Podcasts about Repetition

“How you end something often can be as important, if not more important, than how you start.”What's the best way to wrap up a presentation? How do you stop yourself from repeating the same point? And what can you do when strong emotions start taking over? Matt Abrahams tackles these questions and more in this Ask Matt Anything episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, recorded with members of the Learning Community. He shares why a strong ending deserves as much attention as a strong opening, along with practical advice for holding attention, getting better at small talk, breaking repetitive speaking patterns, and channeling emotion more effectively.Takeaways:A strong ending reinforces what matters most. Return to your goal by reminding your audience what you want them to know, how you want them to feel, and what you want them to do next.Engagement requires giving your audience something to do. Questions, physical participation, vivid language, and shared experiences can help capture attention and keep people involved in your message.Activity:Land the plane. Take the ending of an upcoming presentation or meeting and write one sentence for each part of your goal: what you want people to know, feel, and do. Use those three points to build a concise closing.Episode Reference Links:Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (00:44) - Why Endings Matter (02:16) - Ending With Your Goal (03:38) - Bringing It Full Circle (04:19) - Ending With a Call to Action (06:22) - Breaking Repetitive Speaking Patterns (08:50) - Keeping Your Audience Engaged (12:08) - Building Confidence in Small Talk (15:18) - Communicating Strong Emotions (18:01) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors.  These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session today at Strawberry.me/smartJoin our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be. 

In this episode of the Gladden Longevity Podcast, Dr. Gladden interviews memory expert and 2x USA Memory Champion, Ron White, who shares his journey into memory training and the techniques he uses to enhance memory. They discuss the mechanics of memory, the importance of repetition and review, and practical strategies for remembering names and information. Ron emphasizes the role of health, nutrition, and exercise in memory function and introduces the Mind Palace technique as a powerful tool for memory enhancement. In this conversation, Ron White discusses various memory techniques, particularly the mind palace method, and how he applies these strategies in memory competitions. He emphasizes the importance of visualization, emotional engagement, and understanding in the memorization process. The discussion also covers his preparation for the upcoming National Memory Championship, where he will face various challenges that test his memory skills. Throughout the conversation, the significance of making learning enjoyable and meaningful is highlighted. For Audience Join the other 20,000+ high-performers getting weekly insights on biological reversal, exponential strategies, and Life Energy optimization→ https://start.gladdenlongevity.com/subscribe If you're ready to measure your 60+ biological ages and build a personalized reversal plan, apply for a discovery call here → https://start.gladdenlongevity.com/apply-now   Use code 'Podcast10' to get 10% OFF on any of our supplements at https://gladdenlongevityshop.com/!  Takeaways ·       Memory is not a gift; anyone can improve it. ·       Repetition is crucial for memory retention. ·       The forgetting curve shows how quickly we forget without review. ·       Recognizing information is the first step to recalling it. ·       Vivid and detailed mental images enhance memory. ·       Good nutrition and exercise support cognitive health. ·       Hearing impairment can affect memory and cognitive function. ·       Engaging all senses can improve memory retention. ·       The Mind Palace technique helps organize and recall information. ·       Creating stories around names can aid in remembering them. The mind palace technique allows for effective memorization. ·       Visualization enhances memory retention and understanding. ·       Emotional engagement can significantly improve memory recall. ·       Memory techniques can be applied in various contexts, including competitions. ·       Understanding the material is as important as memorizing it. ·       Creating associations can help in remembering complex information. ·       Repetition and review are crucial for long-term memory retention. ·       Using humor and creativity can aid in the memorization process. ·       Memory competitions test not only memory but also strategy and preparation. ·       Approaching memory challenges as a game can make the process more enjoyable. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Memory Mastery 02:03 The Journey into Memory Training 05:50 Understanding Memory Mechanics 12:13 Practical Memory Techniques 17:52 The Role of Health in Memory 22:03 Exploring the Mind Palace Technique 26:51 The Mind Palace Technique 31:46 Memory Techniques for Competitions 36:39 Visualization and Understanding in Memory 40:49 Preparing for the National Memory Championship 46:00 The Emotional Aspect of Memory To learn more about Ron White:Website: https://ronwhitetraining.com/ Reach out to us at:    Website: https://gladdenlongevity.com/     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gladdenlongevity/    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gladdenlongevity/?hl=en     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gladdenlongevity    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_q8nexY4K5ilgFnKm7naw    

In today's episode, I talk about something your teachers probably do hundreds of times a week without thinking twice: they stop the music. It looks like good teaching. But after a conversation with Kelly Bennett from Valencia School of Music, I'm starting to wonder if all that stopping and correcting takes away one of the most important skills a young musician can learn, which is how to recover from a mistake and keep going. Key ideas from this episode: In a private lesson, it's start, stop, correct. In a band, time keeps moving, and that changes how kids learn. Making a mistake and recovering from one are two very different things, and we underestimate the second one. Kids naturally sync up with each other, often without a single word of instruction. Repetition through looping can do a lot of the teaching for you. Private lessons are valuable, but maybe they shouldn't be the default starting point for every child. In this episode, you'll learn: Why a kid who gets lost in a band and jumps back in may be learning more than a kid who gets corrected in a lesson What happened when I put two beginner drummers in the same band (I expected a nightmare) How "the almighty loop" gets kids locked into the groove without the teacher saying anything A simple way to gamify repetition so kids beg to play the same four bars 17 times Six things your teachers can try before they stop the music A quick listening exercise you can do outside your lesson rooms this week that might change how you see your school davesimonsmusic.com

This week we share some wildlife encounter survival stories that will have you watching the water, and then we offer practical tips for desensitizing young horses to new surroundings, dogs, noises, and unfamiliar experiences. Join radio hosts Rebecca Wanner aka ‘BEC' and Jeff ‘Tigger' Erhardt (Tigger & BEC) with the latest in Outdoors & Western Lifestyle News! Outdoor News: Alligator Attack and Close Shark Encounter Florida alligator attack leaves woman without right arm A 58-year-old Florida woman, Dina Rae Spann, lost her right arm in an alligator attack on the Silver River in Marion County on August 8, 2026. Spann was swimming with a group when the alligator grabbed her. She fought to keep it away from her legs and eventually escaped, but suffered severe injuries to her right arm and left hand. Boater John Gamache and his father heard calls for help and rushed over. The approaching boat appeared to scare the alligator away. Gamache then used rope from his boat as a makeshift tourniquet to slow Spann's bleeding while they got her to first responders. Spann's family says she was back home and in good spirits the next day. Wildlife officials temporarily closed the river and later removed a 9-foot-8-inch alligator from the area. The river has since reopened. Gamache said the incident was unlike anything he had seen during his years visiting the Silver Springs area. Reference: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/boater-scared-off-alligator-used-rope-stop-bleeding-florida-woman-lost-arm Mississippi fisherman escapes close encounter with large shark A Mississippi fisherman had a frightening encounter with an estimated 8-foot shark while wade-fishing for spotted seatrout near Biloxi on August 15. Eric McNally was standing on a shallow sandbar when he felt something tugging on the floating bag holding his fish. He looked down and saw a large brown shark biting the bag. The shark rolled, briefly becoming tangled in it, with its tail coming out of the water just inches from McNally's face. A fishing buddy captured the encounter on video. McNally considered kicking the shark away, but it eventually freed itself and swam off. He then backed toward his friend while watching for the shark and stomping his feet, which he says can help discourage sharks from approaching wading anglers. McNally says sharks are common in the area, especially during the warmer months when baitfish are plentiful. He believes schools of bluefish and ladyfish feeding near the surface can create commotion that attracts larger sharks. The fishermen continued taking precautions, including using nets to remove fish from hooks rather than reaching into the water with their hands. McNally says summer wade-fishing can be especially risky because large sharks are more abundant — and help may be far away if someone is injured Helping Young Horses Adjust to New Surroundings The same principle of gradual exposure applies when working with young colts and horses. A horse's reaction to something unfamiliar is often driven by instinct. A barking dog, a new building, a tarp, farm equipment, or an unfamiliar noise can appear threatening to a horse that has never encountered it before. Desensitizing a horse isn't about forcing it to accept something frightening. The goal is to introduce new experiences gradually while allowing the horse to remain calm and learn that the unfamiliar object or situation does not pose a threat. Start With a Calm Environment Begin training in a familiar, controlled location. Work with the horse when it is relaxed and when you have enough time to proceed without rushing. Introduce one new stimulus at a time. For example, if you want a colt to become comfortable around dogs, don't begin with a barking dog running toward the horse. Start with a calm dog at a safe distance. Allow the Horse to Observe Give the horse an opportunity to look at the unfamiliar object. Horses often need time to process something new. Avoid immediately pulling the horse toward the object. Instead, maintain a safe position and allow the horse to investigate at its own pace. When the horse relaxes, quietly reward the calm behavior. And lastly, end on a High Note. Even if it was only 15 minutes of time together, a success is a success. Introduce Dogs Carefully Dogs can be particularly challenging because they move unpredictably and make sudden noises. If introducing a horse to a dog: Keep the dog under reliable control. Begin with plenty of distance between the animals. Keep the dog calm and prevent chasing or barking at the horse. Allow the horse to observe the dog without pressure. Gradually decrease the distance only while both animals remain calm. End the session before either animal becomes overwhelmed. A young horse that learns to remain calm around a stationary dog may still react when that same dog suddenly runs or barks. Those situations should therefore be introduced separately and gradually. Most importantly, prior to introducing your dog to new horses, you must have very good control (or a handle) on the dog.  Build Confidence, Not Fear Good desensitization teaches a horse that unfamiliar things can be investigated without panic. Repetition matters, but so does timing. Short, successful sessions are generally more useful than pushing a horse until it becomes frightened or exhausted. Handlers should also remember that safety comes first. A frightened horse can move suddenly, kick, rear, or bolt. Anyone working with an inexperienced horse should maintain an appropriate escape route and avoid putting themselves between the horse and something it perceives as threatening. OUTDOORS FIELD REPORTS & COMMENTS We want to hear from you! If you have any questions, comments, or stories to share about bighorn sheep, outdoor adventures, or wildlife conservation, don't hesitate to reach out. Call or text us at 305-900-BEND (305-900-2363), or send an email to BendRadioShow@gmail.com. Stay connected by following us on social media at Facebook/Instagram @thebendshow or by subscribing to The Bend Show on YouTube. Visit our website at TheBendShow.com for more exciting content and updates! https://thebendshow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thebendshow WESTERN LIFESTYLE & THE OUTDOORS Jeff ‘Tigger' Erhardt & Rebecca ‘BEC' Wanner are passionate news broadcasters who represent the working ranch world, rodeo, and the Western way of life. They are also staunch advocates for the outdoors and wildlife conservation. As outdoorsmen themselves, Tigger and BEC provide valuable insight and education to hunters, adventurers, ranchers, and anyone interested in agriculture and conservation. With a shared love for the outdoors, Tigger & BEC are committed to bringing high-quality beef and wild game from the field to your table. They understand the importance of sharing meals with family, cooking the fruits of your labor, and making memories in the great outdoors. Through their work, they aim to educate and inspire those who appreciate God's Country and life on the land. United by a common mission, Tigger & BEC offer a glimpse into life beyond the beaten path and down dirt roads. They're here to share knowledge, answer your questions, and join you in your own success story. Adventure awaits around the bend. With The Outdoors, the Western Heritage, Rural America, and Wildlife Conservation at the forefront, Tigger and BEC live this lifestyle every day. To learn more about Tigger & BEC's journey and their passion for the outdoors, visit TiggerandBEC.com.

SHOW NOTES What if the worries that keep you up at night could become the stories that make thousands of people laugh? In this episode of the Sisterhood of S.W.E.A.T., Linda sits down with Nashville stand up comedian Brian Bates to talk about his new comedy special, Worried, and the courageous decision that completely changed the direction of his life. After spending nearly 20 years in corporate America, Brian left his day job at age 43 to pursue stand up comedy full time. His story is a powerful reminder that it is never too late to reinvent yourself, take a risk or answer the calling that will not leave you alone. Named after Brian's infamous "resting worried face," Worried turns a lifetime of overthinking, awkward encounters and people pleasing into hilarious and relatable storytelling. From dating apps, older fatherhood and sleep apnea to potty training disasters, expensive tree removal and wondering whether the family dog needs therapy, Brian proves that there truly is no problem too small to spiral over. Brian also shares what he has learned from nearly two decades in comedy, how he transforms anxiety into material and what it was like working with his friend Nate Bargatze, who executive produced the special. Worried was filmed at The Lab at Zanies in Nashville and is now available on the Nateland Entertainment YouTube channel. As an original host and producer of The Nateland Podcast throughout its six year run, Brian helped create the chemistry and connection that made the show wildly popular. He now cohosts The Public Figures Podcast alongside fellow comedians Aaron Weber and Dusty Slay. Brian also discusses expanding into acting, including his appearance in Nate Bargatze's new film, The Breadwinner, and continuing to bring his signature anxious optimism to audiences across the country. In this episode, you will learn: • Why Brian left corporate America at 43 to pursue comedy • How to move forward even when fear and self doubt are present • Why everyday anxiety can become a powerful source of connection • How Brian turns uncomfortable family moments into relatable comedy • What becoming a father later in life has taught him • How his friendship and creative partnership with Nate Bargatze developed • What six years on The Nateland Podcast taught him about building an audience • Why it is never too late to reinvent yourself • How laughter can help us feel less alone in our worries Watch Brian Bates' stand up special Worried on the Nateland Entertainment YouTube channel. Listen to The Public Figures Podcast with Brian Bates, Aaron Weber and Dusty Slay. Look for Brian in Nate Bargatze's film The Breadwinner and catch him performing in cities across the country. Summary In this episode, comedian and former corporate professional Brian Bates shares his journey from corporate America to stand-up comedy, the importance of responsible writing, and how embracing work and persistence can lead to success at any age.   Key Topics Transition from corporate career to comedy The importance of responsible writing in comedy Using everyday frustrations as material Overcoming imposter syndrome and age-related doubts The role of discipline and structure in comedy The significance of persistence and timing in career change The impact of life experiences on comedic storytelling The process of honing material through repetition The value of responsible content creation in comedy Encouragement for late bloomers to pursue passions Takeaways Good writing is essential regardless of genre, and practice improves material. Responsibility and discipline are crucial in building a comedy career. Every frustrating or awkward moment can be transformed into a story. It's never too late to start a new career or pursue a passion. Persistence and timing are key to success in any field. Life experiences enrich comedic storytelling and authenticity. Repetition and honing are vital for effective comedy routines. Embracing work and responsibility can lead to unexpected success. Age is just a number; it's about timing and readiness. Courage involves moving forward even when worried or uncertain. Sound Bites "My face tells people I'm worried all the time." "I think God wanted me to wait till I was older." "It's never too late to take the next step." Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Brian Bates and his comedy journey 02:03 The inspiration behind the special Worried and managing anxiety 03:57 Lessons from a corporate career that helped in comedy 06:08 The reality of writing and preparing comedy material 08:09 Making the leap from corporate job to full-time comedian 09:51 Overcoming imposter syndrome and starting later in life 12:02 Finding humor in everyday frustrations and stories

Send us Fan MailWhat if the stigma surrounding fat bodies is itself a health issue?Chrystal sits down with writer, speaker, patient advocate, and weight-stigma educator Ragen Chastain for a deep conversation about anti-fat bias, healthcare, BMI, medical research, GLP-1 medications, weight-loss culture, racism, and the ways the weight-loss industry shapes the conversation around fat bodies.We talk about why shame doesn't work, why “everybody knows” isn't evidence, who gets represented in medical research, how BMI became so influential, and what happens when healthcare systems are built around assumptions about fat bodies.Ragen also talks about her work with Louise Adams on Exposing Obesity Incorporated, a podcast examining the weight-loss industry's influence and messaging.Most importantly, we talk about what happens when we stop treating fat bodies as problems that need to be fixed.Your body is not wrong.CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome + Ragen Chastain02:31 Is Anti-Fat Bias Making People Sick?03:27 Why Shame Doesn't Work04:52 The Weight-Loss Industry's Playbook07:22 Exposing Obesity Incorporated09:04 “Oh Please”10:14 Industry Influence11:24 Weight Stigma & Healthcare Inequality13:20 Repetition & “Common Knowledge”14:04 Anti-Stigma as Marketing15:14 Fat Patients & Medical Bias17:14 Educating Healthcare Providers19:06 GLP-1s20:37 Cortisol & Stress22:15 Racism & Anti-Blackness23:09 Medical Research & Fat Bodies24:46 The “150-Pound White Guy” Problem27:25 “Everybody Knows”28:36 Is Fatness a Disease?30:31 Genetics & Weight Regain31:41 The History of BMI34:00 The Origins of Weight-Loss Culture35:08 The Lifelong Disease Narrative36:07 Moving the Goalposts38:35 Informed Consent39:15 Race, BMI & Anti-Fatness40:30 Fighting Your Body vs. Fighting Stigma42:20 Weight-Stigma Research & Industry Funding43:29 Find Ragen45:16 Catching Up47:00 GoodbyeSupport the showBigSexyChat.com appreciates you and our community. We do this for you, so if you ever have any ideas about a subject we can discuss for you, email us at bigsexychatpod@gmail.com.You can find us on Facebook and Instagram as BigSexyChat.Twitter (who knows how long we will stay there) is BigSexyChatPodCheck out our merch at  www.BigSexyTees.com  (credit to Toni Tails for setting this up for us!)Chrystal also sells sex toys via her website BlissConnection.com and you can use the code BSC20 for 20% off. Big thanks to our Sponsor Liberator Bedroom Adventures. We ADORE the products from Liberator.  And, to be clear, we all loved their products even before they became a sponsor!

Entrepreneurial ADHD brains crave novelty, often leading to constant rewrites of core messaging. Yet your audience has barely encountered your message, and reinvention blocks true recognition and authority.Diann Wingert reveals how to keep claims consistent while channeling creativity into fresh angles. By building new doors into the same room, you achieve sustainable repetition that connects with your audience and grows your business. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS & TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Why Your Brand Needs Repetition but Your ADHD Brain Craves Novelty05:00 - Why You Get Bored With Your Own Messaging Too Soon12:00 - What to Keep Fixed in Your Brand and Messaging20:00 - How to Use Novelty Without Changing Your Core Brand28:00 - The Core Claim, SEO, and Building New Doors Into the Same RoomKey takeaways:Repetition is non-negotiable: Your audience hasn't heard your core message nearly as many times as you have. Even the most engaged followers need 8+ exposures before it really sticks.Novelty needs better boundaries: Put your creative energy into new stories, formats, and examples—but keep your core claim, signature frameworks, and offer language consistent for years, not weeks.Build new doors, not new rooms: Use fresh angles to invite people in, but always lead them to the same core message. Changing your positioning too often kills your chance of becoming known, referred, and hired.If you're tempted to reinvent your message this month, pause and write your core claim in one sentence. Then, brainstorm three fresh “doors” (stories, formats, hooks) that point right back to it. Don't let novelty wreck your focus—make it work FOR you.Your ADHD-ish ™ host Diann Wingert, MSW is the host of the ADHD-ish Podcast, the creator of The ADHD-ish Method business strategy and coaching program and Di AI, her ADHD-informed business strategy and coaching digital clone.Drawing from her own experiences as a serial business owner, former psychotherapist and fellow ADHDer, Diann challenges conventional business thinking, like the typical marketing advice "just be consistent,"Through her podcast, email newsletter, webinars and blog, Diann supports entrepreneurs with ADHD to create an ADHD-friendly business and avoid both boredom and burnout.Need Help to Implement?My digital coaching clone, Di AI, can walk you your core marketing message and whether it's the Room you need to stick with. Di AI is still free in beta until October 31st, so don't wait. Sign up now and start chatting! Want deeper support for implementing your core message and building your doors to that room in your business? Schedule a free consultation to explore 1:1 coaching with ADHD business strategist and coach, serial business owner, and former licensed psychotherapist, Diann Wingert, MSW.© 2026 ADHD-ish™ Podcast. Intro music by Ishan Dincer / Melody Loops / Outro music by Vladimir / Bobi Music / All rights reserved.

Entrepreneurial ADHD brains crave novelty, often leading to constant rewrites of core messaging. Yet your audience has barely encountered your message, and reinvention blocks true recognition and authority.Diann Wingert reveals how to keep claims consistent while channeling creativity into fresh angles. By building new doors into the same room, you achieve sustainable repetition that connects with your audience and grows your business. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS & TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Why Your Brand Needs Repetition but Your ADHD Brain Craves Novelty05:00 - Why You Get Bored With Your Own Messaging Too Soon12:00 - What to Keep Fixed in Your Brand and Messaging20:00 - How to Use Novelty Without Changing Your Core Brand28:00 - The Core Claim, SEO, and Building New Doors Into the Same RoomKey takeaways:Repetition is non-negotiable: Your audience hasn't heard your core message nearly as many times as you have. Even the most engaged followers need 8+ exposures before it really sticks.Novelty needs better boundaries: Put your creative energy into new stories, formats, and examples—but keep your core claim, signature frameworks, and offer language consistent for years, not weeks.Build new doors, not new rooms: Use fresh angles to invite people in, but always lead them to the same core message. Changing your positioning too often kills your chance of becoming known, referred, and hired.If you're tempted to reinvent your message this month, pause and write your core claim in one sentence. Then, brainstorm three fresh “doors” (stories, formats, hooks) that point right back to it. Don't let novelty wreck your focus—make it work FOR you.Your ADHD-ish ™ host Diann Wingert, MSW is the host of the ADHD-ish Podcast, the creator of The ADHD-ish Method business strategy and coaching program and Di AI, her ADHD-informed business strategy and coaching digital clone.Drawing from her own experiences as a serial business owner, former psychotherapist and fellow ADHDer, Diann challenges conventional business thinking, like the typical marketing advice "just be consistent,"Through her podcast, email newsletter, webinars and blog, Diann supports entrepreneurs with ADHD to create an ADHD-friendly business and avoid both boredom and burnout.Need Help to Implement?My digital coaching clone, Di AI, can walk you your core marketing message and whether it's the Room you need to stick with. Di AI is still free in beta until October 31st, so don't wait. Sign up now and start chatting! Want deeper support for implementing your core message and building your doors to that room in your business? Schedule a free consultation to explore 1:1 coaching with ADHD business strategist and coach, serial business owner, and former licensed psychotherapist, Diann Wingert, MSW.© 2026 ADHD-ish™ Podcast. Intro music by Ishan Dincer / Melody Loops / Outro music by Vladimir / Bobi Music / All rights reserved.

Repetition är kunskapens moder sägs det och när det kommer till att skaffa sig en bra struktur för livet & vardagen så kan nog många av oss behöva en eller tre friendly reminders. Så här är hon igen, med fortsättningskursen i struktur, vår raka men väldigt friendly strukturcoach Linn Edlund. Hon är tillbaks för att bland annat reda ut varför vi fortsätter tro att vi kommer ihåg allt i huvudet om och om igen, trots att vi vet att det kostar oss tid, energi och pengar. Några godisar i veckans poddpåse: - Varför skäms så många för att be om hjälp med sin röra och vad har egentligen skuld och skam med to-do-listor att göra? - Linn ger sin bästa strategi för att hitta EN plats för dina att-göra-listor (oavsett om du är team papper & penna eller superdigital), - Hur du och din partner kan sluta gruffas om hushållssysslorna utan att skriva listor åt varandra - Vad en Admin night är och varför den egentligen kom till - Och så får vi höra om hur Lasse blev av med några av sina kära brandskyddspärmar (och ingenting brann upp). Varsågoda - ett avsnitt som kan ge dig en himla massa trevliga to-do's, så häng med och anteckna, för tipsen haglar när Linn strukturerar upp världen! ------------------------------------- Köp vår guide Skapa din bästa vardag till sommarpris - sista chansen! > tinyurl.nu/Cr8Op1 ------------------------------------- Häng med Bortom ekorrhjulet på Substack - som Internet var förr! > substack.com/@bortomekorrhjuletpodcast - här kan alla hänga! > Stöd podden som betalande prenumerant på nyhetsbrevet "Skapa din bästa vardag" - tips, expertintervjuer, lives & annat: bortomekorrhjulet.substack.com/ PODDENS EVIGA TACKLISTA ------------------------------------- Tack Ida Kabel på Dagny Records för eminent klippning! >> studiodagny.com/ Tack Sven Karlsson

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There is a popular idea that nobody is good the first time they try something, and nobody is bad after doing it a thousand times.I do not think that is always true.Yes, practice matters. Repetition matters. Action matters. But simply doing something over and over does not automatically mean you are improving.In this episode, I talk about the part that often gets left out of the grind harder, work harder, keep pushing message. You have to evaluate what you are doing.You have to be willing to step back, look at the process, make adjustments, and ask whether the thing you are repeating is actually moving you in the direction you want to go.Sometimes repetition helps you improve. Sometimes it helps you realize you are more interested in something slightly different. Sometimes it helps you discover that you do not actually want to keep doing that thing at all.That information matters too.I also talk about the discomfort that comes with being new at something. Sometimes we say we do not like something when what we really do not like is the feeling of being inexperienced, awkward, or unsure.Over time, that feeling can change. What once felt like failure can start to feel like evidence that you are stretching yourself and doing something new.The goal is not just to keep your head down and push forward forever.There is real value in taking an active role in your own life, being present with where you are, evaluating what is working, and giving yourself permission to adjust.Brand new to Your Level Fitness?https://yourlevelfitness.com

In this episode of the Guns Podcast, host Brent Wheat and "celebrated" co-host Roy Huntington break down three powerful, universal lessons from the world of master cabinet making that can instantly transform your shooting performance. Often overlooked by those chasing 'high-speed, low-drag' tactics, these foundational principles focus on respect for the craft, the value of deliberate repetition, and the critical importance of obsessing over the basics. Drawing parallels between high-end furniture building and firearms proficiency, Roy explains why slowing down, focusing on the fundamentals, and adopting a 'point and confirm' mindset—inspired by Japanese industrial safety standards—can prevent dangerous mistakes and elevate your skills. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran marksman, this episode offers a Zen-like approach to shooting that prioritizes long-term improvement over quick fixes. Key Takeaways ·         Respect the craft: Shooting is an art and skill that deserves the same level of care as high-end furniture making. ·         Repetition builds perfection: Don't just burn through ammo; use every shot as a deliberate, purposeful practice session. ·         Obsess over the basics: Professionalism comes from mastering fundamental sight alignment, stance, and trigger control, not from complex tricks. ·         Practice deliberate, slow shooting to diagnose accuracy issues before moving to speed. ·         Safety check: Even mundane tasks benefit from a formal 'safety brief' or checklist to prevent catastrophic human error. Support by Ruger The Guns Podcast US is supported by Ruger Firearms. Ruger has been trusted for generations to deliver rugged, reliable firearms built in America. From hunting rifles to everyday carry handguns, Ruger sets the standard for durability and performance. -- Have a topic idea or a guest you'd like to see in a future episode? Let us know in the comments or email editor@gunspodcast.us  

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Ultra TDS-Truth Derangement SyndromeMK Ultra mind control was unleashed on the global population 2016 whensheer numbers of us overrode rigged algorithms in electronic votingmachines to elect anyone who was not Hillary Clinton and her New WorldOrder.Media failed to show the Great Awakening had reached critical massbecause they were too busy spinning polls for Hillary's planned win.A global union of intelligence operatives concerned with preserving thesanctity of humanity's free thought, of which Mark Phillips was part, hadlong since determined that a change of government would be short livedunless the people woke up. So when vast numbers of awake and awarepeople became the change in 2016, it signaled a global movement to startdismantling the New World Order.The world rejoiced as the Washington DC human trafficking swamp wasexposed and its funding mechanism of drug and human trafficking acrossopen borders stifled.Who remembers Hillary Clinton's face when she lost the election? Iremember it as well as I remember the torturous MK Ultra abuses shesubjected me to along with her child sex trafficking/harvesting ops becauseseeing her defeat felt like justice was finally being served. To me, theultimate justice is positive change through public awareness and the GreatAwakening began accelerating so fast Hillary and her cohorts becamefrantic.Character assassination of the people's choice for President throughperpeTraitors' controlled media voice would undermind confidence, createdivision, and slow the dismantling of New World Order while shifting it toAgenda 2030.Repetition is the most basic form of mind control. How many times did youhear the media say “Impeach”? While the conscious mind is frozen in frightor fear, the subconscious is easily programmed with repetitive medianarrative. Since the subconscious drives conscious thought and ultimatelyactions, we need to understand our own mind brain function in order tosafeguard our free thought!2020 perpeTraitors went all in with mind control masked as a virus whileelections were blatantly stolen In front of all of us. How many times did youhear “mask up” “social distance” “get the injection” while your consciousmind was distracted by images of tickertapes of death numbers or violenceagainst MAGA supporters and burning of their livelihoods the media termed‘peaceful demonstrations'.People providing evidence that elections were stolen were arrested andslandered by the media, while perpeTraitors who stole elections re-openedborders to their funding mechanism of drug and human trafficking.Remember the memes of Epstein with an “I voted” sticker despite his being‘suicided'? Remember when Epstein and Fauci were deemed criminalsbefore media twisted focus and blame away from them?TDS had undermind people's subconscious so effectively that all it takes ismedia's repetitive narrative to point the finger away from perpeTraitors andtruth. This is exactly what global perpeTraitors need to keep their NewWorld Order from unraveling. Once the human mind falls prey to MK Ultrameans, suggestibility stays heightened and subconscious program feedsthoughts and actions.Remember how unmasked free thinkers tried to tell fearful programmedpeople to take off their masks or not get the jab? They could not hear pastprogram screaming in their ears regardless of how loud logic was shared.Our subconscious has no capacity for logic, reason, question, or criticalanalysis of information without a conscious mind filter. Trauma and fearare the basis of mind control because it renders our subconscious wideopen to manipulation through repetitive narrative or the language of thesubconscious NLP neuro linguistic programing.Once the subconscious is bared, it will take in any information as fact-likeviolence in our streets was peaceful demnstrations. In today'skaleidoscope of change, this creates confusion and lack of discernment oftruth. The most powerful form of MK Ultra mind control I have ever seenunleashed on the global population is not mind control masked as a virus.Mistakes were made with sheltering at home that ultimately woke up morepeople.The most damaging mass mind control I have seen in my lifetime is TDS.Truth Derangement Syndrome. Because if you know the truth, you will stopcomplying with a slave society agenda intended to undermind our humanityto align us with DARPA generated AI. PerpeTraitors, their New World OrderAgenda 2030, their funding mechanism of child sex trafficking that hasbecome one of the most lucrative businesses on the planet and likely all ofhuman history, and their means of creating compliance through MK Ultramind control all dissipate in light of Truth. Truth really does make us free.Our current duly elected President, like John F. Kennedy, purposefullyexposed the CIA, its shadowy Deep State, and its dark MK Ultra mindcontrol agenda. One President was assassinated for it on national tv whilethe other was assassinated in character by repetitive media narrative. Youwitnessed it. Now consciously deprogram the trauma because both formsof assassination have given perpeTraitors control over the minds of thepeople as planned.Use pen and paper to write out your fear, trauma, hate, rage or whateverinhibits your ability to think beyond what you are told. Deprogram yourimposed TDS, expand your perceptions and think free.

Knowing that an old paradigm is influencing your life is one thing. Changing it is another.In Part Two of this three-part series on The Genesis Frequency, Dr. Stephen J. Kosmyna picks up where we left off by exploring why simply repeating positive words isn't enough to create meaningful change.Drawing from the teachings of Bob Proctor and Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, we look at the difference between merely parroting an affirmation and becoming genuinely involved with a new idea. If we spend a few minutes saying what we want to believe, but then spend the rest of the day thinking, feeling, imagining, and behaving from the old belief, which idea are we really reinforcing?Changing the paradigm requires more than words. It involves repetition, emotional involvement, imagination, deliberate thought, and ultimately behavior that begins to agree with the person we are choosing to become.This episode explores how to identify a limiting belief, create a stronger replacement, mentally rehearse the new possibility, and begin giving yourself something more powerful than positive words: new evidence through action.The old paradigm wasn't established overnight, and we shouldn't expect a lifetime of habitual thinking to disappear after repeating an affirmation a few times. Transformation is a process of conditioning—a new thought, a new image, a new decision, and a new behavior practiced consistently.And we're not finished.In Part Three, we'll bring the entire series together and go deeper into how we deliberately install, strengthen, and live from the new paradigm until our thinking, self-image, behavior, and results begin aligning with the life we truly want to create.For now, consider this:What would you do differently today if you were already thinking and acting from the person you are becoming?

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I played a practice round today at the course for next week's Mission Zero Classic, a charity tournament supporting veterans fighting PTSD and suicide, and my playing partner was surprised we were treating it seriously. That reaction got me thinking about how many people just show up to life hoping for the best instead of preparing like the outcome matters. In this episode, I break down why winning always starts before the game, the shot, the speech, or the close. Whether you are stepping into a new career, a new stage, or a new competitive environment, your preparation before the pressure arrives is what determines everything. Key Takeaways Winning starts long before the opening whistle. The preparation you put in before the moment determines your performance when it counts. Your mind cannot distinguish between a vividly imagined experience and a real one. Repetition in your mind, combined with physical practice, makes new situations feel familiar. Every serious competitor needs a go-to shot: the move, the close, the routine you have done so many times it is no longer new to you. You do not need to chase every trend or tool. Find what works for you and master it before layering in anything else. Once you have your foundation locked in, give yourself permission to experiment and try new approaches. Small wrinkles on a solid base can produce your best results. Action Steps Identify the single most important skill in your current role or goal and commit to deliberate repetition of that go-to move until it feels automatic under pressure. Before your next high-stakes moment, simulate it as many times as possible in your mind or in front of a practice audience so your body and brain treat it as familiar territory. After your core move is solid, pick one new approach to test in a low-stakes environment this week and observe what a small adjustment can do for your results. Notable Quote Winning starts before the race, before the final close, before graduation. It always starts far before that initial whistle, whatever it is. It always starts before that.

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Most conversations about pivoting assume something has gone wrong. This one doesn't.Luria Petrucci has spent 20 years building audiences online - she started before YouTube existed, she's in the podcast hall of fame, and she has a thriving business. And right now she's doing something that most established people find harder than starting from nothing: choosing to move towards something new when everything is already working.That tension - between what you've built and what you know is next - is one of the most common things I see in the people I work with. The whisper of something more. The idea that's been sitting there for ten years. The version of you that's waiting for permission. Luria names all of it honestly, and that's what makes this conversation worth your time.Three key areas we covered:✳️ Most pivots feel enormous from the inside - but from the outside, they're usually a small shift, not a leap. What makes them feel massive is releasing the identity and habits that served the old version of you.✳️ The curse of expertise doesn't just affect your content - it affects your pivot too. Knowing too much can make you want to carry everything across. One video, one takeaway, three bullet points. The same discipline applies to how you communicate who you're becoming.✳️ The "yapping" trend - casual, handheld, conversational video - works because it signals authenticity and builds parasocial relationships. For anyone in a pivot, it's one of the most accessible ways to build a new audience in parallel with an existing one.Luria's three amplifiers:✳️ 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy - the 10x framework forces you to make genuinely different decisions rather than incrementally better ones.✳️ Step outside, turn off the phone, and journal without AI. Getting your thoughts out in your own words - not prompted, not polished - reconnects you to who you actually are and what you actually think.✳️ Release what served the old version of you. Old habits, old identities, old ways of operating become dead weight when you're levelling up. Recognising the difference between what got you here and what will take you further is one of the most underrated things you can do.If this resonated, you'll find more conversations like this every week on Building Your Leader Brand. Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, and if you're on Apple Podcasts, a five-star review goes a long way.Luria's Website : https://livestreamingpros.com/room/Apple Podcasts Timestamps00:00 - Welcome and introducing Luria Petrucci02:27 - Twenty years in video - how it all started05:34 - Introverts on camera - why it works better than you think09:20 - The mirror problem - why we see ourselves so harshly12:00 - The community mirror exercise - what others actually see15:40 - Leadership, vulnerability, and the reluctance to start again18:02 - Transmitting on an authentic frequency19:23 - The curse of expertise - saying less to communicate more22:31 - One video, one takeaway - the three-question framework25:32 - Repetition in content - why saying the same thing again is a strategy27:52 - The yapping trend - casual video and the three universal languages31:55 - Yapping vs live streaming vs produced video33:03 - Parasocial relationships and why they feel real38:01 - Luria's pivot - building in public from scratch43:40 - Pivoting from a position of strength - the confirmation bias trap49:39 - Entrepreneurial loneliness and creating space for honest conversations53:11 - The three amplifiers58:01 - Amplifier 2 - nature, journaling, and stepping away from AI01:00:19 - Amplifier 3 - releasing what served the old you01:00:50 - Where to find Luria and how to join the pivot community----Get your copy of my Personal Brand Business BlueprintIt's the FREE roadmap to starting, scaling or just fixing your expert business.www.amplifyme.agency/roadmap----Subscribe to my Youtube!! Follow on Instagram and Twitter @bobgentleJoin the Amplify Insiders Facebook Community : www.amplifyme.agency/insidersPlease take a second to rate this show in Apple Podcasts. ❤ It will mean a lot to me.

What are we excusing that may be stealing our peace and joy?A little too much wine. A story that wasn't ours to tell. A private exchange we wouldn't want our spouse to read. Another purchase we hide. Repeating our grievances until anger becomes our constant companion.Nothing dramatic happens. No lightning bolt. No immediate exposure. So we dismiss the nudge of conscience: It's no big deal. Everyone does it.The absence of immediate consequences doesn't mean there is no harm. God's patience is not His permission.Romans 2:4 reminds us that God's kindness is intended to lead us to repentance. His mercy gives us an opportunity to change direction. But let's not forget that forgiveness doesn't prevent the consequences of our choices from tumbling back toward us.Our culture may call gossip “catching up,” drunkenness “partying,” lust “entertainment,” and greed “ambition.” But social acceptance cannot make destructive behavior harmless.Let's use discernment in all of this—enjoying food is not always gluttony. Feeling attraction to someone is not always lust. A glass of wine with dinner is not necessarily drunkenness. Reporting abuse or seeking support is not gossip.The real question we must ask ourselves is: What are my choices doing to my character, my relationships, my peace, and the fulfillment of my purpose?James 1:14–15 describes how desire can grow into sin and destruction. Repetition makes crossing a line easier. Eventually, we may stop noticing the line.But we don't have to wait until our behavior reaches crisis proportions. God can deliver us from the behaviors that hurt us. Here is where we begin.1. Name the behavior without excusing it.We cannot surrender what we keep defending. Speak the truth outlaid to yourself. Say, “I'm drinking more than I intend. I'm sharing private information. I'm feeding resentment. Or I'm hiding things.”Be specific. Replace “Everyone does it” with “This is hurting me, and I want to change.”First John 1:9 assures us that God forgives and cleanses us when we confess. We can acknowledge sin without declaring ourselves hopeless.2. Identify what leads up to it.Ask yourself about the circumstances the precede the behavior you want to change: When does this happen? Who am I with? What am I feeling? What am I hoping this behavior will do for me?Answer honestly. Consider that gossip may be providing you a sense of belonging. Shopping may offer you a feeling of distraction from the things that trouble you. Anger may create a false feeling of being in control. Recognizing our need ahead of time, helps us choose circumstances in which we're better able to live as the best version of ourselves.When the urge for our destruction behavior comes, pause. Name the feeling. Pray, take a walk, call someone trustworthy, or rest. Practice meeting the need without repeating the harm.3. Picture the example you want to set.Imagine those closest to you describing you the way you want them to see you.Then ask yourself: If my family and friends, especially the children in my life, did what I do, would I be proud or worried? Our actions teach others what is acceptable. People within our influence can also learn from watching us apologize, seek help, and make positive changes in our lives.Choose one action today that reflects the person you want them to see.4. Plan before temptation arrives.Romans 13:14 instructs us not to make provision for sinful desires. Put that into practice by removing easy access and deciding ahead of time how you will respond.For gossip: Say, “That's her story to tell.” Change the subject or leave the conversation.For drunkenness: Plan an alcohol-free evening. If drinking in certain situations feels difficult to control, choose not to go until you feel stronger. You can also seek qualified support.For lust: Unfollow tempting accounts, block pornography, and end secretive or flirtatious exchanges.For gluttony or overspending: Plan meals and purchases. Notice when you want comfort, and choose a response that actually addresses what is troubling you.For destructive anger: Stop talking to people about the things that make you angry. Pause before speaking, and address the problem calmly with God and someone who can help.For dishonesty: Correct the exaggeration or lie promptly. Practice telling the truth even when it costs you approval.Write a simple commitment: When _____________ happens, I will _____________.Change the setting when necessary. Good intentions are stronger when our surroundings support them.5. Ask God for help, and act on it.Pray: Lord, help me recognize my weaknesses and the things that tempt me to sin and help me take the next right step.Then take that step. Close the app. Leave the conversation. Apologize. Ask a trusted person to check in with you.God's help may come through Bible Scripture, a friend, a pastor, a counselor, or a recovery community. Receiving help is part of moving forward.If you stumble, confess, repair what you can, and strengthen your plan. Romans 8:1 assures us that there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ. We can return to Him and keep growing, but let's not make that our failsafe position by going ahead with sin. We're stronger than that.We protect our peace and joy through the choices we practice, not the ones we intend to make someday. Let someday be today.Pray:Lord, show me what I do that is holding me back from your good plan for my life. Please give me the strength and courage to change what I can, please change the things I can't change, and please give me the humility to accept help. Help me choose what honors You today. Amen.Pray. Listen. Act. Repeat. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

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In this episode, we introduce the first villanelle in our three-part series on that poetic form. We begin with Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," a poem that attempts to stave off the inevitability of mortality. To learn more about Dylan Thomas, visit the Poetry Foundation.

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Mastery is rarely exciting.It is built through repetition.In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why constantly chasing new ideas can prevent entrepreneurs from developing the consistency and operational excellence required to scale.The boring work matters.The calls.The follow-ups.The systems.The same proven actions repeated over and over again.That is where efficiency and mastery are built.In this episode, you'll learn:• Why constantly chasing novelty can destroy consistency• How repetition turns basic skills into competitive advantages• Why proven systems should be optimized instead of constantly replaced• How predictable execution can create more predictable business resultsThe truth is simple:You do not become great by constantly starting over.Find what works.Repeat it.Improve it.Then keep executing long after the excitement disappears.The strongest businesses are not built on endless reinvention.They are built on mastering the fundamentals so deeply that execution becomes automatic.Do the reps.Embrace the mundane.Let consistency compound.Your Network is your NETWORTH!Make sure to add me on all SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS:Instagram: https://jo.my/paulalex2024Facebook: https://jo.my/fbpaulalex2024YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhDAD1JyGGzSQUPD9lc9HQLinkedIn: https://jo.my/inpaulalex2024Looking for a secondary source of income or want to become an entrepreneur? Check out one of my companies below to see if we can help you:www.CashSwipe.comFREE Copy of my book “Blue to Digital Gold - The New American Dream”www.officialPaulAlex.com

Why Smart, Successful Women Still Chase Unavailable Men | FT: Sabrina BendoryCONNECT WITH CHARLENE On Instagram @mscharlenebyars ([https://www.instagram.com/mscharlenebyars] On YouTube @chosentraining (https://www.youtube.com/@lovestorieswithcharlenebyars)) Work with me HERE ([https://charlenebyars.com/](https://charlenebyars.com/)) CONNECT WITH Sabrina On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sabrinabendory/?hl=en Work With Me: https://sabrinabendory.com/links-page?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAacIt4nv6thCjtd9YLApueYlYf28WmZgh2hfAGUjJFRReKmpt74npSValUI-xw_aem_CgrETmjNuqJMJLvtVadYlQ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SabrinaBendoryRelationship expert Sabrina Zeuner explains why successful women lose themselves in love, and how detachment led her to marriage in one year. Full Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro: Meet Sabrina Zeuner, Author of Detached & The Feminine Code 02:30 — Sabrina's Origin Story: Rejection, Teasing, and Early Self-Worth Wounds 06:00 — Finding Comfort in Jennifer Aniston's Heartbreak 08:00 — Starting a Relationship Blog Before Social Media Existed 11:00 — Confidence vs. Self-Esteem vs. Self-Worth Explained 15:00 — Why Successful Women Tolerate Mistreatment in Relationships 18:00 — The Childhood Blueprint: Emotional Attunement and Its Absence 22:00 — The Reckoning at 29: "Kevin the Damage Case" 26:00 — When Knowledge Isn't Enough — The Need to Rewire 29:00 — What Healthy Detachment Actually Means 33:00 — The "Summer of Me": Sabrina's Turning Point 35:00 — Reuniting With an Ex and Getting Engaged Within a Year 38:00 — Why You Need a "Roster" While Dating (Not Overcommitting Early) 40:00 — The Pattern Sabrina Sees in Thousands of Clients 41:00 — Why Healing Isn't a Movie Moment — It's Repetition 43:00 — The "Nick" Story: Recognizing Red Flags and Believing People 45:00 — Dark Feminine vs. Light Feminine Explained 48:00 — "Compassion Without Boundaries Is Self-Destruction" 50:00 — Self-Abandonment: Why We Recreate Painful Childhood Dynamics 53:00 — How to Begin Healing: Connecting With Your Inner Child 56:00 — Building Self-Trust Through Small Kept Promises 59:00 — Life Now: Marriage, Four Kids, and Ongoing Growth 1:02:00 — The Upper Limit Problem: Why We Sabotage Happiness 1:04:00 — Advice to Her 21-Year-Old Self 1:05:00 — Where to Find Sabrina + Her Books and Courses 1:08:00 — Closing Thoughts: "You Will Be Okay" Sabrina closes with concrete, repeatable practices for rebuilding self-trust: reframing negative self-talk, keeping small promises to yourself, and treating healing like a workout routine rather than a one-time epiphany.

Understanding the Teen Brain: How to Build Skills Without Punishment | Dr. Tina Payne Bryson Have you ever blamed your teen's eye rolls, impulsive decisions, or emotional reactions on their "underdeveloped brain"? While the teen brain continues developing into the mid-20s, that doesn't mean teens aren't capable of making good decisions. In fact, adolescence is one of the most important times for them to practice those skills. In this episode, Dr. Cam sits down with psychotherapist and bestselling author Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, to explore what brain science can teach us about raising teens. Together, they discuss why punishment can cause teens to hide their mistakes instead of learning from them, how parents can give teens safe opportunities to practice decision-making, and why connection is the foundation for discipline, trust, and independence. If you want to understand what's really happening inside your teen's brain and respond in ways that actually help them grow, this episode offers practical, science-backed strategies. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE What teen brain development really means for decision-making, empathy, impulse control, and responsibility Why punishment and fear can cause teens to hide mistakes instead of learning from them How to give your teen safe opportunities to practice decision-making and build independence Why connection and secure attachment create the foundation for trust, discipline, and better behavior

There are things in life you never would have chosen.The betrayal. The divorce. The diagnosis. The loss. The way someone treated you. The decision someone else made that changed the direction of your life.Taking responsibility for your life does not mean taking responsibility for everything that has happened to you. Some things were unfair. Some things hurt deeply. Some things changed your life through no choice of your own.But eventually, there is another question.What am I going to do now?In this episode, I'm sharing a conversation I had with one of my oldest friends that made me think differently about responsibility, patterns, and personal power.Two people can go through hard things and tell themselves completely different stories about what those experiences mean. One story says, “Look at what I've survived. Look at what I've learned. What can I choose from here?” Another says, “Why does this always happen to me?”Neither erases what happened. But the story you repeat can begin shaping the choices you make next.That is where patterns start.Choice becomes repetition. Repetition becomes pattern. Patterns, when practiced long enough, can start to feel like identity.And eventually, you can stop realizing you are choosing any of it at all.This is why awareness matters so much.The second you can see the pattern, you reopen the possibility of choice.This episode is not about pretending everything happens for a reason. It is not about blaming yourself for what someone else did. It is about asking a different question:What is actually mine now?Your boundary.Your response.Your standards.The help you ask for.The truth you finally admit.Your next decision.Sometimes taking your power back is not a huge, dramatic move.It might be telling someone you are not okay.It might be asking for help.It might be choosing not to send the text you know you will regret tomorrow.It might be saying, “I have no freaking idea what I'm doing, but I know I can't keep doing this.”That still counts.In this episode, I talk about:• The difference between blame and responsibility• How repeated choices become patterns• Why awareness gives you access to choice again• What it means to identify what is actually yours• How to stop letting an old pattern choose for you• Why small choices still build personal power• The question that helped me through some of my hardest momentsI also walk you through a simple exercise.Make two columns.On one side, write:What isn't mine to control.On the other:What is mine to choose.You cannot control what someone says about you.You can choose whether you engage.You cannot control whether someone understands you.You can choose how you show up.You cannot change what happened five years ago.You can notice what you are allowing today because of it.Then ask yourself:What pattern wants to choose for me here?What am I choosing that keeps creating more of what I say I don't want?What choice will I respect a year from now?You do not have to solve your entire life today.Find the choice that is actually available to you today.A Line to Sit With:“I may not have chosen how I got here, but I am here, and I don't have to keep choosing what keeps me here.”Your life is not only the sum of what has happened to you. It is also the sum of what you choose in response.You may not get to choose every circumstance.But you still get to choose who you become inside of it.Connect with Amy:Instagram: @its.amysandersLinkedIn: Amy SandersFacebook: Coach Amy SandersExplore Amy's work:The Unblocked Woman Collective™The Mirror™The Unblocked Method™See It. Shift It. Become Magnetic.

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Vorige week zat ik met 15.000 mensen in een arena in Keulen, op het seminar Unleash the Power Within van Tony Robbins. Vier dagen, van 's ochtends vroeg tot 's avonds laat, samen met vijf andere ondernemende vrouwen uit mijn Female Leaders club.In deze aflevering neem ik je mee in vijf inzichten die ik daar meenam, en die net zo goed over je fotopraktijk gaan als over je leven. Patroonherkenning, en hoe een patroon van onzorgvuldigheid mij ooit een langslepende verzekeringscasus opleverde. Repetition is the mother of all mastery, en waarom talent veel minder bepaalt dan de reps die je erin steekt. Proximity is power, en waarom de mensen rondom jou mee bepalen hoe ver je raakt. Where focus goes, energy flows, iets wat ik zelfs voel als ik in de Alpen een bocht indraai op de fiets. En peak state, en hoe je die in een vingerknip kan veranderen.Vind je dit soort inzichten nuttig? Laat het me weten, want er zit misschien nog een deel twee aan te komen.Wat je leert in deze afleveringWat patroonherkenning is en hoe een patroon van onzorgvuldigheid Kaat ooit een langslepende verzekeringscasus opleverde rond een expoWaarom "repetition is the mother of all mastery" en hoe reps, niet talent, het verschil maken tussen fotografen die doorgroeien en fotografen die vastlopenWat "complexity is the enemy of execution" betekent en waarom je grote doelen in stukken moet hakken om ze uitgevoerd te krijgenWaarom "proximity is power" en hoe de mensen rondom jou, privé en zakelijk, mee bepalen hoe ver je raaktHoe "where focus goes, energy flows" werkt, met een concreet voorbeeld uit het wielrennen over afdalen in een bochtWat een "peak state" is en hoe je die kan trainen met een eenvoudige ochtendoefening van tien minutenGratis masterclass, vijf patronen van succesvolle fotografenWelke patronen komen steeds opnieuw terug bij succesvolle fotografen? Kaat bundelde ze in een gratis online masterclass (in het Engels), gebaseerd op gesprekken met tientallen internationale fotografen. Schrijf je hier gratis in Workshop PatagoniaIn februari trekt Kaat samen met Nederlands fotograaf Bastiaan Woudt naar een afgelegen estancia in Argentijns Patagonia, voor een week samen fotograferen, verdiepen en leren van elkaar. Acht plekken, een intiem groepje, sommige zijn al ingevuld. Alle info vind je hier Partners van deze afleveringCameranu Naast creativiteit heb je als fotograaf ook gewoon de juiste tools nodig, of dat nu een nieuwe lens is of een camera waar je op kan vertrouwen tijdens een klantenshoot. De specialisten van Cameranu denken met je mee en geven eerlijk advies. Ga naar cameranu.be en gebruik code DDK10 voor 10% korting.Profotonet Voor Kaat begint een foto pas echt te leven wanneer ze geprint wordt. Daarom werkt ze graag samen met Profotonet voor fine art prints, fotoboeken en wanddecoratie, met veel zorg gemaakt en speciaal voor fotografen. Wil jij je werk ook tastbaar maken? Kijk op profotonet.com en gebruik code kamer-1010 voor 10% korting op je bestelling.Foto Robyns (Sint-Truiden) Een familiezaak met meer dan zeventig jaar ervaring, die elke dag tussen fotografen staat. Ze begeleiden zowel starters als professionals, en als pro-dealer van Canon, Nikon, Sony en Fujifilm kennen ze hun materiaal door en door. Advies dat vertrekt vanuit hoe jij werkt. Hier vind je alle info.

Bibliography**Advertising, Branding, and Consumer Identity**Aaker, *Managing Brand Equity* (1991); Bernays, *Biography of an Idea* (1965); Bernays, *Propaganda* (1928); Ewen, *Captains of Consciousness* (1976); Keller, *Strategic Brand Management* (1998); McCracken, “Culture and Consumption,” *JCR* 13 (1986): 71–84; Schudson, *Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion* (1984); Tye, *The Father of Spin* (1998); Zajonc, “Attitudinal Effects of Mere Exposure,” *JPSP* 9 (1968): 1–27.**Propaganda, Language, and Ideology**Ellul, *Propaganda* (1965); Klemperer, *The Language of the Third Reich* (2000); Lasswell, *Propaganda Technique in the World War* (1927); Lifton, *Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism* (1989; orig. 1961); Stanley, *How Propaganda Works* (2015).**Framing, Agenda Setting, and Public Attention**Entman, “Framing,” *Journal of Communication* 43 (1993): 51–58; Iyengar, *Is Anyone Responsible?* (1991); Lippmann, *Public Opinion* (1922); McCombs, *Setting the Agenda* (2014); McCombs and Shaw, “The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media,” *POQ* 36 (1972): 176–87; Noelle-Neumann, *The Spiral of Silence* (1993).**Dehumanization and Moral Disengagement**Bandura, “Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities,” *PSPR* 3 (1999): 193–209; Haslam, “Dehumanization,” *PSPR* 10 (2006): 252–64; Haslam and Loughnan, “Dehumanization and Infrahumanization,” *ARP* 65 (2014): 399–423; Kelman, “Violence Without Moral Restraint,” *JSI* 29 (1973): 25–61.**Repetition, Misinformation, and Online Diffusion**Bail, *Breaking the Social Media Prism* (2021); Berger and Milkman, “What Makes Online Content Viral?” *JMR* 49 (2012): 192–205; Brady et al., “Emotion Shapes the Diffusion of Moralized Content,” *PNAS* 114 (2017): 7313–18; Pennycook et al., “Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News,” *JEP:G* 147 (2018): 1865–80; Pennycook et al., “Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation,” *Psychological Science* 31 (2020): 770–80; Vosoughi, Roy, and Aral, “The Spread of True and False News Online,” *Science* 359 (2018): 1146–51.**Availability, Consensus, and Social Silence**Kuran and Sunstein, “Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation,” *Stanford Law Review* 51 (1999): 683–768; Prentice and Miller, “Pluralistic Ignorance and Alcohol Use on Campus,” *JPSP* 64 (1993): 243–56; Sunstein, *On Rumors* (2009).**Liturgy, Civil Religion, and Collective Ritual**Bell, *Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice* (1992); Bellah, “Civil Religion in America,” *Daedalus* 96 (1967): 1–21; Durkheim, *The Elementary Forms of Religious Life* (1995; orig. 1912); Hobson et al., “The Psychology of Rituals,” *PSPR* 22 (2018): 260–84; Rappaport, *Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity* (1999); Whitehouse, *Modes of Religiosity* (2004); Xygalatas, *Ritual* (2022).**Crowd Psychology, Synchrony, and Collective Identity**Canetti, *Crowds and Power* (1962); Drury, “Social Identity Processes in Mass Emergency Behaviour,” *ERSP* 29 (2018): 38–81; Drury and Reicher, “Collective Action and Psychological Change,” *BJSP* 39 (2000): 579–604; Le Bon, *The Crowd* (1896); McNeill, *Keeping Together in Time* (1995); Reicher, “The St. Pauls' Riot,” *EJSP* 14 (1984): 1–21; Reicher, Spears, and Postmes, “A Social Identity Model of Deindividuation,” *ERSP* 6 (1995): 161–98; Stott and Reicher, “How Conflict Escalates,” *Sociology* 32 (1998): 353–77; Tajfel and Turner, “An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict” (1979); Turner et al., *Rediscovering the Social Group* (1987); Vickhoff et al., “Music Structure Determines Heart Rate Variability,” *Frontiers in Psychology* 4 (2013): 334; Wiltermuth and Heath, “Synchrony and Cooperation,” *Psychological Science* 20 (2009): 1–5.**Prebunking, Inoculation, and Resistance**Compton, “Inoculation Theory” (2013); Linegar et al., “Prebunking Election Rumors” (preprint, 2024); McGuire, “Inducing Resistance to Persuasion,” *Advances in Experimental Social Psychology* 1 (1964): 191–229; Roozenbeek et al., “Psychological Inoculation Improves Resilience Against Misinformation,” *Science Advances* 8 (2022): eabo6254; Traberg, Roozenbeek, and van der Linden, “Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation,” *Annals AAPSS* 700 (2022): 136–51.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. 

Authority is built through authenticity, deep expertise, and powerful relationships. This comes through the framing of the interview questions you ask. In this episode of Influential Voices of Authority, Erik K. Johnson sits down with Christina and Herb Heagh-Avritt, the dynamic duo behind the Bringing Education Home podcast and Vibrant Family Education. Together, they reveal exactly how their podcast has helped them transform lives, grow a business from the ground up, and position themselves as trusted mentors for parents navigating modern education while interviewing the right guests.   Important Links: Vibrant Family Education website: https://www.vibrantfamilyeducation.com Kristina on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristina.heaghavritt Connect with Kristina on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-heagh-avritt Watch Kristina on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRn48ixEp5FsBarfEZ6NzIg Kristina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinaheaghavritt/ Vibrant Family Education Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6632664253430731 Vibrant Family Education on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6157245423549   Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts: http://www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/apple Spotify: http://www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/spotify Website: http://www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/podcasts   Episode Segments: 00:18 Bringing Education Home: What It Really Means 01:03 Supporting Homeschoolers and Traditional Families 02:17 Vibrant Family Education's Unique Approach 03:00 Individualized Learning and Family Values 05:15 Parental Involvement: The Ultimate Connector 05:24 Building Authority with Every Episode 06:05 The Power of Expert Conversations 07:27 Unforgettable Guest Surprises 08:12 Podapalooza Stories: Blind Date Interviews 09:00 Perfecting Episode Length and Format 10:13 Podcasting with Authenticity (Dogs and Kids Included) 10:54 Real Impact: Case Studies in Transformation 12:11 Making Children Feel Heard 13:02 The Power of Co-host Chemistry 14:11 Behind the Scenes: How Christina and Herb Collaborate 15:10 Doors Opened by the Podcast 16:14 Personal Transformation Through Podcast Connections 18:03 Conquering Self-Doubt and Imposter Syndrome 19:21 Learning from Every Expert 20:20 Supporting Each Other Through Challenges 22:21 Relationship Building That Grows Business 23:05 Building Without Paid Ads: The Slow-Burn Authority Strategy 24:01 Purpose Before Profits: Creating Lasting Impact 25:02 Resources and Free Guides at Vibrant Family Education 25:44 Understanding the Roots of School Struggles 27:23 Real-World Success: Simple Changes, Big Results 28:23 What Would They Change If They Started Over?   Key Takeaways: - Authority Flourishes in Authenticity Christina and Herb built their authority by showing up as themselves: family noise, tough conversations, real-life stories, and all. Their audience responds to truth and vulnerability, not perfect editing. - From Podcast to Business Catalyst Conversations on Bringing Education Home have led directly to new business ventures, virtual summits, and life-changing collaborations. Powerful relationships with guests expand their reach and impact. - The Rippling Impact of Asking Better Questions Deep, in-the-moment interviews not only elevate guest authority but also reinforce Christina and Herb's expertise, leading to unique insights, audience trust, and invitations for further collaboration. - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome It's not just about knowledge. Repetition, feedback, and real client outcomes pave the way for confidence and trusted authority... even when self-doubt creeps in. - Growing a Business the Hard Way Pays Off No paid ads, no shortcuts, just real relationships; This method laid a rock-solid foundation and established their brand as trustworthy, family-first, and genuinely helpful. - Purpose Drives Consistency Their mission: help parents reclaim family values, empower them to educate holistically, and strengthen lasting family connections.   Episode Highlights: How individualized learning fuels better outcomes at home Why honest, unfiltered podcast episodes attract a loyal following Personal victories: from helping kids love learning to rebuilding family connections after trauma Leveraging podcast relationships into thriving summits and ongoing support networks The value of dual perspectives as co-hosts in creating engaging, multidimensional conversations   Connect with Kristina & Herb Heagh-Avritt: Get the free gift from Kristina and Herb: Understand What May Be Behind Your Child's School Struggles. Answer a few focused questions and receive a clearer picture of what may be contributing to your child's stress, shutdown, avoidance, or loss of confidence. https://mymentorstudio.com/l/vibrant-family-guidance-studio/schoolstruggledecoder www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/school   Vibrant Family Education website: https://www.vibrantfamilyeducation.com Kristina on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristina.heaghavritt Connect with Kristina on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-heagh-avritt Watch Kristina on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRn48ixEp5FsBarfEZ6NzIg Kristina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinaheaghavritt/ Vibrant Family Education Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6632664253430731 Vibrant Family Education on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6157245423549   Your Podcast Authority Audit Are you ready to turn your podcast into an authority engine and not just more content? 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Episode 406 explains how movement prepares the brain but does not guarantee learning. It traces the full sequence—movement, RAS-driven readiness, salience and relevance, focused attention, encoding, retrieval and repetition, and recovery and sleep—that turns activation into lasting memory and performance. The episode offers practical steps in a Move–Focus–Learn protocol: use brief movement to create readiness, clearly identify and remove distractions for one learning target, interact with material in meaningful ways, practice retrieval and spaced repetition, and protect recovery to support consolidation. Listeners are encouraged to test these simple experiments for school, work, or personal learning to make experience more usable and improve attention, memory, and performance. ON THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: ✔ Why movement prepares the brain but does not guarantee learning ✔ How attention directs the capacity movement creates ✔ Why meaning and emotional relevance capture attention ✔ The difference between paying attention and actually learning ✔ How retrieval and repetition help new information stick ✔ How seeing, hearing, explaining, and applying an idea can help us remember it ✔ How restorative sleep supports memory and learning ✔ A practical Move–Focus–Learn Protocol for school, work, or your own personal learning The central idea is simple: Movement opens the window. Attention determines what enters. Repetition strengthens what remains. And recovery helps the brain integrate what it has experienced. Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we bridge neuroscience, social and emotional learning, and human performance so we can create measurable improvements in our well-being, achievement, leadership, productivity, and results. I'm Andrea Samadi, and if you've been following along through Season 16, you'll know that we have been building what I call The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance—a neuroscience-based framework designed to help us understand how the different systems of the brain and body work together to influence how we learn, adapt, connect, lead, and ultimately, how we perform. We are currently in Phase 3, focused on Movement, Learning, and Cognition. As I prepared for this phase, I went back through more than 400 episodes of the podcast and organized them according to the five phases of this framework. I wanted to see whether any patterns would emerge. And some did. Phase 1, Regulation and Safety, includes 57 episodes. Phase 2, Neurochemistry and Motivation, includes 41 episodes—the smallest category, possibly because this is the area I have explored the least with my learning. Phase 3, Movement, Learning, and Cognition, includes 174 episodes—the largest category by far. Phase 4, Perception and Social Intelligence, includes 68 episodes. And Phase 5, Integration and Meaning, includes 71 episodes. When I saw that 174 episodes—more than 40 percent of the entire podcast—fit into Movement, Learning, and Cognition, it immediately showed me where much of my curiosity has been directed over the years. I have always been fascinated by learning: How do we prepare the brain to learn? What captures our attention? Why do some ideas (or people) remain with us while others disappear? How does knowledge become something we can retrieve, apply, and actually use to improve our lives? And while I am spending most of my spare time hiking, or at the gym over the years, I wonder, how does this movement that I'm doing help to improve my attention, or memory, and finally, where does recovery fit into this process? The past few weeks, I'm finally connecting the dots with how important recovery is with this equation. I'm also learning how to determine what's important to me. John Medina's Brain Rules book explains what holds our attention. He reminds us that “we don't pay attention to boring things (or people).[i] As we continue through these five phases of The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance, I'm especially curious about how we will move beyond understanding these lessons, to begin implementing what we are learning, and connecting more ways to improve how we learn, adapt, connect, lead, and ultimately perform in our day to day lives. That will become an important part of the upcoming workbook—which is a practical way for each of us to identify what we have already strengthened, where gaps may remain, and which specific actions can help us to improve our own learning, well-being, and performance. Because the purpose of this 5 Phase Framework is not simply to collect more information about the brain. It is to understand how the systems connect—and then use that understanding to create meaningful change.  “Attention Is the Gate—How Movement Becomes Learning.” For today's Episode 406, we'll connect Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules to the Movement Loop we have been building throughout Phase 3—and answer the next important question: Once movement activates and prepares the brain, what determines whether that readiness becomes lasting learning? You can review our full interview with John Medina from EP 42[ii] from February 2020. (find the link in the reference section of the show notes). INTRODUCTION: THE MISSING STEP We have spent this phase so far, examining how movement changes the brain. Dr. Chuck Hillman and Paul Zientarski[iii] showed us that movement prepares the brain for learning. Dr. John Ratey[iv] helped us understand how exercise influences neurochemistry, BDNF, and neuroplasticity. Dr. Kristen Holmes[v] showed us that recovery helps determine whether strain becomes adaptation. And our restorative-sleep episode explored where some of that recovery, adaptation, and integration may occur. But one important question remains: A brain can be activated, chemically prepared, and physiologically ready—but what determines what it actually learns? The answer begins with attention. Movement may create the readiness to learn, but readiness alone is not learning. The brain must still select what matters, focus on it, interact with it, encode it, revisit it, and eventually integrate it. That gives us the pathway we will explore today: Movement creates readiness. But what is the filter in our brain that helps us to focus on the things that are most important to us. What gives us the ability to pay attention to something? The RAS- or The Reticular Activating System. Before we continue, let's remind ourselves what the RAS is. The RAS—or reticular activating system—is a network of neurons extending through the brainstem that helps regulate wakefulness, alertness, and our readiness to respond to incoming information. We explored this system previously in Episode 272, “Priming the Reticular Activating System to Achieve Our Goals.” In that episode, we described the RAS as a type of filter that helps us notice information connected to what we have identified as important. For example, once you decide that you are interested in a particular type of car, you may suddenly begin seeing that car everywhere. That's the RAS filtering system in our brain. The cars were already there, but your attention now has a reason to prioritize them. In Episode 272[vi], we applied this idea to goal-setting. When we clearly identify an intention, we may become more likely to notice relevant information, opportunities, and connections that were previously present but did not receive our attention. That explanation gave us a useful starting point. But here in Episode 406, we can add more precision. The RAS is not a tiny gatekeeper sitting in the brain and personally deciding what we will learn. It is part of a broader network that helps maintain the level of arousal and alertness required for our attention. It helps the brain become available to notice whatever it is that is important to us. Then salience, relevance, emotion, intention, and our current goals help determine what receives priority. Focused attention directs our limited cognitive resources toward the selected information. Next, encoding and repetition help strengthen what we want to focus on. And recovery and sleep help to further support its consolidation and integration. So our expanded Movement Loop now looks like this: you can see an image in the show notes to expand this understanding. Movement supports brain activation.   RAS helps the brain become awake, alert, and ready to pay attention. Salience and relevance (or what matters the most to us) helps to determine what receives priority. Our focused attention selects what gets our priority. Encoding and repetition further strengthens this pathway. Recovery and sleep (that we've dove deep into) support consolidation and integration. And together, these processes increase the likelihood that experience becomes learning—and that learning becomes available for future performance. Whatever it is that we have put our attention on, is now made usable.  This shows us how our understanding has evolved since Episode 272, three years ago. Then, we were asking: How can our intention help us notice what matters with the attainment of our goals? Now, years later, with more understanding, we are asking: Once the brain is alert and something important has captured our attention, what sequence of events must occur for that information to become lasting learning? We are no longer asking only what must remain top of mind so we can notice opportunities connected to our goals. We are asking what happens next: How does something we notice become something we understand? How does something we understand become something we remember? And how does something we remember become knowledge or a skill we can retrieve, apply, and use to improve our performance? This is where Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules help us to connect the pieces. Let's begin with Lesson One: Lesson 1: Movement Creates Readiness—Not Guaranteed Learning Movement can increase alertness, circulation, and readiness for cognitive work. But why might movement have such a powerful relationship with the brain? Dr. John Medina explains this through an evolutionary lens. His point is that the human brain did not develop while we were sitting motionless at desks or staring at screens. It developed while human beings were moving through changing outdoor environments, solving immediate problems, and continually responding to the world around them. Let's listen to how he explains it. CLIP 1 John Medina “The human brain was designed to solve problems related to surviving in an outdoor setting, in unstable meteorological conditions—and to do so in constant motion. The constant motion is where the exercise comes in. But the rest of that—the more a school, or any of us, can recreate the world of the Serengeti, the place where this brain actually grew up, the better things are. And exercise, particularly outdoor exercise, is a terrific example of this idea.” When Medina refers to the Serengeti, I don't think he is suggesting that schools should literally recreate the dangers or conditions of an ancient environment. He is giving us an evolutionary picture of the conditions under which the human brain developed: We moved. We navigated changing environments. We encountered new sensory information. We solved problems. We adapted to uncertainty. And we did these things together rather than remaining physically still for most of the day. Outdoor movement may bring several of these conditions together. We are moving our bodies while also responding to changes in light, temperature, terrain, sound, distance, and direction. This helps explain why movement belongs at the beginning of our Movement Loop. But it also brings us to an important distinction: Movement creates readiness. It does not guarantee learning. A student can move before class and still become distracted. A leader can exercise before work and still spend the morning reacting to notifications. An athlete can warm up physically without becoming mentally focused on the strategy or skill required next. Movement can help activate the system. The RAS in the brain helps us become awake and alert. But the brain must still determine what stands out, what is relevant, and what deserves focused attention. Movement opens the window. Attention determines what enters through it. Our Key lesson: Movement prepares the brain. Attention directs the preparation. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Before your next period of demanding cognitive work, use movement to create a window of readiness. Take a five-to-ten-minute walk, complete a brief movement break, stretch, or choose another form of movement appropriate for your ability and environment. But do not move without deciding what comes next. Before you begin, identify the specific task you will return to: “When this movement break ends, what will receive my attention?” For a student, it might be the first problem on a math assignment. For a leader, it might be the one decision that requires uninterrupted thinking. For an athlete, it might be the cue, strategy, or skill that needs to remain at the center of practice. Movement creates the opportunity. A clear intention helps direct what happens next. Your experiment is: Move briefly, choose one target that you want to complete with this intention, and begin that task immediately after the movement ends. Lesson 2: Attention Is the Gate In EP 395[vii], we examined what captures attention: Meaning Emotion Relevance Intention Reward Human connection Now today's episode shows how we move beyond why the brain notices something and explains what attention does after movement has prepared the system to learn. Attention acts as a filter. The brain encounters more information than it can consciously process, so it must select what receives priority. This creates the bridge: Brain activation creates capacity. Attention distributes that capacity. Our Key lesson: What the brain does not attend to has little opportunity to become lasting learning. Andrea's Application This distinction between brain capacity and cognitive efficiency became personal for me when I reviewed the results of my 2020 brain scan. We covered this topic on EP 84[viii] and we will do a thorough review of what was learned with our brain scans at Dr. Daniel Amen's CA Clinic. The evaluation that I received after my scan was completed with Dr. Shane Creado, suggested that I had areas of strong capacity, but that my brain appeared to be working harder than necessary to complete certain tasks in the cognitive testing. A possible contributor we discussed was sleep deprivation. I want to be careful here: a SPECT scan is not a direct measurement of attention or learning, and my results cannot tell us that insufficient sleep caused a specific attention pattern. But the experience gave me a useful way to think about what we are learning today. Having cognitive capacity does not necessarily mean that we are using that capacity efficiently. I may be motivated, active, and ready to work—but if I am under-recovered, under-slept, distracted, or trying to process too many competing inputs, my brain may have to expend more energy to sustain focus. This helped me understand the Movement Loop at a more personal level: Movement can help activate my brain. Attention gives that activation a target. But recovery may influence how efficiently I can sustain that attention and use it for learning. My scan did not define what my brain could do. It gave me another reason to examine the conditions under which my brain performs at its best. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Before asking yourself—or someone else—to focus, make the target of attention clear. Start by completing this sentence: “The most important thing to notice right now is…” Then reduce the competition around it. We all know to do this. Silence unnecessary notifications. Close unrelated tabs. Remove extra materials from view. Avoid asking the brain to switch repeatedly between tasks. If you are teaching, make the relevance visible: “Why does this matter?” “What should students be listening or looking for?” “How does this connect to something they already know?” If you are working independently, write your one priority clearly where you can see it. Remember, the goal is not to force the brain to attend to everything. The goal is to help it identify (with your RAS-that filter in your brain) what deserves your priority. Your experiment is: Choose one target, (something you want to accomplish) remove as many unnecessary sources of interference as possible, and create one meaningful reason to pay attention. This also helps explain why keeping your desk clear, your closet organized, or your car tidy may make you feel calmer and more focused. How we do anything is how we do everything. Every object, notification, unfinished task, or piece of visual clutter can become another potential signal competing for your attention. That does not mean everything must be perfectly organized before you can begin (while some of us would prefer to work this way), perfection can become its own form of interference. Just get started. It simply means that when you reduce unnecessary visual and mental competition, you make it easier for the brain to recognize the priority in front of you. Clear the space. Name the target. Create the relevance. Then give the task your full attention. Lesson 3: Attention Is Necessary—but It Is Not Enough Paying attention to information once does not guarantee that it will be remembered. This is where Dr. Medina's memory rules enter: Repeat to remember. Remember to repeat. The first refers to giving new information more than one opportunity to be encoded. The second points toward revisiting information over time. This allows you to extend the Movement Loop: Movement prepares the brain and body. Attention selects what to focus on. Retrieval and Repetition strengthens our focus. Recovery helps us to integrate what we are learning. PUT THIS INTO ACTION After learning something new, do not immediately reread it. First, look away from the material and try to retrieve it. Ask yourself: “What were the three most important ideas?” “How would I explain this without looking at my notes?” “What can I remember on my own?” Retrieval reveals the difference between recognizing information and actually being able to access it. Then return to the material, check what you missed, and retrieve it again later—after an hour, the next day, or several days afterward. For students, this could mean closing the textbook and explaining the lesson to a partner. For professionals, it could mean summarizing a meeting before reviewing the notes. For personal learning, it could mean recording a short voice memo explaining the idea from memory. Your experiment is: Learn it once, retrieve it without looking, and schedule a brief return to it later. See if you can remember it. Attention begins the pathway. Retrieval and repetition help strengthen it. Andrea's Application This lesson reminded me of one part of the cognitive testing that accompanied my brain scan at Amen Clinics: a Continuous Performance Test, or CPT. In the version I completed, letters appeared on a computer screen. The instruction was to press a button whenever a letter appeared—except when the letter was X. This type of task may sound simple, but it requires you to remain attentive over time, respond consistently, and inhibit your automatic response when the target letter appears. My results indicated that this was an area in which I did not perform as strongly. Looking back, I remember hearing the basic instruction: press the button for every letter except X. But I do not remember fully appreciating that the speed and consistency of my responses also mattered. This gave me an important real-life lesson: Hearing an instruction is not the same as accurately encoding everything the task requires. Before beginning something important, pause and ask: “What exactly am I being asked to do?” “What details determine successful performance?” “Can I explain the instructions back in my own words?” And, when appropriate, write down the key steps before beginning. This applies in a classroom, during a meeting, while completing an assessment, or whenever accuracy matters. First, attend to the full instruction. Then restate or retrieve it. Clarify anything that is missing. And only then begin the task. My experience showed me that attention is not just about working harder or concentrating more intensely. It is also about identifying the correct target—and making sure we understand the complete task before directing our effort toward it. Lesson 4: Learning Becomes Stronger When It Has More Than One Path Dr. Medina's Brain Rule #9 about sensory integration and vision(meaning our brains learn and remember best when multiple senses—like sight, sound, and touch—are engaged at the same time) give you the practical learning background to involve ALL of your senses. While teaching and learning you can ask: Can I see it? Can I hear it? Can I explain it? Can I demonstrate it? Can I connect it to something I already know? Can I apply it physically or practically? The goal is not sensory stimulation for its own sake. It is to provide clear, relevant pathways through which the learner can interact with the information. Our Key lesson: The more meaningfully we interact with information that we are learning, the more opportunities the brain has to encode and retrieve it. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Choose one idea you want to remember and interact with it in at least two meaningful ways. You might: See it in a diagram. Hear it explained. Say it in your own words. Write or draw it. Teach it to someone else. Demonstrate it physically. Connect it to a previous experience. Or apply it to a real problem. The goal is not to add noise or stimulation. More input is not automatically better. Each interaction should make the idea clearer, more relevant, or easier to retrieve. For example, instead of only reading about the Movement Loop, you could draw the sequence, explain it aloud, and identify where it appears in your own daily routine. Your experiment is: Take one important idea and represent it in two different, meaningful ways. The more deeply we work with information, the more opportunities the brain has to encode and retrieve it. Andrea's Application If you have been listening to this podcast for a while, I'm sure you have noticed that when I organize an idea into a framework—or represent it in a visual graphic—it begins to come to life. I can see how the pieces from past episodes connect, can explain the concept more clearly, and retrieve and apply it to my life more easily. It's also difficult to forget something when there's a visual image connected to it if you are the type of learner who needs to see something to make it stick in your memory. LESSON 5: RECOVERY HELPS LEARNING CONTINUE AFTER ATTENTION ENDS So far, we have followed learning through four important steps: Movement prepares the brain and body. RAS helps “turn on the lights,” allowing us to become awake, alert, and ready to respond. Next, the brain begins identifying what might be important to us. Salience refers to something that stands out—perhaps because it is new, unexpected, emotional, or connected to a possible reward or threat. Relevance refers to how closely that information connects to our goals, needs, experiences, or interests. In simple terms: Salience asks, “What stands out?” Relevance asks, “What matters to me?” Attention through the RAS next directs the brain's spotlight toward the information selected for deeper processing. Imagine a flashlight shining on whatever it is that you have picked to be important to learn. Encoding creates the initial memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen it. But learning does not necessarily end when we close the book, leave the classroom, finish the meeting, or stop practicing. The brain still needs time to stabilize, organize, and connect what we learned. This is where recovery and sleep enter the Movement Loop. SLEEP IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF LEARNING Sleep is not a period when the brain simply switches off. While we sleep, the brain continues processing information from the day. Newly encoded memories may be reactivated, strengthened, reorganized, and connected with knowledge we already have. This is called memory consolidation. In simple terms, consolidation helps make a new memory more stable and easier to access later. Deep non-REM sleep and REM sleep may support different but overlapping parts of this process. Deep sleep is associated with physical restoration and the consolidation of certain facts and experiences. REM sleep has been associated with emotional learning, procedural skills, creative connections, and integrating new experiences with older memories. But we should not think of these as completely separate jobs. Deep sleep and REM are parts of a repeating sleep cycle, and both may contribute to learning. This is why I use the phrases: Deep sleep helps me recover from the hard work I did that day. REM may help me integrate what I experienced and what it meant to me. The word “may” matters because sleep is more complex than saying that deep sleep only restores the body and REM alone integrates learning. The most important lesson is this: What we focus on while we are awake gives the brain something to work with while we sleep. Retrieval and repetition strengthen the information before sleep. Then sleep provides conditions that can help stabilize, organize, and connect what we learned. THE MOVEMENT LOOP IN SIMPLE TERMS Let's put the complete cognitive side of the Movement Loop into simple language. MOVE—to prepare the brain and body. BECOME READY—RAS- in the brain helps us become awake, alert, and available to respond. NOTICE—salience helps something stand out because it is new, emotional, unexpected, rewarding, or potentially threatening. RELEVANCE—relevance helps the brain recognize how that information relates to our goals, needs, interests, or previous experiences. ATTENTION—directs our mental resources or a spotlight toward the selected information. ENCODE—begins forming a memory of what we are focused on. RETRIEVE AND REPEAT—strengthens the memory and makes it easier to access again. RECOVERY and CONSOLIDATION—so the brain and body can restore, and sleep can support memory consolidation. Leading us to-- INTEGRATION—to connect the new learning with what we already know. APPLY—Making the learning available and ready to use when we need it. So, in its expanded form, the Movement Loop looks like this: Movement → RAS-Supports Readiness → Salience and Relevance (what's important to us)→ Focused Attention → Encoding (forms the memory of what we are focused on)→ Retrieval and Repetition (to strengthen the neural pathway) → Recovery and Consolidation (important for the brain and body to be rested and recovered)→ Integration (connect new learning with what we already know)→ NEW Learning and Performance (ready and available for us whenever we need it). Here is an even easier way to remember how we LEARN: Move. Wake or Get Ready. Notice. Focus. Form a Memory. Strengthen it. Recover it. Connect it. Use it. Movement prepares the system. The RAS helps us become alert. Salience and relevance identify possible priorities. Attention selects the target. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen it. Recovery and sleep help stabilize it. Integration connects it. And application makes it useful. These stages do not always occur in a perfectly straight line. We may notice something before we are fully focused on it. We may need several rounds of encoding and retrieval. We may sleep on an idea and understand it differently the following day. Or we may try to apply what we learned and discover that part of the pathway still needs strengthening. That is why this is a loop rather than a one-way process. Application produces feedback. That feedback shows us what we understand, what we can retrieve and use, and what still requires attention, repetition, or recovery. Then that feedback guides the next cycle of learning. We move again. We become ready. We direct our attention toward what matters. And with each cycle, we build learning that becomes more accessible, adaptable, and useful in our performance. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Before ending your next learning or work session, take one minute to ask: “What is the most important thing I want to remember?” Without looking at your notes, write down the central idea in your own words. Then decide when you will retrieve it again—perhaps later that day or the following morning. After that, give yourself permission to recover. When your attention is fading, another exhausted hour may not be as valuable as a break or a full night of sleep. The following day, try to retrieve the idea again before looking at your notes. Notice what remained accessible and what needs another repetition. Your experiment is simple: Summarize it. Sleep on it. Retrieve it again. Because learning begins while we are awake—but recovery and sleep help the brain continue the work. The Move–Focus–Learn Protocol BRINGING THE FIVE ACTIONS TOGETHER Here is the full Move–Focus–Learn experiment: Test this in school, work or personal learning: Use a brief walk or appropriate movement break before demanding cognitive work. This is what I told Dr. Medina 6 years ago is the only way I'm able to stay focused on writing difficult topics, like this one. Identify the one thing that deserves your attention next. Pick one priority you will focus on. Remove interference. Reduce unnecessary notifications, competing tasks and distractions. This can take a few minutes ahead of time, but keeps the learning slate clean so to speak. Create relevance. Ask, “Why does this matter to me—or to this learner?” Interact with the information you want to learn. Explain it, visualize it, discuss it, demonstrate it or apply it. Retrieve it. Close the book or screen and recall the important ideas without looking. Repeat it later. Return to the information after time has passed. Protect recovery. Allow sleep and recovery to support the next stage of learning. REVIEW AND CONCLUSION As we close out Episode 406, I want to return to the question we began with: Once movement activates and prepares the brain, what determines whether that readiness becomes lasting learning? The answer is not one single process. Learning emerges through a sequence of connected conditions: The brain and body must become ready. Something must stand out and feel relevant. Attention must select it. The information must be encoded. It must be retrieved and revisited. And recovery and sleep must provide opportunities for consolidation and integration. Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules helped us follow this sequence through five key lessons. LESSON 1: EXERCISE PREPARES THE BRAIN Movement helps create biological conditions that support alertness, attention, and cognition. The RAS contributes to this process by helping us become awake, alert, and ready to respond. But movement creates an opportunity—not a guarantee. A prepared brain still needs direction. LESSON 2: ATTENTION SELECTS WHAT MATTERS The brain encounters far more information than it can consciously process. Salience helps us notice what stands out. Relevance connects that information to our goals, needs, interests, or previous experiences. Attention then directs the brain's spotlight toward the selected target. Movement may create greater readiness, but attention determines where that readiness goes. LESSON 3: RETRIEVAL AND REPETITION STRENGTHEN WHAT ATTENTION BEGINS Paying attention once may create familiarity, but familiarity is not the same as learning. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval asks the brain to locate that information again. Repetition gives us additional opportunities to strengthen our access to it. This is why explaining an idea without looking at our notes can be more useful than simply rereading it. Attention begins the pathway. Retrieval and repetition help make it last. LESSON 4: MEANINGFUL INTERACTION HELPS LEARNING STICK We can strengthen encoding by interacting with an idea in more than one meaningful way. We might see it, hear it, explain it, draw it, demonstrate it, or apply it. The goal is not to add as much stimulation as possible. The goal is to give the brain clear and relevant ways to understand, represent, and later retrieve the information. This is something I have experienced while creating this podcast. When I organize an idea into a framework or bring it to life in a visual graphic, I can see how the pieces connect. That helps me explain the idea more clearly, remember it more easily, and apply it more effectively. LESSON 5: RECOVERY ALLOWS LEARNING TO CONTINUE Learning does not necessarily end when we close the book, leave the classroom, finish the meeting, or stop practicing. During sleep, newly encoded information may be reactivated, stabilized, reorganized, and connected with existing knowledge. Deep non-REM sleep and REM sleep may contribute to this process in different but complementary ways. This is why recovery is not separate from learning. Recovery is part of the learning process. PUTTING THE MOVEMENT LOOP TOGETHER The complete cognitive side of the Movement Loop now looks like this: Movement prepares the brain and body. RAS-supported arousal helps us become awake and alert. Salience and relevance help identify possible priorities. Attention selects the target. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen it. Recovery and sleep support consolidation. Integration connects the new learning with what we already know. And application makes that learning available when we need it. Or, in its simplest form: Move. Wake. Notice. Focus. Form. Strengthen. Recover. Connect. Use. Movement creates readiness. Attention provides direction. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen the pathway. Recovery supports consolidation and integration. And application turns what we have learned into improved performance. Together, these processes help turn activity into lasting learning. FINAL THOUGHT This is not the first time we have explored Dr. John Medina's work, but each return has allowed us to ask a different question. In Episode 42[ix], we asked: How should schools and workplaces change when we understand the brain? In Episode 370[x], we asked: How can neuroscience and emotional regulation improve learning environments? In Episode 395[xi], we asked: What captures attention and motivates behavior? And here in Episode 406, we asked: How does an activated and attentive brain convert an experience into learning? That question has helped us add important detail to the Movement Loop. Movement alone does not create learning. Attention alone does not create lasting memory. Repetition without meaning may not produce understanding. And effort without recovery may not give the brain the conditions it needs to consolidate and integrate what happened. Each part of the process matters. Before we close, consider these questions: What are you preparing your brain to notice? Where is your attention going after you move? Are you interacting with important information deeply enough to encode it? Are you retrieving what you are learning—or merely rereading it? And are you protecting the recovery that allows learning to continue? Because what we repeatedly attend to, retrieve, and apply begins to shape what we know, what we can do, and how we perform. PREPARING FOR EPISODE 407 Movement can prepare the brain. Attention can direct it. Encoding can begin the memory. Retrieval and repetition can strengthen it. And recovery can help consolidate and integrate it. But every part of this process requires energy. The brain needs energy to direct attention, form memories, regulate behavior, and sustain performance. The body needs energy to move, adapt, recover, and begin the cycle again. So in Episode 407, we will revisit Jason Wittrock's work through a more current and carefully defined lens. We'll examine his experience with nutrition and fasting as an applied practitioner and personal case study, while comparing those ideas with current evidence surrounding nutrition, blood-sugar stability, metabolic flexibility, recovery, and performance. Because the brain and body cannot sustain performance without the energy required to power the system. I'll see you next time as we ask: How does metabolic health influence our capacity to move, learn, recover, and perform? RESOURCES Clip 1 with Dr. John Medina https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zDItOHAc8qQ Full Interview with Dr. John Medina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFzg5nQnEMs REFERENCE   [i] John Medina's Brain Rule #4 https://brainrules.net/article/attention/   [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 42 with Dr. John Medina on “Implementing Brain Rules in Schools and Workplaces of the Future” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-john-medina-on-implementing-brain-rules-in-the-schools-and-workplaces-of-the-future/   [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 403 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-first-how-a-20%e2%80%91minute-walk-lights-up-the-brain/     [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 404 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-matters-how-every-move-rewires-the-brain/   [v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 405 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-isnt-enough-how-recovery-drives-real-adaptation/   [vi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 272 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-priming-the-reticular-activating-system-to-achieve-our-goals-in-2023/   [vii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 395 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/theory-of-mind-the-missing-link-between-attention-reward-and-motivation/   [viii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 84  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/how-a-spect-scan-can-change-your-life-part-3-with-andrea-samadi/   [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 42 with Dr. John Medina on “Implementing Brain Rules in Schools and Workplaces of the Future” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-john-medina-on-implementing-brain-rules-in-the-schools-and-workplaces-of-the-future/   [x]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 370 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-rules-revisited-how-neuroscience-can-transform-classrooms/   [xi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 395 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/theory-of-mind-the-missing-link-between-attention-reward-and-motivation/      

Remember God loves you so much he sent his Son Jesus Christ to take the punishment for your sins. You are of great value. Jesus loves you and He is just a prayer away! This episode includes AI-generated content.

https://teachhoops.com/ Can Every Player on Your Team Repeat Your Vision Back to You? How to make your message simple enough that it actually sticks A vision your players can't repeat is just a speech you gave in October. This episode is about boiling your message down and then saying it far more often than feels comfortable, until it becomes the language of your program. What we cover Shrinking the vision to a short phrase anyone on the roster can say without thinking Repetition as teaching: preseason meetings, huddles, film sessions, hallway conversations Tying every drill back to the vision so players understand why the work matters Getting assistants using identical language, because mixed messages destroy belief Giving players ownership so the vision becomes theirs instead of yours Reinforcing the vision by publicly praising the exact behavior you want Coaching point Repetition is not nagging. It's instruction. Say it more than you think you need to. Try this week Ask three players separately what the team is trying to become. If you get three different answers, the message hasn't landed yet. https://teachhoops.com/ TitleSubtitleShow Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

300 episodes ago, I hit record for the first time and hoped a handful of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) would find something useful in it. Now there are people in 27 countries doing these exercises. Some of you have been here since episode 1. Some of you found us last week, three days after diagnosis, at 2am, looking for anything that made sense. This one is for you. I'm not teaching a new exercise this week. I'm sharing what's actually worked for people in this community, and pointing you back to the episodes that keep helping the most people. Here's what we cover

You have the mind of your last 1,000 conversations.Now, just like the 1,000 meals idea…I don't mean that literally.There is no neurological accountant sitting inside your skull counting conversations.But the underlying idea?I think it's incredibly important.Your mind has a history.The things you've practiced thinking about.The skills you've practiced.The problems you've practiced solving.The stories you've practiced telling.The language you've used.The conversations you've participated in.The reactions you've repeated.The attention you've repeatedly directed.All of those experiences become part of the person sitting here today.Because just like your muscles adapt to repeated physical demands…your brain adapts to experience.Resources:Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription)Discount Code: coachdamiensdLinks:IG:@coachdamien_sd@damienrayevans@livinthedream_podcast YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTgFB:https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

You will not think your way into a new life. You have to behave your way there. For many men, the version of themselves that once helped them survive has quietly become the version keeping them stuck: the old beliefs, coping mechanisms, habits, fear, self-doubt, and need to feel safe. In this episode, James Boardman shares the personal work he is doing to make parts of his old identity redundant — and the four-step framework for becoming a stronger, freer, more intentional man. Inside this episode: •Why the beliefs, limitations, and coping strategies shaping your life may not have started with you •How a survival-state mindset can keep men stuck in old patterns, even when life has changed •The first step of identity change: catching fear, self-doubt, and self-sabotaging patterns as they happen •Why discomfort is necessary — and how to stop immediately reaching for the behaviour that makes uncertainty disappear •The power of building evidence: choosing a different response when anxiety, insecurity, grief, or pressure shows up •Why repetition turns a new behaviour from something you are trying into someone you are •The difference between saying "I am trying to change" and deciding "this is who I am now" •How to use your own past proof to rebuild self-trust when fear takes over •The question every man needs to ask: What does the version of me I am becoming no longer need to do to feel safe? The old version of you does not need more shame. He needs to become redundant. Awareness. Discomfort. Evidence. Repetition. That is how you stop letting the past dictate the man you become next. If you are ready to break old patterns, raise your standards, and build the life you know you are capable of, early-bird tickets for the Men, Mindset & Mission Live Workshop are now available:   https://www.universe.com/events/men-mindset-mission-live-workshop-tickets-Z8PXN2 Stop existing. Start living. Let's get to work.

LW1520 - The Big, Big Problem of Repetition I've been doing multiple image projects now for 45 years and reviewing submissions to LensWork for 34 years. One of the things I've learned is that nothing kills a multi-image project as fast as repetition. The instant a viewer thinks, "I've seen this one before," their interest starts to wane. Even if they haven't seen it before, but think they have, the damage is done. All previous episodes of our weekly podcast are available to members of LensWork Online. 30-day Trial Memberships are only $10. Instant access, terabytes of content, inspiration and ideas that expand daily with new content. Sign up for instant access! You might also be interested in. . . Every Picture Is a Compromise, a series at www.brooksjensenarts.com. and... "How to" tutorials and camera reviews are everywhere on YouTube, but if you're interested in photography and the creative life, you need to know about the incredible resources you can access as a member of LensWork Online.

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Alloy. “A Roadmap to Rumination: A Review of the Definition, Assessment, and Conceptualization of This Multifaceted Construct.” Clinical Psychology Review 29, no. 2 (2009): 116–128.Treynor, Wendy, Richard Gonzalez, and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. “Rumination Reconsidered: A Psychometric Analysis.” Cognitive Therapy and Research 27, no. 3 (2003): 247–259.Watkins, Edward R. “Constructive and Unconstructive Repetitive Thought.” Psychological Bulletin 134, no. 2 (2008): 163–206.Watkins, Edward R. Rumination-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression. New York: Guilford Press, 2016.Self-Talk and PerformanceHardy, James. “Speaking Clearly: A Critical Review of the Self-Talk Literature.” Psychology of Sport and Exercise 7, no. 1 (2006): 81–97.Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis, Nikos Zourbanos, Evangelos Galanis, and Yiannis Theodorakis. “Self-Talk and Sports Performance: A Meta-Analysis.” Perspectives on Psychological Science 6, no. 4 (2011): 348–356.Theodorakis, Yiannis, Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis, and Nikos Zourbanos. “Cognition: Self-Talk and Performance.” In The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology, edited by Shane M. Murphy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.Affect Labeling, Emotion, and LanguageBarrett, Lisa Feldman. “Solving the Emotion Paradox: Categorization and the Experience of Emotion.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 10, no. 1 (2006): 20–46.Lieberman, Matthew D., Naomi I. Eisenberger, Molly J. Crockett, Sabrina M. Tom, Jennifer H. Pfeifer, and Baldwin M. 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Lieberman. “Putting Feelings into Words: Affect Labeling as Implicit Emotion Regulation.” Emotion Review 10, no. 2 (2018): 116–124.Self-Distancing and Reflective ProcessingAyduk, Özlem, and Ethan Kross. “From a Distance: Implications of Spontaneous Self-Distancing for Adaptive Self-Reflection.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 98, no. 5 (2010): 809–829.Kross, Ethan, and Özlem Ayduk. “Making Meaning out of Negative Experiences by Self-Distancing.” Current Directions in Psychological Science 20, no. 3 (2011): 187–191.Kross, Ethan, Özlem Ayduk, and Walter Mischel. “When Asking ‘Why' Does Not Hurt: Distinguishing Rumination from Reflective Processing of Negative Emotions.” Psychological Science 16, no. 9 (2005): 709–715.Kross, Ethan, Emma Bruehlman-Senecal, Jiyoung Park, Aleah Burson, Adrienne Dougherty, Holly Shablack, Ryan Bremner, Jason Moser, and Özlem Ayduk. “Self-Talk as a Regulatory Mechanism: How You Do It Matters.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 106, no. 2 (2014): 304–324.Moser, Jason S., Adrienne Dougherty, Whitney I. 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On this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I sit down with multi-instrumentalist and recording artist Erik Hall to talk about his evolving relationship with minimalist music. We begin with his large-ensemble interpretation of Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato, created in collaboration with Metropolis Ensemble and Sandbox Percussion following a performance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.Erik takes me inside the challenges of moving from a solitary, multitracked recording process to an ensemble filled with individual players, instincts, and senses of time. We talk about tempo, repetition, concentration, and how a piece changes when musicians must listen, respond, and move through it together.We also trace Erik's path from childhood classical piano lessons through jazz drumming, rock bands, touring, and record-making. That wide musical background eventually brought him back to the piano and to solo interpretations of works by Steve Reich, Simeon ten Holt, Glenn Branca, Charlemagne Palestine, and Laurie Spiegel.  Along the way, Erik explains how microphone placement and instrumentation helped him build the sonic world of Music for 18 Musicians. He also reflects on the balance between honoring a score and giving himself enough freedom to discover something personal inside it.We close with Erik's return to original composition, the creative discipline of working every day, and the surprising power of writing music that can stand on its own in a single performance. We also talk about his recent time playing drums with Natalie Bergman—and why, behind the kit, feel matters far more than complexity.Key TakeawaysErik's large-ensemble version of Canto Ostinato grew from his 2023 solo recording and an invitation from Andrew Cyr of Metropolis Ensemble.The project began with a 52-musician performance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden before being refined into a studio recording with Metropolis Ensemble and Sandbox Percussion.Playing repetitive music with an ensemble requires a different kind of attention than building it alone through overdubs, especially when navigating cues, repeats, tempo, and transitions.Erik's background in classical piano, percussion, jazz drumming, guitar, touring, and studio recording all informs the way he approaches minimalist music.While recording Music for 18 Musicians, Erik used instrumentation and microphone placement to preserve the behavior of Steve Reich's arrangement while creating a distinct sonic identity.Years of working on Canto Ostinato have transformed Erik's piano playing and reconnected him with the patient, incremental process of learning music.Erik is now developing original material, including music conceived for solo piano or Fender Rhodes, while also working on a film score and considering future interpretive recordings.Music from the EpisodeMusic for 18 Musicians (Pulses) - Erik HallCanto Ostinato - Erik HallStrumming Music - Erik HallMusic for a Large Ensemble - Erik HallThe Temple of Venus - Erik HallAbout the PodcastThe Bandwich Tapes is a podcast about music, the people who make it, and the experiences that shape their creative lives. Hosted by musician Brad Williams, each episode offers an honest, thoughtful conversation with artists, producers, engineers, and other members of the musical community.Connect with the ShowEmail: contact@thebandwichtapes.com

How to Say No Without Losing the People You Love – Free Masterclass October 5th: Sign up HERE "I should be further along by now." Notice what that sentence does to your shoulders. That reaction is your clue. Charlotte Smith calls this success expectancy, and it is one of the most expensive thoughts her clients bring to coaching calls. It feels like an accurate description of your life. It is a mindset, and it is the thing standing between you and the result you want. In this episode you will hear real coaching examples: the client who stopped marketing for weeks, and the client planning 18-hour days to hit a deadline she invented. You will learn the four expectations hiding underneath the thought and the three-step protocol to replace it. Your only assignment this week is to notice whether that sentence is running in the background. What You'll Learn Why "I should be further along" is a thought you can change, not a fact you have to live with How expecting success can actively prevent success The four hidden expectations underneath the thought: timeline, effort, skills, and investment The three-step thought protocol Charlotte uses with clients to build a mindset that holds up in month nine Key Takeaways Feelings drive actions. Nobody has ever felt defeated and then taken big, strategic action. Defeat produces quitting or frantic busywork. The lens distorts everything. With that thought running, your business, body, home, and website all look broken. Most of them just needed more time. Check the source of the target. If you did not set the deadline from a plan and self-confidence, you are not behind. Awareness first. Catch the thought, label it, and stop rearranging your external life to fix an internal problem. FAQ Q: What is success expectancy? A: Expecting you should already have it. That expectation creates frustration, and frustration drives the actions that keep you stuck. Q: Isn't expecting success the point? A: Believing you are capable opens you up. Being frustrated it has not happened yet shuts you down. Those are two different thoughts. Q: Why does "I Should Be Further Along" feel like a fact? A: Repetition. You said it enough times that it stopped sounding like an opinion. Q: What do I think instead? A: "I'm giving this all the time it takes." Resources Mentioned Free masterclass, October 5th: How to Say No Without Losing the People You Love. Live coaching included. Last time this year. Sign up at: charlottemsmith.com/class Profitable Mindset Academy. Weekly coaching and the goal setting training from this episode. Registration opens once more before year end: charlottemsmith.com/coaching  

Get all set for Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time with Father DufresneSummaryIn this episode, we explore the importance of prayer, living authentically in faith, and the humorous side of church life through stories and reflections. Join us for insights on spiritual growth and some lighthearted church anecdotes.Key topicsThe importance of daily prayer and methods to incorporate it into lifeThe call to live authentically and embrace the cross in faithHumorous stories from church life that highlight human momentsThe significance of transformation through spiritual disciplineInsights from scripture on following Christ and living truthfullyChapters03:52 Sunday Readings: Jeremiah and the Call to Speak Truth04:43 Romans 12:1-2: Offering Our Bodies as a Living Sacrifice05:39 Matthew 16:21-27: Jesus Predicts His Passion and Disciples' Response07:45 The High Calling of Transformation and Living the Cross08:36 The Role of Prayer in Spiritual Transformation09:28 Desire for God and Daily Encounters in Prayer10:52 Small Sacrifices and Embracing the Cross in Daily Life12:03 Effective Communication of Spiritual Goals13:16 Methods of Short, Effective Prayer Sessions14:55 Encouragement and Response to Prayer Challenges16:34 The Power of Repetition in Spiritual Formation17:23 Practical Tips for Making Prayer a Habit19:05 Humorous Church Stories: Balloons and Unexpected Moments21:52 Dealing with Distractions and Lighthearted Church Anecdotes23:59 Church House Rules and Maintaining Reverence

Podcast PacketsIllustrationsLead SheetsForumsJazz Piano Skills CommunitySummaryIn this episode, Dr. Bob Lawrence explores how focusing on small musical environments, like two measures, can significantly enhance jazz piano development. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the process over memorizing entire tunes, helping musicians develop independence and deep musical understanding.KeywordsJazz piano, solo piano development, musical skills, practice strategies, improvisation, musical environment, education, satin doll, seven stages, musicianshipKey TopicsThe seven stages of solo piano developmentThe importance of small musical environmentsHow to develop skills using two measuresThe difference between practicing material and developing skillsThe role of education in musical independenceApplying the process to any tuneThe importance of repetition and recognitionHow to simplify practice for better resultsTakeawaysPracticing less material allows for deeper skill development.Understanding the process enables musicians to apply skills to new music.Repetition and recognition lead to independence in playing.Focusing on two measures can accelerate learning and mastery.Content and education are not the same; education guides understanding.Sound Bites"Less material, more mastery.""Two measures are more than enough to develop skills.""Focus on skills, not just the tune."Support the show

Discipline gets a lot easier when you stop treating misery as proof that you're doing it right. AJ and Johnny sit down with author and rejection expert Jia Jiang to challenge the traditional idea that success requires endless willpower, grinding, and suffering. Jia explains his approach to “easy discipline”—reducing friction, making difficult work more enjoyable, and building routines around the things that naturally give you energy. You'll learn how to break the procrastination loop, use “repetition with variation” to avoid burnout, build momentum that makes consistency easier, and rethink failure and rejection as opportunities for creativity. Jia also shares lessons from his 100 Days of Rejection experiment and why lasting success starts with finding what moves you instead of blindly following someone else's blueprint. Episode Resources: https://www.jiajiang.com https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Discipline-Unconventional-Achieve-Ambitious/dp/1668093588 Chapters 00:00 – Why discipline doesn't have to feel hard06:15 – Make difficult goals easier and more enjoyable13:05 – What procrastination is trying to tell you19:15 – Removing friction from habits that don't stick25:30 – Repetition with variation beats boring repetition32:25 – The routine that helped Jia learn English36:35 – How to build a momentum loop42:00 – Finding value when your work isn't fun45:40 – Turning rejection and failure into opportunity49:10 – Stop following the script and find what moves you A Word From Our Sponsors Get $250 off select AirDoctor air purifiers by using promo code CHARM at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AirDoctorPro.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Shopify is where you go to start your business, and everything you need to sell is already there from day one. Start your free trial by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SHOPIFY.COM/charm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with top talent ready to help your business grow by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UPWORK.COM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. This year, skip breaking a sweat AND breaking the bank. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/charm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keywords discipline, procrastination, easy discipline, habits, motivation, consistency, rejection, fear of rejection, fear of failure, personal growth, self discipline, behavior change, momentum, willpower, productivity, goal setting, creativity, routines, mindset, confidence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Sunday Live, I continue our Philippians Bible study and dive deep into Paul's call to “rejoice in the Lord.” What does it actually mean to rejoice when life feels anything but joyful? Is joy just a religious cliché, or a real, practical experience we can grow in—especially in the midst of anxiety, depression, […]

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What happens when Mindy tries to master the world's loudest, most complicated musical instrument? In this episode about practice, memory, and the amazing ability of the brain to learn, Mindy and Guy Raz embark on a hilariously noisy adventure involving a baseball stadium organ, a very frustrated music teacher, and enough noise to shatter windows! Along the way, you'll discover what happens inside the brain when we practice something again and again, how neurons can become more organized with repetition, and why getting better at something takes more than simply wishing you were good at it. This episode is packed with musical mayhem, laugh-out-loud hijinks, fascinating brain science, and one very important question: Can practice really make permanent?Why does practicing something over and over help you remember it? What actually changes inside your brain when you keep working at a new skill? And could studying tiny mouse brains help scientists understand how our own brains learn and remember? Mindy and Guy Raz explore a fascinating study from researchers at UCLA and Rockefeller University, who trained mice to recognize and remember scents in a specific order while observing the neurons in their brains. They discover that as the mice practiced, the activity of their neurons became more organized—offering a WOW-worthy glimpse into how practice can help the brain get better at remembering and performing tasks!This episode is a hilarious journey into the science of learning and memory. Along the way, kids and families will discover how neurons communicate, how scientists study brains to understand behavior, and how repeated practice can strengthen the brain's ability to remember. And, of course, Mindy puts the science to the ultimate test as she attempts to transform her truly terrible baseball stadium organ playing into something resembling actual music!This is the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, and Wow of practice, memory, neurons, learning, and the incredible science of how our brains get better at things over time!✨ Don't miss the chance to explore even further with Wow in the World:Grownups can visit tinkercast.com/join-twaaw to join the World Organization of Wowzers (WOW) and unlock exclusive activities, birthday cards, quarterly mailings, first dibs at events, and a welcome kit with an autographed photo of Mindy & Guy Raz! Plus, Grownups help support our podcast and our mission to create content and experiences that connect laughter to learning, curiosity to innovation, and kids to the WOWs in their world!This episode of Wow in the World is a perfect blend of comedy, storytelling, and brain science, inviting kids and families to explore how practice changes the way our brains process information, discover how scientists investigate learning and memory, and experience the surprising power of repetition—all while laughing, learning, and wowing together!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.