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The wellness industry is full of products, gadgets, and trends promising to transform your health, but are they actually worth the investment?In this episode, I'm sharing my honest opinion as a functional medicine practitioner on the wellness trends I think deserve the hype—and the ones I believe are overrated. From red light therapy and saunas to protein, creatine, Pilates, blood work, air purifiers, and water filters, I'm breaking down what I'd personally spend my own money on and why.We'll also talk about some of the biggest wellness fads that I think are overhyped, so you can stop wasting money on things that don't move the needle and start focusing on the habits that truly support your health.Whether you're just starting your wellness journey or looking to invest more intentionally, this episode will help you separate evidence-based strategies from expensive marketing.In this episode, we'll cover: The wellness habits I think are worth investing in  Why blood work is one of the best health investments you can make  My thoughts on red light therapy, saunas, Pilates, and creatine  The importance of prioritizing protein and quality sleep  Whether air purifiers and water filters are worth it  Wellness trends I think are overrated  How to build a healthier lifestyle without spending a fortune Because the truth is, the healthiest people aren't necessarily buying every new wellness gadget, they're consistently doing the basics really well.

We started our business to be ourselves — so why do so many of us still design the business we think we should have?In this episode of The Business Fondle, Peta unpacks what really happens when entrepreneurs get the freedom to build a business their way, but keep shrinking back into who they think they need to be. Sparked by a client's comment after Peta got called out for "looking too glam" to be doing content, this one covers the real cost of authenticity, why she got dropped from a major brand deal for not being "brand-friendly," and how to know if you're actually ready to deal with the fallout of showing up as your full self.Key Topics Covered:Why building a business "to be yourself" is a decision you remake daily, not a switch you flip onceThe brand deal Peta lost for being "too much" — and why it was the best thing that happened to her businessHow to tell if you're operating from a "should" instead of what you actually wantThe identity upgrade that has to happen before your brand and your real life match upWhy the people who unsubscribe when you're fully yourself matter less than the ones who stayA gut-check question to use anytime you're tempted to hold back or dilute your messageTIMESTAMPS0:00:00 - Intro: The comment that sparked this whole episode0:03:03 - The "brand-friendly" version of Peta from her Pilates studio days0:07:49 - Losing a huge brand deal for not being "brand-friendly" enough0:11:02 - The decision to go all-in on being herself (and why 2017 was the turning point)0:12:37 - The Gary Vee quote that changed everything0:15:22 - Why she'd rather be disliked for being real than loved for a performance0:19:24 - The "sexy identity upgrade" — closing the gap between your brand and your actual life0:21:21 - The gut-check question for when you're tempted to hold back0:27:17 - So, who is the version of you that you want to show up as?LINKS AND WORK WITH ME:Good In Business: https://www.professionalbabe.com/good-in-business/Hot Business Audit: https://hot-business.scoreapp.com/Business Bang: https://www.professionalbabe.com/business-bang/Give Good Email: https://www.professionalbabe.com/give-good-email/Spill your secrets (or ep requests, feedback, or praise to me) by sending me a text

Send us Fan MailAlmost every Pilates teacher has experienced it.One client is stepping onto a Reformer for the very first time. Another has been practising Pilates for years. Someone has chronic back pain. Someone else is an athlete looking for a challenge.How do you teach all of them in the same class?In this episode of The Pilates Exchange, Hannah and Christian explore one of the most common questions they receive from teachers: how to confidently teach mixed-level Pilates classes without feeling like you have to create a different workout for every person in the room.They discuss why great teaching isn't about knowing hundreds of exercises, but about understanding movement, communication, observation, and motor learning. You'll learn practical strategies for designing classes where every client can succeed, regardless of experience level.In this episode, we discuss: why mixed-level classes are the reality of teaching Pilates  the biggest mistake new teachers make  why every client doesn't need a different exercise  how to create different challenges using the same movement  the importance of teaching skills instead of choreography  managing your attention without trying to fix everyone  why silence can be one of your most powerful teaching tools  how to create meaningful progression without simply making exercises harder Whether you're a newly certified instructor or an experienced teacher looking to refine your coaching, this episode will help you think differently about class planning and what it really means to teach.

Jesus' plan from the start was to suffer and die for you. As Jesus stands before Pilate, is mocked, and is abused, what is your response?

Scripture: Matthew 27:1-26 Date: July 26, 2026 In this sermon on Matthew 27:1–26, the pastor focuses on Jesus' trial before Pontius Pilate and the repeated testimony to Jesus' innocence. The passage is used to contrast Judas' remorse, Pilate's attempt to avoid responsibility, and the crowd's decision to demand Barabbas instead of Jesus.The sermon also explains Judas as an example of regret without repentance, and Pilate's hand-washing as an empty gesture. It closes by describing Barabbas as a picture of substitution, with Jesus taking the place of the guilty, and applies the passage by urging listeners to turn to Christ for forgiveness. Topics: Matthew 27:1–26, Jesus' trial, Pontius Pilate, innocence, Judas, remorse, repentance, Barabbas, substitution, forgiveness Chapters 00:00:07 — The Innocent Blood of Christ 00:03:28 — Judas and the Blood Money 00:04:39 — Jesus Before Pilate 00:06:52 — Guilty Responses to Innocence 00:12:23 — Judas' Remorse and Despair 00:19:45 — Pilate's Cowardice 00:27:16 — The Crowd Chooses Barabbas 00:30:53 — Barabbas Set Free 00:34:20 — Three Applications of Grace

Speakers: Sean FitzGerald and Leanne Loranger    In this episode, Leanne and Sean revisit the rules for use of title and why those rules are important for physiotherapists, patients, and the public. The conversation explains who may use protected titles such as Physiotherapist, Physical Therapist, Physiotherapist Intern, and PT, and highlights why a physiotherapist's registration status matters—whether a registrant is entering practice, on leave, or retiring. They also discuss how physiotherapists should list academic credentials and additional training in a way that is accurate, transparent, and meaningful to patients. The episode reviews common questions about terms such as Clinical Specialist, acupuncturist, osteopath, doctor, clinical Pilates, and advanced practice, highlighting the importance of avoiding language that misleads or implies a credential or specialization the physiotherapist does not hold. Listeners are reminded to use their protected title, place it before other credentials, and explain their additional training clearly and transparently. Most of all physiotherapists are encouraged to be proud of the professional title they worked hard to earn. Resources ·       Titles, Credentials and Specialty Designations ·       Getting Titles Right Infographic

In this episode of The Reformed Brotherhood, Tony Arsenal delivers a rich expository sermon on James 5:1–6, one of the most striking prophetic passages in the New Testament epistles. Drawing on the Jewish literary and cultural context of James's original audience — Jewish Christians scattered from Jerusalem by persecution — Tony unpacks why this text is not a blanket condemnation of wealth, but a devastating judgment oracle against those who hoard riches and oppress the vulnerable. Along the way, he explores the eschatological weight of accumulated wealth, the theology of God's omniscient justice, and the stunning comfort available to the suffering believer. The episode closes by returning to James's thesis: that trials of every kind, including economic oppression, can be counted as joy because of who God is and what He has done in Christ. Key Takeaways James is a deeply Jewish book written to a specific audience — Jewish Christians dispersed from Jerusalem by Saul's persecution, not a general audience of wealthy or Gentile believers. The prophetic "Come now" signals a judgment oracle, not a direct address — James is not rebuking wealthy members of his congregation, but pronouncing eschatological judgment on oppressive landowners using a technique common in Amos, Malachi, and Micah. Hoarding wealth is not morally neutral — it is self-condemning — The corroded gold and moth-eaten garments are not just symbols of decay; they serve as legal evidence against those who refused to use their wealth for God's glory and the good of others. Withholding wages from laborers constitutes a form of murder — In the ancient world, depriving workers of their wages could literally cost them their lives. James draws on Old Testament law to frame predatory economic exploitation as a capital sin. God sees and hears the cries of the oppressed — The wages of defrauded workers "cry out" to the Lord of Hosts, echoing the blood of Abel in Genesis 4. God's justice is not passive or delayed out of ignorance — it is certain and coming. Matthew 25 reframes Christian mercy as care for the body of Christ — The sheep-and-goats judgment is not a general humanitarian mandate, but a specific call to care for persecuted brothers and sisters — and to recognize that mistreating them is mistreating Christ Himself. Trials are counted as joy through the doctrine of imputation — Suffering is not stripped of its pain, but it can be moved from the loss ledger to the profit column because God uses adversity as the instrument of sanctification and glorification. Key Concepts The Prophetic Address: Who Is James Actually Talking To? One of the most common misreadings of James 5:1–6 is assuming James is directly rebuking wealthy Christians in his own congregation. Tony Arsenal corrects this by grounding the passage in its literary and historical context. James employs a well-established prophetic technique — seen in Amos, Malachi, and Micah — of addressing an absent party in order to pronounce judgment on them, while simultaneously comforting those who overhear the oracle. His audience is the dispersed, impoverished Jewish Christians who fled Jerusalem under Saul's persecution. There were almost certainly no wealthy landowners in the room. The "Come now, you rich" is a judgment declaration directed outward, designed to assure the suffering poor that God has seen their oppressor and will act. Far from being a proof-text for radical poverty, the passage is a pastoral comfort wrapped in prophetic fire. Corroded Gold as Legal Evidence Against the Soul James's claim that gold and silver have "corroded" is deliberately shocking — and theologically precise. Gold, uniquely among metals in the ancient world, does not corrode. By saying it has already corroded, James is not making a metallurgical claim but a moral and eschatological one. The accumulated, hoarded wealth of the oppressor has lost its purpose. It sits idle while workers starve, and in doing so it becomes evidence — a legal witness — against its owner in the court of divine justice. Tony draws a direct line between this image and Jesus's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount about treasures stored on earth being subject to moth and rust. Both brothers — Jesus and James — appear to be drawing on the same shared wisdom, likely rooted in the same household and the same mother's instruction. Unused wealth does not just fail to help others; it actively indicts its holder. Counting It All Joy: The Accounting Logic of Sanctification Tony closes the sermon by returning to James 1:2 — the thesis statement of the entire letter — and unpacking the word "count" as an accounting term, directly related to the doctrine of imputation. Just as righteousness is reckoned to the believer in justification, so suffering can be reckoned as joy in sanctification. This is not a call to pretend pain isn't real, or to perform contentment. It is a theological reframing: what belongs in the loss column of the ledger can, by faith, be moved to the profit side — not because the trial was pleasant, but because God is sovereign, good, and working all things toward the believer's conformity to the image of Christ. The oppressor means their wickedness for evil. God means it for glory. The supreme example is the cross itself — the only truly innocent man, suffering the worst evil ever committed, for the redemption of His people. Memorable Quotes The corrosion of that gold serves as evidence for the condemnation of those who are harming you — and the corrosion of this wealth is an indication of the corrosion of their very souls. He sees your pain. He sees your suffering. He sees your victories even when no one else is celebrating them. He sees you — and that should be a great source of comfort. Imputation is an accounting term. And when we count it all joy, we're taking what should be a red line in the loss ledger — what should be an expense — and we're able to move it to the profit. Not because it didn't hurt, and not because we wanted it to happen, but because our God is good enough to not rob us of the chance to be sanctified. Full Transcript Tony Arsenal: Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you." It's always a little, uh, strange to sort of jump into the middle of a series, and, um, you know, Wes is one of the most competent preachers that I know personally, so I trust that he has given you a good and satisfying overview. Uh, but I don't feel like I would be doing my responsibility if I didn't at least touch on a few things, uh, related to the, the intro to James that I think is relevant for this particular passage in a way that maybe is not relevant for the rest of the book. So some of this I hope is review, I, I anticipate is review, but I think it's worth, uh, touching on. James, as you know, is the, the half brother of Jesus. He was the leader of the Jerusalem church, and specifically he was sort of the figurehead of the Jewish church as a whole. Um, the Jewish church was the only church for the very early part of the church's growth. There were always, uh, Gentile believers. Even in the Old Testament, there were Gentiles who trusted in the Lord of Israel and the God of Israel. They were often called God-fearers. They rarely converted all the way to Judaism, but they were sort of seen as an attachment to the Jewish people. They didn't participate in all of the blessings of the Jewish people, but they did participate in most. They often had the same kind of protection. They were in a form of covenant with God. Um, they were able to worship and offer sacrifices. The temple itself had a whole portion of the temple dedicated called the Court of Gentiles, specifically for these Jewish worshipers. And as the church spread, primarily through persecution, which we'll touch base on here in a minute, as the church spread out from Jerusalem into Judea and Samaria, and ultimately to the ends of the earth, it took on a, an increasingly Gentile Greek flavor. As more and more primarily initially Greek converts came into the church, and then of course, as it spread to other sort of non-Hellenistic lands, other, other types of people, other nations, other people groups joined the church, the scriptures which-- the New Testament we receive primarily from Paul, at least in terms of the epistles, um, also began to take on a more Gentile flavor. Not because Paul was a Gentile, but because Paul was ministering primarily to Gentiles What we'll see here is that James is a very Jewish book. I'm sure that along the way there's been several kinds of things pointed out to you to show that, but I wanna show a couple things that not only establish James as the author, James the brother of, of Jesus, but also root the, not only the author, but the audience in a distinctly Jewish Christian, uh, context. So you don't have to turn there, I'll read this, but in Acts, uh, 15, which is the, the great Jerusalem Council, uh, we read this. It says, "With the following letter..." So the, the council meets, they make a decision about what k- what parts of the Jewish law were going to be commended to and recommended, uh, and required for the Christian believers, the Gentile Christian believers, and when they're done, they send this letter to all of, all of the churches. And it says, "With the following letter, the brothers, both apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are at, of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings." Now, I don't know about you, but I always sign my emails the same way, right? I've got, like, my work signature that I have to use, that the, the hospital makes me use with all the proper formatting and colors and fonts, but I always have the same signature. Mine is very simple. I just say, "Thanks," right? I just sign it as, "Thanks," above my signature, and I'm sure you all have that sort of characteristic way you sign a s- sign an email, or maybe it's the way you say goodbye at the end of a phone call. My father-in-law always says, "So long," which is a phrase you don't hear very often, so it's very distinct to him. We all have these little tells in our communication that sort of tip off who they're from. If you turn quickly back over to James 1, so just flip the page, uh, to the left here, he starts his letter by saying, "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes in the dispersion, greetings." It's the only two letters in the New Testament that we have where the author identifies himself, sends to a sort of generalized audience, and then signs it, "Greetings." Now, James, the brother of Jesus, was the leader of the Jerusalem Church. He was the leader of the Jewish ch- the Jewish Church in general, and he signed the letter coming from the Acts Council as sort of the presiding minister. If, if we were, y- you might call them, like, the moderator of your business meeting, or we would call them the moderator of our presbytery or our session in the Presbyterian context I come from. He was the one who sort of, like, presided over there, and so the letter that went out to the churches was signed in his name and written, drafted by him. So we see this characteristic way that the letter is addressed with this final word, "Greetings," which is not used frequently in the New Testament We also see when we look at the language carefully that the audience of this, uh, of this letter, it's debated and there are good arguments, but i- in my opinion, it's very clear that the audience of this letter is not Jewish Christians in general or, uh, Jews who have not yet converted. There are some people who would say that 'cause they're called the 12 tribes. But instead it is the Jewish Christians who originally dwelled in Jerusalem and were sent out into the countryside after the persecution that was started primarily by Saul. If you look at Acts, Acts 1 which is, uh, the passage where Saul begins to persecute the church or where Saul kinda comes on the scene as the persecutor of the church, there's a couple distinct, um, distinct linguistic markers we should touch base on. Starting in verse one it says, "And p- Saul approved of his execution. And there arose a day-- that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem. They were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made a great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church and entered the house after house. He dragged off men and women and committed them to prison." When we look at this and we compare it to that, uh, again, that first verse of James where he says to the ones who are scattered, we see that there's a pretty strong linguistic parallel that tells us that the people he has in mind for this letter, the people he's addressing, are the same people who were dispersed or scattered out of Jerusalem in the persecution. When he says to the 12 tribes in the dispersion, that word dispersion is not really a translation. It's what we call a transliteration. So it's not like we've taken a word and sort of given it an English word. We've just changed the word, the letters over to English letters. In Greek, the word is diaspora, dispersion, and in, uh, Acts 1, the verb used to, to sort of describe this scattering of them is diaspero. And it is a picture of scattering seed. This is what a farmer would do. So it's not even the normal word we would use when someone is fleeing persecution. It's this idea that God has scattered Christians out into the world, in this case by persecution. He scattered them out into the world to be planted. A lot of this is where we get phrases from Tertullian about the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Now, why does this matter? As I mentioned, we often think in Gentile categories when we're reading the New Testament, and for good reason. One, we're all, all Gentiles, I'm presuming. I, I don't, I don't think-- I think I mentioned this last time, and no one came up and corrected me. I don't think anyone here is ethnically Jewish with ancestry that they're directly aware of, you know, where they trace their lineage directly back. Europe is a, a big amalgamation of just about everything, so most of us probably have a smattering of different ethnicities. But none of us are ethnically Jewish to the idea that we would, uh, identify as such in the same way. And even if we were, we've been raised and grown up in a Gentile context. We live in the West. We have-- We think in different categories. And what's more is most of the New Testament is written primarily to Gentiles by someone who is ministering to Gentiles. So Paul uses a fair amount of, of Hebraisms or things that are related to the Old Testament. Of course, he's explaining the Old Testament, and he makes ample reference to the Old Testament because that is the word of God, and it is profitable for our teaching, our correction, our reproof, and ultimately for our, our sanctification. But he uses metaphors and language in a way that is not common to the Israel context that Jesus and James and Peter and the other apostles were raised in. We don't have time to go there, but there's even some metaphors that Paul uses that are actually used the opposite way in, uh, in the more Hebraic Jewish, uh, epistles we have. One example that comes to mind is, um, Paul looks at the concept of milk, and that's not necessarily a good thing, right? It's not a bad thing, but it's what immature believers use, right? They can't handle the meat of the Bible. They have to be given the milk of the gospel before they can progress to the meat. In the Book of Hebrews, which I don't think was written by Paul, and in other places, Peter uses milk as a way to talk about nourishment, right? We think of the land flowing with milk and honey. Milk was not seen as some sort of substandard food that was only for babies. It was seen as, like, the richest, best thing that you could eat. We all have a linguistic environment that we grow up in. We all have a shared vernacular. You know, if I say something like, "You can't get there from here," everyone knows what that means. Obviously, you can get there from here, but you have to take this circuitous route. We know what that means. I think if we went around the room, we probably would find that there is this shared language. And then if we took individual families, we'd find that even within those families, there's further narrowing down of sort of like inside jokes and words that are used in ways that are not necessarily the same as others So when we read James, or when we read the letters of Peter or the letters of John, we should default to thinking more along the lines of comparing them to the words of Christ in the Gospel, first and foremost, and then to the Old Testament before we start to think about them necessarily comparing them to Ja-- or to Paul or to other kind of first century Hellenistic literature. That's not, of course, to say that Paul and James contradict. I'm sure that we went through a long explanation with much detail when you got to James chapter two, which is, of course, the most famous example. Paul uses the word justification or justify in a legal sense to make or to declare someone to be righteous. It's the verdict that the judge delivers, and it communicates the status. It actually performs what it says. When the judge says, "I find you not guilty," it changes your status from being potentially guilty to being cleared of all charges. Paul uses it slightly differently. He's not using it in the sense of to make someone righteous or to declare them righteous. He's using it to say they've been shown to be righteous. They've been validated. They've been vindicated. And if we get that mixed up, that's the source of all sorts of confusion. So when we come to this passage, and we'll get there, I promise, when we come to this passage, we have to understand some of the metaphors and the language that's being used draws from an existing body of shared cultural language that is foreign to us and is in some ways foreign to the rest of the New Testament, apart from what we see in the Gospels And it's important to remember, and this is why it's so key to land, that the audience of this letter is the persecuted, poor Jewish Christians who probably had a fairly comfortable life, relatively speaking, living in Jerusalem. These are city folks. These are people that live in Jerusalem or farm into the fields immediately around Jerusalem. They were established. They owned land. They probably had family that they had to leave, and now they're scattered out into the country with nothing. They're sent out into the world with no jobs, no family connections, no social welfare. Because they've left the Jewish faith, at least from the perspective of the Jews, they can't even go to their Jewish brothers and sisters and rely on the hospitality that's required in the law of Moses This is so important when we think about how James opens the letter and delivers what I think is his thesis statement. "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you face trials of every kind." Trials like not knowing where the next meal is gonna come from, not knowing where the next roof over your head is, not being sure you can feed your children. We all face real trials and tribulations in our life. Some of them are related to our faith, and some is just the fallen human condition in the fallen world we live in. But we're talking here about a totally different category of, uh, trial and persecution than most of us hopefully will ever experience That brings us to our actual passage now. James opens up this section with a linguistic marker that signifies this is a change in topic. He says, "Come now," or another way to translate it might be, "Now listen. Listen up." When my son is doing something that, uh, I need him to stop or I need to give him instructions, I hold him by his shoulders and I say, "Look at my eyes. I want your eyes right here. Look at my eyes." That's what Paul is doing. He's stopping and he's interrupting the flow of language. This shows us this is a new topic and a new audience. James is not speaking to rich Christians in his audience. First, 'cause there likely weren't any rich Christians directly in his audience. Remember, these are the, the poor Christians scattered out into the Judean countryside, into Samaria He's using a technique that's really common in the prophets. It's common in Jesus, where he's addressing the people who are not really listening as a way to establish that they will be judged, to hold them accountable, but also to comfort those who are hearing the message. This is a form of prophetic address. We see this in Amos, where he's chastising the Jewish leaders. Uh, in Malachi and Micah, this happens. Malachi is primarily, at least initially, is primarily, uh, a book that is railing against the rich leaders in Jerusalem who had oppressed their own brothers and sisters. The chances that those Jewish cr- uh, Jewish leaders were reading his prophecy or hearing his prophecy is pretty slim. So he was addressing a different group to establish the judgment that he was proclaiming on another party. Jesus does this when he says like, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees." There were probably scribes and Pharisees in the audience there, but he wasn't just talking to the people in front of them. He was pronouncing a judgment oracle, a judgment prophecy on all people who fit that category, and James is doing the same thing here James is not opposing wealth generally. Sometimes James is used as kind of a New Testament example to justify the idea that we should all be poor and wear shabby clothing and walk around barefoot and dirty all the time. Right? This is a key passage that's used, uh, in parts of the church that really emphasize sort of a poverty-based lifestyle. Think of like the wandering monks of the Middle Ages or the, the, um, sort of more radical exclusionists that exist even in our day. I remember when I was in college, I was really enamored with this figure named Shane Claiborne. Some of you have probably heard of him, and I remember I was so impressed because he, he didn't buy new shoes. He just cut new shoes out of duct tape and put them back together. Now, there's some, you know, there's some rugged, uh, rugged get-it-done-ness that, uh, I think us, uh, New Englanders can appreciate, but God does not call us to wear duct tape shoes, at least not universally. I'm not gonna comment on whether he calls Shane Claiborne to do that. I also don't think Shane Claiborne does that anymore. Um, some of us he may call to a lifestyle of poverty in association with a mission field or in association with a specific calling. He does not call us generally to be poor or to not gain wealth What he is opposing here is the refusal to use wealth appropriately for God's glory and the accumulation of wealth just for wealth's sake We'll see that as we unpack the language here a little bit. He establishes that he's not just talking about the earthly hoarding of wealth, as though somehow the very act of accumulating wealth was itself the problem. What he's doing is he's pronouncing an eschatological judgment on those who hoard wealth and use it to oppress others. We see here he says, "Come now, you rich, and weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you." Th- that word weep and howl, those are li-- those are words that are most commonly used in prophetic literature to describe the final cry of anguish. Think about the weeping and gnashing of teeth that Jesus talks about. This is the language he's using. He's talking about the final estate of those who refuse to submit their wealth to God He says, "Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be the evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasures in the last days." Now, remember what we said. We, we should read this not in light of some general wisdom, although it is general wisdom that if we accumulate wealth, it tends to not actually go well for us if we're not utilizing it in God-honoring ways. But we should read this in light of the most obvious connection, his big brother, Jesus, who taught his people, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be." To maybe land this linguistic, uh, this linguistic connection a little more, I don't know, vibrantly, I'm gonna speculate a little bit. So if you don't like it, then you can disregard it. This is not God's Word. This is a speculation. I can just imagine little Jesus, little nine-year-old Jesus, and probably little six or seven-year-old James and the rest of their siblings, and there's quite a few of them. And we have Joseph, uh, who maybe at this time was still living, although probably not. We know he was living until Jesus was later, you know, 12, he was still around, but we don't know exactly when he left the picture. But he was a carpenter, and he was not, probably not overly wealthy. Uh, they had had to pick up and move, you know, cross-country anyways. They-- We don't know exactly where they were from initially, but they went to Bethlehem, and then they returned to Nazareth. They probably didn't have a lot. There were a lot of mouths to feed and only one business. They didn't have a farm. They didn't own livestock that we know of. I can just imagine a time when little J- little James or one of his sisters was frustrated about the fact that they didn't have anything. And I could picture Mary getting down and going, "Do not store up treasures in, in, uh, in heaven or on Earth. It's all gonna waste away." The same way we might tell our children kind of a, a moral kind of story. Sometimes we have this picture, last time I was here I, I spoke on Philippians 2, we have this idea that Jesus was somehow like Superman, that he, he was just pretending to be a normal human most of the time. As it touches his humanity, as, as we think about Jesus as a human, he had a, his own human set of thinking faculties, his own human knowledge. He grew in wisdom and stature is what Luke teaches us. Well, where did he get some of this wisdom? There's a good reasonable argument to be made that some of the pr- more proverbial type sayings that we see in Christ, that they actually come from the wisdom of his mother and father. And a really good reason to believe that is James relies on the same exact, uh, sort of proverbial wisdom to l- land his point. He doesn't create his own metaphor, he goes back to, at the very least we can say he goes back to the words of Christ. That's a very safe position to take. But this is the shared linguistic context that they both grew up in And he says, "You've done this in the last days." Now, the, the phrase last days in the Bible, uh, in the New Testament generally refers to the time period from Christ's resurrection to his return. We, for a lot of reasons, think about it as kind of like that climactic end period in time. Depending on your, your persuasion, maybe this is when the Antichrist comes, or maybe this is before or after, or maybe during the time when the church is raptured. But in either case, we think of that sort of last period in time before Christ finally comes back. But the New Testament writers are really talking about the entire duration, from Christ's resurrection to his return is what they're referring to. But it does have in view this idea that we are in the last times. The, the final judgment is not necessarily strictly something that's out there in the future. We are living in the last days now, and so what we do and what we say and, and how we worship and if we worship is eschatology. It is the theology of the last times He also positions this as though this is a universal thing going on with those who hoard wealth. This is a very shocking image. Um, we have very good ways to preserve things in our modern world, right? We have ways to m- to make, uh, stainless steel that won't rust, or at least won't rust quickly. But most things in the ancient world, even most precious metals, corroded. Um, I remember when I was growing up, there was this project in my hometown. I lived in a, a little town called White Bear Lake in, in, um, Minnesota, although little is relative. It's pretty big compared to most of what we have out here. And I remember when I was maybe 12 or 13 years old, they had this big building project to build this brand-new, beautiful lakeside pavilion in the center of town, and it w- just gleamed in the sun. It was so gorgeous, and it was made of copper, and everybody loved it, and two years later, it was bright green. I think it's still bright green. I think they figured out it wasn't worth repairing, so they, they just, they just make sure it doesn't keep getting worse, and at some point, I'm sure they either have or will tear it down. But the one metal in the ancient world that didn't do this was gold. It's part of why gold is such a durable measurement of wealth is because it doesn't wear out. It doesn't corrode. It's very soft. It's very easy to damage it, which is why we don't build statues out of it, or we don't build, uh, buildings out of it usually, but it didn't corrode. So when James says here, "Not only your silver, which tarnishes and corrodes, but your silver and gold have corroded." Not are corroding, but have corroded. The rich hearer of this is probably, you know, sitting around like Scrooge McDuck with a pile of gold coins thinking, "Ah, it looks pretty good to me." And what James is saying is, "No, no, no. No, it's corroded. It's eating away at your heart. It's lost its value because you refuse to use it, and so it sits in a pile doing nothing for no one, except serving to further your own condemnation." This is such a crazy, shocking situation that the insanity of not using your wealth, period, the insanity of sitting on your wealth in the ancient world is going to serve as a form of evidence justifying the condemnation of these wicked fools And further, the corrosion of this wealth is an indication of the corrosion of their very souls. There's something about money. I was-- When I was here a couple times before, I preached one of the wealth passages out of Ecclesiastes, and there's something about money that has a unique way of really, really wrecking us. Either we don't have it and we want it, or we have it and we don't wanna lose it, or we have it and we don't spend it wisely. It seems like there's an infinite number of ways to screw it up. And we landed last time that the gospel is good news because with the nearly infinite ways of screwing it up, we're going to screw it up. But the one way that he talks about screwing it up here is hoarding it and sitting on it and not using it Moving on into verses four and five, James moves us now to a more sort of temporal register. He starts out by talking about what wealth is and what it's doing and how it will ultimately affect the entire life and eternity of those in his targeted audience, those he's proclaiming this prophetic, uh, judgment against. But in verse four, he moves back to the behaviors that are being, uh, being engaged in to show the state of these people's souls. He says, "Behold, the wages of the laborers you, who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter." James here points at the, at the behaviors that show this hoarding behavior, and he does it for a number of reasons. One, he needs to call out sin. That's part of the role of a Christian, and especially a leader or a minister in the church, is, um, to not only call out sin in the body of, of Christ, but in a, I think a very particular way, and there's all sorts of, uh, all sorts of theological controversies flying on around about Christian nationalism and other associated things. Some of it is just the spirit of the age. Um, post-COVID, there's a, a real strong sense that our government has failed us and we need to replace it with something else. But there is a, a true way, and I, I think some of those things are a little misguided, but there's a true way that the church, particularly her leaders, should be speaking to the culture around us, and yes, even to the government, to proclaim the truth of God into a wicked and godless culture. This might take the form o- of a m- minister who goes to a town hall meeting to speak out against a gambling association that's going to be forming, or a, an elder in the church or a deacon in the church who goes to speak to, uh, to the city hall or to the state legislature about the wickedness of abortion and about what we see it does to women's lives when they are fooled into thinking that this is the right thing for them. Again, the church is not the state, and the state is not the church, and we should be very careful not to cross those lines for all sorts of reasons. But we as a culture, as a Christian culture, in the United States particularly, have lost sight of our responsibility to speak truth in all circumstances to those in power So James is doing that, of course. But even more so, this is a way that he establishes for his direct audience, for the Jewish poor Christians who have been scattered in this diaspora, in this dispersion. He looks at them in a sense and says, "I see you. I see what's happening to you." And as God's representative, as his chosen voice for this message, as his inspired author, God sees you too This goes back again, the first two chapters of James serve as kind of a thesis statement and table of contents for the whole book. We get an idea of what may have been happening, the actual, uh, acts that were being engaged in, in, in chapter two verse six, he says, "You have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?" James has in mind here a form of predatory land purchasing, where the rich were sort of sweeping up property. They were sweeping it up, and then they were charging probably exorbitant prices to those who would lease the land to try to eke out a living. Does that sound at all like any of our current context, right? When's the last time any of us have tried to buy a house and found anything reasonable? Well, a large part of that is that there are big companies that are scooping up all the land and buying all the, the developments. Now, I'm not commenting on those particular situations. I don't know those people. I don't know their hearts, and some of those things actually are doing good things for the community. But we're familiar with this idea of someone who will purchase a resource, who will then jack the price up in order to turn a profit on it. I'm not opposed to turning a profit. Y- y- yeah, it takes money to run a business, and you have to, you have to recuperate those funds if your business is going to survive. But there's a, there's a way that that can be done that is a predatory act These rich landowners were getting fat on those that they were victimizing In our, in our modern world, we tend to think of someone who is overweight as unhealthy, for good reason, right? Too much weight, and I say that with someone with a little too much padding around the middle, so no, no judgment on this, but too much weight is not healthy, right? We hear that from our doctors, that there's a healthy weight range and there's an unhealthy weight range. In the ancient world, obesity was not the concern, right? Malnutrition was the concern. And so when you see, uh, a king in the Old Testament who's, who's noted to be fat, that's not always negative. Sometimes it is, but he's noted to be fat or he's noted to be large. Even the word for glory, I'm sure you've heard this before, the word for glory in the Old Testament has to do with being heavy. So this idea of weightiness or, um, being able to eat enough to actually gain weight instead of being thin was seen as a good thing, but not when you use it as a way to victimize other people. A person who gathers wealth honestly and enjoys it, that's, that's Proverbs right there. That's the Book of Ecclesiastes in its sort of positive sense, is that we, when we accumulate wealth and we use it for God's glory, it's perfectly okay for us to also use it for our enjoyment. God wants us to enjoy the fruit of our labor. But when we accumulate wealth and use it as a way to gain power over someone and to abuse them, that is what James is railing against here And ultimately, with the audience that James is writing to, this is a form of murder. This is why he says, "You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter." Because a person who can't feed their family in the Old Testament or in the New Testament era was likely to see them die. There are not a ton of people in modern America that are starving to death on the streets. It's not to say it doesn't happen. It's not to say that there's not things like food insecurity or malnutrition, but there are, there are plenty of places people can go to get their basic food needs met. It was not like that-- It's not like that in most of the world now, and it certainly was not like that in the ancient world. And so a, a landowner who again refuses, we're talking about the Jewish landowners, refuses to obey the Jewish law to leave some leftovers for the poor, and instead gleans all the way to the corner so that they can turn a little bit of extra pro-profit, is not only sinning against the Old Testament law, but is committing murder in the strictest sense by refusing to preserve the life of these poor, uh, Christians who are destitute And again, James is encouraging his readers here that the Lord has not ignored their plight. We can think back to the Book of Habakkuk, where Habakkuk basically lodges a lawsuit against God, saying, "You are not paying attention. You're not doing your thing. You're not being faithful to your covenant." And God says, "Let me show you how faithful to my covenant I am. The Chaldeans are on the way." And Habakkuk is like, "Whoa, wait a second here. That's not what I had in mind." God sees the oppression of the poor. He knows when His people are targeted. He knows when children are abused or when widows are ignored. He knows when the government does something to shut down a church, or when the medical institution refuses to acknowledge your personal rights. He sees those things, and He's not ignorant, and He's not static. He's not sleeping on those things. The purpose here is to comfort the oppressed by showing that God is not ignorant of what has happened to them. Just two quick Old Testament examples that use similar language. In Genesis 4, we read of Cain and his murder of Abel, and in verse eight it says, "Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Where is Abel your brother?' He said, 'I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?' And the Lord said, 'What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.'" Numbers, uh, 35 verses 30 says, "If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death. And you shall accept no ransom from him who has fled to the city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land except for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it." There's a rich history in the Old Testament of language of inanimate things, land, blood, wealth, other kinds of things that give testimony to God in some way, and specifically of these inanimate, uh, impersonal things testifying to the sin of the people that dwell around them. Even Christ says, "If these people do not worship me, the rocks will cry out." Now, the rocks are not literally crying out, although it certainly would be within God's power to make the rocks sing. But Christ is not saying in that passage that the rocks are going to form mouths and begin singing Hosanna or whatever song they might have been doing. What he's saying is that the very rocks themselves give testimony to the glory and goodness of God. So even if the people around here fail to do so, the entire rest of creation is doing so, and that is what James is saying here. My dear brothers and sisters scattered in the dispersion who have nothing, and in society's eyes are nothing, some of you are facing persecution. Some of you will be killed for your faith, but God sees because the wealth that is being accumulated on the breaking of your own backs is crying out. The corrosion of that gold serves as evidence for the condemnation of those who are harming you We often want justice in the moment. I think we always want justice in the moment, don't we? I think it's a really hard discipline to say, "That person wronged me, but I'm okay letting God sort it out." That is a hard pill to swallow, but it is often the pill that we have to take. It's the medicine that God uses to further our justification, our j- our, uh, excuse me, our sanctification Paul says, you know, "Do not take vengeance. Let the Lord do that." We can trust, and this is where the comfort of this passage comes for us, brothers and sisters, we can trust that when we are wronged, that when someone has done something to us that is a violation of God's law, that that sin will be punished. Now, when we're dealing with other Christians, that sin has already been punished, and so it is not, it is not appropriate for us to hold onto that and to take vengeance. That's what the parable of the unmerciful servant is all about If I as a Christian refuse to forgive my brother and sister when they've wronged me, it's me saying that I'm a better judge of their sin and I'm a better executioner than the Lord is when he punished that sin on the cross. But that sin was not atoned for when we're talking about unbelievers. When we're talking about those who will ultimately end their earthly life and find themselves waking up in flames, that sin has not been atoned for, and so God will have his justice, and we will have our justice. We won't turn there, but in Revelation, we're familiar with the passage, I think it's chapter six, where the martyred saints are under the throne and they say, "How long, O Lord?" Well, God doesn't answer their question, but he gives them new clothes. When Job cries out and he's, he's saying, "I don't understand why this is happening. Why are you targeting me, God? Why, why are you a hunter with your arrows in my liver?" God doesn't tell him why, but he says, essentially, "I'm God and you're just going to have to trust me that this is right." We see a very similar, uh, kind of situation here when we think about when, uh, when Abraham, uh, when God tells Abraham what he's about to do to Sodom and Gomorrah, and then Abraham negotiates, apparently negotiates with God, uh, trying to secure the salvation of the city for the sake of the righteous. And we read starting in verse 20 of chapter 18, he says, "The Lord said to, to Abraham," he says, " 'Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. If not, I will know.' " God is always seeing and investigating the sin of people We're, we're teaching my son, August, the children's catechism, which is a, a great resource. Um, and one of the questions is, "Can you see God?" And the answer is, "No, but he always sees me." Now that may feel at first to some people like a little bit of a heavy-handed answer, but knowing that God sees us is not just there to correct our sin. It should do that, right? Even the secret sins we commit in the dark when, when we're not being watched by anyone else, even, even those God sees. But do you know what else He sees? He sees your pain. He sees your suffering. He sees your victories even when no one else is celebrating them. He sees your progress. He sees you, and that should be a great source of comfort Now this passage, especially verse six, can be a little bit hard to apply because although we're the targeted audience, we're not the target of the judgment oracle. So I think what we have to do, we have to, we have to think about this in light of the way that God talks about the judgment of unbelievers in other places in the scripture, and how that helps us to understand kind of what our, what our status is. If you'll take your Bibles and open to Matthew chapter 25, I think the, um, the account here of the goat and sheep judgment, uh, is instructive for us Starting in verse 31, it says, "When the Son of Man comes in his glory and the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you a drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King answered them, 'Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' Then he will say to those on the left, 'Depart from me for you for, uh, depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, I was naked and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also, uh, they also will say, answer saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not minister to you?' Then he will answer them saying, 'Truly I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Now, this passage is sometimes understood as a general command to feed the poor or the sick, or to visit those in prisons, or any of the f- the sort of mercy ministry things that, that, um, are mentioned here. And those are all things that Christians should do, right? We should be engaged in, um, in mercy ministry to the poor, to those who are destitute. We should be mindful and thoughtful of those who have needs around us. What this passage is teaching, though, is not a general command to feed all people, but a specific command to care for your brothers and sisters in Christ when they have a need He doesn't say to the righteous, "You did these to everyone." He says, "Whatever you did to the least of these, my brothers, you did it to me." All of the things that are listed here, the, the six mercy ministries that are listed by Christ here, are things that persecuted Christians were suffering at the time, persecuted Jew- Jewish Christians, and that would be common experiences for, for Jewish Christians and for all persecuted Christians. Right? They're hungry. They don't have food. Our diaspora Jewish Christians don't have land to farm, and even if they're able to scrape together enough funding to lease out a farm, they're being, uh, they're being totally overwhelmed by the cost of that. The sort of homeowners association dues of these pyramid schemes that were going on in the first century, they were so exorbitant that it wasn't even subs- subsistence farming. Christians were being thrown in, uh, in prison. They didn't have enough money to replace their clothes when it wore out. They couldn't have access to clean water. We take clean water as such a, such a basic thing, and it's so easy. You just turn on the tap, or you just go to the store and you buy a bottle of $7 water. It wasn't like this in the first century. If you didn't have a well, you didn't have water, unless you had someone who cared enough to share this precious resource with you. And so what Christ is saying to, to his people, both in the immediate audience on the Sermon on the Mount, uh, and in this, the Olivet Discourse here, what he's saying to his people is when someone in the body of Christ does not have what they need, the body of Christ should step up and make sure that that is the case, that they take care of that person. And likewise, he's saying to those who are not a part of the body of Christ, "Depart from me, I never knew you." Now, the intro to this, why it sometimes is called a parable, is the sheep and the goats. We sometimes go way too far into the arena of comparing the behavior of sheeps with the behavior of the people here, right? Sheep are nice, they're affable, they listen to you. In reality, from what I understand, sheep are pretty dumb and can be very stubborn, right? And then we, we read and we go, "Goats are stubborn, they're rebellious, they're not really good for anything." Well, there's a reason people have goats on farms. They, they can be stubborn, right? They can be destructive, but they also serve a purpose. So the point here is not that sheep are good and goats are bad. The point is that sheep are not goats and goats are not sheep. And, uh, another point that comes with this is sheep don't become goats by behaving like goats, and goats don't become sheep by acting like sheep. I have some friends that will tell you they have very affectionate, friendly, lovable goats, right? I'd, I would... If I could get my kids one of those little pygmy goats that everybody loves, I would do that, 'cause they can be very kind, very sweet, and they're very smart. But they're not sheep. And if you read this passage carefully, this fact that those who are taken to the right are, are in fact taken to the right is not because they fed the poor. It's not because they ministered to Christ by feeding the least of these. They did those things because they were part of the kingdom The King says to those on His right, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." The sheep on the right were always going to be the sheep on the right. They were predestined according to the counsel of God's will before all time to live and walk in good works. That's just Ephesians 2 there. That's also just James 2 there. You have faith, I will show you my faith by my works. This is evidence language, loved ones Likewise, the ones who are told to depart into eternal darkness were also predestined not to inherit this kingdom. No kingdom was prepared for them before the foundation of the world. They have no inheritance. They have nothing. They will end up in the state that they are trying to impose on these poor Jewish Christians. They will end up in the state that they may be trying to impose on some of us in this room And for the final verse here in, in chapter five, in verse six here, there's a lot of discussion and debate in the commentaries about who the identity of this righteous one is. It says, "You've condemned and murdered the righteous person, he does not resist you." Now, some commentators will take the fact that this is the singular righteous person, that he has been murdered and h- was condemned, and will take this as a reference to Christ. And that would, would make good sense, right? The Jewish, the wealthy Jewish landowners, the wealthy Jews in Jerusalem who per- who persecuted and cast out, um, the Christians, they were in the same group of people who condemned and murdered Jesus And at least at the time of writing this, and in many ways in our own day, God is not necessarily resisting them. He's allowing them to store up judgment for the coming day of wrath There are others who will take this as sort of the hypothetical singular, right? The righteous one or the righteous person is this, uh, representative hypothetical person that represents all of the persecuted Christians. And so it's more like saying, um, to the, the wealthy landowners who are persecuting Christians, "You have condemned and murdered the Christians, the righteous people, and we do not resist you." Now, at the end of the day, it's, it's always good to have good, sober, well-intentioned, text-based debates about what the Bible means. We can and we should try to convince others, uh, when we think they're wrong about what the scripture means. So that's not what I'm saying here. But in many ways, which of those two perspectives it actually is doesn't change the interpretation of this passage. Like we read in Matthew 25, like we read in Acts 9 when Christ comes and confronts Saul, what you do to God's people, you are doing to Christ himself. What you do to the body, you have done to the head. It's a little bit weird to say that when I stub my toe, I injure my head, but that's true, right? I don't injure my toe as though it's some separate piece. It's not like I'm a Lego man where I can just swap out a hand that gets cracked and put it back on. When I injure my toe, I injure myself. My whole body is injured even though it's specific to a part of my body. When you-- when someone persecutes you, when they, uh, try to extort your wealth, your funds, when they try to harm your body, when they try to take away your children, all things that are happening not just out there in the world, but in our country, even in our own region. When they try to tell you that because you don't wanna play a basketball game, that you can't play sports at all. When a city taxes a portion of a church's property because they don't think it's being used for religious purposes, they are doing that to Jesus Christ himself, and God will not be mocked This should call us both to faithfulness and to encouragement How people treat Christ or how people treat Christ's people, including how we trust, tr- uh, treat Christ's people, shows us what we think about Christ. The people who take care of the church do so because they love God, and they do it out of a regenerated heart that already loves God. And the people who hate the church do it because they hate Christ, and they do it out of their wickedness and out of their wicked heart This brings us back again to the thesis statement of James. "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." And then he says later in that, uh, first chapter in verse nine, "Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass, he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower fails, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him." Now, you're all coming up to the end of James here. Um, we probably have two, two more sermons, I would guess, and the rest of this chapter is reinforcing this. It's unpacking for the immediate audience and therefore for us, it's unpacking that although the rich have their punishment coming to them, that likewise our consolation, our comfort from Christ is also coming to us. He closes the whole letter out, he returns to his thesis statement to say, "I'm not going to pretend that the trials you're going through are joyful, but you can count it all joy." You can reckon it, you can impute it as joy, my brothers and sisters. You can put it in the joy column instead of the t- the pain column, right? We had discussion about the beautiful word imputation in the announcements and scripture reading in the beginning here Imputation is a, is an accounting term. And when we count it all joy, we're taking what should be a red line in the, in the loss ledger, right? We're taking what should be an expense, and we're able to move it to the profit. We're able to move it to the positive side, not because it didn't hurt and not because we wanted it to happen, but because our God is good enough to not rob us of the chance to be sanctified When we are oppressed and opposed, those who are oppressing and oppose us mean it for evil, just like Joseph's brothers, uh, and Pharaoh, and all sorts of wicked men in, in the Old Testament and in our own world. Pilate, Herod, you mean, you name it in the Bible, this applies. They meant their wicked acts for wicked things, but God, rich in mercy, works all things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. And what is that purpose? That we might be transformed into the image of Christ so that Christ may be glorified and He may be the firstborn among many brothers. When we face trials and suffering of every kind, it leads us to our sanctification and to our ultimate glorification. We do not earn those things. We don't sanctify ourselves any more than we justify ourselves, or that any more than we will glorify ourselves or will raise ourselves from the dead. That is all God's work from start to finish. But God does use these things that He brings us through as a way to bring about that work It's like he bends us over the hammer, over the anvil of trials, and he hammers us until we become a sharp sword in the hand of, in his hand. Or he polishes us with a rough cloth until we become a smooth, beautiful gem, right? Think of any number of refining things that need to be done. It always involves, if the thing was, uh, was a person, it always involves something that would hurt a little bit. It always involves a little bit of damage to wear away the impurities. Our sanctification and our glorification is no different than that. He uses adversity. He uses the wicked actions and intentions of, of evil men and women. He uses those things to glorify us. So although we should never, uh, we should never seek those things, right? You don't have to go and make yourself the soft target to the wicked people. It's okay to keep your head down. There's nothing wrong with that. The Jewish Christians were probably doing their best to keep their heads down most of the time, and that's fine. There's not any words in scripture about being a coward if you don't, if you don't put a target on your back. But your target is gonna get there eventually, and that's not a bad thing. We can welcome that. We can count it as joy because of who God is and what he's done. The supreme act of suffering, the supreme act of, of evil happened to the only innocent person there ever was, and it happened to him for us.  this episode is available below.

Dr. Saema Tahir is a quadruple board-certified physician specializing in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine in New York City. She completed her medical training at Ross University School of Medicine, followed by residency at Case Western Reserve University and fellowships in Sleep Medicine at Temple University Hospital and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Drexel University Hahnemann Medical Center. Known for her patient-centered and holistic approach, Dr. Tahir focuses on building trust through personalized care that considers each patient's physical, social, and psychological well-being. After serving on the front lines in New York City intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned to her passion for sleep and pulmonary medicine. Outside of medicine, she enjoys traveling with her husband and two children and staying active through fitness, including spinning, Lagree, and Pilates. SHOWNOTES: ( 10-12 points)

Ahhh, the POV of a wife! She's walking you through what our week looked like, from watching me lock in for my SANS certification test, to a much needed date night, to the very real soreness that hit after Pilates (her arms are still recovering). She's also talking about the reaction to our latest Reel. People had a lot to say, surprisingly! If you've ever had a week that felt like a little bit of everything, stress, connection, soreness, and internet chaos, you'll feel right at home in this one.

➢Apply for 1 on 1 coaching: https://colossusfitness.com/In this episode, we're breaking down some of the biggest viral fitness and health trends taking over TikTok and asking the big question: is it actually legit, or just hype?We dive into the 3-2-8 Method and whether combining strength training, Pilates, and daily steps is actually an effective approach. We also talk Hot Girl Walks, the explosion of HYROX and Half HYROX, and why hybrid training has become so popular.Then we tackle some of the more controversial trends, including GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, plus the rise of looksmaxxing and the obsession with optimizing your appearance.Some of these trends have real value. Others might be getting WAY more attention than they deserve.We're breaking down what's worth trying, what's overhyped, and what you can probably ignore.Thanks for listening! We genuinely appreciate every single one of you listening.➢Follow us on instagram @colossusfit➢Apply to get your Polished Physique: https://colossusfitness.com/

You've been showing up. Doing the workouts. Putting in the time. And still, nothing is giving back — no strength, no visible muscle, no change in your body composition. In this episode, Melissa breaks down why muscle is the single best investment you can make in your midlife body, why so much of what women call "strength training" isn't actually building muscle, and why you can't build muscle on top of a body that isn't recovering. This is Strength — the fourth S in the 6S Method inside Well Nourished.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:Why your muscle is your 401k — the investment that compounds slowly and pays off for decadesWhat muscle is actually doing for you in midlife: regulating blood sugar, keeping your metabolism healthy, and keeping you mobile and independent as you ageHow muscle changes everything if you're on a GLP-1 — lower doses, fewer side effects, better outcomesThe truth about the fear of getting "bulky" (and why it's nearly impossible for most women)Why Pilates, hot sculpt classes, and grabbing the familiar weight in a group class are not strength trainingWhy cardio is a taking exercise and strength training is a giving-back exerciseCreative ways to apply progressive overload beyond just lifting a heavier dumbbell — sets, reps, rest time, and tempoHow to measure your progress in the data of your workouts while you wait for the mirror to catch upWhy women who already know progressive overload still lose muscle — and the other S's that make strength training actually workTIMESTAMPS:00:01 — Well Nourished waitlist + welcome 01:14 — Where Strength fits in the 6S Method 01:46 — Your muscle is your 401k 02:38 — The good news: you're not starting from zero, and muscle has memory03:10 — What muscle actually does for you (blood sugar, GLP-1, mobility, independence) 03:56 — Nobody is taking my dog from me 04:15 — The fear of doing "too much" and getting bulky 05:30 — Nobody wants to be skinny fat — what body composition change really means 06:00 — When your workouts aren't giving anything back 06:33 — Pilates vs. traditional strength training 07:15 — Hot sculpt classes: leaving strength on the table 08:15 — Grabbing the familiar weight is movement, not strength training 08:58 — Cardio: a taking exercise vs. a giving-back exercise 09:58 — How to measure if your training is working 10:30 — Progressive overload beyond heavier dumbbells: sets, reps, rest time, tempo 11:12 — Measuring body composition: InBody, DEXA, photos, trends 12:44 — Let the data motivate you while the mirror catches up 13:30 — Client story: you don't need to be good at working out, you just need a plan 15:07 — "I already do all of this and it's still not working" 15:30 — You can't build muscle on a body that isn't safe 16:45 — Why all the S's are foundational to each other 17:05 — Join the Well Nourished waitlist + what's nextRESOURCES:

Jesus has testified before the Jewish Sanhedrin and before Pontius Pilate the Roman governor of Judea. While denying culpability, Pilate eventually gives way to the demands of the Jews and send Jesus to be put death by crucifixion. The cries of the Jews which declare, “We have no king but Caesar” recall the posture of Israel of old, for as early as the book of Judges they declared that they were in need of a king although God himself was to be their king. John takes care to point out the fulfillment of the Scripture as Jesus endures the agony of the cross unto death. Once it has been determined that he is dead, they take his body down and bury him in a borrowed tomb. :::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

In this guest message, Lukas Klause walks through Jesus' trial before Pilate and asks a challenging question: When following the truth becomes costly, what will we choose? Pilate recognized Jesus' innocence, yet when his position, reputation, and security were threatened, he ultimately chose himself over the truth standing before him. Lukas reminds us that simply knowing or admiring the truth isn't the same as surrendering to it. While everyone around Him compromised, Jesus remained faithful—even when obedience led Him to the cross. Because Jesus chose the cross for us, we're invited to choose Him: to know the truth, live the truth, and surrender our lives to the One who is Truth. Scripture: John 18:28–40; John 19:1–16; John 8:31–32

This may be the most hot topics ever covered in a single episode of Just Trish. This week Trisha is joined by guest co-host Farai! And they discuss EVERYTHING!!! From David and the Vlog Squad, Tana dragging Shane on Tiktok and Morgan Adams coming to his defense, everything to ever happen on any Real Housewives franchise ever, and the recent news that Olandria and Nick from Love Island have broken up!! All that and much much more on today's episode!!Follow Farai!! https://faraibennett.substack.com/https://www.tiktok.com/@faraibennettTHANK YOU TO BUTCHER BOX FOR SPONSORINGGo to http://ButcherBox.com/JUSTTRISH to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ground beef for life, or free chicken thighs or top sirloins in every box for a year (+ free shipping always!)COME SEE TRISHMAS 2026https://www.ticketmaster.com/trisha-paytas-tickets/artist/2550018PRE-ORDER TRISHA'S NEW MEMOIR NOW!!!!!https://linktr.ee/trishapaytas_SUBSCRIBE TO MOSES' COOKING CHANNELhttps://www.youtube.com/@mosescookingvideosFOR EXTENDED EPISODES AND BONUS CONTENThttps://www.patreon.com/cw/JustTrishNEW JUST TRISH MERCH!https://justtrish.comFollow   ‪@oscargracey‬     / oscargracey     / @oscargracey  Edited by: ‪@jimmywhetzel‬ https://linktr.ee/jimmywhetzelTIMESTAMPS:0:00 FARAI IS HERE TO GOSS, LORE WITH OSCAR, FOLLOWING POP CULTURE WITH A DEGREE4:00 BEEF WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE, MEETING EACH OTHER, VLOG SQUAD, DAVID11:00 TANA, BRAVO, RHOBH, ERIKA JAYNE, ANDY COHEN20:00 VANDERPUMP RULES, TOM SANDOVAL, DORIT, WENDY WILLIAMS, SURVIVING CORPORATE AMERICA31:00 SHANE VS TANA, DRAKE, TAYLOR SWIFT'S TACKY WEDDING, LAUREN CONRAD42:00 TRISHA'S MOM LIFE, ASHLEY TISDALE MOM GROUP, FARAI'S CAREER PLANS FOR TRISHA, JAKE SHANE, THE ABBEY, BRAVOCON50:00 LOVE ISLAND NICOLANDRIA, CHAPPELL, JUSTIN BIEBER, TANA VS SHANE CONT., WEHO SINKHOLE1:04:00 KIM K, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, SLOMW, TAYLOR FRANKIE PAUL, JAX TAYLOR1:12:00 KARDASHIANS, RED CARPETS, JAMES CHARLES, BODY POSITIVITY TO OZEMPIC1:20:00 HAVING KIDS, STARTING A PODCAST, PHORI, MOM QUESTIONS, HOME SCHOOLING, NORTH WEST1:31:00 DISNEY CHANNEL, RAVEN, MILEY, WICKED1:38:30 SCHEANA SHAY, OSCAR IS AWESOME, HOUSEWIVES, BETHANY FRANKEL1:46:00 JENAE AND KENNY LOVE ISLAND, BRINITY1:51:00 DAY IN THE LIFE OF TRISHA, OLD SCREENNAMES, WAYMO, KYLE RICHARDS2:01:00 HS SPORTS, PILATES, FLYING, ONLY CHILD, FILMING IN PUBLIC, CHRIS OLSEN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather Butchen is a care partner for her husband Jeff, who was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease at 51 years old. Over the past decade-plus, Heather has navigated the evolving challenges that come with a progressive disease — and a few years ago, she and Jeff reached a major milestone when he underwent Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, known as DBS. In this episode, Heather shares practical wisdom from her caregiving journey. We talk about how she keeps a dedicated medical journal to stay organized across doctor's appointments and support group meetings, and how those notes proved invaluable when they were ready to explore DBS surgery. Heather also shares how she and Jeff co-founded a Parkinson's support group back in 2014 that is still going strong today. She shares her "do it now" philosophy when it comes to travel, including smart tips for navigating airports with a hidden disability using the Sunflower Lanyard program. She talks candidly about the creativity it takes to keep a care partner engaged in physical activity — and why boxing has been an ideal activity for Jeff. We also get into the tender aspects of their partnership — how they've simplified family gatherings to reduce stress, how they use conversation cards at dinner to reconnect and go deeper after 31 years of marriage, and what it has looked like to rediscover each other as their kids have grown and moved out. And we absolutely talk about Heather's own self-care routines, which include walking catch-ups with friends, Pilates, Mahjong, and her favorite snacks. Show notes with product and resource links: https://bit.ly/HHCPod233 Receive the podcast in your email here: http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal: http://bit.ly/HHCjournal For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth: https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/ The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast: https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

Kendall went to Pilates and is FEELING IT! Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are celebrating the 1 year mark and Giuliana Rancic brought the receipts when clapping back at Jerry O'Connell. Plus Jared Leto faces even MORE Sexual Assault allegations, Law Roach's word is bible with Zendaya/Tom and Oprah is getting ahead of the headlines. Mike takes us Wayback for a Pun-filled look at the birthday of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. Matt Damon is eyeing Broadway but can't do it until his daughters hit a certain age, Usher is feeling vulnerable and Tom Holland is so relatable. Bravo Bravo, 'Bleeping' Bravo and Mini Van Life! Also Hot To Go with Black Panther Controversy and a very Drunk Tony Romo. What our Insta-algorithms are saying about us!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At this point in the narrative, Jesus is confronted by a mob comprised largely of chief priests and Pharisees who wish to have Jesus killed for blasphemy. They arrest him, tie him up, and take him Annas, a man of considerable influence who was a former high priest and the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was serving as high priest that year. They press Jesus for information on his teachings, but he simply responds that he's been teaching in public for all to hear, so there shouldn't be any confusion about what he's said. It is during this exchange that Peter denies Jesus three times as waits in the wings for a result. Later, the Jews take Jesus to Caiaphas, then to Pilate the roman governor over Judea. :::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

She's back! And we couldn't be more delighted! Tricky Miki swings by to talk all about her free, family-friendly outdoor DEI (Disco Energy Infusion) Dance party this Saturday - all about community, celebration, and shaking your ass.  We also cover such important topics as the universal appeal and transcendent nature of house music, smashing the patriarchy, and the fact that Pilates would likely kill someone as soft as me (Oake). Enjoy!

Meet the researchers! Rachelle and Nicole continue in this series of conversations with fascia researchers from around the globe. Hormones are talking to the cells that build our fascia. In this episode, researcher Dr. Katja Bartsch of Munich, Germany shares how she's been listening in on that conversation and tells us what it means for the women on our massage tables.  Dr. Bartsch is exploring an emerging and under-studied question in her research: how do female hormones — and the drop in estrogen through menopause — affect our connective tissues? Listen as she updates us on the current findings. Rachelle and Nicole discuss how the science translates to the treatment room, and why so many women in midlife arrive at our massage tables with new pain and stiffness. The research is early and the answers aren't simple, but the questions are ones every bodyworker will want to hear. About our guest: Dr. Katja Bartsch is a sports scientist and fascia researcher at the Technical University of Munich. She is a Board-Certified Structural Integration practitioner, an E-RYT 500 yoga educator, and author of Optimizing Women's Health and Training: Embracing Female Physiology for Performance and Wellbeing (UBC Press, 2025). Dr. Bartsch teaches anatomy, fascia physiology, and female hormones in trainings and workshops across Europe, including with Yoga Medicine, and through her own platform, Kalamana Yoga (kalamanayoga.com). Host Bios: AnatomySCAPES Co-Directors, Rachelle Clauson and Nicole Trombley, are NCBTMB-approved continuing education providers and teach anatomy explorations for hands-on professionals online and in person. They co-author the "Anatomy for Touch" column in Massage & Bodywork magazine and enjoy helping therapists better understand how anatomy relates to what they are feeling through their sense of touch. Nicole Trombley: As a massage educator, Nicole draws on her passion for human biology to help therapists better understand the tissues under their hands. She owns and operates Equilibrio Massage in San Diego, CA, where she has specialized in massage for pregnancy and postpartum since 2004. Rachelle Clauson: Rachelle loves teaching therapists about the structural organization and beauty of the human fascial system. She serves as the Director of Creative and Administrative Affairs for the Fascial Net Plastination Project, and owns Flourish Bodywork, her private practice where she has been offering hands-on bodywork in San Diego, CA, since 2003. Resources: Dr. Katja Bartsch's book: Optimizing Women's Health and Training: Embracing Female Physiology for Performance and Wellbeing (UBC Press, 2025) AnatomySCAPES continuing education: anatomyscapes.com Journey into the MATRIX: the Fascial System dissection lab workshop in San Diego this September 15-17, 2026: anatomyscapes.com/matrix Questions? info@anatomyscapes.com   About Our Sponsors:   Anatomy Trains is a global leader in online anatomy education and also provides in-classroom certification programs for structural integration in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan, and China, as well as fresh-tissue cadaver dissection labs and weekend courses. The work of Anatomy Trains originated with founder Tom Myers, who mapped the human body into 13 myofascial meridians in his original book, currently in its fourth edition and translated into 12 languages. The principles of Anatomy Trains are used by osteopaths, physical therapists, bodyworkers, massage therapists, personal trainers, yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonics, and other body-minded manual therapists and movement professionals. Anatomy Trains inspires these practitioners to work with holistic anatomy in treating system-wide patterns to provide improved client outcomes in terms of structure and function.     Website: anatomytrains.com         Email: info@anatomytrains.com           Facebook: facebook.com/AnatomyTrains         Instagram: www.instagram.com/anatomytrainsofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2g6TOEFrX4b-CigknssKHA    Precision Neuromuscular Therapy seminars (www.pnmt.org) have been teaching high-quality seminars for more than 20 years. Doug Nelson and the PNMT teaching staff help you to practice with the confidence and creativity that comes from deep understanding, rather than the adherence to one treatment approach or technique.  Find our seminar schedule at pnmt.org/seminar-schedule with over 60 weekends of seminars across the country. Or meet us online in the PNMT Portal, our online gateway with access to over 500 videos, 37 NCBTMB CEs, our Discovery Series webinars, one-on-one mentoring, and much, much more! All for the low yearly cost of $167.50. Learn more at pnmt.thinkific.com/courses/pnmtportal!  Follow us on social media: @precisionnmt on Instagram or at Precision Neuromuscular Therapy Seminars on Facebook.   At Heights Wellness Retreat, we believe every person is an unstoppable force, whether navigating daily demands, pursuing goals, or striving to be their best. This drives everything we do. 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When the Wrong Clients Are Costing Your Business More Than You ThinkNot every client is a good client—and keeping the wrong ones can cost your business far more than lost revenue.In this episode of the Female emPOWERed Podcast, Christa Gurka breaks down how misaligned clients quietly drain your time, team morale, culture, and profitability. From clients who constantly ask for discounts and policy exceptions to those who create tension for your team, these relationships can become an expensive hidden cost in your business.Christa shares how your pricing, positioning, messaging, and onboarding can act as filters to attract clients who value what you offer—and help the wrong-fit clients self-select out before they ever become a problem.In this episode, you'll learn:Why misaligned clients cost more than the revenue they generateHow low-priced intro offers can attract bargain hunters and price-sensitive clientsRed flags to watch for during intro offers and consultationsHow clear positioning helps attract your ideal clientsWhy consistently making policy exceptions can damage your cultureHow difficult clients affect team morale and your best customersWhen it may be time to respectfully tell a client you're no longer the right fitWhy protecting your client roster is an important part of building a scalable, valuable businessYour business doesn't need to be for everyone. The goal is to build a community of clients who value your expertise, respect your policies, invest in their results, and align with the culture you're working so hard to create.Ready to build a stronger, more sustainable business?Learn more about the Fit Biz Accelerator, Christa's 12-month coaching and implementation program for Pilates, boutique fitness, physical therapy, and wellness business owners:ChristaGurka.com/acceleratorConnect with ChristaWebsite: ChristaGurka.comInstagram: @ChristaGurkaPodcast: Female emPOWERed PodcastIf this episode resonated with you, share it with another studio, clinic, or wellness business owner who needs to hear it.

What if the most important health lessons your daughter learns don't come from school, but from watching you? In this heartfelt episode of the Mind Movement Health Podcast, Kate Boyle shares the health lessons she hopes to pass on to her daughters and why the habits we model as parents have a lasting impact on the next generation. From building a positive body image and encouraging healthy movement to teaching emotional resilience, stress management and self-kindness, this episode explores how we can raise daughters who value their health for so much more than how they look. Kate discusses why true health goes beyond nutrition and exercise to include sleep, emotional wellbeing, connection, recovery and creating a healthy relationship with our bodies. She also shares practical ways parents can encourage open conversations, foster confidence and build lifelong healthy habits together. Whether you're raising daughters, working with children, or simply reflecting on your own relationship with health, this episode offers valuable insights to help create healthier families and a healthier future.

Luke 23: 1-25 Jesus is brought before Pilate, then sent to Herod, and finally handed over to be crucified as the crowd demands Barabbas' release instead. A powerful look at injustice, political maneuvering, and Christ's silent submission to the Father's will.

Discover the biblical approach to Christian citizenship and government authority in this comprehensive study of 1 Peter 2:13-17. Learn how Christians should navigate the complex relationship between faith and politics, submission and accountability, earthly citizenship and heavenly allegiance. This message explores the challenging command to submit to governing authorities even under corrupt leadership, examining examples from Scripture including Jesus under Pilate, early Christians under Nero, and Old Testament figures like Daniel and David. Understand the biblical foundation for government authority, the limits of Christian submission, and how our citizenship witness impacts gospel ministry. Topics covered include biblical submission, Christian citizenship, government authority, political engagement, religious freedom, civil disobedience, Romans 13, Matthew 22, Acts 5, and practical application for modern believers. Whether you struggle with respecting political leaders you disagree with or wonder about the limits of Christian obedience to government, this biblical teaching provides essential guidance for faithful living in a fallen world. Learn how to honor earthly authorities while maintaining ultimate allegiance to Christ, balance civic duty with gospel witness, and understand when Christians can biblically disobey government commands. Perfect for believers seeking biblical wisdom on politics, citizenship, authority, submission, and faithful Christian living in contemporary society.

Selon le mouvement masculiniste, le corps masculin est censé répondre à un idéal très précis : être très musclé, avoir une mâchoire carrée et présenter des caractéristiques physiques associées à une forte « virilité ». Dans la recherche de cet idéal, certains sont prêts à adopter des pratiques extrêmes, parfois au détriment de leur santé. Ce phénomène est connu sous le nom de « looksmaxxing ». En quoi consiste exactement cette pratique ? Pourquoi peut-elle représenter un danger pour la santé ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant, vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals écrit et réalisé par Magalie Bertet. À écouter ensuite : Comment aider quelqu'un à sortir du masculinisme ? Pourquoi les femmes qui font du Pilates sont-elles le nouveau fantasme des masculinistes ? Les discours masculinistes ont-ils des conséquences sur l'augmentation des IST ? Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Suivez Bababam sur Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The life you're dreaming about begins the moment you stop toning yourself down!! Dream Makers host Claire Byrt sits down with business coach and Pilates instructor Shanti Wilby for one of the most honest conversations ever shared on the podcast.Together they explore what it really takes to reinvent yourself, trust your own voice and build a life that's true to who you are... even when it feels uncomfortable.Shanti shares the extraordinary story of rebuilding her life after leaving a cult, unpacking years of people pleasing, questioning everything she believed about herself, and choosing - day by day - to become the woman she actually wanted to be.Together, Claire and Shanti explore why so many of us tone ourselves down, how we lose trust in ourselves, and why freedom isn't something we find... it's something we create through radical honesty, courageous choices and a willingness to walk into the unknown.They also dive into relationships, marriage, business, money, creativity, AI, self-worth and why protecting your own voice matters now more than ever.If you've been feeling like something isn't quite right...If you're standing at the edge of a change...Or if you're ready to stop living for everyone else and start listening to yourself......this conversation is for you.In this episode we explore:Why the truth really does set you freeRecovering from people pleasing and learning to trust yourself againReinvention, identity and becoming who you're meant to beNavigating change in marriage, friendships and businessChoosing the discomfort of growth over the discomfort of staying stuckBuilding self-trust one courageous decision at a timeWhy more women need more moneyCreativity, AI and protecting your authentic voiceThe freedom that comes from living in alignment with yourselfBecause at the end of the day...Every road leads back to the same place.Truth → Self-Trust → Freedom.❤️ If this episode resonates, I'd love you to take a screenshot, share it to your Instagram Stories and tag @cb_dream_maker and @shantiwilby_coaching. Every share helps more Dreamers find these conversations and reminds someone else that they're not alone.Connect with Shanti: https://www.instagram.com/shantiwilby_coaching/GET YOUR COPY HERE. GET STARTED TODAY Seven days DREAM to DONE. On-demand. Self-paced. Seven days of powerful recordings and worksheets to help you lay down the fear, resistance and overthinking - and start building your dream in just 7 days.

If you want stronger legs, more glute growth, or that lean, defined look, it makes sense to wonder if one leg day is really enough. And if you are already putting in the work, it can be frustrating when your lower body still does not look as defined as you want it to. So naturally, your brain goes to the next question: do I need more leg days? In this episode of Embrace Your Real, we are answering a question from the Movement With Julie community about training legs multiple times a week, repeating muscle groups, and what actually helps your body build definition without burning you out. What's Discussed: How recovery plays a role in building muscle and seeing definition What to look at before adding another weighted lower body workout How to make leg exercises more challenging without needing heavier weights Where walking, HIIT, Pilates, and yoga can fit into your routine Why nutrition matters if you are training consistently but not seeing the definition you want How to get more out of the work you are already doing If you want a strength plan that takes the guesswork out of your workouts, Movement With Julie gives you structured training you can do at home or in the gym, with 30-minute and 60-minute options that help you build strength without overthinking what to do next. Head to movementwithjulie.com to get started. And if you are putting in the work but not seeing the definition you want, your nutrition may be the piece that needs more attention. Macro Counting Made Simple helps you understand how to fuel your body for muscle, recovery, and real results without restriction or overwhelm. Head to www.macrocountingmadesimple.com to get started. If you loved this episode, you'll also love Episode 566: What Women Get Wrong About Progressive Overload. It is the perfect next listen if you want to keep training smarter and getting better results from the workouts you are already doing. If you want more from me, be sure to check out… Follow me on Instagram: @juliealedbetter | @embraceyourreal | @movementwithjulie Movement With Julie | App: https://sale.movementwithjulie.com/ Macro Counting Made Simple Online Academy: https://www.macrocountingmadesimple.com/ Website: www.juliealedbetter.com

In this episode of The Macro Hour, Nikkiey Stott tackles one of the biggest fitness debates today: can reformer Pilates actually build muscle?After trying a popular reformer class herself, Nikkiey shares what these workouts do well—from improving mobility and body awareness to providing a fun, low-impact workout. But she also explains why feeling the burn isn't the same as building muscle.You'll learn the difference between metabolic stress and true progressive overload, why mechanical tension is the key to muscle growth, and why strength training with external weights remains essential for improving body composition, bone density, and long-term health.If you've ever wondered whether Pilates is enough—or how it fits into a strength-focused routine—this episode will help you separate fitness marketing from the science. Join Our Free WarriorBabe CommunityTake the Free Quiz - Get Your Personalized WB4 Plan Get Toned With The Macro Method + 7 Bonus Gifts  If you've got a story about how The Macro Hour Podcast has positively impacted your life, we'd love to hear from you! Fill out this short form for a chance to be featured!Wanna collaborate with WarriorBabe? Click HERE! Follow Nikkiey and WarriorBabe's Socials:WarriorBabe - Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | WebsiteNikkiey - Instagram | Facebook | TikTok Welcome to The Macro Hour Podcast, where we talk about mindset, methodology, and tactics that will help you lose body fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident. We've got a no-bullshit, no-nonsense approach with a lot of love ...

Summary In this episode, Shelby shares her exciting experience of securing last-minute Southwest travel deals and her plans for upcoming trips. She also discusses her thoughts on Taylor Swift's wedding secrecy and her current TV show favorites. In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of reality TV, gardening, Disney resort policies, and personal fitness journeys. Most shockingly - we cannot believe Disney's Grand Floridian Resort has CANCELED the annual Gingerbread House! Join us for a lively chat filled with insights, tips, and personal stories that keep the conversation engaging and informative.     Key Topics   Last-minute ticket acquisition strategies Travel deal hacks and airline credits Speculation about Taylor Swift's secret wedding TV show recommendations: Love Island and Off Campus Privacy and security at high-profile events Reality TV casting and production insights Gardening tips for zucchinis and pea pods Disney resort restrictions and alternative ideas Personal fitness updates including Pilates and treadmill issues Innovative ideas for staying cool at Disney parks      Takeaways   Casting directors look for 'psycho' traits for good TV Pinching zucchini flowers can boost yield Resort restrictions are evolving, consider alternative locations Mixing pudding with protein powder creates better ice cream Frozen water bottles in pockets are a park hack for staying cool

For many established studio owners, watching a new Pilates studio open nearby can trigger self-doubt, frustration, and the question: Why are clients leaving when we've built a great business? In this episode of The Pilates Business Podcast, host Seran Glanfield, founder of Spring Three Studio Business Consulting, explores why newer studios often capture attention—not because they're better, but because they're new. She shares why long-term success isn't built on novelty, but on intentional positioning, client loyalty, exceptional experiences, and a brand that continues to evolve. Whether you own a Pilates studio, yoga studio, or boutique fitness business, this episode will help you strengthen your market position, deepen client relationships, and build a business that continues to grow despite increasing competition.In this episode you'll learn:Why new studios naturally attract attention (and why that's completely normal)The difference between novelty and long-term client loyaltyWhy positioning—not pricing—is your greatest competitive advantageThe mistakes established studios make when reacting to competitionHow to create an emotional connection that keeps clients coming backWhy evolving your brand is essential for long-term growthPractical mindset shifts to help your studio remain relevant in a crowded marketGot a question for Seran? Add it here

Is Jesus really sinless — and why does it matter for you today? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster of Good News Baptist Church in Sint Maarten opens 1 Peter 2:22 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV) to show us that Jesus Christ is not just our suffering shepherd — He is our sinless shepherd.You might be asking: How could one person never sin? Did Jesus really face real temptation? Why does His sinlessness matter to someone like me? And what does it mean that He became sin for us?In this devotion, Pastor Roderick Webster walks us through the evidence:- Jesus was born holy — Luke 1:35 tells us that holy thing born of Mary was the Son of God- He lived a sinless life among sinful people and challenged anyone to prove otherwise — John 8:46- Satan tried to tempt Him with the kingdoms of the world and failed — Matthew 4:8-10- Pilate himself declared, "I find no fault in him" — John 19:6- God made Him who knew no sin to become sin for us, so we could receive His righteousness — 2 Corinthians 5:21This is the great exchange — His sinlessness given to us, our sin placed on Him. If He is not your Savior yet, today is the day to receive Him.Like, comment, and share this devotion with someone who needs to hear the truth about Jesus. Subscribe so you never miss a Word from the Word.#WordsFromTheWord #KJV #BibleDevotion #ChristianLiving #GoodNewsBaptistChurchStay connected with GNBC:

Send us Fan MailWhy does a Pilates studio close its doors the moment class begins? Isn't five minutes late close enough?In this solo episode of The Pilates Exchange, Hannah explores one of the most common questions she receives from clients and explains why the answer goes far beyond punctuality.Drawing on years of experience—including times when allowing late arrivals disrupted classes, affected safety, and diminished the experience for everyone—she shares the operational, educational, and philosophical reasons behind the policy.This isn't a conversation about enforcing rules for the sake of rules.It's about protecting the quality of an experience, respecting everyone's time, and creating an environment where clients can learn, move, and feel cared for from the very first minute.In this episode, we discuss: why class starts before the first exercise  how late arrivals affect every client in the room  the role of communication in keeping clients safe  why warm-ups are about preparation, not just movement  how small operational decisions shape your business culture  the difference between having rules and having standards  why protecting the client experience sometimes means saying no Whether you're a Pilates teacher, studio owner, coach, or someone who simply appreciates businesses that operate with intention, this episode offers a different perspective on what a closed door really represents.

This week Crystal and Tom dig into Peloton's growing pre and postnatal fitness lineup, starting with Selena Samuela's new pre and postpartum fitness certification and Anna Greenberg's fresh prenatal Pilates class. They also cover Tread Pace Targets going live, breathwork content finally landing on Android, and Peloton podcasts showing up on the Entertainment portal. There's talk of whether multiple lists might finally be coming, a look at Peloton's open Senior Product Manager role, and a fun rundown of Robin Arzon's PSL residency and Alex Toussaint's upcoming Meet & Greet. Plus, Katie Wang's new title as a Bustle Beauty Icon, the Ne-Yo artist series, a 90-minute Global Goals scenic ride, and this week's listener-recommended TCO Top 5. New episodes every Friday wherever you listen to podcasts. Plus! Tonal coach Joe Rodonis breaks down his Ironman strength training strategy: how he's structuring periodization phases and fueling for race day. (Interview timecode is 45:00)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jesus has his two trials with Pilate and is scourged, mocked and reviled as "King of the Jews.”

In this episode of The Birth Lounge Podcast, HeHe sits down with pelvic floor physical therapist Hayley Kava, founder of UMA Pelvic Health, to tackle one of the most common pregnancy complaints that doesn't get nearly enough attention: SI joint pain. If you've been told pregnancy pain is "just part of it," this conversation is your reminder that you don't have to simply suffer through it. Hayley explains what's actually happening in your pelvis during pregnancy, why SI joint pain develops, and how your pelvic floor, core, ribcage, breathing, and overall movement patterns all work together. Together, HeHe and Hayley break down why treating the pelvis in isolation often misses the bigger picture, how pregnancy hormones and your changing biomechanics influence pain, and why small changes to the way you move, stand, breathe, and rest can make a huge difference. They also discuss practical tools like SI belts, belly support bands, Pilates balls, yoga blocks, and gentle movement strategies, along with when those tools can help... and when they might not. Hayley also shares why pelvic floor physical therapy isn't just about internal exams (and yes, those are always optional), how to build a supportive birth team, and why individualized care is one of the best investments you can make during pregnancy. Whether you're already dealing with pelvic pain or hoping to prevent it, this episode is packed with practical, evidence-based strategies to help you move more comfortably, feel more supported, and better understand your changing body throughout pregnancy. 00:00 Stop Blaming Pelvic Floor 01:03 Pelvic Floor Basics 01:56 Meet Hayley Kava 03:19 Why SI Pain Matters 06:43 SI Joint Anatomy 09:18 Normal Asymmetry Patterns 12:20 Pubic Pain and Rolling 15:52 Inhibit Then Retrain 17:56 Rubiks Cube Body Model 20:10 Stop Bracing to Sneeze 21:34 Pregnancy Posture Fixes 25:31 Preparing for Labor Moves 29:14 Build Your Care Team 33:39 Pregnancy Compensation Patterns 34:36 Spotting Habitual Postures 36:46 Mindful Pain Check Ins 38:29 Shifting Stance And Sitting 41:29 Tension Beyond Pelvic Floor 43:23 Guarding And SI Joint Myths 46:16 Ribs Hip And Big Picture 47:57 Internal Exam Is Optional 50:38 Daily Tools And Movement 56:43 Services Access And Wrap Up   Guest Bio: Hayley became a pelvic floor therapist in 2017 after a birth injury opened her eyes to the limitations in traditional pelvic rehab. Hayley took her Postural Restoration and Sports Medicine background and dug deep into the literature. Over the years developing an integrative whole person method to treat the pelvic floor. She has become passionate about sharing this method with not only her clients and staff but to the masses via social media, online classes and various trainings for clinicians looking to take a different approach to pelvic rehab. You can learn more about those offerings at hayleykavapt.com   SOCIAL MEDIA: Connect with HeHe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tranquilitybyhehe/  Connect with Hayley on IG: https://www.instagram.com/hayleykavapt/ BIRTH EDUCATION: Learn how to stay in control of your birth and reduce the risk of unnecessary interventions in our Avoid a C-Section Webinar. HeHe breaks down the cascade of interventions, explains what's really happening in the hospital, and shares practical strategies to protect your birth plan, advocate for yourself, and navigate labor with confidence. Perfect for anyone who wants a positive, informed hospital birth experience: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/csection Feeling nervous about speaking up in labor? Our Scripts for Advocacy give you the exact words to handle the most common conversations that can make or break your birth experience. From declining unnecessary interventions to asking the right questions about procedures, these scripts empower you to stay in control, speak confidently, and protect your birth plan — even when the pressure is on. Think of it as your personal toolkit for advocating like a pro, so you can focus on your baby, not the stress: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/Scripts-for-Advocacy And if you haven't grabbed it yet… Snag my free Pitocin Guide to understand the risks, benefits, and red flags your provider may not be telling you about, so you can make informed, powerful decisions in labor: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/pitocin Join The Birth Lounge for judgment-free, evidence-based childbirth education from HeHe that shows you exactly how to navigate hospital policies, avoid unnecessary interventions, and have a trauma-free labor experience, all while feeling wildly supported every step of the way: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/ Want prep delivered straight to your phone? Download The Birth Lounge App for bite-sized birth and postpartum tools you can use anytime, anywhere: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/app   LINKS AND RESEARCH MENTIONED: www.umapelvichealth.com www.hayleykavapt.com Kiapour A, Joukar A, Elgafy H, Erbulut DU, Agarwal AK, Goel VK. Biomechanics of the Sacroiliac Joint: Anatomy, Function, Biomechanics, Sexual Dimorphism, and Causes of Pain. Int J Spine Surg. 2020 Feb 10;14(Suppl 1):3-13. doi: 10.14444/6077. PMID: 32123652; PMCID: PMC7041664. Joukar, Amin MS∗; Shah, Anoli MS∗; Kiapour, Ali PhD∗; Vosoughi, Ardalan Seyed MS∗; Duhon, Bradley MD†; Agarwal, Anand K. MD∗; Elgafy, Hossein MD∗; Ebraheim, Nabil MD∗; Goel, Vijay K. PhD∗. Sex Specific Sacroiliac Joint Biomechanics During Standing Upright: A Finite Element Study. SPINE 43(18):p E1053-E1060, September 15, 2018. | DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002623

23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. 23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 24:8 And they remembered his words, 24:9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

Hey Guys! After a little break last week, I'm back with the team for a conversation about building endurance in the Christian faith through daily obedience, patience, and spiritual growth.Sanctification is a process, and so is building endurance. Using a lesson I learned from “ego lifting” in Pilates, we talk about why God may be more interested in our faithful reps than the amount of weight we're trying to carry. So many of us want the big moment, the visible calling, or the impressive testimony, but God often develops our character through the quiet monents each day.We talk about walking in step with the Holy Spirit without trying to rush ahead, remaining faithful when our growth feels invisible, and trusting that God is establishing roots beneath the surface.Through the lives of Abraham, Moses, and David, we're reminded that their public moments of faith were preceded by years of private preparation and obedience.If you're a new believer, discouraged by your pace, comparing your calling to someone else's, or wondering whether you're truly growing, I pray this episode encourages you. Baby steps are still steps. You don't have to reach the finish line first; you just have to keep going, looking to Jesus as the founder and perfecter of your faith.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Join Kristin Coverly as she speaks with guests Cal Cates, Dr. Joi Edwards, and Doug Nelson about the best piece of advice they've received and how it impacted their lives. Resources: ABMP Education Center: https://www.abmp.com/learn/ "Rising Strong" by Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/book/rising-strong/ Host: Kristin Coverly, LMT is a massage therapist, educator, and the director of professional education at ABMP. She loves creating continuing education courses, events, and resources to support massage therapists and bodyworkers as they enhance their lives and practices. Contact her at ce@abmp.com. Guests: Cal Cates Cal is the executive director of Healwell and has been teaching and developing curriculum for massage therapy courses focused on hospital-based practice, oncology massage, and end of life care since 2007. Learn more at www.healwell.org. Dr. Joi Edwards Dr. Joi Edwards is both a licensed massage therapist and a licensed physical therapist. Her continuing education company, Owlchemy Education, successfully fuses the science of orthopedics with the art and intuition of massage, bridging both worlds together with the magic of silicone cups! Learn more at owlchemyeducation.com. Doug Nelson Doug Nelson is the founder of Precision Neuromuscular Therapy Seminars, president of the 22-therapist clinic BodyWork Associates in Champaign, Illinois, past president of the Massage Therapy Foundation, the author of three books, and a columnist for Massage & Bodywork magazine. His clinic, seminars, and research explore the science behind massage therapy. Learn more at pnmt.org  Sponsors: Anatomy Trains is a global leader in online anatomy education and also provides in-classroom certification programs for structural integration in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan, and China, as well as fresh-tissue cadaver dissection labs and weekend courses. The work of Anatomy Trains originated with founder Tom Myers, who mapped the human body into 13 myofascial meridians in his original book, currently in its fourth edition and translated into 12 languages. The principles of Anatomy Trains are used by osteopaths, physical therapists, bodyworkers, massage therapists, personal trainers, yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonics, and other body-minded manual therapists and movement professionals. Anatomy Trains inspires these practitioners to work with holistic anatomy in treating system-wide patterns to provide improved client outcomes in terms of structure and function.     Website: anatomytrains.com                       Email: info@anatomytrains.com           Facebook: facebook.com/AnatomyTrains             Instagram: www.instagram.com/anatomytrainsofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2g6TOEFrX4b-CigknssKHA    Precision Neuromuscular Therapy seminars (www.pnmt.org) have been teaching high-quality seminars for more than 20 years. Doug Nelson and the PNMT teaching staff help you to practice with the confidence and creativity that comes from deep understanding, rather than the adherence to one treatment approach or technique. Find our seminar schedule at pnmt.org/seminar-schedule with over 60 weekends of seminars across the country. Or meet us online in the PNMT Portal, our online gateway with access to over 500 videos, 37 NCBTMB CEs, our Discovery Series webinars, one-on-one mentoring, and much, much more! All for the low yearly cost of $167.50. Learn more at pnmt.thinkific.com/courses/pnmtportal!  Follow us on social media: @precisionnmt on Instagram or at Precision Neuromuscular Therapy Seminars on Facebook.   At Heights Wellness Retreat, we believe every person is an unstoppable force, whether navigating daily demands, pursuing goals, or striving to be their best. This drives everything we do. We go beyond traditional spa services by creating a purpose-driven environment where wellness professionals are empowered, valued, and positioned to grow. With steady clientele, support, and a wellness-forward culture, Heights Wellness Retreat is where therapists build meaningful, sustainable careers while shaping the future of the wellness industry.  www.massageheightscareers.careerplug.com/jobs  www.heightswellnessretreats.com  https://www.instagram.com/heightswellnessretreat/  https://www.facebook.com/heightswellnessretreat/     

If I Started My Pilates Studio Today, Here's What I'd Do DifferentlyWhat would Christa Gurka do differently if she were opening a Pilates studio from scratch in today's market?In this episode of the Female emPOWERed Podcast, Christa reflects on the biggest lessons she learned from building, scaling, and selling multiple boutique fitness businesses. From negotiating your lease and setting profitable pricing to avoiding costly hiring mistakes and investing in the right mentorship, she shares the advice she wishes someone had given her before opening her first studio.Whether you're opening a Pilates studio, physical therapy practice, yoga studio, or boutique fitness business—or you're already in business and want to avoid expensive mistakes—this episode is packed with practical, real-world insights you can apply today. In This Episode, You'll Learn: What to negotiate before signing a commercial lease  Why pricing should be based on profitability—not your competitors  The first business systems every new studio needs  What Christa would not spend money on today  Why working capital is essential for new business owners  The biggest hiring mistake she made—and how to avoid it  Why business mentorship is one of the highest-ROI investments you can make  How technology, competition, and rising rent have changed the boutique fitness industry  The mindset every successful studio owner needs to grow a profitable business Key Takeaways✔️ Your lease can make or break your business—negotiate wisely.✔️ Don't guess your pricing. Build it around your financial goals.✔️ Invest in systems and marketing before expensive amenities.✔️ Asking for help sooner will save you years of costly mistakes.✔️ The right mentor can help you avoid five-figure mistakes before they happen. Work with ChristaReady to build a profitable, scalable Pilates or wellness business?

Send Jackie A Message!Everyone in the yoga and Pilates world is telling you the same thing right now: you need a handbook. And they're right — until they let you believe the handbook is the fix. Because here's what the research shows: SOPs don't fail because they're badly written. They fail because nobody is holding the standard.In this episode, Jackie names the trap almost every studio owner falls into — asking a document to do a manager's job — and gets precise about three words we throw around like they're interchangeable: leadership, management, and systems. You lead the direction. You manage the standard. The system remembers it for you. Miss the middle layer, and even a beautiful forty-page handbook rots in a Google Drive folder while you keep re-fixing everything yourself.In this episode:Why documents are inert — and why "I wrote it down" is not the same as "it's handled"The three layers defined: leadership (what matters and who you're being), management (accountability, feedback, and training — this week), and systems (the handbook, SOPs, and checklists that remember the standard)The story of a client, a Pilates studio owner, with forty-two pages of SOPs and a team following none of them — and the exact changes that made the handbook realThe 90-second coaching conversation to use the next time a standard slips (word for word)How to onboard so the handbook actually lands: walk it, shadow it, teach it backStandard of the week, checklists, public praise, and handing ownership to your leads — the rhythms that keep standards aliveThe one rule you can't break: hold the standard the same way for your newest hire and your biggest superstarYour action step this week: pick one standard that keeps slipping. Don't rewrite the SOP. Give it an owner who isn't you, put it where it will be seen, and add it to your next team check-in. One standard, one owner, one rhythm.A handbook tells your team what good looks like. Management is what makes it happen. Leadership is why they want to.Work with Jackie MurphySay Hi on Instagram @studioceoofficialJoin The Studio CEO Program: https://www.jackiegmurphy.com/studioceoThe Grow Mastermind: https://www.jackiegmurphy.com/mastermind

Did you know that there are simple habits, posture strategies, and exercises that can protect your bones for life? In this episode, I'm joined by Penny Shure, an osteoporosis exercise specialist and creator of the Million Dollar Bones program and book, to share practical habits for stronger bones at any age. Penny has trained in Pilates and dance and brings a fun, engaging approach to movement that works for everyone–from teens to grandparents. Penny also teaches the importance of neutral pelvis, hip hinging, and posture to prevent fractures and maintain mobility. She walks through simple exercises for wrists, hips, and toes that can be integrated into your daily routine to improve balance and bone strength. You'll understand how small, consistent changes can compound over time to protect your bones, enhance mobility, and set your family up for long-term bone health.   "Younger generations deserve to know that they have the power to prevent this disease (osteoporosis)." ~ Penny Shure   In this episode: [01:56] - Daily habits to support bone health [05:18] - How to overcome negative self-talk [15:02] - Posture and text neck: risks of slouching [19:08] - Understanding pelvis alignment and hip hinging [29:12] - Exercises to strengthen your wrists [31:46] - The inspiration for Million Dollar Bones [37:16] - How drinking soda affects your bones [39:55] - Teaching the next generation: prevention and education [43:44] - Toe spacers and foot mobility for stability   Resources - Penny's three exercise videos - https://www.happyboneshappylife.com/penny-shure  - Order Penny's book Million Dollar Bones here - https://www.pennyshure.com/  - Book an Online Private Session (Use the coupon code LOVE42 for a $42.00 discount on one session only - https://www.pennyshure.com/  - Dance for Strong Bones - https://happyboneshappylife.com/dance-for-strong-bones-on-demand - Gentle Pilates and Tap Dancing for Bone Health - https://happyboneshappylife.com/gentle-pilates-tap-dancing-for-bone-health-replay - Get quality supplements from Margie's Fullscript Dispensary - https://tinyurl.com/paylesssupplements   More about Margie - Website - https://margiebissinger.com/  - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/Margie-Bissinger-MS-PT-CHC-100063542905332/  - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/margiebissinger/?hl=en    DISCLAIMER – The information presented on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician or healthcare provider. The ideas shared on this podcast are the expressed opinions of the guests and do not always reflect those of Margie Bissinger and Happy Bones, Happy Life Podcast.   *In compliance with the FTC guidelines, please assume the following about links on this site: Some of the links going to products are affiliate links of which I receive a small commission from sales of certain items, but the price is the same for you (sometimes, I even get to share a unique discount with you). If I post an affiliate link to a product, it is something that I personally use, support, and would recommend. I personally vet each and every product. My first priority is providing valuable information and resources to help you create positive changes in your health and bring more happiness into your life. I will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.

In this episode I sit down with Lauren Ohayon, creator of the Restore Your Core method and a renowned yoga and Pilates instructor with over 25 years of experience who has helped more than 10,000 women reconnect with their pelvic floor and core when nothing else worked. We talk about why the pelvic floor is so much more than what we have been taught, why Kegels are not the answer, what completing a stress cycle actually means and why it matters, and how so many women are empowered and yet completely disconnected from their own pleasure and sensation. Lauren also busts some of the biggest myths around orgasms, vibrators, and what a healthy pelvic floor actually feels like — and shares one of the most grounding personal stories I have heard on this podcast.This one is rich, funny, deeply educational, and long overdue.Connect with Lauren:https://restoreyourcore.com/www.instgram.com/thelaurenohayonWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH  ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"You can't be safe anywhere if you're not safe in all of you. All of you needs to be known to you, felt by you, to really have true agency, embodiment and safety." — Lauren Ohayon"The human brain is designed to get us through the day. But the human body needs to complete the stress cycle — and those are two very different things." — Lauren Ohayon"We have raised such empowered women who know everything about sex but know nothing about pleasure. And those are not the same thing." — Lauren Ohayon"A tighter pelvic floor is not what we're after. The idea that tighter means healthier is a myth — and it's doing a lot of harm." — Lauren Ohayon"Embodiment is going that layer in where you're not just performing with your body — you are your body. You've become the object you're working with." — Lauren Ohayonsomatic healing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, pelvic floor, embodiment, stress cycle, pleasure and sexuality, women's health, inner child work, emotional regulation, attachment healing, self trust, body based healing, sexual trauma healing, burnout recovery, survival mode, deep within podcast, Lauren Ohayon, restore your core, somatic coaching 

"There is no crime to fit this sentence; there is no sentence to fit this crime." The words of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate echo across the centuries in Daniel Grace's first novel In the Wake of Golgotha, a daring retelling of "the greatest story ever told." As the specter of Pilate collides with a modern-day incarnation of Judas Iscariot in the shadows of a New York City basement, a profound religious mystery unfolds in a dark and dazzling literary thriller. The book is a bit of a departure for Daniel Grace, the London-born, California-bred former owner of an internationally-acclaimed advertising agency, who now produces award-winning wines at his family's winery, Il Molino di Grace, in Panzano-in-Chianti, Italy, and who has come to believe that his creative pursuits—as a novelist, advertising executive, and vintner—are all of a piece. He joins us on the podcast to discuss his love of wine and literature, and his determination to share the stories to be found in the bones of a well-crafted Super Bowl commercial, in the bottle of an old world Classico or Super-Tuscan wine, or between the lines of his long-awaited debut novel. Learn more about Daniel Grace: Website Instagram Il Molino di Grace Instagram Please support the sponsors who support our show: Ritani Jewelers Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog Daniel Paisner's SHOW: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot Heaven Help Us by John Kasich Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton Everyday Shakespeare podcast A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount

Do you ever wonder if the thing you're most passionate about could become the business you were meant to build? In this episode, I sit down with Pilates educator and Function Pilates founder Vanessa Kelly to talk about how Pilates can help you move with less pain, strengthen the muscles traditional workouts often miss, improve mobility while building lasting strength, and build a workout routine you'll actually look forward to. We also dive into the biggest misconceptions about Pilates, how to find a workout you'll actually stick with, why slowing down can accelerate your results, and the mindset shifts that helped Vanessa turn her passion into a thriving business. Get ready to rethink the way you move so you can feel stronger, healthier, and more resilient for years to come. Check out our Sponsors: Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at http://Shopify.com/happy. 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HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Meet Vanessa Kelly, founder of Function Pilates. 06:00 How do you know when it's time to bet on yourself? 09:30 Why Pilates was the only workout Vanessa actually looked forward to doing. 11:30 What's the difference between classical and contemporary Pilates? 13:30 Why your body was designed to move in more ways than you think. 19:00 Why Pilates is a lifelong investment in your health. 20:30 Why should you do Pilates? 23:00 What do people get wrong about Pilates? 26:00 The unconventional way Vanessa grew her studio with just one reformer. 29:00 The unexpected life event that forced Vanessa to go all in on her business. 31:15 Why your biggest opportunities often come from outgrowing your current role. 38:00 The type of Pilates instructors Vanessa loves to train. 40:30 How teaching others builds confidence you can't get any other way. 43:45 How Pilates retreats help women reconnect with themselves and each other.  48:15 How to train with Vanessa Kelly and become a certified Pilates instructor. 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The Pilates industry is evolving rapidly — and studio owners who want to stay relevant need more than great classes to thrive. In this episode of The Pilates Business Podcast, host Seran Glanfield sits down with CJ Zarb, founder of Pilates Journal and creator of the Pilates Journal Expo, to discuss the future of the Pilates industry and what boutique fitness studio owners need to understand to build sustainable growth over the next five years.Together, they unpack the biggest shifts happening across the global Pilates business landscape — from changing consumer expectations and instructor shortages to leadership, community, collaboration, and innovation inside the boutique fitness industry. CJ shares her unique perspective from working closely with Pilates professionals around the world and explains why strong leadership, authentic connection, and adaptability are becoming essential for pilates studio owners who want to grow profitable, resilient businesses.If you're a Pilates, yoga, or barre studio owner feeling overwhelmed by constant industry changes, this conversation will leave you inspired, informed, and equipped with practical insights to help your studio stand out in a competitive market.Got a question for Seran? Add it here

From 07/16 Hour 3: EB has so many questions about this popular workout program that's recently blown up. Would any of the Junkies ever attend a pilates class?

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on a real coaching session from inside The Growth Collective, where I work with brilliant women every month on refining the exact messaging shifts that lead to more sales. You'll get a front-row seat as I coach three powerhouse business owners through their current content and messaging challenges—from an email marketing consultant who just had three years-long lurkers turn into paying clients, to a Pilates studio owner navigating the move from in-person to online membership, to a high-level intimacy coach who works with CEOs and YPO leaders but feels like a "well-kept secret" online. We dig into the difference between visibility and conversion, why content is the car and messaging is the gas, and how the "so, but" transitions inside my Momentum Messaging Framework can transform a flat post into one that moves people toward a buying decision. We talk about giving yourself permission to go all in on one platform that actually feels aligned (instead of being everywhere), how to extract content from the work you're already doing with clients, and why the issue is almost never the platform—it's the messaging. If you've ever wondered what it actually looks like to be coached on your content in real time, this episode is your seat at the table. Liked this episode? Make sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review with your takeaways, this helps us create the exact content you want!  KEY POINTS:  00:00 Welcome and Mission 00:53 Client Rebrand Journey 02:46 Algorithm and SEO Shifts 04:36 Refining Content to Convert 06:45 Lurkers Become Leads 08:16 Momentum Messaging Framework 09:57 Carrie Membership Challenge 11:32 From Reach to Sales Messaging 14:36 Defining the 45+ Audience 16:28 Content Audit Offer 17:06 Michelle Content Struggles 18:22 High Level Intimacy Retreat 20:33 Authority Messaging Shift 24:44 Pick One Core Channel 26:04 Podcast First Strategy 28:04 Content Match Your Depth 30:13 Repurpose Workshops Calls 32:51 Platform Choice Reflection 34:42 Wrap Up And Outro QUOTABLES: “  As you are thinking long-term with your nurture and even like your email strategy, this is really where the magic's going to happen. Because when content and nurture actually work together, that's when sales become natural instead of feeling forced on either end.” - Julie Solomon  “  What is giving you/them the clarity on how to communicate your expertise? Like how do you want to create to communicate your expertise? What are the phrases, the words, the nuances that you wanna be known for? Because that's what you have to lead with in content.” - Julie Solomon  RESOURCES: [UNSCRIPTED RETREAT 2027] Where your voice, your message, and your identity become one. February 3–5, 2027 • Nashville, Tennessee APPLY HERE [THE REVENUE ACCELERATOR] Book a strategy call to explore whether The Revenue Accelerator is the right next step for your business and leadership. Apply and schedule your call today. [ORDER] my book or Audible, Get What You Want: How to Go From Unseen to Unstoppable so you can leverage the power of your own influence. Follow Julie on Instagram!MUST HAVES THIS MONTH: [EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCALE]From managing your store to running marketing campaigns, this platform offers everything you need to grow your business. Check it out here.