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Send Gemma a messageWhat if you can see your relationship patterns clearly, but still can't seem to change them?In this episode of Healing for Love, I'm answering a listener question from a woman who recognises some of her schemas and can see what happens to her in relationships, particularly when she freezes and loses her voice during difficult interactions.Her bigger question is one I hear often:Is it actually possible for me to learn new relationship patterns, or am I destined to keep repeating the same ones?I begin the episode by sharing a beautiful update from a former client who once struggled with a strong abandonment schema and painful relationship patterns, but is now in a secure, loving relationship and has recently become a mother.Her story is an important reminder that our schemas can have a powerful influence on our relationships, but they do not have to determine our future.In this episode, I explore:Why recognising your schemas and relationship patterns is an important first step, but insight alone may not be enough to change themWhy you might freeze or lose your voice when confronted by someone who feels dominant, critical or intimidatingThe role of the subjugation schema in the freeze responseWhy we can automatically assume we're the one who has done something wrongHow abandonment, defectiveness, emotional deprivation and subjugation schemas can influence what we expect from relationshipsWhy schemas can begin to feel like predictions about our futureHow our schemas can influence our choices and create self-fulfilling relationship patternsWhy repeating a pattern many times doesn't mean you're incapable of changing itHow making the unconscious conscious helps us begin to change our Love TemplateOne of the most important ideas I discuss in this episode is this:Sometimes we start using the schema itself as evidence that the schema is true.If you've experienced painful relationships repeatedly, you might start thinking:"There's something inherently wrong with me.""Relationships never work out for me.""I'm never going to get the love and connection I need.""I can't speak up. That's just who I am."These thoughts can feel incredibly true. But schemas are learned stories and emotional templates. They are not facts about who you are, and they are not predictions of your future.If you've been wondering whether it's really possible to break old relationship patterns and create something different, I hope this episode gives you both insight and hope.Support the show

Is your business in a slump right now — and are you hiding it from everyone instead of dealing with it?It's not about hustling harder to push through. It's about diagnosing before you react.Spoiler: the founders who make it through a slump aren't the ones who cut the fastest — they're the ones who talk to the most people.In this episode, Melissa breaks down the exact five steps she tells every founder to take the moment sales slow down, including the diagnostic question most people skip entirely, the two numbers you need on paper every month, and the masterclass she flopped so badly the first time that she almost didn't try it again — until she did, and it changed everything.In This Episode:Why you have to diagnose before you react — and the client whose sales dropped 80% in a weekHow to tell if you have a demand, pipeline, retention, or cash problem (and why each needs a different fix)The #1 mistake founders make: cutting the wrong thing under pressureThe two numbers you need on paper, month by month, no matter how much you hate looking at themWhy chasing new customers during a slump is the expensive way outThe 80/20 vulnerability hiding inside almost every businessWhat "stirring the pot" actually means, and how it turned Melissa's own slow summer aroundHomework: Pick one number in your business that's changed recently, and write down exactly why you think it changed — before you cut anything.Connect with Melissa:Book a free consultation with Melissa → https://www.melissafranks.comLearn more about On Call COO fractional services → https://www.melissafranks.comWatch the Episodes on YoutubeInstagram: instagram.com/melissa_franks LinkedIn: Melissa Franks

It's easy to look at the unfinished parts of your blended family and wonder if something is wrong.Maybe relationships haven't developed as quickly as you hoped. Your stepchild still keeps their distance. A biological parent feels caught in the middle. Or shifting schedules, transitions, and circumstances outside your control continue to create tension.When reality doesn't match the family you imagined, discouragement can creep in. But the truth is, blending a family is a process, and a family 'in process' isn't necessarily an unhealthy family. Sometimes, it's simply still growing.In honor of National Stepfamily Day, we're shifting our focus from the challenges of blended family life to some of the unexpected strengths that can develop as you learn to navigate the challenges over the years.After more than 25 years in our own blended family, we've seen acceptance, resilience, and flexibility grow in ourselves and our kids. We've also discovered that a healthy remarriage can give children a new picture of what love, conflict resolution, forgiveness, trust, and commitment can look like, which will have an impact on their future relationships.None of these strengths develop automatically, and celebrating your family doesn't mean pretending the hard parts don't exist. It means recognizing meaningful progress while allowing everyone to experience the family honestly.Your family may still be “in the crock pot.” Some relationships may still feel awkward or unfinished. But slow progress is still progress.This National Stepfamily Day, we invite you to notice how far you've come, celebrate the wins, and hold onto hope for what's still developing.You'll Discover:Why an unfinished blended family isn't necessarily an unhealthy familyHow acceptance can reduce blame and create more empathy and emotional safetyHow kids and adults develop resilience by moving through difficult experiences rather than simply “getting over” themWhy healthy flexibility doesn't mean abandoning boundaries or allowing chaos to take overHow your marriage can offer kids a new and healthier vision for committed relationshipsResources from this Episode:Episode 141. Can my kids be emotionally harmed by blended family dynamics?Episode 27. How to Set Clear Boundaries and Safeguard RelationshipsEpisode 187. Basics for Blending:  How to Tolerate and Manage Discomfort and DistressReady for some extra support?We all need some extra support along the blending journey.  You can connect with us for a free coaching call to see how we might help you experience more clarity, confidence, and connection in your home.  Schedule your free call here:  https://calendly.com/mikeandkimcoaching/freesessionSubscribe or Follow the Show Click here to subscribe on YouTubeClick here to follow on Apple PodcastsClick here to follow on SpotifyLeave a Review in Apple PodcastsIf you're feeling extra helpful, we would be so grateful if you left us a review over on Apple Podcasts too. Your review will help others find our podcast — plus they're fun for us to read too! :-)  Just click here to Review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and then select “Write a Review” — let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is.  Thank you, we really appreciate your feedback!

Why "must be nice" says more about the person saying it than it does about you — and what it actually takes to build the life other people call lucky.Someone found out Laurie is going to France and said, "Must be nice." A week later, a different woman heard the exact same news and said, "Oh my God, that sounds amazing."Same information. Two totally different responses. In this episode, Laurie digs into that gap — why some women respond to another woman's choices with inspiration, and why others respond by building an airtight case for why it could never work for them. Along the way: the limiting beliefs that keep women small, the wildly different way men and women give themselves permission to want things (hello, husband's golf trip), and the real, unglamorous, five-years-in-the-making story of how this France trip actually happened. Spoiler: it wasn't luck.By the end, Laurie leaves you with one question to sit with — the next time you catch yourself building a case for why something can't happen for you, is it actually impossible? Or have you just not given yourself permission to want it yet?What we cover:The "must be nice" comment at a summer party — and the smirk that came with itThe dental hygienist who heard the exact same news and said, "Oh my God, that sounds amazing"Two types of women: the ones who see possibility, and the ones who shut an idea down before it ever gets the chance to growWhy "no time, no money, wrong season of life, too selfish, too late" is a script — not the truthThe limiting-beliefs idea Laurie can't shake: the more you argue for your limitations, the more you get to keep themWhy women weren't born into this pattern — we were trained into itThe husband's golf trip: how he announces it, doesn't ask permission, and never feels guilty about the kids' soccer cleatsHow women do it differently — checking the schedule, clearing it with a spouse, then still drowning in guilt over the moneyWhy "it's different if you're a man" isn't just a feeling — it's a pattern Laurie sees in her coaching practice every single dayThe truth about the France trip: five-plus years of researching schools, watching the timing fall apart, and choosing it again anywayWhat actually got in the way, year after year — Mike's parents' health, his father's passing, a move, a remodelWhy this trip isn't happening because the timing is perfect (it's not) — it's happening because Laurie decidedThe first time Laurie landed in France and realized it was a place she'd been homesick for her whole lifeWhy midlife is a dress rehearsal for your third act — and why you shouldn't wait for retirement to test-drive the life you wantWhat Laurie is actually doing on this trip: a month of language school, hosting the Paris retreat, then Frankfurt for a client workshopThe real test: does the romanticized "live part of the year in France" fantasy hold up in practice, or just in theoryThe challenge Laurie leaves you with: the next time you catch yourself building a case for why something can't happen for you, ask if it's actually impossible — or if you just haven't given yourself permission to want it yetQuotable moments"Two women, same information. One sees possibility, one shuts it down before it ever even gets a chance to be real.""The more you argue for your limitations, the more you get to keep them.""Whatever you believe is possible for yourself is actually what becomes possible.""He doesn't ask for permission. He just says, 'It's something we're gonna do.'""She isn't giving herself permission to want something different. She's letting her limiting beliefs keep her stuck.""Nothing about this trip is luck or circumstance. It's conscious. It's been a repeated choice to continue building towards it.""Is it actually impossible, or is it just something you haven't given yourself permission to want yet?"Resources + links mentionedJOIN MY MAILING LISTCONNECT WITH LAURIE

Almost 30 kilos added to her back squat. In a deficit. And she hit the PB in the last week of her fat loss phase, the week that's supposed to break you. Most women lean out, watch their strength tank, and accept it as the price of getting lean. Eva didn't. This week we pull apart exactly how her training was built, block by block.IN THIS EPISODE WE CHAT:The strength numbers we test at the very start, and what it means if you're sitting below themWhy her programme had less volume than she was used to (never more than three sets per exercise) and why that made her stronger, not weakerWhat we did when a medical intervention derailed her first block and left her body inflamedThe cardio protocol we reach for to bring inflammation down, and the exact heart rate it lives atWhy we keep reps on the lower side in a fat loss phase, and what that has to do with keeping the muscle you already builtThe block by block progression that built up to a 72.5kg one rep maxThe uncomfortable truth about "every woman should build first," and why we don't buy itThe thing Eva did outside the gym that made all of it possibleREADY TO GO ALL IN AND BECOME YOUR STRONGEST, FITTEST, AND HOTTEST SELF?

Welcome to the KC CHIROpulse Podcast.  This week's topic:  There's more holes in your profit bucket than you realize!The KC CHIROpulse Podcast is designed for Chiropractic professionals ready to elevate their practice to new heights.  This week, the show is hosted by Kats Consultants' coaches Dr Michael Perusich and Dr Troy Fox, seasoned experts in Chiropractic business management.  This podcast provides invaluable insights and actionable strategies to help you create a flourishing and sustainable Chiropractic business.In this episode, we discuss:Why the profit bucket has holes in itWhere those holes come from and how to watch for themWhy some leaks are making you work harderWhy your bucket needs to be fixed now…and so much more…In each episode of KC CHIROpulse, we delve into crucial aspects of building a successful Chiropractic practice, covering topics such as establishing a strong foundation, adopting a patient-centric approach, mastering marketing techniques, achieving financial fitness, fostering effective team building and leadership, integrating technology and innovation, and navigating common challenges in the field.Whether you're a seasoned chiropractor or just starting your practice, the KC CHIROpulse Podcast offers a wealth of knowledge and personalized practical advice to help you navigate the intricate world of Chiropractic business. Join us on this journey as we explore proven strategies, share success stories, and connect with industry experts to empower you in your pursuit of building a thriving Chiropractic practice.Don't miss out on the latest insights and expert guidance. Subscribe now and unlock the secrets to taking your Chiropractic practice to the next level. Good coaching is an investment in your future success.DISCLAIMER:  The information presented in this broadcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to offer legal, investment, accounting, or medical advice, and represents the opinions of the speakers.  Seek the consultation of a professional for advice in those areas. And remember…your results using this information may be different than described.Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the Kats Consultants CHIROPulse Podcast When you are ready we can help.Free Resource: Download What's Your Practice Worth? Let's Chat -30-minute chat about your practice Attend a Virtual Seminar Join the new subscription program Path to ProsperKC CHIROpulse Podcast.  Helping Chiropractors keep their pulse on success.  Thanks for listening.

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Send me a message I'm watching too many agents make the same mistake right now, and it's crushing their business. Doesn't matter if you're brand new or you've been doing this for 20 years. Top producers and agents who can't get a deal are both making it.I made this mistake myself for years before I got conscious of it.Here it is: you're chasing new lead gen strategies instead of doing more of what's already working.If you've sold homes in the last 12 months, you already have proof of what works for you. Instead of using that proof, most agents go looking for something new, something shinier, something that feels more exciting than the boring thing that's already bringing them business.In this episode:Why your ambition can actually work against you when it comes to lead genThe exact exercise to run right now: look at your last 10 to 15 closings and find the patternWhy doing 5x more of what already works beats chasing something brand newHow to use social media the right way to support referrals instead of replacing themWhy 30 minutes a day of commenting and engaging can quietly become your best referral sourceThe honest truth about why this isn't complicated, but it does take commitmentGo look at your CRM right now. Find out where your last 10 deals actually came from. Then go do more of that.***********************RESOURCES :Free "Clients From Social" Masterclass - Learn the new formula top agents are using on social media to attract 5+ new closings, month after month. REGISTER HERE: https://members.massiveagentsociety.com/free-masterclass-registration?utm_source=podcast_notesMassive Agent Society on Skool - My coaching community giving Realtors the exact blueprint (and handholding) to attract 5+ new clients, every single month. CLICK HERE: https://www.skool.com/massiveagentsocietyManychat PRO - Automate your Instagram DM's and Get 30 days of Manychat Pro for FREE - CLICK HERE REAL Broker - Learn how we can be business partners and build a business together @ ΓEA⅃  Broker- CLICK HEREPLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY

Your Light Bar Will Fail. Here's What Actually Passes TechIn this episode Mercedes Rally SLC 450; Chrissy has never raced at night, Chris did not fix the boat, but Mental did fix the 912 and Tim is paking up to drive across country….again. And if you show up at High Plains Raceway with a light bar on your roof, you are going to fail light tech. If you tape over the top of it, you are still going to fail. There is a light meter, there are measuring boards, and there is a hard 40-inch cutoff.Episode 450 is our full 24 Hours of Lemons High Plains Raceway preview — and this one is a true 24-hour race. Green flag at noon Saturday, checkers at noon Sunday, running straight through the night on a completely unlit track thirty minutes from the nearest anything. Ninety cars are entered. Chris, Chrissy and Tim are racing it. Mental is one of the four judges who will be holding the light meter.We cover the race car lighting rules in detail, the complete weekend schedule from Thursday gates to Sunday awards, the weather for Deer Trail, Colorado, night-driving technique for your first race in the dark, and our patented E1R Virtual Track Walk — every corner at High Plains, from three people who've raced it.New here? Hit SUBSCRIBE. We do this every week for the world of low-dollar racing and oddball car culture, and we're chasing 1,000 subscribers.WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODEThe lighting rules that will actually get you black flagged, explained by the guy checking themWhy your stock headlights are the best answer, and why lights and wiring don't count against your $500All numbers self-illuminated — door plus hood and/or roof. No, you can't shine a magnetic light at them.Full schedule: Thursday night test session, Friday's two test sessions, assigned tech times, mandatory light tech Friday 8:00–9:30Weather: gusts to 33 Thursday night. Secure your EZ-ups or watch them leave.Night driving: tinted visors, dazzle, letting your eyes adjust, and why you keep your eyes moving in the darkTurn by turn at High Plains — including the High Plains Drifter, the corner Chrissy openly hatesHow to read the LED flag boards at night, and why a flashing "green" is never greenGrassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car: an F-18 pilot who listed his cat as a sponsorThe Austin robotaxi with no brake fluid, no master cylinder, and no brake lines anywhere in itEveryone Racers is a weekly amateur endurance racing podcast for people who build cheap race cars and drive them hard. Lemons, ChampCar, LuckyDog, SCCA, NASA. We don't discriminate.Email: everyoneracers@gmail.com Instagram / Facebook: @everyoneracersRacing High Plains this weekend? Tell us how you lit your numbers

What happens when your child is doing the right thing—but other people still misunderstand them?In Episode 163 of High Performance Parenting, Greg Francis continues his Champion Mindset conversation with his daughter Crissy, exploring a powerful distinction:Your reputation is what other people think you are.Your character is who you really are.Crissy shares honestly about being intense, competitive, and committed to working hard—and how not everyone around her appreciates that.Instead of shrinking herself to gain approval, she's learning to stay focused on becoming the person she knows she wants to be.In this episode, you'll discover:How to teach kids the difference between character and reputationWhy approval can become a dangerous measuring stickHelping children stay true to their values when others criticize themWhy hard work can make other people uncomfortableGrowth mindset vs. fixed mindset in sports and lifeWhy parents should reward growth and habits—not only resultsHelping kids process disappointment without letting it define themWhat to do when your child gives everything and still losesHow parents can support a child through setbacksWhy effort and character matter long after trophies are forgottenOne of the strongest lessons in the episode is that parents shouldn't only celebrate the child who finishes first. Greg explains that he was equally proud of both daughters in a recent tournament because both worked hard and grew—even though only one could win.Crissy also opens up about the emotional challenge of sitting out competition while working on recovery, even when she knew it was the right long-term decision.Your kids won't always control what people think about them.But they can control who they become.Subscribe to High Performance Parenting as we help parents raise champion children in a crazy world.#HighPerformanceParenting #ChristianParenting #CharacterMatters #GrowthMindset #ParentingTeens(00:00) - Character vs. Reputation (00:39) - Intro (01:41) - What Is Challenging Chrissy Most? (01:51) - Embracing Hard Work Without a Victim Mindset (02:59) - Growth Is Still a Blessing (04:29) - Character Matters More Than Reputation (05:51) - Stop Building Your Identity Around Approval (06:54) - Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset (08:09) - Reward Growth, Not Just Results (09:33) - What Chrissy Wishes Her Parents Understood (09:37) - Sitting Out When You Want to Compete (11:42) - Processing a Painful Loss (14:17) - Preparing for a Healthy Season (14:34) - How Parents Can Support Their Kids (15:53) - Effort Matters More Than the Trophy

We say we want peace.Then peace finally shows up...and something about it feels weird.So we start looking for something to fix. Something to worry about. Something to react to. Sometimes we even create the very chaos we said we were tired of.This week, my friend and DAMN University alum Leigh LaRie is back, and she is NOT the same woman who joined me for Surviving Survival Mode.Leigh has spent the last few years doing the work. Setting boundaries. Changing how she responds to triggers. Taking better care of herself. Reevaluating friendships. Holding herself accountable. And most importantly, learning how to stop sabotaging the peace she worked so hard to find.We talk about why familiar chaos can feel safer than unfamiliar peace, what happens when your growth changes your friendships, and why healing isn't just knowing your triggers. It's seeing what you do when those triggers show up again.And sometimes the hardest part of changing your life isn't getting what you asked for.It's believing you deserve to keep it.In this episode, we talk about:Why peace can feel uncomfortable when you're used to chaosHow Leigh realized her healing was actually workingThe difference between knowing your triggers and responding differently to themWhy we sometimes sabotage the very things we say we wantWhat happens to friendships when you start changingWhy every relationship doesn't need a dramatic "cutoff"Learning to feel emotions without immediately reacting to themFinding self-care that actually works for YOUWhy small changes don't always give you instant resultsAccountability without beating yourself upMaking room for the things that actually matterLearning to accept happiness without waiting for something to go wrongIt's About DAMN Time"It's about DAMN time that people stop running from the peace that they prayed for." — Leigh LaRieConnect with Leigh LaRieFollow Leigh LaRie across social media and check out the Dirty Roses Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.The DAMN ChallengeThis week, pay attention to one moment when everything is actually...okay.No emergency. No problem to solve. Nobody needs saving.Notice what your brain tries to do with that silence.Before you create a problem, revisit an old one, or go looking for something to worry about, ask yourself:Am I uncomfortable because something is wrong...or because peace still feels unfamiliar?Sit with it.You asked for peace.Give yourself a chance to actually have it.Follow Leigh on IG → hereFollow The Dirty Roses Podcast on IG → hereVisit The Dirty Roses Podcast Website → here

Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_descriptionFull episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Marine-Engineer-Harshal-Singh-Episode-Notes-3d536616963e80d29db4f7552240056f?source=copy_link==========================================================Subscribe to Dostcast Clips:https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3TWant to suggest a guest?Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk==========================================================Harshal Singh is a marine engineer who has spent most of his career on oil tankers. He emailed us from inside a war zone: stuck on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz while Iran blockaded it and traded fire with American forces, watching ships around him get hit by drones and missiles. One technical fault delayed his vessel by a day, and the ship that took his slot in the queue was struck by a missile the next morning. He lived the geopolitics most people only scroll past. He tells it with no drama and no myth-making about life at sea.In this episode, Vinamre and Harshal discuss:The Strait of Hormuz blockade from inside — Iran vs American forces, drone/missile-hit ships, and the delay that saved his shipShip-to-ship oil transfers, Sinokor tankers, and how Venezuela, Qatar and the VLCC trade move the world's crudeSeafarers abandoned at sea — unpaid wages, weak unions, and what happens when a shipping company walks awaySailor life nobody sees — Starlink at sea, onboard habits, food, and how it keeps the world's shelves stockedEvery kind of ship — cruise liners, bulk/car/livestock carriers, ULCCs, freak waves, and naval architects who design for themWhy he left an advertising degree for the sea — the best ports he's seen, and crew friendshipsWhat's next after years at sea, plus Vinamre's Japan trip and how travel changes worldviewFollow Harshal Singh on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/from.sea.to.shore/Timestamps:00:00:00 – Coming Up00:01:24 – Strait of Hormuz blockade00:02:31 – Iran America war explained00:05:42 – Missile hits next ship00:06:55 – Somali pirates hijacking ships00:08:59 – Pirate ransom and escorts00:13:25 – One month Hormuz posting00:22:59 – Ship to ship transfer00:24:58 – Daily drone attacks at sea00:31:12 – Sailor salary and pay00:33:10 – Sinokor tanker company explained00:34:23 – Venezuela oil and sanctions00:38:37 – Qatar and Gulf power00:42:24 – Drone jammers and defences00:50:04 – Sailors left to die00:55:31 – Sailor life and food00:57:23 – Starlink drinking and smoking00:59:44 – Why he became a sailor01:01:01 – Most beautiful ports visited01:03:13 – Cruise ships explained01:05:31 – Bulk car and cattle carriers01:08:04 – Freak waves and naval architects01:11:53 – Friendships and stability at sea01:14:00 – Learning cultures at sea01:19:24 – Whats next and Japan ====================================================================Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft.He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching.With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he's interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes.Follow Vinamre:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaaDostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast====================================================================Contact Us:For business inquiries: dostcast@egiplay.com

You talked it through. You didn't blow up. You actually reached a resolution.So why does it still feel weird between you?This week, we had a difficult conversation after our kids left for school. And honestly, we handled it pretty well. We stayed regulated, avoided falling into the Courtroom Trap, listened to each other, and figured out what needed to change.But then we went about our morning—and something still felt off.The conflict was over, but our bodies hadn't quite gotten the message yet. We call this The Moment After: that vulnerable space after a difficult conversation when everything may technically be okay, but you haven't fully softened back toward each other.And if you're not careful, this is exactly where another small moment can reignite the conflict you just worked so hard to resolve.In this episode, we talk about:Why resolution and reconnection are not the same thingWhat happens in your nervous system after a difficult conversationWhy silence can feel like anger and space can feel like rejectionHow couples accidentally reignite conflicts after they've already resolved themWhy different partners need different signals that everything is okayHow touch, words, eye contact, space, humor, prayer, or another small ritual can create a bridge back to connectionHow to discover what helps you and your partner soften toward each other again One of the most powerful things you can say in The Moment After may simply be:“I'm still a little activated, but you and I are okay.”Because ending the disagreement is only part of the work.Repair gets you out of the conflict. The Moment After determines how you find each other again. ❤️ Your Love WorkDuring a neutral moment this week, talk about what happens for each of you after a difficult conversation.Ask each other:What happens inside me after conflict?What helps me know that you and I are okay again?What could you do that would help me soften and reconnect with you?You don't need the same thing. One of you may need reassurance while the other needs touch, eye contact, or a little space.The goal is to understand each other's process and intentionally create your own bridge back to connection.

Your staff is the biggest line item in your budget. Which also means your schedule can be the biggest leak in your school, and most leaders don't even know it's happening.In this episode, Chanie is breaking down schedule efficiency: not "do you have enough staff," but do you have a strategic coverage system. She walks through a real audit where a single scheduling fix uncovered nearly $30,000 a year in savings, and why chasing more enrollment isn't always the answer when the leak is sitting in your own schedule.This episode covers strategic coverage versus just having bodies in the building, why schedule predictability is a leadership standard and not a luxury, why break coverage is actually a culture issue, and why directors who keep jumping into classrooms are quietly stealing from their own school's profitability.In this episode, you'll learn:The difference between strategic coverage and coverage for the sake of coverageHow a 20-minute daily shift overlap across 20 teachers added up to $27,733 a year in one real auditWhy systems need to be designed around the school, not around whichever person is currently running themWhy schedule predictability is a leadership standard, not a nice-to-haveWhy break coverage is a culture issue, and how a late break erodes trust between teachersWhy directors and owners who regularly cover classrooms are unintentionally hurting their school's profitabilityConnect With Us:Join us on Substack: https://chaniewilschanski.substack.com/

One of my clients sent me a message that stopped me in my tracks. She was doing the nervous system work, trauma memories started surfacing fast, and she didn't know what to do with it. I ended up answering her live, and I knew it needed to be its own episode. This one gets deep.In this episode:What to do when trauma memories surface faster than you can process themWhy nervous system regulation is not just "stay calm and breathe"How to know if you're trying to control your healing instead of actually healingThe difference between taking responsibility for your healing now versus what happened to you thenWhether forgiveness is actually something you need to work towardWhy taking action is the fastest way to heal trauma, not more processing or more informationWhen therapy, nervous system work, or slowing down is actually the right next stepSupport the showHosted by Casey Shipp — 3000+ transformations, Self-Made Millionaire, High Priestess, Writer, Fitness Cover Model, and Founder of the Hotbody App.$30M client wins | $7.8M sold onlineRich isn't rare. Category of one is.

Does sensitivity actually help you as much as it hurts you?April Snow breaks down why the same trait that makes you good at reading a room is also what quietly erodes your boundaries. This conversation goes beyond typical self-care talk into the real difference between caring about someone and taking on their emotions as your own, and why some of the most capable, high-achieving people never realize they're highly sensitive at all. It's a look at how sensitivity gets mistaken for weakness, when it's actually running the show in ways most people never connect the dots on.What you'll learn:Why boundaries erode fastest for people who read rooms bestThe real difference between caring about someone and caregiving themWhy high achievers rarely recognize their own sensitivityApril Snow is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of Big Feelings, Big Joy. She's spent her career helping highly sensitive people stop treating their trait as something to manage and start understanding it as a genuine strength, backed by the research on how the highly sensitive brain actually works.Find April's book "Big Feelings, Big Joy" and all links at: mindlove.com/469Ready to practice holding your boundaries instead of absorbing everyone else's? Join the free Mind Love Collective for monthly coaching and support throughout the year. mindlove.com/joinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us Fan MailIn the latest episode of the Exit Insights Podcast, Darryl Bates-Brownsword is joined by John Franklin Wiley, founder of Exit Factor Scottsdale Metro, to explore one of the most overlooked realities of selling a business:You are not only selling to the buyer. You are also selling to the person financing the buyer.Many business owners spend years thinking about how to make their company attractive to an acquirer, but they rarely consider the person who ultimately has the power to approve or reject the deal — the lender.The reality?Every buyer arrives with a lender. If the lender walks, the deal walks.The businesses that achieve successful exits are the ones that prepare years before a transaction by understanding what both audiences need to see: the buyer who wants opportunity, and the lender who wants confidence and reduced risk.Listen in as we discuss:

Today I have my client Annabelle on the podcast, and I'm so glad she said yes.When Annabelle and I first started working together, she was sitting in the car with her husband in tears. They had just moved from Denver to Northwest Arkansas with a 4 year old and no family nearby, she had opened a business a few months earlier, and she was working 12, 13, 14 hours a day. Not sleeping. Not eating. Opening her laptop first thing in the morning and adding to her to do list at 2am. And still feeling behind.If you have ever thought "if I just work harder, I'll finally catch up," you are going to hear yourself in this conversation.A year later, Annabelle doesn't work evenings. She doesn't work weekends. She doesn't open her computer on a Sunday. She has time with her son that she's actually present for, and her business has grown, not shrunk. Her husband left his job to come work with her.We talk about what changed and how she did it. The 15 minute walk that sounded almost too simple to matter. Deciding when she stops working for the day, and then actually stopping. The guilt that came with both. Why her to do lists were making everything worse, and what she does instead now. How she stopped treating other people's emergencies like her own, and what it took to believe she was allowed to.And I want to say this clearly, because Annabelle owns a business and you might not: none of this is about business. This is about what happens when you're rushing, guilty, and behind in your own life, and nobody ever showed you another way to live it.In this episode:Why working harder keeps you feeling behind instead of caught upRegulating your nervous system in a way that actually feels good, not like another item on the listThe guilt loop: guilty at work, guilty at home, present nowhereBoundaries that hold, and the belief you need underneath themWhy perfect isn't available and what to aim for insteadLetting things off your plate without deciding you failedAnnabelle designs beautiful custom closets at Up Closets of NW Arkansas. If you're in the area, go look her up. Find her here: https://upclosets.com/nw-arkansas/You are not the only one. I promise you that.Takeaways:Working harder is not what gets you caught up. It's what keeps you feeling behind.Your nervous system comes first. Everything else you're trying to fix sits on top of it.A 15 minute walk sounds too small to matter, and it changed everything for Annabelle.If you don't plan it, you won't do it. That goes for rest as much as anything else.A boundary isn't something you ask other people to keep. It's something you decide and then hold.Nobody's emergency has to become your emergency.Perfect isn't available. Calm and honest is, and it works better anyway.Letting something off your plate is not failing. It's choosing where your time actually goes.You can have a full life and a growing business without burning yourself down to get it.Want to explore working with Amanda? https://amandahess.ca/bookacall

In this solo episode of The Well Woman Show, I explore a powerful real-world example of what happens when a community decides that care work, early childhood education, and family support systems truly matter.Through the story of San Antonio's groundbreaking Pre-K program, we look at what becomes possible when we shift from individual survival to collective investment.This episode invites us to reconsider how we define success, leadership, and impact, and what it means to build systems that actually support women, families, and communities.This is the first installment of an ongoing partnership with the Better Life Lab at New America. They are a team of researchers and reporters who track what's happening across the country on work, gender, and care, and look for real structural solutions, not just individual workarounds. What You'll Learn:How San Antonio built one of the most effective universal pre-K programs in the U.S.Why investing in childcare infrastructure is essential for women's economic empowermentThe connection between self-trust and collective decision-makingHow broken systems shape burnout, and what it looks like to rebuild themWhy community investment creates long-term impactResources MentionedBetter Life Lab websiteHow San Antonio Built One of America's Most Ambitious Pre-K Programs – The 74(the article referenced in this episode)Lucia Cirmi Obon's episode on The Well Woman ShowHave a bright spot in your own community? I'd love to hear about it. Message us at info@wellwomanlife.com---✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough.

What if AI isn't replacing jobs, but quietly redesigning the tasks inside them?In the most recent HR Leaders Podcast episode, I had an important conversation with Sultan Murad Saidov, Former CEO / Founder and Investor at Beamery. He explains why task intelligence could become critical to workforce planning, how AI is changing the work inside existing roles, and why deciding what gets automated should become an HR question, not just a technology question.Drawing on more than a decade of building Beamery and working at the intersection of AI, skills and workforce data, Sultan explains why skills alone are no longer enough to understand where work is heading.5 things you'll learn from this episode:Why looking at tasks instead of job titles changes how leaders understand AI's impact on workThe research Sultan references suggesting 75% of jobs may need redesign because of AI augmentationHow digital twin teams could help leaders model workforce decisions before making themWhy reducing junior roles may create a long-term talent and career pipeline problemWhy Sultan believes HR and technology teams should jointly lead the redesign of work

If your Pilates studio marketing feels like a lot of work for very little return, the answer may not be to post more, create more Reels, send more emails, or spend more money on ads.The real problem might be your message.In this episode of The Pilates Business Podcast, Seran Glanfield explores one of the most common marketing challenges among Pilates, barre, and yoga studio owners: marketing the method instead of marketing what the method makes possible.Because effective boutique fitness marketing isn't simply about creating awareness of what you offer. It's about creating relevance.In this episode, you'll learn:Why creating more content won't fix an unclear marketing messageThe difference between marketing the “vehicle” and marketing the “destination”Why clients are buying much more than a 50-minute Pilates classHow to turn studio features like small classes and expert instructors into meaningful client benefitsWhy broad messaging such as “build strength” or “feel your best” can become almost invisibleHow specificity helps the right client recognize that your studio is for themWhy strong marketing joins the conversation already happening in your client's mindHow a clearer message can improve your content, sales conversations, offers, and overall studio positioningThis episode is for you if you've been consistently posting, emailing, trying different offers, or experimenting with social media - but you still aren't seeing the steady flow of qualified new clients you want.If you're ready to build a more profitable, sustainable boutique fitness studio with clearer marketing, stronger systems, better retention, and a business that works as a whole, learn more about Thrive, my business coaching program for boutique fitness studio owners, at springthree.com/thrive.Got a question for Seran? Add it here

Being a nice leader sounds like a good thing. Until being nice means avoiding the conversations your team actually needs you to have. When leaders avoid accountability because they don't want to hurt someone's feelings, create conflict, or be disliked, they may be protecting someone's comfort today while creating a much bigger problem tomorrow. In this episode of Choose People Love Pets, Dr. Armstrong and Phoebe unpack the difference between leading nice andleading kind and why kindness sometimes requires saying the uncomfortable thing. They talk about coaching struggling employees, addressing uncomfortable issues, holding people accountable, protecting your highest performers, firing difficult clients, and recognizing when letting someone go may actually be the kindest decision. Because kindness without accountability isn't kindness. In this episode:Why nice leadership can create resentment, confusion, and burnoutThe difference between protecting someone's feelings and actually supporting themWhy your best employees notice when poor performance goes uncheckedHow to approach difficult feedback with empathyWhy being liked is not the same as being trustedHow avoiding accountability creates unfairness across your teamWhy difficult conversations get easier with practiceHow leaders model the standards they expect from everyone elseWhen letting someone go can still be a kind leadership decision This episode's challenge: Identify one conversation you've been avoiding. Then ask yourself: Am I avoiding this because it's actually best for them and the team, or because having it would make me uncomfortable? The conversation you avoid today becomes the problemyou manage tomorrow. Comfort is not the goal of leadership. Growth is. Nice leaders avoid hard conversations. Kind leadershave them.Follow for more:FB: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556480229406&mibextid=LQQJ4d⁠ IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/choosepeoplelovepets?igsh=MTVzZjc4ZHE4MWd2NQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr⁠ LI: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/choose-people-love-pets/

Are you the person everyone counts on—the one who can always figure it out, squeeze it in, or take on one more thing?Being capable is a gift, but it can also become a trap.In today's episode, I'm joined by business strategist and executive coach Dawn Andrews, Founder and CEO of Free Range Thinking, to talk about what happens when capable women become responsible for too much—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.Dawn shares why highly capable women are especially vulnerable to burnout, how caring leaders can accidentally take on responsibilities that belong to other people, and why doing more isn't always the best use of your capacity.We also dive into boundaries—and a completely different way to think about them. Instead of waiting until you're exhausted and finally declaring, “I can't do this anymore,” Dawn encourages us to build boundaries around what we value and want to protect.In this episode, we talk about:The “curse of the capable” and why capable women often end up carrying moreWhy doing less can actually make you a better leaderThe difference between supporting someone and taking responsibility for themWhy holding space for someone is different from holding their weightHow over-functioning prevents the people around us from growingWhy boundaries can feel so difficult for dependable, high-achieving womenHow to set boundaries based on your values instead of your exhaustionWhy your capacity should be spent on what you chooseThe power of pausing before automatically saying yesDawn's simple three-question boundary check using energy, resentment, and enthusiasmIf you're tired of automatically asking, “How can I make this work?” every time something lands on your plate, this conversation will help you start asking a much more important question: “Do I actually want to?”Text us your feedback or questions!Stay connected!Join us in The Supermom Society! Get all the details at thesupermomsociety.com!Get all our show notes, buy the book Secrets of Supermom, and more at our website: www.secretsofsupermom.comSecrets of Supermom on FacebookSecrets of Supermom on Instagram

What does it take to bet big on the right idea—and make AI actually useful inside your business? Jack Jostes sits down with Drew Dinkelacker, president of Marketing Accelerator, to talk about Drew's 25-year journey from a video production background and growing up around his dad's barbershop to becoming a fractional CMO. Drew shares how faith shaped his decision to start a business, why outside perspective can help owners overcome decision fatigue, and the simple lesson to “give people something they can say yes to.”Then Jack and Drew unpack practical lessons from Cincy AI Week. They discuss why AI is more than another collection of tools—it can accelerate change management, expose broken processes, and create an advantage for teams that can clearly communicate how work gets done. For landscape and snow business owners, the takeaway is practical: get your processes right, use AI to improve the way your team works, and when you find an opportunity you truly believe in, be willing to bet big.You'll Learn:Why better decisions often start with giving someone something they can say yes toHow AI can become a process and change-management toolWhy AI can make broken workflows fail faster instead of fixing themWhy clearly communicating your processes is becoming a competitive advantageWhen it's time to stop taking incremental steps and bet big on an ideaConnect With Today's Guest

EP 194: Men Over 40: Why the Strongest Men ServeWhat does real strength look like for a man over 40?Real strength after 40 isn't only about physical strength, money, status, or accomplishments. It's having the physical, mental, and emotional capacity to show up when someone you love needs you.Service means using your strength, time, experience, resources, and leadership to help carry someone else's burden without needing recognition, praise, or anything in return.And sometimes the most powerful question you can ask yourself is:Who needs me today?EP 194: Men Over 40: Why the Strongest Men ServeWhat You'll LearnWhy real strength after 40 is about more than muscles, money, and successThe difference between helping someone out of obligation and choosing to serve themWhy asking “Who needs me today?” can completely change your perspectiveHow serving others can become part of your purpose as you get olderWhy difficult seasons reveal the kind of man you've becomeWhat service has taught me while helping my mother after my father's passingWhy real masculine leadership doesn't require recognition, praise, or applauseWhy taking care of your health is NOT selfish when other people depend on youHow training, nutrition, mobility, recovery, and sleep help you remain strong enough to serveWhy Brotherhood and connection matter when life gets difficultThe central mindset shift in the episode is moving from “Why do I have to do this?” to “How can I make this person's life easier today?”Timestamps00:00 - When Life Forces You to Change Direction00:30 - Losing My Father and Navigating Grief01:15 - Why I Moved Into My Mother's Home01:47 - Helping vs. Serving: The Mindset Shift02:15 - The Question I Ask Every Morning: Who Needs Me Today?03:00 - Selling My Parents' House After My Father's Passing03:54 - Emptying a Home Filled With 60+ Years of Memories04:45 - Why You Need to Celebrate the Steps Along the Way05:15 - Finding Greater Purpose Through Service After 4006:04 - What Real Masculine Leadership Looks Like06:40 - Why You Must Take Care of Yourself While Serving Others07:00 - Resistance Bands, Mobility, Nutrition and Staying Healthy08:11 - The Alpha Action: Who Needs You Today?08:45 - Why the Strongest Men Serve Without Recognition09:15 - Brotherhood, Connection and Getting Through Difficult Seasons10:12 - Final Thoughts: Serving Is a PrivilegeNote: the transcript provides exact speaker timestamps at several points and the remaining chapter times above are approximate placements based on the transcript flow.Key TakeawaysReal strength is about being able to show up when people need youService changes your mindset from obligation to gratitudeInstead of asking, “What do I want?”, sometimes the better question is “Who needs me today?”Your 40s, 50s, and 60s will bring seasons when your family needs you to carry moreLeadership doesn't require applause, recognition, or praiseYou can put someone else's needs ahead of your comfort without abandoning your own healthYour workouts, nutrition, mobility, sleep, recovery, and mindset help keep you capable of servingTaking care of your health can be one of the greatest acts of service you give your familyYou don't need to reach the finish line before celebrating progressBrotherhood matters most when life becomes difficult

Send us Fan MailAI is everywhere, but should we embrace it, fear it, or approach it with a healthy dose of skepticism? In this episode of Teachers in Transition, Vanessa talks with bestselling author, former educator, and AI expert Jeremy Schifeling about the strange contradictions surrounding artificial intelligence. AI can help teachers recognize their transferable skills, translate their experience into corporate language, and strengthen their job-search materials, but when it becomes an easy button, the results can quickly turn into generic, fabricated word salad.Vanessa and Jeremy explore the difference between work that is generated by AI and work that is developed with AI. They also discuss the emerging AI arms race between job seekers, recruiters, and employers, and why the best way to stand out may be to lean harder into the qualities AI cannot replicate: personality, curiosity, empathy, relationships, and real-world problem solving.In This EpisodeWhy AI works best as a thought partner rather than a replacement for human thinkingHow teachers can use AI to identify and translate their transferable skillsWhy generic AI-generated resumes and cover letters can hurt a candidateHow to write for both applicant tracking systems and the humans behind themWhy understanding the hiring manager's actual problem matters more than simply matching keywordsHow teachers can use a master resume to make tailoring applications easierWhy relationships and networking remain essential in an AI-driven job marketHow AI may affect entry-level jobs and the future talent pipelineWhy teachers' relationship-building and emotional-intelligence skills may become even more valuableHow to ask AI to critique your resume instead of writing it for youA simple, low-pressure way for AI beginners to start experimentingJeremy's Teacher Hack for surviving those final ten minutes before the bell A Few Important Takeaways·         AI is especially good at translation, pattern recognition, brainstorming, and review. Give it your real experiences, accomplishments, feedback, and stories, and it can help you see connections you may have missed.·         AI should not replace your voice, your curiosity, or your relationships. Use it to support your thinking, but keep yourself in the process.·         And remember: Your teaching experience has prepared you to solve real problems, communicate with different audiences, manage competing priorities, and build relationships quickly. Those abilities are valuable far beyond the classroom. Connect with Jeremy SchifelingConnect with Jeremy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schifeling/ Connect with Vanessa JacksonConnect with Vanessa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessajackson78132/ Learn more about Teachers in Transition: https://teachersintransition.com Support Invisible ExcellenceVanessa's upcoming book, Invisible Excellence: The Hidden Value of Teachers Beyond Teaching, is currently in its presale and crowdfunding phase. The goal is to bring this book into the hands of teachers everywhere and help them recognize how much value they carry beyond the classroom. Watch the campaign video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6-SUmRVND0Visit the book launch page: https://books.manuscripts.com/product/invisible-excellence-the-hidden-value-of-teachers-beyond-teaching/ You are amazing!Support the Podcast!If you enjoy this scrappy little indie podcast, please consider:sharing this episode (or any of them!) with a teacher friendleaving a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotifysupporting the show financially starting at just $3/month Support Teachers in Transition.  It helps with production costs to keep this show on the air.  Bottom of FormThe transcript to this podcast is found on the episode's homepage at BuzzsproutSupport the show

Some of the loudest voices we hear aren't coming from other people—they're the ones inside our own heads.That inner critic can convince us we're not ready, that everyone else has it figured out, or that asking for help somehow means we've failed. Over time, those thoughts can quietly keep us playing smaller than we're capable of.In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Darby Bonomi, sport and performance psychologist and author of Unshrinkable: Why Strong Women Secretly Criticize, Diminish, and Thwart Themselves—and How to Stop.Darby has spent decades working with high-achieving individuals, and together we explore why even accomplished women can struggle with self-criticism, comparison, perfectionism, and the pressure to appear as though they have everything under control.We also talk about something Darby calls the myth of the charmed life—the tendency to look at someone else's polished exterior and assume their path has somehow been easier than ours.And Darby shares one simple phrase from her equestrian coach that has stayed with her for decades:"Go ride your horse."It's a reminder to stop overthinking, trust your preparation, be present, and do the thing that's yours to do.In This Episode, We DiscussWhy successful women can believe everyone else has a "charmed life"How self-criticism and perfectionism can quietly keep us playing smallCommunity versus competition—and why lifting others doesn't diminish our own opportunitiesWhy there is no shame in being a beginnerHow "Go ride your horse" became a lifelong reminder for Darby to trust herself and be presentWhy confidence comes through experienceEnvy as information—and even a possible call to actionLearning from people who are farther along rather than simply comparing ourselves to themWhy presence, gratitude, and personal growth require practiceWhat Darby would tell her 20-something self todayAbout Dr. Darby BonomiDarby Bonomi, PhD, is a sport and performance psychologist who has facilitated transformations in hundreds of high-achieving individuals.After two decades as a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and faculty member at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, she shifted her focus to performance coaching in 2016. She works with competitive equestrians, entrepreneurs, and professionals globally—primarily women determined not to shrink under self-criticism or others' expectations.Dr. Bonomi is an actively competing equestrian herself and has delivered sport psychology clinics nationwide. Her writing has been featured in Practical Horseman, Psychology Today, USHJA In Stride, The Plaid Horse, and The Chronicle of the Horse.Darby's Book

Why AI Cannot Replace Fundraising StrategyI use Claude every day, he's literally my side piece. And I'm telling you to stop buying AI tools.Here's what I'm seeing across nonprofit shops right now: everyone's buying wealth screening software, AI donor tools, personalization platforms. They think the tool will fix it. It won't. AI amplifies what you already have. If your strategy is broken, AI just accelerates the crash.The real problem isn't AI. It's that most nonprofits don't have a strategy. They don't have criteria for what qualifies a major donor. They don't have a framework for moving donors through a process. So they purchase expensive tools and create content slop, technically personalized, completely forgettable.Here's the Ferrari metaphor: You need three things to actually get somewhere. One, the car (your AI tools). Two, to know how to drive (a clear strategy like EFOS). Three, to know where you're going (the skills to execute). Most nonprofits have one. Maybe two. Then they crash and blame the car.In this episode, I'm breaking down the five components of real qualification, timing, capacity, reason, engagement, permission and why wealth screening covers maybe one of them. Then I'm showing you what changes when you nail down EFOS first, then layer AI on top: suddenly AI becomes a qualification accelerator instead of just a donor organizer.What You'll Learn:Why wealth screening is not qualification (and what actually is)The five components of real donor qualificationHow AI synthesizes your data when you have a clear strategyThe Ferrari framework: why most nonprofits crashHow to stop chasing donors and start attracting themWhy your donor communication tools are creating slop (and how to fix it)Important Links:My Big Ask Gifts ProgramMy Book, Get That Money HoneyMy NewsletterJoin the Free Webinar

What happens when you already know so much about yourself… but you're still living inside the same patterns?You've done therapy. Read the books. Learned your Human Design. You understand your childhood wounds, your limiting beliefs, your attachment style. You know you need better boundaries, more self-trust, less overthinking, more capacity to receive.And yet somehow, you keep getting pulled back into the same ways of being.In this episode, I'm breaking down the piece I think so much of personal development misses: the difference between knowing about yourself and actually living what you know.We'll talk about why so many of the seemingly separate things you're working on may actually be symptoms of the same underlying pattern—overfunctioning—and why awareness of that pattern is only the beginning.I'm also sharing the methodology I use with my clients to turn insight into actual change: small real-life experiments, gathering new evidence, expanding nervous system capacity, and slowly making a different way of living feel safe enough to become your new normal.Because at some point, you have to stop reading the manual and get in the car (this will make more sense when you listen

Questions? Feedback? Send us a text!Higher education is facing pressure from every direction.AI is reshaping work. Enrollment patterns are changing. Students are questioning the value of a degree. Institutions are being asked to move faster while operating within systems that were designed for stability.But according to Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Austin Community College, technology isn't the biggest challenge.Bureaucracy is.In this episode of Transformed, Higher Digital Co-founder and CEO Wayne Bovier sits down with Russell to discuss leadership, culture, institutional transformation, and why higher education's greatest opportunity may come from becoming more human, not less.Drawing from his experience as a faculty member, college president, and transformational leader, Russell shares why he believes institutions need to stop "higher-ed-ing" themselves—his phrase for the tendency to solve problems by adding more policies, processes, silos, and layers of complexity.This conversation centers on a simple idea: institutions function best when they are built around the people they serve.Russell breaks down:Why bureaucracy often protects institutions instead of serving studentsHow higher education makes simple problems unnecessarily complicatedWhy institutions should design systems around students rather than organizational chartsHow AI creates an opportunity to strengthen human relationships instead of replacing themWhy leadership is about creating conditions for success, not controlling outcomesHow Austin Community College used student voices to reshape institutional prioritiesWhy empowering frontline employees leads to more meaningful changeWhat authenticity, trust, and servant leadership look like in practiceWhy uncertainty creates the conditions for transformation rather than preventing itThroughout the conversation, one theme remained consistent: higher education cannot solve tomorrow's challenges by becoming more bureaucratic.Institutions that listen carefully, remove unnecessary barriers, empower their people, and remain relentlessly focused on students will be the ones best positioned to thrive.If you're a president, provost, CIO, faculty leader, or someone thinking deeply about the future of higher education, this conversation will challenge some long-standing assumptions about leadership, culture, and change.Subscribe to Transformed for more conversations exploring how higher education leaders are navigating complexity, technology, and institutional transformation.Subscribe or follow TRANSFORMED wherever you listen, to get the latest episode when it drops and hear directly from leaders and innovators in higher ed tech and digital transformation best practices.Find and follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/higher-digital-inc 

Alicia Lai spent over 20 years in sustainable fashion–including founding Bourgeois Bohème, a vegan shoe brand built on innovative materials. She was deeply committed to ethical production, personally vetting factories in Portugal and sourcing materials that minimized environmental impact. But after 15+ years of running the brand, the constant pressure to compromise on sustainability standards pushed her to make a difficult decision: close the business she had built and start over. What came next wasn't a retreat–it was a return to her values. Now, she runs hands-on sewing, mending, and Sashiko-inspired stitching workshops. Her work now focuses on behaviour change, inclusion, and showing that sustainable living happens one small, practical action at a time. In this episode, Alicia shared what it really means to pivot–not as starting over, but as going deeper into what matters most. You'll learn aboutHow to know when a business that looks successful on the outside no longer aligns with your valuesWhy making compromises in production can erode the mission you started withWhat a real pivot looks like, and why it's often about returning to your values, not abandoning themWhy behaviour change matters as much as product innovation in the sustainability movementGuest Linkshttps://www.bboheme.comSocial Mediahttps://www.instagram.com/boboheme/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciatclai/https://www.facebook.com/bboheme/https://x.com/homeMemorable Quote"Fashion is a statement. When you choose to stitch and mend what you already own, you're making a stand against what's happening in the fashion industry today."Show Notes

Frizzled receptors look like GPCRs — but the field is split on whether they actually are. Gunnar Schulte has spent 25 years building the case, one receptor at a time.Schulte is a professor at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where his lab investigates Wnt–frizzled signaling at the molecular level. His research maps G-protein coupling specificity across all 10 frizzled subtypes, develops conformational biosensors to detect receptor activation, and searches for small molecules that could finally make frizzled receptors pharmacologically tractable. In this conversation, he walks through the evidence — what the conformational data show, why the Wnt ligand problem has stalled the field for decades, and how a compound originally designed for Smoothened became the closest thing frizzled pharmacology has to a starting point.Why each frizzled subtype couples to a different G protein — and why that distinction changes how the field should think about targeting themWhy 19 Wnt ligands remain almost impossible to work with, and what the lipid modification problem costs drug discoveryHow SAG1.3, a Smoothened agonist, became the first small molecule to activate frizzled 6 as a partial agonistWhat conformational sensors reveal about frizzled activation — and why Schulte considers this his strongest argument for their GPCR identityHow disheveled and G proteins may compete for receptor access through conformational selectionDr. GPCR Ecosystem: https://www.ecosystem.drgpcr.com/Membership & Pricing: https://www.ecosystem.drgpcr.com/university-pricingWeekly News: https://www.ecosystem.drgpcr.com/gpcr-weekly-news

In this compilation episode, the throughline is consciousness — not as a spiritual buzzword, but as the actual filter your reality moves through.My guests and I get into how your consciousness level shapes what you take personally, how you regulate your nervous system, and how you meet people operating from a different level than you are. It's not about being more evolved. It's about recognizing that your triggers, your relationships, your perception — all of it sits downstream of where your consciousness actually is.This one asks you to stop looking for the answer outside yourself. Consciousness doesn't shift because you heard the right words once. It shifts because you kept going back.In this episode:Why your consciousness level shapes your relationships, triggers, and perceptionHow nervous system regulation determines what you're capable of receivingWhy "don't take it personal" is a consciousness principle, not just a coping phraseWhat it looks like to meet anger and shame instead of running from themWhy security and self-intimacy start with going inward, not seeking it externally⭐️YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS: Please: Subscribe + leave 5⭐️Star rating +review HEREEnjoy! xRxFIND ME ON:️INSTAGRAMSUBSTACKYOUTUBEXTHREADS

You don't have one type of parent in your school. You have three, four, maybe five. And if your marketing, your website, and your enrollment tours are all speaking to the same imaginary "average" parent, that's exactly why some of your best families are scrolling right past you.In this episode, Chanie breaks down the Parent Archetype framework, a structured way to figure out who is actually enrolling in your center, what they care about, and how to stop guessing at your marketing and start speaking directly to the families in front of you.This is the enrollment conversation most schools skip. Everyone wants to talk about Facebook ads, website redesigns, and getting more Google reviews. Chanie makes the case that none of that works until you understand the data underneath it: who your parents actually are, what they actually value, and why they actually choose you. Whether you're short on enrollment, sitting on a full waitlist, or just want a marketing strategy that finally makes sense, this episode gives you the foundation everything else is built on.What You'll LearnWhy enrollment is "the lifeblood of your business" no matter what season you're inThe five data collection methods to understand your actual parent population (not who you assume they are)The exact demographic categories to track, from family structure to decision-making styleWhy online reviews mean almost nothing to certain parent avatars, and everything to othersFive real parent archetypes Chanie uses with clients: Career-Focused, Highly Involved, First-Time, Multicultural, and Grandparent GuardianHow to validate your avatars once you've built themWhy throwing money at Facebook ads won't fix an enrollment problem rooted in bad messagingConnect With Us:Join us on Substack: https://chaniewilschanski.substack.com/

Send us a messageEpisode 229: My Adult Child Says I Trigger Them: What Should I Do?What does it mean when your adult child says, “You're triggering me”?For many parents, hearing this word can feel confusing, painful, and disorienting. You may wonder what you said wrong, whether you caused a trauma response, or whether it is still possible to have an honest conversation without making things worse.In this episode, Tina explains what the word “triggered” can mean, what may be happening in your adult child's nervous system, and how to respond without becoming defensive, dismissive, or afraid to speak.The word “triggered” originally came from trauma and PTSD research, where it described an involuntary nervous system response to something associated with past danger. Today, the word is also used more broadly to describe emotional distress, discomfort, overwhelm, or the desire to stop a difficult conversation.This episode is also partly based on research from the Gottman Institute, particularly its work on emotional flooding during conflict. Emotional flooding happens when the body becomes so activated that heart rate rises, stress hormones increase, and the ability to think clearly, show empathy, and solve problems begins to decrease.The Gottman Institute's research was conducted primarily with couples, not parents and adult children. However, the underlying nervous system response to relational stress can still offer a helpful framework for understanding why difficult conversations sometimes become unproductive so quickly.You do not have to decide in the moment whether your adult child is experiencing a trauma trigger, emotional flooding, or simply feeling overwhelmed. Your job is not to diagnose the reaction. Your job is to respond in a way that lowers the intensity and protects the possibility of repair.Why You Should ListenIf your adult child says you trigger them, you may feel like you are walking on eggshells. You may become afraid to ask questions, bring up concerns, or continue difficult conversations.This episode will help you understand what may be happening beneath the word “triggered” so you can respond with more steadiness and less defensiveness.You will also learn why taking a break can help the nervous system settle, why pushing through an emotionally flooded conversation often backfires, and why returning to the discussion later is an essential part of rebuilding trust.In This Episode, You Will Learn:What “triggered” means in trauma research, therapy language, and everyday conversationsHow the Gottman Institute's research on emotional flooding helps explain what happens during intense conflictWhat to say when your adult child tells you that you are triggering themWhy a real pause can restore clear thinking, empathy, and emotional regulationHow returning to the conversation can support conflict repair and strengthen your relationship with your adult childYou do not need to argue about whether your adult child is using the word correctly. You also do not need to treat every use of the word as an emergency.Instead, you can notice the emotional activation, regulate your own nervous system, take a meaningful pause, and make a plan to return to the conversation when both of you are steadier.A pause is not the same as avoidance. The goal is not to abandon the topic. The goal is to create enough calm that the conversation has a better chance of becoming productive.When you consistently show your adult child that difficult conversations can pause and then continue, you begin to create a new pattern. Over time, hard topics may feel less threatening because neither person has to fear that every disagreement will end in defensiveness, withdrawal, or a slammed door.Listen now to better understand emotional triggers, nervous system regulation, emotional flooding, and how to respond when your adult child says you trigger them.If this episode helps you make sense of a difficult moment, share it with another parent who may need to hear it.Click Here to download the free guide: 5 Steps to Take Before Trying to Repair the Relationship With Your Adult Child Tina Gosney is the Family Conflict Coach. She works with parents who have families in conflict to help them become the grounded, confident leaders their family needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you want support putting what you're learning into practice, come join The Connection Community in Bridge to Connection. This is the perfect spot where you can learn, connect and get targeted help to start moving your relationship with your adult child in a different direction. 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Welcome to Diabetes Confessions — a brand new series where we get honest about the decisions we've made in diabetes that we're not proud of.For years, I've coached people through the daily complexities of Type 1 diabetes. I've talked about trust, dosing strategy, pre-bolusing, exercise, nutrition strategies, and building habits that stick. What I haven't talked about - until now - is how many of those same things I've got completely wrong myself.Episode one starts with something that hits close to home for almost every person who has ever taken insulin. Not taking enough of it. Not because I forgot. Not because I miscalculated. But because I was afraid. Afraid of going low. Afraid of the crash. Afraid of what happens when the insulin works too well.For a long stretch of my diabetes life, I chronically under-dosed my meals and spent the next two to three hours chasing high blood sugars and riding a rollercoaster that never had to be that bad. I walk through exactly what was happening, why fear and lack of confidence kept me stuck, and the mindset shift that finally changed my life.This one isn't clinical. It isn't a framework. It's just me being real and it might be exactly what you need to hear.

We're on summer break and replaying one of our favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on September 22, 2025.A wearable can collect endless data, but it only matters if people trust it enough to change their behavior.In this replay, Oura CEO Tom Hale joins Steve and Michael to explain how the company combines clinical-grade accuracy with a consumer-friendly product. They discuss why the ring's form factor makes overnight tracking so powerful, how Oura turns physiological signals into useful guidance, and why the company is being pulled faster than expected into traditional healthcare.We cover:Why sleep data can reveal changes in the body before symptoms appearHow Oura designed a health product that supports users without judging or nagging themWhy accuracy is the foundation for trust, predictions, and behavior changeHow Oura navigates the boundary between wellness products and regulated medical devicesThe company's expansion into Medicare Advantage, women's health, metabolic health, and clinical care—About our guest:Tom Hale is the Chief Executive Officer at ŌURA and a member of its board. As the CEO he sets the company's business strategy and vision to make health a daily practice for members all over the world. He has over 30 years of experience across the technology and consumer product industry.Before joining ŌURA, Hale was president of Momentive where he drove B2B strategy and led product growth. During his time there he was instrumental in taking the company public in 2018, leading the team in key acquisitions, and driving the evolution and rebranding of the company into a multiple SAAS business. Previously, he held leadership roles at HomeAway and Linden Lab as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer, respectively, and held executive roles at Macromedia and Adobe.Hale has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and sits on the boards of Cars.com, RocketReach, and NoiseAware.—If you're enjoying the show, we would so appreciate it if you left us a review!—

Description:You're selling two products: the kitchen, and the experience of getting the kitchen. The second one is built almost entirely out of work your client never watches you do.In this episode of Contractor Cuts, Clark and James walk through six habits that separate profitable contractors from busy ones — the invisible work that protects your margin and quietly earns you the referral.They cover:The pre-con coffee — sitting down before a job starts and asking "what's going to go wrong here?"The Tuesday job card pass — the three questions to ask on every active job, every weekPAL meetings — a weekly 30,000-foot view of each job (and how to run one on yourself if you're a one-man show)Benchmark walks — catching problems at the stage where they cost $500 instead of $5,000Documentation emails — how eating a cost on purpose builds leverage you'll need laterPre-start crew walkthroughs — the 50-point checklist that answers questions before anyone asks themWhy clients don't see any of this, but absolutely feel itHow to charge for planning work when the deliverable isn't something you can holdIf you're doing good work and still watching profit disappear, the gap is probably in the six things nobody sees.Contractor Cuts is a weekly podcast for contractors who want to build a better business — covering sales, operations, hiring, finances, and everything in between.

Designed to Profit Stories - Summer Series - Part 4 of 13What if your family photos weren't actually about preserving memories?What if they were one of the most powerful tools you have for helping the people you love feel seen, valued and deeply connected?In this episode of the Designed to Profit Stories series, I'm joined by Barb Orozco, a 3/5 Emotional Projector who has spent more than 24 years challenging the traditional scrapbooking industry.Barb believes we've been asking the wrong question.It's never been about organizing photos.It's never been about decorating albums.It's about telling the stories that future generations will desperately wish you had written.We also explore how Barb's Human Design has shaped the way she teaches, the importance of embracing the 3/5 profile, and why the most meaningful businesses are often built by questioning industry norms.Whether you're an entrepreneur, a parent, a grandparent or someone with thousands of photos sitting on your phone, this conversation will likely change how you think about legacy.In This EpisodeWhat it means to be a 3/5 Emotional ProjectorLearning to embrace mistakes instead of fearing themWhy your biggest wounds often become your greatest workThe surprising difference between photos and storiesWhy decorating albums isn't the pointCreating storybooks instead of photo albumsHelping children feel seen through intentional storytellingWorking from your current photos instead of your backlogHow market research transformed Barb's businessBuilding offers by listening to your clientsWhy beta programs create stronger offersThe power of standing behind an unconventional messageMemorable MomentsThe story of a little girl who reread her childhood storybook while being bullied.Why "it's just photos" may be the most expensive belief we carry.How one conversation completely changed Barb's business philosophy.The importance of noticing ordinary moments before they're gone.Why AI can't replace genuine human stories.What happens when you stop trying to fit into your industry's expectations.Connect with Barb OrozcoBarbOrozco.comLearn about Barb's programs, including:Photo Rescue LabStorying FoundationsStrategic StoryingJoin the Designed to Profit community here.Final ThoughtsPhotos preserve moments.Stories preserve relationships.The words you write today may become exactly what someone you love needs years from now.That's the kind of legacy Barb is helping families create.

When your body is hurt, it needs some attention for healing. In the same way, our hearts can be sick emotionally and need healing to be set free. Today I'm sharing the basic steps of emotional healing, as well as sharing some personal stories of how I have found freedom from past trauma and began to replace lies I'd believed for decades with truth from God's Word.You'll hear in this episode:Bible verses about emotionsSimple steps for emotional healingHow to know if your heart needs attentionMy personal story of needing inner healing (AKA emotional healing)Lies I needed to renounce by announcing the truth over themWhy a grade 3 boy's cruel words were still impacting me years later in my 30's, even after forgiving himA lie of unworthiness I struggled with when dating someone that God helped me overcomePast episodes mentioned:Jesus Wants You Free of Anxiety (Bible Based Advice that Has Worked for Me)What Blind Bartimaeus and I Both Did for Healing (I got my singing voice back after almost a year of not being able to sing)Godly Body Image After Birthing 7 Babies With Guest Tiffany Jo BakerHave to Practically Start to Sabbath with Tiffany Jo BakerMaking Time in the Secret Place a Non Negotiable with Caroline HarriesConnect with Nyla:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nyla's second podcast, On the Job with God Christian Business Podcast

In this episode of the Perform Happy Podcast, I sit down with college gymnast Cecilia Cooley to talk about mental blocks, rebuilding confidence, overcoming fear, and learning not to give up on yourself when gymnastics starts to feel impossible. Cecilia shares her unconventional journey from starting gymnastics later than most to becoming a college gymnast, captain, and scholarship athlete. She opens up about struggling with mental blocks across multiple events, feeling like her body and brain were no longer working together, and reaching a point where practice felt exhausting and she considered quitting.Cecilia explains how working with a sports psychologist helped her put words to what she was experiencing and gave her practical tools to move forward. She shares the “billboard strategy,” which helped her learn that she could notice fearful thoughts without automatically believing them. We also talk about rebuilding skills from the basics, using keywords and visual cues, learning when to take a step back, and why listening to your brain can actually help you move forward faster.In this episode you will hearWhy mental blocks do not mean you are brokenHow to work with fearful thoughts instead of fighting themWhy taking a step back can help you move forwardHow keywords and visual cues can help during skillsWhy overcoming a mental block takes patienceHow hard experiences can build confidence and perseveranceWhy you should not give up before getting the right supportThis conversation is a powerful reminder that a mental block does not have to be the end of your gymnastics journey. Sometimes the path forward starts with slowing down, getting help, and rebuilding your trust in yourself one small step at a time.Learn exactly what to say and do to guide your athlete through a mental block with my new book "Parenting Through Mental Blocks" Order your copy today: https://a.co/d/g990BurFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/complete_performance/Join my FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/completeperformancecoaching/Check out my website: https://completeperformancecoaching.com/Write to me! Email: rebecca@completeperformancecoaching.comReady to help your athlete overcome fears and mental blocks while gaining unstoppable confidence? Discover the transformative power of PerformHappy now. If your athlete is struggling or feeling left behind, it's time for a change. Are you ready? For more info and to sign up: PerformHappy.com

A client complains. A freelancer lets you down. A proposal gets rejected. You make a mistake, forget something, receive a bad review, or have a wedding that does not go according to plan.The event itself may only last a few minutes or a few days. But the story you create around it can affect your business for weeks.In this episode, Jeni talks about one of the fastest ways to regain momentum after something goes wrong: stop ruminating and start reflecting.Reflection helps you understand what happened, identify what was within your control, learn the lesson, and decide what action to take next. Rumination sends you around the same problem repeatedly while draining your confidence, creativity, energy, and ability to lead.Jeni explains how one negative experience can begin leaking into completely unrelated areas of your business. A difficult client can make you suspicious of every new inquiry. A rejected proposal can make you less confident during your next consultation. A freelancer letting you down can leave you frustrated with the rest of your team.Your next client should not have to emotionally pay for what your last client did.This episode offers a practical framework for moving through setbacks without ignoring your feelings or avoiding responsibility:Feel. Fact-check. Fix. Forward.Feel the emotion and give it space.Fact-check the situation by separating what actually happened from the story you are creating around it.Fix what needs to be repaired, whether that means apologizing, replacing something, updating a contract, improving a process, creating a checklist, setting a boundary, or changing how you communicate.Then move forward by taking one productive action that restores momentum.The goal is not to avoid every disappointing, frustrating, or painful experience. That is impossible when you own a business.The goal is to become the kind of CEO who can move through difficult experiences without allowing one moment to become the atmosphere of the entire business.In this episode, Jeni talks about:How one setback can create a damaging story about your businessWhy a difficult moment does not need to become your identityThe difference between reflection and ruminationHow rumination drains your confidence, creativity, and leadershipWhy negative energy can affect new inquiries and client relationshipsHow to give difficult emotions space without letting them take overSeparating factual events from the meaning you assign to themWhy accountability moves you forward while self-punishment keeps you stuckHow to find the lesson without building a shrine around the problemWhy one forward-moving action can restore momentumHow repeatedly retelling the story keeps the negative experience aliveThe Feel, Fact-check, Fix, Forward frameworkThe frameworkFeel: Give yourself permission to experience the emotion.Fact-check: Separate what actually happened from the story you are telling yourself.Fix: Take responsibility, repair what needs repairing, and identify the lesson.Forward: Take one action that points your energy toward the future.Key takeawayThe problem happened once.Rumination makes it happen a hundred more times.A setback is an event, not your identity. Feel it, learn from it, fix what needs fixing, and then take your energy forward.

Send us Fan MailExploring the Spiritual RealmWhere spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism Disclaimer: This episode discusses spiritual and metaphysical beliefs that are not evidence-based public health methods or medical treatments. Nothing in this conversation is medical or health advice. If you have a health concern, please seek care from a licensed clinician. This is entertainment only. In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Alisha Das, author of Angelic Ancestry. Alisha shares her personal story and discusses how her experiences shaped her understanding of angels, healing, intuition, and what she describes as our spiritual ancestry.During the conversation, they discuss:Alisha's personal journey and what led her to write Angelic AncestryWhat she means by "angels" and how she understands themWhy belief in angels appears across cultures and throughout historyThe concept of "angelic ancestry"Whether she believes people can communicate with loved ones who have diedWhat she believes happens after deathWhat "angelic language" is and how she experiences itHer personal healing journey and how it influenced her worldviewWhether someone must follow a particular religion to connect with these ideasHow she responds to skeptics and those who question her experiencesThis conversation explores ideas that exist outside mainstream science and medicine. It is intended as an exploration of one person's beliefs and experiences rather than an endorsement or validation of those claims.Whether you're a believer, a skeptic, or simply curious, we hope you'll find the conversation interesting and thought-provoking.Work with Eeks? Perhaps you are a good match. Keep Causes or Cures Ad-Free with Listener SupportYou can contact Dr. Eeks at bloomingwellness.com.Follow Eeks on Instagram here.Follow on X. Or Facebook here.On Youtube.Or TikTok.SUBSCRIBE to the Eeks Weekly here! (the bits not posted on socia media)Support the show

Join the Guild - discount appliedwww.imnotquitting.com Chris hasn't weighed in on GLP-1s in a while, and his opinion keeps evolving — so this is his July 2026 update. Drawing on years of coaching people who use them, quit them, restart them, or never touch them, he lays out an honest, non-dogmatic take: a GLP-1 is a genuine shortcut for hunger, but it's not a cure for the reasons people overeat in the first place.He gets into why the "food noise" comes roaring back when people stop, why so many GLP-1 users never build the walking, exercise, and emotional-eating skills that make weight loss last, and the specific situations where he thinks a GLP-1 genuinely makes sense — older clients, people with 300+ pounds to lose, those fighting a biological clock or a surgery deadline, and cases where deep emotional eating needs the same kind of help a mental-health medication provides.If you're on a GLP-1, considering one, or coming off one, this one's for you. No judgment either way — the goal is an informed decision.In this episode:Where Chris first ran into GLP-1s back in 2021, and the client who changed his mindWhy the food noise "comes back with a vengeance" — and his hypothesis on what's really going onThe core four: thin, healthy, happy, and in shape — and why a GLP-1 only delivers one of themWhy so many users stop walking and exercising the moment they don't "need" toEmotional eating is a separate problem the drug doesn't touchWho's actually a great candidate for a GLP-1 (and who's just taking a shortcut)The testosterone comparison: what a shortcut is, and what it still doesn't do for youAdvice if you're going on one — whether you plan to stay on it forever or notProtein and muscle: the new problem a GLP-1 can quietly createWant to start the work of listening to your hunger — whether you're avoiding a GLP-1 or coming off one? Take the free Kick Start course at becomingthin.com.

In this episode we'll talk about:Why setting boundaries so often gets confused with hurting people — when what's really happening is that boundaries are exposing dynamics that were never sustainable in the first place, and why the discomfort others feel is not the same thing as harm being done to themThe specific way that a lack of boundaries quietly benefits certain people in your life — and why the loudest resistance to your new limits almost always comes from the ones who were quietly gaining the most from your old lack of themWhy the people who genuinely love you will adjust to your boundaries — even if imperfectly — and the people who resist them completely are showing you something important about the actual nature of the relationshipHow to recognize the difference between a boundary that's hurting someone and a boundary that's just inconveniencing someone who was used to unlimited access — because those two things get conflated constantly and the confusion keeps a lot of people from setting the limits they needWhat becomes possible when you finally stop apologizing for the limits that were always yours to set — and how the relationships that survive that shift become the ones actually worth havingAnd more… START HERE…→ Join The Niche Is You® — my Substack (20K+) — Weekly essays, the full workshop library, the private community + the Quarterly Challenges. → https://mattgottesman.substack.com/aboutNEW HERE…→ 6 Days to Clarity Workshop — clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play. → https://mattgottesman.com/reverse-engineer-your-life (FREE)CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ TikTok — @mattgottesman→ YouTube — @mattgottesmanRESOURCES…→ Write • Design • Build — my Content Creator Studio & OS masterclass (Included when you join my Substack) — Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income — CLICK HERE→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.comOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Faith Isn't Knowing the Whole Path… It's Taking the Next Honest StepApple: https://apple.co/3MB62IuSpotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

Divorce is traumatic for children at every age—but parents can either deepen that wound or help their children heal.In this conversation, licensed clinical social worker and psychoanalyst Erica Komisar explains why a “good divorce” requires parents to stop focusing on what feels fair to them and start prioritizing what their children actually need. She shares practical ways to create stability, reduce emotional damage, and protect children from being pulled into adult conflict.In this episode, you'll learn:Why frequent transitions between homes can destabilize childrenHow to tell children about a divorce without overwhelming themWhy parents must avoid oversharing, badmouthing, and using children as messengersHow a parent's emotional regulation affects a child's ability to copeWhy flexibility, sacrifice, and stability matter more than rigid ideas of fairnessIf you're divorced, considering divorce, or trying to help your child adjust to a family breakup, this episode is for you.Learn more about Erica Komisar, her books, and her workGet the free guide, “7 Ways to Work Through the Pain of Your Parents' Divorce”Get the free guide, “10 Tips to Help Someone Whose Parents Are Separating or Divorcing”

What do you do when someone you thought you could trust does something so out of character that you're caught completely off guard?At first you don't think too much of it, but then you start to notice there's actually a pattern – of control, manipulation, and coldness. It's those little manipulations where they deny something happened or downplay it that really start to chip away at your sense of reality, your confidence, and your sense of self – and before you know it, you don't even recognize yourself anymore. The sad truth is, manipulators are masters at making you doubt your own reality, and by the time you realize what's happening, you're already trapped in their web. And that's why on today's episode of Women of Impact, we are diving deep into how these dangerous people – like psychopaths and predators you expect would be SO obvious to spot – are actually the ones hiding in plain sight and waiting for their opportunity. Here to pull back the curtain on exactly how dangerous people operate right under our noses is cold case investigator Paul Holes. This guy spent years hunting down some of the most elusive predators out there, including the infamous Golden State Killer. And what he's sharing today is going to make you rethink everything you thought you knew about spotting danger. We go deep into: Signs to look for when dating or meeting someone new that could be giveaways that something is actually “off” about themWhy some of the most dangerous people are often the ones who seem the most “normal”How people like the Golden State Killer can hide in plain sight for DECADES, all while committing horrific crimesAnd how YOU can spot those subtle signs of manipulation and control that most people don't see until it's unfortunately too frikin' lateThe reality is guys, that psychopaths are often hiding behind the “normal” people you see every day – the barista making your coffee, your co-worker that everyone loves, or even your boyfriend that you've been with for MONTHS. But by the end of this episode, you'll know the giveaway signs that a predator is trying to trick you and blend into everyday life, and how YOU can protect yourself and the people you love from these predators, abusers, manipulators who just want to get power and control over you. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORSCaraway: Visit https://www.carawayhome.com/WOI or use code WOI at checkout and get 10% off you your next purchaseOneSkin: Visit https://oneskin.co and use code LISA for 15% off to make your skin look, feel, and act younger with OneSkin!Follow Paul Holes:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul.holesPodcasts: https://www.smalltowndicks.com/ & https://open.spotify.com/show/4k4K2WpZFxlTGoCzY40hJbGet your copy of “Unmasked”: https://a.co/d/4e2uQNxFOLLOW LISA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpactTik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=enSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Anxiety always seems to have a strategy for you, doesn't it?Check it, prepare for it, watch it closely so nothing bad happensStay on top of things so you can be the fixer, the predictor, the protector, the engineer of experiencesDo not take your eyes off the worry because worry is proof of how good you are and how loving you are.This week we're picking that strategy apart and showing why it almost never holds up.We're talking about:The nocebo effect and why anticipating symptoms can create themWhy anxiety takes credit for bad things not happening even when the worry and avoidance did nothingWhy so many strategies anxiety hands you, from monitoring intrusive thoughts to rehearsing what you'll say to a stranger, are solving a problem that was never actually there to begin withWe also get into why restarting exercise after a period of anxiety can bring on new physical stress, and what that means.Want to talk about this episode and interact with us and others that share your experience? We're hanging out in the Disordered community space:https://disordered.fm/community---The Disordered Guide to Health Anxiety is available as a paperback or on Kindle⁠https://www.disordered.fm/the-disordered-guide-to-health-anxiety/⁠---Struggling with worry and rumination that you feel you can't stop or control? Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Worry and Rumination Explained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a two hour pre-recorded workshop produced by Josh and Drew. The workshop takes a deep dive into the mechanics of worrying and ruminating, offering some helpful ways to approach the seemingly unsolvable problem of trying to solve seemingly unsolvable problems.-----Got a question or did it anyway to share? ⁠Send us an email or voicemail on our website⁠.https://disordered.fm