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You fix other people's problems for a living. So when the problem is yours, why does asking for help feel like admitting defeat?As many as one in four lawyers are quietly struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, or burnout. In the first decade of practice, it's one in three. And most are doing exactly what the profession trained them to do: perform, produce, and suffer in silence. In this episode, Gary sits down with Nicki Ellington of the North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program to demystify one of the most powerful and least understood resources available to attorneys today. If you've ever wondered what happens when a lawyer picks up the phone and calls a LAP, this conversation is for you.KEY TAKEAWAYSUnderstand what LAP actually is, who it serves, and the full range of issues it addresses beyond substance use.Learn how confidentiality protects you and why calling LAP does not put your license at risk.Recognize the early warning signs of trouble long before a crisis hits.Hear why the biggest resistance is not the phone call itself, but the belief that you should be able to fix yourself.Discover why lawyer-to-lawyer peer support does what clinical care alone cannot.Understand why LAP works with you for as long as you need, without a time limit or a checkbox to close.Reframe mental health care the way you would treat any medical condition: ongoing, not one-and-done.If this episode moved you, share it with a colleague who needs to hear it. Subscribe to The Free Lawyer wherever you listen. And if something in you is whispering that it's time, reach out. To your state's LAP, to a therapist, to a friend, or to Gary directly at gary@garymiles.net. The first message is the hardest. It's also the one that changes everything.[00:00] — Why lawyers suffer in silence[03:15] — Nicki's path to serving lawyers[07:30] — What NCLAP actually does[12:45] — Confidentiality explained in plain English[17:20] — The full scope of what LAP treats[22:10] — Peer support and volunteer network[24:30] — Why lawyers wait too long to call[28:00] — What change looks like over time[32:00] — Building a life worth living[35:50] — The first call and next stepNicki Ellington serves as the LAP Counselor for the Eastern Region of the North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program, where she provides mental health and substance use support to attorneys, judges, and law students. She helps high-functioning legal professionals access confidential care before struggles become crises, and walks alongside them as they build sustainable, fulfilling careers. A Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist with a master's degree from Marymount University, Nicki trained intensively at Duke University in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Two decades into her clinical career, she remains driven by a simple conviction: every lawyer deserves to build a life worth living.Would you like to learn what it looks like to become a truly Free Lawyer? You can schedule a complimentary call here: https://calendly.com/garymiles-successcoach/one-one-discovery-callYou can find The Free Lawyer Assessment here- https://www.garymiles.net/the-free-lawyer-assessmentWould you like to learn more about Breaking Free or order your copy? https://www.garymiles.net/break-freeAccess this free tool to identify your productivity time drains and move to purposeful strategy- https://upbeat-trailblazer-9238.kit.com/7c3c667ff1Check out the Elite Lawyer's Productivity System  https://www.garymiles.net/productivity

Hey Heal Squad! Our friend, psychotherapist and trauma expert, Tammy Valicenti, is back! And with our next Heal Squad Retreat at Canyon Ranch coming up this October (where Tammy will be joining us!), the timing couldn't be more perfect! Today, Maria and Tammy get into something we can ALL relate to: What if some of the things you think are just your personality are actually ways you learned to protect yourself? Maybe you're always the strong one. Maybe you're a people-pleaser, a control freak, hyper-independent, or someone who simply cannot relax without feeling guilty. Tammy explains how our families, experiences, and even our culture can shape these patterns and how to recognize when one of those parts is working a little too hard. And here's where it gets really helpful: Tammy teaches us what to actually DO when one of these patterns shows up. She walks us through how to stop, get out of our heads and into our bodies, notice where we're feeling discomfort, and ask that part of ourselves two simple questions: “Who are you?” and “What do you need from me?” We also give you a refresher on  Internal Family Systems (IFS), why pushing uncomfortable feelings away can actually make them louder, and why REST can feel so uncomfortable when you've spent your life doing, fixing, helping, and taking care of everyone else. And yes…. Tammy says even feeling peace is something we can practice.Plus, Tammy shares some of the incredible shifts she witnessed at our Day of Reset and gives us a little preview of the deeper work we'll be doing together at Canyon Ranch! Enjoy! HEALERS & HEAL-LINERS Get curious instead of pushing it away: When anxiety, fear, or discomfort shows up, pause and notice where you feel it in your body. Instead of telling it to go away, ask, “What do you need from me?” Tammy says sometimes simply acknowledging that part can help it soften and create space between you and the feeling. There are no “bad parts” of you: The people-pleaser, perfectionist, controller, or hyper-independent part may have developed to protect you. Healing isn't necessarily about getting rid of those parts; it's understanding why they're working so hard and helping them come back into balance so they no longer run the show. Leave yourself breadcrumbs back to YOU: In moments of fear, self-doubt, or crisis, it can be hard to remember how many difficult things you've already made it through. Keep track of your breakthroughs, wins, values, mantras, and reminders of who you are so you have something to return to when you feel disconnected from yourself. Join us at our Canyon Ranch 2026 Retreat: https://www.canyonranch.com/lenox/retreats/heal-retreat-maria-menounos HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy's Page: https://stylecrew.macys.com/@mariamenounos Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host Medjet: medjet.com GUEST RESOURCES: Follow Tammy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformationsolution/ For More Info, Visit Tammy's Website: http://www.tammyvalicenti.com ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos' passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company's Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

This could be one of the most confusing and easily twisted stories Jesus told. Maybe you’re like me and you’ve read it before, said “well that doesn’t make sense”, and quickly moved on. On the surface this one doesn’t make sense. However, if you really seek, you will find a deep message that truly does make sense. So, let’s read this story together and this time we’re committed to not digging deep for the message instead of skimming on through. Luke 16: 1-9 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer's money. So the employer called him in and said, ‘What's this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.' The manager thought to himself, ‘Now what? My boss has fired me. I don't have the strength to dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg. Ah, I know how to ensure that I'll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.' So he invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe him?' The man replied, ‘I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.' So the manager told him, ‘Take the bill and quickly change it to 400 gallons.' ‘And how much do you owe my employer?' he asked the next man. ‘I owe him 1,000 bushels of wheat,' was the reply. ‘Here,' the manager said, ‘take the bill and change it to 800 bushels.' The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light. Here's the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.” First glance – is Jesus telling us to cheat? Is he praising twisting the truth or dishonest business? Absolutely not. This manager was no doubt doing wrong – he cheated and he was caught cheating by his boss. He knew his boss was going to fire him, so before he could, he made friends with everyone who owed his boss money. He lowered their bills in order to earn their good graces. Now, when he was fired, he would have friends who would help him. And the boss had to “admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd.” The confusion comes in this word ‘shrewd’. I liken that word to mean slimy, sneaky, crooked – but that’s actually not the definition of the word. Shrewd actually means wise and strategic. The boss admired this man for seeing what was coming (getting fired), and making strategic decisions now (using what he have to prepare for the future.) Now, understanding this word ‘shrewd’, we understand what Jesus is saying – “Children of this world are more wise and strategic in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.” As followers of Jesus, personally chosen by God and redeemed to be considered righteous, we are living in this world, but we are not children of this world. We are children of the light. We live by different standards. We have a different calling and a different compass. Children of this world are those without Jesus – those who aren’t covered in the grace of his blood. And Jesus is saying as children of the light, we can use a lesson in being more shrewd – that is more wise and strategic. And here’s why … Every single one of us will be called to give an account of our stewardship. We are all just managers here of things that don’t really belong to us. Everything you think you own doesn’t really belong to you – you can’t take it with you. That’s all on loan. The people you love and care for, they don’t belong to you. You may get to raise them, you may get to share life with them, but they’re not yours. You’re a manager of all that really belongs to God. And just like the manager in Jesus’ story, you will be held responsible for how you’re managing your bosses affairs. I will literally stand before God one day and give an account for everything I did and didn’t do. Every word I spoke, and every word I didn’t speak. Every time I helped, and every time I walked on by. Every time I made the right choice, and every time I made the wrong choice. How I spent every dollar and every day. How I treated others. I’ll be held responsible for how I managed my entire life … and so will you. Romans 14:12, “Each of us will give a personal account to God.” Imagine God reviewing your life and asking why you walked by when you saw someone in need. What will you say? Imagine God asking why you wasted your time (which was really his time being given to you to manage) on things that didn’t matter. What will you say? Imagine God asking why you spent so much energy trying to impress people instead of minister to people. What will you say? Imagine God asking why you were so consumed with accumulating things that you couldn’t take with you, while neglecting the things that would last forever. What will you say? Imagine God asking why you had opportunities to love, serve, encourage, forgive, give, speak up, invite, pray, or share Jesus – and you didn’t. What will you say? Imagine God asking, “I gave you that money. I gave you that time. I gave you those relationships. I gave you those gifts. I gave you that influence. I gave you that platform. I gave you that opportunity. What did you do with what I gave you?” What will you say? Because that’s the point Jesus is making. Be shrewd. Look ahead. Think beyond today. Recognize that this life is temporary and eternity is coming. Then use what you have TODAY to prepare for what is coming TOMORROW. The manager in this story understood something that many of us forget: What I have right now is an opportunity. He knew his time was limited, so he acted. If we know we will be called to stand before God and give an account for how we managed all that was his, why aren’t we living different? And if we know every single person we come in contact with is one day soon going to stand before God as well, why aren’t we aggressively pointing them towards Jesus? SOULS ARE ON THE LINE! Isn’t that what really matters? All of this is going away, but eternity is waiting. What are people willing to do to grow a business, to make more money, to get another client, to make a deal … practically anything, right? Billboards, advertisements, slipping up in your text messages, spamming your email, paying influencers to use their products. People will beat the streets, pull overtime, get another degree, invest, and sacrifice – just to make more money. BUT WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO DO TO REACH ANOTHER SOUL FOR JESUS? If we pursued the Kingdom of God with the same zeal as the children of this world pursue profits and pleasure, everything would be different! If we used our present resources to plan for eternity the same way we use our resources to plan for our next vacation or promotion, imagine how many more people would be saved, rescued, redeemed, healed and changed! THAT’S WHAT JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT! WHY AREN’T WE USING EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE ETERNITY WE KNOW IS COMING? Jesus is telling us that we should have the same urgency as this manager who knows his time to prepare for the future is limited – not to cheat, not to manipulate, not to be dishonest – but to be wise and strategic with what God has given us to manage. To use this time to prepare for what is coming and what truly matters. If you have money, use it strategically for God’s purposes. If you have time, don’t waste all of it on things that won’t matter in eternity. If you have influence, use it to influence people toward Jesus. If you have a home, use it to welcome people. If you have a gift, open it and share it. If you have a story, tell it. If you have resources, share them. If you have relationships, invest in them. If you have a voice, speak life. If you have an opportunity to do good, don’t keep waiting for a better one. Be shrewd. Wise and strategic for eternal good. Because one day, the opportunity will be gone. The money will be gone. The house will be gone. The career will be gone. The possessions will be gone. The calendar will be empty. And all that will remain is what you did with what God entrusted to you. That’s why Jesus isn’t telling us to become more like the dishonest manager in character. He’s telling us to become more like him in urgency. The manager looked at his future and allowed it to change the way he handled his present. The manager knew he had to give an account to his boss for how he managed things and he started preparing immediately. We should do the same. We know where our story ends. We know eternity is real. We know Jesus is coming. We know our time here is limited. We know we will give an account. So let’s stop living like we have forever. Let’s be shrewd. Let’s live today with eternity in mind. Let’s manage what God has placed in our hands in a way that makes sense in light of where we’re going. Maybe Jesus wants us to wrestle with a few questions today through this story he told. What are you doing with your time? What are you doing with your money? What are you doing with your influence? What are you doing with your relationships? What are you doing with your gifts? What are you doing with your story? What are you doing with the opportunities God keeps putting in front of you? You don’t have to have more. You just need to become more faithful with what you already have. You are the manager. God is the owner. And one day, the Owner will ask for the report. So make today’s report count. See what’s coming. Understand what matters. Act accordingly. Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com

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What happens when a religious system spends a lifetime teaching you to trust authority, obey, forgive, sacrifice, endure, distrust your own doubts, and fear the consequences of leaving? In this episode of Mormon Discussion, Teresa Hobbs leads Bill Reel and special guest Wendi Wilcock Jensen through a difficult question: Can LDS teachings and institutional structures… Read More »Trust, Obey, Endure: How Mormon Conditioning Makes Abuse Harder to Recognize The post Trust, Obey, Endure: How Mormon Conditioning Makes Abuse Harder to Recognize appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

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Brian sits down with Tyana Armijo, Engedi Kids team member and Engedi Music leader & songwriter, and Josh Haltom, Engedi's Community Life pastor, for an honest, story-filled conversation about what it actually looks like to walk with the Holy Spirit day to day — how to discern His voice, what to do when you miss it, and how to keep growing in dependence on Him.Links & Episode NotesEngedi ChurchScripture References John 10 Matthew 25:1–13 Matthew 28 Mark 10:46–52 Luke 2 Acts 2 Romans 8:5–8 Galatians 5 Ephesians 5:18 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Made to Advance is a production of Engedi Church and is hosted by Brian Aulick. Send us your feedback at mta@engedichurch.com.

In this episode of Risky Conversations, I reveal a subtle but costly pattern I see over and over again with my highest-achieving clients—something I call “the Coverage Trap.”You know that feeling: you work nights and weekends, you hold everything together when your teammates are out, you quietly make miracles happen…and your reward is, “Great, keep it up.” No promotion, no extra resources, no real recognition. Just more of the same.In this conversation, I break down why this happens, how it quietly sabotages your career growth, and what you can start doing differently right now—without complaining, over-explaining, or becoming someone you're not.I'll walk you through:The Tuesday status update scenario where you think you're proving your readiness for a promotion, but you're actually signaling “all good, nothing needs to change.”The hidden cost of believing “competence should speak for itself” as a woman, minority, or marginalized leader.Why the real gap between you and your next promotion is not working harder—it's translation: turning the value you're already delivering into language decision makers can act on.What you can expect on Friday, September 18th: The Over-functioning Woman's Negotiation Workshop, which you can register to attend for free here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/338KqIokT9qGadSyouHnfw#/registrationIn this episode, you'll learn how to:Recognize the “coverage trap” and the subtle ways over-functioning keeps you stuck at the status quoShift from quiet competence to clear articulation of your impact, future vision, and specific asksUse leadership-focused language that aligns your work with where the organization is headed—and makes it easier for decision makers to say “yes” to your promotion and raiseIf you've ever watched a less competent but more outspoken colleague get the promotion you wanted, this episode is for you. Let's stop unintentionally sabotaging your own growth by being “too good” at quietly covering—and start translating your value into the recognition, support, and advancement you've already earned.Text me your thoughts on this episode!Enjoy the show? Don't miss an episode, listen and subscribe via Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Leave me a review in Apple Podcasts. Connect with meBook a free hour-long consultation with me. You'll leave with your custom blueprint to confidence, and we'll ensure it's a slam-dunk fit for you before you commit to working with me 1:1. Connect with me on LinkedIn Email me at jamie@jamieleecoach.com 

What if the answers you've been searching for aren't missing—but already live within you? In this empowering spirit message, psychic medium Laura Lee shares a powerful reminder from Spirit: trust yourself. Your inner wisdom is constantly communicating through intuition, physical sensations, stillness, and those quiet knowing moments that can guide you when life feels uncertain.Discover how to strengthen your connection to divine guidance, recognize your body's green lights and red flags, and understand why intuition and imagination may be connected to the same deeper source. Laura Lee explores how mindfulness, breathwork, and stillness can help you quiet outside opinions and reconnect with your own intuitive guidance. Whether you're navigating a major life decision, healing from loss, or simply wondering what Spirit is trying to tell you, this message offers reassurance that you are never truly walking alone. Tune in for insight, spirit messages, spiritual guidance, intuitive reading, psychic mediumship, afterlife connection, grief healing, and a powerful invitation to stop second-guessing yourself and listen within.

Islam scores new wins in the U.S. as California considers formally recognizing two Islamic Holidays, while over in New York, the governor draws backlash for donning Islamic garb days out from 911, the Department of Transportation cracks down on illegal immigrant truck drivers as well as the schools giving them licenses, and we have the latest on the rescue effort in Arizona after major flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park. Reporting from Megan Basham, Jennie Taer & Lynden Blake. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. - - - Ep. 3068 - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Today's Sponsors: Fabletics - Shop now at https://Fabletics.com/wire to get 70- 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP. NetSuite - For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. Go to https://NetSuite.AI/MORNINGWIRE. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. Quince - Find the fall pieces you'll reach for most. Go to https://Quince.com/WIRE for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of What the Fundraising Podcast, What if the reason you're avoiding fundraising outreach isn't because you're bad at fundraising, but because you have a readiness gap? In this solo episode of What the Fundraising, Mallory Erickson breaks down three common fundraising readiness gaps that can quietly stand between you and your next yes: confidence, clarity, and consistency. She shares the behavioral science behind why we avoid outreach, why vague to-do lists create procrastination, and how frantic bursts of fundraising can make relationship-building feel transactional. Most importantly, Mallory gives you one concrete move for each readiness gap that you can put into practice this week. From rewriting the story you tell yourself when a donor doesn't respond to turning vague fundraising tasks into tiny physical actions, these strategies are designed to make fundraising feel more doable—and help you build the muscle memory that creates sustainable momentum. In this episode, you will be able to:  Understand why fundraising avoidance isn't a character flaw, but a potential readiness gap. Recognize how anticipatory anxiety and negative assumptions can affect your fundraising outreach. Reframe donor silence and rejection without turning them into judgments about your worth or competence. Turn vague fundraising to-dos into specific, actionable next physical steps. Use tiny habits to lower the activation energy around fundraising. Build consistency by anchoring small donor touchpoints to routines you already have. Understand why relationship fundraising benefits from consistency rather than frantic bursts of activity. Create simple habits that help you become the fundraiser who never fully goes quiet. Get all the resources from today's episode here.  Support for this show is brought to you by Donor Perfect. Our friends at Donor Perfect really understand fundraising on so many levels. Stay aligned while working online with a seamless and secure payments experience for your donors and your team. Empower donors to give where they are, whenever they like, automate data entry, and process online, monthly, and mobile payments, and accept payments over the phone. Connect with me:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_malloryerickson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthefundraising YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@malloryerickson7946 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mallory-erickson-bressler/ Website: malloryerickson.com/podcast Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-fundraising/id1575421652 If you haven't already, please visit our new What the Fundraising community forum. Check it out and join the conversation at this link. If you're looking to raise more from the right funders, then you'll want to check out my Power Partners Formula, a step-by-step approach to identifying the optimal partners for your organization. This free masterclass offers a great starting point.

In this episode of the Joyful Health Show, I share a sample of my newest book, Freedom from Food Fixation: A 21-Day Intuitive Eating Devotional for Christian Women. I wrote this to help you rest from the food rules, reconnect with your body, and renew your trust in your Maker. You were meant to think about more than food, so let's get free! Through daily biblical encouragement, practical reflection, and intuitive eating principles, you'll learn how to quiet the mental noise around food so you can focus on Jesus instead of be fixated on food. This book will help you: Recognize the subtle ways diet culture has shaped your thoughts about food and your body Replace guilt, shame, and food rules with biblical wisdom Find freedom from food obsession so you can pursue the abundant life God desires for you Whether you've struggled with chronic dieting, emotional eating, food guilt, or body image, this devotional is here to help you walk towards greater freedom and better health with the Lord your God.

How do you deal with criticism? If you're a creative person, you'll eventually run into people who don't recognize your talent or your potential. With examples drawn from the lives of Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Spielberg and more creative greats, Phil Cooke https://philcooke.com shares four key points to help you respond to criticism in a way that will lead to creative growth. "Just because people don't recognize your talent doesn't mean it's not there." —Phil Cooke

In this volume of the Trails & Tribulations series, I chat with Luis, aka Mr. Traveler, an experienced international trekker and founder of the Vamos Hiking Crew, about two frightening high altitude incidents involving his longtime friend Carlos that unfolded nearly two years apart on Rainbow Mountain in Peru and Acatenango in Guatemala.Luis takes us high into the Peruvian Andes, where what should have been a straightforward trek above 15,000 feet quickly became alarming as Carlos began showing increasingly serious signs of altitude sickness. Nearly two years later, history frighteningly repeated itself on the slopes of Guatemala's Acatenango. This time, the situation became even more severe, forcing Luis and his group to confront the possibility of an emergency evacuation in a remote environment with limited rescue options.Through both experiences, Luis shares valuable lessons about recognizing warning signs at altitude, proper training and acclimatization, pacing, hydration and fueling, resisting summit fever and group pressure, and knowing when it's time to turn around. This is a story about friendship, leadership, humility, and one of the most important lessons we can carry into the mountains. The summit will always be there, but getting yourself and your people home safely comes first.Have you ever experienced a survival moment or learned a tough lesson on the trail? Maybe you got lost, faced sudden weather, encountered wildlife, or found yourself pushed to your limits in ways you didn't expect. Trails & Tribulations is the space where those stories come to life, inspiring and connecting the outdoor community. If any of these resonates with you, we'd love to hear YOUR story!Submit your story on https://tinyurl.com/47jdbvau for a chance to be featured or send us an email on justtrekofficial@gmail.comFollow Mr Traveler & Vamos Hiking crew on https://www.instagram.com/mrtraveler.mehttps://www.instagram.com/vamoshikingcrewListen to Mr. Traveler's award winning guest episode (Top Spotify Episode of 2025): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YBdj8szyhwqkHxWsoJxVuFollow Just Trek on IG https://www.instagram.com/just.trek/Support Just Trek on Patreon ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/justtrek⁠⁠Shop Just Trek merch on ⁠⁠https://www.justtrek.net/shop⁠⁠Listen to more podcast episodes on ⁠⁠https://www.justtrek.net⁠⁠Want to send me a message? Email me at ⁠⁠justtrekofficial@gmail.com⁠⁠ or DM on Instagram @just.trek

Radical acceptance for homeschool moms starts with a hard question: what if the hardest part of your homeschool season isn’t actually the hard thing you’re facing? What if part of what’s exhausting you is the energy you’re spending fighting against the fact that it’s happening at all? Your child is struggling with something. Maybe you’re afraid you’ve made the wrong call. There’s uncertainty when the people closest to you don’t agree. Your teenager is launching into the world, and you’re not quite ready for how that feels. A quiet worry sits underneath it all: am I doing enough? Behind that struggle is usually a quiet belief: if I could just fix this, then I could finally breathe. If my child would just catch up to grade level. If only my homeschool would feel more successful. Maybe my husband or mom would finally understand. I wish I knew for sure the choices I’m making today would benefit my kids. If just one person would tell me I’m doing okay. Then maybe I could relax. Why We Can’t Just Relax But what if peace isn’t something that shows up after everything gets resolved? What if peace begins the moment we stop abandoning ourselves in the middle of what’s still unresolved? If you love deep, meaningful conversations like this, you won’t want to miss our Book Club Newsletter! Each month, we explore thought-provoking books that inspire personal growth, strengthen our homeschool journeys, and help us show up more fully for ourselves and our families. You’ll receive discussion highlights, reflection questions, and practical ways to apply these insights to your daily life. Join the Book Club Newsletter! Join the Book Club Newsletter! The Trance of ‘Not Enough’ (And Why Radical Acceptance for Homeschool Moms Matters) Tara Brach calls it “the trance of unworthiness” — the quiet, background belief that we’re not enough. Not patient enough, not organized enough, not spiritual enough, not calm enough. It’s a trance because we rarely notice we’re inside it. We just keep moving, comparing, researching, and looking for reassurance. Sound familiar? You make a homeschool decision — and then immediately Google whether it was the right one. You choose not to push your child through something, and wonder if you’re being too permissive. Or you do push, and worry you’ve damaged the relationship. There’s no decision that doesn’t seem to land you on trial in your own head. Underneath it all is one question: Can I trust myself without someone else confirming I’m right? If that trance feels familiar, it’s often rooted somewhere deeper — we talk more about that in Healing the Mother Wound for Homeschool Moms. What Radical Acceptance for Homeschool Moms Actually Means Radical acceptance doesn’t mean liking what’s happening, giving up, or becoming passive about harmful circumstances. It starts much simpler than that. It says: this is what’s happening right now. My child is struggling. I am overwhelmed. I don’t know what to do. The radical part isn’t the situation — it’s what we don’t add on top of it. Instead of layering judgment (“I should be handling this better,” “What’s wrong with me?”), we pause and simply acknowledge reality. There’s the pain of what’s happening. And then there’s the extra suffering we create by fighting the fact that it’s happening — and homeschool moms are remarkably good at generating that second layer. Two Wings: Clear Seeing and Compassion Tara Brach describes radical acceptance as needing two wings to fly: clear seeing and compassion. Clear seeing without compassion turns into self-criticism (“I always overcommit, I’m terrible at boundaries, why can’t I get it together?”). Compassion without clarity turns into avoidance (“Everything’s fine!” — when maybe something really does need to change). Together, they shift the questions we ask ourselves: Instead of What’s wrong with me? → What is happening here? Instead of Why can’t I handle this? → What is this experience asking me to notice? And instead of I need to fix myself. → What do I need right now? The Productivity Trance So many of us learned, early and often, that our worth is tied to output. Homeschooling can quietly become another productivity machine: Did we finish the workbook? How many pages? Are we ahead or behind? But what if the most important thing that happened today can’t be measured? What if presence was enough? That’s easier to believe on a podcast than on a Thursday afternoon when the checklist is half-done. Which is exactly why it’s worth asking: Where did I learn that today only counts if I produced enough? Is it true? And the harder question — what would happen if I stopped trying to earn my worth through productivity? If overwhelm is where you’re living most days right now, this companion post can help: How to Handle Homeschool Overwhelm. A Personal Season: Launching My Youngest This one is personal right now. After years of building life around the rhythms of children — lessons, meals, car rides, celebrations — the season is changing, and there’s a choice in how to meet it: fight reality, or let both things be true at once. This is beautiful. And this hurts. Pride in the young man he’s becoming, and grief for the little boy who no longer needs help spelling words (and now wins at Bananagrams instead). Homeschooling can become such a central part of a mother’s identity — organizer, facilitator, researcher, driver, worrier, celebrator — that when the season shifts, something in us shifts too. That identity shift is its own kind of grief worth naming — I explore it more in my identity as a home educator. Radical acceptance doesn’t say don’t grieve. It just stops making the grief itself a problem. A RAIN Practice for Radical Acceptance for Homeschool Moms When you’re in the thick of a hard homeschool moment, Tara Brach’s RAIN practice offers a simple way back to yourself: R — Recognize What is actually happening right now? Not what might happen — what’s here. A — Allow Can this moment be here, just for now? Not forever — just without the fight. I — Investigate Get curious. Is this about today, or is something older being activated? Is it uncertainty, grief, exhaustion, or an unvoiced need? N — Nurture What do I actually need right now? A break. Help. Food. A reminder that one hard day doesn’t define an entire education. Permission to be human in the middle of the unfinished, uncertain, imperfect reality. https://youtu.be/ABvnGnqM9-c?si=dybv0JgbRhPjIqUP The Real Radical Act Can you stop requiring external evidence before you let yourself believe you’re enough? Are you able to trust yourself even when not everyone agrees? What would it take to voice a need before you know how it’ll be received? (Voicing a need is often the first boundary — here’s how to start: Practical (& useful) steps to boundaries in your homeschool.) Could you have a hard homeschool day without turning it into a verdict on your motherhood? Is it possible to look at your child — and at yourself — with clear eyes and compassion, instead of through someone else’s checklist? Maybe what we’re really resisting isn’t the messy day or the uncertain season. Maybe it’s the possibility that we could stop striving long enough to simply be — not the ideal, fully-cooperating, everything-folded-correctly version of homeschool life, but this one. The real one. That might be the most radical thing we can do. Join the Conversation Joining the Homeschool Mama Book Club can be its own small act of radical acceptance for homeschool moms — an acknowledgment that you need space, support, honest conversation, and care too. Inside the Collective, you’ll meet women who understand the uncertainty, the relationship challenges, the identity shifts, and the pressure that can come with homeschool motherhood. On Fridays, we gather to read good books, explore meaningful ideas, and talk through shared challenges together. Bring us to your favorite café or close the bedroom door and join from home — either way, it’s an hour reserved for you. Find the link in the show notes to come join us. Join the Book Club in the Confident Homeschool Mom Collective Reflection Questions Where in your homeschool life do you notice the “trance of unworthiness” showing up? What’s one situation right now where you could practice clear seeing and compassion, rather than picking just one? Try RAIN this week: the next time you spiral, walk through Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture — even just once. Thank you for spending this summer in the Homeschool Mama Book Club. I hope these books and conversations have given you permission to pause, reflect, and remember that the most important work you may ever do for your homeschool isn’t found in a book — it’s found inside you. — Teresa Wiedrick, Confident Homeschool Mom Podcast Latest episodes How to Practice Radical Acceptance for a Better Homeschool Mom Life September 1, 2026 15 Fun Activities for First Day of Homeschool Party August 31, 2026 How to Deal with Homeschool Mama Guilt (In No Easy Steps) August 29, 2026 Feeling Lost in Homeschooling? Here's How to Find Yourself Again August 25, 2026 How to Facilitate Child-Led Learning in Your Homeschool August 21, 2026 Breaking Generational Patterns as a Homeschool Mom Is the Most Important Work You’ll Do August 18, 2026 How to Create an Effective Homeschool Routine that Works for You August 15, 2026 5 Game-Changing Ways to Streamline Your Homeschool Routines August 15, 2026 13 Things Mentally Strong Homeschool Moms Don’t Do August 11, 2026 7 Questions Homeschool Moms Are Afraid to Ask Out Loud August 4, 2026 How to Improve Homeschool Communication with the Best NVC August 4, 2026 How to Stop Taking Your Child’s Behaviour Personally July 21, 2026 You’re Invited to the Homeschool Mom Book Club 2026 July 14, 2026 Post-Partum Overwhelm in Your Homeschool: 12 Ways to Cope July 12, 2026 A 2023 High School Graduate’s Thoughts on her Homeschool Life July 11, 2026 What It’s Like? The Homeschool to High School Transition July 11, 2026 Navigate Homeschool High School (What You Need to Know) July 7, 2026 How to Set Realistic High School Expectations? Learn Human Development July 3, 2026 Declutter Your Homeschool Mama Mind: Overwhelm to On Purpose July 2, 2026 How to Handle Homeschool Criticism With Confidence June 29, 2026 How to Create a Personalized Homeschool High School That Fits Your Teen June 23, 2026 The Real Cost Of Being The “Good Girl” Who Became The Good Mom June 16, 2026 What Is an Education Anyway? Your Answer Changes Your Homeschool June 8, 2026 5 Reasons Your Homeschool Child Won’t Do Work & How to Motivate Your Child June 2, 2026 Crush 1st-Year Homeschool Frustrations and Plan a Smooth Year 2 May 30, 2026 Encouragement for Homeschool Moms in the 1st Year May 30, 2026 Transitioning into Homeschool High School: What We're Really Talking About May 26, 2026 Registered Homeschooling vs Online Learning BC: What Really Matters May 19, 2026 Homeschool Year End Review: Celebrating your Success & Growth May 12, 2026 When You Buy New Homeschool Curriculum: 5 Clever Suggestions May 6, 2026 The Truth About Homeschooling the “Right Way” — But What Works May 5, 2026 9 Steps to Thrive: Confident Homeschool Mom in Year 1 April 28, 2026 What If Your Unrealistic Expectations Are Actually Your Greatest Asset? April 21, 2026 Overcome Imposter Syndrome: How to Build Confidence as a Homeschool Mom April 14, 2026 How to Get Started Homeschooling in 2026 April 11, 2026 9 Mistakes That Make Your 1st Homeschool Year Stressful (& How to Avoid Them) April 9, 2026 How to Make Confident Homeschool Decisions (Without Seeking Permission) April 7, 2026 How to Homeschool When Everyone Has ADHD (And You’re Exhausted) March 31, 2026 Exhausted Homeschool Mom? 8 Things That Will Give You Hope March 24, 2026 Stop Second-Guessing as a Homeschool Mom (& Use Your Magic) March 17, 2026 “You’re Not Falling Apart. You’re in the Winter Homeschool Slump.” March 10, 2026 The Lies Homeschool Moms Believe That Makes Everything Harder March 2, 2026 You’re Not Failing. You’re Caught In An Inner Critic Loop. Here’s How to Get Out February 24, 2026 How to Stop People-Pleasing as a Homeschool Mom (One Mom’s Story) February 17, 2026 How to Stop the Inner Critic as a Homeschool Mom: The Charmed Life I Was Chasing (& the Pattern I Didn’t Know I Was Living) February 10, 2026 The Most Important Way to Take Care of Yourself as an Overwhelmed Homeschool Mom February 2, 2026 How to Do Kindergarten in Your Homeschool: A Fun & Effective Guide January 29, 2026 The Real Reason You’re Overwhelmed (It’s Not the Curriculum) January 26, 2026 Unexpected Feelings When Your Homeschooler Gets Accepted to University January 22, 2026 How to Stop Being a Hostage to Homeschool Pressure (& What to Do Instead) January 19, 2026 Subscribe to the Confident Homeschool Mom podcast YouTube Apple Audible Spotify Originally published March 18, 2025. Updated August 31, 2026. 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Is your "best employee" constantly saving the day—or helping create the problems they keep solving? In many businesses the people who get the most praise rescue angry customers, cover missed shifts, fix broken systems, stay late, and pull projects back from the edge. But when leaders reward only heroic reactions, they can create a workplace where crisis management gets noticed and prevention gets ignored. In this episode of SoTellUs Time, Trevor and Troy Howard explain why the most valuable employee may not be the person who puts out the biggest fires. It may be the person whose systems, training, documentation, and foresight prevent those fires from starting.

What does it really take to create change that lasts? Dr. Andrea Austin welcomes Jennifer Brown for a powerful conversation about the human dimensions of change. Drawing from more than two decades of experience advising organizations on culture, talent, leadership, and transformation, Jennifer shares why successful change requires more than information, urgency, or advocacy. It requires curiosity, emotional support, trust, and the willingness to meet people where they are. The conversation explores the challenges healthcare leaders face as they introduce new technologies such as AI-assisted documentation. Jennifer shares her personal changemaker story, from her early career as a performer and advocate to becoming an organizational change consultant. She reflects on her experience of being closeted as a performer, losing her singing voice, and ultimately discovering how her personal experiences with authenticity, safety, and transformation shaped the work she does today. The conversation also examines the evolution and disruption of DEI, the difference between “calling out” and “calling in,” and how leaders can create psychological safety by making room for difficult conversations. Finally, Jennifer introduces the BANI framework (brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible) and shares the powerful chrysalis metaphor from her book, The Shape of Change. Just as a caterpillar must surrender to transformation before becoming something new, leaders and organizations may need to let go of familiar identities, structures, and definitions of success in order to create what comes next. You'll hear how they: Meet people where they are instead of force-feeding change Identify the fears and concerns driving resistance to new technology Balance inquiry and advocacy when leading transformation Recognize the importance of emotional support alongside information Use “calling in” as an alternative to public shaming and criticism Create psychological safety that allows difficult conversations to strengthen relationships Understand the human lessons behind the disruption of DEI Navigate a BANI world that is brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible Embrace surrender, uncertainty, and transformation through the chrysalis metaphor About the Guest: “Maybe the art of falling apart isn't about failing or breaking down. Perhaps it's about having the courage to let go of who we've been so we can become what's needed next.” – Jennifer Brown Jennifer Brown is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and leadership thinker whose work explores how people, organizations, and institutions adapt in times of profound change. For more than two decades, she has advised leaders at some of the world's most influential organizations on culture, talent, and transformation. She is the author of five books, including her latest, The Shape of Change, and her work focuses on leadership, organizational resilience, workforce transformation, and the human dimensions of change in an era of accelerating disruption. Jennifer is also the host of The Will to Change podcast, and serves as the founding luminary for Cocelle's Luminary Exchange, a global community exploring the future of work, leadership, technology, and society.

That chest pain you can't explain, that anger that fires before you can think, that heart you've quietly sealed off since someone broke it. There might be a reason it's still there. Dr. Bradley Nelson spent 18 years as a chiropractor, and what kept showing up led him to a wild realization: about 90% of the physical pain he saw traced back to emotions his patients never fully processed. Anger, grief, and guilt don't just disappear when we bury them, he says. They get trapped in the body, distort its energy, and quietly run the show. About a decade in, he started building a method around what he was seeing: The Emotion Code — and has spent the last 20 years certifying more than 17,000 practitioners in 108 countries. He talks about the “heart wall,” an invisible barrier that around 93% of people build without knowing it, and how taking it down has helped people fall in love, heal from depression, and let go of pain they'd carried for decades. Lewis shares his own story too, a years-long ache in his chest that finally released in a single, almost electric moment during deep therapy work. This one will make you rethink every “unexplainable” symptom, every instant overreaction, every wall you've built without realizing it. You'll walk away wondering what you might be storing, and what could shift the moment you finally let it go.Watch The Emotion Code in Action FREE The Heart Code: The Breakthrough Method to Open Your Heart and Transform Your Life The Body Code: Unlocking your body's ability to heal itself Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love and Happiness Watch The Emotion Code in Action Free Healing Course Discover Healing Website Dr. Bradley's Instagram Dr. Bradley's Facebook In this episode you will: Uncover why 90% of chronic physical pain traces back to trapped emotional baggage rather than the body itself Identify a Heart-Wall, the invisible barrier 93% of people carry that blocks love, health, and abundance without their knowledge Learn the Emotion Code and Body Code frameworks for locating and releasing inherited and personal trapped emotions Dismantle the belief in unworthiness that quietly sabotages relationships, success, and self-expression Discover how muscle testing taps into the subconscious mind to reveal hidden emotional causes behind pain and behavior Recognize real cases of instant healing, from vanishing rage to eliminated chronic pain, once trapped emotions are cleared For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1974 More SOG episodes we think you'll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Two old friends return to the abandoned summer camp where something terrible happened years ago—only to find that the lake hasn't forgotten what they did. As familiar faces begin rising from the black water, they're forced to confront the horrifying truth buried beneath the surface. This story is derived from ⁠The SCP Foundation Database⁠ and is released under Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0.⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ⁠⁠⁠ Author:  Hayley Vandermaarl * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised.  #thescpexperience #scp #scpfoundation #scpencounters #securecontainprotect #scpstories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When's the last time you thought about whether the way you're showing up in your business is actually attracting the people you want in your community? There's plenty of pressure to perform online. Follow the formula. Feed the algorithm. Polish your content until it looks perfect. Yet, the more polished and automated marketing becomes, the more valuable genuine human connection can feel. In this Mastering Excellence conversation, Nikki welcomes visibility mentor and Behavior Change Specialist Chardét Ryel to explore what it means to call in a community instead of constantly pushing your message out. You learn how your voice, curiosity, listening skills, and willingness to show up as yourself create trust and attract people who already feel aligned with you before a sales conversation even begins. The Transformation Before listening, you may find yourself: Feeling pressure to perform or present a polished version of yourself online. Relying on marketing formulas that don't feel natural to you. Wondering how to attract more of the right people without constantly promoting yourself. Moving too quickly into selling when you recognize someone may need what you offer. After listening, you learn how to: Use your natural voice to build authority, trust, and connection. Create marketing that allows the right people to self-select into your community. Ask better questions and listen beyond what's being said. Recognize when curiosity, pauses, and genuine connection create opportunities for deeper sales conversations. Build an evergreen ecosystem that allows people to discover you when they're ready. Key Takeaways In this episode, Nikki and Chardét discuss: Why becoming more human matters as AI makes content easier to automate and polish. The difference between push marketing and creating an environment that naturally pulls the right people toward you. Why showing up authentically doesn't mean everyone needs to become unscripted. How asking genuine questions allows you to understand someone before deciding whether there's a sales opportunity. Why being willing to pause and listen is an advanced sales skill. How creating safety and paying attention to nonverbal cues strengthens trust. Why your marketing ecosystem needs evergreen content people can discover long after you create it. Call In Instead of Constantly Pushing Out Chardét describes calling in your community through the difference between push and pull marketing. Push marketing puts your message in front of people, often without knowing whether they're the right fit. Pull marketing creates an environment where your messaging, voice, branding, and client experience attract people who recognize themselves in what you're sharing. By the time this person reaches a sales conversation or checkout page, they've already started to self-select. This doesn't mean you stop promoting your business. It means you create more opportunities for the right people to think: "You're my person." This makes the sales conversation more natural because you're not trying to convince someone to fit. You're discovering whether the alignment is already there. Show Up in a Way That Feels Like You When Nikki asks Chardét for the first thing someone needs to understand about how she calls in her community, Chardét's answer is: Be willing to go unscripted. For Chardét, this means allowing train-of-thought moments, laughter, changes of direction, and imperfection to show up in her videos, webinars, newsletters, and podcast. However, the lesson isn't that everyone needs to throw away their scripts. The deeper question is: What truly feels like you? When structure makes you feel grounded and confident, use structure. When you're at your best responding in the moment, give yourself more room to be unscripted. The goal isn't to imitate someone else's version of authenticity. It's to communicate in a way that lets people experience the real you. Curiosity Before the Sales Opportunity Chardét shares that there was a time when meeting someone with a potential need immediately triggered the thought: "I need to sell to you." Now, she approaches these conversations differently. Even when someone mentions wanting to start a podcast or YouTube channel, she doesn't immediately move into selling. She asks questions. She listens. She gets curious about what this person wants to achieve and why it matters to them. This gives her the opportunity to understand more than whether there's a match between a need and one of her offers. She can also notice whether there's alignment in values, motivation, and the way they want to work. For Nikki, this reinforces a core principle of relationship-based selling: understand the person before you move toward the sale. The Power of the Pause One of the most useful sales skills in this conversation is also one of the simplest: Be willing to pause. Chardét intentionally leaves space in conversations instead of immediately filling the silence. Why? Because people often keep talking. And what comes next can be the information you really need. Nikki describes being comfortable with silence as an advanced selling skill. When you don't rush to fill every pause, the other person may tell you how to relate to them, how to earn their trust, what matters to them, and even how to sell to them. The pause isn't empty space. It's an opportunity to listen. Nikki's Three Things That Need to Be in Place Before You Sell The conversation about listening and referrals brings forward an important Sales Maven framework. Before selling to someone, Nikki teaches that three things need to be in place: 1. They understand they have a need. When someone isn't aware of a need, earning their business becomes much more difficult. 2. You have a solution that meets this need. A need doesn't automatically mean your offer is the right solution. 3. You have permission. Before moving into selling, make sure you've earned permission to have this conversation. This is one reason referrals can feel so natural. Someone recognizes a need, knows a person who has a solution, and asks permission to make the introduction. These same three elements belong in your sales conversations. Build an Evergreen Ecosystem Calling in your community isn't only about how you show up in a one-on-one conversation. Chardét encourages business owners to create an ecosystem that gives people multiple ways to enter their world. This may include: A podcast YouTube A newsletter Webinars Other evergreen content You don't always know where a future buyer discovers you or when they're ready to engage. Creating at least one evergreen platform means the work you're doing today continues to introduce people to your voice, ideas, and business in the future. This also reduces the pressure to constantly recreate content simply to stay visible. A Quote Worth Remembering "The pause isn't empty space. It's an opportunity to listen." Try This This Week Choose one conversation this week and practice staying curious longer than you normally would. Ask one more genuine question before talking about yourself or your offer. Then, when the other person finishes answering, allow a pause. Don't rush to fill it. Pay attention to what they say next, the words they choose, their body language, and what seems important to them. Notice what you learn when your goal is understanding the person instead of getting to the sales opportunity. Who This Episode Is For This episode is especially valuable when you: Want to attract aligned clients without relying entirely on social media algorithms. Feel pressure to present a polished version of yourself online. Want your visibility strategy to feel more natural and sustainable. Are working on asking better questions and listening more deeply in sales conversations. Want to build authority and trust without constantly proving your expertise. Are creating a community around your business and want the right people to recognize that they belong there. Keep the Conversation Going Did today's conversation give you a new way to think about visibility, community, and how you show up with prospective clients? Here are a few places to continue learning: Connect with Chardét Ryel: https://www.chardetryel.com/ Listen to Chardét's private podcast, Secrets of Standing Out Online: Visit Chardét's website to access the 10-part private podcast series. Explore the Sales Maven Society: https://yoursalesmaven.com/sales-maven-society/ Discover more relationship-based selling strategies: https://yoursalesmaven.com Listen to more episodes of the Sales Maven Show: https://yoursalesmaven.com/sales-maven-podcast/ Timestamps 00:13 Welcome to the Mastering Excellence Series and meet Chardét Ryel 02:38 How Chardét supports female founders in finding and using their deeper voice 05:41 Why human connection becomes more valuable as AI grows 09:27 What it means to call in the community you want to build 10:12 The difference between push marketing and pull marketing 14:29 Why Chardét chooses to show up unscripted 15:12 Finding the right balance between structure and authenticity 18:13 Who Chardét wants to call into her community 21:24 Listening beyond the words someone says 23:38 How Chardét creates safety and trust in conversations 25:21 Why using pauses is an advanced sales skill 29:10 Curiosity before selling 33:52 Nikki's three requirements before you sell to someone 36:23 The structure behind calling in an aligned community 37:29 Why an evergreen marketing ecosystem matters 38:59 The Little Something Extra with Chardét 39:59 Where to connect with Chardét About Chardét Ryel Chardét Ryel is a Behavior Change Specialist and serial entrepreneur with over thirteen years of marketing and business development experience. She started her career pitching to Fortune 500 companies while working for a tiny four-person startup in New York before starting her first company, a wellness brand, in 2013. As a visibility mentor and Forbes-featured Top 200 podcaster, Chardét supports female founders in using their voice to build authority, trust, and demand without relying on algorithms or constantly proving themselves online. Learn more at https://www.chardetryel.com/. About Nikki Rausch Nikki Rausch guides service-based women entrepreneurs who aren't yet comfortable with selling to confidently enroll more clients through natural, relationship-based conversations. Through practical strategies and proven frameworks, you learn how to create consistent business growth while staying true to your values. Whether you're building sales confidence, improving client enrollment, or refining your sales communication, Nikki shows you how to create sales that feel natural and results that feel inevitable.

Metastatic breast cancer cannot be cured but it can be treated. Treatment focuses on disease management while maintaining the best possible quality of life. The unfortunate reality is that a treatment will only work for so long, then another one is needed. Joining us today are two women living with metastatic breast cancer who are sharing their experiences, living one treatment to the next. They are tireless advocates for research and the breakthroughs that will ensure their next treatment is available, when they need it. They're sharing how they live life to the fullest and manage their day-to-day care. Key Takeaways It's important to find hope while living treatment to treatment Recognize the physical and emotional toll of treatment, even when you look well Advocate for research, clinical trials, and discoveries that lead to better treatments Live in the present, prioritize quality of life, and give yourself grace Chapters 00:00 — Living with metastatic breast cancer 03:25 — The reality of treatment after treatment 07:45 — The emotional weight of uncertainty 13:23 — Why metastatic breast cancer research matters 26:34 — Living in the present and finding hope Learn more at realpink.komen.org and komen.org Real Pink, by Susan G. Komen, shares real stories and expert insights to support people navigating breast cancer, from diagnosis through survivorship.

Episode #338 of 15 Minutes and a Big Idea. A Podcast by The Mended Collective. In this episode, we examine 1 Corinthians 16:15-18. Big Idea: Recognize Spiritual Investment 1) Devote Yourself to Ministry 2) Submit to the Involved 3) Refreshment is Gospel Work Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/15bigidea/?view_public_for=110691360592088 The Mended Collective: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSlUSkU2N0UEy4Bq1HgpFEQ Email: 15bigideapodcast@gmail.com Theme Music: "Advertime" by Rafael Krux

Breaking The Silence with Dr Gregory Williams Anniversary Special Seven Years of Breaking Silence: A Roadmap from Survival to Hope Summary Seven Years on the Air Dr. Gregory Williams marks the program's seventh anniversary after a scheduled guest is hospitalized and the planned suicide-awareness discussion is postponed. He reflects on entering the eighth year of broadcasting, thanks the BBS Radio TV team and the audience, and describes the show's expansion from audio-only programming to video and broad platform distribution. He also celebrates listeners in Australia and invites callers and viewers to share their favorite episodes. Memorable Guests and a Listening Platform The host recalls conversations with Dr. Bruce Perry, Lisa Jakub, Micah and Diana LeCert, the actor who played Little Ricky, Chief Matt, and other guests. He also names several people he still hopes to interview. These memories reinforce his goal of maintaining a noncritical, believing, and accepting environment where survivors and guests can tell their stories without fear of dismissal. Reading from Shattered by the Darkness Williams reads from Chapter Eight of Shattered by the Darkness, describing the period after he first refused further abuse by his father. Although the physical abuse stopped, he recalls insomnia, isolation, emotional neglect, a continuing desire for paternal affirmation, and the fear that nobody would believe him. He compares the aftermath of sexual abuse to a glass heart shattered by a sledgehammer and explains that recovery began one small piece at a time. Recognize, Find Safety, and Regulate The first three steps in the host's recovery road map are recognizing and naming what happened, determining whether the survivor is currently safe, and regulating the body's response before trying to solve larger problems. Williams discusses identifying triggers, unhealthy behaviors, intimidation, and perceived threats. He recommends breathing, tapping, walking, rest, and the five-four-three-two-one sensory exercise as ways to redirect attention and lower acute anxiety. Reach Out, Process, and Rebuild The next steps are reaching out to trusted people, processing the experience at a manageable pace, and rebuilding what trauma took away. Williams urges survivors to develop a support system, reject self-blame, examine their triggers and losses, and restore routines, confidence, goals, decision-making, and personal control. He distinguishes healthy boundaries, which protect a person, from walls, which keep everyone out. Growing from Survival Toward Hope The final step is growth: moving from merely surviving toward living with strength, purpose, and a renewed sense of personal worth. Williams introduces the SAFE reminder - stop, assess, find support, and engage the next step - while distinguishing stress, anxiety, trauma, and abuse. He closes by emphasizing journaling, Christian faith, service to others, and the message he has repeated throughout the program's history: there is always hope.

In this episode of The CEO Project Podcast, host Jim Schleckser speaks with fractional CMO, global keynote speaker, and bestselling author Alison Michaels about building a marketing ecosystem that is aligned, strategic, and scalable. Alison explains why strong marketing starts with more than ads or social media. It requires a clear brand story, a high-performing website, consistent messaging, the right channels, and a customer experience designed around the audience you want to reach. She also shares why many companies struggle when agencies focus on execution without fully understanding the business's revenue drivers. You'll learn how to: Build a connected marketing ecosystem instead of relying on isolated tactics Develop an authentic brand story that resonates with the right customers Decide which marketing channels deserve your time and investment Use people, customer stories, and video to make your brand more relatable Simplify your marketing so you can measure what is actually working Align marketing investments with leads, revenue, and long-term growth Recognize when fractional marketing leadership may be the right fit Alison also explains why "good enough" marketing rarely supports a company's next stage of growth and how elevating your messaging, imagery, customer experience, and overall brand can help attract more discerning, higher-value buyers. If your marketing feels fragmented, difficult to measure, or disconnected from revenue, this conversation will help you identify the gaps. Listen now to learn how a stronger marketing ecosystem and a more authentic brand story can give your company a clearer voice, attract the right audience, and support scalable growth. Check out: 6:42 – Why your website is the foundation of a scalable marketing ecosystem 13:18 – How an authentic brand story helps companies connect with the right customers 20:47 – Why simplifying your marketing makes it easier to measure results About Allison Michels Allison Michels is a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, global keynote speaker, and 6x bestselling author with 15+ years of experience advising CEOs, founders, and senior leaders across for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Her specialty is building marketing ecosystems that are aligned, strategic, and scalable — helping organizations clarify their voice, attract the right audiences, and launch initiatives that move the needle. A certified John Maxwell trainer, Allison has delivered content for global audiences as large as 20,000, worked alongside John Maxwell on transformational leadership in Paraguay, and built a podcast and conference series that have reached over 100 countries. She is the founder of LAUNCH, a strategic marketing practice helping high-achieving leaders create clarity and increase revenue.

Surviving a difficult season is one thing. Learning to flourish again is another. In Part 2 of Jodie Chiricosta's conversation with Crystal Sarmiento, Crystal shares how her growing faith was tested through a controlling and abusive marriage—and how she sought God through thirteen difficult years, wrestling with when to keep believing for change and when it was time to let go. But hardship wasn't the end of her story. As Crystal continued to follow God, she experienced freedom, healing, and restoration in ways she never expected. God restored her confidence and identity, brought a loving husband into her life, and opened surprising doors in business, leadership, public service, and ministry. What had once been a life focused on surviving began to flourish—and eventually became a testimony that would help other women discover who God created them to be. Listen and discover how to:Hold onto your faith when circumstances don't change as you hoped.Seek God's wisdom when facing painful and difficult decisions.Move beyond survival and allow God to heal and restore broken places.Rebuild your identity after fear, control, and painful experiences.Recognize healthy love that encourages you to flourish rather than diminish.Trust God with unexpected opportunities and new seasons.Allow your restored places to become a source of strength and encouragement to others. If you've wondered whether life can be good again after years of disappointment or pain, Crystal's story offers a powerful reminder: broken seasons do not have to become permanent identities. As we surrender our lives to God and follow His leading, He can restore what has been damaged, renew our hope, and lead us forward into a life of greater freedom, purpose, and flourishing.

Read OnlineA Holy ProvocationWhen the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away. Luke 4:28–30What a sobering beginning to our Lord's public ministry. Shortly after His baptism in the Jordan River and the establishment of Capernaum as the center of His ministry, Jesus began calling His disciples and performing powerful miracles. News of His preaching and healing spread rapidly, reaching His hometown of Nazareth.When Jesus returned to Nazareth, those who had known Him from His youth were not prepared for what they witnessed. In the synagogue, He stood and read from the scroll of the Prophet Isaiah. It was a messianic passage foretelling the One anointed by the Spirit to bring glad tidings to the poor, liberty to captives, sight to the blind, and freedom to the oppressed. After reading, Jesus sat down and solemnly proclaimed, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” With these words, He revealed Himself to be the long-awaited Messiah.At first, the people were amazed at the gracious words He spoke. But their awe quickly turned to confusion, then to hostility. “Is this not the son of Joseph?” they asked, unable to reconcile the divine authority they had just encountered with the humble figure they remembered from years past. Their familiarity bred contempt. Their hearts, bound by human reasoning and pride, could not accept the divine mystery standing before them.Perceiving their thoughts, Jesus addressed the unspoken demand in their hearts—the desire to see in Nazareth the same wonders He had performed elsewhere. But He offered them no signs. Instead, He offered truth, recalling that in the days of Elijah and Elisha, God's blessings were extended not to Israelites, but to Gentiles—a widow in Zarephath and a leper from Syria. This comparison deeply offended their national pride and shattered their assumptions about divine favor. Rather than receiving His rebuke with humility, they were filled with fury. The crowd attempted to kill the very One they had once known as neighbor and craftsman. Yet Jesus, untouched, “passed through the midst of them and went away.”Jesus certainly knew this would happen. In His divine wisdom, He foresaw the reaction He would receive. And in a mysterious way, He even appears to draw it out. Why? Because this holy provocation was an act of mercy. In exposing the hardness of their hearts, Jesus gave them an opportunity to confront their pride, repent, and receive the Kingdom in truth.In the months and years ahead, many of the people of Nazareth likely benefited from this initial encounter. There is little doubt that after Jesus left Nazareth, He remained the talk of the town. There is no record of Him returning. However, as He continued His public ministry, the people who had rejected Him would have continued to hear reports of His authoritative preaching and miraculous works. Some may have even traveled to nearby towns, such as Capernaum, to witness Him for themselves. In doing so, their initial rejection would have confronted them anew—forcing a choice: Either repent and believe, or grow in bitterness and confusion. Either Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah or He was a false prophet. There could be no middle ground.Reflect today on the mysterious ways Jesus continues to provoke hearts—including your own. Sometimes His Word unsettles us not because it is harsh, but because it is true, and we are unprepared to accept it and change. The people of Nazareth teach us that we—like them—sometimes need our pride stirred up so we can see it and reject it. As you consider the people of Nazareth from that moment forward, see yourself in them. Recognize any ways that you respond with hostility to humbling truths that are hard to accept, and allow time and grace to heal you—helping you to repent and grow in gratitude for Jesus' humbling and holy provocation.My challenging Lord, You see into the depths of my heart. When I resist Your Word, provoke me in mercy. Confront my pride, reveal my blindness, and call me to repentance. May I never reject You, but always surrender with trust to the truth You offer. Jesus, I trust in You.  Image: The Brow of the Hill near Nazareth, by James Tissot  Source: Free RSS feed from catholic-daily-reflections.com — Copyright © 2026 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. This content is provided solely for personal, non-commercial use. Redistribution, republication, or commercial use — including use within apps with advertising — is strictly prohibited without written permission.

Jesus speaks to Peter and calls out Satan's temptation, inspiring us to engage in our own personal spiritual warfare, knowing that when we seek to follow Christ we will be tempted to stray.  In those moments, we call upon our faith in Christ! (Lectionary #124) August 29, 2026 - St. William Catholic Church - Foxboro, WI Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com  

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com Episode 2160: Joe Wilner explains what meaningful work actually requires, starting with the question of what someone would pay to do if money were irrelevant. He argues that respected colleagues, an honest inventory of talents and values, and a self-written job description matter more to career fulfillment than salary, and that hitting an impasse is a signal for professional growth rather than a failure. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://digtofly.com/how-to-find-career-fulfillment/ Quotes to ponder: "Recognize that money does not provide enduring career satisfaction." "Enjoy the process more than the proceeds." "Working with people we respect and appreciate is essential for career fulfillment." Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you know if you're in a Conditional or Transactional Relationship? How to Recognize the Signs 7 Signs to Look For—and What to Do Next to Start Breaking Free. It can sound or even feels like this: "I'm proud of you... when you're successful." "I love you... but you need to change first." "After everything I've done for you..." "If you really loved me, you would..." "Why can't you be more like your brother?" Free guide to use your own dog to feel calm and confident to fly- ServiceDogPro.com! Joanne's Book to help families talk about Emotions:Super Dog Helps Boys Fears

The battle is real. The enemy is real. But so is the power of God.In Ephesians 6, Pastor Ron Cathcart reminds us that our struggle isn't ultimately against flesh and blood. There is a spiritual battle happening around us and we were never meant to face it in our own strength.God calls us to put on His armor, rely on His mighty power, and stand firm.In this message, Pastor Ron shares what it means to:• Recognize the spiritual battle• Understand the enemy's schemes• Depend on God's strength instead of our own• Stand firm when the battle gets difficult• Walk practically in the strength of the LordWhen you feel weak, tired, overwhelmed, or outmatched, remember: the Christian life was never meant to be lived through human strength alone. God gives strength to the weary, His grace is sufficient, and His power is made perfect in weakness.Acknowledge your weakness. Stay connected to God. Be patient. Remember His faithfulness.Put on the full armor of God. Trust His power. And when you've done everything else—stand.Watch the full message and discover what it means to be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.At 2Rivers, our mission is to help you become a passionate follower of Jesus so you can experience the life He intended for you and encourage others to do the same.If this message encouraged you, don't forget to Like, Subscribe, and Share it with someone who could use this encouragement.#2riverschurch #jesusistheleadstory #ephesians #theresilientlife #theresilientlifeseries #spiritualwarfare #surrender #stand

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"The enemy steals, kills, and destroys — then deceives you into blaming God. Recognize the source. Cancel the legal ground. Destroy his works. Drive him out. Your promised land is paid for by the blood of Jesus. Don't be passive, possess it."

"The enemy steals, kills, and destroys — then deceives you into blaming God. Recognize the source. Cancel the legal ground. Destroy his works. Drive him out. Your promised land is paid for by the blood of Jesus. Don't be passive, possess it."

"The enemy steals, kills, and destroys — then deceives you into blaming God. Recognize the source. Cancel the legal ground. Destroy his works. Drive him out. Your promised land is paid for by the blood of Jesus. Don't be passive, possess it."

Bible prophecy predicted that America would lack strong male leaders in the end time. Recognize the cause of this societal decline and how it could be reversed.

No matter how much we'd like it to be true, we can't think our way into changing.We have so much information, language, and so many tools to help us understand what makes us tick right at our fingertips. And who doesn't love a quiz, a personality test, a self-help book, or (ahem) a podcast that helps us make sense of ourselves and others in our personal and professional lives?Whether it's Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, your Enneagram, or your astrological chart, you probably have years' worth of exposure to various categories, frameworks, and language to call on. And yet, you still feel like a stranger to yourself in the moments that matter most.Because we can't intellectualize our way through change. We have to feel it. We have to do it.This is where trauma-informed leadership work actually lives, not in collecting more language for what's wrong with you or others, but in helping you recognize the echoes of your own story that are still running the show, and developing the skills to help you take action and choose differently.Today's guest has spent her career studying people, the soul, and how we relate to ourselves and others. But in writing her most recent book, she found she had to dig deeper into her own story and start to really live the work herself. And when she started living things differently, she realized there was no looking back.Dr. Alison Cook is a therapist, psychologist of religion, bestselling author, and host of the top-ranked The Best of You podcast. Widely recognized for her ability to bridge faith and psychology in a way that is both deeply practical and spiritually alive, Dr. Alison has spent over two decades helping people move from feeling disconnected to feeling secure, grounded, and loved. Her books, including Boundaries for Your Soul and The Best of You, have sold over 150,000 copies. She and her husband, Joe, are the parents of two adult children and call the mountains of Wyoming home.Listen to the full episode to hear: How Alison navigated the personal and professional anxieties raised as she brought her own story into her new bookWhy revisiting her adolescence was a deeply vulnerable but necessary piece of learning to notice her inner bids for connectionHow minimizing our everyday wounds impacts us individually and as a cultureWhy doing the inner work of witnessing yourself is part of getting your needs met in the outside worldWhy self-awareness and conscious choice matter when it comes to engaging our controllers and escape hatchesHow developing trust in her fundamental belovedness gives Alison the security to be accountable to the people in her lifeLearn more about Dr. Alison Cook:WebsiteThe Best of You PodcastInstagram: @dralisoncookFacebook: @dralisoncookThe Secure Soul: Finding Inner Strength and Connection When Trust Doesn't Come EasyLearn more about Rebecca:rebeccaching.comWork With RebeccaThe Unburdened Leader on SubstackSign up for the weekly Unburdened Leader EmailResources:FootlooseIrvin D. YalomDopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, Anna Lembke MDInto the Quiet: Following Jesus in a World of Noise, John Mark ComerTaylor Swift - The Fate of OpheliaPretty in PinkChapters:(00:43) - Introduction (09:46) - Belonging to Our Story (15:53) - Anticipating the Costs (19:28) - Rage Journaling and Attachment Wounds (30:01) - Inner Work and Right Sized Needs (34:22) - Controller Parts Explained (40:22) - Recognize, Return, and Divine Love (43:58) - Leadership Without Othering (48:46) - Inner Life Shapes Leadership (51:25) - Rapid Fire Questions (55:30) - Where to Connect (56:14) - Closing Thoughts

Bible prophecy predicted that America would lack strong male leaders in the end time. Recognize the cause of this societal decline and how it could be reversed.

In this bonus episode from Feisty's sister podcast, Another Mother Runner, hosts Sara Bowen Shea and Amanda Loudin sit down with sport psychologists Dr. Tess Kilwein and Dr. Erin Ayala to unpack why self‑sabotage is a silent performance killer for women athletes—and how self‑compassion can become a powerful antidote.Listeners will discoverHow to spot the sabotage: Recognize common self‑sabotage cues—hedging (“I don't want to finish last”), self‑handicapping, and perfection‑driven criticism.Two faces of perfectionism: One drives growth; the other fuels burnout. Learn to identify which version is steering you.Self‑compassion isn't “soft”: It's an active skill (mindfulness, common humanity, self‑kindness) that boosts resilience and performance.Goldfish mindset: Adopt a short‑memory approach to mistakes—acknowledge, reset, and move forward.Actionable mental tools: Use pre‑race routines (breathing, music, posture cues), daily habit trackers, and thought‑diffusion naming techniques to keep self‑talk constructive.Generational nuances: Understand how Title IX, social media, and life stage shape self‑sabotage patterns for older vs. younger women athletes.Tess Kilwein, PhD, LP, ABPP, CMPC is a Clinical and sport psychologist, founder of Unapologetic Psychology, certified mental performance consultant, and established thought leader in the sport psychology field.Erin Ayala, PhD, LP, CMPC is a Sport psychologist and certified mental performance consultant, founder of Skadi Sport Psychology, researcher, and endurance gremlin.Unapologetic Psychology (Dr. Kilwein): https://www.instagram.com/unapologeticpsych/Skadi Sport Psychology (Dr. Erin Ayala): https://www.instagram.com/skadisportpsychology/If this conversation sparked a new insight, hit subscribe so you never miss a bonus episode, leave a review to help other women athletes find the show, and share the episode with a teammate who could benefit from breaking self‑sabotage habits.FeistyFest Info: https://livefeisty.com/events/feisty-fest/Register for FeistyFit: https://livefeisty.com/training/running/feistyfitfall/Courses and Coaching: https://livefeisty.com/courses/Sign up to Receive The Feisty Women's Performance Newsletter:Feisty Women's Performance Newsletter: https://livefeisty.com/newsletters/feisty-womens-performance/Follow us on Instagram:@feisty_womens_performanceSupport our Partners:Momentous: Head to https://www.livemomentous.com/ and use promo code PERFORMANCE for up to 35% off your first orderWahoo: Learn more about Wahoo Fitness Products at: https://wahoofitness.pxf.io/0GAByRTifosi Optics: Use code FEISTY2026 for 20% off at https://tifosioptics.com/Hettas: Use code STAYFEISTY for 20% off at https://hettas.com/ Orca: Use the code FEISTY15 for 15% off at https://orca.avln.me/c/HzUkzIfxsmYo

EXO 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Chrislam combines the Gods of Christianity and Islam. This DVD compares Christianity and Islam saying Allah is not Jehovah God. Chrislam says “Allah” the Islamic God and “Jehovah” are the same god and puts Qur’an’s and Bible’s in the same pews. * How to Recognize a Chrislam Church * What Does “Jehovah God” Say about Chrislam * Chrislam and Christianity Compared * How Did Islam Start * How Did Chrislam Start * Who Is “Isa” in the Koran?

EXO 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Chrislam combines the Gods of Christianity and Islam. This DVD compares Christianity and Islam saying Allah is not Jehovah God. Chrislam says “Allah” the Islamic God and “Jehovah” are the same god and puts Qur’an’s and Bible’s in the same pews. * How to Recognize a Chrislam Church * What Does “Jehovah God” Say about Chrislam * Chrislam and Christianity Compared * How Did Islam Start * How Did Chrislam Start * Who Is “Isa” in the Koran?

Adam Coupe, owner of a New York-based landscaping company discusses the operational philosophies of running a high-volume service business, including how his single crew manages 150 weekly mowing properties through route density. Coupe shares his preference for staying in the field rather than focusing on administrative tasks, emphasizing that owners should build a business structure that aligns with their personal happiness. The conversation also covers the importance of client screening, using specific equipment for finished property work, and maintaining a debt-free financial model. Additionally, Coupe reflects on the economic lessons learned during the 2008 recession and the value of professional CRM systems for growth.  Key Takeaways: Focus on accumulating small, consistent wins to build your overall success instead of constantly chasing high-stress, high-risk projects. Learn to comfortably say "no" to opportunities that do not align with your geographic boundaries or target audience to keep your daily schedule highly efficient. Build your career or business around the day-to-day work you actually enjoy rather than forcing yourself into administrative roles just to follow standard industry advice. Adopt a rainy-day financial mindset by actively saving for future replacement costs and avoiding debt so you can start every workday with a completely clear mind. Recognize that running an organization and managing people are two completely different jobs that require entirely separate skill sets and mindsets to master. Connect with Auman Landscape

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What happens to your organizational culture when a valued employee leaves?In this episode of The Experimental Leader, Melanie Parish and Mel Rutherford explore one of the often-overlooked moments in leadership: how we handle employee departures. Even when an exit is complicated by frustration, conflict, or disappointment, the way leaders respond sends a powerful message to the people who remain.Mel and Melanie discuss why failing to acknowledge an employee's contributions can become a cultural trap—and how thoughtful, authentic recognition can turn a departure into an opportunity to reinforce what your organization values.You'll hear practical insights on how to:Recognize an employee's contribution, even when the ending isn't perfect.Understand what remaining employees are watching when someone leaves.Protect and strengthen organizational culture during times of transition.Separate gratitude for someone's contribution from the circumstances of their departure.Support the idea that people can grow beyond an organization—and that this can be a sign of healthy leadership.A good goodbye isn't just about the person who is leaving. It's also about the people who stay and the culture you are continuing to build.Listen to this episode of The Experimental Leader and consider: What message does your organization send when someone walks out the door?Get the Leadership Blueprint FREE:Visit the Leadership Blueprint course and use code ODYSSEY at checkout to access it for free.Keep experimenting. Keep learning. Keep leading.

A.M. Edition for Aug. 26. President Trump sends his landmark nuclear accord with Saudi Arabia to Congress for review, kicking off what's likely to be months of debate among lawmakers. Oxford Analytica's Rawan Maayeh breaks down whether the kingdom is likely to normalize relations with Israel as a part of the deal, as Trump has insisted. Plus, Bill Gates issues a stark warning on AI's impact on jobs and humanity, saying big tech has “no plan”. And we look ahead to Nvidia's earnings, with sky-high investor expectations for the world's most valuable company. And Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bestie, if you flinch at money, can't rest without guilt, or panic every time love gets close, you are not broken; you are living inside generational trauma, and this episode is your invitation to become the cycle breaker your bloodline has been waiting for. You didn't start at zero; you started in the womb, and your womb came with a wound, the same inherited trauma that's been running your nervous system since before your first breath.What's keeping you stuck isn't a character flaw; it's epigenetics, the science of how your mother's stress, fear, and survival strategies got passed down into your body before you ever took a breath. I lay out the receipts, from Rachel Yehuda's Mount Sinai Holocaust survivor study on the children of survivors, to Dr. Joy DeGruy's work on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, to the Dutch Hunger Winter study, then walk you through the full wound-to-warrior arc, from the 3D wound to the 4D awakening to becoming the 5D signal. Breaking generational patterns and generational healing both start right here, in a conversation that includes a segment just for the men in this community, and by the end you'll understand why you're not just carrying your great-grandmother's fears. You're carrying her prayers.Episode Takeaways:Understand the science of epigenetics and trauma, and how your mother's stress and survival strategies became your inherited nervous system programming, not just her eye color or hair.Trace the research through Rachel Yehuda's Mount Sinai Holocaust survivor study, Dr. Joy DeGruy's work on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, and the Dutch Hunger Winter study.Recognize the patterns you've labeled as personality, like overworking, guilt around rest, or discomfort receiving, as inherited wounds instead.Move through the 3D to 4D to 5D consciousness shift, from surviving the wound to witnessing it to becoming the signal.Learn why receiving energy is a frequency you align with, not a reward you have to earn the hard way.When you stop operating from the wound and start operating from awareness, the debt you've been paying on inherited fear gets cancelled. You become the one in your line who finally rests without guilt, receives without resistance, and builds without proving. This is ancestral healing in real time, generational healing that doesn't wait for permission. Not because you rewrote your story, but because you remembered it was never yours to carry in the first place. That's the cycle breaker. That's you. If this episode resonated, your first month inside the Manifesting Miracles Academy is completely free — link below.✨ MANIFESTING MIRACLES ACADEMY  ✨ Your first month is completely free.Join now: https://manifestingmiracles.thinkific.com/pages/membershipsNote: the 30-day free trial ends August 21 — after that, new members get 7 days free. 

Are you trying to coast through life on your own strength, or are you ready to embrace the difficult discipline that leads to true long-term peace? This week on Off Script, Neil Gregory, Scott Nickell, and Connor Hall sit down to discuss the necessity of discipline in the Christian life and why following God's game plan is always better than chasing short-term pleasure. The guys explore how modern culture encourages a lack of effort and contrast that with the athletic metaphor of putting everything on the line for Christ. From discussing the wisdom found in Proverbs to reflecting on the emotional story of Olympic runner Derek Redmond being carried by his father, this conversation is a great reminder that while discipline is difficult, we never have to run the race alone. The Challenge This week, audit an area of your life where you have been choosing short-term pleasure over obedience. Recognize that while short-term obedience can feel painful, it leads to long-term peace. Pick one small, daily spiritual discipline—like reading Proverbs or setting aside intentional time for prayer—and commit to staying the course instead of quitting when it gets hard. Hosts: Neil Gregory, Scott Nickell, and Connor Hall What We Discuss • Debating the athletic credentials of the teaching team and high school sports memories • The culture of avoiding effort and what it means to be labeled a "trihard" • Why young generations quit early when things get hard and the satisfaction of pushing through • Moving from just being a "good" Christian to being disciplined in the small things that matter • The practical wisdom of Proverbs and addressing students facing critical life choices • The tension between short-term pleasure/disobedience and long-term obedience/peace • The danger of being a "rule bender" and trying to get as close to the line as possible • God's game plan: Understanding that biblical rules are designed for our protection and good • The powerful visual of Olympic runner Derek Redmond and the heart of the Father carrying us when we're weary • Why walking in obedience might cause the world to disqualify you, but your Father will carry you home ⸻ About Southland Christian Church Southland is one church meeting in multiple locations across central Kentucky. We believe Jesus came for the lost and the broken, which means there's a place for everyone here. Around here, that means we worship defiantly, speak truth unashamedly, and extend grace generously. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach across Central Kentucky and all around the world, visit: https://southland.church/give

You ever notice how your worst decisions show up right when you're running on empty?  Tired. Stressed. Worn down. And in that moment, you tell yourself it's no big deal…you can handle it.  That's not strength. That's exactly when you're most exposed.  In this 5-Minute Drill episode of Coming Up Clutch with J.R.™, J.R. breaks down why temptation isn't random. This episode targets a specific window of vulnerability and gives you a simple 3-step strategy to defend it. He shares the story of one of the darkest seasons of his own life, a nearly four-year stretch where exhaustion and isolation led him into the worst decisions he's ever made…and the wake-up call that turned it all around.  This episode is about one powerful truth: The enemy doesn't need you to be evil. He just needs you to be exhausted. So stop waiting until you're already depleted to defend yourself. Start recognizing your danger zones before they cost you everything. In this episode, you'll hear: Why your worst decisions cluster around fatigue, stress, and isolation…and what that reveals about how temptation actually works. J.R.'s personal story of the darkest season of his life, and the isolation that nearly cost him his marriage, career, and life. The research on sleep deprivation and decision-making, and why your prefrontal cortex essentially goes offline when you're exhausted. How chronic stress and cortisol impair memory, weaken your immune system, and erode emotional regulation. King David's downfall in 2 Samuel, and how an idle, isolated king became vulnerable to the decision that defined his legacy. Why isolation, not weakness, is the enemy's favorite setup. The 3-step Drill to recognize your Danger Zones and defend against them before they devour you. What you'll walk away with… You'll learn how to: Identify your personal dangerzones…the conditions and circumstances that make you most vulnerable to bad decisions. Build a daily check-in practice to pause, reflect, and catch exposure before it becomes a crisis. Reframe isolation as the real threat, not a sign of strength. Stay connected to 1-2 people you can call for anything…before you need them, not after. Show up more alert, more guarded, and more ready to play offense in your career, leadership, and home. KEY QUOTES "The enemy doesn't need you to be evil. He just needs you to be exhausted." - J.R. "Just because you're surrounded by people doesn't mean you can't feel alone." - J.R. "You're not weak for needing help, you're wise for asking for it." - J.R. "Being surrounded isn't the same as being supported." - J.R. NEXT STEPS Listen to the full episode: https://jamesreid.com/episode372  Want to bring your best home more consistently? Take the Invisible Four™ Assessment and uncover what's quietly blocking you: https://jamesreid.com/assessment Follow J.R. on Social (@jamesJRreid): Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin | X | YouTube Visit J.R.'s website: https://jamesreid.com RATE & REVIEW this episode on Apple: https://jamesreid.com/review. We'd love it if you could drop a review or 5-star rating! Simply select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. SHARE this episode with someone who wants to be challenged, pushed, and positioned to come up clutch more often. SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any new episodes and Special Guests! Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. LISTEN to previous episodes on Apple, Spotify, or whatever podcast platform you prefer!

Recognizing failure patterns is the closest thing an innovator has to seeing the future.   If you can recognize the patterns, you can change the future, because most failures are not original. They repeat, and that repetition is the pattern: the same handful of patterns reappearing in one organization after another, decade after decade.   This one stings a little.   In 2011, Bill Geiser told me, almost word for word, how the project we had spent the past two years building was going to fail. He saw the pattern before I did; I heard him say it, and I never forgot it.   The failure still happened.   This is not a pre-mortem. A pre-mortem imagines new ways your plan could fail. Recognizing failure patterns means learning from failures that have already happened elsewhere and spotting the early signals before you repeat them, while there is still time to act.   By the end of this episode, you will have four patterns in your own library, a five-minute way to check any project against them, and the four steps to take when you find one.   Let's get into it. The Smartwatch We Killed In 2004, Fossil hired a watch-technology executive named Bill Geiser to help build innovative technology for their watches. A few years later, he and I started spending real time together, me as HP's CTO, him running watch technology at Fossil. Between us, we had an idea we both believed in: a connected wearable, years before anyone used that phrase, co-innovated by HP and Fossil, with each bringing its expertise.   Fossil named the resulting platform the MetaWatch. It ran an ultra-low-power processor with a 96 by 96 display, an accelerometer, and Bluetooth. It was designed to last a week on a charge, and it shipped with a full developer kit so anyone could build apps for it. We revealed the partnership in March 2011, at an HP event in China. And between us, we had the one thing Apple did not have in 2011: distribution. HP held roughly ten percent of consumer-electronics shelf space. Fossil sold through twenty thousand retail stores that carried its watches.   Bill saw the ending before anyone. He told me in 2011: "Phil, I wouldn't be shocked if Apple evolved the Nano to take advantage of this space. They'll legitimize it in consumers' minds worldwide."   So the man building the watch spotted the failure in advance, out loud. And naming it changed nothing.   The signs kept arriving in plain sight. HP went through three CEOs in thirteen months. In August 2011, Leo Apotheker killed HP's consumer mobile strategy and WebOS, which removed the platform that made a smartwatch matter to HP at all. The battery lasted three to four hours against the original target of a week. We ran month-long approval cycles for changes that startups could implement in days.   Then I went out on medical leave. When I came back six weeks later, HP had killed Palm, WebOS, and the connected wearable project.   Here is what the ignored warning turned into. The Apple Watch shipped in April 2015. It sold 4.2 million units in its first quarter, and by that fall Apple was selling three out of every four smartwatches on the planet. The market we walked away from grew from three hundred thousand units in 2012 to forty-five million by 2018, and Apple held fifty-one percent of the market share.   The idea was never the hard part. It never is. The hard part is committing. What Recognizing Failure Patterns Means Nothing that killed the MetaWatch was new, and none of the signals were faint. They were loud; they were ignored, and each one was a pattern that has killed projects for decades.   Recognizing failure patterns has two halves. The first is building a library of how failures repeat. The second is matching the situation in front of you against that library, and forcing what you find into an actual decision while the fix is still cheap. Bill did the first half. Neither of our companies did the second, and the gap between those halves is where the Apple Watch came from.   Here are four entries for your library, straight from this one failure. Each one ends with a test question. By the end, you will have a four-question checklist, and then I will show you what to do when a pattern shows up. Pattern 1: Success Protects Itself Fossil's traditional watch business grew from $950 million in 2004 to $3.25 billion by 2013. It was tripling while we were building the thing that might replace it, and that growth made cannibalizing it politically impossible. Fossil never had to kill the MetaWatch outright. Fossil positioned the watch as a two-hundred-dollar development platform, something no ordinary customer would ever be handed at a retail counter.   When we constrain what we're innovating so it doesn't risk the present, we've lost the future.   Test it: Is the new thing priced, staffed, or positioned so that it cannot hurt the current thing? If the answer is yes, this pattern is already running. Pattern 2: The Warning That Changes Nothing Bill's warning was specific, early, and exactly right, and it still changed nothing. I heard it directly, and hearing is not the same as deciding: nobody re-ran the plan with "Apple arrives and legitimizes the category" as an input, no roadmap changed, and no budget moved.   Test it: What decision changed after the warning? If the honest answer is none, the warning was never acted on, no matter how many people remember hearing it. Pattern 3: The Problem Nobody Owns A week of battery life was the MetaWatch's central promise, and it shipped at three to four hours. Both companies saw the gap. No one owned fixing it. The hardest problem on the project sat on the seam between two companies, and problems that sit on seams get reported, tracked, and carried forward without ever belonging to anyone who can be asked why the problem is still there. We ran that partnership for two years and never settled whose job it was to lose sleep over the one number that mattered most.   Test it: Who owns the hardest problem, by name? If the answer is a partnership, a committee, or a pause, then nobody owns it. Pattern 4: The Pace Mismatch Earlier, I shared that we ran month-long approval cycles for changes a startup could implement in days. That is a pacing problem: the organization's internal pace versus the market's. A smartwatch in 2011 was a fast-moving product running through slow-moving machinery, and no amount of talent inside the project could close that gap. The delay was structural, not personal.   Test it: How long does one small change take to approve, against how fast the market moves? Time a real one. Do not estimate it. Five Minutes on a Project That Died The four patterns are the start of your library. Before you use it on a live decision, test it on a dead one.   You have a dead project in your past. Everybody does. Pick the one that still stings and give it five minutes against the four test questions.   Was an existing success being protected while the project starved, in pricing, staffing, or positioning? Did people raise a warning, and what decision changed after it was said? Who owned the hardest problem, and can you name the person? And how long did a small change take to approve, against how fast the market was moving?   When I run the MetaWatch through those four questions, I find all four patterns. Your project will probably show fewer. Every pattern you find is one you will now recognize as it happens on the project you are working on right now. The Four Steps When You Spot a Failure Pattern Which brings up the harder half of the skill, because recognition alone did not save us. Suppose you had been standing next to me in 2011, holding all four of these patterns. It would not have been enough. Being right about the future means nothing without the organizational machinery to act on that insight.   So when a failure pattern appears on a live project, follow this sequence.   Step one: Say the failure pattern out loud, in the room where the decision lives. Not in the hallway afterward. Use the pattern's name.   Step two: Get it onto the decision memo. A warning that lives only in conversation changes nothing. Write the pattern and what it costs into a document that will drive a decision.   Step three: Attach an owner. If you identify a critical problem, assign it to one person. Not a team or an organization. Someone you can ask next sprint why the problem is still there.   Step four: Attach a date. Being early provides an advantage, and a failure pattern without a date on it fades unnoticed.   Bill was right for four years, and Apple was the one who acted on it. That could have been us if we'd had the organizational courage to back our vision with meaningful resources. Conclusion You now have what nobody handed me in 2011: four patterns of failure, a five-minute check, and the four steps to run when you spot one. What you do in the room where the decision lives is the part Bill's warning never got. Additional Resources How HP and Fossil Handed Apple the Smartwatch Market: The inside story of vision without execution: why being right about the future means nothing without the courage to act on breakthrough insights. https://www.philmckinney.com/how-hp-and-fossil-handed-apple-the-smartwatch-market/ The story of MetaWatch with its founder, Bill Geiser: https://www.philmckinney.com/the-difference-between-a-good-idea-and-a-great-idea-is-the-timing-s11-ep25/

You can't manifest a new life while you're still living inside an old identity. Transformational coach and hypnotherapist Jim Curtis has worked with entrepreneurs and public figures on the pattern behind their stuck points. He calls it release, align, become, a framework built to break the subconscious programming running your life. It starts with forgiveness. Not the version where you forgive everyone else. The version where you look yourself in the mirror and say I'm sorry first. Your subconscious can't build a life it doesn't believe you deserve. Chase the money or the relationship hard enough without changing the belief underneath it, and it finds a way to hand it back. This episode gets into imposter syndrome in high achievers, the Three Gs of grounding, giving, and gratitude, and the exact prayer Jim uses to settle his own fear. You'll want a mirror by the end of it. Pre-order Jim's New Book: The Book of Possibility The Stimulati Experience: 9 Skills for Getting Past Pain, Setbacks, and Trauma to Ignite Health and Happiness Jim's Website Jim on Instagram In this episode you will: Learn the release, align, become framework Jim Curtis uses to help people rewire their identity and finally get unstuck Discover why forgiving yourself first, using the Ho'oponopono prayer, can unlock what years of goal setting couldn't  Understand the Three Gs, grounding, giving, and gratitude, and why Jim says they're the real key to receiving wealth Recognize the confidence gap and imposter syndrome that quietly runs even the most outwardly successful people Explore how a hidden subconscious belief will sabotage your success until you release the identity behind it For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1971 More SOG episodes we think you'll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What kind of body will you have in heaven? Will you eat, feel gravity, break a bone, or just float around like Casper the Friendly Ghost? In this devotional I turn to 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul answers with an acorn. You bury a little seed and up comes an oak tree, and that's you and the body God has waiting for you. This one belongs to the dust, but what's coming is an upgrade you can never lose. So don't cling to what God never meant to last forever. Take care of the body you've got, then get to work. To learn more about the sponsor of today's show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0  Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com #KirkCameron #TheKirkCameronShow #1Corinthians15 #ResurrectionBody #Heaven #LifeAfterDeath #ChristianDevotional #BibleTeaching #Faith #Eternity #Christianity #Gospel #FaithOverFear #ChristianPodcast #WhatHappensWhenWeDie