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Welcome to my Memorizing Tarot Card Audio Podcast, where I discuss strategies to learn and memorize Tarot cards. Today's episode is your three-minute lesson on the Reversal of the Four of Swords.Why an audio course=================The purpose of this audio podcast is to help reinforce key messages by audio, while you clean, exercise, mow your lawn, or drive great distances. There is no charge for this content, and it is intended to provide short, snappy microlearning to help beginners keep practicing and reinforcing the learning. The best way to learn Tarot cards, is to keep practicing working with the cards.Rider Waite Tarot Card Deck=======================I learned how to read cards on the Rider Waite Tarot Deck and the instructor I had said its easiest to have everyone on the same deck when explaining the symbolism. With time, I was able to transfer that knowledge to other decks. If you are a beginner at learning Taro, below are some links to the Rider Waite Tarot Deck to follow along if you need a set of cards. I earn a small referral commission from these links from Amazon.Rider Waite Tarot Deck - USA Link: https://amzn.to/3TW5y0iRider Waite Tarot Deck - Canada Link: https://amzn.to/3YcTwlRRider Waite Tarot Deck - UK Link: https://amzn.to/4eyRUIMRider Waite Tarot Deck - Australia link: https://amzn.to/3ZRB1EwAbout Carrie and @QuickLearnQuests =============================== I have been reading Tarot cards for 30 years for fun. I took a two and a half day course, and I was so excited to be able to take the mystery out of getting readings done for myself, and to be able to do them myself. We also have social media channels, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and all major podcast distributors such as Spotify, Apple, Audible and many others under the handle @quickLearnQuests. I am focusing mostly on my podcasts and YouTube at the moment, but I will expand into more social media more consistently when I find my feet.Here is my YouTube Channel video for interpreting the Ace of Wands in Three Card Spreads: https://youtu.be/P8En-8-8njk?si=7LIlOsFv9pNZ9iK7 Here is the transcript: Welcome to the "Memorizing Taro Cards" podcast, your three-minute lessons on learning and memorizing each card using symbolism. I use the Rider Waite Taro, but you can view the card while you listen using your own Taro card deck or a computer. Today, we're exploring the Four of Swords, focusing on reversals. Let's start with the divine meaning of the card and then its meaning when reversed.The Four of Swords upright is a card of rest, reflection, and healing. It suggests a time to step back, recharge, and prepare for what lies ahead. However, when this card appears reversed, it suggests that you may either have insufficient or overly prolonged rest. The reversed Four of Swords warns of burnout or your body just enforcing rest whether you like it or not. The reversed card can mean that the querent feels compelled to keep pushing forward despite exhaustion, or you may find it challenging to give yourself the rest you need.So what does that mean when we see the Four of Swords reversed in a reading? When the Four of Swords reversed appears in a reading, it's often a sign that you must stop overextending yourself and take the time to rest and recharge. This card encourages you to slow down and warns you to listen to your body's signals. Take a break now to avoid deeper issues later. For some people, it may indicate that you are finding it difficult to find the peace you need to rejuvenate. It could be external distractions or internal restlessness. The Four of Swords reminds you to create a sanctuary for yourself. Find the perfect space where you can fully recharge.So, what is the best way to memorize the Four of Swords? Tying the card to a personal experience helps me remember it. For example, my reversed Four of Swords moment reminds me of several times in my contracting career as a course writer and content creator when the deadlines were insufficient to complete the work. Instead of creating boundaries and negotiating what I needed, I worked through the night to meet these unfair, ridiculous deadlines. At a time in my career, I was trying to prove myself, and I didn't want to come across as incapable. Even worse, I didn't want to lose the opportunity to someone who would do what it takes. At this stage in my life, I respect my need to rest more. When I see the Four of Swords reversed, I think of that anguish of looking at my deadline, how much video editing was ahead of me, and arguing with my loved ones about how I didn't have a choice. At the time, that was how I felt.That's all for today's episode on the Four of Swords reversed. This card reminds us that rest and self-care are vital, and that taking time to recover ultimately strengthens our ability to face life's demands. And remember, to memorize tarot, keep practicing tarot. Thanks for listening.#fourofswords #memorize #suitofswords #courtcards #learn #learning #Tarot #cards #riderwaite #Tarotdeck #riderTarotdeck #riderwaite #swords #minorarcana #learnTarot #learnTarotcards #learnTarotreading #learnTarotpodcast #memorizeTarot #audiocourse #audio #podcast
A year ago, we at Purple Patch decided to completely reimagine our Off-Season training. We wanted to address the question of how to deliver a block of training for our athletes that is crucial for their long-term development and results, while also providing them with flexibility and a much-needed mental and physical break. We recognized the importance of taking a break after a strenuous season, while also understanding the necessity of consistent training for athletic performance. As we approach the Off-Season once again, we want to offer insight into how we approach this important part of the athletic journey. This week, we are beginning a three-part series focusing on Off-Season training for athletes. In this episode, we will revisit the value, importance, and role of the Off-Season, emphasizing the need to take a real break while also establishing a strong foundation for the upcoming year. In the second episode, we will delve into the specifics of our approach at Purple Patch, building on the successes of last year while making necessary refinements. Lastly, we will hold a Q&A session in which IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon will address all of your questions about Off-Season training. We want to stress the significance of this series to all athletes. Even if you typically take an unstructured break after your race season, we hope to persuade you to consider a different approach for your Off-Season training. It's essential for setting the stage for your next big event, and we hope to provide valuable insights that you can integrate into your training program. We look forward to sharing this journey with you over the next few weeks and encourage you to participate by sending in your questions for the upcoming Q&A session. If you have any thoughts, or questions, or want to learn about our services, feel free to reach out to us at info@purplepatchfitness.com for a complimentary consultation. Episode Timestamps 00:00 - 09:06 - Welcome and Episode Introduction 09:12 - 17:33 - The Meat and Potatoes: Part 1 - Defining Off-Season 17:34 - 31:44 - Part 2 - Nailing Off-Season Purple Patch and Episode Resources Purple Patch Video Podcast and More FREE WEBINAR - The Secret to Your Best Year Ever: An Optimized Off-Season Learn more about our Tri Squad Program Amplify your approach to nutrition with Purple Patch and Fuelin We've reimagined indoor cycling - Find out more about Purple Patch Bike Live & On-Demand Learn more about 1:1 Coaching Get a Free Taste of Purple Patch Strength ORDER NOW - 2024 PURPLE PATCH APPAREL Everything you need to know about the Purple Patch Methodology Join the Purple Patch Team The Purple Patch Center is Open - Learn More and Schedule a Visit Purple Patch Coaching Consultation Learn more about our Tri Squad Program Send us a message This episode is sponsored by our collaboration with INSIDE TRACKER. Inside Tracker and Purple Patch- Receive 20% off their services with code: PURPLEPATCHPRO20 Ask Matt Anything - Leave a voicemail question for Matt Learn more about Purple Patch Squad High-Performance Training Program Join Run Squad - Increase your running performance through our progressive, multi-sport approach to running Learn more about Purple Patch Fully Customized 1:1 Coaching Learn more about Purple Patch Strength Programming Purple Patch Swim Analysis Stay Up-to-Date with Purple Patch News and Events Purple Patch Upcoming Webinars and Events
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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our esteemed guest, Dr. Usha Rajagopal, a renowned expert in the field of women's health. Dr. Rajagopal is a dedicated advocate for empowering women to take control of their own health and well-being. In today's episode, we get into the topic of physical appearance and its impact on women's health. We explore the societal norms and expectations that often leave women feeling uncertain and unable to manage their own health effectively. Dr. Rajagopal sheds light on both non-surgical and surgical options that women can consider. She explains the concerns many women have regarding the appearance and discomfort of the labia minora, as well as the impact of childbirth on the body, including stretched muscles and painful sex. Furthermore, we explore how pregnancy can bring about numerous changes, both physically and mentally, and the importance of improving muscle function to enhance overall well-being. Dr. Rajagopal also addresses the concerns of older women and the functional benefits of procedures like monsplasty. As we delve deeper into the conversation, Dr. Rajagopal shares her expertise on a range of topics, including vaginal rejuvenation procedures such as labiaplasty, vaginal tightening, PRP "O-Shot," Emsella, Femilift, vaginal facials, and Renuva for the Labia Majora. Moreover, Dr. Rajagopal highlights the potential benefits of peptides, anti-aging treatments for the face, intravaginal treatments like the O-Shot, exosomes, and topical applications. Get ready for an enlightening and empowering conversation with Dr. Rajagopal as we explore the many facets of women's health and the choices available to enhance physical and mental well-being. Please join me in giving a warm welcome to Dr. Usha Rajagopal! Our Guest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drusharajagopal/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drusharajagopal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.UshaRajagopal Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/sfcosmeticsurgery Where to follow Cliterology IG @jacquelinebuckingham IG @cliterology TT @cliterologypodcast YT @cliterology Website: cliterology.com Disclaimer: CLITEROLOGY is for general information and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine in any way. CLITEROLOGY does not constitute professional health care services or medical advice. No doctor/patient relationship is formed as a result of this podcast. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user's own risk. The content of CLITEROLOGY is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard getting medical advice for any such medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any conditions. #surgery #surgicalsolutions #nonsurgicalsolutions #empathy #empowerment #mybodymychoice #SelfCareRevolution #PamperYourself #WomensHealthMatters #facial #rejuvination #rejuvinate #selfcare #ladies #women #treatyoself #selfcarematters #womenshealthmatters #podcastsforwomen #womenpodcasters #podcast #podcasts #podcastersofinstagram #applepodcasts #spotifypodcasts #podcastseries #femalepodcasters #newepisode
Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast. In this week's episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon delves deep into the subject of sleep. In this episode, we aim to provide you with an action plan to help you improve the quality of your sleep. If you're an athlete, this episode is crucial as quality sleep is essential for maximizing the benefits of your training. If you're focused on excelling in the workplace, this episode is equally important as sleep can help to stabilize your energy and optimize cognitive function. First, Matt provides insight into establishing the right mindset towards sleep to develop a realistic approach to implementing changes to your sleep routine. He then breaks down the various stages of a typical night's sleep to give us a better understanding of how sleep impacts our bodies on a physiological level. Finally, Matt provides actionable tips to develop the practices that can help build consistency and establish opportunities for growth, adaptations, and repair. With these recommendations, we aim to help you achieve high-quality sleep and a baseline level of energy and cognitive function to make the most of your days. Episode Timestamps 00:00 - 03:59 - Welcome and Episode Introduction 04:04 - 07:52 - Coach's Corner 07:53 - 10:05 - PART 1 - Establishing the Right Mindset 11:17 - 13:57 - Purple Patch Promo 13:58 - 24:28 - PART 2 - Breaking Down the Sleep Cycle 24:29 - 26:07 - Purple Patch Promo 26:08 - 38:03 - PART 3 - Tips & Recommendations Purple Patch and Episode Resources Purple Patch Video Podcast and More ARTICLE: A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms Learn more about our Tri Squad Program Amplify your approach to nutrition with Purple Patch and Fuelin 2024 Purple Patch Performance Camps - SIGN UP NOW for our Napa Valley and South Carolina Training Camps We've reimagined indoor cycling - Find out more about Purple Patch Bike Live & On-Demand Learn more about 1:1 Coaching Get a Free Taste of Purple Patch Strength ORDER NOW - 2024 PURPLE PATCH APPAREL Everything you need to know about the Purple Patch Methodology Join the Purple Patch Team The Purple Patch Center is Open - Learn More and Schedule a Visit Purple Patch Coaching Consultation Learn more about our Tri Squad Program Send us a message This episode is sponsored by our collaboration with INSIDE TRACKER. Inside Tracker and Purple Patch- Receive 20% off their services with code: PURPLEPATCHPRO20 Ask Matt Anything - Leave a voicemail question for Matt Learn more about Purple Patch Squad High-Performance Training Program Join Run Squad - Increase your running performance through our progressive, multi-sport approach to running Learn more about Purple Patch Fully Customized 1:1 Coaching Learn more about Purple Patch Strength Programming Purple Patch Swim Analysis Stay Up-to-Date with Purple Patch News and Events Purple Patch Upcoming Webinars and Events
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EP 105: Inside chat with two midlife podcasters who get really open & honest about all of it, including the midlife VJ rebuild…keep reading to find out who the other midlife hottie is… I might have peaked your interest. Are you a midlife woman, possible empty nester, career-er, or re-inventor looking for practical advice from fellow midlife women? Are you considering botox, hair dye, or even a little vaginal construction after giving birth? Do you find yourself gravitating towards ease and alignment in midlife? Ever feel overwhelmed by the 64 things on the “self care” to do list? Ready to “look inside” and age gracefully in your own way? Then this episode is for you! Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a fun and vulnerable conversation called “How I Rebuilt My Midlife VJ & More”. My guest, Wendy Euler is a podcast host, writer, and style enthusiast, with a huge midlife following for her platform, Goodbye Crop Top! She's the host of “Cropped: A Mid-life Minute”, a short form podcast based off her own midlife platform where she discusses aging, action steps and all things midlife. She's the mother of three daughters and today we are talking about the “ughs and fabulosities” of midlife, feeling your best, empty nesting, and a life changing surgical procedure. You won't want to miss this. Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me! THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/105 THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/ THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/ THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: sarah@theflexibleneurotic.com
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Cam, Tyson, and Steve get back to work after a much needed bye week. Lots of Oregon talk... some BYU... Start talking Utah football at the 18-minute mark. Is this team meeting expectations?
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Today's guest is Adina Diaz. Adina has been working in the field of esthetics for over a decade and has decided to challenge the status quo and redefine our society's standards of beauty and care by offering an luxurious and energetic spa experience that is eco friendly and fully inspired by Mother Nature. Adina is passionate about helping her clients develop a consistent and nourishing skin care routine as well as creating a community that values the wellness of a sustainable lifestyle in the world. She is the founder of Natural Feeling Spa and serves clients from Atlanta to Los Angeles. She refuses to compromise on quality, substance or services and offers focus on ancient healing and therapeutic practices consisting of alignment, grounding, and the rejuvination of mind body and spirit. We believe that Adina epitomizes the wellness scene here in LA and after getting off her table, Candice immediately declared legendary status! Enjoy the conversation and we hope you are fortunate enough to one day be on her table also !
In this episode, Leah talks about the role of the ego and the shadow in leadership. It is so important to do the shadow work not only so you can show up more fully and authentically, but because those shadows actually become leverage. She also talks about the importance of having mastery in all aspects of your business so that you can more effectively guide those who are taking over the tasks that you don't like to do. Get the All Class SUPER Pass for $2,222 HERE: https://theleahsteele.kartra.com/page/2022ALLCLASSSUPERPASS-PODCAST Want to know how to get further connected to all of the things in Leahland? Keep reading! Find Leah on Social Media: Instagram: www.instagram.com/theleahsteele Facebook:www.facebook.com/theleahsteele Twitter: www.twitter.com/theleahsteele LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/theleahsteele YouTube:www.youtube.com/leahsteele Learn all things Tarot! Clickhere: https://theleahsteele.kartra.com/page/TheDreamersJourney Join Leah's FREE Facebook group WEALTH ALCHEMY for Monthly Wealth Forecasts and all things Wealth Alchemy at www.facebook.com/groups/realwealthalchemy Get your daily dose of Leah - REAL, RAW & UNCENSORED - by joining her FREE Telegram Channel here: https://t.me/thewealthwitch For more information on Leah and her current offerings, visit her website: www.theleahsteele.com Opt-in to Leah's email list and receive a FREE excerpt from her new book Wealth Alchemy HERE: https://theleahsteele.kartra.com/page/WealthAlchemyBook Have questions or want to hear a certain topic on the podcast?! Email media@theleahsteele for inquiries! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 2008, the economy had tanked and John McDonald was left at a crossroads. Rather than withdraw into comfort, he took the opportunity to do something a bit crazy. John was a woodworker who spent time at trade shows, and someone once suggested that he make cabinet doors that fit with IKEA cabinets. With nothing to lose, John launched Semihandmade to do just that. Now, a decade later, Semihandmade has seen consistent double-digit growth year over year and has been featured in countless blogs, interior design social posts, on the feeds of influencers worldwide, and in the homes of tens of thousands of people. On this episode of Up Next in Commerce, John tells the story from start to finish, including how he built a successful ecommerce custom cabinet model on the backs of the IKEA brand, and how he’s now launching into the DTC space with the first US-made custom cabinet DTC offering, BOXI. From finding the right partners, to building an omnichannel approach that doesn’t handcuff your resources, to challenging yourself to strive for more, you’ll learn something from John and his story that just might help you level up your ecommerce business, too. Main Takeaways:Perfect Partners: For ecommerce brands taking on an omnichannel approach, there is no reason to tie up a lot of your resources into retail spaces and showrooms. Instead, exploring partnership opportunities with other brands in a similar category might be a mutually beneficial way to expand your brand, the brand you partner with, and offer an in-store experience to customers who seek one.Meeting the Moment: The world of home furnishings and interior design is changing rapidly, especially as A.I. and VR technology enter the marketplace. With that tech, users are gaining more flexibility to design their own spaces without leaving home, which means there is an opening for DTC companies that are tech-first. Step Up or Step Out: You can’t let competition scare you, let it inspire you to raise your game. By surrounding yourself with the best and forcing yourself to compete against them, you have to level up to simply survive, and succeed expectations to grow your business in a meaningful way.For an in-depth look at this episode, check out the full transcript below. Quotes have been edited for clarity and length.---Up Next in Commerce is brought to you by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Respond quickly to changing customer needs with flexible Ecommerce connected to marketing, sales, and service. Deliver intelligent commerce experiences your customers can trust, across every channel. Together, we’re ready for what’s next in commerce. Learn more at salesforce.com/commerce---Transcript:Stephanie:Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Up Next In Commerce. This is your host, Stephanie Postles, Cofounder at Mission.org. Today, I had the pleasure of chatting with John McDonald, the Founder and CEO at Semihandmade and also Boxi. John, welcome.John:Thanks for having me. It's great to be here.Stephanie:I'm really excited to have you on. Before we get started, I was hoping you could give me a little background, and for anyone who doesn't know what Semihandmade is and also Boxi, how did you start it? What is it? How do I think about it?John:Sure. Semihandmade is a company that's been around, I guess, just over 10 years now. We're based in Southern California. We make doors that fit IKEA cabinets. What that means is, if you want to buy a kitchen, bathroom, closet media system, IKEA, for the most part, gives you the amazing flexibility of not buying their doors. For a kitchen, you'd buy the cabinets, you'd buy the interior components. Then we have over 40 different options from entry level doors to some really high-end, one-of-a-kind offerings.Stephanie:I love that. Do I think of it like white labeling? You take IKEA's [inaudible] and then you can add like rose gold fixtures on it, yeah?John:Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. The credit, obviously, goes back to IKEA. This is an ever expanding ecosystem that's been around probably for 15 years now. People that make amazing slipcovers that you can put on their sofas. People that make furniture legs, companies like us that make fantastic cabinet doors. It's a way to get a really high-end look for a really mid-level price.Stephanie:Cool.John:I'm even fortunate to grow quite a bit with that.Stephanie:That's great. How did you come to this idea?John:I'm always honest and clear that this was ... It's a spectacular idea that somebody gave to me.Stephanie:Who gave it to you?John:I think his name is David Stewart. I think he's a photographer. Look, I'm 53. I don't know if I'm older than a lot of the people you talk to.Stephanie:A little.John:I came to things a little bit later. I had moved to California from the East Coast when I was 21. Well, wanted to get rich and famous, work in the film business, didn't really have any kind of plan, bounced around with that, was writing, not making any money like everybody else I knew waiting tables. Then I woke up in my early 30s and said, I got to do something with my life. It was post 9/11, which is a wake-up call for a lot of people. I tried a bunch of different things. Then I somehow landed in woodworking and furniture making at first and cabinetry. I got good at it.John:Through the late '90s and early 2000s, that's what I was doing, Southern California based custom furniture and cabinetry company called Handmade. I worked hard. I approached it like a business into my late 30s, which was different than a lot of other people I knew, the craftspeople, spectacular artists, but just no head for business, no interest in business. I always looked at it like as a business like any other. That's what I was doing through, again, the early 2000s. I was networking and blogs just started to happen. I was doing a lot of woodworking shows but also design shows. At one of those design shows in 2008, I think somebody came up to me, this guy randomly and said, "Have you ever thought about making doors for IKEA cabinets?"Stephanie:Was that something that others were doing? Why did he have that idea? Then was like, I'm going to tell John to do that.John:It's interesting. Again, I always want to give credit where credit is due. On top of him, there was a company called Scherr's based in North Dakota that has been making doors for IKEA cabinets just a little bit prior to that. People are always making their own doors as well. It is because IKEA lets you not buy doors when you buy their kitchens. I don't know why he mentioned it. I think part of it was because when I did those shows, it was a show called Whelan Design, which is a great show in Southern California at the time and back when Dwell magazine was really in its heyday and just an iconic brand.John:I was always like the one off independent company. It was me and all the big brands. It would be like Kohler and Caesarstone and Sub-Zero. I was there alongside them with my little custom furniture setup. I don't know if he took a liking to me, but we just spent that day, the Friday and then the following day just talking about it. I had no idea what he was talking about at first.Stephanie:That's awesome. Then for people listening, I know when I first heard of your brand and was looking through it. I'm like, oh, it's just like a small thing, a big thing. Then I was looking through some of the stats and you've been named like the fastest growing private company every year by Inc. magazine [inaudible].John:Well, yeah, one of. Yeah, one of many. Inc. 500 originally, we've been on that list, I think, six or seven years now.Stephanie:You've had double digit growth for almost a decade, year every year.John:Yeah. It's exciting. It's, again, one of many things. I try to be candid and clear, but I never expected this. I never thought in a million years I'd be doing this. Every year that we were fortunate to grow, even my ambition or dreams, it got bigger. It's like get to a million, get to two million, get to five million. It's been exciting. Believe me, I don't take it for granted. That's why I enjoy doing things like this, because I always ... At 40, I was newly divorced. I didn't have any kids at the time. I have a son now. He was nine. I lived in my shop for a year, because I got divorced.John:I didn't have anywhere to live. I had options, but I wanted to hide. I lived in my woodworking shop. I lived on my sofa with my dog. I just said, I got to do something else. It was a huge wakeup call. Then that's when the conversation I had, I think, six to nine months prior. It was like, maybe I should try this. Again, in terms of the second acts in life, whatever, I was 40 and had no clue. 10 years later, more than 10 years later, it's different.Stephanie:Yeah, that's very inspirational. Cool to hear about and cool to see where you can start and where it can grow to. How did you grow the company? From starting out where you're woodworking, you're building stuff, and then you're like, okay, I'm going to buy IKEA stuff and make it better. How did you get in front of people and be found in general?John:Like anything, Stephanie, it's like you look back on it and as much as it was, a long journey at times were so challenging, whatever. You get through it, and you gloss over it. It's only when conversations like this that I do get an opportunity to look back. The reality was, again, I had a nice custom furniture cabinetry business. I had some really good clients. I work with some good architects and designers. Then in 2008, the market tanked. Everybody went in the dumpster. I had to do something else. Things had slowed down.John:I started saying to a couple designers and architects, "What if we try to do integrate some IKEA cabinetry into the custom project." Because at the end of the day, a box is a box, and you're just going to see the outside of the beautiful panels and the doors. There were a few people that took a chance on that. That's how it ... It's like anything. I was 100% custom in 2009. Then it's like, okay, you can start mixing it in and starting to organically ... I don't even know what kind of ... I wasn't doing advertising. Blogs had just taken off.John:Apartment therapy had seen see me at a design show and written about me, which was amazing. That was a really big deal. L.A. Times did a story on me, which is incredible. Yet it was always organic. Through 2010 and 2011, it became, okay, now we're doing half custom, half IKEA. Then every year, it's a little bit more headed towards full IKEA. The truth is, I don't know when it was, maybe 2013, when it was fully just making doors for IKEA. It was fun. It was always a steady progression, always growing every year.Stephanie:Yeah, sustainably growing, which is a lot different than a lot of the brand.John:Yeah, profitable every year. Beginning, doubling every year, which, again, was not what I expected. Part of that, what's funny too is I have a lot of incredibly supportive family, but also friends, guys that I grew up with. When I was in California at 21, or 22, or 29, or whatever, they were amazing. They love me. They were supportive, but they probably had no clue where I was headed. I didn't either. Now, it's fun. I gave them a hard time constantly about the fact that they probably gave up on me.John:Not in a bad way, but it's just ... I mean, I do think that there is a time to cash in your chips. It's great to have dreams. There was an interesting like Scott Galloway kind of thing recently about if you should follow your dream. His overly simplistic thing is definitely do not follow your dream. Because unless you're willing to pay your bills to start because following just exclusively your dream can be incredibly impractical. The people that you admire, suddenly, the people that I admire weren't these head up in the clouds kind of people. They worked really hard. I geek out on founder stories, things, podcasts like this. I'm fascinated by that. It's never an overnight thing, or at least it's rarely. Again, I'm 53 now. This is all house money.Stephanie:Wow, that's awesome. When you started, getting more money, you're doubling growth, more revenue, obviously. Where did you invest? How did you think about investing that? Because I'm sure you're like, woo-hoo! I'm going to go have fun now.John:No.Stephanie:No?John:It was never like that, no. It's interesting. I would say I like nice things like some people do. I'm pretty frugal. In terms of the business, everything lives inside the business. I had a partner at that point. Up until three years ago, we made everything in-house. I was the original guy making the doors and packing them up and then shipping them in New York or different places. Then my partner at the time, Ivan, came on board. He was the guy cutting the doors. Now, we were fortunate to grow.John:Eventually, we had close to 35, I think 35 or 40 people that were working in production. Up until three years ago, we topped out at 75 people and half of them were making products. Now I'm proud to say we don't make anything in-house. Everything, it's made around the US, some at the top manufacturers in the country. That was a huge shift. To answer your question, everything is in the business. That's why you see revenue numbers are different than other things.Stephanie:Yeah. What were some mistakes maybe that you remember where you're like, ooh, I would have avoided this if I were to do it again, or especially in the more maybe the past five years or something. Not early on when you're just ...John:Right. If we're going to say 10 years ago, the mistakes that I made were unavoidable in the sense that I was creating this out of thin air. Ivan and I were just making stuff up as we went along. We were two guys. He's a little bit younger than me. He came out from Boston. I came out from Philadelphia to be writers. In some ways, no business starting this kind of business. In the last five years, it's probably the mistakes that I've made are ... I don't know, maybe waiting too long to really build up the team, which is not to say that we didn't have good people, we did.John:Part of my job now is just looking at the next 12 months and 18 months and say, hopefully, where are we going to be? Where do we think we're going to be? What are we going to need then? As someone who is ... Again, I think pretty honest about their limitations or whatever, we only thrive with people that are smarter, better, or more experienced than me. That's one of the biggest changes in the last at least six months, where we really just hit the gas and brought in some really amazing complementary pieces.Stephanie:Yeah, cool. How do you think about building on top of another company? What if IKEA changes their cabinet line or does something different, did that ever worry you, building a business that's ... I mean, a lot of businesses are built on another businesses, obviously. How did you think about that?John:We've always been after market. With IKEA, it's pretty well documented. We've gone up and down with them. I think in most ways, they appreciate what we do. Certainly, it's undeniable that we sell kitchens that people wouldn't normally buy if we weren't available. They also, I think, hate a little bit that we're there. I don't know this is arrogant or anything to say. They're not going to change their model because of us. They're never going to not sell doors. Even if they did, I would say to people like, "Then just buy the doors that literally cost $2."John:Then we'll pay for them and recycle. Their model is that a la carte wide range of pricing. We've always been respectful. Again, I have immense respect for them and what they built. It's extraordinary. Even when my fiancé and I moved into a new house and it's like going there, buying the basics for the house, it's just nobody can beat it [inaudible].Stephanie:Yup. I'm doing that now as well. I think, like you said, you're opening up a market that they probably wouldn't have access, otherwise. When I'm about finishing this house now, I honestly would not have thought to go to IKEA to get cabinets. I don't know. Then when I saw you guys, I'm like, oh, well then you can have the finishings and the colors and the things that I actually want. I don't actually care what a cabinet is like inside or behind the scenes, but I care about how it looks. A lot of the IKEA stuff does look like you know sometimes.John:Yeah, it's understandable. Because at that scale, you can't get that fancy and creative. This is the part where I drop names, just in the sense that what I do love is we work with some really cool people that do make IKEA more accessible. It is people like Karlie Kloss and Coco Rocha and all kinds of celebrities and high end designers and influencers. They, more so than us, have normalized IKEA. That's good for everybody. If design is supposed to be democratic and accessible to everybody, there's nothing more accessible than IKEA. Obviously, Amazon, Wayfair, and things like that.Stephanie:Walmart? Walmart is coming back. I have bought rugs now, a little egg wicker chair. It's from following influencers. I'm like, Walmart is coming back.John:You're right. It's funny, because the same thing with my fiancé, Stephanie. Yesterday, she was looking at different coffee tables. She said, "This is ... " She showed me a thing. I was like, "That's awesome." She said, "Oh, it's like the Kelly Clarkson line." I was like, "This is great." It's true. Look, certainly, you can make the argument that some of that stuff is more disposable and it's going to go into a landfill and less sustainable. I understand that. The reality is, not everyone has the same access to disposable. If you can get cool stuff, it's reasonably priced and it lasts for a few years. I don't know. It's hard to turn that down.Stephanie:You mentioned that you partner with influencers and celebrities. How does that relationship work?John:Yeah. I think that's always been a huge differentiator for us, one of several things. From the start, I always felt no self-consciousness about reaching out to people. Whether it was blogs, I would say, "This is what we're doing. Here are some photos. I'd love for you to write about us." Or even influencers. The biggest one and the one that we worked with the most is Sarah Sherman Samuel. We've had a door line with Sarah for three years. That's a situation where, god, I think 2014 or 2015, she reached out and said, "Hey, I bought a bungalow in Venice. I love IKEA cabinets.John:I wonder if we could partner on some doors." We did a small collaboration, gave her a tiny discount. She painted the doors. She styled everything. She took photography. The kitchen went completely viral. It's one of those kitchens that is everywhere. I think a really cool Farrow & Ball paints, brass and mixture of this light green and white. That just opened the door to all these other relationships. People saw that and started reaching out to us. It's been an amazing thing. The truth is, we've gotten to a point where we've had to pull back on that because it's just a different way to market the brand. It can be expensive. It's definitely grown us, there's no doubt about it.Stephanie:Have you thought about Netflix series? I'm just thinking, wow, they should be on a home remodel type of show. How perfect is that? People always trying to do amazing things on a budget on like the HGTV [inaudible].John:Yeah. We've talked about that stuff in the past. I like that stuff. Again, I don't know. I do think it's interesting our growth. That's how I always look at things, behind the scenes of how businesses grow, especially within that. I do like someone we haven't worked with in a while, the Studio McGee, the Netflix series, which is great. That's really interesting, especially after listening to another podcast like our friends at Business of Home, where ... I left the podcast with so much more respect.John:Because my interaction with them was a long time ago, and then I just see the photos and the beautiful stuff. Just the growth that they've had and the behind the scenes, and again, hearing their story is really extraordinary. I enjoy watching that stuff. I don't know if I want to watch this. I get sick of hearing myself talk. Maybe if it's everybody else, that might work.Stephanie:Yeah. I was just thinking like, wow, that'd be a really good partnership strategy. I always bring up the Container Store partnership that they had on the Netflix series and just how much Container Store sales went up after that series.John:[inaudible]Stephanie:I can see why, same thing with cabinets and stuff.John:Yeah, it's interesting. Because even that, again, I'm a lot older than you, but in the early '90s, whenever Trading Spaces came on and that was huge like ...Stephanie:I watch Trading Spaces, just to be clear.John:I mean, even in the '80s, the godfather of that is like Bob Vila in this old house. That's definitely before your time. That was restoring amazing New England homes and stuff. It was master carpenter, Norm. I think Norm Abram is absolute craftsman. That was the start. Then you had Trading Spaces. Even now, you would have thought, after 10 years, that goes away, and it hasn't. That's the thing. Is it the ladies like Home Edit and stuff like that? I don't know. It hasn't evaded, it just only grown. Obviously, Chip and Joanna Gaines and the dynasty that they have built. It doesn't show any sign of stopping.Stephanie:Yeah. It seems like the world is now just moving to a more curated collections like I'm going to look for someone who knows my style, so I don't have to waste time looking at everything. Whereas before, it's like, oh, I'm going to go to Target to get this, and then I'm going to go to Dollar Tree to get this. I make it up. I think, 10 years ago is very much about DIY, but all over the place. Now, it's like, okay, I'm going to follow Chip and Joanna Gaines, their line at Target, whatever that is, and follow the people that I know are my style and be ready to immerge myself in that brand.John:Yeah. The interesting, whether it's the 180 to that is the amount of growth that Restoration Hardware has had, where it's just almost like meteoric, being a complete luxury brand and selling the whole experience. It is like the Ralph Lauren of today, and now as they move towards hospitality restaurants and sounds like hotels. Part of your brain thinks, man, you can't sustain that. How do you keep growing? There is a market for that. Even when you watch the Studio McGee, their services are not expensive. Amber Interiors, who we work with, people like that, incredibly talented, at the really high end of the market. They keep growing.Stephanie:Yup. Tell me a bit about your omnichannel approach. I saw that you had showrooms around the country. Then you're, obviously, online as well. Now you're moving into DTC. How do you think about keeping a cohesive story of your brand but also expanding and reaching a lot of people on different channels?John:I guess the biggest challenge, if it is the biggest, it's just the fact that what we're selling comes at a higher price point than the average online purchase. We sell certainly, if you're doing a GODMORGON bathroom vanity, that then may cost $150, $300, $400. We're selling cabinet doors and panels and complementary trim and things like that that can cost $3,000, $5,000, $20,000. Again, it's not buying a pair of Warby's or an Olay bag for a couple hundred bucks. There's a lot to it, a lot of back and forth. Excuse me.John:Showrooms we're always a part of we've got to show people our product, especially when we're asking them to spend that much. The benefit of IKEA is, even though they're still a privately held company, there are only, I think, less than 60 around the US. What I could say to people to say to you, Stephanie, or wherever, like you're in New York, go to one of the five local IKEAs. Then come into our mini ... I never want to call it a showroom, because it could be 200 square feet. It's got some cabinetry in it. It's got door samples, things like that. There would be a whole experience.John:I would always say, if you want to see a kitchen, go to IKEA and you can see 15 kitchens or see 20 kitchens. Want to see the doors? Come see us. We've had that in New York, in Brooklyn, in Chicago, obviously, in LA, Minneapolis, a bunch of different places. Again, trying to be reasonable about that. I don't want the overhead of signing leases if I don't have to. What we've typically done and we will continue to do even more so is partner with other great brands. It is like a multi-brand approach.John:With our lighting friends, with hardware companies like Rejuvenation, Fireclay Tile, upcoming collaboration with Caesarstone, it's partnering with Cambria in the past. It's just saying, let's do this collectively. Because the kitchen is, as someone said to me, "The base purchase, if you're fortunate to have him as a house, there's a car, and then maybe there's your kitchen." We're trying to grow the company that way. We started what I think is an amazing ... I got to [inaudible] blog anymore. It's that. [inaudible] stories that launched last summer.John:That was the idea that I wanted to bring together all these great writers, great content to help promote the brand, of course, but also expand us, again, to make that cliché to becoming a lifestyle brand. On the one hand, it would be enough to have a really successful cabinet door company. I just think we have the opportunity to do so much more. That's what something else we can talk about, is this brand Boxi, which is going to launch at the beginning of March. That really is direct to consumer. That's our own product, no IKEA. That's a whole different thing for us.Stephanie:Alright. Let's move there next after my one thought. I've many ideas when talking to you now.John:Awesome.Stephanie:What about having like partnering with IKEA on their AR app or developing your own AR app, instead of having to have a showroom, being going to IKEA, pull up your phone, and then you can swipe through the designs of ours, and you can see exactly what that trim would look like, what that doorknob or whatever, so then you eliminate showroom.John:It is interesting. Look, the thing with IKEA, they have partnered with people in the past. Obviously, places like Target have done an amazing job of that completely. As you said, Walmart too.. It always seem like the natural fit with us. If you were going to do it with anybody, it would be us. In terms of AI, yeah. IKEA has been slow and is put a huge push in the last couple years of their online presence and their economy. They have an app they launched last month. What we are doing with the new brand is working with a 3D AI company called Skip. It's going to launch in the next few months. That lets you basically not go in showrooms.John:There are ways to order this new line of cabinets, and one of them is to make an appointment and someone comes to your house and 3D scans your room. Then you design remotely. With 80 hours of AI and machine learning and everything else, it's compressing that and then presenting you with design options.Stephanie:That's cool.John:That's where we're headed. All has changed dramatically in the last year. COVID or not, it was headed towards that. The new iPhones have the camera technology where you can almost do that. Maybe in 12 to 15 months, you don't even need a guy to come to your house. You can do it with your iPhone. They're already pretty close.Stephanie:Yeah, I think it's fair. I have a little tape measure app on my phone and it says, okay, scan the whole room. You do that and then you can measure everything. The placeholders all around the room for you and [inaudible].John:Yeah, it's fascinating. Even brands like Primer that launched last year, which do the work with other brand partners, and you want to click on like the Hygge and West Wallpaper, you can hold it up to your wall. They'll show you different swatches and things like that. It's interesting. For us, yeah, that is part of what we think is a differentiator. IKEA is always going to have massive brick and mortar. Even though they move in some cities towards smaller footprints, it's still footprints that are 20,000 to 150,000, as opposed to 300,000. There's another cabinet line that's launching.John:It just launched, it's got a 30,000 square foot showroom on the East Coast and 100 kitchens. You go in and wear the AR or the VR goggles. That's completely different because you're looking at some space that has nothing to do with yours. It's kind of what you're saying. The point is, things are changing so fast. With Boxi, it is saying, can you make this as DTC as possible? The caveat being, it could cost $10,000 to $15,000, to $20,000. It's not like ...Stephanie:Okay. Tell me what is Boxi then since we [crosstalk].John:Boxi is the first American direct to consumer cabinet brand. It's a cabinet system for the entire home. It's basically taking the last 10, 11 years of everything we've learned from IKEA and saying, let's try and offer something. I don't know, if it's ... I don't want to say better than IKEA. Because again, I've huge respect for them. It's a more complete package. Certainly, the quality is there. The accessibility is there. One of many things that we're going to improve on is the fact that Semihandmade customers have to go to IKEA first.John:It's a two-part process where you've got to go to IKEA. You've got to order the cabinets and hardware. Then you've got to order the doors from us. Thank God that they do, but especially in the last year, IKEA, like a lot of people, has suffered horribly with supply chain issues. We have customers now, unfortunately, it's January, they're hearing, cabinet boxes might not be available for three, four, or five months because ...Stephanie:I ordered a couch from Pottery Barn and four months out. [crosstalk] order, I just didn't look, I guess.John:As a business, on a personal level, that annoys me because I want ... That's a whole thing. We have such ridiculous expectations because they're easily met or they have been up until now. Not to blame Amazon because that's too easy. I'm a hypocrite about Amazon too. With Boxi, we're saying, no big box stores. Somebody can come to you, things ship, leave the factory in a week. Part of what we're doing, you're from Palo Alto, I don't know if you're born there, but it's almost like an In-N-Out Burger West Coast approach. Meaning we're going to do a limited number of items, and we're going to do it great. If you want ...John:What they do is they're great. What's interesting about that is they ... I think just little background on burgers. I think the founder was best friends with Carl Karcher who started Carl's Jr., another big West Coast place. In the '50s, they open hamburger stands right next to each other. The In-N-Out guy's thing was always, I'm not worried about competition. You're welcome to open across the street from me, next door, or whatever, because I'm just going to bury you. I'll just be that much better. Not like in an obnoxious, overly competitive way. Just like, this is going to raise our game. With us, with Boxi, yeah, limited selection, fast turnaround ships in a week, never need to go to a big box store. It's built in the US at a really competitive price point. That's the idea.Stephanie:I love that it's built in the US. I think that a lot of companies right now are bringing things back into the US and some are struggling seeing how expensive things can be and what was happening overseas and maybe how it's just different here. What did you guys learn from IKEA that you're taking with you? Then what are you discarding where you're like, we're going to do this different though?John:Again, in some ways, I learned everything from IKEA. Look, I learned a couple things. One of them is you can't compete with them in terms of pricing. That's the most basic thing. I always say like, with Amazon, the same thing, you can't ... I mean, then the turnaround lead time. Up until recently, with COVID, you could buy a kitchen today and bring it home today. Nobody else could do that at a crazy price. Best of all, really high quality. IKEA, to their credit, pretty much every year, as long as I can remember, the last 10 years, is right at the top of like J.D. Power customer satisfaction in terms of quality, customer service, things like that.John:You could complain about certain products from IKEA and their quality, but their kitchens, I think, are inarguable. As much as I'm not affiliated with them directly, I always get defensive when people would slag them. Because it's also understanding that the product that they offer, and this blows some Americans minds, but it's a particleboard core with a melamine skin, a three-quarter melamine box. That standard in the entire world for kitchen cabinets. The most expensive cabinet brands in the world are constructed the same way.John:In the US, that's less the case because 70% of the market wants a frame around their cabinet. It's literally a face frame cabinet. The European style that IKEA is called frameless 32 millimeter. Again, I've learned everything. We're deeply indebted to them.Stephanie:Well, is there anything that you're changing though now that you are exploring DTC that's [crosstalk]?John:Yeah. We'll always have the ability. With Semihandmade, one of the differentiators were ... You'll always have this when you're smaller, we're microscopic compared to them. It's just being able to be nimble, to be able to get more custom, to be able to offer certain versatility that they could never do. Limited run doors, ability to do appliance panels for really anything. The Semihandmade, we could always do that. We can do upgrades with matching ... We used to do open cabinets that match your doors and things like that. We do less of that now.John:With Boxi, what will be interesting is because the hope is anybody to scale and to have short lead times, quick turnaround, we're not going to offer as much customization. We've learned like what ... In terms of people's taste. We have eight doors, which are basically the biggest sellers for Semihandmade. It's basic white, gray, black, and some wood tones. It's not saying like we have at Semihandmade of 45 choices. That's fun to me. Because if anything, you can have too many options and that is paralyzing.Stephanie:Yup. Just going to say that I appreciate when things are curated or you showed me something cute and I'm just like, "I'll have that." Whatever that is, the white, the gold, and the brown, perfect. That's what I want. Not choose every single piece of it. Which I think is for a lot of ecommerce, that's what I've heard throughout many interviews, is don't give so many choices, show people what you think or know that they're going to want based off of preferences or how they're interacting with your site or whatever it may be.John:That's part of if there'd been multiple challenges with getting Boxi off the ground understandably. I think the biggest one is like you said, with even a call today, there was seven of us on the screen and I said, "If the seven of us were the typical technology guys or girls that knew nothing about socks, but we're launching a socks brand, we wouldn't bring all this baggage to it about what we thought we knew." With Semihandmade, we have all this great knowledge, but some of it can get in the way with the new brand.John:Because the new brand, for it to really work, you can't do all the customization. There are certain things that Semihandmade where we'll make exceptions and we'll do things. Of course, you always want to service the customer, first and foremost. It's just recognizing that if the goal is for this really to take off and grow, which I think it will, we have to be a little stricter, a little more brand fidelity, like say, this is who we are, this is how we get to where we want to go, and then stick to that.Stephanie:Yeah, that seems tricky. Having two different hats where you and your team are like, we know what works, this is what works, we build a company that does this. Then having a slow creep where you turn the other brand into the same thing. Like you said, you have to really be strict about creating a whole new company with a new vision and making sure everyone's on board and not just let the old company creep in and [crosstalk].John:I think in some ways too, whether in a good way or a bad way, the fact that we've been fortunate to have growth and success for Semihandmade, it's either made it easier or harder to get the new venture off. Because it buys you certain time. If we were a startup, we raised funding. We've got 18 months to runway all these different things that will be different. Probably, things have taken longer. On the other hand, we wouldn't have been able to do it. When this launches, what we leverage is, yeah, it's 10 years of Semihandmade. It's 25,000 projects. It's incredible.John:We have 2,000 semipro designers around the country that are champing at the bit to offer this. It's relationships we've got with Rejuvination and Kaff appliances and Caesarstone that are going to be partners. I continue to remind people and even myself like if we were a startup, we'd never have this stuff. We wouldn't have five, six amazing influencer projects that you're going to roll out in the next six weeks with the new launch. You'd be launching and then keeping your fingers crossed.Stephanie:Yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. Alright, so let's move over to the lightning round. The lightning round is brought to you by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. This is where I'm going to ask you a question and you have one minute or less, prepare, get your water, [inaudible], shake it out, do what you got to do. Alright, are you ready, John?John:Yup.Stephanie:Alright. What one thing will have the biggest impact on ecommerce in the next year?John:That's great question. Do I have a minute for this?Stephanie:Yeah, a minute.John:I think it depends. I'm cynical about the fact that in some ways, yeah, a lot of companies have taken off, Instacart and things like that, but even like Wayfair. I was reading Bed Bath & Beyond today. I think the question is whether or not that'll be sustained. When life comes back to normal, which hopefully, inevitably will, certainly, people will be more inclined to shop online. There's no doubt about that. The world is changing. It's not going to go back. There are companies that have gotten a little frothier or whatever that I think that artificial is going to wear off. It's normalized.John:It's great. There's stuff I would have never done. Even with not ecomm, but with Zoom, we hired a new president, Beth and Molly, who runs marketing and stuff. I hired three of our highest people remotely. They're based in New York. I would have never done that. I would never trusted people or trusted myself. Now, it's normal.Stephanie:Yeah. I was slow with grocery delivery and curbside pickup. It forced me to do that because I was the one who always want to go to the grocery store, look around with my friends, whatever it maybe. Now, I'm like, oh, I don't really want to go there anymore. There's no point. I'll save my time and do other things.John:It is amazing. To me, it's more interesting to see how those people make money. That's the part where it's one thing to do great revenue. Obviously, profitability is a thing, unless it's not your money, unless you have a thing too. When it is your money, it's much more of a focus.Stephanie:Yeah. We just had someone from Intel on who was saying that they work with a hardware store and they're struggling because contractors were coming in and placing 40, 50 item orders for curbside pickup.John:All of it?Stephanie:Because they're like, why would I send in my contractor and paid him to be there for two to three hours when I could just have you all do it. They're struggling with trying to figure out the program because they weren't really expecting them.John:Yeah, that's interesting.Stephanie:I'm like, that's scary. What's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for you?John:Business wise or otherwise?Stephanie:Anything, whatever comes to mind.John:I guess the biggest cliché was my son's mom having my son. That's probably ...Stephanie:That's a good one. Having three kids, I appreciate that answer.John:I mean that from heart.Stephanie:Yeah, that's a good one. What's up next on your reading list?John:I constantly have five or six books I'm reading. That's interesting too, whether it's because I pursued writing for a long time. I haven't made the jump to eBooks. There are few writers that I correspond with on Twitter. Twitter is another thing that I didn't use that much before this. I've asked them like, "Well, what's the feeling on eBooks? Is it like cheating or whatever?" Of course, these guys and girls want to sell books. They're not considered cheating if you buy their eBook. The response I got from a bunch of them was, it's best in some ways for nonfiction.John:I read tons of nonfiction. I'm reading Say Nothing, which is a story about the troubles in Ireland. I'm finishing a great book on ecommerce called the Billion Dollar Brands book, something like that. That's spectacular. I've got so many. I'm reading a book on Chinatown, the making of the movie. I love a lot of different things. It is mainly. It's less fiction now. It is more nonfiction.Stephanie:Very cool. What is your favorite cabinet design? What's in your house?John:My house, it's interesting. Because in my house that I share with my son who I split custody with, we have a more contemporary kitchen. It's walnut. It's unique. We sell a fair amount of walnut and it is one of a kind. Every kitchen is different. That's a little more contemporary, even though it's wood. It's contemporary. In the house with my fiancé, where she lives, that's a more traditional. It's a shaker kitchen. It's got some really pretty hardware. I guess I'm very particular about what I like. In general, even when we she and I have arguments about furniture, I just say like, "Buy something quality and it'll fit with everything else." I know it's a copout, but that's where I'm landed. I love eclectic as long as it's nice quality.Stephanie:Yeah, cool. Alright and then the last one, if you were to have a podcast, what would it be about? Who would your first guest be?John:That's a great question. I like a lot of probably IKEA. I like a lot of different things. Even podcasts, same thing. I didn't listen to before, frankly, a year ago. I listened to one the other day. Marc Maron was really talented, funny guy who've been doing podcast for about 10 years. He had this guy, Daniel Lanois, who's a big time record producer, did U2 and all kinds of amazing people. I was amazed at the depth of Maron's knowledge of music. I don't have that. I don't know. I like diverse things. I don't know if I could do it.John:Because I like to think I'm a good listener, but I'm probably not because I'm always ready to say something. Obviously, like in your spot or whatever, to do it well, you should be listening to people. Again, I love screenwriting podcasts. I like anything. I like news, podcasts.Stephanie:Okay, so it'd be a little bit of everything. I like that. That's cool.John:I could do this kind of thing. If we're talking about remodeling, if anything, would always have an edge to it. If I were going to do a show, that's the thing. I gravitate less, maybe not towards Gordon Ramsay, but like Anthony Bourdain. There would be an edge to it. It wouldn't be ... Even when I was inside people's houses, I don't know if I was combative. I had very strong opinions about with architects and designers and homeowners and what I thought they should want. The one thing I don't like is when it's all sweet and sacristy and artificial. Totally with an edge.Stephanie:I like that. That sounds good. Alright, John, well, this has been a pleasure having you on. Where can people find out more about you and your work?John:Sure. Semihandmade, we can do semihandmade.com. Then Boxi, which launches March 1st, is at boxiliving, B-O-X-I-L-I-V-I-N-G.com.Stephanie:Okay, thanks.John:I appreciate the time. This has been great.Stephanie:Yeah. Thanks so much for coming on. It was fun.John:Thanks for having me, Stephanie.
Kid and Kleen deal with broken equipment, vag rejuvenation, freezing our asses off and jerk roulette. Kid goes over an accidentally watched on purpose, talks about the power of the podcast, hairspray hand jobs and we throw some love to one of our favorite podcasts. Kid is watching History of Swearing and Kleen said he's now gone to blacked.com for black history month. Go Deep. DETAILED TIMELINE 1:00 Kid needs a flex capacitor to fix his mic 2:00 Rejuvination 3:00 Goddamn turtle freeze 4:00 Gotta have facts and figures 5:00 The Kid's alarm - wake up call 6:00 Spring loaded boner system 7:00 Jerk Roulette 8:00 Extra long GDS show 9:00 Tittie fucking load shoot 10:00 Accidentally watched on purpose 11:00 The power of the podcast 12:00 Jay and Wally rip this chick 13:00 Pissing people off left and right 14:00 Kleen recognized early on 15:00 Shit internet WTF 16:00 Tiny pee pees 17:00 Hairspray handjob sticking 18:00 Shout out to Red Bar Radio 19:00 Asia Face - by Red Bar Radio 20:00 Sick of pussy shit 21:00 History of Swearing 22:00 Kleen needed a translator 23:00 Blacked.com 24:00 Hottie Battle 25:00 Rating cops 26:00 Rating cops continued 27:00 Red necky 28:00 Hottie 29:00 Final Words - Lots more to come Go Deep.
Dr. Gita Fleischman discusses a nonsurgical facial rejuvination method using Botox cosmetic.
Tensions are high as the battle against the Instigator continues! Can Gilta prevail in a battle that seems completely out of control? Can Scratch overcome La Lechuza? Will Titi get the chance to wrestle a big monster? All important questions that will be answered this week on our FINALE of Ironsworn! CAST Amr Ammourazz- Titi Noa Heinrich: Gilta Matthew James Marquez: GM Megan Scharlau: Scratch SOUNDTRACK Theme music by Riley Allen, rileyallen59.wixsite.com/music, "Big Epic Music Alt Mix" by Bobby Cole Link: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/big-epic-music-alt-mix-rgivb51auprk0wyaciq.html "Dark Skies of Doom" by Bobby Cole Link: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/dark-skies-of-doom-beog9z2huwbk0wxr8nf.html "Down to the Wire" by Lance Conrad Link: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/down-to-the-wire-spdbs9dtik9n36rwm.html "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad Link: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/fortitude-rrni4bwyvkcb7jebl.html "Rejuvination" by Jason Donnelly Link: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/rejuvination-slvucnlvhk0wy44xv.html "Final Speech" by Lance Conrad Link: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio/stock/final-speech-saw8pcjvpkeodc3wm.html License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about Ironsworn at https://www.ironswornrpg.com/ Read this episode's transcript and learn more about Tabletop Potluck at http://www.tabletoppotluck.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Support the show on Patreon
The use of stem cells and peptides explained and discussed by Dr. Klokol and Dr. Mike Chan
It's here Episode 50! Grab a drink or snack and listen to this special episode as Donna talks about how we can create rest in our lives, even as we enter a busy and sometimes challenging season of the year. Don't miss this episode, and be sure to share with your friends who could use some rest in their lives.
Guided Meditation Practice mindfulness, breathing, grounding,imagery and affirmations meditation session. It's release of stress, anxiety, anger, mental illness symptoms, pain, negative energy and more. Get comfortable sit back relax, enjoy and be well.
We talk August, Will and Jada.
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As moms we are constantly working and helping others. Sometimes we need to take a minute to rejuvenate ourselves and relax. Listen today as we discuss ideas of how to plan in some down-time to ‘refill our bucket' and be ready to take on the next to-do list or challenges.
Hey, they can't all be home runs. This one runs the gamut from dead dogs to vaginal rejuvination surgery. Farrah Abraham makes her return and the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut burns the ground to the...well.....ground. Enjoy this abbreviated episode as we cut our losses and gear up for next week.
Holy crap I actually updated the podcast! What could this mean!? New timeslot, that's what it means! Rejuvination time, thank you so much for your patience and I absolutely promise that was the last time there will be an extended delay on the podcast! So excited for our new timestlot, Sunday nights 10pm-midnight, though it was of course incredibly sad to say goodbye to our midnight timeslot. We'd had it for so many years and it had been SO good to us. About half brand new music, this is a fitting send-off fix for a timeslot that will forever be in our hearts. Thank You For Listening!
Luz Pellegrino is an Ayurvedic practitioner, Meditation teacher and founder of JothiVita, Ayurvedic Spa & Wellbeing Center located in Hollywood, Florida. Luz, is a certified 1st class Ayurvedic Consultant Graduate from the Chopra Center University for Wellbeing. Luz' goal is to bring awareness of Ayurveda and help improve the lifestyle and wellbeing of others. Luz discusses the benefits of PanchaKarma, for health and well-being.
Keeping your genitals in tip top shape is an important aspect of health for both men and women. I discuss various methods and ways of assuring optimal sex at any point in you life.
God finishes His works of creation and then spends the seventh day with the apex of His creation. Together they rested from the work and played and built relationship with His Kids.
God finishes His works of creation and then spends the seventh day with the apex of His creation. Together they rested from the work and played and built relationship with His Kids.
Missionaries are people too, therefore, the need rejuvenation as they go beyond borders to bridge the gap with the gospel.
What is your role in the relationships that you are in? How do you make a difference and what do you bring to the table in the relationships that you are in? Your energy is huge in what you give and what you receive. Today we talked about recovery of relationships and tomorrow we are going to talk about preventative measures your soul can take along the way as you may hit insecurities of bumps in the road in everyday life of relationships you are in. Tune in and Join in on the conversation tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM, PST!
Interview starts 40:50 Dan Winter joins us and we chat about his decades of work and research into emotion, bliss, plasma healing technologies, negantropy, fractals and the golden ratio. We talk about his work with bio feedback technologies, his international field of engineers and how emotion turns into electricity. How does this effect out DNA, what is the science behind bliss, and how is the golden ratio in our brain waves? Death visions, phase conjugation, physics of consciousness, and the electric field around sacred geometry/platonic solid shapes are all touched on in this fascinating chat with Dan. What’s the the difference between icosahedron and dodecahedron, and what is astral hygiene? Check out many of Dan’s sites: http://www.goldenmean.info/ http://www.fractalfield.com/ http://theraphi.net/ http://www.bioactivefield.com/ In the intro our buddy Michael is with us again and we chat about making a no go . com list, flying cars and drones, and the FB’s global satellite internet wifi initiative. Graham reads some listener stories and synchronicities. See the links below for stuff we chatted about during the intro and the show: http://www.grimerica.ca/118/ Episode with Paul Moller and his flying car. http://www.tillerinstitute.com/ http://www.rhine.org/ http://flameinmind.com/ https://monatomic-orme.com/david-hudson/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA-f3CBRCbluKf4vu008kBEiQAl-iGq2TbNqbH2vJaWrhc4jM6Vw3wbLlNHSG2_w0FE_HL8HYaAgXi8P8HAQ David Hudson http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/gaia/esp_gaia29.htm Anton Parks http://ithrve.com/ HRV and Cranialsacral app Please Help support the show. Grimerica’s Honey DoBeDoBeDo List: !! – Grimerica is fully and solely listener supported. We adhere to the Value for Value model. 0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites… just many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!! Leave a Voicemail http://speakpipe.com/grimerica Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-grimerica-show/id653314424?mt=2# http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-grimerica-show Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news Leave a comment, ideas and guest/topic suggestions under any episode or blog http://www.grimerica.ca/ SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/ Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ Thanks to Wayne Darnell for help with the website. http://www.darnelldigitalink.com/ http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ link to Napolean Duheme's site MUSIC Grimerica Theme - Lock & Key Tabulasa - Broke for Free Space Cadet - Sir Felix Ortega II
What does rejuvenate mean to you? What does it mean for you? Are you taking the necessary time to build your body up? In this short podcast I break down healing of the body, mind and spirit and why that is so important in this 30 day challenge for you to understand. If you walk away with nothing else from this podcast, I hope you remember this....to fill your own cup first. Without filling it up, you won't have anything to give. Love you all so much, Andrea
Jorge Sedano, Amin Elhassan and Israel Gutierrez discuss the demise of Derrick Rose and explain why it may be time for Rose to reinvent his game like Grant Hill did 15 years ago.
Happiness is a part of our lives that we think will come one day, even if there is something that is happy in our current day. How can we be in the moment of happiness and keep it as a state of mind rather than a once in a while thing? Happiness is where your heart is and what you see with your soul and how you respond to life. What can happen today to allow you to live in the happiness that is here already? Tune in and Join in on the Conversation Tomorrow Morning at 5:30 AM, PST!
How to have quality time with yourself enough to rejuvinate yourself and rest enough to get to the things that you put off and do not do because you haven't given yourself the proper time you need to get you to the point of getting to the things you put off. One step at a time you can do and have the capabilies to do as you would love to do. Belief in your soul starts with self love...yet how does that look in everyday life? Tune in and Join in on the conversation tomorrow Morning at 5:30 AM, PST!
The International Institute for Species Exploration has selected it's "Top 10 New Species" from the approximately 18,000 new species named during 2014. The list includes cartwheeling spiders, feathered dinosaurs and strange multicellular organisms that could be an entirely new phylum - a new branch on the tree of life. Two separate studies have explored how octopuses and squid change their skin colour to rapidly camouflage themselves. They found that the skin (on squid and cuttlefish) and tiny hairs called cilia (on octopuses) have cells that are used in vision. In 2013 some research suggested that the blood from young mice can rejuvenate older mice. Well new findings cast doubt on those results, and things are a little more complicated. British and US scientists have published the first comprehensive map of genetic mutations linked to different strains of prostate cancer. They describe the map as "prostate cancer's Rosetta stone" and say it will guide future treatments and trials.
Jamie and Cindy welcome the return of team member COACH CARLA McCLELLAN to discuss the power of saying NO in our first half hour and then in the last hour of our broadcast SUSAN SMITH JONES, Ph.D will lead us in the topic of REJUVINATION. Susan will give us information on how to rejuvinate our bodies, our minds and our spirits - so make sure you have a pen and paper because you will want to write down all this powerful information.
PHUNK'DUP:Radio Live Podcast Eps7 wk35 Aug 24_2012 Old Skool special This week is end of month so it's Old Skool classics time on PHUNK'DUP:Radio! Dean has dug thru his archives and tried to pull out a few rarities & not-so-often heard gems alongside some very familiar ones all off 12" slates so ya gotta love that crackle'n'pop & ignore the minority of skips haha!!! - Sit back & enjoy this full-CD length mix treat showcasing some of Dean's faves from years gone by & cherished memories of Dublin & Irish clubs long gone :) T/L: 1. Mr Fingers. Can U Feel It/The House That Jack Built (acc) 2. SIL. Windows 3. Paul Rutherford. Get Real 4. Tricky Disco. Tricky Disco 5. Andronicus. Make You Whole 6. Cola Boy. 7 Ways To Love 7. DSK. What Would We Do 8. Rejuvination. Requiem 9. 'Way Out West. Montana 10. The Floor Deseration. Music For The Masses 11. Jon of the Pleased Wimmin. Passion (Betty Blue) 12. THK. France 13. Rejuvination. IBO 14. Sensation. Beautiful Morning 15. Kym Mazelle. Was That All It Was 16. Last Rhythm. Last Rhythm (vox) Recorded from VINYL originals on Technics SL1210 turntables, Vestax PMC50A mixer & Pioneer EFX1000. Podcast production, mixing, audio mastering, f/x & vox in Ableton Live. PHUNK'DUP:Radio, PHUNK'DUP & Dean Sherry appear courtesy of IDM:Recordings Recorded & mastered in DSP Studios. (c) all rights reserved
How do you measure your health? What about how much rest you get! Getting enough rest appears to be one of the most important ingredients to health you can’t put into a pill. So don’t put your health and the health of your brain in jeopardy; learn from Eve Plews, L.N.C, the importance of sleep and ways to get a better nights rest.
How Venus spent a week greased up, slathered with clay, sweated up, watered down, stuffed with pungent herbs and oils in every hole and what the outcome was.