Podcasts about PD

All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome the team from Rock Steady Boxing as guests to the show.   About Ryan Cotton, President/CEO:   Ryan Cotton currently serves as President & CEO for Rock Steady Boxing. His involvement with the organization started in 2009 when he served on the Board of Directors for a decade. Although he serves all RSB boxers around the world, his favorite RSB boxer was his father who was a Parkinson's fighter until his last days.   Ryan's education is in physical therapy where he had a 22-year clinical career before moving into his role at RSB. He holds a Masters in Physical Therapy from the University of Evansville, and a Doctorate in Health Science from the University of Indianapolis.   About Chris Timberlake, Director of Education & Training Rock Steady Boxing:   Chris has been with Rock Steady since 2006 and currently serves as the Director of Training and Education at RSB developing and delivering training in the RSB method to new coaches around the world. She is a caregiver to Tom, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2000, and understands all too well the needs of people struggling with Parkinson's.   Having trained hundreds of people with Parkinson's as well as being immersed as a care partner has given Chris a uniquely intimate perspective on how to battle this disease. She is a Certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine and her personal experience is an instrumental part of Rock Steady's "Cornerman" support.   About Sandra Benton, RSB Boxer, Retired business owner and hairstylist:   Sandra Benton was a business owner for 48 years working as a hairstylist and retiring at age 67. She was diagnosed with PD in April of 2023 and started RSB in July of that year.   About Jim Lindgren, RSB Boxer, Retired reporter and editor:   Jim Lindgren had a career as a newspaper reporter and editor for 25 years before becoming an editor for a market research company and retiring 2 years ago at age 66. He was diagnosed with PD at the age of 61.   About Rock Steady Boxing (RSB):   Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with Parkinson disease through a specialized, non-contact boxing-based fitness program developed to specifically address the symptoms of Parkinson disease. Founded in Indianapolis in 2006, RSB is built on the belief that individuals with Parkinson's can fight back against the progression of their disease through rigorous, targeted exercise   The RSB program is multimodal and incorporates boxing techniques, strength training, balance work, and cognitive challenges to address the motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's. Backed by growing evidence that high-intensity exercise can slow symptom progression, RSB has become a leader in exercise-based approaches to managing the disease.   Today, Rock Steady Boxing supports a global network of more than 800 affiliate programs that deliver its training in local communities, including gyms, rehabilitation centers, and community organizations. Through comprehensive coach training, ongoing education, and a strong support system, RSB ensures that its programs are accessible, adaptable, and effective for individuals at all stages of Parkinson's. Beyond physical improvements, the organization fosters a powerful sense of community and empowerment among participants, helping them build confidence, connection, and resilience.   As it continues to expand its reach, Rock Steady Boxing remains committed to its mission of enabling people with Parkinson's to live healthier, more active lives.

Genes carry the biological information to make specific living things. Evolution says that simpler living things evolved first and more complex life evolved later. This would lead us to believe that more complex living things would have developed more genes. The creation approach suggests that each creature was designed with the genetic material necessary for its survival in its intended environment. As a result, the genetic complexity of living things would be related to the way it lives, not to its place in a supposed evolutionary hierarchy.Evolutionary scientists today are puzzled with the publication of the completed genome of the common fruit fly. The fruit fly has a nervous system, complex body plan and even an immune system and is the first animal to have its genome mapped. The puzzle arises with the discovery that the fruit fly has between 13,000 and 14,000 genes. The lowly roundworm, said by evolution to be among the first land creatures, should be genetically simple, yet it has over 18,000 genes. The genetic differences between the worm and the fly speak of design. The sightless worm relies on smell to make its living, so it has about 1,000 genes involved in its olfactory system. The sighted fly relies much less on smell and has less than 100 genes for detecting scents.This simply illustrates that truly scientific findings will never contradict the Bible by supporting evolution.Psalm 119:73"Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments."Prayer: Dear Father, help me to keep my nervous system healthy through wholesome stimulation and thoughts so that it can always be a source of my thanksgiving to You in all things. In Jesus Name. Amen.Ref: Science News, pp. 382 383, "Fly Genome Creates a Buzz." Image: APHIS-Moore Air Base, Protection and Quarantine Science and Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, USDAgov, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

In this episode of Beginning Teacher Talk, Dr. Lori sits down with fourth-grade teacher Amanda Muri to talk about how small elements of surprise can create big shifts in classroom management. Amanda shares her journey from feeling confident at the start of the school year to struggling with student engagement after winter break, and how a simple podcast episode helped her rediscover the joy, connection, and excitement that transformed the energy in her classroom. What You'll Learn: Why classroom routines and student engagement often begin to slip after winter break How simple surprises can reignite student motivation and improve classroom behavior Ways to create a stronger classroom culture through curiosity, connection, and shared experiences Why teacher energy and mindset have such a powerful impact on student behavior How small classroom management strategies can help students feel more connected, engaged, and successful Resources Mentioned: Whole-class motivators Learn more about Dr. Lori's programs If you've ever felt like your classroom lost its spark midway through the year, this episode will encourage you to focus on the small shifts that can make a big difference. You'll walk away with practical classroom management ideas that help students stay engaged while making teaching feel more joyful and sustainable. Save your seat at Dr. Lori's new, free class: Need to set up an elementary classroom? Discover how to start the next school year calm, confident, and fully in control (without working all summer). Even if you haven't been hired yet, you can't set foot in your school, or you don't know what grade you'll be teaching. Click here to save your seat! https://www.drlorifriesen.com/ready Stay connected with us! Follow us on Instagram @beginningteachertalk Looking for quick, actionable PD? Visit our YouTube channel! Be sure to follow, rate, and subscribe to the Beginning Teacher Talk podcast so you never miss an episode. Warmly, Dr. Lori

In 1836, well-known English astronomer Sir John Herschel wrote a series of articles for the New York Sun reporting his discovery of life on the moon. He reported seeing buffalo, goats, cranes, and other animals. The Sun finally admitted that the whole thing had been a prank, and most of the public was amused.There is as much evidence for life on the moon or other planets today as there was in 1836. Moreover, as we explore the other planets of the solar system, the evidence grows that there is little hope that other life will be found in space. At a conference on extra-terrestrial life well-known astronomer, Dr. Robert Jastrow, remarked that the question was “essentially a religious controversy.”That the question of life in space is religious is an important insight in two ways: Recent advances in biochemistry have abundantly demonstrated that life could not have begun spontaneously from non-life on planet Earth. Evolutionists are putting their faith in the discovery of evidence that life began on some other planet. There is the further hope that with such a discovery this will be the final nail in the coffin of Christianity and proof of their own religion of evolution. What space exploration has taught so far confirms what the Bible implies, that planet Earth is a very special place specifically designed for life.Romans 8:22-23"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."Prayer: Dear Father, I thank You for making all the Earth so beautiful that even after the destruction by sin, the beauty around us naturally makes us think of You. Help me to add my words to that witness. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: “Old Crow Bones and Radiocarbon Dating,” Creation Ex Nihilo. Image: The Inhabitants of the Moon, 1836, PD, Wikimedia Commons, changes made. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

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In this episode of Shifting Schools, Jeff and Tricia reflect on the 2025–2026 school year and what they are seeing as schools move into a more mature phase of AI work. The conversation moves beyond tools and prompt tips into the deeper questions now facing educators and school leaders: AI companions, student wellbeing, shadow AI use, schoolwide expectations, sustained professional learning, and the need to rethink pedagogy for a world shaped by information overload. Jeff and Tricia discuss why AI support in schools can no longer be limited to one-off workshops. They share what they are hearing from school leaders, counselors, teachers, support staff, and districts that are beginning to ask for longer-term help. The episode also explores why honest, nonjudgmental conversations matter, especially when students and adults are already using AI in personal, social, and emotional ways.   00:00 — Opening reflection on the 2025–2026 school year Jeff welcomes listeners and invites Tricia to reflect on the year in AI and schools. 00:37 — AI companions become a serious school conversation Tricia shares why this was the year more school leaders became open to talking about AI companions. 02:39 — Companionship, loneliness, and parasocial relationships Tricia connects AI companion use to broader human patterns of connection, including parasocial relationship theory. 04:54 — Why school counselors need to be part of the AI conversation Jeff and Tricia discuss students turning to AI for advice and support, and how counselors can respond without dismissing students' experiences. 06:23 — Shadow AI use in schools Jeff explains why schools need to name the AI use already happening among staff, students, and support teams. 08:58 — Honesty, openness, and nonjudgmental conversations Tricia highlights what has not changed: the need for trust, honesty, and open dialogue. 09:18 — The "large breed puppy" problem Tricia explains why waiting to address AI is risky, using the analogy of training a large dog while it is still small. 10:00 — From one-off PD to sustained AI support Jeff describes a shift in what districts are asking for: longer-term cohorts, yearlong support, and multi-year planning. 11:49 — What can schools retire now? Tricia and Jeff discuss the chance to move away from outdated practices and ask more complex questions. 12:57 — From information scarcity to information overload Jeff argues that schools were built for a world where information was scarce, but students now need to be assessed on sense-making. 15:00 — New possibilities for learning Tricia points to opportunities for students to tell familiar stories in new ways and work with more complex problems. 15:28 — Summer episodes and favorite replays Jeff previews upcoming summer reflections and replays from the past year.

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Josué 24:15“Si mal os parece servir a Jehová, escogeos hoy a quién sirváis; si a los dioses a quienes sirvieron vuestros padres cuando estuvieron al otro lado del río, o a los dioses de los amorreos en cuya tierra habitáis; pero yo y mi casa serviremos a Jehová”.En nuestro mundo que rápidamente se va modernizando, los ingenieros se mantienen ocupados resolviendo problemas. Tome por ejemplo, todos los varios tipos de transporte. Hay millones de problemas en sólo ésta área que mantienen a los ingenieros ocupados buscando mejores soluciones.Los trenes de mercancía llevan enormes cargas en inmensos vagones de mercancías, cada uno es capaz de llevar el peso del hogar en general y todo lo que está dentro, más un automóvil. Sin embargo los ejes deben poder girar fácilmente debajo del vagón mientras el tren se mueve por rieles que giran bruscamente a la izquierda y a la derecha. Considere el problema de poner 100 toneladas o más sobre un giro sin dificultar el libre movimiento del giro. Ingenieros en Petróleos Shell finalmente diseñaron un disco que se pone debajo del cuerpo del carro para lubricar los ejes para los giros. Cada vez que el disco es apretado por el peso de la carga o por demasiada fricción en el giro, automáticamente sale lubricación del disco.Es este mismo sistema ingenioso que lubrica ciertas articulaciones en su cuerpo. Cuando se necesita lubricación adicional en una articulación, pequeños discos liberan lubricante a la articulación. Estos discos se llaman bursas. Y si alguna vez ha tenido bursitis, usted sabe lo que sucede cuando los discos no están funcionando apropiadamente.No es ciencia sino fe en la evolución que lleva a las personas a creen que este sistema bien diseñado pudo ser el resultado de mutaciones accidentales.Oración: Te agradezco, amado Señor, que Tu has diseñado mi cuerpo de una manera tan maravillosa. Ayúdame a tener buen cuidado de él y dame una buena salud y fortaleza para utilizarlas para Ti. Amén.Imagen: Prepatellar bursa, Mikael Häggström, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

L'ultima volta che abbiamo fatto il tifo. Fonti: video “Spagna 82: Italia vs Germania finalissima Sintesi #italy #germania” pubblicato sul canale Youtube Alessandro Lugli il 4 maggio 2023; video “La "gara" a chi riceve più insulti tra Ravetto (Vannacci) e Bakkali del PD alla Camera” pubblicato sul canale Youtube Vista Agenzia Televisiva Nazionale il 16 giugno 2026; video “1982 07 05 Italia Brasile 3-2, Mondiali 1982 Spagna, Secondo Girone Eliminatorie” pubblicato sul canale Youtube Phoenix Tribe il 19 marzo 2026; account Tiktok Trash ita, 16 marzo 2022. Scopri i corsi della New Media Academy, la scuola di podcasting e digital journalism di Chora e Will: https://newmediacademy.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What often sets the best PD experiences apart are a few intentional choices in how that learning is designed. In this episode, I talk with Jenn White and Josh Kurzweil of Berkeley LTC about three simple but powerful practices they use when designing professional learning for adults: Pre-During-Post, Curated Q&A, and Poster Sessions. All of these strategies create more opportunities for participants to discuss, reflect on, and apply what they're learning, and they can make your next PD a lot better.  ___________________________ Thanks to Alpaca and Notability for sponsoring the episode. To read a written version of this podcast, visit cultofpedagogy.com/3-fresh-pd-structures. To learn more about my upcoming course, Mastering the Lesson Plan, visit cultofpedagogy.com/teaching101.

What if the biggest key to better leadership is not focusing on the lagging measures, but learning how to measure what truly matters? In this episode of Aspire to Lead, Joshua Stamper sits down with Dave Schmittou to talk about leadership, priority management, and the difference between lead measures and lagging measures. Dave shares practical insight from his work with schools, districts, and organizations, and explains why leaders must clarify the results they want before they can effectively guide others. Together, they explore why so many leaders get stuck managing process instead of outcomes, how overcontrolling can create dependence, and what it looks like to build independence and interdependence in staff and students. Dave also shares a powerful story about getting out of the way, the value of focusing on lead measures, and how leaders can create cultures centered on real growth and measurable progress. About Dave Schmittou: As an educator for more than two decades, Dave has earned a reputation for being a disruptor of the status quo, an innovator, and a change agent. Having served as a classroom teacher, school-based administrator, central office director, and professor of Educational Leadership, he often uses real-life stories and examples of his own life and career to describe why and how we need to confront “the way we have always done it.” He is now the Director of Leadership and Development with the Teach Better Team where he speaks, consults, and partners with districts around the country. He has written multiple books, including “It's Like Riding a Bike: How to make learning last a lifetime”, “Bold Humility”, “Making Assessment Work for Educators Who Hate Data but Love Kids”, and “Poking the Bear”. Follow Dave Schmittou: Website:https://schmittou.netTwitter:@daveschmittouInstagram:@daveschmittouFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/LastingLearning1Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-schmittou-90022a41YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKwwjU4R1TYyRZfQ2VjY5JQPodcast:The Lasting Learning PodcastPhone Number: (734) 377-3457 https://www.amazon.com/Poking-Bear-engaging-conversations-matter/dp/1959347004?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683941974&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=06ca461b93d74ee81b5ad57d4bb12400&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl — #1 New Release, "The Language of Behavior" is NOW Available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVT32KQ1?&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=d18e5a44a6582a22d15ee23193af7bb8&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl The Language of Behavior is an essential guide for school leaders committed to transforming their school culture and addressing student behavior through a more compassionate, effective approach. Drawing on their extensive experience in education, Charle Peck and Joshua Stamper challenge outdated disciplinary practices and offer a clear, trauma-informed framework that empowers educators to interpret student behavior as a form of communication. Through three core tenets—Consider the Environment, Explore the Root Causes of Behavior, and Respond with Intentionality—this book equips leaders with actionable strategies to foster positive behavior, build stronger relationships, and cultivate a more supportive school climate. Packed with real-world case studies, evidence-based practices, and insights into the lasting effects of childhood trauma, The Language of Behavior provides school leaders with the tools to create lasting, meaningful change. It offers a roadmap to reduce behavior issues, re-engage students and staff, and establish a culture of accountability and empathy. This book is not just a reference—it's a call to lead with vision and transform how we approach discipline, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive. Bulk Orders: https://www.connectedd.org/bulk-orders — Need a Presenter for a conference or school PD? Contact Brad Waid to book Joshua Stamper for your next event on Improving Student Behavior, Impacting School Mental Health, or Creating healthy habits. Follow the Host, Joshua Stamper: Contact:https://joshstamper.com/contact/Twitter:www.twitter.com/Joshua__StamperInstagram:www.instagram.com/joshua__stamperLinkedin:www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-stamperFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/AspirePodcastSubscribe:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aspire-the-leadership-development-podcast/id1384210762?mt=2 Aspire to Lead Won the FireBird Award! I'm happy to announce that my book, “Aspire to Lead”, won the 2022 Leadership Book Award from Speak Up Talk Radio! It is a great honor to get this kind of recognition and I really appreciate all your support! The book is available for purchase on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1953852386/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1953852386&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=0d9c336e3db6ab16cbb08421ef3e4175 Review the Podcast I want to give a huge shout out to those who have taken the time to provide a review on Apple, Spotify or any other podcast platform. It truly means the world to me that you would take the 30- 90 seconds to share how the podcast has positively impacted you or why other educators should check out the show. This post contains affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, The Aspire Podcast gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Teach Better Podcast Network This podcast is a part of the Teach Better Podcast Network. 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Are you looking for a fun, stress-free way to help your child improve their reading skills? In this episode of the Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast, we explore how the power of music and singing can transform literacy for struggling readers and build lasting confidence.Host Jae sits down with Carlo Franzblau, the developer of Tune Into Reading, and consultant Maya Fombelle to discuss a unique approach to education. What started as a software to help people carry a tune evolved into a research-backed literacy program that has helped thousands of students make dramatic gains. We discuss the science behind why singing works for the brain, how repetitive reading builds fluency, and the deep connection between reading struggles and student behavior.Maya shares her heartwarming experiences as a school counselor seeing kids move from shame to pride as they master new words. Carlo explains the structure of the program, which includes vocabulary building, pitch tracking, and comprehension quizzes. You will also learn about the extensive research from the University of South Florida that proves students can gain a full grade level in reading in just 12 weeks. If you have been searching for a way to make learning to read feel less like a chore and more like a celebration, this episode is for you.https://www.tuneintoreading.com/Maya Fombelle is a consultant with Tune into Reading. She has spent her life working withat-risk children in a variety of capacities. She practiced law for 35 years, beginning as aProsecutor in Macon County, Illinois. She developed an interest in a Public Defender positionserving as Guardian Ad Litem for children who were removed from their homes due to abuseand neglect. During her tenure as a PD, she was also assigned as counsel for juveniledefendants and patients facing involuntary mental health commitment. When she and herhusband (Greg) started their family, she took a hiatus from practicing law until their childrenbegan kindergarten. When she returned to work, she and her husband started their own lawfirm. Maya focused on defending youthful offenders during her time at the firm. As a trialattorney for many years assisting children after they had been arrested, Maya decided that shewanted to change careers and be a part of improving the trajectory for at-risk students. Shereturned to graduate school, earning an MS with dual licensure in Clinical and SchoolCounseling. She began her school counseling career in a Catholic High School, where sheworked 4 years until a position opened in a Title I high needs school. Maya worked in a largepublic school district for 3 and a half years until retiring to Florida. During her time at a lowperforming school, (bottom 2% in ELA) Maya began researching ways to help students recovertheir grade level reading skills. She discovered Tune into Reading and the rest is history!Chapters0:00 Intro and meet the guests3:15 The 25 year journey of Tune Into Reading7:45 How singing helps with visual feedback and pitch11:20 The benefits of repetitive reading through music15:10 Breaking down the four parts of a song lesson19:35 Addressing student shame and behavior through literacy24:15 Improving reading confidence in elementary students28:50 Dealing with the national literacy crisis33:10 Research and peer reviewed results from USF37:45 Accessing the program through Step Up for Students42:20 The importance of self care for parents and teachers47:10 Final advice for parents of struggling readers50:30 ConclusionVisit the Tune Into Reading website to learn more about their 12 week guarantee and the 4 week trial program. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast for more resources to support your homeschooling journey and share this video with a fellow parent!#homeschooling #literacy #readingtips #educationalmusic #tuneintoreading

Rassegna stampa economico-finanziaria del 21 Giugno 2026, strutturata per macro-temi e basata sulle principali testate giornalistiche nazionali.Politica Interna e Scenari Elettorali Testate: Corriere della Sera / La Repubblica / Il Tempo• Dinamiche di coalizione: Prosegue il dibattito interno al "Campo largo" dopo la pubblicazione di una foto sui social che ritrae i leader di PD, M5S e AVS (Schlein, Conte, Bonelli, Fratoianni) in una trattoria romana. L'iniziativa, finalizzata ad annunciare un programma di governo condiviso entro luglio, ha sollevato critiche per l'esclusione di un'area moderata.• Centralità del Centro: Si registra fermento tra i leader centristi rimasti esclusi dal tavolo. Emergono potenziali percorsi alternativi: Alessandro Onorato (Progetto Civico Italia) è in fase di valutazione per un'alleanza con gli europeisti di Riccardo Magi e i socialisti di Enzo Maraio. Si monitorano inoltre le figure di Gaetano Manfredi e Silvia Salis, quest'ultima indicata come possibile figura di mediazione.• Analisi sociopolitica: Il saggio di Marco Revelli (La democrazia è antiquata, edito da Laterza, 158 pagg., €16) e il pamphlet di Bernie Sanders (Contro l'oligarchia, edito da Chiarelettere, 106 pagg., €15) evidenziano un'allarmante involuzione democratica. Revelli sottolinea come in Italia la partecipazione al voto sia calata drasticamente, coinvolgendo circa la metà dell'elettorato. Geopolitica e Relazioni Internazionali Testate: Corriere della Sera / Libero Quotidiano / La Verità• Asse USA-Italia: Si evidenzia una fase di tensione nelle relazioni tra Donald Trump e Giorgia Meloni, descritta come un passaggio da una "relazione speciale" a uno "scontro totale". Gli analisti avvertono che una crisi tra Italia e USA potrebbe comportare rischi significativi per l'interscambio economico, stimato in circa 105 miliardi di euro.• Scenario Russo: Secondo la politologa Ekaterina Schulmann, l'insofferenza tra le élite e la popolazione russa è in crescita costante dalla primavera del 2025. Putin potrebbe valutare il congelamento del conflitto in Ucraina per consolidare il consenso interno in vista delle elezioni.• Rischi Energetici: L'Iran ha minacciato di chiudere lo Stretto di Hormuz, richiedendo compensazioni finanziarie pari a 12 miliardi sotto forma di "polizze" per il transito delle navi, generando preoccupazioni per gli approvvigionamenti energetici.Economia e FinanzaTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Corriere della Sera • Performance Commerciale: L'Italia ha segnato un importante sorpasso nelle esportazioni superando il Giappone, trainata dalla forte domanda proveniente dagli Stati Uniti. • Debito Pubblico: La quota del debito pubblico detenuta dai risparmiatori ha superato i massimi storici registrati nel 2014.• Risiko Bancario: Si prospetta un possibile nuovo tentativo di acquisizione di BPM da parte di Unicredit. • Prevenzione Fiscale: L'attività di contrasto all'evasione e alle frodi, tramite l'utilizzo dei dati per l'antiriciclaggio, sta portando a un incremento significativo degli alert. Executive Takeaway • Resilienza Export: Il sorpasso dell'Italia sul Giappone nelle esportazioni rappresenta un KPI di fondamentale importanza, confermando la solidità del Made in Italy verso il mercato statunitense, nonostante le tensioni diplomatiche. • Rischio Geopolitico: Il potenziale conflitto con l'amministrazione statunitense rappresenta una variabile critica. La dipendenza strategica richiede una gestione prudente per evitare contraccolpi sui flussi commerciali bilaterali da 105 miliardi. • Stabilità Interna Russa: Il monitoraggio della situazione russa (insofferenza delle élite e calo del consenso) è essenziale per anticipare scenari di "congelamento" del conflitto, con dirette implicazioni sui mercati energetici globali. • Frammentazione Politica: L'instabilità e la frammentazione al centro della politica italiana indicano una fase di riposizionamento strategico (es. Progetto Civico Italia) che gli investitori istituzionali dovrebbero monitorare per valutare la futura stabilità legislativa.• Allerta Evasione: L'intensificarsi degli alert antiriciclaggio basati sull'analisi dei dati suggerisce una maggiore proattività dell'Agenzia delle Entrate; è consigliabile rafforzare i protocolli di compliance e prevenzione.

¡Cumplimos 6 años! En este programa hacemos un repaso a algunas noticias de la actualidad commodoriana y a los lanzamientos de las últimas semanas, jugamos nuestro ya tradicional Kahoot!, y en un alarde de originalidad y completo alejamiento del oportunismo (ejem), vamos a comentar algunos juegos commodorianos en los que puedes echarte un mundial de fútbol. Todo esto lo veremos con el equipo habitual formado por David Asenjo (https://twitter.com/darro99), Toni Bianchetti (https://twitter.com/seuck), Narciso Quintana "Narcisound" (https://twitter.com/narcisound), Jonatan Jiménez (https://twitter.com/jsabreman) y Paco Herrera (https://twitter.com/pacoblog64). Las noticias comentadas son: - Commodore anuncia un nuevo teléfono de concha: Callback 8020: https://commodore.net/callback/; https://youtu.be/-Zrta-v2L_o?si=SKxito5Gvr8f5vyQ - Portable Commodore 64 - "C64 boy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBGuc04T2l8 - Nueva edición de la Posadas Party 2026: https://posadasparty.com/ - Homebrew Magazine, nueva revista de videojuegos: https://x.com/homebrewmag/status/2062166791686586820 ; https://x.com/homebrewmag/status/2067989769246630303 - The Best Conversations Happen Over ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ Lunch: https://commodore.net/best-conversations-happen-over-lunch/ - Nueva placa base de reemplazo para Amiga 2000: https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/B2000_motherboard_cba7d5ee.html - Nuevo precio de Zzap!64 (dimes y diretes entre plataformas): Ver ficheros en el directorio Zzap64 - Metro Siege (basado en Streets of Rage 2), Amiga, comienza su kickstarter.: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metrosiege/metro-siege - Prueba 570 sistemas operativos míticos en tu navegador: https://virtualosmuseum.org/ - https://blog.elhacker.net/2026/05/prueba-570-sistemas-operativos-miticos.html": https://blog.elhacker.net/2026/05/prueba-570-sistemas-operativos-miticos.html - Nueva versión de la ReAmiga 1200: https://wordpress.hertell.nu/?p=2044 - Nueva fuente de alimentación compacta para C-64: https://github.com/sideprojectslab/PD-64 ; https://www.retrobuddys.com/shop/c64/pd-64-von-spl/?_gl=1*1q6orrm*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc3MTA0NDIwOS4xNzgxOTczODkx*_ga_SDVM77LG8N*czE3ODE5NzM4OTAkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODE5NzM4OTAkajYwJGwwJGgw - Nueva unidad externa Mega 1581 para Mega65: https://bitbinders.com/products/mega1581; https://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/d1565.html - Se pueden reparar nuestros teclados PET?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2COC2kp_3g - Preocupación por el estado de salud de David Pleasance: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NxT4PecvM7bQ04HMAhUxDMgoWWY-0KQK/view?usp=drive_link - La Compute!s gazette de junio nos trae un especial de Bil Herd y el C-128: https://www.computesgazette.com/ - Reparación de una datasete por Jan Beta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q93njiMxDN4 - Review de Estrayk sobre la P-Vision: https://amigatronics.com/2026/06/02/review-de-estrayk-sobre-la-p-vision/ - VIC-IO card, nueva tarjeta d expansión para VIC-20: https://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=11557 - Nuevos kickstarters de interés commodoriano: Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software - Commodore 64: The Birth of a Cultural Icon": Commodore 64: The Birth of a Cultural Icon Actualizaciones: - Commodore OS Vsion 3.1: https://www.commodoreos.net/CommodoreOS.aspx - FinalWriter 7.3: https://final-writer.com/ - Retro Debbuger v1.0.0: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=262051 - Petmate 9 0.9.20: https://wbochar.com/petmate9/ - Albert v2.6.0: https://www.albertpixels.com/ - Yape v1.3.0: http://yape.homeserver.hu/ - GUI64 1.98: https://github.com/WebFritzi/GUI64 - Pixcen Deluxe 1.0.7: https://pd.elysium.pl/ Los juegos y programas nuevos comentados son: - Petal Panic (Piggy 18, C64): https://piggy18.itch.io/petal-panic - Captain Victor Stormbeard And The Undead Treasure (KD Software, C64): https://kdebczynski.itch.io/captain-victor-stormbeard-and-the-undead-treasure-demo - Deluxe Paint 65 (xlar54, Mega65): https://files.mega65.org?id=a7e5305a-d2d5-4c4f-b7be-c3a480f15237 - Joust (beamrider, VIC-20): https://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?p=126138#p126138 - Kaboomania (Axel, Amiga): https://fancyfactory.itch.io/kaboomania - Broken Altars (drmortalwombat, C64): https://drmortalwombat.itch.io/broken-altars - Isometric Sokoban (kielack, C64): https://kielack.itch.io/isometric-sokoban - Duckling Rescue (jlemselle, C64): https://jlemselle.itch.io/duckling-rescue - Artventure (frodewin, SoupCube, Ipok, emu, negallenia, Logiker, C64): https://frodewin.itch.io/artventure - The War of the Worlds (Michel Molenaar, C64): https://michel-molenaar.itch.io/war-of-the-worlds-c64 - Fist 2 (Mayday!, C64): https://csdb.dk/release/?id=262198 - Geo's Adventure (G W I, Amiga): https://g-w-i.itch.io/geos-adventures - Walk 500 miles (James Gallagher, VIC-20): https://omenatalo.itch.io/walk-500-miles - COCYTUS RUINS: PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAFH (cristiancubillos, C64): https://cristiancubillos.itch.io/cocytus-ruins-phnglui-mglwnafh - THE ICON64 C64 SUMMER DEMO 1! (Psytronik, C64): https://psytronik.itch.io/summerdemo - OuT.Rex (Fourseasons, Amiga): https://fourseasons.itch.io/outrex - CyberCrimeFigther (Moonknight313, C64): https://moonknight313.itch.io/kenneth-johansen-cybercrimefigther

Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ Únete a los miles de hombres que forman parte de mi comunidad de email para acceder a promociones exclusivas y enterarte de la apertura de mis formaciones. Estar suscrito tiene premio y es la única manera de estar al día de las novedades del proyecto. Al suscribirte con tu email, recibes el curso gratis de «Cómo ser un hombre más atractivo e interesante para las mujeres en la era de las apps y las redes sociales». Es un curso de siete lecciones por escrito (no vídeo, no audio) que puedes personalizar en función del momento que estés viviendo en tus relaciones. Para unirte a mi comunidad y recibir el curso, deja tu email en el enlace: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ *¿Qué aprenderás en este episodio?: 1) Por qué entender la biología detrás de las relaciones no destruye nada que valga la pena: solo destruye la creencia de que el amor se demuestra vaciándote. 2) Cómo la dependencia emocional no es un defecto de carácter, sino un programa aprendido que puedes identificar y desactivar. 3) Por qué cuanto más das, más atención y más cuidados vuelcas en una mujer, más erosionas la atracción en lugar de construirla. 4) La trampa que esconde el mensaje de ""constrúyete a ti mismo"" que hoy se repite por todas partes: por qué muchas veces te reinstala la misma servidumbre con otra etiqueta. 5) Por qué una mujer te pone a prueba no para fastidiarte, sino para comprobar que sigues siendo el hombre que eligió. En este episodio hablo con un alumno que pasó por el programa DTE y cuya historia muchos vais a reconocer al instante. Llega roto, después de enamorarse perdidamente y acabar dándolo todo sin entender por qué cuanto más daba, peor iba la cosa. Lo que hace su caso especialmente interesante es que se trata de un hombre con años a sus espaldas, criado en otra época, que aprendió a entregarse y a servir… y que un día descubre que todo aquello que le habían enseñado a hacer con una mujer era precisamente lo que la alejaba. Al final del episodio, como siempre, extraigo las tres reflexiones que puedes aplicar a tu propia situación personal con las mujeres. PD. Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/

È in discussione, alla Camera, il decreto-legge varato dal Governo sulla casa. Un emendamento intanto ne ha aumentato, di molto, i fondi disponibili.Ne parliamo con Roberto Rosso, senatore e responsabile del Dipartimento casa di Forza Italia e Pierfrancesco Majorino, responsabile Diritto alla Casa nella segreteria nazionale del Pd.

In this episode of Beginning Teacher Talk, Dr. Lori sits down with pre-K and kindergarten teacher Lindsay Parsons to talk about what classroom management really looks like with today's students. Lindsay shares how simple shifts completely changed the energy in her classroom and helped her feel hopeful again after struggling with student behavior, social-emotional skill gaps, and teacher overwhelm. What You'll Learn: Why so many teachers feel like traditional classroom management strategies are no longer working How whole class motivators can improve student behavior and classroom culture Simple ways to build student leadership, responsibility, and classroom ownership Why small classroom management changes create powerful long-term results How supportive teacher communities can reduce overwhelm and help teachers feel less alone Resources Mentioned: Whole-class motivators Learn more about Dr. Lori's programs If you've been feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, or unsure how to support today's students, this episode will remind you that you are not alone. Be sure to subscribe to Beginning Teacher Talk for more practical classroom management strategies, teacher encouragement, and support for elementary educators. Save your seat at Dr. Lori's new, free class: Need to set up an elementary classroom? Discover how to start the next school year calm, confident, and fully in control (without working all summer). Even if you haven't been hired yet, can't set foot in your school, or don't know what grade you'll be teaching.  Click here to save your seat! https://www.drlorifriesen.com/ready Stay connected with us! Follow us on Instagram @beginningteachertalk Looking for quick, actionable PD? Visit our YouTube channel! Be sure to follow, rate, and subscribe to the Beginning Teacher Talk podcast so you never miss an episode. Warmly, Dr. Lori

Michal Petros | Founder, Cultural Strategist Spanning industries, continents and business objectives, the constant in my career has been cross-cultural communication. From my start as a nonprofit grant writer in Eswatini to building a creative practice alongside a corporate career in New York City, I enjoy connecting, creating and constructing fresh frameworks for understanding. Studio Hiwet is named after my aunt, Hiwet, who raised me to understand the value of art, community, and civic engagement. Her early passing taught me something else—to create with intention, and to honor life by living it fully. I'm a cultural strategist and documentary storyteller working across philanthropy, tech, and creative programming. I help organizations communicate across difference — whether that's a company building trust with underserved communities, a brand entering new cultural contexts, or an institution documenting identity with nuance and care. My background spans global engagement, communications strategy, and community storytelling. At Dropbox, I led global volunteer storytelling and international disaster relief communications while managing a network of 20+ employee ambassadors. At Blackstone, I developed engagement campaigns that broke participation records across global offices. Earlier in my career, I designed a $2M fundraising strategy in Eswatini and secured a $36K Japanese embassy grant supporting clinical operations at the country's leading HIV/AIDS clinic.   ______________________________________________________________________ The Edupreneur: Your Blueprint To Jumpstart And Scale Your Education BusinessYou've spent years in the classroom, leading PD, designing curriculum, and transforming how students learn. Now, it's time to leverage that experience and build something for yourself. The Edupreneur isn't just another book; it's the playbook for educators who want to take their knowledge beyond the school walls and into a thriving business.I wrote this book because I've been where you are. I know what it's like to have the skills, the passion, and the drive but not know where to start. I break it all down: the mindset shifts, the business models, the pricing strategies, and the branding moves that will help you position yourself as a leader in this space.Inside, you'll learn how to:✅ Turn your expertise into income streams, without feeling like a sellout✅ Build a personal brand that commands respect (and top dollar)✅ Market your work in a way that feels natural and impactful✅ Navigate the business side of edupreneurship, from pricing to partnershipsWhether you want to consult, create courses, write books, or launch a podcast, this book will help you get there. Stop waiting for permission. Start building your own table.Grab your copy today and take control of your future.Buy it from EduMatch Publishing https://edumatch-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/new-releases/products/the-edupreneur-by-dr-will

Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ Únete a los miles de hombres que forman parte de mi comunidad de email para acceder a promociones exclusivas y enterarte de la apertura de mis formaciones. Estar suscrito tiene premio y es la única manera de estar al día de las novedades del proyecto. Al suscribirte con tu email, recibes el curso gratis de «Cómo ser un hombre más atractivo e interesante para las mujeres en la era de las apps y las redes sociales». Es un curso de siete lecciones por escrito (no vídeo, no audio) que puedes personalizar en función del momento que estés viviendo en tus relaciones. Para unirte a mi comunidad y recibir el curso, deja tu email en el enlace: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ *¿Qué aprenderás en este episodio?: 1. Qué significa realmente que los hombres sean más racionales que las mujeres... y qué NO significa. 2. Por qué la inteligencia masculina y femenina es mucho más parecida de lo que la mayoría cree. 3. Qué papel juegan la testosterona, la empatía y la capacidad de analizar sistemas en las diferencias entre hombres y mujeres. 4. El gran error que cometen muchos hombres al asumir que una mujer procesa la realidad igual que ellos. 5. Cómo tu propia racionalidad puede estar saboteando tu éxito con las mujeres sin que te des cuenta. En el Episodio de hoy analizamos una de las afirmaciones más repetidas cuando se habla de hombres y mujeres: que los hombres son más racionales. Una idea que parece evidente para muchos... pero que muy pocos han investigado más allá de los tópicos y las opiniones. Además veremos qué dicen realmente la psicología cognitiva, la endocrinología y la biología evolutiva sobre las diferencias entre ambos sexos. Y descubrirás por qué asumir que las mujeres toman decisiones siguiendo la misma lógica que tú puede ser uno de los mayores errores que un hombre puede cometer en sus relaciones. PD. Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/

Constipation is a frequent and troublesome symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). It can affect how medication is absorbed and impact daily life. Tune in to audio from this month's Third Thursdays Webinar to hear our panel of experts discuss why constipation happens in Parkinson's. They also cover managing and preventing constipation and the latest research on the gut-brain connection. Like our podcasts? Please consider leaving a rating or review and sharing the series with your community. https://apple.co/3p02Jw0 Whether you have Parkinson's or not, you can help move research forward. Join the study that's changing everything at michaeljfox.org/podcast-ppmi.Mentioned in this episode:Researchers are studying the link between sense of smell and brain health. People with and without Parkinson's can help by taking a scratch-and-sniff test. It's free, mailed to your home and takes just 15 minutes to complete. mysmelltest.org/getstarted

VOV1 - Một tấm bằng cử nhân có thể được trao sau 1,5 năm học đại học. Nghe qua, nhiều người sẽ đặt câu hỏi: Liệu đó có còn là đại học? Nhưng ở chiều ngược lại, cũng có người phản biện: Nếu một sinh viên đã đáp ứng đầy đủ yêu cầu về kiến thức và năng lực, tại sao phải chờ đủ 4 năm mới được tốt nghiệpDự thảo Quy chế đào tạo trình độ đại học mới, đang được Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo lấy ý kiến đang tạo ra những cuộc tranh luận thú vị. Đằng sau cuộc tranh luận về 1,5 năm hay 4 năm, có lẽ là một câu hỏi lớn hơn: Giáo dục đại học đang đo người học bằng thời gian hay bằng năng lực? Và nếu cho phép học nhanh hơn, cơ chế nào sẽ bảo đảm chất lượng đào tạo không bị ảnh hưởng?

Host Dr. Alison Leveque introduces the READ podcast and a conversation about effective professional development (PD), The Windward School's PD structures, the “Mississippi Miracle,” and current PD trends. Betsy MacDermott-Duffy shares the COMPASS framework for research-based PD: tying learning to content, making it ongoing, modeling with metacognition, active participation, advice/feedback through coaching, shared collaboration, and self-reflection, emphasizing student outcomes and fragile transfer without sustained support. Colleen McGlynn describes Windward's layered PD system, including assistant teacher training, weekly Friday PD, and monthly content meetings guided by teacher needs, coordinator coaching, and research trends, with time to practice and follow up. Dana Carr-Ford and Kinjal Nicholls discuss Mississippi's fourth-grade reading gains, attributing success to structured literacy, preservice reform, universal screening, strong accountability including a third-grade gate, and sustained training, then highlight growing focus on writing, executive function, AI limits for struggling readers, and emerging “math wars.” 00:00 Podcast Welcome00:38 Meet Betsy MacDermott-Duffy01:26 Why PD Often Fails02:29 COMPASS Content Focus04:50 Ongoing Follow Up07:26 Modeling In Action09:32 Practice And Participation10:34 Feedback And Coaching11:49 Collaboration And Reflection16:34 Top PD Researchers19:05 Windward PD Workshops Plug19:18 Meet Colleen McGlynn At Windward20:23 How Windward Plans PD25:01 Measuring Impact And Iterating28:35 Advice For Busy Teachers30:39 Five Strategies Takeaway31:28 Mississippi Miracle Explained34:06 Marathon Mindset and PD35:10 Accountability and Third Grade Gate37:25 Structured Literacy Framework38:35 Applying Lessons to New York41:53 Writing Instruction Returns44:42 Executive Function Skills46:04 AI Limits in Learning Support48:00 Math Wars and Explicit Teaching49:39 PD Takeaways and Call to Action51:47 Closing Summary and CoursesProduced by The Windward Institute, a division of The Windward School (NY).www.thewindwardschool.org/wi

Value: Differentiating phonics instruction can feel overwhelming, especially when students have a wide range of needs. In this episode, Wiley Blevins shares practical guidance for using small-group instruction to provide targeted support while maintaining access to grade-level learning. Listeners will gain research-informed insights and classroom-ready ideas for making phonics instruction more responsive and effective.Promise: By the end of this episode, you'll have a clearer understanding of how to organize and use small groups to maximize student growth, support diverse learners, and strengthen phonics instruction without adding unnecessary complexity to your teaching day.Send us Fan MailPartner With The Literacy View-Contact-FaithandJudy@theliteracyview.com Sponsor-The Literacy View-Contact FaithandJudy@theliteracyview.comSupport the showDonate to support the show so it stays real, research-aligned, and independent.

Lottie Dowling is the Director Of Education at Culture Agents, the Australasia Lead at Inspire Citizens and a life long learner specialising in Global Citizenship/Competence, Intercultural understanding and Student Leadership. She has worked in education 25 years+ as an educator and PD facilitator on a global, national and regional levels and run networks of schools working on pedagogical change and whole school improvement. She designs student programs and works with young people to build their global capabilities. She believes in the transformative power of education for all young people.

In today's episode, Haylie Pomroy sits down with neurologist Dr. Daniel Kantor, President Emeritus of the Florida Society of Neurology and VP of Clinical Research and Development at the Gateway Institute for Brain Research, for a conversation that challenges how most people think about unexplained symptoms, chronic illness, and the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Kantor walks through why over-reliance on MRI results has left a generation of patients told nothing is wrong with them, why the nervous system, immune system, and gut microbiome communicate in ways most clinical silos never account for, and why gluten in the American food supply is a fundamentally different substance from what people eat in Europe. He also goes deep on the most disabling aspect of chronic illness, and it is not weakness or physical limitation. It is uncertainty.  One in five Americans lives with a chronic illness, and most of them go years before getting a diagnosis that helps them make sense of their experience. This conversation is for them. Tune in to Fast Metabolism Matters. If your body feels like it's running on empty, overburdened, or just not responding the way it used to, Haylie's latest book, Toxic Overload, tells you exactly what to do. Download your free digital copy today and start understanding what your body is trying to tell you.   Free Download: Get Your Copy of Toxic Overload

How can horror writing help readers — and writers — work through psychological trauma? Why does cross-genre fiction take longer to find an audience, but pay off in the long run? Is running a direct sales store actually worth the inventory, postage, and learning curve? And how can SubStack work for fiction authors? With psychotherapist and award-winning author P.D. Alleva. In the intro, thoughts on why in-person conferences are still worth it, even when they are a challenge for sensitive introverts! and tips for making the best of conferences [Self-Publishing Show]. Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital, self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. Just go to www.draft2digital.com to get started. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn P.D. Alleva is the award-winning author of horror, sci-fi, thrillers, and fantasy books. He's also a psychotherapist. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why horror puts the human condition on display better than any other genre Emotional trauma as the silent psychological killer most people overlook The pros and challenges of cross-genre writing and finding your audience Practical lessons from running a direct store, including integration and signed-copy fulfilment How a 3 a.m. writing routine keeps the writing separate from the marketing and admin Serialising fiction on Substack, multiple newsletters, and avoiding paid subscriber promotions Why Facebook groups, TikTok Lives, and the three-to-one rule are working right now You can find P.D. at PDAlleva.com or on Substack. Transcript of the interview with P.D. Alleva Jo: P.D. Alleva is the award-winning author of horror, sci-fi, thrillers, and fantasy books. He's also a psychotherapist. So welcome, Paul. PD: Thank you very much. Thank you for having me. This is a great opportunity. I love doing interviews, and I love talking to great people. Jo: Oh, good. Well, first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and being an indie author. PD: So I've been writing since I was a kid, at least second grade and more than likely even before that. I've always had that creative itch. Getting into indie author publishing, I published my first book in 2011. At the time I was also operating my own business, which took up about 24 hours of my time every single day. Then I kind of got through that and sold that in 2016, and I'm like, you know what? The time has come. I'd always written books, poetry, short stories, but never really did anything with them because I just didn't have the time. So in 2017, that's when I really came out and said, all right, the time is now. Indie publishing was doing great. The one good thing I do love about Amazon is they allowed us to come out there and start showing our craft to people. So in 2017, I just started—let's do this. Let's write full time. Let's put books out there. Let's be creative. Let's really get those juices flowing. Plus, I was getting a little bit old, and I was like, now is definitely the time to do this. Since then I've been publishing consistently, and most of my books are horror books, but I dabble. I have a sci-fi series, and I'm starting to get into psychological thrillers too. I've got a new psychological thriller that'll be published in early 2027 called Girl on a Mission. For the most part, I'm definitely into the horror genre—books, short stories, all that good fun stuff. Jo: Right, so a couple of follow-ups. You said you're a bit old. Can you give us what decade you're in at least? PD: Well, I'm 51, so born in 1971. Jo: Oh, there you go. Same age as me. PD: All right, good. See that? So we're going head-to-head there. Jo: I don't think that's old at all. Also, you mentioned you sold your business in 2016. So what was your business before? Because I think business experience is so important. PD: Agreed 100%. So I'm a psychotherapist, and I had owned a treatment centre for mental health and addiction. That was started in 2011, and in 2016 is when it sold. Since then, my wife and I started a private practice. So I still, even to this day—well, about a year and a half ago is when I stopped. I specialise in trauma, PTSD, and addiction. Trauma mostly. Most of my caseload has always been trauma, PTSD, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, war-type trauma. I was doing that mostly individually since 2016 in private practice, and I'll still go into treatment centres and see patients there too, specifically for trauma. About a year and a half ago is when I started wanting to do writing 100% full time. I thought about becoming a professor, maybe going to college, but then I wasn't sure if I wanted to get into that full time, as far as a caseload and school and everything like that. So I decided to just do group therapy, group facilitation, and I've been doing that consistently since then. It may be 15 hours a week. I do love to give back, and to me, it's more what I teach. I specialise in neuro-linguistic programming, bilateral stimulation or EMDR, hypnotherapy, science of mind concepts, psychopharmacology, biological bases of behaviour—which is pretty much how your brain works—ancient wisdom, quantum physics. I do this in a drug addiction treatment centre mostly, also mental health. And of course, just living an addictive lifestyle is traumatic, too, in and of itself. So pretty much I'm teaching them. Behaviour modification is a big part of what I'm teaching during that time. You'll see that, too, if you read my books. There's two things you can figure out from my books. You can figure out how to murder people and get away with it, and two, you can figure out how to overcome trauma as well. The whole “murder people and get away with it” comes from my upbringing. I have a very sorted past, let's put it that way. My upbringing was very different than what most people grow up in. Jo: Oh, can you give us any more than that? Now everyone's like, “Oh.” PD: “What's going on with this guy, right?” So I grew up, let's say, quote unquote, “in an Italian New York family.” Jo: Okay. All right. PD: That might give people ideas, right? Jo: That's going to give people a lot of ideas. PD: If you've ever seen the movie Goodfellas, I kind of grew up in that atmosphere, and with even some of those people too. My family had connections to those people in that movie, which I find very funny. If you watch that movie with me, you get a very different perspective on what's going on in the movie. Jo: Wow. So you're an interesting guy with an interesting background, with a very interesting backstory job as well. Some people are like, “Well, of course he's writing horror because horror is just awful and full of slasher gore and all that.” I often have to say to people who don't read horror, “Look, it's not like that.” Maybe some of it is, sure. But most of it isn't. Could you talk about how reading and writing horror can also be psychologically healthy? How do these worlds intertwine for you? PD: Well, sure. It 100% can be healthy. Especially over the last few years, there's a trend going on out there right now where people are taking their trauma and putting it into a creative process through poems, short stories, and even novels. They're taking their trauma and giving it a face, like a monster, where people are overcoming that monster within the creative process. I always say that horror is the genre that puts on display, better than any other genre out there, the human condition. Why is that? When people are in a terrifying situation, you really see who they are. You get to the heart of the matter of who that person is by putting them in these horrific but undefinable situations where it's like, what are they going to come out as? That real true personality needs to come out, and that courage comes out. That's huge in horror, and I think horror gets such a bad name. Now, I know there's the extreme horror and the splatterpunk, and that has its kind of role too in what I'm saying, but that's where horror is getting its bad reputation out there with the over-the-top type of gore. For the most part, that's a small part of the horror genre. It's a subgenre for a reason. It has its readership, and that's fine. Nothing wrong with it. I read it all the time. I find a lot of joy in it, a lot of excitement. However, for the most part, any horror novel that is not completely with the gore and stuff like splatterpunk can be seen as a psychological thriller, and a lot of psychological thrillers can be seen as a horror novel. Look at books like The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon. That's horrific as well, but if you read the novel, it's in there. It just gets that bad rap right now, and it's not all gore. Most horror novels that I read today are psychological horror. It's tame on the gore, and the psychological aspect is there. I always see that psychological aspect—it's like psychological trauma. Most people, even in my industry, when people are out there and you mention trauma, PTSD, they're thinking about sexual abuse, physical abuse, or war-type trauma. The silent psychological one—I once wrote an article called “Emotional Trauma: The Silent Psychological Killer.” The one that's out there is the psychological trauma, the emotional trauma that is widespread. Most people go through that, and it could even be from parent to child, and most people don't understand that that's a traumatic experience. It's like a distortion of reality that you're experiencing that then creates a belief system in your brain, and you're constantly acting out that belief system. That's where the psychological component of horror really comes out. People breaking through that psychological belief system that was created through a traumatic experience by reaching courage and coming out through a horrific situation. Jo: Yes, it really annoys me, because with romance, of course people understand that romance is a huge genre. Something like a small town sweet romance is a world away from the bully romantasy, dark, or mafia. Mafia romance is a really big thing with very dark themes. I'm like, well, how can you understand that romance is a huge genre with all these different subgenres, and not think that horror or thriller or fantasy or sci-fi all have so many different subgenres within them? I personally read a lot of supernatural horror, but rarely the slasher gore kind of stuff. So I'm really glad you said that, and hopefully more people will open up a bit more. I did also want to ask you about what you write. You write all these different things. You write standalone—I mean, often horror is standalone—but you also have some series. How do you balance it? What are the benefits of cross-genre writing, but also the challenges of it? PD: Okay. So obviously I love cross-genre writing. To me, I use fantasy to explain the supernatural elements. I blend mostly a tad of fantasy to help explain the supernatural components in my supernatural novels. When I write sci-fi, specifically sci-fi, that has the fantasy element in it too, but there's also a tad of horror in there as well. It's just who I am. When I grew up, I had a lot of different influences. I had Star Wars on one side, and then I'm watching B-rated '80s slasher films on the other side. Those two mixes just kind of followed me throughout my life, and that's why I like putting them into my novels. As I tell my patients, don't limit yourself. Never limit yourself. If you're just limiting yourself to one genre, you're missing out on so much more that's out there. So I love the blend of mixing genres. It just gets my goat each and every time. It is a challenge though. I remember when I first started getting into indie publishing, I was never big into Facebook and social media up until I started becoming an indie author. Before that, with my type of upbringing, you don't advertise yourself. You don't advertise where you're going. That's a big no-no. So I always had this aversion to social media. I'll tell you a funny story. It was the late 2000s, probably 2006. I was a full-time single father at that time, and I was living in Florida. My family—brothers and sisters-in-law—were living in New York, and my sister-in-law said, “Get a Facebook account so we can see pictures of the kids.” I said, “Oh.” I didn't want to do it, but I said, “Okay,” so I did it. And I'm thinking, looking at this Facebook thing, “How do I put pictures on here?” So I figured out how to put pictures in folders. Then I phone called her, and I'm like, “Okay, so they're on there.” And they're like, “Well, where are they?” I'm like, “I put them in these folders. You can go and look at them.” She's like, “No, you've got to post them.” That to me was like, “I'm not posting pictures of my kids.” That was a big no-no. It didn't click. When I got on there finally in 2016, 2017, I'm like, “Okay, so I need to figure out social media. As an indie author, I need to be on there, so I need to get through this aversion and get on there.” I started noticing how people are so particular with their genres. If they're reading a romance, it had to be very specific with that exact type of romance, and if you deviated from it, they're not going to like it. So that was the challenge. I was like, “All right, number one, I'm not going to dilute myself” and say, “All right, take things out of my writing or out of my novel just so I could cater to a certain type of audience.” I'm like, “I'm not going to do that.” I know with me, myself, as a reader, I'll read everything. I don't limit myself to a specific genre. I'll read psychological thrillers. I'll read romance. I've been doing that all my life. So I'm like, if there's a person like me out there—and look at this, I just met like four other people who also read cross genres—then I know that there's at least another 30,000 people, and I know that at least then there's 300,000, then there's three million people out there. So just write the books that you're writing and find your audience. Now, that takes longer. So you've got to chip away. Chip away. You're going to find readers here and there, and then that reader kind of tells a few people about you, and then you've got a few more readers. Then you keep going, and you go on these Facebook groups, and you do a whole bunch of different things, and then you gather a few more readers. Then they're telling some friends, and then you've got more. The process takes a lot longer, yes, 100% agreed, but I would say be true to yourself and you can never go wrong. Jo: Yes, I agree. I write cross-genre as well, and I've browsed your collection. Golem was the one I was like, “Ooh, yes, I like that one.” I haven't read it yet, it's on my list. I think when you're cross-genre, my people come to my store as well, and it's like, “Okay, I'm interested in lots of things, but this is the one by this author that I'm interested in.” Whereas with other authors who only write one type of thing, then I might not like any of their stuff. So I think there are definitely pros and cons and different ways into our world. I also wanted to ask you about the differences in business. Obviously you ran this treatment centre and there were physical humans on all sides, and now you've got a business as an author. So what have you learned in business from what you used to do and what you do now? PD: Okay. You're right. The treatment centre industry is very different from what I'm doing now, but it's still people. Treat those people right, have integrity. If you say you're going to do something, follow through with it. My word is my bond type of thing. That definitely has fed into the writing and publishing industry that I'm in now in a huge way. Just connecting with people is, to me, the biggest part of it. I mean, treatment centres, you've got to connect with people. When I would market the treatment centre, where would I go? I would go to hospitals, residential facilities, detoxes, and talk to them about my programme and why they should be referring clients there. It's the same thing here. Why should you be reading my books? You get there through interviews like what I'm doing here with you. Other podcasts. You get there by doing Facebook Lives, TikTok. I haven't started TikTok Lives yet, but I actually love that platform. I'm falling in love with it. IG Lives, anything like that where you're talking to people and you're making a connection with those people. Through that, I've gathered so many different types of readers who are like, “Yes, I'll give this book a shot.” And then they read it and they're like, “Hey, this is really good, and I'm going to read another book.” With my books, I have very different books. Golem is my psychological horror novel. It's my slow-burn psychological horror novel, heavily inspired by Frankenstein and the Pygmalion myth. It's my first true horror book that I published. Then there's Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect, which is inspired by B-rated '80s horror movies and the old grindhouse movies of the '70s, and it's mind manipulation. It's just wild and bizarre. And then The Sleepy Hollow Incident is my Gothic tale—it's like a dark romance mixed in with Gothic horror. So I always try to put something for everyone that's out there. To me, when I'm writing, it's got to be about depth, psychological depth. I always refer to my books to be like peeling layers off a Texas-sized onion. The more you read, the more in-depth you get into not only the characters, but the story. It's just something that comes out of me. It's part of me. That's the way I always have to do it. I always have to put that depth in there. To me, that's good storytelling. When I grew up, I read a lot of classic literature. Yes, Edgar Allan Poe, but also Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Brontë sisters. Keep going. Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson. Those to me are my books that I absolutely love. So there's a sweet science in today's fast-paced, social media type of world in marrying the depth of the old classic literature and the entertainment value that is required today for being an author. There's that sweet science behind it, and I love just hitting that nail on the head every time. Jo: So did you ever pitch traditional publishing, or have you thought about going that way? Because I also find that a lot of horror actually sits very close to literary. Like, I read a lot more literary horror than I do in some of the other genres. PD: Correct. So in the beginning, yes. Not in a long time. I maybe went to a couple of indie publishers, but as far as traditional, the Big Five publishers, I have an aversion to them for a big reason. I know people who have worked in that industry that have told me some pretty bad horror stories about those places. So I haven't sent anything to that type of place in a very, very long time. Maybe close to 20 years. Indie publishers, the small presses, yes, here and there, but even then, I'm always moving at a fast pace. So if I've got a book and I'm sending it out as a query letter, by the time that query letter is even read, I'm almost done publishing. I love that aspect of it. The control of my story, where I know where this character's going. And listen, I've got my beta readers, I've got my ARC readers. They're there to tell me, “Hey, maybe you should change this or change that.” Whether I take that advice or not, of course my editor too, is really up to me. I always put out the book that I know is the one I want to read. And to me, I haven't gone wrong in doing so. I know with traditional publishing, you sometimes get too many thoughts in the pot there. Let's put it that way. Jo: Okay, so coming back to being indie then. You mentioned Amazon earlier, but you have a store where you sell direct. Many authors are doing this now, but it can be a challenge. So what have you found are the pros and cons of your direct store? What's working? Any lessons there? PD: Okay. So I use a place called Big Cartel. They're the platform where the books are on. They're hosting my website, PDAlleva.com. The big challenge was actually just starting it. It was so overwhelming. How do I put this on there? At the time, I've got all these books, so how do I present them? I'm even going to be doing another revamp with it too, because I want better pictures—taking pictures of the books, stuff like that, instead of just having the covers on there. I also have a lot of shirts that I'm selling. So I think the biggest challenge is just getting on there and starting it. Then of course, you've got to learn a whole new platform, and the mechanics, and how people are going to be downloading, and how that's done on an e-book versus a print version of the book. So it's a huge learning curve that you've really got to put your focus on and give it time. What most people like in indie publishing is signed copies. It's a huge part of indie publishing, selling those signed copies. People love a signed copy, and that's primarily what my website is for. You can order signed copies from me. I also use a place called IngramSpark, and they're more like a distributor. They're used by everyone. They've been around for a very long time. Traditional publishing uses them too, and they're just distributing your novel. I'd say about a year ago, maybe two years ago, they started where you can sell your books on discount through them as well. So I have that on my website too, where you're just clicking on the book and you're pretty much going directly to their site and you're buying paperbacks and hardbacks at a discount. That's going well too. For the most part, people are definitely coming to my site because they want the signed copies. A good thing with indie publishing is limited editions, first print copies, special editions. That type of stuff really just takes off. People love to see that, especially in the indie community. You can sell them too. I go to a few different book conventions during the year, and the limited editions are there. Like I said, people love the signed copies. They love being a part of that and getting that signed copy. They treasure it, just like I treasure my books too. I'm not referring to my books that I've written, but books that I have as well. I love my e-reader, don't get me wrong, but I still prefer the physical copy—the paperback, and even more so than the paperback, the hardback. So people love those signed copies, and that's why I created the website, to sell on there for them. Jo: Yes, I mean, we're getting to a point now though where I think some people are questioning the pros and cons of it. For example, you doing the signed copies—I don't do that from my Shopify store because I don't want to hold stock and I don't want to deal with postage. So I only do it when I do a Kickstarter. I've just finished one recently, Bones of the Deep, and I'm going up to the printer, and I'm going to sign a couple of hundred copies and then they do the postage. That's the only way I'm willing to do it because of the pain of getting books to your house, signing them, getting them in the post. So how do you manage that practically? PD: Okay, so the inventory's there. I don't go and sign everything right away. I just keep the inventory. Once somebody buys the book, then I'll pull out the book, log it and all that good fun stuff, sign it, and then ship it out immediately. Here in my country, we get discounts at the United States Post Office because they're books. So they pass that shipping cost over to the reader too, so it's a little bit cheaper for shipping. I'll just take books once or twice a week over to the United States Postal Service and ship those books out. I don't sign them until I actually get that order. Jo: How many do you have in your house? It's the holding stock of all the backlist that is the problem. PD: Ooh, gotcha. All right. That's why I have a two-car garage. But here's the thing, I won't order 500 at a time. I'll order 20 at a time. Jo: Okay. Right. PD: When I see that inventory's getting low, I'll order another 20 at a time. Jo: And you get those from IngramSpark? PD: Correct. When the new one comes out, maybe at that time I'm just selling those, bringing those to conventions that I go to. Or maybe doing a sale on those books at that time to get rid of the inventory so it's not sitting around anymore. Jo: I think that's so important. Then like you mentioned, you do T-shirts or shirts. That is also really hard because of sizing. So is that all print on demand? PD: Yes. So I don't really hold the stock on the shirts. When I get an order, whatever the size is at that time, I go directly to the place and order it. I use a place called Sublimation Station that's here in Orlando. They do great all-over print T-shirts. They're fantastic. I just did one for The Sleepy Hollow Incident. So The Sleepy Hollow Incident is one long story, and it's broken up into four books. Each book has its own. The covers are fantastic. I use a lady named Cherie Foxley. She's a phenomenal cover designer. So the shirts are, like, book one is on the front of one shirt with book two on the back, and then the second shirt is book three on the cover and book four on the back. However, I can customise those. I just did a giveaway in my Facebook group and I let people know I could customise them, and she wanted book one and book four, so I just got that and sent it out to her. Now, if people go ahead and order that on the website, I can just order it right away from them, boom, and that place will get it shipped right then and there. Jo: Right, so they do the shipping. These are all sort of practical things that people need to answer because I feel like sometimes it's like, “Oh, yes, having a direct store is great,” but there's actually quite a lot of work that goes into it, isn't there? PD: There is. There's a lot of work. You're pretty much opening almost like your own brick-and-mortar store at that point. You just don't have walk-in traffic coming in—your traffic is all coming online. So there is a lot to it, but it's worth it. If you're a self-published author or even a small indie press, it's good to have. Because like I said, people love the signed copies. Jo: When you say it's worth it, is it worth it financially or just because you like to serve the customers in that way? PD: Both. Jo: Right. So it is financially worth it for you? PD: Yes. Jo: I was talking to a friend of mine and saying, are you valuing your time in terms of things like taking the books to the post office and stuff like that? Do you find it eats into your writing at all, or do you just manage it all separately? PD: No, I manage it separately. So I'm an early morning riser. I get up at 3:00 in the morning, and that's when I write my books or do editing or brainstorming. I'm about to write a new novella now called The Adam and Eve Story, which is actually based on a little-known CIA shelved book from the 1990s called The Adam and Eve Story as well. So I've been brainstorming that, and I was doing that this morning. I get up at 3:00 a.m. and I do my writing, and by the time the kids are up and by the time the wife is up, it's like 8:00 a.m. is rolling around and I'm pretty much done at that point. Then I have my days. Tuesday I'm completely working from home and I do my thing in the morning, and then the rest of the day is marketing, fulfilling orders, stuff like that. On the days when I'm going to do group facilitation, I'll of course still get up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning, and then I'll plan out the day. I've got an hour between this group and I can go ahead and do that, and I'm already there so it's not a problem. The post office is right around the corner. You kind of figure out all the logistics for yourself. There are some days, like on Monday, I don't facilitate groups until the afternoon, so I've got the whole morning to work on marketing and do other things, and fulfilment. Then of course Saturday's a big day for that too. Jo: Oh, that's good. I feel like people always need to know how to balance their time, but it sounds like you manage, because at 3:00 a.m., as you say, there's not much else to do other than write. You mentioned marketing, and you have a Substack, pdsalternativefiction.substack.com. Talk about that and serialising fiction and how Substack works. Because I feel like a load of people are jumping in but might not necessarily know how it works, especially for fiction. PD: Correct. It is becoming quite popular out there. I think the one before that was Patreon, and Patreon is pretty big for that too, kind of the same thing. I wanted to start something and just get the work out there. I was very interested when Amazon came out a few years ago with what was called Vella. They kind of started that. I was like, “This is kind of cool.” Couple chapters at a time. I'm writing the books anyway, so why don't we kick this off and see how it goes—a type of experiment. I had a lot of fun doing it. I started on October 4th, 2024. I've done four novels so far. One is still going, which is Volume 3 of my Dark Veil serie— that's a sci-fi series. I wrote three other novels. The Hypnotist, which is a thriller, heavy on the sci-fi and a tad of horror in there too. And then I wrote Girl on a Mission, which is my psychological thriller, and then Cat Fight, which is a horror novel—all within that time. I think I finished all three of those novels in January, and then the first week of February they were all pretty much done. Now what I'm doing is, I went paid recently on the Substack. It's like everything else that's out there—chip away, chip away. I fell into that hole where they say, “Hey, we can promote you and get people to sign up for your newsletter.” And I'll be honest with you, don't do it. It's not worth it. You spend money, and what happens is they're what I refer to as dead leads. They don't click. You wind up shuffling them off after three to six months, because they're just not clicking. Everybody gets a star rating, so you know—are they clicking, are they staying on, are they not? So I got rid of pretty much all of those people, and I'll never do that again. It's got to be done organically. That's why when you read my books, especially the new books, towards the end it'll say, “Sign up for my newsletter.” I do more with that newsletter too. If you're on the free tier, every month I do a monthly newsletter, which is just me talking about updates, things going on in the publishing industry, things going on with me. My daughter puts together a weekly Horror and Sci-Fi Chronicles newsletter, which gives what's going on in new releases in the industry—sci-fi, horror, books, movies, television. She does deep dives into industry tropes, historical tidbits, and a weekly quiz. I also do a monthly Terrors and Tales newsletter. I started this last year, and it was a quarterly newsletter. It's other authors who are new, upcoming, never been published before, looking to get published. It's a chance for them to be on the newsletter where they have a flash fiction story or poem or even a short story that I publish for them. It's called the Terrors and Tales newsletter. What happened is I would put out calls for submissions. And a place called Duotrope—I don't even know who these people are, but all of a sudden I got an email from them stating, “Hey, we found that you're looking for submissions, and we posted your link. We hope you don't mind.” I'm like, “No, of course I don't mind.” I got so many submissions from that one link. I'm like, “Okay.” Do I really want to deny people? I'm not like that. I want to help promote other authors. I know what it's like when you're new and upcoming, no matter what age you are, to say, “Hey, here's a platform for you to see your stuff in print.” Obviously, I read through them just to make sure they're up to a certain standard, but for the most part, if you submit, you're getting in there. With Duotrope, I'm like, I have enough here to put out one a month. So in May 2026, the first one goes out, and then I'll have one each month until December, and then who knows? In 2027 I might go back to quarterly. I might get enough submissions to just keep it going once a month. So that's the Terrors and Tales newsletter, and it usually comes out towards the end of the month—the last two weeks. I have nothing to do with it in terms of content. None of my stories are on there. None of my poems are on there. None of my flash fiction. It's all other authors, just for them to see their name in print, see their work in print, share it with their friends, and put something on their resume, and to encourage people to keep reading and keep the craft going. Jo: When you say in print, you don't mean in physical print? PD: Oh, I mean in the newsletter. I'm sorry. Jo: I think that's important, or you're going to get a lot more submissions, and you will need to do publishing contracts and all that kind of thing. I think that's the difficult thing with a Substack newsletter approach—it's difficult to know where to categorise it. Is it marketing? Is it publishing? It's all of these things, I suppose. A bit like this podcast, it's all kinds of things. In terms of Substack actually making money on its own or leading to book sales that make money, do you think it does serve that purpose? PD: I think I've gotten more book sales through it, and also ARC readers who are enjoying the books and giving reviews. As far as the paid tiers, that's kind of a little bit slow, and that's where I'm saying chip away at it. Keep it up there. Keep it going. Over time, you're going to build that type of audience where it's going to be like, “Hey, this is financially feasible for me to continue to do this.” That's the response that I'm getting out there. Jo: Yes. Before, you mentioned you were doing Facebook Lives and you're looking at TikTok, but— Is anything else working for you in book marketing? If people have a few books and they're like, “What is working for book marketing right now?”—what do you recommend? PD: Okay. For me, the thing that has made the most sense is making sure the reader knows the book is out there through some sort of social media. I've had really good success on TikTok since the beginning of this year especially. I started it about a year ago, year and a half ago, but then my father got sick and passed away, and it was a new venture and I put it off to the side. I really got the flavour going at the beginning of this year. February, March of this year. It seems to be going really well, and I've noticed an uptick in sales from just getting the videos out there and getting it in front of people's eyes. There's an event I'm going to in August called ShiverCon, which is a pretty big event. After that event, I'm going to look to see what type of inventory I have left over from the event, and I'm going to start doing TikTok Lives. I'm very comfortable being on camera. So I'm like, “Yeah, that seems like a good way to go.” I know there's a few other horror authors who are doing it and having good success with TikTok Lives as well. A guy named Jason Davis is doing really well with TikTok Lives, and a few other authors too. I'm like, “Yes, I could definitely do that.” I want to get up to a certain number of people, and I want these events. I'm going to one in July, and then ShiverCon in August. Once those are done, I'm going to have more time to do the TikTok Lives. As far as Facebook is concerned, what I've had really great success with on Facebook is being in the groups and meeting other authors. That's not always about my book per se, but whatever books I'm reading, I'm posting my reviews about those books in those groups and meeting readers. Then obviously, they always say the three-to-one rule. Post about three different books and then post about your own book, whether you're doing a sale or a new release or a re-release or whatever. I've found success through that just by interacting with readers. When they post a book, I'll comment, “Hey, I've read that book,” or, “Hey, that book looks really cool. I like the review.” Commenting on it so you start these relationships with people who are out there in these Facebook groups. I've recently started my own Facebook reader group. I kind of go with the same thing. Last night, we did a live reading for another author. I like other authors to be on there. I always like to think, what does the reader need? What do I want to see as a reader? I would love to hear live readings from authors. So I kind of learn about them, learn about the book, and get a live reading. To me, that's a good way to go. So I started that recently, and it seems to be going well. I've got a new folk horror coming out soon, and I put out a call for ARC readers and got a fantastic response from that. That kind of drives the sales anyway, because when you get those reviews, then people see it gives credibility to the book, and then other people see it, and then they're buying it too. So that comes from the groups. There's so many wheels to spin in this industry as an indie author when you're doing this, especially when you're doing 99% of it on your own. You've got to get out there. No one's going to know your book exists if you don't get out there and tell somebody about it. Jo: Brilliant. Well, tell us— Where can people find you and your books online? PD: All right. Perfect. So obviously I'm on Amazon like everyone. Most of my books are worldwide, so you'll find them in Barnes & Noble as well. And of course, if you want the signed copies or discount print books, I always lead people straight to my website, PDAlleva.com. Then, of course, if you go to my Substack, you'll get all the updates, and you'll get all the links to purchase or find out where they are on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and things like that too. Jo: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Paul. That was great. PD: Thank you very much for having me. It was great chatting with you. The post Writing Cross-Genre, Selling Direct, And Serialising On SubStack With P.D. Alleva first appeared on The Creative Penn.

In this Aspire Mailbag episode, Joshua Stamper and Jeff Gargas respond to listener questions about supporting an aspiring leader through a campus transition and helping teachers shift away from punitive discipline. They explore how new leadership can create both uncertainty and opportunity, and what aspiring leaders can do to build trust, stay visible, and align themselves with a new principal's vision without losing momentum in their own leadership journey. The conversation also digs into one of the biggest challenges in education today: helping teachers move from punishment-based discipline to relationship-based support. Joshua and Jeff discuss why this shift takes time, why common language matters, and how schools can make restorative approaches feel practical instead of overwhelming. They also talk about the importance of small, intentional steps, teacher buy-in, and creating systems that support student growth without making behavior management feel like an unfair sacrifice of teacher time. Follow Jeff Gargas: Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeffgargasInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/_jeffgargas/ Follow The Teach Better Team: Twitter:https://twitter.com/teachbetterteamWebsite:https://www.teachbetter.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/teachbetterteamInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/teachbetterteamThe Teach Better Podcast:https://www.teachbetter.com/podcast/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1949595668/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1949595668&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=76f63506c1e5b2f907d05fb13ab6f8e4 Teach Better Academy: https://www.teachbettercommunity.com/academy Use Coupon Code: ASPIRE for 50% Off for LIFE — #1 New Release, "The Language of Behavior" is NOW Available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVT32KQ1?&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=d18e5a44a6582a22d15ee23193af7bb8&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl The Language of Behavior is an essential guide for school leaders committed to transforming their school culture and addressing student behavior through a more compassionate, effective approach. Drawing on their extensive experience in education, Charle Peck and Joshua Stamper challenge outdated disciplinary practices and offer a clear, trauma-informed framework that empowers educators to interpret student behavior as a form of communication. Through three core tenets—Consider the Environment, Explore the Root Causes of Behavior, and Respond with Intentionality—this book equips leaders with actionable strategies to foster positive behavior, build stronger relationships, and cultivate a more supportive school climate. Packed with real-world case studies, evidence-based practices, and insights into the lasting effects of childhood trauma, The Language of Behavior provides school leaders with the tools to create lasting, meaningful change. It offers a roadmap to reduce behavior issues, re-engage students and staff, and establish a culture of accountability and empathy. This book is not just a reference—it's a call to lead with vision and transform how we approach discipline, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive. Bulk Orders: https://www.connectedd.org/bulk-orders — Need a Presenter for a conference or school PD? Contact Brad Waid to book Joshua Stamper for your next event on Improving Student Behavior, Impacting School Mental Health, or Creating healthy habits. Follow the Host, Joshua Stamper: Contact: https://joshstamper.com/contact/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/Joshua__Stamper Instagram: www.instagram.com/joshua__stamper Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-stamper Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AspirePodcast Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aspire-the-leadership-development-podcast/id1384210762?mt=2 Aspire to Lead Won the FireBird Award! I'm happy to announce that my book, “Aspire to Lead”, won the 2022 Leadership Book Award from Speak Up Talk Radio! It is a great honor to get this kind of recognition and I really appreciate all your support! The book is available for purchase on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1953852386/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1953852386&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=0d9c336e3db6ab16cbb08421ef3e4175 Review the Podcast I want to give a huge shout out to those who have taken the time to provide a review on Apple, Spotify or any other podcast platform. It truly means the world to me that you would take the 30- 90 seconds to share how the podcast has positively impacted you or why other educators should check out the show. This post contains affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, The Aspire Podcast gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Teach Better Podcast Network This podcast is a part of the Teach Better Podcast Network. 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Hace mucho que no publico en YouTube.No “mucho” de esos muchos relativos de internet, donde alguien desaparece tres semanas y vuelve diciendo que ha estado en una cueva replanteándose su existencia.Mucho de verdad.El canal lleva tiempo parado.Y cada vez que pienso en volver, aparece la misma tentación: abrir Notion, pillar alguna de las ideas que tengo en la recámara, grabar un vídeo más o menos decente y publicar como si nada.Pero creo que esa sería la peor forma de volver.Porque mi problema con YouTube nunca ha sido tener ideas.Tampoco ha sido saber grabar.Ni editar.Ni entender más o menos qué puede funcionar.Mi problema ha sido la prioridad.Durante mucho tiempo he tratado YouTube como una cosa que se hace cuando hay energía, cuando aparece una idea clara, cuando tienes una semana algo más despejada o cuando te entra una pequeña crisis de “tendría que estar publicando más”.Ojo porque siempre he tenido un calendario editorial, una idea disponible y algún momento en el que me envalentono y digo “esta tarde grabo” pero luego no se da.No se da porque hacerlo así es una tontería. No se construye nada.Se publican vídeos sueltos.Algunos funcionan.Otros no.Te ilusionas.Te frustras.Desapareces.Vuelves.Repites.Una forma muy elegante de autoflajelarte con mp4 y Google Drive.Así que esta vez quiero hacerlo distinto.No quiero “volver a YouTube”.Quiero reconstruir mi forma de trabajar YouTube.Y creo que el verano es el mejor momento para hacerlo.No porque sea una época especialmente buena para publicar vídeos. De hecho, probablemente no lo sea.La gente está a otra cosa.Viajes, calor, niños sin colegio, terrazas, vacaciones y cero ganas de ver a un señor calvo hablando de estrategia de contenido desde su despacho.Pero precisamente por eso me parece buen momento para trabajar por debajo.* Sin la presión de tener que sacar algo ya.* Sin mirar cada vídeo como si fuese una prueba pública de si sigo teniendo o no algo que decir.* Sin convertir cada publicación en una pequeña votación de si debo continuar o no.La idea es usar estos meses para preparar la vuelta de septiembre.Y hacerlo con una idea sencilla:Si quiero publicar de forma consistente, no necesito más inspiración. Necesito una máquina mejor.La primera parte de esa máquina será mirar hacia atrásAnalizar qué contenidos funcionaron mejor en mi canal.En mi caso, como es un canal bastante pequeño, un vídeo de 1.000 o 1.500 visualizaciones ya me parecen bastantes.Quiero entender qué temas tuvieron más tracción, qué títulos prometían algo interesante, qué formatos aguantaban mejor, qué vídeos tenían comentarios de verdad y cuáles simplemente pasaron por ahí sin mucha historia.No para hacer refritos de contenido (aunque se que funcionaría bastante bien), sino para entender dónde había una conexión real y buenas decisiones de mi yo del pasado.La segunda parte será mirar hacia fueraQué está funcionando ahora en YouTube.Y no me refiero a lo típico de “el algoritmo quiere vídeos largos” o “ahora hay que hacer shorts” o cualquiera de esas frases que caducan en 48 horas.Quiero mirar creadores concretos.Gente que está liderando en espacios cercanos: creación, negocio digital, IA, estrategia, productividad, aprendizaje, escritura, marca personal…Y entender qué están haciendo.* Cómo abren los vídeos.* Cómo empaquetan las ideas.* Cómo convierten un tema aparentemente normal en algo que merece clic.* Qué estructuras repiten.* Qué tipo de promesa hacen.* Qué ritmo tienen.* Qué relación construyen con su audiencia.Porque al final el juego sigue siendo el mismo de siempre:Mirar qué funciona, entender por qué funciona y adaptarlo a tu propio territorio sin convertirte en una copia barata de nadie.Y tercera parte, cómo llevo todo eso al contenido de FailAgainPorque FailAgain no va de “cómo crecer en redes” en el sentido más plano.No me interesa hacer vídeos tipo:“5 hacks para publicar más” “Cómo vencer la procrastinación” “Mi sistema definitivo de contenido”Me da pereza hasta solo de pensarlo.Lo que me interesa es otra cosa.La creación de contenido como problema estratégico.* Por qué nos cuesta sostener una voz propia.* Por qué confundimos publicar con construir.* Por qué copiamos formatos que funcionan para otros pero no encajan con nuestro contexto.* Por qué la mayoría de creadores no tienen un problema de talento, sino de dirección, consistencia, criterio y sistema.Y ahora, además, hay una capa nueva que antes no estaba tan desarrollada: la inteligencia artificial.Cuando publiqué más en YouTube ya usaba IA, pero no como se puede usar ahora.No con agentes, ni sistemas de análisis para investigar, comparar, transformar piezas… hay tela de cosas nuevas.Y esto me interesa mucho porque creo que hay un espacio a cubrir muy interesante:* Cómo puede usar IA un creador sin volverse genérico.* Cómo te ayuda a pensar mejor sin sustituir tu criterio.* Cómo te permite producir más sin convertirte en una fábrica de contenido mediocre.* Cómo puedes usar agentes para analizar tu propio trabajo, estudiar referencias, detectar patrones, preparar guiones, ordenar ideas y aun así seguir sonando a ti.Esa es la parte que quiero explorar.Así que mi plan para este verano no es muy sexy:Mirar datos, revisar vídeos, estudiar referencias, diseñar formatos, preparar guiones, grabar pruebas y montar un sistema antes de volver a publicar.No anunciar una gran vuelta con vídeo épico de “he vuelto”.No prometer una frecuencia que luego no pueda sostener.Solo preparar el terreno.Si todo va bien, en septiembre me gustaría volver al canal con una cadencia razonable.Probablemente un vídeo cada dos semanas al principio.Pocos, pero buenos.Con una idea clara, con mejor empaquetado, con más intención y, sobre todo, con menos dependencia de que ese día me levante inspirado.Te iré contando el proceso por aquí.A ver si esta vez, en lugar de volver con fuerza, vuelvo con cabeza.Si estás también en ese punto de “quiero crear más, pero no quiero volver a hacerlo a lo loco”, quizá este sea buen momento para mirar tu propio sistema.Nos escuchamos en una semana :)PD: si tú también estás empezando a pensar en los contenidos de la temporada que viene, déjame un comentario.PD2: esta semana llego a los 10.000 suscriptores en YouTube. 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Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ Únete a los miles de hombres que forman parte de mi comunidad de email para acceder a promociones exclusivas y enterarte de la apertura de mis formaciones. Estar suscrito tiene premio y es la única manera de estar al día de las novedades del proyecto. Al suscribirte con tu email, recibes el curso gratis de «Cómo ser un hombre más atractivo e interesante para las mujeres en la era de las apps y las redes sociales». Es un curso de siete lecciones por escrito (no vídeo, no audio) que puedes personalizar en función del momento que estés viviendo en tus relaciones. Para unirte a mi comunidad y recibir el curso, deja tu email en el enlace: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ *¿Qué aprenderás en este episodio?: 1) Por qué una infidelidad descubierta 10 años después puede doler exactamente igual que si hubiera ocurrido ayer. 2) El error que cometen muchos hombres cuando intentan ""compensar"" una infidelidad buscando otra mujer. 3) Cómo aprovechan algunos comerciales la desesperación emocional de los hombres tras una ruptura o traición. 4) Por qué recuperar tu atractivo empieza mucho antes de volver a salir con mujeres. 5) La razón por la que las mujeres empezaron a responder mejor cuando este alumno dejó de necesitar su validación. En el Episodio de hoy entrevistamos a un alumno que descubrió una infidelidad de su esposa más de una década después de que ocurriera. Una situación que le obligó a cuestionar toda la historia que creía haber vivido y que terminó desencadenando uno de los cambios más profundos de su vida. Además veremos cómo pasó de buscar soluciones mágicas en internet a reconstruir su autoestima desde los cimientos, qué ocurre realmente en la mente de un hombre cuando descubre una traición y por qué el verdadero punto de inflexión no llegó cuando empezó a atraer más mujeres... sino cuando volvió a gustarse a sí mismo. PD. Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/

A warm and engaging conversation with Darrell Brogdon, just retired after 43 years as the program director for Kansas Public Radio. In addition to his PD duties, he also produced the iconic series "Retro Cocktail Hour" and "Right Between the Ears". He continues his role at RCH, and reflects on a lifetime of work in radio, and the many stories and relationships along the way. A truly enjoyable and fun conversation!

Anchor Chat #31: Calm is Contagious In this episode of Anchor Chats, Dr. Woods reflects on Calm Is Contagious, exploring how a leader's demeanor can influence the culture, climate, and effectiveness of a school. He discusses the importance of remaining composed during challenging situations, modeling emotional regulation, and creating a sense of stability for staff and students. Dr. Woods encourages leaders to recognize that in moments of uncertainty, their calm presence can build confidence, strengthen trust, and help others navigate adversity with clarity and purpose.

Gavino Angius "Ambizione e disincanto"Storie e ombre della RepubblicaBordeaux Edizioniwww.bordeauxedizioni.itUna riflessione appassionata sulla storia politica e civile dell'Italia dalla fine della Seconda guerra mondiale fino ai giorni nostri. Muovendosi tra memoria personale, analisi storica e giudizio politico, Gavino Angius ripercorre i momenti cruciali che hanno segnato la nascita e lo sviluppo della Repubblica: la Resistenza, la costruzione della Costituzione, le tensioni della guerra fredda, le trasformazioni sociali del dopoguerra, gli anni della violenza politica e delle stragi, fino alla crisi della politica e ai cambiamenti più recenti del panorama istituzionale. Il racconto non è soltanto una ricostruzione storica, ma anche una meditazione civile sulle promesse e sulle contraddizioni della democrazia italiana. Attraverso episodi, ricordi e analisi, l'autore si interroga sul rapporto tra antifascismo, memoria e presente, chiedendosi se gli ideali che hanno fondato la Repubblica siano stati pienamente realizzati o se, al contrario, la storia italiana sia stata segnata da profonde fratture e da persistenti ombre. Il libro propone così uno sguardo critico e insieme partecipe su ottant'anni di storia nazionale, invitando il lettore a riflettere sul futuro della democrazia e sul valore della memoria come strumento indispensabile per comprendere il presente.Gavino Angius (1946) è stato uno dei protagonisti della vita politica della sinistra italiana. Militante del Partito Comunista Italiano, ha ricoperto nel corso degli anni importanti incarichi parlamentari e di partito. È stato senatore della Repubblica e vicepresidente del Senato, distinguendosi per il suo impegno sui temi della democrazia, dei diritti sociali e della memoria storica dell'antifascismo.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Spencer is in the hot seat and performs quite well! He has the world's most annoying intern, but thankfully a helpful partner and PD as well. How does he do? Listen and find out!

In this episode of Beginning Teacher Talk, Dr. Lori Friesen breaks down the five hidden classroom patterns that quietly drain teachers day after day. If you've ever felt exhausted by constant reminders, difficult transitions, student behavior interruptions, or feeling like you're always playing catch-up, this episode will help you understand why classroom management can feel so overwhelming and what actually needs to change to make teaching feel calmer, smoother, and more sustainable. What You'll Learn: Why small classroom breakdowns create major teacher exhaustion over time The real reason transitions, lining up, and independent work often feel so difficult How repeated classroom disruptions impact both teachers and students emotionally Why most classroom management strategies don't create lasting change The mindset and classroom systems shift that helps teachers feel calm, clear, and in control again Resources Mentioned: Learn more about Dr. Lori's programs If this episode encouraged you, be sure to subscribe to Beginning Teacher Talk so you never miss an episode. And if you know a teacher who's feeling overwhelmed right now, share this episode with them so they know they're not alone. Save your seat at Dr. Lori's new, free class: Need to set up an elementary classroom? Discover how to start next school year calm, confident, and fully in control (without working all summer). Even if you haven't been hired yet, can't set foot in your school, or don't know what grade you'll be teaching. Click here to save your seat! https://www.drlorifriesen.com/ready Stay connected with us! Follow us on Instagram @beginningteachertalk Looking for quick, actionable PD? Visit our YouTube channel! Be sure to follow, rate, and subscribe to the Beginning Teacher Talk podcast so you never miss an episode. Warmly, Dr. Lori Friesen

After more than two decades, Oakland's Police Department is on track to be released from federal oversight. Today, the future of Oakland's PD. Then, the Flor Y Canto literary festival returns to San Francisco's Mission District.

Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ Únete a los miles de hombres que forman parte de mi comunidad de email para acceder a promociones exclusivas y enterarte de la apertura de mis formaciones. Estar suscrito tiene premio y es la única manera de estar al día de las novedades del proyecto. Al suscribirte con tu email, recibes el curso gratis de «Cómo ser un hombre más atractivo e interesante para las mujeres en la era de las apps y las redes sociales». Es un curso de siete lecciones por escrito (no vídeo, no audio) que puedes personalizar en función del momento que estés viviendo en tus relaciones. Para unirte a mi comunidad y recibir el curso, deja tu email en el enlace: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ *¿Qué aprenderás en este episodio?: 1) Por qué decir que “las mujeres son más emocionales” es una simplificación que oculta una realidad mucho más interesante. 2) Qué diferencias reales existen entre hombres y mujeres a nivel emocional según la neurobiología, las hormonas y la evolución. 3) La razón por la que hombres y mujeres suelen procesar el dolor, el estrés y la vulnerabilidad de formas tan distintas. 4) Cómo la cultura moderna ha convertido una forma de gestionar las emociones en la única considerada “correcta”. 5) Qué consecuencias puede tener para los hombres ignorar su propia naturaleza emocional e intentar procesar sus problemas como si fueran mujeres. En el Episodio de hoy analizamos una de las creencias más repetidas sobre las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres: que ellas son más emocionales que nosotros. Una afirmación que casi todo el mundo da por cierta... pero que muy pocos se han detenido a examinar con rigor. Además veremos qué dicen realmente la neurociencia, la endocrinología, la anatomía y la psicología evolutiva sobre las diferencias emocionales entre ambos sexos. Y responderemos a una pregunta incómoda: ¿qué ocurre cuando una sociedad intenta imponer a los hombres una forma de procesar emociones que quizá no encaja con cómo fueron diseñados biológicamente? PD. Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/

솔랭브리핑: 나치의 중흥과 오늘의 이웃시민들 / 유승균 PD도시데이터연구소: 부정선거 애호가와 부동산 애호가들의 선거 / 신수현 도시데이터연구소장, 박유진 PD -------------- 〈XSFM 서포터즈 멤버십〉https://xsfm.benecent.org/ARS 1522-5637xsmall 바로가기: https://xsmall.co.kr/제보 메일: xsfm25@gmail.com광고 문의: xsfmmall@gmail.com※ 영상의 무단 사용을 금지합니다. 〈그것은 알기 싫다 NEWS BY DAYLIGHT〉 방송 화면 인용 시, XSFM 출처를 표기해주세요.#지방선거 #신수현 #도시데이터연구소 #그것은알기싫다NewsByDaylight #그것은알기싫다 #그알싫 #NBD #그알싫NBD #NewByDaylight #뉴스바이데이라이트 #뉴바데 #유승균 #XSFM

In Part 2 of the ASCO 2026 Highlights series, hosts Dr. Narjust Florez and Dr. Stephen Liu are joined by Dr. Julie Brahmer and Dr. Solange Peters to discuss some of the most notable immunotherapy advances presented at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting. The conversation explores emerging data for PD-1/VEGF and PD-L1/VEGF bispecific antibodies, the growing role of antibody-drug conjugates in combination with immunotherapy, and promising new strategies targeting KRAS-mutant lung cancers, highlighting how these approaches may reshape the future treatment landscape. Guests: Julie R. Brahmer, MD, MSc, FASCO, FAIO The Marilyn Meyerhoff Professor of Thoracic Oncology Co-Leader, Cancer Immunology Research Program Co-Director, Upper Aerodigestive Cancers Program Director, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Bayview Campus Professor Solange Peters, MD, PhD Chair of Medical Oncology Director of Oncology Department - CHUV Lausanne University Hospital

Department chairs are carrying far more than a title and a tiny stipend! In this episode, I'm sharing practical ways to lead your science department well without burning yourself out. I'm talking about advocating for teachers, communicating with admin, running productive meetings, organizing shared resources, and supporting new science teachers in ways that actually make a difference!If you're a department chair with ideas, strategies, or experiences that have worked well for your team, I'd love to hear from you! Send me an email or message me on Instagram so we can keep the conversation going.➡️ Show Notes: https://itsnotrocketscienceclassroom.com/episode238Resources Mentioned:Virtual PDLabs When Limited (FREE virtual PD course!)INRS UnitsINRS Full Year CurriculumNew Teachers Podcast Playlist (free!) Download your FREE Classroom Reset Challenge.Send me a DM on Instagram: @its.not.rocket.scienceSend me an email: rebecca@itsnotrocketscienceclassroom.com  Follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts.Follow, rate, and comment on Spotify.Related Episodes and Blog Posts:Episode 71, “I'm the Problem, It's Me”: Working with Difficult Coworkers and Admin with Guest Zach MatsonEpisode 229, Balancing Unrealistic Admin ExpectationsEpisode 235, Advocating for Yourself With Admin Episode 237, End of Year Reflection - How to Know What Needs to Change

L'apertura di giornata con le notizie e le voci dei protagonisti, tutto in meno di 30 minuti.Con Marco Sarracino, deputato e responsabile Sud della segreteria del Pd, parliamo della proposta di legge presentata lo scorso 3 giugno dai dem nominata Diritto a restare in Italia. Il cuore della proposta del Pd vuole far si che i giovani rimangano in Italia e non emigrino all'estero.

What happens when the very systems meant to support education begin driving great teachers out of the profession? In this episode of Aspire to Lead, Joshua Stamper sits down with Brad Gaynor to talk about the growing teacher retention crisis, the hidden emotional and psychological cost of teaching, and why so many good educators are leaving the profession. Brad shares insights from his leadership journey and his own experience with burnout, offering a powerful look at the pressures shaping schools today. Together, they explore how workload, leadership pressure, parent expectations, and behavior challenges are affecting teachers and school leaders across education. Brad also discusses why resilience alone is not the answer and what leaders, teachers, and systems can do to rebuild trust, strengthen culture, and create more sustainable schools for the future. About Brad Gaynor Brad Gaynor is an Australian education leader, executive coach, speaker, and author with more than 35 years of leadership experience across schools and system leadership. Brad is the author of From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Leadership Reset and Not One More Teacher Lost. His work focuses on sustainable leadership, burnout prevention and recovery, leadership under pressure, organisational culture, and helping leaders thrive in complex environments without sacrificing their wellbeing. Grounded in both lived experience and evidence-informed practice, Brad speaks and writes with honesty about the hidden emotional load of leadership, while offering practical and sustainable approaches for leading well over time. Follow Brad Gaynor Website:www.bradgaynor.com.auTwitter (X): @Brad1968Instagram: @bradgaynorLinkedin:www.linkedin.com/in/brad-gaynor-92b68b53Email: brad@bradgaynor.com.au https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Breakthrough-Leadership-Reset/dp/1041132069?crid=OPW0P6QSUO59&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mCd_bTb9CnSZGB4qWPJ5Iwr2bI7NDWZ7BQi5DqTvx8CMIjeXCeo_RW3gx7HaX5Lq5mSsfLdfFHqyHeo7z00eOMRuIS_PlOB5BGJz5GOLWVt2Oo_O8L6glA32IbZ-uRz3kNOtoolKWTjAqUjydIsd5s3MvB4uCU_sic_GFZBlLrWpa_up8tuF4vDiqQbyw40jmVGW_UqYI0oBbFXJV9OeIp8mJ7tqT082EL2G0B97Mik.XtC4u9o6xBhgHb6PvPoymX8W8RWPcjjTWWvM7rVa_2c&dib_tag=se&keywords=From+Burnout+to+Breakthrough%3A+The+Leadership+Reset+and+Not+One+More+Teacher+Lost&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1780807092&sprefix=from+burnout+to+breakthrough+the+leadership+reset+and+not+one+more+teacher+lost+%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=6bcab1e29a3d91c535bf93d41f0a5fb5&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl https://www.amazon.com/Not-One-More-Teacher-Lost-ebook/dp/B0GQT84TZH?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=z18Jh&content-id=amzn1.sym.f8e88413-4697-42ea-9bf7-b28eb886330d&pf_rd_p=f8e88413-4697-42ea-9bf7-b28eb886330d&pf_rd_r=147-6981761-1725338&pd_rd_wg=3DVNn&pd_rd_r=9020516c-81f0-43e0-b88b-b8f90052df7e&linkCode=ll2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=c53fe8cbdc07c02b43a765b9a2ddea63&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl — #1 New Release, "The Language of Behavior" is NOW Available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVT32KQ1?&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=d18e5a44a6582a22d15ee23193af7bb8&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl The Language of Behavior is an essential guide for school leaders committed to transforming their school culture and addressing student behavior through a more compassionate, effective approach. Drawing on their extensive experience in education, Charle Peck and Joshua Stamper challenge outdated disciplinary practices and offer a clear, trauma-informed framework that empowers educators to interpret student behavior as a form of communication. Through three core tenets—Consider the Environment, Explore the Root Causes of Behavior, and Respond with Intentionality—this book equips leaders with actionable strategies to foster positive behavior, build stronger relationships, and cultivate a more supportive school climate. Packed with real-world case studies, evidence-based practices, and insights into the lasting effects of childhood trauma, The Language of Behavior provides school leaders with the tools to create lasting, meaningful change. It offers a roadmap to reduce behavior issues, re-engage students and staff, and establish a culture of accountability and empathy. This book is not just a reference—it's a call to lead with vision and transform how we approach discipline, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive. Bulk Orders: https://www.connectedd.org/bulk-orders — Need a Presenter for a conference or school PD? Contact Brad Waid to book Joshua Stamper for your next event on Improving Student Behavior, Impacting School Mental Health, or Creating healthy habits. Follow the Host, Joshua Stamper: Contact:https://joshstamper.com/contact/Twitter:www.twitter.com/Joshua__StamperInstagram:www.instagram.com/joshua__stamperLinkedin:www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-stamperFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/AspirePodcastSubscribe:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aspire-the-leadership-development-podcast/id1384210762?mt=2Aspire to LeadWon the FireBird Award! I'm happy to announce that my book, “Aspire to Lead”, won the 2022 Leadership Book Award from Speak Up Talk Radio! It is a great honor to get this kind of recognition and I really appreciate all your support! The book is available for purchaseon Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1953852386/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1953852386&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=0d9c336e3db6ab16cbb08421ef3e4175 Review the Podcast I want to give a huge shout out to those who have taken the time to provide a review on Apple, Spotify or any other podcast platform. It truly means the world to me that you would take the 30- 90 seconds to share how the podcast has positively impacted you or why other educators should check out the show. This post contains affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, The Aspire Podcast gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Teach Better Podcast Network This podcast is a part of the Teach Better Podcast Network. Explore the Teach Better Podcast Network—your hub for insightful conversations covering diverse education topics. Our podcasts empower educators, fostering progressive, student-focused classrooms. Choose a podcast, subscribe, and dive into recent episodes now at https://www.teachbetterpodcastnetwork.com/

Una de las desapariciones más enigmáticas de la historia. La de Maura Murray, una joven de 21 años de Massachusetts que el 9 de febrero de 2004 decidió salir de su campus universitario donde también trabajaba para, según ella, viajar hasta New Hampshire para asistir al funeral de un familiar. Pero no existió tal funeral. Maura Murray, una joven estudiante de enfermería con una media ejemplar, decidió coger su coche sin avisar a nadie ¿a donde iba realmente? ¿Por qué desapareció de pronto? ¿Cuáles eran sus verdaderos planes? ¿Acaso había terceras personas implicadas en esta historia? Os hablamos de uno de las desapariciones más estudiada de los últimos años, un caso real que parece no serlo. PD os dejamos aquí el reportaje en el que podéis encontrar muchas más teorías https://web.archive.org/web/20101201073811/http://whitmanhansonexpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:maura-is-missing-part-i-the-departure&catid=912&Itemid=83 Ya sabéis que podéis seguirnos en nuestras redes sociales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ Únete a los miles de hombres que forman parte de mi comunidad de email para acceder a promociones exclusivas y enterarte de la apertura de mis formaciones. Estar suscrito tiene premio y es la única manera de estar al día de las novedades del proyecto. Al suscribirte con tu email, recibes el curso gratis de «Cómo ser un hombre más atractivo e interesante para las mujeres en la era de las apps y las redes sociales». Es un curso de siete lecciones por escrito (no vídeo, no audio) que puedes personalizar en función del momento que estés viviendo en tus relaciones. Para unirte a mi comunidad y recibir el curso, deja tu email en el enlace: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ *¿Qué aprenderás en este episodio?: 1) Por qué los cambios más importantes de tu vida empiezan cuando te atreves a cuestionar lo que siempre has creído. 2) Qué tienen en común los grandes engaños sobre dinero, salud y relaciones. 3) Cómo un cambio de identidad transforma tu relación con las mujeres, los negocios y el mundo en general. 4) La diferencia entre los hombres que viven en automático y los que evolucionan constantemente. 5) La pregunta incómoda que debes hacerte si quieres resultados diferentes en cualquier área de tu vida. En el Episodio de hoy entrevisto a un alumno que llegó a este mundo no porque estuviera destrozado por una ruptura o una infidelidad, sino porque había algo que no le cuadraba. Algo en el discurso dominante sobre hombres, mujeres y relaciones que simplemente no encajaba con la realidad que observaba a su alrededor. Además veremos cómo los mismos patrones mentales que permiten despertar en el dinero o en los negocios terminan provocando un despertar similar en las relaciones. Hablaremos de identidad, crecimiento personal, curiosidad intelectual y de por qué la calidad de tu vida depende, en gran medida, de las preguntas que estás dispuesto a hacerte... especialmente cuando las respuestas amenazan todo lo que creías saber. PD. Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/

What if next year doesn't feel easier… not because of your students, but because nothing actually changed? In this episode of Beginning Teacher Talk, Dr. Lori Friesen shares a powerful mindset shift that can completely transform your classroom management and systems before the new school year even begins. If you're hoping for a fresh start, this episode will show you how to actually create one. What You'll Learn: Why a new group of students doesn't automatically create a better classroom experience The real reason common classroom management challenges keep showing up How to shift from reacting to student behavior to designing effective classroom systems Simple examples of how clear routines and procedures can eliminate chaos Why planning your classroom systems before August leads to a calmer, more confident start Resources Mentioned: Learn more about Dr. Lori's programs If you're ready to stop hoping next year will be different and start building a classroom that actually works, this episode is for you. Be sure to listen, subscribe, and follow along with the full series to set yourself up for your strongest school year yet. Save your seat at Dr. Lori's new, free class: Need to set up an elementary classroom? Discover how to start next school year calm, confident, and fully in control (without working all summer). Even if you haven't been hired yet, can't set foot in your school, or don't know what grade you'll be teaching. Click here to save your seat! https://www.drlorifriesen.com/ready Stay connected with us! Follow us on Instagram @beginningteachertalk Looking for quick, actionable PD? Visit our YouTube channel! Be sure to follow, rate, and subscribe to the Beginning Teacher Talk podcast so you never miss an episode. Warmly, Dr. Lori Friesen

Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ Únete a los miles de hombres que forman parte de mi comunidad de email para acceder a promociones exclusivas y enterarte de la apertura de mis formaciones. Estar suscrito tiene premio y es la única manera de estar al día de las novedades del proyecto. Al suscribirte con tu email, recibes el curso gratis de «Cómo ser un hombre más atractivo e interesante para las mujeres en la era de las apps y las redes sociales». Es un curso de siete lecciones por escrito (no vídeo, no audio) que puedes personalizar en función del momento que estés viviendo en tus relaciones. Para unirte a mi comunidad y recibir el curso, deja tu email en el enlace: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/ *¿Qué aprenderás en este episodio?: 1) Por qué ser un “buen partido” NO garantiza que una mujer sienta atracción por ti. 2) La diferencia que casi ningún hombre entiende entre ATRACCIÓN e INTERÉS. 3) Las 5 tendencias masculinas que disparan la atracción femenina y que la sociedad te ha enseñado a reprimir. 4) Cómo la deconstrucción de la masculinidad ha creado hombres cada vez más correctos... y cada vez más invisibles. 5) Qué debes hacer para recuperar una masculinidad sana sin convertirte en una caricatura del macho cavernícola. En el Episodio de hoy analizamos una de las preguntas que más frustración genera en los hombres: por qué mujeres que ignoran a hombres estables, disciplinados y con futuro terminan sintiendo una atracción desproporcionada por hombres que, objetivamente, parecen tener mucho menos que ofrecer. Además veremos qué dice realmente la psicología evolutiva sobre la atracción femenina, cómo la sociedad ha condicionado a generaciones enteras de hombres para reprimir rasgos que antes resultaban atractivos y qué puedes hacer para recuperar una masculinidad auténtica que despierte atracción sin renunciar a ser un hombre de valor. PD. Recibe tu curso gratis aquí: https://www.hombrealfa.top/curso-gratis/

ORDER MY NEW BOOK (AVAILABLE NOW)!!! — https://bit.ly/49CZ5A0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Are these new teacher red flags or green flags? This week we play a back-to-school hallway game ranking the behaviors that tell you exactly what kind of colleague you're dealing with, from Bitmoji classrooms to teachers who don't drink caffeine to anyone clickety-clacking down the hallway in stiletto heels. Then we get into a question I have been wrestling with hard: should teachers use AI to grade essays? We dig into what AI gets right, what it gets wrong, and the bigger danger of "internet consensus" quietly replacing real critical thinking in our classrooms. Takeaways: Teacher hallway red flags are real. Lifelong-learner energy on PD day, brand-new Bitmoji classrooms in 2026, no caffeine ever, and stiletto heels in the hallway all earn the side-eye. AI essay grading (like Magic School AI) can be useful for big class loads and reducing bias, but it's a tool, not a replacement for your eyes on the page. ChatGPT is a people pleaser. It will agree with you even when it's wrong, which is exactly why teaching kids critical thinking around AI matters more than ever. If you homeschool, you should be the loudest advocate for better public schools. A strong, well-funded public education system is foundational to a strong democracy. When enrollment shrinks, push your district to keep class sizes small instead of cutting teachers. Smaller classes are a tangible win you can advocate for right now. -- Teachers' night out? Yes, please! Come see comedian Educator Andrea…Get your tickets at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠teachersloungelive.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Educatorandrea.com/tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for laugh out loud Education! — Don't Be Shy Come Say Hi: www.podcasterandrea.com Watch on YouTube: @educatorandrea A Human Content Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you think teachers at your school could benefit from the advice & training found at Teach 4 the Heart, listen in to discover more about our school resources. Schools can purchase individual course licenses, group PD workshops, and more! Get all the details at www.teach4theheart.com/schools or reach out to our team at hello@teach4theheart.com.

In this episode of Aspire to Lead, Joshua Stamper talks with Megan Diede about the power of connection, purposeful teaching, and the small instructional shifts that can create meaningful change in classrooms. Megan shares how her seven pathways to learning help educators design lessons that are more engaging, accessible, and effective for students while also reducing overwhelm for teachers. Throughout the conversation, Megan explains how educators can move beyond compliance driven instruction and instead create learning experiences that build purpose, increase student engagement, and bring joy back into teaching. She talks about the importance of clarity, creativity, and flexibility in lesson design, as well as the value of making instruction more responsive to how students learn best. Joshua and Megan also discuss how teachers and leaders can support one another through burnout, workload, and the pressure to constantly do more. This episode is full of practical ideas for teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders who want to create classrooms where both students and educators can thrive. Megan also shares insights from her book, Elevated Educator, along with resources that help schools implement small but powerful changes that improve instruction and strengthen classroom culture. About Megan Diede Megan Diede is an educational leader, instructional strategy expert, and seasoned classroom educator with over 15 years of hands-on experience. Her deep understanding of the challenges and realities of teaching fuels her passion for transforming instruction in meaningful, sustainable ways. Known for her high-energy, engaging delivery, Megan helps educators rethink instruction through the power of connection. She believes connection is the bridge between people and purpose, driving how educators collaborate, take instructional risks, and move beyond compliance-driven teaching to create impactful learning experiences where both teachers and students thrive. Follow Megan Diede Website:www.integratedk12.comInstagram: Megan Diede/ IntegratEDk12Facebook: IntegratED EDULinkedin: Megan Diede/ IntegratED EDUYouTube: IntegratED EDU TikTok: Megan Diede https://www.amazon.com/ElevatED-Educator-Megan-Diede/dp/1598502867?crid=1ETM25PF5F66G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3wZpYC_IGVVNbijEtaHnLRjy_KnANMbKQnoikkWKMZxXsQa8rWUX5uDyo37ROAB1I1V16mM2ilWxZ0MflfyRvXw-15Cz3GdcpYebt8EZUbLPumIy3TNEgvwT8VBht5qC15sIBbkYMLBAsET2Hq4HCKMsDNoq29pJXhnPH-qlwGKbh1xjgOdpEMjBWgkiXD2FzD2QiPPf_Qvd46KnJo9cALWE_Rr1eKTxuKsSVeSylcY.aR3OcMIdgytbfBuw3WhQgq4Jd52myNIS1Nsc7yGcDCg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Elevated+Educator+book&qid=1780194761&sprefix=elevated+educator+boo%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=5963c11c8cd4faa33661a8c1b703870a&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl — #1 New Release, "The Language of Behavior" is NOW Available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVT32KQ1?&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=d18e5a44a6582a22d15ee23193af7bb8&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl The Language of Behavior is an essential guide for school leaders committed to transforming their school culture and addressing student behavior through a more compassionate, effective approach. Drawing on their extensive experience in education, Charle Peck and Joshua Stamper challenge outdated disciplinary practices and offer a clear, trauma-informed framework that empowers educators to interpret student behavior as a form of communication. Through three core tenets—Consider the Environment, Explore the Root Causes of Behavior, and Respond with Intentionality—this book equips leaders with actionable strategies to foster positive behavior, build stronger relationships, and cultivate a more supportive school climate. Packed with real-world case studies, evidence-based practices, and insights into the lasting effects of childhood trauma, The Language of Behavior provides school leaders with the tools to create lasting, meaningful change. It offers a roadmap to reduce behavior issues, re-engage students and staff, and establish a culture of accountability and empathy. This book is not just a reference—it's a call to lead with vision and transform how we approach discipline, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive. Bulk Orders: https://www.connectedd.org/bulk-orders — Need a Presenter for a conference or school PD? Contact Brad Waid to book Joshua Stamper for your next event on Improving Student Behavior, Impacting School Mental Health, or Creating healthy habits. Follow the Host, Joshua Stamper: Contact:https://joshstamper.com/contact/Twitter:www.twitter.com/Joshua__StamperInstagram:www.instagram.com/joshua__stamperLinkedin:www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-stamperFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/AspirePodcastSubscribe:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aspire-the-leadership-development-podcast/id1384210762?mt=2 Aspire to Lead Won the FireBird Award! I'm happy to announce that my book, “Aspire to Lead”, won the 2022 Leadership Book Award from Speak Up Talk Radio! It is a great honor to get this kind of recognition and I really appreciate all your support! The book is available for purchase on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1953852386/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1953852386&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=0d9c336e3db6ab16cbb08421ef3e4175 Review the Podcast I want to give a huge shout out to those who have taken the time to provide a review on Apple, Spotify or any other podcast platform. It truly means the world to me that you would take the 30- 90 seconds to share how the podcast has positively impacted you or why other educators should check out the show. This post contains affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, The Aspire Podcast gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Teach Better Podcast Network This podcast is a part of the Teach Better Podcast Network. Explore the Teach Better Podcast Network—your hub for insightful conversations covering diverse education topics. Our podcasts empower educators, fostering progressive, student-focused classrooms. Choose a podcast, subscribe, and dive into recent episodes now at https://www.teachbetterpodcastnetwork.com/

With a carnivore diet, Mimi improved RA, PD, Asthma, Spinal MRSA. She went from fighting to walk 10 steps to now being a Personal Fitness Trainer, Certified PWR!Moves Trainer, MS Certified, TPI Golf Fitness Trainer, and a Metabolic Health Coach specializing in helping those with Neurological disorders reclaim their health. Socials: X: @mimikmorgan IG: @mimimorgank YouTube: Mimi Morgan@Just10MoreSteps Website: Just10MoreSteps.com Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer 00:48 Introduction 04:29 Discussing Parkinson's symptoms 07:30 Managing limb dystonia with diet 11:40 Discovering the carnivore diet 16:13 Recovery and medical support 17:48 Choosing a different health path 21:34 Living with pain and staying active 25:15 Reaching a breaking point 28:29 Reflecting on early struggles 29:51 Overcoming challenges with recovery 33:00 Embracing vulnerability and new beginnings 37:18 Physiology and strength gains 40:30 Discussing a gym accident 46:12 Taking control of personal health 47:15 Prioritizing health and empowerment 50:45 Inspiring healthy habits in family 56:11 Overcoming study challenges 57:31 Upcoming Spanish trail journey Join Revero now to regain your health: https://revero.com/YT Revero.com is an online medical clinic for treating chronic diseases with this root-cause approach of nutrition therapy. You can get access to medical providers, personalized nutrition therapy, biomarker tracking, lab testing, ongoing clinical care, and daily coaching. You will also learn everything you need with educational videos, hundreds of recipes, and articles to make this easy for you. Join the Revero team (medical providers, etc): https://revero.com/jobs ‪#Revero #ReveroHealth #shawnbaker  #Carnivorediet #MeatHeals #AnimalBased #ZeroCarb #DietCoach  #FatAdapted #Carnivore #sugarfree Disclaimer: The content on this channel is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider.