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My name is Reinerio (Rey) Hernandez and I was a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where I was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. I am also an “Experiencer” of the paranormal Contact Modalities.This is a book about my personal experiences via the Contact Modalities, titled A Greater Reality: One Man's Journey of Discovery. This book discusses many of my personal experiences that I have kept hidden for many years because of fear that I would lose my law license and any academic credibility that I might have accumulated over many years of academic research. The book not only discusses the details of some of my most important bizarre experiences via the Contact Modalities, it also presents various theoretical hypotheses about the “Contact Phenomenon”, based upon my personal experiences, such as:1) that all of the Contact Modalities, including UFOs, have the ability to manipulate Space-Time;2) that the perceived physical beings we are experiencing, via NDEs, OBEs, UFO contact experiences, etc., and the telepathic communications we are receiving, are all “Holographic Projections” from an external non-physical source;3) that the intelligence behind the UFO contact phenomenon can “control” your conscious thoughts and even to “project” mental images and thoughts into your “Mind”;4) and many other hypotheses on the relationship between Consciousness and the Contact Modalities.I am currently the Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI, an academic research institute comprised of more than 25 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers whose mission is to explore the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of “paranormal experiences”, what CCRI calls “The Contact Modalities, a term I coined in 2013. The term “Contact Modalities” is defined as “all of the diverse ways that humans are ‘piercing the veil' of our physical reality and having perceived contact with consciousness-based Higher Forms of Intelligence”, also called “Non-Human Intelligence”. Examples of the Contact Modalities are as follows: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Out of Body Experiences (OBEs), Astral Travel Experiences (ATE), (which are very different from OBEs), Conscious Aerial Phenomena (CAP-UFOs), (commonly called UFOs or UAPs), contact experiences with perceived deceased humans (commonly called Ghosts or Spirits), contact experiences via Hallucinogenic Journeys (via entheogens such as DMT, Psilocybin, LSD, etc.), contact experiences via Remote Viewing or other forms of clairvoyance, contact experiences via Channeling or Mediumship, contact via the many forms of Post Death Communications, contact experiences via Lucid Dreams, contact via perceived Poltergeists experiences or spiritual attachments, and many other types of “paranormal” contact experiences with tens of thousands of diverse forms of Non-Human Intelligence, whether they be perceived as physical or non-physical.I, and a professional documentary team that has produced 10 Star Trek documentaries with William Shatner, have recorded hundreds of commercials, rock concerts, TV commercials, Super Bowl events, and other events, and have been working on a 2-hour documentary over the last 6 years. We have filmed and interviewed, across the United States, over 50 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, researchers and more than 100 "Experiencers" of the Contact Modalities for our documentary. The documentary, which also shares the same name as my book, A Greater Reality: One Man's Journey of Discovery, will be released in 2025. I am attaching a 3-minute trailer of the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UaF0sZdvpcBioRey graduated with honors from Rutgers College, was a Masters Candidate at Cornell University and was a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. He previously was a Professor for six years at the New School for Social Research and at the City University of New York. Rey is currently the Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI, an academic research institute comprised of more than 25 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers whose mission is to explore a new paradigm that seeks to integrate the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of extraordinary experiences, what Rey coined in 2013 as the “Contact Modalities”.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWM4CM6BAll of the 9 books can be downloaded as PDF files from the CCRI website:https://agreaterreality.com/ https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP

My name is Reinerio (Rey) Hernandez and I was a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where I was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. I am also an “Experiencer” of the paranormal Contact Modalities.This is a book about my personal experiences via the Contact Modalities, titled A Greater Reality: One Man's Journey of Discovery. This book discusses many of my personal experiences that I have kept hidden for many years because of fear that I would lose my law license and any academic credibility that I might have accumulated over many years of academic research. The book not only discusses the details of some of my most important bizarre experiences via the Contact Modalities, it also presents various theoretical hypotheses about the “Contact Phenomenon”, based upon my personal experiences, such as:1) that all of the Contact Modalities, including UFOs, have the ability to manipulate Space-Time;2) that the perceived physical beings we are experiencing, via NDEs, OBEs, UFO contact experiences, etc., and the telepathic communications we are receiving, are all “Holographic Projections” from an external non-physical source;3) that the intelligence behind the UFO contact phenomenon can “control” your conscious thoughts and even to “project” mental images and thoughts into your “Mind”;4) and many other hypotheses on the relationship between Consciousness and the Contact Modalities.I am currently the Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI, an academic research institute comprised of more than 25 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers whose mission is to explore the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of “paranormal experiences”, what CCRI calls “The Contact Modalities, a term I coined in 2013. The term “Contact Modalities” is defined as “all of the diverse ways that humans are ‘piercing the veil' of our physical reality and having perceived contact with consciousness-based Higher Forms of Intelligence”, also called “Non-Human Intelligence”. Examples of the Contact Modalities are as follows: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Out of Body Experiences (OBEs), Astral Travel Experiences (ATE), (which are very different from OBEs), Conscious Aerial Phenomena (CAP-UFOs), (commonly called UFOs or UAPs), contact experiences with perceived deceased humans (commonly called Ghosts or Spirits), contact experiences via Hallucinogenic Journeys (via entheogens such as DMT, Psilocybin, LSD, etc.), contact experiences via Remote Viewing or other forms of clairvoyance, contact experiences via Channeling or Mediumship, contact via the many forms of Post Death Communications, contact experiences via Lucid Dreams, contact via perceived Poltergeists experiences or spiritual attachments, and many other types of “paranormal” contact experiences with tens of thousands of diverse forms of Non-Human Intelligence, whether they be perceived as physical or non-physical.I, and a professional documentary team that has produced 10 Star Trek documentaries with William Shatner, have recorded hundreds of commercials, rock concerts, TV commercials, Super Bowl events, and other events, and have been working on a 2-hour documentary over the last 6 years. We have filmed and interviewed, across the United States, over 50 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, researchers and more than 100 "Experiencers" of the Contact Modalities for our documentary. The documentary, which also shares the same name as my book, A Greater Reality: One Man's Journey of Discovery, will be released in 2025. I am attaching a 3-minute trailer of the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UaF0sZdvpcBioRey graduated with honors from Rutgers College, was a Masters Candidate at Cornell University and was a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. He previously was a Professor for six years at the New School for Social Research and at the City University of New York. Rey is currently the Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI, an academic research institute comprised of more than 25 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers whose mission is to explore a new paradigm that seeks to integrate the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of extraordinary experiences, what Rey coined in 2013 as the “Contact Modalities”.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWM4CM6BAll of the 9 books can be downloaded as PDF files from the CCRI website:https://agreaterreality.com/ https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP

Have you heard about wind energy innovation? In this episode we are talking to Wyoming Entrepreneurs and Innovators. We're taking our listeners on a journey to explore the stories of risk-takers and problem-solvers who, despite facing challenges and setbacks, strive to discover something new. This is how innovation drives success and survival.  My special guests are Blossom Ko and Neal Rickner: Airloom Energy:   Blossom Ko Lumley CO-FOUNDER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER: Blossom Ko Lumley (MM, CSULA, Music; BA, Rutgers College, English) possesses a diverse skill set in project management and operations acquired from over 20 years in nonprofit and for-profit organizations including the University of Wyoming, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the LA Annenberg Metropolitan Project and Ares Management. Ms. Lumley has effectively led large-scale projects through every stage of implementation, and her experience encompasses communications work, technical and grant writing, and collaborating with varied sets of stakeholders. Ms. Lumley oversees company operations including safety standards and facilities management, sourcing and inventory management, HR, communications, board/investor relations and project planning & implementation. Her vision for the Airloom, once reaching utility-scale, includes development of a small-scale, portable version to be quickly deployed for emergency and disaster relief. Neal Rickner Neal Rickner CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: (MBA, Columbia Business School; Columbia University, Master of International Affairs; University of Arkansas, BA, Political Science) brings more than 25 years of operational and investing experience in the energy, defense, and industrial sectors. Prior to his role at Airloom, Rickner was CEO of BridgeTek Energy, a global battery integration services and software technology provider. Rickner has also served as the Managing Partner of Elevation Ventures where he led investments in early-stage energy and mobility companies. He spent nearly a decade at Google and Google[x] leading teams, most notably serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Makani, a next-generation wind-turbine company owned by Alphabet and Shell. Rickner is also a decorated veteran of the U.S. Marines, serving as an F-18 pilot and Forward Air Controller for over 12 years.  In this episode, you will be able to: Discover how Airloom Energy in Wyoming are leading the way in wind energy innovation.   Explore the latest breakthroughs in wind power technology that are shaping the future of renewable energy.   Uncover the unique and game-changing wind energy solution developed by Airloom.   Learn about the challenges and opportunities involved in scaling wind turbines for widespread impact.   Understand the crucial role of startups in Wyoming: https://wyomingsbdc.org/    Latest Innovations in Wind Power  1. Airloom's reimagined wind turbine design offers a departure from traditional models, integrating simple materials, automation, and standard installation methods for enhanced efficiency.  2. The podcast delves into the evolution of wind power solutions, emphasizing Airloom's innovative approach that overcomes challenges of traditional wind turbines.  3. Neal Rickner and Blossom Ko highlight the importance of sustainable and efficient energy generation, driving the need for the latest innovations in wind power technology. The resources mentioned in this episode are:  Visit the website Airloomenergy.com for more information about Airloom and their innovative wind energy solutions.   Explore Project Drawdown for objective climate-related information, including emissions reduction strategies and impactful sustainability solutions.   Check out the Wyoming Energy Authority's website for a balanced approach to diversifying Wyoming's energy resources and powering up Wyoming for Wyoming-specific wind energy information.   Stay updated with the Department of Energy's Wind Exchange website for valuable insights into wind energy, including Wyoming-specific information.   Keep an eye out for community meetings and events hosted by Airloom to learn more about their innovative wind energy technology and its benefits for sustainable energy generation.  Learn More about Spark! Places of Innovation   Follow Us on These Channels: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emydigrappa/ www.ThinkWY.org https://www.facebook.com/storiesaboutwhy https://www.instagram.com/storiesaboutwhy   Listen on all your favorite platforms and subscribe!  As always leave a review if you enjoyed these stories and follow us on Instagram or visit the webpage of the Wyoming Humanities! Sign Up for our newsletter Here:  http://eepurl.com/igy4fH

This week we welcome Robin Merle, author of Involuntary Exit, A Woman's Guide to Thriving After Being Fired, to share her insights. She brings a unique perspective to the conversation, showing how moving past the initial stages of anger and fear, and finding ourselves on a path of self-reflection can turn the experience into a positive one.  It can help us to rediscover our values and remind us of our power and importance.  We also return to a recent topic of networking and Robin shares her unique idea of networking with “intellectual curiosity”.  Letting our curiosity lead the conversation, showing genuine interest in others and their work, can help build meaningful connections.  Learning from being fired involves humility, self-reflection, and a commitment to our own personal growth. Join our Warrior conversation as we chart a path together.   Robin Merle, CFRE is the author of Involuntary Exit, A Woman's Guide to Thriving After Being Fired, which won the 2022 Gold Medal Nonfiction Book Award. She is the President of Robin Merle Associates, LLC, a fundraising consultancy, and the Founder of The Professional Guide which helps senior-level professionals succeed in their career transitions.  A Certified Fundraising Professional (CFRE), she has more than 35 years' experience as a senior executive for billion-dollar nonprofit organizations, raising more than a half-billion dollars primarily for universities and healthcare.   As someone on a mission to help people move forward with their career transitions, Robin coaches executives through the pain points of job loss to rebuild confidence and resilience.  She also coaches Development professionals to succeed in new roles. She is a frequent podcast guest and webinar host and has been a featured speaker at Chief, the Rutgers Center for Women in Business, the Johns Hopkins University Women's Leadership Conference, and AFP-NYC Global.  Robin is a proud graduate of The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins and graduated from Rutgers College as a member of its first class of women.  (3:25) Robin shares her experiences and path that brought her to write her book.  (7:07) We delve into Robin's book; starting at the beginning that sets the tone for her practical and insightful book.  (10:35) Robin shares why she uses a unique grief model, to help people navigation through being terminated.  (16:58) We discuss advice, one of many, that Robin's offers throughout the book.  (20:12) Robin explains how performance might not be the issue, when someone is terminated.  (22:08) Robin shares her advice on how to discuss a termination in a future interview; preparing for that question and taking the time before jumping back into the arena.  (25:20) Robin's unique take on networking, and its close relationship to being “intellectually curious”. (28:55) A discussion on the triggers and anxiety related to terminations.  (31:43) Robin shares how using affirmations and healthy mindset can move you through this experience.  Connect with Robin Merle https://www.linkedin.com/robinmerletpg/ https://www.theprofessionalguide.com  Subscribe: Warriors At Work PodcastsWebsite: https://jeaniecoomber.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/986666321719033/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanie_coomber/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeanie_coomberLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanie-coomber-90973b4/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMZ2HyNNyPoeCSqKClBC_w

In this panel discussion arranged by Ministry of Awesome, got the chance to share about governance for startups along with Flip Grater, Jeff Wallace and Zach Warder-Gabaldon.  We kept it practical and relevant for founders on what you need to know when it comes to advisory boards, directors, legal duties, paying people, finding the right fit, selecting investors, how to keep on track and quite a lot more!  If you like this, check out the other content at www.theseeds.nz  Resource on how to chair a meeting well: https://www.parryfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/How-to-Chair-a-Meeting-Well.pdf  "Ministry of Awesome presents a dynamic panel of expert advisors offering quick-fire advice to guide you through the early stages of your business journey. Our experts will demystify industry jargon about governance and structure and clarify how today's decisions can impact the future success of your business.” Bios on panellists Zach: Zach is responsible for developing and managing the startup innovation programmes at Ministry of Awesome. After spending two and half decades in the Valley immersed in and surrounded by entrepreneurship and innovation, he is incredibly well equipped to helping Aotearoa's startup sector realise its potential as a unique and powerful incubation nation. Jeff: Jeff is a long-time Bay Area resident who works with global startup ecosystems, including governments, corporations & startup accelerators/entrepreneurs, to help catalyze startup environments & create a bridge to Silicon Valley. He is an Adjunct Instructor at UC Berkeley and is co-founder of Silicon Valley in Your Pocket, a global virtual startup accelerator, serving 1000s of companies across 40+ countries. He is co-founder & former President of Batchery, an incubator for seed stage startups. He is an active angel investor with equity positions in 250+ companies and an active advisor & investor at Berkeley SkyDeck. He is an Executive Board Member for the Rutgers Business School Road to Silicon Valley Program (RSVP). Previously, he worked at Cognizant & Brillio as founder & Global Head for Mobility & UX practices. He is a frequent keynote speaker at global tech & startup events. He holds a BA in Economics/Finance from Rutgers College & an MBA from UC Berkeley. Flip: Flip Grater is an author, musician and activist, founder and CEO, chef and entrepreneur. After 15 years in the music industry as a music label owner and singer-songwriter, touring the world and releasing five albums and two books she moved home to Otautahi and started plant based food production company and restaurant Grater Goods. She is currently the CEO of Grater Goods and a Press columnist. Steven: Steven Moe is a Partner at Parry Field Lawyers with a focus on start-ups and small business and helping them succeed through practical support on topics such as structures, shareholders, raising capital and IP. He has edited free guides for startups including this one on raising capital and this one on common start-up issues. He has worked as a lawyer for 20 years including 11 years overseas based in Tokyo, London and Sydney, and since 2016 has been based back in Aotearoa. Steven hosts seeds podcast which has a focus on “for purpose” organisations and people doing inspiring things which has 388 episodes and another on governance for the IOD called Board Matters.

We highlight the life of African-American actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson, was one of the driving forces in the civil rights movement starting in the early 20th century. Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University, Robeson was a star football player, was named an All-American twice, and was inducted into the College football Hall of Fame. He graduated with a law degree while playing in the NFL for the Akron Ohio Pros. After his football career ended, Robeson became a recording sensation releasing over 276 records, singing mostly gospel and folk songs. Acting in New York and London he became a global celebrity. Robeson was also a movie star appearing in 15 films, the first was in 1925. Using his skills as an attorney, Robeson was an international advocate for human rights, fighting racial discrimination world wide. Due to his activism, conservative politicians branded Robeson as a dangerous radical. You will hear Paul Robeson perform on NBC's Rudy Vallee Show in 1933 during the height of his popularity. Plus, Robeson hosting a radio program on New York station WQXR in 1940 supporting the anti-fascist movement in Spain. Lastly, Robeson being interviewed on Pacifica Network radio station KPFA in San Francisco back in 1958. More at http://krobcollection.com

Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department by Elie Honig “Elie Honig has written much more than a compelling takedown of an unfit attorney general; he also offers a blueprint for how impartial and apolitical justice should be administered in America.”—Preet Bharara “An essential analysis for anyone committed to understanding the abuses of the Trump administration so we can ensure they never happen again.”—Joyce White Vance “Essential reading for all who cherish the rule of law in America.”—George Conway "Written with all the color and pacing of a legal thriller."—Variety CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig exposes William Barr as the most corrupt attorney general in modern U.S. history, with stunning new scandals bubbling to the surface even after Barr's departure from office. In Hatchet Man, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig uncovers Barr's unprecedented abuse of power as Attorney General and the lasting structural damage done to the Justice Department. Honig uses his own experience as a prosecutor at DOJ to show how, as America's top law enforcement official, Barr repeatedly violated the Department's written rules, and those vital, unwritten norms and principles that comprise the “prosecutor's code.” Barr was corrupt from the beginning. His first act as AG was to distort the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, earning a public rebuke for his dishonesty from Mueller himself and, later, from a federal judge. Then, Barr tried to manipulate the law to squash a whistleblower's complaint about Trump's dealings with Ukraine—the report that eventually led to Trump's first impeachment. Barr later intervened in an unprecedented manner to undermine his own DOJ prosecutors on the cases of Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, both political allies of the President. And then Barr fired the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York under false pretenses. Finally, Barr amplified baseless theories about massive mail-in ballot fraud, pouring gasoline on the dumpster fire battle over the 2020 election results and contributing to the January 6 insurrection that led to Trump's second impeachment. In Hatchet Man, Honig proves that Barr trampled the two core virtues that have long defined the department and its mission: credibility and independence – ultimately in service of his own deeply-rooted, extremist legal and personal beliefs. Honig shows how Barr corrupted the Justice Department and explains what we must do to prevent this from ever happening again. About the author Elie Honig is a CNN Senior Legal Analyst who previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. He provides on-air commentary and analysis for CNN on news relating to the U.S. Department of Justice, major criminal trials, the Supreme Court, Congressional and grand jury investigations, national security, policing, and other legal issues. In 2022, Honig was nominated for an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the category “Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial & Opinion.” Honig is the author of the national bestselling book, “Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department,” published by HarperCollins. His second book, “Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It,” is scheduled for publication in January 2023. Honig is the host of a popular true-crime podcast, “Up Against the Mob,” and a weekly legal podcast, “Third Degree,” both productions of Cafe and Vox Media. Season Two of “Up Against the Mob” premieres in November 2022. Honig graduated from Rutgers College (where he now teaches) in 1997, and Harvard Law School in 2000.

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Distressed Investing With George Schultze, Founder & CEO, of Schultze Asset Management ~ $100M AUM Website: https://samco.net/ Bio: George J. Schultze is Managing Member and Founder of Schultze Asset Management, LLC (SAM). He chairs the firm's Investment and Strategy Committees and, together with his team, makes the final decision on all investments for the portfolio. Mr. Schultze is widely recognized as an expert on distressed and special situations investing and is often quoted in the media regarding high profile reorganization cases such as the Chrysler Automotive bankruptcy. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and graduate schools such as Harvard Business School. Prior to founding SAM, he honed his activist distressed investing approach with MD Sass. Before that, he was employed with Fiduciary Partners fund of funds, the Mayer Brown & Platt law firm, and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Schultze is a joint graduate of Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School, JD/MBA. He founded the Columbia Law School Investment Club and served as editor for the Columbia Business Law Review. He also authored several papers including: Negotiating the TWA Bankruptcy Restructuring, Tax Factors and ERISA Implications of Corporate Restructurings, and International Banking Law. While at Columbia, he placed 2nd in the 1995 business school annual stock-picking contest. Mr. Schultze earned a BA from Rutgers College where he graduated with a joint major in Economics/Political Science and the Henry Rutgers Scholar distinction. While at Rutgers, he won The Wall Street Journal Award for Excellence in Economics and placed 23rd nationwide (from over 14,000 participants) and first place at Rutgers in the 1991 AT&T Annual Stock Picking Contest. Although born and raised in the U.S.A., Mr. Schultze is fluent in German and Spanish. He is a regular contributor to the online version of Forbes, wrote the book on Vulture Investing, is a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, and regularly speaks at industry forums. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smartmoneycircle/support

Pablo del Real is a mindfulness teacher and the founder of Soil and Soul, a nonprofit agency that teaches mindfulness, eco-healing, and compassionate finance. He is also Director of Education for The Way Mindfulness Education, a company that trains mindfulness facilitators and teachers. In 2012, Pablo earned MLK Nonviolence certification from Bernard LaFayette, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a colleague of Martin Luther King. In 2009, Pablo received the Five Mindfulness Trainings at a retreat led by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Pablo has an M.A. in Teaching from the University of San Diego, and a B.A. in Communications from Rutgers College. He is married to Aurora Garcia. Pablo and his family make their home in  South Florida.

Alexander Wright is Partner, Global Wealth Strategist in the Client and Product Solutions group at Apollo. Previously, Alexander was the Co-Head of Yield Products and a portfolio manager for Apollo's closed end funds, CLOs, and private BDC. Prior to joining in 2011, he was with GSC Group where he served in a variety of different roles, most recently as Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Head of US Corporate Debt. Before that, Alexander was with IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Corporation and Chemical Banking Corporation. Alexander graduated from Rutgers College with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Economics and earned his MBA from Fordham University. Alexander serves on the Fordham University President's Council and the Alternative Investments Senior Advisory Board.

Jeffrey Stevenson is the Managing Partner of VSS and has overall responsibility for the management of the firm and each of its funds. Mr. Stevenson joined VSS in 1982, shortly after its formation, and founded its private equity business in 1987. Mr. Stevenson is the Chairman of the investment committee and has served on the boards of over 31 portfolio companies and currently serves as a member of the board of the following VSS portfolio companies: Center for Rheumatology, Ambulatory Management Solutions, Ascent Behavioral Health, BRC Healthcare, Specialty1 Partners, Pacesetter Health, Coretelligent, ITN Networks, MetSchools, Southern Theatres LLC. Previously, he served as a director of Advanstar, Brandshop, Cambium Learning, Canon Communications, Cast & Crew, De Telefoongids, Mediatel, Ebiquity, Hanley Wood, ITE Group, Pepcom, Tax Credit Co., TMP Worldwide, and Yellow Book USA, among others. Mr. Stevenson serves as a member of the finance committee for the not-for profit organization, Fraxa Research Foundation. He is also involved with the following organizations: YPO/WPO, SBIA Board of Governors and Lincoln Center Leadership Committee. He previously served on the board of Dojan TV Holdings, and as the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vencerx Therapeutics. Mr. Stevenson holds a BA from Rutgers College.  

Air Date: 5-4-22Marty Jablow, DMD, is the president of Dental Tech Advisors and owner of The Dentists of Woodbridge located in Woodbridge, NJ. He earned his bachelor's in biology from Rutgers College before graduating from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1986.Dr. Jablow has trained dental residents at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center and been on the dental hygiene faculty at Middlesex County College in New Jersey. He has been on his county Peer Review board for over 25 years. Dr. Jablow is a key opinion leader in dentistry, serving on the editorial or advisory boards of DentalCompare, the Eco-Dentistry Association, and Dental Product Shopper. He has attained Fellowships in the Academy of General Dentistry and Academy of Dental Facial Aesthetics. Dr. Jablow has been recognized by Dentistry Today as one of the top lecturers in the country.Dr. Jablow consults with many companies on product development and marketing, assisting companies such as KaVoKerr, Air Techniques, Triodent, Apteryx, and Acteon in developing products through the entire pipeline process.Join us LIVE by joining our Facebook Group, Dentists IN the Know. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dentistsintheknow/Thank you Q-Optics for sponsoring this episode.

Dr. Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA is a leading expert in the relationship between microbes and mental illness. He's a graduate of Rutgers College and the George Washington University School of Medicine and board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers—Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Dr Bransfield has authored and co-authored a number of publications in peer-reviewed literature.

Matthew LaBosco has been deeply entrenched in the health and wellness fields for over 20 years. His father was a medical doctor and mother a nurse practitioner. Matthew experienced the benefits of having immediate access to medical professionals and learned about its limitations. Matthew himself has navigated five orthopedic surgeries before the age of 23, periods of depression, and various systemic inflammatory ailments. He realized at an early age that the solutions provided by the medical model never addressed the cause, but just bought some time until the next treatment. Through his personal experience and supporting thousands of individuals over the years in his private practice, online courses, and weekend workshops, he developed an entirely new paradigm that gave himself and his clients access to sustainable Vitality physically, systemically, and mentally. Although Matthew has formal education with a degree in Psychology from Rutgers College, he knew he needed to go outside of the traditional educational model to find what he was seeking. In additional to investing over a hundred thousand dollars in courses and certifications, he apprenticed and studied with top clinicians in the fields of Physical Rehabilitation, Psychology, Nutritional Science, and Personal Development from all over the country. All of these individuals were operating outside of the traditional paradigm and creating sustainable results for their clients and patients, that no one else was able to do. Matthew sincerely believes that everyone deserves and has the capacity to live their best life and has dedicated his life to giving the public the tools to make that possible. To learn more about Matthew, check out the following links: Matthew's Website, App, Book, & Podcast: https://healthtovitality.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matthewlabosco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattlabosco/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-labosco-34ba8056/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mlabosco2023

How do you move your ethics and compliance program along the journey from basic to best in class? How do you keep momentum amid a major business disruption and downturn? And how do you make progress on the holy grail of compliance objectives—a speak-up culture?  In this episode of LRN's Principled Podcast, host Emily Miner is joined by Gail Lehman, the EVP, general counsel, and secretary at Hexcel Corporation. Listen in as Gail shares how this high-tech materials manufacturing company has evolved its compliance program over the past five years and what that's meant for the company's culture.  For a transcription of this podcast, please visit the episode page at LRN.com.   Guest: Gail Lehman Gail Lehman is the executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Hexcel Corporation, having joined Hexcel in January of 2017. Hexcel is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Gail oversees the legal and trade compliance functions for this NYSE public company, a leading global producer of advanced composites for commercial aerospace, space and defense, and various industrial markets. She is also the leader of Hexcel's Sustainability program at a corporate level. Gail serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the board, chief executive officer, and business teams. Upon joining the company, Gail restructured the legal and trade functions to align with Hexcel's business teams and operational objectives. She re-engineered the Code of Business Conduct program, redrafting the code and rolling out specially tailored “speak up” ethics training and messaging across all global locations. She collaborates with other senior leaders and teams to drive Hexcel's sustainability efforts and major growth, strategic and commercial activities, including mergers and acquisitions, cyber incident readiness, and contracting with the company's critical customers and suppliers.   Prior to joining Hexcel, Gail served as chief administrative officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation. Prior to Noranda, Gail was vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at both Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and Covalence Specialty Materials Corporation. Earlier she rose through the ranks of the law department at Honeywell International. She began her career at the law firm of Lowenstein, Sandler in Roseland, NJ after serving a federal judicial clerkship in the District Court in New Jersey.  Gail has a degree in psychology from Rutgers College, a graduate degree in educational psychology from Rutgers Graduate School of Education, and a law degree with high honors from Rutgers University School of Law. She has served on several non-profit boards, including currently for the Women's Business Development Council in Stamford, Connecticut.    Host: Emily Miner Emily Miner is a vice president in LRN's ethics and compliance Advisory practice. She counsels executive leadership teams on how to actively shape and manage their ethical culture through deep quantitative and qualitative understanding and engagement. A skilled facilitator, Emily emphasizes co-creative, bottom-up, and data-driven approaches to foster ethical behavior and inform program strategy. Emily has led engagements with organizations in the healthcare, technology, manufacturing, energy, professional services, and education industries. Emily co-leads LRN's ongoing flagship research on E&C program effectiveness and is a thought leader in the areas of organizational culture, leadership, and E&C program impact. Prior to joining LRN, Emily applied her behavioral science expertise in the environmental sustainability sector, working with non-profits and several New England municipalities; facilitated earth science research in academia; and contributed to drafting and advancing international climate policy goals. Emily has a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a degree in Anthropology.

Patrick Morrisey, WV Attorney General,  joins Liberty & Justice Season 2, Episode 19. Learn more about AG Morrisey's work at https://patrickmorrisey.com  Watch every episode of Liberty & Justice at www.whitaker.tv.Since being elected West Virginia's Attorney General in 2012, Patrick Morrisey has secured countless wins for the Mountain State and our West Virginia conservative values. He is nationally recognized as a leader in the fight against federal overreach.Morrisey has been the public face of some of the nation's most significant legal victories in recent years. He spearheaded America's largest win against the deep administrative state in decades (WV v. EPA), a pivotal case for our state because it helps protect energy jobs and limits the ability of federal agencies to issue regulations without clear statements from Congress. He was a leading advocate of bringing constitutional carry to West Virginia citizens, led the effort to successfully defend the state's school choice laws (one of the broadest in the country), and set up the first-ever Disability Fraud Unit in the state over Republican and Democratic opposition. He's the first pro-life Attorney General in West Virginia history, and defends our states' pro-life laws in Court without reservation.With his unmatched experience and incredible success, Patrick Morrisey is now the leading Republican candidate for Governor of West Virginia. He is the only proven conservative who has taken on many of the biggest challenges facing West Virginians, and won. Patrick is running for Governor to put more money in the pockets of hardworking West Virginians, to advance educational excellence, supercharge economic and workforce growth, and protect families from the ravages of drugs and the woke, anti-freedom, socialist threats facing us today.Under Morrisey's leadership, West Virginia has aggressively attacked the opioid epidemic. He's won numerous settlements against drug companies, bringing in a record-breaking amount of funds (over $1 billion with the counties and cities, and securing the highest per capita settlements in the nation) to be used to fight this epidemic. He has established a comprehensive agreement and plan for the state and all of its political subdivisions to address the drug and fentanyl problems holistically. Morrisey's landmark agreement was widely praised, earning public votes of support from all 55 West Virginia counties and 34-0 and 94-0 votes in the state Senate and House.Morrisey's conservative values stem from his upbringing, instilled in him from his father, a World War II veteran and account manager for steel companies, and his mother, a VA registered nurse. The Attorney General put himself through college and law school by working multiple jobs and balancing his academic, athletic, and economic pursuits. His strength of character, hard work ethic, and perseverance were further strengthened after law school when he nearly endured bankruptcy. He waited tables, picked up odd jobs, practiced law, and put in very long hours to make ends meet.A Rutgers College and Rutgers School of Law graduate, Morrisey has had a multi-faceted career in law and public service, including roles as a former Partner and Practice Chair at a major national law firm, a former Chairman of the Republican Attorney Generals Association, a former Chief Counsel to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, an owner of his own law practice, and former professional Tennis Umpire (worked through the finals of the U.S. Open). Patrick is married to his wife, Denise, and they have one daughter, Julia. He moved to Harpers Ferry in 2006, after many years of visiting the state and taking in its beauty. Matthew G. Whitaker was acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019).  Prior to becoming acting Attorney G

“Well-being is the oxygen mask that lets us assist others who are also in need of life-giving oxygen,“ says Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH, FAAFP in this month's episode. Dr Pipas steps forward and encourages us all to set aside the superhero culture and break free from the burnout cycle of medicine. She outlines specific ways we can build a culture of well-being at our institutions, in order to address the need for both systemic and personal change in the medical community. Throughout her interview, Dr Pipas also digs into how family physicians can—and should—take time daily to promote their own well-being. Hosted by Saria Saccocio, MD.Copyright © Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2023Resources:STFM Wellness CoursePhysician Well-Being: Prioritizing Your Own Health Through a Personal Health Improvement PlanFMIG Well-being Champion ProgramEvaluating What Matters in a Wellness CurriculumEstablishing a Culture of Intentional Wellness: Lessons From a Family Medicine Resident Focus Group Family Physician Burnout and Resilience: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Working Together to End our Physician Well-being Crisis Improving Physician Well-Being Through Organizational ChangeGuest Bio:Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH, FAAFPDr. Catherine Florio Pipas is Professor, Community & Family Medicine at Dartmouth. She has been recognized as a leader in education, research and clinical care with awards including the 2019 STFM Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Florio Pipas serves as Chair of the AAFP Physician Health First Initiative and the Wellbeing Educators Program and Co- Chair of the AAFP Leading Physician Well-being Program and. She is author of A Doctor's Dozen: 12 Strategies for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness.   She is on the Administrative Board of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Faculty and Academic Societies and Chairs the CFAS Faculty and Organizational Wellbeing Committee.  She grew up in Camden, NJ and received her Bachelor's degree at Rutgers College in New Brunswick. She received her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, and completed residency at Medical University of South Carolina, Faculty Development Fellowship at UNC- Chapel Hill and an MPH at Dartmouth. Dr. Florio Pipas speaks, consults, coaches, and collaborates locally, nationally, and globally with individuals, medical schools, residency programs, and healthcare organizations to advance personal and institutional wellbeing.Link:www.stfm.org/stfmpodcast052023

5 Children: 17,18,19,20,27 Rutgers College at Rutgers Universality – graduated with Honors with degrees in Biology and Economics, minored in Philosophy. Division I NCAA – Varsity Fencing, Epee – All-American. Graduate of Life University class of Spring 2000 and practicing Chiropractic in Souderton Pennsylvania. Our office sees a broad spectrum of patients from young children, […] The post The Golden Agents of Chiropractic with Dr Keith Miller DC – Chiro Hustle Podcast 437 appeared first on Chiro Hustle.

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Welcome to “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real." Join host, Joanne Carey, Wednesday, March 8th, as she brings her popular Instagram Live series Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey , that began in December 2021 , to the podcast airwaves! Dance Talk® welcomes dance artists from around the world each week to sit down and share their stories, goals and dreams for themselves, the dance community and future generations. Listen in, as we take a peak inside the career of each artist who shares their enthusiasm, wisdom, insight and inspiration, leaving you, the listener, with the transformative power of dance through each artist's voice. Joanne Carey, dancer, author, artistic director, teacher, coach, entrepreneur, has been named one of the "Top 30 Inspiring Woman" two years in a row for 2022 & 2023 by Entrepreneurs Herald Magazine, is the recipient of the award "The Best of the Best Children's Dance Studio 2020", nominated for the "Readers Choice Award, by TCK Publishing in 2021 for her book, "The Other End of the Barrel, One Woman's Journey Back to a Life filled with Joy, Laughter and Love after the Tragic Loss of a Child, which rose to #2 on Amazon in one day for New Releases in the Psychology Reference Category. Joanne Carey has been in the dance industry for over 30 years. She began her career as a modern dancer, dancing with a modern company in NYC. Joanne spent 23 of those years as the owner and artistic director of a popular children's dance studio, where she brought dance to thousands of families in Central NJ and was one of the first local dance studios to implement a Special Needs Dance Program. She was a board member of Dance New Jersey for 5 years, representing the dance studio voice, successfully raising the level of conversation and collaboration between the neighborhood dance studio and the professional dance sector in NJ. Joanne is also a member of NDEO and the Le Conseil International de la Danse. Joanne holds a BA Degree from Rutgers College as a double major in French and Political Science, studied in the graduate program at NYU for Dance Education K-12, holds an AOA Degree in acting from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and received her teacher certification from American Ballet Theater in the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 and is an ABT® Certified Teacher. Welcome to the place "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real." Let's get this Dance Talk® started! Tune in. Subscribe. Like us. And Share.

Matthew LaBosco is an author of a best selling book, "Health to Vitality", a presenter, and a vitality coach. He has a degree in Psychology from Rutgers College, is a Movement Specialist, Practitioner of Applied Modern Psychology, and HeartMath Institute Resiliency Coach. Matthew has spent the last 2 decades liberating thousands of individuals from the shackles of the healthcare system and empowering them to create and know a life of Vitality. To learn more about Matthew, check out the following links: Matthew's Website, App (Available on Google Play and App Store), New Book, Resources, and More: https://matthewlabosco.com/ Arena Method's Website: https://www.arenamethod.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matthewlabosco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattlabosco/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-labosco-34ba8056/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mlabosco2023/featured

Matthew is an Author, Coach, Movement Specialist, and Presenter. After navigating 5 orthopedic surgeries before the age of 22, suffering from anxiety, depression, and feelings of hopelessness, as well as managed a variety of inflammatory systemic issues, he has spent the last 20 years dissecting the foundations of the "health" model which and have created a completely new paradigm anchored on vitality.  He has been intricately working with individuals from all aspects of life over the last two decades supporting them in the space of physical, systemic, and mental well-being., He formal education includes a degree in Psychology from Rutgers College and a degree from the American Institute of Alternative Medicine. He is also Fellow of Applied Functional Science, Practitioner in Modern Applied Psychology, and a Certified HeartMath Personal Resilience Coach. In this episode, we talk about the difference between health and vitality and where we're all missing the make in our constant quest to be "healthy".Highlights from the show:Matthew's own journey to get where he isDifference between Health & VitalityThe big mistakes we make when we try to be "healthy"The best ways for people to actually deal with stressMarkers of stress where science shows we're dealing with it WRONGWhy we need to stop working out like we are dead peopleThe difference between the movement paradigm and the exercise paradigmWhy we shouldn't be trying to avoid stressWhere we are all going on in the quest for "health"Resources:healthtovitality.com/bookgiveawaymatthewlabosco.com

#153 Rey Hernandez UFOs The Science Of Contact With No Human IntelligenceReinerio (Rey) Hernandez graduated with honors from Rutgers College, was a Master's Candidate at Cornell University and was a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. He previously was a professor for six years at the New School for Social Research and at the City University of New York. Previous to March 2012, Rey had zero interest in the topic of Consciousness or any of the so-called paranormal Contact Modalities. On March 4, 2012, Rey and his wife witnessed a miraculous medical healing of their paralyzed dog, whom they were going to euthanize that same day, by an Energy Being that appeared in their living room. After this initial experience, over the next 3 years, Rey began to have diverse paranormal contact experiences via what he coined “The Contact Modalities” (NDEs, OBEs, UFOs, Ghosts/Spirits, Remote Viewing, Channeling, etc.) Rey Hernandez is currently the Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI, a 501c3 academic research institute comprised of more than 25 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers whose mission is to explore a new paradigm that seeks to integrate the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of extraordinary experiences, what the CCRI calls the Contact Modalities, a term that he coined in 2013. Rey was previously one of the 4 co-founders of The Dr. Edgar Mitchell FREE Foundation, an academic research foundation comprised of 12 Ph.D. academics and lay researchers, who during a 5-year period, conducted the world's first and only comprehensive academic statistical multi-language research study on UFO contact experiencers. Much of FREE's research data, based on responses from over 4,300 UFO contact experiencers from over 100 countries, contradicts much of what is circulating in mainstream materialist Ufology. Rey was one of the 3 co-editors of the historic 820-page academic book “BEYOND UFOS: The Science of Consciousness and Contact with Non-Human Intelligence." Nevertheless, Ufology has ignored the data findings from this 5-year academic research study because the findings totally contradict what has been circulating in mainstream materialist Ufology over the last 80 years. Rey has also published in several peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of the Society for Scientific Exploration. Rey's new project is a 5-volume book and a full feature science documentary titled “A GREATER REALITY: The New Paradigm of Nonlocal Consciousness, the Paranormal and the Contact Modalities”. Rey's email is: Info@AGreaterReality.Com CCRI's website is: AGreaterReality.Comhttps://odark30.com/ Lenny Depaul clothing linehttps://youtube.com/shorts/mczqvcY1esQ?feature=sharehttps://twitter.com/3PNR2https://www.facebook.com/3PNRAdamR/YOUTUBE Premium https://youtube.com/premium?cc=r3e5l9v6am25erIntro and outro music by Tobylane on Spotify #UFO #ALIENS #EXTRATERESTRIAL Support the show

Show NotesMatthew is an Author, Coach, Movement Specialist, and Presenter. His formal education includes a degree in Psychology from Rutgers College and a degree from the American Institute of Alternative Medicine. He is also Fellow of Applied Functional Science, Practitioner in Modern Applied Psychology, and a Certified HeartMath Personal Resilience Coach. Quote: The underlying health model is not anchored to principles that will create vitality - Matthew LaBosco  Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:Vitality is the ability to live your best lifeMatthew does not want you to have dependence on him or your health practitioner. He wants you to be empowered to live your best life so you're not having to work on the same problem foreverMatthew will help you get out of ‘survival mode' slow down and get to ‘20,000 feet'Be relentless, don't settle, be kind and trust yourself, your intuition is generally right - ‘put the weight on the whispers'Matthew wants to serve people to change their trajectory to a causative level and not just treat symptoms that is convenient for his businessHere is a link to this episode on our website: https://timetoshinetoday.com/podcast/mattlabosco/  Recommended Resources: Visit Health to VitalityPick Up Matthew's Book: Health to VitalityMatthew's Linked INMatthew's YouTubeMatthew's InstagramMatthew's FacebookHost Your Podcast for Free with Buzz Sprout Our Show Sponsor Sutter and Nugent Real Estate - Real Estate Excellence Music Courtesy of: fight by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/58696 Ft: Stefan Kartenberg, Kara SquareArtwork courtesy of Dylan Allen

This week I'm talking to Rey Hernandez about his book 'The Mind of GOD: A Spiritual-Virtual Reality Model of Consciousness & The Contact Modalities'.THE MIND OF GOD is the "Introduction" to the 4-volume academic book series titled A Greater Reality. This 200-page book provides a new theory, supported by academic research, that we live in a spiritual and virtual reality with a non-religious "GOD" and that we are eternal spiritual beings. This book is meant for those individuals that do not want to read the 2,500 pages contained in our 4 volumes.A GREATER REALITY is a 4-volume academic book series that aims to articulate a new paradigm that seeks to integrate the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of extraordinary experiences, what we at the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute (CCRI) call the Contact Modalities. CCRI is an academic research institute committed to an integrative approach to the entire spectrum of psychophysical anomalies. Members include professionals in the fields of Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Neuroscience, Sociology, Quantum Biology, Information Sciences, Parapsychology, and Medical Doctors. The five co-editors of the 5-volume book series, A Greater Reality, are Harvard Astrophysicist Dr. Rudy Schild, Medical Doctor and noted NDE researcher, Dr. Jeffrey Long, Reinerio (Rey) Hernandez, an attorney, and ex-Ph.D. Candidate at UC Berkeley, Dr. Jon Klimo, a retired professor of Psychology and Ph.D. from Brown University, and Dr. Michael Grosso, a former professor of Philosophy and Ph.D. from Columbia University.THE CONTACT MODALITIES are all the diverse ways humans are piercing the veil of our multidimensional reality and having contact with Non-Human Intelligence. The evidence for various types of extraordinary experiences suggests that humans may be in contact with higher forms of intelligence. The Contact Modalities are Near Death Experiences (NDEs), Out of Body Experiences (OBEs), Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP/UFOs), Spirit/Ghost Apparitions, Remote Viewing, Hallucinogenic/Psychedelic Experiences, Channeling, Post-Death Communications, Mystical Meditation, Lucid Dreams, Human Initiated Contact Experiences (HICE) and various other forms of altered states of consciousness that allow us to be in contact with transcendent realities.CONSCIOUSNESS IS FUNDAMENTAL. CCRI argues that mind and consciousness are fundamental and non-local, and that matter, energy, and information are ultimately grounded in one mind and consciousness. We argue that “Consciousness is Fundamental and that our physical world is a manifestation of consciousness and not our physical reality” -- the philosophical position that the only thing that exists is consciousness. We hypothesize that all of the Contact Modalities are interrelated via a manipulation of space-time and by definition might be interdimensional in nature.ONE PHENOMENON. We argue that there is a range of states of consciousness, the Contact Modalities, where we can access both non-physical and physical realms and interact with perceived higher forms of intelligence via our ordinary senses. For all of these reasons, we assert that the Contact Modalities need to be studied as one phenomenon-- as manifestations of a single greater source of mind and consciousness.Volumes 1 & 2 will be our theoretical volumes and will feature articles by Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers who have focused on researching the connection between Consciousness and the Contact Modalities.Volumes 3 & 4 will feature articles by individuals who have had many diverse contact experiences with our Greater Reality.Rey graduated with honors from Rutgers College, was a Masters Candidate at Cornell University and was a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. He previously was a Professor for six years at the New School for Social Research and at the City University of New York. Rey is currently the Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI, an academic research institute comprised of more than 25 Ph.D. academics, medical doctors, and researchers whose mission is to explore a new paradigm that seeks to integrate the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of extraordinary experiences, what Rey coined in 2013 as the “Contact Modalities”.https://www.amazon.com/Mind-GOD-Spiritual-Virtual-Consciousness-Modalities-ebook/dp/B0BCL5H5PS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1668165158&sr=8-1https://agreaterreality.com/https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

In this episode, Rob and Ileana are joined by Jeff Wallace, Founder of Global Kinetics and Co-Founder of, "Silicon Valley in Your Pocket." He is a well known, very experienced entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, an active Angel investor and LP Investor into new fund managers. He is deeply passionate about entrepreneurship as an economic engine. He talks to us about his simple, but ambitious belief that the knowledge, relationships and experience of "Silicon Valley" should be accessible to entrepreneurs anywhere in the world, at any time. His passion for the world's founders is contagious. If you're a global founder, or investor who wants access global deal flow, you'll really enjoy this episode. Jeff's work at Global Kinetics is focused in his market development accelerator to early-to-mid stage clients seeking to establish/expand operations in the US market & a long-standing enterprise mobility industry veteran. He is a Co-Founder of Silicon Valley in Your Pocket (SVIYP), a mobile & online platform that allows global entrepreneurs to access Silicon Valley content, coaching & connections as they build viable businesses. In addition, he is an Executive Board Member to the Rutgers Business School Road to Silicon V/Alley Program (RSVP). He is a Founding Investor of Batchery, a global incubator for tech startups. Jeff is an EIR for SKTA Innopartners. He is an Advisor and Fund Investor for UC Berkeley's incubator, SkyDeck. He was previously with Cognizant & Brillio where he was founder & Global Practice Head for the Mobility practices & focused on Internet of Things (IoT) & user experience (UX). Prior to this, he was a serial entrepreneur founding several businesses from the mid-1990s. He was awarded the prestigious BridgeGate 20 Award, recognizing him as one of the top 20 business leaders & “difference makers” in S. California's IT & new media community. He is a mentor and advisor to several Silicon Valley technology accelerators where he advises early to mid stage companies. He is an active angel investor and a member of Berkeley Angel Network. Jeff is a Board member for Innovate Marquette SmartZone in Michigan where he helps support the entrepreneurial eco-system in which new tech-based business ideas can start, grow and succeed. He frequently speaks at international conferences & corporate events & has published extensively about enterprise mobility, UX, IoT & startup / entrepreneurial related topics. He holds a BA degree in Economics/Finance from Rutgers College & an MBA in Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Technology from UC Berkeley. He is based in San Francisco enjoys the Silicon Valley lifestyle.” Feel free to follow and engage with JEFF here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jwallace913 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffwallace913/ Website: https://siliconvalleyinyourpocket.com We're so grateful to you, our growing audience of entrepreneurs, investors, builders, influencers and those interested in the entrepreneurial economies of Latin America and the under-represented entrepreneurial communities in the USA! Plug in, relax and enjoy some Spanish, English and a fun dose of spanglish as always. We're here to help inspire, educate and empower you, so that you can build the future! ¡Salud y gracias!, Mentors Today's Team --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mentorstoday/message

On today's episode of “Buck Off with Christopher Renne,” I'm joined by Jordan Williams. The guys take a look at Ohio State taking on their Big Ten East divisional foe, Rutgers To get the show started, the guys are discussing the biggest news facing the Buckeyes' roster in the last 48 hours. Ohio State has a kicker who is not Noah Ruggles and might be doing something in regards to kicking on the field. After that, the guys discuss Ohio State's opponent Rutgers. In this episode, the duo takes Rutgers seriously and gets into the series between the teams. Rutgers has struggled against the Buckeyes, but as of late the games have been getting closer. The guys also get into a conversation about Rutgers' identity on both sides of the balle. They also get into the history of Greg Schiano at Rutgers, and how the matchup is a nightmare for Rutgers even past the talent. As the show moves forward, the guys take the match up this weekend as an opportunity to get some College Football playoff thoughts off their chest. They talk about how the Big 12 is probably eliminated. Then they get into a debate about which conferences have the best chances to have playoff representation. After that, they give some dark horse teams in the CFP. To close out the show, the guys get into the news and notes throughout the week and close out the show with score predictions. Connect with the Show: Twitter: @BuckOffPod Connect with Chris Renne: Twitter: @ChrisRenneCFB Connect with Jordan Williams Twitter: @JordanW330 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I've always been very fortunate to make my own decisions in my career, but that's not always the case for everyone. Today I spoke with Robin Merle about her experience with an involuntary exit and how she turned that moment into something more. Whether you've been blindsided by an involuntary exit, been part of a re-org where you had no choice on your next move, or simple can relate to feeling like your choice has been taken away, this conversation is for you. More about Robin in her own words: Robin Merle, CFRE is the author of the award-winning book, Involuntary Exit, A Woman's Guide to Thriving After Being Fired. She has been a senior executive for billion-dollar nonprofit organizations and raised more than a half-billion dollars during her 35+ years in the field. Robin has been Vice Chair of National Philanthropy Day in New York 3 times, served on multiple nonprofit boards, and was named Woman of Achievement in 2017 by Women in Development, New York. Robin iSus proud to be a graduate of the first class of women at Rutgers College. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and went on to earn a Master of Arts from The Johns Hopkins University and publish short fiction in various literary magazines. You can follow Robin by reaching out to her at: https://theprofessionalguide.com https://www.instagram.com/robinmerletpg/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinmerletpg/ https://www.facebook.com/robinmerle.author/ I hope you enjoyed our conversation! xoxo, Jessi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jessi-shuraleff/message

Who loves to hear feedback? Most people cringe the moment they hear someone has feedback for them. However, Mary Pryshlak, Senior Managing Director, Partner, and Head of Investment Research for Wellington Management, is one of the few people I've met who equates feedback to being a gift to help people grow. Mary has always been direct with giving feedback since she was a little girl and appreciates the same from others. She believes feedback is a valuable gift and uses it to better herself. That built Mary's character and made her an impactful leader. Mary also isn't afraid to ask others for help. She believes she can gain something from anyone she meets and has all kinds of mentors who teach her valuable lessons. Join us on this podcast as we listen to Mary's stories about authenticity and building great relationships and a solid, supportive community.  Visit https://www.iambeyondbarriers.com where you will find show notes and links to all the resources in this episode, including the best way to get in touch with Mary. Highlights:  [02:24] How Mary ended up in her current role in the financial industry [07:02] How Mary gained clarity about her career path [10:23] Pushing through fears to take advantage of opportunities [12:39] Overcoming setback  [16:34] Learning from feedback [20:31] Leveraging your community [23:53] Finding commonality to build relationships [26:08] How Mary built her circle through authenticity [29:14] Mary's mentors [30:53] Lightning round questions Quotes: “Feedback is a gift.” – Mary Pryshlak “You can work hard, but you don't always win.” – Mary Pryshlak “Self-reflection is a blessing and a curse.” – Mary Pryshlak “There is something you can learn from everyone.” – Mary Pryshlak Lightning Round Questions: What book has greatly influenced you?  “Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders” by L. David Marquet What is your favorite inspiring quote or saying?  “Dance like no one's watching.”  What is one word or moniker you would use to describe yourself?  Fierce What is one change you've implanted that made your life better?  Starting to run with my daughter and surrounding myself with the right people. What power song would you want playing as you walk out onto a stage?  “Fly From the Inside” by Shinedown   About Mary L. Pryshlak: Mary L. Pryshlak, CFA, is Senior Managing Director, Partner, and Head of Investment Research for Wellington Management. Mary leads a team of 130 investment research professionals who directly manage over $165 billion in client assets. These investment professionals conduct in-depth long term research and provide investment recommendations across Wellington's global investment platform, which includes more than 900 portfolio managers worldwide. Mary's team manages assets across a spectrum of strategies including hedge funds, sector funds and long only products. In aggregate, Mary's team represents Wellington's largest book of business for which Mary is the single point of accountability for investment performance and talent. Mary focuses on ensuring that Wellington is attracting, retaining, and motivating world-class securities analysts and investment talent; developing skills and capabilities that enable this world class team to globally connect the dots and evolve with a continually changing marketplace. Collaboration is a critical part of Mary's philosophy and a hallmark of Wellington which is what enables the firm to identify future trends make informed investment decisions on behalf of clients. Prior to being named head of Investment Research, Mary was the director of Global Industry Research and previously spent 13 years as a global industry analyst covering property & casualty insurance stocks. Prior to joining Wellington in 2004, she was an equity analyst covering financial services at The Boston Company (2001 – 2003). Before that, she worked as an analyst at State Street Global Advisors (1995 – 2001) and held positions at Aeltus Investment Management Company (1994) and Spears Benzak Saloman and Farrell (1993 – 1994). Mary received her BA in economics and French from Rutgers College (1993). She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts (AIFA), the CFA Institute, and the CFA Society Boston. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-pryshlak-09748912/

On today's episode Robin Merle shares how being fired from a company inspired her to help women embrace unexpected career challenges and thrive in new opportunities. Listen in as Deborah and Robin discuss the importance of grieving a job loss, how to look for the right opportunities, and staying present in the moment when interviewing and telling your story. Robin Merle, CFRE has been a senior executive for billion-dollar organizations and a veteran of the power, value, and identity wars at the top ranks. She is the author of Involuntary Exit, A Womans Guide to Thriving After Being Fired (She Writes Press) which received the 2021 Gold Medal Award from the Non-Fiction Authors Association and a 5-star review from Foreward. Robin has raised more than a half-billion dollars in philanthropy during her nearly forty years working with nonprofit organizations and academic and health care institutions. These include New York University, Hospital for Special Surgery affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine, and the Rutgers University Foundation. She has served as a board member for three nonprofits in New York City and in 2017, she was named Woman of Achievement by Women in Development, New York for her leadership in fundraising and commitment to supporting women in the field. Robin is proud to be a graduate of the first class of women at Rutgers College. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and went on to earn a Master of Arts from The Johns Hopkins University and publish short fiction in various literary magazines. Robin is the founder of The Professional Guide, a witty, honest resource to help women take action on professional experiences that arent up to their standards. She is a frequent speaker on leadership, including most recently at Chief, one of the largest national networks of c-suite women, and at the 10th Annual Women's Leadership Conference at The Johns Hopkins University. Robin has been married for more than 30 years, has two grown children, and lives in New England though considers herself a New Yorker at heart. You can connect with Joel in the following ways: Website: https://theprofessionalguide.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/robinmerletpg/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinmerletpg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robinmerle.author/ Create a personal career strategy that develops the leadership and communication skills you need to assess challenges, showcase your skills, and demonstrate your ability to be a C-Suite Leader. Learn more about the C-Suite Academy here: https://bit.ly/csawaitlist22 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn what it takes to define success for yourself along with digital leader, coach, and consultant Kelly Ferraro. THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: The current construct of success doesn't work for women: it needs a rebrand. It is not jagged, triangle-shaped like some mountain to climb. It is softer — more like a circle. When we view success as a choice we can lead from vision, dream bigger, feel the expansion and are more likely to hit goals. You'll also learn: Discover what makes you whole. Get clear on what you want out of your life and career We need to rebrand "success" and make it work for women THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Kelly Ferraro is a digital leader, coach, and consultant with over 16 years of experience working for some of the world's largest brands — Facebook, Ogilvy, and Diageo, to name a few. She is currently the Head of Growth at Hometeam, a Global Content film production company with over 500 filmmakers worldwide who just wrapped NBC's "American Song Contest" and three seasons of NBC's "The Voice." She cut her teeth in digital marketing and advertising, and most recently she lead a team of solutions consultants at Facebook delivering over $1BN in revenue across 1,000 advertising agencies. In her career, she has led high-performance teams and fast-scaling companies to success through her ability to set a bold vision, lean into each player's strengths, and inspire co-creation and realization of big ideas. During the pandemic, Kelly found herself unsatisfied with "working motherhood" in a corporate context and left her career at Facebook to step out on her own and start her own coaching and consulting company. She currently coaches mothers seeking work-life balance and works with business clients on a contract basis. Kelly holds a BA from Rutgers College, a JD from Catholic University, and certifications in Strategy from Columbia Business School, and leadership coaching from Lightyear Leadership. She is a wife, mother of two young children, Liam (5) and Evi (3),a fitness and movement enthusiast, and currently resides in Austin, TX.Support the show

Rey is the Executive Director of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, an academic research institute comprised of 15 PhD academics and medical doctors whose mission is to explore the relationship between Consciousness, Cosmology, and contact with non-human intelligence via the Contact Modalities.Rey graduated with honors from Rutgers College, was a Master Candidate at Cornell University, and was a PhD candidate at the University of California at Berkeley where he was a recipient of a National Science Foundation.He is also one of the co-authors of the book Beyond UFOs: The Science of Consciousness and Contact with Non-Human Intelligence Get 450-pages of 'Beyond UFOs' for FREE if you send an email to info@experiencer.orghttps://www.facebook.com/CCRI-Consciousness-Contact-Research-Institute-105492844379625Resources:www.claudiumurgan.comwww.patreon.com/claudiumurganclaudiu@claudiumurgan.comSubscribe for more videos! youtube.com/channel/UC6RlLkzUK_LdyRSV7DE6obQ

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alan Winter was born in Newark, NJ and graduated from Livingston High School. He graduated with honors in history from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ, before pursuing advanced degrees from Columbia and NYU. His many professional accomplishments include editing a journal for eleven years, publishing more than twenty scientific articles, and being appointed associate professor at both Columbia and NYU. Parallel with his professional career, Alan began to write fiction. That was more than thirty-five years ago.  ABOUT THE BOOK - SINS OF THE FATHERS Sins of the Fathers is the eye-opening novel―based on historical facts―of the efforts of German military leaders, career civil servants, and clergy to solicit England's assistance to bring down the tyrant in 1938. When Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain refused to meet with them, they turned to Winston Churchill, who secretly supported their cause. Armed with a strongly worded letter from the future prime minister, they waited for Hitler's telephone call ordering German troops to invade Czechoslovakia―the signal for their uprising. But the call did not come. Instead, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to Hitler's apartment in Munich only to bow to the dictator's will. The invasion was over before it began―and with that, so was the coup. Flying home, Chamberlain announced he had obtained “peace for our times.”

Lisa Loiselle, explores the importance of the arts in the context of dementia from the lens of a personal advocate,  Rev. Dr. Cynthia Huling Hummel and a care partner, Daniel Potts. Cynthia started having memory problems at the age of 49. She did not consider herself an artist until after her diagnosis and now she is a published author, artist, and fierce Alzheimer's advocate. Cynthia talks about how she got started in the arts and how that work has turned into her published book, “UnMasking Alzheimer's”, a compendium of stores and photos of 36 masks that she created as an artist. Daniel C. Potts, is a neurologist, author, educator, and champion of those living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and their care partners. Inspired by his father's transformation from a blue-collar worker to a watercolor artist after his dementia diagnosis through person-centered care and the expressive arts. Dr. Potts has sought to make these therapies more widely available through his foundation, Cognitive Dynamics. Danny also speaks about a dark time in his life after his father's diagnosis when, as a neurologist, he felt unable to help his parents. Seeing his father's artwork, however, sparked something in him and he began writing poetry to help him deal with his role as a care partner. Dr. Potts shares one of his poems during this podcast   Biographies:   Daniel C. Potts, MD, FAAN is a neurologist, author, educator, and champion of those living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and their care partners. Selected by the American Academy of Neurology as the 2008 Donald M. Palatucci Advocate of the Year, he also has been designated an Architect of Change by Maria Shriver. In 2016, he was chosen by the University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association as a recipient of the Martha Myers Role Model Award, which honors physician alumni whose lives epitomize the ideal of service to their communities. Along with his wife, Ellen W. Potts, MBA, he authored A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver, which is recommended by the Alzheimer's Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and Maria Shriver. Inspired by his father's transformation from saw miller to the watercolor artist in the throes of dementia through person-centered care and the expressive arts, Dr. Potts seeks to make these therapies more widely available through his foundation, Cognitive Dynamics. Additionally, he is passionate about promoting self-preservation and dignity for all persons with cognitive impairment. He practices neurology at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.   The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Huling Hummel of Elmira served in parish ministry for 15 years prior to her diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease. She received her BS from Rutgers College, her MDiv from New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and her DMin from McCormick Theological Seminary.   Cynthia is a fierce Alzheimer's advocate and has become a voice for those living with dementia- locally, nationally, and internationally.  She was recently appointed to serve a 4-year term on the 18 members, National Advisory Council on Aging representing the 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer's and related dementias.   Cynthia is passionate about Alzheimer's research and is in her 11th year of the ADNI study.  She is serving on the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) Advisory Board and is the co-chair of the National Academies of Sciences Alzheimer's Decadal Survey Advisory Panel. She has participated in three NIH Research Summits, the most recent in July 2020. Cynthia sings in the band ”Country Magic” and in 2016, was inducted into the NY State Country Music Hall of Honor.  A lifelong learner, Cynthia enrolled at Elmira College in 2011 and has taken 40 classes so far. Cynthia is an artist and an author.  Her book, “UnMasking Alzheimer's” is a compendium of stories and photos of the 36 masks that she created.  In 2019, ten of her Alzheimer's masks were displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Stockholm during the 2019 Dementia X Conference.  Cynthia loves to travel, kayak, to swim and enjoys serving as a substitute preacher. Her mantra?  “Don't focus on what you can't do.  Focus on how you can still make a difference.”    Resources: Cognitive Dynamics Foundation: https://www.cognitivedynamics.org Daniel and Cynthis singing in a tornado shelter: https://www.facebook.com/don.wendorf.9/videos/1844816778968134/?d=n The poem Danny read on the podcast set to music: https://youtu.be/_4KrNQgjc_s

Join us for the latest episode of The Hamilton Review Podcast! In this conversation, Dr. Bob sits down with Joseph Anfuso, founder of Forward Edge, a Christ-centered relief and development organization partnering with God to transform lives through international children's programs, mission teams and practical training. Joseph shares his incredibly moving personal story and then he talks about the wonderful work that Forward Edge is doing to help children all over the world. Don't miss this wonderful conversation and share with a friend! Joseph Anfuso bio: Joseph Anfuso is the Founder of Forward Edge, an international relief and development organization based in Vancouver, Washington. A native New Yorker, Joseph has been living on the West Coast since 1977. After graduating from Rutgers College in 1970, Joseph traveled extensively, including a motorcycle trip from Athens to London and an overland journey to India. Over the years, he has visited more than 60 foreign countries: leading short-term mission teams, pioneering new ministry locations, and providing encouragement and support to Forward Edge field staff. Joseph is also the author of several books, including Message in a Body, a memoir based on his early life, travels, and eventual conversion to Christianity. His latest book, The Best Story of Your Life, explores many of the driving principles of Joseph's personal walk with God and the ministry of Forward Edge.  Joseph and his wife of 43 years, Karen, have three grown children and eight grandchildren--  all girls! How to contact Joseph Anfuso: Forward Edge Website  How to contact Dr. Bob: Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/ Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656 Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/ Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/ Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

Join Us! As Chris Tsakonas, Dylan McCoy, Dylan Allen, Gideon Fox, and Jack Bisaha talk Rutgers Football as well as other NCAA football games around the country. Plus, we give our locks of the week and discuss our thoughts of each one.

WR Antonio Brown back with the Bucs, Rodgers could pull a Brady, Patriots get bad news with RBs. Ohio St. Vs. Rutgers, history, odds and predictions, and 10 things you need to know about this match-up! College football pick'ems! Big time matchups this weekend in the ncaa football, very excited! This Day in Sports History!? https://linktr.ee/AJLetsTalkSports --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adam-helton/support

You know that including stories, especially personal stories, in your presentations is important to connect with and engage the audience. This is true whether you're giving a keynote, a business presentation, or a training. Along with integrating various stories and examples throughout your presentations, you can also have one core story that illustrates your topic and why it's important. This is what my guest Chanta Wilkinson and I have been working on during our coaching sessions as part of our Thought Leader Academy. Chanta provides trainings and workshops for organizations around diversity, equity, and inclusion, so we identified a story going back to when she was a young girl that perfectly illustrates why she has gravitated to this work and why DEI is so important. Even better, we've identified different angles she can use from this one core story, depending on who's in the audience and what she wants to emphasize. You are going to love Chanta's energy and passion for what she does! Enrollment for our Thought Leader Academy is opening again in September! Get the details and join our interest list at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/.   About My Guest: Chanta Howard Wilkinson is the founder of Chanta Wilkinson Consulting, LLC, where she provides diversity, equity and inclusion consulting and assistance to organizations implementing diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and best practices. Chanta previously served as a Human Resources Consultant for small to mid-size businesses in Delaware and New York City. Prior to that, she served as the Associate Director of EEO/AA for Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. In addition, she also served as a Deputy Attorney General and an EEO/Affirmative Action Coordinator for the New Jersey Office of Attorney General and an Associate at a large New Jersey law firm. Chanta holds a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law, a BA from Rutgers College, and a Diversity & Inclusion for HR Certificate from Cornell University.   About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals clarify their brand message and story, create their signature talks, and develop their thought leadership platforms. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power because it's through women's stories and visibility that we challenge the status quo and change existing systems. Check out our coaching programs at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.  Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/236  Chanta's website: https://www.chantawilkinsonconsultingllc.com/ Download our FREE workbook on how to position yourself as a thought leader: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/guide/.  Get on the interest list for our Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/ Schedule a consult call to talk about creating your signature talk and thought leadership platform: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/contact.    Connect on LinkedIn: Carol on LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox Carol on Instagram= https://www.instagram.com/carolmorgancox  SYB on YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7AtXV0f_HL09mepAON65w  Chanta on LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanta-howard-wilkinson-547ab8a0/ Related Podcast Episodes: Episode 137: The Missing Ingredients in Your Stories with Carol Cox Episode 193: Five Kinds of Stories to Share in Your Thought Leadership Content with Carol Cox Episode 232: Are You an Influencer, an Expert, or a Thought Leader? with Carol Cox Episode 233: 3 Types of Thought Leadership Models with Carol Cox

Chris Tsakonas, David Palumbo, and Jake Schmeid talk about the Moses Walker commit and what that means for the recruiting class of 2022. They also talk about other topics including the Mets injuries and give their locks of the week.

Matthew Glitzer is currently the Vice President of IBM’s Integrated Security Business Unit - Asia Pacific. In this role he is responsible for all Security Software sales and Services in the region and is a member of IBM’s regional Senior Leadership Team. In Matt’s previous roles in Greater China for IBM, he was a member of the Global Technology Services leadership team holding the positions of General Manager, Global Technology Services, Hong Kong and Head of Client Management and Offerings. In these roles he had country and regional P&L responsibility for all managed service clients, as well as technology solutioning, consulting and go-to-market offerings.Prior to joining the Greater China Group, Matt was the IBM Senior Project Executive for BHP Billiton.Prior to this, Matt was the Global Client Executive for the DuPont account where he was responsible for client engagement with IT through the C-Suite across all of IBM’s lines of business. During his tenure at DuPont, Glitzer helped transform the IBM/DuPont relationship, leading to a major Strategic Outsourcing win (2012), as well as key engagements in Disaster Recovery, Middleware, Infrastructure and Financing. His previous roles at IBM include Business Development Executive in IBM’s SAP Consulting Practice where he was responsible for sales of SAP implementations services to IBM’s Industrial Sector clients.Before joining IBM, Matt was the North American Vice President of Field Sales Alliances at SAP for 4 years. He holds a B.S. in Political Science from Rutgers College and a Masters in Business Administration from the George Washington University. He holds a certification from IBM’s Harvard Business School Certification Program and is a graduate of IBM’s Master Deal Making program through the Wharton School of Business. He is an assistant AYSO soccer coach and serves as a mentor and business advisor to the Rutgers University for Business Youth (RUBY) program through the Rutgers School of Business.

In this podcast with ADHD Coach Jane Milrod, based in Princeton, NJ, we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 quarantine, social distancing and distance learning on children and adults living with ADHD. It has taken a toll and she has observed a substantial increase in her workload. Very often ADHD is associated with co-existing conditions such as Procrastination. Anxiety, OCD, and Depression. These conditions have been exacerbated by the current situation and its associated growing feeling of isolation, extra stress, and anxiety. The new “Zoom lifestyle” has required new approaches and organization skills for both students, adults, and parents. We discuss her methods and challenges. Her remote coaching sessions, an integral part of support for people living with ADHD, is centered on helping her clients learn practical skills and strategies that fit their unique aptitudes and personal attributes.  She helps her clients narrow the gap between their intentions and their behaviors using an approach rooted in the Neurobiology of ADHD partnered with the Science of Behavior Change.  She is a skilled listener and integrator of client needs and guide her clients to create new Operating Instructions that help them live a life in alignment with their core values and objectives.   Jane is a Phi Beta Kappa, High Honors graduate of Rutgers College with a Major in History. Professional Coaching Credentials include:  Graduate of the Advanced Professional ADDCA Coach Program, earning the ACCG and The PACG designation Graduate of the Coach Training Program with Master ADHD Coach Susan Sussman, and MCCC Sheila Kutner Jodi Sleeper-Triplett's Coaching Children and Teens, Coaching Teens and College Students.  Jane is a graduate of CHADD National Teacher Certification Program – Parent to Parent: Family Training on AD/HD.in 2006, and a Co-teacher of this class for 15 years. Part-time employment in the Attention Lab at Princeton University Neuroscience Institute.

You may not automatically think of faith organizations as advocates for a stronger food system, but boy are they ever? I'm talking today with Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky of Teaneck, New Jersey. Rabbi Pitkowsky, in addition being a rabbi, is a leader and is on the board of directors for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. This is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and in Israel. Interview Summary I'd like to just say a little bit about my understanding of the work of MAZON which I greatly admire, and then have you fill in and give us a richer view of this. So I know that the organization has worked towards systemic change to address hunger and the root causes of hunger for nearly 40 years now. And I know that the work has focused especially on low income populations of problems that have been previously overlooked or ignored and that could include food insecurity in military families, veterans, single mothers, Native Americans, LGBTQ, and the seniors. So this is the first podcast in a series that we're doing in partnership with MAZON where we delve into these issues. And let's start off with this question. So what is the Jewish connection to ending hunger? And what values and traditions drive MAZON's mission? We derive our mission all the way back from the beginning of the book of Genesis and from the values that we see as being central to a Jewish view of the world. The Jewish view of the value of each human being and really a vision for what we hope the United States can be. We're a country still in the process of becoming and that idea is really core to what we do. So in Genesis chapter one, we read that as God created human beings. Each human being is created in the image of God, meaning each one of us has a spark of divinity. Each one of us regardless of any particular characteristic about us – not because of our material success, not because of our color or gender, anything, just because we're human - we have infinite value. We believe that idea calls us to justice, calls us to treat all human beings with that notion in mind. And that's where it all begins for us. We continue by thinking about, by drawing upon sources in the Bible, in the Jewish tradition, we read in the Book of Leviticus that we should leave the corners of our fields for those who are hungry, for those who are poor. We read over 30 times in the Bible that we should protect the stranger, the widow, the orphan. Those were terms that were meant to teach us about protecting those who did not have power in society. Those who were powerless. We think about the Jewish idea of tzedakah, which is often translated as charity, but it really is much closer to justice. Meaning in the Jewish scheme of the world, if you don't give your charitable giving - which again the Hebrew term is tzedakah - then it's not that you're being cheap, that you just choose not to give, it's that you're not giving what you have to give. You're obligated to give to help others. All of these ideas taken together shape for us a vision of what human beings owe other human beings. And that's why when MAZON was founded, it was founded as a Jewish response to hunger for all people. We work incredibly hard to shape a world, to create a world where people, again, we focus on the United States and Israel where people in the United States are not hungry because no one deserves to be hungry. That's just not the world we think we should live in. And it's not that there's not enough food, there is plenty of food. It's not being allocated correctly, it's not being given to those who need it. So all of these ideas for us come together with those Jewish values, bringing us forward to a vision of what we think our country could be, what the United States could be, how we could be treating each other. And it all comes down to this idea of the value of each human being and a notion of justice. Thank you for sharing your view of how hunger and food systems and human compassion fit into the spiritual tradition that you outlined. So let's get back to MAZON and talk about its founding in history. So why do you believe a Jewish voice is important in the fight to end hunger? MAZON was founded by Leonard Fein - may his memory be a blessing - in 1985. And from the start, synagogues were encouraging individuals to donate a portion of the cost of their lifecycle celebrations to address hunger. This was sort of a modern interpretation of the ancient Jewish tradition of not having celebrations in your small towns unless everyone was invited. Meaning the poor, the hungry, everyone was supposed to have a seat at the table, literally and figuratively, everyone should be included. So we quickly became more and more involved fighting hunger and communities around the country. And we learned that the only way to truly end hunger was to change the systems and circumstances that allowed it to persist. We have come to identify and pursue long term systemic policy solutions so that all people can feed themselves and their families with dignity. We know only too well that we cannot food bank our way out of the hunger crisis in the United States. It's just not possible. The only entity that has the ability to really put an end to hunger, and to give people the ability to raise themselves out of that situation - because no one wants to be there. The only entity that can do that is the federal government. So we are pushing efforts to strengthen the federal safety net because we think that is the most effective and efficient way to prevent people from being hungry in the first place. We also think that that's what our government owes the people who live here. But that aside for a moment, we think it is the most effective way for change to happen. The comments that you just made speak to this broad issue of whether addressing food security issues is a matter of providing more charity or providing justice. Can you talk about your thoughts on how those two concepts differ? Sure. So I know from my own personal experience the incredible feeling that I get and I assume other people get too when they participate in food can collections or when you give out food at a food bank to people who come, or at a homeless shelter, I've done all of those things, those are all meaningful, powerful, and very, very important for people who are hungry today. But we also know that those activities while meaningful, powerful and important are not going to solve hunger because those people will just come back another day. COVID-19 has really revealed just how many Americans are living just at the edge of poverty. Before the pandemic, nearly 40 million were facing hunger. That was the number of people that had SNAP benefits. We believe that that number has now at least doubled if not tripled in the past 12 months. It's become clear if not completely obvious, that charitable programs just cannot address the full scope of hunger. Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, other distribution sites that operate on a country, they were never intended to meet the needs of all of those facing hunger. They were supposed to be just the last stop when everything else was exhausted. They're not structured or funded adequately to meet the scope of hunger we're witnessing today. And we believe that only the federal government has the resources to meet today's needs. Again, in addition to the idea that we believe that the federal government has a moral responsibility to do that. So charity is wonderful. Charity is one of the ways that as human beings, we express our compassion, our empathy for others. And that should continue. I am grateful that there are people all over the country who give to others, who give to either organizations or direct service, who give food so that someone else, their neighbor or someone down the street whatever it is, can be fed, but charity is just not gonna solve the hunger crisis that we have in our country. The problem is just too large. We're commanded in Deuteronomy to pursue justice. That's what the book of Deuteronomy says. Justice, justice, you shall pursue. The idea I think behind the repetition of the word, because it's in the original Hebrew as well, the repetition of the word justice, is that we can't just sit back and wait for a charitable organization to take care of someone. We can't wait for the neighbor down the street. We have to see it as our problem and by our, I mean the larger human community but let's just talk about the United States. That is our issue as a United States nation full of citizens and non-citizens, and we need to take a proactive stance. The notion that some people have that we can just sit back and wait for local charities, local food banks, or even much larger organizations to take care of the issue, I think it's really abdicating responsibility. We need to step up and we need to act. And by we, I mean the United States and the organization, the entity that can do that in the best, most financially efficient and effective way is the federal government. I appreciate your thoughts on that issue of moving from charity to justice, because more and more people are beginning to talk about this. And I suspect that over time, this could lead to some pretty profoundly different ways of looking at the issue. So let's talk a little bit more about what happens on the ground. Can you give us some examples of ways that MAZON and its partners have seen success in fighting hunger? Sure. In the last year we have employed some new ways, some new ideas to advance our goal of ending hunger. So let me just talk about a couple of those. Back in March of 2020 - it feels like a lifetime ago but it was less than a year ago - when we were just starting to really understand the impact of the pandemic, MAZON moved quickly to create a 50 state hunger resource guide to connect people to vital food assistance programs. Many of which are led and administered by our anti-hunger partners around the country. The Jewish community rallied around MAZON in new and inspiring ways. In November, we held a virtual Jewish clergy justice mission engaging over 75 communal leaders from around the country and speaking our truth to power. We met virtually with more than 50 Members of Congress, their staff to urge immediate action to boost benefits to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP formerly known as Food Stamps, which was actually enacted a month later. Several years ago we created the Quick Reaction Fund, QRF, which enables us to respond to rapid response initiatives that may arise in a moment's notice. For instance in December of this past year in Nebraska was the only state to refuse SNAP emergency allotments. So we worked with our partner in the state to persuade Nebraska state government to authorize the Pandemic EBT program, which provided additional food assistance to 61,000 families. For us these are victories, they're small victories, but they are victories because they point a way forward. That when we work together with either local officials, local organizations in different states, or at the federal level when we go to DC and we lobby, and we let people know about some of these issues, we find that people are very receptive. I've met personally with dozens of members of Congress and staff members. No one wants people in their district to be hungry. That's not the moral character of the people that are in our government. We don't always agree on how to end that hunger but the idea that anyone in their district or anyone in their state is hungry is anathema to them is really terrible. So that's the first step. And the next step is figuring out goals that we can meet, goals that are possible and working within the system of lobbying and advocacy and education to make those ideas into tangible reality and tangible results. So let me ask one final question. So what are some of the common misconceptions about who faces hunger and how much does MAZON work to combat these misconceptions? The most common misconception about hunger in the United States is that the face of hunger looks nothing like me whatever I look like. Whoever is speaking, it can't be anyone like me. It must be people who look different or have a different skin color, have a different background who aren't educated the way I am, didn't work as hard as I did. We could list two dozen ways that I could be different than you. All of that is just not true. Hunger cuts across every divide in our country. Hunger is not a red state or blue state issue, it is just a United States issue. Hunger is not for people of one color or another, hunger is not limited to people who have a certain kind of education. Hunger really strikes everyone in our country. And I think that the psychological barrier that people have in not wanting to see or not being able to see that hunger looks just like them, that is very, very difficult to break through that wall that people put up, probably just as a defense mechanism. They don't want to think. There but for the grace of God go I, they don't want to feel that one day they could be there. Several years ago we created an exhibit called the Faces of Hunger where we had a wonderful photo journalist take a few months, go across the country to food banks, to shelters, and take photos of people. And those photographs formed the basis of an exhibit that we put together called Faces of Hunger which we ended up putting in an 18 wheeler tractor trailer when we brought it all over the country to dozens and dozens of different sites for people to go inside and to see this incredible multimedia exhibit featuring people's stories and their own voices and photographs of people that look just like me. The explicit mission of that exhibit - which again is called Faces of Hunger, and there's a version of it on our website mazon.org - the mission of that was to break down those barriers and for people to really understand that hunger affects all people, hunger affects all of us. I remember these stories, people who are veterans of our armed forces, people with college degrees, and people with advanced degrees, all it takes for some people. And this is I think what I was referring to before when COVID has really illustrated for us, sort of blown open this conception of just how many people live right on the edge. Right on the edge of hunger. All it takes is one unexpected medical procedure or one unexpected loss of a job, or some other unexpected financial challenge that puts people over the edge from living within the ability to have a home, within the ability to pay for their groceries and not being able to. That line is permeable, that line is very hard to see until you're on the other side of it, and that line is I think right where many, many, many people in our country live far more than anyone suspected. Bio: Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky has been inspired by MAZON for over thirty years, and has been an active donor for nearly as long. He believes that freedom from hunger is a human right and a Jewish value and that we owe it to every human being to have a vision of what we want our world to look like, and to help make that vision become a reality.Joel is a Conservative rabbi in Teaneck, NJ, and is a graduate of Rutgers College and The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is also a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of The Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel. In addition to his work with MAZON, Joel is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly's Food Justice sub-committee and is a board member of Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake. Rabbi Pitkowsky and his wife have two children.  

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A Sixth Taste? With Dr. Nicole Garneau From an early age I loved both science and entertaining. I did stand up comedy in my 4th grade talent show, and played the lead Andrew Sister in a high school production about the 1940s. And yet, I also learned the fungi (fun-guy) joke in 6th grade, won my share of science fairs, and by my sophomore year, had declared to my folks that I was going to be a geneticist. See, dreams do come true! I’m now doing what I love most, talking science and inspiration, and making people laugh full time. Following high school, I loved my time on the banks of the old Raritan, completing my BA in Genetics at Rutgers College. I then took off a gap year to gain a sense of self, before going full force into my PhD in microbiology at Colorado State University. This led to a business internship with CSU Ventures, volunteering for the Colorado BioScience Association, and eventually a ten-year career as the curator and chair of the Health Sciences Department at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. And now, I’m honored to be recognized as one of the top 5 most influential young professionals in Colorado, a 2020 CiviCO Governors Fellow, and a serial entrepreneur. I live with my husband and daughter in Denver, and delight in immersing myself in nature when I’m not immersed in designing and customizing presentations and trainings for my corporate and nonprofit clients www.drnicolegarneau.com nicole@drnolegarneau.com www.feednigfatty.com info@feedingfatty.com Full Transcript  Roy - Feeding Fatty (00:03): Hello, and welcome to another episode of feeding fatty I'm Roy and I'm Terry. And of course, this podcast just Chronicles our journey, my journey, Terry supporting, helping me through the weight loss, getting healthy, getting exercise, and, you know, we are up and down and all over the place. And so, uh, you know, we have guests on from time to time to come in, help us with different perspectives, their opinion, some are going through what we are going through as well today. Uh, actually you are our first repeat guests. So that is, uh, uh, an award, I guess, that we'll have to hand out first repeat. Yes, she is our scientists next door, Dr. Nicole Garn new. Now she is recognized as one of the top five influential young professionals in Colorado and a 20, 20 Civico governor's fellow and serial entrepreneur. So, Nicole, thanks again for taking time out of your day. Roy - Feeding Fatty (01:03): It's, uh, it's really a good story. We met a long time. I mean, a long time, few months ago, talk the original, uh, the original message we wanted to have you on was for this, but we, after talking, we decided to go with the mindset and mindfulness and the five, uh, tips to your mental health fitness. And so, um, wanted to have you back. So today we're going to talk about, there are, I guess, five identified taste and you think that you have uncovered the six one. And so we're going to talk a little bit about that, but I do know you were the curator of a museum, and so you can tell us a little bit about your history and your research on this topic. Dr. Nicole (01:50): That sounds great. Thank you for having me back. I will take the, a word that sounds great. Yeah, either that, or you're a glutton. Carrie will take me with her to Hawaii. I will do it. Come on. That's right. I would never come home if I let y'all go down there together. That's true. I spent the last 10 years I having left, well, I guess left the museum a year ago, but I was there for 10 years with Denver museum of nature and science. And I was the curator and chair of the health sciences department. And for folks who aren't quite as familiar with science museums, just like art museums, they have curators. And those curators in science museums are responsible for doing research and having these collections. They usually come from their research in order to hold for the public. Good. And so it's a little unusual for a natural history museum to have someone who studies modern human biology. Dr. Nicole (02:46): And that is what I did there. And I specifically studied, um, taste and how taste, how taste is really a function, just like all of our senses are of, and evolution of the human species. Okay. So it was a really great way for us to think about the humans are not separate from nature. We are part of nature and just like all the other animals and species we have evolved as well. And so I specifically studied human house humans experience taste. Okay. Okay. So, so the five, 10, five tastes are sweet, sweet sour, salty learn and new mama. So those are the, so I joke around, I joke around that. It's kind of like, um, for golf fans out there, it's kind of like getting the green jacket, but those are the ones that have like they're, they're the masters. Everyone accepts them. They're great. Dr. Nicole (03:41): And then there's a lot of other really cool, possible tastes out there that, um, is starting to gain a lot more scientific evidence that it actually exist. So I think it might be worth me talking about how it tastes for the most part gets defined as a taste. Okay. Okay. And, and part of this is because a lot of times people confuse, tastes and smell different senses, different sensory organs. So tongue and soft palate have these receptors, which are like locking keys. Um, for the most part that are for taste versus smell, which is in your olfactory cavity, basically in your olfactory bulbs. Again, you have those receptors, those locks and keys, but for there for molecules that are aerosolized and are going to go to different parts of the brain. So this is really important. So that's one of the things we need to understand in our senses. Dr. Nicole (04:31): And particularly when thinking about tastes one, when you have that in your mouth, do you perceive it? Is there something that you're proceeding? Okay. Okay, too. So that's like the first one that's like sour, everyone agrees sour has a green jacket. Sour is a taste it's been around forever. Everyone agrees. Yeah. You know, you're tasting something so perception. And then from there you have to start digging in deeper. Um, molecular biologists want to understand cell biologists want to understand, do we know this, the cells in the sensory organ that hosts and are the homes of those lock and key receptors? Okay. So now we're starting to get into process. Dr. Nicole (05:16): And those receptors are those locks and keys. The shape of them matters. And the shape of them comes from our genetics. So our genetics is just our, our human genome is just a cookbook for our body. Cookbook has recipes, the human genome cookbook has genes and they do the same thing. The recipe tells you how to make something. The gene tells you how to make something. And just like maybe Roy, your mom's recipe for maybe chocolate cake is a little bit different than someone else's. Same thing. Our genes are a little bit different. So we all have the same genes, all of a sudden the same genes about 25,000 genes or recipes in our cookbook. Wow. Okay. Okay. Let's say any changes and these little like 0.1% differences, percent differences that, um, make us unique in ways we can see in ways we can't see. Dr. Nicole (06:09): And one of the ways we can't see as taste, so it changes the shape of that receptor. Okay. So let's bring it back. You put something in your mouth, right? All right. Listeners, you're eating something. You're perceiving it. Why am I perceiving that? That's cool. I'm proceeding it down at the tiny, tiny level. Those little tiny food molecules are breaking up and are interacting with your tongue by kind of being like a LA key that's coming in and unlocking that lock. And when that happens, a signal goes to the brain and the brain is perceiving it. And the brain makes the decision. You want to eat more of it or do you not want to eat more of it? Okay. All right. So we're, so for sour, we know you have a perception and excuse me, and we don't really know the genes. Really. We have an idea about what this, this receptor looks like, but we don't really know, but guess what? Dr. Nicole (07:06): Sour gets a green jacket. Okay. Salty, same thing. We're like close, but we don't quite understand totally how salt is working in humans. It's got a green jacket who mommy, which is savory tastes a protein speed, which we're all familiar with is the taste of sugar. We can all agree on that. We know that one bitter bitter, which is a taste of a particular molecules that usually associate more with, um, historically poison. Although we know there's a lot of things that are bitter, that aren't poisonous, that are very good for us. Like cruciferous vegetables. We understand the genetics of that. So we understand the recipe or the gene. We understand what it makes and what it looks like. And we understand how that connects in those tastes cells and how the taste cells then connect to the brain. We know where it goes in the brain. Okay. So those ones are like the standards. So we're like, okay, those guys, they got it. So on incomes, new guys. So if we had to throw it out there and I wonder what your listeners would think right now, what are some things that people are like, well, why isn't that a taste? Is that a taste? What about this? Is that a taste? So what kind of things would you guys think about the could be tastes Tery - Feeding Fatty (08:18): Fat, fat? What else? I don't know. Sugar and salt are the tea for me. I have them all. They fall sugar salty or no goods. Dr. Nicole (08:35): Well, there's some preliminary evidence that's growing for a couple other ones, certain minerals like calcium, the pure taste of water, which would have helped us evolutionarily. For sure. Although you're alive, then you become as a devoid of something and therefore it's pure or is it your taste appear? So there's less evidence for, and then fat. And that's the one that I worked on for a few years as part of my tenure at the Denver museum of nature and science. And that was through a partnership with Purdue university. And I worked with, um, a scientist there, Rick Madis. And he has been working on fat tastes for 30 plus years. Wow. And there's a few other folks in the industry in terms of the field of tastes research, who have also been trying so hard to get forth enough evidence that the taste of fat be considered the six tastes. So that's what I thought we could dive into today or about that. Roy - Feeding Fatty (09:32): Okay. Before we get too far off, but just a couple of questions that I had thought about while you're talking, number one is, um, can your taste or your smell throw the other one off? If something smells like something and then you get into your mouth, not what you thought. But then the other thing is, um, our, our tastes genetically pre-programmed. Are they learned or is it some combination of those? Because some people like sweet. Some people like, you know, prefer sweet, prefer salty. Cause the other weird thing is we've had this conversation many times, like, uh, uh, the big pickles that are sour. Okay. And she loves them. She even puts, she puts some pickle juice in something we were drinking and it made me think like, okay, so back when we were kids, after you played a baseball game, you got a free snack. Well, the pattern I noticed even then is, you know, the boys would get the snow cone or a piece of bubble gum or something like that. Girls always got those sour pickles and I just never could stand the taste. So I know that's a whole lot of information, but yeah, it, it almost seemed like there were some genetic, uh, some genetic line that was drawn there. Roy - Feeding Fatty (10:52): Give me a deal, pickle, meet snow cone with a little bit a Lima. Oh my goodness. I am in heaven. Dr. Nicole (11:01): See Terry, we got to go Hawaii. Roy - Feeding Fatty (11:03): Oh, come on. Dr. Nicole (11:07): All right. So let's bring it back. Okay. Right out of the gate. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm like we would probably put the cart before the horse because we started diving directly into a deep dive of how tastes works. But I think we want to bring it back to how humans perceive flavor as a whole. Okay. Let's break it down from there because some of the questions you just asked for are going to be answered when we look at it from that perspective. Okay. So the first thing is flavor in the brain flavor is just a perception of reality and that perception leads to a behavior. So let's think about it from that point of view. So now where's the brain getting its clues to have this perception of reality right out of the gate. We know that it's going to be coming from the census. Dr. Nicole (11:55): So our five senses plays a huge role, of course, in figuring out how our brain is perceiving the flavor of something we're eating or drinking. Okay. And that's everything from before you even put something in your mouth, you're seeing it, you're smelling it. And it's called ortho nasal olfaction. So through the nostrils, you might be hearing something sizzle or hearing the pop of a can that plays in and you're touching it usually with your, with your fingers, you're touching something. And you're getting an idea of what the texture is. Your brain is already said in real time, integrating that information before it even goes into your mouth and saying, Hmm, have I, is this new? Have I seen this before? Did I have an adverse reaction to this before? Okay. Did you drink too much? And for up to now, you don't eat a certain food. Dr. Nicole (12:42): Right? Nobody loves it. Or do I have some sort of learned predilection? Like last time I ate this, um, you know, I got, I was able to do all this work. Okay. Caffeine, I think is one of the most bitter molecules known to man. Did you guys have caffeine this morning and wake, you brought up two and a half cups today. Okay. Right. So bitter, you should not like coffee. We love it because we've learned like, okay, yes, this is going to lead me to wake my butt up and get things done. I need to get done. Especially during the dark season when it's like, it doesn't wake us up. Right. So it's taking it all this tension. And then it's pulling in other things like, Hmm, what's my hunger level. What's my salt level right now. What's my so nest is where some of the cravings come in. Dr. Nicole (13:29): And boy, were you talking about? And then finally, you're going to start bringing in some of the things, the things that scientists really have a hard time studying, which is the human element. How does your cultural background bring it to this nostalgia memories? Things like the food hasn't even gone in your mouth yet. Right? So now what's in your mouth. You have the sense of taste, which is the sweet sour, salty, bitter, umami, possibly fatty acids. And possibly some of these other guys you're getting retro nasal olfaction, which retro means behind olfaction of course, is the nose. So retro nasal. So it's basically, as you chew food, you're warming it up. It's getting aerosolized and it goes up the back of your throat to your olfactory bulbs. Okay. So for someone who's like, I don't understand what you're saying. Dr. Nicole, did you ever laugh so hard that root beer or milk came out your notes? That's the pattern. Okay. Roy - Feeding Fatty (14:29): Well, I'll tell you the other one that I, then I always think about when you say that is, um, we've Sabi. Cause if you get so much, it will, it seemed like it will burn all the way. The back. You throw them back up into your nose. Dr. Nicole (14:42): Yes. Which it's almost like we've met each other before. Last thing that happens in your mouth, which is melts field, which is the sense touch, it's still part of your touch system. So part of the five senses, but it's going to be pain, which is what's going on with those Sabi. You're actually, nociceptors nociceptors are your pain receptors in your body, which is why your face gets red. Your nose starts running because your capillaries are starting to open. And so your everything just starts going haywire depending on how sensitive you are. Um, so it's pain, temperature and texture is, is, um, the sense of mouth feel in your mouth, the sense of touch. Okay? So then your brain is still integrating and it's like, cool. Now I have these new clues again, are they new? Are they old? Are they what's going on? And then your brain is going to your brain is going to decide, do you eat it? Do you spit it out? Do you eat more and so on and so forth? So the questions around is this genetically determined, taste preferences are inmate at birth babies. I always joke babies. Don't like IPA's Speaker 4 (15:53): Yeah. Dr. Nicole (15:53): Okay. Babies. Don't like bitter. So you were born, not liking bitter, not liking salt and sour. Some are in the middle. And we talked a little bit about this. When we, uh, in our, the last episode we did together on the mental health fitness steps, but then umami and sweet. Those guys, you have a predilection for right out of the gate. So in the womb, these are forming. So there's a genetic basis of these. That's very different than no smells are learned. There was no believe it or not, there is no one smell that everyone in the world says, that's we all agree. That's pleasant. And there's no one smell. There's some exceptions possibly. I won't get into them. That for the most part, humans, all agree is not pleasant. And so smell is learned. Now we're talking about not the ability to smell. We're talking about liking. So this is a big difference. There's your ability to detect something and that's genetic. And then if you like it, and at what level you like it for taste right out of the gate, you're born with it for smell. You learn it over the years and, and really you learn it in the wound first. And you also, it looks like there's some evidence that you learned to appreciate a good spicy food, or have a tolerance for spicy food in the world as well. Speaker 4 (17:19): Okay. The dogs are protesting. The dogs are saying they are so mad. They're, they're kind of shut up in a room. And, uh, they don't like that. Dr. Nicole (17:32): I feel like, you know, I know I had my, I had to take the kid and the dog looked professional. Speaker 4 (17:41): Um, Dr. Nicole (17:42): So Roy, there's not a connection in terms of the genetics. So, um, X, Y which versus X, X, X, Y makes the guy gal in terms of the genetic sex of a baby, it doesn't, there's not these genes aren't on those genes. So there's some, maybe some other connection that's going on that that could be explored about why ladies were choosing the salty sour product. And, um, there's a variety of things that could go into that. Going back to hunger level and macro micronutrients. Typically this stuff is going to be picked when you sweat a lot, or you need to do something to balance homeostasis. So that's why a lot of people drink athletes, drink pickle juice to replenish their electrolytes. Roy - Feeding Fatty (18:26): Oh, okay. Never heard of that order after their sports practice. Right. Exactly. Concentrate. Yeah. They were smarter. I can tell you that for sure. They still are. Dr. Nicole (18:38): Can we answered the pickle question? And we talked about it from the genetic perspective. There was one other one that I think you asked that I can't remember if he answered Roy - Feeding Fatty (18:45): The, uh, the one was just the confusion between, uh, you know, as you're bringing it up, the smell may signal one way or the other where your taste is actually something different. Dr. Nicole (18:58): Yeah. So we're beginning to really understand what's called, um, crossmodal sensory interactions, which is how does one sense either literally affect physically or cognitively in the brain affect the perception of something else? So let me give you an example of that. And this is, um, these are some of the things that when I work with food companies, they like to know which is, for example, in the U S we associate vanilla cinnamon and strawberry, and the color red, Mrs. Sweet. So I can give you a drink that has no sugar in it and make it smell like strawberry and make it red. And you're going to tell me, this is sweet. Wow. Interesting cultural it's learn. So that's cognitive. So that's happening in the brain. So other things that can happen is that that can happen. That's more physical is for example, spicy. When you have spicy food, there's evidence to show that when you activate mouthfeel and that pain reception in your mouth, it does something to increase. Dr. Nicole (20:09): I don't know if it's your awareness or is the actually the, the, the taste cells sending signals to the brain. We don't know where taste and smell perception goes up, which is why you can use spicy food, add more spices as you're decreasing salt and sugar and things, and still get that same reward. So yes, there's interactions between all of the sensory systems and there's even interactions within sensory systems. So chefs know this very well. You add a little bit of salt, it picks up the sweet, and it makes an, it decreases the bitter sweet and bitter D uh, our antagonist. They decrease each other. So not only are your senses interacting in some way, shape or form, and your brain is integrating it, which is wild. Even within one sense, like the sense of taste you're having these interactions that are occurring. That almost don't make sense because you're like, no, I know I have this much self, and I know I have this much sweet, but I'm getting actually this feeling of it. Right. Roy - Feeding Fatty (21:11): And that's a, it's a good one to talk about for just a minute too, because there's, um, a major fast food chain that along the way they figured that out is that if they would soak their French fries in sugar water, then it becomes addictive. And it does. I mean, it's hard if you know that and you taste it, you can kind of pick that up. But for years and years, you really, I never picked up that sweetness of them. Now, I understand why they are so addictive, not only the salt, but the sugar, that's it. Dr. Nicole (21:50): Because now you're having now, it's kind of like, you're being for lack of a better word, kind of tricked because it's high. It's not high enough that you're cognitively perceiving it only because there's a lot of other things going on. Usually if it's drive through or something like that, you're eating in the car. So your brain's paying attention to other things. You've got the salt. So you're not really being like, these are sweet French fries, and yet you're having a physiological reaction that says, Oh, that was energy. Yeah. And it used to be really hard to find. So he was like eating sugar, even when you don't even realize it. Roy - Feeding Fatty (22:23): Yeah. Oh yeah. And the other thing, I guess the converse of that is, uh, when we, when me personally, I will say, when I cut my sugar, when I'm watching my intake only, maybe eating more natural sugars, like, uh, you know, fruit and stuff, then all the sudden that the sweet, the natural sweetness of foods is very, very amplified. All of a sudden you'll eat something, one thing. And I think it's carrots that are very noticeable, but you eat them. You're like, wow, that was just like almost eating a candy bar. It was so sweet. Dr. Nicole (22:59): Yes. And I have many, a friends who study what's going on with dopamine in the brain and the reward system that is part of when you have intake of sugar. And, and it's true there, that reward system, you basically need to go higher and higher at that hit. So when you start decreasing, your perception is going to change with it. Especially if you're doing it mindfully, it's going to change your behavior, which is your perception and so on and so forth because it's beauty, it's either a beautiful cycle or a negative feedback loop of perception and mindfulness and what you're doing, changes behavior and behavior changes, perception, and so on and so forth. And I've noticed the same thing, um, with, with tracking, we talked about this quite a bit. Um, last time with tracking food, I'm like, Oh, wow, that has that in it. And it's making, when I do decide to do it, not out of habit, not reaching for things out of habit. When I decide to eat that peanut butter, I don't even know if it was peanut butter, chocolate, something from Coldstone. Speaker 4 (24:00): Well, that's good Dr. Nicole (24:03): Allergies. Oh my gosh. But when I decide to do that, because it's special because I was out with my five-year-old and we went to sushi together, and then we were going to go see a movie. The reward I got from that was out of control. Whereas before I used to just eat those all the time and be like, Oh, no big deal. So their behavior can change. Perception can change behavior in a very positive feedback loop when you're mindful of it. And those decreasing of taking in both salt and sugar, both of those things, your body then recognizes that and realizes that, um, you, you don't need the same concentration in order to get that same hit. And probably, I wonder, I wonder why two for salt for me, things too, if I go, if I get takeout food now is he's so salty to me. Right? Speaker 4 (24:47): Exactly. Yes. Anything pack all that package stuff. It's just, so it just tastes so different now that now that we know everything that's in it Roy - Feeding Fatty (24:56): And she bought some, uh, I don't know what they're called. They're like more they're blue, natural chips, I guess maybe it's yeah. Maybe a marketing gimmick, but supposedly they're a little better for you on carbs than regular. But, uh, when we had a bag of those, it was like, wow, that was like eating a block of salt is exactly what I thought, you know, because we had been watching our salt intake so closely that, and it really wasn't that much when we looked at the label, but just, just a little bit of elevation in the intake really wasn't. Speaker 4 (25:31): Yeah. And they were even, I think they were even, there were some that were cell-free I've gotten both, you know, that had just lightly salted, but the cell-free ones were good too. It was just the current we needed the crunch. Yeah. Roy - Feeding Fatty (25:42): I don't want to deteriorate too far off the subject. Just one more thing while we're talking about this is that, uh, you know, when I, a couple years ago, when I was diagnosed with, um, diabetes, I kind of goofed around with not really understanding the impacts of carbs and how much you ate when you ate them, all that. So, you know, after a couple months I went back to the doctor and he's like, what are you doing? He's like, yeah, if you haven't fixed or changed anything, I'm like, yeah. So anyway, he told me, that's when he told me, he's like, stay between this level of carbs, which was pretty low. So, um, he did that on like a Wednesday or Thursday. And then Saturday, I was out in the yard and I thought, I really thought I was done. I thought my blood pressure was so high. Roy - Feeding Fatty (26:27): And I felt like my head was fixing the top of my head was going to blow off and went up and got my blood pressure checked. I mean, I was scared. So I made an appointment, went in Monday and he was just laughing. He's like, you know, carbs are like drugs. He said, they are addictive and you just coming down off of them. Oh my God. But it was the worst feeling. But, you know, that's, that's, I guess that's what gets some of us like me in trouble, because you become addicted to, you know, that salt, that sugar, and then you need more and more and more until you just do too much. Oh yeah. Dr. Nicole (27:04): Yup. And then, like we talked about it's there there's starts with what's going on in the genetics and how you're even detecting it. And then from there, it's the things that you've taught your brain. Yeah. And sometimes we teach our brain is not the right things that we should be. Yep. Yeah. In fact, there's some really cool research I found fascinating, which was, and I can't remember the researcher's name now. I think it was at a Florida where they looked at how much somebody's anticipated the reward of a milkshake. And they were looking at it from lean, overweight and obese as a point of taking in carbohydrates and then how much reward they got from it. And it was this terrible cycle of that. The obesity was leading to a higher thought of reward, anticipation of reward, and then not hitting it when you ate it and then needing, and then wanting more. And it was, and it was a study that was done with, um, teenage girls, which was really fascinating. And I just thought, Oh my gosh. And then there was another study they did where you can call the same thing, healthy or treat same exact thing. And your is going to be like, and I don't want one that's healthy. That's the safe milkshake. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So some really easy neuroscience that, that I feel like the more you know about, you're like, Oh no, I'm going to retrain my brain. Roy - Feeding Fatty (28:40): Pay more attention, be more mindful. Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. Dr. Nicole (28:43): And that's what you're onto is the mindfulness, not only in what and why you want it and when, and making that as decision and not out of habit, but also then the mindfulness while you're eating and really letting your brain be like, wow. Yeah, this is really good for what it is and not, and not, um, not having it go down so quick that you're not even paying attention. Roy - Feeding Fatty (29:04): Yeah. That's another good thing to kind of hit on too, is as I am an extremely fast or was a fast eater, I've learned to slow down, but you know, I grew up with, you know, there's a bunch of guys that we, we rodeo together and went down the road. And so whenever, you know, there'd be eight or 10 guys. And if you, if there was a bite left on your plate, if they would, if they got through first, they would eat it. And so you're like, yeah, it was self preservation. You know, you just had to eat as fast as you possibly could to get it, get your meal down. And, uh, that stuck with me over the years. It's and sometimes I catch myself as how I'm eating, but I think that helps us to slow down and mindfully taste the food, the texture, you know, the what is it? Is it salty? Is it sweet and try to, um, uh, enjoy it, I guess, is that why I get the stink-eye sometimes when we're finished and have dinner? Dr. Nicole (30:04): Oh my goodness. One of the things that comes up too, is the slower, the slower, more mindful you eat. It's not just about what's in feeling it in the mouth and the taste, but you're actually having better air flow between your mouth and your nose. So you get a lot more perception of a Romo's, which makes things more complicated, which, you know, complex in your brain, right. Which leads to higher levels of safety. So Roy - Feeding Fatty (30:27): There's a little bit of delay too, from, from the, I guess the receptors that tell you you're full. So, you know, what else I've heard is if you eat the slower you eat, you give that time to catch up and sing the sin signal, where if you eat fast, you just kinda eat past it and you get the signal somewhere down the road that, Hey, I'm full. But that was about 15 minutes ago. Dr. Nicole (30:51): Yep. Yep. I think you're totally right with all of that. And that was the hardest thing that I had when I started working with a nutrition coach. The hardest thing that I have is understanding portion controls because I would eat so fast and I realized that exactly what you said, boy, when I slowed down, I don't have seconds cause I'm actually already fall. Right. Roy - Feeding Fatty (31:11): Yeah. And it's just, I've, I've learned to it's even if I can eat the right amount of food, if I eat it off the same time or eat it later in the evening, so we have to be mindful of the quantity and portion size as well. But so how can we take these, um, the taste and how can we, I guess, use that to our advantage to try to eat right? And, or maybe even look at how we could not fall into the trap of eating, eating wrong or too much, but none of the knowledge of what we know Dr. Nicole (31:45): Yeah. From the taste perspective, I think the biggest thing that helps us a starting point is just recognizing and not judging how many tablespoons of sugar do you take in a day? Like just really understanding. And I'm not talking like, you know, nobody eats a tablespoon of sure. Okay. Maybe we'll do, I don't know. Most people don't yet, but understanding the sugar that's in what you eat and just starting there. Same thing for salt. Although salt is so, so much harder. I've had a much easier time limiting sugar than I've been able to limit salt, but they both are just get a feel for it. Like, okay, what am I taking in? And from there recognizing what is the, the not only filling but fulfilling for you. And usually the way that can work is by, by doing it mindfully, which we've talked about, you're going to get more of the hits of the more fulfilling, like protein. Dr. Nicole (32:40): So making sure you're getting that protein, but doing it in a way where your, whatever, your protein sources, you're doing it a little in a dry Browning situation so that you get that Brown crust. Okay. Okay. That's called the mired reaction and that's an interaction with some of the sugars and that's going on with, with some of the fat and a love of water content that is going to give you a huge hit of umami. And that umami hit is you tells your brain, Oh, this is the good stuff. Like this is high density, high, high, good caloric protein. So you want to pay attention more to those things and create your meals more around that big thick, wonderful, juicy, savory umami flavor, maybe a little bit of sugar, maybe a little bit of salt, and then really play on the spices in order to, to bring in, um, aromatics. Dr. Nicole (33:38): You really want to get the complex and complexity of the smells and then the textures. So textures play a big role in you figuring out like, Oh, does this feel full or not? Which is part of the reason why, even though I'm trying to get a hundred grams of protein a day, sometimes I can't get it and I'll do a protein shake. The non chewing means I'm not sending those six to my brain and my stomach that these things are coming and it can have a feedback that means you're not going to feel it. Not only is it not filling, but not, it's not fulfilling. Right. Right. Well, so that's how we can think of it from a taste perspective is how can you kick up the mommies? This is going to be for savory dishes, kick up the umami for non savory dishes. Like thinking more breakfast, the creamier a non-fat dairy product is for example, your brain will think it's sweeter. Dr. Nicole (34:31): Hmm. Okay. So, um, really want to go for, if you get, if you get like the non-fat European style yogurts that are like, you can just pour them, your brain's like, what is that? Right. If you get the Greek one, it's 0% fat, your brain is like, wow, that tastes sweeter. That is more fulfilling that. Yeah. So it's, it's tricking your brain in a lot of ways kind of like food companies do, but you're going to do it for good reasons. Yeah. But you're doing it in order to have your brain and your body say this is filling and fulfilling. And there's ways that you could trigger by doing that. I do want to mention that we talked about the taste of fat and there's a lot of confusion about the taste of fat. So when you think of fat, what foods come to mind? Like what fatty foods, Speaker 4 (35:23): Steak, chocolate, steak, fat, steak, fat, and stock that I don't know. Well, I'm getting really hungry are talking about this big doozy. Dr. Nicole (35:32): So all of those things that were just that we just talked about, and this is what the Americans will think about fats. Those are saturated fats. There isn't a lot of evidence that there is a taste for saturated fats. The taste of fat that has been studied for 30 plus years is unsaturated fats. Okay. And it's really interesting because by themselves they don't taste great. And they have the ability to go rancid pretty quickly, which you might've noticed. Like if you open a bar like olive oil or some of these other better fats, you're like, Whoa, like they tell you, keep it in the fridge. Not the oil is hard, but so they go bad pretty quickly. So the taste of fat that we have evidence for is unsaturated, fatty acids. And when you can taste it, it's usually an indication that it's gone bad. Dr. Nicole (36:24): So originally we thought, of course, you would need to taste this. These are good fats. Your body needs them. You can't make them. And it turns out that they are so often incorporated with other things. The only time that you can taste them really is if they've gone bad and it's an indication to you to not to eat it cause it's rancid. So that's our, you agree about why we've evolved to taste that in a survival perspective. Um, and it's totally mind blowing because normally you would think, no, that's something we need. So we should like the taste of it. Right. But when you taste it in your food, the particular molecule is the actual fatty acid molecules. So I'm not talking about like the case of avocado when you have avocado oil or the taste of macadamia, not when you have macadamia nut oils. Like those, those are the main flavors that are incorporated there. I'm actually talking to the pure taste of the fatty acids, like linolenic acid or leic acid. For the most part, it looks like we evolved to only taste them when they're not good anymore. So don't eat something that's been hanging out for a long time and get sick and die. Roy - Feeding Fatty (37:33): Yeah. And I guess that's part of assume that ha why the taste evolved or we had some to begin with and why they've evolved is that survival. I mean, we needed the, I guess the meat had to be cured. So it was salty to let us know it was probably good to eat. And then the, Dr. Nicole (37:51): Well, it would be wave before that. Right. So our developers are developing taste. The salt would have been long before humans were curing things with salt. Oh, Oh it wasn't. Yeah. So it wasn't, um, an easel easy to get in in that time for that. Yeah. So it was really interesting to think about that. When you think about our teams from the perspective of survival and evolution, you can really think to yourself, it's doing one of two things. It's either driving me towards something that I need to survive in a harsh environment, which we do no longer live in, or it's protecting me from something that could potentially hurt me, which also doesn't serve us because there's so many vegetables that are better, for example, that aren't poisonous and yeah. And you know, thinking about unsaturated fats, it's a big mystery for us to understand why it's an adversive taste. And when we know we need it, but it's because it had to do more with a complex food potentially going bad. Yeah. Yeah. So, and then again, salt and sour, these weird things in the middle that it depends on the concentration about whether it depends on the concentration of if you detect it at what concentration and then at what concentration do you like it the best. Yeah. Well, interesting. Speaker 4 (39:11): Yeah. Now I'm on brain overload now. Sensory overload. Oh my goodness. Roy - Feeding Fatty (39:21): Yeah. And that's what I've got to figure out is how, you know, to turn these vegetables into something that I like, because it's just, I cannot make myself like them. I just, it's hard. And I have to give Terry credit, you know, she does a lot of, uh, seasoning and a lot of things to try to make them more. But you know, some of it, like you said, it's that texture, some of it is the knowing, you know, sometimes she won't tell me what we're fixing to have, but it's, you know, there's a lot of stuff that goes into this eating, besides just the, you know, the actual taste of the food that doesn't hurt it. But there's, you know, I think the psychological part about just vegetables and herbs, I agree. Yeah. Speaker 4 (40:05): And he's still, he still will eat it. You know, he still says, Oh, this is the best thing I've ever had before I take the first bite, you know? Dr. Nicole (40:13): Yeah. And that brings us back to what we talked about right. At the beginning, Roy, you are basically saying, I am in charge of my behaviors. I'm making these choices and it's a long slog. It feels like, but those choices that you make in your behaviors are gonna eventually start retraining your brain and that perception will change. And you'll get to the point where all of a sudden you realize, Oh my gosh, I guess, do we, I don't even put salt on that anymore. I don't add sugar down. Yup. Um, Roy - Feeding Fatty (40:42): Now I was the worst about that. You know, salt went on everything before we even tasted it salt, pepper, but now, um, uh, very rarely, you know, we do while we're cooking, but not at once. It's been plated, no more putting salt on it, but yeah, Speaker 4 (40:56): Not as much, I mean just a little bit now, but when we first started this, you know, so many months, I don't even know how many months it seems like forever. Um, but uh, when we first started, he w you know, we'd cut out all salt and just tried to flavor it with, but you have to have a little bit, huh? Dr. Nicole (41:18): Yup. And that's what I'm finding now, now that I've been really patient with myself and I've, and I've worked on understanding and being mindful of, you know, what it is, I'm putting my body and enjoying it at that moment. I'm realizing yes. I can add a little Brown sugar to my oatmeal. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah. That's fine. I can add a little salt here. Yeah. Um, yeah, I think, you know, the real take home is that our brains are these amazing machines and flavors in the brain, and you have the ability to do this, to stop it being habit and, and start started being that you're making these active choices that will then retrain your brain. And I think that's good. I really do think that's the big take home of understanding the flavors in the brain and how all the senses play in and all the five plus tastes fit in. Yeah. Roy - Feeding Fatty (42:02): So like a regular habit, they will say 21 days to retrain your brain. Do you feel that the same goes with food, but you know, something that we do every day, you know, we may not eat, uh, broccoli cooked the same way three times a day, all day, every day for 21 days. So we suspect that it may take our, take us longer to retrain for taste. Dr. Nicole (42:28): I do for two reasons. One, because like you said, um, humans crave variety in what we eat. And so this isn't something where you can train yourself to drink a glass of water every morning, as soon as you wake up and you're going to be good. Right. Which is also a good habit. And also because you're fighting against hundreds of thousands of years of operation, so that doesn't turn off without you really being intentional about it and help you get there. Like that. It's just not going to happen. Yeah. Roy - Feeding Fatty (42:59): Well, Dr. Nicole, again, it's been such a pleasure visiting and uh, every time we talk, I feel that you and Terry must be Ken at some level. And just, we do need to go on a trip. I'm telling you, I, if I could suck you away, my suitcase, I certainly would, uh, Dr. Nicole (43:18): Well leave the dogs and the kids with Roy and stuff. Roy - Feeding Fatty (43:21): Oh my God. That's right. Yeah. I was asking her, who are you more worried about surviving this two weeks? Me, you know, me or the dogs. I'm not the one I hope we can all make it, but well, tell everybody how they can reach out and get a hold of you and what you can do. I know that you do a lot of speaking. I know you do a lot of working with a food company, so just let everybody know how they could reach out. Dr. Nicole (43:44): All right. Um, folks can find me on Instagram at dot Garneau, doc G a R N E U. And then from there is where I do lots of different postings and same hash, same handle on Facebook too. And my Facebook stuff, as Terry knows, is kind of the more personal vulnerable side of doc Garneau, where I do a lot more around, um, food and speaking and consulting on my Instagram. Roy - Feeding Fatty (44:08): Okay, great. So what is something we asked you this last time, but I it's been a couple of days, so I've kind of forgot, but what is a tool, habit ritual? What is something that you do every day, either in your business life or personal life that you don't feel that you could do without? Dr. Nicole (44:26): I can't believe I'm gonna say this because I was so scared to start working out again. I will never put working out second. I do it. I always say that the do the hardest thing first. And when I was, you know, more in my corporate land, that was very different, right? Like writing reports or doing something that you were dreading. Right. And now it's not that it makes it any easier, but I feel like I have somehow more mental confidence in myself and I'm showing up. And so I do my workout first thing, and don't get me wrong. The days that I rest days, I'm like, Oh, hallelujah. But I can't even let me say that because it just, that's not been my thing. And it still is the hardest thing I need to do. But when I do that, everything else is icing on the cake after the day. Yeah. Roy - Feeding Fatty (45:14): Yeah. And there's been a lot of talk about that, you know, between us and some of our other guests lately is just that taking the time for yourself to get out. Even if it's just a walk, clear your head. It's so good for not only ruined well, it's good for your health. It's good to reduce stress. And it's also good for your creativity. That's when, uh, that's I think that's when we take a brain break and just do something like that. That's a little mindless that's when we have some of our better ideas. Dr. Nicole (45:45): Absolutely. Yep. So I'm continuing to do the hard thing first, but that keeps evolving as my life changes and right now it's working out. Yeah. Roy - Feeding Fatty (45:52): That's good. That's awesome. All right. Well, thanks again. We look forward to talking to you again soon. So hope you'll come back and join us again. But, uh, again, this is feeding fatty. You can find us at www dot feeding, fatty.com. We're on all the major platforms, iTunes, uh, Google, Google play Spotify, uh, Pandora. If we're not on your major platform that you listen to, please reach out. Let us know. Also, if you have a good story about weight loss, getting healthy, we'd love to hear from you. Or if you're a professional that works with people, helping them out, love to hear from you as well. Also, you can find us on the normal places, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and also YouTube we have now started. I don't advertise that enough, but we've now started putting recordings of our tapings up live. So go check us out there until next time. Take care of each other. I'm Roy Dr. Nicole (46:50): I'm Terry. Thank you, Dr. Nicole. Great to see you. www.feedingfatty.com

In the fall of 2010, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi left home to attend Rutgers College. At the time he was just beginning to come out of the closet. One evening, shortly after arriving, he asked his roommate for privacy. Unknown to Tyler, the roommate aimed his computer's camera at Tyler's bed and live-streamed him in an intimate act with another man. A few days later, unable to cope with the subsequent humiliation and ridicule, Tyler ended his life. Attempting to respond to her son's death, his mother, Jane Clementi, worked to create the Tyler Clementi Foundation, which seeks to combat all bullying. While the reality of her son having been the victim of cyber-bullying dominated news reports of the suicide, Jane began to consider the role of Tyler's upbringing in a conservative Christian church-which taught that homosexuality is a sin-in shaping the shame and inner conflict that led to his suicide. In this episode, Jane Clementi and AFC Founder Carl Siciliano discuss Jane's devastation at the loss of her son, and the journey of faith which led her to take a stand against all forms of bullying. We especially focus on the endangerment and abuse done to LGBTQ+ youths by church teachings which shame and reject LGBTQ people, and explore ways to respond to and combat that harm.

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Junot Díaz reads his short story "Aurora", with sound design and music composition from Y La Bamba. Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Díaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the cofounder of Voices of Our Nation Workshop. Y La Bamba has been many things, but at the heart of it is singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza’s inquisitive sense of self. Their fifth record, Mujeres, carries on the Portland-based band’s affinity for spiritual contemplation, but goes a step further in telling a story with a full emotional spectrum. Coming off Ojos Del Sol, one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2016, Mujeres exhibits the scope of Mendoza’s artistic voice like never before. “Soy como soy,” Mendoza says, and that declaration is the bold— even political— statement that positions Mujeres to be Y La Bamba’s most unbridled offering yet. This episode is brought to you by: Acorn TV. Try Acorn TV free for 30 days, by going to Acorn.TV and using promo code "STORYBOUND" to get your first 30 days for free, Storybound is hosted by Jude Brewer and brought to you by The Podglomerate and Lit Hub Radio. Let us know what you think of the show on Instagram and Twitter @storyboundpod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast focuses on the need for a national food strategy and why now is the right time to fix the US food system. I'm talking today with two food policy experts who have collaborated on an effort with an ambitious title of Blueprint for a National Food Strategy. They argue it's time to coordinate policymaking that identifies national food systems priorities, and develop a process that gives the public an opportunity to weigh in on the trade offs inherent in food policymaking. Emily Broad Lieb is the Faculty Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic. And Laurie Beyranevand is the Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law school.   Interview Summary   So let me ask you both, can you help our listeners understand what you mean by the term National Food strategy? Emily, let's begin with you. Our food system - it's incredibly fragmented in the way that it's regulated because there's so many different agencies that are regulating different aspects of food safety, and production and workers. So what we define as a national food strategy would be a set of food system goals and a coordinated approach that would foster consideration of these goals in law and policymaking that affects the food system. We call it a strategy because it would be setting a roadmap for the long-term goals in terms of health and food safety, food justice, environmental sustainability. Others have written saying, "We need a national food strategy or national food policy, and here's what it should do." The aim of our project has been very much process-based. And we need to set out a process to bring together these different agencies and coordinate them. And especially to make an opportunity for voices from outside government, those of key stakeholders and also of the general public, to participate in that process in saying what the goals should be, so that then government and the agencies regulating the food system can be responsive to that. Laurie, I'd appreciate your input on that same question, and it's interesting that there's not a national food strategy. And I'm wondering if you're getting traction for the basic concept of having such a strategy? Yeah, that's a great question. Emily laid out really well why we focused on a national food strategy and our emphasis on process. It's probably easier for people to connect around the notion of process rather than substance. A lot of the calls on a national food policy were so heavily focused on substance, it allowed people to think about where there were conflicting interests and not get behind it - because it didn't represent everyone's interests. Our focus on process is really to think about how do you have all these various stakeholders come together so that they can develop a National Food Policy, if that's what we want to call it, or a written document that reflects all of these varied interests? And in getting behind the process, it's a matter of saying, "We're committed to figuring out how do we coordinate all of these various law and policy instruments across the food system, in a way that's going to achieve better food system outcome?" So Laurie, let's follow up on this a little bit. So in 2017, you Emily and others created a blueprint for a National US Food Policy, and you've chosen to update it now, in a document that you just released. Back in 2017, you said that the American food system, and I'm quoting here, "Is a poorly coordinated patchwork of federal, state, tribal and local laws, administered by agencies with overlapping duties that results in inefficiencies and unintended consequences." What's happened in the interim that made you want to update it now, and is COVID a player in this? COVID is definitely a player in this. Not a lot has happened in terms of improving this situation, which was why we renewed our call for a national food strategy. A lot of how COVID demonstrated these inconsistencies, the lack of coordination and the really poor food system outcomes that we saw as a result of COVID. But in part it was also due to the upcoming election and an opportunity to get this in front of whichever administration was going to be in office, as a way to start thinking about how to coordinate food law and policy. What's interesting about this as a concept is that it's not unique to the food system. The food system is certainly where we focus but it's not that that's a unique situation in the United States. I mean, we often think of laws as having a discrete focus and then we have agencies that are also similarly discretely focused on the subject matter areas. Where they regulate, we don't have a lot of mechanisms in the US to think about how to account for the possibility that those things might not only be uncoordinated, but they also might be in conflict with each other. Emily, what are some examples of how a national food strategy could work and provide benefits to the food system? I'm glad you asked that, because I think a lot of the work that we've done has been really trying to paint a picture for readers about how it would be unique to have a national food strategy in the US. But national food strategies themselves are not unique, lots of other countries have these, and that was a big piece of our research. But then we also looked at in the US, we've created national strategies on countless different things, and so we examine eight different ones in the US that include everything from the National Strategy for HIV and AIDS, with the National Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance, the 9/11 Commission, which was congressionally created strategy after 911, really to say, what were the lack of coordination or other weaknesses that allowed 9/11 to happen, and then how do we plan going forward? There are lots of examples of other issues in the US where we've said, "This is a complicated topic with real impact on society, and we need to have a mechanism for coordinating amongst agencies to facilitate the best outcomes possible." And I'll just say a little bit about some of the findings, and really what we recommend. Since 2017, there have been a lot of cross agency strategies announced that impacts small specific areas of the food system. So there's been more coordination, in particular memorandums of understanding between USDA and FDA, for example, as the two agencies really share oversight over food safety. And then there's been, for example, a multi-agency initiative on reducing food waste, which was those two same agencies and also the EPA. Leadership & Coordination: Our recommendations from 2017, which were really derived from six different national food strategies in other countries, and eight different national strategies on other topics in the US. And I think that the main recommendations that stand first is around coordination. So, addressing one issue might also have equity problems, or lead to more food and security issues or things like that. And I think we really need to kind of have these regulations that impact the food system being dialogue. So coordination, really having an inter-agency working group. One thing we added on to that recommendation, this time around was leadership. Knowing that there's not really an office or agency out there now that could manage this holistically, and leadership and having an office either within the White House or somehow within the executive, that is managing the process of getting input, putting together a written plan, and then following through on it is crucial. I mean, this really wouldn't be successful without that. Participation: every single strategy that we found that was successful, it was because they did a really great job of realizing that voices from outside government were needed. And again, as we know in the food system, it's so complex, so many different stakeholders are implicated, and having producers, environmental advocates, affected communities that are really struggling with food access and food insecurity, and giving all that input and then seeing where we wind up with goals. Transparency, accountability & enforceability: The last two are one is transparency and accountability. And that is putting something in writing, saying these are our goals, and then following up with regular reporting from agencies to say how they're moving towards those goals. And we added on this time around, this real concept of enforceability as well, giving some authority to the office that's managing the strategy and making sure that they can follow through. Durability: And then lastly, durability. And there's lots of ways to do this, but really thinking about ways to make it flexible and update. And as an example of that the National HIV/AIDS strategy was so successful. After it was released in 2010, then an updated strategy was released in 2015, that really brought in a lot of new goals and built on the foundation of the first strategy. And I think something like that could be really beneficial here as well. Thanks, Emily. So Laurie, are there countries that you think have done especially well at this and what have they done to make their work impressive? One of the countries that we focused on in the original blueprint was the UK. At the time when we were doing our research, they had a really interesting Cabinet Office that was called the Strategy Unit. And the whole purpose of it was to achieve joined up policymaking in the UK, it was doing exactly what we're suggesting would be really useful is looking across all these different agencies, looking across all the decision-making that they're doing and then thinking, "How do we join up their efforts? How do we get them to work together in policymaking so that we're not creating these conflicts and we're avoiding redundancies. And at the time, the UK was in the process of developing what was called Food 2030. And that was their original food strategy paper. They initially intended to have that released over the summer, but because of COVID, they essentially broke that process into two parts, and they created part one of their strategy. And released that this summer when direct response both to COVID and also to Brexit. Their intention is to then release part two of their strategy, which is the big picture National Food strategy in the UK within the next year. So that'll be a really interesting process to follow. Sadly, the strategy unit in the UK fell apart, but a lot of it had to do with agencies not being used to coordinating with each other, and then facing some difficulties really getting past those obstacles and differences in agency culture and agency budgets and getting them to start thinking about coordination as something that they would do regularly. The other country that we focused on, Canada announced their national food policy, after many, many years of grassroots efforts to push the government to create a National Food Policy. Emily just mentioned a few minutes ago that one of our recommendations was around participation. And I think Canada provides a really great example. A bunch of different types of participatory processes were fully designed to elicit comments from a broad range of stakeholders. There was a convening of different types of stakeholder groups. So it included industry, food security, advocacy organizations, and a bunch of different stakeholders that you might not normally see at the table together. And as a result of that came out with a shared set of interests, which I think is so important. In the US, we similarly have a wide variety of stakeholders in the food system, and trying to get them to come together on a set of goals and priorities could be really difficult. And having a process that helps to facilitate those conversations, helps to get people on the same page about what the major goals and priorities are, would be so beneficial. And we have some really good models of that. Well, now that we're thinking about some of the obstacles, you mentioned that there are lots of stakeholders with different interests. And earlier, you both discuss the issue of the responsibility within government falling across lots of different agencies. So are there other obstacles that exists for thinking about a national strategy in the US? Agencies have different mandates, different cultures, different budgets, getting over that hurdle, and trying to get agencies both to appreciate the value of coordination, but also just embracing that as something that's valuable, that's going to require a big shift in the way that agencies think about their jobs. I see that as an obstacle that's certainly not insurmountable, but that would require some work. How to get stakeholders engaged in a way that's really meaningful, that's an obstacle that we need to be really thoughtful about. And how to make sure that we're enabling people that often lack of voice in law and policymaking. And then figuring out how to get them to identify common ground to come together around a shared set of goals and priorities. And then lack of political will. And also there are certain people that benefit from the lack of coordination in the food system. Trying to get to a place where they've perceived benefits in a process like this, that that's going to take some work. And allowing them to see the benefit in airing the trade offs that are inherent in food system on policymaking and allowing for greater public input, that all of that can produce outcomes that are beneficial for everyone. You were talking about issues of territoriality in a way that parts of different agencies are handling things and they have different budgets. And so in some ways, one of the obstacles I'm imagining is that people are people, and people don't want to give up territorial power or authority or whatever you want to call it. So that's one issue. And I'm wondering, does a new structure needed? Should there be some new agency where this work is better consolidated or takes all the work on a specific issue like food safety and parks it in a particular agency rather than divides it? So is there some structural change that you think might be helpful? There's a way to do this that doesn't require agencies to give up authority, but it's more in alignment and some long-term decision making. And I think actually, for some agencies, it might be somewhat relieving to say, "Okay, we know that right now we can't adequately handle certain concerns because they're not really within our mandate, but we feel uncomfortable with the fact that when we're regulating for food safety, that food security isn't really part of that." And then I would say on this question of institutional design and agency building, my take on it would be, there's been a lot of proposals to put all of food safety into one food safety agency. This definitely gets that some of the lack of coordination, particularly across the Food Safety and Inspection Service within USDA, which is in charge of safety for meat, poultry, and some eggs. And then the FDA, which is in charge of food safety for the rest of the food supply. So there's been proposals in the last two administrations, both Trump and Obama, there's been introduced in Congress on this, if the whole endeavor is just to create one agency to just handle food safety, it would be a lot of energy, maybe not worth the cost. That said, I think you kind of hinted at this, Kelly too. But just if the endeavor is to say, "We need an agency that looks at food safety, but also is equipped to balance, food safety and regulations with some of these other issues, like broader food safety, safety on farms, and in food production and food security and food assistance programs, I mean, if that's the endeavor then, I would wholeheartedly support it, because right now, the lack of coordination on these things means that we aren't really able to plan for the long-term. Two other quick things, this point of political will, and circling back to an early question you asked, about the way that COVID has shown and exacerbated these challenges in the food system, I think also makes this a moment where perhaps there is political will. So many people that weren't thinking every day about where their food was coming from, are thinking about it more now. As heartbreaking as it's been, it also gives us a moment, hopefully, we can generate some political will around figuring out how to get out of this crisis, but also plan a little bit for the long-term. So Laurie, what are your feelings about whether structural changes might be necessary to help address these issues? One thing that we suggested is having a lead office or agency that would be in charge of the coordination efforts. But where would the best place be for an office or agency like that? Certainly, there would be some jockeying for position, I would assume between USDA and FDA over something like this. And I don't know that there's a clear or natural leader among either of those. And so maybe it is that there's a different office that gets created that would be responsible for this that could be thinking about all these different agencies that would be involved here. And also would come from a perspective that would be somewhat less entrenched in the agency positions that they already have. But I would agree with Emily, I don't know that you necessarily need an entirely new agency to do something like this. One of the other suggestions that we had, was to think about something like a law similar to the National Environmental Policy Act that requires agencies to be thinking about the environmental impacts of their actions, to have something like the National Food Policy Act that requires agencies to be thinking about the food system impacts of their decision making. And to have an agency that would be responsible for implementing that as a law. So that's certainly another tool that we've thought about as a way to carry forward a strategy like this. Bios Emily M. Broad Leib is a Clinical Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, and Deputy Director of the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. As founder of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, Emily launched the first law school clinic in the nation devoted to providing clients with legal and policy solutions to address the health, economic, and environmental challenges facing our food system. Emily focuses her scholarship, teaching, and practice on finding solutions to today's biggest food system issues. She has published scholarly articles in the Wisconsin Law Review, the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the Food & Drug Law Journal, and the Journal of Food Law & Policy, among others. She was named to 2016's list of Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink. The list, released by Fortune and Food & Wine, highlights women who had the most transformative impact in the last year on what the public eats and drinks. Her groundbreaking work on food waste has been covered in such media outlets as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian, TIME, Politico, and the Washington Post. Emily has appeared on CBS This Morning, CNN, The Today Show, and MSNBC to discuss the clinic's efforts to reduce food waste.   Laurie J. Beyranevand is the Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and a Professor of Law at Vermont Law School. The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems trains law and policy students to develop real-world solutions for a more sustainable and just food system. Beyranevand received a BA from Rutgers College in 1999 and a JD from Vermont Law School in 2003. She clerked in the Environmental Division of the Vermont Attorney General's Office and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marie E. Lihotz in New Jersey. Prior to joining the faculty at Vermont Law School, Professor Beyranevand was a Staff Attorney at Vermont Legal Aid where she represented adults and children in individual cases and class action litigation advocating for access to health care, education equality, and civil rights. In that capacity, she appeared in state and federal court, as well as before administrative adjudicative bodies, and served as an appointed member of the Human Rights Committee. She is an appointed member of the Food and Drug Law Institute and Georgetown Law School's Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Advisory Board, a founding member of the Academy of Food Law and Policy, and the Chair Elect of the Agriculture and Food Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools. She is admitted to the New York and Vermont State Bars, as well as the U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. As a first generation American with Iranian and Appalachian roots, diverse food and culture have always been prominent in Professor Beyranevand's life symbolizing the power of food in bringing people together.  

Today’s episode is an interview with Nancy Globus, a pharmacist who uses her voice to advocate for medication safety.  I really enjoyed this interview because two of Nancy’s passions overlap with mine:  medication safety and poisoning prevention.   Nancy Globus started in the pharmacy business at a young age.  Her father opened his community pharmacy the year before she was born.  Nancy began “counting pills” at her father’s side and eventually earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from Rutgers College of Pharmacy.  Then, she earned her PharmD from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and completed a one-year residency in a unique hospital, where most of the drugs were ordered and monitored by clinical pharmacists.   Nancy has worked in a number of practice settings.  She honed her clinical skills in hospital practice, served roles in medical affairs, and eventually worked a number of years in the Med-ERRS subsidiary of ISMP (the Institute for Safe Medication Practices).  There, she became proficient in all areas of medication safety, especially as error prevention applies to assisting the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in trademark safety testing, package label assessments, and other risk-management and regulatory issues.   When she is not saving humanity from confusing drug names and hard-to-read product labels, Nancy can be found translating “medicalese” for family members and friends and obsessing over her nail polish and cosmetics collection.  She remains passionate about community pharmacy and has a strong interest in patient advocacy. Nancy Globus LinkedIn Profile Nancy’s Twitter Link Highlights from the interview Nancy has a passion for medication safety and poisoning prevention.  She feels pharmacists are well-positioned to communicate important safety messages.   Drug names are unique for safety reasons. Medication safety officers are important.  They can prevent safety issues. Nancy talked about the confusion between Losec and Lasix and how Losec became Prilosec.   There is not a clearly-defined path for a pharmacist to do what Nancy does.  It’s a very niche job.  All her professional experiences led her to medication safety roles.   “We don’t lose.  We win, or we learn.”  Good advice from Nancy for new grads or pharmacists early in their careers.   Nancy’s dream job would be naming nail polish colors for OPI or being a medical reporter on the TV news.   

Dr. Nicole Garneau Five Mental Health Fitness Tips   From an early age I loved both science and entertaining. I did stand up comedy in my 4th grade talent show, and played the lead Andrew Sister in a high school production about the 1940s. And yet, I also learned the fungi (fun-guy) joke in 6th grade, won my share of science fairs, and by my sophomore year, had declared to my folks that I was going to be a geneticist. See, dreams do come true! I’m now doing what I love most, talking science and inspiration, and making people laugh full time. Following high school, I loved my time on the banks of the old Raritan, completing my BA in Genetics at Rutgers College. I then took off a gap year to gain a sense of self, before going full force into my PhD in microbiology at Colorado State University. This led to a business internship with CSU Ventures, volunteering for the Colorado BioScience Association, and eventually a ten-year career as the curator and chair of the Health Sciences Department at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. And now, I’m honored to be recognized as one of the top 5 most influential young professionals in Colorado, a 2020 CiviCO Governors Fellow, and a serial entrepreneur. I live with my husband and daughter in Denver, and delight in immersing myself in nature when I’m not immersed in designing and customizing presentations and trainings for my corporate and nonprofit clients www.drnicolegarneau.com nicole@drnolegarneau.com www.feednigfatty.com info@feedingfatty.com Full Transcript  Roy (00:02): Hello, and welcome to the feeding fatty podcast. I'm Roy, I’m Terry. And, uh, you can find us at www.feeding fatty. Com. We do have, our podcasts uploaded. We just, uh, put a new one out there today. So please go check us out. Uh, as you know, most of the time we chronicle our journey about myself and Terry and her helping me, you know, get in shape and get healthier. But we do have guests along the way. And today we're very fortunate to have Nicole Nicole Garneau. She is our scientist next door. She provides consulting training and she's a keynote speaker. She likes to talk about how you can bring science to your table. She was, uh, recently, uh, acknowledged as one of the top five, top five, most influential young professionals in Colorado. And she is known for one of her keynote speaking, speak one of her keynote speeches, neuroscience of happiness. And I think that's what got our attention, uh, that, and she works a lot with tastes. But what we wanted to talk about is that you can make a lot of changes in your life and that still may not make you happy. You have to work on the mental aspect. And Nicole has been good enough to put together five tips for our mental fitness. And, uh, Nicole will go ahead and turn it over to you. Dr. Nicole (01:38): Wonderful. Thank you so much, Roy and Terry, I'm super psyched to be here, so to speak. I'm using my bunny ears on the podcast. Roy (01:47): Well, and you know, the, uh, we talked a little bit, you know, when we did our initial call, we talked a lot about that. You know, I've got to a point in life a few times that I've really thought that, you know, maybe about having the surgery, but what I always come around to is that if, if you don't get things fixed between your ears, then any kind of surgery surgery, or anything else that you can do to your body is not going to help you. Dr. Nicole (02:18): Yeah. And when we talked, I was really the thing that drew me to both of you all is that you're approaching this such an authentic way. And I think, um, health and fitness and nutrition, it has this kind of very intimidating persona. And a lot of it, doesn't always talk about the fact that you got to get right in the head. Like you said, you got to get in between the ears and that's really the foundation. If that is crumbling, all the rest of the stuff you're going to do is not gonna, it's not going to hold true. Right. So we started talking first about taste stuff, which is my equities, and then started getting into the neuroscience side. And it felt like a real good topic for us to bring to your list. Roy (02:54): Yeah. Because I, you know, I struggle with that and, you know, just, we try to be authentic. I think that's the main thing is we, we put it all out there, embarrassing or not embarrassing. And, uh, you know, we're going to have another me and Terry taught in, you know, at the end of this week probably. And that we struggle. I struggled last week. Uh, Terry's mother had gone into the hospital. And so she was taking care of her most of the time. And it, it blew my routine, which just totally, totally mess me up. And then that led to getting off a little bit on sleep. And that was one thing I've known that really shined a light on the last month or two is that if I have any disruption in my sleep patterns, I'm pretty much done. And so anyway, I just, I think that's one reason. And, uh, hopefully we're gonna be able to talk you back, talk you into coming back because we do want to touch on those. Uh, the five tastes, that was an enlightening thing again, that, you know, uh, have just really found out about him was interesting. But I think that this mental aspect probably needs to be the first thing that we talk about in order to set that up before even worry about anything else. Dr. Nicole (04:14): I like it. So should we get into it? Let's go. Let's do it. Okay. So my first tip, and this was one that I struggled with a lot, being someone who was raised first born and my parents divorced are young. So I would taking care of my siblings and, you know, not starting trouble, not getting in trouble, being the good kids blah-blah-blah is that you feel alone and you decide, well, I guess I am alone. And the first mental fitness kits for, um, for getting your body fitness, where it needs to be nutrition is you gotta own that. You're not alone. Um, and there's two things that I really want to point out for this one. You guys already mentioned, you have to inform, inform, inform the people around you, who can support you, and you just gotta put it all out there. Um, I know that you guys do that for each other. And the fact that when Terry was gone, where you were like, what am I gonna do? Dr. Nicole (05:10): Um, but like coming up, we have a, so there's a small group of couples who are going, all of us are going to Telluride together this weekend for a birthday. And we're all getting our Colby test ahead of time and rented a place. And, um, I wasn't barest to reach out to people planning cause they're planning all the food to friends of mine. And at first I was embarrassed to say, listen, I am putting my recipes in my fitness pal. I am looking at sodium and saturated fat and how much protein I get in the day. Should you share with me what you're cooking? So I can kind of pay attention to what I need to do, because I need to know that I can fill in the gaps with bringing oil bag or whatever I need to do to make it right. Um, and I was a little bit of a shame even though because of my best friend. Roy (05:53): Right? Right. Well, we had a recent encounter is maybe even I'll try to top you. One is that we, we went over to my mom's for breakfast. Then I had to actually correct her and say, Oh, watch out on putting that salt in those eggs that we don't need that. And I felt terrible. You know, it just kind of blurted out, but it's like, Hey, you know what? If we don't tell other people they're never going to know and no, you know, we have to, Dr. Nicole (06:21): You got to get comfortable with saying, you got to get comfortable with saying like, Hey, this is what I'm working. Here's my struggle, which also ties to the mental health. It's a really stigmatized thing as is, as is nutrition. Um, so that's, that was the first part of you're not alone. The second part is you're going to reach a part in your journey, no matter where you are, that you are going to need something besides your brain. And this was a very recent thing for me that I decided to bring coaches into my life. And I had been taught as that firstborn child to not ask for help and to not say no. And I carry that through almost all of my academic and professional career to museum when I was a curator there. And this is something I've had to overcome is to say, no, I am not equipped. Dr. Nicole (07:05): I am not a professional. I do not know how to do this anymore for my, what will be a 40 year old body, right? When I was 20, it was easy. You ate whatever you wanted. I maybe went for a run. I don't know when I was a size two. It just didn't matter. Nothing mattered what you did and you reach a point where you go, Holy heck, I can't do the things I used to rely on. So I had a brain injury and I have, uh, I hurt my knee and have a meniscus tear so I can just run and be like sweet. But in those jeans and I can't keep eating the way I was doing. And I didn't know how to change those things. I literally am not equipped. I do not have the expertise and it was life changing. When I bought in the coach. Dr. Nicole (07:46): Now I know not everyone can do that. It is expensive, but there are a lot of free online resources on Pinterest and a bunch of other places, YouTube. We can get free workouts for people with knee problems, cardio for people who can't, you know, can't run. Um, my coach, which is shift human performance. She, her Pinterest page has all these like one pan recipes that are the perfect balance of protein and micronutrients and so on. So there's free resources out there. So don't feel like you have to spend the money, but know that as soon as you make that decision, but universe is going to be like, okay, I got you. We're going to do this. Right. That's kind of where I feel right now. Roy (08:21): It's a big thing. And I'm being a firstborn too. I think you feel that, but also, you know, being a male. Um, and my generation, of course, you know, we were always kinda made to feel that, you know, that that's a sign of weakness. If you have to ask for help and can't handle it, but it's not. I mean, if you think about, we've got professional athletes that are very gifted from the moment they're born, but they work hard and they make millions of dollars. And guess what? They've got coaches all up and down the sideline that helped them with everything, from their calling, the plays to what the defense may be, to what, uh, and to their mental health and their mental aspect, you know, as well as weights and every, you know, they have coaches for everything. So why do we have such a stigma tied to that, that you know what we may need help and you need to reach out to somebody Dr. Nicole (09:17): That's right. And you need to have the bandwidth to keep this up, which ties to your sleep piece, which is why you need to learn to say no to things. If it's not speaking to you and it's not expansive, um, we have to look, we have to really be kind to ourselves, especially during a pandemic when our energy is being torn, a lot of directions with tension, you gotta preserve that energy for yourself as well. So that's, that's kind of the other tip of, of saying, you know, ask, asking for help and saying for no two things that we're really not taught to do, but tie to how mental health is, um, a big part of your physical health. Terry (09:51): Yeah. Saying no is a hard, it's such a hard thing. I mean, and I'm only, I'm a third born, but I still, but there were like five years in between myself and my oldest sister. So it was kind of like, we were two separate families, so it's kind of like, I'm a firstborn. Um, but it's hard. It I'm telling you, asking for help is not an easy thing to do. Roy (10:15): See. And I was debating this, I was debating this the other day is that, um, there was a book that somebody put out that, that said, say yes to everything for a year. And I'm like, ah, I just, while you want to be nice, I guess the, the, the mindset that I've taken as I've grown older, because I used to be much worse than I am now, but where I'm at now is like, time is the most precious resource or asset that I have. And if I don't protect it, nobody else will. And I mean, I'll give you a good example is, um, I'm bombarded on LinkedIn consistently every day. I probably get anywhere between 20 to 30 emails, some sometimes, or they're pushing, uh, you know, something that has nothing to do with me, but used to, I would take the time and try to answer and reach out to everybody and say, no, thank you, whatever. Roy (11:16): Then it turned into a conversation. Just let me, you know, just five minutes, let me get on a phone call with you. I can change your mind. And so anyway, if you take, if you take five minutes that it may take you to respond times 20 people, that that's a hundred minutes of your life in the day of totally unproductive time, because you've, you know, if you know, you don't need their service and there's really not a match for you to do networking, then it's totally wasted. So I I'm trying to practice that more, be better added. I still kinda have little soft spy every now and then, but I can't imagine that somebody that would take this mindset to say yes to everything anyway. Dr. Nicole (12:02): Yeah. I like to, I like to clarify it to say, so what I always teach my students and the people that I mentor say yes to the universe when the universe, when the universe puts something in front of you, that lights you up. Right. So that's where you can't let fear in saying yes to everything. I don't know. No, that would be so hard. Oh my gosh. It just wears you out. Maybe three children, maybe when I was like mid twenties and I had all the energy in the world. Um, that's right. So the next one is that, and this is a twist on a quote from Robert Holden that I sent you, which is a British, he's a British psychologist, um, is no I'm going to paraphrase it. No amount of self-improvement can replace self-acceptance. And this is where we have to really start digging into the root causes of why we have these triggers and habitual actions that are basically sabotaging our physical bodies. Um, and this is hard for people. Cause again, there's a lot of stigma around people don't want to talk about that. There's root issues to why they reach for that same Ben and Jerry's ice cream Sesame. Or why do you take the, you take the trip down to seven 11 at 10, 11 o'clock at night. [inaudible] Dr. Nicole (13:23): God you're killing me. So, so here's the deal. Sometimes you're not, you'll know when you're ready for therapy. And I, and I would say that that is the number one thing that has helped me through. Um, but there's other ways you can start working through this on your own if you're not comfortable with that stuff yet. And it's all there also free steps. You basically need to put it into the physical plane, which means the two ways that I did it and still do it in addition to therapy is I journal when I feel it, when you're getting that bluesy feeling or where you feel a trigger before you take action journal about what you're feeling, because you have to start getting aware and where you and I have talked about this, what are those triggers and why? Because if you don't know the triggers, you're, you know, you can lift weights and eat all the right things. But as soon as that trigger hits, you're down the spiral. Roy (14:07): Right? And that, that was me. That was me last week is, you know, with our routine being shaken up with having to, you know, think out of the box to prepare some food because, you know, I have to admit Terry takes very good care of me by making sure, you know, she cooks most evenings and even cooks a little extra for lunch the next day. And so, you know, now I'm out of my element over there, scrounging through the refrigerator, trying to find something and it's easier. And I didn't, but I thought about it, it's easier run up and have some Chick-fil-A and those nice fries that they have. And so that was always my first thought. And then I would have to say, you know what, I kind of take a step back and not do that. I just totally fall apart, you know, with this a little bit of adversity. Roy (14:56): And I think that's more what it is. It's just something that's different and a little bit tougher that you have to really think through. But I will tell you, you know, I had, I've got the midnight, you know, run into the cute, we, we have QuikTrips is kind of like our 7-11s around here. So, you know, running up to the QT at 9 or 10 o'clock at night, getting some cookies or this or that. So it doesn't do any good not to keep stuff in the house. If all you're going to do is just drive up to the grocery store and get it, get it when you want it. But the other, I think the big thing for me too, though, is there being time in between the trigger and the action to actually, um, to do the journaling or think about it and cause that's another thing I've noticed it's very impulsive and almost just like a natural reaction when you have that feeling just to do it and not think about it. Roy (15:53): And you know, I'm fortunate that I can talk to Terry. A lot of times I'm like, Hey, you know what, I'm feeling, uh, feeling some hunger coming on or wanting a candy bar or whatever, you know, and she can talk me down off the cliff, but if I'm here by myself, you know, good luck with that, I'm like heading out. So how, how do you, um, I guess you just have to be in touch with yourself, but I would like to know how do you kind of have that time in between the thought and the action to actually, you know, sit down and journal or how do you kind of make yourself slow down just a minute? Dr. Nicole (16:31): Yeah. So, so I want to come back to the resilience piece. I'm going to answer this question. I'm gonna tell you another tip around this. So I'm answering this piece is at first, I didn't even know I was doing it. So that's the first thing you just have to know you're doing it. So for me, my like dirty secret is like when it gets close at night and I'm just tired of all get out and I don't want to do with my kid and I don't want my husband judging me cause he's in super good shape and I'm not. And I go, when I sneak peanut butter and mini chocolate chips, literally with a spoon and it was so I've started tracking that I'm tracking my calories and my fitness pal. I put it in there cause you can't be lying in your coat. She's not going to be able to help you. Dr. Nicole (17:15): If you lie to your coach right therapist, it doesn't work. So I started putting it in there. So now I have less shame about it and I plan for it. So it comes down to if you're going to. So there's a pre-planning that helps me a lot. So I try to preplan usually a day or two in advance about where I'm going to put my calories, you know? And then you give yourself some flux room. Right? But the other thing, when it comes to the pods, the pods is super important because once I recognize I'm going to do it, my question is, am I really hungry? And surely the answer is no I'm frustrated. I'm tired. I feel I don't have any value. My self worth seems pretty low because I had a bad client call or somebody was mean on Facebook, which they always are. Dr. Nicole (17:58): People can be so mean. And so it's always something else. And once I realized that, I said, well, what do you really need right now? Do you need some protein? And so I'll eat hard, boiled egg whites. Do you, you know, is it really that you need protein? Probably because we do not get enough protein in the American diet, good protein that's lean and without saturated fat without sodium. So I just tried to take the pause and um, I also just try to plan it in advance. So I know where my calories are gonna be distributed. And you know, that type a little girl comes right back into play. I'm like, well, here's the plan. I'm going to stick to it. Oh my gosh. So that's the first thing. So then coming back to resilience, so something I want to task you with Roy, I want to give you homework. Dr. Nicole (18:41): And this is something that my husband and I recently went into last few weeks, did my friend and I, who was also going through some, some difficulty with her health because of breast cancer. She and I have the same coach and we decided that we were going to have operation, teach Amanda fish. I think Terry's really going to like this. Okay. And basically we, I first wanted to switch off weeks with my husband doing, not just cooking. Like don't just swoop in and cook. No, I want someone to plan. I want you to send me the rest of so I can log it and you need to go buy those damn groceries and you're going to cook and you're going to do the whole thing for me. And he basically said, it's really hard for his job. He's a financial planner and the markets are crazy and his clients are having, you know, things are crazy with money right now. Dr. Nicole (19:25): He said, how about if I do Friday, Saturday, Sunday. So I now do Monday through Thursday. He does Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And I Terry, here's the tip I am being so good about not all I say is just send me the recipes so I can log it. I don't give him advice. I don't tell him what to do. I don't tell him, Oh, we already have that in the closet to ask. He can look and see if we have garam masala okay. And operation teacher manifesto is about him building resilience in it as well in the household. And also gives me a much needed break because, um, I can't do it. I can't do a hundred percent of the cooking it with my business kicking up and me trying to keep my mental health. Right. It was too much of a burden. So Roy, you need to build resilience. Terry, you need to let him do that. Terry (20:10): Let him do that. You. Oh my gosh. And we do have garam masala by the way, Dr. Nicole (20:17): He had some doll the other night. That was four. Okay. And then the third tip, when you, if you're not ready for a therapist yet, I can't believe how much this helped me with, um, with understanding myself acceptance. And there's all kinds of prompts you can find online about asking yourself questions. I've recorded asking myself questions like a therapist would act. And then I listened to it and I took notes on myself. So I kind of play the role of my own therapist. And it was amazing what came out because you're not writing. If you write, sometimes you can edit when you're just talking into the ether and you're just recording it. You forget, it's kind of there. And you're just talking. And I kind of had the printed out the questions ahead of time. I wanted to ask myself. And, um, that was a big step for me, understanding some of the triggers, um, that was dealing with my physical health because my therapist has dealt a lot with my depression and abuse as a kid and some other things, right? Like there's a lot of root things there, but there was stuff that I still need to work on that I haven't quite got to her yet. And um, so I actually recommend that more than journaling because you'll be much more free flow, but then let's do it. Terry (21:22): Oh yeah. Because when I journal, when I journal, I edit myself as I'm journaling. So it's like, Oh my gosh, I can't even do this. I never thought about doing that. That sounds amazing. Dr. Nicole (21:33): So do that. So, so that kind of rounds out, the fact that you got to work on your self-acceptance and who you are and knowing who you are and when that gets stronger. So too, will your physical health, because you'll be building on such a strong foundation. Ooh, that's a big one. Wow. Three. So the third one is overcoming survival instincts. So there's a reason why we crave what we crave. Okay. There's a reason why I'm going for the peanut butter and chocolate chips. It hits all the major cravings. I got the salt, I got the fat, I've got the sweet, um, these are things that we don't really have an off switch for. It's super, super, super tough when you're eating. Um, so here's why, because it used, so I'm just gonna talk about the five teeth real quick. Okay. But when we think, when we think about it from a survival perspective, it used to be so hard to get salt and sugar. They weren't no cutesy. Right? Okay. They didn't exist. You were finding fruit on trees and thought was very difficult to find is a reason why salt was basically money for so long. Right. Um, and umami, can you repeat after me? Dr. Nicole (22:44): Umami, umami. Dr. Nicole (22:47): Umami has a savory face. The protein that is a Japanese term for protein. Um, and so as soon as you're born, you don't like bitter. You don't like sour because those it's usually indicates something that's poisonous or toxic. Uh, salt comes a little bit later in development in terms of liking it. And salt has to do when you do eventually get those cravings has to do with keeping your body in homeostasis. So keeping all of your little workings in balance, right? Like a machine and balance. And then mommy is going to tell you, you're getting your protein, your building blocks, right? I'm actually building the stuff you need and sugar is the energy. So you can imagine if we grew up, uh, you know, our ancestors and ancestors, ancestors had a very difficult time finding these things, selective pressure in terms of evolution meant that when you've got those things, they taste good. Dr. Nicole (23:36): We're all good. So good that we don't really have an off switch. So you're fighting against a millennium of survival instincts at nine o'clock at night when you're tired and frustrated and grumpy or whatever the case may be in your body. Yes. The body goes, I'm done. I'm going in survival mode. So this is something that I come back into the, the, the more that you know, that you're not alone and you have people to support you and hold you accountable. The more that you're working on your self-acceptance and worse, the less problems you will have with overcoming these survival instincts, um, that did us very well as humans for a long, long time. There's a reason why we've proliferated, but in the last 30 or so years, you know, basically since the industrial revolution and then coming into processes has not served us well. That's a little, Roy  (24:29): Yeah, because of what it, what it, what leads up to that. Like I was saying, you know, being tired is a trigger, but that's the survival. Like I've got to wake up to survive or, you know, being frustrated, being upset, whatever it is. So that, that makes perfect sense. I like that. Dr. Nicole (24:46): Good. I, I wanted to put a little bit of that neuroscience in there about evolution and survival because you can't turn it off, which leads me to number 4, which is whatever you are doing. Give it your undivided attention and role. I know you don't do this. I know what your work schedule looks like. Sometimes when you're working, when you're working, you're working, when you're eating, you're eating, when you're watching TV, go for it. I love me, my murder. She wrote, you are watching don't mix and match any of those. Okay. Like, so it really comes down to, what did you learn in kindergarten and kindergarten? My daughter who's five years old is super present in the moment, super immersed. And then when that thing's done, she moves on to the next. She does not multitask that doesn't serve her. Doesn't serve anybody and especially so when it comes to when you eat, so do not do any of those things at the same time and focus on it. Roy  (25:49): Well, and that's one thing our, uh, the dietician that we're working with, that was one of, well, two things that she told us, I guess, was number one, do not eat supper because we suffer in front of the TV watching the news. So she said, you cut that off. And the other thing with the sleep factor, she said, turn, you know, she said, I'd rather you not watch TV in bed at all. But number two, if you have to cut it off by nine, o'clock where you can read and kind of wind down. And so we've been better at that, you know, reading when we go to bed and not getting all excited with the TV turned on, but, um, we haven't been as good about not eating in front of the, you know, the evening news. No. Dr. Nicole (26:33): Okay. So I'm giving you guys a few tips. It's helped me a lot. We just said we're not doing it. And every once in a while, even my daughter, when she's five, you know, and people, every once in a while, I'll let her have like a mini picnic on the floor while she's watching whatever show, but we make sure she knows that special. That's not what we always do. We sit down for dinner, we sit down for breakfast, we sit down for lunch and we talk to each other and that's it. So, but it's the same thing for work. It's not fair for your work. You're not even paying attention, what you're eating, terrible. Yeah. Roy (27:04): Dude, that sometimes with breakfast, you know, I may, while I'm fixing it and I'm thinking I should be doing it. So I'll bring it over, sit down at the computer. And then I end up either eating really, really fast or just dragging it out so much that I don't even know that I'm eating so guilty, guilty on that one. Terry (27:24): Yeah. And IF I forget to eat, which is kind of crazy sounding. I know, but you know, I'll just, I'll try to just maybe take a bite of something and just go on. Next thing I know it's like five, six hours later and I'm like, Hey, wait a minute. Something's going on? And then I'm like, yeah, I know. I'm not bragging. I've never had that problem. I just get too busy. I just got so busy. Dr. Nicole (27:47): Terry. I love getting immersed in my work. I love my work. I love what I do. I love my clients when I'm working out. I love that. And all of a sudden I'll be like, Oh, you didn't, you didn't eat so well, here's what I'm going to say about that. It doesn't, I'm learning from, from my nutrition specialist that she's like that she's basically saying to me, I'm not going to tell you, you have to eat all the same time. Like, there's all these other tricks that you can get to. Eventually, you just need to develop the habit of taking your time and doing it and planning it ahead of time. That's it? Right. So I'm not great about eating breakfast. I have my coffee, I help my kids get to school. I then do my workout. I got to do it right away in the morning off. It does not happen. And at about 10, I'm like, okay, I'm ready to eat something. Now that doesn't work for everyone. So it really is trusting your body. And if you are like carrying you for Dicky, then you have to have those things ready to go and plan it ahead of time. It doesn't have to be at a specific time. You just can't let yourself get to running on empty because then it all falls apart. Roy (28:44): Right. Right. And I've gotten better about listening to my body in the morning, because used to, I was first thing in the morning, eat the breakfast and move on. But now there, there are days that I may not be hungry till, you know, nine 30 or 10, and I may eat a boiled egg or some oatmeal, something like that. But I don't feel like I've just got to get up and have that meal. So that's important just to listen, listen to your body and when you're hungry. But like you said, not go, cause I ha I do the opposite too. You know, sometimes you don't feel it coming on. And then all of a sudden it's all over you. And you're like, so starving. You could eat everything Terry (29:22): Or get past your starvation point. No, sorry. Dr. Nicole (29:28): Well, I got you. And the other thing too, to remember, and that I'm learning more and more as I research around aging, because there's something about hitting 40, that makes you go, Oh my God. And, um, that is that we have a, our, the way that our costs work and our circadian rhythms work, they do change, they evolve. And so, you know, I used to be the person who woke up hungry and would eat a farmer's breakfast. My dad was always thought he was like, you have a tape form. And, and uh, and now I don't, and it's just is what it is. So it's every single person is different. So that's kind of why when you get out there and you're trying to find advice, you, your number one thing to do is when you're mindful, trusting yourself, that's it like paying attention, doing undivided attention. What you're doing, your body cues are there. We've just learned to, we've just been conditioned to stop paying attention to them. Terry (30:21): Rehab. I mean, in all aspects, all aspects of everything. I mean, it's crazy. Dr. Nicole (30:27): Yep. Yep. Which brings us to our right. All right. This is the most important one because it brings them all together in a lot of ways. So again, just to recap, you're not alone. inform people what you're doing. Don't be ashamed of it. Say like, boom, I am watching my sodium intake or whatever the case may be, get some online resources. And if you can get a coach to no amount of self-improvement can replace self-acceptance, you've got to work on the root issues of why you have possibly unhealthy relationships and sabotaging yourself with food. Or as you said previously, in one of your episodes, medicating with food, um, three is overcoming those survival instincts is sure it's hard, but if you're mindful, you can do it. And understanding it is a big step for undivided attention to whatever you were doing in the moment, no mixing and matching, eating, and work and TV, and all the things do one thing at a time. And the last one is detaching from the outcome. So the most important thing is that you're doing what's right in front of you because you're enjoying what you're doing right now. And it's not because of achievement at the end. And this is the hardest thing that I've had to learn is that it's not about me fitting back into jeans, which I know I'm never going to, and finally gave him the Goodwill. Like that's just not going to, and if it does, I'm going to do here. Yeah. Terry (31:47): Wow. That's what I'm thinking. Exactly. That's my next thought I'm buying new jeans. Dr. Nicole (31:53): Like when I, he asked exactly the point is that's not the end goal. The end goal is not for me to fit into some idealized number or, you know, to look good on Instagram, which if you see my Facebook live stuff, you know, I don't care and it's a better life. Yeah. So you have to just whatever that process is right now, you got to love it, which means when you're working out, do something that you love and want to do when you're cooking, put on music, have fun, taste the spices before you put them in really start playing with your mind and be like, wow, this is an experiment. This is amazing when you're eating, savor it, enjoy it, enjoy the process for the process state, because there is only right now not to get all Eckrich totally on you, but there is really only right now. And so it's going to help out so much if you get away from this thing at the outset. Roy (32:46): Yeah. That's important because, uh, you know, one thing that I've tried to be a better helper in the kitchen, I'm not quite there yet. And, you know, kind of going back to what you said earlier that the, uh, you know, the planning for us is the hardest part. We've gotten good about putting everything in, but, but, um, you know, we need to work on planning, but the, uh, cooking together, cutting up stuff and just being in the kitchen, that's given us that quality time that we can talk. And then I think I've mentioned this many times before, but then it also gives us a, um, a perspective to sit down and talk about the food. What could we do thinking about new dishes that we could make with, if we did this and did that. So it really kind of plays into, um, you know, our quality time and experimenting because we've become much more, I would say risk takers. I think Terry's always been good at experimenting and coming up with stuff, but now we kind of work together to, Hey, you know, let's try that. The worst thing you can do is we won't do it again next time, but go ahead and take those chances. Terry (33:56): And he's so good about telling me, I mean, everything that I make is the best thing he's ever. He is very appreciative, but I know those. I tried to do some pork chops. They were horrible. And he was so happy that he had them. I mean, he's so good. Dr. Nicole (34:14): And this is the reason why I fell in love with you too, when we connected. And I listened to your stuff, because you're basically saying like, man, we're doing it. I think the thing that really hooks me right, is when you told me, or maybe it was on one of your podcasts, when you said, first time I had tofu and I was like, someone was saying like, like this, this is a weird product. And now you love it. And I think about how much inspiration you can bring to people who are like, ah, that whew, fruit, blue, whatever, natural health tofu, that's not me. Right. You were saying like my generation, I'm a man, blah, blah, blah. And you're saying, heck no, you gonna do a lot with tofu. Dr. Nicole (34:54): Oh. And he asked for it, Roy (34:57): You know, we got, we bought two big packages last time at the grocery store. And you know, we're trying to experiment more. And yeah, I hate to talk about the same old stuff over and over. But, uh, Terry made this tow food Chile the other night. That was fabulous. I mean, you wouldn't know it and you know, and that's part of it. I think we have to get over it. Dr. Nicole (35:19): We're all much better than like the fake meat products with the fake meat products, um, elbow, some of them I really liked, but for the most part, they have a lot of extra carbohydrates and extra weird fats and keep it as clean as possible. Keep it as clean as possible and you can't go wrong. So I just loved that. And I think that that's an inspiration people need to hear is there are real people on this journey who were trying TOEFL for the first time and they are here for you. I hope that I hope that your listeners, Roy (35:44): I think I'll say this to all the other dudes out there is that, you know, we need to get over ourselves that if I'm eating a piece of brisket or I meet some tofu, it doesn't change who I am. I mean, I mean, it kind of would Roy (35:58): Well, no, I mean, it's going say it kind of will be kind of will because it'll, it'll make me healthier in the end, but I'm just saying it doesn't, you know, I don't, uh, don't feel my manhood is threatened because I eat some tofu. It's just, yeah. Dr. Nicole (36:12): So all, all of this to say is make it fun and detach yourself from any, any aspect of achievement. This isn't about achievement, although you will have milestones, but this is a never ending journey for sure. And the quicker we can, the quicker we can get away from saying like, this is an end point. That's the only thing I care about. I mean, just that's too far away. It's just is, and you got to just say in the moment being like, I love this process. I think you would love it. You will change your habits. Roy (36:39): Yeah. And I think that gets to the slowing things down because that's, you know, I've always been very aggressive, like, okay, we're setting, you know, some crazy, you know, five pounds a week. That's what we're shooting for and we're going to do this and then you fall short and then it's like, yeah, I just give up. And, and this is the one time that I just said, look, this is just an ongoing process. We got to do the best we can do every day. And things will just work out in the end. That's that's all you can do. Dr. Nicole (37:08): And the more you surround yourself with people in a similar mission, which is what we are doing here today, I would say like, I'm going to rethink this conversation today. When I think I'm going to go get those many M and M's peanut butter, and we'd be like, Nope, I don't need to. Roy and Terry got my back. Yup. So those are my five, five mental fitness tips for physical fitness. Okay. You could pop some tofu instead. Tofu cubes are real quick. Roy (37:37): Well, she did. She made, um, they were, she cubed them and then put them in the oven to bake and they tasted like little potato bites. Anyway. It's, we'll have to do a whole tofu cooking show, right? Terry (37:51): Oh my gosh. Roy (37:56): Well, so what is one, um, you know, we talked a little bit about this, but what's one tool or one ritual or something. That's a part that you have made a part of your daily routine that you just, you can't do without Dr. Nicole (38:12): [inaudible], but okay. I gotta think about daily on the bigger end therapy I cannot do without continuing to work on my mental health. Um, it just, everything falls apart when, when, when my depression takes over. So, um, that's a, that's a big thing for me, um, on the daily, on the reg though, let's see. Um, Roy (38:36): Well, that's important to talk about, I guess that, you know, you know, it's kind of the same. I'm going to put it in the tofu class. It's one of these things that doesn't change who we are, because we tell somebody we're going to see a therapist. It's actually, it's kind of in line. It's empowering because I can't always unload all my burdens on Terry. She does a good job with carrying my own, but don’t use your friends and family. Terry (39:06): No, and I think I'm a therapist because I've actually had, you know, 25 years of therapy off and on here. And I feel like, you know, every time I read something or talk to somebody, somebody like you, I'm like, well, I don't know what I'm really putting into practice. All the things that I've learned or even some of the things that I've learned, you know? So, and then I go and read some books and I'm, Oh, I love Brene Brown. I mean, all these, you know, Dr. Nicole (39:33): Brene Brown, this is, I was researching hashtags to use as I build my Instagram. And this, this woman said research hashtags of people that you admire. So I went on to research Brown, guess what? Brene Brown doesn't even need to use hashtags because everybody knows who she is. Okay. Terry (39:48): That is so true. Oh my gosh, I cannot get enough of her. I really cannot. Dr. Nicole (39:55): So yes. So therapy has been a big deal. And, um, my dad put this really well. Uh, he said, when you, when, if you like crack your head open, are you going to ask your husband to fix you? And I said, Oh, hail. Now it's the same thing with your brain. Like your, your brain has things going on. And there are professionals who are there to help you. Don't burden your family. I mean, inform your family, but you can't expect friends and family to be your therapist. Right. And it also makes for terrible relationships. You've got to inform and talk, but do the real hard work and the inner work with someone who is equipped to deal with and doesn't have an in the fire to be perfectly honest. Exactly, exactly. Terry (40:35): And asking for, I mean, asking for help, you know, like we were talking about earlier, it's just such a hard thing to do, but you know, you're really strong if you do it because you know what your limitations are, you know, what, you know, what you need to work on and you do need the help because you're not the professional. Roy (40:52): And the other thing I would say on that is, uh, you know, for the audience, don't let cost stand in the way, because there are a lot of resources, even in every community. If you live in a rural environment, now we have telemedicine and things. So I just, you know, a note to anybody that is suspects that you needed is just reach out and ask for you. You really can't go wrong. Dr. Nicole (41:17): Yeah, exactly. And, and you can reach out to any professional therapist and say like, maybe I can't afford you. They have lists of resources. They can say, put you in touch with the County or put you in touch with the city and find out who's doing pro bono worker. Um, there's a lot of helplines now because of COVID right. You know that on one hand, but really good on the other hand for mental health. Roy (41:35): So that'll be our message for today. Yeah. Dr. Nicole (41:38): Oh, go ahead. I didn't answer on what I do daily on the reg. Terry (41:43): Okay. Avoiding, avoiding. Dr. Nicole (41:47): Yes. Um, I would just say music. I, I put on my music and I live in the city, so I'm sure my neighbors don't love it super loud. And I don't, I don't work out super early and that's when I, I just put it on, like, I pretend like I'm, you know, 19 again in college, I just black music and I get to work at that show. Good. And right now I can do it outside. So it feels great. I don't think I could live without music. Terry (42:12): Do you scream sing to it or do you just listen to it?   Dr. Nicole No, no, no, no, no. I just listened to it. No. Are you kidding? So out of shape that my workouts are like, I'm just barely breathing Terry (42:24): In your car. Oh. When I do it, when I listen to music in my car, I turn it up really loud and I scream sing so I can't hear myself, but it feels exhilerating, it is so, Oh my gosh. Dr. Nicole (42:37): Well, simple things, but there's a lot of neuroscience research that supports that what music can do to our brainwaves and bring down our stress. So if it can get drained down my stress and get me through my workout three, John. Yes. Roy (42:53): Well, Dr. Nicole, we certainly appreciate you taking time out of your day to talk with us. This has been awesome. And I'm gonna really keep after you to come back and talk to us about the, uh, the five tastes that we've, you know, hit a little bit on. I think that would be an, uh, it'd be awesome to have you back to talk about that. Dr. Nicole (43:13): It would be my pleasure. This has been amazing. Roy (43:16): So why don't you tell everybody, you know, I know that you do some consulting and training, but you may want to tell everybody, you know, kind of what your talk target client is, who that is. And then also, uh, all the ways in which they could get ahold of you to find out more. Dr. Nicole (43:33): Yeah, I appreciate that. Um, my current claim for consulting and training is typically small to medium size food companies and beverage companies, um, who are beginning on a growth stage. And so need some systems, someone who can come in and understand the sensory side of it, but also system side. So, um, I do that and then my keynotes fly all over the, all over the place, really, because it just depends. I mean, mental health is everywhere, so it, there's not really an audience for that, except for people who really want to step up and say being vulnerable is okay. And so I can kind of make depression funds in a little bit of ways and at least help people own it, like I've owned it. So those are the two places. And then on the interwebs, you can find me at doc G a R N E a U, which is at dot Garneau. So that's my handle on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, where I, I tried to go live every day with my docs daily downloads. Roy (44:28): Oh, okay. Awesome. Well, again, we want to thank you so much for being here and it's been a pleasure speaking with you. I've learned a lot. Uh, also want to just remind everybody, you can find us at www.feedingfatty.com on Twitter at feedingfattypod and Instagram at feedingfatty. If you're a professional in the space, or if you have an awesome success story, you'd like to share with us, please reach out@infoatfeedingfatty.com. We'd love to talk to you about being a potential guest for this time. I'm Roy, I’m Terry. Roy (45:08): Thank you.  

Nadia Awad, PharmD, BCPS (@Nadia_EMPharmD) is an emergency medicine pharmacist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from Rutgers College in 2007, and earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University in 2011, she completed two years of post-graduate residency training at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, specializing in emergency medicine pharmacy. She is board certified in pharmacotherapy. In addition, she is the associate editor and staff blogger of the blog, Emergency Medicine PharmD (http://empharmd.blogspot.com), and she has authored over 70 educational entries related to the application of pharmacotherapy in the emergency department. In this episode we spoke about: Blog/Foamed - How it changed, how it changed you. It used to seem as though a new blog or podcast came out every day. What's changed? I've taken extended breaks from social media for various reasons, have you ever taken conscious time away from social media? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/empharmd/support

This episode is on the Attorney General Bill Barr and the state of the Department of Justice with Elie Honig, a CNN Legal Analyst who also previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. Elie provides commentary and analysis for CNN on breaking news relating to criminal justice and other legal issues, including a weekly column and on-air segment “Cross-Exam with Elie Honig.” In addition, Elie worked from 2004 to 2012 as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecuting and trying federal cases involving organized crime, human trafficking, and public corruption. Elie is also the Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities and Special Counsel to the law firm Lowenstein Sandler. Elie graduated from Rutgers College in 1997, and Harvard Law School in 2000. Intergenerational Politics is a video series created by Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi dedicated to engaging all generations in politics with weekly unfiltered conversations with experts across the nation.

The IFA Women's Franchise Committe presents: Her Success: Stories of Female Franchise Leaders In this episode, we interview Marianne Murphy, CFE, Vice President of Brand Experience at Floor Coverings International. A veteran of franchising with over 30 years of experience, Marianne joined Floor Coverings International® , a FirstService Brands company, in October 2011, and currently holds the role of Vice President, Brand Experience. In addition, Marianne is an active participant in the International Franchise Association, having received the designation of Certified Franchise Executive (CFE), and previously served on the IFA’s Women’s Franchise Committee. She was awarded the 2014 Crystal Compass Award. Throughout her career in the Real Estate and Franchising industries, she has engaged with numerous audiences on topics ranging from Selling in a Down Market to The Power of Connecting. She holds a B.A. from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ. Marianne was interviewed by Liane Caruso, CFE a franchise marketing consultant and fractional CMO for various franchise brands.  

Overview The Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for almost two years now.  This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR,digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.  Today's special guest is Michael C. Lasky, Partner / Co-Chair Litigation; Public Relations Law at Davis & Gilbert LLP.     About Our Guest Michael C. Lasky is a partner at the New York City law firm of Davis & Gilbert LLP. Mr. Lasky is founder and chair of the firm's Public Relations Law Practice Group, the only practice group in the country devoted to meeting the legal needs of public relations and marketing communications firms. The practice includes attorneys with deep industry and legal expertise needed to run a successful firm -- employment, executive benefits, intellectual property, new media, and marketing law, corporate, M&A, real estate and litigation.  Mr. Lasky is   proud to represent many of the fastest growing independent public relations firms.  Mr. Lasky and his colleagues work closely with their clients to design strategies, programs, and agreements to enhance profitability and growth.  He prides himself on his ability to counsel clients to help them achieve their business objectives and implement best practices in legal and risk management.  Mr. Lasky is also co-chair of Davis & Gilbert's litigation department, where he devotes a significant portion of his practice to advising executives and owners of service sector companies on their employment, shareholder and incentive compensation arrangements and disputes. He also is regarded as an expert in the areas of restrictive covenants and the movement of talent between competitive organizations.  Mr. Lasky often collaborates with leading industry trade associations, including The Arthur Page Society (for which he serves as legal counsel), the American Marketing Association and the Public Relations Society of America. He serves as legal counsel to the PR Council (formerly known as the Council of PR Firms) and has done so since its inception in 1998. In addition, Mr. Lasky is widely recognized as a thought leader in the marketing communications and public relations industry, working with clients to implement best practices throughout their organizations, both anticipating and responding to the legal and business changes affecting the industry.   Mr. Lasky is an honors graduate of Rutgers College and Rutgers University School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of Rutgers University Law Review.  He is a member of the Law School's Alumni Board of Trustees, the Dean's Advisory Council. He also serves on boards of a host of other professional, educational and charitable organizations, including Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the leading legal aid and education organization dedicated to New York artists, and cultural institutions.

David M. Salkin, Author of Battle Scars, discusses the book and the brave military men behind the stories that inspired it. Matthew and David discuss how civilians reading this book can gain a better understanding of the struggles of veterans returning home. “Battle Scars is an incredible story of brothers in arms and the bonds formed in combat. The struggles that are faced by combat veterans returning from war are real and nothing I’ve read brings that story to life like Battle Scars. This is a must read!” LTCOL T. Kevin White “TK” 150th Special Operations Wing   David M. Salkin is the author of fourteen published thrillers in various genres, including military espionage, crime, horror, science-fiction, action-adventure and mystery. With a writing style reminiscent of the late, great Michael Crichton, Salkin’s work keeps his readers turning pages into the late hours. His books have received Gold and Bronze medals in the Stars & Flags book awards, and David has appeared as a guest speaker all over the country, including three times as a panelist at Thrillerfest in NYC. David has also written two screenplays, and continues to work on getting those produced. David served as an elected official in Freehold Township, NJ for twenty-five years in various roles including Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Township Committeeman and Police Commissioner. He was inducted into the NJ Elected officials Hall of Fame in 2019. Dave is a 1988 graduate of Rutgers College with a BA in English Literature. When not working or writing, David prefers to be Scuba diving or traveling. He’s a Master Diver and “fish geek”, as well as a pretty good chef and wine aficionado.

What a few crazy weeks the entire planet has been experiencing due to this scourge we call COVID-19. I often feel like I'm a character in a science fiction film with multiple endings, none of which the author has decided upon yet. Everyone keep safe, and I know we will get through this together. ----------------------------------------------- But as they say, "The Show Must Go On".  ---My tribute to John Prine. ---So, today I present Stuart Brown of the 24/7 Internet radio station Sounds of Broadway.  ---You can learn all about Stuart's wonderful station at soundsofbroadway.com. About Stuart and Sounds of Broadway: The Sounds of Broadway offers the most wide-ranging listing of music from the Off-Broadway, Broadway, and London stages. Thousands of songs from hundreds of cast recordings stream online, 24/7. In addition to their programming schedules, listeners can make requests from our extensive song catalog. The Sounds of Broadway was founded by Stuart Brown in March 2019. Brown has had a long association with terrestrial radio, beginning at WRSU-FM at Rutgers College in New Jersey in the late 1970's. For the past 25 years, he had a weekly radio program, “On Broadway,” on WRTC-FM, Trinity College, in Hartford, CT. The Connecticut resident is also a theater critic, reviewing shows in New York City and Connecticut. He is the current President of the Connecticut Critics Circle, and a member of the Outer Critics Circle, and the American Theater Critics Association. His reviews on Connecticut and New York theater are published on his blog, stuonbroadway.blogspot.com. ------------------------------------------------- Also, I pay a tribute to the American treasure, John Prine, who has fallen victim to the COVID-19 virus and is currently hospitalized and on a ventilator. We all hope and pray he heals and come home soon. ------------------------------------------------- Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com or http://raysgreenroom.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: greenroomonair@gmail.com 

Dr. Denise Chranowski is a chiropractor and mindfulness practitioner. Her mission is to teach, show and inspire others how to release their God-given health and life potential. A Dose from Dr. Denise, a Chiropractic and Mindfulness practice, opened it’s doors in October, 2018. With her healing hands, exceptional chiropractic care and the teaching and in-office practice of mindfulness techniques such as meditation, Dr. Denise has created a one-of-a-kind healing experience. Dr. Denise has two degrees.  She graduated from Rutgers College of Engineering in 1990.   Not finding her passion in corporate America, Dr. Denise went back to school to become a chiropractor, where she graduated valedictorian from her class at Texas Chiropractic College in 1996.  Dr. Denise follows in the footsteps of her father and grandfather, twin brother, and a host of other chiropractors in her family. Dr. Denise releases a video blog each Sunday that she posts on her YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Dr. Marty Jablow discusses optimal dental technologies for the modern practice, digital workflow, AI in dentistry, Cellerant Consulting, current and future clinical trends and his best clinical, financial and personal advice for his colleagues. Marty Jablow, DMD, is the president of Dental Tech Advisors and owner of The Dentists of Woodbridge located in Woodbridge, NJ. He earned his bachelor's in biology from Rutgers College before graduating from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1986.Dr. Jablow has trained dental residents at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center and been on the dental hygiene faculty at Middlesex County College in New Jersey. He has been on his county Peer Review board for over 25 years. Dr. Jablow is a key opinion leader in dentistry, serving on the editorial or advisory boards of DentalCompare, the Eco-Dentistry Association, and Dental Product Shopper. He has attained Fellowships in the Academy of General Dentistry and Academy of Dental Facial Aesthetics. Dr. Jablow has been recognized by Dentistry Today as one of the top lecturers in the country. Dr. Jablow consults with many companies on product development and marketing, assisting companies such as KaVoKerr, Air Techniques, Triodent, Apteryx and Acteon in developing products through the entire pipeline process. The Dental Clinical Companion Podcast (DCCP) is provided for general informational purposes only. The DCCP, MounceEndo, LLC, and Dr. Richard Mounce personally have no liability for any clinical, management, or financial decisions or actions taken or made by you based on the information provided in this program. The DCCP is not intended to offer dental, medical, legal, management, investment, surgical, tax, clinical, or any other professional advice. Reliance on the information in the DCCP is done entirely at the listeners own risk.  No guarantees, representations, or warrantees are made with regard to the completeness, accuracy, and/or quality of the DCCP.  The DCCP takes no responsibility for, does not endorse, and does not imply a relationship/affiliation to any websites, products, services, devices, individuals, organizations which are hyperlinked to any DCCP component or mentioned in the DCCP. Third party materials, hyperlinks, and/or DCCP content does not reflect the opinions, standards, and policies of MounceEndo, LLC (owner of the DCCP, Dr. Richard Mounce, the guest, or show sponsors). The DCCP makes no warranty that the Podcast and its server are free of computer viruses or other destructive or contaminating code elements. The Dental Clinical Companion Podcast expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or other damages arising out of any individuals use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this podcast or the information presented in this podcast. Support the show (http://mounceendo.com/)

    Episode Summary In this episode, Benoy and Suzanne celebrate Suzanne’s 10th podcast episode with the Solar Maverick Podcast and talk about the upcoming Reneu Energy Holiday Party. They also update us on the New Jersey Community Solar Pilot Program and recap some previous Solar Maverick podcasts before covering energy consumed by cannabis grow facilities and the inevitable inclusion of renewable energy.   Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer, and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar, as well as utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges both energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodity transactions.  Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity, which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity, to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Suzanne Waters  Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with an unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insights from this episode: Details on what it is like to be on a podcast, upcoming Solar Maverick podcasts, and what to expect from Solar Maverick in the future. Strategies on applying for the New Jersey Community Solar Pilot Program. Benefits of sophisticated grow facilities and how they work. Details on specific energy usage of cannabis cultivation. Benefits of the integration of two growing industries, solar and cannabis.   Quotes from the show:  On the cannabis industry: “It’s a huge growth area in the solar industry, especially as cannabis gets legalized in more and more states throughout the United States.” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #55 The way that Reneu Energy is different from other developers: “ We believe that solar is not the only solution.  That it is a multi-prong solution.” – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #55 On indoor grow facilities: “You know you’re yielding a better product which will give you better revenue.” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #55 “Most people in the cannabis industry are about, obviously, using less electricity and, obviously, renewable forms of electricity.”   – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #55 On Benoy touring MMD Shops: “It sounds very intricate, actually. I feel like there’s a lot of details behind-the-scenes that you don’t realize go into actually growing the plants.” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #55 “I’m still stuck on the amount of power that goes into running these facilities.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #55 “It will just be interesting to see how these industries, solar and cannabis, … it will be interesting to see how they grow and progress, complimenting one another.” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #55 On the outlook of solar and cannabis industries: “Both industries are growing exponentially and both will be growing for a very long time.” – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #55 Podcasts Mentioned:  SMP 42: Live Event - How Solar Technology is Changing the World SMP 45: Productivity Tips and Entrepreneurial Advice from the CEO and Founder of the Number 1 Millennial Platform Called Mogul with Benoy Thanjan and Tiffany Pham   Resources Mentioned: Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC) Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) Mid-Atlantic Solar & Storage Industries Association (MSSIA) Can solar help the legal marijuana growing industry?  by Kelly Pickerel - Solar Power World Online Greentours.com Can solar help the legal marijuana growing industry? by Benoy Thanjan - Solar World Online Achieving Affordable, Clean Energy Goals Through Off-Site Corporate PPAs - Renewable Energy World by Benoy Thanjan - Renewable Energy World 'A model of sustainable commerce': carbon footprint, grid concerns push SoCal weed industry to be more green by Melissa Daniels - Desert Sun   Conferences Mentioned: Reneu Energy Holiday Party The Reneu Energy Holiday Party will be on Thursday, Dec. 5th from 6 pm to 9 pm at Hudson Hall in Jersey City. We will also be celebrating the holidays and the 50th episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast which is one of the most popular podcasts in solar. The cost to attend the event is $10 and food will be served. Reneu Energy's CEO Benoy is also a co-owner of the event venue, Hudson Hall, a Czech biergarten and smokehouse. Stay Connected:   Benoy Thanjan Email: info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn:Benoy Thanjan Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com   Suzanne Waters Email: suzanne@reneuenergy.com  LinkedIn: Suzanne Waters Website: www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy Sponsor: We would like to thank our sponsor for this podcast episode Infiniti Energy Services. Infinity Energy Services is a turn key solar development company with the focus on origination of opportunities between Maine and Virginia. They use their ability to structure financing and EPC projects as a value add with their partners. To learn more about Infiniti go to their web-site www.infinitienergyservices.net or contact Tom Loredo- Director of Project Origination 732-370-2446 We interviewed Michael Kushner who is the President at Infiniti Energy Services on Episode 49 of the Solar Maverick Podcast.   Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, Podbean and youtube.     This episode was produced and managed by  Podcast Laundry (www.podcastlaundry.com) 

Episode Summary   In this episode, Benoy and Suzanne provide a general overview of the Community Solar program in various states and have a high-level discussion about the Community Solar initiative in New Jersey, including a deep-dive into tax credits and how they affect the development of solar projects.   Benoy Thanjan   Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions.    Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Suzanne Waters    Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with an unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insight from this episode:   The basics of the Community Solar initiative, including how it is defined by SEIA. The differences in the New Jersey pilot program versus other Community Solar programs. How Community Solar programs are growing and what challenges are facing those programs. How the SREC and ITC may affect the future of these programs and customers.  Specifics on the New Jersey incentives and their effect on other markets.    Quotes from the show: “Community Solar is one of the next big things in solar.” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #51  “Seems like financiers of community solar projects are getting comfortable with having a substantial number of the customers as residential and there is no long-term contracting.” – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #51  “Politicians love community solar because it provides access to people who would not normally have solar.” – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #51 Referring to the SREC: “What’s been challenging, actually, for developers who have been trying to develop projects in New Jersey for Community Solar is that they’re not sure they’ll get approved for the project and for the projects built, if they’ll qualify for that 5.1%.” – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #51 “The word mediocre stings a little bit when you hear it.” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #51   “If you really want to do big things, you have to be uncomfortable.” – Benoy Thanjan, Episode #51    “Carpe Solum.  For those of you that don’t know, it means: seize the sun” – Suzanne Waters, Episode #51  Benoy’s quote of the day: “If you don’t dream big, you’ll only ever be mediocre.”   Podcasts Mentioned:   SMP 23: Community Solar 101 with Benoy Thanjan and Suzanne Waters SMP 44: Community Solar 201 with Benoy Thanjan and Suzanne Waters SMP 19: Customer Acquisition and Billing in Community Solar with Benoy Thanjan and Eric Dahnke   Resources mentioned:    Solar Renewable Energy Credit   Business Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC)   Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) - Community Solar   Stay Connected:   Benoy Thanjan   Email: info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn: @bthanjan Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com   Suzanne Waters Email: suzanne@reneuenergy.com  LinkedIn: Suzanne Waters Website: www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, Podbean and youtube.   This episode was produced and managed by  Podcast Laundry (www.podcastlaundry.com) 

Kevin Lonnie, CEO of KL Communications, joins Sima in today’s podcast to talk about innovation. Kevin entered Rutgers College of Engineering then decided he didn’t want to be an engineer and switched to Business and Psychology. From there, he took a course in Market Research and realized he’d stumbled on to a profession that involved […] The post Crowdweaving and Innovation with Kevin Lonnie | Ep. 75 appeared first on Infinity Squared, LLC.

Kevin Lonnie, CEO of KL Communications, joins Sima in today’s podcast to talk about innovation. Kevin entered Rutgers College of Engineering then decided he didn’t want to be an engineer and switched to Business and Psychology. From there, he took a course in Market Research and realized he’d stumbled on to a profession that involved both disciplines of Business and Psychology. He’s been in Market Research since leaving college and started KL Communications in 1996.  Online communities and panels have been their bread and butter for the last 20 years but they are more recently focusing on customer centricity as it relates to product innovation, and are currently building new tools to help make that happen. The Growth of Online Communities When you combine adjacent industries to traditional market research, the online communities space and quasi-online vs. communities and quals seems to be a segment that’s growing and taking hold for many brands. “One of the things we look to do is establish the value proposition in the community at the beginning. We look to do that both from the participant’s point of view but also from the client’s perspective.” Online communities have been growing because it’s a cost-effective infrastructure for an organization to be able to do a lot of their qual work. An organization can have 24/7 infrastructure and when you do the cross-comparisons of what it would take to do these as ad-hoc projects as opposed to running it through the community and the panel, it is this cost-effectiveness that is one of the reasons they have been gaining more acceptance. Communities as an Internal Brand Within client organizations, there’s dedication to ensure that communities are leveraged on a consistent basis on the brand side. “We try to focus on some strategic learning, as well. I think that helps make it more longitudinal and the organizations are not just simply being used for tactical, nice-to-know things.” Having an internal champion pointing out the potential and the benefits of the community and the ability to do things really quickly is often of great interest to potential clients.  Quarterly in-person presentations are just one best practice that KL Communications advocates in promoting an online community as a brand. Ensuring a Great Experience Setting up an intrinsic and extrinsic incentive system are ways to be sensitive to participants' needs.  “It’s one thing to say you’re customer-centric and you’re willing to embrace innovation, but it’s hard to break down the barriers to really let your customers participate and to allow for innovation to take place.” Reinforce to the participant that the brand that they’re a community member of truly values what they have to say, and share with them how their input is making a difference in terms of the direction that the brand is going.  They are, in effect, customer advisors. CrowdWeaving® CrowdWeaving® came about due to the desire to be customer-centric and engaging customers at the inception of the product innovation process and was somewhat inspired by the wisdom of crowds and crowdsourcing. “The wisdom of crowds really comes from the combined aggregate of individuals, rather from them talking together.” The idea behind CrowdWeaving® is to flip the relationship from the customer to where they’re always in a reactive stage to where they actually start off at the ideation process, right from the inception of the business challenge.  This results in unmet needs becoming apparent, and therefore becomes the inspiration to the internal creatives and hopefully gets them at a better starting point.   Quick links to connect with Kevin Lonnie: Twitter LinkedIn Email Sima loves to hear from her listeners with input, questions, suggestions and just to connect! You can find her at the links below! LinkedIn Twitter simav.sg-host.com Sima is passionate about data and loves to share,

A native of New Jersey, Dr. Bonni Goldstein received her undergraduate education at Rutgers College. She pursued her medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Her post-doctoral education included internship and residency at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Goldstein also served as Chief Resident at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. She was a Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics at USC School of Medicine in Los Angeles, Emergency Transport Attending Physician at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Emergency Medicine Attending Physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. In 2008, Dr. Goldstein developed an interest in the science of medical cannabis after witnessing its beneficial effects in an ill friend. Since then she has been evaluating both adult and pediatric patients for use of medical cannabis. Dr. Goldstein has given numerous lectures to many patient support programs, including the Cancer Support Community, Southern California Prosthetics, and Pediatric Epilepsy. She has also lectured at CannaMed 2016 at Harvard University, United in Compassion Medical Cannabis Symposium in Sydney, Australia, Patients Out of Time 2015, and United Patients Group Conference 2016. She is currently the Medical Director of Canna-Centers, a California-based medical practice devoted to educating patients about the use of cannabis for serious and chronic medical conditions. She is a Medical Consultant to WeedMaps.com. She is a Member of the International Association of Cannabis as Medicine, the International Cannabinoid Research Society, and the Society of Cannabis Clinicians. Dr Goldstein’s Website: http://www.bonnigoldsteinmd.com/ Dr Goldstein’s Book: Cannabis Revealed --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/oilycadre/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/oilycadre/support

Episode Summary   Reneu Energy’s Benoy Thanjan and Suzanne Waters talk in detail about what landowners need to know about going solar. They discuss the reasons why a landowner should look into going solar for generating income through a utility scale or community solar project, a description of different incentives available, and logistically how they would go about doing it.    Benoy Thanjan   Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions.    Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Suzanne Waters    Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insight from this episode: The many benefits of leasing your land for solar projects. Federal incentives for solar systems owner such as the investment tax credit. The effects of the investment tax credit and the current safe harboring trend on the availability of solar panels.  The difference in the residential vs. the commercial investment tax credit percentage drop-down.  Other federal incentives such as MACRS (“Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System”)  The impact of state level incentives.   Infrastructure and types of systems for solar farms. How landowners would go about qualifying their land and what makes a location ideal for utility scale solar projects The importance of accessibility and proximity to transmission infrastructure    Quotes from the show:   “The system owners can recover their costs up front instead of over a 20-25 year period which is pretty much the life of the system. So, that’s something that definitely makes the projects more attractive to system owners.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #39     “The cost of panels have decreased. The efficiency of the panels are going up. It makes the whole situation a win-win” Suzanne Waters, Episode #39     “The federal incentives make up 50-60% of the cost of the project and that doesn’t include the state level incentives. If you have strong state level incentives it really helps” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #39    “In states that have better incentives the land owners are going to benefit from that” Suzanne Waters, Episode #39    Upcoming Event discussed on the podcast: Summer Solar Special:  How Solar Technology is Changing the World Reneu Energy is partnering with JC TechMeetup.  It is on Tuesday, July 30 from 6:30 to 9 at Surf City in Jersey City. Benoy Thanjan who is the CEO and Founder of Reneu Energy will be moderating.  The other panelists are Suzanne Waters from Reneu Energy, Chris Grablutz from PV Pros, Steve Schwerd from Schwerd Consulting, and Juan Truyol from Strata Solar. The event is free to attend and you can RSVP in the link below. https://www.meetup.com/Jersey-City-Tech-Meetup/events/262598987/  Stay Connected:   Benoy Thanjan info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn.com/bthanjan www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy   Suzanne Waters suzanne@reneuenergy.com  Linkedin: Suzanne Waters www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy

Episode Summary   Suzanne Waters, Vice President of Business Development at Reneu Energy, returns to the show to talk with Benoy about why commercial and industrial building owners should go solar. This episode serves as an excellent primer for building owners who are potentially looking to go solar as Benoy and Suzanne cover topics such as the benefits of solar, types of systems, and financial opportunities for building owners.   Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions.  Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Suzanne Waters  Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insight from this episode:   The benefits of going solar.  Different types of systems, their pros and cons, and who they’re best suited for.  Three major financing methods and tax incentives for solar.  The rise of offsite solar, how it is structured, and opportunities it’s creating.  Community solar as a potential revenue opportunity for building owners.  Quotes from the show:   “If You’re going to go solar, you’re definitely going to reduce your electrical cost.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #38     “Most solar systems can live between 20 and 30 years so you’re going to have a relatively short return on your investment for an asset that you’re going to have for a really long time.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #38      “The fixed electric pricing definitely makes is easier to forecast and budget plan so you can hedge against electricity price volatility and inflation.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #38   “Customers and employees are looking for companies that can say that they’re sustainable and they’re making sustainable efforts.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #38   “As solar becomes more acceptable as an asset to finance, the returns are getting lower and lower.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #38    “Last year there was 6.53 gigawatts of corporate renewable deals, both wind and solar, and it was actually the highest ever.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #38   Resources mentioned:    Solar + Roofing Episode #11 For more detailed information or questions about topics from this episode email info@reneuenergy.com   Upcoming Event discussed on the podcast: Summer Solar Special:  How Solar Technology is Changing the World   Reneu Energy is partnering with JC TechMeetup.  It is on Tuesday, July 30 from 6:30 to 9 at Surf City in Jersey City.   Benoy Thanjan who is the CEO and Founder of Reneu Energy will be moderating.  The other panelists are Suzanne Waters from Reneu Energy, Chris Grablutz from PV Pros, and Steve Schwerd from Schwerd Consulting.   The event is free to attend and you can RSVP in the link below.   https://www.meetup.com/Jersey-City-Tech-Meetup/events/262598987/  Stay Connected:   Benoy Thanjan info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn.com/bthanjan www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy   Suzanne Waters suzanne@reneuenergy.com  Linkedin: Suzanne Waters www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy

Episode Summary Juan Truyol is a former co-worker of Benoy and Suzanne’s and they reunite on this week’s episode to discuss Juan’s current role as project estimator at Strata Solar, one of the top 5 turnkey EPC solar contractors in the US. They get into what exactly a project cost estimator does and why they are important to the solar industry.   About our Guest: Juan Truyol’s experience includes the role of Director of System Design and Turnkey Estimating for Vanguard Energy Partners. Mr. Truyol received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Infrastructure and Construction Management from NJIT, Newark New Jersey. Juan has over 12 years of experience in heavy construction, primarily as field level site civil (five years) and his last seven years in solar design and estimating. Juan represents the C&I department of Strata Solar, one of the top 5 turnkey solar EPC contractors in the US. Through his years at The Conti Group and Cruz Construction, his site civil experience includes utility projects, concrete dam reconstruction, micro-tunneling, airport runway, environmental remediation sites, and demolition in subways. In the early days of Vanguard’s history, Juan’s comprehensive knowledge of construction means and methods and pre-construction procurement enhanced Vanguard’s professionalism in regards to construction practices and protocols. His latter responsibilities at Vanguard had required him to interact daily with a wide assortment of subcontractors and equipment suppliers. Such interaction has allowed Juan to become a very familiar player in the Mid-Atlantic regional territory.   Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Suzanne Waters Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University. Insight from this episode: What a project estimator is and what they do exactly How volatility and fluxuations in pricing of materials is handled in cost estimating What types of projects Strata Solar works on and what services they offer How the job of project estimator for the solar industry has changed over the last 10 years How to vet subcontractors and equipment suppliers How working for smaller companies helped Juan with his role at the larger Strata Solar What got Juan interested in solar after a long career in construction Some of the solar industry trends Juan is seeing right now   Quotes from the show:   “We have to build the jobs in our head, do our due diligence go through the RFP (request for proposal), make sure everything protects the company as far a requirements, and put a budget together that’s going to be a qualified budget, that wins the project but also protects the company and the owner from any hiccups.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34   “When you put your budget together, you say the budget is based on the couple of services that the owner required the contractor to bid, and you have qualifiers (inclusions/exclusions) that protect the owner and the contractor from unpleasant exchanges in the future. So, the tarifs would be qualifiers.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34   “Some countries will pick the middle bidder to avoid the chance for change orders. In the US it’s more popularly the lowest qualified bidder. It’s not just the cheapest guy but its the lowest qualified guy” Juan Truyol, Episode #34   “Ultimately the owner wants to make sure the contractor will do a seamless project with no change orders, in time, and in budget. That’s the goal. And that’s the goal of the contractor as well, a good contractor.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34   “A lot of the utilities, as hard as they’re pushing, they can’t get to every single site. So some of the larger EPCs will develop a site and act as a developer and provide the site as they develop it and potentially the EPC contract.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34    “One of the main factors for cost estimates is wages” Juan Truyol, Episode #34    “You want to protect your company by asking all the tough questions to the potential subcontractor upfront.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34    “For all the cost estimators and anybody that prices any job in construction make sure you have a safety budget.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34   “Safety first. Safely always. Safety budget.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34      “Some CEO’s and CFO’s role up their sleeves and they execute, but getting the full spectrum of views from everybody can give you a better perception of the solar industry truly is.” Juan Truyol, Episode #34    Suzanne, Juan, and I actually worked at Vanguard Energy Partners and spent late nights doing these public RFP’s, printing out 5-10 copies, racing to the public bid. On the changes in technology for communicating (email, etc) in the last 10 years: “You’re saving trees but it’s more efficient and saves time for all of the parties.” “...and as you know, on the public RFP’s, it’s like a race. Basically the lowest bid usually tends to win.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #34 On working with Juan: “Juan was very educational in explaining it which was great because I think that’s not very typical for estimators to do.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #34 When you spend time with Juan you will see his passion for solar. He gets very excited about it.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #34 “We try to get all facets of the industry. When we thought of estimating, we thought of Juan.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #34   Resources Mentioned - Episode 30 of Solar Mavericks   Stay Connected:   Benoy Thanjan info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn.com/bthanjan www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy   Suzanne Waters suzanne@reneuenergy.com Linkedin: Suzanne Waters www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy   Juan Truyol https://stratasolar.com/ LinkedIn: Juan Truyol jtruyol@stratasolar.com  

Episode Summary   Benoy and Suzanne discuss past and upcoming shows and the top downloaded episodes of the Solar Maverick Podcast! Where New York is in their renewable energy initiative and where their future plans are heading.   Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche. Suzanne Waters Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insight from this Episode   Where New York is ranked among other states for solar. Updates on how state and company renewable energy goals are progressing. The importance of consumer understanding. What solar contracts are available to New York consumers. The challenges of solar in New York City.   Quotes from the show: On solar for consumers "There has to be an education within the community.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #33. When she came to work with Benoy: "It had been a while since I had had that same passion about my job" Suzanne Waters, Episode #33 “I love going the down to the fundamentals, the basics.” Suzanne Waters Episode #33. “Companies and both states are having these 100% renewable energy goals." Benoy Thanjan, Episode #33 On New York Solar " The development hasn't been as much as people initially thought” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #33 "New York you are not getting as high incentive levels.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode 33 Resources: Reneu Energy Summer Solstice Party   Benoy Thanjan info@reneuenergy.com www.reneuenergy.com   LinkedIn.com/bthanjan Facebook: Reneu Energy Suzanne Waters: suzanne@reneuenergy.com Linkedin: Suzanne Waters www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy  

Episode Summary   Benoy and Suzanne discuss upcoming shows, how they came to work together at Reneu Energy, and discuss the NJ Solar Market in detail.   Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche. Suzanne Waters Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insight from this Episode   Where New Jersey is ranked among the states for solar. Strategies to stay ranked where they are. What Governor Christie did to fix the over supply of SRECS in the state in 2012x. What changes are coming to the  New Jersey market. How these changes will affect the market as we know it today.   Quotes from the show: On coincidences "Life is, I don't think it's very randon.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #32. New Jersey changes in the market "It will be a great transition into the community solar pilot” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #32 “Perception is that only the wealthy can afford solar but there should be an opportunity with community solar where it's open to everyone.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #32. “The state tells companies that are generating in that state that a certain amount of it has to be in renewables and a certain amount has to actually be in solar” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #29. "There's a race to build projects in NJ to get to that 5.1%” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #32 On finding balance "Balance is very difficult and it's something I'm still working on.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode 32. Her favorite hashtag "#Carpe Solem it means seize the sun.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #32 Resources: Reneu Energy Summer Solstice Party   Benoy Thanjan info@reneuenergy.com www.reneuenergy.com   LinkedIn.com/bthanjan Facebook: Reneu Energy Suzanne Waters: suzanne@reneuenergy.com Linkedin: Suzanne Waters www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy  

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Dr. Alieta Eck is the past president of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons. She graduated from the Rutgers College of Pharmacy in NJ and the St. Louis School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. She studied Internal Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ and has been in private practice in Piscataway, NJ since 1988. She is the co-founder of the Zarephath Health Center, a free clinic for the poor and uninsured that currently cares for 300-400 patients per month utilizing the donated services of volunteer physicians and nurses joins me to answer the question of whether Medicare for All Is the way to fix the health care system or is the solution found with doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.

Episode Summary   Benoy and Suzanne discuss Reneu’s Energy’s Summer Solstice Party and Benoy moderating a community solar panel at the NY Solar Summit while giving a SRECs 101 tutorial. SRECs is an environmental commodity that different states have created to incent development of renewable energy.  Reneu Energy has brokered $28 million in SREC transactions and manage 12MWs of solar project with SREC asset management. Reneu Energy also has created SREC research on different states.   Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche. Suzanne Waters Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University.   Insight from this Episode   What SRECs are and how they work. How SRECs are a volatile market and fluctuate in value. Where and how SRECs are traded. What states are currently using the SREC incentive. Future of SRECs   Quotes from the show: “At Reneu Energy we have a lot of experience in SREC’s and we have brokered about 28 million.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #29. On the decrease in value:  “NJ had the Solar Energy Act in 2012 where they increased the demand” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #29 “The demand is created by the state.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #29. “The state tells companies that are generating in that state that a certain amount of it has to be in renewables and a certain amount has to actually be in solar” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #29. “It’s not a tradeable commodity where you can go on an exchange” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #29. “If you sign a long term contract and then you might be able to sell the SRECs on the spot market for much more than you signed that long term contract for.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #29. “The SACP is almost like a fine they have to pay if the renewable portfolio standard isn’t met.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #29. Resources:   CBL Markets is connecting buyers and sellers to trade multiple environmental products on one screen.  CBL Markets Exchange is spot marketplace for RECs. If you are interested in learning more about CBL Markets, contact Sean Barwin Phone (US): +1 212 520 2935 and Email: sean.barwin@cblmarkets.com.  Let Sean from CBL know that you heard about them through the Solar Maverick Podcast.   http://www.cbourses.com   Intercontinental Exchange builds, operates and advances global markets through information, technology and expertise.  An exchange that you can buy and sell SRECs. https://www.theice.com/index   Reneu Energy Summer Solstice Party   Benoy Thanjan info@reneuenergy.com www.reneuenergy.com   LinkedIn.com/bthanjan Facebook: Reneu Energy Suzanne Waters: suzanne@reneuenergy.com Linkedin: Suzanne Waters www.reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy  

Our guest today is Dr. Duane Mitchell, the Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He’s also the co-director of the university’s Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and Director of the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program. Duane and Dawn have been friends since their days at Duke University where they served on the Institutional Review Board together. Duane got his medical degree and doctorate at Duke and then joined the faculty, where he spent the next decade before moving to the University of Florida in 2013. Duane and his team at Florida are among the world leaders in the uphill battle to find ways to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer that affects about 13,000 Americans annually. It’s the disease that recently took the life of Senator John McCain.  People who are diagnosed with glioblastoma typically live for less than two years. Show notes: [00:03:00] Duane explains the story behind his “quote of the week” tradition, where every Monday morning he share’s a quote with his colleagues in his research group. [00:03:43] Ken asks if it is true that one of Duane’s favorite quotes comes from Mark Twain: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” [00:04:13] Dawn asks if it is true that by the sixth grade Duane had decided he was going to become a doctor. [00:04:52] Duane talks about his decision to attend Rutgers College. [00:05:37] Duane explains how reading Stephen Rosenberg’s book “The Transformed Cell” heavily impacted him during his time at Rutgers. [00:06:43] Dawn mentions that she and Duane met at Duke University, and how this almost didn’t happen because Duane was originally going to attend another university for med school. [00:07:55] Dawn explains that after receiving his MD and Ph.D. from Duke, Duane went on to serve in numerous faculty positions for the next 12 years. During this time, Duane became known as a trailblazer in the application and research of immunotherapy for cancer, particularly brain tumors. Dawn asks Duane for an overview of the role that immunotherapy plays in the treatment of brain tumors. [00:09:30] Duane explains how in 2013 he joined the faculty at the University of Florida and managed to bring his entire team from Duke with him. [00:10:47] Duane has acquired considerable clinical and translational research experience as a principle investigator on seven first-in-human protocols through FDA approved clinical trials. Dawn points out that at Florida, Duane and his team offer unique clinical options for adult and pediatric malignant brain tumor patients. She asks Duane to explain, in depth, the work that he and his do at Florida. [00:12:11] Duane gives an overview of the types of brain tumor and what some of the more common tumor types are. [00:14:09] Dawn asks why Duane chose to specialize in glioblastoma, or GBM, an aggressive form of brain cancer that kills 15,000 Americans eachyear. [00:15:16] Ken asks what characteristics of GBM make those particular types of tumors so difficult to treat. [00:16:17] Duane talks about the standard of care for these malignant brain tumors. [00:18:36] Dawn asks if immunotherapy is a stand-alone approach for treating brain tumors, or if it is administered in conjunction with standard therapy. She goes on to asks if changes to the immune system through radiation or chemotherapy have a negative effect on immunotherapy. [00:21:20] Dawn asks if recent findings about the nervous system’s immune system, and the new-found interconnectedness between the glymphatic system and the lymphatic system impact immunotherapy approaches for brain tumors. [00:23:02] Ken asks how the immune system is naturally equipped to fight cancer. [00:25:36] Dawn explains that the (PD)-1/PD-L1 pathway, otherwise known as Programmed Cell Death, is an immune resistance mechanism that tumor cells exhibit to ...

Learn more about my Teaching Through a Culturally Diverse Lens Course About Carla Shalaby, Ph.D. Carla Shalaby's professional and personal commitment is to education as the practice of freedom, and her research centers on cultivating and documenting daily classroom work that protects the dignity of every child and honors young people’s rights to expression, to self-determination, and to full human being. Specifically, she is interested in practices of critical pedagogy and critical literacy at the elementary level; classroom community and "management" as the practice of democracy; and the relationships between the daily work of teachers and the ongoing struggle for justice. Carla previously served as director of the Elementary Master of Arts in Teaching program at Brown University, and as the director of elementary education at Wellesley College. She started her career as a teacher of grades four and five in her New Jersey hometown. Carla holds a B.A in English from Rutgers College, an M.Ed in Elementary Education from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, and an M.A. and doctoral degree in Culture, Communities, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School (New Press, 2017). Show Highlights How educators can understand and identify “troublemakers” Common mistakes we make when addressing difficult students Addressing behavior in the classroom What students say about being labeled a “troublemaker” Rethinking our purpose as educators Connect with Carla Email: cshalaby@umich.edu Twitter: @CarlaShalaby Additional Resources  Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School Connect with me on Twitter @sheldoneakins

Elie Honig is a CNN Legal Analyst who previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. He currently is Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities and Special Counsel to the law firm Lowenstein Sandler, LLC. Honig served as Deputy Director, and then Director, of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice from 2012 through 2018. While Director, Honig oversaw a staff of over 500 law enforcement professionals, including prosecutors, detectives, analysts and support staff. During his time as Director, the Division charged and prosecuted sweeping cases against street gangs, drug trafficking organizations, illegal firearms traffickers, corrupt public officials, child predators and white-collar corporate thieves. The Division also developed new practice areas aimed at emerging criminal threats including cybercrime, human trafficking, post-Sandy fraud and diversion of prescription painkillers. As Director, Hong spearheaded successful statewide policy initiatives focused on bail reform, police-involved shooting response, body-worn cameras, community policing, internal affairs, witness protection and deconfliction. Prior to joining the Division of Criminal Justice, Honig worked for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecuting and trying cases involving organized crime, human trafficking, public corruption, and violent crime. From 2010 through 2012, Honig served as Deputy Chief, and later Co-Chief, of the Organized Crime Unit. Honig successfully prosecuted over 100 members and associates of La Cosa Nostra, including Bosses and other high-ranking members of the Gamino and Genovese Organized Crime Families. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Honig tried 15 cases to jury verdict, and argued over 20 cases in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. From 2000 to 2004, Honig worked as an associate at the law firm Covington & Burling, in Washington, D.C. Honig obtained his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in 1997, and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2000. As a CNN Legal Analyst, Honig provides commentary and analysis on air and in print on breaking news relating to criminal justice, national security and other legal issues. Honig also is quoted regularly in outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider and others. In this episode, Elie shares his one way ticket to February 14, 2004 - the day he got an official job offer to join the Southern District of New York US Attorneys Office. He also discusses legal issues of the day. Elie is just one of the dynamic guests featured on The One Way Ticket Show, where Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they would go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Jose Ramos-Horta; Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Fashion Expert, Tim Gunn; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Playwright, David Henry Hwang; Journalist-Humorist-Actor, Mo Rocca; SkyBridge Capital Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Anthony Scaramucci; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, chefs, writers, intellectuals and more.  

Episode Summary   Benoy and Suzanne discuss Community Solar and why this is an exciting area for renewable energy. From the challenges of contract tenure to providing access for low to moderate income housing, this is an area you should expect to see significant expansion. Expect to gain real insight and understanding of community solar.   About our Guest: Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche. Suzanne Waters Suzanne Waters is an experienced solar professional with a broad knowledge of the industry, including project development administration, marketing best practices, financial strategy, and team leadership. Before joining Reneu Energy, Suzanne worked as the Business Development Manager and Proposal Team Leader at Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar developer, and their affiliate firm, Vanguard Energy Capital. She oversaw proposal development and contract execution, and collaborated on structured finance for large scale, multimillion-dollar projects. In addition, Suzanne has extensive experience in many aspects of the PV industry, with unmatched enthusiasm for its capabilities and  a BA in Economics from Rutgers College at Rutgers University. Insight from this Episode   How to share in the benefits of community solar projects without owning or developing your own project. Why community solar should get everyone excited about solar. How community solar is becoming more readily available for low to moderate income households. How community solar has been affected by different challenges. How community solar, net metering and credits work together. Quotes from the show: ·In regard to 100% renewable energy goals, “I think what we’ve seen are the challenges related to policy that’s able to move as quickly as the goals of the state.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #23. “Community Solar is one of the fastest growing sectors of the industry.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #23. “Community solar allows you to buy credits through virtual net metering from a solar project…it’s definitely access to provide solar in a way that hasn’t been there before.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #23. “The challenge for community solar has been finding financing parties that are comfortable with the lesser tenure of a contract.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #23. In regard to different structures of community solar: “The most popular structure is the subscription-based model, which is easier to structure and less expensive.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode #23. “Virtual net metering is what allows a household or business to receive the net metering credits associated with a net metering project that they don’t actually share an electricity meter.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #23. “You don’t have to own the project to share in the credits.” Suzanne Waters, Episode #23. “Community Solar is taking solar to the next level, where it really should be available to the masses. So if community solar doesn’t get everyone excited about solar, I don’t know what will!” Suzanne Waters, Episode #23. “Carpe Solem (Seize the Sun)” Suzanne Waters, Episode #23. Benoy Thanjan LinkedIn.com/bthanjan www.reneuenergy.com info@reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy Suzanne Waters: www.reneuenergy.com info@reneuenergy.com Facebook: Reneu Energy suzanne@reneuenergy.com Linkedin: Suzanne Waters

Jeff Mermelstein was born in 1957 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and studied at Rutgers College and the International Center of Photography. His career combines personal photographs with assignments for publications such as LIFE, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. In the tradition of other photographers such as Helen Levitt, he has photographed street life in New York City extensively as well as September 11th and its aftermath. His works are held by institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago; the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; and the New York Public Library. He has received the Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship and the European Publishers Award for Photography. Mermelstein has taught at the International Center of Photography since 1988. Resources: Workshops and Apps Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

 Job hunting can feel a bit overwhelming at times. Does your resume really showcase who you are? Are you doing enough networking? Should you work with a recruiter? We are excited to have Amy Goldstein, the Founder of Grayson Allen, a boutique search firm that specializes in attorney placement and career consulting, to talk all about job hunting realities so many of us can relate to. Listen to the episode, share it with a friend, and join the conversation by sharing your comments below!----more----   Who is Amy Goldstein?    She brings more than 20 years of combined legal and recruiting experience to her role as a search and career consultant.  Before transitioning to legal recruiting, Amy was a litigator with a New Jersey-based law firm.  She is a graduate of Rutgers College and Tulane Law School.  Amy's mission is to help attorneys acquire the skills and knowledge they need to navigate the job market, broaden their employment options and increase their chances of a happy, fulfilling work life and career.  Stay in Touch with Amy Goldstein via LinkedIn or Email Music Credits: Music Intro/Outro: “Thoughts” by Killah Smilez Music Outro: “Explained” by Killah Smilez Make sure you check out the Killah Smilez song on Amazon  Catch the music video by Killah Smilez HERE Want to share the episode? Please share the episode on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Soundcloud Don’t forget to subscribe to WokeNFree on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google Play Do you want to join the show as a guest on an upcoming episode? Contact us HERE Don't forget to submit a scenario to us for SCENARIO TIME!    SCENARIO TIME: How would you respond to these scenarios in SCENARIO TIME? Let's chat HERE!  Have you reviewed our show yet? Pick your platform of choice HERE      Do you want to start a podcast? We are here to HELP! Schedule a FREE consultation with us HERE This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click on a link and buy something, WokeNFree will earn a small commission from the advertiser at no additional cost to you.

Rey is one of the 4 Co-Founders of FREE (The Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters). The other 3 Co-Founders are the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Dr. Rudy Schild, an Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University, and Australian Experiencer researcher Mary Rodwell. The Executive Director of FREE is Dr. Rudy Schild.Rey and his entire family have had conscious physical contact with non-human intelligence in their family home. All of the family members have also had various contact with large UFOs, one time with a football stadium sized craft that was at a distance of only 30 feet from Rey, his daughter, and 3 adult witnesses, which hovered in silence over them for more than 45 minutes. His family has also had numerous paranormal experiences. All of these contact experiences began in March of 2012. Before these experiences Rey ignorant of UFOs, ET Contact and the “paranormal, and he was an atheist and material rationalist but is now a deeply spiritual person that has been completely transformed by his experiences.Rey is currently employed as an Estate Tax Attorney with the US Dept of Treasury. He previously was an Adjunct Professor for 6 years at the New School for Social Research and the City University of New York. He was also the Director of the Center for a Sustainable Urban Environment at the City University of New York and the Director of the Office of Community Environmental Planning for the City of New York. He graduated with honors from Rutgers College, was an honors student Masters Candidate at Cornell University and was a Ph.D. Candidate at U.C. Berkeley in City and Regional Planning where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship. Rey resides with his family in Miami, Florida.