Podcasts about rainbow babies

EVEN MORE about this episode!What if you were born to heal a family's heartbreak? In this powerful episode, art therapist and grief expert Sarah Vollmann explores the emotional world of “replacement” children—those born after the loss of a sibling. With sensitivity and depth, Sarah shares how growing up in a grieving family shapes identity, expectations, and emotional development in ways that often go unspoken.Host Julie Ryan opens up about her own family's story following the loss of her sister Joan. Together, they discuss the silent impact of loss on siblings, especially preverbal children, and how families carry forward the memory of those who are gone.We also dive into the healing power of art therapy, and how creative expression helps children and families process grief, stay connected to lost loved ones, and reclaim their stories. From rainbow babies to intuitive sibling bonds, this episode offers profound insights and hope for anyone navigating loss, identity, or the legacy of love that lingers after death.Guest Biography:Sarah Vollmann is a board-certified art therapist and licensed clinical social worker specializing in grief and traumatic loss. She serves as Associate Director of the Young Widowhood Project and teaches at the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition. Sarah maintains a private practice, leads counseling at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, and co-authored Born Into Loss: Shadows of a Deceased Sibling and Family Journeys of Grief. Currently pursuing her doctorate at Tulane University, she presents nationally and internationally on grief, art therapy, and bereavement.Episode Chapters:(0:00:01) - Understanding Replacement Children(0:13:57) - Understanding the Impact of Family Loss(0:23:59) - Replacement and Gift Children(0:27:52) - Unseen Bonds With Deceased Siblings(0:32:49) - Family Dynamics After Child Loss(0:38:43) - The Concept of Rainbow Babies(0:42:56) - Healing Through Art TherapySubscribe to Ask Julie Ryan YouTubeSubscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Español YouTubeSubscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Português YouTubeSubscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Deutsch YouTube✏️Ask Julie a Question!

Our "April Showers" mini series continues as Alyx, Sarah and Kara share their stories of heartbreak and loss while growing their families. If you're struggling with infertility this episode is for you to know you're not alone. We know that, unfortunately, this episode will resonate with many. If you are struggling with PCOS, miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy we hope you find comfort, support or feel seen as they share their stories. We are sending love to anyone going through this season of life. Send us a text

This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Avroy Fanaroff, Emeritus Professor at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, who has had a long and impactful career in neonatology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Some music and sounds in this podcast by @itslucakoala In this BRAND NEW podcast episode — Brittany invites on to chat with her, her husband Ryan Dull. In this very emotionally exciting episode Ryan and Brittany give you a bit of a sneak peek at what it has been like during Brittany's ‘Rainbow Baby' pregnancy— after the death of their son Jordan. Many topics are discussed! The couple hopes you enjoy and find it informative yet inspiring.  Brittany and Ryan will release 3 other episodes this month together as well on the topics of baseball, recent vacations, and more! Discussed in this episode — That big fat STICKY positive pregnancy test after many chemical losses — Taking multiple pregnancy tests up until first ultrasound — Self advocating after loss: extra care and more ultrasounds! — Assisting your partner with stress —  Britt's cravings, a look into the nursery, and what Britt and Ryan are wishing for during this pregnancy — And much more! AG1: New subscribers get a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You'll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. So make sure to check out DrinkAG1.com/BOSBABES to get started today. Get 20% OFF and FREE shipping off of your FULL Manscaped order by going to manscaped.com and using my code BRITTANY at checkout For all of your furniture needs please be sure to check out Highpoint Furniture Sales. They are fully family owned and operated with 1 great location in the state of North Carolina— visit their showroom In High Point or shop their website highpointfurnituresales.com — they offer white glove delivery and set up services nationwide! For your triad area realty needs please get in touch with Amy Cromer of ‘Cromer Property Group'. Visit her website today for more information www.cromerpropertygroup.com Luca Koala FREE music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5kepJgtnHDGsvYiLlKXQ03?si=wZKjnpjvTXSXz-qnBOkX7w

Hi Sister! When I first sat down to record this episode, I felt a mix of excitement, nerves, and deep gratitude. It's not every day that I get to share something so personal, something that has been years in the making—marked by heartbreak, surrender, and ultimately, God's goodness. If you've ever felt like you're waiting on the Lord, wrestling with His timing, or wondering if He sees your pain, I pray this episode speaks directly to your heart. Before we dive in, I have to take a moment to celebrate 40,000 podcast downloads! What a humbling milestone. I never imagined when I started this show that we would reach so many sisters around the world. This has always been God's show, and I pray before every episode that He speaks through me and gives you the encouragement you need. So, to celebrate, I'm hosting a special giveaway—keep reading for details on how you can enter! Now, in this episode, I'm opening up about my own journey of loss, waiting, and ultimately, surrender. I'll walk you through: How I navigated three back-to-back pregnancy losses, including losing my daughter at 15 weeks. The spiritual battle I faced as I questioned if I'd ever have another baby. The moment God called me to fully surrender my fertility to Him. How I found peace in tracking my cycle and understanding my body better. The difference between trying to conceive in fear vs. trying in faith. Sisters, this story is deeply personal, and I know it may be hard for some of you to hear. If you're still waiting, still hoping, still crying out to the Lord—I see you. I've been there. But I also want you to have hope. Because God is faithful, and His timing is always, always perfect. And yes—there's a giveaway! Here's how you can enter to win an All Access Pass to one of our group coaching calls: Leave a written review for the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Share the podcast with a friend or post about it in a Facebook group. Screenshot your review and share/post and drop them into our Facebook group! I cannot wait to bless one of you with this coaching opportunity. You have until this Friday, the 28th to enter! Let's dive into today's episode. Grab a cozy blanket, a warm cup of tea, and let's talk about God's timing, surrender, and the hope that never fades. In Him,  Bekah     Resources & Links: ✨I've put together a free faith-filled booklet to help guide you through this journey. It's called Faith-Driven Fertility, and it's full of practical steps and encouragement for trusting God while supporting your body for conception.

Ariadna Juarez Talks All: Pageants, Rainbow Baby, Motherhood, Business Owner, CHISME & MORE!!! Thanks to my sponsors: Alma can help you find the right therapist for you — not just anyone. Visit https://helloalma.com/ALAN to get started and schedule a free consultation today. Find exactly what you're booking for on https://Booking.com, Booking.YEAH! • Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/NochedePendejadasPodcast • If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/NochedePendejadasPodcast Follow Alannized on IG Follow Alannized on TikTok Follow Alannized on Twitter  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maribel Sandoval Talks All: Childhood, DV, Rainbow Baby, Divorce, CHISME & MORE! • Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/NochedePendejadasPodcast • If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/NochedePendejadasPodcast Follow Alannized on IG Follow Alannized on TikTok Follow Alannized on Twitter  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of BioTalk with Rich Bendis, Dr. Kolaleh Eskandanian, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Children's National Hospital, discusses her work driving pediatric healthcare innovation. Dr. Eskandanian introduces the BARDA SPARK Accelerator, a groundbreaking initiative focused on advancing medical countermeasures for children, and explains how it aligns with Children's National's mission to lead in pediatric healthcare innovation. She also highlights the unique challenges in developing pediatric medical countermeasures and the importance of partnerships with organizations like Rainbow Babies, Mass General, and others. Additionally, Dr. Eskandanian shares insights into the hospital's role in fostering innovation through the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) and the Children's National Research and Innovation Campus. Join us for an engaging conversation about the future of pediatric healthcare, the opportunities for innovation, and how the SPARK Accelerator is paving the way for advancements that will improve the lives of children worldwide. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant. Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.M.P. is Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Children's National Hospital, reporting to hospital's Executive Vice President, Physician-In-Chief and Chief Academic Officer. In this capacity, she oversees the Office of Innovation Ventures, the Sheikh Zayed Institute's R&D operations, and has a leadership role in the development of the Children's National Research and Innovation Campus (opening 2020). She is also the executive director of the FDA-funded National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI), focused on accelerating the path to market for pediatric devices. Eskandanian works with a large network of small and large businesses, nonprofits and government agencies –addressing the unmet medical needs of children. She is the producer of an annual innovation competition that supports small businesses who demonstrate the ability to address a significant medical need in the pediatric space. Eskandanian's expertise includes the full spectrum of product development activities, having held management positions at Accenture, a global management consulting firm, where she directed major product launches for clients. Eskandanian is the co-PI on the FDA-funded Global Pediatric Clinical Trials Network grant and the CTSI-CN lead of the Orphan Product Accelerator.  Eskandanian's own innovations are in the market space, used by millions. She is the lead inventor of the first-ever adverse event reporting system, initially deployed in a research academic environment. This technology and its derivatives have now been in the market for over 10 years. She has had leadership roles in the development of the first web-based trouble entry management system for a Fortune 100 company in the telecommunications sector. She has been a key contributor in securing over $40 million in government funding for two large research enterprises. Prior to joining Children's National, Kolaleh held positions with Intelsat, Accenture and Georgetown University. Her background is in mechanical engineering with a PhD in operations science and an MBA from American University Kogod School of Business.

Thanks to a little help from guardian angels, Bree Zaccaro welcomed her rainbow baby after suffering the heartache of a miscarriage. AND Babies mixed up at birth sounds like a good plot for a Lifetime movie or book. But what if it actually happened in real life? To see videos and photos referenced in this episode, visit GodUpdates! https://www.godtube.com/blog/help-from-guardian-angels-rainbow-baby.html https://www.godtube.com/blog/babies-mixed-up-at-birth.html Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Some call vaccines the greatest medical advance of the last century, other question whether or not we really need them.  It's a touchy subject made more complicated with a lot of misinformation.  In this episode, we go straight to an expert, Amy Edwards, M.D., a pediatric infectious disease expert at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital who gives us straight talk, explains some of the misconceptions and gives you information to better decide your health choices. 

This morning I share the speech given by our daughter and son-in-law (with their permission) at the Bris last week of their son, our grandson, Yishai Hersh. Beyond the deep personal emotion I felt, these words have eloquence and wisdom from which every one of us can benefit. Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (rabbi@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.

In this final episode of Season 4, Jacqueline welcomes Casey Hawkins, who bravely shares her personal journey of coping with a rare disease diagnosed during pregnancy, the birth of her rainbow baby, experiencing a second-trimester miscarriage, and the emotional recovery that followed. Casey discusses the challenges of a difficult pregnancy, the subsequent grief from her loss, and the healing power of community support and therapy. She also touches on the significance of honoring her children and finding strength in vulnerability.ALL THE THINGS:Motherhood Intended websiteJoin our FREE Motherhood Intended CommunityFollow @motherhood_intended on InstagramDownload a FREE Month-by-Month Guide to Feeling Grounded & Focused on Your Journey to BabyDownload a FREE Habit & Goal TrackerLeave a review for the podcastApply to be a guest on the show!Send us a Text Message with questions, suggestions, or to just say hello!The Dark Horse Entrepreneur | Helping Parents Make Money OnlineFor hardworking parents seeking side hustles & yearning for the freedom & fulfillment...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showIf you're interested in helping give the absolute greatest gift to deserving intended parents, learn more about becoming a surrogate (and earn up to $650 just for taking the first few simple steps!): share.conceiveabilities.com/hello12

Nowadays, it's common for most women to be in the workforce before they embark on motherhood. Once they have decided to expand their families, maternity leave is something that enters their minds. How much time will she have off? How much will be paid or unpaid? What should she prepare for to have a smooth maternity leave? There are a lot of questions, so we had to "chick chat" with Dr. Jessica Madden, a mom of four, a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist, and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), her recommendations on how to prepare for maternity leave and what to mothers should add to their maternity leave checklist. Who is Dr. Jessica Madden? Dr. Jessica Madden has been a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist for over 15 years. She's currently on staff in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH. She previously worked in the Boston and Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospitals. In 2018 she started Primrose Newborn Care to provide in-home newborn medicine and lactation support. Dr. Madden is currently the Medical Director at Aeroflow Breastpumps. She also enjoys traveling, yoga, reading, and spending time with her four children. What Did We Discuss? In this episode, we chat with Dr. Madden about the ideal maternity leave checklist for expectant mothers, such as what to discuss with employers and insurance companies, what resources are available during and post-delivery, including lactation support, and more. Here are several of the questions that we covered in our conversation: What is the current landscape of maternity leave in the U.S.?  How important is it for mothers to plan for maternity leave? When should they start? What are the most important things to take into consideration when preparing for maternity leave? And what needs to be on every maternity leave checklist? Can you please explain to us the consequences of limited access to paid or partially paid maternity leave for expecting mothers? Can you provide an overview of resources available for expecting mothers, such as lactation support services, community and online support groups, and educational classes on childbirth, breastfeeding, and newborn care? How can women involve partners, family members, and even employers in the maternity leave planning process? What are your top recommendations to expectant mothers as they start to plan for their maternity leave and beyond?  Dr. Jessica Madden gave us some incredible insights in this episode, and we are including all of them in our maternity leave checklist, which you can find and download in our SHOW NOTES. Be sure to download it to prepare for your maternity leave successfully! Dr. Madden's Resources Website: aeroflowbreastpumps.com Facebook: @AeroflowBreastpumps Instagram: @aeroflow_breastpumps Pinterest: @aeroflowbp YouTube: @AeroflowBreastpumps Mentioned in the Episode: Nesting Parties Postpartum Plan Thank you for listening to this episode! Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, leave us a review, and follow us on our podcast Instagram page @thebabychickchat for more content. Cheers to preparing for an amazing maternity leave! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Beckler joins us today on the Badass Fertility Podcast to share her hard-won wisdom and insights on the journey to her rainbow baby.  The truths she uncovered on her path to her rainbow baby are truly priceless.  She shares with us: The depth of darkness that came over her when she lost her first pregnancy.  The surprise she experienced when she realized how many women suffer the same thing.  The significant changes she made in the way that she thought and acted which helped her get pregnant and carry to term. Some of the most critical shifts she made with the support of mindset are: changing her job, balancing action with surrender, relying more on intuition, realizing there's no right or wrong way to conceive, tapping into play and fun.   Let Amy inspire you to realize what is possible for YOU. Doors CLOSE TODAY (10/23) for the BFP, but if you're ready to join, you can slip in during the final hours.   Click HERE to join the BFP

Special thanks to rhonmack, Hazardous_Ed, Maxz_124, lylisdad, and Kat for allowing us to feature their stories!In this episode, we share five true stories from Reddit. The first story is all about a three-year-old with the sight; the second is about encounters with a doppelgänger, the third and forth are telephone calls from the dead and the fifth is about a terrifying imaginary friend.Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEStories:www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1fwc4f6/creepy_3_year_old_story/https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/7oEo2yVkophttps://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/18hjxj0/my_dead_grandpa_left_a_message_on_our_mailboxhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ngv9am/phone_call_from_dead_parent https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/1g3jm80/my_imaginary_friendThanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again tomorrow!Sarah and Tobie xx"Spacial Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you heard of a transabdominal cerclage?   What is a transabdominal cerclage? A transabdominal cerclage is a small, extremely strong, woven synthetic band stitched high on the cervix. This band supports the full length of the cervix and resists the pressure the growing fetus places on it. The band prevents the cervix from opening and losing the pregnancy.   Today's guest experienced two chemical pregnancies over about a year and a half in the beginning of her marriage. Eventually through medical intervention, Jazmyne Scott was able to get pregnant with her son then she lost him in the second trimester due to incompetent cervix or cervical insuffiency.  She was determined to have her rainbow baby.  Jazmyne took control of her maternal health and researched doctors in Atlanta who could perform a transabdominal cerclage based on her being apart of the Abbyloopers facebook group.     In today's episode Jazmyne takes us on the journey to advocating for herself to get a transabdominal cerclage, getting pregnant with her rainbow baby girl, birthing her baby girl and being a parent after loss. Become a Sisters in Loss Birth Bereavement, and Postpartum Doula Here Living Water Doula Services Book Recommendations and Links Below You can shop my Amazon Store for the Book Recommendations You can follow Sisters in Loss on Social Join our Healing Collective Online Support Group Join the Sisters in Loss Online Community Sisters in Loss TV Youtube Channel Sisters in Loss Instagram Sisters in Loss Facebook Sisters in Loss Twitter You can follow Erica on Social Erica's Website Erica's Instagram Erica's Facebook Erica's Twitter

Emma discusses her experience going through an early loss with her first pregnancy. She also talks about trying to get pregnant again after loss, along with the traumatic birth surrounding her rainbow daughter. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support

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Sarah shares about her very magical homebirth experience with her rainbow baby. As a doula she also shares with us about her work and how to specializes in pregnanct after loss, if you are someone who may benefit from her services be sure to reach out to her. Sarah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paldoula/ Sarah's website: https://www.pregnancyafterlossdoula.com/birthing-hope Homebirth Starter Bundle FREEBIE: ⁠https://births-at-home.ck.page/26dda2ba06⁠ The Empowered Homebirth Course: ⁠https://birthsathome.com/pages/empowered-homebirth-course⁠ Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/birthsathome/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠My website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://birthsathome.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠More links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://msha.ke/birthsathome⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Click to Subscribe:  https://bit.ly/Youtube-Subscribe-SoapDirt In the upcoming episodes of Days of Our Lives, viewers will witness the heart-wrenching storyline involving Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) and Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman). The couple are dealt a devastating blow when they discover the loss of their unborn child, leading to an emotional rollercoaster that extends to their family and friends.  Their journey through grief takes them on an unexpected path, especially as they grapple with blaming Johnny's mother, Paulina Price (Jackee Harry), for their misfortune. Spoilers indicate that the couple will be leaving Salem temporarily, sparking speculation about a potential 'rainbow baby' upon their return.  The term 'rainbow baby' refers to a child conceived after a miscarriage or neonatal loss, symbolizing hope after a storm. While the storyline is a poignant reminder of the harsh realities many face, it also offers a beacon of hope for the couple's future.  Despite the couple's departure, fans are eager to see if their return will bring about a new chapter of joy and healing. The storyline serves as a testament to the show's commitment to delivering powerful and relatable narratives to its viewers. Visit our Days of our Lives section of Soap Dirt: https://soapdirt.com/category/days-of-our-lives/ Listen to our Podcasts: https://soapdirt.podbean.com/ Check out our always up-to-date Days of our Lives Spoilers page at:  https://soapdirt.com/days-of-our-lives-spoilers/ Check Out our Social Media... Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoapDirtTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoapDirt Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/soapdirt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soapdirt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soapdirt/

Dr. Dina Gottesman's Journey in Independent Pediatric Practice working with Dr. John at South Ridding Pediatrics. In this episode, Dr. Dina Gottesman shares her journey from completing her pediatrics residency at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital to becoming a leading pediatrician at South Riding Pediatrics. Dr. Gottesman talks about her early influences, education, and the pivotal moments that led her to specialize in general pediatrics. She discusses the challenges and rewards of her profession and the importance of fostering a strong team culture and adapting to the evolving healthcare landscape. The conversation also touches on the impact of social media in her practice, patient care dynamics, and the changing work ethics in the medical field.00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome01:01 Dr. Dina's Journey to Pediatrics03:40 Growing Up and Early Influences05:01 Love for Pediatrics and Work Ethic07:23 Challenges and Rewards in Pediatric Practice10:47 Hiring and Team Dynamics15:17 Social Media and Marketing in Pediatrics22:30 Balancing Professionalism and Engagement in Medical Videos23:00 Adapting to New Communication Methods23:22 Creating Informative and Engaging Content24:25 The Role of Technology in Patient Education26:29 Challenges in Maintaining Work-Life Balance28:16 Fostering a Collaborative Work Environment31:08 Evolving Perspectives on Professional Commitment32:50 Adapting to Health and Safety Regulations37:37 The Importance of Passion in Medicine43:23 Reflecting on Past Experiences and Future AspirationsSupport the Show.

Krista is a life coach who has two living children and went through two miscarriages. She talks about going through her losses, along with the scare she had during pregnancy with one of her living children. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support

Lindsay struggled with infertility due to PCOS. She went through fertility treatment and got pregnant, but this ended in a miscarriage. She then got pregnant with her son Theo, but had to TFMR due to him having CMV (cytomegalovirus). Lindsay was able to get pregnant again and bring her rainbow baby home. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support

087. Kristen is from Rochester Hills, Michigan. She moved to Barcelona, Spain, after graduating with a masters in Spanish and met her husband there. They married when she was 27. Her first pregnancy she says was easy and assumed any pregnancy following it would be the same. Baby number two was a rainbow that didn't come so easy. She wanted a third baby over 40 but wasn't sure she was ready for the possibility of another loss. Join us as Kristen shares her journey to her natural pregnancy with baby number three, her second rainbow baby.If you are trying to have a baby over 40, I'd love to invite you to 40.40 Society! It's a 6-week program that teaches you the same tools I used to have a good TTC experience and validate your feelings with bi-weekly small support groups. Join the wait list to be the first to know when the program is open to learn how to handle the ups and downs of TTC and feel supported through your journey:  https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/waitlistGet the full story, resources and more information about this episode:https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/episode87/

Today is the final part of our 3 part series and we're really thankful to Phoebe, Jenna and Holly for joining us to chat through some of the challenges they faced on the road to Motherhood. Jenna finished off our chat sharing a little about her journey and educates Duncan on a new term. If you'd like to join the conversation, head over to discord! https://discord.gg/Fq2VZUPfr8

Big thanks again to our 3 awesome mums, Phoebe, Jenna and Holly for joining us in a noisy church for this chat. Today Phoebe shares a little on her experience to motherhood. If you'd like to join the conversation. It happens on Discord. https://discord.gg/Fq2VZUPfr8

Ep 302- Trigger Warning: Discussion of Abortion and Child loss. Joining us this week is author, activist and Rainbow Baby Mom, Grace Peterson. Grace shares a powerful and intimate story of her choice to have an abortion due to medical necessity. Grace herself described it as “the easiest and most difficult decision she has every … Continue reading "Ep 302- “Rainbow Baby Mom” with Grace Peterson"

Matteo Trucco, MD joins us on OsteoBites to provide a preview of the FACTOR 2024 scientific panels in layperson terms with a brief overview of vocabulary and terms as a helpful resource for patients and families attending our FACTOR 2024 conference.Dr. Matteo Trucco is a pediatric oncologist caring for children, teens and young adults with sarcomas at Cleveland Clinic Children's. He also serves as Clinical Director, directs the Children's Cancer Innovative Therapy Program and co-chairs the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation's Sunshine Project consortium where he and colleagues develop and conduct clinical trials seeking more effective and less toxic treatments for childhood cancers. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed his Pediatrics Residency at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and his Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins and the National Cancer Institute. He is honored to be on the MIB Agents Board of Directors, chairs the MIB Agents Scientific Advisory Board, and co-chairs the organizing committee for the annual FACTOR Conference. He also has the privilege of moderating the MIB Agents Tumor Review Board for Osteosarcoma

Today we welcome into the studio Holly, Phoebe and Jenna to share a little about their journey to motherhood. It's a rocky journey and today we're grateful for Holly who shared her story of IVF. We'd love you to join the conversation on our discord channel. https://discord.gg/Fq2VZUPfr8

Phoebe Lapine shares her conception story in this Pros & Cons Of Having Kids episode, from experiencing multiple miscarriages, to working with a reproductive immunologist, to conceiving through IVF & surrogacy. As a warning, we do discuss miscarriage in this episode, so if that's a sensitive or triggering topic for you at this time, it may be best to sit this episode out. If that applies to you, I love you and I'll see you on Wednesday. The emotional weight of Phoebe's first miscarriage, and how that informed the following three she experienced What a reproductive immunologist is & the role they played in Phoebe's conception journey Phoebe's full toolkit to keep herself physically & mentally healthy during such a difficult time The important role that carbs play in stabilizing your hormones AND what to look for to find the most easily-digestible carbs in the grocery store Exactly how much surrogacy costs & what you can expect an agency to do for you How IVF hormone injections REALLY impact your health and body A frank conversation about the ethical implications of surrogacy How to best support a friend experiencing pregnancy loss–and what NOT to say The surprising upsides and downsides of having a baby by surrogacy  And so much more For more from Phoebe, you can find her on Instagram at @phoebelapine or www.feedmephoebe.com. You can find her new cookbook, Carbivore, where books are sold. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order my new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now!  This episode is sponsored by: Seed: go to seed.com/lizmoody and use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first month. AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Pique: go to piquelife.com/LIZMOODY for 15% off plus a special gift. Previous episodes referred to in this episode: This Episode Will Transform How You Feel About Your Body with Lindsay Kite, PhD Why You Need A Dopamine Detox (And Exactly How To Do It) Skincare Secrets: How To Naturally Heal Acne, Dry Skin, Eczema, & Dermatitis with Dr. Sarah Villafranco The Pros & Cons Of Having Kids The 2nd Pros & Cons Of Having Kids Episode: Pooping During Labor, The Real Cost + Sex & Body Image After Birth How To Know If You Should Have Kid(s) + Debunking Myths About Parenthood with Merle Bombardieri, MSW, LISCW What It's REALLY Like To Be Childfree By Choice with Ruby Warrington & Vanessa and Xander Marin All The Fertility Qs You're Too Nervous To Ask: Answered The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast.  This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions.

On this episode of Motherhood Intended, Jacqueline shares a deeply personal story about the birth of her daughter via surrogacy. Detailing the steps leading up to the birth, including signing with an agency, being matched with a surrogate, and the excitement of learning the pregnancy news, she provides insights for anyone curious or embarking on a similar journey. She discusses the emotional and logistical aspects of surrogacy, such as creating a birth plan with the surrogate and preparing for changes in post-birth care decisions, like breast milk or formula. The narrative is interwoven with reflections on motherhood, adjustments to family life, and the profound gratitude towards her surrogate. Additionally, she speaks on personal challenges and light-hearted anecdotes about her appearance, family life, and preparations for the arrival of her new baby. The episode closes with a look forward to taking a summer break, focusing on family, and hinting at exciting future content for the podcast.•  Sign up now for the Motherhood Intended Newsletter!• Join the Motherhood Intended Community•  Follow @motherhood_intended on Instagram•  Leave a review for the podcast•  If becoming a surrogate is on your heart, click this link to learn more (and earn up to $650 just for taking the first few simple steps!): share.conceiveabilities.com/hello1200:00 Welcome to the Final Episode of Season Three!00:20 The Realities of Recording with a Newborn00:37 A Glimpse into Motherhood: No Makeup, Air-Dried Hair, and Workout Clothes01:58 Announcing a Summer Break and What to Expect02:59 Our Surrogacy Journey: The Birth of Our Daughter04:25 The Birth Plan: A New Experience for Us10:49 Reflections and Decisions Post-Delivery14:29 Delivery Day: An Unforgettable Experience20:54 The Arrival of Lorelei: A Joyful Beginning21:13 Reflecting on Baby Sizes and Family Traits22:40 First Moments with Our Newborn: Embracing Parenthood22:55 Navigating Newborn Feeding: Trials, Triumphs, and Bottle Choices24:50 Hospital Stay and Heading Home: Overcoming Challenges27:27 The Journey Back: Navigating Airports and Flights with a Newborn34:05 Warm Welcome Home and Reflecting on Surrogacy37:09 Closing Thoughts: Embracing Different Paths to ParenthoodiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you've come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.If you're interested in helping give the absolute greatest gift to deserving parents, learn more about becoming a surrogate (and earn up to $650 just for taking the first few simple steps!): share.conceiveabilities.com/hello12

Note: This episode is the first one in a new segment within the listener series of A Psychic's Story. In it, Nichole speaks more in depth with someone who submitted a listener story to the podcast. If you like the segment, the podcast will do more episodes like it.Angie Castor's life was forever changed by the loss of her oldest son plunging her into the depths of profound sorrow. As a result, a series of fateful encounters culminated with her introduction to a psychic medium who revealed her latent gift as a healer. She then embarked on a transformative spiritual voyage.Join Nichole and Angie as they discuss the many dramatic twists and turns of Angie's spiritual journey and her discovery of the powerful practice of breathwork and its life-changing benefits.You can listen to the story Angie initially submitted in Episode 165: Listener Stories Ep 12 – A Time Warp, Rainbow Baby, Son's Ring, and Validation with a Name. To learn more about Angie visit her website Blissed Out Heart or follow her on Instagram.If you have a spiritual story you want to share, send it in by calling 1-800-880-1881 or emailing a voice memo/audio clip to contact@apsychicsstory.com.Get your hardcopy or paperback of Nichole's book with Dr. Scott Guerin, Looking for Angels: A Guide to Understanding and Connecting with Angels, at your favorite local bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target or Walmart. Signed paperback copies are available at lookingforangelsbook.com. The audiobook is available on Audible, and iTunes.A Psychic's Story wouldn't be possible without your support so THANK YOU for listening. If you'd like to support the podcast, please:SUBSCRIBE in your favorite podcast player. FOLLOW @apsychicsstory on Instagram. BOOK a session with Nichole.SIGN-UP to receive emails, news, alerts and more from A Psychic's Story.BECOME a Psychic Club member on Patreon to access additional content.This podcast is intended to inspire you on your personal journey toward inner peace. The podcast host, co-hosts or guests are not psychologists or medical doctors and do not offer any professional health or medical advice. If you are suffering from any psychological or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified health professional.Support the Show.

Welcome to another episode of The Pulling Curls Podcast: Pregnancy & Parenting Untangled. Today, in Episode 227, we are joined by Winter Redd to discuss a profoundly touching subject—'Rainbow Babies'. Winter shares her personal journey of pregnancy after experiencing the heartbreak of a stillbirth, exploring the complexities of navigating hope, grief, and the joys of expecting anew. We'll delve into the emotional landscape of becoming pregnant after a loss, the anxiety it can bring, and the ways to cope with fear and foster attachment. This episode is an important one for anyone who has faced loss or is walking the delicate path towards healing and hope with a new life on the way. Join host Hilary Erickson as we untangle the emotional threads of Rainbow Babies. Today's guest is Winter Redd. Winter cohosts with her husband Lee, the Still A Part of Us podcast, a show about stillbirth and infant loss. They started this podcast after their son Brannan was born still at 38 weeks. We interview moms and dads who have experienced a similar loss, so they have a chance to tell the birth and life story of their baby. Links for you: Winter's previous episode on parenting through stillbirth. Timestamps: 00:00 July 2018, devastated, anxious for another baby. 05:24 Pandemic allowed privacy during pregnancy after loss. 08:23 Monitoring baby's movements for peace of mind. 12:58 Counselor urges positive thinking for pregnancy outcome. 13:54 Choosing a name, bonding with baby Felix. 17:33 Mixing up family names is natural. 23:55 Mel Robbins encourages envisioning best case scenarios. 25:24 Remembering deceased child helps grieving parents cope. 28:16 Pregnant after loss? Here's some support. Keypoints: Pregnancy After Loss: The episode features guest Winter Redd sharing her personal journey of pregnancy after experiencing a heartbreaking stillbirth at 38 weeks, conveying the complexities and emotional challenges involved. Navigating Grief and Anxiety: The discussion addresses the prevalence of stillbirths and miscarriages, acknowledging the increased anxiety they can cause for parents during subsequent pregnancies. The Pandemic's Privacy: Winter Redd describes the unexpected sense of relief provided by the COVID-19 pandemic's privacy, allowing her to navigate her emotions without the external pressure usually associated with pregnancy after a loss. Support Systems: Hilary Erickson emphasizes the importance of having a solid support network and the necessity of love and attachment during pregnancy, even when fearing loss. Naming and Bonding: Winter and her husband bond with their baby early on, naming him Felix, and forging an emotional connection despite fears and past trauma. Dealing with Guilt: The episode candidly explores feelings of detachment and guilt that can arise during pregnancy and after the birth of a child following a loss, normalizing them as part of the healing process. Rainbow Babies: Although the symbolism of "rainbow babies" as a sign of hope is discussed, Hilary Erickson reveals her personal decision not to label her child under this term to avoid attaching the weight of past loss. Advocacy in Healthcare: Hilary underscores the critical role of self-advocacy in healthcare after a loss, sharing her experience of switching doctors to a stillbirth expert and seeking couple's therapy for emotional support. Podcast Resources: "Still a Part of Us" is recommended as a helpful podcast for those who have experienced a loss. However, Hilary advises against listening while pregnant due to its emotional content. Continuation and Remembrance: As the episode concludes, Hilary Erickson reflects on maintaining a connection with the child lost, imagining his personality at five years old and addressing the social discomfort around stillbirth and loss. The next episode is teased to cover postpartum sleep challenges. Producer: Drew Erickson Hilary Erickson, Winter Redd, stillbirth, pregnancy after loss, miscarriage prevalence, pandemic pregnancy, emotional support, love and attachment, baby naming, guilt in pregnancy, family dynamics, rainbow babies, hope symbolism, using Clomid, home doppler, counting kicks, non-stress tests, healthcare advocacy, stillbirth expert, couple's therapy, attachment issues, rainbow baby term, third child, podcast "Still a Part of Us", pregnancy after loss support, parenting after loss, emotional strength, connecting with lost child, stillbirth discomfort, sleep after baby.

This month we are joined by Dr. Raymond Liu from Case Western Reserve and Rainbow Babies in Cleveland to discuss his work on skeletal maturity grading systems, patient reported outcomes in limb deformity, and 3D anatomical studies. Hear about Mongolia pushing the limits in rigid nailing of pediatric femur fractures and stick around for highlights from the lightning round including ultrasound for fracture diagnosis, guided growth for patellar instability and 3D analysis after spinal fusion.   Your hosts are Julia Sanders from Children's Hospital Colorado, Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, and Josh Holt from University of Iowa. Music by A. A. Aalto.   For more information on the JPO Journal Club organized by Dr Liu, please contact Caroline Eaton from Advancing Pediatric Orthopaedics at ceaton@faportho.org.   To download the "What's the Skeletal Maturity" app for free, visit your device app store (Android currently undergoing upgrades, but available soon!)   Citations for papers discussed:   Moon TJ, Canitia E, Amakoutou K, et al. Prospective Multicenter Preliminary Validation of Limb Deformity-modified Scoliosis Instruments in Pediatric Patients With Limb Deformity. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024;44(3):e260-e266.   Furdock RJ, Sun KJ, Ren B, et al. The Reliability of the Modified Fels Knee Skeletal Maturity System. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024;44(2):e192-e196.   Nedder VJ, Chen KJ, May CC, Abzug JM, Liu RW. Developmental Anatomy of the Radial Bow in Pediatric Patients using 3D Imaging. J Pediatr Orthop. Published online February 23, 2024.   Catanzano, A. , Upasani, V. , Bryan, T. , Yaszay, B. & Newton, P. (2024). Breaking the Rules in Three Dimensions: What to Expect After a Thoracic-only Fusion With Structural Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Curves. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 44 (3), e242-e248.    Combs, K. & Kocher, M. (2024). US for Initial Diagnosis of a Suspected Distal Radial Fracture in Children Was Noninferior to Radiography for Arm Function at 28 Days. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 106 (4), 354. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.01337.   Tomasevich, Kelly M.a; Kantor, Adam H.a; Metz, Allan K.a; Hanson, Indiana T.b; Froerer, Devin L.c; Rosenthal, Reece M.a; Aoki, Stephen K.a. Mid-term outcomes of temporary medial distal femoral hemiepiphysiodesis with and without medial patellofemoral ligament repair for recurrent patellar instability in skeletally immature patients with genu valgum. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B 33(2):p 119-129, March 2024.

TW: This episode contains sensitive content on miscarriage and baby lossHeyyy guys,We are BACK for episode 2 after our BIG REVEAL!

In this heartwarming episode, host Laura Arroyo welcomes Katie Baggett, a mother whose journey to motherhood was paved with both heartbreak and hope. After experiencing the pain of multiple miscarriages, Katie finally welcomed her "rainbow baby". Her son's arrival brought immense joy, but it was also accompanied by a wave of uncertainty after learning about his cleft diagnosis Katie's message is one of unwavering optimism, reminding us that even in the face of challenges, joy and love can prevail. Her journey is a testament to the human spirit's ability to heal, adapt, and embrace the unexpected gifts life offers. Want to share your story? Email us at ourforeversmiles@gmail.com. Want to be a show sponsor? Email us at ourforeversmiles@gmail.com Follow us @ourforeversmiles on social platforms We know you will have questions! Join our FB Community to discuss the weekly episode and speak directly to our guests. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1081522212884073/ This podcast is completely free for you, but if you'd ever consider supporting the show, we truly appreciate it. One way you can do that is by using our affiliate links. These are links to products we've mentioned on the show, and if you make a purchase through one of them, we might earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It's a great way to show your love for the podcast and help us keep creating content that educates, empowers, and strengthens the cleft lip and palate community! First Bottle to Purchase After Palate Repair - Post Palate Repair Straw Trainer Juselle's Cleft Palate Bottle - Pigeon Bottle Specialty Feeder Sippy Cup for Pre Palate Repair Prep - Munchkin 360 Weigh your Baby at Home - Weighted Feeds Scale Squeezable Straw Training Bottle - Honey Bear Straw Cup Free Flow Cup for Pre palate Repair Prep - Reflo Smart Cup Pacifiers that have Worked for Cleft Lip and Palate Babies - Itzy Ritzy Pacifiers that have Worked for Cleft Lip and Palate Babies - MAM Pacifiers that have Worked for Cleft Lip and Palate Babies - Itzy Ritzy Scar Cream Recommended by Alexis Garcia, Cleft Lip Mom - bioCorneum - Pricey**

In this episode Remi goes through her symptoms during the last weeks of the first trimester, weeks 8 through 12,explains how it was telling her parents, and her experience graduating from shots & fertility clinic!We also go through how some of the main questions to ask OBGYNs and why it's important to do so.Follow us on Instagram for more updates, bts and ask us episode questions @momfriendspodYou can also follow us on our personal accounts @rrayyme & @laura.gimbertAnd remember to subscribe so you don't miss any of our episodes, out every Tuesday!This podcast does not provide any medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen.

YES. REMI IS PREGNANT!In this episode we update you from week 4 to 8. We go through the BETA pregnancy test blood work results, and first handful of baby scans confirming the pregnancy was progressing properly, and Remi provides all of her pregnancy updates including symptoms, feelings and much more.Laura also provides some basic initial pregnancy tips and nausea relief tips for that very common first trimester sickness!Products mentioned in this episode:Multivitamin code MOMFRIENDSAcupressure bandMagnesiumProbioticOmega3ElectrolytesPregnancy pillowJOIN LAURA'S LIVE DOULA SUPPORT GROUP WITH REMI!Starts March 13thFor due dates June-October 202410 live group classes for full journey doula support and educationLimited availabilityENROLL HEREFollow us on Instagram for more updates, bts and ask us episode questions @momfriendspodYou can also follow us on our personal accounts @rrayyme & @laura.gimbertAnd remember to subscribe so you don't miss any of our episodes, out every Tuesday!This podcast does not provide any medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen.

Grace had to terminate for medical reasons (TFMR) at 13 weeks due to her baby not being viable. She also has one rainbow baby. She wrote a book called Behind My Smile: A Rainbow Baby Story. Grace is now on a mission to advocate doctors and healthcare providers about the loss and pregnancy after loss experience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support

Our first guests! This week we had the pleasure of interviewing the Cordles, and let us tell you they are just as sweet as they seem! They share openly about their difficulty with transitioning into parenthood, pressures that come with being a Christian influencer, and how learning that you'll never please everybody can set you free.    Follow Hunter and Devin! Devin Insta: https://www.instagram.com/devincordle?igsh=YW9hb3pxZmJ2ODlv Hunter Insta: https://www.instagram.com/hunter.cordle?igsh=YWY0bGEwZDVicTR3 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecordlefamily?_t=8jfFE48cj2h&_r=1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Thecordlefamily The Salty Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@SaltyWithDevin    Follow The Fortitude Podcast: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thefortitudepodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefortitudepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFortitudePodcast   Listen on Spotify/Apple Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51QLZDHRsgTnmDFTQRcEVa Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fortitude-podcast/id1725683498   Follow Micah and Sarah: Our Insta: https://www.instagram.com/micahandsarahhh Sarah's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sarahsheltonwallace TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@micahandsarah

Spirit comes to us for many reasons – whether they miss us, have an important message we need to hear or save us – love knows no bounds. This listener episode shares a variety of fascinating stories, including a time warp experience after being helped by an Earth angel, a soul who let her mother-to-be know she was coming before the birth, a spirit that temporarily hid a ring to pass along an important “lesson” / message, a son expressing his love from the other side, and an undeniable confirmation with a name.Nichole also introduces a concept for a potential new series for the Psychic Club members over on Patreon, and Scott shares about a Looking for Angels Book Club coming soon!If you would like to connect with Nichole, visit her website, Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok.To connect with Scott, visit his website, Instagram, or Facebook.A Psychic's Story wouldn't be possible without your support so THANK YOU for listening. And if you would like to support the podcast, please:SUBSCRIBE in your favorite podcast player.FOLLOW @apsychicsstory on Instagram.BOOK a session with Nichole.SIGN-UP to receive emails, news, alerts and more from A Psychic's Story.BECOME a Psychic Club member on Patreon to access additional content.This podcast is intended to inspire you on your personal journey toward inner peace. The podcast host, co-hosts or guests are not psychologists or medical doctors and do not offer any professional health or medical advice. If you are suffering from any psychological or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified health professional.Support the show

TW: Pregnancy and MiscarriageKathryn is opening up about her exciting announcement she made on social media last week! After years of waiting, loss, grief, and prayer, she and Michael are welcoming their second rainbow baby this summer! She shares all about their journey to get here, her honest emotions throughout the process, and ways that you can advocate for your body and your baby.Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Only this January, Magic Mind can help you gear up to crush your 2024! You get 1 month for free, when you're subscribing for 3 months at: https://www.magicmind.com/JANheartsoleUse code HEARTSOLE20 for an extra 20% off, which gets you to a 75% off. This only lasts until the end of January, so hurry up before it goes away!

This is Part 2 of my discussion with Kelli! During the podcast interviews we are going through 3 different birth stories as well as two losses. Each story is very unique in its own way and just goes to show how every birth can be different. We talk about Kelli's first birth being an induction with various interventions, her experience with two pregnancy losses, as well as the anxiety/mental health struggles she had during pregnancy, to having rainbow babies and a more hands off informed and empowering birthing experiences.  3 Key takeaways from the podcast that listeners will learn today: Each birth is different  Informed choices Finding a supportive OB or midwife is very important not just for birth but for pregnancy loss   3 Keywords that people would want to search when looking for content that you would provide in this episode: Natural Birth Hospital Birth Pregnancy after loss   Favorite baby product or new motherhood product? What would you buy for someone who was currently pregnant or a new parent?:    Favorite motherhood product: a pumping bra! It took me three kids to discover the magic of being hands free by using a pumping bra! I literally always held my breast pumps to me and when my last baby was in NICU it was such a game changer to be able to use my hands!  In Kelli's words: "I am a registered nurse in the Kansas area who has a passion for all things birth.  As a die hard patient advocate, I want people to know that their birth doesn't have to be at the hands of a 9-5 doctor and that people have every right to have a say in their care as well as be able to make informed decisions about their birth without being talked down to or coerced." Please link your contact information for me to share in the episode. Instagram: @kellithelabornurse Facebook Page: Kellithelabornurse: XOXO -Heids We have seats available in Birth Story Academy. Join today for $20 off with code BIRTHSTORYFRIEND at https://www.birthstory.com/online-course!  Resources: Birth Story Academy Online Course Shop My Birthing Workbooks and Guides   I'm Heidi, a Certified Birth Doula, and I've supported the deliveries of over one thousand babies in my career. On the Birth Story Podcast, I'll take you on a journey through your pregnancy by providing you education through storytelling. I provide high-level childbirth education broken down to make it super digestible for you because I know you are a busy parent on the go. Plus, because I am so passionate about birth outcomes, you will hear from many of the top experts in labor and delivery. Connect with Me! Instagram YouTube My Doula Heidi Website Birth Story Media™ Website

Finding Hope: A Discussion on Infertility, Loss, and HealingIn this conversation Sarah Cox shares her personal journey with infertility, pregnancy loss, and her subsequent healing process. Sarah's inspiring story takes us through her struggles with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), successful pregnancy via fertility treatment, coping with the loss of her daughter Jasmine, and eventual birth of her 'rainbow' and 'pot of gold' children. She emphasizes the importance of seeking support and communication, highlighting the healing effects of sharing one's experience. Sarah also introduces her Project Finding Your Rainbow and her podcast 'Finding Hope After Loss,' initiatives that raise awareness and provide support to other women experiencing infant loss, infertility, and similar challenges.02:13 Sarah's Personal Journey Through Loss07:30 Understanding the Emotional Impact of Loss10:46 The Healing Power of Shared Experiences12:32 Project Finding Your Rainbow: A Healing Initiative21:23 Navigating the Complex Emotions of Grief and Joy25:25 Therapeutic Modalities for Coping27:22 The Power of Acupuncture28:50 The Emotional Impact of Child Loss29:34 The Joy of Rainbow Babies32:48 The Importance of Support and Community37:09 The Journey of Jasmine and the Power of Storytelling39:26 The Struggles of Balancing Work and Personal LifeLearn how to make herbal remedies that actually work, and taste so good your kiddos will practically beg you for more!Join this free class where science meets the art of happifying picky kiddo taste buds, and learn how to make tasty, effective herbal remedies for your family! Click here to register & join The Herbalist's Path community! Don't get caught in the never ending cycle of sickness! Instead, you can turn to the powerful medicine you already have in your home! Yup, ,that's right, you have tons of medicine in your cupboard right now. Grab the Kitchen Cabinet Cures Guide & discover a moms essential herbs for cold and flu season! Get the free guide right here!Support the showIf you love the show and learned something new, please don't forget to leave us a bunch of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!And, share it with your friends so that we can make herbalism #SpreadLikeWildFlowers Are you ready to use more plants as medicine within your family???Well if you love learning about herbs...Grab my Medicinal Herbs Moms Must Know & Grow Guide Here.

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On October 7th, I hosted a webinar called "How Professional Screenwriters Create Great Characters", where I talked about how to come up with interesting and unique characters, as well as how tapping into your everyday life interactions with people can help with this. This episode addresses questions you asked in our Q&A session that we didn't have time to answer. There's lots of great info here, make sure you watch.Show NotesFree Writing Webinar - https://michaeljamin.com/op/webinar-registration/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Newsletter - https://michaeljamin.com/newsletterAutogenerated TranscriptMichael Jamin:I feel like we're overthinking this a little bit. I feel like maybe we're giving labels that don't need to be labeled. We have a hero. We're going to put this hero on a journey. And who are the people? Or if it's a like a buddy comedy or whatever we're talking about, or if it's a husband and wife or whatever, what's the story? What's the journey we're putting them on and who are the characters we're going to get in their way? You're listening to What the Hell is Michael Jamin talking about? I'll tell you what I'm talking about. I'm talking about creativity, I'm talking about writing, and I'm talking about reinventing yourself through the arts.Hey everyone, it's Michael Jamin, and today we're going to answer the question, what the hell is Michael Jamin talking about? Well, today I'm talking about questions from my previous webinar. As many of you know, I do a webinar every three weeks or so where I talk about screenwriting and it's about an hour long and you're all invited and it's free. And I don't always have time to answer all these questions, but Phil is here with us visiting again. Hello, Phil. Hello and happy to be here. He's going to hit me with some of these questions we're going to answer.Phil Hudson:Lemme hit you baby one more time. Let's do it. All right. So again, kind of group questions, context for everyone. This was from a webinar talking about how professional screenwriters create great characters. You've got another really good webinar that a lot of people really like, which is how to write a great story. And so contextually, these are really more character based. There's some miscellaneous stuff, there's some break in questions. We've kind of grouped them together. So as I go through these, we'll just try to keep 'em on theme and let's get into it. Let's talk craft. Think Craft is always a good place to start. Anna Renee Chavez wants to know what big differences are there between writing for animation versus live action?Michael Jamin:Great question. Oh, and I just want to clarify everybody by webinars, you are free. Go to michaeljamin.com/webinar to sign up. I changed the topics, but whatever. So this woman wants to know what's the difference between writing for animation and live action? Not that much in terms of, and I teach 'em both in my course. The differences really are not that different. The only thing you want to think about is well ask yourself why is this show animated? What's the advantages to making this show animated? So in BoJack Horseman, it's a very real and grounded show, but you have horses talking and fish talking, or Whitney, you couldn't do that in live action. So you're taking advantage of the medium. If you have it animated, take advantage of it. When my partner and I did Glen Martin DDS, which is the show there a stop motion animation, we would ask ourselves, what's Clay tastic about this? We'd call it, because it wasn't claymation, but we pretended it was claymation. So what's Clay tastic about this scene? Is someone's head going to come off? So for example, we did an episode where the character, the boy got his head stuck in an elephant's ass. You can't do that in live action. So you can do that in animation, but the story itself, it's very similar. The stories are very similar. It's just that you just take advantage of the medium.Phil Hudson:Yeah, awesome. And I think another good example of this, where a choice was made to do live action RET link's buddy system, you had mentioned to me that one point that it's basically just a cartoon. It's like a live action cartoon with silly It is, but they can't be as silly as they could if it was animated and they could do whatever they wanted. So it still kind of grounds it in this reality, but it's still a bit silly.Michael Jamin:Yeah, it could have been a cartoon, but we would've gone even we did one episode where we turned Lincoln into a robot because the character was like, my life would be easier if I was a robot. So that probably would've been even better if it was animated. But in real life we just started putting 'em in crappy robot costumes.Phil Hudson:Yeah,Michael Jamin:But it was funny. We turned him into a robot, so it was kind of broad.Phil Hudson:Love it. Julia Wells considering extraordinary and ordinary pairing. What would you say about friends, how I Met Your Mother, or shows that are more grounded? I think this is in reference in your webinar when you're talking about your characters and putting your characters together or how you write your characters for a specific story, and there's a difference between extraordinary and ordinary if you want something extraordinary when you're pairing your characters together.Michael Jamin:Well, yeah, most shows are like that. Most sitcoms, the characters are just normal people. And yeah, it was kind of like ordinary characters, kind of an extraordinary situations where it would've been unusual. I'm trying to think of an example from friends, but alright, so they did an episode where Joey and Joey and what's his name, not Kramer Chandler, the guy Chandler are going to sit in their chairs all episode, all ordinary guys doing something extraordinary. They're not going to move from their chairs and they're going to see if they get everything delivered and they're going to eat and drink and they're not going to get up, stuff like that. So I don't think it's any different from any other sitcom I've worked on other than the characters.Phil Hudson:I just started re-watching How I Met Your Mother, which I've seen who knows how many times. But it's a good background show while I'm working on stuff that's not necessarily logical, analytical stuff. And there's an episode where it's the Halloween party and he's the hanging Chad because he met the sexy pumpkin in 2001 during the election or 1999 or whatever. And so Barney's got tickets to the Victoria's Secret model, Christmas Halloween costume party, and he's trying to get his friend to this extraordinary thing and his friend won't leave. He wants to be at this party to potentially meet this girl on this rooftop again. And it's the push and pull of Come be amazing, stop looking for love, you're losing. So it plays really well in that situation. Alright, cool. AIA Saunders or AIA Sanders, I apologize for ruining that. How do you feel about basing a character on them knowing themselves or basing a character on yourself and your own doubts?Michael Jamin:Yeah, do it all. I mean, you should do it. You should totally mind your own life For stories, and I have a whole module on this in the course, and you can disguise it too, so people don't have to know it's you, but you're just stealing parts of yourself or parts of people as other characters, but you change it enough and change the name, but also change professions and change. You're just stealing attributes from people so they wouldn't know it. But that's what your life is for your life is to steal things fromPhil Hudson:Perfect. Charles Shin, do you have any tips or advice with coming up with great names for your characters?Michael Jamin:I spoke a little bit about this in the old days. We used to have a baby naming book, my partner and I, and then now it's kind of easy to go on the internet or just in life. You'll come across a street name and you go, oh, that's a good last name for a character. I just kind of keep a list. What was one? I had one the other day I added to my list, I can't remember, but it was like a street sign I go that I passed. I go, that's a good character's name.Phil Hudson:Yeah. I've also seen our showrunners on Tacoma fd. There's a random character as Chief Phil Dylan. Well, I'm Phil. It was the writer's pa and I replaced Dylan, the writer's pa.Michael Jamin:Yeah, it's funny. I know they took that for you. I mean, they tend to do that a lot where at least Steve Lemi does. He'll just name characters after people he knows.Phil Hudson:Yeah. There's one line from Ike in an episode that I think you guys wrote. It's like Benjamin Duff or Benjamin CrumpMichael Jamin:AndPhil Hudson:Ben Crump was our DIT set. Right. So just throw people's names and give 'em fun stuff. Awesome. You also talked, I think you talked about funny names that go together too. At one point that was something you do.Michael Jamin:I talked about, I had a character named, what was his name? SomethingPhil Hudson:The third? It was something the fourth. The fourth, yeah. What was hisMichael Jamin:Name? God, I can't remember.Phil Hudson:It was like, but it was a bunch of things together that rhymed almost or had similar names.Michael Jamin:I'd have to look it up. I can't. Oh, Dan Danforth iv. That's what it was. Dan Dan. I had a character named Dan Danforth iv, and I just thought that was a good name because Dan Danforth is weird enough. But why did his parents have to saddle in with the fourth? Because, well, they felt like they had to because the father's the third is a generational thing. They can't, so they stuck this guy with his shitty name and what's that going to, having a name like that, you're going to be teased as a child. And I thought the character is kind of a feckless type and he became a sheriff of a small town as a way of demanding respect because he'd been teased all his life to be named Dan Danforth iv. And so now he has a badge, but people still think he's a dipshit. And so I just thought it was kind of a good name for a character like that, who's kind of feckless.Phil Hudson:Alright, jumping into the course and character related topics, these are a bit intermingled because a lot of what you talked about, and we even brought this up with Mike Repp and Kevin Lewandowski about how valuable that course, that character worksheet is. But because this webinar is about character, there are a lot of questions about character. So number one, pat Nava. How do you make characters that the audience wants to know more about?Michael Jamin:Well, it's not so much the characters, it's just the story you give them. So that's not so much the character. That's the story.Phil Hudson:There we go. Cookies and sugar. How do we make characters diverse and not self projectMichael Jamin:Diverse and not self project? They seem very different questions toPhil Hudson:Me. So this is, I think a really good question and from context for this, this person is a minor and they want to be a writer and they've been told by their well meaning adults in their life and mentors not to do that because it's a waste of time because you'll never make it as a writer. And that was a question she'd asked another point. So this question really speaks to me of something I heard really early on when I was studying, which is you are not your characters. Don't write yourself into your characters, which is kind of contradictory to the advice you give, which is writing your life for stories.Michael Jamin:Why not? I dunno why they would give you that advice. Why not? Yeah, it might've been because people were just writing self-indulgent material that could have been,Phil Hudson:I know on writing by Stephen King, he says that you are not your characters and it is a mistake to think that your characters will behave the way you would. So if you find your character doing something you wouldn't do, it is your job to allow them to do that. And I find that a lot with my writing. There are many things I write where I would never do as someone from a more conservative background who is religiously inclined, like my characters say and do things all the time. I'm like, oh, where did that come from? Not who I am, but that's what it felt like needed to happen as that character was coming through me. And I feel it's my responsibility to just let that happen. But the difference is to me is don't make your characters do and make the actions you would do. And if you're a more passive person, that's not a good thing for your character to be because your character needs to make choices. And that's the conflict of it all.Michael Jamin:But Larry David on Kirby Enthusiasm, he's playing himself, but Larry David is not that person in real life. These are just, it's a heightened version of himself. Larry David knows when to hold his tongue. His character doesn't, his character can't let it go. Larry David just playing. It's a heightened version of himself. It's the worst version of himself, which is why it's so funny he wouldn't do that in real life. I mean, Larry, he wouldn't do that,Phil Hudson:Right? But if you look at yourself, or even friends you have or people that you know and you say, I've got this buddy who is super quiet, but then when he talks it is just cuts with a thousand lashes because he is so sharp, it'll just take the wind out of your sails in a second. So if you have someone and you take that element and you say, I wonder how I can make that funnier. How could I take this tick that I have or that my wife has and just make it, turn it up to 11. That's where the comedy comes from and that's where the conflict comes from. So that's what you're saying by mind your life for stories and put your characters in situations you've been in, but don't do what you did necessarily.Michael Jamin:You could turn it up. Yeah, turn it up a notch. That's it. It makes it fun and interesting.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Cool. Matthew? I think he likes lasagna. Many people begin with an idea for a character. I've always been led by the concept and the plot, then I tailored the characters to fit within it. What are your thoughts on that method?Michael Jamin:Sure. I mean that works fine. I mean, if you can create someone who still feels real, like I said, even though Larry David is a heightened version of himself, it still feels real. It feels like he almost, it's not crazy. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that he would do that. So as your characters don't, as long as it doesn't feel like you're contorting the character to do something that your story requires, which would not be human behavior, at the end of the day, these characters have to be humanPhil Hudson:Like jumping the sharkMichael Jamin:Or jumping the shark. But also often my partner and I will write a scene and Seaver will say something like a character that's not human behavior. We're just making the character do this because two writers in Hollywood need him to say that, which is, I mean, sometimes we'll laugh, we'll say, why would a character say that? And then I'll say that we have four cameras on him and we have to shoot something tonight. But that's not the right answer. The right answer is it has to be human behavior.Phil Hudson:So tangentially related would be DSX, Mina, right? Which is circumstance or coincidence, getting your character out of trouble or solving your problem. So it's not the same, but very similar as it's aMichael Jamin:Lazy writing dem and I believe is Latin for God,Phil Hudson:God in the machine,Michael Jamin:A God or God can get you into trouble or a coincidence can get you into trouble but can't get you out of trouble. So if God comes to the rescue and saves the day, that's considered bad writing. So an example for this that people like to harp on is somehow Palpatine returned. Isn't that his name? Palpatine?Phil Hudson:Yeah, Palpatine.Michael Jamin:Palpatine. I didn't even watch it. I didn't watch it, so I'm not going to badmouth that movie, but that's what people say somehow God came in and everyone seems to roll their eyes at it. And again, I haven't seen it so I really shouldn't say, but that's what I've heard. That would be an example of maybe something that people don't, they went too far.Phil Hudson:Yeah, yeah. How do you introduce characters? I normally have their name, age in a short sentence, which sums up their personality. I then allow them to show their character through their actions.Michael Jamin:Yeah, those are stage direction and no one wants reading stage direct wants to read stage direction. So I usually say what the character's name is exactly a few, maybe a physical attribute or two their age and something about their personality that gets it real fast. Here's a bad description. You see this a lot, Lucy, cute, but doesn't know a girl next door. Cute, but doesn't realize it or sexy, but doesn't know it. How many times have I got to see that and you just roll your eyes. So it's got to be better than that.Phil Hudson:Yeah,Michael Jamin:That's cliche.Phil Hudson:Do you ever put anything related? I've heard other writers recommend putting in cues for clothing to help wardrobe understand how this person dresses or informed character. Is that something you ever consider?Michael Jamin:Only if it's absolutely necessary. If the character wears loose fitting clothing to hide their body, that makes sense. But unless it's absolutely necessary, we can have these discussions at the production meeting. We don't need to know it now in the script unless it absolutely necessary.Phil Hudson:Great. Tom Merrim, when you write characters, do you focus more on the personalities you want added to the mix or focus more on the role each plays or what they need to do in the story?Michael Jamin:And that's what I teach in the course. Every character has to be there for a reason and they have to help elucidate the story or else it's just, you don't want to just mash these. Even if you have 10 great characters, like oh, they're all interesting, but maybe they don't fit together. They have to fit together to tell a story. The story is the look. We all work for the story, the writers, the directors, the actors, we all serve the story and that includes the characters. The story comes first. That's why it's so important to learn what story is.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Great. Justin Kaiser, to develop your characters, do you focus on relationships more than the characters themselves?Michael Jamin:Well, more, I mean, I always think what's the relationship between this character and the other character? I mean, you may need to know that if you have a father and a son and you want to know how they interact and maybe the kid's under the father's thumb and at the end of the show or movie, he's going to stand on his own two feet and defy his father. That's important that you might need to know that. But I don't need, if that's what the story is about, then yeah, I need to know the relationship, but I don't need to have all the answers, just the ones that are pertinent for the story.Phil Hudson:And when you get into the course, you'll learn that there's this awesome sheet that you have that you were provided that was given to you. Was it Steve Levitan gave it to you. And it's basically defining all of these nuances of your character so that you can build them out to be someone unique. And you clearly see a pattern. And this kind of relates back, I think to cookies and sugars question. I'm assuming this is universal, not just to me thing, but definitely a Phil Hudson thing. When I create my characters and I start using that spreadsheet, I start noticing like, oh, they're all very similar. We got to mix that up, so let's fix this, let's fix this. And so those are like, I have specific things I go to or lean towards and it's like I need to fix that. And that allows me to create conflict creates differences in the way people see things. It also empowers me when I'm writing these characters to know how they would talk about this specific thing or react in this situation in a way that empowers the story to be better and serve their role that they've been given.Michael Jamin:Here's an extreme example of that. Let's say you're writing Oceans 11 and you have, I dunno, I guess, or have loving characters or whatever. You got the brainiac, you got the suave guy, you got the bomb cutter, who's a loose cannon, you got the thug, you got the nerd or whatever. Every character in that group has their own distinct, not only personality, but almost archetype of personality. There shouldn't be overlap. And then that's an extreme example, but even if you're writing something more grounded and real or intimate, rather, you'll ask, you'll have the same conversations with yourself. So why do I have two heart throb characters? I only need one. You want to have different viewpoints. In the episode, we talked a little bit about love. Actually in the last podcast we talked about, we did a q and a and I mentioned love actually is about looking at love on Christmas time from whatever, 15, how many storylines, whatever, eight storylines. And each character has a very specific kind of role. And there's no, and there shouldn't be. If there is, we don't need two characters for that same point of view. This is a work of art. You don't need two, just one.Phil Hudson:Yeah. And going back to how I met your mother, there's really three kind of four different characters there in this group. There's a couple, Marshall and Lily, there's Ted, our protagonist, and there's Barney, and then there's Robin. And they all reflect this different opinion about relationships and dating in New York City. You've got the couple that have been together since college and they're together and they just love each other all the time. The ones seeking true love, the player who just wants to hook up with as many women as he can. Ironically played by Neil Patrick Harris, who's gay, and he does a great job of playing that person. And then you have Robin who is afraid of love and kind of withdraws from love and that creates that ecosystem where they're all playing off of eachMichael Jamin:Other. They all have different viewpoints. Yeah.Phil Hudson:I'll also say I'm working on this feature that I haven't written a feature in a long time and I got the story that I really like and it centers around a family situation. And I'm thinking about my family and my brothers and my relationship with my siblings. And it's like we were all raised the same. We are all very different people. We have fights because there are things we absolutely disagree on, but then there's always this layer of relationship. And we had understanding that even when we get really mad at each other to a certain degree, we know we're always going to come back together. Except there's always that thing dangling out there that maybe we won't. And I have one sibling who's like that. I don't know that I could have a same conversation with her that I could with my older brother the same way I would. She may never want to talk to me again because he's just a bit more sensitive. So it's like, okay, how do I look at all of these relationships here? And just because we all come from the same place and we had almost the same experiences. We are all very different.So Cameron Barnes, he said, Michael said, a cast of characters should be in constant conflict, but does that actually just mean constant conflict throughout the story?Michael Jamin:What else would it mean? I mean,Phil Hudson:Yeah, I dunno.Michael Jamin:I don't know. I mean, yeah, conflictPhil Hudson:Doesn't, lemme talk about the constant conflict. Maybe just address that.Michael Jamin:Well, conflict doesn't have to be people fighting. It could be passive aggressive. It could be people caring very much for each other, the mother, and you've seen this trope before, the mother, the overbearing mother, trying to get the daughter to be happy and settle down and find a man, whatever. She's just in her life that's conflict. A mother who's constantly meddling and she means well and the daughter knows she means well, but she keeps stepping on her toes. You've seen that story a million times. We've seen it because it works. So that's conflict. But if it was, what about a show where everyone was always getting along? Well, that's boring, unfortunately that's just boring. That's the scene right? Before everything goes south, that's what that is. You have one scene like that and then it goesPhil Hudson:South. And it's not that it's all okay that people are just kind of egg shelling, walking on eggshells around each other to maintain the peace in this moment, right? Yeah, because it's going to go nuts at any moment. Yeah.Michael Jamin:Drama is conflict, guys. So that's it. Drama is conflict,Phil Hudson:But that's also just life. And I think that's why we watch it. Life is not perfect harmony at all times with everybody. There's things,Michael Jamin:But even if you had a scene where young couple's in love and everything's great. Okay, great. What's one scene they met boy meets girl, they fall in love. Great. How many,Phil Hudson:Why do you leave the towels on the floor? He leaves theMichael Jamin:Towel. Yeah, something's going to have to happen wherePhil Hudson:When you take your toothbrush out of your mouth, it flicks toothpaste on the mirror and you never clean it. Right? That's the stuff that eats at couples.Michael Jamin:Yeah. So you need stuff like that. Everyone loves Raymond. They were a happy couple, they had a happy marriage, but you still have to fight Rose, what are we watching?Phil Hudson:But that's also fighting in a relationship is what makes your relationship better. If you can get through those things. And fighting doesn't mean screaming and yelling and throwing stuff at each other. It could just be disagreements or heated conversations is like you got to get through the conflict, come to a resolution,Michael Jamin:Right?Phil Hudson:This thing bothers me. This thing bothers you. How are we going to fix this? We live together and we're going to be together forever. So let's figure this out. It's going to bother me every day forever.Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:Matthew Lavania back. What's the difference between a villain and an antagonist?Michael Jamin:I don't know. I mean a villain I guess is an arch formative, a villain sounds like it's something that's a heightened antagonist. That's what it sounds like. An antagonist doesn't have to be a villain. It could just, if you have, like I said, a daughter and a mother and the mother's overbearing, then the mother's an antagonist. Doesn't mean she's a villain. The stepmother's the villain in Cinderella. So it's just a heightened antagonist I suppose. But we're splitting hair. I don't think we have to worry about that really. I mean it's like an academic question. I could thinkPhil Hudson:You might say Thanos in the Marvel universe is the villain because he's got this big existential threat. But I think one of the things you highlight definitely in my writing is your antagonist still needs to be likable. Not likable in the sense, but we need to understand that they think they're the hero. And in this case, Thanos wants to prevent genocide because his world went through this. And so his way of doing, it's by killing half the people in existence to prevent this thing from happening.Michael Jamin:Think about land from Quentin Tarantino's,Phil Hudson:GloriousMichael Jamin:Bastards and glorious bastards. What a great villain. I mean, he was a great villain. He was the Jew hunter, the Nazi man that was a badass guy. But he was complex and there was something so about him, even though what he was doing was so incredibly vile and offensive. And so that's when you humanize your villain, you make it. It makes your writing so much richer. I mean the fact that he spoke so many languages and he was educated. He'sPhil Hudson:Charismatic. Yeah,Michael Jamin:He was charismatic and yet stillPhil Hudson:And very polite. Thank you so much for inviting. Yeah,Michael Jamin:VeryPhil Hudson:Inviting, inviting. May I ask you for some milk?Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:The Jews are underneath me right now, aren't they? Yeah.Michael Jamin:And you just didn't know where you stood with the guy. So he was just a very nice guy doing awful, awful things. So that's great writingPhil Hudson:That scene when he's sitting down with Ana, I'd like to go over the theater and he's vetting her and he's putting cream down for her and he's like, he knows who she is. It is unspoken subtext. He is aware that this is the girl that got away. You see it in her reaction when she leaves and she's hyperventilating and she just kept it togetherMichael Jamin:And he was like a mercenary.Phil Hudson:Then you find out later that that's all part of his plan. This is how he's going to get out.Michael Jamin:Great writing. That's all that is. That's all that movie is great writing,Phil Hudson:Which is followed up byMichael Jamin:Great actingPhil Hudson:And great production and great editing and great everything. That'sMichael Jamin:All that was though.Phil Hudson:Alright. Luke felt. How do you ensure that the story around the character matches the lesson that they need to learn?Michael Jamin:Can you say that again? How do I ensure?Phil Hudson:So this is a presupposition that your character needs to learn something by the end of your script. So how do you ensure that the story around that character gets them to the point that they learn something?Michael Jamin:Well, okay, I don't believe characters have to learn anything. I do think they have to grow or else why did you put 'em on a journey? If not to them it has to be you're changed in some way. If you take a character and you take 'em to the top of Mount Everest, they have to be changed in some way or else why did you take 'em there? So it doesn't mean they have to learn a lesson, they could be worse off. But if your why stories is a journey and why go on the journey if we're not going to get a view and the view better be something interesting, why did you take me on this long trip? And if the character didn't in some way change or grow, it doesn't mean learn a lesson, just change in some small way. Why didn't we take 'em on that trip? Why did we go there? Why did you waste our time? And by the way, there are bad movies where this doesn't happen and I always feel like, well, why did you just waste my time? And so just because there's bad writing out there doesn't mean we have to participate in it. It doesn't mean we have to add to it.Phil Hudson:I think there's an inclination, and I've seen this in myself and many other writers in film school and definitely here in Los Angeles, that you want to buck the trend and buck the system and you don't want to follow story structure and you want to do your own thing. It's almost like you want to reinvent the world of writing and you also want to play into tragedy and disappoint, defeat audience expectations and all these things. And that's artful writing. And I think what I've learned from you in the course and being in the writer's room is that those things serve a purpose and you can still do those things, but you do it in a surprising way and it works because there's a structure to it.Michael Jamin:Yeah. I mean, everyone wants to reinvent writing, reinvent the story. Look, the story works. It's been working for thousands of years. You can make a good living writing compelling story. And when I watch a story that's compelling and that works, I don't think, wow, they just reinvented the story. I don't think that, I just think they told a really good story. I feel like they're doing what I'm doing, but maybe better or on a higher level. I don't think they just completely change with some small exceptions sometimes. I'll watch, for example, inception, Christopher Nolan, I, I've watched it four times. I still don't know what it's about. I still can't follow it. It's obviously a great movie, but I don't think we have to all write like that in order to tell a great story.Phil Hudson:And I think he just announced what is happening. He just revealed that during the Oppenheimer interviews. You can go look that up on the Google if anybody's in. But yeah, I mean that's his style and it's very much his cscope, I think is what it is. Or Cscope, his logo is a maze. It's elaborate. He's kind of telling you this is his way of tellingMichael Jamin:Stories. That's how he does it and that's how he thinks.Phil Hudson:It started with Memento and it started with even other stuff he directed but didn't write, which I'm blanking on it, but it's like one in Alaska and it's psychological thriller. But yeah, all of his stuff is that, and that's his motif and his style.Michael Jamin:I'd go so far as to say that the guy's kind of a genius. And so unless you think you're a genius too, maybe don't try to reinvent. I don't think I'm a genius. But that said, I couldn't write anything like Memento. It hurts my head to think about it. And I enjoyed a memento and Inception really loved it. I couldn't come close to it. I write, what I do is I write comedy and I'm very good at that. My one little thing, and that's okay. We all have our one little thing that we're good at and you have to just lean into it. Christopher Nolan doesn't write comedy, which is good. He has a sing that he does and we love what he does. We don't all have to be experts at everything.Phil Hudson:Right? Yeah. Justin Kaiser, how do you decide that another character is needed to advance the story or if that attribute moral personality can be added to another existing character?Michael Jamin:IPhil Hudson:Guess kind of the question is how do you know when you have enough characters in your story?Michael Jamin:Well, it's a little different. If you're writing a TV show, if a TV show you need to write, you have to have a cast and it has to be conflict. You want to have, let's say five or six characters that always are going to always be in conflict with each other week in and week out as you tell different stories. If you're writing a movie, you really want to think about who's the star of this movie, or if it's a two hander, who are the stars, if it's a buddy cop movie or whatever, you have two cops or it's a buddy movie or a road trip movie. You have these two characters and you only have the other characters as needed to help tell the story, the journey you're putting those two characters on. So if you take a good example, because we're mentioning Buddy comedies, midnight Run, so Charles Groden and Robert De Niro. It's a buddy comedy you're putting and a road trip, comedy, whatever, not so much a comedy but drama and you're putting them on an adventure, so you just need obstacles to throw in their ways. So you have Dennis Farinas character who's the mobster, but we're not following Dennis Farinas story. We're following Robert De Niro's relationship with Charles. That's it. Everyone else is there to help. Tell Robert De Niro's story and Charles Groton's story.Phil Hudson:Yeah, easy Rider, very similar, right? You've got these two bikers and you've got their lawyer Jack, Jack nickles, and then it, it's about them. And that's experience of going across America right in the seventies. It's not about the hippies they meet at the Waterhole in Santa Fe. It's about those and what happens to them as they go through America, Julia Wells, and how do you prevent the worst characters from being so far outside their wheelhouse that they can't possibly succeed or it becomes unbelievable. And this is in reference to this kind of golden nugget you've been talking about recently in your Yeah,Michael Jamin:Everyone please come to my webinars about this one's about character. She's talking about character, but I do another one on story and they're free. You go to michael tamer.comPhil Hudson:And you're going to get a lot of these questions for people. A lot of this is coming out of, it's in context in the webinar. So you're hearing this lesson and these very important principles for writers, and these are questions coming out of that. And this is one of those questions referring to a tip you give in the webinar about how to write characters that a professional writer would use.Michael Jamin:So she wants to know how do you make sure that your character is not so off the map that people don't like it or something?Phil Hudson:Yeah, because the point you're making here is you don't want a perfect character. You want the worst character for a situation. Yeah. So how do you not make the situation so bad that per character can't navigate it?Michael Jamin:Yeah. Well, I think what you do is you have your character and get better, so improve on it. So like I talked about, one of the examples I gave in the webinar was Aria Stark from Game of Thrones, and we gave her one of the hardest storylines, which was she was a little girl, her family was murdered, and now she decides she's going to avenge the death of her family. And I talk more about this in the webinar, so I'm not going to go too much detail, but Aria Stark is the worst character to give this journey to avenge the death. She's like an 8-year-old and she's tiny. And so we give her skills. So we slowly take her down this path where she learns skills and becomes a great fighter. Little by little, she learns from this, the dance.Phil Hudson:You learn those attributes, but it's there, the seeds are there. She's interested in sword play. She's a bit of a tomboy. She wants to know these things that her sisters the opposite, wants to be the queen, wants to marry the king, that wholeMichael Jamin:Thing. So we put her, she's the worst person to put on this journey, but we slowly give her the skills on these little storylines that we give her to become the one who kills the night King. No one can kill this guy. He's made of ice and somehow she, but had we not put her on this journey, she would've been the first one to die. Hey, it's Michael Jamin. If you like my content and I know you do because you're listening to me, I will email it to you for free. Just join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos of the week. These are for writers, actors, creative types, people like you can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not going to spam you, and the price is free. You got no excuse to join. Go to michaeljamin.com. And now back to what the hell is Michael Jamin talking about?Phil Hudson:Yeah, it's all great. It's such a good show.Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:Darlene Smith, can you ever overc create a character?Michael Jamin:I dunno what that means. OvercPhil Hudson:Create overriding is a thing. I don't think this is, can you think too much about your character? And I know a lot of people spend times writing full biographies about theirMichael Jamin:CharactersPhil Hudson:And all that kind of stuff.Michael Jamin:Yeah. As you write, you learn more about the character. It's so weird when people say, I wrote, they say, I have the pilot, the Bible, and the first three seasons of my show mapped out really? In other words, you're saying you're not willing to discover any of this as you go because they just haven't mapped out on a piece of paper. It's like in a real writer's room. We got a team of writers working on this, and over the course of eight seasons, we were learning more and more about the characters as we go. It's not Breaking Bad wasn't fleshed out in the pitch. Jesse Pinkman wasn't even going to be a main character in it. You learn about your characters as you're writing. You see what works and what doesn't work. I think there's a temptation to spend all this time overthinking your characters without even putting a word on the page.Phil Hudson:Look, it looks like writing and I think that might be, this is procrastination.Michael Jamin:Yes,Phil Hudson:It's world creating. I think I told you maybe eight months ago, nine months ago, there was a kid who was in film school, he messaged me and he's like, Hey, I'm really interested in this and writing, and I just love creating worlds. I love world building. I love doing all this stuff. And that's my favorite part of this. And it's like, cool. None of that matters if you don't have a character we want to watch because that is all that matters is what is this character? What is the journey they're going on? It's procrastination. It feels like it. And look, this might be a bit of a gross word to use to describe this, but it is masturbation. It is just you are doing this for self-indulgent reasons to make you feel like you're writing and it's literally not moving the chain, which is pages, words on the page, words on the page, words on theMichael Jamin:Page. My partner and I, we've gotten called out on this more than once, where the executives will look at an outline or a beat sheet and they go, I don't understand this character. And we're like, well, we don't really understand the character yet either. We plan on finding it as we write, but they get mad. We need to know now. All right, well, we are just kind of pulling the wool of your eyes. We'll figure it out. We're going to find it when we write it. I don't know what to tell you. I don't know what to tell you. We thought about it. We're not there yet. We have to discover it as we write. Sorry, but this is how it goes.Phil Hudson:I want to highlight here, Michael, too, that this is for a lot of people who might hear what you say about story structure matters and there's a structure that you need to stick to and you talk very in your free lesson, michaeljamin.com/free. There's a whole bunch of free resources on that page. One of those is this free lesson about story, and you talk in there about Picasso. And Picasso was a master at 14, and then he learned and created his own version of art that's worth millions and hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, by the time he was 80, so he had like 65 years if I'm asked of figuring out how to make his own thing and reinventing this. But it's grounded in the rules of art and painting, and you talk about structure and how it matters, but in the same breath you're saying like find it as you go. Find it as you go. And there's a balance there. And I think very often, definitely myself, very black and white, and there's a lot of this, you need to understand the principles so that you can break the rules, but you also need to understand when to focus your time and when to shift. And that I would venture to say just comes with time. You got to get in and do itMichael Jamin:A lot and over and over and over again and you'll learn. And then that's how a lot of times we will have the perfect character, all the perfect characters, and we'll start writing and we go, none of this is working. So what we thought was perfect is not working. How do I know it's not working? Because the words are not coming out on the page. It's just not working.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Don't be so damn precious about your story and your characters and your idea. Just get it out and move on. It's reps. You got to get your reps in. All right, cookies and sugar. How do you keep a romance novel? Interesting. How do you create conflict between the two characters while still having them come together in the end to date? How do you write villains in? And part of me is, I think we just answered this with the toothpaste and all that stuff we're talking about. You can get there, but Hitch comes to mind for me, right? It's the right characters. Remember? Yeah. Will Smith is the dating expert, and he helps guys who kind of suck at dating, get girls that they like. And Eon Goya's character is like a gossip writer, and she finds out about this guy and she's going to go find him and hunt him down. But at the same time, she falls in love with Hitch the Guy. And then it kind of comes out later that she feels like he played her and it's because her friend got some douche bag who he wouldn't help made some reference. And so it all kind of boils over at the end. And it's about helping a guy fall in love who's in love with this airs getting her to fall in love with him. He's a klutz and he can't do it himself. And all the things she fell in love with were him. His mistakes, not the stuff Hitch taught him how to do, right? It's all the sincere him stuff. But that is a great example of this is a romcom, this is a romance story. This isMichael Jamin:Go watch when Harry Met Sally, which is the best romcom ever. And so when you keep your, it is boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl. That's the middle, right? Then boy gets girl in the end again. Or not. Or not, but getting together at the end, you need to get your characters, they usually get together earlier and then something goes south. And that would be probably be your second act break when they break up for whatever reason. So go watch Harry. I met Sally. That's a brilliant, brilliant romcom.Phil Hudson:Awesome. EG wants to know how do you overcome difficulties with writing dialogue? Acts broken down, but having a hard time with dialogue?Michael Jamin:Well, yeah. I mean, there's a couple of things going on. One, you can record your dialogue into a tape recorder or whatever, digital recorder and play it back. And it should sound natural. It should sound the way people talk. You can go to a coffee shop and listen to people how they talk to me. That's the fun part. If you're having problem writing it, it could easily be because you don't know what your characters should say. And if you don't know what your characters are saying, you don't have a dialogue problem. You have a story structure problem if you don't know what your characters should say. So I suspect that's what's going on. I suspect this person doesn't have a dialogue problem. They have a story structured problem.Phil Hudson:That was my thought too, because it's pretty easy to know what you need to get. You shouldn't have a scene where people are just showing up to talk that does nothing for us. Yeah,Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:It's that critique I have. And I've noticed even in my own writing early on, which is there's a lot of people doing things and nothing's happening.Michael Jamin:Yeah,Phil Hudson:That's a bad note to get by the way, guys, you don't want that. Doc B, is there a method by which to place arc points, the character will learn something or experience that helps them grow? Or do you let the story find the right moment for a character evolution?Michael Jamin:Can you repeat it?Phil Hudson:It kind of was tough to get through. So is there a process or method that you use to put in plot points or story points that require your character to grow or evolve?Michael Jamin:Well, again, we're talking story structure. That's what they need to, that's what I teach in the course. There is a process. Yeah. Yeah.Phil Hudson:I recently, go ahead.Michael Jamin:Characters don't have to grow. They have to change, but they don't have to learn a lesson, but go on.Phil Hudson:Yeah. And again, that's that advice. It just hangs out. There is your character needs to learn something, your character needs to learn something. And just kind of hanging myself out here. Again, the first question you asked me when you're giving me screenwriting advice is you asked me the question, what is the definition of a story? Hint. Hint. That's go get the free lesson on michaeljamin.com/free because it's the same question and you teach this principle, and I said, it's a hero who goes through trials and ends up better in the end. And your response was, what about King Lear?Michael Jamin:Yeah. Here's another example that go watch a movie called Manchester by the Sea with Casey Affleck. And in it he plays a guy who's responsible for the death. There's an accident. He's responsible for the death of his wife and his child, and he's living with his horrible guilt. HePhil Hudson:Won an Oscar for that, right? That's the one got the Oscar for,Michael Jamin:I don't know. But it was a great performance. And so he feels responsible for the death of his family, and I think he may have been an alcoholic or not, I don't remember. And then he forges a relationship with his nephew, and you think maybe this relationship's going to save him. And you get to the end and you think we've taken Casey Affleck's character on this journey where maybe he's not going to be depressed anymore. Maybe he's going to allow himself to change and grow and he can't. And so that character goes on a whole journey, but really doesn't change and is a beautiful, beautiful movie. But again, the emotional journey is there. But he decides at the end, I can't grow. I can't ChangePhil Hudson:Without A Trace is another great film with Ben Foster and he's living in, he's a vet with PTSD and he's living kind in the wilderness outside of Portland with his daughter. And then Child Protective Services kind of gets involved and he kind goes on the run with her and they escape. And then at the end they end up in this town and there are these kind people who want to take her in and they're offering to give them a place to stay and take care of him. And then one night he is packing his stuff and he has to kind of leave his daughter behind because he can't deal and she can't deal with living in the woods. And she shouldn't because a teenage girl and should have a life. And they have this beautiful, I don't want to spoil it for anyone else, watch, but there's this beautiful moment where at the end you just know they're both okay and they've both got what they need, but it's not what you want for them. You want these two to figure it out. You want him to get better and he just can't cope with civilization Society. Yeah, good stuff. Matthew Lavania, what are your thoughts on withholding information from the audience to allow them to work things out for themselves rather than spoonfeed them everything?Michael Jamin:Good question, Matthew. That is something I struggle with, that it's not an easy task. That's kind of the difference between writing, in my opinion, writing smart writing, and maybe not so smart writing. So if I were to tell a children's a show, like a family show, middle of the Road, family Show, kind of a hokey, I would break that story the same exact way I would break an episode, let's say, of Marin, which was a very sophisticated dark comedy for adults. I would break it the same exact way. The differences for the family show, which kids are supposed to watch with their parents, I would spell it out a little more. I'd do a little more spoonfeeding. And for the adult show for Marin, I would make the, I just wouldn't say it as much, and the audience would have to figure it out on their own. And people would think, oh, Marin is smart because I'm making them do the work. Whereas it's literally the same steps, the same beat board, it's all the same except I'm making, I'm spoonfeeding the family show, but I'm making on Marin. I'm letting the audience do little work. And when you make the audience do more work, they feel it's a smarter show because they have to be smarter. They have to pay attention more. And so that in my opinion, is the difference between a smart show and let's say a not smart show.Phil Hudson:For the newer writers, there are two terms that come to mind. One is subtext, which I could not wrap my head around when I was first figuring learning writing, but it's absolutely critical to writing professionally. You need to understand it's like what's not being said, it's being said, but not said that subtext. And then the other is this principle of audience inferior and audience superior, meaning your audience doesn't know what's going on versus your audience knows more than your characters know what's going on. And there are tools you use. So in a horror film, you might use Audience Superior to say, oh no, don't go in there. Don't go in there that the killer's in there. But then you might use audience inferior and a horror film for the jump scare where leather face pops out in the woods and gets your kids. So they're just tools of the craft and you use 'em. Applicably.On this note, I've talked about the show when Bluey is very popular right now on Disney Plus. It's a kid's show about their dogs and even at shows from Australia. And they're fascinating. And I love watching them probably more than my kids love watching them because they are very smart, very, this was something I just saw on TikTok yesterday. It's a new term I learned called a Rainbow Baby. Have you ever heard that term Rainbow Baby? Is the baby born immediately after a miscarriage or a stillbirth or something like that? And it's a very emotional thing for parents. And there's an episode where Blue's kind of acting out how her mom and her dad fell in love and kind of how Bluey got there and her sister Bingo's helping her act it out. And Bingo's got this balloon underneath her belly to pretend like she's pregnant and she's playing the mom.And they don't tell you this. And I've watched this episode probably five times, and until someone pointed this out, there's this moment where the balloon pops and you see Blue's Dad grab his wife's hand and they hold hands. And I get emotional as a husband with kids. It's like, oh, they went through a miscarriage. And they don't tell you. Kids will never know. But as an adult it's like, wow, there's a level to this that is just beautiful. So that's subtext and it's audience inferior. It's all those things that we're talking about. So I'm going to wipe my tears now into my microphone. A couple of questions left, and I know we're going to be a little bit long here guys. So apologize. You're getting a bunch of questions answered. The Lovely Bone 0 5 2. How do you make character's voice different than your own? Which I think is kind of the projecting question we talked about earlier, but do you have any about voice?Michael Jamin:That's the fun part. If you're writing for Frazier Crane, you speak like Frazier Crane, you look up words in the thesaurus. So he uses smart language instead of good and bad, it'll say delicious and magnificent. How do you do that? That's the fun. That's the imitation part where we get to imitate people. So you listen, you use your ears and you mock peoplePhil Hudson:And you have experiences you've talked about before.Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:Joshua and Ashley Earls Bennett want to know, this is about miscellaneous questions, by the way. Is there a character sheet for stories that have taken place in the past? And I think this is a reference to a story Bible and not the one you do for pitching, but the one in the writer's room.Michael Jamin:Yeah. I mean, I don't look at it. I mean, most shows keep a Bible for whatever purposes. I don't even know why. But they keep a record of all these characters and stories that have been told. So if someone needs to know for at some point in the future, it's there, but I don't reference them.Phil Hudson:Here's an Easter egg on why you might have this, because we didn't have this on Tacoma fd. And then there was a point where in this season of Tacoma fd, they're going to rename the street pan easy way. And so we need to know what is the street of the firehouse. And so I had to go dig through every last episode of the script, every script from season one through, and you find out, well, we've had two addresses because someone wrote it down, or I know we ran into a plot point where it's like we need to pick a specific game that was missed as a plot point for this episode, and why Terry's mad at his daughter because that's the night she was born. But in the timeline, we might say she was this age, and then now you're stuck trying to find an important event in this specific year because you have to maintain the continuity of the story.Michael Jamin:And that's a good example. So if we have an episode and we want to like, okay, we want to bring back Eddie'sPhil Hudson:Spatchcock.Michael Jamin:Yeah, whatever. A girlfriend that he had in the first season one, what was her name again? I can't remember. We want to bring this character back. We'd asked the writer's assistant, the writer would check the Bible that they kept a record of because we as the writers might not remember because it's like a trivia. It's trivia from four seasons ago.Phil Hudson:Awesome. Jenny Harper. Are there any character sheets that list how each character changes by beat? Beat byMichael Jamin:Beat? No, we wouldn't keep a record of that. That'd be crazy. That'd be too much work.Phil Hudson:Is there a reason for a character or a writer to keep that?Michael Jamin:I mean, I often would wonder when I watched Lost or even Game of Thrones, I'm like, wait, who knows what here? It's hard to remember. That's the challenge. One of the challenges of shows like that, wait, who knows what's going on here? I'm terrible at that. I don't like that aspect of writing, but certainly What is that?Phil Hudson:So this is a book by Javier gr Marks watch, which we've talked about before. He was a writer on Lost and he's got a blog where he talks about that first season of Lost, which he was on, and this is his book, shoot This one again, which is kind of stories, essays on being a writer and a showrunner. And this book is really good and he talks a lot about Bibles and what it was like to come up with stories and things like that. And they've got a really great podcast too on TV writing that's not very active, but it was really good resource called Children of Tendu. So if you're interested in more of that stuff, I think they're a very good resource for that. And that book's great. Check it out. But shout out to Javi. You know Javi, right? You've met him. Is that right?Michael Jamin:No, I never met him. I know who he isPhil Hudson:Though. You know of him.Michael Jamin:I think maybe we tweeted each other once or twice or something.Phil Hudson:Yeah, they're cool guys. I've reached out to them as well to help them with their podcast back in the day. They did not take me up on it, Michael, but you did.Michael Jamin:Oh well, I did. Yeah.Phil Hudson:They missed out. Yeah. Chris, who wants to know, what are some examples of compelling character development in television characters who really stand out from a professional writer's perspective?Michael Jamin:Well, I mean, Walter White fantastic, but anybody on Breaking Bed? Is it fantastic? YouPhil Hudson:Talked about Aria Stark already. That's another great one. JohnMichael Jamin:Star. There's so many great characters. I mean, when people think there's nothing good on, it's like, well change a channel, man. There's plenty of good TV on. I dunno what you're talking about. Stop watching your terrible shows. It's your fault. I'm loving severance. I'm loving severance,Phil Hudson:Severance.Michael Jamin:It's so interesting to me. Yeah, lovePhil Hudson:It. Alex r how in depth do rooms of writers deconstruct characters?Michael Jamin:Well, we have an idea when we start writing and then the characters, it's not like we deconstruct. They actually become, it's almost like they're real people to us. And so are you deconstructing your mother or do you just know your mother? You know who mother is and so they're real people. It's not like we're not taking 'em apart and laying 'em on a table.Phil Hudson:Do you want to talk about the doctor? No. In the writer's room that came up recently this week in a conversation with somebody. But it's also like this might be that someone, it's almost like you're nitpicking your character a bit.Michael Jamin:Yeah, but I don't watch Dr. No, so I don't really keep,Phil Hudson:No Dr. Noah as in the doctor Noah in the room. Maybe that's not you. That's them. Dr. Noah is the naysayer, the guy who says tears things down and doesn't like.Michael Jamin:Yeah, I mean that's not a helpful, you can find a reason to say no to every pitch in a writer's room. It is just not helpful. So find a reason to build it up to be positive and to say something helpful.Phil Hudson:How do you make sticky or awesome characters that get stuck in people's heads and hearts and how can you have a character that you expand over more than one season? How do you develop a character?Michael Jamin:This is the journey we all put ourselves on, but again, I don't even think it's so much the character as it is the journey we put them on. You could take anyone, make them interesting. I feel you could make anyone interesting as long as you put 'em on the right journey.Phil Hudson:Dave Campbell, how do we get away with using characters based on real life when there's always that stupid boilerplate saying exactly the opposite. The characters and events are not based on real events orMichael Jamin:How do we, I guess what's the question? DoPhil Hudson:Do we get away with using a character that's based on somebody in real life when there's always that stupid boilerplate? The disclaimer about this is not based on real people.Michael Jamin:Well, I mean change 'em a little. You're basing it on them and you're changing their name and their identity. And so if you're going to make a character against model it against your best friend, change it enough so that your best friend doesn't find out, it won't know. So that's how you do it.Phil Hudson:I wrote a script once and gave it to my friend who's an actor that was on the bridge and he was a little on the nose, but I appreciate it. He felt like I wrote him, which I did. I wrote him. He was just such a character and it was not interesting to him as an actor who has been on a major show, he's just like, this is just me.Michael Jamin:Right, right.Phil Hudson:Mishu Pizza. Can character foils also be considered a side character or a supporting character or the main character's best friend? I feel like foils don't always have to be the antagonist. Is that true?Michael Jamin:I feel like we're overthinking this a little bit. I feel like maybe we're giving labels that don't need to be labeled. We have a hero. We're going to put this hero on a journey and who are the people? Or if it's a like a buddy comedy or whatever we're talking about, or if it's a husband and wife or whatever the story, what's the journey we're putting them on and who are the characters who are going to get in their way? And often if it's a husband and wife, they're going to be fighting each other, so Okay, good. And who are the characters that we need to create to help foment this argument that they&#

Research shows that about 75% of physical abuse starts as physical discipline gone terribly awry. We have years of data showing spanking is ineffective—and, in fact, harmful to kids. But often the topic is treated as a third rail by many child abuse professionals: avoided and ignored.We spoke to Stacie LeBlanc, CEO of The UP Institute and a champion of No Hit Zones. Why is it so difficult for child abuse professionals to discuss spanking with parents? How do we get past the culture wars on this topic? And how can we open a respectful conversation that moves beyond “Well, I turned out fine”? How can No Hit Zones help?This episode was originally published on May 7, 2020.Topics in this episode:Concerns for kids during the pandemic (1:17)Connection between spanking and physical abuse (2:53)The research (4:15)Poly-victimization and adverse childhood experiences (6:03)A common problem that's hard to talk about (8:05)Handling parents' objections (13:17)A respectful approach (21:00)Banning spanking, changing social norms (23:48)How to start a no-hit zone (26:23)For more information (34:06)Links:Stacie Schrieffer LeBlanc, MEd, JD, CEO of The UP InstituteNo Hit Zone ToolkitThe No Hit Zone concept was created in 2005 by Dr. Lolita McDavid at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OhioElizabeth Gershoff, Ph.D.Painless ParentingNational No Hit Zone CommitteeStop SpankingU.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children has a list of organizations with policy statements on this topicAmerican Academy of Pediatrics put out a policy statement in November 2018Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children has a map of global progress on the issueJHACO (“Jayco”) refers to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations For more information about National Children's Alliance and the work of Children's Advocacy Centers, visit our website at nationalchildrensalliance.org. Or visit our podcast website at OneInTenPodcast.org. And join us on Facebook at One in Ten podcast.Support the showDid you like this episode? Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.