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*Listen to the Show notes and podcast transcript with this multi-language player. Summary: Many believers today are finding a rest in the Lord. Through worship and trust a door seems to be opening in their hearts to realize that He is God and that He is in charge of everything that concerns them. An age of His rest is opening up and those who are reaching in to walk with Him can now enter in. Show Notes: Today we enter into His rest in our worship and in our relationship with one another in the Lord. In our rest we trust Him. God has put us through everything that we have went through to bring us to this place of rest and trust. When we are exhausted and don't know where to turn, we just rest and trust in Him. We must see that He will bring about everything that concerns us in His timing and way. We must rest in that. We must come to the place of being still and knowing He is God. When your in His rest a smile is on your face. Quotes: I enter into His rest with worship. I enter into his rest with acknowledgment of who He is in my life and in your life, and thanking Him for you. And I enter into saying, God, it's all about what You want. It's where we live in His rest, and it's where we live in the relationship to one another. ...where is He going to perfect us? Not in our striving. He'll perfect us in our rest in Him. Why is rest so important? Because rest is trust. Take a deep breath and just rest in all that You are and all that You're doing in and through us individually

Summary: Many believers do not want to study Revelation because they say the things written are too frightening, too depressing…. What? Today's passage, brings great joy in that we see the great promise…… nobody can snatch us out of His hand, as we look at the 144,000 sealed of Israel, and the who knows how many millions upon millions (maybe even billions) who will be saved in the Tribulation Period.

Summary Many parents are concerned about their mid to late-20s children who lack drive and initiative and are struggling to find their way in terms of career and life. Underemployment is a significant issue, with over half of college graduates working in fields unrelated to their degrees. This not only affects their earnings potential but also their sense of competence and autonomy. Early intervention is crucial to prevent long-term underemployment and the associated negative impact on self-esteem and hope. It is important for individuals to make informed choices based on their own interests and passions rather than succumbing to external pressure. The problem of underemployment is growing and requires proactive solutions. Takeaways Many individuals in their mid to late 20s struggle to find their way in terms of career and life, leading to concerns from parents. Underemployment is a significant issue, with over half of college graduates working in fields unrelated to their degrees. Underemployment not only affects earnings potential but also has a negative impact on self-esteem and hope for the future. Early intervention and guidance are crucial to prevent long-term underemployment and help individuals find clarity and purpose.

Summary Many men struggle with finding their true purpose and living up to their full potential due to past trauma, limiting beliefs, and unhealthy conditioning. Jared Ganem hit rock bottom after his dream of becoming a pro wrestler was crushed, sending him into a downward spiral of unhealthy relationships, and deep debt. Jared shares his incredible comeback story and the personal development work he did to rewire his mindset, heal from past trauma, and regain his sense of purpose. He mapped out the 7 levels of self-mastery to help men unleash their true potential. If you want to stop just going through the motions and finally create the life of purpose you desire, don't miss Jared's wisdom on this episode. Takeaways Personal growth is the rate at which you can accept something different about yourself. Purpose should come from within and be tied to your values, not external factors. Changing your identity and rewiring conditioning and beliefs are crucial for personal transformation. Men's issues are not exclusive to men; everyone faces challenges and can benefit from self-mastery. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction and Background 03:10 - Hitting Rock Bottom 06:04 - Discovering True Purpose 08:47 - Losing Identity and Purpose 10:14 - Clawing Out of Rock Bottom 14:04 - The Power of Changing Identity 18:21 - Rewiring Conditioning and Beliefs 20:42 - The Seven Levels of Self-Mastery 25:22 - Men's Issues and Toxic Masculinity 34:25 - Conclusion and How to Connect ---- GUEST WEBSITE: https://selfmasteryformen.com/self-mastery-for-men-group/  ---- MORE FROM THE FIT MESS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to The Fit Mess on Youtube Join our community in the Fit Mess Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Use Vibrant Blue Oils to improve the flow of energy through your body.  Start your own podcast!    

SUMMARY Many struggle with prayer due to confusion, perceived lack of necessity, and skepticism about its efficacy. Yet, the Scriptures show that prayer is a teachable and learnable practice, demonstrated by Jesus’ instructions to his disciples on prayer. Understanding prayer is crucial because it reflects one’s view of God. People may approach God as a […]

Summary:Many first-time authors wonder about trademarking their book title. Actually, it's not allowed, but there are some creative ways you might still be able to trademark the title of your book. In episode #132 of The Author's Corner, Robin is joined by Joey Vitale, an attorney and business growth consultant. He shares his insightful loopholes so that authors and business owners can protect their intellectual property. Joey pulls back the curtain on all things trademark, and how authors can use them to their advantage.Key takeaways:How do you call dibs on the title of your book so that no one else can use it? Copyrights vs. trademarksLoopholes to protect your intellectual propertyThe three main trademark mistakes business owners/authors makeWhy waiting to file is not a strategyAnd more!Resources mentioned in this episode:Chicken Soup for the SoulMike Michalowicz's Profit FirstFree government database to check for trademarksRobert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor DadAlexandra Watkins' Hello My Name is AwesomeJoey's free legal bundleAbout Joey Vitale:Joey Vitale is an internationally renowned speaker, award-winning attorney, and business growth consultant. He has spoken to tens of thousands of people across the world. Joey has worked with influential brands like Cultivate Advisors, Honeybook, Maximum Lawyer, and The Futur.Spread the word:LinkedInTwitterInstagramFacebook

Summary:Many first-time authors wonder about trademarking their book title. Actually, it's not allowed, but there are some creative ways you might still be able to trademark the title of your book. In episode #132 of The Author's Corner, Robin is joined by Joey Vitale, an attorney and business growth consultant. He shares his insightful loopholes so that authors and business owners can protect their intellectual property. Joey pulls back the curtain on all things trademark, and how authors can use them to their advantage.Key takeaways:How do you call dibs on the title of your book so that no one else can use it? Copyrights vs. trademarksLoopholes to protect your intellectual propertyThe three main trademark mistakes business owners/authors makeWhy waiting to file is not a strategyAnd more!Resources mentioned in this episode:Chicken Soup for the SoulMike Michalowicz's Profit FirstFree government database to check for trademarksRobert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor DadAlexandra Watkins' Hello My Name is AwesomeJoey's free legal bundleAbout Joey Vitale:Joey Vitale is an internationally renowned speaker, award-winning attorney, and business growth consultant. He has spoken to tens of thousands of people across the world. Joey has worked with influential brands like Cultivate Advisors, Honeybook, Maximum Lawyer, and The Futur.Spread the word:LinkedInTwitterInstagramFacebook

Summary:Many people find email marketing a little…well, tedious. A full inbox can be overwhelming, so how do you avoid spamming your community's inbox, while also ensuring they receive all the value you have to offer?Email marketing is one of the most overlooked channels to connect with an audience. And yet, if you're an author, that connection can be priceless. In episode #129 of The Author's Corner, Robin is joined by Matt Treacey, an expert email marketing consultant. Matt shares why email has been so overlooked, and how it can be a gold mine for authors and business owners alike. Matt also explains how his unique approach using ecology can help demystify the world of email marketing to help you take advantage of all it has to offer. Key takeaways:Why email marketing is so overlooked, and yet has so much potentialSimilarities between email marketing and ecology The most common mistakes people make with email marketingThe three best ways to measure engagementWhat email marketing and the hero's journey have in commonWhy tactics change, but the principles don'tAnd more!Resources mentioned in this episode:Matt's book, Natural Orders: Email Marketing Automation Strategy for Small Online BusinessesEugene Schwartz's Breakthrough AdvertisingRobert Collier's quote, “Always enter the conversation already taking place in the customer's mind.”Robert Anton Wilson's concept of reality tunnelsKurt Vonnegut on the shapes of storiesAndrew Chen's Law of Shitty ClickthroughsAbout Matt Treacey:Matt Treacey is the go-to email marketing consultant for some of the world's top business authors. With praise from industry leaders such as Nir Eyal, Perry Marshall, and Michael Bungay Stanier, Matt combines a track record in email marketing with an academic background in ecological science. Taken together, Matt knows what it takes to build systems designed for growth. In his best-selling book Natural Orders: Email Marketing Automation Strategy for Small Online Businesses, he describes how to develop a healthy, engaged, and profitable email marketing database, mimicking the timeless growth strategies used by the most successful systems of the natural world. Engaging, thought-provoking, and philosophical, Matt's writing and speaking inspires his audiences to think differently, and to consider the multi-disciplinary approaches that will help them take their businesses to the next level.Spread the word:LinkedInTwitter

Summary:Many people find email marketing a little…well, tedious. A full inbox can be overwhelming, so how do you avoid spamming your community's inbox, while also ensuring they receive all the value you have to offer?Email marketing is one of the most overlooked channels to connect with an audience. And yet, if you're an author, that connection can be priceless. In episode #129 of The Author's Corner, Robin is joined by Matt Treacey, an expert email marketing consultant. Matt shares why email has been so overlooked, and how it can be a gold mine for authors and business owners alike. Matt also explains how his unique approach using ecology can help demystify the world of email marketing to help you take advantage of all it has to offer. Key takeaways:Why email marketing is so overlooked, and yet has so much potentialSimilarities between email marketing and ecology The most common mistakes people make with email marketingThe three best ways to measure engagementWhat email marketing and the hero's journey have in commonWhy tactics change, but the principles don'tAnd more!Resources mentioned in this episode:Matt's book, Natural Orders: Email Marketing Automation Strategy for Small Online BusinessesEugene Schwartz's Breakthrough AdvertisingRobert Collier's quote, “Always enter the conversation already taking place in the customer's mind.”Robert Anton Wilson's concept of reality tunnelsKurt Vonnegut on the shapes of storiesAndrew Chen's Law of Shitty ClickthroughsAbout Matt Treacey:Matt Treacey is the go-to email marketing consultant for some of the world's top business authors. With praise from industry leaders such as Nir Eyal, Perry Marshall, and Michael Bungay Stanier, Matt combines a track record in email marketing with an academic background in ecological science. Taken together, Matt knows what it takes to build systems designed for growth. In his best-selling book Natural Orders: Email Marketing Automation Strategy for Small Online Businesses, he describes how to develop a healthy, engaged, and profitable email marketing database, mimicking the timeless growth strategies used by the most successful systems of the natural world. Engaging, thought-provoking, and philosophical, Matt's writing and speaking inspires his audiences to think differently, and to consider the multi-disciplinary approaches that will help them take their businesses to the next level.Spread the word:LinkedInTwitterInstagramFacebook

On this week's podcast, sponsored by APhA, Certified Insurance Counselor, Insurance Agent, and Medicare Specialist, Josh Workman, joins the show to cover Medicare 101 and considerations for selecting your Medicare coverage plan. Summary Many people (including pharmacists!) aren't fully informed about Medicare, the options they need to consider, and the pros and cons of each option. That's why, in this week's episode of the podcast, we brought on Certified Insurance Counselor, Insurance Agent, and Medicare Specialist, Josh Workman to give us a Medicare 101! Tuning in, you'll hear about Josh's role in the world of helping seniors navigate Medicare benefits, options for coverage, and the five main differences between Medicare Advantage and Supplement plans. Finally, he shares some words of wisdom for pharmacists struggling to answer Medicare questions for themselves, family members, and even clients. About Today's Guest Located in the Akron Ohio area Josh Workman has been an insurance agent since 2010 with Medicare planning being his main area of focus. He started his career with Nationwide, but then moved to an Independent agency in 2014. Aside from helping individuals who are new to Medicare, he also works with professionals such as care facility coordinators, doctors and pharmacists as they assist their patients with Medicare plan decisions. Medicare can be extremely confusing so instead of the salesman angle, Josh takes an educational approach when helping his clients with Medicare Supplements, Part D Plans and Medicare Advantage Plans. One of his favorite parts of the job is teaching Medicare 101 classes to people who are new to Medicare. Mentioned on the Show Joshua Workman on LinkedIn Joshua Workman Email Address McMichael Insurance Use Coupon Code YFP to Get 25% off at APhA Membership  YFP Planning: Fee-Only Financial Planning for Pharmacists Tim Ulbrich on LinkedIn YFP Disclaimer Subscribe to the YFP Newsletter  

Summary Many pharmacists are detail-oriented, methodical, and risk-averse, so moving quickly isn't generally one of our strong suits. However, being able to think fast and act fast (though not recklessly) are essential in today's real estate market. So, in this episode, we share three strategies that will help you build confidence in your decision-making so that when a good deal comes around, you are ready to take the plunge! Tune in today to hear about the importance of being very clear on the math, understanding the rules of thumb that can help guide your process, and setting your criteria in stone (while still being open to flexibility and creativity). Links Mentioned in Today's Episode Zillow MLS Your Financial Pharmacist REI YFP Real Estate Investing Facebook Group  

Summary: Many weary Christians are disheartened as they try to battle for truth in our culture. The thought crosses our minds, “Why battle for truth in a world that hates you? After all, Jesus was clear to his disciples, If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.Why bother trying to shape our culture's thinking about gender by speaking up to combat Satan's lies with the biblical worldview? Since the world hates us, why would they listen? Why don't we just withdraw into our own Christian cocoon, and await Christ's return? This episode addresses these questions.For Further Prayerful Thought: How would you explain the paradox that John commands us NOT to love the world, but in another sense, Christ-followers are to follow Jesus example who did love the world so much that he came into this world to fix everything broken by sin?What do you think are the 3 best reasons why Christians should not withdraw from the battle to shape culture?Why is it important to not think of non-Christians, secular schools or the social media as “the enemy?” For the printed version of this message click here.For a summary of topics addressed by podcast series, click here.For FREE downloadable studies on men's issues click here: To make an online contribution to enable others to hear about the podcast: (Click link and scroll down to bottom left)

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Meta-level adversarial evaluation of oversight techniques might allow robust measurement of their adequacy, published by Buck Shlegeris on July 26, 2023 on The AI Alignment Forum. Summary: Many proposed AGI alignment procedures involve taking a pretrained model and training it using rewards from an oversight process to get a policy. These procedures might fail when the oversight procedure is locally inadequate: that is, if the model is able to trick the oversight process into giving good rewards for bad actions. In this post, we propose evaluating the local adequacy of oversight by constructing adversarial policies for oversight processes. Specifically, we propose constructing behaviors that a particular oversight process evaluates favorably but that we know to be bad via other means, such as additional held-out information or more expensive oversight processes. We think that this form of adversarial evaluation is a crucial part of ensuring that oversight processes are robust enough to oversee dangerously powerful models. Introduction A core element of many scenarios where AI ends up disempowering humanity (e.g. "Without specific countermeasures") are oversight failures: that is, failures resulting from working with a really powerful model without being able to tell if its actions are resulting in good or bad outcomes. For example, suppose we're using a model to help us write code for the datacenter on which we run our powerful models. This model may be able to insert subtle security vulnerabilities that we are unable to detect. This inability to distinguish whether actions have good outcomes might cause our model to be misaligned when we train on our erroneous rewards, and it might also bottleneck various techniques for preventing models from taking bad actions. Before we put a model to use in a specific situation, we really want to be sure that the oversight process we're using to train it can tell whether a model is taking actions that are bad on average. We will call an oversight process "locally adequate" for a specific model and deployment setting if, for actions taken by that model in that setting, the process is able to identify when an action would have harmful consequences (in cases where the model knows). In this piece, we'll describe a way to determine whether an oversight process is locally adequate. We'll do this by training the model to perform actions that both: could be very bad if they were done in production don't look bad to the oversight process. This is an example of what we'll call "meta-level adversarial evaluation": rather than finding inputs that make a model fail, we're finding models that make an oversight process fail. Previous discussions of adversarial evaluation in AI alignment have mostly been about object-level adversarial evaluation (though the Superalignment blog post mentioned meta-level adversarial evaluations). For instance, continuing with the example of the model writing code that might have subtle security vulnerability, we could train a variant of our model to insert security flaws into the software it's writing that lead to a particular visible outcome (e.g. deleting a file on a server that the model wasn't supposed to have access to), without the oversight process realizing that the software is flawed. In other cases, we can evaluate the local adequacy of oversight in a specific situation by switching to another equally challenging situation where we have access to some held-out information which we can use to evaluate whether a model's output was in fact bad even though the oversight process judged it as good. We argue that it is likely that when working with dangerously powerful models, we'll be able to run these evaluations to get a confident sense of whether oversight processes are locally adequate for a particular mod...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Meta-level adversarial evaluation of oversight techniques might allow robust measurement of their adequacy, published by Buck on July 26, 2023 on LessWrong. Summary: Many proposed AGI alignment procedures involve taking a pretrained model and training it using rewards from an oversight process to get a policy. These procedures might fail when the oversight procedure is locally inadequate: that is, if the model is able to trick the oversight process into giving good rewards for bad actions. In this post, we propose evaluating the local adequacy of oversight by constructing adversarial policies for oversight processes. Specifically, we propose constructing behaviors that a particular oversight process evaluates favorably but that we know to be bad via other means, such as additional held-out information or more expensive oversight processes. We think that this form of adversarial evaluation is a crucial part of ensuring that oversight processes are robust enough to oversee dangerously powerful models. Introduction A core element of many scenarios where AI ends up disempowering humanity (e.g. "Without specific countermeasures") are oversight failures: that is, failures resulting from working with a really powerful model without being able to tell if its actions are resulting in good or bad outcomes. For example, suppose we're using a model to help us write code for the datacenter on which we run our powerful models. This model may be able to insert subtle security vulnerabilities that we are unable to detect. This inability to distinguish whether actions have good outcomes might cause our model to be misaligned when we train on our erroneous rewards, and it might also bottleneck various techniques for preventing models from taking bad actions. Before we put a model to use in a specific situation, we really want to be sure that the oversight process we're using to train it can tell whether a model is taking actions that are bad on average. We will call an oversight process "locally adequate" for a specific model and deployment setting if, for actions taken by that model in that setting, the process is able to identify when an action would have harmful consequences (in cases where the model knows). In this piece, we'll describe a way to determine whether an oversight process is locally adequate. We'll do this by training the model to perform actions that both: could be very bad if they were done in production don't look bad to the oversight process. This is an example of what we'll call "meta-level adversarial evaluation": rather than finding inputs that make a model fail, we're finding models that make an oversight process fail. Previous discussions of adversarial evaluation in AI alignment have mostly been about object-level adversarial evaluation (though the Superalignment blog post mentioned meta-level adversarial evaluations). For instance, continuing with the example of the model writing code that might have subtle security vulnerability, we could train a variant of our model to insert security flaws into the software it's writing that lead to a particular visible outcome (e.g. deleting a file on a server that the model wasn't supposed to have access to), without the oversight process realizing that the software is flawed. In other cases, we can evaluate the local adequacy of oversight in a specific situation by switching to another equally challenging situation where we have access to some held-out information which we can use to evaluate whether a model's output was in fact bad even though the oversight process judged it as good. We argue that it is likely that when working with dangerously powerful models, we'll be able to run these evaluations to get a confident sense of whether oversight processes are locally adequate for a particular model and deployment envir...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Meta-level adversarial evaluation of oversight techniques might allow robust measurement of their adequacy, published by Buck on July 26, 2023 on LessWrong. Summary: Many proposed AGI alignment procedures involve taking a pretrained model and training it using rewards from an oversight process to get a policy. These procedures might fail when the oversight procedure is locally inadequate: that is, if the model is able to trick the oversight process into giving good rewards for bad actions. In this post, we propose evaluating the local adequacy of oversight by constructing adversarial policies for oversight processes. Specifically, we propose constructing behaviors that a particular oversight process evaluates favorably but that we know to be bad via other means, such as additional held-out information or more expensive oversight processes. We think that this form of adversarial evaluation is a crucial part of ensuring that oversight processes are robust enough to oversee dangerously powerful models. Introduction A core element of many scenarios where AI ends up disempowering humanity (e.g. "Without specific countermeasures") are oversight failures: that is, failures resulting from working with a really powerful model without being able to tell if its actions are resulting in good or bad outcomes. For example, suppose we're using a model to help us write code for the datacenter on which we run our powerful models. This model may be able to insert subtle security vulnerabilities that we are unable to detect. This inability to distinguish whether actions have good outcomes might cause our model to be misaligned when we train on our erroneous rewards, and it might also bottleneck various techniques for preventing models from taking bad actions. Before we put a model to use in a specific situation, we really want to be sure that the oversight process we're using to train it can tell whether a model is taking actions that are bad on average. We will call an oversight process "locally adequate" for a specific model and deployment setting if, for actions taken by that model in that setting, the process is able to identify when an action would have harmful consequences (in cases where the model knows). In this piece, we'll describe a way to determine whether an oversight process is locally adequate. We'll do this by training the model to perform actions that both: could be very bad if they were done in production don't look bad to the oversight process. This is an example of what we'll call "meta-level adversarial evaluation": rather than finding inputs that make a model fail, we're finding models that make an oversight process fail. Previous discussions of adversarial evaluation in AI alignment have mostly been about object-level adversarial evaluation (though the Superalignment blog post mentioned meta-level adversarial evaluations). For instance, continuing with the example of the model writing code that might have subtle security vulnerability, we could train a variant of our model to insert security flaws into the software it's writing that lead to a particular visible outcome (e.g. deleting a file on a server that the model wasn't supposed to have access to), without the oversight process realizing that the software is flawed. In other cases, we can evaluate the local adequacy of oversight in a specific situation by switching to another equally challenging situation where we have access to some held-out information which we can use to evaluate whether a model's output was in fact bad even though the oversight process judged it as good. We argue that it is likely that when working with dangerously powerful models, we'll be able to run these evaluations to get a confident sense of whether oversight processes are locally adequate for a particular model and deployment envir...

Summary Many people want to be more assertive at work. This week we explore assertiveness as a type of conversation.   Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 191 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we share practical tips to improve your leadership. This week we explore how to be more assertive at work. Many people want to be more assertive at work - you might be one of them. Perhaps you feel your perspectives are overlooked, or you struggle to get your opinions across to people, or you're frustrated that others just steamroll through and always get their way. To address these challenges, we really need to break some misconceptions about assertiveness. Assertiveness is not something you're born with. It's not a personality type or preference. Rather, assertiveness is a set of skills any of us can develop and improve. A helpful way to think about assertiveness is to picture a line. At one end of the line is passive. If I'm being passive it's 100% about them, the other person and their needs, wants and interests, and 0% about me, my needs, wants and interests. It's okay to be passive sometimes, particularly on issues that really matter to the other person but don't matter to you. If it's genuinely not important to you, it's perfectly fine and even a great idea to let the other person get what they want. However, if we're passive about things that matter to us, then that can be a problem. At the other end of the line is aggressive. Here it's 0% about the other person, and 100% about my needs, wants and interests. Again, sometimes it's perfectly appropriate to put your needs and wants first. There are issues where it's important to hold your ground. But if you're aggressive about every issue, even ones you don't care about, that's likely to limit your effectiveness and relationships. So assertiveness isn't being passive, and it's also not about being aggressive. Assertiveness also isn't the midpoint on the line - it's not 50% about them and 50% about you - that's compromise not assertiveness. Instead, assertiveness is a type of conversation - one where my needs, wants and interests are 100% on the table, but so are the other person's needs, wants and interests. The best way to measure your assertiveness isn't by seeing whether you got your way or not - that's really more a measure of aggressiveness. Instead, you can measure your assertiveness by whether the other person understands your perspective and why it's important to you, and also whether you understand their perspective and why it matters to them. We may then have a shared problem to work through - you can't always get a win-win solution right away. Here are a few quick tips for more assertive conversations: Be clear about needs, not just your wants. Sometimes what people present as what they want isn't the same as what they actually need. Write down your needs, interests and wants before a meeting then make sure you share these during the meeting. Preparation really helps. Acknowledge where there is disagreement and your willingness to work with the other person towards a solution. If you found this helpful, check out our Boost Your Assertiveness course.   Leadership Today On-Demand Special Offer We have a great deal for podcast listeners on our Leadership Today On-Demand subscription. Just go to www.learn.leadership.today and checkout using the promo code PODCAST for 25% off an annual subscription. Leadership Today On-Demand is a video subscription service that allows you to work on your leadership in your own time and at your own pace. It is available online and through our Apple iOS and Android apps for phones and tablets. Our mission is to help you to become an even better leader. Your subscription brings together all of our video content in one place including: - Our annual conference including a range of leadership experts - valued at $450 - Five online courses with workbooks - valued at $250 each - Five five day challenges with workbooks - valued at $150 each - Nineteen recorded webinars - valued at $100 each - A searchable library of 140+ "how to" quick videos on a range of leadership challenges - valued at $350 That's over $4,500 of content for less than the price of a single online course. And there are more videos added each week.   Get Connected Find out ways to get connected here: https://leadership.today/connect

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Mode collapse in RL may be fueled by the update equation, published by TurnTrout on June 19, 2023 on LessWrong. TL;DR: We present an advantage variant which, in certain settings, does not train an optimal policy, but instead uses a fixed reward to update a policy a fixed amount from initialization. Non-tabular empirical results seem mixed: The policy doesn't mode-collapse, but has unclear convergence properties. Summary: Many policy gradient methods allow a network to extract arbitrarily many policy updates from a single kind of reinforcement event (e.g. for outputting tokens related to weddings). Alex proposes a slight modification to the advantage equation, called "action-conditioned TD error" (ACTDE). ACTDE ensures that the network doesn't converge to an "optimal" policy (these almost always put infinite logits on a single action). Instead, ACTDE updates the network by a fixed number of logits. For example, suppose R(pizza)=10 and R(cookies)=11. In this case, PPO converges to a policy which puts arbitrarily many logits on cookies, even though the reward difference is small. By contrast, under ACTDE, the network converges to the softmax-over-reward policy {pizza: 27%, cookies: 73%}, which seems more reasonable. Then, Michael Einhorn shares initial results which support Alex's theoretical predictions. Using a similar architecture and Q-head loss function to ILQL for a small transformer trained in a prisoner's dilemma, Michael Einhorn collected initial data on ACTDE. Unlike PPO, ACTDE-trained policies did not mode collapse onto a single action and instead learned mixed strategies. We're interested in additional experiments on ACTDE. We hope that, by using ACTDE instead of advantage, we can automatically mitigate "reward specification" issues and maybe even reduce the need for a KL penalty term. That would make it easier to shape policies which do what we want. The advantage equation implies arbitrary amounts of update on a single experience In PPO, the optimization objective is proportional to the advantage given a policy π, reward function R, and on-policy value function vπ: Alex thinks this equation is actually pretty messed up, although it looked decent at first. The problem is that this advantage can oscillate forever. To explain, let's consider a simple bandit problem—one state ("We had a") and two actions ("wedding" and "party") with rewards R(“We had a wedding”)=1 and R(“We had a party”)=.5. The failure which happens is: The policy tries out the "wedding" action, receives strong reinforcement of R=1, and increasing logits on that action because its advantage was positive. The policy learns that its value is high (vπ(s)=1). The policy eventually tries out the "party" action, receiving less reinforcement at R=.5, decreasing the logits on "party" (because its advantage was negative). The policy learns that the original state's value is low (vπ(s)=.5). The policy tries out "wedding" again, receives positive advantage relative to the low original state value. The logits go up on "wedding", and the value is once again high (vπ(s)=1). This continues to happen, which means that "wedding" gets arbitrarily high logits. This flaw is easiest to see formally. Initialize the t=0 tabular value function vπ0 to 0, and the policy π0 to be 50/50 for “party”/“wedding”. Let γ=1, and we update the value function v using tabular TD learning (with learning rate α=1). So, for example, if the system takes the “wedding” action, its new value function vπ1(s)=1. If the system then takes the “party” action, the value snaps back to vπ2(s)=.5. The policy update rule is: If the advantage Aπ(s,a)=n, then action a becomes n bits more probable under π (i.e. we add n to π's logits on a). So, if π0(s,“ wedding”)=.5 and advantage Aπ0(s,“ wedding")=1, then π1(s,“ wedding”)=.73. Episode-by-episode: t...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Mode collapse in RL may be fueled by the update equation, published by TurnTrout on June 19, 2023 on LessWrong. TL;DR: We present an advantage variant which, in certain settings, does not train an optimal policy, but instead uses a fixed reward to update a policy a fixed amount from initialization. Non-tabular empirical results seem mixed: The policy doesn't mode-collapse, but has unclear convergence properties. Summary: Many policy gradient methods allow a network to extract arbitrarily many policy updates from a single kind of reinforcement event (e.g. for outputting tokens related to weddings). Alex proposes a slight modification to the advantage equation, called "action-conditioned TD error" (ACTDE). ACTDE ensures that the network doesn't converge to an "optimal" policy (these almost always put infinite logits on a single action). Instead, ACTDE updates the network by a fixed number of logits. For example, suppose R(pizza)=10 and R(cookies)=11. In this case, PPO converges to a policy which puts arbitrarily many logits on cookies, even though the reward difference is small. By contrast, under ACTDE, the network converges to the softmax-over-reward policy {pizza: 27%, cookies: 73%}, which seems more reasonable. Then, Michael Einhorn shares initial results which support Alex's theoretical predictions. Using a similar architecture and Q-head loss function to ILQL for a small transformer trained in a prisoner's dilemma, Michael Einhorn collected initial data on ACTDE. Unlike PPO, ACTDE-trained policies did not mode collapse onto a single action and instead learned mixed strategies. We're interested in additional experiments on ACTDE. We hope that, by using ACTDE instead of advantage, we can automatically mitigate "reward specification" issues and maybe even reduce the need for a KL penalty term. That would make it easier to shape policies which do what we want. The advantage equation implies arbitrary amounts of update on a single experience In PPO, the optimization objective is proportional to the advantage given a policy π, reward function R, and on-policy value function vπ: Alex thinks this equation is actually pretty messed up, although it looked decent at first. The problem is that this advantage can oscillate forever. To explain, let's consider a simple bandit problem—one state ("We had a") and two actions ("wedding" and "party") with rewards R(“We had a wedding”)=1 and R(“We had a party”)=.5. The failure which happens is: The policy tries out the "wedding" action, receives strong reinforcement of R=1, and increasing logits on that action because its advantage was positive. The policy learns that its value is high (vπ(s)=1). The policy eventually tries out the "party" action, receiving less reinforcement at R=.5, decreasing the logits on "party" (because its advantage was negative). The policy learns that the original state's value is low (vπ(s)=.5). The policy tries out "wedding" again, receives positive advantage relative to the low original state value. The logits go up on "wedding", and the value is once again high (vπ(s)=1). This continues to happen, which means that "wedding" gets arbitrarily high logits. This flaw is easiest to see formally. Initialize the t=0 tabular value function vπ0 to 0, and the policy π0 to be 50/50 for “party”/“wedding”. Let γ=1, and we update the value function v using tabular TD learning (with learning rate α=1). So, for example, if the system takes the “wedding” action, its new value function vπ1(s)=1. If the system then takes the “party” action, the value snaps back to vπ2(s)=.5. The policy update rule is: If the advantage Aπ(s,a)=n, then action a becomes n bits more probable under π (i.e. we add n to π's logits on a). So, if π0(s,“ wedding”)=.5 and advantage Aπ0(s,“ wedding")=1, then π1(s,“ wedding”)=.73. Episode-by-episode: t...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Mode collapse in RL may be fueled by the update equation, published by Alex Turner on June 19, 2023 on The AI Alignment Forum. TL;DR: We present an advantage variant which, in certain settings, does not train an optimal policy, but instead uses a fixed reward to update a policy a fixed amount from initialization. Non-tabular empirical results seem mixed: The policy doesn't mode-collapse, but has unclear convergence properties. Summary: Many policy gradient methods allow a network to extract arbitrarily many policy updates from a single kind of reinforcement event (e.g. for outputting tokens related to weddings). Alex proposes a slight modification to the advantage equation, called "action-conditioned TD error" (ACTDE). ACTDE ensures that the network doesn't converge to an "optimal" policy (these almost always put infinite logits on a single action). Instead, ACTDE updates the network by a fixed number of logits. For example, suppose R(pizza)=10 and R(cookies)=11. In this case, PPO converges to a policy which puts arbitrarily many logits on cookies, even though the reward difference is small. By contrast, under ACTDE, the network converges to the softmax-over-reward policy {pizza: 27%, cookies: 73%}, which seems more reasonable. Then, Michael Einhorn shares initial results which support Alex's theoretical predictions. Using a similar architecture and Q-head loss function to ILQL for a small transformer trained in a prisoner's dilemma, Michael Einhorn collected initial data on ACTDE. Unlike PPO, ACTDE-trained policies did not mode collapse onto a single action and instead learned mixed strategies. We're interested in additional experiments on ACTDE. We hope that, by using ACTDE instead of advantage, we can automatically mitigate "reward specification" issues and maybe even reduce the need for a KL penalty term. That would make it easier to shape policies which do what we want. The advantage equation implies arbitrary amounts of update on a single experience In PPO, the optimization objective is proportional to the advantage given a policy π, reward function R, and on-policy value function vπ: Alex thinks this equation is actually pretty messed up, although it looked decent at first. The problem is that this advantage can oscillate forever. To explain, let's consider a simple bandit problem—one state ("We had a") and two actions ("wedding" and "party") with rewards R(“We had a wedding”)=1 and R(“We had a party”)=.5. The failure which happens is: The policy tries out the "wedding" action, receives strong reinforcement of R=1, and increasing logits on that action because its advantage was positive. The policy learns that its value is high (vπ(s)=1). The policy eventually tries out the "party" action, receiving less reinforcement at R=.5, decreasing the logits on "party" (because its advantage was negative). The policy learns that the original state's value is low (vπ(s)=.5). The policy tries out "wedding" again, receives positive advantage relative to the low original state value. The logits go up on "wedding", and the value is once again high (vπ(s)=1). This continues to happen, which means that "wedding" gets arbitrarily high logits. This flaw is easiest to see formally. Initialize the t=0 tabular value function vπ0 to 0, and the policy π0 to be 50/50 for “party”/“wedding”. Let γ=1, and we update the value function v using tabular TD learning (with learning rate α=1). So, for example, if the system takes the “wedding” action, its new value function vπ1(s)=1. If the system then takes the “party” action, the value snaps back to vπ2(s)=.5. The policy update rule is: If the advantage Aπ(s,a)=n, then action a becomes n bits more probable under π (i.e. we add n to π's logits on a). So, if π0(s,“ wedding”)=.5 and advantage Aπ0(s,“ wedding")=1, then π1(s,“ wedding”)=2/3. Episod...

Summary Many people are uncomfortable receiving feedback from others, even when the feedback is positive. We explore how to accept feedback with grace.   Transcript Welcome to episode 187 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we share practical tips to improve your leadership. This week we explore how to accept feedback with grace. How would you feel if I said “I have some feedback for you”? When I ask this question in leadership development programs, most people indicate that they would feel nervous, a sense of dread, that they would want to leave, or that they're expecting bad news. It turns out that most of us assume feedback will be negative. When we receive negative feedback we might feel defensive, want to argue back, or even provide our own negative feedback without fully thinking through the implications. But many people even struggle receiving positive feedback. They might try to play it down, perhaps making a joke, or suggesting that the person providing the positive feedback is wrong. So how can we make the most of the feedback we receive, taking it on with a bit more grace? Here are six tips: Always say “thank you”. If it's positive feedback, try not to dismiss the feedback. If it's negative feedback, don't get defensive but just share genuine thanks that the person has had the courage to speak with you. Don't respond right away. If it's positive feedback, come back to the person later to let them know what you appreciated about their feedback. If it's negative feedback, come back to the person later with what you've taken out of their feedback. You're likely to respond better with some additional time to think and reflect. Look for the truth in the feedback. If you have received positive feedback, assume that it's true. For example, if someone says you seemed really confident when you were presenting to the team, even if you didn't feel confident, the truth is that you appeared confident. If someone provides negative feedback, look for the kernel of truth. You may not agree with or accept all of the feedback, but there's likely to be an element of truth in there somewhere. Separate intent and impact. You can set out with the best of intentions, but feedback is focused more on your impact than your intent. Focus on the impact you're having and be clearer in sharing your intent. Provide further context if required. If you have received negative feedback, it can be helpful to provide further context. It's important here not to be defensive or dismissive, but additional context can help others to understand why you did what you did. Let them know what you will do as a result. Whether it's positive or negative feedback, let the person know what you're planning to do based on the feedback they've provided. If it's positive feedback it might be that you'll try to keep doing this in the future. If it's negative feedback, you might let them know what you will try to do differently. Always remember that feedback is a gift. We may not always like the way the gift is wrapped, but there's always value in feedback. Give these approaches a try and let me know what you think.

Summary: Many treat God's word as a document that has loopholes that can be manipulated, even though most won't speak in those exact terms. But the Bible allows for no such thing. Part of a meeting series. Speaker: Jerome Jackson Passage: Matthew 22:24 Legal notice: Speakers here typically quote from the NASB, ESV or NKJV almost exclusively, and the respective copyright notices follow. Some occasionally quote from the King James Version, which is public domain (in the US). Scripture quotations taken from the NASB (New American Standard Bible) Copyright by The Lockman Foundation Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

SUMMARY:Many of us pivot at some point during our careers. That was especially true during the early days of the pandemic.For years, Dr. Cindy Tsai studied in the world of medicine, learning so she could help patients recover and feel better. However, when Dr. Tsai got sick herself, she discovered there were better approaches to help patients, rather than with just prescriptions. As she says, "a quick fix isn't always a fix." Carry talks with Dr. Tsai about the three pillars of success Dr. Tsai discovered on her journey to reinvent herself and her purpose.POINTS:We all like our comfort zone because it's comfortable. It can take courage to quit your job and pivot your career. Find out the signs to know of when you should take the jump into something new.Calm, confidence, and curiosity: these are the three pillars of Dr. Tsai's "Inspiring Success Method." Hear how they can help you.When things aren't working for us, we often focus on the problem. Listen to why that just perpetuates the negativity and the doubts you might have in your business.Self-care and success go hand-in-hand. As Dr. Tsai explains, only when you are well can you do your most important work in life and share your gifts.Money will flow if you put in the time and attention. Carry and Dr. Tsai breakdown why people don't get positive results when they're working frantically.LINK:Find Dr. Cindy Tsai's book, So Much Better: Life Changing Strategies, here: https://amzn.to/3rkXyag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary:Many voices gather to speak and create the new year aheadThe Feast of Trumpets begins a new year, a calling of people to gatherand announcing the arrival of the King.Those who have been prepared, speak and frame the next year.Show Notes:• Numbers 10 gives us 7 functions for “blowing the trumpets”• 1 Corinthians 14:7, 8 talk about a distinct sound in variousinstruments. The bugle if indistinct, how will one prepare forbattle?• The trumpet relates to prophetic utterance.References:Exodus 19:16Leviticus 26:2Romans 12:1Psalms 118:22-24Joshua 1:3-5, 8Ezekiel 34:11-13Joel 2:11 Peter 2:9Joel 2:11, 12Joshua 5:13, 14Malachi 3:3, 2Acts 2:17 and Joel 2:28Psalms 91:1-6Matthew 24:31 and Mark 13:27Jeremiah 31:34 and Hebrews 8:111 Thessalonians 5:5, 8-9Joshua 6:52 Peter 3:9Psalms 98:1-3Isaiah 61:10, 11Take Away:Matthew 9:29 “Be it done according to your faith.” Take thisopportunity to speak and create the new year ahead for you and yourfamily.

Summary: Many people go into one career but feel unfulfilled, and go on to find their calling in a different profession. This was the case for Pranay Parikh, who was once strictly involved in the medical field and decided to expand his career to real estate. He addresses how this dual career allows you to shape your medical profession in the way that you want—making passive money through real estate to avoid overworking yourself. Pranay has an equity group devoted to helping physicians earn passive income, so be sure to listen to this episode and check out his website to find out how you can get involved. Highlights: -If you're able to make money outside of medicine, you can craft your medical career into what you want. Most people think that they need to be either all in or all out, which means that a lot of doctors in the industry are overworked -The nature of practicing medicine in the US has changed dramatically over the last 30 years—it has become very de-personalized, which is a systems issue -If you make passive money in real estate, you can spend more time with your clients without being concerned about not making money for that extra time -Doing real estate passively and working with people that help you manage your investments can help you save time while being involved in the industry -Many factors are influencing this passive income and the industry. A lot of people want to buy a house but are getting priced out Useful Links: Financial Survival Network Ascent Equity Group

Summary Many times, as educators we think to ourselves “my students can't do this.” Does that statement say more about us and our state of mind than it does about our students? Seasoned mathematics educators Marta Garcia and Polly Wagner join the show to discuss how to support a discouraged teacher and how to design coaching or professional development sessions for math teachers.Who You Will HearMarta Garcia is an independent math consultant who has worked with schools, districts, and universities to "ReImagine '' Math as vibrant, inclusive, and accessible. Polly Wagner specializes in K-8 mathematics, supporting schools, administrators, and teachers to think strategically about improving the mathematics teaching and learning in their district. Timestamps [02:15] Who are Marta Garcia and Polly Wagner?[05:45] How can you infuse art with mathematics?[07:20] What if students could say “I didn't think of it that way”? [10:17] How do we support discouraged math teachers? [12:00] How do teacher beliefs limit or empower student ideas? [16:58] How to design coaching or professional development sessions for math teachers.LinksMath Coach Connection: https://www.mathcoachconnection.org/ Math Coach Connection: Twitter Connect with Marta Garcia: Twitter Connect with Polly Wagner: Twitter Follow Math Unmuted on Twitter @MathUnmuted 

Summary: Many people are leaving their corporate jobs to become entrepreneurs. This can be good move in many circumstances, but it's important to know what you're getting into. Business coach Kevin Stansfield comes on the show to talk about how you can minimize your risk when purchasing or starting a business, and there are a number of factors to keep in mind with both. You must have a clear vision of where you want the business to be in the future, and it's crucial to get advice to someone who has bought or started a business before. Tune in for more insight. Highlights: -Many people are leaving their jobs to become entrepreneurs -There is a big difference, however, between starting a business and buying one -Kevin has been coaching businesses now for about 16 years -Kevin's Dad had a difficult experience buying/owning a business -Kevin got into business coaching for business owners like his Dad who are passionate about what they do -Try to find the business that is going to be the next big thing—what Kevin calls the ‘unicorn.' A lot of luck is involved -It's also important to ensure that you can get paid forever -The biggest mistake people make is that they don't have clarity about where they want the business to be in the next 5-10 years -You must master your brand, which entails sales, advertising, marketing, and all of the factors involved -A lot of learning happens through trial and error -Get advice from someone who has bought a business before. To mitigate your risk, you can buy a franchise -When you start a business from scratch, there are no systems in place, and you have to build them from the ground-up yourself Useful Links: Financial Survival Network Kevin Stansfield LinkedIn ABC - ActionCOACH The Big Dipper Book

SUMMARY:  Many people ask me, “Why do I have anxiety?” and the truth is, there is no clear-cut answer. However, in this week's episode, I give you nine possible causes of anxiety and what you can do to manage anxiety in your daily life. Some causes are in your control, and some are not.  Either way, it is important that you are super gentle with yourself as you explore some of the reasons for anxiety in your life.  In This Episode: NINE possible causes of anxiety for you in your life What you can do to manage your anxiety How to overcome anxiety by changing small behaviors Reasons you experience anxiety may include Genetics Caffeine Distorted Thoughts Behaviors Trauma Environment Stress Management Lack of Tools Isolation (lack of community) Links To Things I Talk About: Time Management for Optimum Mental Health https://www.cbtschool.com/timemanagement ERP School: https://www.cbtschool.com/erp-school-lp Episode Sponsor: This episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit is brought to you by CBTschool.com.  CBTschool.com is a psychoeducation platform that provides courses and other online resources for people with anxiety, OCD, and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors.  Go to cbtschool.com to learn more. Spread the love! Everyone needs tools for anxiety... If you like Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast, visit YOUR ANXIETY TOOLKIT PODCAST to subscribe free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like Your Anxiety Toolkit, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (maybe even two). EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION This is Your Anxiety Toolkit - Episode 225. Welcome back, everybody. Today, we are talking about the causes of anxiety, why you are anxious and what you can do about it. This is a topic I feel like keeps coming up with my clients like, “But why? Why is this happening?” And I totally get it. Now, a lot of the times, I encourage my patients the end goal, jump straight to the end goal is we don't want to spend too much time trying to solve why we're anxious. That in and of itself can become a compulsive problematic behavior. But I wanted to just address it because I don't think I have addressed it yet in the podcast. I thought now is a good time to really just look at some of the reasons we humans are anxious. I'm an anxious person, my guess that the fact that you're listening to Your Anxiety Toolkit means you or someone you love is an anxious person. So, let's talk about why we're anxious. What are the causes of anxiety and what are some of the reasons we are anxious. Now before we do that, we want to, of course, do our “I did our hard thing” segment, and this one is for Bradley. Bradley wrote: “I was at a family event and had to see a family member I haven't seen in four years. I said a firm, no contact boundary with her since she was so toxic. And as much as I tried, I knew I could not control whether she came or not. Seeing her was very hard, but I gave myself loads of self-compassion and allowed that moment to be very difficult.” Oh, Bradley, this is so good. “I was pleasant to her, but I did not engage beyond what was necessary. I took multiple moments throughout the event to check in with myself and see what my body needed.” This is so good and this is such great modeling of how we can regulate and monitor ourselves, giving ourselves kindness as we do hard things. I love this. Thank you so much for sharing it. This is really super inspiring. I think we all need to practice this one a little better, myself included. I hope that that brings you some inspiration before we move on into the episode. Thank you again, Bradley, for submitting that. I love hearing the “I did a hard thing.” Let's talk about why you and I, and we might be anxious. 1. Genetics Reason number one is genetics. I think that if I'm with a client and they ask me, this is usually the spiel I would give them, which is, genetically, a lot of us are set up to have anxiety. What that means is somewhere in our lineage, our parent, our grandparent, someone had anxiety and it is quite a genetic trait to have. As we go through these, I'm really wanting you, just as a side note, to think about these things, but we don't want to use these as an opportunity to blame other people. We don't want to blame, of course, our parents or our grandparents. It wasn't their fault. Obviously, they probably had it passed down from somebody else as well. But as we move through some of these, I also don't want you to displace blame onto yourself, and we can talk about that as we go. But genetics is a reason that some of us are anxious. I'll give you a little bit of a piece of my personal experience here, is I often-- I mean, I know every anxiety tool in the book and there's been many times where I've visited doctors or psychiatrists and they ask me about anxiety and I'll say, “Yes, I have anxiety.” They'll say, “Well have you had therapy? Have you tried medicine?” “Yeah, I've tried all of those things and I'm highly functioning and I have a wonderful life.” But I also have to accept that some degrees of anxiety are just genetic. I'm not going to get rid of them all. In fact, I don't want to get rid of all anxiety. I want to use this as an opportunity to remind you that this is not meaning that it's a list of things you now have to go and fix. Not at all. This is about just being aware of what's going on. Hopefully, at the end, we'll talk more about this, is you can then acknowledge what might be bringing the anxiety on, but then go straight to your toolkit. The tools are the most important part here –acceptance, not judgment, willingness, compassion, being mindful. Go straight back to your tools once you've listened to this podcast because that's going to be the most important piece. 2. Caffeine The second reason you might have anxiety is because of caffeine. A lot of people report that if they have too much caffeine, they get jittery and it sets off a nervous response in the body where the brain then sends out a whole bunch of anxiety hormones and chemicals in the body. Caffeine mimics anxiety, which then means that now you have more anxiety, because when you have anxiety and you experience something like it, usually, if you go, “Oh my gosh, yeah, something must be wrong,” your body proceeds to send out more and more and more and more anxiety. Caffeine can be one, but I will also tag on additional one here, which is alcohol. A lot of my patients have reported that if they're drinking too much alcohol, they do feel that same jitteriness the next day, which then causes their brain to think something is wrong. Therefore, again, send out more anxiety, chemicals and hormones, something to think about. 3. Distorted Thoughts Now, the third is really important. I've done podcast episodes on this before, and it's distorted thoughts, catching your distorted thoughts. If you are at the supermarket and the man or woman next to you drops the cereal box all over the floor or they drop a can or a glass bottle, and it shatters everywhere, you are naturally going to have anxiety. Normal. Anyone would have anxiety. It's a big shock to the system. But if you then have distorted thoughts about that, like that means it's bad luck, I did something wrong, I've humiliated myself, they're going to be judging me – there are so many different distorted thoughts. I'm just using this as an example. Or another example would be you are interacting with someone at the bank and you have then following the distorted thought of like, “They are judging me. They think I'm stupid. I I didn't handle that well.” Maybe you have the thought bad things are going to happen and you're catastrophizing. Those thoughts will create anxiety. Now again, if you go back and listen to those episodes back a few weeks ago, you will remember me saying, we cannot control our intrusive thoughts. I want to make that really clear. There are a lot of thoughts you are having right now that you have no control over. What I'm talking about at distorted thoughts are the thoughts on how you appraise a situation. Let's say you have a thought, let's say you have harm obsessions, and you have a thought like, “What if I wanted to hurt somebody or so forth?” That you can't control. But if then you appraise it going, “I'm a terrible person for having that thought,” that's the distorted thought that you can actually work on. Those distorted thoughts can cause anxiety as well. 4. Behaviors Sometimes our behaviors can create anxiety. Avoidance is one of them. You would think that avoiding your fear makes anxiety go away. Makes sense, right? But actually, it's not true. The more you avoid things, the more you actually increase your anxiety about that thing. If you've avoided something for a very long time, let's say you avoided flying. Now, even the thought of flying is going to give you anxiety. So, behaviors can cause anxiety as well. Now, this also includes compulsive behaviors. It includes reassurance-seeking behaviors. It includes rumination in your mind, mental compulsions. Behaviors can increase the degree in how your brain responds. People pleasing, this is a big one for me. If I'm people pleasing, trying to make everybody happy, no one upset, you would think, oh, that's a good thing. You're being a kind human being. Well, yeah, except it then creates a lot of anxiety at the idea that someone doesn't like something you did or that they're upset with you about something that you did. Now, you haven't built up a tolerance to just the fact that we can't please everybody. These are ideas on how behaviors can actually cause anxiety. 5. Trauma In the mental health field today, everybody is saying everything is trauma. It's like, “You've traumatized me. I was traumatized by this.” It's important that we-- and this is for another conversation, but I'm going to slide it in here. When we talk about trauma, where I'm actually talking about life-threatening trauma. Not to say that we call it little “t” trauma. There's big “T” trauma, which are life-threatening events, war, assault, witnessing a death, and so forth. There's some examples. It doesn't include all of them, but that's what we call capital “T” trauma. There are little “t” traumas. We all have little “T” traumas and they can cause anxiety. I'll give you an example. When I was a kid, we went through, in 1992 I think it was, this devastating drought. I grew up on a farm. We really needed water and the whole environment was just desperate for water and we didn't have enough water. We had to pay to have a truck bring water just so that we could have baths. It was really scary as a very young child to be afraid of not having enough water to drink. It was scary. We could call that a little “t” trauma. Still to this day, when my kids, my son just spends forever in the shower, I start to notice I get anxious when he's in there for a long time because my brain is telling me we're going to run out of water. That's an example of why you may notice some anxiety show up. Now I can correct that and remind myself that I live in times where there's no drought or that we have excess water and so forth. And that's where I check those cognitive thoughts and errors of my thinking. But the trauma itself can cause the anxiety. Again, I want us to be really careful around the word “trauma” because I don't want us to be using “trauma” about all the things, because that actually isn't good for our brains either to keep telling ourselves we were traumatized. That actually can create anxiety in and of itself. 6. Environment You all have experienced this. Even though I don't know you and your beautiful face, this you would have experienced in the last few years – the environment of COVID creates anxiety. Seeing people with the mask at the beginning of COVID, I'm guessing you would've had a bout of anxiety. Being around loud noises can create anxiety. Being in countries or regions where there are discord, conflict, war, they can create anxiety. Being in an abusive household, the environment of abusive household can create, of course, anxiety. Having someone around you who yells a lot and screams and throws things can create anxiety. There we're going into the line again of trauma, but we want to consider environment. 7. Stress Management A big one for right now as well. If you have an incredible amount of stress on your plate, you will naturally have anxiety. If this is you, I'm going to encourage you to consider taking some of the stress off your plate, if possible. I know it's hard. Some of you have double jobs and family and chronic illnesses and medical, mental illnesses. It's hard. But anywhere you can, ask yourself, is there a way I can make this easier or simpler so that I can reduce my stress? 8. Lack of Tools Now this is a big one for me because I get really grumpy and cross. That's an Australian term for everyone who is an Australian. When you say you're cross, it means you're angry or very grumpy about something. I get really cross when people who claim to be anxiety specialists give these strategies that actually make anxiety worse. Sometimes people do have generalized anxiety, but the tools they've been given can actually make it worse. Telling people just to use oils – oils are fine. I have nothing wrong with oils. I actually, PS, love oil. But if that's your only skill and only tool that you have and your only agenda for recovery, that's not going to help. It's actually going to create more anxiety because you're going to keep getting frustrated on why it's not working. If your only tool is to, again, another gripe I have that makes me very cross – ah, so funny that I get so upset about it – is people who talk about thought-stopping, like just think about a big red stop sign. That is not a helpful tool. Sometimes it works for some people. But if you have a repetitive intrusive thought, that is not going to work. It's actually going to make your anxiety worse. Lack of tools is an important one. I'm even going to say be critical, even of me when I'm giving tools. Really stop and ask yourself, does this work for me? Because I don't know each and every one of you and all the intricacies of what's going on for you psychologically. Always stop and ask yourself, is this helpful? I like to give you as many science-based tools as I can. I try not to just decide of a strategy that I use and just use it. But I want you to be really critical of everybody. Be very wise in your selection of who you choose to get advice from. That's just a little piece to think about. Like I said, I always say this, take what you need and leave the rest if it's not helpful. 9. Isolation The last one is important. It's not last for any specific reason, but it's isolation. If you are in isolation for too long, meaning that you're alone, you don't have community, you don't have connection, your brain will naturally get anxious. Sometimes people love isolation. I myself love isolation and quiet and to be by myself. Oh, it's so good. I just love it. I just can sit and be still. It's good for some people, but too much isolation, prolonged periods of isolation often can cause anxiety, because we are community humans. Humans are built on community and tribe and needing each other. That goes back thousands, millions of years. For those who are struggling, they're like, “Everything's fine. I don't know why, I'm in my safe house.” It's like, “Well, when's the last time you saw somebody?” “Oh, it was months ago.” “Okay, well, that makes sense. You haven't had any of that.” There is some science to showing that your parasympathetic nervous system slows down when you're in connection and even physical touch with somebody. That's just something to think about as well. There you have it. Those are the nine reasons, 10 if we include alcohol. They're the reasons that you might feel anxiety in your life or in your lifetime. I hope that this brings you some insight and you had a few aha moments about maybe why your anxiety is showing up again. I promised I would say at the end, this is not to say that now you have to go and fix all of those nine things. Actually, quite the opposite. We don't fix anxiety. In fact, the more ideal option would be to practice befriending and allowing and not judging anxiety. But if this is helpful for you to maybe make some tweaks in your life, change your distorted thoughts, reduce your caffeine, manage your stress, change your environment, get some connection, get some helpful tools, that would make me so, so happy. Before we finish up, we are going to do the review of the week. This one is from Tennessee Lana. She said: “Game changer. I found this podcast four years ago and it has been monumental in my anxiety and OCD recovery. Many podcasts led to new content that I could follow and learn. I could write about this and never stop but instead I'll leave a few adjectives that I think adequately describe this podcast. Kind, insightful, intelligent, easy, interesting, practical, helpful, uplifting, and LOVING.” Oh my goodness, Tennessee Lana, do you know the word I love the most? Practical. If I can be practical in helping you, I feel like I am winning in my career. All of those adjectives make me so overjoyed, but I love these. Actually, Tennessee Lana, I'm going to steal them from you. Copy and paste them. Maybe put them on my desktop just to remind me of the goals of the podcast. Love it. I hope you found this helpful. Have a wonderful day. Please go to leave a review if you can. Those reviews allow me to reach more people from people who trust the show, which is key. If someone can see that other people are enjoying it, that means they can trust us quickly, which is the goal. And then from there, I hope that this episode was helpful and gave you some insights. All right. I will see you next week. Have a wonderful day.

Summary:Many people believe the Dia de los Muertos holiday is simply a Halloween celebration with Latin flare. It is, however, a holiday and celebration in its own right. Dia de los Muertos is a multi-day holiday when family and friends gather to pay respects and to remember family and friends who have died. Today's guest, Evelyn D'Agostino, shares her memories of this holiday.Episode Notes:Evelyn is Founder& Treasurer of Grupo Cultural Latinos En Rochester. She was born in Panama in the town of Arraiján and arrived in Western New York in 2006. Evelyn is a proud mother of two children, wife, and is often seen as a mentor to others. Her dedication to the organizations she serves has not only inspired her audience but has managed to help create an awareness of the Latin America folklore while integrating the culture and diversity of others.Contact: www.asiliveandgrieve.cominfo@asiliveandgrieve.com Facebook:  As I Live and Grieve Instagram:  @asiliveandgrieve To Reach Evelyn: Email:  info@gcler.orgWebsite:  https://gcler.org Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod 

SUMMARY:Many question should they make a career change.INTENTION:Gain insight into what you should be considering when making that shift.EXCERPT:"You won't be picking up coffee cups and water glasses anymore." - HilaniRESOURCES:Discover: WebsiteOutreach: LinkedIn CommunityConnect: Instagram

Summary Many people claim there is an epidemic of rudeness in our organisations. Is that true, or is it a case of a few bad apples ruining the bunch?   Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 119 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we bring research to life in your leadership. In this episode we find out whether there really is an epidemic of rudeness at work, or just a few bad apples ruining the bunch. Some have described rudeness and incivility in our workplaces as an epidemic. I'm sure each of use can share anecdotal stories of angry and rude people. These examples do tend to stick in our minds. But is it really an epidemic? In a study just published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers measured the level of rudeness between employees. The research included a diverse range of office, manufacturing and restaurant environments. On first look at the results, it's easy to see why people refer to an epidemic of rudeness. In fact, the researchers found 70% of people experienced rudeness at work. That's a pretty extraordinary figure. However, the same research demonstrated that rudeness was a characteristic in just 16% of relationships. So while many people observe and experience rudeness at work, it's a much smaller percentage of people contributing to this rudeness. Their research suggests that a relatively small number of people being rude has a disproportionately large impact on others. This finding makes a lot of sense. Even if you're not on the receiving end of rudeness, it still impacts you. I vividly remember a senior leader who would routinely berate and belittle others both behind their back and to their face. He was extraordinarily rude. So even though I wasn't on the receiving end, the rude behaviour had a dramatic impact on my assessment of the individual and also the organisation. There seemed to be little interest by other senior leaders in the issue or any attempt to tackle the behaviour. Ultimately people left the organisation while the rude leader remained.  Given the toxic impact of rudeness, organisations need to have a zero tolerance for rude behaviours. And when I say ‘organisations', I really mean leaders at all levels. Not only do leaders need to be role models of positive behaviours, they also need to confront negative and rude behaviours immediately. It could be that the person being rude doesn't have a sense of their impact, so swift feedback may well help them to avoid sabotaging their own career. However a great work environment isn't just one that lacks rudeness. You don't create a great workplace by just removing negative behaviours. We need to also encourage positive behaviours and interactions. We need to foster kindness, respect and inclusion. So, an epidemic of rudeness? Probably not. However, the latest research clearly demonstrates that a few bad apples can definitely spoil an organisation.   References Shannon G. Taylor, Lauren R. Locklear, Donald H. Kluemper, Xinxin Lu. Beyond targets and instigators: Examining workplace incivility in dyads and the moderating role of perceived incivility norms.. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2021; DOI: 10.1037/apl0000910

Summary:  Many who are now WFH, are facing new challenges. Apart from the transition into being able to work anywhere, office dynamics and emotions are the new issues bugging people. Interacting with your colleagues over video conferencing is not the same as interacting with them face to face. According to Stanford Professor, remote work can contribute to “feeling out of the loop, because you're missing the kinds of ad hoc conversations that tend to reassure us we're in good standing.     原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-k084-is-remote-work-making-us-paranoid?categoryId=89454   Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:      Anxiety n. (Anxious adj.) – feeling of worry, nervousness or unease  - People are facing new anxieties during work from home.  - When you see your messages and emails read but without a reply, you become anxious.      Out of the loop / Keep in the loop id. – not part of the group that knows or makes the decisions.  - I was out of the loop halfway into the project.  - Jack kept me in the loop about his wedding plans.      Lose out ph.v. – not having advantage that others have  - If our videos are not in good quality, we might lose out to other youtubers.  - We would lose out if we don't get our products into the major e-commerce sites. 

Summary: Many beauty professionals are so passionate about many things they end up with no results because they become a jack of all trades but master of none. Most successful brands/beauty professionals that you may follow started with one main service skill. After they mastered that primary skill, then they eventually expanded. However, many beauty professionals are scared that they will limit themselves when they narrow down to offering just one "thing" when they start their business. The opposite is true in that you have the chance to market your strength and become the go-to person at the top of your prospective client's mind. If you don't see any growth in your business, there are only two reasons for that: visibility and value. Make yourself and your brand known. Craft a marketing message showcasing your value to your target market. Let your marketing resonate well with your clients. One way to start the process is for you to niche down. Be the best at one thing first, be known for it, that instinctively, when people have a problem, they would think of you as the solution. "The goal with marketing is to help you stand out, not blend in, and niching is where you become that known person, that first person that comes to mind, that go-to person. That's key."  - April Meese Topics Covered: 00:14 - Two reasons why you are not experiencing growth in your business 00:55 - Why the idea of narrowing down is scary to most beauty professionals 01:19 - What do successful brands you follow are known for at the start? 02:45 - Why many beauty professionals are doing everything with no result? 03:45 - What is the goal of marketing? Key Takeaways: "Odds are if you are not experiencing the growth in your business that you would like, it's probably because of two reasons, visibility and value, meaning that you are unseen or unknown, or that you are not able to convey the value of your services." - April Meese "When you have a focused area of expertise, what I call your signature service, that it's easier to get known. That's not to say that you don't do other services, but you are marketing your strength." - April Meese "You don't want to be the jack of all trades, master of none, you've probably heard the expression, you can do anything, but it's not wise to do everything." - April Meese "If you're not able to get the traction, it's that perpetual hustle mode instead of that focused momentum." - April Meese "Remember how you talk to a 20 or 30-year-old about their problem is going to be different than how you speak to a 40 or 50-year-old with similar but different concerns." - April Meese Valuable Resource:   Join our Beauty Business Bootcamp, ‘How to Create a Vision for Your Beauty Business and Actually Achieve It’. Click here: https://april-meese.mykajabi.com/offers/2CGBFwh3/checkout   Connect with April Meese: aprilmeese.com support@aprilmeese.com LinkedIn Instagram Facebook

Summary: Many women suffer debilitating pain, uncomfortable periods, low energy, traumatic birth experiences, and postpartum depression.  Jess Gruber joins us to share how yoga can be helpful in easing the suffering that might come in to play with reproductive wellness. Jess is a certified yoga therapist, (C-IAYT) and has a Master of Science degree in Yoga Therapy. She specializes in reproductive wellness and is a lifelong learner who is always continuing her studies with leaders in the field.   Topics: [1:33] What inspired Jess to specialize in reproductive health [4:13] Jess talks about periods and making the best of your menstruation “Something I used to do and definitely still do is operate from this space of being nervous or fearful that I'm not going to have enough time; and just know that there's always time. It just doesn't have to happen today.” [8:13] Jess explains the four phases of the menstrual cycle [10:34] Managing your energy levels according to your menstrual phase [11:46] The importance of getting in touch with your body and cycles for better prenatal, birth, and postnatal experiences “When you have this deeper relationship with your body and this understanding of what the body is going through when you enter pregnancy, there's going to be a smoother transition mental health wise. And that I feel is crucial.” [13:00] Jess asks Pamela about her birth experience [14:14] Jess talks about her birth experience [17:31] Jess talks about ways to address birth trauma [18:22] Jess shares a beautiful short practice [24:39] Safety in prenatal yoga for experienced and beginner practitioners [30:47] The importance of perinatal mental healthcare [33:02] Kelsey Kraemer (MS, C-IAYT) joins the conversation to talk about hormonal shifts and postpartum mental health/trauma [34:26] Society's role in helping women through postpartum depression [35:58] How Jess and Kelsey use yoga to help women navigate mental health “A lot of times when we experienced a trauma or some form of neglect during pregnancy or birth, or even those postpartum days, you know; if we can kind of cultivate that container for ourselves, then then a lot of good healing can be done.” [37:38] Why the postpartum experience can last a lifetime [40:23] Lasting body changes and acceptance [41:14] Jess' experience with being body shamed on Instagram [44:03] Breath and pelvic health [48:05] How posture affects your pelvic health [51:16] Help for people suffering from PMDD, endometriosis, and other pain syndromes Connect with Jess: www.jessgruber.com itsjess@jessgruber.com Courses Jess Offers:  https://yogaforreproductivewellness.thinkific.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jessgruberyoga https://www.instagram.com/jessgruberyoga/ Connect with Kelsey: https://www.instagram.com/kelseykraemeryoga/ https://www.kelseykraemeryoga.com   Vaginal steaming website Jess talked about:  www.steamychick.com   Connect with Pamela: www.interoceptiveperformance.com info@interoceptiveperformance.com www.facebook.com/interoceptiveperformance www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance www.youtube.com/interoceptiveperformance   Sign up for The Yamas and Niyamas in Practice https://interoceptiveperformance.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1044526   Subscribe to the newsletter https://mailchi.mp/e4bd5f0b53c0/interoceptive-performance-landing-page   Work with Pamela or schedule a complimentary discovery call https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/CYTQ9A/services   Music:  The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.  www.renawren.com

Mental Models discussed in this podcast: Opportunity Cost Rebalancing Coffee Can Portfolio Intrinsic Value Optionality Please review and rate the podcast If you enjoyed this podcast and found it helpful, please consider leaving me a rating and review. Your feedback helps me to improve the podcast and grow the show's audience.  Follow me on Twitter and YouTube Twitter Handle: @TreyHenninger YouTube Channel: DIY Investing Support the Podcast on Patreon This is a podcast supported by listeners like you. If you'd like to support this podcast and help me to continue creating great investing content, please consider becoming a Patron at DIYInvesting.org/Patron. Show Outline The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.diyinvesting.org/Episode106 When should I sell stocks? (Question from Patron) There are a few key considerations:  Opportunity Cost What else do you own? What is your current best idea? How much of it do you own? Trimming Positions I don't like doing this. All-or-nothing for me. There is a huge difference between selling into cash versus selling to buy a new stock Perhaps you consider selling to cash at a P/E of 35, but otherwise only sell if you have a better stock to put it in. I may be fine selling a stock at a P/E of 20 (that I think is worth 25) and buying a stock at a P/E of 5 (that I think is worth a P/E of 15). My return prospects are better. What if my thesis was wrong? You should sell a stock if you've made a mistake. If you were wrong about the thesis or your thesis has broken you should sell.  This is hard to do and I struggle to do so myself, especially if the price has fallen substantially.  Other Considerations: Coffee Can Portfolio Seeking "Never Sell" stocks - only certain companies qualify Benefits from a deferred tax liability (can become quite significant over time) Preferable for individual investors. hard to implement professionally. Return Differential Don't sell a stock because a new idea is 1% better.  You want at least a 5% return differential. Future returns are 5% when the new idea is 10% OR future returns are 10% when the new idea is 15%.  Don't quibble over small differences because those differences are within your margin of error.  Question from Patron: "Should I buy great companies during their growth phase and then sell when they lose their advantages?" A few problems here. It is difficult to predict when a company will lose its advantages. Likewise, once a company is recognized to have lost its advantages, usually, the price deterioration has already occurred.  If you want to maximize profits, you likely need to sell BEFORE advantages have been lost.  Positive Optionality and Selling Above Intrinsic Value It is almost impossible to accurately calculate intrinsic value. Consequently, it is likely a mistake to sell when a company reaches your calculated intrinsic value.  Summary: Many value investors lack a clear strategy on when to sell stocks in their portfolio. This decision ought to be based on opportunity cost, potential investment mistakes, intrinsic value, and return differential between old and new companies.

SUMMARY:Many know what it's like to get in a funk and seek ways to get to the other side. In this episode, we hear a great story of someone doing just that, I love it when.INTENTION:To help administrative professionals relearn their passions and experience more fulfillment each day.EXCERPT:"It happened so quickly, yet I've been preparing all my life for what I'm doing now." - MoRESOURCES:Discover: WebsiteOutreach: LinkedIn CommunitySponsor: Spoonful of ComfortGuest: Mo Smith - I love it when, LLC

Summary: Many weary Christians are disheartened as they try to battle for truth in our culture. The thought crosses our minds, “Why battle for truth in a world that hates you? After all, Jesus was clear to his disciples, If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.Why bother trying to shape our election based on arguing for biblical principles. Since the world hates us, why would they listen? Why don’t we just withdraw into our own Christian cocoon, and await Christ’s return? Why fight for spiritual truth in a world that is heading to hell and destruction? Capitulating to this argument is tempting. But yielding to it would lead to utter FAILURE to complete the mission assigned to us by Christ. This episode explains why. For the printed version of this message click here. For a summary of topics addressed by podcast series, click here. For FREE downloadable studies on men’s issues click here:

Rav Haim of Volozhin (1749-1821), in his famous work Nefesh Ha’haim (3:3), mentions that contemplating the words "En Od Milebado" – that there is no power or force in the world besides G-d – is an effective Segula against harm. This concept already appears in the Gemara, which tells that Rav Hanina Ben Dosa was unharmed when sorcerers tried to cast a spell on him, because he said, "En Od Milebado," reaffirming his belief that only G-d controls the universe, and there is no force capable of overpowering Him. Rav Haim writes that contemplating these words and their meaning is an effective Segula to ensure that nobody exerts any sort of control or power over a person (listen to audio recording for precise citation).Accordingly, it has become common for people to keep near them cards or stickers with the words "En Od Milebado," so that whenever they find themselves in any sort of difficult situation they will be reminded of this concept and thus make use of this special Segula. People keep these in their wallets, on their refrigerators, in their cars, and other places so they will frequently be reminded of this concept.It should be noted, however, that these cards and stickers require Geniza (burial), since these three words come from a Pasuk in the Torah. Once they start to fade and one wants to replace them, they may not be thrown it in the trash; they must be placed together with other sacred texts which will be collected for burial. This is the ruling of Hacham Moshe Shayo in his Mehkereh Eretz (vol. 4, Y.D. 30).Summary: Many people have cards or stickers with the words "En Od Milebado" because contemplating these words is an effective Segula for protection against harm. One must ensure not to throw out these stickers or cards, and to rather put them in a Geniza.

Brought to you by Time to Pet. Go to timetopet.com/confessional for 50% off your first 3 months. Summary: Many of us talk about looking into new service areas, few of us start up a new area hundreds of miles away. Michelle Sabia, from Paws & Claws Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Services, talks about why she started services in Connecticut while living in Arizona, and how she's made it work. From getting connected to the local community, to remote staffing and management, Michelle encourages us to learn from others and have a support system. Topics on this episode: * What ‘Heart-Centered Pet Sitters' means * Importance of local community * Starting services in Connecticut * Remote staffing * Remote management Main take away? We all have goals and dreams, so have a support system and just DO IT. Links Check out her website (https://yourpetsitterdogwalker.com/): She's on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pawsandclawspack) too! Read the full transcripts here (https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/107-michelle-sabia) Consider supporting the show (https://www.patreon.com/psconfessional) Give us a call: 636-364-8260! Check out our pet sitter resources (https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/resources) Email (feedback@petsitterconfessional.com) us! Follow us on: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/petsitterconfessional/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/petsitterconfessional/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/psconfessional) Subscribe on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pet-sitter-confessional/id1476639735), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7JjynoTWpSpcbBsHurckHZ), Google (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5maXJlc2lkZS5mbS9wZXRzaXR0ZXJjb25mZXNzaW9uYWwvcnNz), Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=456981&refid=stpr), & TuneIn (https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/Pet-Sitter-Confessional-p1242913/)

The Arizal (Rav Yishak Luria of Safed, 1534-1572) taught that the divine Name of Havaya (spelled "Yod," "Heh," "Vav" and "Heh") represents G-d in the heavens, whereas His manifestation in our world is represented by the Name of "Adnut" ("Alef," "Dalet," "Nun" and "Yod"). The combination between these two Names signifies the "Zivug," or union, between the Shechina – G-d’s manifestation in our world – and His existence in the heavens.When Mashiah comes, the Arizal said, G-d’s Name will change from "Havaya" to the Name spelled "Yod," "Heh," Yod" and "Heh." Meaning, the first two letters will be the same as the last two letters. This is alluded to in the verse in which G-d proclaims, "Ani Rishon Ve’ani Aharon" – "I am the first, and I am the last." This could be read to mean that the "first" and "last" pairs of the letters in G-d’s Name are the same. This is also indicated in the famous verse which foresees the time when "Yiheyeh Hashem Ehad" ("G-d’s Name will be one"), alluding to "Yiheyeh," the spelling of G-d’s Name once Mashiah arrives.The combined Gematria (numerical value) of the Names "Yiheyeh" and "Adnut" is 95 (30+65). When we wish a newly married couple that their Zivug should be "Oleh Yafeh" (literally, "end up well"), this alludes to the wish that it should be "counted as ‘Yafeh’" – referring to the Gematria of "Yafeh," 95. The Zivug between a bride and groom helps bring about the ultimate Zivug, the union between "Yiheyeh" and "Adnut," and so we wish the bride and groom that their marriage should bring us to "Yafeh" – 95, the merging between these two Names which will occur with the arrival of Mashiah. This is also why we break a a glass at a wedding to commemorate the destruction of the Bet Ha’mikdash – to ask Hashem that just as this couple is joining together to build their home, He should bring the Names of "Yiheyeh" and "Adnut" together and rebuild His "home," the Bet Ha’mikdash.There is also another way we bring about the Zivug between these two Names.The Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909), in Parashat Teruma (introduction), says that most people assume that we recite three Amida prayers each day, but this is not precisely correct. The truth is that we recite five Amida prayers each day – the three Amida prayers of Shaharit, Minha and Arbit, and the Hazan’s repetition of the Amida at Shaharit and Minha. People often mistakenly think that the Hazan’s repetition does not really involve them, and so they do not need to pay attention. But this is not true at all. In fact, the Ben Ish Hai explains, the Hazan’s repetition in a sense is even greater than the private Amida. The private Amida is potentially vulnerable to the Kelipot (harmful spiritual forces), which is why we recite it silently. The Hazan’s repetition, however, is protected from the Kelipot, which is why it can be recited aloud. And so we recite not three Amida prayers each day, but five – because the Hazan’s repetition at Shaharit and Minha is no less important, and in one sense, is even more important.The Ben Ish Hai writes that this concept is alluded to in the famous verse, "Ibdu Et Hashem Be’simha" – "Serve G-d with joy." The word "Be’simha" may be read as "Ba’hamisha" ("with five"). Our Sages describe prayer as "Aboda She’ba’leb" – "service of the heart," and thus "Ibdu" refers to prayer. This verse indicates that we pray to G-d with five prayers each day, alluding to the five daily Amida prayers, as discussed.Each Amida prayer consists of 19 Berachot, for a total of 95 – teaching us that the five daily Amida prayers have the effect of bringing the final redemption, when the Zivug of G-d’s Name will be complete.At the end of the third chapter of Tehillim, King David says in a famous Pasuk, "L’Hashem Ha’yeshu’a Al Amcha Birchatecha Sela" – "Salvation is G-d’s; Your blessing is upon Your nation, Sela." The Ben Ish Hai explains this to mean that it is up to G-d to bring salvation, but "Al Amcha" – the nation’s responsibility, is "Birchatecha Sela," reciting the Berachot of "Sela" – which in Gematria equals 95.This discussion shows us the importance of listening attentively to the Hazan’s repetition, recognizing that this holds one of the keys to earning our final redemption, may it come speedily and in our day, Amen.Summary: Many people mistakenly think that the Hazan’s repetition of the Amida is not really relevant to them, so they do not need to pay attention. But this is a mistake, and in fact, according to Kabbalistic teaching, the Hazan’s repetition is an even more powerful prayer than the silent Amida, and holds one of the keys to our earning our final redemption.

Many people have the custom to recite at the end of the Amida a verse which is associated with their names. They recite a verse that starts with the first letter of their name, and which ends with the last letter of their name.The earliest source for this practice is a remark by Rashi, in his commentary to the Book of Micha (6:9), where he parenthetically observes that it is customary to recite such a verse each day, and doing so saves a person from punishment in Gehinam. (Although, Rashi does not mention reciting this verse specifically in the Amida; he writes simply that the verse is recited each day.)This custom is mentioned later by the Elya Rabba (Rav Eliyahu Shapiro of Prague, 1660-1712), in Siman 123, where he writes that he observed people following this practice, and adds that this saves one from Hibut Ha’keber – suffering in the grave. The Elya Rabba comments that he saw this custom mentioned in a source to which he refers with the abbreviation "Bet" "Yod." Many assumed that the Elya Rabba speaks of the Bet Yosef, but in truth, this custom appears nowhere in the Bet Yosef. The Kisur Shulhan Aruch (Rav Shlomo Gantzfried, Ukraine, 1804-1886) cites the Elya Rabba (in Siman 18) and mentions as its source the abbreviation "Kaf" Yod," instead of "Bet Yod," referring to a "Ketab Yad" – a handwritten manuscript. It appears that this is what the Elya Rabba meant, and later copyists mistakenly wrote the letter "Bet" instead of "Kaf."In any event, this practice is mentioned by several other scholars, as well, including the Shela (Rav Yeshaya Horowitz, d. 1630), in Kisur He’Shela; the Kaf Ha’haim (Rav Yaakob Haim Sofer, Baghdad-Jerusalem, 1870-1939), in Siman 123; and the Aruch Ha’shulhan (Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein of Nevarduk, 1829-1908).The Hafetz Haim (Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan of Radin, 1839-1933) does not mention this practice in his Mishna Berura, surprisingly enough, but he does discuss it in his famous work on the laws of Lashon Ha’ra (negative speech about other people), Shemirat Ha’lashon. There he offers a novel explanation for this custom, citing earlier works which state that reciting this verse each day helps ensure that one will remember his name in the next world, when standing judgment. The Hafetz Haim explains that one who regularly speaks Lashon Ha’ra about other people receives culpability for the sins committed by those about whom he spoke. And so when he is judged in the next world, he will be presented with all the sins committed by other people – the people about whom he spoke inappropriately during his lifetime. Therefore, the Hafetz Haim writes, one should recite each day a verse corresponding to his name to remind himself that he must ensure to have only one name in the next world, that he will not leave this world being held culpable for other people’s wrongdoing. And the way one ensures this is by avoiding Lashon Ha’ra. The Hafetz Haim adds that this is why it is customary to recite this verse specifically at the end of the Amida, in the paragraph of "Elokai Nesor," in which we pray for assistance in guarding our tongue against inappropriate speech about other people.Hacham Bension Abba Shaul (Israel, 1924-1998) writes that according to the Hafetz Haim’s explanation of this custom, it should be observed by both men and women, for they both need this daily reminder to avoid Lashon Ha’ra. Rav Meir Mazuz (contemporary), however, noted sources indicating that the primary reason for this custom is to protect against punishment for the sins of Bittul Torah (wasting time which could be used for Torah learning), and Zera Le’batala (wasteful bodily emissions), both of which are unique to men. Therefore, this custom is relevant only for men. In later writings, however, Rav Mazuz conceded that this practice is relevant even for women. He noted that women are responsible to help their husbands avoid Bittul Torah, and women customarily recite the bedtime Shema, which is associated with the concern to avoid nocturnal emissions. In any event, the common custom is for both men and women to recite a verse associated with their names each day at the end of the Amida.Most Siddurim instruct reciting this verse immediately before the second recitation of the verse, "Yiheyu Le’rason Imreh Fi." Some, however, instruct reciting this verse earlier, before "Lema’an Yehalsun Yedidecha," because of the Kabbalistic tradition, mentioned by the Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909) in Parashat Beshalah, that no interruption should be made in between the verses "Lema’an Yehalsun Yedidecha" and "Yiheyu Le’rason Imreh Fi." Nevertheless, most Siddurim – including, ironically, Siddurim which follow the rulings and customs of the Ben Ish Hai – instruct reciting this verse immediately before the second recitation of "Yiyehu Le’rason."Interestingly enough, Hacham Ovadia Yosef, in a responsum in his Yabia Omer (vol. 9), cites a third view, from the work Me’oreh Or. The author of this work argued that since this custom is not mentioned in the Zohar or in any early Halachic works, there is no justification for disrupting "Elokai Nesor" to fulfill this custom, and therefore, those who wish to follow this practice should recite the verse only after stepping back and reciting "Oseh Shalom" (before the "Yehi Rason" prayer for the rebuilding of the Temple). Hacham Ovadia justifies the common practice, explaining that one may make an interruption in "Elokai Nesor" after completing the supplications, before concluding with the verse "Yiheyu Le’rason." (It should be noted, incidentally, that although there is some discussion as to the legitimacy of the author of Meoreh Or, as some claim that he was actually a heretic, Hacham Ovadia clearly felt he was a legitimate, upstanding Torah scholar. Hacham Ovadia’s son, Hacham Yishak, writes in his En Yishak that he saw his father’s copy of Meoreh Or, and Hacham Ovadia wrote in the beginning of the book that the author was not a heretic, and that those who make such a claim require atonement for smearing the reputation of a great Torah sage.)Although there is a prohibition against reciting verses in the Tanach from memory, we generally rely on the position of the Bah (Rav Yoel Sirkis, Poland, 1561-1640) that verses which people know fluently may be recited from memory. Therefore, since people obviously know by heart verses which they recite every day, one may recite the verse corresponding to his name from memory.One need not recite the same verse each day. One may recite any verse he chooses that has the same first and last letters as his name.In conclusion, it is worth noting the observation made by the Shebet Ha’levi (Rav Shmuel Wosner, 1913-2015). He notes that if a custom developed to ensure that we remember our names – something which is deeply entrenched in our memory – then certainly we must make a special effort to retain our Torah knowledge. Torah is far more difficult to remember than our names – to put it mildly – and so if we make an effort to remember our names, then all the more so, we must make an effort to constantly learn and review so we remember our Torah when we live this world.Summary: Many people have the practice to recite at the end of the Amida a verse which is associated with their names. They recite a verse that starts with the first letter of their name, and which ends with the last letter of their name. The commonly accepted custom is to recite this verse before the second recitation of the verse "Yiheyu Le’rason Imreh Fi" at the end of the Amida. This custom is observed by both men and women. One need not recite the same verse each day; one may recite any verse he chooses that has the same first and last letters as his name. Several sources mention that observing this custom helps one avoid harsh punishments in the afterlife.

Summary: Many would say that you could summarize the entire story arc of the Bible in one word: shalom. Shalom describes the world as God created it to be, as well as the world God is restoring through Jesus. On this “R CITY” Sunday we explore how shalom shapes everything, including the way our church thinks about neighborhood development

Series THE BOOK OF ACTS with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. 4.THE FIRST CHURCH LEADERS Converts in the early church are either of jewish or hellenistic background which leads to serious problems. How is it possible to get over this abyss? Memory Text: Acts 6:7 - The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. 4.6 Summary Many troubles produce more blessings in the end. My God bless you today and always. For video recording : vimeo.com/281670808

Referenced texts: Psalm 130, 6, 22, 38; Lamentations 1, 2, 3; Habakkuk; Job 3, 6, etc.; Isaiah 53, 57, 58; Matthew 4:23, 8:14-17 Summary: Many people experience times of darkness and despair- a ‘midnight of the soul’. This is a consequence of living in a world broken and thrown into chaos by the tyranny of […] The post Worship in Lament appeared first on Bethel Mennonite Church.

Summary: Many species possess an ability to regenerate damaged tissues to regrow new limb or organs through the mechanism of cellular regeneration. Research is indicating that humans have similar regenerative capabilities, but only at specific times during embryonic development. If this capability could be extended or ignited throughout our lifespan, it would be a major blow to the rise of chronic degenerative conditions currently on the rise. Cancer, Arthritis, Diabetes, kidney diseases, degenerative brain disorders, plus more could be effectively addressed with such medical technology. How real are these possibilities? How soon could we see drugs and other therapeutics become available to combat our chronic conditions? Lee explores these possibilities with Ira S. Pastor, the CEO of a Bioquark, a company pushing the envelope in this area. Ira educates Lee (and you, the listener) on many of the concepts involved in bringing these solutions to market, and what the present status is on such developments. This is an intriguing conversation, teaching us much, and providing a useful look into a hopeful future. Listen, Subscribe, ShareEmbed episode on your websitePaste the HTML code below to the desired location on your website “IFrame string to display and embed episode on another website.” What You Will Learn About In This Episode: What is cellular regeneration and why is it important The different types, or modes, of cellular regeneration found in nature What are "Biologic" drugs? The limitations of Stem Cell research The three R's of cellular research - Regeneration, Repair, and Rejuvenation. what diseases consume the largest portion of the 7 Trillion dollars spent on healthcare around the world? new paradigms in understanding (and curing) cancer Links and Resources: *** The show notes pages for the IGA podcasts may be updated at any time. To be notified whenever show notes pages are updated, please Join the I.G.A. Insider's Club. Bioquark Website 6 Bodily Tissues That Can Be Regenerated Through Nutrition Cell Regeneration: A Matter of Life and Death Go to top Hi!!! Thanks for visiting the show-notes page. Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or you can leave me a message directly to me at Lee@InnerGameOfAging.com If you enjoy the show why not get more engaged by subscribing and/or downloading a bunch of episodes from iTunes. But if you really would like to help spread the word about what this podcast is all about, why not leave an honest review on iTunes. Help us to produce better shows with your feedback. Or help others discover this podcast with your praise. Either way, your honest, respectful input is always desired. Please share this episode using the social media buttons you see at the top left of this page. I hope you have an absolutely terrific day and I appreciate the extra time you took to look a little further!

SUMMARY: Many struggle with the idea of having only a one-page resume because they feel that they are at risk of not showing some bake or break parts of their work history or experience. Can we use Linkedin as an extension of our resume? If so how can we do that?   IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Linkedin Post Image Size: 4 Pillars that all Recruiters / Hiring Managers are looking for: Communication both written and verbal Ability to Prioritize Execution Work Well With Others   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Canva LinkedIn status update OR blog post image size: 698 x 400 Eddie Lazzari Linkedin Profile Check out the FREE Online Resume Training at http://7DayResume.com   Hey, It's Eddie! Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or you can leave me a message about this episode by going to http://ChangeYourPOV.com/AskEddie If you enjoy the show I sure hope you'll subscribe and download a bunch of episodes on iTunes. All these shows are free to download and listen to and I don't ask for donations of anything to create this show. But if you'd like to totally make my day... I would be forever grateful if you would be so kind as to leave an honest review on iTunes. If you are new to reviews and need a little help, you can go to LEAVE A REVIEW and I will walk you through that step-by-step. Thank you in advance for doing that!  – plus, I read each and every one of them! Please share this episode using the social media buttons you see at the top, or bottom of this page. Check out the FREE Online Resume Training at http://7DayResume.com LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE NOW: Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Are you still reading this? Wow! That's really cool, I can so relate! Ps... I hope you have an absolutely terrific day and I appreciate the extra time you took to look a little further! You are awesome!!

SUMMARY: Many today rely on Sports, or Prom, even Driving School to serve the role of a Rites of Passage for our youth today.   I started to ask the question, “What can we do in today’s society to create a Rites of Passage?” First, I think the best question to ask ourselves is- “Why is having rites of passage even important in the first place?”   Great question and below I list 7 things I found to be great reasons why a “Rites Of Passage” is important even in today’s society.   * Demonstrates a transition into a new phase in life. Passage into adulthood * Marks the time in one’s life where you become a contributor to the collective, rather than dependent upon it * Overcoming a hardship either physical or mental give one the tools and experience to see through a difficult time * Alters one’s perspective and the ability to see things differently * Allows youth to earn the respect of their elders * Presents a place of common ground. Begins the dialog of commonality between the youth and the adult * Forces youth to… save in overcast  

Summary: Many people respond very emotionally to the idea of a reverse mortgage. On this episode of the Prosperity Podcast, best selling author Kim Butler and No BS Money Guy Todd Strobel sit down to talk about what a reverse mortgage is and what the benefits and drawbacks are. They also discuss the benefits of combining both a reverse mortgage and life insurance to maximize benefits. Tune in to find out how you can take control of your finances and become a more educated banker and consumer. If you would like the opportunity for us to answer your question on the show or to be a guest on our show, be sure to keep sending us questions and reach out to us!   Show Notes: 00:00 Intro 00:49 Reverse Mortgages 01:24 Quicken Reverse Mortgage Department The Quicken employees are specifically trained to work with prosperity clients on reverse mortgages: Call 888-500-7210 03:57 Combining Life Insurance with a Reverse Mortgage 06:45 The Mechanics of the Reverse Mortgage 11:11 Purchasing Life Insurance for Your Family 15:25 Outro

  SUMMARY: Many things in our lives are easier said than done right? Trust, Gratitude, and Forgiveness are no different. It takes a lot of hard work and the ability to be self-conscious to actively apply these elements in our life.  Every day it is a decision, a state of mind. You have the power and ability to apply these powerful tools in your life. IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:  Bennett and Eddie discuss the three elements of Trust, Gratitude, and Forgiveness. You may have a different point of view when you are done listening to this episode! LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see in this post. Also, please leave an honest review on iTunes for The Change Your POV Podcast! Ratings and reviews are super helpful and greatly appreciated as it helps me expose this show to a wider audience – plus, I read each and every one of them! And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates…see you next time! LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE NOW: Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer

Summary Many early believers were martyred by the Romans and whatever ‘books’ they had…many early manuscripts for the New Testament…were burned. Nevertheless, we still have some original manuscripts that survived. Emperor Constantine (272-337) ordered Christianity as the the state religion of Rome. He ordered that copies of the New Testament be made to enable better dissemination. The “Codex Sinaiticus” (discovered in 1844 – and believed to have been written in 350 A.D.), may be one of the original copies and includes all of the New Testament. The Biblical claim is that the Bible is both a divine work and a human work. God entrusted the Old Testament to the Jews and similarly God worked to produce His word to the Church in the New Testament text. The Apostles considered Jesus the Messiah and a prophet. All of His words carried the same weight and authority as the Old Testament. His words and the words of his closest Apostles were considered essential to the New Testament. Key Words Diocletian, John Rylands Fragment, Emperor Constantine, Eusebius, Codex Sinaiticus, divine work, Irenaeus, Apostolic teaching as canon, scripture

UNIVERSITY OF EXCELLENCE WWW.UOFE.ORG Prince Handley President / Regent KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE ANOINTING DO NOT EMBRACE THAT SPIRIT LET IT GO BEFORE IT DEVOURS YOU You can listen to this message NOW. Click on the pod circle at top left. (Allow images to display.) Or, listen here >>> LISTEN HERE Email this message to a friend. Subscribe to this Ezine teaching by Email: princehandley@gmail.com (Type “Subscribe” in the “Subject” line.) 24/7 release of Prince Handley teachings, BLOGS and podcasts >>> STREAM Text: “follow princehandley” to 40404 (in USA) Or, Twitter: princehandley PRINCE HANDLEY PORTAL _______________________________ KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE ANOINTING DO NOT EMBRACE THAT SPIRIT LET IT GO BEFORE IT DEVOURS YOU In the last few weeks I have been involved in counseling people … all in different countries … who came to me for help concerning the same situation. These people were all Spirit-filled Christians and all but one were not only active in ministry, but powerful in ministry. My advice in a “nutshell” for each of them was “Let it go! Forget about it!” Amazingly enough, after telling each of them the same thing, one night I had a little time to watch Christian TV. I happened to turn to a Christian program where Pastor Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas (USA) was teaching on the subject: “Let it go!” Pastor Osteen's father used to listen to my teaching on cassette tapes and one time when I was in Houston at his church, Pastor John Osteen said (about me) "This man's teachings are good!" That was a real encouragement to me as a young minister. My take on "LET IT GO" is a bit different than what Joel Osteen was teaching on, although his was excellent. My revelation is that as long as you HOLD to an issue where people are opposing you, you are “tied” to the situation. It is a spiritual tie … and can end up subjecting a person to bondage. Let me give you an example. Let's suppose you are working efficiently and productively at your place of employment and you have made your employer lots of money. One of your supervisors recommended you for a raise in pay and a promotion. However, both were denied by someone unknown. After that, you were promised twice that you would get the raise in pay and that it would be retroactive (payments made up) back to the time of your previous supervisors recommendation. However, again you were told “No!” Well, after inquiring over and over about the matter you could be embittered, or quit your job, or mad at whoever was opposing your pay raise and job promotion. This is an example of HOW demons work at you – opposing you and aggravating you – from “behind the scenes.” When you embrace those (hidden, unknown) spirits you are “tied” to them. They have you bound to that “spiritual” setting, or environment. Let it go! Break loose! Follow the instructions I am about to give you and you will have victory and complete freedom in such situations. SCENARIO: After praying and taking spiritual authority over the situation and people involved (even if unknown) … let's suppose that you decide NOT to embrace that spirit of opposition … and to “cut yourself loose from it emotionally, physically and spiritually” … and turn the situation over into the hands of God. You will immediately experience peace: you will be in the peace zone! Do NOT embrace the spirit of opposition; otherwise you will end up being in a spiritual “tie.” Just let it go … forget about it. There are three (3) KEY steps to obtaining victory is such situations:       1. Authority;       2. Release; and       3. Transfer. AUTHORITY You must first take your (spiritual) authority over the situation. Bind the people, or demon spirits, or causative elements of opposition: those people and/or things that are troubling you or your ministry. Bind them in Jesus' name and cast them out from hindering you. Lock them up in the name of Jesus from opposing you or causing dissension. RELEASE I believe there are at least nine (9) unholy spirit (demon) loans. These are “loans” because they are the opposite of Holy spirit “gifts.” Once you accept a demonic “loan” you are bound to it: you owe it as long as you embrace it. Remember, the Holy Bible tells us, “The borrower is servant to the lender.” (Proverb 22:7) You may ask the question: “How does one embrace an unholy spirit?” ANSWER: By accepting its invitation. If it is a spirit of argumentativeness, you argue with it; thereby accepting its invitation. You become entwined with it; you are entangled with it. You are embracing that evil spirit. The definition of “embrace” is:      1. to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.      2. to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.      3. to avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity.      4. to adopt (a profession or a religion, etc.).      5. to take in with the eye or the mind. Here are some examples of unholy demon loans (there may be more) as follows:       Remembrance       Argumentativeness       Struggle       Contention       Competition       Opposition       Discord       Negativity       Condescension For example, if you embrace the spirit of opposition, then you are locked to it: it has you "tied" to it. Just release it … AND … the people or things promoting or causing it. By "release" I mean not just forgiving, but "completely divorcing yourself from the situation.” TRANSFER After you have taken your spiritual authority over the people, spirits and elements that have been troubling, perplexing or opposing you, then transfer the situation into God's hands. In the Brit Chadashah, Rabbi Shaul (the Apostle Paul) admonishes us as follows: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Messiah Yeshua.” (Philippians 4:6) The KEY is to transfer your situation to God with thanksgiving. This lets God know you are doing this in faith … you are already thanking Him for handling the situation and taking care of it for you. The original Greek term for the English “will guard your hearts and minds” is military terminology and means “the peace of God will be your sentry, your guard, your security unit protecting your heart and mind.” Simply trust God to take up the issue or matter in your behalf. SUMMARY Many of God's people know about spiritual AUTHORITY (#1) … and about TRANSFER (#3); however, they are missing a floor on the elevator by not implementing RELEASE (#2). They are still embracing the spirit(s) of the demon “loans” who are inviting them to “accept the invitation” and thereby have them “tied” to the situation. Remember, release is more than forgiveness … it also involves completely divorcing yourself from the situation. This is one very dangerous omission by modern Christian psychologists and counselors. Let it go! Forget about it! I trust this teaching has helped you … and will continue to help you in the future. Now … go help others! Baruch haba B'Shem Adonai. 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