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Our guest this time, Elizabeth Gagnon is all about Tea. However, as you will discover, her Tea is not mostly the drink although at the end of our episode we do learn she does like some teas. For Miss Liz, as she is most commonly known, Tea stands for Teaching Educational Awareness.   Miss Liz's life growing up was hard. She was sexually abused among other things. It took her awhile to deal with all the trauma she faced. However, as she and I discuss, she made choices to not let all the abuse and beatings hold her back.   She tried to graduate from high school and was one course away from that goal when she had to quit school. She also worked to get her GED and again was only a few units away when life got in the way.   Liz's story is not to her a tragedy. Again, she made choices that helped her move on. In 2010 she began her own business to deal with mental health advocacy using her Tea approach. Liz will tell us all about Tea and the many iterations and changes the Tea model has taken over the years.   I am as impressed as I can be to talk with miss Liz and see her spirit shine. I hope you will feel the same after you hear this episode.   Miss Liz has written several books over the past several years and there are more on the way. Pictures of her book covers are in the show notes for this episode. I hope you enjoy hearing from this award-winning lady and that you will gain insights that will help you be more unstoppable.     About the Guest:   Elizabeth Jean Olivia Gagnon, widely known as Miss Liz, is an international keynote speaker, best-selling author, and the visionary behind Miss Liz's Tea Parties and Teatimes. A fierce advocate for mental health, abuse awareness, and peacebuilding, she's recognized globally for her storytelling platforms that empower individuals to share their truths “one cup at a time.” From podcast host to humanitarian, Miss Liz uses her voice and lived experience to ignite real change across communities and cultures.   A survivor of extreme trauma, Miss Liz has transformed her pain into purpose by creating safe spaces for open, healing conversations. Her work has earned her prestigious honors, including an Honorary Doctorate for Human Rights, the Hope and Resilience Award, and the World Superhero Award from LOANI. She's been featured on over 200 platforms globally and continues to lead through her podcast, social impact work, and live storytelling events.   Miss Liz is also a multi-time international best-selling co-author in the Sacred Hearts Rising and Unstoppable Gems book series. She's the creator of the TeaBag Story Award and the founder of her own T-E-A product line—Teaching Educational Awareness through fashion, wellness, and personal development tools. With every word, event, and product, Miss Liz reminds us that healing is possible, and that we all hold the power to be a seed of change.   Ways to connect with Elizabeth:   Social media links my two websites www.misslizsteatime.com www.misslizstee.com All my social media links can be found on those sites. Or my linktree.  https://linktr.ee/Misslizsteatime     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to talk to Miss Liz Gagnon, and I'm really interested to hear why she likes to be called Miss Liz instead of Elizabeth, or any of those kinds of things. But Liz also has some very interesting connections to tea, and I'm not going to give away what that's all about, but I'll tell you right now, it's not what you think. So we'll, we'll get to that, though, and I hope that we get to have lots of fun. Over the next hour, I've told Liz that our podcast rule, the only major rule on this podcast is you can't come on unless you're going to have fun. So I expect that we're going to have a lot of fun today. And Liz, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We are glad you're here.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 02:09 Well, thank you so much, Michael for having me. It's an honor to be here. I can't wait to dip into the tea and get everybody curious on what we're going to be spilling. So,   Michael Hingson ** 02:19 so how did you get started with the the name Miss Liz, as opposed to Elizabeth or Lizzie or any of that kind of stuff.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 02:28 Well, I have all those names too, Michael, I'll bet you   Michael Hingson ** 02:31 do. But still, Miss Liz is what you choose.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 02:35 Actually, Miss Liz was given to me at the age of four the same time my cup of tea was given to me at the age of four by my Oma. I that she just had a hard time saying Elizabeth. She was from Germany, so she would just call me Miss Liz. Miss Liz. And then I knew, Oh boy, I better move, right.   Michael Hingson ** 02:52 Yeah. If she ever really got to the point where she could say Elizabeth, very well, then you really better move.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 02:59 Well, she used to call me Elvira too, and I didn't like that name Elvira. Yeah, I don't know how she got Elizabeth from a viral but she used to call me a vira. I think maybe it was because her name was Avira, so I think it was close to her name, right? So, well,   Michael Hingson ** 03:17 tell us a little bit about the early Miss Liz, growing up and all that stuff, and little bit about where you came from and all that.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 03:25 Well, I come from a little town called Hearst, Ontario in Canada. It's about maybe 6000 population. I'm going to guess. I was born and raised there until the age of I think it was 31 when I finally moved away for the last time, and I've been in the East End, down by Ottawa and Cornwall and all that stuff since 2005 but My early childhood was a hard one, but it was also a strong one. I A lot of people will say, how do you consider that strong? I've been through a lot of abuse and neglect and a lot of psychological stuff growing up and but I had my tea, I had that little Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole that I could go down once in a while, just to keep me moving and keep me strong, right? So, yeah, my story was, was a hard one, but I don't look at it as a struggle. I look at it as as stepping stones of overcoming Stuff and Being that voice that I am today,   Michael Hingson ** 04:29 struggle, if you if you're willing to talk about a struggle, how   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 04:35 I was sexually abused by my uncle at the age of four, and then other family members later on, in couple years later down the road, but my uncle was the main abuser, and I became impregnant by my uncle and lost a daughter to stillborn. So there was a lot of shame to the family. Was not allowed to speak at this child for many, many years, I finally came out with her story. After my father passed, because I felt safe, because my family would put me into psychiatric wards when I would talk about my little girls,   Michael Hingson ** 05:06 wow, yeah, I, I don't know I, I just have very little sympathy for people who do that to girls, needless to say, and now, now my cat, on the other hand, says she's abused all the time, but that's a different story,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 05:25 right? But I strongly believe, Michael, that we all go through challenges and struggles in life to have our story, to be that voice where we are today, like like yourself, right? Had you not gone through what you went through, you would not have the story that you have   Michael Hingson ** 05:42 well, and I think that it also comes down to what you decide to do with the story. You could just hide it, hide behind it, or other things like that. And the problem is, of course, that then you don't talk about it. Now, after September 11, I didn't go through any real counseling or anything like that. But what I did do was I and my wife and I discussed it. We allowed me to take calls from reporters, and literally, we had hundreds of calls from reporters over a six month period. And what was really fascinating for me, especially with the TV people who came. I learned a whole lot about how TV people set up to do an interview. We had a Japanese company with two or three people who came, and that was it up through an Italian company that had 15 people who invaded our house, most of whom didn't really seem to do anything, and we never figured out why were they. They were there. But it's fascinating to see how   06:46 extras, Michael,   Michael Hingson ** 06:49 extra, the extras, yeah, but we but it was very fascinating. But the point was that the reporters asked everything from the most inane, dumb question to very intelligent, wise, interesting questions, and it made me talk about September 11. So I don't think that anything could have been done in any other way that would have added as much value as having all those reporters come and talk to me. And then people started calling and saying, We want you to come and talk to us and talk to us about what we should learn from September 11 lessons we should learn talk about leadership and trust in your life and other things like that. And my wife and I decided that, in reality, selling life and philosophy was a whole lot more fun and rewarding than managing a computer hardware sales team and selling computer hardware. So I switched. But it was a choice.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 07:48 Yeah, it is a choice, right? Michael, do you, do you stay in the self pity, or do you rise from it, right? And a lot of people were like, Miss Liz, how can you be so good hearted and open to people that have hurt you so bad? And I always said, since I was a little girl, Michael, I would not give anybody what others gave me. Yeah, you know that that little inner girl in me always said, like, you know what it feels like. Would you like somebody else to feel this way? And the answer is no.   Michael Hingson ** 08:16 And with people like your uncle, did you forgive them ever? Or have you,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 08:21 I forgive them for myself. Yeah, I that's how you do. You know, I'm not forgiving you and coming for your Sunday dinner and having roast beef and pretending that it was all fun and games. When I was younger, I had no choice to forgive him and to be around him, because that's how my parents were. You know, don't bring shame to the family and as a minor. Well, you you know you obey your parents and that, and I hate that word, obey I hear. You know, I grew up in a time where you respect your elders, right? Whether they were good or bad, you respected them. It was Yes, sir, yes, ma'am. You know whether they hurt you or not, you just respected these people. Do I? Do I have respect for them today, absolutely not. I pray for them, and I hope that they find peace within themselves. But I'm not going to sit in and apologize to somebody who actually doesn't give to to tune darns of my my apology, right? So my words?   Michael Hingson ** 09:23 Well, the the bottom line is that respect is something that has to be earned, and if they're not trying to earn it, then you know, why should you respect? On the other hand, forgiveness is something that you can do and and you do it and you move on, yeah, and   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 09:40 a lot of people don't understand the real forgiveness, right? They always tell me, Miss Liz, you haven't forgiven anybody. And I said, Yes, I have, or I wouldn't be where I am today, guys, yeah, if I wouldn't have forgiven those people for myself, not for them.   Michael Hingson ** 09:55 Now, see, that's the difference between people and my cat. My cat has no self pity. She's just a demanding kitty, and I wouldn't have her any of that. Oh, she's she's really wonderful. She likes to get petted while she eats. And she'll yell at me until I come and pet her, and then she eats while I'm petting her. She loves it. She's a cutie. She's 15 and going on two. She's great.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 10:17 Oh, those are the cute ones, right? When they stay young at heart, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 10:21 oh, she, she does. So my wife passed in 2022, and now stitch, that's the cat's name, sleeps up next to me. And so that works out well, and she was named stitch when we got her, not quite sure where the name originally came from, but we rescued her. We were not going to keep her. We were going to find her a home because we were living in an apartment. But then I learned that the cat's name was stitch, and I knew that that cat weren't going to go nowhere, because my wife had been a quilter since 1994 you think a quilter is ever going to give up a cat named stitch? So stitch has been with us now for over 10 years. That's great. Oh, wow. And there's a lot of love there,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 11:03 yeah. And, you know, these little connections, right? The Universe sends us, you know, the names and all of that. They send us pets as well as guidance. You know, my little guy is Tinkerbell, and everybody thinks that she's still a kitten. She she's going to be 12 in September, so, but she's still a little tiny thing. She kept the name. She just wants to be a little Tinkerbell. So   Michael Hingson ** 11:24 that's cool. What a cute name for a kitty. Anyway, yeah, well, so you, you grew up? Did you go to to college or university?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 11:34 No, I got out of school. I was half a credit away from high school graduation. I became pregnant for the second time, and then I got married at 18. While it was more or less I was I had no choice to get married or or I would have, my father would have took my daughter from me, my oldest, who is alive, and I I had already lost one, and I wasn't losing a second one. So I got married. I did go back to adult school in 2000 I got I was one exam away from getting my GED, and that night, I got a beating of a lifetime from my ex husband, because he didn't want me to get ahead of him, right? So, and then I went back again to try and get my GED three other times, and I was always four points away from getting what I needed to get it. So I was just like, You know what? The universe doesn't want me to have this piece of paper, I guess. Yeah, and I'm not giving up, right? I'm just it's not the right timing and maybe in the future, and it's always the y and s string that gets me the four point question guys on the math exam that gets me every time, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 12:49 oh, well. Well, I always thought that my wife, in so many ways, was was ahead of me, and it didn't ever bother me, and it never will bother me a bit, just things that she would say, creative things, just clever things. She clearly was ahead of me, and I think she felt the same way about me in various ways, but that's what made for a great marriage. And we we worked off each other very well, and then that's kind of the way it really ought to be. Oh boy, ego, ego gets to be a real challenge sometimes, though, doesn't   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 13:24 it? Oh yes, it does. So   Michael Hingson ** 13:27 what did you do when you didn't go off and end up going to school?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 13:32 I became a mom, and then I did the mom role, right? I grew up in a kind of like a redneck, hillbilly kind of family where the accent kind of kicks in once in a while. You know, it was barefoot and pregnant, you take care of the kids, cook and clean and be the wife and just obey. Once again, that word obey. You know, I grew up with that word a lot, and that's why you don't like that word. I'm surprised I'm even using it tonight. But, yeah, so it was just take care of the family and just live. And eventually, in 2005 a lot of things happened with my children and myself, and we just left and started a new life. In 2006 I felt ill. I was at work, and my left arm went numb, and I thought I was having a heart attack or or that they were checking me since I was little, for MS as well, because I have a lot of problems with my legs. I fall a lot, so we're still looking into that, because I'm in the age range now where it can be diagnosed, you know, so we're so in 2006 I became ill, and I lost feelings from my hips down where I couldn't walk anymore. So I had to make some tough choices, and I reached out to my family, which I kind of. Figured I'd get that answer from them. They told me to get a backbone and take care of my own life and stop because I moved away from everybody. So I turned to the foster care system to help me with my children, and that was a hard choice. Michael, it took me two and a half months. My children sat down with me and said, Mommy, can we please stay where we are? We we have friends. You know, we're not moving all the time anymore. I saw it took a while, and I signed my kids over legal guardianship, but I made a deal with the services that I would stay in the children's lives. I would continue their visits twice a month, and be at all their graduations, be at their dance recital, anything I was there. I wanted my children to know that I was not giving up on them. I just was not able to take care of them in my   Michael Hingson ** 15:50 home. Did they accept that?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 15:53 Oh, they did, yeah, and it was a bumpy road. The first five years. Was a lot of adjusting, and we were really close. I got to pick the foster homes, which is not usually the way it works. So and my children went through a lot of abuse as well. My ex husband was very abusive, so I knew that my daughter needed to be around horses. She loved to be around horses, so I found her home that had horses. And my other two children, I found a home where they had music, and music was really important to me, because music is what saved me as well during my journey, right? I turned to music to to get through the hard times. So yeah, the first five years was it was adjustments, and really good, and we got along. And after that the services changed, new workers came in, and then it became a nightmare. There was less visits happening. There was an excuse for a visit. There was oh, well, maybe we can reschedule this, or if we do them at five in the morning, can you show up? And of course, I was showing up at five and going to bed as soon as the visit was done, because I was by myself, so it was a journey, but and I I am grateful for that journey, because today me and my older kids, who are adults, were really close, and we're building that bond again, and they understand the journey that Mom had to take in order for them to have a home.   Michael Hingson ** 17:24 They understand it and accept it, which is really obviously the important thing,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 17:30 yeah. But it's been, it's been rocky. Michael, like, you know, we've had our ups and downs. We've had like you You gave up on us. Like, you know, we've had those moments. But my children now becoming adults and becoming parents themselves. They see that. They see what mom had to do, right?   Michael Hingson ** 17:47 So are you able to walk now and move around?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 17:51 Oh, yeah, I was. It took about six months for me to learn how to walk again. I still have a limb from time to time. A lot of people call it my penguin little limp, because I limped like a little penguin from time to time, because my what happened is I went through so much trauma in my life constantly that I they diagnosed me with conversion disorder, which is not really well known to to a lot of people. And what it does is it shuts the body down, so I have no control over when my body says it's going to take a break. It just says I'm going on holidays, and you just gotta deal with it. So there's days where I can't walk, right? There's days where I can't talk. It sounds like I'm drunk. My sight is blurred, plus I'm already losing my sight because of genetic jerusa and stuff like that as well. So, but I mean, it took everything in me to push myself. And what pushed me was I had this nurse that was really rough with me, and she would give me these sponge baths, and she would slam me into the chair. And I told her, I said, next week, you will not be slamming me in that chair. And the next week I got up and I took three steps, and then the next couple hours, it was four, five steps, six steps. And I was like, I got this. I know I can do this, but it took six months, Michael,   Michael Hingson ** 19:15 but still, ultimately, the bottom line is, no rugby or American football for you. Huh? Nope. Okay.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 19:24 No, not you know, not yet. Anyway, well, maybe you never know, right? I'm still young. I'm only 51 you never know what I'm going to be doing next year. I always tell everybody, Miss Liz is always on an adventure.   Michael Hingson ** 19:36 So yeah, but I'm I'm not, I'm not an advocate of going off for rugby or football, but that's all right, do whatever works.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 19:42 Well, I'd like to watch football   19:45 that's different. I'd like to   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 19:47 check those boys out once in a while. Well, yeah, but yeah, no, I You just never know where I'm gonna go, right? Only the good universe knows where it's putting me next   Michael Hingson ** 19:58 year. So, so what kind. Of work. Did you did you do and, and what are you doing now? How to kind of one lead to the other?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 20:08 Actually, I started my business in 2015 of Miss Liz tea times. It was a fundraising Tea Party, but it started in my home. All I did was have a bunch of ladies over and celebrate strong women. And one lady really liked the layout that I did, and she's like, Can we do this in the community? I was like, I don't know. Let's try it. You know, if we don't try, we don't know. And then I went to the community for, I think, three years, we raised over $5,000 for different services that helped me along the way as well, and places that needed money for serving the community. And then we went virtual. When covid hit. The podcast came along, and I did that for five years, and I burnt myself out doing that. I'm an all or nothing kind of girl, so you either get nothing at all, or you get it all at once. So and and now I'm I've been writing and working on stuff and working on an E commerce business with a new way of serving tea, keeping people on their toes and wondering what's coming next. Uh, children's book is coming out soon. Uh, poultry book. So I've just been busy writing and doing a lot of different things.   Michael Hingson ** 21:14 What did you do before 2015 for worker income? Or did you   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 21:18 I worked in gas stations, chambermaid kind of stuff like that, something that wasn't too educated, because my ex husband didn't like that stuff, right? Don't try and be a leader. Don't try and be in the big business world. I'm sure he's his head is spinning now, seeing all the stuff that I'm doing, but that's on him, not me. So, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 21:41 yeah, absolutely, alright, let's get to it. Tell me about tea.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 21:49 Well, tea, tea started at four, and it was my OMA that gave me a cup of tea. And everybody thinks it's the beverage. It's not the beverage. We did have a cup of tea. So there is a beverage, there is a beverage involved. But she gave me words, and when I was little, I didn't understand these words. She said, reflect, recharge and release. And she came from the war in Germany, and she said the first thing I had was a cup of tea when I came to Canada, and she just knew that I was going to have a hard life. She knew that the family was kind of, you know, they had their sicknesses and addictions and stuff like that, so she just knew. And I was a quiet kid. I was always in the corner humming and rocking myself and doing stuff by myself. I didn't want to be around people. I was really loner. And she gave me these words, and these words resonated with me for years, and then I just kept hearing them, and I kept hearing Tea, tea. I know sometimes I'd be sitting in a room Michael by myself, and I'd be like, Okay, I don't want a cup of tea right now. Like, I don't know what this tea is like, but it was like the universe telling me that I needed to get tea out there. And I knew it wasn't a beverage. I knew it was. OMA gave me words. So we gotta bring words to the table. We gotta bring the stories to the table. She was giving me a story. She was telling me to stay strong, to recharge, to reflect, release all of the stuff that all of these things take right, to overcome stuff. You know, we have to reflect on the journey that we were put on, and recharge ourselves when we overdo ourselves and release, releasing and letting go of things that we know will never, ever get an answer to. So,   Michael Hingson ** 23:32 so you, what did you do with all of that? I mean that those are some pretty deep thoughts. Needless to say.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 23:38 Yeah, so I, I started with the tea time at home, and then when I went to the podcast, I would ask people, What is your tea? And then people were like, Miss Liz, I don't even like tea, like I'm a coffee drinker, or I like a good beer, or I'm just like, Okay, well, you don't even have to like the beverage. Like, it's not about the beverage. It's about our past, our present and our future. That's what the tea is, right? We all have that story. We all have the past, the present and the future, and how we how we look at it, and how we defined our stories, and how we tell our stories. So that's where the T is.   Michael Hingson ** 24:10 But you came up with words for the acronym eventually, yes, yes. When did you do that? And what were the words   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 24:20 I came up with the words I believe in 20, 2016 2017 and for me, it was teaching. I wanted to be a little kindergarten teacher when I was a little girl. So T was teaching right and teaching myself that the past was not going to define my future story. He was educational. I again. I wanted to be a teacher. I wanted to educate people. I wanted to educate myself. Even though I didn't have those degrees and I didn't go to school and universities, I could still educate myself. I could still reach out. I could still research. I could still find answers myself. And a was awareness, just bringing awareness that our lives are different and. Can change them, right? Nobody can define how our stories end, except for ourselves. Yeah, and the A, A was awareness, and the awareness that, you know, that we can bring any form of awareness, good, bad or ugly, you know, and I bring a little bit of all of it through my stories, and through, through the the overcoming that I've had, right is, it's an ugly story. There were bad things that happened, but there are good results in the end, yeah, because had I not gone through what I went through, Michael, I would not be here having this conversation with you tonight,   Michael Hingson ** 25:37 or it'd be a totally different conversation, if at all you're right, absolutely. So you you deal a lot with being a mental health advocate, and that's very understandable, because of all of the things that that you went through. But what kind of really made you decide to do that?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 25:58 Mental health advocate was deep in my blood since 2010 when I went to the pharmacy and gave them all my medication and said, I no longer want any of this because they had me so numbed with antidepressants and painkillers and stuff that I didn't even know I had children. People were telling me, your kids are coming for a visit. And I was like, why are you telling me I have kids? Like I'm a kid myself, like I was going backwards. And I didn't know that I was married, that I had children, but my kids names were and I was just like, like, When is mom and dad coming to get me? Like, I was like, I was so messed up, Michael. And I was just like, I'm not doing this anymore. Um, August 29 of 2009 I brought my medication, and I said, I'm not doing this anymore. I'm taking ownership of my life. I'm being the advocate of my life. I do not need these pills. Yes, it will be hard, yes, I've got trauma, but there's another way of doing this.   Michael Hingson ** 26:55 Well, you're clearly a survivor, and you've made choices that demonstrate that by any standards, and obviously a mental health advocate, what do you think are some of the major misconceptions that people have about mental health today that they also just don't seem to want to get rid of?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 27:15 Well, a lot of people have this conception that if you take a pill, it's going to go away. You're healed, you know, and then they get hooked on pills, or they get hooked on this is easy fix, right? Like I said this afternoon in another interview, I did this certain this afternoon. Michael, you know, we get these diagnosis, but doctors don't really sit with us and explain the diagnosis to us, they don't really understand. They don't really explain the side effects of the pills that they're giving us, and then themselves, may not even know the full aspect of those diagnosis. They just put you on a checklist, right? You check A, B, C and D, okay. Well, you have bipolar. You got DCE and you got D ID, like, you know, it's charts, so we're not really taking the time to understand people. And mental health has a long way to go, a lot of a long way to break the stigma as well, because mental illness, most of it, cannot be seen. It cannot be understood, because it's inside the body, right?   Michael Hingson ** 28:23 Yeah. And a lot of people don't want to look and analyze that and try to help truly deal with it.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 28:32 Yeah. A lot of people will judge what they don't understand or what they're scared of understanding,   Michael Hingson ** 28:39 which is why it's fascinating, and we've had a number of people on unstoppable mindset who believe in Eastern medicine and alternative medicine, as opposed to just doing pills. And it's fascinating to talk to people, because they bring such insights into the conversation about the human body, and many of them have themselves, used these alternatives to cure or better themselves, so it makes perfect sense, but yeah, we still don't tend to want to deal with it. Yeah?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 29:17 Well, anything that's uncomfortable, right? We don't want to really face it, right? We want to run from it, or we want to say, Oh, it's fine. I'll get to it next week, and then next week comes to next month, and next month comes to next year, and you're still dealing with the the same trauma and the same pain, right? Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 29:35 Well, so tell me about tea time with Miss Liz, because you've developed that. You've brought it into existence, and that obviously also helps deal with the mental health stigma. Tell me about that?   29:50 Well, I just   Michael Hingson ** 29:51 one question, but, well,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 29:53 I just really wanted to meet people, and I wanted to hear their stories, you know, because it gets lonely once in a while. And you're always telling your story, right? So I wanted to get other stories, but I didn't want to just deal with mental health. I wanted to deal with grief and abuse and things, everything that I've lived with, right? And it all goes back to trauma, like all three of them, abuse, grief, mental health, it deals with trauma in some form. And then I got, I got hooked to a bunch of people that found Miss Liz on on the airwaves, and then connected with you, Michael, you were a guest on Tea Time. Yeah, my last season, and, you know, and I got to go down a bunch of rabbit holes with a bunch of cool people. And tea time was just a place for everybody, just to come and share, share what they were doing and why they were doing it, right? So a lot a lot of the questions that I asked was your younger self way? What? How do you see your younger self to your older self, and why are you doing what you're doing today? And a lot of people are writing books because writing saved them through hard times in life as well. And a lot of mental health back in the 60s, 70s and 80s, were not spoken of. You know, it was really hush hush. Oh, that person's just a rebel, or that person's just a little crazy once in a while, or has too much to drink from time to time. So mental health wasn't really spoken about in those those decades, right? So,   Michael Hingson ** 31:27 yeah, and you know, but I hear what you're saying about writing, and you know, I I've written now three books, and I've learned a lot as I write each book, and I think there's a lot of value in it, but also it's more than writing, although writing is is a way to to really do it from the most personal standpoint possible. But as as you've pointed out, talking about it is also extremely important, and talking about whatever, whether it's a bad thing or a good thing, but talking about it as well as writing about it is is valuable, because if we take the time to do all of that, we'll learn a lot more than we think we will well.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 32:13 And there's so many different genres of writing, right? There's horror, there's fiction, there's non fiction, there's children's books, you know, but those are all storytellers too, in a different way.   Michael Hingson ** 32:24 Well, they are and and again, it's the the point is, though, that when you take the time to write, you really have to think about it, probably even more than, sometimes, than people, when they just talk about things. And as you're writing, like I said, you learn a lot no matter what genre of writing you're doing, you're putting yourself into it, and that, in of itself, helps educate and teach you   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 32:53 absolutely, you know, and I learned so much from a lot of the authors that were on Tea Time, You know, little tricks and little ways of making skits and scenes and characters and names for their characters. And I'd be like, well, where'd you get that name? And they'd be like, I don't know what, just a childhood name that was stuck with me for a long time. I really liked meeting authors that wrote their memoirs or stories, because I'm a person that likes truth. I'm a truth seeker. You know, if it doesn't, it doesn't match up. I'm just like, let me ask you more questions. Let me take you down this rabbit hole a little more. So,   Michael Hingson ** 33:35 yeah, well, a lot of people tend to not want to talk about their journey or talk about themselves, and they feel unseen and unheard. How would you advise them? What would you advise them to do?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 33:51 I felt that way for many years. Michael, growing up in the in the situation that I grew up in, right? You did, and I wrote my first book. I was a co author in the Sacred Hearts rising series by compiled by Brenda Hammond in Alberta. And her book, hear me, kept reaching out to me. I kept hearing I didn't even know what the book was. It was just the title was hear me. And I kept saying, I want people to hear me. I want I want to be heard like, I want people to know this, like I'm tired of living in silence, you know, just to keep everybody hush hush, because everybody's comfortable. So I reached out to Brenda, and that's how my writing journey started. Was with Brenda, and I wrote my first chapter in there, and and it just continued to the ripple effect into other books and other anthologies and other people. And I find that the universe is guiding me, like bringing me to the people that I need to see. You know, like meeting you. Michael, like, had I not started a podcast and met Mickey Mickelson, I would have never met you. Michael, so Mm hmm.   Michael Hingson ** 34:54 And he continues to to be a driving force in helping a lot of authors. Absolutely.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 35:00 Absolutely, yeah. I'm not even sure how Mickey found me. We had a video call, and the next thing I knew, we were working together for three years, and I got to meet incredible authors through Mickey. Creative edge, and it's, it was one of the driving force of Tea Time with Miss Liz.   Michael Hingson ** 35:19 I can't remember exactly how I first heard of Mickey, either, but we we chatted, and we've been working together ever since.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 35:29 Yeah, Mickey is pretty awesome. I still keep my eyes on Mickey, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 35:36 and for those who don't know, Mickey is kind of a publicist. He works with authors and helps find podcasts and other opportunities for authors to talk about what they do and to interact with the world.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 35:50 Yeah. And then I got Yeah. And then I got to meet other people that found me on the airwave, through my press releases and through me speaking at different events. I had other people reach out with their authors and their members and all of that. And I got to meet some really incredible people, like I've had doctors on Tea Time. I've had Hollywood directors on Tea Time. I've had best selling authors like yourself Michael, like, you know, I got to meet some really incredible people. And then I got to meet other people as well that were doing movements and orphanages and stuff like that. We reached over 72 countries, you know, just people reaching out and saying, Hey, Miss Liz, can we have tea? And absolutely, let's sit down. Let's see what? Where you gotta go with your tea?   Michael Hingson ** 36:35 So you're in another season of tea time right now. No,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 36:39 I'm not. A lot of people are asking me to come back. I don't know if I will come back. I am working on, like I said, the E commerce drop shipping company for Miss Liz. I'm working on children's book. I'm working on poultry. I'm doing a lot of interviews now for my own books, daytime books and stuff like that. But I am reconsidering coming back maybe for a couple surprise podcast interviews. So   Michael Hingson ** 37:07 well, tell us about the E commerce site, the store.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 37:11 Well, that was supposed to be launched on my birthday. I like to give myself birthday gifts because I'm by myself a lot. So two years ago, I gave myself the tea books for my birthday. And this year I was supposed to give the E commerce drop shipping, where we opened a second branch of Miss Liz's tea, where we changed the letter A to E, so T, E, E instead of T, E, A. But if you look at my OMA, who comes from Germany, T in Germany, is tee, so we're still keeping almost T, we're just bringing it in a different way. And   Michael Hingson ** 37:45 what does it stand for? Do you have definition   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 37:50 of it for the for this T? We have transcend embrace and envision. So transcend beyond the story that we all tell. Embrace Your embrace the journey that you're on and envision your dreams and visions that you can move forward.   Michael Hingson ** 38:07 So how's the E commerce site coming?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 38:11 It's coming along. We got a couple of hiccups. I just want to make sure that everything is good to go. We have over 100 different products, and again, we do not have the tea beverage on the site. So you guys can see that Miss Liz is staying true to herself, that it is not about a beverage, but we do have an inner journey happening. So you'll have to check that out. So we have some some candles and some journals, some fashion that Miss Liz has created. So there's a lot of cool things that you'll see, and then we have some collaboration. So if any of the businesses out there would like to collaborate with missus, because I'm big on collaboration, we can maybe come up with a brand or or a journal or something that we can work two brands together to create a bigger inner journey for people   Michael Hingson ** 39:02 to enjoy. Is the site up.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 39:05 It was up, and we had to take it down because there were some glitches in it, and I wanted to make sure that it so we're hoping that it's going to be going for June 1. I don't like to set dates, because then I get disappointed, right? If something comes up. So it was supposed to be May 17, guys, and I know that a lot of people were looking forward to it. My children were looking forward to it because of the fashion. And there's something for everyone on on the new website, for children, for parent, for mothers, for fathers, for family. So I wanted to make sure that everybody was included.   Michael Hingson ** 39:41 Tell me about some of the fashion things.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 39:44 So we have inner journeys. So I had an eating disorder from the age of 12 Michael, so I had a body image all the time. So I wanted to make sure that we felt beautiful about ourselves. So we have some summer dresses. In there, we have some swimwear. Swimwear was another thing that I didn't really like to wear growing up. I like to be covered a lot. So we and then we have undergarments for people to feel beautiful within themselves. And then we have hoodies and T shirts. But we have messages, little tea messages from Miss Liz.   Michael Hingson ** 40:23 Now, are most of these fashion things mainly for women, or are there some men ones on there as well?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 40:28 No, we have men. Men have stories too. So there, there's, I thought. So, yeah, we have men in there. We and we have, I'm really big on having men share their stories, because I have a son. I've said this on many platforms. I would want my son to have the same services that his mother has. So of course, there's a men where in there, there are children's wear in there as well, and there's some puzzles and some diamond art and all of that. So there's a little bit of everything in there.   Michael Hingson ** 41:00 So how do you use all of the different mechanisms that you have to promote awareness? I think I know the answer to this, but I'd like you to tell how you're promoting awareness, mental health and otherwise awareness.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 41:15 I think the way that I'm promoting myself and my brand, Michael is just show up and be yourself, believe in yourself and stay true to yourself, be your real tea, you know. And the way that I'm branding and marketing it is, I'm breathing different. So when you hear tea, you think the beverage right away. Well, then when you hear Miss Liz, you know, Miss Liz is not bringing a beverage. So right over the way you're getting different, right? And I like to keep people on your toes, because they think that they might know what's coming, but they don't know same as, like the fashion, where you might think you know what's coming, but then you'll be like, Whoa. This is not what I was thinking.   Michael Hingson ** 41:54 And you and you put as you said, sayings and other things on there, which help promote awareness as   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 41:59 well. Absolutely, yeah, and it's simple phrases that I use all the time. You tell me, I can't, and I'll show you I can. You know, it lives in you. These are some of the brand messages that I have on my on my merchandise. Also, men have stories too simple phrases. You know that we just gotta make awareness. It's so simple sometimes that we overthink it and we overdo it, that we just gotta keep it simple.   Michael Hingson ** 42:28 Mm, hmm. Which? Which make perfect sense? Yeah. So you, you talk a lot about mental health. Have we made improvements in society regarding mental health, and how do we do more to represent marginalized voices? Oh,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 42:50 we got lots of work to do. Michael, we're not even close, you know, we're just on the touch of the iceberg for mental health. We have all these organizations that are competing with each other instead of collaborating. I think we would really make a huge difference if we started working together instead of against each other. Or my service is better than your service. Let's start just collaborating together and working together as one. You know that all this division in the mental health world is what's causing the distractions and the delays in services and and getting help? You know, I think we just need to start working together. And collaboration is not weakness. It's not taking somebody else's product away. It's working together. It's teamwork. And I think we need more teamwork out there.   Michael Hingson ** 43:41 We also need to somehow do more to educate the governments to provide some of the funding that they should be providing to help this process.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 43:51 Absolutely, and I think the statuses need to really be looked at. They're not even close.   Michael Hingson ** 43:59 Yeah, I I agree there, there's a long way to go to to deal with it,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 44:04 absolutely. You know, just throwing numbers out there to have numbers, but not actually getting the real factual information out there can cause a lot more damage.   Michael Hingson ** 44:17 So if you could shift one mindset regarding mental health, what would it   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 44:24 be? Oh, good question. Michael, hmm, that we're not alone, okay, because a lot of people with mental illness think they're alone, but we're actually not alone. There's, there's a lot of people out there that are feeling the same thing as us,   Michael Hingson ** 44:47 and that's a mindset that people have, that we need to to deal with. We need to change. We need to teach people that the reality. Is there a lot of people, whether they've experienced the same things as as any individual has or not, isn't the issue. But there are a lot of people who do want to be more welcoming, and there are a lot of people who could learn to be more welcoming than they are   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 45:18 absolutely Well, I think it starts with a conversation, right? Having these conversations, a lot of people don't want to talk about mental health because they don't want to know the truth. They just want to know what society says, right, what the system say, what the services say, but they're not actually advocating for themselves. I think if we all started advocating for our mental health, we would make the impact and the change as well,   Michael Hingson ** 45:45 yeah, but we need to really, somehow develop a collective voice and Absolutely, and that's part of the problem. I know that with the world of disabilities in general, the difficulty is that, although it is probably well, it is one of the largest minorities, maybe the second largest in the world, depending on whether you want to consider women the minority. Although there are more women than men, or men the minority, the reality is that the difficulty is that there are so many different kinds of disabilities that we face and some that we don't even recognize. But the problem is that everyone totally interacts within their own disability to the point where they don't find ways to work together nearly as as much as they can. And it doesn't mean that each disability isn't unique, because they are, and that needs to be addressed, but there's a lot more power if people learn to work together   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 46:46 exactly. I'm with you, with that, Michael, because there's so many disabilities that you don't see right, that you don't hear about, somebody will talk about a new diagnosis that nobody knows about or is unaware of, like when I, when I talk about conversion disorder, a lot of people don't know about it, and I'm just like, check it out. You know, I'm a lady that actually has crazy papers, so if I go a little crazy on people, I can get away with it. I got the paper for it, right? So, but the thing is, the doctors, they they need more education as well. They need to be educated as well, not just the society, not just the public, but also the doctors that are working in those   Michael Hingson ** 47:29 fields. There's so many examples of that. You know, website access for people with disabilities is a major issue, and we don't teach in most schools, in most places where we where we have courses to instruct people on how to code, we don't really make making websites inclusive and accessible a major part of the courses of study, and so the result is that we don't tend to provide a mechanism where people shift their mindset and realize how important it is to make sure that their websites are fully inclusive to all. It's the same kind of concept. Yeah.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 48:12 Well, I think we all could learn a little bit more, right when we when we all get to this point where we we've learned everything. I think that's where society gets ignorant towards disability, right? You know, living with disability myself, Michael, I've had a lot of people say, Well, you look fine. There's nothing wrong with you. Why? Why? Why you like this? You know, why? And my answer is, why are you that way? Why are you judging something you're not seeing? You know, it's just like in grief, you don't see grief. It lives within us. You don't see abuse. The person is usually living within a home that is told what happens in the home. Stays in a home, you know, or they they try to mask it and hide the real truth, right? Yeah, and that, and that's a form of trauma as well, because we're being told to hush. So then when we start speaking, well, then we start doubting ourselves, right? The self doubt kicks in, oh, maybe I shouldn't say that, or I shouldn't do that, or I shouldn't, you know, be there. So you start to self doubt everything. I did that for many years. I self doubt why I was in a room with a bunch of people, or why I was speaking at that event, or why I wrote in that book, or and then I was just like, You know what? I am enough, and we all are enough, and we all can be seen in a different light. My   Michael Hingson ** 49:41 favorite example illustrating some of what you're talking about is that I had a phone conversation with someone once, and arranged for them to come to our apartment. I was on campus at the time, living in an on campus apartment, and the guy came out that afternoon, and I answered the door and he said, I'm looking for Michael Hinks. And I said, I'm Michael. Hanks, and his comment was, you didn't sound blind on the telephone. Now, I've never understood what it means to sound blind, but whatever. Wow. Yeah, it's, it's amazing, you know. And I was polite enough not to say, Well, you didn't sound stupid on the phone either. But yeah,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 50:22 right, that that would, that would be something I would say. Now, back in the day, I was a little mouse, now I'm a lion, and I'm just like, oh, yeah, right. Like, tap for Taft man, like,   Michael Hingson ** 50:33 Well, yeah, but there, there are ways to deal with things like that. But it, it still worked out. But it was just an amazing thing that he said, yeah,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 50:43 it surprises me what some people say. Sometimes I'm just like, Really, wow.   Michael Hingson ** 50:50 So you've done well, a lot of international speaking. Where have you traveled to speak?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 50:55 I spoke in Detroit in 2020, 20 or 2021, I can't remember the year Michael, but I spoke at the Sean fair tour, and I spoke on tea, of course, and my journey, and my story and my journey on how I'm just a different woman who wants to come to the table and make a difference. I just want to show people that if as long as we're trying, we can make a difference, as long as we're showing up, tired, broke, frustrated, we're making a difference, you know? And that's, that's my message to everybody, is just show up, just be you, and not everybody needs to like you, you know. I'm not everyone's cup of tea, and I don't want to be everyone's cup of tea.   Michael Hingson ** 51:38 Mm, hmm. You can only do and should only do what you do, yeah, but   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 51:44 And yeah. And then I'll be speaking in October. I just spoke at an event here in Cornwall, in my local area, for empowered to recovery with Jay Bernard. Bernard, and in October, I'll be speaking in North Bay for an elementary student, my sister and she actually went to school with my sister. She actually found me through my books. And she's she runs this youth group, and she'd like me to go speak to the youths on empowerment and and and the tea, of course,   Michael Hingson ** 52:16 always worth talking to kids. It's so much fun. Yeah. Yeah. And the neat thing about the most neat thing about speaking to children is there's so much more uninhibited. They're not afraid to ask questions, which is so great.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 52:32 I love questions like, I I love when I talk to people and they have some questions like, What? What is this tea that you keep talking about? And I'm just like, the tea is just the grab guys. It's just to get you hooked. It's like going fishing and catching a good fish, like, I put the hook in the water, and you all come and you join and you have a tea with me.   Michael Hingson ** 52:56 But still, children are so much more uninhibited. If, if I deliver a talk, mainly to kids, even kindergarten through sixth or seventh grade, they're much more open to asking questions. Sometimes they have to be encouraged a little bit. But boy, when the questions start, the kids just keep coming up with them, which is so great.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 53:20 Great. It's that ripple effect that first person to break the ice, to ask the first question, and then it just rolls.   Michael Hingson ** 53:26 It's a lot harder with adults to get them to to do that. Yeah, and it is. It is, even then, though, when adults start to ask questions, and the questions open up, then we get a lot of good interactions, but it is more of a challenge to get adults to open and ask questions than it is children. And it's so much fun because you never know what question a child is going to ask, which is what makes it so fun, too, because there's so much more uninhibited   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 54:01 and the imagination of a child. I love speaking like what my granddaughter, she's four, and the conversations we have about dragons and tooth fairies and and good monsters, because I don't like bad monsters, she knows grandma doesn't like bad monsters, so we talk about good monsters. And it's just the stories, the imagination, that opens up new, new ways of seeing things and seeing life. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 54:29 you've gotten a number of awards, humanitarian awards, and and other kinds of awards. Tell me a little bit about those.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 54:36 Honestly, Michael, I don't know how I got those awards. I was just being myself, and I guess a lot of people nominated me for stuff, and they were just like, you gotta check this. Miss Liz out, you know, and even some awards, I'm just like, Why me? You know, all I did was be myself. I'm grateful for them, I and I appreciate the awards. But. I don't, I don't want to be known for the awards, if that makes any sense.   Michael Hingson ** 55:03 Mm, hmm, I understand well, but you've been successful. What does success mean to you?   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 55:10 Success means showing up for myself.   Michael Hingson ** 55:14 Tell me more about that.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 55:17 Of course. You know, success is different for everybody, right? Some people want the million dollars they want. They want the best seller they want. You know, they want the big business. They want the big house. For me, success is just showing up. Growing up. Nobody showed up for me. So I knew at a young age I had to show up for myself, and that was my success story. Was just showing up. There's days I really don't want to be here. I'm just tired of showing up, but I still show up tired, you know. So that's my success story, and I think that's going to be my success story until the day I die. Michael is just show up.   Michael Hingson ** 55:58 Well, there's a lot to be said for showing up, and as long as you do show up, then people get to see you, right? Yeah, which is, which is the whole point. And again, as we talked about earlier, that's the choice that you made. So you decided that you were going to show up and you were going to be you, and you also talk about it, which is, I think, extremely important, because so many people won't, not a criticism. But last year, I spoke at the Marshfield, Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival in April of 2024 and it was a and every year they hold this festival, and it's a celebration of American history. One of the people there was a secret service agent who rode in the car right behind JFK when he was assassinated, and it took him 45 years before he could talk about it. It was that traumatic for him, and he just wasn't able to move on. Eventually he was able to talk about it, and he was at the festival, as I was last year, and did speak about it. But it's it is hard, it is a major endeavor and effort to make the choice to show up, to to face whatever you have to deal with and move on from it or move on with it. I, you know, I talk about Karen, my wife passing, and I will never say I move on from Karen. I continue to move forward, but I don't want to move on. I don't want to forget her Absolutely. And there's a big difference between moving on and moving forward. I'm sorry. Go ahead. No, no, go ahead. Michael, no, that's it.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 57:45 You know, we look at life differently, right? Different perspectives and, and that's the whole thing with the T is looking at life differently. We all have a past, we all have a present, and we all have a future, right? And it's how we look at our past. Do we stay stuck in our past, like a lot of people are, mislead your in the past? No, I'm not. I speak of the past, but I'm not in the past. I'm in the present moment, and my trauma is real and it's raw, and I'm dealing with it, and I'm healing from it. And the future, I don't know where the future's taking me. I just buckle up and go for the adventure and see where it takes me. If it means writing another book or it means taking a trip or getting a job in a third world country, that's where I go. I'm, you know, moving forward from all of the trauma that I've lived through. I don't want to forget it. Mm, hmm. A lot of people like I would you change anything? No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't change a single thing.   Michael Hingson ** 58:45 There's a difference between remembering and being aware of it and being bitter and hating it. And I think that's the important part,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 58:53 yeah. And speaking of the past is not it's not a bad thing. It because the past is part of us, right? We were little kids once upon a time like there, you know, not everything was all bad. There was good moments. You know, there was more bad times for me than there was good, but there were good moments. I had good memories of spending with my grandparents on the farm and, you know, playing in the wrecked up cars and pretending I was a race car driver and stuff like that, you know, playing in the mud, making mud pies, putting them in the oven. You know, these were good memories that I have, you know, so those are what I hold on to. I hold on to the good stuff. I don't hold on to that heavy stuff.   Michael Hingson ** 59:33 Well, at least at this point, what do you see in the future for Miss Liz   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 59:39 travel? I so want to travel. I, you know, I've traveled the world, well, 72 countries, in this rocking chair. I would like to take this rocking chair in person. I would like to have a stage. I would like to have people come and talk and share their stories on a miss Liz's platform stage. That is the goal for Miss Liz.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:01 To travel and to really meet people from a lot of new and different places,   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 1:00:07 absolutely, and meet all the guests I had on Tea Time. That is one of my goals. So when the universe gets on my good side, maybe I'll be traveling and meeting you face to face one day, Michael,   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:18 or we'll travel up there when, when we can, I know right now there are many challenges because of our governments putting roadblocks in the way. I've applied to speak at several events in Canada, and I've been told right now, well, the political situation, political situation is such that we can't really bring anybody in from the United States. And, you know, I understand that. I I think that there's so much to add, but I also understand that they don't want to take those chances, and that's fine.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 1:00:48 Yeah, we've been told the same, no traveling, vice versa. There's so, you know, it will calm itself down. We just got to give it some   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:57 time. It will, you know, it isn't going to go on forever, and we'll just have to deal with it. Well, if you had the opportunity to go back and give your younger Miss Liz some advice, what would it be? Drink More tea. Drink More tea of the liquid kind or the other kind.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 1:01:17 No. Drink the real stuff like drink, the beverage, drink the real stuff. Like, you know, speaking of tea all the time, you know, my favorite tea is jasmine tea. I wish I could drink more jasmine tea, but when I drink jasmine tea, it brings it brings back a memory of my Uma, and it it's hard for me so but drink more tea, like, actually sit down and have more conversations with OMA and see what else OMA had in   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:44 the back there for her. Yeah. Well, there you go. Well, I, I must say, I've never been a coffee drinker, but I got converted to drinking tea years ago, and I've been doing it ever since. My favorite is PG Tips, black tea, and I can get it from Amazon, so we do it.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 1:01:59 That's a good one too. Yeah, I'm not a real big tea drinker, but guys, I do know a little bit about tea.   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:06 Well, I drink it more because it's a hot drink and it's got less calories than hot chocolate. Otherwise, I would be drinking hot chocolate all the time. But after September 11, I tend to clear my throat a lot, so drinking hot beverages helps, and I've just never liked coffee like I've learned to like tea, so I drink tea.   Elizabeth Gagnon ** 1:02:26 Yeah. What's for you? Yeah, he's good for you. Look what it did to me. It made me who I am today.   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:32 There you are in so many ways. Well, I want to than

On this episode of the 3 Speech Podcast, Darius, Leo, and Nico tackle everything from Hunter Biden's crack-smoking wisdom to race and breakups in celebrity culture. They roast a wild “me-too” story involving Will Poulter, share their worst dumping tales, and debate who's really centering themselves in “black and brown spaces.” Plus: Nico reveals why he's training his kids like Spartans and Leo nearly loses a finger to a fake donut.

Teacup Magic 2 Kickstarter is running until 28th July. Pledge now to receive such rewards as special edition hardbacks, audiobooks, tea and assorted merch, plus digital content. “Tea Parties for the Magically Inclined” is a recipe zine inspired by the comestibles of the Teacup Isles, including several recipes and a lot of opinions about how to serve and consume tea. Exclusively available in PDF & print zine format in the Teacup Magic 2 Kickstarter.   Back Teacup Magic on Kickstarter today.

We discussed and celebrated Juneteenth to open the show. We then discuss Tea Parties and loose teas (we're a bit allover the place during the open). Do you, or would you own a boat? If not a boat, what would be your wild luxury purchase? Legalized recreational cannabis means entrepreneurs are on the scene to creative chronic based good times. Boxtook it down south and visited Columbus, Ohio for good food and cool collectibles. Do y'all negotiate when copping from individual sellers? We also chat coin and precious metals investing. Tee's segment finally has an intro, and he discusses his youngest not knowing how an actual phone (not mobile) works. Tee also hung out with his in-laws which trust, is worth the listen. We then head over to Reddit for AITA and wrap with our entertainment recs and some listener feedback. Thanks for listening/watching. See You Next Time, Team SKiM Tatum | TAYREL713 | Lunchbox | LISTEN | RSS | Apple Podcast | Spotify | TuneIn | Bluesky | Amazon Music | YouTube | Email | Amazon Wish List | Merch | Patreon  PHONE l 216-264-6311 #Cleveland #Ohio #LiveFromThe216 #LeflaurLeflahEshkoshka #TheFab5 #HeltahSkeltah #OGC #Nocturnal #Travel #Columbus #Warios #TacoJohns #SeaFood #Lobster #Crab #MagicTheGathering #Negotiating #SpotFees #PreciousMetals#Investing #Parenthood #Family #InLaws #Reddit #AITA #ProdigalSon #28DaysLater #28WeeksLater #MarioKartWorld #TheLegendofZeldaEchoesofWisdom #AnimaRising #ChristopherMooreAlternative Title – Taco John's es malo LinksBeyond the Bud: How Ohio Entrepreneurs Are Creating Immersive Cannabis ExperiencesRedditAITA - For saying my brother doesn't deserve the switch 2?AITA for refusing to help my roommate move out after they broke our lease early?AITA for telling my colleague i hope he never never finds a girlfriend?

US President Trump implemented an extraordinary tax increase on US consumers overnight. If the 104% tax increase on goods from China is not reversed, it is likely to push the US into recession more rapidly. China's economy is negatively impacted—but the larger each round of tariffs, the less their marginal impact on foreign growth. USD 55 million of tea imported from China is subject to the 104% tax (in 1773 the UK cut tea taxes).

We check in with what's trending! And we play Beat Migs as well!

As young as early teens, Kelly Jo had embarked on her psychic journey. She worked with another psychic on a long distance murder case in Mass. and on an extremely sensitive and high profile murder case in Florida.As a gifted clairvoyant, medium, pet psychic and medical intuitive, Kelly Jo has travelled around the United States doing readings, tea parties, Glasonbury fairs, private consultations, pet hands on healing, lectures at Mesa Arizona University to include: From the 80's – 90's, spiritual book reviews at Barnes and Noble in Florida.Medical Intuitive – use this gift for readings in sensitive health matters. Assisting healing, body scans – Pranic healing. Releasing deceased or trapped spirits back into the light of God force.Over the course of 27 years of professional readings, Kelly Jo has been a guest on several local and national radio and TV programs. To name a few: Channel 57 & Channel 5 News, West Palm Beach, Florida. Guest appearances for predictions for Miami Heat, basketball and pop readings on the Buzz Radio and Channel 57 TV. Written up in the Palm Beach Post for her assistance in helping to solve a murder case. Working with local authorities on crime matters and topics to include haunted houses. Worked on the Polo ponies, doing energy work on the athlete horses.Worked missing person cases – one in Pompano Beach. He disappeared from a local bar – family called on Kelly Jo's assistance – after they learned he was murdered. Kelly Jo was called in to find the right bar – needed and gave specific information – details| description of murder, clothing, people, smells, type of car, cowboy boots. Body found as described one year later by the local authorities.Tea leaf readings or Tea Parties in Naples Florida, Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, NC and other numerous places travelled – for entertainment purposes.80's worked on two Archeological sites in Arizona which were for the findings for mummified Indian families/people in caves and for iron artifacts located on private lands. Called in for help to find them – by locating the burials and remains.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

Bryony Blake is back for another fun and beauty filled episode.I think the title says it all but this week Bryony has had a very special beauty treatment, she's sharing her disdain for sweet, knitted things and I nearly got arrested (OK slight exaggeration but I COULD have been) at the zoo.Plus we have your beauty recommendations of the week.Happy listening Outspoken Beauties xx

In this episode, Peter White Public Library Development Director Heather Steltenpohl talks close encounters with authors, including Bonnie Jo Campbell this summer at PWPL. Heather's Book Recommendation: Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

Are you ready to follow in the footsteps of rebels and explore Boston's 250-year-old revolutionary history? Known for its tea-dumping defiance that helped ignite the American Revolutionary War, Boston still has the fierce spirit of a revolutionary city, a place of ideas, creation and determination.    In this on-location episode, we'll follow the Freedom Trail with a local guide, board a Tea Party Ship and speak with Bostonians about the evolution of New England's historical and cultural capital.  Join producer Luke and me as we discover tea parties, poets, and trails on an epic guide around Boston. In this immersive episode, you'll learn about the incredible historical sites you can visit to learn more about Boston's fascinating 250-year-old revolutionary history.  You can listen to our upcoming Boston episodes on Travel Goals and on the Boston Found Podcast, a podcast hosted by Meet Boston CEO Martha Sheridan.  Huge thanks to Meet Boston and TTM World for supporting and collaborating with the Travel Goals Podcast. ****************************************** Hi, I'm your podcast host, Portia Jones [nicknamed Pip Jones], a freelance travel journalist, podcaster, and Lonely Planet guidebook author.  If you love to travel, check out my travel website and subscribe to my travel newsletter to get travel guides and new episodes of the Travel Goals podcast delivered straight to your inbox. Connect with us on social media: Travel Goals on Instagram | Travel Goals on Facebook  Travel Goals is produced and owned by South Girl Production Music and Podcasting Ltd. Email us to discuss working together or with any questions about the podcast.  Enjoy the show, and don't forget to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Canada stories...In this empowering episode, Hope joins Miss Liz for her tea time conversation encompassing mental health, resilience, and making a difference. She discusses her remarkable journey as an advocate for mental health, abuse survivors, and peace initiatives in Canada and beyond. Miss Liz shares her poignant story of overcoming extreme abuse and channeling her pain into purpose, igniting positive change worldwide. Together, they explore the importance of education, advocacy, and community support in addressing mental health challenges and fostering healing. Miss Liz reflects on her role as the Founder of Miss Liz's Tea Parties and Teatimes, where individuals gather to share their stories of trauma and triumph. She discusses her commitment to creating safe spaces for survivors to find solace and empowerment through collective storytelling.Throughout the episode, Miss Liz's resilience shines as she recounts her experiences as an international keynote speaker, co-author, and recipient of numerous awards recognizing her humanitarian efforts. From her involvement in global peace initiatives to her dedication to supporting marginalized communities, Miss Liz's unwavering determination to break the stigma surrounding abuse, grief, and mental anguish is truly inspiring. Listeners are treated to a heartfelt dialogue between two advocates united in their mission to spread hope, raise awareness, and foster positive change. Through their shared passion for advocacy and tea, gums, and gossip, Hope and Miss Liz exemplify the transformative power of resilience, compassion, and community in overcoming adversity and building a brighter future for all. https://linktr.ee/Misslizteatime https://linktr.ee/Gumsandgossip --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gumsandgossip/message

As young as early teens, Kelly Jo had embarked on her psychic journey. She worked with another psychic on a long distance murder case in Mass. and on an extremely sensitive and high profile murder case in Florida.As a gifted clairvoyant, medium, pet psychic and medical intuitive, Kelly Jo has travelled around the United States doing readings, tea parties, Glasonbury fairs, private consultations, pet hands on healing, lectures at Mesa Arizona University to include: From the 80's – 90's, spiritual book reviews at Barnes and Noble in Florida.Medical Intuitive – use this gift for readings in sensitive health matters. Assisting healing, body scans – Pranic healing. Releasing deceased or trapped spirits back into the light of God force.Over the course of 27 years of professional readings, Kelly Jo has been a guest on several local and national radio and TV programs. To name a few: Channel 57 & Channel 5 News, West Palm Beach, Florida. Guest appearances for predictions for Miami Heat, basketball and pop readings on the Buzz Radio and Channel 57 TV. Written up in the Palm Beach Post for her assistance in helping to solve a murder case. Working with local authorities on crime matters and topics to include haunted houses. Worked on the Polo ponies, doing energy work on the athlete horses.Worked missing person cases – one in Pompano Beach. He disappeared from a local bar – family called on Kelly Jo's assistance – after they learned he was murdered. Kelly Jo was called in to find the right bar – needed and gave specific information – details| description of murder, clothing, people, smells, type of car, cowboy boots. Body found as described one year later by the local authorities.Tea leaf readings or Tea Parties in Naples Florida, Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, NC and other numerous places travelled – for entertainment purposes.80's worked on two Archeological sites in Arizona which were for the findings for mummified Indian families/people in caves and for iron artifacts located on private lands. Called in for help to find them – by locating the burials and remains.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

A horror movie that thrills its audience with...uh....hmmm...sewing? Oh and a demon is summoned out of loneliness and a desire to have tea parties with dollies. This is so unbelievably bad. "Annabelle" (2014) is a cinematic catastrophe that makes you question the very fabric of horror filmmaking. From a plot that can only be summarized as "a cult summons a demon who likes to play with dolls," to characters so insipid and carelessly written that you'll find yourself wishing for their swift demise, this movie is a masterclass in how not to make a horror film. The narrative is so painfully dull that it makes you wonder if the filmmakers were even trying. The premise of a demonic entity toying with dolls could have been intriguing, but "Annabelle" manages to suck every ounce of excitement out of it. The scares are predictable, the tension is nonexistent, and the entire plot feels like a lazy rehash of every demon haunting movie ever made. Let's talk about Mia, the main character who single-handedly takes the crown for the most inexplicably stupid and careless protagonist in horror history. As she faces supernatural threats, Mia's decisions become increasingly irrational, leaving audiences more frustrated than frightened. You'll find yourself yelling at the screen, not in terror, but in disbelief at the sheer idiocy and carelessness of her actions. To add insult to injury, the film employs a narrative device that informs us the events we just suffered through never actually took place. It's a lazy attempt at following contractual obligations with the basis for it's "true story" that only serves to render the entire viewing experience utterly pointless. It's as if the filmmakers themselves realized the mess they had created and decided to hit the reset button, leaving audiences with a profound sense of wasted time. Comparing "Annabelle" to other cinematic disasters like "Monster-A-Go-Go" might actually be an insult to the latter. While both films share the common denominator of  having a plot only to reveal it was all a sham and deserving of zero stars, at least "Monster-A-Go-Go" doesn't pretend to be a good movie. In conclusion, "Annabelle" is a horror film that fails on every conceivable level – from its moronic idiot plot to its infuriatingly dimwitted characters. Save yourself the agony and opt for a more thrilling cinematic experience, even if it means watching paint dry or staring at a blank screen.

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Life and summer get in the way but that gives you an extra large episode as we cover not one but two FEH Channels and two banners with the tea time focused Special Heroes banner and the CYL 7 Brave Heroes. We also have an announcement about some changes we are making to our recording schedule.

On this episode, Sonia and Jessica discuss twelve parenting styles found in three binge-worthy parenting tv series; Bringing Up Baby, Parental Guidance and Hulu's, The Parent Test, the cringiest moments, the surprisingly most Gilmore Girls parenting style and is the hostess with the mostest really the mostest? Topics discussed in this episode: Why Do Parenting Styles Matter to Us? (8:12) Bringing Up Baby- Cancelled British TV Show (10:20) Parental Guidance- Australian TV Show (16:03) Parenting Styles (21:00) Attachement Parenting Style (22:10) New Age Parenting Style (33:24) French Parenting Style (39:23) Natural Parenting Style (45:44) Free Range parenting Style (49:42) High Achievement Parenting Style (53:26) Intensive Parenting Style (58:48) Discipline Parenting Style (01:07:33) Helicopter Parenting Style (01:12:39) Traditional Parenting Style (01:23:19) Child-Led Parenting Style (01:27:55) Negotiation Parenting Style (01:31:47) Strict Parenting Style (01:36:40) Routine Parenting Style (01:39:46) What Parenting Style Our Parents Used On Us (01:47:54) Sonia's Mom Was an ER Nurse Before She Was Born, Sooo (01:53:42) Jessica's Tea Parties on The Beach With Her Mom (01:56:38) Episode Correction: In the Free Range Parenting Style example Sonia refers to the movie Gone Girl and she meant to say The Lovely Bones. Sonia's Mom's Birthday: Nothing crazy happened this year! Sonia, Mike, her brother Brian and her Grandmother took Annabelle and her nephew to plant some flowers at Nana Linda's grave. It was a special weekend.   Thanks for Listening and Checking out the Show Notes! For a full list of this episode's resources please visit the show notes on geriatricmamas.com. While there you can also submit any comments or corrections you'd like to share with the Geriatric Mamas for this episode!   Please follow, subscribe, rate and review the Geriatric Mamas! Tell a friend! We need your support!  You can follow us on instagram at @geriatric_mamas, on Twitter at @geriatricmamas, and follow our facebook page and our Geriatric Mamas group page. If you have a topic idea you'd like us to discuss, are interested in being a guest, or simply have a funny geriatric story to tell, you can contact us here!   

Have you ever wondered what really unfolded during the Alabama Sweet Tea Party of August 5, 2023? Or been curious about the puzzling case of Carlee Russell's alleged abduction? Brace yourself for an episode packed with riveting tales and biting critiques. Our lively debate will focus on Cardi B's microphone throwing incident and Carlee Russell's peculiar abduction story. We leave no stone unturned as we scrutinize inconsistencies in Carlee's narrative, even questioning some questionable internet searches leading up to her disappearance. This week's discourse delves into the world of music, exploring artists like Doja Cat and Uzi. We break down their highs and lows, their rise to prominence, and even their romantic entanglements. We also turn a critical eye toward Lizzo, scrutinizing recent accusations against the artist and evaluating her body positivity messaging. Are these artists living up to their hype, or falling short of expectations?As we round out the episode, we remember the Alabama Sweet Tea Party, an incident that continues to resonate. We analyze the aftermath of a heated confrontation between a dock worker and a group of pontoon boat CRIMINALS. From analyzing TikTok videos to discussing the consequences of retaliatory behavior, we'll cover it all. So sit back, tune in, and get ready for a deep dive into the latest hot topics. This episode promises to be a mix of humor, controversy, and candid discussions.

Have you ever wondered what really unfolded during the Alabama Sweet Tea Party of August 5, 2023? Or been curious about the puzzling case of Carlee Russell's alleged abduction? Brace yourself for an episode packed with riveting tales and biting critiques. Our lively debate will focus on Cardi B's microphone throwing incident and Carlee Russell's peculiar abduction story. We leave no stone unturned as we scrutinize inconsistencies in Carlee's narrative, even questioning some questionable internet searches leading up to her disappearance. This week's discourse delves into the world of music, exploring artists like Doja Cat and Uzi. We break down their highs and lows, their rise to prominence, and even their romantic entanglements. We also turn a critical eye toward Lizzo, scrutinizing recent accusations against the artist and evaluating her body positivity messaging. Are these artists living up to their hype, or falling short of expectations?As we round out the episode, we remember the Alabama Sweet Tea Party, an incident that continues to resonate. We analyze the aftermath of a heated confrontation between a dock worker and a group of pontoon boat CRIMINALS. From analyzing TikTok videos to discussing the consequences of retaliatory behavior, we'll cover it all. So sit back, tune in, and get ready for a deep dive into the latest hot topics. This episode promises to be a mix of humor, controversy, and candid discussions.

Is Tom Cruise hosting tea parties with Harry and Meghan? Meghan Markle Proves Sleeveless Turtlenecks Are a Chic Summer Staple and is Harry a beer and steak-and-potatoes kind of dude?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Cruise may soon have some very special guests at his secret London tea parties. Listen here and learn more at OKmagazine.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Anglophiles, Japanese tea ceremony enthusiasts, and everyone who loves tea should listen to Kathea Bryan and her take on the tea party. Are there rules? Is anything too gauche to do? Can there be coffee for those who prefer it to tea? Listen and find out. It's on Tip of the Tongue. Get full access to Tip of the Tongue at tipofthetongue.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever attended a tea party for dogs? Take a moment to guess whether this subject appealed more to Hilary, or Michael... Plus, it's time to get crafty with knitting and miniatures and a DL needs help with a proposal!Make sure you subscribe / follow so that you get the BONUS episodes every Thursday! The Wittering Whitehall's "Life Lessons" will educate, inform and delight, in a shorter (slightly) more concise package! You can email your questions, thoughts or problems to TheWitteringWhitehalls@gmail.comThis episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

We discuss the history and cultural significance of tea and the rise of herbal teas. Our sponsor this week is Kettle-Up, makers of scum free tea pots. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5-minute-expert/support

Conversation with Lady Patricia Farmer Author "Tea Under the Palms: From Leaf to Kettle - A History of Tea and the Art of a Proper Tea Party" on "Talk Across America". Book link available at (www.dougmilesmedia.com)

This week we talk about the new Little Mermaid trailer, the upcoming Creed-verse, and have a conversation about Villains. Why do people want villains to be sympathetic? Can it be done well? Why were you mad that Kang is a bad guy? Kate, Alex, and Neysha get into it in this episode. 

This Tuesday 03-13-2013 at 7:00 PM EST Time, Kelly Jo describes her journey regarding her life with her abilities. Every Psychic, Medium, Clairvoyant has their own story. We also will have a chance hopefully to had live questions to be answered by Kelly Jo! Do not miss this show. Mark it on your calendar. As young as early teens, Kelly Jo had embarked on her psychic journey. She worked with another psychic on a long distance murder case in Mass. and on an extremely sensitive and high profile murder case in Florida. As a gifted clairvoyant, medium, pet psychic and medical intuitive, Kelly Jo has travelled around the United States doing readings, tea parties, Glasonbury fairs, private consultations, pet hands on healing, lectures at Mesa Arizona University to include: From the 80's – 90's, spiritual book reviews at Barnes and Noble in Florida. Medical Intuitive – use this gift for readings in sensitive health matters. Assisting healing, body scans – Pranic healing. Releasing deceased or trapped spirits back into the light of God force. Over the course of 27 years of professional readings, Kelly Jo has been a guest on several local and national radio and TV programs. To name a few: Channel 57 & Channel 5 News, West Palm Beach, Florida. Guest appearances for predictions for Miami Heat, basketball and pop readings on the Buzz Radio and Channel 57 TV. Written up in the Palm Beach Post for her assistance in helping to solve a murder case. Working with local authorities on crime matters and topics to include haunted houses. Worked on the Polo ponies, doing energy work on the athlete horses. Worked missing person cases – one in Pompano Beach. He disappeared from a local bar – family called on Kelly Jo's assistance – after they learned he was murdered. Kelly Jo was called in to find the right bar – needed and gave specific information – details| description of murder, clothing, people, smells, type of car, cowboy boots. Body found as described one year later by the local authorities. Tea leaf readings or Tea Parties in Naples Florida, Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, NC and other numerous places travelled – for entertainment purposes. 80's worked on two Archeological sites in Arizona which were for the findings for mummified Indian families/people in caves and for iron artifacts located on private lands. Called in for help to find them – by locating the burials and remains. Further, KellyJo has been instrumental in assisting numerous law enforcement agencies around the country in solving murder and missing person cases. KellyJo is available for readings locally and nationally --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grizzly-onthehunt/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grizzly-onthehunt/support

Lieutenant David Haynes, a police officer who works on the North Side of the city, makes his weekly visit to the WGN Radio studios and the Bob Sirott Morning Show. Lt. Haynes, who co-authored “The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats,” reviews Big Ange’s Eatery. Located at 640 W. Northwest Hwy. in Arlington Heights, they are […]

Meet Suzanne Rea, a tea party enthusiast a polio survivor and a woman working with the "worlds greatest meal"  to help fight polio! Join us today on the podcastwww.WGmeal.org

(Aired January 26, 2023) DomainSherpa Review – Down The Rabbit Hole – January 26, 2023: The Relaunch: AI & Tea Parties In this special episode, the team is re-launching the series with JT & Jen Sale as co-hosts, and they are joined by Drew and Shane as they dive down the rabbit hole and discuss (i) Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, MidJourney, and some other popular AI tools such as Muse.ai - which we are now beginning to integrate into DomainSherpa, (ii) the legal concerns, ramifications, and effect on society in general, (iii) the US filing an anti-trust lawsuit against Google, and (iv) a whole lot more! So, tune in and jump down the rabbit hole with the Rabbit Hole Gang!

Welcome back to another week of the Black Girls with Purpose podcast! Today I sit down with Tabitha's Tea Party founder, Ebony King. During our episode we dive into the power of obedience, moving into new cities and the importance of being willing to evolve as God enlarges your territory. If you've been feeling like God is calling you to do more in this season, this episode is for you lovely! Ebony's formal bio: Ebony King is the founder and visionary behind Tabitha's TEA Party, a nonprofit that empowers women to GET UP from dead places. They host Bible studies through TEA Parties and annual conferences to help women connect, create, and draw closer to their God-given identity. Tabitha's TEA Party is named after a female disciple in the book of Acts who was known for doing good and helping the poor. Through her story, we learn that she died and was raised from death by prayer. She is an example that God can get you up from anything, and he can help you find life even in the places you thought were dead. Ebony's testimony is a story of a girl who got up, which inspired her most recent book, Black Wings Still Fly. Black Wings Still Fly, for anyone who has ever felt their adversity was too heavy for them to rise. Other links: Tabitha's Tea Party: https://www.tabithasteaparty.org/ Connect with Ebony online at thisisebonyking.com Black Girls with Purpose Playlist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlswithpurpose/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlswithpurpose/support

Story #1: "Princess Tea Party" written by u/bruggalug Story #2: "I Lost My Phone" written by u/eattwogallonsoflardStory #3: "I called 911 on my wife" written by u/SlimMosezStory #4: "My husband hasn't spoken to me for days" written by u/LuminoustygianStory #5: "My (17F) Mom (44F) is Cruel to My Cat" written by u/willisaugustoStory #6: "My sister was just eight when she died" written by u/PurpleFunk36Story #7: "A creepy individual was lurking about my house. He almost got me too" written u/A_Trans_Boi***Follow me @thescarecast on Instagram for updates. Contact me through email: mike@thescarecast.com for any story requests, concerns, or advertising inquiries.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-scarecast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hello! Welcome to yet ANOTHER episode where we sort of tell you stories! Today Janey is going to tell us about a house on a hill that is filled with ghosts and stuff, and Max is going to tell us about brothers that need therapy (and the queen that has to deal with them.) Let's get freaky!  Janey's Sources - The House That Was Filled With Ghosts“The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales” by Jen Campbell Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Join the Discord!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at sortofthestory@gmail.comAnd thank you to our sound engineer, Keith. Was that you whispering down the hall, or did we just leave a window open? 

Join Cronus, Daralis, Rylie and their Kingdom Hearts obsessed friend Austin as he explains the games to them. Groucho Glasses and Tea Parties abound as they recap Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. Join our Discord https://discord.gg/t9WX76d4qG Email us at hearttoheartpsychology@gmail.com Intro and Outro Song: Dearly Reminded by Ayano Ultra https://ayanoultra.bandcamp.com

This week's guest is the wonderful Holly Bloomfield, an arsenal fan born and raised in the shadow of the old Highbury Stadium. Holly takes us through her life growing up in North London, Tea Parties before Arsenal games, and what life was like waiting to watch Saturday's goals on Match of the Day. Our journey through Holly's goals takes us to Bolton, to Sheffield, and includes the homecoming for Arsenal's greatest player of all time. We'll hear about what it was like being a part of the Women's Euros fever this past summer, and why people who enjoy running for exercise cannot be trusted. It's a great time all round (especially if you're a Gooner). As always, please give us a 5 star rating wherever you get your podcasts, and spread the word about the podcast to anyone who might enjoy us! Follow us @DIGoalsPod on Twitter and @Desert.Island.Goals on Instagram, and follow Holly @hollybloomfield on Twitter & @ilex_rb on Instagram. Cheers!!! Holly's Goals: 1). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6MDO2AUnt4 (03:06 mark) 2). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDJamEVyD8 (02:18 mark) 3). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIRE3j6d0Y (00:49 mark) 4). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEv_orXpbSY (00:54 mark) 5). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OulrLnIqhME

Mercy and Tea Parties?! SO cute!

The Land of Tea Parties was a very nice one. The children and the others found Mrs Saucepan and let her choose a table filled with good (if a little strange) things to eat. They had a wonderful time.

Two bonus lateral thinking puzzles solved with Laura and Paul.Puzzle 1 by Lindy from TXPuzzle 2 from Outside-the-Box Lateral Thinking Puzzles by Paul Sloane and Des MachaleThe Halfling - A Middle-earth PodcastExplore Tolkien's writings and how they could fit into the "Rings of Power" showListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Thank you, Liz! It was such an honour and pleasure to have you as a guest. Sharing your personal story with us was important in helping others feel seen and not forgotten.  Thank you for creating a safe space for all and helping others find their voice.Meet Elizabeth (Miss Liz)Elizabeth Jean Olivia Gagnon is an established Best Selling International CoAuthor, International Keynote Speaker, Founder/Creator of Miss Liz Teatime and Parties, Global Peace Challenge 2020 Ambassador for Canada

I come with the vibes and rants and then I dive into RHOA, skimmed the Summer House and RHONJ reunions, tap into Real World Homecoming, and then finish with RHOBH and The Kardashians. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Disney Foodies Kristen Hoetzel, Cat Arcori, and Aljon Go review the new Disney Princess Tea Parties Cookbook as well as discuss our recommendations for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Disney Parks as well as the latest foodie news from the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts. Buy the Disney Princess Tea Parties Cookbook using our Amazon Affiliate Link and support the podcast! https://amzn.to/3LLUQn8 Book your next Disney Parks, Universal, or cruise vacation with Kristen today! E-mail her at themeparksandcruises@gmail.com. Dining at Disney Podcast uses Gator Frameworks - Stands and accessories for podcasters, content creators, music, lighting, and AV equipment. Visit https://gatorframeworks.com/ Shop using our affiliate links and support the show - Amazon https://amzn.to/3HKYfQm - Disney Store https://bit.ly/3t3joRT - Garden Grocer - https://bit.ly/3JQC5yj - VISIT OUR SITE http://diningatdisney.com/ Follow the team: Kristen Hoetzel http://www.instagram.com/diningatdisney/ - Vincent "Big Bubba" Alvarez - http://www.instagram.com/big_bubba_b/ - Cat Arcori - http://www.instagram.com/cat_astrophe/ - Producer - Aljon Go http://www.instagram.com/aljongo/ Segment music: Dining at Disney Theme - World Map by Jason Farnham. Additional music - Song: Razvan Mitroi - Summer Vibes Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/Vd9wW-HM65s --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diningatdisney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diningatdisney/support

This episode features "Tea Parties around Nebula-55" written by Adriana C. Grigore. Published in the May 2022 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/grigore_05_22 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

Are you ready for some BOOOOOOOOOOONUUUUUUUUUS COOOOOONTENT? As promised, we're releasing the full phone call with Mr. Jeff for your listening enjoyment. Learn about some extra tips for making the scone recipe your own, and about the science of making quickbreads! We also talk about how intense that blueberry bush really is, and about Mr. Jeff's childhood escapades.    Send us your questions or just say hey:  webrewgood@gmail.com @webrewgood on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok   Links and Citations: None this week, but all of the links and citations from the original episodes are in their descriptions. 

Chai there! It's time to jump back in! Thanks to ~Mr. Jeff's~ recipe, we finally tried our scones and tea and had our own little tea party! And then we find out that we did it wrong! We also learn about some etiquette! Join us as we dive back down the rabbit hole, ending up with the mad hatter instead!   Send us your questions or just say hey:  webrewgood@gmail.com @webrewgood on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok   Links and Citations: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Afternoon-Tea/#:~:text=Afternoon%20tea%20was%20introduced%20in,Bedford%2C%20in%20the%20year%201840.&text=Traditional%20afternoon%20tea%20consists%20of,and%20pastries%20are%20also%20served.  https://destinationtea.com/english-afternoon-tea/ https://afternoontea.co.uk/information/what-is-afternoon-tea/ https://youtu.be/kgi8_7twLhA  https://archive.courierpress.com/features/a-brief-history-of-scones-ep-448497901-324710451.html/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/cuppa https://youtu.be/O6xXVe-Imd8 - Nicolas Fairford https://www.theredheadbaker.com/homemade-clotted-cream/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug  https://afternoontea.co.uk/information/the-afternoon-tea-menu/  https://youtu.be/Uyi4kU9Vmec  https://youtu.be/kgi8_7twLhA https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-spo3.htm https://www.theidioms.com/cup-of-tea/

This super special episode features an interview with someone who's had a ton of experience with children and play. Becky Winstead spent 11 years as a Montessori school teacher — she's also my sister. And we had a super fun conversation about the word imagination, what children teach *us* about the world, and how adults can make room for more imagination in their own worlds. Link to Scientific American piece: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-the-minds-eye-is-blind1/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativedoulasessions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativedoulasessions/support

Chai There! It's our 10th episode! Do you know what that means?! IT'S TIME TO PARTY! Join us as we learn everything there is to know about tea parties! We cover everything from the tea to the food! Learn about some famous tea parties! We also welcome special guest ~Mr. Jeff~ as he teaches us how to make a special tea time treat!  Send us your questions or just say hey:  webrewgood@gmail.com @webrewgood on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok   Links and Citations: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Afternoon-Tea/#:~:text=Afternoon%20tea%20was%20introduced%20in,Bedford%2C%20in%20the%20year%201840.&text=Traditional%20afternoon%20tea%20consists%20of,and%20pastries%20are%20also%20served.  https://destinationtea.com/english-afternoon-tea/ https://afternoontea.co.uk/information/what-is-afternoon-tea/ https://youtu.be/kgi8_7twLhA  https://archive.courierpress.com/features/a-brief-history-of-scones-ep-448497901-324710451.html/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/cuppa https://youtu.be/O6xXVe-Imd8 - Nicolas Fairford https://www.theredheadbaker.com/homemade-clotted-cream/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug  https://afternoontea.co.uk/information/the-afternoon-tea-menu/  https://youtu.be/Uyi4kU9Vmec  https://youtu.be/kgi8_7twLhA https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-spo3.htm https://www.theidioms.com/cup-of-tea/   SCONE RECIPE 2 c Flour (250 g) ½ c Sugar  2 ½ tsp Baking Powder ½ tsp Salt  1 Stick Unsalted Butter 1 ½ c Heavy Whipping Cream 1 Egg Optional:  1 tsp Vanilla Fruit ½ tsp Lemon extract 1 -  1 ⅓  tsp Lemon zest 2-3 tbsp Coarse Ground Sugar For savory: reduce sugar by half, add more salt, etc.   Preheat oven to 400°F While the oven is heating, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined.  Grate frozen butter over dry ingredients and blend into mixture with a pastry cutter or 2 forks.  Place butter mixture back into the freezer and chill.  In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, lemon extract, and lemon zest. Once combined, remove dry ingredients from freezer and slowly stream in wet ingredients. Mix with a fork to combine until a loose shaggy dough forms. DO NOT OVER MIX. If dough is not coming together, knead until combined and place back in the freezer for a few minutes.  Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and form into a rough ball. Flatten into a 8”-10” diameter circle about ¾”-1” thick.   Cut dough into 8 pie wedges and place on a parchment paper lined tray. Add any additional toppings such as fresh or frozen fruit, glazes, etc. Lightly brush each pastry with heavy whipping cream and sprinkle coarse sugar on top.  Place the sheet in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and crispy on the edges. Let rest for 10 minutes and enjoy!

This is the episode you didn't know you needed! In this episode Lady P and Lady Anju spill the tea on tea - and we promise it is a lot more interesting than it sounds! Join us as we talk everything tea party, and walk you through the dynamic history of tea from the Ming Dynasty in China, to 17th century England (where you get to meet the Regina George of the late 1800s), to 18th century New Orleans, and to present day West Africa. Lady Whistledown who!?

What You Need to Know is We the People have 2 things unifying us! 1) We have a movement we can get behind and that is America First — Trump’s movement. The vision is clearer than the Tea Parties. It’s clear what America First means, it’s not something that has to be explained. Many people have joined this movement because it’s something they can get behind. 2) We have a leader — If you were to ask anyone who that leader was they would say, “Donald Trump.” Trump has motivated people to vote because they saw someone on their side. Trump has fought for us! Catherine Engelbrecht, founder and president of True The Vote, explains that the greatest issue we face is that fraud has been institutionalized. She talks about Georgia’s election in January and the proactive steps that are being taken to make sure there isn’t a repeat of what happened in November. Lance Morrow, TIME Magazine and WSJ columnist, talks about his book God and Mammon: Chronicles of American Money. He explains that it’s difficult to isolate money as a key problem in America, but it is a way that Americans measure one another in their success and failure. Check out more of his work at LanceMorrow.com. Wrap up: Connection of SolarWinds Hacking and US Elections Explained. What were they doing and how far did they go?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The party heeds Triggus' warning and handles Karmos' deacons. Then, they continue on the path towards Sadie. Rhakna makes another throw. Triggus makes his first kill. Kai stays in the bushes.

This week on Rising Resistance, guest Terri LaPoint will be joining us. Please feel free to call in with any questions or comments. Terri LaPoint is a passionate advocate for families and for pro-life issues. She writes for Medical Kidnap, a division of Health Impact News, working to reunite families and expose injustice that is destroying families all across America. She is a contributing author to the book, Medical Kidnapping: A Threat to Every Family in America. Terri is a regular guest on blogtalk radio programs which advocate for families, and she loves speaking to audiences of any size. Her first article to be published was entitled "Birth and Freedom" in Midwifery Today, which encourages and inspires women to fight for the Constitutional and God-given rights they already have. She was part of the early Tea Parties in Trussville, Alabama, and was involved with the Trust Birth movement from its beginning. Terri holds a B.S. in Cultural Anthropology/World Missions, with minors in Bible/Theology and Behavioral Science. After college, she trained as a midwife and breastfeeding educator. This broad experience has helped equip her for the work that she does now as a voice for so many who are voiceless. She has enjoyed being an extra in several movies. She is a mom with four wonderful children, and has been married to the love of her life for more than 25 years. She loves Jesus with all her heart, and she dares to believe that America is still worth fighting for. Follow Terri on Facebook and on Twitter: @TerriLaPoint