Podcasts about Tesha

In this conversation, Melanie Foote-Davis and Tesha McCord Poe explore the themes of grief, joy, and resilience. Tesha shares her personal journey of loss, including the deaths of her husband and father, and how she found ways to process her grief through writing and humor. They discuss the importance of community, the lasting impact of love, and the mission behind Tesha's company, Joy-Raising, which aims to empower organizations to raise funds with joy. The conversation emphasizes that grief is a personal journey without a timeline, and that finding joy amidst sorrow is a choice we can make. They explore the multifaceted nature of leadership within philanthropy, emphasizing the importance of personal connections and the dignity of both giving and receiving. They discuss the challenges of fundraising, the emotional complexities surrounding money, and the necessity of fostering a supportive community. The dialogue alsotouches on personal growth, the healing power of joy, and the significance of choosing how to engage with life and others.More about Tesha Tesha McCord Poe, J.D./M.B.A., is the CEO and Founder of Joy-Raising, LLC, a consultancy dedicated to diversifying philanthropy by engaging people of color as donors and professionals, and supporting nonprofits through inclusive advancement strategies. With over a decade of senior administrative experience and a career total of over $100million raised—including multiple six- and seven-figure gifts—Tesha brings unmatched insight to fundraising, executive leadership, and organizational change.Her experience spans roles as Interim Head at The Girls' Middle School, Chief Advancement Officer at Castilleja School, and Chief Development Officer at Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula and Associate Head of School at Hillbrook School. Tesha's personal journey as a faculty child, student, parent, administrator, and trustee in independent schools shapes her bold, values-driven leadership style.Joy-Raising's flagship event, The Summit, convenes professionals of color in philanthropy for inspiration and connection. A sought-after speaker and TEDx presenter, Tesha co-authored Beyond Widow and serves on multiple nonprofit boards. She holds degrees from Barnard College, Columbia University, and Northwestern University, and lives in California but is known to find herself traveling and working in beautiful places in the U.S. and beyondConnect with TeshaJoy-Raising The Summit: A Joy-RaisingExperienceLinkedInBook: Beyond Widow by Patty McGuigan and Tesha McCord PoeConnect with MelanieWork with Melanie Download Joy JournalRadical Love Book

Hey Nudist, hope your week's been drama-free and moisturized. I'm back with another episode this time, I've got my sis Tesha riding shotgun as we catch y'all up on life. We're talking about everything from my ongoing summer love tour (yes, it's a thing) to the hilarious struggle of dating men who swear they deserve the “princess treatment.” Spoiler alert: tiaras not included.

This episode of What the Fundraising Mallory is joined by Tesha McCord Poe, founder of Joy Raising, in a compelling conversation about incorporating joy, hope, and dignity into fundraising and DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) efforts! Tesha brings her deep-rooted passion for educational equity and her lived experiences as a Black woman, parent, and fundraising professional to a heartfelt conversation about reshaping nonprofit practices. Tesha McCord Poe isan accomplished educator and fundraiser, who leverages her legal, business, and nonprofit expertise to drive impactful change in fundraising and DEIB initiatives. She began her career as a frontline fundraiser for small private schools in the Bay Area, a role that her experience as a parent helped shape. In 2019, she founded Joy Raising, a consultancy dedicated to innovative fundraising and inclusive practices in DEIB work. In this episode, you will be able to: Understand the role of joy in fundraising and DEIB efforts. Recognize the power of hope in donor engagement. Acknowledge the dignity in giving and receiving support. Embrace the need for adaptability in fundraising strategies. Discover how gratitude and hope can create equitable fundraising practices. Get all the resources from today's episode here.  Support for this show is brought to you by GiveButter. GiveButter is the easiest-to-use fundraising platform.  Your favorite fundraising tools, supercharged! Never miss a fundraising opportunity again. Givebutter Plus takes this award-winning platform to the next level with advanced automation, deeper donor insights, and eye-popping supporter engagement tools to help your nonprofit get ahead—and stay there. Connect with me:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_malloryerickson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthefundraising YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@malloryerickson7946 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mallory-erickson-bressler/ Website: malloryerickson.com/podcast Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-fundraising/id1575421652 If you haven't already, please visit our new What the Fundraising community forum. Check it out and join the conversation at this link. If you're looking to raise more from the right funders, then you'll want to check out my Power Partners Formula, a step-by-step approach to identifying the optimal partners for your organization. This free masterclass offers a great starting point Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many autoimmune neuromuscular disorders are reversible with prompt diagnosis and early treatment. Understanding the potential utility and limitations of antibody testing in each clinical setting is critical for practicing neurologists. In this episode, Teshamae Monteith, MD, FAAN speaks with Divyanshu Dubey, MD, FAAN, author of the article “Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disorders Associated With Neural Antibodies,” in the Continuum® August 2024 Autoimmune Neurology issue. Dr. Monteith is the associate editor of Continuum® Audio and an associate professor of clinical neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Dubey is an associate professor in the departments of neurology and laboratory medicine and pathology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Additional Resources Read the article: Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disorders Associated With Neural Antibodies Subscribe to Continuum: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @headacheMD Guest: @Div_Dubey Transcript Full episode transcript available here Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum, the premier topic-based neurology clinical review and CME journal from the American Academy of Neurology. Thank you for joining us on Continuum Audio, which features conversations with Continuum's guest editors and authors who are the leading experts in their fields. Subscribers to the Continuum journal can read the full article or listen to verbatim recordings of the article and have access to exclusive interviews not featured on the podcast. Please visit the link in the episode notes for more information on the article, subscribing to the journal, and how to get CME.   Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. Today, I'm interviewing Dr Divyanshu Dubey about his article on autoimmune neuromuscular disorders associated with neural autoantibodies, which is part of the August 2024 Continuum issue on autoimmune neurology. Welcome to the podcast. How are you?   Dr Dubey: Hi, Dr Monteith. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this podcast. I'm doing well.   Dr Monteith: Well, why don't you introduce yourself to the audience? And, call me Tesha.   Dr Dubey: I'm Divyanshu Dubey (please, call me Div). I'm one of the autoimmune neurology consultants here at Mayo Clinic Rochester. I'm an Associate Professor of neurology, as well as lab medicine and pathology. My responsibilities here are split - partly seeing patients (primarily patients with autoimmune disorders, including neuromuscular disorders), and then 50% of my time (or, actually, more than 50%), I spend in the lab, either doing research on these autoimmune disorders or reporting antibodies in a clinical setting for various antibody panels which Mayo's neuroimmunology lab offers.   Dr Monteith: That's a nice overlap of subspecialty area. How did you get into this work?   Dr Dubey: I think a lot of it was, sort of, by chance. Meeting the right people at the right time was the main, sort of, motivation for me. Initially, I trained in India for my medical school and didn't really got much exposed to autoimmune neurology in India. I think our primary concern in my training was sort of treating TB meningitis and cerebral malaria - that was my exposure to neurology, including stroke and some epilepsy cases. As a part of application for USMLEs and coming here to residency, I did some externships, and one of the externships was at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and that's when I worked a few weeks with Dr Posner and got introduced to the idea of paraneoplastic neurological syndrome working with him. And that sort of started - I wouldn't call it vicious cycle - but my interest in the area of autoimmune neurology and paraneoplastic neurological disorders, which subsequently was refined further through residency and fellowships.   Dr Monteith: That's interesting. I actually rotated through - I did a externship also at Sloan Kettering, and I had a clinic with Dr Posner. And I thought, at the time, he was such a rock star, and, like, I took a picture with him, and I think he thought it was insane. And I didn't go into autoimmune neurology. So, you know, interesting pathways, right?   Dr Dubey: Yes. And I think he's inspired many, many people, and sort of trained a lot of them as well.   Dr Monteith: So, why don't you tell us what you set out to do when writing this article?   Dr Dubey: So, I think, given my background and training in various subspecialties in neurology, I was, sort of, formally did fellowships in autoimmune neurology, as well as neuromuscular medicine. One of the areas in these areas that I focus on is in my clinical practice, as well as in my sort of lab work, is autoimmune muscular disorders - and that to, specifically, autoantibodies and their clinical utility for autoimmune muscular disorders. So, that's what I wanted to focus on in an article. When I was invited to write an article on autoimmune muscular conditions in general, I thought it was very difficult to pack it all in one chapter or one article, so I narrowed my focus (or tilted my focus) towards antibody-positive disorders and trying to understand how we as neurologists can firstly sort of identify these conditions (which may end up being antibody-positive) – and then, on the other hand, once we get these antibody results, how we can find the utility in them or find them useful in taking care of our patients. At the same time, I also wanted to kind of highlight that these antibodies are not perfect, they do have certain limitations – so, that's another thing I sort of highlighted in the article.   Dr Monteith: So, why don't we just start with a very broad question - what do you believe the role of autoantibodies is in the workup of neuropathies and then neuromuscular disorders? Obviously, when we think of myasthenia gravis, but there are some presentations that you may not necessarily think to first order autoantibody tests. So, what is the role, and where does it fit in the paradigm?   Dr Dubey: I think it's extremely crucial, and it's evolving as time goes on, and it's becoming more and more clinically relevant. Let's say three, four decades ago, the number of biomarkers which were available were very limited and only a handful - and there has been a significant increase in these biomarkers with growing utilization of newer techniques for discovery of antibodies, and more and more people jumping into this field trying to not only discover, but try and understand and validate these biomarkers (what they truly, clinically mean). These antibodies, like you pointed out, ones for myasthenia (such as acetylcholine receptor-binding antibodies, or MuSK antibodies), they can be extremely helpful in clinical diagnosis of these patients. We all know the importance of EMG in managing our patients with neuromuscular disorders. But, oftentimes, EMG nerve conduction studies are often not available at every center. In those scenarios, if you have antibodies with very high clinical specificity, and you're seeing a patient on examination whom you're seeing ptosis (fatigable ptosis), double vision, you're suspecting myasthenia, you send antibodies, and they come back positive. It brings you closer to the answer that may, in turn, require you to refer to a patient to a place where you can get high-quality EMGs or high-quality care. In addition to getting to the diagnosis, it also, sometimes, leads you in directions to search for what is the trigger. A good example is all these paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (which we started our conversation with), where once you find a biomarker (such as anti-Hu antibodies or CRMP5 antibodies) in a patient with paraneoplastic neuropathies, it can direct the search for cancer. These are the patients where, specifically, these two antibodies, small-cell lung cancer is an important cancer to rule out - they require CT scans, and if those are negative, consider doing PET scan – so, we can remove the inciting factor in these cases. And then, lastly, it can guide treatment. Depending upon subtypes of antibodies or particular antibodies, it can give us some idea what is going to be the most effective treatment for these patients.   Dr Monteith: I think paraneoplastic syndromes are a very good example of how autoantibodies can help guide treatment. But, what other examples can you provide for us?   Dr Dubey: Yeah, so I think one of the relatively recent antibody tests which our lab started offering is biomarkers of autoimmune neuropathies - these are neurofascin and contactin, and those are great examples which can target or guide your treatment. I personally, in the past, have had many CIDP patients before we were offering these testings, where we used to kind of start these patients on IVIG. They had the typical electrodiagnostic features, which would qualify them for CIDP. They did not show any response. In many of these cases, we tried to do sort of clinical testing or sort of research-based testing for neurofascin and contactin back in the day, but we didn't have this resource where we can sort of send the blood, hopefully, and within a week, get an answer, whether these patients have autoimmune neuropathy or not. Having this resource now, in some of these cases, even before starting them on IVIG, knowing that test result can guide treatments, such as considering plasma exchange up front as a first-line therapy, followed by rituximab or B-cell depleting therapies, which have been shown to be extremely beneficial in these conditions. And it is not just limited to neurofascin or contactin (which are predominantly IgG4-mediated condition), but the same concept applies to other IgG4-mediated diseases, such as MuSK myasthenia, where having an antibody result can guide your treatment towards B-cell depleting therapies instead of sort of trying the typical regimen that you try for other myasthenia gravis patients.   Dr Monteith: And you mentioned where I was reading that, sometimes, nerve conduction studies and EMG can be useful to then narrow the autoantibody profiles. Oftentimes, in the inpatient service, we order the autoantibodies much faster, because it's sometimes harder to access EMG nerve conduction studies - but talk about that narrowing process.   Dr Dubey: Yeah. And it goes back to the point you just made where we end up sending, sort of, sometimes (and I'm guilty of this as well), where we just send antibodies incessantly, even knowing that this particular patient is not necessarily likely to be an autoimmune neurological disorder, and that can be a challenge, even if the false-positive rate for a particular test is, let's say 1% - if you send enough panels, you will get that false-positive result for a particular patient. And that can have significant effects on the patient - not only unnecessary testing or imaging (depending on what type of antibody it is), but also exposure to various immunotherapies or immunosuppressive therapies. It's important to recognize red flags – and that's one of the things I've focused on in this article, is talking about clinical, as well as electrodiagnostic, factors, which make us think that this might be an autoimmune condition, and then, subsequently, we should consider autoantibody testing. Otherwise, we can be in a situation - that 1% situation - where we may be sort of dealing with a false-positive result, rather than a true-positive result. In terms of EMGs, I think I find them extremely useful, specifically for neuropathies, distinguishing between demyelinating versus exonal, and then catering our antibody-ordering practices toward specific groups of antibodies which are associated with demyelinating neuropathies (if that's what the electrophysiology showed) versus if it's an exonal pathology (considering a different subset of antibodies) - and that's going to be extremely important.   Dr Monteith: You're already getting to my next question, which is what are some of the limitations of autoantibody testing? You mentioned the false-positivity rate - what other limitations are there?   Dr Dubey: So, I think the limitations are both for seropositive, as well as seronegative, patients. As a neurologist, when we see patients and send panels, we can be in a challenging situation in both of those scenarios. Firstly, thinking about seropositives - despite the growing literature about neurology and antibodies, we have to be aware, at least to some extent, about what methodologies are being utilized for these antibody tests. And what I mean by that is knowing when you're sending a sample to a particular lab, the methodology that they're utilizing - is that the most sensitive, specific way to test for certain antibodies? We've learned about this through some of the literature published regarding MOG and aquaporin-4, which has demonstrated that these antibodies, which we suspect are cell surface antibodies, not only generate false-positive, but also false-negative results if they are tested by Western blots or ELISAs. Similar can be applied to some of the cell surface antibodies we are investigating on the autoimmune neuromuscular side (we have some sort of unpublished data regarding that for neurofascin-155). Secondly, it's also kind of critical when you're getting these reports to kind of have a look at what type of secondary antibodies are being utilized, an example being we talked about neurofascin-155, and I mentioned these are IgG4-predominant diseases, so testing for neurofascin IgG4 and knowing that particular patient is positive IgG4 rather than neurofascin pan-IgG. That's an important discrimination, and important information for you to know, because we have seen, at least in my clinical practice, that patients who are positive for neurofascin IgG4 follow the typical story of autoimmune neuropathies - the ones who are not (who are just neurofascin-155 IgG-positive), oftentimes can have wide-ranging phenotypes. The same applies to neurofascin-155 IgMs. And then (not for all antibodies, but for some antibodies), titers are important. A good example of that is a3 ganglionic receptor antibodies, which we utilize for when we're taking care of patients who have autoimmune dysautonomia - and in these cases, if the titers of the antibodies are below .2 nmol/L, usually, those don't have a high specificity for AAG diagnosis. So, I get referred a lot of patients with very low titers of a3 ganglionic receptor antibodies, where the clinical picture does not at all look like autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy. So, that's another thing to potentially keep in mind. And then, on the seronegative front, it's important to recognize that we are still sort of seeing the tip of the iceberg as far as these antibodies or biomarkers are concerned, specifically for certain phenotypes, such as CIDP. If you look at the literature, depending upon what demographics we're looking at or sort of racial profiles we're looking at, the frequency of these autoimmune neuropathy biomarkers range from 5% to 20%, with much higher frequency in Asian patients - so, a good chunk of these diseases are still seronegative. In the scenario where you have a very high suspicion for an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder (specifically, we'll talk about neuropathies, because that's why we utilize tissue immunofluorescence staining on neural tissues), I recommend people to potentially touch base with that tertiary care lab or that referral lab to see if they have come across some research-based antibodies which are not clinically validated, which can give you some idea, some additional supportive idea, that what you're dealing with is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder. So, we have to keep the limitations of some of these antibody panels and antibody tests in mind for both positive, as well as negative, results.   Dr Monteith: So, you've already given us a lot of good stuff, um, about titer seronegativity and false-positive rates. And, you know, also looking at the clinical picture when ordering these tests, utilizing EMG nerve conduction studies, give us a major key point that we can't not get when reading your article.   Dr Dubey: I think the major key point is we are neurologists first and serologists later. Most of these patients, we have to kind of evaluate them clinically and convince ourselves at least partly that this might be an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder before sending off these panels. Also, I find it useful to narrow down the phenotype, let's say, in a particular neuropathy or a muscle disease or a hyperexcitability syndrome. So, I have a core group of antigens, autoantigens, or autoantibodies, which I'm expecting and making myself aware of - things beyond that will raise my antenna - potentially, is this truly relevant? Could this be potentially false-positive? So, clinical characterization up front, phenotypic characterization upfront, and then utilizing those antibody results to support our clinical decision-making and therapeutic decision-making is what I've tried to express in this article.   Dr Monteith: And what is something that you wish you knew much earlier in your career?   Dr Dubey: It's a very challenging field, and it's a rapidly evolving field where we learn many things nearly every year, and, sometimes, we learn things that were previously said were incorrect, and we need to kind of work on them. A good example of that is initial reports of voltage-gated potassium-channel antibodies. So, back in the day when I was actually in my medical school and (subsequently) in my residency, voltage-gated potassium-channel antibodies were closely associated with autoimmune neuromyotonia, or autoimmune peripheral hyperexcitability syndromes. Now, over time, we've recognized that only the patients who are positive for LGI1 or CASPR2 are the ones who truly have autoimmune neuromuscular disorders or even CNS disorders. The voltage-gated potassium-channel antibody by itself, without LGI1 or CASPR2, truly doesn't have a very high specificity for neurological autoimmunity. So, that's one example of how even things which were published were considered critical thinking or critical knowledge in our field of autoimmune neuromuscular disorders has evolved and has sort of changed over time. And, again, the new antibodies are another area where nearly every year, something new pops up - not everything truly stands a test of time, but this keeps us on our toes.   Dr Monteith: And what's something that a patient taught you?   Dr Dubey: I think one of the things with every patient interaction I recognize is being an autoimmune neurologist, we tend to focus a lot on firstly, diagnosis, and secondly, immunotherapy - but what I've realized is symptomatic and functional care beyond immunotherapy in these patients who have autoimmune neurological disorders is as important, if not more important. That includes care of patients, involving our colleagues from physical medicine and rehab in terms of exercise regimen for these patients as we do immunotherapies, potentially getting a plan for management of associated pain, and many other factors and many other symptoms that these patients have to deal with secondary to these autoimmune neurological conditions.   Dr Monteith: I think that's really well said, because we get excited about getting the diagnosis and then getting the treatment, but that long-term trajectory and quality of life is really what patients are seeking.   Dr Dubey: Yeah, and as you pointed out, most of the time, especially when we are in inpatient service, or even when we're seeing the patients upfront outpatient, we are seeing them, sometimes, in their acute phase or at their disease not there. What we also have to realize is, what are the implications of these autoimmune neurological conditions in the long term or five years down the line? And that's one of the questions patients often ask me and how this can impact them even when the active immune phase has subsided - and that's something we are actively trying to learn about.   Dr Monteith: So, tell me something you're really excited about in your field.   Dr Dubey: I think, firstly (which is pretty much the topic of my entire article), is novel antibodies and new biomarker discoveries. That's very exciting - we are actively, ourselves, involved in the space. The second thing is better mechanistic understanding of how these antibodies cause diseases, so we can not only understand diseases, we can also try and understand how to target and treat these diseases - this is being actively done for various disorders. One of the disorders which continue to remain a challenge are T-cell mediated diseases, where these antibodies are just red flags or biomarkers are not causing the disease, but it's potentially the T-cells possibly attacking the same antigen which are causing disease process, and those are often the more refractory and harder-to-treat conditions. I'm hoping that with some of the work done in other fields (such as rheumatology or endocrinology for type one diabetes), we're able to learn and apply the same in the field of autoimmune neurology and autoimmune neuromuscular medicine. And then, the final frontier is developing therapies which are antigen specific, where you have discovered that somebody has a particular antibody, and if that antibody is pathogenic, can I just deplete that antibody, not necessarily pan-depleting the immune system. And there is some translational data, there's some animal model data in that area, which I find very exciting, will be extremely helpful for many of my patients.   Dr Monteith: So, very personalized targeted therapies?   Dr Dubey: Correct. Without having all the side effects we all have to kind of take care of in our patients when we start them on, let's say, cyclophosphamide, or some of these really, really, significantly suppressive immunosuppressive medications.   Dr Monteith: Well, thank you so much. I learned a lot from reading your article to prepare for this interview, but also just from talking to you. And it's clear that you're very passionate about what you do and very knowledgeable as well, so, thank you so much.   Dr Dubey: Thank you so much. Thank you for inviting me to do this. And thank you for inviting me to contribute the article.   Dr Monteith: Today, I've been interviewing Dr Divyanshu Dubey, whose article on autoimmune neuromuscular disorders associated with neural autoantibodies appears in the most recent issue of Continuum on autoimmune neurology. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues. And thank you to our listeners for joining us today.   Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information, important for neurology practitioners. Use this link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. AAN members, you can get CME for listening to this interview by completing the evaluation at Continpub.com/AudioCME. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.

Looking for ways to keep engaged after the death of a spouse.  Join Dr. Gloria Horsley and her guests Patty McGuigan and Tesha McCord for a discussion of how they […] The post Patty McGuigan and Tesha McCord: Finding Passion and Purpose After the Death of a Spouse appeared first on Open to Hope.

Lindsay is joined by author Judith Starkston to discuss her book, Priestess of Ishana. A curse, a conspiracy and the clash of kingdoms. A defiant priestess confronts her foes, armed only with ingenuity and forbidden magic.A malignant curse from the Underworld threatens Tesha's city with fiery devastation. The young priestess of Ishana, goddess of love and war, must overcome this demonic darkness. Charred remains of an enemy of the Hitolian Empire reveal both treason and evil magic. Into this crisis, King Hattu, the younger brother of the Great King, arrives to make offerings to the goddess Ishana, but he conceals his true mission in the city. As a connection sparks between King Hattu and Tesha, the Grand Votary accuses Hattu of murderous sorcery and jails him under penalty of death. Isolated in prison, Hattu's only hope lies in Tesha to uncover the conspiracy against him. Unfortunately, the Grand Votary is Tesha's father, a rash, unyielding man, and now her worst enemy. To help Hattu, she must risk destroying her own father.Step into this exotic world of historical fantasy, with its richly imagined details of the Bronze Age, evocative of the Near East. In a whirlpool of magic, politics, family crisis and love, Tesha pursues justice over the dark forces arrayed against her. Judith Starkston has spent too much time reading about and exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Early on she went so far as to get two degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories. This has gradually gotten more and more out of hand. Her solution: to write fantasy set in the exotic worlds of the past. Fantasy and Magic in a Bronze Age World. Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett's Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award. Judith has two grown children and lives in Arizona with her husband. Because writing is best done with community, Judith belongs to her local chapter of Sisters in Crime and the California chapter of the Historical Novel Society. Ms. Starkston is represented by Richard Curtis. You can learn about the other books in her series and sign up for freebies on her website, purchase her books on Amazon or wherever books are sold. Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show.  You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Audible, or Goodpods! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Baddie 2 Baddie podcast, where we dive into candid conversations about the experiences and challenges faced by women of color dealing with breast cancer. In this episode, host Tesha along with the remarkable Dr. Morgan Mitchell, a breast cancer survivor and advocate, delve into the importance of support groups and the power of shared experiences. We explore the therapeutic value of connecting with individuals who understand the unique journey of battling breast cancer as a woman of color, and the need for tailored support groups in this community. Join us as we navigate the complexities of health care advocacy, cultural barriers, and the impact of practical support in facing a cancer diagnosis. Listen in as we unpack the resilience and magic of black people and the significance of advocacy in making a difference in breast cancer outcomes for women of color. Get ready for an insightful and empowering conversation that addresses the importance of self-advocacy, early detection, and the strength found in shared experiences.   A cancer diagnosis changes everything. As a woman of color, where do you go or who do you turn to when you're in the midst of the fight of your life? You search online for stories and images of women who've gone through treatment and look like you, but you find little to nothing. That's where For the Breast of Us comes in. Baddie 2 Baddie is the podcast by For the Breast of Us hosted by the FTBOU Team where we share real life experiences, education and information to help you live you best life after a breast cancer diagnosis. Baddie Behavior is the safe space for survivors and thrivers to get all the way raw about how breast cancer changes our bodies, sex lives and relationships. Learn more by visiting www.breastofus.com and follow us on social media @forthebreastofus.

Welcome back to the Millionaire Real Estate Podcast! Today, we sat down with special guests Tesha Perry to discuss What are the strategies to get more listings in real estate?   Tesha Perry has been a full time real estate agent since 2004 and is a second generation realtor coming from a family of agents. Her Mother Suzi has been a beloved agent in the Gresham market for over 40 years and is now serving Tesha's team in the Bend market. Tesha has a Marketing/Business Administration degree from Portland State University. She is very active in continuing education to learn about the new laws and new ways to serve your best interests. She is a wife and mother of 3 nearly grown kids and loves to fish, kayak, serve in her local community and invests time with her church. Tesha has a niche for the investor real estate needs and has a proven track record of helping this submarket. She enjoys working with first time buyers and seeing the excitement of their first home. As the team leader of NW Real Estate Professionals Tesha makes a commitment to her staff and the clients she serves to Educate, communicate and facilitate your real estate transaction with integrity, honesty and professionalism. - This episode is sponsored by CanZell Realty. CanZell is one of the fastest-growing virtual/hybrid companies with a focus on providing local leadership, revenue share opportunities, and top technology for agents. Learn how you can keep more of your commission and sell more real estate at joincanzell.com - Join CanZell HERE: https://joincanzell.com/

La numeración hebrea, se basa en un sistema alfabético casi decimal, en el que a cambio de números se utilizan las letras del alfabeto hebreo. Si observas un reloj hebreo de pared, no tendrá cifras romanas o números arábigos como los que conocemos, a cambio identificarás caracteres hebreos que concuerdan con su valor numérico. Esto es porque las cifras y los números en hebreo se escriben con letras, y el valor de cada uno corresponde con el orden que ocupan en el alfabeto. Mientras que en occidente usamos los números para indicar la cantidad de algo, para la mentalidad hebrea los números pueden expresar un simbolismo y un mensaje. En el sentido simbólico, expresan una idea, por ejemplo: el número 1 simboliza a Yahvé como único Dios, expresando su exclusividad, preeminencia y soberanía. El número 6 representa imperfección, pecado, o el mal. El número 7 representa la perfección, indicando de forma común que la medida o cantidad está completa o que el resultado está perfecto. Así con muchos de los números, el número 1.000 significa multitud o gran cantidad. Como dato adicional, los números del uno al diecinueve se pueden decir de manera femenina y masculina. Escucha cómo se pronuncian los números de 0 a 10 en hebreo, en forma femenina. Cero: Efes, uno: Achad, dos: Shtaim, tres: Shalosh, cuatro: Arba, cinco: Hamesh, seis: Shesh, siete: Sheva, ocho: Shmone, nueve: Tesha, y diez Eser. Escuchemos cómo repetiría un niño su lección hasta aprenderla. Así se entienden los números desde la comprensión hebrea. Cuéntanos si te parece curioso.

Hey Nudist, this week I want to dive into some of the foolery within modern dating. Have you ever heard of the “Spiritual Fuckboy” and their terrors? These people will swoon you and affirm you in all things metaphysics and spirituality to get what they want from you. Listen to this week's episode as Tesha and I break down our stories of the spiritual fuckboy.

Hey Nudist, this week I have my beautiful friend Atesha back on Nude Radio. We are getting into some things y'all and talking about fertility and family building. I'm so happy to have this conversation with Atesha as she goes into detail about her struggles with fertility and the journey to create a baby. So for all of you looking to get pregnant and for the folks looking to become parents PLEASE GET INTO THIS EPISODE!!!

The spinal cord is a fragile network containing hundreds of millions of neurons, all passing through a conduit about the size of a dime. A consistent, organized approach to the diagnosis of spinal cord disease is necessary to give patients the best possible care. In this episode, Teshamae Monteith, MD, FAAN, speaks with Carlos Pardo, MD, author of the article “Clinical Approach to Myelopathy Diagnosis,” in the Continuum February 2024 Spinal Cord Disorders issue. Dr. Monteith is the associate editor of Continuum® Audio and an associate professor of clinical neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Pardo is a professor of neurology and pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Myelitis and Myelopathy Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Additional Resources Read the article: Clinical Approach to Myelopathy Diagnosis Subscribe to Continuum: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud American Academy of Neurology website: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @headacheMD Transcript Full Transcript Available Here Dr Jones: This is Dr. Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum, the premier topic-based neurology clinical review and CME journal, from the American Academy of Neurology. Thank you for joining us on Continuum Audio, a companion podcast of the journal. Continuum Audio features conversations with the guest editors and authors of Continuum, who are the leading experts in their fields. Subscribers to the Continuum journal can read the full article or listen to verbatim recordings of the article by visiting the link in the show notes. Subscribers also have access to exclusive audio content not featured on the podcast. As an ad-free journal entirely supported by subscriptions, if you're not already a subscriber, we encourage you to become one. For more information on subscribing, please visit the link in the show notes. AAN members, stay tuned after the episode to hear how you can get CME for listening. Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. Today, I'm interviewing Dr Carlos Pardo about his article on an Integrative Clinical Approach to Myelopathy Diagnosis, which is found in the February 2024 Continuum issue on spinal cord disorders. Dr Pardo is a professor of neurology and pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Welcome to the podcast. Carlos, thank you so much for this wonderful article. I think it was great! Dr Pardo: Thank you very much for the invitation and, particularly, to continue to write about myelitis and myelopathy - that is one of my passions in my activities as a clinical neurologist. And I think that this is basically one of the areas in which I thought, after finishing my residency training here, to focus, because there was absolutely no good understanding of the biology, clinical profile – particularly, understanding of the pathophysiology of myelitis and myelopathies, and what was called (at that time) transverse myelitis. So, that is what I have spent the past 25 years is try to understand that concept and apply what I was trained, as a neurologist and neuropathologist, to be translated in the clinical practice. Dr Monteith: Great. Well, I definitely want to know - how did you get into this area? Dr Pardo: That's a very nice question. Dr Monteith: I'm going to give you an easy one. Dr Pardo: I was trained as a clinical neurologist, but at the same time was trained as a clinical and experimental neuropathologist. When I finished my residency training, along with some of my co-residents and colleagues in my residency training, we took the challenge to take a neurological disorder that was called at that time transverse myelitis, to investigate diagnosis, clinical neurology of those patients, and investigate the etiological factors contributing to that. Very soon, we discovered that that group of patients that we call transverse myelitis was a very heterogeneous group of patients. And that basically put us in the situation to expand our approach to investigate what were those etiological factors contributing to those pathologies that we call, at that time, transverse myelitis. Since then, we have been focused on that. We have been focusing on characterizing patients with inflammatory myelopathies, with vascular myelopathies, with patients with infection disorders associated myelopathies. That is one of the main messages of the paper, and is - we need to think in a very etiological approach, because the variety of etiological factors that may contribute to spinal cord disorders is quite broad - it's very extensive. We need to be extremely careful when we approach those patients. There are very common myelopathies, there are very rare myelopathies. So, obviously, we always look for the commonalities and common pathologies, but we shouldn't basically forget about those myelopathies that may be rare but are present. I will say, frequently, we ignore the possibility of metabolic-associated myelopathies because we don't see those too much. But after we do an analysis of that equation - the clinical profile, temporal evolution, lesion topography, and biomarkers in imaging, blood, spinal fluid - and we don't find a clear explanation, we need to stop a little bit and think more about other things that we are missing. And frequently, metabolical disorders of the spinal cord are missed, or other type of pathology. That the reason the clinician need to have open mind and, occasionally, need to think out of the box, particularly when there is no clear answer to the search for etiological factors. Dr Monteith: I mean, when we think about spinal cord lesions, they can obviously be devastating because they affect patient's ability to ambulate. Why don't you tell us the most important takeaways from your article? Dr Pardo: Yeah, so this is a very important aspect of the article. The first thing is, if we are going to treat the patient, if we are going to focus in the management of a clinical problem, we need to understand first, what is the clinical diagnosis? What is the cause of the problem? Importantly, what is the etiology or the etiological factors contributing to that problem? The first thing that I always emphasize is, we are not able to treat a patient with a neurological condition if we don't have a very precise diagnosis, regardless what we are investigating in that patient. Specifically, for spinal cord disorders, there is a multitude of etiologies and pathogenic factors and other causes of the disease that may be involved. For that reason, the clinician, the health care provider, need to be aware about how to approach that question; is, we need to answer first the cause and the profile of the spinal cord disorder. And when we need to answer the cause, we need to focus first in evaluating clearly what has been the evolution of the symptoms, how is the neurological exam, how the evolution of the symptoms are going to help us to identify those etiological factors that we are looking for. For that reason, in the approach that I am suggesting to take in patient with the spinal cord disorder, the first critical element of that approach is to sit down and talk very well with the patient about what is going on - what are the main symptoms that are present, what has been the temporal evolution of those symptoms, and what has been basically the pattern of progression of those symptoms - because those are the clinical elements that will facilitate the clinician a much better understanding for the clinical diagnosis. Evaluating the clinical profile of symptoms and evaluating the temporal profile of symptoms is probably the first step for solving that critical equation about the diagnosis of spinal cord disorders. The main target is to establish a diagnosis. Dr Monteith: And that's really the bread and butter of neurology, because we have a global audience and we have some neurologists that practice in areas with very limited resources. But you do speak of some very cool things that I want to also touch on, such as precision medicine, the advances in biomarker development and neuroimaging, as well as investigating different viral etiologies in the pathology of spinal cord disease. So, can you just speak to some of that? You've been in this field now - you said, 25 years - how that evolution has helped you better treat patients. Dr Pardo: That's a very important question, because in 25 years we have learned tons about myelopathies, myelitis, and noninflammatory myelopathies - and it's quite amazing. I think that one of the most important aspects of spinal cord disorders is that, in the past 25 years, we have learned about mechanism of the disease in spinal cord disorders. Back in the 20th century we used the term transverse myelitis, and one of the main messages that I have for the clinicians who are reading the article is, please stop using that terminology. We have now capability to establish a more precise diagnosis, a more etiologically oriented diagnosis. If you can take a look at what happened in the past 25 years, understanding spinal cord disorders is quite amazing. We have a better understanding of the immunological factors that contribute to myelopathies. We are able to diagnose myelopathies associated with aquaporin 4 disorders, or MOG-associated disorders, or demyelinating diseases, or infectious disorders. So, in the past 25 years, with a combination of different tools in laboratory studies, studies of spinal fluid analysis, studies of the blood, we have basically able to identify biological markers that may guide us to treat more precisely those patients that are suffering from immune-related disorders. In the same way, imaging has contributed dramatically to improve our understanding of myelopathy. We are able to use neuroimaging studies to differentiate in better way, what are the myelopathies that are associated with vascular etiology, versus myelopathies that are associated with inflammatory etiology. In other words, the 25 years have provided all set of tools (assays, imaging techniques) that allow us to establish a better and precise diagnosis that facilitate etiological diagnosis. And in that way, we avoid the use of the term, transverse myelitis, that I frequently say is a basket diagnosis that is not taking us anywhere, because we are not using properly the etiological diagnostic approach. Dr Monteith: In the setting of all of this evolution, what do you still find challenging, and as well, rewarding in treating these types of patients? Dr Pardo: The best reward that we obtain when we establish this type of diagnosis is that we are able to facilitate better recovery, we are able to identify the factors associated with the problem, and eventually, to target, in a better way, those factors that are contributing to the problem and identify potential avenues for full recovery of the spinal cord. If we are dealing, for example, with patients with suspected inflammatory myelopathies, and we are able to identify an antibody that is contributing to that inflammatory myelopathy - like in the case of neuromyelitis optica - I think that the reward is that we are going to avoid a very long process that is going to decrease our ability to rescue that spinal cord and facilitate improvement of that patient. If we identify a vascular myelopathy and we are able to establish promptly a precise diagnosis of a stroke of the spinal cord, that will avoid that the patient goes in a very long road of treatments that even may be more harmful for that patient. And in that way, we are able to contribute the recovery and facilitate improvement of those patients with vascular spinal cord disorders. This is the reward: the reward is that we are able to facilitate a much better recovery of those patients and, in that way, to improve outcomes in those patients that are suffering myelopathies. Dr Monteith: What's been some of the more surprising cases in your practice, in terms of patient presentations, surprise recoveries, or whatever? Dr Pardo: One of the best rewards that we have seen in our research (clinical research) in the past several years is to be able to provide a much better framework for evaluating patients. The other aspect is to be able to identify patients that have very specific pathologies, like strokes of the spinal cord - ischemic pathology of the spinal cord that may be acute ischemic pathology or even chronic evolving pathology. In that way, actually, we have been able to establish much better protocol for assessment of those patients. That is actually one of the major aspects of our progression in terms of understanding the spinal cord disorders. And that is the reason - once again, I emphasize that when we use the term transverse myelitis and we erroneously diagnose patients with transverse myelitis when they are experiencing vascular pathologies of the spinal cord, we are basically not serving well those patients. That is one of the emphasis that I always include in the manuscript is, it is much better to spend time establishing a diagnosis (etiological diagnosis) rather than treating empirically diagnosis that probably are not going to be very well served by using treatments that probably are not going to benefit the patient. For example, when we deal with patients that have vascular myelopathies associated with chronic venous abnormalities, like happen in dural arteriovenous fistula, we are deserting those patients by treating them with IV methylprednisolone or treating them with IVIG, or treating them with immunosuppressive treatments. This is a critical element of the precision approach to establish a better diagnosis in patients with myelopathy. Dr Monteith: And then, your article spoke a little bit about recent outbreaks of infectious etiologies - viral etiologies. Can you talk a little bit about that? Because sometimes we send off these tests and they come back nonspecific or negative, and we have a sense that this was an infectious process. Maybe there was a prodromal phase, or something like that. Can you speak about your excitement in the area of advances in these methodologies? Dr Pardo: Yeah - this is an important aspect of the clinical conversation. Our patients may provide initial clues for identification of potential risk factors, such as infections, as etiological factors contributing to spinal cord disorder. When you are discussing with patients about specific symptoms that emerge after they have experienced either illnesses or systemic symptoms (like fever, chills, rash, or anything that look like an infection disorder) it's extremely important for the clinician to try to characterize that in much better way so we can use those elements of the investigation to determine if infection disorders may be involved as etiological factors in those myelopathies. We were trained to think about transverse myelitis as either an immunological-mediated disorder or an infection-mediated disorder. That's the reason I think that the clinician need to be open-minded when he's interviewing the patients to acquire, as much as possible, elements of the clinical history that may focus  or avoid that the clinician pay too much attention to things that are not involved as etiological factor. Infection disorders frequently may produce neurological problems, and, obviously, spinal cord inflammation is one of those neurological problems. However, it's very important that the clinician be critical in the assessment of those potential risk factors. I frequently discuss with the students and residents in our ward that it's okay to think about West Nile myelitis when we are in the summer, but we are not able to discuss specifically about West Nile myelitis in middle of the winter, and particularly because those are etiological factors that are associated with seasonality and those are etiological factors that are associated with some risk factors that include, for example, mosquito transmission of a virus. When we talk about acute flaccid myelitis with our pediatric patient population, we need to think about circulation of viruses, and we need to think about if that is the right period of circulation of the virus that we are suspicious that is producing that spinal cord disorder. Again, the clinician need to be aware about the particularities of some infection disorder - seasonality, modes of transmission - to think about what is going on in terms of etiological factors, particularly infections, as part of causes of spinal cord inflammation. Dr Monteith: Let's talk a little bit about some controversies - things that maybe lead to overdiagnosis or underdiagnosis. Dr Pardo: It's a very good question, and I appreciate the controversy, always. One thing that is going back to the basis of the article is the precise diagnosis is strictly dependent of equation that involves different factors. We are not able to diagnose spinal cord disorders just using one factor of that equation. This is something that is extremely important for the clinician and health care provider. We are not able to establish a precise diagnosis just when we use only neuroimaging studies. We need to bring the clinical profile of that patient, the neurological examination, the neuroimaging studies, the spinal fluid analysis to the same equation. That is one of the controversies, because in the past, we relied heavily on neuroimaging studies for establishing a diagnosis of myelopathies. But I believe that has been a little bit of a mistake because we have been ignoring major elements of the clinical history and neurological examination. And probably the best example of that is the example of spinal cord strokes. When patients show up in the emergency department with acute onset of weakness and sensory problems, and an MRI show a lesion in the spinal cord, that is not automatically a myelitis. That is an acute spinal cord disorder in which the clinician has the responsibility to establish the precise diagnosis. This is one of the major messages that I want to give to our colleagues in the clinical setting is, we need to interview the patient; we need to characterize the clinical profile and make sure that what we see in the spinal cord MRI fits the clinical profile, the neurological examination, and even the spinal fluid analysis of that patient. One of the controversies that we have frequently is to diagnose patients with spinal cord strokes, because there is no gold standard for those diagnosis, unfortunately. It's a diagnosis that is comprised by several layers of assessment. In that way, we need to reach, basically, a consensus how to deal with those patients and how to manage those patients correctly. Dr Monteith: So, of course, we have a broad, I guess, “background” of listeners - from residents, medical students, even lay audience, as well as, of course, from neurologists. But why should a resident go into spinal cord disease as a subspecialty? Dr Pardo: It's a very important aspect of the central nervous system function. I always equate the spinal cord as the major avenue for the neurological function in the human body. If there is a very good connectivity in our brain and brain hemispheres, that connectivity is not going to be effective if there is not a healthy and very good function in the spinal cord. The spinal cord is the best avenue for execution of many of the function of the central nervous system. And in that way, a clinician who is working in neurology need to be aware about the spinal cord - need to be aware about the pathophysiology of the spinal cord. Because even if there is not any element of cognitive function in the spinal cord, we have all of the major avenues that facilitate the human function in the spinal cord - motor function, autonomical function, sensory function – so, most of the central nervous system function needs to go through the spinal cord. And the clinician (neurologists and residents) need to be aware - fully aware - about how to approach disorders of the spinal cord, how to identify correctly disorders of the spinal cord, and how to evaluate and treat those disorders. Dr Monteith: Well, thank you - I really appreciate this talk. I really appreciate your article. It was very thorough, including “the bread and the butter,” the approach to a patient clinically, but also all the new innovation in your field and all of the excitement. And of course, your story, too. So, thank you so much. Dr Pardo: Thank you, Tesha, for inviting me to this interview, and I hope that at least the main message is very well taken. Remember, the main goal of my proposal in this article: number one, is to get rid of the diagnosis of transverse myelitis; number two, that the clinician and health care providers establish a better etiological diagnosis that facilitate better recovery of patients, better management, and better outcomes in patients with spinal cord disorders. Dr Monteith: Thank you, Dr Pardo for joining me on Continuum Audio. Again, today we've been interviewing Dr Carlos Pardo, whose article on an integrative clinical approach to myelopathy diagnosis appears in the most recent issue of Continuum on Spinal Cord Disorders. Thank you to our listeners for joining today. Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to the journal. There's a link in the episode notes. We'd also appreciate you following the podcast and rating or reviewing it. AAN members,go to the link the episode notes and complete the evaluation to get CME for this episode. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. 

Tesha McCord Poe is a passionate educator and fundraiser who uses her legal and business background to leverage and support the long-term success of nonprofits. She particularly focuses on fundraising and diversity, equity, and inclusion.   Tesha talks about finding the right pricing to meet the value of her services, setting boundaries, The Summit, telling inspiring stories, and much more!

This episode recorded live at the 8th Annual Becker's HIT + DH + RCM Conference in Chicago features Tesha Montgomery, SVP of System Patient Access at Houston Methodist. Here, she discusses her background & what led her to her current role, different ways she is leveraging technology at her organization, top priorities, and more!In collaboration with Philips.

This episode recorded live at the 8th Annual Becker's HIT + DH + RCM Conference in Chicago features Tesha Montgomery, SVP of System Patient Access at Houston Methodist. Here, she discusses her background & what led her to her current role, different ways she is leveraging technology at her organization, top priorities, and more!In collaboration with Philips.

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Victory Monday -Felt like last 2 weeks were makeups for Week 1 debacle, thoughts on the team 3 weeks in? -BillsMafia-showing out traveling into what many were saying was a tropical storm, how did it affect the Friday-Saturday of it and was the weather result on Sunday a welcome one? -More faith- Bills Defense or Josh Allen and offense -Tesha: in her opinion scale of 1-0 how prepared is this fanbase for a Super Bowl? -Warloc: in his opinion scale of 1-0 how prepared is this fanbase for a Super Bowl? -Closing the book on Washington, who would Matt Milano or any bill need to date to challenge the Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift hype? -Miami week: concerned after they legitimately murdered the Broncos? What do each of them view as the biggest key? Shoutouts/Signoffs

The boys are back in town! This episode we start with Scrap teaching y'all how to treat a lady and hazing our new intern. Then Fredrick Tidwell Sr. dropped in to debate Scrapper on their stance on our local Sheriff and their recent actions. Then we welcomed our second guest Ms. Latesha Miles as we covered topics. We covered the recent Michael Oher story, black people and reparations, Fani Willis hits Trump and his team with the R.I.C.O, MS law enforcement gang “Goon Squad” pleads guilty, the death of the Music industry's “Black Godfather”, Questions That Need Answers(QTNA), and more.

Losing a kid might be one of the scariest moments in a parent's life. Can you imagine how Jesus' parents felt when they thought Jesus was lost in Jerusalem and they could not find him? Listen to this week's podcast to hear the story of Jesus and his parents, the lessons Mary and Joesph learned, and how we can become closer with Jesus in our daily life. Contributor: This week Tesha shares with us how it can be difficult to find quiet time to spend with Jesus as a parent taking care of little children. She will share some of her tips on how she stays connected with Jesus. Year B Quarter 3 Week 31Memory Verse: Luke 2:52Further Study: Luke 2:39-52; Desire of Ages, 68-83; The Bible Story, vol. 7, pp. 60-84Write to us: renew@startingwithjesus.comFind the Lessons Here: https://startingwithjesus.com/renew/Connect with Us:Website: https://startingwithjesus.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/startingwithjesus'Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startingwithjesus Acknowledgments:Devotional Author: Merle Poirier DevotionalReader: Katie ChitwoodWeekly Contributor: Tesha BairEditor: Celeste Rogers

Welcome to Coaching to Flourish! This week we're bringing you a special workshop replay of 'Identifying the Inner Critic', hosted by Tesha Crockett-Gibson. In this coach-led workshop, we use strategies to help understand, combat, and even befriend that inner critic. Tesha provides tools and resources to help identify your “inner critic,” overcome unhealthy self-talk, and improve mental resilience to open yourself to new opportunities and stretch yourself beyond what you feel is possible. We hope you enjoy this special episode! Watch this workshop on Youtube and subscribe to our channel: https://youtu.be/k9MYrSvg0mE How to become a Life Coach: https://www.coachtrainingedu.com _____________________ Coach-led workshops are developed independently of Coach Training EDU. The views and opinions expressed in the workshop belong to the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of CTEDU.

Are you actively looking and preparing for Jesus' second return? Let us read our Bibles, pray without ceasing, scan the sky for that momentous white cloud, and listen closely for the trumpet sound. Listen to this week's podcast to hear how we can all become like the wise men from the East and diligently search for our Savior. Contributor: This week Tesha compares searching the scriptures to gardening. She tells us about some beautiful principles she has found as she has searched the scriptures herself.Year B Quarter 3 Week 30Memory Verse: Jeremiah 29:13Further Study: Matthew 2:1-18; Desire of Ages, 59-67; The Bible Story, vol. 7, pp. 47-60Write to us: renew@startingwithjesus.comFind the Lessons Here: https://startingwithjesus.com/renew/Connect with Us:Website: https://startingwithjesus.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/startingwithjesus'Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startingwithjesus Acknowledgments:Devotional Author: Merle Poirier DevotionalReader: Katie ChitwoodWeekly Contributor: Tesha Bair & Tami MilliganEditor: Celeste Rogers

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Tesha Montgomery at the WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation) Annual Summit. As a registered nurse, Tesha spent years delivering ...

Tesha Montgomery, Senior Vice President of System Patient Access at Houston Methodist joins the podcast to discuss her background & current role, current healthcare trends she is keeping an eye on, the importance of focusing on the fundamentals of healthcare, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.

Tesha Montgomery, Senior Vice President of System Patient Access at Houston Methodist joins the podcast to discuss her background & current role, current healthcare trends she is keeping an eye on, the importance of focusing on the fundamentals of healthcare, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.

Tesha Montgomery, Senior Vice President of System Patient Access at Houston Methodist joins the podcast to discuss her background & current role, current healthcare trends she is keeping an eye on, the importance of focusing on the fundamentals of healthcare, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.

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Hey Nudist, this week I got to sit with Tesha again and talk about a topic we've been discussing for years. I'm excited to share with you all the love stories and intersections of dating outside your culture. So let me know what you think and if you're currently dating someone outside your culture.

Theme Meditation's Founder and Meditation Creator, Tesha Jie, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. She shares her amazing background as a linguist, author, speaker, and influencer. Through her work as a author, she is helping people integrate meditation into their daily and busy lives.

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A discussion on the unique challenges in healthcare the LGBTQ+ community often face. Learn how to make your a welcoming one for this community. Learn how to address proper pronoun usage and other sensitivity techniques. Objectives: Discuss the LGBTQ+ community. Determine how to provide an inclusive environment for this community to receive care. About Tesha Cagle: Tesha Cagle is an RDH, public health dental hygiene practitioner, and certified diversity professional. With her diversity certification and experience as an RDH, she is an expert at diversity training and cross-cultural cohesiveness. While an advocate for all marginalized groups, Tesha is a champion for humanity as she provides people with the opportunity to better understand one another.

Episode 194! We gear up to celebrate the birthday of our dear friend, Genevieve! And to help us celebrate, we welcome back our friend and 1/4 of The Village, Tesha! Join us as we get into talks of road rage, The Jungle Book, one having the ability to jump, and we get into a messy situation!! Enjoy!

Tesha McMillon is a Higher Education professional. She has been in the education industry for more than 18 years. Currently, Tesha is the Assistant Director of Financial Aid/Default Manager for an H.B.C.U. in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is also the owner of McMillon and Associates and a financial literacy business she calls “The H.E.L.P.,” an acronym for Higher Education Literacy Provider. Under the H.E.L.P., Tesha provides higher education literacy to federal loan borrowers related to FAFSA, student loan repayment, forgiveness, cancellation, discharge, and default. Title IV funding (student loans) is her area of expertise. She provides literacy through counseling, consulting, and advising federal loan borrowers on their student loan repayment options. Tesha specializes in student loan repayment options, forgiveness, consolidation, cancellation, discharge, and default. For new borrowers, she offers financial aid literacy and advising, which focuses primarily on FAFSA completion, the awarding of aid, grants, and scholarships. She partners and collaborates with different organizations and industries and assists their clientele with the issues surrounding their student loan indebtedness. Contact: The Higher Education Literacy Provider THE H.E.L.P. (919) 244-3147 #loanforgiveness #highereducation #fafsa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whataword/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whataword/support

Returning Guest, Mandy Reilly, joins us at The Now What Pod to talk about her experience in the “Sandwich Generation”. Caught between raising a child, and caring for her ailing mother, Mandy shares a heart-wrenching and heart-warming story about Love, Loss, and Motherhood.
 Topics Discussed: All of the updates. Jen and Tesha talk life updates, and we chat about what's in store this season on The Now What Pod   Multigenerational Families: Mandy talks about life growing up in a Multi-generational home, and now living in a multigenerational home as an adult.    Responsible Decision Making: Mandy shares the hardships of making difficult medical decisions for loved ones, and planning a funeral for somebody you love.    Who is allowed to grieve?: We talk about defining grief and arbitrary rules for who is allowed to grieve.    Sandwich Generation: Mandy talks about raising her son, while caring for aging parents at the same time.    Grieving while Parenting: Mandy shares the heart-wrenching story of her mothers death, how she helped her son say goodbye to his grandmother, and grieving the loss of mother.    

 Resources: COPD  https://www.lung.ca/copd?gclid=CjwKCAjwgr6TBhAGEiwA3aVuIUEqA6aLdNjgOrZjoW686UriZvlM0vJ4fiHHnHWf5KocewUaWbzt3xoCF2MQAvD_BwE   To Purchase Mandy's Book: www.iknowiambook.com   About Mandy Reilly: Mandy Reilly runs on faith, Diet Coke and to-do lists - not necessarily in that order. She wears many hats but her two favourites are wife to Blake and mom to Cristian. Armed with her late Sicilian mother's sarcasm and Mexican father's family values, she loves long naps and carbohydrates. After almost three decades of being at war with her body, Mandy has realized she can be a masterpiece and a work in progress all at the same time and wants to make sure children know the same.   Her book, “I know I am”, comes out 5/17/2022 and is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and via the publisher https://www.orangehatpublishing.com/product-page/i-know-i-am-paperback   More info about the book can be found at www.iknowiambook.com   Support The Now What Pod's drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content

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Jess and Jess sit down for a REAL and authentic conversation with the Canadian version of...THEM! Jen Hoffmeister and Tesha Gibbon, co-hosts of the Now What Podcast share their own experience of loss, grief, and the deep pain of loneliness that comes with being a human. In response to people not knowing what to say or how to support them, Jen and Tesha started a podcast meant to highlight vulnerability and hold space for those who have had to figure out how to rebuild their lives after tragic loss or trauma. An honest conversation, as always- informative, sensitive and necessary. Jen and Tesha have a good thing going! Check them out at https://www.nowwhatpod.com/Support the show (http://www.paypal.com)

The Masterminds guys are back with a thought provoking conversation with Latesha Miles of “ Tesha's Tips” on tiktok / “Latesha financial tips” on Facebook about her experiences with travel, life, finances, and financial planning. You don't want to miss this informative conversation with some laughs included.

From the Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, and other popular shows, we learn how high-profile scammers use various means to steal millions every year. While it may seem far-fetched, these scams can happen to anyone in the form of elder financial exploitation, gift card, and romance scams. We invited Tesha Davis, Fierce Freedom Board Member and Branch Manager for Associated Bank to share more about how she uses her professional sphere to protect banking customers and some tactics she recommends to help protect yourself and loved ones from exploitation through partnerships with banking and financial institutions.

Lisa Hicks joins us on The Now What Pod to talk about finding happiness and success as a queer, quirky, and neurodivergent adult. In this episode, she walks us through the self-discovery journey that led to her accepting what her ADHD diagnosis actually means, learning to focus on what happiness is to her, and eventually coming out as bisexual.   Topics Discussed: (0:00) Life update from Jen and Tesha (6:27) Introducing Lisa Hicks (8:18) Being diagnosed with ADHD at 18 years old.  (10:27) Masking: Trying to fit in with others throughout her life, and being a people pleaser (21:22) Lisa's specific symptoms: absentmindedness, impulse control, hyperfocusing (36:15) Strategies she's developed to help her succeed (47:19) Coming out as bisexual within a heterosexual monogamous marriage (1:01:10) Finding happiness for herself (1:05:06) Questioning the “rules”   Resources: https://www.lisa-hicks.com/   About Lisa Hicks:  Lisa (she/her) is a queer, quirky, neurodivergent, Mom of 2. She lives with her kids and her husband of 10 years in Ontario.   Lisa was diagnosed with ADHD when she was 18 years old but was never told what that meant. It wasn't until she was 34 and saw a relatable TikTok video that had her finally understanding why her brain worked the way it did.     Through this journey of self-discovery, Lisa came out as a queer woman and is navigating what that means in a happily monogomous, hetero-presenting marriage.    Lisa owns a coaching business and has a team of three other incredible coaches working alongside her. Her business and coaching method is designed to help folx understand why their brains work the way they do, help them to unlearn old stories and help them to live the happiest and most fulfilling life possible. Lisa and her team offer virtual one-to-one sessions, online community gatherings, an ADHD support group and other group programs.  Website: https://www.lisa-hicks.com/ IG/ TikTok: @thatlisahicks   Support Now What's drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the The Now What Pod? You can reach us at  Email: thenowwhatpod@gmail.com Instagram: @thenowwhatpod Facebook: thenowwhatpod

Jess Buchanan was held hostage for 93 days in Somalia, before being rescued by Seal Team Six. In this episode of The Now What Podcast, she sits down with Jen and Tesha to talk about her kidnapping and time as a hostage. Jess B explores the ways that she kept hope alive until she was rescued, how she will never again be the person she was before, and what she has learned during her recovery.  Topics Discussed: (0:00) Life update from Jen and Tesha (5:05) Introducing Jess Buchanan and her work in Africa (13:04) The Kidnapping (18:50) “Camping out”:  Jess describes what it was like to be held hostage including what she ate, how she used the washroom, how she kept clean, and eventually getting sick (22:32) Not Losing Hope: Jess talks about how she kept mentally strong while figuring out how to stay alive, and not go crazy.  (36:25) After the Rescue: Jess found out that she was pregnant 2 weeks after the rescue. She talks about her postpartum recovery while coping with PTSD.  (46:30) Losing My Identity: Jess found that she was a new person, and could not get back to the woman she was before, even if she wanted to. (56:50) Jen and Tesha talk about how the podcast started.   (1:01:00) Key Takeaways: Jess shares what she hopes we can all take away from her story.    Resources: My TEDx Talk Change is Your Proof of Life TEDx Pearl Street My weekly Podcast We Should Talk About That  My Speaker's Academy The Project You Collective Watch our Project You Collective Video Bio   About Jess B:  Jessica Buchanan: Teacher, Author, Humanitarian, Speaker, Survivor On October 25, 2011, while on a routine field mission in Somalia, working as the Education Advisor for her non-governmental organization, Jessica was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali pirates for 93 days. Forced to live outdoors in deplorable conditions, starved, and terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters, Jessica's health steadily deteriorated until, by order of President Obama, she was rescued by the elite SEAL Team VI on January 25, 2012.   Support Now What's drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the Now What Podcast? You can reach us at  Email: thenowwhatpod@gmail.com Instagram: @thenowwhatpod Facebook: thenowwhatpod

CW: suicide  Sneha, of the MindMatters Podcast, talks to us about the sudden death of her older brother when she was only 16 years old. As a teenager, living in a culture where mental health is taboo, Sneha was forced to seek professional help while hiding the truth from her family. She details how this loss shook her entire understanding of death and grief. We learn about Sneha's recovery and how she is now helping others on their mental health journeys.  Topics Discussed:   (0:00) Life update from Jen and Tesha (4:17) Introducing Sneha (6:14) Her brother's death: Sneha describes her older brother's sudden death (11:24) How this loss shook her entire understanding of death.  (12:58) Attempting suicide and deciding to get help (14:45) Shame and hiding the truth from her family  (18:42) The importance of having more than one outlet, or coping mechanisms  (23:15) Making meaning by starting Mind Matters (36:00) Finding coping mechanisms that work for you,  (39:39) Grief and healing are not linear   Resources:   Mind Matters Podcast Mind Matters Website Deep vein thrombosis https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352557 Stages of grief https://www.healthline.com/health/stages-of-grief   About Sneha:  Sneha Suresh is the founder of MindMatters, an initiative that is dedicated to raising awareness on mental health and de-stigmatising therapy. MindMatters is dedicated to recognising the right to good health and well being of everyone. They are the host of the “Mind Matters” podcast series “Perspectives” and “A Step Towards Help”,  and also the creator behind their newest project, the wellness support program. Coming from a culture that never talked about mental health or grief, MindMatters is the project created out Sneha's own life story, the loss of her older brother. They're also a final year law student and want to continue to specialize in human rights law. They believe in wanting to help people and supporting community. Website: www.mindmattersinitiative.com   Support our drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the show? Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram: @nowwhat_podcast Facebook: nowwhatpodcommunity

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Amber, a model citizen, went to federal prison for sending an email. This week, she joins Jen and Tesha to share her story. We talk about her arrest, conviction, prison life, and life after incarceration. Amber is on a mission to destigmatize and humanize “felons”.    Topics Discussed:   (0:00) Intro: Jen and Tesha talk about applying for passports.  (7:23) The 7- year long investigation (13:35) Getting arrested and charged (24:14) Prison life: from her prison job to buying soap, and ramen noodles. (28:53) What happens when Mom goes to prison (38:45) Pandemics and Prison (43:42) Good Behaviour and not getting “shots” (47:30) Half-way house (53:22) The people you meet in prison (57:30) Life After prison (59:36) What role did race play in the case? (1:05:01) The Been Down Project: coaching and mentoring women facing incarceration   Resources: Former D.C. Schools Employee and Business Owner Plead Guilty to Federal Charge in Bid-Rigging Scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-dc-schools-employee-and-business-owner-plead-guilty-federal-charge-bid-rigging   The Bob Barker Company https://www.bobbarker.com/   About Amber:    Amber Crowder's Been Down Project is a returning citizen's brutally honest, yet comedic, account of how she went to federal prison for an email.  Her vulnerable and transparent account highlights the inequities and flaws of the federal criminal justice system and the unique hardships for women in the industrial prison complex.     Amber uses her platform to be a voice, a resource, and an inspiration for women with recent federal indictments, women currently incarcerated, and women reentering society.    Amber is a student, and an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry who currently resides in Washington, D.C. Follow Amber on Instagram and TikTok @thebeendownproject   Support our drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the show? You can reach us at  Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram: @nowwhat_podcast Facebook: nowwhatpodcommunity

Jen and Tesha chat with Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui about the tragic loss of her son to suicide/severe depression. The episode includes a lengthy conversation about the importance of community, and learning how to support others through difficult times. Krista shares an uplifting message about learning to allow joy to live alongside grief.    Topics Discussed: (0:00) Jen and Tesha talk about what they've been up to lately… mostly decluttering and podcasting. (6:32) Meet Krista: We learn a little bit about Krista, how she met her husband.  (14:01) Krista talks about her son Jairus, his mental health struggles, dealings with the health care and law enforcement systems in Canada, and eventual suicide.  (20:00) Motherhood, Guilt and Shame (21:41) The importance of community and community care (32:35) How to support others through difficult time (50:42) Allowing joy to live alongside grief (66:55) Working while in crisis Resources: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/tools-for-child-or-suicide-loss/ Here's the Glennon Doyle Quote we were trying to reference: 'I will not stay, not ever again—in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.'    And… the Viktor Frankl quote: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”   About Krista:  Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui C.H.N.C works as a writer, Holistic Embodiment Coach + Joyful Living Educator. She helps brave, weary, and curious women from different corners of the world remember their way to freedom by reconnecting with and befriending their true self, reclaiming their voice, and relearning how to feel safe, at home, and joyful in their body and their life. Connect with her at www.alifeinprogress.ca   Support our drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the show? You can reach us at  Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram: @nowwhat_podcast Facebook: nowwhatpodcommunity

Jen and Tesha chat with Morgan Flores about her decision to leave the Mormon. She describes what it was like growing up in the Mormon church, and the ways in which the church placed demands on every aspect of her life. Morgan not only describes her decision to leave the church, but also explains the freedom that she has felt since leaving.    Topics Discussed: (0:00) Life Updates: Jen and Tesha talk about what they're reading these days, what they're watching on TV and what they've been up to lately. (7:58) Introductions: We meet Morgan.  (12:00) Joining the Mormon Church: Morgan talks about her mothers decision to convert and join the Mormon Church and to baptize Morgan when she was 8.  Morgan tells us about things that she likes about the church, growing up surrounded by other Mormons and beginning to question her Faith.  (22:58) High-demand religion: Morgan details some of the demands placed upon members of the Mormon church and the ways, from telling you what to wear, and what to eat or drink, who you could be friends with, and how you should be spending your money.  (26:52) How she spends Sundays now: Morgan talks about all of the freedom she has now that she isn't a member of the church. No longer looking for organized religion.  She discusses where her spirituality is moving now.  (29:39) Marriage: We discuss how Morgan is balancing her marriage while her husband is still a member of the church. She says the key is respecting each other's opinions, and focussing on the reasons why they got married.  (35:47) Reaction: Morgan talks about the support she has received from others (including social media) when she talks about leaving the church. She also describes some of the push back she has received from other Mormons.  (41:11) Being weighed down: Morgan shares about some of the ways that she felt weighed down and dismissed by the church. She describes always being sent the message that the church is perfect, and any concerns you have are your own personal fault. She also describes the way that mental health issues are treated by the church, and the toxic positivity they encourage.  (49:57) A weight lifted: Morgan describes feeling relieved when church was canceled during Covid lockdowns, and noticing her anxiety lower, feeling lighter and free. Morgan only realized how heavy the weight of the church was once it was gone. (53:08) Learning to deal with emotions: Morgan is learning to accept emotions as they come and go on this journey.  (1:02:32) Advice for anybody leaving the church: go slow, turn to people who love you unconditionally.  Resources: Glendon Doyle's Book,  Untamed can be found in our Amazon shop.  https://www.amazon.ca/shop/jen_hoffmeister_?ref=inf_pub_jen_hoffmeister_   What is Mormonism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism   About Morgan:  Morgan Flores runs an Instagram account where she talks about minimalism, organizing and cleaning. She also speaks out about growing up with a mother who had hoarding tendencies and deconstructing from the Mormon church. She's married to her husband, has three daughters and is currently a film student. She also runs a podcast with her husband called The Minimalist Couple. Support our drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the show? You can reach us at  Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram: @nowwhat_podcast Facebook: nowwhatpodcommunity

Jen and Tesha sit down with Michelle and Rachelle from Being Here Human to talk about Grief. What is grief really? How does it manifest? How do we support those who are grieving? And what could we be doing better as a society? Topics Discussed: Introductions: Jen and Tesha talk about what they've been binge watching on TV.   What is Grief? Grief is not only a response to death, but any personal loss. It is involuntary and it impacts us on every single level. It doesn't have an end point.   Grieving within a Capitalist System: We discuss the ways in which our treatment of grief in a capitalist society is not in line with what grieving people actually need, but instead seeks to further benefit the cycle of production and consumption.    Grief changes us: After profound loss our perspective changes. How does grief change our perspective. You are forever changed, and there is no going back to normal.    Silo-ed off from death? We are so sheltered from the realities of death, and what it actually looks like, that as a society we have lost our ability to understand it, and support those who are dying or have lost a loved one.    Finding your community: We often think that those who are grieving need to seek professional help (i.e. therapist, social worker, psychologist) yet, there is no real certification for grief work. Instead, we need to find people who understand grief, and are willing to support us. We talk about supporting grieving people and contributing to community care.    Resources: www.beingherehuman.com Heidi Priebe Quote from IG : @heidipriebe   About Being Here Human:  Being Here, Human aims to decrease the harm and isolation that is so often associated with being bereaved. They challenge and dismantle some of the most commonly held myths and misconceptions about grief. They share language and offer skills to support you in recognizing and honouring your own grief, and the grief of those around you. The co-founders Rachelle Bensoussan & Michelle Williams, practice a non-pathology approach grief and loss, with a focus on inclusion, anti-racism and anti-oppression.   Support our drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content Want to be a guest on the show? Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram: @nowwhat_podcast Facebook: nowwhat.pod.community

Jen and Tesha reminisce about Season 1. From where this podcast began to where it is now, 35 episodes later. We talk about what we've learned along the way, how we've felt, what we hope our guests are taking away from these stories, and what we are going to do with our time off.    www.nowwhatpod.com Support our drive to upgrade our audio equipment Buy Us a Coffee Patreon - and access special episodes and content   Want to be a guest on the show? Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram: @nowwhat_podcast Facebook: nowwhat.pod.community

Carling from the I Did Not Sign Up For This Podcast, joins us this week to share the story of how she came out, went back in the closet, married a man, and then came out again. Carling shares how she embraced her true self. We talk about educating children today about gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as representation in the media. Carling can be found on IG @ididnotsignupforthis.podcast Topics Discussed: (0:00) Introductions (2:36) Coming out the first time: Carling talks about growing up, having crushes, and her first girlfriend. She also describes telling her step-mother taht she was gay and her families response. (10:10) Quietly going back into the closet: Carling describes going back into the closet when she started highschool. Eventually, she married a man, and began feeling pressure to start a family. The marriage was not healthy, and they eventually got divorced. (20:52) Coming out the second time: Carling shares about starting to date again after divorce, deciding to come out again, and finding belonging in her local gay community. While Carling had come out, she still held on to a number of heteronormative beliefs about gender roles, and the roles of masculine and feminine within a relationship. (29:39) A haircut makes a difference: Tired of having to come out all of the time, and not passing as a lebsian. Carling made the transformative decision to cut her hair. She started embracing what felt comfortable to her, instead of just dressing how she thought women should. Carling found a lot of freedom in her new look. (35:28) Teaching kids about sexual orientation: Jen, Tesha, and Carling discuss what parents' expectations were when they were growing up versus what they are today with regard to sexual orientation. We talk about educating children today about sexual orientation and gender roles. (50:50) Carling's advice: Carling gives advice for raising children today without the expectation that they will marry somebody of the opposite gender. She also shares how to handle it when somebody discloses to you. (54:55) Impact of Celebrities coming out: We talk about the impact of seeing celebrities come out and embrace who they are, such as JoJo Siwa, Lance Bass, Neil Patrick Harris, and Elliot Page Resources: I Did Not Sign Up for This Podcast My Two Aunts by Deb Bixler The Trevor Project - Support for LGBTQ Youth Coming Out as Gay in Your 20s, 30s & 40s from Refinery29 PFLAG - Support a loved one coming out About Carling: Carling (she/her) is an event manager by day, a podcast cohost by night and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. A survivor of domestic abuse, she is passionate about sharing her own stories and advocating for more education on healthy relationships. Follow on IG @ididnotsignupforthis.podcast Want to be a guest on the show? You can reach us at Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram Facebook Patreon

Amanda from the Honest as a Mother Podcast joins us in an IGTV conversation to discuss motherhood and the book Momming Hard that was co-authored by both Jen and Amanda along with 21 other women. Topics Discussed: (0:00) Introductions (1:00) We discuss how as moms we often stop prioritizing ourself and our selfcare when we become a mom (5:30) Jen & Amanda discuss what Momming Hard is about and what their specific chapters are about (8:00) Tesha shares about her co-author project, WTF Am I Even Doing, where she also wrote about her motherhood journey. (9:05) Jen talks about what it means to pre-order Momming Hard and how it impacts the authors you chose to purchase from. We discuss how the book has stories that are relatable to all different people and a great summer read. (11:17) We discuss what drew us to participate in these co-author projects. How writing has been healing for each of us and we hope that our stories help normalize the hard things in life, much like our podcasts. (16:13) Amanda & Jen share how you can pre-order Momming Hard from each of them from June 21-June 27. Amanda shares about a giveaway she is running. (17:55) Tesha shares about how you can find Courtney St. Croix of LeadHer Publishing who is publishing our co-author projects. Resources: Honest as a Mother Podcast LeadHer Publishing Momming Hard Purchase from Jen Follow Jen on IG Purchase from Amanda About Amanda: Amanda is a full time working mom who's passionate about discussing the "taboo" topics of motherhood and she covers them all on her podcast Honest as a Mother. Amanda can be found on IG @honest.as.a.mother_ Want to be a guest on the show? Email: nowwhat.podcast.info@gmail.com Instagram @nowwhat_podcast Facebook@nowwhat.pod.community Join our Patreon Community to keep our show ad-free AND for exclusive episodes, workshops, community and more!