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Today, I'm joined by Jannine Versi, co-founder & CEO of Elektra Health. Transforming menopause care at scale, Elektra Health partners with 40+ health plans to provide evidence-based virtual support through clinical visits, coaching, and community. In this episode, we discuss building the infrastructure for women's midlife and aging care. We also cover: Developing patient trust for the long term  Entering health plans with data-driven ROI The future of value-based care and women's health  Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast  Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider   Elektra's Website: www.elektrahealth.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elektrahealth/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elektrahealth  - The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities. Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/  Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/  Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/   Chapters:  (00:00) Introduction  (01:50) Jannine's background (02:30) Elektra Health's origin story (03:45) Early telemedicine adoption (05:00) Evolution of menopause awareness and conversation (06:00) Expanding health plan partnerships  (06:40) Education and community platform strategy  (09:00) Building a digital home for menopause content  (10:30) Meeting patients where they are in their journey  (12:40) Platform architecture (14:15) Complex patient journeys across clinical and coaching  (16:10) Long-term patient relationship and trust-building  (18:35) Access as the core challenge in women's midlife health  (19:25) Breaking into health plan partnerships  (21:00) Employer demand driving health plan adoption  (22:20) Proving clinical and financial value  (24:20) The women's health conversation and stigma  (25:10) Longitudinal aging care  (27:30) Value-based care and the future of women's health  (28:55) Product roadmap (32:00) Mainstreaming menopause and midlife health topics  (33:45) Oscar Health partnership (35:30) Evidence-based approach without product monetization  (36:20) Conclusion  

Go to www.LearningLeader.com for full show notes The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. My Guest: Patrick Lencioni is the founder of The Table Group and a bestselling author of 14 books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The 6 Types of Working Genius. Behind his achievements (valedictorian, straight A's, business success) were childhood wounds that drove him to prove himself. Key Learnings "I think I'm really good at anticipating people's objections." I think about what they might be thinking and what I need to put out there. Whether talking interpersonally, giving a speech, writing a book, or on a podcast, I like to think about what the other person might be objecting to. Lean into empathy. I always felt like I needed to prove myself in order to be successful and to feel safe. That's not healthy.  "When people tell you they got straight A's and were the valedictorian, the student body president, and got accepted to all the schools they wanted to get into, there's a wound there." Based on my personality type, I shouldn't have done all those things, but it was out of the need to prove myself. Which wasn't healthy for me. My parents had a hard time being affirming because of their own lives. It wasn't until I was 55 years old that a friend who's a psychologist said, "You, my friend, have childhood wounds you've never dealt with." I got good Christian counseling and realized that the way I grew up, I wasn't supposed to grow up that way. It's common in athletes & CEOs to feel like they haven't done enough. They need to do more. "You're a noun, not a verb. You are enough, and you're not defined by what you do." Great achievements come out of fear, but "true greatness is best when it's only in the things that you're meant to be great at, and that you're doing it out of freedom and passion and love, not out of fear of failure." I remember seeing Tiger Woods on the Tonight Show when he was four years old. He was being groomed to be a golfer when he was four. It's best in life when we discover who God means us to be, then we do the things we're supposed to do and we're okay with not being good at the things we're not supposed to. Are we too affirming now as parents? People who are pretty darn good at everything it's usually because they're doing something out of fear. When I was a kid, my parents came from World War II and the Depression. It was like, hey, you got a roof over your head. There was a lot of suffering, and they weren't really attuned to that. Now we are hyper worried of our own kids suffering. No, suffering is actually good. They need to know they're loved and safe, but they're not gonna be protected from what is necessary for their development. The mistake I made was, oh no, I don't want them to feel like I did. Thankfully at my age, I'm now interacting with my mostly adult children and explaining to them what I did wrong. The Teammate Trifecta - How should we use it?: When I wrote The Five Dysfunctions of a Team right after 9/11, I thought, "That's the book on teamwork." Then we realized you need The Ideal Team Player (humble, hungry, and smart) to hire people that fit on teams. Years later, we came up with Working Genius: Are they in the right seat?  3 steps to building a team: Don't let people on the bus if they're not humble, hungry, and smart. Make sure you have them in the right chair based on their gifts. Then teach them the Five Dysfunctions. Pat's Two Working Geniuses: Invention and Discernment "Invention means I love to come up with ideas out of nothing. Discernment means I love evaluating things, curating things. God wired me to do that kind of thing." When people say, "Pat, we have five minutes, and we need a new idea," I just take a deep breath and smile. One man's trash is another man's treasure.  Every new idea I've come up with has been in the field, working with people. I asked Jim Collins, "Jim, you do all this research with data. I go into a room with leaders and just think, What's going on here?" He said, "Pat, that's just as valid as what I do. That's called field research and face validity."  What is Pat terrible at? Finishing things. People say, "Well you finished 14 books." And that's because I had the help of others to make me finish those.  I got a 4.0 in high school. That wasn't my personality. I went to every class in college, never blew off classes. My personality is the kind that should blow off classes that don't matter. But I was so afraid of failing and disappointing my parents and teachers that I did anything they asked. That was not natural; that was fear-based. Can we use fear as useful fuel? "You can use it in the short term, but if you're doing it in your life, no." "We should celebrate what other people are better than we are at things. We should literally celebrate what we suck at." If we have two kids and one's creative and the other's disciplined, we tell the creative one to be more disciplined and the disciplined one to be more creative. No. We have to say, understanding that you're not creative is good for you. That's not who you're meant to be. The hardest thing about being a parent is constantly asking yourself, "Am I pushing them too hard or not enough?" The hardest question you ask yourself as a parent is, "Am I pushing my kids too hard or not hard enough?" This question also applies to yourself.  In Working Genius, should I work on my working frustrations? The short answer is no.  Working Genius is all about knowing what you love to do. Enablement and Tenacity are my working frustrations, and so many of those things fall into parenting. I'd say to my wife, "Hey, Laura, let's outsource some of these things." Out of fear and guilt, she said no because she felt like she'd be a bad mother. Outsource the work you don't enjoy, and when you have to do it, try your best and don't feel guilty with the result. The electrical company turned off our power for not paying the bill. We need to accept our deficiencies and need to be able to laugh at the things we're not good at.  Ryan's Learning Leader Team: When your whole team has Tenacity as their working genius, your team loves to finish things. You will never be flaky. You might stick to something that needs to be changed way before it needs to be. In my company, we're always up for a change in plans, but not great at following through. If your team doesn't have Wonder and Invention, force yourself to borrow from others outside the organization to get new ideas. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Vulnerability-based trust changes everything in teams. Eric Spoelstra uses Five Dysfunctions with the Miami Heat. He started when they acquired LeBron James. He said, "I don't know what offense we're gonna run this year, but I know we're gonna use the Five Dysfunctions." I love it in basketball, especially because you see them on the court. When people can be so vulnerable that they can say it was my fault, or I need help, or I'm sorry I was kind of a jerk yesterday at practice, it changes everything. But when you have a player who doesn't admit when they made a mistake or who blames everybody else, the ceiling of that team being great is so low. Humble, Hungry, Smart has been a great tool for athletic teams. I define it: no ego, it's about the team (humble). Hungry means I go above and beyond. Smart means I have emotional intelligence. I have the team members say, "Which of those three is your lowest?" It is crazy how people will call out. The goalie said, "I'm not smart. I yell at guys on the field, and I demean them. I gotta get better." Another kid said, "I need to be hungrier. I don't do the workouts at home." Pat phrases it this way when meeting with athletic teams. "Okay, everybody, look around at your teammates and think about the thing they want to get better at. If you want to be a good teammate, when you see your teammate doing the thing he just admitted he wants to get better at, you need to call him out on it." Once people start to have that language, it's amazing how they're coaching each other. And if as a coach yourself, I think you should tell people, "When I was a player, this was mine." They're gonna go, hey, if the coach admits that, I'll do it too. For leaders with Enablement & Tenacity as top geniuses, how do they avoid burnout? You have to be willing to start with "I am prone to burnout if you guys aren't aware of what's going on." The people with enablement and tenacity will say, "I'll just do it," and then they do. We had 12 employees and only one had Tenacity. We said we are going to kill her because every time we have to get something done, we're gonna say, "Jackie will finish." When people have enablement and tenacity, they and everybody else need to say, let's not abuse them. How do we assess a company in a short amount of time without focusing on their financials?  When I go into a company, I find out what their meetings are like. If there's no disagreement and they're not exhausted at the end of a meeting, that's a red flag. If good people are leaving an organization, that's a massive red flag. I like going around and checking interactions. Is there an intensity with people together? Or are they alone and quiet? Also, keep an eye on customer reviews. What are the customers saying? There are two extremes of humility problems: arrogance on one end, and lack of confidence on the other. I first identified humility as a problem when I saw a CEO who didn't care about his company's results, but if he went on TV and answered questions about why they didn't meet their numbers, he would make jokes and make others laugh. If he was happy from that versus getting the results they needed, that's an issue. What specific traits do leaders need to have to get hired? A leader has to simultaneously believe they are no more important than the people they lead. They also have to accept the fact that their behaviors and words ARE more important than others in the company. "The one thing the leader has to do is break the tie." This past Friday, I was in a meeting trying to deal with a strategic issue between two great people. I dropped a curse word and said, "Listen, I'm pulling the CEO card right now. I don't do it all that often, but since I am the CEO, this is where we're going." Because I don't pull it every time, people are glad to have a CEO that will do that. If you're doing it every time, you lose credibility. Advice for young professionals: I wrote a book called The Motive, and what I say to leaders when they're young is: make sure your motive for being a leader is about sacrificing and suffering for others. "I want to help this organization, or I want to be the kind of person that takes on more than others for their good." Leadership is a lonely and selfless thing. It's wonderful, but the personal economics of leadership are not good. If you don't sign up for that, don't be a leader. Too many people say, I want to be a leader. And if you really scratch below the surface, they'll say, I think it would make me feel important, I'd get attention, maybe I'd make money, I'd have power. When that's your motive for being a leader, you're not gonna be a great leader. Reflection Questions Pat says people who were perfect students (straight A's, valedictorian, student body president) often have childhood wounds driving them. What in your past might be driving your current achievements? Are you operating from freedom and passion, or from fear and the need to prove yourself? He teaches his kids' sports teams to identify which of Humble, Hungry, or Smart is their lowest, then hold each other accountable when they see teammates struggling with that area. What would you identify as your lowest, and who in your life could you invite to call you out when you're not living up to it? Pat says the motive for leadership should be "sacrificing and suffering for others," not feeling important or controlling what you work on. If you're honest about why you want to lead (or why you currently lead), what's really driving you? Would people who report to you say you're other-motivated or personally motivated?

According to Forbes, sales reps spend 35.2% of their time selling and 65% of their time on literally everything else. So how can organizations cut through the noise and focus reps on the activities that matter most? Riley Rogers: Hi, and welcome to the Win-Win Podcast. I’m your host, Riley Rogers. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic are Yvette Boucher, Director of Sales Enablement at CentralReach, and Chelsea Louro, Senior Manager of Sales Enablement at CentralReach. Thank you so much for joining us, both. Just to kick us off, I’d love if you could tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, and your role. Yvette, would you like to kick us off? Yvette Boucher: Yeah, thanks for having us. I’m Yvette. I’ve been with Central Reach for about six years now, building out our enablement programs. We’re an AI-powered platform for autism and IDD care providers. Our end-to-end software and learning solutions help organizations deliver quality outcomes to help every client succeed. I'll pass it over to Chelsea. Chelsea Louro: Thank you. I’m Chelsea Louro, senior manager of sales enablement. I’m also approaching six years here at CentralReach. And then prior to coming to CentralReach, I was a teacher for a little over a decade. I also did teacher training and recruitment and then education sales, then that brought me here where I was in SDR, an account executive, and then also now in enablement the last three and a half years. RR: Amazing. Well, we’re super excited to have you here, especially knowing that you guys were both up for a Spark Award this year. So you are doing some really wonderful work that I’m really looking forward to digging into as we kick off. I’d love to start with you, Yvette. Let’s open with what’s difficult, what you’re up against lately. So, what are some of the core challenges to GTM success that you’re seeing, and how have those challenges kind of evolved throughout your enablement career? YB: One of the biggest challenges we’ve seen recently is just how short the timelines have become between a product announcement and when reps are expected to start selling it. We’re moving faster than ever, especially with our new AI products. That means enablement has to get the reps the right information, the right messaging, and the right training almost immediately. It’s been a constant balancing act between speed and depth. We want reps to feel confident and well prepared, but we also need to deliver that enablement in a really agile way, so they’re ready to have meaningful conversations from day one. So the pressure to move fast has definitely shaped how enablement operates today. For us, it’s not just about building training, it’s about building our systems and processes that can scale and flex with the business. RR: I think you’re certainly not alone in some of those challenges. Organizations across the board are struggling with similar things, and everyone’s kind of looking for that silver bullet. Chelsea, I wonder if you can maybe help us kind of build on this. So, from your perspective, how does an enablement platform support you and the team in addressing these challenges and helping reps focus on selling? CL: Yeah, so I’ve been in roles at other companies where there wasn’t much organization. There was no enablement platform at all. Both as a seller and a leader, I spent a lot of time trying to find the resources that I needed, and sometimes just—out of pure frustration—had to create my own. I know a lot of sales reps come across that as well. So, having a platform like Highspot gives us kind of that single source of truth so we can get all of our content guidance training all together in one platform, one workflow. Our reps aren’t spending time trying to find things and they can focus on what they really need to do, which is sell. It also helps us deliver insights back to our leadership, um, and lets us see what content and sales plays are actually driving our sales. That visibility allows us to continually refine and to make sure that the reps are supported and then focused on selling. RR: Kind of moving forward, I would love to maybe focus on some of the ways that you’re using an enablement tool. I’ve heard that you and the team are doing some really wonderful things with Sales Plays, and that’s kind of part of what earned you that Spark Award nomination. Yvette, knowing that Sales Plays are playing such a critical role in supporting some of your AI-centric product launches this year, I’d love to learn a little bit from you about what that strategy is, and how you’re using plays to streamline rep workflows. YB: We’ve really built our Plays with simplicity and speed in mind. So, the idea is that we get the right information in our reps hands as quickly as possible with who to target, what to say, and what resources they can use so they can jump straight into the action instead of digging through multiple tools or decks. When we launched our AI solutions last year, the Plays became a living guide for the team. And because the plays live right in Highspot, reps can easily pull them up in the moment. So as our products continue to evolve, the Plays evolve too. So they’ve become a go-to reference point that helps stay, keep everyone aligned and stay confident in how they’re positioning our solutions. RR: It’s funny because you know, a Sales Play is such a humble thing, but it can be so powerful if you use it right. It’s not just the strategy that I think is really impressive with what you guys are doing. Chelsea, I’ve heard that you and the team have driven a really incredible 99 again, 99% adoption rate of your Plays. So can you walk us through how you maintain such high sales play adoption? CL: I think a lot of it is just constant repetition and reinforcement. Our teams have kind of become used to our enablement and go-to-market communications, so adding in Sales Plays was just a nice easy process. Every time we roll out a new Sales Play, we emphasize the importance to them. We let the team know that any changes or updates will be made in that Sales Play. So that’s where they need to go to find their source of truth. I put out a weekly newsletter called the CR Morning Brew every Monday, and in the Brew we share new marketing content, any updates to those Sales Plays, any initiatives, things that they need to know. Then we have a live sales meeting on Tuesdays where everything that was shared in the Brew is reinforced. So again, the reps are reading it, they’re getting it in sales team channels—because I share out that Brew in every single sales team channel—and then that live, vocal repetition and just making sure that they’re paying attention and, and they know what’s happening. RR: I think one thing that’s really important that you called out there is that yes, you’ve driven really high adoption, but you also built the foundation of communication beforehand. So you had these levers in place that you could pull and be like: “You trust us. You know where we’re coming from, and now I can send you to the right places.” So, you’ve built a strategy. You’ve seen near unanimous engagement with it, but it goes further than that. Yvette, you shared that using Sales Plays during a recent product launch led you to influence over 900 opportunities. Could you walk us through how you drove those results and then how that impacted the launch outcomes? YB: I think it really came down to how we set up the Plays to begin with. Like it came down with that alignment and teamwork. So prior to the launch we worked cross-functionally with product marketing, sales leaderships and our SMEs to make sure the reps had everything they needed for messaging, positioning, and the hands-on product support, which I think was key there. They needed someone that knew that product. We also knew we would be learning in real time. So every team at CR leaned in to help them, everyone. By the time the Play that went live, we were already making edits and updates based on early feedback. Every update and change was communicated in our Morning Brew. sales team meetings, and individual team meetings, and we continued that communication and support from our SMEs, and that’s really what helped us influence those opportunities. It’s also great that it was a great product for people to have. RR: That is the kicker—it's hard to sell when you don’t have something exciting. So I’m glad that both cylinders were firing there. You guys were doing the right things and so was the product. Now, I feel like we could probably continue digging into Sales Plays, there's a lot there. Again, like I said, they're one thing that gets overlooked, but they can be really, really high impact. I would like to maybe switch gears to another win that you’ve shared with us. Chelsea, you leveraged Highspot to redesign your onboarding program, achieving a really impressive one hundred percent adoption of required training and reducing ramp time by one to two weeks. Can you walk me through what you were thinking about as you were improving this program? What impact has that has had on rep productivity, ramp time, and all of those good things? CL: Yeah, so we kind of reimagined the onboarding program to be a little bit more personalized and performance driven. Using Highspot's training module, we built out role-specific Learning Paths that kind of combine product knowledge, our Sales Plays, and then real world scenarios. We also created an onboarding homepage. So when a brand new rep first joins the team, they log into Highspot. They have an onboarding homepage that clearly links all the Learning Paths but also defines the expectations, the deliverables, and what they should expect every single week. We also hold weekly check-in meetings with all of our new hires where we can answer any questions about what they’ve learned. We have discussions, we’ll bring in SMEs and then we can do any troubleshooting. And then honestly, just using the analytics with the Learning Paths, we’ve been able to track completion and performance and we can kind of quickly identify where the reps need maybe a little bit of additional support in different areas. But yeah, I mean this all together, we’ve kind of, like you said, we’ve reduced our ramp time, one to two weeks, and we make sure just with buy-in from our leadership, that all of the sales reps are completing every single Learning Path. So we do have that hundred percent completion rate. RR: What motivated the shift in the onboarding process? Where were you, and why were you like: “It’s time”? CL: We had all of the resources, but we hadn’t had that training or coaching platform yet. So we adopted that, really rolled that out, and that was kind of the kicker to get everything together and organized and built out into those Learning Paths. So I think just adding that training and coaching platform was the kicker to really redefine what our onboarding looks like. YB: I would say that previously we had our onboarding program in another tool outside of Highspot. So it’s just—we know sales reps: They wanna find everything right away, very easily. So just putting content and introducing people “Hey, you’re gonna use Highspot for this, but in your onboarding you’re gonna be using something else” just wasn’t going to get people using it or building things out. RR: That kind of goes back to something we were talking about earlier with your established communication cadences, and so bringing everything together, that’s a great move and I love to see that it’s already having that impact on not only engagement, but on productivity. And I think one thing that’s really impressive to me is just how much data you guys are coming with—of we’ve improved ramp time, we’ve seen really high adoption, and we’ve seen high engagement. Proving enablements impact is usually really, really hard. How are you measuring the effectiveness of your programs and demonstrating their contribution to broader business goals? YB: That is such a good question and honestly it’s something that’s been a challenge for us too. Measuring the true impact of enablement isn’t always straightforward. You can track engagement completion rates, but tying that back to real business outcomes takes a lot more work. One thing that really helped us in the last year really is using the Business Outcome section of our Sales Play Scorecards. That gives us a way to look beyond the usage and see how those Plays are actually influencing the results. So it tells us a clearer story about how our enablement drives performance, and not just participation from our reps. We’re taking that a step further next year. Our team is really excited to roll out Initiative Scorecards for our programs in 2026, so that’ll let us measure the impact across the full life cycle from launch to execution so we can keep improving and show the tangible value of enablement in driving the business forward. RR: Can I ask how you’re planning to use the Initiative Scorecard? Knowing that CentralReach is in a pretty launch heavy motion right now, is it going to be for product launches? What are your goals for that? YB: You know, we’re trying to develop that right now, so as we’re thinking of 2026 planning, I want to partner with the different sales leaders here as well as my direct leader and see what are our initiatives going into 2026. So potentially Q1, Q2, we’re not sure how we’re gonna break that out yet. But really getting some pipeline generation numbers. I know we have a lot of releases happening in some of our already launched AI products, so I want to generate campaigns of this is the product of focus, how much pipeline do we want to build, and how are we gonna build it. Then we'll use that Scorecard to show here’s the content, here’s the Plays, and here’s the training, supporting the team. Then, here’s the teams using it, getting it out there, and being able to tie that back to our future opportunities. RR: Amazing. I think that’s the foundation you need, right? You can have these key motions in the business, but encapsulating it all into an agreed-upon initiative that every function is aligned with is harder than you’d think. So I like to hear that you’re starting that new planning with: “What are our initiatives?” We looked a little bit ahead there, but I’d like to kind of just take a pause at where we are. We’ve talked about a couple of wins—Sales Plays, influenced opportunities, improved onboarding programs, and better ramp time. Outside of those things, since implementing Highspot, what are some of the key results that you’ve achieved? Are there any wins or really proud achievements that you could share? Chelsea, I’ll kick it over to you first. CL: Yeah, so I mean like you mentioned, just the 99% adoption of our sales plays and our onboarding ramp time being reduced to one to two weeks. I think overall just the 900 influenced opportunities in our new AI products was a huge win for us and brought in a lot of revenue, and Yvette mentioned at the beginning, it’s really a tool that helps this industry and helps our customers. So we were really excited to see that. But overall, just our win rates have improved our deal velocity, and I think that’s just more thanks to consistent execution and messaging alignment. Overall, I think the biggest win that we’ve seen is rep confidence. Our reps feel like they know what to say. They know the value prop, they know what to do. We get less questions, which is nice because they know exactly where to find things. They know where to go, what to find, how to use it, and just how to use it to win. RR: I think that’s everything you want to hear—your reps know how to do the thing. That’s what you’re here for. So fantastic that you’re kind of achieving that and have the data to back that up. Yvette, were there any wins that you wanted to share? YB: Honestly, I think Chelsea nailed it. Like the Learning Paths and all the work we’ve been doing with our training, I think that’s been huge. Definitely noticed the ramp time reduced with our new hires. They’re more confident, and I think we also have that always continue learning and changing mentality here. So, it's meeting with Chelsea and the enablement team and always like, how do we improve this? Just adding things like Role Plays now for SDRs because we found that, hey, once we launch a training, yes they can get on, they can get opportunities very, very quickly, reduce their ramp time, but we want to improve their conversations, so let’s have additional weeks of learn of Role Play training added into their courses. Just those minor changes make a really big difference. RR: Fantastic. I love that you're kind of evolving your strategy with the product, that as new things come on board, you guys are embedding it and finding new ways to make the product work for you. And that kind of leads me to my last question very neatly, which is that we’ve talked a little bit now about Spark—and you guys were able to come and join us and see a little bit of the fun, exciting new things that are coming out—so looking ahead, based on what you saw, how do you plan to evolve your enablement strategy, especially with some of those AI features? Maybe it’s Role Play, maybe it’s other things. YB: Spark is always such an inspiring event and we love going every year and this year really showed how quickly AI is transforming the way we work. So, for us, we see AI as a huge opportunity to scale our enablement smarter. We’re exploring ways to use it to personalize a learning experience, surface more relevant content right when the reps need it, and provide managers with coaching insights to help them guide their teams more effectively. Our goal is to make enablement more proactive. So we want to anticipate what the sellers will need before they realize it themselves. So that’s where AI will come in. For us. It’s not just about speeding things up, it’s gonna be about helping our reps focus on what really drives the results. RR: I think that’s a great vision. One of the ways I’ve heard it put is that AI can allow us to do more, but what it can really allow us to do is do better. So you guys, it seems, are really leaning into that and I can’t wait to see how it turns out. I know we have kind of hit the time that we have for you today, so I just wanna thank you both again for joining us. It was a really wonderful conversation and it’s been so fantastic to hear from you. CB: Thanks so much for having us.  RR: To our listeners, thank you for tuning into this episode of the Win-Win podcast. Be sure to tune in next time for more insights on how you can maximize enablement success with Highspot.

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Carl and Mike come are joined by the Water Boyz as they discuss how well the Hawks have been playing and why Jalen Johnson is proving to be the rising star the Hawks have been needing alongside Trae Young.

In this episode of Marketing Dilemmas, Liam sits down with Srikrishna Swaminathan, Co-founder & CEO of Factors.ai, to tackle a question most B2B teams are quietly wrestling with: are LinkedIn ads really working, or is Google doing all the heavy lifting? They dig into why LinkedIn so often looks “bad” in spreadsheets, how to use buyer-journey visualisation, view-throughs and incrementality testing to prove its impact, and where organic content fits into the whole system. Sri also breaks down who should own this problem (demand gen vs marketing ops), what good measurement actually looks like, and how emerging LLM/AI discovery will change the way we think about paid, organic and attribution altogether.

Carl and Mike get into some college football talk as they discuss Georgia getting the win over Georgia Tech and getting set to face Alabama for the SEC Championship and if Kirby Smart can get over the hump with getting a win over the Tide. They then share thoughts on Lane Kiffin and his exit from Ole Miss to take over at LSU and why ultimately Ole Miss should have swallowed their pride and allowed Kiffin to coach the team through the playoffs.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the Atlanta Hawks' 142-134 double overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia last night, and explain why they think their win last night further proves they're legit contenders in the Eastern Conference this season.

The Vikings' Dismal Season Continues: 26-0 Shutout by the Seahawks—In this episode of Vikings Daily Opener, we dissect the Minnesota Vikings' devastating loss to the Seattle Seahawks that resulted in a 26-0 shutout, the team's first in over 6,500 days. The offense struggled with only 162 yards and four interceptions, leading to social media backlash and calls for coaching changes. Amidst deteriorating team morale and poor performance metrics, the Vikings find themselves at the bottom of the NFC North. The episode also offers a historical perspective comparing the current season to the infamous 1984 season. Despite the hardships, fans are urged to remain hopeful for the future even though it may be far into that future. 00:00 Introduction and Recap 00:51 Game Analysis: Vikings vs. Seahawks 01:47 Fan Reactions and Social Media Outcry 02:25 Team Performance and Player Issues 03:37 Historical Comparisons and Coaching Concerns 05:55 Statistical Breakdown and Future Outlook 08:01 Concluding Thoughts and Upcoming Games FAN WITH US! Hosted by Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare. Join the conversation! Fan with us at Vikings 1st & SKOL @Vikings1stSKOL and with our podcast partner Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN where you get sports takes for the fan, from the fan! #Vikings #VikingsDailyOpener #Vikings1st&SKOL #SKOL ____________________________________________________________ ⭐️ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/@vikings1stskol92 ⭐️ Our X can be found at @Vikings1stSKOL ⭐️ Our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/493z6mQXcN ⭐️ At Fans First Sports Network - https://www.ffsn.app/teams/minnesota-vikings/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenny Wall from VideoAmp joins Ari Paparo to unpack why CTV measurement has to evolve past impressions and demos. They dig into outcomes, advanced audiences, clean room data, and the growing need for multiple currencies across linear, streaming, and walled gardens. Expect practical examples, a clear case for audience first buying, and a candid look at what happens if the industry stays locked to legacy metrics. Takeaways TV works, but modern measurement must prove business outcomes instead of just delivery. Advanced audiences reduce waste and can lift sales by focusing on the right households. Cross channel measurement is essential now that viewing and spend are split across many platforms. Third party validation matters because platforms grading their own homework limits trust. Dual currencies and clean room matching are messy today, but they create price flexibility and innovation. Chapters00:10 Ari sets up the shift from impressions to outcomes in CTV measurement. 02:16 Jenny explains why TV is a really emotional video and why that still drives results. 02:59 The conversation moves to tying fragmented channels to real KPIs like sales. 04:11 Jenny argues that advanced audiences beat demo buying for most brands. 05:18 Examples show how deep audience targeting can go, from retail intent to pharma switching. 10:53 Walled gardens and the need for independent measurement come into focus. 12:48 Dual currencies are framed as painful now but necessary for the market to progress. 15:14 Jenny warns that unstable metrics could wipe out long tail networks. 18:02 Real time optimization in TV is closer than most marketers think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our exploration of ancient writings, it's crucial to examine everything carefully - even the intriguing apocryphal books like Enoch and Jasher. While these texts may capture our imagination, true scripture must always be tested rigorously, confirmed authentic, and shown to align perfectly with the inspired words of Elohim. Originally Recorded Feast of Tabernacles 2024

Last week, I talked about building credibility by looking outside your organization for validation. External benchmarking, expert opinions, and industry recognition all help shift internal perception. But validation only works if people understand the actual value you're delivering. That brings us to today's topic: measuring and communicating UX success in ways that resonate with stakeholders.Because, unless you can demonstrate value clearly, the rest of the organization won't recognize it.Fortunately, decision makers across your company have an inherent need to improve the metrics they see. By establishing the right metrics, you'll influence their behavior. It's a weird phenomenon, but if you give people something to measure, they will want to improve that thing.Two ways to quantify successThere are basically two ways to demonstrate the benefit of what you're doing.Qualitative data can be incredibly powerful. A compelling story generates empathy among stakeholders in ways that raw numbers sometimes can't. Testimonials, videos, and user feedback help people understand the human impact of your work.But quantitative data is even more powerful because people believe in hard numbers in a way they don't believe anything else. Ideally, this data should tie to some kind of financial return for the organization.There is something about hard data and having hard numbers you can track that really resonates with people and makes them want to start moving that needle.Deciding on your metricsThe first step is to have metrics based around organizational goals. Right back at the beginning of this course, I talked about getting that company strategy and identifying the organizational goals. Now we need to translate those into something measurable.Depending on what kinds of products and digital services your organization offers will impact how you go about doing this. Essentially, you're taking the company objectives and translating those to the website, app, or digital service that you're running. For example, "increase revenue" might be a company goal for the year, so your website's role might be to generate more leads. Then you need to get specific about key performance indicators. What metric are we going to measure? Maybe we're measuring the number of people completing an online form or visiting a contact page. You need to make those metrics very tangible because otherwise, you can't track them easily.Vary your metricsHowever, be careful. Many organizations end up focusing on a single metric like conversion, which often ends up undermining their long-term success. For example, if you only care about conversion, you end up using pop-up overlays and attention-grabbing things, especially if you're thinking about conversion over the next quarter rather than longer term. You'll do anything to meet that target for that particular month. But what you're also doing is alienating people who won't come back because your website is hard to use or annoying.It's much better to have a variety of metrics that you measure rather than focusing on just one area so that you approach things in a more rounded way.I typically try to have metrics in three broad areas:Engagement metrics assess if users find your design delightful, if the content is interesting, and if it's relevant to their needs. You might put out a quarterly survey on the website or measure dwell time (although sometimes that can be a sign that people are lost on the website) or track how much of a video they watch.Usability metrics answer whether users can find answers to their questions and use features effectively. Periodic usability testing can bring those metrics in. You can measure things like task success rate, time to complete tasks, error rates, and the system usability scale I mentioned earlier.Conversion metrics show whether the right users take action on the site and what the financial value of those actions is. You've got the conversion rate, average order value, average lifetime value, number of repeat customers, and so on.Tie metrics to dollar valueThe most important thing is to try and tie these metrics to a dollar value if possible. Let me give you an example of how powerful this can be.I was at a restaurant called Pizza Express here in the UK. My wife and I were sitting there when the server came over to take our order. However, they took forever to input the order into an iPhone app. I glanced at my wife, who immediately rolled her eyes at me because she knew exactly what I was thinking. That the app had a bad user experience and needed improvement. The server went away, and my poor wife had to listen to me go on about how annoying these apps can be. I then became obsessed and ruined our lunch by starting some calculations.I calculated that if we could save 10 seconds per order, with about 350 orders placed per day in an average restaurant, that would save 58 minutes every day. Pizza Express is open about 364 days a year, meaning we could save 351 hours per year per restaurant. With 450 restaurants worldwide, that equates to nearly 158,000 hours that could be saved by fixing this app. According to ChatGPT, the average server in the UK earns about £9.90 per hour, so fixing the app could save the company over £1.5 million a year.Now, you might think I made up these numbers, and that would be the kind of feedback you'd get if you did something similar. You're right. People will say the numbers are made up, and yes, I did make them up. But it shows the potential. You can use that as a case to run a proof of concept project to work out the real cost savings. It's okay to make educated guesses, and the power of linking a usability or user experience problem to a financial value cannot be overstated. That is where you'll really get people's attention and begin to show the organization the value you can provide.If you want to make similar calculations, I've created a UX ROI calculator on my website that helps you work out the financial impact of UX improvements. Whether you're trying to increase your conversion rate, improve user retention and engagement, or boost productivity and efficiency, it walks you through the math and gives you numbers you can take to stakeholders.Report your successHowever, we can't just calculate these numbers. We also need to report them back. There are several techniques I use for demonstrating this value across the organization.I use storytelling quite a lot. Creating an engaging story that demonstrates how UX enhancements can address issues and achieve measurable business results. That's where your qualitative feedback becomes valuable because you've got all these stories of different users and their experiences. I could have just given you the hard numbers about the Pizza Express example, but by telling you how I ruined our lunch and alienated my wife, I made that story more interesting.I'm also a great fan of dashboards. Providing UX metrics in a dashboard will demonstrate how changes in the user experience help meet business objectives in a very tangible, visual way that people can instantly understand.I also produce impact reports either quarterly, half-yearly, or annually which report back to the organization about the impact that user experience changes have had on the long-term goals of the business.And then there are demos. Host demo days to showcase recent successes, what you changed, what it was like before and after, and the tangible difference that made.Reporting success is really an important part of the equation, and that means you need to be measuring success and tying that back to a financial benefit if you possibly can.Outie's AsideIf you're a freelancer or agency working with clients, demonstrating value becomes even more critical. Your client relationships depend on proving ROI.When you start a project, agree on the metrics you'll track upfront. Don't wait until the end to figure out how you'll demonstrate success. Build measurement into your proposal. If your client says "increase conversions," get specific about which conversions, by how much, and over what timeframe.Document the baseline before you start work. Take screenshots, record the current metrics, and note the user complaints. This gives you a clear before state to compare against.During the project, create a simple dashboard that your client can check anytime. Share wins as they happen. Don't save everything for the final report.When you're calculating potential value, be conservative. Underpromise and overdeliver. If your rough calculation suggests £100,000 in savings, present it as "potentially £50,000 or more." This protects you from overpromising while still showing meaningful impact.Finally, make your impact reports visual. Before-and-after screenshots, simple charts showing metric improvements, and short video clips of users struggling with the old design versus succeeding with the new one. These make your case far more compelling than a spreadsheet full of numbers.So that is it for this time. Next week, I'll wrap up this course with some final thoughts and a summary of everything we've covered. I'll pull together the key lessons and give you a framework for moving forward with confidence.

Getting buy-in for marketing is often harder than doing the marketing itself. So how are other teams actually doing it?In this webinar, two senior marketers and two finance leaders co-present how they work together to get marketing funded, trusted, and seen as a growth driver.You'll learn: • The three biggest reasons marketing and finance clash • How to translate campaigns into simple financial models finance can trust • How to build a shared definition of “value” (brand, pipeline, revenue, margin) • What good forecasting looks like when marketing runs in delay • Practical scorecards, budget rhythms and templates you can steal • Real-world examples from agencies and B2B SaaS (Genio, Suprpwr, Profit Sprout)Perfect if you're a marketer who needs budget sign-off, or a finance leader who wants predictable growth without killing creativity.00:00 Why marketing + finance alignment matters03:43 Biggest blockers to buy-in07:47 Explaining budgets to finance12:31 Proving marketing's value17:41 Forecasting both sides trust23:22 Alignment case study33:35 CAC, LTV + payback made simple40:05 Building one shared scorecard46:03 Key takeaways47:42 Q&A roundup************************************************************************Please take the time to check out our partners, all of whom we work with because we think they're useful companies for lovely marketers.Frontify – All your brand assets in one place: Frontify combines DAM, brand guidelines, and templates into a collaborative source of brand truth.Cambridge Marketing College – The best place to get your marketing qualifications and apprenticeships.Planable – the content collaboration platform that helps marketing teams create, plan, review, and approve all their awesome marketing content.NOAN – your superhuman business partner. Easily build your strategy & control your business knowledge with AI, then use it to manage your tasks, create content & supercharge your marketing.Wistia – a complete video marketing platform that helps teams create, host, market, and measure their videos and webinars, all in one place.

This roundtable explores how B2B teams can use modern demand strategies, B2C channels, and incrementality testing to prove true ad impact in 2026. The conversation highlights omni-channel expansion beyond LinkedIn, data-driven measurement, and practical ways to validate lift across pipeline and revenue.Speakers and RolesMatt Sciannella – Host and practitioner running paid media for multiple B2B clients; shares real client use cases, lift results, and practical frameworks for measurement and experimentation.Keith Putnam-Delaney – CEO of Primer; former Dropbox growth leader; expert in B2B expansion into B2C channels, audience targeting, mobile–desktop measurement problems, match rates, and lift testing.Authority: Both speakers bring hands-on experience running B2B paid programs at scale and deep insight into attribution limits, ABM constraints, and cross-channel growth strategies.Topics CoveredRising costs and saturation in traditional B2B channels (LinkedIn, Google).Why B2B brands must expand into B2C channels like Meta, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok.Mobile vs. desktop measurement gaps and cross-device limitations.Signal loss, attribution decay, and the need for server-side events.How to validate true impact using lift tests and incrementality.CPM efficiency comparisons across channels.ABM unbundling and alternatives to large, monolithic ABM platforms.Using holdout groups, geographic lift, and omnichannel testing strategies.Real client examples showing lift in inbound, share of search, and revenue.How audience targeting tools unlock TAM expansion outside LinkedIn.Questions This Video Helps AnswerHow do B2B marketers prove real ad impact without relying on last-touch attribution?How can brands expand beyond LinkedIn and still target ICP buyers effectively?What causes demand generation inefficiency and how do you fix it?How do mobile–desktop and cross-device gaps distort performance data?What is the right way to design lift tests or incrementality experiments?How can small TAM companies still scale using B2C channels?What alternative ABM workflows exist beyond large enterprise platforms?How should B2B teams interpret rising CPMs and shrinking reach?Jobs, Roles, and Responsibilities MentionedB2B growth marketingGrowth teamsSales operations managersRevenue operations rolesVPs of MarketingRegional sales directorsMedical device surgeons (ICP example)Marketing, sales, financeInfosec teamsPLG teamsField marketingOutbound sales teamsKey TakeawaysAttribution alone cannot prove channel value; lift tests reveal true incrementality.B2B audiences exist far beyond LinkedIn, and CPM efficiency is often dramatically higher on Meta, Reddit, and YouTube.Mobile-heavy consumption breaks MTA models; server-side signals and conversion APIs are now essential.ABM can be unbundled using smaller, more flexible tools and alternative data sources.Expanding TAM and using audience targeting unlocks more reach and stronger pipeline outcomes.Share of search is a powerful leading indicator for demand creation impact.Omnichannel experimentation paired with structured test design improves confidence with finance and executive teams.Frameworks and Concepts MentionedIncrementality testingHoldout groupsChannel-based lift testsGeographic lift testsAccount list split testingLeading vs. lagging indicatorsShare of search analysisServer-side conversion APIs (CAPI)Cross-device measurementAudience match ratesABM unbundlingCPM efficiency analysis

Are women being failed by modern medicine? Today's guest, Dr. Melissa Miskell, has spent 25 years as a board-certified OB-GYN—and she says YES. In this powerful conversation, we break down the misconceptions, outdated beliefs, and systemic blind spots in women's healthcare… and how Dr. Miskell is working to fix them.In this episode, we cover:✔️ Why modern medicine still ignores women's symptoms✔️ The dangerous misconceptions that hurt women's long-term health✔️ How Dr. Miskell became a doctor AFTER being told she'd never make it✔️ What women need to know about their hormones, fertility, and treatment options✔️ Why patient-led, proactive healthcare is the futureDr. Miskell's story is one of persistence, grit, and overcoming outdated gatekeepers—while building a career serving women who need real answers, not dismissals.CHAPTERS00:12 – Welcome to the Command Your Brand Show00:30 – Introducing Dr. Melissa Miskell00:37 – How Modern Medicine Has Failed Women01:04 – Dr. Miskell's Background & Experience01:56 – The Mentor Who Said She'd Never Make Medical School02:48 – Proving the Doubters Wrong03:59 – Turning Discouragement into Motivation04:19 – The Truth About Aging & Women's Health04:47 – Hormones Get a New Look: FDA Removes Warning05:34 – Why Women Were Told to “Just Deal With It”06:03 – The Real Impact of Hormonal Decline06:34 – Estrogen, Progesterone & Testosterone Explained07:07 – How Hormones Affect Heart, Bone & Brain Health07:35 – Osteoporosis & Hormones08:08 – Why Heart Disease Is the #1 Killer of Women08:48 – How Hormonal Shifts Affect the Heart09:23 – What Taking Control of Your Hormones Looks Like09:39 – Finding a Doctor Who Actually Listens10:02 – What Hormone Level Testing Really Reveals10:29 – Options for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)11:09 – Why Injectable Hormones Work Best11:49 – Blood Tests & Tailored Treatment12:00 – The Problem With Oral & Topical Hormones12:30 – Patches & Pellets: Pros and Cons13:52 – Symptoms Women Don't Realize Are Hormonal14:57 – How Treatment Is Customized for Each Woman15:17 – Balancing Hormones Through Real-Life Symptoms17:02 – Environmental Estrogens: Hidden Dangers18:02 – Lifestyle & Environmental Changes That Help19:00 – Diet Changes That Support Hormone Balance20:02 – The Soy Problem for Women & Men20:28 – What Women Experience After Correct Treatment21:28 – How Hormones Improve Life Quickly21:44 – How to Connect With Dr. Miskell22:09 – Closing Thoughts & Subscribe Reminder________________________________________________________________________⇩ LOOKING TO COMMAND YOUR BRAND? ⇩BOOK A CALL: With Our Team to See How We Can Helphttps://commandyourbrand.com/book-a-call/BOOK: Grab Your Copy of Our Book, Command Your Brand: Grow Your Impact, Income and Influence in the New Media Landscape, Rated the # PR Book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Command-Your-Brand-Influence-Landscape/dp/B0CJXGKD15________________________________________________________________DOWNLOAD AUDIO PODCAST & GIVE A 5 STAR RATING!:APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/ro/podcast/command-your-brand/id1570323509SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wE8jDVdlpsDCmNx8sYZTQ?si=41fd776e1a6b43be(also available Google Podcasts & wherever else podcasts are streamed_________________________________________________________________⇩ OTHER VIDEO PLATFORMS ⇩➤ RUMBLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rInZbdlLiU_________________________________________________________________⇩ SOCIAL MEDIA ⇩➤ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CYBmedia➤ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/commandyourbrand➤ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/commandyourbrand_________________________________________________________________➤ CONTACT: INFO@COMMANDYOURBRAND.COM

HEADLINE: Khrushchev, Hard Power, and Gorbachev's Doomed Reform GUEST AUTHOR: Professor Sean McMeekin 50-WORD SUMMARY: Despite Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin's crimes (1956), the Soviets pursued hard power politics, motivated by proving their system's superiority. The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan was a destructive strategic error. Mikhail Gorbachev sincerely sought to reinvigorate communism by reducing corruption and improving planning but failed, ultimately misunderstanding that the regime relied on corruption and sheer force to operate.

  HEADLINE: Khrushchev, Hard Power, and Gorbachev's Doomed Reform GUEST AUTHOR: Professor Sean McMeekin 50-WORD SUMMARY: Despite Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin's crimes (1956), the Soviets pursued hard power politics, motivated by proving their system's superiority. The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan was a destructive strategic error. Mikhail Gorbachev sincerely sought to reinvigorate communism by reducing corruption and improving planning but failed, ultimately misunderstanding that the regime relied on corruption and sheer force to operate.

Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk and discuss why the offense was "not the same" when Michael Penix Jr. was under center and was able to function more effectively with Kirk Cousins back as QB1. As their conversation continued, they agreed the Falcons offense must continue to provide complementary football to the defense which has been playing well.

Have you ever caught yourself explaining, performing, or pushing - just to prove you're enough?Maybe you've been the one holding everything together, thinking that if you do more, give more, be more… you'll finally feel at peace. But here's the truth: peace doesn't come from proving. It comes from remembering who you were before you thought you had to.So in today's episode, we'll talk about why we start proving, how to notice when you're caught in it, and what freedom feels like once you stop. Because when you stop performing for approval, you start living from peace.Follow me on instagram for more inspiring, motivational and uplifting content. See you there❤️

Albert Einstein was, well, Albert Einstein. But was he right? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice investigate what it took to prove Einstein right, with theoretical physicist Dr. Jim Gates.Originally Aired October 19, 2020.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-proving-einstein-right/ Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Carl and Mike are joined by Stewart Mandel to discuss the latest headlines in college football including the CFP rankings and what to expect for Georgia and Georgia Tech if they're able to win out in their respective conference games.

Matt Formston on Facing Fear, Redefining Limits, & Riding GiantsEpisode IntroductionWhat does it feel like to stare down a five-story wave you cannot see? How do you quiet the noise of global doubt telling you "the blind guy is going to die"? In this powerful and condensed episode, Steve delves into the mindset of Matt Formston—world champion adaptive surfer, Paralympian, and Guinness World Record holder.Matt opens up about the two distinct fights of his life: first, the desperate struggle to prove he wasn't disabled, and second, the purposeful fight to become the best version of himself. He shares profound insights on overcoming self-doubt, the practical process for tackling any fear, and why becoming a father changed his relationship with risk forever. This is a masterclass in resilience, presence, and turning perceived limitations into unparalleled strength.--About Our GuestMatt Formston is an Order of Australia member, a multiple-time world champion in surfing and cycling, and holds the Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed by a vision-impaired athlete. His incredible journey is documented in the film The Blind Side.--Follow Our GuestWebsite: https://www.mattformston.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattformston/Follow Us OnHost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestevehodgson/Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharewithsteve/--Episode Highlights00:00 - The daunting global noise: "They're going to kill the blind guy."00:16 - The two types of fear: physical recklessness vs. the fear of being seen as "different."01:01 - The two fights of Matt's life: Proving he wasn't disabled vs. fighting for his best self.01:20 - Refusing to learn Braille and tackling the biggest kid to prove he was "normal."02:34 - The shift: Accepting his disability and starting the internal fight for self-mastery.03:59 - Steve's reflection: If a blind man can surf giants, what's stopping me?04:13 - The household rule: You were not allowed to use the word "can't."05:36 - Learning to surf blind, starting on a bodyboard to "feel" the wave at age five.07:41 - The documentary The Blind Side and surfing a record 51ft wave at Nazaré.08:15 - How you train for the "non-surfing" part of a giant wave: strength and breath capacity.09:48 - The crucial role of his support team and family.11:18 - The moment after a brutal wipeout when the safety team said, "No more."12:29 - Matt's 3-column framework for anyone scared to attempt something big.13:32 - How becoming a father introduced a new kind of fear and responsibility.15:02 - Battling the global media narrative and the doubt it creates.

Adriane and Mike are back with Part Two of their October Disney World adventure! Day two kicks off with a swashbuckling start at Magic Kingdom's newest hotspot, the Beak & Barrel, setting the tone for a day full of surprises. Later that evening their plan was to snack their way through the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival but Florida had other ideas. When the skies opened up with relentless rain, they had to pivot fast and stumble into a little Disney magic.A last-minute reservation at 'Ohana during the Happily Ever After fireworks turned what could've been a washout into one of the most unforgettable Disney evenings. Proving once and for all that not all rainy days at Walt Disney World are bad, some of them are iconic.Follow Adriane (@heyadriane) and Mike (@mikemolinari) on TikTok and Instagram for all the videos, vlogs, and behind-the-scenes moments from this magical adventure!

The government says the Great Rides are giving regional tourism a huge boost, with those biking the trails spending $1.28 billion on accommodation, food and hospitality. David Ritchie owns Oliver's restaurant and accommodation in Clyde and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Top Stories for November 18th Publish Date: November 18th PRE-ROLL: BUFORD HOLIDAY FESTIVAL From the BG AD Group Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Tuesday, November 18th and Happy Birthday to astronaut Allan Shepard I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are your top stories presented by KIA Mall of Georgia. The Sandwich Project celebrates milestones and welcomes new executive director Norcross receives international award for branding efforts Elementary and middle school cellphone bans proving popular, as debate moves to high schools All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: Kia Mall of Georgia STORY 1: The Sandwich Project celebrates milestones and welcomes new executive director Before the latest government shutdown even hit, the Sandwich Project was already out there—quietly, relentlessly—feeding Atlanta’s hungry. This grassroots nonprofit, born in the chaos of 2020, has now delivered over 2.2 million sandwiches across metro Atlanta. Two million sandwiches. Let that sink in. And now, they’ve got their first executive director: Christine Cooper Nowicki, a longtime volunteer with a heart for service. “This wasn’t something I saw coming,” she admits, “but food insecurity has always been personal for me.” Every week, volunteers—families, Girl Scouts, Rotary Clubs—make 8,000 sandwiches. It’s messy, beautiful, and life-changing work. Learn more at thesandwichproject.org. STORY 2: Norcross receives international award for branding efforts Norcross just snagged a Silver Davey Award—pretty impressive, right? Out of 2,000+ global entries, this small-but-mighty city was recognized for its killer branding and communication efforts in the Government and Municipal category. The secret sauce? A partnership with Lawrenceville’s Accent Creative Group, the creative minds behind Norcross’ ads, event logos, social media, and more. “Our brand isn’t just a look,” said Mayor Craig Newton. “It’s how we tell our story.” The Davey Awards celebrate big ideas on small budgets, and Norcross nailed it—showcasing a community alive with culture, creativity, and connection. Not bad for a little city with big heart. STORY 3: Elementary and middle school cellphone bans proving popular, as debate moves to high schools Georgia high schools might soon say goodbye to cellphones, following the success of bans already in place at some schools. Starting next fall, a new law will require elementary and middle schools to lock up phones during the day. High schools aren’t included—yet. But with 92% of teachers supporting the idea, according to a Georgia Southern University survey, the push is gaining momentum. At Lakeside High in DeKalb, Principal Susan Stoddard said banning phones was a game-changer: “You heard kids talking again—actual conversations in the hallways.” Still, some parents worry about emergencies. Lawmakers? Divided. But this debate isn’t over. Not even close. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We’ll be right back Break 2: Ingles Markets 7- Sugar Hill Holiday STORY 4: Agency seeks more power to enforce campaign finance law Georgia’s election finance watchdog wants sharper teeth, and lawmakers might just hand them over. The State Ethics Commission says it needs more power to investigate campaign finance violations—like the $300,000 fine it slapped on Stacey Abrams’ nonprofit earlier this year for failing to disclose millions in donations and spending. Sen. Bill Cowsert, who’s running for attorney general, is leading the charge. “We need transparency,” he said. “Big money shouldn’t dominate politics.” But critics call it political theater, especially with Fulton DA Fani Willis now in the committee’s crosshairs. Meanwhile, the Ethics Commission says it’s hamstrung without stronger subpoena powers. The fight’s far from over. STORY 5: Corps of Engineers says below normal rainfall could make Lake Lanier hazardous Lake Lanier’s water level is holding steady—for now. As of last week, it sat at 1,065.51 feet, just a hair above the historic median of 1,065.39 feet for this time of year. But here’s the catch: rainfall’s been scarce lately, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is keeping a close watch. “The dry spell could mean lower levels ahead,” said Dustin Gautney from the Corps. And with Lanier’s hidden hazards—tree stumps, old roadbeds, even remnants of submerged towns—boaters and swimmers need to stay sharp. The advice? Wear your life jacket, watch for obstacles, and stay safe out there. We’ll be right back. Break 3: Sugar Hill Ice Skating Rink Final STORY 6: Loganville shooting suspect arrested in Lawrenceville A chaotic Friday afternoon unfolded as a shooting at a Loganville CVS ended with an arrest in downtown Lawrenceville. Loganville police issued a BOLO alert around 4 p.m. for a vehicle tied to a “serious incident” at the CVS on Atlanta Highway, where a woman had been shot in the head. Critical condition. No name released. Lawrenceville’s FLOCK cameras flagged the car near the Square. Officers swarmed West Crogan Street, shields up, and arrested the driver without a fight. The suspect’s name? Still under wraps. The victim? Airlifted to Grady. It’s a mess, and the investigation is ongoing. STORY 7: State raises red flags in Gwinnett Schools' CCRPI report Gwinnett County Public Schools is celebrating some wins in college and career readiness—but the state’s latest report card tells a more complicated story. Sure, GCPS outperformed Georgia in seven areas, mostly in elementary and middle schools. But high schools? They’re lagging. The only bright spot there is content mastery. And across all levels, the district is struggling to close gaps, especially in English Language Arts. Red flags? Plenty. Targets missed for multiple demographics—African-American, Hispanic, economically disadvantaged, and more. Progress scores for high schools dropped by over 10 points. The takeaway? There’s work to do. Wins are great, but gaps can’t be ignored. We’ll have closing comments after this Break 4: STRAND THEATRE Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. 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So many people walk through the doors at Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities without hope and it is people like Chaplain Sammy Watkins, he is the Director of Chaplains at Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities - he discusses the feeling of hope Union Gospel Mission provides, the faith that leads them and the outreach to get people the help they need and help them!

A first-generation American whose roots trace back to Portugal, Pastry Chef Stephanie Oliveira brings a deep sense of heritage, discipline, and creativity to her craft. She earned her bachelor's degree in Baking and Pastry Arts Management from The Culinary Institute of America in 2010, where she was awarded the prestigious Les Dames d'Escoffier scholarship in recognition of her talent and promise. Stephanie began her professional journey with the Dinex Group in New York City, where she played an integral role in launching DBGB, Boulud Sud, and Épicerie Boulud under the direction of Chef Daniel Boulud. Her career quickly accelerated as she joined the opening team at Hakkasan, contributing to the restaurant's achievement of a Michelin star within its first year. After two years, she was promoted to Pastry Chef. She later led the opening of Pâtisserie Chanson as Head Pastry Chef, bringing refined pastry techniques and creativity to the forefront. Her experience expanded into luxury retail dining as the Executive Pastry Chef for L'Avenue at Saks, working alongside iconic French pastry chef Pierre Hermé. Today, Stephanie serves as the Regional Pastry Chef for Restaurant Associates, where she oversees multiple programs and supports pastry development across a growing portfolio. Her leadership reflects both technical mastery and a commitment to mentoring the next generation of pastry professionals. Instagram: @realchefsteph In this episode we discuss: How making Portugese treats with Mom sparked a love of baking Attending CIA and winning a Les Dames d'Escoffier scholarship Working for Daniel Boulud's Dinex Group for three years From Pastry Sous Chef to Pastry Chef of Hakkasan in NYC Next stop Patisserie Chanson – transitioning to a high-end pastry shop Landing her dream job – Executive Pastry Chef at Pierre Herme's L'Avenue at Saks Stephanie's best kitchen tip and advice for newbies And much more!

Ministered by Santo and Delia Lopez at New Life Church of La Habra in La Habra, CA. God bless you and thank you for listening! If you would like to learn more about our ministry or give an offering, please visit our website at www.nlclahabra.com Visit us on Instagram: @nlclahabra Our Address: New Life Church of La Habra 740 E. Lambert Rd. Unit E  La Habra, CA 90631

Carl and Mike get into some Georgia talk as they react to the Bulldogs win over Texas and believe that despite there being initial doubt they could win a national championship this year, they are proving they very well will likely be in contention to win the championship this season.

Jesus will accept anyone who's faith is real. Proving that authentic faith is genuine and faithful.

This Light Language activation will clear distortions and outdated conditioning to awaken you to your divine TRUTH and clear any frequencies of pushing & proving in your energetic field. Your vision is done and you are SOURCE itself.It's time to release old identities and ways of being so that you can make your soul vision a reality with alignment and joy. Ready to go deeper? 

I grew up believing that achievement = love. If I wasn't achieving, being a "good" girl and getting validation or money I wasn't loved, worthy or successful.Most high achievers have this wounding. A trauma based response to success and an away strategy. What happens when you dismantle and uncouple money and achievement from your worth, success or love?What happens when you have nothing to prove and no external validation? Listen to this episode to hear more. The shift to achieving as I breathe and making even more money with alignment and joy was a profound journey. A dismantling and dissolving to come back to my authentic self. To the things I can't NOT do. You are causing the effect - you don't need to live in the paradigm of doing things for an outcome or for validation. What light you up truly lights up the world. If you're ready to work together in any capacity. Now is the time.Looking forward to connecting. xox Ready to go deeper? 

Join hosts Yadin Porter de León and Jessica Hreha as they sit down with Nick Brackney, AI Product Manager at Dell. This episode provides a rare look inside a large enterprise's practical and strategic approach to AI, moving beyond hype to build tools that deliver real value for marketers.Nick, whose role is to build AI tools specifically for Dell's marketing organization, shares the lessons learned from their transformative journey. He explains how Dell moved from 700 disparate pilots to a centralized AI strategy and why his deep marketing background—his "domain expertise"—is more valuable than traditional product manager skills in this new landscape.In this episode, you'll learn:The New Marketing Career Path: Hear about the creation of new roles like the "AI Product Manager" for marketing and the skills required to succeed.Strategy & Prioritization: How Dell's AI strategy is built on a "people, processes, and technology" framework and a "business-first approach" to prioritize workflows.Why "Business Logic" is Key: Nick makes a compelling case that it's not just about data; it's the "business logic" that's missing. He shares how one team's well-defined logic allowed him to build an app that automates 95% of a case study from a single one-hour recording.Driving Real Adoption: Discover why generic "office hours" don't work and how Dell uses a "white glove onboarding approach" , meets users where they are , and empowers internal "super users" to scale adoption.Proving the Business Impact: Get tangible results, including marketers saving 30 minutes to two hours per task , eliminating vendor spend on creative assets , and earning an internal Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 68 for their AI tool.A Framework for Automation: Nick shares his "LEARNS" mnemonic for identifying the perfect tasks to automate: Low risk , Emerging , Arduous , Remedial , Not worth it , and Speed Nick On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brackney21/        Reach out to us on LinkedInYadin Porter de Leon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/porterdeleon/Suzanne Ambiel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-ambiel-a77807/Jessica Hreha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicahreha/Michelle Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-moore-sfbay/Maila Ruggiero: https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-ai-la-ruggiero-b5132817a/Contact the show yadin@techvillagemedia.comLearn more about the VMware Marketing AI Council and the global marketing generative AI success. https://enter.amcpros.com/marcom/entry/vmware-marketing-ai-council-innovates-and-empowers/

Texas is trending UP — and Jeff Howe & CJ Vogel are breaking down the three biggest reasons why.

High performers often mistake discipline for proving. This episode explores how to practice without pressure — so you can restore joy, focus, and peace. Learn why real mastery flows from presence, not performance, and how to rewire your brain for peace.For many high-capacity humans, discipline has become disguised defense. You're not afraid of practice — you're afraid of what might happen if you stop.In this episode of The Recalibration, Julie Holly unpacks why even the most dedicated high performers can lose joy when practice turns into proving. Through the lens of neuroplasticity, she explains how your brain learns safety through repetition — not striving — and how to rebuild a rhythm that restores your energy, focus, and identity.You'll learn how to:Recognize when “discipline” has turned into self-protection.Reprogram your nervous system through repetition in safety, not stress.Shift from proving your worth to practicing your peace.Understand why integration doesn't slow you down — it compounds your impact.Lead teams where growth flows from trust, not tension.Drawing from the later chapters of Tiger Woods' comeback, Julie shows what it looks like to return to mastery with humility, peace, and gratitude. His quiet strength reminds us that excellence doesn't disappear when pressure is released — it deepens.This isn't mindset work. It's Identity-Level Recalibration (ILR) — the psychology-backed, faith-rooted pathway that begins with the who, not just the how. It's not another strategy. It's the smallest internal shift that changes everything.Today's Micro Recalibration:“Practice becomes worship when peace is your measure of success.”And if you lead a team, bring this to your next meeting:“What if growth didn't come from pressure, but from safety?”Integration begins when you remember — peace isn't passive. It's the posture that makes power sustainable.If this episode gave you language you've been missing, please rate and review the show so more high-capacity humans can find it. Explore Identity-Level Recalibration→ Follow Julie Holly on LinkedIn for more recalibration insights → Schedule a conversation with Julie to see if The Recalibration is a fit for you → Download the Misalignment Audit → Subscribe to the weekly newsletter → Join the waitlist for the next Recalibration cohort This isn't therapy. This isn't coaching. This is identity recalibration — and it changes everything.

Proving the Resurrection: When Evidence Meets Axiomatic FaithJoel Settecase takes us deep into one of the most foundational truths of Christianity—the resurrection of Jesus Christ—and shows why our defense of that truth must start with Scripture, not autonomous reason or mere probability. In this powerful episode, Joel revisits a blog post he wrote over a decade ago, analyzing his own youthful apologetic mistakes and revealing how a presuppositional approach transforms our understanding of evidence, logic, and faith.Joel walks through how to engage skeptics biblically, dismantle atheistic assumptions, and build an apologetic that honors Christ as Lord in your heart and argument. Learn how to show that the resurrection is not just probable—it's necessary, because the Bible says it and the Bible is the foundation for all knowledge.This episode is both a theological deep dive and a practical apologetics masterclass for Christian men who want to stand firm in truth, lead with courage, and disciple their families to do the same.Calls to ActionJoin the Hammer & Anvil Society — the Ultimate Discipleship Community for Christian Men.Are you ready to lead with strength, courage, and faith? God has called you to be a leader—of your family, in your church, and in your community. But you weren't meant to do it alone. Join a brotherhood of Christian men who will stand by your side, challenge you, and sharpen you like iron sharpens iron.Dive in: https://thethink.institute/societyGive to The Think Institute — Your Support Can Make a Powerful Impact.The Think Institute relies on the generous support of our Ministry Partners to equip Christian fathers and their families to stand firm on God's Word in today's challenging climate. The Think Institute, NFP is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit (EIN: 88-3225438). Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.Give here: https://thethink.institute/partner

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“Proving that Purgatory Exists in ONE MINUTE!” In this episode, we explore the concept of Purgatory and its significance in Catholic belief. Additionally, we tackle questions about the titles of Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix, how to engage with a 27-year-old agnostic son, and the impact of prayer on the world’s future. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 08:34 – How do Catholics understand the titles of Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix? 16:20 – What’s the elevator pitch for Purgatory? 36:06 – How do you talk to a 27 YO agnostic who happens to be your son? 47:30 – I've been praying for the world to get better. Will it actually get better?

How did I make money on my first and worst investment? I'm going to be breaking down my first and worst investment and how I ended up making money on it and getting a free storage facility even after closing the business for 2 years.Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/mr22f6mxTop lessons learned from this experience:- Don't ever get into an asset class that you know nothing about without first going to industry specific events, building relationships, asking questions, and getting an advisor to help you analyze and purchase your first deal.- Buying portfolios can be a great thing, you get multiple properties at a discounted rate, and after you buy them, you split them up and sell a few at market price, while keeping the others.- This is not really related to car washes, but I have heard that the first offer you get is typically the highest offer you will get, and it turned out to be true in this case. When I decided to sell them while they were still open, we got an offer that was higher than the one that we ended up taking, but I turned it down because at that time the properties were not distressed and our sales price was based on actual NOI. However, it confirmed this theory that the first offer that you get is typically the highest offer you will get.- Work with a broker that exclusively sells that specific asset class, and follow up with them on a regular basis to make sure you and your properties are on top of their mind. I'm a believer in showing up and following up because people easily forget about you, whether you are selling or buying a property, you need to keep people accountable. This is not to say that the broker wasn't working on them, but it was to keep reminding her that I was really interested in selling them. My follow ups were about once a month/once every other month.- There's a known saying in real estate that “You make money when you buy”. And because I got these properties at a great price, and even though the deal was a complete failure, that is another reason why this worked out. Proving another real estate theory to be true.Three years after purchasing these properties I decided that it's not worth my time to try to fix it, and that I'd put the car washes up for sale, and close them completely. Not knowing when I was going to be able to sell them. I decided to take the hit on the mortgage payments until I sold them because my time was not worth the time that I was spending trying to solve that problem. The mortgage payments were cheaper than my time. The car washes stayed closed for two full years. Last year I managed to sell one of them, and this year I sold the remaining two, two years after completely closing them. I hope that you can learn from my lessons learned, so that you don't have to make the same mistakes that I made. To better investments!www.montecarlorei.com/investors

The Kast is here to preview CFB Week 11! Don't forget to subscribe to the pod and check out karterkast.webflow.io!Our Sponsors USE CODE “KARTERKAST” AT SEATGEEK FOR $20 OFF YOUR FIRST PURCHASESeatGeek.comGet 15% off + Free Shipping at 47' Brand: https://47.sjv.io/6yK7PNSocial MediaTwitter: @karterkast @karterb8 @wilkersonadylan @connor_sparrowTikTok: @karterkast Instagram: @karterkast Hosted by: Karter BaughanGuests: Dylan Wilkerson and Connor Sparrow #football #collegefootball  #podcasts #cfb #BYU

In this heartwarming and eye-opening episode of Nine Lives with Dr. Kat, we welcome Steve Feldman, President of the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), to explore how pets improve our physical and emotional well-being — with science to back it up. Dr. Kat and Steve discuss groundbreaking research showing the health benefits of pet ownership, from reduced stress and anxiety to improved cardiovascular health. They also talk about the role of animals in therapy settings, how veterinarians can better communicate the value of the human-animal bond, and what the future holds for research in this space. Whether you're a pet lover, veterinary professional, or science enthusiast, this episode affirms what we've always known: our pets truly make our lives better!EPISODE NOTES: The Power of the Bond: How Science is Proving Pets Make Us HealthierBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nine-lives-with-dr-kat-cat-podcasts-for-cat-lovers-pet-life-radio-original--6667999/support.

“What is the Real Presence in the Eucharist?” In this episode, we explore the essence of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist and discuss the most effective arguments for its defense. Additionally, we delve into the distinctions between public and private revelation, the appropriateness of a resurrected Christ in church design, and how suffering can shape our character. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 08:55 – What is your 1-minute Elevator pitch defense for the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist? What is the most effective argument in the shortest amount of time? 36:24 – Is it appropriate for a Church to have a resurrected Christ instead of a crucifix as the center point of the Church? 48:45 – How does suffering shape us for the better?

SPONSORS: 1) MANDO: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code JULIAN at shopmando.com! #mandopod PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Charlie Rocket is a Grammy winner, Emmy winner, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, content creator and philanthropist! This video explains the inspiring life journey of Charlie Rocket! With 9,000,000 followers across social media supporting his movement. Charlie Rocket has changed the lives of millions. CHARLIE's LINKS: YT: https://www.youtube.com/@UCh4ObkiF1Q0wga_eBBYY-Hw IG: https://www.instagram.com/charlie/?hl=en onceuponacoconut: https://www.instagram.com/onceuponacoconut/?hl=en FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 – Seeing the Future Through Dreams 12:43 – Living a Great Story & Brainwashing Yourself 23:32 – Proving the Doctor Wrong & Running an Ironman 34:04 – From Food Addiction to Moderation 45:51 – Finding Fun and the Wheel of Fortune 59:51 – Dreams, Manifesting & Law of Delusion 01:15:43 – Nike Dream Crazy & Winning an Emmy 01:23:15 – Becoming a Magnet for Luck 01:32:17 – Signing 2Chainz & Acting as Manager 01:43:45 – The Fight That Changed Everything 01:56:09 – Creating Identity & Becoming a Winner 02:06:58 – Expecting Miracles & The Dream Machine 02:17:57 – Flying Colors & Finding Joy in Work 02:23:48 – Fun & The Power of Insecurities, Kanye 02:31:58 – Fired by Soulja Boy, Kanye VMAs 02:47:20 – Servitude, Michael Jordan & Human Potential 03:01:01 – Moms are the best CREDITS: - Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey - COO, Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ - In-Studio Producer: Joey Deef - https://www.instagram.com/joeydeef/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 352 - Charlie Rocket Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

High performers don't crave praise — they crave safety. In this episode, Julie Holly unpacks why performance became your path to belonging and how to finally stop earning love that was always meant to be received.The Roots of Approval: Why You Keep Proving YourselfYou've achieved so much — but deep down, something still drives you to keep proving. No matter how much success you build, that quiet hum remains: Do enough. Be enough. Don't let anyone down.In this intimate reflection, Julie Holly reveals why performance became your path to belonging. Through the lens of attachment theory, polyvagal insight, and real-life experience, you'll discover how your nervous system learned to equate doing well with being safe — and how to rewrite that pattern from the inside out.You'll learn:Why approval isn't about ego — it's about safety and connection.How your nervous system links performance to survival.The difference between unconditional and conditional attachment — and how it shaped your adult identity.How approval takes many forms: applause, silence, avoidance, or even belonging in unsafe spaces.Why high performance can become a survival response instead of an authentic expression.How recalibration at the identity level begins freeing your body and mind from old attachment loops.This episode offers both compassionate understanding and practical application — blending science, story, and soul to help you stop striving for what you already carry.

Michael discusses the recently released DOJ notes that show Trump pushing the Justice Department to declare the election corrupt and “leave the rest to me.” In the wake of this bombshell news, first reported by the NYT, expect subpoenas to fly for Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy and many more. We could be witnessing the true, beginning of the end for Donald Trump as a politician with this latest smoking gun. Later, former SDNY prosecutor Harry Littman, host of the Talking Fed Podcast joins Mea Culpa. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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