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this episode centers on two relationship emails, one about a woman wondering if she's missed her chance at love after years of bullying and self-doubt, and another about financial incompatibility, boundaries, and whether a relationship can survive when two people have completely different visions for the future. Throughout the conversation, Chris and Peaches explore self-worth, dating after trauma, people-pleasing, accountability, childhood conditioning, financial values, communication, and why compatibility matters more than chemistry. If you've ever wondered why dating feels so difficult, struggled with low self-esteem after rejection, questioned whether you're settling in a relationship, or felt stuck between love and incompatibility, this episode is for you. Expect honest opinions, practical relationship advice, real-world communication strategies, and conversations about boundaries, emotional healing, dating standards, financial compatibility, and building healthier relationships. Whether you're single, dating, or in a long-term partnership, you'll walk away with a better understanding of what creates lasting connection, and what quietly destroys itBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
In this The CIRS Group Podcast episode, hosts Jacie and Barbara interview Max McCord, an indoor environmental professional and president of the Stonecrest Team, about why mold remediation projects can fail even after visible mold is removed. Max explains that the biggest misses are often hidden, hard-to-see species like whitish Aspergillus, and that relying on basic air sampling can wrongly suggest a home is “clear,” while PCR-based testing, such as ERMI dust tests, can reveal what was missed. He describes using detailed building history, CIRS-focused building science, macro photography, and advanced thermography to identify microclimates, insulation and vapor issues, and other hidden sources. The conversation also covers common containment and demolition mistakes that spread contamination, why coordination among IEPs, remediators, HVAC and insulation contractors matters, and how post-remediation “clearance” can be undone during remodeling by contaminated tools and materials. Max shares his personal CIRS diagnosis and his work with Christian Medical Ministries. Check out https://www.stonecrest.team and https://www.christianmedicalministries.org to learn more. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro - meet Max McCord 03:20 Why remediation fails 07:46 Tools to detect hidden mold 13:09 Teamwork between IEPs, remediators and contractors 16:28 Containment done right 20:22 Tips to make sure things are done correctly 26:52 Max shares his own CIRS diagnosis 31:02 Ministry and Resources 34:15 Wrap Up and Next Steps For more information and support, join us at https://thecirsgroup.com HELPFUL LINKS: Work with Max McCord: https://www.stonecrest.team/ Christian Medical Ministries: https://www.christianmedicalministries.org/our-board Order Jacie's book! The 30 Day Carnivore Bootcamp: https://a.co/d/7MgHrRs The CIRS Group: Support Community: https://thecirsgroup.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecirsgroup/ Find Jacie for carnivore, lifestyle and limbic resources: Jacie's book on the Carnivore diet! https://a.co/d/8ZKCqz0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycarnivory YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyCarnivory Blog: https://www.ladycarnivory.com/ Find Barbara for business/finance tips and coaching: Website: https://www.actlikebarbara.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actlikebarbara/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@actlikebarbara Jacie is a Shoemaker certified Proficiency Partner, NASM certified nutrition coach, author, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a business and fitness coach, CIRS and ADHD advocate, writer, speaker, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel sits down with Tracy Perlman, Senior Vice President of Player Operations at the NFL, to discuss her career with the league and how the NFL supports players on and off the field.Tracy shares her journey from submitting a blind resume to the NFL to eventually leading Player Operations. She discusses how her career has been built around developing relationships with players, listening to their needs, and creating programs and resources that support them throughout their careers and beyond.The conversation explores how the NFL's approach to player engagement has evolved over the years. Tracy discusses the importance of understanding each player as more than an athlete and supporting their entire ecosystem, including their families. She also explains how feedback from players helps shape new programs and how partnerships with outside organizations provide additional education, resources, and opportunities.Tracy also dives into the NFL Legends Community and the work being done to keep former players connected to the league while helping them navigate life after football. She discusses how the skills players develop during their careers can translate into business and other professional opportunities and how current players can learn from those who came before them.The episode also highlights My Cause My Cleats as the initiative approaches its 10th year. Tracy explains how the program gives players an opportunity to showcase the causes and organizations that matter to them while using the NFL platform to create greater awareness and impact.Finally, Tracy reflects on her approach to leadership, including the importance of listening, transparency, and building trust. She shares what she hopes her legacy at the NFL will be and why being a trusted resource for players and their families remains at the center of her work.In This EpisodeTracy's journey from submitting a resume to leading NFL Player OperationsBuilding meaningful relationships and trust with NFL playersHow the NFL's player support and engagement programs have evolvedListening to players and building programs around their needsSupporting players beyond their careers on the fieldThe role of families in a player's NFL journeyCreating partnerships that provide education and resources for playersThe creation and growth of the NFL Legends CommunityConnecting NFL Legends with current playersTranslating skills from football into opportunities beyond the gameSharing player engagement best practices across professional sportsThe story and impact of My Cause My CleatsHelping players use their platforms to support causes they care aboutTracy's approach to leadership and communicationBuilding a lasting legacy through player supportChapters02:09 First Job at the NFL03:44 Transition to NFL Films and Content Creation05:13 Building Relationships with Players and Legends06:13 Launching the Legends Community in 201307:13 Shifting Focus to Player Support and Transition08:24 Creating a Culture of Care for Players09:38 Supporting Player Development and Post-career Success11:07 The Modern NFL Player: Leaders and Entrepreneurs12:35 Evolving Programs Based on Player Feedback15:15 Engaging Players Through Innovative Content and Webinars17:07 Supporting Player Families and Community18:54 Teamwork and Collaboration in Player Engagement20:42 Building Relationships with Legends and Current Players23:37 Sharing Insights with Other Sports Leagues24:56 Impact of Social Media and Communication Strategies25:44 My Cause, My Cleats Program and Player Causes28:03 Mentors and Inspirations in Tracy Perlman's Career29:44 Leadership Philosophy and Legacy in SportsSubscribe to the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show for conversations with the athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors shaping the future of sports!#NFL #PlayerEngagement #SportsLeadership
Most leadership advice assumes people are fixed and organizations are machines. We don't buy that. People change, teams adapt, and every interaction leaves a trace, which is why we're using a garden metaphor to tie together the biggest lessons from Antoniette Roze, Ron Friedman, and Frans Campher. When leadership is a living ecosystem, your job is not to “control the machine,” it's to tend the conditions where trust, clarity, and good work can grow.We start with communication as planting: the difference between having an idea and helping someone receive it. If you've ever explained something “clearly” and still met confusion or resistance, the problem may be soil, not seed. We dig into generative listening, how people interpret messages through history and emotion, and how real co-creation happens when input can actually shape outcomes.Then we zoom out to team performance and team productivity. Individual optimization does not guarantee collective performance, especially when focus time becomes someone else's bottleneck. We walk through what a high-performing team needs: shared goals people understand, role clarity that prevents waiting, and interdependence that matches how work really flows. Along the way, we bring in behavioral humility (with a nod to Robert Sapolsky) to replace snap character judgments with curiosity and smarter accountability.Finally, we go inward. Leadership masks, persona, authenticity, and shadow show up in the room whether we admit it or not. You'll leave with five questions to use before your next important conversation and a simple one-week experiment to run in a single team or meeting. Subscribe, share this with a leader who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Send us Fan MailSupport the show✅ Follow The Leadership Project on your favourite podcast platform and listen to a new episode every week!
We conclude our series of quotes on Humility today with 5 quotes that are great ones to bring this series to a close.As always, I am so grateful to all of you who support the podcast! I do this show because of you. While I enjoy the quotes myself, I do this podcast because many of you who are looking for inspiration and impact from these quotes come back and listen to it on a consistent basis. Thanks to all of you for being a huge part of this journey! In order to help me keep this journey going, please consider becoming a supporter of the show. You can donate to the show by clicking on the link below.Support the showFor more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at scott@slamdunksuccess.com.Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.
MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional sports organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders stay informed, your people stay connected, and your unit stays ready. No more scattered spreadsheets or missed messages. Just one platform built for organizations where performance is the mission. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the coaching and programming platform built for strength and conditioning coaches who train serious athletes. Whether you're programming for a military unit, a tactical team, or individual athletes, TrainHeroic gives you the tools to build and deliver professional training programs, track athlete progress, and communicate directly with your people — all through one app. Your athletes get world-class programming on their phone; you get the visibility to actually coach them. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comOur Favorite ExercisesNo guest this week. Just Drew and Alex talking about the exercises they actually love, the ones they've quietly stopped programming, and the ones they think the military is completely sleeping on. It goes longer than expected. There's a lot of meat on this bone.What we get into:The barbell reverse lunge keeps showing up in everything Drew writes. There's a reason for that. Single leg work in general gets way less credit than it deserves in the tactical space, and this episode makes the case pretty thoroughly.Pull-ups are everyone's favorite measure of upper body fitness and almost nobody programs them correctly. Volume, frequency, the way units approach it — there's a lot to fix here.Running is the exercise everyone programs wrong. Not because they're running, but because they're running the same pace, same distance, same everything, every single week. Alex also makes an extended argument for trail running that he was technically not supposed to provide context for but did anyway.The Turkish get-up debate — Drew wants more military coaches using them, Alex would rather see a sandbag get-up, and both agree it's the kind of exercise that tells you a lot about a coach based on how they react to it.Jump rope somehow never comes up in these conversations and probably should. Ido Portal shows up briefly. Crawling gets discussed. Nobody is fully sure where movement culture ends and content begins.The episode closes with a rapid fire round — seven questions, no context allowed. Most overrated exercise. Most underrated. Exercise everyone programs wrong. Exercise that changed your coaching. One you used to love but gave up. Ugly but effective. Exercise you wish more military coaches used. Both of them say bench press is overrated and are not happy about it.Mentioned in this episode:Ido Portal — movement, crawling, linen clothing, possibly JesusRobert Forstemann — the cyclist with the legsCoach Kelleher up in Alaska — rucking conditioning, Jacob's LadderMilitary Athlete / Rob Shaul — sandbag get-upsWednesday leave — take it. This is a public service announcement.Long and Strong — the Mops and Moes training program on TrainHeroic All-Access Bundle — all of our programs, rehab plans, and more, all in one place!Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.
If you've ever questioned your reality after a toxic relationship, struggled with emotional abuse, or found yourself repeating unhealthy relationship patterns, this episode is for you. Chris and Peaches respond to a powerful listener email from a 21 year old woman trying to rebuild her life after years of emotional manipulation, gaslighting, blame shifting, and trauma bonding. Together they unpack how childhood wounds shape our adult relationships, why we give away our personal power, how emotional abuse rewires the nervous system, and what it actually takes to break free from cycles of chaos. This conversation explores attachment styles, boundaries, self worth, emotional regulation, and the difficult process of learning to trust yourself again after surviving unhealthy relationships.Throughout this episode, you'll learn how to recognize emotional manipulation, stop confusing chaos with love, rebuild confidence after abuse, and create relationships built on respect instead of fear. Chris and Peaches also discuss parenting, childhood trauma, nervous system healing, personal accountability, and why healing begins by reclaiming ownership of your own life. Whether you're recovering from narcissistic abuse, struggling with anxious attachment, overcoming people pleasing, or simply trying to build healthier relationships, this episode offers practical insight, honest conversation, and encouragement to help you stop surviving and start living.Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
Rebekah is a Registered Nurse, Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist (CKNS), and Certified Primal Health Coach (CPHC) currently completing her Master of Science in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner clinical training. She has coached with Dr Ken Berry's PHD Community, Kiltz Health, Revero, and Clear Path Medical, helping individuals implement evidence-based ketogenic and carnivore nutrition to improve metabolic health and reduce inflammation. She is also the assistant production manager for the documentary Healing Humanity: The Power of a Proper Human Diet. With years of experience in some of the most respected low-carbohydrate and carnivore communities, Rebekah is passionate about bridging the gap between emerging science and practical application. Her work focuses on therapeutic carbohydrate restriction, whole-food nutrition, behavior change, and empowering people to take ownership of their health through sustainable lifestyle strategies. She is an army wife, autism mom, and health care advocate. Socials: Instagram:: @keepingitketollc YouTube:: @rebekahbavryCPHC Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer 00:42 Introduction 06:22 Helping clients break bad habits 08:21 Meeting new patients and mindset shifts 13:16 Helping clients with food issues 15:24 Diet preferences of customers 19:00 Discussing military and health challenges 24:22 Living with Sjögren's Syndrome 27:01 Teamwork in patient nutrition coaching 29:57 Collaborative patient decision making 31:28 Discussing ketogenic diet benefits Join Revero now to regain your health: https://revero.com/YT Revero.com is an online medical clinic for treating chronic diseases with this root-cause approach of nutrition therapy. You can get access to medical providers, personalized nutrition therapy, biomarker tracking, lab testing, ongoing clinical care, and daily coaching. You will also learn everything you need with educational videos, hundreds of recipes, and articles to make this easy for you. Join the Revero team (medical providers, etc): https://revero.com/jobs #Revero #ReveroHealth #shawnbaker #Carnivorediet #MeatHeals #AnimalBased #ZeroCarb #DietCoach #FatAdapted #Carnivore #sugarfree Disclaimer: The content on this channel is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider.
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What if the biggest threat to your marriage isn't infidelity, incompatibility, or a lack of love, but the slow loss of curiosity, trust, and attraction? In this episode of Thoughts From the Chair, Chris breaks down what happens when couples stop discovering each other and start operating from assumptions, outdated stories, resentment, and familiarity. You'll hear why you may know everything about your spouse's routine while knowing very little about who they're becoming, how confirmation bias can trap your partner inside an old version of themselves, and why continuing to court, communicate with, and stay curious about your spouse matters in a healthy long-term relationship.The conversation also dives into privacy vs. secrecy in marriage, phone passwords, location sharing, emotional affairs, boundaries, rebuilding trust after betrayal, and when transparency crosses the line into surveillance. Chris then tackles one of the harder conversations in marriage, whether attraction can survive familiarity, and the responsibility both partners have to remain physically, emotionally, and relationally attractive. If you're struggling with marriage communication, resentment, trust issues, intimacy, emotional connection, a sexless marriage, or feeling more like roommates than lovers, this episode will challenge you to stop asking whether your partner has changed and start asking whether you've continued paying attention.Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
n this episode, Liz Hutson, Founder & Principal Consultant at EGH, LLC, discusses how the RACI framework and the principle of “staying in your lane” can help teams clarify roles, improve accountability, avoid duplicated work and execute strategies more effectively.
n this episode, Liz Hutson, Founder & Principal Consultant at EGH, LLC, discusses how the RACI framework and the principle of “staying in your lane” can help teams clarify roles, improve accountability, avoid duplicated work and execute strategies more effectively.
In the late 2000s/early 2010s, YouTube was going from being just a place for quirky videos--to a place where people also listened to music. This took the form of cover videos, indie bands (most notably OK Go's various videos), ironic acoustic covers of rap songs, and mashups/remixes. It was a golden age of YouTube, free of ads and full of wonderment and joy. Today we're celebrating the impressive mashup culture of the day and there's no better way to do that than cover one of the greatest video game/hip-hop mashups ever done, "The Ocarina of Rhyme" by Team Teamwork, based on the music of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64. THEN, we decided to cover a few extra tracks from Alex Kresovich, a man that was inspired by Ocarina of Rhyme to do his own video game/hip-hop mashup called "Gold N' Fly 007" based on the music of Goldeneye 64. We only cover six of his tracks, so make sure to hit the link below to hear the whole hour plus album of quality mashups. AND we had Paul Berberich and Moses Wolfenstein from the podcast Paul and Moses: Play!!! Episode Links:Paul and Moses Play: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-moses-play/id1560704388Team Teamwork - Ocarina of Rhyme: https://youtu.be/jpge9BoDOwY?si=LzjZZ9PkgE0NB6HHAlex Kresovich - Gold N' Fly 007: https://youtu.be/_aF-_CGd3sU?si=G0B9Lt3xBJKKM0iTCONCEPT ALBUM RANKINGS: https://www.supatier.com/tierlist/019a64d9-9691-7ed1-87e9-1fc99161d9c0/tachp-ranked-tierlistOUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/2stA2P7pTCOUR MERCH: https://flyoverstatepark.creator-spring.com/OUR YOUTUBE:
I recently sat down with Dane Groeneveld for the second part of our conversation on Snafu, where we went deeper into his journey, his thinking on teams and leadership, and what it takes to navigate work when the world changes faster than we can plan for it. We talked about Dane's childhood growing up in Australian mining towns, his 25-year career in recruiting, and the experiences that led him to become fascinated by what makes some teams thrive while others struggle. We also explored AI, from its potential to create abundance to the disruption and uncertainty it may bring. Dane shared how he thinks about using AI without losing the human judgment, curiosity, and struggle that help us actually learn. We also talked about family as a team, curiosity, failure, surfing, and what happens when humans and AI start building things together. If you're interested in AI, teamwork, leadership, organizational culture, or navigating uncertainty, I think you'll enjoy this second conversation with Dane.
If you've ever felt like you're giving everything to a relationship while getting almost nothing in return, this episode is for you. We break down real relationship emails involving emotional neglect, motorcycle clubs, pornography, PTSD, communication breakdowns, and the painful experience of feeling like you're no longer your partner's priority. We discuss boundaries, respect, emotional safety, healthy marriage dynamics, and the difficult question of when love is no longer enough to save a relationship.We also dive into intentional parenting, how quality time strengthens family bonds, why self worth determines what we tolerate, and the hidden damage caused by emotional disconnection. Whether you're struggling with trust, feeling unseen in your marriage, dealing with porn addiction in a relationship, or trying to decide if your relationship can be repaired, this episode offers honest conversation, practical insight, and hard truths designed to help you build stronger, healthier relationships.Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
“We're all salespeople at the end of the day.”Whether you're pitching a movie, an idea, or yourself, persuasion is about more than the story you're telling—it's also about the story your audience sees for themselves. For Deadpool and Zombieland screenwriter Rhett Reese, that means keeping communication concise, compelling, and centered on what your audience needs. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Reese joins Matt Abrahams to share lessons from screenwriting that apply far beyond Hollywood. From cutting unnecessary words to crafting pitches that make your audience the protagonist, he explores how storytelling, collaboration, and clarity can make any message more persuasive.Takeaways:Every pitch tells two stories. You're selling the idea itself, but you're also showing your audience how saying yes can solve their problem, reduce their risk, and lead to their success.Brevity makes your message stronger. Cutting unnecessary words and choosing them carefully helps your ideas land with greater clarity, impact, and memorability.Activity:Tell the second story. Take a pitch you're currently working on and write one sentence describing the idea you're selling. Then write a second sentence from your audience's perspective: “If I say yes, what becomes possible for me?” Use that second story to reshape your pitch around their success, not just your idea.Printable Expanded Takeaways & ActivitiesEpisode Reference Links:Rhett ReeseEp.167 Hollywood Lessons For Successful Communication Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (01:18) - Make Every Word Count (03:09) - How to Pitch an Idea (07:38) - Creatively Collaborating (10:35) - Creating Space for Feedback (12:49) - AI & the Future of Hollywood (16:44) - The Final Three Questions (23:15) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors. These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session today at Strawberry.me/smartJoin our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be.
What if the way you're chasing success is the exact thing holding your team back? Saahil Mehta spent years people pleasing, overworking, and burning out while building businesses across two continents. Then he changed how he led, not just what he did. Now he coaches business owners in over 25 countries, facilitates for EO and YPO, and is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's MG100. His book, Break Free, tells the story.In this episode, Spencer Horn and Christian Napier dig into why driven leaders sabotage their own teams, how fear of judgment shows up in everyday decisions, and what Saahil learned on Elbrus and Kilimanjaro about pacing, trust, and knowing when to turn back. If you lead a team and feel like the only way to grow is to give more of yourself, this conversation offers a better way.TranscriptInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/saahilmehtaofficial/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saahilmehta/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saahilmehtaofficialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SaahilMehtaOfficialLinktree: https://linktr.ee/saahilmehtaWebsite – https://www.saahilmehta.com/Book – Break Free by Saahil Mehta (Amazon):https://amzn.in/d/gsmcsMKWebinar – The Exponential Success Blueprint by Saahil Mehta:https://www.saahilmehta.com/webinars/the-exponential-success-blueprint/
We continue a series of quotes I started a couple of weeks ago on Humility. It is a great follow-up to last month's series on Pride, as the two are a great balance to one another. As I said last month, pride can be a good thing if not taken too far. When we go too far with it, though, it becomes arrogance, and arrogance is ugly on everyone. Humility on the other hand is always welcome and appreciated by anyone who encounters someone else displaying it. And it is an absolutely essential quality for leaders to possess. You will hear 5 quotes in today's episode.As always, I am so grateful to all of you who support the podcast! I do this show because of you. While I enjoy the quotes myself, I do this podcast because many of you who are looking for inspiration and impact from these quotes come back and listen to it on a consistent basis. Thanks to all of you for being a huge part of this journey! In order to help me keep this journey going, please consider becoming a supporter of the show. You can donate to the show by clicking on the link below.Support the showFor more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at scott@slamdunksuccess.com.Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.
Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down Visma's perfect team tactics to deliver Matthew Brennan his first career Grand Tour stage win while Tadej Pogačar successfully defended his overall race lead against an aggressive Ethan Hayter. They discuss how a few GC contenders lost time on what should have been a straightforward stage and predict tomorrow's Stage 3. Become a WEDŪ Member Today to Unlock VIP Access & Benefits: https://access.wedu.team Ultra Pouches: Ultra is the ultimate guilt-free pouch — delivering instant focus and mental clarity, without nicotine or caffeine. New customers can use code THEMOVE to get 15% off at https://TakeUltra.com. After you purchase, they will ask you where you heard about them. PLEASE support our show and tell them our show sent you. Eight Sleep: Use code THEMOVE at https://eightsleep.com/themove for up to $350 off. 30 days to try it at home. Free returns if it's not for you. Tifosi Optics: Use promo code THEMOVE at https://tifosioptics.com/discount/THEMOVE
MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional spaces organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders stay informed, your people stay connected, and your unit stays ready. No more scattered spreadsheets or missed messages. Just one platform built for organizations where performance is the mission. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the coaching and programming platform built for strength and conditioning coaches who train serious athletes. Whether you're programming for a military unit, a tactical team, or individual athletes, TrainHeroic gives you the tools to build and deliver professional training programs, track athlete progress, and communicate directly with your people — all through one app. Your athletes get world-class programming on their phone; you get the visibility to actually coach them. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comWhy Gamification Is Ruining Military Human Performance — C. Thi Nguyen, philosopherDrew and Alex have been talking about Goodhart's Law, McNamara's Fallacy, and the tyranny of metrics for a while now. This week they bring in a philosopher who gave them the language to finally explain why — C. Thi Nguyen from the University of Utah, whose work on games and gamification is the missing piece of that conversation.What we get into:Value capture in military human performance — when a unit starts chasing PT scores instead of physical readiness, when a strength coach starts optimizing athlete data instead of athlete outcomes, when a commander starts managing the metric instead of the mission. Value capture is the mechanism behind all of it. It's what happens when a simplified number colonizes your decision-making and you slowly forget what you were actually trying to accomplish.The quantified self problem — HRV, sleep scores, readiness metrics, wearables. All genuinely useful. All capable of becoming the thing you optimize instead of the thing they were supposed to measure. The difference between a tool that informs your judgment and a tool that replaces it is one of the most important distinctions in human performance right now.Why gamification is different from games — games are voluntary, finite, and you walk away from them. Gamification takes the reward loop of a game and attaches it to things that used to have richer value. The PT test was never supposed to be the game. It was supposed to tell you something about readiness. The moment it became a scoreboard, it stopped doing that.The promotion system as a game — what happens to an organization when the people who are best at optimizing the visible metrics rise to the top, and whether military culture has the tools to value what the metrics miss.Echo chambers and epistemic cowardice — why Nguyen's work applies directly to military organizations where rank creates enormous pressure to smooth out disagreement, and what that does to the quality of decision-making over time.Mentioned in this episode:Games: Agency as Art — C. Thi NguyenGoodhart's Law and the Core Four — see previous episodeThe Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game — C. Thi NguyenLong and Strong — the Mops and Moes training program on TrainHeroic All Access Bundle — all of our training programs and rehab material in one placeViews expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.
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Tim Folster started at Sargent in 1979, fresh out of college and assigned to a road crew in Kenduskeag. He retired 40 years later, having worked as a foreman, general superintendent, and head of operations through many major chapters the company has lived through.In this episode, Tim covers a lot of ground. He talks about the early days of H.E. Sargent, what it was like to work under Jim Sargent during the growth years, and what the company felt like before and after the sale to foreign ownership in 1988. He's candid about what that era did to the company and what it meant when Herb R. Sargent bought H.E. Sargent in 2005.You'll also hear Tim on the expansion into the Mid-Atlantic, the wind farm years, the early days of the ESOP, and what he thinks carries a company through the bad stretches as much as the good ones.Forty years puts you in the room for a lot.If you liked this week's episode and are interested in becoming an Employee-Owner at Sargent, please visit our careers page on the Sargent website.https://sargent.us/apply/If you have an episode suggestion, please send your idea to:sbennage@sargent.us
Our guest on Episode #81 of the TGG Podcast is Reed Shaffner, Chief Technology Officer at Teamworks. Reed oversees the engineering, design, product and data science teams behind a platform used across professional and collegiate sport. In this Episode, Reed told us where AI is genuinely working in football and where it isn't; warned about the security and privacy risks some clubs are underestimating; and explained how Teamworks Player ID is learning to identify how good a player will become, versus how good they look today. SHOW NOTES => 0:00: Introduction 1:39: Reed's role at Teamworks, and his route in through gaming and youth sport 3:17: What AI actually is — beyond the buzzword 5:42: How widely is AI being used in football? 6:45: Where it works well, and where it doesn't 7:25: Injury prediction — why the returns are still questionable 8:24: Hallucinations, and the two athletes who didn't exist 10:20: Case study: the NFL's Digital Athlete platform 11:28: Data quality, process and the role of human expertise 12:53: Privacy and security — what should never go into a model 14:12: It's not just medical data: contracts and schedules 14:43: The questions to ask any AI vendor 15:42: Data poisoning and the fabricated eye condition 17:32: Skills as a new attack vector — and what a skill is 18:49: Build or buy: what clubs are making themselves 19:41: Scout bias detection, and Kahneman on human bias 22:00: The rise of the 'head of AI' job title 22:50: Is US sport ahead of UK football? 23:27: Tracking data, and will AI mean fewer analysts? 25:26: AI inside the Teamworks products: from reactive to proactive 28:02: Player ID — what to do when metrics disagree 29:50: Predicting how good a player will become, not how good they are now 31:11: Bespoke clubs and individualised training 34:17: The future: cameras, youth football and undiscovered talent 36:04: Worries and fears: attackers, deepfakes and social engineering 38:01: Speaking at TGG Live '26 at Old Trafford
In this episode of Thoughts From the Chair, Chris dives into a difficult question about modern relationships, friendships, and loyalty: Have we started treating people like they're disposable? We live in a culture obsessed with upgrading, replacing, and moving on to the next best thing, and that mentality has found its way into our marriages, friendships, dating lives, and communities. This conversation explores why relationships fall apart, how unspoken expectations and resentment destroy connection, why uncomfortable conversations matter, and the difference between genuinely loving someone and simply loving what they provide for you. Real relationships require honesty, accountability, forgiveness, boundaries, communication, sacrifice, and the willingness to repair what's been damaged instead of immediately looking for a replacement.The conversation gets even deeper when a community member asks what happens when you're always the giver surrounded by takers. Chris breaks down people pleasing, one sided friendships, toxic relationship dynamics, boundaries, self abandonment, loyalty, sacrifice, dating, marriage, and knowing when helping someone has crossed the line into enabling them. You'll hear why takers often see boundaries as betrayal, why being needed isn't the same as being loved, how poor communication creates resentment, and why healthy relationships require reciprocity instead of one person constantly carrying the weight. If you've ever wondered whether someone actually loves you or simply loves what you do for them, whether you should keep fighting for a relationship, or how to set boundaries without becoming cold and disconnected, this conversation is for youDisclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
Great teams are not built by talent alone. They are built by people who are committed to each other, committed to the mission, and willing to bring the right attitude every day. Pastor Q shares four traits every great team player needs: give your best, stay positive through challenges, keep getting better, and stay connected. The goal is not perfection. It is commitment—giving 100% of what you have, choosing your mindset, learning from every experience, and building strong relationships with the people around you. Great teams do not happen by accident. They are built through small, consistent choices made over time. The four questions Pastor Q's team uses to get better: What went well? What could have been better? What did we learn? What are we going to do differently next time? Duke University research on optimism: Optimistic people tend to demonstrate stronger financial behaviors and persistence, reinforcing the idea that believing tomorrow can be better can change how we work today. https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-fuqua-insights/puri-positive-thinking?utm_
With NFL commissioner Roger Goodell saying an international team is on the horizon, Andy Baskin and Jeff Phelps talk about if the NFL can make a team work overseas.
The second hour of "Baskin & Phelps" for Monday, August 19, 2026.
This week on Catalyst, Tammy is joined by Adam Zaouague, Automation & Data Specialist at Reata Engineering & Machine Works and a finalist for the Next Generation Leadership Award at the Manufacturing Leadership Council Awards Gala. Adam traces his path from a high school CNC machining program to being recruited by Reata's owner (at the age of 17!) and eventually leading the company's engineering department. He reflects on why trust and emotional intelligence matter as much as technical skill when leading others, then turns to AI, arguing that as machines take on more of the workload, intention and focus become the real differentiators. He shares Reata's philosophy of slowing down to speed up, the internal AI tool the company is building to let subject matter experts create their own solutions, and how integrity and teamwork remain the values that hold it all together. Please note that the views expressed may not necessarily be those of NTT DATALinks:Adam Zaouague Great CEOs are Lazy Tomo Learn more about Launch by NTT DATASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A team full of smart, capable people can still feel slow, stressed, and stuck and the reason usually isn't effort. It's the system. Dr. Ron Friedman, award-winning psychologist and author of Super Teams, joins me to challenge the way we think about high performance and to explain why “busy” often hides broken coordination, unclear roles, and incentives that pull people in different directions.We get practical about what separates elite teams from the rest, starting with the basics of a real team mindset: a shared goal everyone is pushing toward, clear roles that prevent turf wars and dropped balls, and true interdependence where we genuinely need each other to win. From there, Ron shares the three strengths super teams build: managing time, energy, and attention; making each other better through peer accountability and credit sharing; and continuously improving through feedback seeking, experiments, and innovation.We also tackle a modern workplace trap most leaders miss: individual productivity hacks can backfire at the team level. When one person batches email or disappears into deep work alone, they can become a bottleneck for everyone else. Ron explains how super teams fix this with collective focus blocks, meeting guidelines like “no decision, no meeting,” and trust behaviors rooted in competence, caring, and consistency. You'll also hear a simple, future-focused approach to feedback that avoids defensiveness and actually improves performance.If you want a calmer, faster, more resilient team culture, hit subscribe, share this with a leader or teammate, and leave a review so more people can find the show.
Memphis is fighting blight through teamwork! While preventative measures are being taken to stop the progression of blight throughout the community, the city is also working collaboratively to create long-term solutions through legal support and community-informed efforts. Tune in to learn how the City of Memphis is collaborating to help Memphis reach its fullest potential!Guests: Mayor Paul Young (City of Memphis) Melanie Neal (City of Memphis) Lani Lester (City of Memphis) This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.
This episode of the 2 Be Better Podcast tackles one of the hardest questions anyone can face, how do you keep moving forward when life won't stop hitting you? Chris and Peaches discuss the difference between trauma and hardship, surviving season after season of crisis, supporting a partner through serious illness, maintaining emotional connection when your own needs aren't being met, and why your mindset determines whether life's challenges become your identity or your catalyst for growth. They also share practical advice on communication, emotional resilience, love languages during illness, and how to avoid falling into a victim mindset while still honoring genuine pain. The conversation also goes behind the scenes of their growing business, homeschooling plans, building a botanical extraction laboratory, reducing technology and news consumption, preparing for the future, and why they are shifting the direction of their content toward meaningful personal growth instead of relationship drama. If you're interested in relationships, mental health, resilience, emotional maturity, self improvement, accountability, communication, trauma recovery, or creating a more intentional life, this episode offers honest conversations and practical perspectives you can apply immediately.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
Your revenue is growing. So is your workload. That's a warning sign, not success. Most owners hit a ceiling because the business can't move without them. Every decision escalates back to their desk.Shelli Warren, host of the Stacking Your Team podcast, joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share how owner dependency forms, why unclear decision rights force everything upward, and a practical framework for building leaders who run daily operations so you can focus on growth.TranscriptShelli Warren LinkedIn
We continue a series of quotes I started last week on Humility. It is a great follow-up to last month's series on Pride, as the two are a great balance to one another. As I said last month, pride can be a good thing if not taken too far. When we go too far with it, though, it becomes arrogance, and arrogance is ugly on everyone. Humility on the other hand is always welcome and appreciated by anyone who encounters someone else displaying it. And it is an absolutely essential quality for leaders to possess. You will hear 4 quotes in today's episode.As always, I am so grateful to all of you who support the podcast! I do this show because of you. While I enjoy the quotes myself, I do this podcast because many of you who are looking for inspiration and impact from these quotes come back and listen to it on a consistent basis. Thanks to all of you for being a huge part of this journey! In order to help me keep this journey going, please consider becoming a supporter of the show. You can donate to the show by clicking on the link below.Support the showFor more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at scott@slamdunksuccess.com.Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.
MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional sports organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders stay informed, your people stay connected, and your unit stays ready. No more scattered spreadsheets or missed messages. Just one platform built for organizations where performance is the mission. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the coaching and programming platform built for strength and conditioning coaches who train serious athletes. Whether you're programming for a military unit, a tactical team, or individual athletes, TrainHeroic gives you the tools to build and deliver professional training programs, track athlete progress, and communicate directly with your people — all through one app. Your athletes get world-class programming on their phone; you get the visibility to actually coach them. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comTestosterone — What's Actually True — Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, Barbell MedicineThe DOD just mandated testosterone testing across the force. Alex posted about it. The internet lost its mind. So Drew and Alex went and got one of the most knowledgeable people in the field — Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum of Barbell Medicine — to actually explain what's going on.What we get into:Are testosterone levels really dropping? The short answer is probably not in the way the internet says. The long answer involves a testing methodology problem — older immunoassay tests read artificially high compared to the more accurate mass spectrometry tests that replaced them around 2000. When you only use mass spec data across 100,000 people and 30 years, there's no decline. The real culprit, to the extent there is one, is obesity — specifically visceral adipose tissue, which BMI is terrible at detecting.The DOD testosterone testing mandate — what it actually says, what it doesn't say, and why the Army endocrinology community is about to have a very bad time. Jordan breaks down the difference between having a low lab number and actually having testosterone deficiency, why both criteria have to be met before treatment makes sense, and why testing people without symptoms is going to generate a flood of unnecessary clinical encounters.TRT — who actually benefits, what the evidence says, and what it doesn't. The difference between restoring someone who is genuinely deficient to a normal level versus using it as a performance enhancing drug. What happens to your natural production when you go on exogenous testosterone. Why fertility consequences are a real concern and not being talked about enough in the military context.Lifestyle first — sleep, obesity, alcohol, and opioids are the four biggest modifiable drivers of low testosterone, in that order. Fix those before anyone puts a needle in you. Jordan's framework for the workup and when treatment actually makes sense.The history of testosterone — it started with a French physician injecting himself with ground-up animal testicle extract in the 1800s. It ends with Drew and Alex's Fitness Aptitude Test, which Jordan correctly identifies he would lose on the five-mile run.Mentioned in this episode:Signal: What Your Testosterone Is Telling You About Your Health — Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki, Barbell MedicineTravison 2007 study — the original birth cohort testosterone decline studyBarbell Medicine — barbellmedicine.comDepartment of War testosterone testing mandate — referenced throughoutLong and Strong — the Mops and Moes training program on TrainHeroic Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.
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In this episode of the 2 Be Better Podcast, Chris answers real relationship questions submitted by listeners and tackles the conversations most people are afraid to have. From marriage, submission, leadership, boundaries, trust, jealousy, financial struggles, social media addiction, and protecting intimacy, to maintaining connection when work keeps couples apart, these emails expose the everyday problems that can quietly destroy relationships when people refuse to communicate. Chris breaks down the difference between submission and control, requests and demands, insecurity and legitimate boundaries, while challenging both men and women to take accountability for the role they play in their relationships.This isn't traditional relationship advice. These are raw, unfiltered answers about marriage, masculine leadership, feminine submission, communication, personal accountability, dating, trust, intimacy, money, and becoming a better partner. You'll hear why your partner can't read your mind, how unspoken expectations create resentment, why boundaries require communication, how social media can distort your perception of relationships, and why being present with your partner matters more than trying to recover time you've already lost. If you're trying to build a stronger marriage, improve communication, understand relationship dynamics, or stop repeating the same destructive patterns, this episode will give you plenty to think about.Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
Episode Title: Inside the Peanut Butter Bowl: Celebrating 10 Years of Feeding Communities Episode Summary: In this episode of Very Bold Radio and Podcast, host Steve Teel reflects on a major milestone: the 10th anniversary of the Peanut Butter Bowl. What started in 2016 as a single high school rivalry matchup between Johnson and Brandeis in San Antonio has grown into a statewide movement involving over 120 high school coaches and communities across Texas. Steve shares the story behind the initiative, celebrates the incredible milestone of over 456,000 pounds of peanut butter collected—which translates to feeding over 1.8 million people—and honors the coaches, volunteers, and hunger relief organizations that make it all possible. Key Highlights & Topics Covered: The Genesis of a Movement: How a warehouse tour at Daily Bread Ministries and a connection with local high school football coaches sparked the idea to fight weekend childhood hunger. 10 Years of Impact: Celebrating 200+ tons of peanut butter collected and 1.8 million people fed through local food banks and hunger relief organizations. The Power of Leadership: Recognizing the high school coaches, assistant coaches, and student-athletes who have championed the cause, expanded the network city by city, and inspired feeder elementary and middle schools to get involved. Teamwork Behind the Scenes: Highlighting the dedicated crew—from hunger relief coordinators and media teams to graphic designers and web developers—who keep the operation running smoothly. Every Jar Matters: Reaffirming that whether a school collects 100 jars or 12,000 pounds, every donation brings food, fuel, and hope to a family in need. Faith & Community Action: A call to action on the power of prayer, servant leadership, and bringing a competitive fire to serving others. Key Takeaways: Small Steps, Huge Multiplication: A simple idea paired with faithful action can grow beyond expectations to feed millions. Community Unity Over Rivalry: High school rivalries on the field can turn into powerful partnerships off the field to serve the less fortunate. Leadership Begins Young: Involving elementary and middle school students in donation drives builds a lifelong culture of service and empathy. Resources & Links Mentioned: Learn more or give online: peanutbutterbowl.com Email Steve: steve@verybold.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thinking about going no contact with a parent, sibling, friend, or partner? Before making one of the biggest decisions of your life, watch this conversation. We break down the difference between healthy boundaries and permanent separation, explain why no contact should be a last resort, and share a practical 12 step framework to help you decide whether you're protecting your peace or simply avoiding discomfort. We cover toxic family relationships, emotional abuse, manipulation, narcissistic behaviors, accountability, boundary setting, grief, and how to recognize the patterns that truly justify walking away.Whether you're dealing with toxic parents, a controlling family member, an emotionally abusive relationship, or wondering if it's finally time to cut someone out of your life, this episode is designed to help you make that decision with clarity instead of emotion. You'll learn how to separate conflict from abuse, communicate boundaries effectively, recognize when someone is capable of change, and understand the emotional consequences that come with going no contact. If you've ever questioned whether staying is hurting you more than leaving, this conversation will give you the tools to make that decision with confidence.|Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
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Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Unveiling Viking Secrets: A Hidden Relic's Tale Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/no/episode/2026-08-12-22-34-01-no Story Transcript:No: Under den klare, blå sommerhimmelen i Norge, lå en gammel vikingeplass.En: Under the clear, blue summer sky in Norge, lay an ancient Viking site.No: Ruinene, gamle og mystiske, var omringet av grønne åser dekket av villblomster.En: The ruins, old and mysterious, were surrounded by green hills covered in wildflowers.No: Dette var Eirik, Ingrid og Leifs arbeidssted.En: This was the workplace of Eirik, Ingrid, and Leif.No: De var arkeologer, samlet for å utforske og autentisere de nyeste funnene.En: They were archaeologists, gathered to explore and authenticate the latest discoveries.No: Eirik var en erfaren arkeolog.En: Eirik was an experienced archaeologist.No: Han gikk forsiktig mellom steinene, med et mål som brant i hjertet hans.En: He walked carefully among the stones, with a goal burning in his heart.No: Han lette etter en legendarisk vikingartefakt.En: He was searching for a legendary Viking artifact.No: Denne artefakten hadde ikke bare historisk verdi, men også en tilknytning til hans familie.En: This artifact had not only historical value but also a connection to his family.No: Ingrid, hans venn og kollega, la merke til hvor fokusert Eirik var.En: Ingrid, his friend and colleague, noticed how focused Eirik was.No: Hun elsket vikinghistorie og hadde et skarpt blikk for detaljer.En: She loved Viking history and had a keen eye for details.No: På en solfylt morgen, bøyde hun seg over et gammelt skjold.En: On a sunny morning, she bent over an old shield.No: "Eirik," sa hun forsiktig, "du virker så ivrig.En: "Eirik," she said cautiously, "you seem so eager.No: Hva er det du egentlig leter etter?En: What are you really looking for?"No: "Leif, teamets nyeste medlem, var ivrig og full av energi.En: Leif, the team's newest member, was eager and full of energy.No: Kanskje litt for mye.En: Perhaps a bit too much.No: Han beveget seg raskt mellom utgravningene, noen ganger uten å tenke seg om.En: He moved quickly between the excavations, sometimes without thinking.No: Eirik måtte ofte minne ham på å være forsiktig.En: Eirik often had to remind him to be careful.No: En dag, mens solen var på sitt høyeste, bestemte Eirik seg for å stole på Ingrid.En: One day, while the sun was at its highest, Eirik decided to confide in Ingrid.No: "Jeg har et mål," sa han lavt, mens de satt alene ved lunsjplassen.En: "I have a goal," he said quietly, as they sat alone at the lunch spot.No: Ingrid lyttet nøye da han fortalte om familiehistorien.En: Ingrid listened closely as he told her about the family history.No: En gjenstand fra en gammel legende, en forbindelse til hans forfedre.En: An item from an old legend, a connection to his ancestors.No: Sammen planla de en nattlig utforskning.En: Together, they planned a nighttime exploration.No: De ønsket å unngå oppmerksomhet og spesielt å holde Leifs nysgjerrighet i sjakk.En: They wanted to avoid attention, especially to keep Leif's curiosity in check.No: Men Leif, som hadde overhørt deler av samtalen, fulgte etter dem i skumringen.En: But Leif, who had overheard parts of the conversation, followed them at dusk.No: I det dunkle mørket snublet Leif.En: In the dim darkness, Leif stumbled.No: Hans ubetenksomme bevegelse førte til en liten ras, og plutselig svirret steiner omkring dem.En: His careless movement led to a small landslide, and suddenly stones swirled around them.No: "Hold deg rolig!En: "Stay calm!"No: " ropte Eirik, mens han hjalp både Ingrid og Leif opp i trygghet.En: shouted Eirik, as he helped both Ingrid and Leif to safety.No: Imidlertid oppdaget de noe fantastisk underskrevet steinene: Artefakten!En: However, they discovered something fantastic beneath the stones: the artifact!No: Det var en utsmykket amulett, skjult i en liten kammer under jorden.En: It was an ornate amulet, hidden in a small chamber underground.No: Eirik var andpusten, men lettet.En: Eirik was breathless but relieved.No: Da morgenen grydde, samlet de teamet.En: When morning dawned, they gathered the team.No: Eirik sto foran dem, med amuletten i hånden.En: Eirik stood before them, with the amulet in hand.No: Han fortalte om funnet og om sin personlige reise dit.En: He told them about the discovery and his personal journey to it.No: Leif, med et beklagende men lærevillig blikk, lyttet intenst.En: Leif, with a regretful but eager look, listened intently.No: For første gang forstod han mer av arkeologiens omhyggelige natur.En: For the first time, he understood more about the meticulous nature of archaeology.No: Gjennom denne hendelsen lærte Eirik en viktig lekse.En: Through this event, Eirik learned an important lesson.No: Betydningen av åpenhet og samarbeid sto klarere enn noensinne.En: The importance of openness and collaboration was clearer than ever.No: Teamet var samlet, nå sterkere, både i ånd og i sinn, klare til å fortsette utforskningen av de gamle ruinene.En: The team was united, now stronger, both in spirit and mind, ready to continue exploring the ancient ruins.No: Sammen.En: Together. 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What happens when the mission changes, but the drive to keep moving forward remains?Combat Vet Vision welcomes Giovanni Perez, a retired U.S. Army combat engineer, wounded veteran, adaptive motorcycle and off-road competitor, and veteran advocate whose post-service journey has taken him from Afghanistan to some of the toughest terrain in off-road racing.Giovanni lost his left arm while serving with the Army in Afghanistan. After returning home, motorcycles became more than recreation. Through adaptation, determination and the veteran community, riding became another place to find challenge, camaraderie and purpose.Giovanni has competed in desert and off-road events including the Baja 500, Baja 1000 and Vegas to Reno. His adaptive riding includes motorcycle modifications that allow him to ride with a prosthetic left arm. In the 2018 Baja 1000, he was part of a six-rider team that officially finished the legendary event.His story also extends beyond racing. Giovanni has been connected with the Warrior Built Foundation, an organization serving combat veterans and wounded service members through vocational and recreational opportunities, including fabrication, mechanics and off-road racing. He has also participated in Wounded Warrior Project advocacy activities supporting issues affecting post-9/11 veterans.In this episode, we explore:• How the combat-engineer mindset can translate into adapting to life after a major injury• The transition from military service to finding a new mission• Returning to motorcycles after losing his left arm• Adaptive riding and the challenge of desert and off-road competition• The role of camaraderie, machines and racing in rebuilding purpose• Why continuing to serve and advocate for other veterans mattersThis conversation is not simply about overcoming an injury. It is about adaptation, teamwork and discovering that purpose can take a different form when the original mission changes.GuestGiovanni PerezRetired U.S. Army Combat EngineerWounded Veteran | Adaptive Motorcycle & Off-Road Competitor | Veteran AdvocateGuest LinksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.perez.353803LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-perez-54847797Instagram (@oggio31): https://www.instagram.com/oggio31/Warrior Built Foundation: https://www.warriorbuilt.org/Featured ResourceDrive On, Echo Bravo ProductionsA documentary project following combat veterans competing in the Baja 1000.https://echobravoproductions.com/drive-onCrisis SupportIf you or a veteran you know is in crisis, contact the Veterans Crisis Line. Dial 988, then press 1, or text 838255.Call to ActionListen, share this episode with a veteran or military family who needs to hear it, and connect with organizations creating new opportunities for veterans after service.Combat Vet Vision's mission is simple: Educate, Empower, Elevate.LinksCo-HostAaron Q. SeibertLinktree - https://linktr.ee/aqseibertFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/aqseibertEmail - aqseibert@yahoo.comCo-HostChef James L. “JB” Brown, AACVeterans Transition Resource Centerhttps://vtrc.usPRODUCERBrian ColburnLinktree - https://linktr.ee/Bcolburn
In this episode of the 2 Be Better Podcast, we tackle one of the biggest relationship struggles couples face, emotional disconnection. Using a real listener email, we explore why loving each other isn't always enough to feel close, how resentment quietly builds, why communication breaks down, and what happens when two good people slowly become roommates instead of partners. We dive into emotional loneliness, marriage after kids, stay at home parenting, masculine and feminine roles, intimacy, security, boundaries, self worth, and the hidden ways unresolved wounds shape our relationships.If you've ever wondered why your partner doesn't seem to "get" you anymore, why intimacy fades, or how to reconnect without blame, this conversation is for you. We share practical relationship advice on rebuilding emotional connection, communicating needs without resentment, understanding different emotional perspectives, and creating a marriage where both people feel seen, valued, and supported. Whether you're married, dating, or trying to save your relationship, you'll leave with actionable insights that can help you build a stronger, healthier partnership.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
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MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional sports organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders stay informed, your people stay connected, and your unit stays ready. No more scattered spreadsheets or missed messages. Just one platform built for organizations where performance is the mission. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the coaching and programming platform built for strength and conditioning coaches who train serious athletes. Whether you're programming for a military unit, a tactical team, or individual athletes, TrainHeroic gives you the tools to build and deliver professional training programs, track athlete progress, and communicate directly with your people — all through one app. Your athletes get world-class programming on their phone; you get the visibility to actually coach them. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comThe History of Exercise Is Weirder Than You Think — Bill Hayes, Author of SweatBill Hayes spent four years chasing the history of exercise across ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, Kansas City, and the Vatican — and somehow ended up writing the most entertaining book about working out that's ever existed. Drew and Alex sit down with him to find out what he learned.What we get into:Gloios — ancient Greek athletes would scrape the sweat and oil off their bodies after competing, funnel it into a jar, and sell it at the gymnasium for medicinal purposes. Warts. Hemorrhoids. The price depended on how good the athlete was. Christiane Amanpour interviewed Bill on CNN and said nothing had ever seemed so gross to her. She was correct.Exercise began as war training — tenth century BC, not that different from what we do now. Running, endurance testing, strength work. Sparta was the only place that let women train. The Olympic Games formalized competition in the eighth century BC and athletes became cultural heroes — which is why their sweat was worth buying.Bill's dad was a West Point swimmer, Korean War vet, Purple Heart recipient who lost an eye in combat. Bill chose poetry over a military career — an act of rebellion he's pretty honest about. But his dad dragged him to the Spokane Athletic Club every Sunday after church, and that's where the love of exercise started.Girolamo Mercuriale — a Renaissance physician who wrote the first systematic text on exercise, De Arte Gymnastica, in 1569. Bill tracked down a transcription of his manuscripts in a library in Kansas City, Kansas, that hadn't been checked out in 35 years.The Vatican Library story — Bill had a Guggenheim Fellowship and letters of recommendation and still got interrogated in a small room because he didn't have a PhD. He got in. Everything he needed was already in Kansas City.Staying in it across a lifetime — injuries, aging, motivation, and the underrated importance of rest. Bill has herniated discs, a severed rotator cuff, and is still going. The answer isn't finding the perfect program. It's just not stopping.Mentioned in this episode:Sweat — Bill HayesGirolamo Mercuriale, De Arte Gymnastica, 1569Isthmia, Olympia, Delphi, Mycenae — Bill's Greek road trip following the original athletic circuitThe Metropolitan Museum of Art — has a strigil and gloios pot on display if you want to see it in personLong and Strong — the Mops and Moes training program on TrainHeroic Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.
This episode is for anyone navigating the pain of a breakup, divorce, or the end of a long-term relationship and wondering, "What now?" We break down how to know when you're actually ready to date again, why healing is more important than waiting a certain amount of time, and the biggest mistakes people make after a relationship ends. We discuss loneliness versus companionship, trauma bonds, rebound relationships, emotional healing, codependency, self-worth, boundaries, journaling, therapy, and why so many people repeat the same relationship patterns without realizing it. If you're trying to move on after a breakup, recover from divorce, or build healthier relationships in the future, this conversation will help you understand what real healing looks like. You'll also learn the signs that you, or someone you're dating, may not be emotionally ready for another relationship, how to rebuild your identity after years of being with one person, and why self-awareness is the foundation of lasting love. We share practical advice on creating boundaries, recognizing red flags, avoiding rebound relationships, healing attachment wounds, and becoming the kind of person who attracts healthy relationships instead of repeating old cycles. Whether you're recovering from an abusive relationship, ending a marriage, or simply trying to move forward without carrying your past into your future, this episode offers honest conversations and actionable tools to help you heal before you love again.Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
If you've ever struggled with relationship conflict, betrayal, trust issues, emotional regulation, or wondered whether it's time to let go of a relationship, this episode is packed with practical insights you can apply immediately. Chris and Peaches dive into real listener questions covering everything from respecting no contact after a breakup, overcoming defensive communication, managing chronic illness in a relationship, nervous system regulation, setting healthy boundaries, emotional maturity, and navigating possessive or controlling behavior. Rather than offering surface level advice, they explore the deeper psychology behind why we react the way we do and how unresolved childhood programming continues to shape our adult relationships.You'll also hear an honest discussion about technology addiction, rebuilding community, developing healthier communication habits, learning to self regulate instead of relying on others, and creating stronger, more resilient marriages and partnerships. Whether you're trying to heal your relationship, improve your communication, recover from emotional pain, or become a healthier partner, this episode provides actionable advice designed to help you build trust, increase emotional intelligence, and create lasting connection.Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.
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