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Full Episodes & Our Websites Here: https://linktr.ee/realestateradiohour In Studio Episode! Realtors and getting old... how have we handled it? Difference between North & South Metro Real Estate Markets

On July 2, 2020 patrol officers attempted to contact a suspect about moving an illegally parked automobile at the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park in Hastings, MN. As officers spoke to the suspect's wife and two of his four children the suspect locked and barricaded the door to his trailer with his other two children inside. Over the course of the next 15 hours, in sweltering heat, the South Metro SWAT Team, in conjunction with Washington County SWAT, and Ramsey County SWAT, attempted to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the crisis as the suspects mental state deteriorated. Although they were able to obtain one of the two children, it started to become clear that a tactical intervention would be necessary. My guests today are Adam Tschida, Daniel Salmey, and Jeff Hanson from South Metro SWAT to discuss the case, their successful HRT intervention, and the lessons learned from a very challenging rescue. About South Metro SWATSouth Metro SWAT provides tactical coverage for thirteen different law enforcement agencies in Minnesota. The team's service area spans roughly 1000 square miles south of the Twin Cities and is home to approximately 380,000 residents. The team has roughly 50 members. 35 tactical members including: commander, assistant commander, team leaders, snipers, breachers, medics, K9, etc. 15 crisis negotiations team members included: assistant commander, team leader, sworn LE, licensed mental health personnel. Core competencies include: hostage rescue, high risk warrant service, barricaded suspect/subject operations, dignitary protection, public order operations, man tracking operations, vehicle suppression, and community event security/quick reaction force.Books RecommendedLincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times - Donald T. Phillips – ISBN: 9780446394598Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know - Adam M. Grant – ISBN: 9781984878106Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead - Jim Mattis & Bing West – ISBN: 9780812996838The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win - Jocko Willink & Leif Babin – ISBN: 9781250195777Contact InfoAdam Tschida - Adam.tschida@applevalleymn.govDaniel Salmey - dsalmey@southstpaul.org  

In this edition of The Way Out I'm beyond honored to bring you my interview with President of Operations of South Metro Community Services and person in long-term recovery, Ashlee Herget. South Metro Community Services, is a 501 (C3) Nonprofit Recovery Community Organization. They strive to connect individuals with substance use disorder to vital resources tailored to each persons unique needs, and they fight to empower autonomy and decrease stigma. Ashlee shares a bit about her journey to and through recovery this point, and if you you'd like to hear her entire story, I highly encourage you to check out episode 184 for Co-host Jason's outstanding interview with Ashlee, both of whom I am a complete and unabashed fan. What makes up the lion's share of what turned out to be a truly stellar discussion is illuminating what a Recovery Community Organization or RCO is, how they fit into the Recovery services landscape, what specific services South Metro Community Services provides the Recovery community, and perhaps most importantly why it all matters. At their core, RCO's fill a crucial gap in the recovery services landscape, specifically addressing the needs of individuals with substance use disorder that are not addressed by the treatment industry. Often this happens before treatment, such as to help get folks into treatment or after folks leave treatment but RCO's provide services at any point in a persons recovery journey. To invoke Ashlee's analogy that she uses to explain what an RCO is, South Metro Community Services serves as a vital bridge for those with substance use disorder with services like Peer Recovery Coaching, Tattoo Removal, and a clothing boutique, all at no cost along with community services like Naloxone training. Whether you find yourself in place where you could benefit from services like these or you in a position where you can support the tremendous work South Metro Community Services, you won't want to miss a minute of the phenomenal Recovery rap session with the one and only Ashlee Herget that's about to unfold before your very ears so listen up. Connect with South Metro Community Services: Phone: 952-955-9399 https://smcsmn.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077939390428 Instagram: smcs.recovery Titok: smcs.recovery Song that symbolizes the work Ashlee does with SMCS: What it do by E-Dubble - https://youtu.be/MlfzZHeHBUI Best piece of Recovery Advice: Believe in yourself, dream bigger! Don't forget to check out “The Way Out Playlist” available only on Spotify. Curated by all our wonderful guests on the podcast! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HNQyyjlFBrDbOUADgw1Sz (c) 2015 - 2023 The Way Out Podcast | All Rights Reserved Theme Music: “all clear” (https://ketsa.uk/browse-music/) by Ketsa (https://ketsa.uk) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-way-out-podcast/message

Yep - that was a freaking tornado that touched down in the 3pMT hour! South Metro says it was on the ground an estimated 6.3 MILES in Highlands Ranch and Centennial. Amazingly, NO injuries or rescues. Then - Red Rocks twitter folks need a spanking with at least one ridiculous tweet. We discuss. Texts to the studio. More on Congressman Crow. Audio from DPD. We wrap with the trailer of our film this week: "Beach Blanket Bingo" and the Wheat Ridge Police trolling the "Wheat Ridge Kardashians."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of Inside EMS is brought to you by Lexipol, the experts in policy, training, wellness support and grants assistance for first responders and government leaders. To learn more, visit lexipol.com. In this episode of Inside EMS, Host Chris Cebollero is joined by Firefighter/Paramedic Steve Whitehead, NREMT-P, and scholar-practitioner Nick Nudell, PhD(c). Real-life friends, Whitehead and Nudell bring forth an EMS debate in which they find themselves on opposite sides: the importance of reporting mechanism of injury. In paramedic school, they teach us to take what we see at the scene and bring that into the hospital – to take photos, describe the damage to the vehicle, etc., Chris notes. But, does it matter? Chris listens to their perspectives as they state their case, and then makes his decision. Listen in and let us know your thoughts: is reporting mechanism of injury important? Memorable quotes from this episode “This is one of the few things in EMS in which we need to own. Because if we make a mistake and we evaluate the mechanism of injury wrong, no one else can fix that for us.” — Steve Whitehead “For all except the most unusual mechanisms of injury, the photo is likely worthless.” — Steve Whitehead “The critical things that the trauma surgeons are really trying to get at in that moment when the patient arrives is – is their airway patent, are they breathing, is their blood circulating – they are going to the ABCs, just like we do.” — Nick Nudell ABOUT OUR GUESTS Steve Whitehead Steve Whitehead, NREMT-P, is an EMS instructor with the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority in Lone Tree, Colorado, and the creator of the blog The EMT Spot. He is a primary instructor for South Metro's EMT program and a lifelong student of emergency medicine. Reach him through his blog at steve@theemtspot.com. Nick Nudell Scholar-practitioner Nick Nudell, PhD(c), is the manager of trauma research services for UCHealth, in Loveland, Colorado; and the president of the American Paramedic Association. He has more than 24 years of data science, public policy and paramedicine experience at all levels, including as a hospital and ambulance-based clinician, educator, consultant, regulator, program manager, executive and researcher. His research interests include innovative governance models and improving health system design to reduce systemic healthcare disparities through mixed methods research concentrated on system design and implementation. He is an advocate for social justice and health equity, interested in discovering the most appropriate resources to provide for a person's needs, in suitable locations, at the right time. Additionally, through his clinical practice, he has gained significant real-world field and academic experience with behavioral health and substance use disorders that contribute to his health equity and social justice scholarship.

Chris Macklin is a 20 year veteran South Metro firefighter and the head of one of the country's most progressive wellness departments. We discuss his journey into EMS, responding to the Columbine massacre, his own mental health journey, the genesis of Peer Support, training the tactical athlete, the importance of subject matter experts, injury rehab, fitness standards and so much more.

It's called “Love Inc” – Love In the Name of Christ.  Love Inc is an outreach ministry that connects 45 churches of all denominations from Highlands Ranch to Hampden and the Foothills to I-25 with people in need.  Sean Ray from Love Inc describes the ministry to Mark McIntosh from a Stronger Cord and program host Tom Moller.   More information online at http://www.LoveIncLittleton.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bobby and John talk about his journey from NY to FL to CO, working the Aurora Shooting, leadership, faith, family, fitness, and more... https://fittofightfire.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fit-to-fight-fire/id1668275335 https://thefirefighterdevotional.blogspot.com/  

Guest:  Erin Loeks South Metro Safety Foundation offers safety classes to all age ranges.  The offer classes in car seats, babysitting, kids home alone, CPR, adult driving classes, defensive driving, safety skills for older adults.  Some of these classes are offered free.  For CPR the first thing you need to do is assess the scene, tap the person on the shoulder to make sure they are ok, call 911.  The next steps are to check for breathing, then put your hands two inches from the chest and do fast and hard.  There are four reasons you would stop; if you are to exhausted to continue, the person wakes up, it becomes unsafe or if someone who is more trained shows up.   https://southmetrofoundation.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The key to minimizing the effect of homelessness in a person's life is the same as the key to helping anybody with any struggle.  Tami Slipher is helping to turn that key to help young people who have aged out of Foster Care and are either on the streets or at risk of being on the streets.  Mark McIntosh from A Stronger Cord and host Tom Moller talk with Tami about the ministry of Movement 5280 and how her work coordinates with over 40 other faith-based and service organizations in the South Metro area of Denver to minimize the effects of homelessness.   For more information, go online to http://www.Movement5280.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Sandgren is the Missions Pastor at Wellspring Church in Englewood, and leader of a network of over 40 faith-based and social-action nonprofits called “Change the Trend.”  The network began when a group of pastors, concerned about homelessness in Englewood, approached the Englewood police chief to learn how they could work together to address the problem.   Sandgren talks about how that group of 6 or 7 people grew to over 40 organizations working together in the south metro area to not only help the homeless in their current situations, but to get them out of homelessness and onto a productive and sustainable path.       More information online at http://www.ChangetheTrend.com.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At South Metro Fire & Rescue in Centennial, Colorado, firefighters go above and beyond to get the job done .This sentiment is evident throughout the entire department, including the public information officers. “Crushing the Minimum Standard” is the motto of the Public Information Office at South Metro Fire & Rescue.Connor Wist and Eric Hurst are the ones responsible for bringing this motto to life as they have mastered the art of using new media to get their Emergency Preparedness message to the masses.Connor comes from the broadcast world as a former broadcast journalist and Eric has worked as a firefighter and dispatcher for the better part of the past two decades.Together, their efforts to improve their messaging have paid off, as the South Metro Fire & Rescue YouTube channel has more than 200,000 subscribers and contains multiple videos with more than 1 million views.In this episode, Connor and Eric discuss how they have achieved such success in appealing to the masses online, South Metro's involvement in the recent Marshall Fire in Boulder, and effective Emergency Management messaging during times of disaster.Doberman Emergency Management owns and operates the Disaster Tough Podcast. Contact us here at: www.dobermanemg.com or email us at: info@dobermanemg.com.We are proud to endorse L3Harris and the BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: L3Harris.com/ResponderSupport.FS Global in partnership with Tiger Tech has created the first reusable, electronic, FDA approved, COVID-19 test. Strap it to your arm, get a reading - it's that simple. Sterilize and reuse. Amazing technology! For more information on the COVID PLUS TEST, click here: https://www.fsglobalsolutions.com

Here's how sellers can prepare for our spring market in Minnesota. When we meet with sellers this time of year, we usually advise that they have their homes ready for the spring market around the time of the Super Bowl. It still feels like winter, but about that time is the opening of our Minnesota real estate market. This year we're seeing more historically low inventory levels than ever before; in some price points, there are almost no homes for sale. On New Year's Eve, Sara showed a $400,000 home in the South Metro, and it was crawling with people. There was nowhere to park, people were all over the back and side yards, and though they were respectful of others' space in the home, it was chock full of people. That proves how active this price point is and that there aren't enough homes to see. “In some price points, there are almost no homes for sale. ” One of the most frequent questions we hear is how sellers can prepare their homes for sale when they have no competing inventory. We address that valid question on a case-by-case basis because, in this environment, some things you would have had to do in the past aren't needed now. We're also commonly asked how to begin the process of selling in this fast-paced market. That starts with you giving us a call; we'll come out to see your home, discuss the market, what needs to be done to prepare, and make a plan for your goals. If you have questions about preparing for the spring market or any other real estate matter, please give us a call or visit our website. Also, if you have a topic you'd like us to discuss in a future blog, please let us know. We'd love to help you.

Get to meet Trevor Morning from ETS South Metro in Lakeville, MN. Trevor has been involved with ETS since 2011 and has developed a community that is truly #UNCOMMON. Take a listen to hear his story and discover what makes Trevor so passionate about performance training and what he's doing to impact the lives of his athletes. To find your nearest ETS location, visit our website https://www.etsperformance.com/ and schedule your free athlete evaluation! ETS Performance gyms provide premier sports performance training for athletes of all ages and abilities. Fueled by Caribou Coffee & Torque Fitness

 Contact information for Dr. Metz:Sara Metz, PsyDPublic Safety PsychologistCode-4 CounselingFacebook (@code4counselingllc)Code-4 Counseling YouTube channel videosEpisode 30: Emotional Responsibility for Each OtherAn important discussion on emotional responsibility for your fellow first responders.Bill Godfrey:Welcome back to our next podcast. Thanks for joining us. You're back with the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast series. Now a few weeks ago, we recorded a podcast on what we called an Emotionally Responsible Room Entry. And that subject came up specifically from one incident where responders made... Well Robert, how would you put that?Robert McMahan:There was a lot of dynamics during some of those entries that were causing problems for people that were in those rooms. And we got some negative feedback from some of the students and teachers following that incident.Bill Godfrey:So essentially that podcast, which if you haven't heard it, please go back and give it a listen, was about how to make some adjustments to the way we handle these calls so that we're not scaring the hell out of kids, not to put too fine a point on it. But that's not what we're here to talk about today. At the tail end of that podcast, we drifted a little into talking about the emotional responsibility for each other as responders. And if you've heard that podcast, you know Harry and Robert were on that with me and I've asked them to join us again. Harry, thanks for being back again today.Harry Jimenez:Thank you, Bill, happy to be here.Bill Godfrey:And Robert, thank you for coming in again. I know you've already said hello to the group. But we have also asked a special guest to join us by phone today. So on the phone, we've got Dr. Sara Metz. Now Dr. Metz is a Public Safety Psychologist. She's also the owner and founder of Code 4 Counseling in lone tree, Colorado. And Dr. Metz has quite a bit of experience. Dr. Metz, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to join us.Dr. Sara Metz:You bet, thanks for having me.Bill Godfrey:Fantastic. Dr. Metz, just to kind of get you oriented, so Harry was talking about his experience at the Sutherland Springs church shooting, which is I'm sure you recall, involved a lot of kids, and Robert was talking about his experience at the STEM school shooting that they had in Douglas County just before he retired. And it got a little emotional and reminded me of some events that we've had that hit a little close to home. So as a place to start out, I know that you've handled counseling for a lot of these types of events. What are the things that we need to be watching for and paying attention to both short-term, immediately, in the medium term and in the longterm?Dr. Sara Metz:So with our responders, responders are very well-trained tactically to go into an environment like a church shooting, like unfortunately a school shooting and handle that tactically. Unfortunately, oftentimes the training doesn't really address... one of the things that we see causing the most distress to them is the feeling of helplessness. They at their core want to help people, it's why they go into this, they have a heart for service. And when they go into an active shooter scenario and they see the fear and the distress they, unfortunately at times, may have to walk past victims who are asking for help because they're clearing the scene, still looking for the active shooter. There's a lot of complexities to these incidents and the emotional toll that takes on them, isn't necessarily well addressed in the training.And again, it's the sense of helplessness that they don't always have language for what that is doing to them. They believe that the quote unquote trauma of the event that gets to them and oftentimes they think, "No, I did okay with that, but something's still stuck with me." And often when we really peel it back, it's feeling helpless, not having been able to necessarily help in the way they wanted to, dealing with kid victim is always its own beast. So there's definitely certain parts of these tactical events that aren't really addressed in training and really take a pretty big toll emotionally, on these folks.Bill Godfrey:Dr. Metz, when you're dealing with responders, and I mean both male and female, is there a bit of the typical responder, tough guy persona that gets in the way?Dr. Sara Metz:Absolutely. And what's interesting when you say gets in the way in terms of, there're well when they're doing their job, but then they have a hard time putting that down. That armor is great for them. Civilians, we benefit from them having that very tough exterior, but as I've learned in 15 years of working with responders, a lot of them have a soft mushy center and they're big, giant hearted people. And again, that big hearted-ness about them, they aren't trained how to use that. They aren't trained how to show self-compassion as they notice psychological injury in themselves. They don't really even know how to help each other, they want to and they definitely give each other hugs or a slap on the back saying, "Hey, are you good?" But then they don't really know what else to do. So again, it comes back to that tough exterior, is well-trained into them, it's the deeper, more complex layer that they get a little stuck.Harry Jimenez:Doctor, this is Harry. I echo what you said but also, comes to mind the fact that even if we somehow understand that we may need some help, we fall back on the persona of toughness. We don't want to look weak, we don't want to be that guy in the squad that people will talk behind you and say, "Well, I'm not going to roll out with this person, or I'm not going to call out this person to back me up because I'm afraid that this person might snap." And there's a stigma in law enforcement and in my case, law enforcement and military service. We leave with this stigma that we have to be tougher and we have to be strong, and that gets in the way of understanding what's really happening on... What else? Robert, what do you think?Robert McMahan:Yeah, it does. And I personally battled that for a while before I got help because I needed to get help. And I've seen a number of things that put a bunch of stuff in my bucket, as we say. But Dr. Metz, you and I worked together in Colorado when I was still there and we worked through a number of these things. Why don't you tell us about what are the first steps to start taking care of these responders after an incident?Dr. Sara Metz:Yeah. I think Harry brought up a big point. I know Robert, it's something that you and I have both really seen your agency in Colorado tackle over the last couple of years. That stigma is something that's been there for generations, it's certainly been there for a very long time and I do think that the stigma itself is really that first step. If we're going to get responders to seek help, we have to normalize that and we have to celebrate it. That has to become something that is part of the culture, it's part of the common language people say, "Hey, you've gone to talk to the doc, good for you. You haven't made an appointment yet, definitely do it. I got mine on Tuesday." That sort of language is something that has never been a part of the culture, I get that. I've been, like I said, doing this for 15 years.I would say in the last one to two years, we've had some really amazing responders step forward, military personnel as well, to really start to lead from the front and show what that would look like to bulldoze past the stigma. And that takes folks who are really willing to be vulnerable, who are willing to say, "I know there's been a stigma, but screw it. I'm doing it anyway." And that has really done wonders for the culture. And we've seen fairly quick change. Responders are not, one who change quickly, they don't like change. But seeing folks really step forward that they respect, that the agency's respect, the culture respects, and those folks saying, "I'll share my story, I'll start. Here's what I went through. Here's what worked for me and I will advocate for and respect anyone who follows the path of recognizing when they're struggling and they will seek help." And that is step one. Once you from the top down, really start to see that be advocated for, folks are much more willing to say, "All right. Well, I guess I'll give it a try." So step one is beating that stigma piece.Robert McMahan:Dr. Metz, when we were working together in Colorado, when we had critical incidents, including just officer involved shootings or whatever it was, we always called you out and your staff to do a debrief, and to talk to those responders after the incident. Is that enough? Or do we need to be doing more?Dr. Sara Metz:No. I would say it's a great step, but it goes back to, it depends on what the culture thinks of the debrief. I've seen plenty of folks walk into a debrief and say, "I just got to sit here and I don't give a shit. And I'm not going to talk," because they believe that stigma is still present. "I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to out myself." I will say the agency that you come from, I just did a debrief for them what, two days ago. Gosh how many people were in that room? I would say at least 20 folks who were involved in a critical incident, an officer involved shooting for that agency, 20 folks in the debrief. Every single one of them talked, every single one of them was willing to say what they had experienced the day of the incident, whether it was adrenaline dump, they weren't able to sleep, they hit the wispies, they snap at their kids when they got home, they talked about that.And they talked about four days later, which is when we did the debrief. They talked about the signs and the symptoms that were still present. And they talked about the things that were fading and healing naturally on its own. And as a group, we were able to talk about those signs and symptoms, normalize it for folks, "Hey, you're still not sleeping? Hey, I'm not sleeping either. All right. Well, here's some ideas. Here's some things we can think about to see if you can get that to heal on its own." But that dynamic took years to create, that took a long time for folks to really respect the process.But I would say there are definitely agencies now in Colorado and around the country, that are creating the right environment for those debrief to go well, and are also educating folks on all of the different things that they can do to take care of themselves. Whether that's wellness checks, whether that's in-service training that specifically highlights psychological stress injury, whether it's family night, getting the families involved, that they understand this shared language. There's so much that goes into a successful well integrated wellness program within an organization.Bill Godfrey:Dr. Metz, that's really remarkable what you're describing there. And it's encouraging to know that there are agencies that have been able to cross that bridge and deal with this a little more head on. You mentioned that our culture isn't very quick to change, and boy that's not an exaggeration. We have a saying in the fire service, "200 years of tradition unimpeded by progress," and we mean that shit.Dr. Sara Metz:Oh yeah, you do.Bill Godfrey:But on the lines of the symptoms and I may be off base here, but my personal experience. Now, Harry and Robert are both law enforcement, I'm from the Fire-EMS side. But my personal experience is that the immediate after, we're usually pretty there for each other. So Harry, you and I were telling the story in the earlier podcast about, when you were driving home for Sutherland Springs late at night, I was already in bed. And got the phone call and I knew, I got up got out of bed and we were on the phone how long?Harry Jimenez:I think I called Bill right after I left the scene. And I've been in the scene for probably 12 hours and I'm heading home and it was about an hour drive. And I think we spoke all the way until I pulled into my driveway, and he was making sure that I made it home.Dr. Sara Metz:Wow, that cool.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. So I guess where I'm going with that is, my personal experience and that may not be fair, but my personal experience is usually the immediate after the event, we're all kind of they're checking each other, but then I think we fall down. And I wondered if you could talk a little bit, it's a two-parted question. Number one is, in the near term, the days and the weeks that follow, what are the signs and symptoms that we need to be watching out for in each other? And then the second part of that is going to be, what are the things, if someone's reluctant to get help, reluctant to acknowledge that it's been an issue, what are the things that we as their peers can do? I'm not talking about supervisory intervention, but what are things that we as their friends and peers can do to try to help them see that they need it?Dr. Sara Metz:I think those are both great questions. I'm going to actually start with the second one first, and then I'll circle back to it here in a minute. But Robert will laugh at me because he knows where I'm going to go with this.Bill Godfrey:He's actually sitting here already chuckling, he's got this big smile on his face.Dr. Sara Metz:Yeah, he knows where I'm going. I promised him I would try to behave on this call. But this is where I think there's a little bit of tough love that needs to come in to this profession. I often hear that sort of thing. "Well, what if someone is reluctant?" Bullshit. Go to the doc because it's the right thing to do. You guys don't use that excuse for anything tactical. "Oh, I'm a little hesitant. Oh, I'm a little uncomfortable. That makes me nervous. I'm scared to do that," is not part of the culture. And yet it is so often the thing that prevents them from coming in the door. Now it's our responsibility as clinicians to create a safe space for that and to understand the culture and to do the work, to be culturally competent, to serve responder population.But I would say with all the love in the world, to my responders out there, "Get your butt in there, get checked out because it keeps you at the top of your game. And if you have a bad fit, a clinician who doesn't get it, or it doesn't feel like the right fit? Find one who is a good fit." And that's where responders, one of the things they can do to take care of each other is, everybody get out there, find clinicians that are good and share that information with each other. "Hey, you know what? I had a really great session. You should go see so and so." And have there be variety, have there be male clinicians, female clinicians, folks who specialize in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) versus talk therapy versus this, that, the other thing.But the more clinicians are available and the more responders will not feel shame and we'll share that information with each other, I think is my answer to the second part of that question. Now to the first question of, what are the signs and symptoms that folks should be looking out for? I think there's some really common ones. And what I typically will tell folks is, the body is actually fairly good at recalibrating itself over the course of a few days and a few weeks, what typically hinders that process is shame and judgment. So for example, if someone in the first few days, or first week or so, they go through a critical incident, they're involved in an active shooter scenario, for example, and they are having a hard time sleeping, they really want to drink because they know that will calm their system. They're moody, snapping at their kids, snapping at their partner... Go ahead.Bill Godfrey:By the way Dr. Metz, you had three guys shaking their heads up and down, yes, When you mentioned the drinking part.Dr. Sara Metz:Yeah, absolutely. It's a big one because unfortunately it works. So we know it works. The problem, it does so much damage to the system's calibration. It's trying to numb a system that would work if you gave it a chance.Bill Godfrey:That's interesting.Dr. Sara Metz:And part of that is letting your system be uncomfortable. Your system is looping and it's anxious and it's got adrenaline still sparking through your system, that's all normal. It's wildly uncomfortable and I don't dismiss it as, "Oh, just get over it." It is wildly uncomfortable, but alcohol and substances is nodding that, which doesn't allow the system, the human body that is actually very brilliantly structured in so many ways, it will recalibrate if you let it, but you have to let it do it in its own natural time. So when folks drink to try to numb because they're so uncomfortable, what we know the alcohol does is, it makes it so you cannot get REM sleep.REM sleep is where your system during your sleeping hours is going to, again, recalibrate. It moves experiences from the front of the brain, into the memory center, which is where we block them, because it means you remember it but you don't re-experience it. If you're drinking in the evenings or right before bed, that alcohol in your system locks the door to that process. So those experiences stay at the front of the brain, that's why things like flashbacks and re-experiencing happens, because it didn't get moved to the memory center. So we need that process to work and so we really encourage people, just give it a week or two, see if your system naturally recalibrates on its own. Watch for the increase in alcohol use, try to keep that out of the picture, watch for the moodiness, watch for the restlessness and the difficulty sleeping. Those are some of the pretty normal things that we see after a critical incident, but oftentimes they will say it on their own.And even if they don't, all that tells us as clinicians is that, "Yeah, go in and get a checkup." And it may just take some verbal processing or looking at it from another perspective, some additional coping strategies. Those are things we can certainly provide someone if they are not matched, really kind of moving through the process on their own in a week or two. But back to Harry's point a while back, it's shame and fear of judgements that prevents people from doing that. They think, "I have to just figure this out on my own. If I say, I'm not healing on my own, people won't think I'm a good partner. They don't want me as a car partner. They won't want me to back up. They won't won't walk me on their crew." What we have to help people recognize is, "We'll get you there, you're not going to live in the red forever. We'll get you back, but we need to know what those symptoms are so we can help you."Bill Godfrey:It's really fascinating listening to you explain that. And I mean, I've been a paramedic for over 30 years and knowing the physiology doesn't mean you take it home and into your brain. And something you said kind of-Something you said kind of made me think about something my therapist once threatened me with a baseball bat over. And he said, "Damn it, sometimes you just have to sit with those uncomfortable feelings."Dr. Sara Metz:Yeah, so true.Bill Godfrey:If you keep pushing them away and you never process them, is that kind of a little bit related to what you're talking about here?Dr. Sara Metz:Absolutely, it is. And again, I really try to encourage responders to recognize, you all are well equipped to be uncomfortable. You do it all the time in environments that you choose to be uncomfortable in. You go into burning buildings, you go into hoarder house for medicals, you go through the maze, you put the gas mask on, you guys go into critical incidents of shootings, there are a million and one scenarios where you guys will put yourself in uncomfortable situations and you believe that it's worth it. But for whatever reason you guys, hate, all humans do, this is not just a responder thing, but people hate to be uncomfortable when it comes to their feelings and it comes to processing their experiences. If responders would go into it with that same level of, "All right, I just got to hunker down and be uncomfortable because it's serving a purpose," they would do a lot better.Bill Godfrey:You just need to set your office on fire and then we'll show up.Dr. Sara Metz:There you go.Bill Godfrey:I'm sorry, that's a terrible idea. Just for the record. That was a joke.Dr. Sara Metz:... wow, how have I never tried that? I have South Metro just down the road, they'll come in a heartbeat.Bill Godfrey:Robert, you were getting ready to jump in and say something, I'm sorry.Robert McMahan:Yeah, Dr. Metz, we've been talking about how to deal with these things and making sure that we get our officers and first responders in to see a clinician. If we do that initial debrief, and typically after a shooting, we'll send an officer in for a one-on-one with a therapist and oftentime they come out okay. But you and I saw a number of first responders months after the incident, where issues started cropping up. Can you talk about that a little bit?Dr. Sara Metz:It is a great point, because we often will see things start to bubble to the surface right away. However, it is very, very common and very, very normal for those symptoms to take months, sometimes years to fester. I often will describe psychological stress and compare it to an infection. Sometimes an infection again, without a paramedic on the call, probably somewhere else, but sometimes you'll notice it fairly quickly-Bill Godfrey:Just for the record, I used to be, I don't do that stuff anymore. For the last-Dr. Sara Metz:I knew this stuff back in the day, all right.Bill Godfrey:The last patient I touched was when a space shuttle went up and that guy died. I'm not the guy to touch on it, I'm the guy that goes send for the defibrillator.Dr. Sara Metz:Again this comes back, yeah I talk about it all the time, shame and judgment. Prolong when people will get help, if you take that piece out and simple have someone say, "Well, I was doing okay and now I'm not, I guess it's time to go to the doc." They go to the doc, they say what their symptoms are and they get the help they need. It's very normal. It really is fine. Honestly, the other side of the normal spectrum is that, it's absolutely fine if someone does absolutely fine forever after a critical incident. Every now and then I'll have a responder come into my office and say, "Everyone is telling me that this, even though it's not bothering me now, it's going to." And then they get anxious thinking, "So this is just going to be the spawn, it could go off at any point I feel in my head at any moment?" No, live your life.If it pops up, it pops up. If it doesn't, it doesn't make you a psychopath. If you're fine, uou're fine. It's great to be able to articulate why you're fine, so you have an understanding of what strategies seem to be working for you, but if you're fine, we're not going to try to poke the bear.Harry Jimenez:Doctor, Harry here. When you were talking about what type of things to look short-term, mid-term, long-term, I felt that you were describing me. Just to put in perspective, military with five combat deployments and then law enforcement for over 30 years. What you're saying is exactly the way I felt, after multiple deployments and law enforcement and loosing an officer under your watch and being involved in critical incidents and saving someone's life and not remember how the hell that happened. I thought, "Okay, I'm visible, everything's fine." And then one day, hill came down crashing on me and the first thing that I did was fight. Fight not because of the shame or the stigma, but was fighting with myself. "How come this is happening now, since I've been good all these years?"And it took me a couple of clinicians to finally, like you said, find the one person that I felt that could understand me, if you may, in my own whatever crazy designation I gave to that. And there were two things, first he told me, each one of us experienced the same incident in an own personal different way. And that was a very significant to me because sometimes we as first responders, we look to the left and to the right and if the person that you know that responded is not going through what you're going, you might start trying to cover it and push it down because you don't want to seem to be weak or weaker. And when he told me that, "No, we all going to feel it and understand it and react in own personal way."And the second one which goes with, I remember now, because you mentioned about the alcohol, he told me, "Harry we're going to go back to not only this incident, but we're going to go back to every one of these incidents that we know that you are dragging for years and you have not face." And I thought he was insane and I immediately refused, I said, "No, I don't want to re-live that." And he said, "Oh, on the contrary, you still live in it." He told me a story and I don't know if you have heard this and if you do please tell us more about it. He said, "When the first person start deciding that, AA, Alcoholic Anonymous, it was a good idea, a lot of people laugh to the whole idea. Because they say, 'So you're going to get a group of drunks together to talk about drinking, that makes no sense.'" And talk to us about that.I mean, that was my experience. I was like, "No way I was going to re-live this in my own brain, thinking about it." And he helped me... basically the same analogy, he got me around with other people that were coping with their own incidents. And in a way allows you to free yourself.Dr. Sara Metz:Mm-hmm (affirmative), totally agree.Bill Godfrey:It's fascinating to know how parallel our lives have all been, even though we didn't know each other until the last few years that we've been teaching and training. And Dr. Metz, I'd like you to kind of comment on this and if you'll forgive me, I'm going to do a little bit of wind up here with it. I went through most of my career, some ups and downs, but I did not really struggle with any one particular thing. But what has been a challenge for me, and the best way I can give this example is the idea of institutional noise, it's not typically one gunshot that makes you go deaf, it's not wearing hearing protection while you go through thousands of gunshots or it's not being around a jet engine one time without hearing protection. It's being around them all the time. That idea of that constant repeated exposure. And Dr. Metz, are you by chance familiar with the Enneagram?Dr. Sara Metz:Mm-hmm (affirmative), I am.Bill Godfrey:Okay. So I'm an Enneagram eight. And for those that don't know what it's about it-Dr. Sara Metz:You're and eight aren't you.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, don't worry about it, I'll just say this. It means that I tend to be a fairly strong personality and aggressive, and that's cover for not wanting to reveal vulnerability.Harry Jimenez:I will never have guessed that.Bill Godfrey:I know, shocking. Exactly. And now I cry at a double mint twin commercial. It's just these moments of just uncontrollable sadness that lasts for a second, second and a half, two seconds, three seconds. We'll be teaching the classes that we teach and there's some sensitive material that we talk about and some things that we cover. And there's particular modules that I don't like to teach, because about 50% of the time I get choked up doing it and I don't want to get choked up in front of the class to do that. And I'm not really worried about somebody making fun of me for getting choked up because, screw them if they don't get it. This is serious topics, and we're talking about kids dying and things like that. Is that a real issue? That it's not necessarily one horrible... in other words, it can be one horrible tragic event, but can it also just be a career of shit?Dr. Sara Metz:Yeah. And most likely, it's probably a combination of both of those. Absolutely, are there folks who have been through really significant pin point events that they can point to and say that, "That has stuck with me all this time and I've never fully been able to process through it," absolutely. We also do see folks who are 20, 25, 30 plus years into their career and they may say exactly what you're saying, that there's not a specific event that they point to, but they're tired. They're burned out, they're tired. They feel they've lost compassion for people, that usually takes about 30 seconds on the job of, "Oh, I don't like people at all." So that sort of thing-Bill Godfrey:Yeah that was me at 3:00 in the morning every time.Dr. Sara Metz:Real quick, like nope I've decided I hate humans. Those sorts of things absolutely happen. And we still have to look at the whole human and figure out how to help them. Are there specific events that we need to reprocess? Is there just more burnout, tired, that sort of repair that needs to happen again. Think of it in terms of muscle aches versus a broken bone. A broken bone, we have to do something very specific with, muscle aches where the whole system is just, "I don't really know what's going on I just feel icky." We can treat either one, we just would treat them differently.Robert McMahan:And Dr. Metz, I think for me I hit about that 28 year mark, and then we had an officer killed in the line of duty that we worked. And I didn't know what was happening to me, I was depressed not real bad, but it was getting worse. And about a year later, you were in our office talking to our command staff about wellness programs and you started to talk about some of this stuff and I went, "Holy crap, that's me." I think you remember that day.Dr. Sara Metz:I do.Robert McMahan:And I grabbed you and we went to my office after that and we started talking. As a result of that, I spent many hours on your couch after that. And I'm not ashamed of that and we don't need to be ashamed of this, and we got to get over that shame and stigma. For me, when we were talking through those things, the analogy we used with me was that, my bucket got full, and you can only put so much crap in a bucket. And I think it's that cumulative stress and cumulative effect of seeing all those things, that one day you just reach a capacity where it starts to really affect you.Dr. Sara Metz:You do. And so often people again, will tell themselves, "Well I was handling it just fine. What's wrong with me now that I can't when handled it just fine all those years?"Robert McMahan:Oh, that sounds familiar.Dr. Sara Metz:Yeah. And what people forget, to Robert's point is, just because the bucket wasn't full didn't mean it wasn't filling up. And at a certain point, once it's full, everything is skimming off the top. Anything you put in there, it doesn't fit anymore. So if you wait until it's completely overflowing, yes of course we can still help, but that's just the point at which it overflowed. It doesn't mean that whatever you were doing was working for all those years, it just means there was room in the bucket for it. And oftentimes unfortunately, once the bucket overflows, we gotta deal with what's right at the top first. But then we probably are going to have to go back through the years and really process some things that may have happened years ago, that they were sitting at the bottom of that bucket waiting to be dealt with.Bill Godfrey:Dr. Metz, quick question on the bucket. If you wait until it overflows, and then you deal with the overflowing stuff, is it possible for people to deal with the overflowing stuff and never empty the bucket and just be one marble shy of overflowing again?Dr. Sara Metz:Well, they can, I don't recommend it. I say, clean that shit out. That's like going into the dirtiest closet in your house and saying, "I shall clean for five minutes and then shut the door again." Clean the damn closet out. And again, it requires you being uncomfortable, but it's work that ultimately does benefit the person.Robert McMahan:The concept of that bucket makes me think that, if we are getting to these first responders earlier in their careers, taking care of these things, even if it's not bothering them so much, but we need to be taking care of that early on so that bucket doesn't fill up so fast.Dr. Sara Metz:Very much so.Robert McMahan:Yeah. And I think one of the ways we can do that is by, as peers remembering to reach out to each other in the days, weeks and months after those events, and checking in on each other. What do you think about that?Dr. Sara Metz:I completely agree. And I think this is where too, teaching the language to the young guns who are just starting out in law enforcement, in the fire service. Teaching them the language makes it so much easier for them to speak this fluently throughout their career. The folks who've been doing this, the older school generation, they didn't learn the language and so they are more likely to be struggling with a lot of this and feeling they're floundering and really struggling at the tail end of their careers or post retirement. But the ones who are really willing to lean into this, step forward and learn the language, have such incredible value to give back to the younger generation, because once they learn the language to be able to check in and share those experiences with the younger ones, it's so hugely valuable.Bill Godfrey:So Dr. Metz, we need to obviously get wrapped up here, but there's one last area I want to go into just briefly before we wrap up and close out. So I opened by talking about how we kinda got to this conversation, which was wrapping up that other podcast. And Robert, I don't know if you remember what you said to me not five minutes after we quit recording that other podcast, do you remember?Robert McMahan:No, I don't.Bill Godfrey:You said, "Damn, I wish I would've just said get help, it doesn't make you weak."Robert McMahan:Yeah. And thanks for reminding me of that. If you're listening to this, you've probably been to some event, you've been to some traumatic scene, and it doesn't have to be a full blown active shooter event, all these things take a toll on us. But you also know people that have been involved in events and you have anniversary dates that we remember from the really bad ones. And so, if you have those people in mind and those anniversary dates, reach out to each other and take care of each other, and please get some help if you need it.Even if you don't think you need it, it doesn't hurt to check in once in a while with a therapist, just to get a checkup. We go to the doctor for checkups and that's okay, this is okay too. And I think if we would do that as a first responder profession, we would as Dr. Metz said, stay at the top of our game.Bill Godfrey:As in, you can't always tell when your own bucket is full.Robert McMahan:Exactly.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. This has been a great conversation, Dr. Metz, I cannot thank you enough for taking the time out of your schedule to share with us your words of wisdom and your thoughts. And I want to give you the opportunity to have the closing words here.Dr. Sara Metz:Oh gosh, no pressure. Well, I will say that Robert is just one of the coolest people I've ever met. And so I appreciated him asking me to join the three of you today and I enjoyed our conversation and if there's anything else that I can do for the podcast or for you folks, let me know. But I echo what Robert said in that, take care of yourself and take care of each other. And a big part of doing that is staying tactically fit, ready to go and staying psychologically fit as well. And if you're willing to put the effort into that, there's a lot of us out there that are absolutely willing to step into your space and help you thrive in your career and thrive in your retirement.Bill Godfrey:We spend our careers trying to save lives, let's make sure we save each other too.Robert McMahan:That's right.Dr. Sara Metz:Agreed.Bill Godfrey:Well, Dr. Metz, if you'd like, I can list your counseling group in the show notes. I'm not sure if that's something you'd like me to do or not for people to reach out-Dr. Sara Metz:Sure.Bill Godfrey:... to you for some additional information or maybe even information about how they can get a program started somewhere in their locale. And again, thank you so much for taking the time. Robert, Harry, thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us for this episode. Please, if you haven't subscribed to the podcast, please do subscribe to the podcast and until next time, stay safe.

#1 Rated Business Show returns with special guest Michael Hightower of the Collaborative Firm, Maria Venzant from the Pretty Princess Spa, Treandos Thornton, CEO of T&N Bow Ties. On today’s show, we welcome back Treandos Thornton, the eight-year-old CEO of T&N Bow Ties, to discuss his Third Annual Kids Biz Expo and the rise of “Kidperneurship.” Treandos has been featured in magazines and tv since his last visit. He also discusses his experience on the Rachel Ray show. Maria Venzant, the birthday party expert, joins us to announce the grand opening of her newly relocated Pretty Princess Spa Boutique. The Pretty Princess Spa party venue is designed to make the perfect themed party for your princess and her friends at an affordable price. Micheal Hightower, a former College Park city council member, currently serves as a Managing Partner for The Collaborative Firm. The 19th annual South Metro Development Conference may have been the most successful event yet. He gives a brief recap of the conference and discusses the future of the South Metro area. We also grill him for advice on investing in the regions that Marta is moving into. We discuss the best places for opportunities around College Park and the Hartsfield Jackson area. And autonomous cities coming to Georgia very soon. As always, follow me on Instagram @iamkcpride Now you can get the #1 Rated Business Show delivered to your inbox. Sign up here http://i365.rocks/radio21 You can now watch the #1 Rated Business Show live on Xperienc On Demand, get the app or visit them on the web to learn more visit https://xperienc.tv/ The #1Rated Business Talk Show is a mix of fun and informative interviews. Hosted by Kevin C. Pride, we sit down with today's industry leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, and celebs. We cover the latest news in the Atlanta area and provide insight into the business community of Atlanta. New Podcast Every Friday! #KevinC.Pride #Influencer365 #InfluenceYourWorld #WorkToBecomeALegend #ABJRadio #Real1100am #IHeartRadio #Entrepreneur #Business #Atlanta --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abjradio/message

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the COVID-19 vaccines and many people are not getting the answers they need. Rev. Charles Maxell, Senior Pastor of The Breakthrough Fellowship has pulled together a panel of expets to answer your questions about the vaccine. It is a virtual town hall meeting on March 25, 2021 at 7pm. The forum is free and open to the public. Register to attend at www.breakthroughfellowship.org. Atlanta's South Metro - loosely described as the city south of I-20 and the counties south of Fulton pulled together a group of leaders to examine past success, discuss current challenges for economic development in the wake of Covid and to plan for the future. The session is organized by Michael Hightower, founder of the South Metro Development Outlook conference and Managing partner of The Collaborative, Georgia's largest public policy firm.

Listen in for Episode 98 of REV with Rachel - From Corporate to Calling with Tania Stephens!!Tania is a Managing Partner and Yoga Teacher at Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center in Apple Valley. Like many others, Tania’s story has turned and twisted over the years. Her journey from a blossoming professional life in corporate America to the owner of Green Lotus' third license has brought her back to her passion for wellness, for service to others, and for business. To the Green Lotus' mission and coalition of strong women leaders that informs it, Tania shares her more than 25 years of business and management experience. She is driven to give back to the local South Metro community, helping others discover the ability to focus and find calmness in a season of change, and inspires all to: Listen to your intuition, pause, and new paths will emerge to guide. Tania is a devoted volunteer; keeps work/life balance in view with her interest in motorcycling, snowboarding, art and architecture and more, and has worked on diversity and inclusion efforts as a multi-cultural and bilingual strategist. As a member of the Lakeville community since 2005, she lives with her wonderful husband and two sons.You can contact Tania at tania@greenlotusyogactr.com or visit her Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Apple Valley, MN!For REV with Rachel updates, enter your name and email address at www.revwithrachel.com and please "Like" REV Life on Facebook!

Listen in for Episode 98 of REV with Rachel - From Corporate to Calling with Tania Stephens!!Tania is a Managing Partner and Yoga Teacher at Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center in Apple Valley. Like many others, Tania’s story has turned and twisted over the years. Her journey from a blossoming professional life in corporate America to the owner of Green Lotus' third license has brought her back to her passion for wellness, for service to others, and for business. To the Green Lotus' mission and coalition of strong women leaders that informs it, Tania shares her more than 25 years of business and management experience. She is driven to give back to the local South Metro community, helping others discover the ability to focus and find calmness in a season of change, and inspires all to: Listen to your intuition, pause, and new paths will emerge to guide. Tania is a devoted volunteer; keeps work/life balance in view with her interest in motorcycling, snowboarding, art and architecture and more, and has worked on diversity and inclusion efforts as a multi-cultural and bilingual strategist. As a member of the Lakeville community since 2005, she lives with her wonderful husband and two sons.You can contact Tania at tania@greenlotusyogactr.com or visit her Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Apple Valley, MN!For REV with Rachel updates, enter your name and email address at www.revwithrachel.com and please "Like" REV Life on Facebook!

Justin McWilliams speaks with Nate Rank from South Metro, MN about a grab they made in 2017

Today’s Guests: Today’s Guests include Jim Humble, Owner of Cousins RV. Jim talks about the great spring deals at Cousins RV, and also now is the time to get your RV serviced and ready for your summer road trips. Then Michelle Seubert joins us to talk about the South Metro Pheasants Forever upcoming Banquet scheduled... READ MORE

Today’s Guests: Michelle Seubert, with South Metro Pheasants Forever to talk about their upcoming banquet on March 14, 2020. We are proud to be back again this year as the Emcee of this great night. Then Jill Getz, with American Heroes In Action is will talk about their banquet on Saturday April 25, 2020. We... READ MORE

Ben O'Brien is a Firefighter, Peer Advisor, and Peer Support Training Coordinator for South Metro Fire Rescue. He has led the development of the Responder Strong Resilience Standards, which teaches and trains emergency responders on skills of resilience, concepts of stress Injuries and the Stress Continuum model of health, and how to use our values the retire gracefully with confidence.

Chris Macklin worn many hats in his career. Firefighter. Paramedic. Engineer. Training engineer. And now, wellness manager for South Metro Fire Rescue. His passion to support Emergency Responders began after responding to the Columbine shooting in 1998. In the years since, he has worked tirelessly to support the responder community and currently leads the wellness initiatives at South Metro Fire.

Episode 17- Lots of Updates!Today we’re going to review all of the previous topics on this podcast! Coming up of Episode 17 of South Metro Denver Real Estate Report**Music** Recording from South Denver where the real estate market fluctuates as much as our weather this is South Metro Denver Real Estate Report and I am your host Joy Fraser licensed broker and owner of Colorado Luxury Houses powered by Keller Williams. This is Episode 17- Lots of Updates!Real Estate Report for South Metro Denver- As I am recording this podcast it is May 21st and it is snowing outside. Yes snowing! We can always expect to expect the unexpected with Denver weather and that is true again with the market. I last reported that attached properties were at one of the lowest weeks since starting this podcast, 217 active properties on the market, would you believe that this week we are at one of the highest weeks with the most attached properties on the market, 261 active properties. I am seeing price reductions, higher days on market, and more choices for buyers in the attached market.And holy snow blizzard for detached properties. We have the most properties on the market right now for detached properties than we have for months. There are so many reasons that can attribute to the rise in properties but the bottom line is if you are thinking about buying it’s a great time to have lots of choices and not a lot of competition. What’s Hot!Episode 16- Am I Famous by Association. Not really, although I have seen my LinkedIn searches increase. Episode 15- Quartz Countertops. Yes I still love quartz countertops but I recently took a visit to a stone yard and if you are willing to spend A LOT of money on granite there are some really beautiful options! So I think I am realizing I don’t like cheap granite. Episode 12- Custom Dog Crates. We did it. Kinda. I found some dog crates that got the job done on Overstock. So I picked them up and I do have to say they look great in our family room and our two dogs seem pretty happy in there. Dogs after all are den dwelling animals. Episode 8. Fiddle Fig Leaf. I had two, now I have one. One died. The other is doing surprisingly well. I still say go for it!Episode 7. Black Metals. After that episode, I switched out our current faucet for a black one and I love it. Go for it. It’s little cost for big impact.Episode 6. Sparking Joy. Well my son is not happy with me. But his room has been Marie Kondoed. Our family room has. And the mudroom. That’s as far as I have gotten. It feels good. I’ll keep going, you should too. Episode 5. Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bars. This is the most exciting update! There are in the grocery stores in South Metro and they are delicious! Run to the grocery store grab a box and enjoy! They taste just as good and take you back to your time at the parks! Tip of the Day-There are still 30something days left in spring. It’s not too late to get after your spring cleaning. Go back, relisten to these podcasts and pick a thing or two to do. Don’t be scared to make a quick change… you can always change it back. Truth or Fail-What’s something you’ve encountered in your career that you’re reasonably confident most other agent haven't? One More Thing- I am so excited to tell you about a lender that partners with Keller Williams agents it’s called, Keller Mortgage, with this lender I can show you how you can save thousands on your purchase. The Zero Plus Loan does not charge an origination fee, underwriter fee, processor fee, transaction fees, rate lock fee, etc! And they also give a $1,000 credit back at closing, which will cover the cost of your Appraisal. It does sound too good to be true and there is one catch… you knew it there had to be a catch…. It is exclusive to Keller Williams transactions. If yo

Today’s Guests: Encore presentation today due to popular demand for this show! Cory Chick of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Donnelle Johnson & Lisa Thompson of HuntData and Huntingdivas join us to discuss the upcoming Colorado Big Game Draw, the process and all that’s new in 2019. Also Tim Berges of South Metro Pheasants Forever will... READ MORE

Continuing in the same vein of thought as Lee Domingue from part 1, through examination of biblical purpose as defined in Ephesians and Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Pastor JC Worley asks the question, what type of legacy will you leave?

Continuing in the same vein of thought as Lee Domingue from part 1, through examination of biblical purpose as defined in Ephesians and Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Pastor JC Worley asks the question, what type of legacy will you leave?

Continuing in the same vein of thought as Lee Domingue from part 1, through examination of biblical purpose as defined in Ephesians and Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Pastor JC Worley asks the question, what type of legacy will you leave?

Continuing in the same vein of thought as Lee Domingue from part 1, through examination of biblical purpose as defined in Ephesians and Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Pastor JC Worley asks the question, what type of legacy will you leave?

Michael Hightower of The Collaborative Firm announces new speakers and award recipients at the SMDO conference. He describes the format of the conference and what attendees should expect to learn. The SMDO conference will be held February 21, 2019 from 7am to 2pm at the Georgia International Convention Center.

Michael Hightower discusses the 17th annual South Metro Development Outlook conference, detailing guest speakers and themes of the day. The conference will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center on Thursday February 21, 7am - 2pm.

Pastor JC concludes the Ask Away series with a panel of South Metro pastors answering congregation-submitted questions.

Pastor JC concludes the Ask Away series with a panel of South Metro pastors answering congregation-submitted questions.

Pastor JC concludes the Ask Away series with a panel of South Metro pastors answering congregation-submitted questions.

Pastor JC concludes the Ask Away series with a panel of South Metro pastors answering congregation-submitted questions.

In week 3 of "Ask Away", Pastor JC & Pastor Ben look at another slew of questions submitted by South Metro and GO church members.

In week 3 of "Ask Away", Pastor JC & Pastor Ben look at another slew of questions submitted by South Metro and GO church members.

In week 3 of "Ask Away", Pastor JC & Pastor Ben look at another slew of questions submitted by South Metro and GO church members.

In week 3 of "Ask Away", Pastor JC & Pastor Ben look at another slew of questions submitted by South Metro and GO church members.

In a Q&A format, Pastors Allan & JC answer questions about the transition of pastoral leadership and talk about the futures of South Metro and Go Church.

In a Q&A format, Pastors Allan & JC answer questions about the transition of pastoral leadership and talk about the futures of South Metro and Go Church.

In a Q&A format, Pastors Allan & JC answer questions about the transition of pastoral leadership and talk about the futures of South Metro and Go Church.

In a Q&A format, Pastors Allan & JC answer questions about the transition of pastoral leadership and talk about the futures of South Metro and Go Church.

In recent months ER24 has responded to a number of drownings. The number of drowning incidents will most likely increase leading up to the summer months and the festive holidays. Natasha Kriel, an Advanced Life Support paramedic at ER24’s South Metro branch in the Western Cape, spoke to us about drownings and what safety tips to follow when spending time next to the pool or at the beach.

Pastor Allan speaks about running the good race, using such examples as Moses & Joshua; Paul & Timothy.

Pastor Allan speaks about running the good race, using such examples as Moses & Joshua; Paul & Timothy.

Pastor Allan speaks about running the good race, using such examples as Moses & Joshua; Paul & Timothy.

Pastor Allan speaks about running the good race, using such examples as Moses & Joshua; Paul & Timothy.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..." Pastor Allan preaches from Matt. 11, providing a message relevant in today's fast-paced, noisy world.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..." Pastor Allan preaches from Matt. 11, providing a message relevant in today's fast-paced, noisy world.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..." Pastor Allan preaches from Matt. 11, providing a message relevant in today's fast-paced, noisy world.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..." Pastor Allan preaches from Matt. 11, providing a message relevant in today's fast-paced, noisy world.

Speaking from Philippians, Pastor Allan talks about the "locks" we can have on our lives.

Speaking from Philippians, Pastor Allan talks about the "locks" we can have on our lives.

Speaking from Philippians, Pastor Allan talks about the "locks" we can have on our lives.

Speaking from Philippians, Pastor Allan talks about the "locks" we can have on our lives.

Rick and Dan talk with the South Metro director of FCA Mike Roby.Support the show: https://faithtalk590.com/ministryaudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Mathura speaks from Matthew chapter 22, preaching on the parable of the wedding banquet and its meaning for us today.

Pastor Mathura speaks from Matthew chapter 22, preaching on the parable of the wedding banquet and its meaning for us today.

Pastor Mathura speaks from Matthew chapter 22, preaching on the parable of the wedding banquet and its meaning for us today.

Pastor Mathura speaks from Matthew chapter 22, preaching on the parable of the wedding banquet and its meaning for us today.

CoFounders Podcast - South Metro Development Outlook Conference, Social Entrepreneurship and Communication Platform Muhammad Siddique Brief Description of Product or Service: We are on the mission to empower 1 Million social entrepreneurs and have enrolled 150K+ entrepreneurs in last 12+ months. We teach them how to fish for life and as a result, thousands of lives has been changed forever. Show Topics: Social Entrepreneurship Web Site/Social Media: http://meetsiddique.com http://facebook.com/siddiquem http://linkedin.com/in/meetsiddique Edward Chase Company or Product Name: i.d.e.a. Website or Social Media: linkedin.com/in/edward-chase-8b6143ba Company or Product Name: Prattle, Inc Sam Getty, CEO Brief Description of Product or Service: Prattle is an open and social communication platform that lets you be a part of quality conversations and connects you with like-minded people, based on shared interests. Show Topics: Story, product, mission, and what's next Web Site: www.LetsPrattle.com Michael Hightower South Metro Development Outlook Conference South Metro Development Outlook (SMDO) is the brainchild of Michael Hightower who is the Managing Partner at The Collaborative Firm, a land use planning, program management and real estate development company located in East Point, Georgia. SMDO serves as a platform to convene elected officials and industry professionals with a common interest in examining and discussing relevant growth-related issues in the southern crescent. It highlights the following seven South Metro counties and the southern part of Atlanta: Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Henry, Spalding and South Fulton. Each year, South Metro Development Outlook features highly acclaimed industry experts and government officials providing invaluable information on topics of interest. Show Topics: South Metro Development Outlook marks 15 years in 2017. Discussion can center around some of the highlights of South Metro accomplishments within the last 15 years, including a boom in the film industry; MARTA transit services in Clayton County (the first expansion of MARTA outside Fulton and DeKalb counties since MARTA began operating in 1971 and the Google Data Center in Douglas County. Web Site: www.southmetrooutlook.com CoFounders Podcast Conversations with Co-Founders & Start-Ups Sponsored in part by... WeWork For more info about WeWork visit: www.wework.com/locations/atlanta/buckhead To nominate or submit a guest request visit: www.CoFoundersPodcast.com To view more photos from this show visit: www.ProBusinessPictures.com (Click on the show photo album)  ‹ › × × Previous Next jQuery(function() { // Set blueimp gallery options jQuery.extend(blueimp.Gallery.prototype.options, { useBootstrapModal: false, hidePageScrollbars: false }); });

Pastor Mathura talks speaks about the woman in Matthew 10 who received "crumbs of blessing" from Jesus because of her great faith.

Pastor Mathura talks speaks about the woman in Matthew 10 who received "crumbs of blessing" from Jesus because of her great faith.

Pastor Mathura talks speaks about the woman in Matthew 10 who received "crumbs of blessing" from Jesus because of her great faith.

Pastor Mathura talks speaks about the woman in Matthew 10 who received "crumbs of blessing" from Jesus because of her great faith.

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