Podcasts about redefining normal

The way I look at it, there are two forces at work to growing a sustainable writing business, or any business for that matter. There are external elements that people see: the websites, the blog, the books, the client conversations, the work you produce, and so forth. But then there is also the internal element—the mental and emotional journey you are taking. When you start taking your business seriously, it feels like the external elements are going to be what make or break you. You think it's all about learning to connect with certain types of people or understanding the craft of writing. But as you get your feet wet and establish yourself a bit, you come to understand that it's really more about the mental and emotional journey you're taking. People typically don't self-destruct because they don't know how to write a book outline or they get something wrong when putting their book on Amazon. They self-destruct because they haven't gotten a handle on their emotional and mental life as a creative and a business owner. That's why I'm honored and excited to have my friend, Chris Morris, as a guest today on the show. He's going to help us navigate some of these issues from the perspective of building our resilience and mental health as writers and business owners. Chris is the author of the excellent new book, Resilient and Redeemed: Lessons About Suicidality and Depression from the Psych Ward. He's written several other books on topics such mental health, faith, and chronic illness. Chris is also the host of the “Resilience and Other Things” podcast. I got to know Chris a number of years ago through my good friend, Jim Woods. I soon discovered that Chris, who is accountant by trade, was not only a thoughtful and kind person, but one of the most gifted writers I know. Let me share a bit about Chris in his own words. This is from the bio section of his website, https://chrismorriswrites.com. He says, “I spend my time writing about how to balance faith and difficult times. I have both mental illnesses and chronic illnesses, but I'm learning to thrive anyway. I've never been good friends with normal, but I'm well-acquainted with disappointment and pain. I guess that's why Redefining Normal is part of the code here, because it's been part of my journey.” Chris and I talk about several topics in this conversation, including: Why writers and creatives often uniquely struggle with mental health. The role that writing has played in his recovery. How he finds resilience in dark times. Practices and routines for staying mentally healthy. His thoughts on publishing pathways for authors. And more! You can check out Chris's books and podcast at https://chrismorriswrites.com. * * * Today's episode is sponsored by Karen Hunsanger, an incredible editor known as “The Word Wizard.” I've worked with Karen many times, and she is your secret weapon for crafting the highest-quality book possible. Visit the link above for a free sample edit.

Justin Black, co-author and co-founder of Redefining Normal, joins Chad and Nikki for a conversation about generational trauma.

In this enlightening segment, Joel Fuhrman, M.D., highlights the critical role that diet plays in controlling gene expression and overall health. He underscores the dangers of addictive substances found in unhealthy foods and their consequences on both physical and mental well-being. Dr. Fuhrman cautions against the adoption of quick fixes like drugs and emphasizes the power of a nutrient-rich diet to foster optimal health and prevent chronic diseases. Join us as we delve into the crucial conversation on making informed dietary choices for a healthier, happier life. #NutritionScience #HolisticHealth #FightToxicity

“When I noticed that an educator had expectations for me or wanted me to succeed, or believed that I could succeed, I actually worked harder in those classes. For the educators and teachers who said, ‘I really care about you, I see your potential,' those are the classes I actually worked hard in because I wanted to do it not just for me but for the educators themselves and those who believed in me.” - Justin Black Ever Forward Club's Ashanti Branch is joined by Justin Black. Justin and his wife, Alexis, published an award-winning, bestselling book, Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love. The book has impacted over 15,000 individuals and families, and, with Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and community growth and healing through speaking engagements, trainings, and book clubs. (4:30) Justin introduces himself and his book, Redefining Normal, and how it helps youth find an identity beyond their trauma. (11:55) Ashanti and Justin make their masks together. (16:10) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - funny, serious, caring. (18:30) Justin shares the back of his mask - fatherhood/family man, service, caring. (24:25) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - worry, doubt, fear of failure - and he shares some worries he has about his brother and his brother's health issues. (29:00) Justin shares the back of his mask - let down, insecurity, doubt. (34:10) Justin shares what he tells teachers about “warning signs” in students, and he talks about some of the general advice he gives to teachers. (41:00) Justin shares how you can get in touch with him. --- Connect with Justin Black: Website: re-definingnormal.com Facebook: facebook.com/redefiningnormalmovement Instagram: instagram.com/theblacksredefinenormal TikTok: tiktok.com/@theblacksredefinenormal --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branch-speaks/support

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On today's episode of the "Helping Families Be Happy" podcast, host Dr. Carla Marie Manley, a practicing clinical psychologist, wellness advocate, and author based in Sonoma County, California talks to Justin Black who will talk about his book Redefining Normal: How to Foster Kids Beat the Odds and Discovered Healing Happiness, and Love. Among other things. Justin is an author, serial entrepreneur, and husband. Episode Highlights 01.40: As authors of Redefining Normal we talked about how generational trauma has impacted so much of our lives for our grandparents and for our parents and had a large impact on our life, says Justin. 03:27: It takes intentionality to combat something that is not beneficial for us mentally, spiritually, or physically when are sad and habits that were passed down to us by parents or who are around us that influence over us. 06:31: If you walk into a room and there is like a terrible smell, when you first hit you like, these smells terrible. But if you sit in that room for days or for weeks and you sit for months, you don't even smell anything anymore, says Justin. 06:45: As per Justin people have exercised a lot of unhealthy practices and habits from the generation of domestic violence and drug abuse and really relied on unhealthy habits and substances to really heal us or kind of put a band-aid on the things that they dealt with that were hard in our life. 08.38: Justin had so many amazing mentors and people who were successful around him. In a group home Justin was able to see other successful black men around him and it really changed his perspective. 10:19 Justin talks about his book Redefining Normal: How to Foster Kids Beat the Odds and Discovered Healing Happiness, and Love.  11:05: If a person only sees and experiences so much in their life then a lot of times, they are subjected to living that out, says Justin. 12:48: We continue to tell our family stories and our lives as testimonies on how we can be intentional about breaking generational trauma and barriers, says Justin. 14:23: One of the things that Justin wanted to build on with his young family is trying to make sure our environment is always fun and engaging, no matter the circumstances or situation. We're always engaging. 14:50: Create an environment where we can be open, honest, and loving to each other and have fun. Work on being there for each other as much as we can because you want to be intentional about just nurturing the relationships, creating the atmosphere of playfulness and engagement, says Justin. 19:49: As per Justin when it comes to mental and emotional stress, he and his partner try to do less pushing and less approaches of empathy, because these things are so serious.  21:30: Justin wants to just encourage leaders to love and how love and leadership are interconnected, and can't be separated. You can't love without leadership, and you can't be a leader without love. 3 Key Points Justin's foster experiences weren't necessarily always positive and in fact highly destructive in some ways but his support group, including his church, really gave him guideposts to help him change his life. In his book, Justin says that if you are going for foster care or in circumstances in life that you seemingly are out of control, even if it's just the 1% that you can't control, it can make an impact on how can you do the best with that and how that makes a drastic difference in your life and your future outcomes. Love is about service and not just only receiving. Love is about action and not only feeling and being super intentional around the ideas of love and how we can be super intentional about giving and receiving love. Tweetable Quotes "We are super intentional on how we can build a healthy foundation so we can produce healthy food for our children and those around us." - Justin "We always have choices in life as we can go down a path of least resistance and being our worst selves or something had happened to us that helps us go down a path where we become our best selves." – Carla "Internal locus of control means that wherever I end up in life, the things that I do, I won't blame, or I won't say that my life circumstances will result in other people's actions or won't be other people's fault. It will be on me for my success and my stability." - Justin "I don't think we understand how much of our identity come from two people coming together and deciding to have a child." - Justin Resources Mentioned Helping Families be Happy Podcast Apple Familius.com https://www.re-definingnormal.com/ Podcast Editing

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."  -Proverbs 17:17 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.   On this episode, host Sandra Flach talks with former foster youth, Justin and Alexis Black. The Black's are authors of the award-winning book, "Redefining Normal: How 2 Foster Kids Beat the Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love".    Listen in as Justin and Alexis both share their story of growing up in foster care, found faith (and each other), and experienced healing. They also share about their newest book, "I Love You More Than Cereal:  Maeva & Dad Redefine Love" which releases this week.   Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media. Links mentioned in this episode: sandraflach.com justifcefororphansny.org re-definingnormal.com

Brent Heinze has a master's degree in clinical counseling and has been working in the mental health field for over 18 years.  He is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California specializing in working with gay men, sexuality, couples, and non-traditional relationships.  He is a published author of two self-improvement books, “Redefining Normal 1 & 2: A Modern Gay Man's Guide to Happy and Healthy Living” and was a senior columnist for Out Front Magazine.  Brent is also the Executive Director of Perspective Shift, a national non-profit company focusing on producing educational and social community events benefitting LGBTQ+ and sex-positive charitable organizations.  He won the title of Mr. Leather Colorado 2010 and finished in 4th place at IML.  He was the recipient of the Pantheon of Leather Award in 2015 and the NLA Community Service and Leadership Award in 2011.  He has been a judge for International Deaf Leather in 2011, as well as judging and emceeing many other events.  Brent performs with his electronic music projects Probe 7, The AXIOM Divide, and Darling Kandie in addition to producing a new musical and writing songs for film and television.  He currently lives in Palm Springs with his husband.Contact Brent:Web: http://www.BeginTheShift.orgEmail: Brent@BeginTheShift.orgPhoto: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

In this episode, Lynn Tonini interviews Justin Black, Co-founder of Redefining Normal in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Justin shared a little about his journey with his wife, Alexis, in foster care and the lessons they learned aging out of care that have contributed to their success as authors, speakers, and workshop leaders throughout the country. Justin discussed some of the principles that they have included in their book and workshops, including (but not limited to) living intentionally, forgiveness, and resilience.  Finally, Lynn and Justin talked about the importance of encouraging foster youth to dream again. 

Alexis and Justin Black are co-founders of Redefining Normal, a media platform that works to redefine societal norms and inspire people to talk about their trauma, as well as coauthors of the books, "Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovering Healing, Happiness, and Love" and "I Love You More Than Cereal: Maeva and Dad Redefine Love." They are both passionate advocates for children, especially concerning those in the foster care system. Alexis attended the 2017 TFAS Capital Semester Program on Leadership and the American Presidency and Justin attended the 2018 TFAS Journalism and Communication Summer Program. They both participated in the 2019 TFAS Asia program in Hong Kong and are graduates of Western Michigan University. In this week's Liberty and Leadership Podcast, Roger, Alexis, and Justin discuss the powerful impact TFAS has had on their lives, how their childhoods growing up in foster care led them to coauthoring two books, the work Alexis and Justin are doing to help both children and parents in today's foster care system, how traveling the world fundamentally changed their outlook on everything, and a healthy debate over which cereal is superior: Count Chocula or Smart Start. The Liberty and Leadership Podcast is hosted by TFAS President Roger Ream and produced by kglobal. If you have a comment or question for the show, please drop us an email at podcast@TFAS.org.Support the show

In this week's episode of Fostering Change, Rob Scheer talks with Justin and Alexis Black. They are authors, speakers, business owners and part of the Forbes Next 1000 class of 2021. Together, they've published an award-winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 15,000 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing through speaking engagements, trainings and book clubs.Story Key Notes:

In this episode, I speak with Kenyatta Sadiki. Kenyatta is a human services professional. He works for Advantage Lifecare Solutions. They are dedicated to meeting specific needs in four main categories: Counseling Court/Probation Mandated Classes CPR/Basic Life Support/First Aid Training Employment In this episode, we explore many topics: How he got into working with substance abuse and anger management His difficult adolescence and time in prison The black psyche The dominant psychological paradigm and how it does not fit the black experience The experience of slaves and the ongoing effects of negative conditioning Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and other black figures that have shaped his perspective The benefits and dangers of religion Connect with Kenyatta: https://www.advantagelifecaresolutions.com

Better Relationships, Better Life with Judy Herman   Episode 033: Redefining Normal: Thriving Partnership While Parenting Special Needs Children   Wendy and Bob Andersen are an entrepreneurial couple whose lives have shifted dramatically with the discovery of their newborn son's rare genetic disorder. They learned to partner through major decisions in order to meet the needs of their family.   Wendy soon found her passion advocating for her family and other families who are also going through extraordinary means to care for their children. As a public speaker, she's a woman who isn't afraid to speak truth to power or challenge the status quo if it means creating more equity and respect for all.   Wendy & Bob are a couple who have learned and are living a life of Redefining Normal.     Here is what to expect on this week's show: ·      The importance of a solid partnership when the unexpected happens and life turns upside down. ·      How adapting to the challenges of a special needs child brings hope to other families. ·      The value of setting intentions while letting go of the results. ·      Why it's vital to redefine normal ·      Advice for families with special needs children while honoring their unique challenges.   Connect with Wendy: www.wendyandersenpresents.com https://www.facebook.com/WendyAndersenRedefiningNormal/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-andersen-867a1041   For Judy's resources and connection:   Relationship Stress Quiz - https://www.judycounselor.com Complimentary Clarity Call - https://judykherman.as.me/ComplimentaryCall LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/judykherman/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am honored to have a real changemaker on the show today. Justin Black and his wife Alexis have built a powerhouse movement helping youth and adults alike move past their childhood experiences and trauma to build a better future and life they deserve. It is my pleasure to amplify their story in my chat with Justin this week. Justin Black created the Rising Over Societal Expectations (ROSE) Empowerment Group with a vision to close the information gap for today's generation of Black and Brown young adults after his experiences as a Black male in the foster care system. He has also developed policy recommendations while working with the National Black Child Development Institute resulting in a publication titled The State of the Black Child Report Card: Washington State. Black studied urban and community development as well as a political and economic philosophy in countries such as Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, and South Korea. In his spare time, Justin loves watching sports and enjoys hot wings. He aspires to challenge and expand the ideologies of how to build prosperous communities through interdependence and entrepreneurship. Alexis Black is a proud foster care alumni. She founded The Scholarship Expert where she authored The Scholarship Blueprint book and workbook along with an online course to assist students in graduating from college debt-free. She is also a foster care advocate working for the National Youth and Transition Database Reviewer. Alexis helps fundraise for programs supporting foster youth such as Hope Pkgs, the Seita Scholars program, and The Nsoro Foundation. She's studied abroad eight times during her undergraduate career in countries such as Hong Kong, South Korea, and South Africa. She also co-developed two study abroad programs. Alexis aspires to be a positive example for foster youth. Alexis loves to travel or sleep on her downtime. Find them, their books, and their merchandise at: www.re-definingnormal.com Tik Tok @re.definingnormal IG @re.definingnormal FB redefiningnormalmovement --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week's episode is about self-publishing, which we've covered before. But this week's guests have turned the success of their book into a full-time business that's still growing in momentum. In late 2020, Justin and Alexis Black self-published their first book Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love. Redefining Normal currently has over 200 reviews on Amazon and has sold more than 9,000 copies in the two years since it was published. That's an accomplishment in itself for a title that's kind of categorized as a memoir, where typically unless you're already famous, nobody's buying your memoir. In addition to book sales, Justin and Alexis are also doing workshops, keynote speeches, and other paid gigs related to the content of their book. So, in this episode we're going to dive into everything Justin and Alexis did to set the book up for success, and how you can borrow the same tactics for your own side hustle. Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: where the inspiration to write Redefining Normal came from how Justin and Alexis build and used a launch team how they've created several other revenue streams Full show notes

Kris welcomes Justin Black, founder of The Redefining Normal company. Between his book, podcast, speaking, and mentorship, Justin and his wife Alexis have impacted thousands of individuals and families with the work they are doing. Justin shares his unique story of coming up through the foster system, and how he now gives back to foster youths and foster parents, trainers, and advocates. He talks about how he and Alexis met and formed a common bond over their mission to help others identify generational patterns and reduce trauma. Kris and Justin dive into what it really means to redefine normal, and how we can challenge and support others to do the same.   Key Takeaways: [9:31] In Justin and Alexis's book, Redefining Normal, they share their personal experiences but there are key takeaways for everyone, no matter what background or perspective they are coming from. [9:49] One of the biggest passions that Justin has is to help people identify generational patterns and trauma, and turn them around to create generational success. [13:37] Fun Fact: Not only is there a baby on the way, but that baby will be a world traveler! Justin and Alexis have done 13 studies abroad while in college and have been fortunate enough to travel to roughly 30 different countries. [20:35] When they started with Redefining Normal, they soon saw it was bigger than just a book, so they also have a podcast to open up even more of the conversation and go deeper. [22:30] They have sold roughly 8,000 books now as self-published authors. What have some of the learning lessons been for Justin and Alexis throughout their journey? [23:00] Justin talks about his journey in foster care, and how they now support foster youths and train parents, advocates, and social workers. [26:23] Understanding your why will help drive you and the work that you do. How can people start looking inside themselves to seek out what their why/whys may be? What keeps Justin and Alexis inspired, even during the challenging times? [29:44] Along with the Redefining Normal book, Justin and Alexis have published the companion guide.   Quotes: “We started with the book Redefining Normal, to show how foster kids beat the odds and discovered healing, happiness, and love.” — Justin “We have so many themes and conversations and topics within this book, where we dive into our personal lives and talk about that process of redefining our normal, as well as challenging others to do the same.” — Justin “We have to help the parents and families that are taking these kids in as well and help them fill their cups, so it can be just a better, high-quality experience for these kids overall.” — Kris   Sponsored By: ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) Use code CCSC5 to claim a free course!   Mentioned in This Episode: Kris Murray The Child Care Success Company The Child Care Success Academy The Child Care Success Summit Redefining Normal ROSE From Concrete Justin Black

In our first ever shared podcast, Linda and I sit down with an amazing couple, Justin and Alexis Black.  Listen to Justin's podcast, ROSE from Concrete:  ROSE From Concrete (buzzsprout.com) Justin and Alexis are the authors of Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovering Healing, Happiness, and Love. Their book is a powerful memoir that takes the reader through their harrowing childhood experiences, which included abuse, neglect, and years in the foster system.  More importantly, however, their book details their commitment to overcoming the odds stacked them and ending the generational cycles of abuse and addiction they were born into. Justin and Alexis take you into the rooms where things happened, and their searing accounts will stay with you.  Be warned, their story contains factual depictions of domestic violence, trauma, sexual assault, and other difficult issues faced on the road to healing.Linda and Ron were profoundly affected by the time they were privileged to spend with Alexis and Justin. Everyone can benefit from listening and reading their compelling and inspirational stories. Learn more about Justin and Alexis and buy their powerful memoir at:  Buy Now | Redefining Normal (re-definingnormal.com). Listen to Justin's podcast, ROSE from Concrete:  ROSE From Concrete (buzzsprout.com)Follow Justin and Alexis on social media at:  Instagram: Redefining Normal (@re.definingnormal) TikTok: Redefining Normal (@re.definingnormal) Facebook: Redefining Normal | FacebookEmail Justin and Alexis at info@re-definingnormal.com 

Wendy Andersen was a wife and a mom, she never meant to become A-Force-to-Be-Reckoned-With. In a matter of 36 hours her seemingly normal life was turned upside down with a rare genetic disorder diagnosis for her son, and through Wendy's life experiences she soon found her passion advocating for her family and other families who are also going to extraordinary means to care for their children. She's a woman who isn't afraid to speak truth to power or challenge the status quo if it means creating more equity and respect for all. Learn more about Wendy: Wendy's Website Dexter's Dream Foundation  Wendy's Facebook Page Episode resources: Create Purpose Website  Join Zach's Mastermind Book: The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield Book: The One Thing by Gary Keller Book: Essentialism by Greg McKeown Book: Effortless by Greg McKeown Podcast: Insight with Rich Litvin If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts Follow and rate on Spotify Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook!

Wendy Andersen was a wife and a mom, she never meant to become A-Force-to-Be-Reckoned-With. In a matter of 36 hours her seemingly normal life was turned upside down with a rare genetic disorder diagnosis for her son, and through Wendy's life...

Justin Black is a graduate of Western Michigan University and a part of Forbes Next 1000 Entrepreneurs for 2021. Justin and his wife, Alexis, have published an award-winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 15,000 individuals and families. With the Redefining Normal company, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, community growth and healing through speaking engagements, trainings and book clubs. The content shared during the Faith on the Journey broadcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to treat or diagnose any mental health condition. Due to the content of this broadcast, some of the content can be triggering. If triggered, please seek professional support. Viewer discretion is advised. Subscribe/Rate Never miss an episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find our community by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! Connect with Faith on the Journey Subscribe to our email list at faithonthejourney.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthejourneycounseling/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthejourney Youtube: Faith on the Journey. Click https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbmB8oL-hfU6bVW9kEIcFQ to subscribe. Connect with Justin Black Facebook: redefiningnormalmovement Instagram: Re.definingnormal Tiktok: Re.definingnormal Website: re-definingnormal.com Faith on the Journey is a Christian company that specializes in bible-based trauma healing resources. We offer Christian counseling and healing groups. Learn more by visiting faithonthejourney.org. The music for this show is provided by Bensound.com. Host: Jocelyn J. Jones Produced by: Hannah Lynn Miller Guest: Justin Black --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelyn-jones8/support

Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, business owners and part of the Forbes Next 1000 class of 2021. Together, they've published an award-winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 15,000 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing through speaking engagements, trainings and book clubs. www.re-definingnormal.com Facebook: redefiningnormalmovementInstagram and tiktok: re.definingnormalSupport the show (https://paypal.me/efficiencyB)

Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, business owners and part of the Forbes Next 1000 class of 2021. Together, they've published an award-winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 15,000 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing through speaking engagements, trainings and book clubs. Learn more about Alexis and Justin on their website at Re-definingnormal.com Get 50% off autographed copies with promo code 50OFFRNFind them onFacebook @redefiningnormalmovementInstagram and Tiktok @re.definingnormal

Being healthy spiritually, physically, and mentally doesn't just happen by accident. It takes intentionality in every aspect of life. But sometimes we get so comfortable in unhealth and dysfunction, we don't even realize that what has become normal to us is not in fact normal. It takes a lot of internal work but also a lot of help from those we trust to help us see the things we've become blind to. So, how do we redefine what's normal? Let's talk about it! What are you doing that brings you joy in this season?  We want to hear from you! Text Life in Motion to 23101 and follow the prompts.  

The Children's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published the FY 2020 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). The newly released data indicates the number of children in foster care decreased for the third consecutive year, to an estimated 407,000 at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The number of children waiting to be adopted also fell in FY 2020 to 117,000. Justin & Alexis Black are both recent graduates of Western Michigan University and alumni of the Seita Scholars Program. Both have served as National Youth and Transition Database Reviewers while also fundraising for programs that support foster youth such as Nsoro and Hope Pkgs. Together, they've published an award winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 5,500 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Above Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing. Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, and business owners. Together, they've created The Scholarship Expert and The ROSE Empowerment Group to support hundreds of young people. Now, with their new venture, Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing. Justin joined me this week to tell me more. For more information: https://www.re-definingnormal.com/ Email: info@re-definingnormal.com Facebook: @redefiningnormalmovement Get the Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Redefining-Normal-Discovered-Healing-Happiness-ebook/dp/B08MDHZ5KZ Instagram: @re.definingnormal

Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, business owners, and part of the Forbes Next 1000 class of 2021. Together, they've published an award-winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love that has impacted over 10,000 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing through speaking engagements, training, and book clubs. Golden Nuggets From This Episode: ✨ “One of the things that help with trust is forgiveness of yourself.” ✨ “Having just that sense of trust in life, in yourself, and in others is really healing.” ✨ “I don't wanna give people answers but give them resources and information so they can make the decision themselves.” ✨ “If you fail 7 times you get back up 8 times.” ✨ “The winner plays until they win.” ✨ “All human beings are made in the image of God that creates the universe. If everyone in the world can see themselves in that way, then there'll be so much change going on around us.” ✨ “You are not worthless.” ✨ “Understanding and giving grace that leads to acceptance will lead to forgiveness.” ✨ “You don't have to accept to be a foster parent but you can be a mentor or a tutor, you can also donate clothes, food, and things like that. Reach out to local Foster care organizations.” Free Offer: Join Open for 30 days free with my code: HEARTSNUGGLES ~ Your ritual starts now. Connect with Justin + Alex: Free healthy vs unhealthy checklist: https://bit.ly/healthyvsunhealthychecklist Website: re-definingnormal.com Instagram and Tiktok @re.definingnormal More heart snuggles: Email: heartsnuggles@alivetoenjoy.com 1-on1 Self Discovery Coaching -- Learn more here Instagram: Alivetoenjoy & Heart Snuggles Donations to help spread the heart snuggles: https://www.alivetoenjoy.com/heartsnuggles Timestamps from the episode: 03:07 Justin shares some of his experiences as being a foster child 05:53 Some ways that he worked on building trust with others 07:46 How he does shifting the information gap between black and brown young adults 10:20 His advice to help young adults when they feel giving up 11:41 How did he find his purpose in life 15:11 How did he develop the acceptance of his parents leaving him 19:20 What is the best way to support someone that's been through the foster system 21:23 Where can you find Justin & Alexis Black and are they offering --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heartsnuggles/message

Justin Black and his wife, Alexis, are authors, speakers, business owners and part of the Forbes Next 1000 class of 2021.  Together, they've published an award-winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 15,000 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they will continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing through speaking engagements, trainings and book clubs.Listen in as Justin shares his amazing story of success even with the odds stacked against him.Connect with Justin and Alexis:Website: https://www.re-definingnormal.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningnormalmovementInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/re.definingnormal/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@re.definingnormal

In Episode 70 (recorded live), Founder of The Good Success Network, Lekisha Middleton, and HR business partner director in Intuit's Consumer Group, Catie Harriss, join Melinda to discuss what they've learned from the ‘Great Resignation'; how we can build diversity, equity, and inclusion in remote and hybrid workplaces; and the unique opportunities that these workplaces provide around DEI.About Lekisha (she/her)Lekisha is the Founder of The Good Success Network, a global management consulting and executive coaching firm that focuses on creating a workforce that is equipped and a workplace that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive.She is a proud techie and human advocate, who is driven by the desire to empower people with the tools and strategies necessary to achieve success.All of her work is centered around transformation and positive impactful change. Her clients experience a safe space to clarify their vision, cultivate their strengths, and gain the confidence needed to move forward.About Catie (she/her)Catie Harriss is an HR business partner director in Intuit's Consumer Group, bringing her expertise in innovation, design thinking, executive coaching, and mindfulness to translate business strategy into people strategy and help employees grow.Prior to her current role, Catie led HR teams at Intuit to re-invent key employee experiences, to increase transparency, effectiveness, and inclusion for all employees. Catie has also been a mindfulness practitioner for 10 years. She loves hiking, horseback riding, and enjoying San Diego's beaches with her 12-year old son.Find Leading With Empathy & Allyship useful? Subscribe to our podcast and like this episode!For more about Change Catalyst, and to join us for our monthly live event, visit https://ally.cc. There, you'll also find educational resources and highlights from this episode.Connect With Lekisha On SocialLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ltmiddleton/Twitter:twitter.com/ThePeopleTechieFacebook: facebook.com/goodsuccessnetworkInstagram: instagram.com/thepeopletechie/Connect With Catie On SocialLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/catie-h-3270171/Connect With Us On SocialYouTube: youtube.com/c/changecatalystTwitter: twitter.com/changecatalystsFacebook: facebook.com/changecatalystsInstagram: instagram.com/techinclusionLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/changecatalystsThis episode is sponsored by First Tech Federal Credit Union, a member-owned financial institution that is powered by a people-before-profit philosophy. Learn more at First Tech Federal Credit Union[Image description: Leading With Empathy & Allyship promo with the Change Catalyst & show logos and photos of Lekisha Middleton, a Black woman with short natural hair, hoop earrings, and a beaded necklace; Catie Harriss, a White woman with long blonde hair; and host Melinda Briana Epler, a White woman with red hair, glasses, and an orange shirt holding a white mug behind a laptop.]Support the show (http://patreon.com/changecatalysts)

In this episode, we explore the difference between normal and healthy as it pertains to toxic cycles. Here we focus on what defines a healthy system and how to create the foundation for your own journey. Note: This episode contains non-explicit references to childhood abuse. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whereitrunsout/support

Had the privilege to speak with returning guests Alexis and Justin Black about their book "Redefining Normal" and what does that mean in regards to their own story.In addition sharing my own thoughts on the topic of normal. Words of Heart Podcast Facebook Page: https://fb.watch/aiace4i40A/ YouTube Page: https://youtu.be/91W4l-MqXjo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wordsofheart/message

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**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode covers sensitive subject matter and is not suitable for all listeners. If this topic could be a trigger for you, listen to this episode with a friend, a sibling, a loved one or a parent so you can talk about any emotions that come up for you. The contents of this episode are not intended to replace therapy and should not be taken as such. If you need immediate help, please call the crisis hotline listed below in our resources.   In this episode, I sit down with Lia Athena, a young, biracial, queer author and background actor in New York City. She's appeared in films and shows such as Gotham, SVU, and Billions.    Lia is inspired by the world around her and embraces her creativity and emotions to write stories that feel real and pull readers into her imagination.   Listen in as we talk about: What it was like growing up with both Korean and White cultures  Growing up with confusion around her sexuality, and how she knew she was attracted to girls How Lia worked through life's lonely moments, living in a more rural area Leaving College and moving back home to pursue acting and writing Her inspiration in writing her book, and how her own writing frightened her Youth Hotlines:  https://www.crisistextline.org   Resources mentioned in this episode: Purchase Lia's book here   Connect with Lia here: Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook TikTok Lia's Blog https://www.liaathena.com   Connect with Susan Instagram Facebook http://susanecasey.com/  TikTok

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Justin and Alexis Black about what it means to redefine normal in relation to love, happiness, family, and success, with Justin and Alexis Black. See the video here: https://youtu.be/Kcff9whGd_4. Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, and business owners. Together, they've created The Scholarship Expert and The ROSE Empowerment Group to support hundreds of young people. Now, with their new venture, Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing. Check out Dr. Westover's new book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.   Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.   Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.   Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/  Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/  Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/  Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hcipodcast/support

Alexis Lenderman-Black has dual degrees in Entrepreneurship and Global & International Studies with minors in nonprofit leadership and political science. Black is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Keynote speaker. Black founded The Scholarship Expert, a scholarship coaching in 2016 to assist students in graduating college debt-free. She co-published the award-winning, bestselling book Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love. Alexis spent several years in the foster care system before aging out and being adopted as an adult. She has served in several roles supporting current and former foster youth including as a National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Reviewer. Additionally, she has studied abroad in eight different programs focusing on international marketing, humanitarianism, political theory and more. She hopes that through challenging others, accountability and inspiration, she can help to change the narrative of families and communities.   Justin Black is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and keynote speaker. With his wife, he published the bestselling book Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love. The Redefining Normal book transformed into a company where Justin and his wife host workshops, presentations, keynote speeches, and produce products to continue the conversation surrounding trauma, healthy relationships, foster care, and mental health. He has also developed policy recommendations while working with the National Black Child Development Institute resulting in a publication titled The State of the Black Child Report Card: Washington State. Black studied urban and community development as well as a political and economic philosophy in countries such as Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, and South Korea.

Coming up on the one-year anniversary of their Book "Redefining Normal" Justin and Alexis update our audience what they have been up to and what is coming up for them.Growing up, they didn't believe they had a future. Together, they are building forever. Alexis Black was six when her mother died and thirteen when her father went to prison for child endangerment.  After subsequently surviving a long and abusive relationship, the college junior promised her foster parents that she would avoid romantic entanglements for at least a year. But when she met incoming freshman Justin on the first day of their scholarship program, they both felt the world melt away, leaving just the two of them in the room.  Justin Black lived in abandoned houses in the poorest section of Detroit before his parents surrendered him to CPS at the age of nine. He stayed in the child welfare system until he was graduated from high school. Determined to be the first in his family to pursue higher education, Black attended Western Michigan University, where he met beautiful third-year Alexis. At first,  their past traumas--and their age difference--conspired to complicate their attraction. But the joy each took in the other eventually conquered those obstacles, and these two survivors journeyed hand-in-hand toward healing. In their stark and often shocking story,  Alexis and Justin reveal how two people brutalized in childhood managed to defy the odds, get healthy, and build a new life together. Guided by hope and a sense of purpose, as well as a desire to help others who have similarly suffered, they learned to reject the abusive patterns of their past, thereby breaking the cycle of generational violence and neglect.  Written in alternating accounts,  Justin and Alexis offer a thoughtful exchange of ideas and personal experiences illustrating how anybody, no matter their background, can heal and find joy. We talk to them about how they met and started their romantic relationship. They are now working as full-time entrepreneurs.They started an organization called Redefining Normal to talk about mental health boundaries, healthy relationships, definitions of love, community success, and all of the things in the books. They have several workbooks, graphic novels, and other items in the works. Justin has a podcast called ROSE from Concrete.You can reach out at info@re-definingnormal.com or follow them on social media | Facebook | Instagram | Tick tock @re.definingnormal

It's been quite an unsettling and uncertain time, with COVID-19 impacting eating and drinking behaviors in dramatic ways: In this podcast, our analysts discuss highlights from our ongoing eating occasions research and provide insights on changes in behavior during the 2019 to 2021 time period. Topics discussed include changes in early morning eating occasions, lunch, snacks, eating away from home, use of leftovers (and restaurant food) and interests in premium foods and beverages.  A close parallel to this podcast: Our new report, Redefining Normal: Spring 2021 Eating Occasions, examines how, over a year into the pandemic, consumers continue to seek out certain aspects of “normalcy” in day-to-day eating. However, some behaviors have been and will continue to be impacted by the pandemic, including when we're choosing to eat, where we're eating, who we're eating with, how we're sourcing, and the need states driving our food and beverage occasions. Utilizing The Hartman Group's proprietary Eating Occasions Compass, this report explores American eating and drinking occasions in spring 2021 compared to both the beginning of the pandemic (spring 2020) and pre-pandemic (spring 2019). You can obtain your free copy of Hartman's Redefining Normal: Spring 2021 Eating Occasions report here

Justin and Alexis Black are authors, speakers, and serial entrepreneurs. Together, they've created ventures such as the Scholarship Expert and the Rose Empowerment Group, which supports hundreds of young people. Their current venture is called Redefining Normal. They've published a book called Redefining Normal, which shares their journey of two foster kids overcoming their pasts.    In today's episode, we're going to discuss their journey and how we, as entrepreneurs, can make an impact on our communities. Overcoming the Past Alexis and Justin are both foster care alumni. Justin entered the foster care system when he was 9 years old and bounced from home to home throughout his childhood years. This created a lot of mental health struggles, leading to unhealthy habits such as substance abuse. 

Justin and Alexis Black are agents of hope. Against many odds, they decided to blaze a new path, and most importantly, they decided to blaze it together. Justin and Alexis are award-winning, bestselling authors, speakers, and serial entrepreneurs. Together, they've created The Scholarship Expert and The ROSE Empowerment Group to support hundreds of young people. Now, with their new venture, Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing.

#22: In today's episode, guest Joel Evans chats about how the pandemic showed us the need for Unified Communications. With millions of people suddenly being forced to work remotely, companies were required to adapt to this “new normal.” This meant licensing and adopting new technologies and using them in new ways to allow employees to do their jobs effectively while remote. We discuss how as the world starts easing restrictions, and employees are returning to work, companies must continue to adjust with a virtual and digital-first strategy.

Episode #31 - Redefining Normal with Justin and Alexis BlackLast week on podcast episode number 30, I discussed what it means to develop a personal brand and be true to yourself and your core values while also tying in why your personal brand is so important in sales. In order to develop trust and relationships with your prospects and clients, your personal brand exemplifies all of this and more. Well in today's episode, I have two very special guests for you, Alexis and Justin Black. This is an amazing young couple who grew up in the foster care system, beat the odds, found each other, fell in love and became entrepreneurs, and are now Re-Defining Normal together while helping other children in the foster care system. This interview is about their inspiration and drives to build their personal brand, become entrepreneurs, and sell themselves and their story in order to help give back.I can't wait for you to hear this interview. https://re-definingnormal.square.site/Connect with Justin and Alexis on LinkedIn!

Are you ready for a major shift in your life? Do you need help rediscovering yourself? Do you want to live with purpose, conviction, and courage? Schedule your free 60-minute session with Brian today. http://www.conqueringeverest.com Want to support the show? https://linktr.ee/conqueringeverest On today's episode: Justin & Alexis Black are foster care alumni, serial entrepreneurs, and authors. Their businesses are focused on social impact, working to help others heal from their past traumas and build a life worth living. They recently published a book called Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love that was named a #1 Amazon bestseller in three categories. Here is their story. re-definingnormal.com info@re-definingnormal.com Facebook @redefiningnormalmemoir Instagram @re.definingnormal Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love (https://amzn.to/37p4p8E) (Amazon affiliate link)

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Justin and Alexis Black, Authors of “Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love” and Founders of ROSE Empowerment GroupAbout Harvey's guestBoth Alexis and Justin are proud foster care alumni as well as recent graduates, authors, and business owners. Together, they've created ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group, a company structured to close the information gap for young adults as well as The Scholarship Expert where they support students to graduate debt-free while obtaining the skills needed to be successful. Now, they are releasing Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love to share their story of how they've had to redefine what love and healthy relationships look like. Justin Black created the Rising Over Societal Expectations (ROSE) Empowerment Group with a vision to close the information gap for today's generation of Black and Brown young adults after his experiences as a Black male in the foster care system. He has also developed policy recommendations while working with the National Black Child Development Institute resulting in a publication titled The State of the Black Child Report Card: Washington State.Black studied urban and community development as well as a political and economic philosophy in countries such as Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, and South Korea. In his spare time, Justin loves watching sports and enjoys hot wings.He aspires to challenge and expand the ideologies of how to build prosperous communities through interdependence and entrepreneurship.Alexis Black is a proud foster care alumni. She founded The Scholarship Expert where she authored The Scholarship Blueprint book and workbook along with an online course to assist students in graduating from college debt-free. She is also a foster care advocate working for the National Youth and Transition Database Reviewer.Alexis helps fundraise for programs supporting foster youth such as Hope Pkgs, the Seita Scholars program, and The Nsoro Foundation. She's studied abroad eight times during her undergraduate career in countries such as Hong Kong, South Korea, and South Africa. She also co-developed two study abroad programs. Alexis aspires to be a positive example for foster youth.For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com https://www.re-definingnormal.com/https://www.facebook.com/redefiningnormalmemoir/ https://www.instagram.com/re.definingnormal/#re-defiiningnormal   #harveybrownstoneinterviews

In today's episode, our guests are Justin Black and Alexis Black. Justin Black founded Rising Over Societal Expectations (ROSE) Empowerment Group to close the knowledge gap for today's generation of Black and Brown young adults after his experiences as a Black male in the foster care system. Alexis Black is a foster care graduate. She created The Scholarship Specialist and wrote The Scholarship Roadmap book and workbook and an online tutorial to help students graduate from college debt-free. She is now a foster care volunteer and works as a database reviewer for the National Youth and Transition Database. Today, they will share with us what they have gone through in foster care.  [7:45] Why should we listen to you? They should listen to us because everybody has a perspective of the ordinary. And everybody's normal is entirely different. [9:35] What were your experiences like growing in foster care? How we laid out the book was we each wrote our alternating perspectives because even though we are together, we are very much individual people with dreams, goals, and pains. I grew up in an emotionally abusive and toxic environment until I met Justin. That's how our story intertwines together the past that we once experienced when we met in college. [21:00] What was the vision for the book? We originally started the book as more of a selfish project of getting closer together before getting married because the divorce rate is exceptionally high. We're an interracial couple, which makes it more difficult. It was more of a way of getting closer together and making sure that we have everything out there on the table and we're completely vulnerable and open with each other. And that's how we love each other through that process. [25:39] Do you think your past makes it easier to step into certain situations? Absolutely. I always tell people that our past in foster care prepared us to be entrepreneurs. Being a foster parent, you develop the skills of being resilient, flexible, and resourceful. And that's just basic coping mechanisms and survival mode. Having faith in the vision and sees the end goal keeps me going. Of course, having my partner has always encouraged me. [32:02] What promise did God make to the world when He created you? God uses us as messengers, and he gives us promising talents and abilities to solve the problems that the world has created. He gives us his skills and abilities to go into the world and spread His words, His love, and His truth. If we continue to submit ourselves to God and be obedient, then we have the power to solve the issues in His world.  Key Quotes [22:10-22:13] “Sharing your story gives other people the courage to share theirs.” [33:10-33:12] “You have the power to redefine what has been normal to you.” Learn more about Justin & Alexis Black on: Website: https://www.re-definingnormal.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningnormalmemoir/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/re.definingnormal/ 

Roger Lawson of Rog Law Fitness shares two short posts touching upon how a healthy lifestyle can be both fun and normal. Episode 1416: Are You Having Fun Yet AND Redefining Normal by Roger Lawson on Leading A Healthy Lifestyle Roger Lawson's goal is simple: To make 100,000 people feel good and look great without turning it into a full-time job, all while having a lot of fun along the way. Roger focuses on Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle principles to help you achieve your fitness goals. The original posts are located here: http://roglawfitness.com/are-you-having-fun-yet http://roglawfitness.com/redefining-normal Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Lawson of Rog Law Fitness shares two short posts touching upon how a healthy lifestyle can be both fun and normal. Episode 1416: Are You Having Fun Yet AND Redefining Normal by Roger Lawson on Leading A Healthy Lifestyle Roger Lawson's goal is simple: To make 100,000 people feel good and look great without turning it into a full-time job, all while having a lot of fun along the way. Roger focuses on Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle principles to help you achieve your fitness goals. The original posts are located here: http://roglawfitness.com/are-you-having-fun-yet http://roglawfitness.com/redefining-normal Join thousands of Brightside members taking back their lives. Take your free mental health assessment and get up to $100 credit on your first month of treatment at Brightside.com/ohd Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group  Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness

Roger Lawson of Rog Law Fitness shares two short posts touching upon how a healthy lifestyle can be both fun and normal. Episode 1416: Are You Having Fun Yet AND Redefining Normal by Roger Lawson on Leading A Healthy Lifestyle Roger Lawson's goal is simple: To make 100,000 people feel good and look great without turning it into a full-time job, all while having a lot of fun along the way. Roger focuses on Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle principles to help you achieve your fitness goals. The original posts are located here: http://roglawfitness.com/are-you-having-fun-yet http://roglawfitness.com/redefining-normal Join thousands of Brightside members taking back their lives. Take your free mental health assessment and get up to $100 credit on your first month of treatment at Brightside.com/ohd Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Justin and Alexis Black about conversations on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing. See the video here: https://youtu.be/iJF8aDGdVHo. Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, and business owners. Together, they've created The Scholarship Expert and The ROSE Empowerment Group to support hundreds of young people. Now, with their new venture, Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing. Check out Dr. Westover's new book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes Justin and Alexis Black to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss what it's been like to reflect on their lives and the writing of the book REDEFINING NORMAL. 

This week on the Level Up with Coach K Podcast my guests of honor are Alexis Lenderman-Black and Justin Black. Alexis is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and speaker. She is the Founder of The Scholarship Expert and she currently co-operates the Redefining Normal Company with her husband and published a bestselling book Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love. Justin Black is the Founder of the ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectation) Empowerment Group, Co-author of the Redefining Normal Book, Co-Founder of the Redefining Normal Company. Their goal is to continue the conversations on breaking generational patterns and healing to help others live a life worth living. Today my guests of honor are Alexis and Justin BlackThis episode will be premiering on Wednesday 6/9 at 11 AM (CST) on YouTube! Follow @level27coaching and click the “LEVEL UP WITH COACH K POD” link in the bio to checkout the full episode! Or listen on Apple Music, iHeartradio and all other platforms! LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE! TURN ON YOUR NOTIFICATIONS SO YOU'LL NEVER MISS A NEW UPLOAD! #LevelUpWithCoachK #BlackPodcaster #L27 #LifeCoaching #StudentAthleteLifeCoach #Level27LifeCoaching #CollegeAndRealLifeAdvice #levelupwithcoachkpodcast

In this episode we discuss Redefining Normal. 2:48 Venturing Out So today we're talking about redefining normal and this really was inspired by a conversation we were having. I was mentioning how,  going out into the world now that things are opening up. I mean, they've been opening up for awhile, but I think we've started venturing out more than usual.  KISMA I'd say that's fair.  Nick I even took a trip. I flew across the country, and it was fine, but it's just, it's a little bit sensitive. And so my go-to is like, well, I can just be inside the house and be a hermit and work from there and teach from there and coach from here, you know, like everything. KISMA 3:48 What happens to those three bodies? Many people can resonate with that idea of like, well, let's just stay home and feel all cuddly and cozy and safe and never go out again.  KISMA I think I even more so have that tendency of like being the home body.  Nick Yeah you're more hermity than I am, but I've grown into being quite the hermit over COVID.  KISMA Yeah. I think there's that part of your nature too. That's just like, yeah, we're good. We got everything that we need right here. Nick And we do, I'm so grateful. But then what does that mean for, you know, if we just look at three pieces, your mindset, your physical body and the energy body. If we're not actually out in the world, mindset and you know, emotional body, but if we're not out in the world interacting and being with other humans, what happens to those three bodies? You look at the mental, emotional and the physical and the energy bodies. KISMA 6:40 The inertia sets in So long as you're getting some fresh air and things like that, do all your exercise, you can maintain your body. Like you can do all that stuff. You can maintain a really great immune system in that way and really great health. But you have to make concerted efforts to do it. Well, you know, what we saw over the past year is that certain people did that and certain people didn't. We're not making any of it right or wrong, but you know, people went through their own thing around it and some people got super fired up. We decluttered the whole house. I learned how to cook a lot better, you know, like all sorts of things and, and other people drank a lot and just really kind of closed up in their holes. In TV, again, for all different reasons and we're not making any of it wrong, but that has obviously the physical effect and that inertia sets in. Nick 11:52 Self-trust Not knowing who to trust and that erodes a self-trust. And so now it's like entering back into the world and the trust isn't really there. And I think ultimately, you know, cause I want to give our listeners some tips on how to reboot the whole system so you can have your normal and it's healthy for you. I think self-trust is a really good place to start because if you're not trusting yourself, you won't really know what your true normal is, what a healthy normal is.  KISMA That's right.  Nick So maybe it's spending five to fifteen minutes every day, just kind of anchoring into your core values, your beliefs, whether it's affirmations, whether it's Nick's meditations or my meditations, but to really get centered, you know, for us, it's like, or at least for me, I'd be like connect to Source, connect to God, connect to Universe, remember who you are as this spiritual being, and really bring in that so that you can trust yourself as a human being again, then you can start to trust the world outside or at least trust that you can navigate it. KISMA 16:39 Dysfunction can be very normal I think those are things that are really important. Cause a lot of things are very normal, dysfunction in family is extremely normal. But is that the kind of normal that we want? Nick Exactly.  KISMA And you see it from family to family, like, remember when you were a kid and you know, you do dinner at your house, the way that you do it. And then you go over to your friend's house and it's like radically different. That's like one normal versus another. Nick 18:07 New Normal So when I think about a new normal, I think about it kind of in terms of, well what's really that conducive environment for myself, that's going to help me thrive, help me be more of me and help me do the things that I'm here to do.  Nick That's right. Get to what you want, what you want to do while you're here and create the normal reverse engineer. I like it.  KISMA

Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love #RedefiningNormalBook What is it like to grow up in the foster care system? Justin & Alexis share how they found healing, happiness, and love after their childhood experiences with trauma & toxic relationships. "I struggled with anxiety, depression, PTSD. I tried to commit suicide a few times... layers of trauma. It wasn't until I met my foster, now adoptive, parents that I got to start on that healing journey with them. I could go to counseling and actually work on things and not just focus on surviving each day." -Alexis Black Book and Website: Buy their book on their website for 50% off Autographed Copy with Code: 50OFFRN https://www.re-definingnormal.com Social Links: Facebook: @redefiningnormalmovement https://www.facebook.com/redefiningnormalmovement Instagram: @re.definingnormal https://www.instagram.com/re.definingnormal/ ROSE Empowerment Group: https://www.roseempowermentgroup.com https://www.instagram.com/roseempowermentgroup/ Podcast: ROSE From Concrete Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1246289 --- For support, giveaways, and to participate in the #MomentumChallenge, join the Faith Hope Love Women's Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/faithhopelovecommunity/ Music: "The Joy" by John Stratton (given permission to use) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yds65yDX0B8 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moorefaithhopelove Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moore.faith.hope.love/ Website: https://www.moorefaithhopelove.com #faith #hope #love #faithhopelove #podcast #bible #biblestudy #therapy #trauma #fostercare This episode was #madeonzencastr

You are going to want to turn up the volume and listen closely to this young but extremely intelligent and Godly couple. They have overcome the odds of Foster care and are making waves in the world! Check out their book here Check out the podcast too- Rose from Concrete --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couragecollective/message

Growing up in foster care, Alexis and Justin had the odds stacked against them.  But determined to show the world that you can change your destiny, they took charge of their situation, unlearned bad habits, and tackled goal-after-goal to reach success!  As we celebrate National Foster Care Month, learn how grit, resilience, and raw determination helped these two NSLS members shed an abusive past to redefine their future.  In this week's episode, you'll learn How to go beyond SMART goals; How Alexis graduated college with $200,000 in scholarships; Strategies Alexis & Justin use to find great mentors; How to break toxic habits that hold you back.   LEARN MORE:  >>> Get an autographed copy of Redefining Normal with coupon code 50OFFRN {re-definingnormal.com} >>> Connect with Alexis and Justin on LinkedIn  {https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexislenderman/} {https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinblack4297/} >>> Follow their journey on Facebook (@redefiningnormalmovement) or Instagram (@re.definingnormal)   NSLS MEMBERS ONLY: In the bonus episode, you'll learn How to stay positive as you work towards your goals; Why studying abroad can change your life; How to define your vision and how you'll get there. {https://thens.ls/3hazmna}

Description: Foster youth today face incredible challenges building a stable life when they age out of the child welfare system. Fewer than ten percent ever graduate college, and tragic reports have outlined crises of homelessness and poverty among these young adults. But some foster youth have found healing and restoration through caring foster parents, a deeply embedded sense of personal agency, and connections to strong networks of support. We can learn a lot from the stories of these individuals about how to better serve young adults in foster care as they approach adulthood. In this episode, Naomi and Ian are joined by https://www.re-definingnormal.com/ (Justin and Alexis Black) — Authors and founders of “Redefining Normal.” Alexis and Justin share their story of transformation as they escaped a past of abuse, neglect, and trauma and began to build a future together, with the help of amazing foster parents, a strong faith, and a web of critical supports. Alexis and Justin defied the odds — graduating from college and becoming authors, public speakers, and serial entrepreneurs. Today, they have dedicated their career to building awareness around the challenges foster youth face and advocating for practices and policies that will help foster youth escape the cycle of trauma and find healing. Resources: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/not-safe-for-kids-fixing-our-broken-child-welfare-system/ (Not safe for kids: Fixing our broken child welfare system) | Naomi Schaefer Riley | American Enterprise Institute Show notes: 03:10 | Justin and Alexis's story growing up in foster care and the challenges they faced 08:10 | What does “normal” look like for a youth in foster care? 13:10 | How to support foster youth in healthy relationship formation and educational pursuits 16:55 | How giving foster youth a consistent and supportive place to call “home” empowers agency 18:20 | Reforming child welfare systems to help foster youth transition to adulthood 26:25 | Justin's Rising Over Societal Expectations (ROSE) model for empowerment

Today we discuss love languages, resilience, and redefining your normal. Welcome back to the 95th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast. Today I share my conversation with Justin and Alexis Black. They are the founders of http://re-definingnormal.com/ (Redefining Normal), http://thescholarshipexpert.com/ (The Scholarship Expert), and http://roseempowermengroup.com/ (ROSE Empowerment Group). They also wrote the book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDHZ5KZ (Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love ). You can reach out to them via https://www.facebook.com/redefiningnormalmemoir/ (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/re.definingnormal/ (Instagram), or their email (info@redefiningnormal.com). Today we talk a lot about your upbringing and how to overcome a less than desirable childhood. We also talk about abuse and being in an abusive relationship. We talk about graduating college and being the first person in your family to do so. We then talk about the relationship between Justin and Alexis and how they grew that relationship all while dealing with past emotional traumas. They left us some action items to try: Look for mentor/find your community Take the Healthy Relationship Assessment Buy their Book (Use Promo code 50OFFRN) Do the Love Language Test Take the ACES Assessment Thanks for listening to the show. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode. Support the Show: Our show is now on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAkTGf_Ti9ixpgUtZZ_4X8A (Youtube)! Check it out. Also  Leave a rating and a review. Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any episodes. We are on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.  Get yourself a Fittrack http://getfittrack.com?aff=728 (http://getfittrack.com?aff=728) Again thanks so much for listening, and stay tuned to next week. Keep doing Hard Things, and Keep Overcoming Average. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Both Alexis and Justin are proud foster care alumni as well as recent graduates, authors, and business owners. Together, they've created ROSE (Rising Over Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group, a company structured to close the information gap for young adults as well as The Scholarship Expert where they support students to graduate debt-free while obtaining the skills needed to be successful. Now, they are releasing Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love to share their story of how they've had to redefine what love and healthy relationships look like. Authors of Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love Founders of ROSE Empowerment Group Keynote speakers Recipients of several national awards Co-authors of The Scholarship Blueprint Book, Workbook and course https://www.re-definingnormal.com/ Also mentioned in the podcast The Miracle Morning https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5RD8MK?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin to reach the host: https://www.facebook.com/catalystforchangestories catalystforchange20@gmail.com YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWXiilXqrHS4YhmkVc8hBg/

Of all the things we take for granted, parental love is pretty high on the list, and yet few things are as important in setting our expectations and opportunities in life. But what happens when a child can't depend on his or her parents? This is the story of https://www.re-definingnormal.com/about-us (Alexis and Justin Black), two young adults who grew up in the nation's foster care system, and how, as young adults, they have overcome traumas of abandonment, abuse, and neglect to build a more hopeful life together.   Alexis (who was my student in AEI's Summer Honors Program) and Justin joined me for this episode of “Hardly Working” to discuss their upbringing; what families, community, and government need to do to better help foster and at-risk youth; and their recent book, “https://www.re-definingnormal.com/ (Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat the Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love” (Global Perspectives Publishing, 2020)).

As a young boy you are living in the poorest section of Detroit before your parents surrendered you to the foster care system, you are nine years old. What can you trust when your world flips upside down overnight? In another part of the world, a young woman endures the death of her mother and her step-father's imprisonment. She too will enter the foster parent system. She then escapes a highly abusive relationship. Promising her foster parents not to get involved in dating for awhile, she is off to College. As both enter college, they meet and in spite of all the other students, it is only each other that stand out to the other. This is the true story of Alexis Black and Justin Black and what they had to learn to be able to stay in their relationship. Old learned behaviours from their pasts started to play out in their relationship. Old unconscious patterns threatened all hope for a shared future. This is how two foster kids beat the odds and discovered healing, happiness, and love.

Both Alexis and Justin are proud foster care alumni as well as recent graduates, authors, and business owners. They both join us this week to share their honenest and vulnerable story and to promote their book Re-Defining Normal. After both spent time in fostercare they met in college and through a healing journey have developed a healthy relationship with eachother, getting married this year. Together, they've created ROSE (Rising Over SocietalExpectations) Empowerment Group, a company structured to close the information gap for young adults as well as The Scholarship Expert where they support students to graduate debt-free while obtaining the skills needed to be successful. Now, they are releasingRedefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love to share their story of how they've had to redefine what love and healthyrelationships look like.Get the bookhttps://www.re-definingnormal.com/Follow them on IG @re.definingnormalFollow them on FB @redefiningnormalmemoir

On this week's episode of The Illuminare Podcast, Dr. Ronit Molko is joined by Christine Motokane, an autistic self-advocate, special education paraeducator and author of Working the Double Shift: A Young Woman's Journey with Autism. Join them for a conversation about autism acceptance, self-advocacy, the importance of empowering individuals who are on the spectrum, and more.

Have you ever met a couple who beat the odds?  I have! Welcome to Part 2 of a thought provoking interview with newlyweds Justin & Alexis Black, authors of Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovering Healing, Happiness, and Love. Growing up, they didn't believe they had a future. Together, they are building forever.What a joy to spend time with Justin & Alexis!  Their inspiring story is one of hope, awareness, intentionality and the relentless pursuit of God's best for their lives.  We share the overlap and challenges foster families and stepfamilies face in a frank discussion that will have you pressing the rewind button.Part 2, Season 2, Episode 1 Release 10/29/2020Part 1, Season 2, Episode 1 Release 10/22/2020CLARION CALL TO PASTORS & CHURCHES!On any given day, there are nearly 437,000 children in foster care in the United States, with 700 kids entering the system each day. Neglect—a common symptom of poverty—is the number one reason youth end up in foster care. Think of the impact the church could have if each church fostered one child!Links:Find Justin & Alexis on FacebookPre-Order the book, Redefining Normal!Founders of ROSE Empowerment GroupFounders of The Scholarship ExpertSources & Resources Page, Quoted in the podcastMentioned in the discussion:  The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Book by Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

Meet newlyweds Justin & Alexis Black, authors of Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovering Healing, Happiness, and Love. Growing up, they didn't believe they had a future. Together, they are building forever. What a joy to spend time with Justin & Alexis!  Their inspiring story is one of hope, awareness, intentionality and the relentless pursuit of God's best for their lives.  We share the overlap and challenges foster families and stepfamilies face in a frank discussion that will have you pressing the rewind button.Part 1, Season 2, Episode 1 Release 10/22/2020Part 2, Season 2, Episode 2 Release 10/29/2020CLARION CALL TO PASTORS & CHURCHES!On any given day, there are nearly 437,000 children in foster care in the United States, with 700 kids entering the system each day. Neglect—a common symptom of poverty—is the number one reason youth end up in foster care. Think of the impact the church could have if each church fostered one child!Links:Find Justin & Alexis on FacebookPre-Order the book, Redefining Normal! Founders of ROSE Empowerment Group Founders of The Scholarship ExpertSources & Resources Page, Quoted in the podcastMentioned in the discussion:  The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Book by Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

The conclusion of our two-part special episode of The MOD Pod – Contact Lens Business and Patient Safety in the COVID-19 Era: Redefining Normal. Listen to Rachael Wruble, OD, FAAO, speak with colleagues Brianna Rhue, OD, FAAO; William To, OD; and Justin Weigel, OD, about how they navigated the immediate challenges COVID-19 posed on their contact lens businesses, what protocols they implemented to promote patient and staff safety, and the strategies they used to strengthen their practices through the pandemic and beyond.

Click HERE to donate and support the work of the Arise Podcast. Connect with us by emailing us: thearisepodcast@gmail.comIn this episode, Maggie and Danielle connect over having a new imagination for what it's like to live in these COVID days. Having once thought, “perhaps this will all blow over,” we are now knee deep in changing family dynamics, changing what it looks like for kids to “go to school” with distance learning, and adults shifting to a more long-term working from home situation. Normal is being redefined. Even still, nearly six months in to COVID-19, things feel raw and exposed.With the end of summer and the beginning of the school year, there is a sense that “I'm not ready.” Maggie named that she is feeling ill-equipped to teach children and also help to them deal with social isolation… Simply put: We are not able to meet all the needs for all the kids.Danielle names there is a hard balance: how do we manage screen time and engage with our kids and work (from home)? We are having to trust our kids lot more and these family dynamics are continuing to develop as we find ways to deal with losses and managing emotions.In the midst of  a continued need for social distancing, how do re-form, or form from for the first time, community? Just how well were we connected before COVID?As we enter into the political season it feels more divided than ever across our nation—people seem to be  lining up to pick sides!We can ask ourselves: How much capacity do I have in this season, in a global pandemic, being maxed out with personal and/or work life, do I have to engage people who aren't like me… or who disagree with me, when I still want to connect and be seen and heard?Danielle says the reality is we just don't want to  know people who are like us and yet we do just want people to know people like us. We want to agree because it feels good. And when we disagree, we aren't just having disagreements [about politics], people believe that these things are connected to the core of who they are.Danielle challenges us as we engage in debate and discourse this political seasons to ask ourselves: Am I in my body? Am I present with what I'm thinking? When you're in your body you have a harder time accusing and dehumanizing another person. Honor humanity by being a human: be in your body.What if I am in my body and my neighbor isn't in their body? Start by asking questions, “You don't seem to be with me right now, where are you?” Start with curiosity. Acknowledge what you see them, it disarms them.If we can have a conversation with someone without being seen and heard, what was the point of the conversation?If someone hears what you said, they're going to remember what you say. They remember it in their bodies, for good or bad.Danielle's tips for engaging with others in this political season who may disagree with you:Practice hospitality to the other person.Offer yourself kindness. — If you're not ready to engage or in a place to engage, then don't.Have self-awareness—what am I feeling? And where am I feeling it in my body?Stay with it: Danielle believes that our culture wants to disconnect from the conversation around race, racism and white supremacy because there is a sense of SHAME. But we need stay with it: take breaks, do work on your own, but then reengage in this important conversation.Don't engage over social media because you remove the human part of being human—our bodies. Our bodies regulate with other bodies. When one person's body is dis-regulated it disrupts other bodies present. Therefore engaging over social media takes away our ability to regulate our bodies.Anger can be arousing and exciting over social media. And yet anger can cause damage that will require repair that you may not be able to over social media.When we enter into a place that requires repair there can be this sense of despair, hopelessness, "this isn't going to get better.”  We need sit in that for moment and mourn. We need to feel the weight of our grief for there can be no movement out of grief without engagement. We must allow space for our anger to transform into grief so that our grief turns to lament and morning which leads to repair and reconciliation and healing.There's been much debate around Abortion / Pro-Life this political cycle and it is not as black and white  as much as we'd like it to be, it's so much more nuanced. There is this sense that if we are supporting the dismantling of systemic racism and white supremacy that somehow we're also supporting abortion. Danielle asks why do you think these two are linked?We can not do “the work” for others. If we give someone the completed work or “the answer,” without the scaffolding, framework and structure, it has no place to land.Maggie talks about story work engagement and how others may be able to “see” clearly what's happening but the person who is sharing does not. To just name or tell them what's happening without building the framework to support that idea, it won't hold and stick for the person.  Danielle says this is why math teachers tell you to “show your work” and not just give the answer. You have to know the steps involved in how and why you got there. When you compare your answer with another person on how you got to a conclusion, you can look and see where things are the same and where they aren't the same and use that as a basis for repair, if needed.We simply need community. We need someone else's eyes and ears, to guide and walk with you. And we can still do that even in COVID. We can still make phone calls, send text messages, have FaceTime/zoom meetings… We still have the ability to connect and reach out. Some ground rules for difficult conversations around politics:Honesty — Honesty requires truth-tellingHonoring Boundaries - honoring the agreed upon time frame or topic of discussionOpenness — Are you willing to really hear another person's point of view?Maggie shared about “My Mouth is a Volcano” children's book she read to her kids about interrupting and honoring other people's important words. We must be wiling to listen. Danielle says we need to watch out for Name Calling, it's a red flag! If you go to name-calling, you have gone off the rails in your conversations/discussion. When you feel yourself slipping into name calling, it's important to reflect on what you're defending. What is hurting that you feel like you want to hurt someone else?You may need to take a break "a grown-up timeout" and reevaluate how to reengage and if repair is needed. Perhaps a therapist is needed. There's no shame in asking for help!We learn and grow experientially. And we do so together. We would love to hear from our listeners! What has been helpful? What did we miss that you'd like us to talk about? Who was your favorite guests? thearisepodcast@gmail.com  Send us your questions.You belong here.— -- - Danielle is reading: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes du MezMaggie is reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle and My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menekem.Danielle is listening to: “Last Shot” from the Hamilton Soundtrack.Maggie is listening to: In the van: Phineas and Ferb music. The Bema Discipleship with Marty SolomonDanielle is inspired by: her kids!Maggie is inspired by: the beauty and glory of the Pacific Northwest!

Lisa Johnson talks with Jennifer Howat about what it looks like to redefine normal in our everyday lives, as well as during the global pandemic we are currently navigating. Jennifer discusses how she has been able to give up normal and 6 key things that have helped her think about what it means to redefine normal.

2 posts from Roger Lawson of Rog Law Fitness that will keep you motivated. Episode 444: Are You Having Fun Yet And Redefining Normal by Roger Lawson (Motivation & Inspiration for Working Out). Roger Lawson's goal is simple: To make 100,000 people feel good and look great without turning it into a full-time job, all while having a lot of fun along the way. Roger focuses on Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle principles to help you achieve your fitness goals. The original posts are located here: http://roglawfitness.com/are-you-having-fun-yet http://roglawfitness.com/redefining-normal Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Blue Apron is treating Optimal Health Daily listeners to $30 off your first order! Visit: BlueApron.com/OHD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello and welcome to episode 73 of the Life Athletics Podcast! Today's guest Life Athlete is Pascal Wagner. Pascal is a world traveling author, adventurer, real estate speculator, seasteading enthusiast and all in all Life Athlete. This is the longest episode to date and had we not gotten hungry, we'd still be talking. He is constantly looking to level up and he shares a plethora of tips and habits that you can take into your life. Habit of Thought:   Being angry doesn't help me and so I quickly get over it by reframing the situation. “What is an action I can actually take to change the situation” Habit of Action: Get clear on the 20 of the 80/20 and do those actions. Greatest area of strength: Just doing. Training for this area: Really thinking through what your fears are around taking whatever action. Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! - Robert T. Kiyosaki  The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Timothy Ferriss  The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary - Gary Keller and Jay Papasan Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Hardcover - Greg McKeown Web Resource: www.jamesclear.com www.makeawesomeshithappen.com Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11084742-pascal-wagner Contact: www.pascalwagner.com