsider our roles as co-creators with a creator GodAsk how we come to lose our imagination and wonder what we are missing out on when that happensTalk about the need for a community to show us that which we can’t see on our own and who can enter into dreaming with usExplore what it means to have the freedom and openness to dream Join us as we discuss what inspires us to dream, how those around us can be a part of it, what can keep us from dreaming, and the need for prophetic imagination. News, Notes, and Links:Grab a copy of The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman and read a transcript of her inauguration poem here.Check out artist Morgan Harper Nichols on Instagram! We can’t recommend The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann enough.Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

In episode two of a 4-part series during Black History we celebrate BLACK WOMEN. Once again I am joined by Marcie Alvis-Walker from @blackcoffeewithwhitefriends and special guests Patricia Taylor from the popular blog and instagram account "Some Thoughts from Your Black Friend" and author and therapist, Tasha Hunter. We pick up where we left off in our last conversation and discuss the origins of distorted ideas and images of Black women vs their actual roles in our history. My guests share their thoughts on the movie "The Help" and why it is not an accurate portrayal of the stories of Black women. We dive into the stories of the real life Black women to be celebrated From Rebecca West to Nancy Green to Georgia Gilmore

Writer and Podcast Host, Patricia Taylor, joins the podcast today. Patricia discusses how she fights the urge to engage in spiritual bypass and instead chooses to embrace weariness. Once she recognized and surrendered her desire and need for control, she found freedom. Patricia encourages others to not get boxed in by others and by self. Patrica brings a fresh perspective on eliminating perfectionism and embracing the hope we have in Jesus, no matter how little hope it may be in a given moment. Information for Patricia Taylor:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upside-down-podcast/id1159542032https://twitter.com/patricia_a_tayhttps://instagram.com/patricia_a_taylor?igshid=49byhmj0k9d7https://www.facebook.com/somethoughtsfromyourblackfriend/Information for Dr. Mo:https://www.drmoniquesmithgadson.com/Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/And-The-Church-Said-Podcast-106848090932637https://instagram.com/drmoniquesmithgadson?igshid=1bmt2hei1j6i8https://twitter.com/DrMoSmithGadsonSupport And The Church Said:Cash App: https://cash.app/$andthechurchsaidPayPal: https://paypal.me/andthechurchsaid?locale.x=en_US

What does it mean to "reclaim theology?" And why might that be necessary? Lindsy Wallace hosts this episode with co-host Patricia Taylor, and guest Brandi Miller joins to talk about why it's important for Christians to take theology back from ideas and systems that oppress.Brandi Miller is the host of the Reclaiming My Theology podcast and community that explores how the attributes of oppressive ideologies have infiltrated how we see ourselves, each other, and God. Brandi has spent the better part of the last decade as a writer and campus minister. She largely spends her time writing at the intersection of faith, race, and politics, plays music and writes with Common Hymnal, and develops justice programs for Christian college students. In this episode, we:Define "epistemology"Talk about the individual work of reconciling the difference between deconstructing faith when there's nothing left vs. reclaiming theologyAsk how we can become communities that have hard conversationsExplore how our upbringings shape the way we view GodAsk, "Who does this benefit?"Explore the power of Jesus' parablesJoin us as we consider how to hold on to what we know to be true about the God of all things - and learn to name what has been shaped by cultural ideas, mores, and values.News, Notes, and Links:Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

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Patricia Taylor is the woman behind the blog, "Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend” where she seeks to cultivate a space in which difficult yet necessary topics can be shared and discussed with grace, truth and love. She is  a thirty-something wife, mom and California native turned Georgia peach who believes in Jesus, loving all of our neighbors, and having critical conversations around racial justice.  As a passionate advocate and anti-racism educator, she wants her heart to break for what breaks the Lord’s. 

Patricia Taylor is the woman behind blog "Some Thoughts From Your Black Friend" and joins the show to share her heart for loving all of our neighbors & having critical conversations around racial justice. Her love of the Lord and commitment to seeing His Kingdom come here on Earth in commendable and infectious. Enjoy :)   Follow Patricia

What does it mean for the church to be a witness? What do our 21st-century sensibilities miss about Jesus’ 1st-century sociopolitical relevance? In this episode of Upside Down Podcast, Lindsy Wallace and Patricia Taylor process a conversation with author and professor Drew G.I. Hart about the revolutionary life of Jesus and the ways in which we can usher in his peace for our world.In this episode, we:Consider what it looks like to follow after the way of Jesus in 2020 Lean into the local church as community in the building and in the streetsWiden the experience of Jesus to a political JesusAre challenged to see peace as a disruptor to violenceLean into the power of the embodied, costly, revolutionary love of JesusJoin us as Drew walks us through his experience of the things that make for peace. Let us set aside our 21st Century sensibilities so we may enter into Jesus’ first century. May we hold his socio-political relevance to the light of day and let it shine through in such a way we put his revolutionary teachings to make a Beloved community today. Recommended reading & resources:Who Will Be a Witness - Drew Hart198 Methods of Nonviolent ActionDrew G. I. Hart OnlineDrew Hart on InstagramDrew Hart on TwitterDrew Hart on FacebookQuotes: “The call of Jesus is really quite simple, despite how complicated we have made it by obfuscating that basic Christian vocation. Follow after the way of Jesus.” News, Notes, and Links:Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Upside Down Podcast brings together women (and sometimes a few good men) for unscripted ecumenical conversations about God's upside-down kingdom. We're four women from across the US spanning age, denomination, race, culture, and background. We care deeply about the love of God and neighbor and explore themes of the intersections of faith and justice, with a bit of prophetic imagination. We come together as ordinary humans modeling tough conversations so you can be inspired to continue these conversations offline with your local community. In a time when many Christians are deconstructing their faith, we hope to be a welcoming space where people can be curious, learn, connect, and grow into the beloved community.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

What is the importance of community? Patricia Taylor hosts and is joined by Kayla Craig, Lindsy Wallace and Alissa Molina for this episode of examining what community is today. Pull up a seat at our table in the wilderness as we ask each other how community in the time of Jesus can influence an upside-down life today.In this episode, we:Assess the impact of the pandemic on local and virtual communitiesWeigh our desire for community against our dream of it Look at how intimate community should be when it’s toxicWonder if it’s possible to return to a community that has inflicted painEnvision a thriving community that laments and celebrates togetherGet honest about an expectation of community in our livesJoin us as we unpack how to intentionally find a community that is from an abundant God and explore with us how to engage in and foster such an environment. May we enter each space with more grace and more love and make space for those who may be searching for their people and their place too. Recommended reading & resources:Life Together, Dietrich BonhoefferLindsy Wallace on InstagramActs 2:42-47 ESV And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.Matthew 10:14 ESV And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.Quotes: “The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” James Baldwin"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members... a heart of grace and a soul generated by love." Coretta Scott KingNews, Notes, and Links:Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Today's guest is Patricia Taylor. Patricia is a thirty-something wife, mother, writer, and speaker. In today's episode, we talked about how Patricia faced her fears and stepped boldly into a powerful voice in the racial justice space where necessary topics can be discussed with grace truth, and love. We talked about who inspires her, her faith journey, and what it means for her to be Black and Christian. Patricia truly exhibits grace,  resilience, and truth. I enjoyed listening to her share childhood and college memories and unpacking stories of self-confidence, faith, and the beauty of Blackness found in a community of affirmation. If you would like to follow along and Patricia Story..and you should please check out the show notes.  Follow her on her website, Instagram, and check out  The Upside-Down podcast. Don't forget to leave a review!

What does it mean to be for life in 2020? Join us for Season 5 with the hosts you know, founders Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace, veteran Alissa Molina, and our newest voice, Patricia Taylor to kick off a season of exploring what is needed in spirituality, justice, culture, and community.In this episode, we:Evaluate ‘pro-life’ as Jesus intended for abundant life in 2020Grieve what happens to the message and witness of Jesus when professing followers of God are unwilling to lay down life and libertiesSeek to follow Jesus in working for a “more and better life than they ever dreamed of”Discuss what it means to vote for a ‘pro-life’ PresidentShare practical ways we can honor life in our communitiesJoin us as we thoughtfully explore what it means to champion an abundant life in Christ. May we model Jesus in the way we value the Imago Dei in us all.Recommended reading & resources:John 10:10I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. - The Message I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. - NIVI came that they may have life and have it abundantly. - ESVUS Birthrates Fall to Record Low, Wall Street JournalUS Historical Abortion StatisticsBrick House in the CItyCasey Chappell on InstagramUpside Down Podcast brings together women (and sometimes a few good men) for unscripted ecumenical conversations about God's upside-down kingdom. We're four women from across the US spanning age, denomination, race, culture, and background. We care deeply about the love of God and neighbor and explore themes of the intersections of faith and justice, with a bit of prophetic imagination. We come together as ordinary humans modeling tough conversations so you can be inspired to continue these conversations offline with your local community. In a time when many Christians are deconstructing their faith, we hope to be a welcoming space where people can be curious, learn, connect, and grow into the beloved community.News, Notes, and Links:Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We’re on Instagram, too.Join the Upside Down Together listener group on Facebook!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Process This podcast 17, features a conversation with Patricia Taylor on mentoring in sterile processing (SP). Also in this episode, we will hear “What’s On My Mind” followed by another segment of “Mailbox Mania.” “What’s On My Mind” discusses COVID-19, the reopening of elective surgeries and its relation to sterile processing. Jon explores all of the support tools and links found on the IAHCSMM website, with all the SP information needed to know for reentry into our new normal. In “Mailbox Mania”, Jon takes a look at several AORN Journals, reviewing and dissecting best processes.  Our guest speaker today is Patricia Taylor, Clinical Supervisor and IAHCSMM Board Member. Patricia discusses mentoring, passion for the industry, sharing of information between the younger and older generations and how that helps with one’s career path. She also reflects on how mentorship promotes production, harmony and connection within the SP department. Earn a certificate of completion worth 0.5 CE at the end of the presentation by filling out our online completion form. Earn CE Now

Brian and Joe Stark talk with Ryan Drost of the Star Joes podcast about his new Kickstarter project an all ages comic book Stealth Hammer.                      The goal of the Kickstarter is to create the first issue of a true all-ages comic (meaning something anyone of any age can read and enjoy, not just for kids). Once that is produced, I’ll be looking to shop it around to hopefully be picked up and create a series. The Kickstarter will fund the costs for the artwork (all done by new amazing artist Alexandra Scott, currently artist on web comic Woven), the printing, costs to produce some of the rewards, and to cover taxes on the income. I’m receiving no income from this campaign. The comic will be a 22 page story. There will be a stretch goal that will allow for the 5 page Kickstarter story to also be printed in the first issue. There will be a variant cover by Robert Atkins, and a pinup in the interiors done by Shannon Gallant.                          The elevator pitch of the story:                             Jami Taylor is a college student going to school for graphic design. Her parents are famous scientist/inventor, Dr. Everett Taylor, and world traveling interior designer, Veronica Taylor. Even with successful parents, Jami has always worked hard to make her own mark in the world. This drive and her spirit of adventure came from her grandmother, Patricia Taylor, who explored the world to help those in need. Jami’s never give up attitude became critical when she found herself victim to sabotage in her father’s lab. This left her with incredible powers that will lead her to a much larger world. The first issue is an origin story, but layered in the dialogue and the images, you’ll find hints to legacy, mythical beings, alternate dimensions, and more. While this is the start of a new adventure, as Jami would say, “That’s not how this story ends!”

Elle Russ chats with Susan Bratton - considered the “Dear Abby of Hot Sex” to fans around the world, Susan’s fresh approach to sex techniques and bedroom communication skills help millions of people—of all ages and across the gender spectrum—transform sex into passion.  Susan’s straight-forward lovemaking advice is rooted in her personal experience of watching her marital intimacy wither as she and her husband pursued dynamic careers. When her relationship hit a crisis point, Susan made a fierce commitment to do whatever it took to hold her family together and revive the passion in her marriage. Today, she and her husband have the kind of dream relationship most people stopped believing was even possible—until they discover her practical tips.  After 15 years and over 30k hours of research, practice, teaching, and testing, Susan distilled the six simple essentials that ignite passionate lovemaking into her latest #1 international best-selling book, Sexual Soulmates.  A serial entrepreneur who was named a Silicon Valley “Woman of Influence,” and AdAge “Top 10 Internet Pioneer," Susan and her company, Personal Life Media, Inc. been featured in The New York Times and appeared on the TODAY Show, ABC, CBS, CNBC, CW, Fox, and NBC.  Beloved for speaking from the heart and shooting from the hip...she’s written over 20 books and programs including, Sexual Soulmates, Relationship Magic, The Passion Patch, 30 Romance Tricks That Work Like Magic and Revive Her Drive. She has thousands of fans who devour her Better Lover YouTube videos.  Susan Bratton publishes the work of other highly respected sexuality educators including Dr. Patricia Taylor’s Expand Her Orgasm Tonight and Seduction Trilogy programs; Tallulah Sulis’ Female Liquid Orgasm and Keep Her Coming programs; Jim Benson’s Multi-Orgasmic Lover for Men and her Steamy Sex Ed® Video Collection of 200+ heart- connected lovemaking techniques.   Perhaps what’s most impressive are the more than one thousand deeply personal thank you notes she’s received from fans worldwide for her positive contribution to their sex lives.  SELECTED LINKS: http://susanbratton.com

Three interviews in one episode as I speak to three experienced senior women leaders about their careers and what advice they would give to their younger selves. With Helen Sweeney, Patricia Taylor, Dotti Irving and Penny De Valk.

Patricia Taylor and Tom Allanson came together after each of them left failing marriages behind. At thirty, Tom was younger than Pat by six years. He had been through two short, bad marriages and she had escaped one long one where she said she had felt trapped and smothered by her military husband. Both of […]

Patricia Taylor and Tom Allanson came together after each of them left failing marriages behind. At thirty, Tom was younger than Pat by six years. He had been through two short, bad marriages and she had escaped one long one where she said she had felt trapped and smothered by her military husband. Both of […] The post A Dark Heart: Inside the Twisted Mind of Patricia Taylor Allanson appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Patricia Lynn Taylor was a 15 year from Oklahoma. She lived at the Tulsa Girls Group Home and worked at Sonic. On August 31, 1981, after a year in which she ran away a couple times but always came back, Patty told co-workers she was getting on a bus—presumably to run away once more. She was never seen again. Website: https://insearchofpatricialynntaylorblog.wordpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patricialynntaylornov231965/?ref=br_rs Charley Project: http://charleyproject.org/case/patricia-lynn-taylor NAMUS: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/31371/30/ Websleuths: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?296558-OK-Patricia-Taylor-14-Tulsa-County-1-Jan-1980&highlight=patricia+taylor If you have any infromation regarding the disappearance of Patricia Taylor, please contact the Tulsa Police Department at (918) 596-9222. Unfound is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, iTunes, Podomatic, Stitcher, TuneInRadio, Podbean, and Overcast. And remember, Unfound is now on Spotify. Email: Unfoundpodcast@gmail.com. The website: Unfoundpodcast.com—please check out the secret Steven Koecher episode. --And now, if you click on the Merchandise button, it will show the links to both the books on Amazon and the playing cards at makeplayingcards.com. Please visit the page at your convenience. The website at Trib Total Media: triblive.com/news/unfound Unfound has a Patreon account: patreon.com/unfoundpodcast Unfound also has a PayPal account. --just do a search for the Unfound email address: unfoundpodcast@gmail.com. --and thank you to Roseanne and Andrea for their contribution this past week. And please mention Unfound on all true crime Facebook pages, and other websites and forums. Thank you.

Patricia Taylor and Lisa Ferrell from the Georgia Production Partnership tell us about the history of the organization as well as its future, plus why every filmmaker should consider joining!

Are you ready to learn how to expand your orgasm? Dr. Patti is the developer and leading teacher of Expanded Orgasm and Expanded Lovemaking. Her research in this field extend over twenty years. She is the author of two books, including Expanded Orgasm: Soar to Ecstast at Your Lovers touch, and has led countless classes and playshops.Her work has touched the hearts, minds, bodies, and spirits of tens of thousands of explorers of expanded awareness - and improved relationships and love-lives. Learn the fundamentals of her techniques and how expanded orgasm is a path to ttanscendent awareness.

Are you ready to learn how to expand your orgasm? Dr. Patti is the developer and leading teacher of Expanded Orgasm and Expanded Lovemaking. Her research in this field extend over twenty years. She is the author of two books, including Expanded Orgasm: Soar to Ecstast at Your Lovers touch, and has led countless classes and playshops.Her work has touched the hearts, minds, bodies, and spirits of tens of thousands of explorers of expanded awareness - and improved relationships and love-lives. Learn the fundamentals of her techniques and how expanded orgasm is a path to ttanscendent awareness.

Today on the show we are talking to Tallulah Sulis again about Female Ejaculation. Female Ejaculation – or squirting -  can be enjoyed for pleasure, healing, and connection. Tallulah has just released Squirt Your Heart Out: Unleash Your Explosive Sexual Power (SquirtYourHeartOut.com) so we have the expert with us now! Women everywhere report having profound experiences with female amrita, or ejaculation, the liquids they expel from their yonis, or vaginas. How can men help women have these ejaculations? Why is this potentially such an emotional and often deep experience? Can this be learned in the comfort of your own home? I think we’ll all be pleased to learn how, when, why, and more. Also we’ll learn what the learning curve is like for women who have not yet ejaculated. Another fun, educational and juicy show with Tallulah!Listeners of the Expanded Lovemaking Show get a generous discount, too, using the code SPECIAL!

Today on the show we are talking to Tallulah Sulis about Female Ejaculation – that expulsion of fluids, also known as “squirting”, or “gushing”. It’s the “wetness” women can experience during pleasurable and often intense orgasms. But what is female ejaculation, really? Can every woman really do this? What is the range of experience possible? And how can men create this sensational experience for their lady? What are some of the things you must know?Find out today. Tallulah has just released Squirt Your Heart Out: Unleash Your Explosive Sexual Power (SquirtYourHeartOut.com) so we have the expert with us now! Tallulah is so much fun, you’ll love this show! Oh, and to top it all off, listeners of the Expanded Lovemaking Show get a generous discount, too, using the code SPECIAL!