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This month we talk to filmmaker Lisa Downs about her awesome documentaries on Flash Gordon, Flight of the Navigator and the inspiring personal journeys of their iconic stars. Join us as we geek out over 80s movies, the magic of Brian Blessed, playing Flash Gordon pinball with Brian May and just how incredibly cool Howard Hesseman really is. Then Lisa takes the honorary guest co-host chair as we all discuss our favorite documentaries about the movie industry. Plus plenty of bonus Corey Haim content! Connect with Lisa at lifeaftermovies.com and Life After Movies Presents The Web Show on youtube!

Many people start their business to create a job for themselves, but at some point it's time to move beyond working all day and create a business asset that works for you. Have you ever wondered what steps to take first when you decide to move beyond just having made yourself a job? Join us today as Lisa gives us the tips you need to know on how to build an asset for yourself to be able to sell. My Guest: Lisa-Kipps Brown With 25 years of internet business experience, Lisa can help you use the web in the most profitable way possible, covering way more than marketing, technology & design. Lisa started her web & marketing strategy business in ‘96. At the same time as raising 2 kids & caring for her father-in-law with Alzheimer's (7+ yrs). She was later the caregiver for her mother with Alzheimer's (4yrs). Lisa is a big believer in building a business that can be adapted to fit one's life stages. Lisa has almost 15 years experience in rural Economic Development. Pivotal moments ·       Lisa wrote a book just after her mum had passed away from Alzheimer's. She was her care giver. The advice in it is really for anyone, but Lisa was targeting people age 50 + because they are at a stage in their life where they need to be thinking about selling their business. However many people don't even have what to sell. ·       People build businesses that don't have saleable value. But there is a point where you can own your business as an asset. So you can sell it on. ·       You have to remember no one wants to buy a job. ·       We have to think about what our assets are that we can be building up that aren't physical. It has to be something that has value to other people. ·       Lisa has a degree in accounting, but she hated it. She had a side consulting firm too. ·       Then Lisa dropped everything and started with her web and marketing strategy business in 1996. ·       Nowadays no one really needs web design they really need the strategy and to understand how to make everything work together. So now Lisa focuses on consulting on helping people get their business ready to sell. ·       What is a web strategy? ·       You have to look at the web as part of your business. ·       Lisa says everything is based around your strengths and weaknesses and goals and dreams. ·       When wondering what app to use it doesn't make a difference because it is a tool. You pick the tool that works best for you. Advice For something to become a scalable profit, you need to remove yourself from it completely. There is no way you can take the salary that you have created for yourself and sell it. Now based on everything you have learnt, you can create something different that can become a product. The highest value you can create is to think of your business as a turnkey business. As if someone walks up to you, hands you the cash and you can hand them the keys and leave. Quote The most important questions are the ones you don't even know need asking. Resources & Links: Below is a code for listeners to get a free e-book copy of Lisa's book "Boomer Cashout: Increase Your Business's Value & Marketability to Sell For Retirement": Free e-book https://lisakippsbrown.com/boomer-cashout/ ("Boomer Cashout: Increase Your Business's Value & Marketability to Sell For Retirement" ) Code: ESTIE https://lisakippsbrown.com/ (www.lisakippsbrown.com) Social media: @Lisakippsbrown Show: http://www.estierand.com/breakthrough (www.estierand.com/breakthrough) Part 1 of this episode where you hear more go to...

Many people start their business to create a job for themselves, but at some point it's time to move beyond working all day and create a business asset that works for you. Have you ever wondered what steps to take first when you decide to move beyond just having made yourself a job? Join us today as Lisa gives us the tips you need to know on how to build an asset for yourself to be able to sell. My Guest: Lisa-Kipps Brown With 25 years of internet business experience, Lisa can help you use the web in the most profitable way possible, covering way more than marketing, technology & design. Lisa started her web & marketing strategy business in ‘96. At the same time as raising 2 kids & caring for her father-in-law with Alzheimer's (7+ yrs). She was later the caregiver for her mother with Alzheimer's (4yrs). Lisa is a big believer in building a business that can be adapted to fit one's life stages. Lisa has almost 15 years experience in rural Economic Development. Pivotal moments ·       Lisa wrote a book just after her mum had passed away from Alzheimer's. She was her care giver. The advice in it is really for anyone, but Lisa was targeting people age 50 + because they are at a stage in their life where they need to be thinking about selling their business. However many people don't even have what to sell. ·       People build businesses that don't have saleable value. But there is a point where you can own your business as an asset. So you can sell it on. ·       You have to remember no one wants to buy a job. ·       We have to think about what our assets are that we can be building up that aren't physical. It has to be something that has value to other people. ·       Lisa has a degree in accounting, but she hated it. She had a side consulting firm too. ·       Then Lisa dropped everything and started with her web and marketing strategy business in 1996. ·       Nowadays no one really needs web design they really need the strategy and to understand how to make everything work together. So now Lisa focuses on consulting on helping people get their business ready to sell. ·       What is a web strategy? ·       You have to look at the web as part of your business. ·       Lisa says everything is based around your strengths and weaknesses and goals and dreams. ·       When wondering what app to use it doesn't make a difference because it is a tool. You pick the tool that works best for you. Advice For something to become a scalable profit, you need to remove yourself from it completely. There is no way you can take the salary that you have created for yourself and sell it. Now based on everything you have learnt, you can create something different that can become a product. The highest value you can create is to think of your business as a turnkey business. As if someone walks up to you, hands you the cash and you can hand them the keys and leave. Quote The most important questions are the ones you don't even know need asking. Resources & Links: Below is a code for listeners to get a free e-book copy of Lisa's book "Boomer Cashout: Increase Your Business's Value & Marketability to Sell For Retirement": Free e-book https://lisakippsbrown.com/boomer-cashout/ ("Boomer Cashout: Increase Your Business's Value & Marketability to Sell For Retirement" ) Code: ESTIE https://lisakippsbrown.com/ (www.lisakippsbrown.com) Social media: @Lisakippsbrown Show: http://www.estierand.com/breakthrough (www.estierand.com/breakthrough) Part 2 of this episode where you hear more go to...

Following the story of Lucinda Baulch, the Australian woman who refused to get a Covid test while in managed isolation in Wellington, Marcus struggled to think of any viable reason someone would have not to take one.Then Lisa, and later John, phoned to share their reasons not to get tested - which Marcus didn't take well...LISTEN ABOVE

Lisa opens the show with a pandemic update in CT and she continues to track the progress of possible vaccines. Then Dr. Michael Geger joins the show to discuss diets and alternative foods. Then Lisa warns of the dangers of leaving your car unlocked, or worse yet leaving your keys in the car!

Lisa begins the show paying tribute to the lives lost and a changed world due to the attack on Pearl Harbor 79 years ago today. The the discussion turns to Covid-19 continuing to change the labor laws both in CT and around the country. How can CT residents get the help they need? Then Lisa is joined by CT House Speaker Designate Matt Ritter to discuss the many issues that will be tackled in the upcoming legislative session in Hartford.

Lisa Anderson joins the team to talk about how not to be overwhelmed with loneliness during the holidays. Lisa is the host of the Boundless radio show and podcast. Boundless is a Focus on the Family community for Christian young adults who want to pursue Jesus, relationships and adulthood with confidence and joy. www.boundless.org.First, we have more fun than we expected getting to know each other (!) and find out what Lisa will be doing to avoid being alone as a single this Thanksgiving. Next, Lisa takes us into some of her lonely experiences as a single. Then, she gives some real life ways we can reach out to those who are going to be alone during the holidays. Next, Lisa says if you’re single; put together a plan now to escape the black hole of loneliness for the holidays. Then we have some fun hearing Lisa’s least and most favorite Christmas films. Then Lisa gives some wisdom for navigating those difficult political conversations. Next, Lisa talks about the beautiful community that has been created for young adults through Boundless. And finally, Shawna’s daughter is moving across the ocean for 3 years! And Shawna asks Lisa how they can best keep connected! Share today’s show so that no one feels alone this holiday season!

Lisa begins the show breaking down Governor Ned Lamont's comments and new policies regarding Covid-19 in CT. Then Lisa shares Rachel Maddow's compelling coronavirus story. Then She analyzes the public's growing distrust of the election process and distrust of national news sources.

Lisa kicks off the show with a glimmer of hope! Vaccines are on the way, but beware of bootleg vaccines coming out of China. Then Lisa discusses New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker's comments about wanting to roll the state all the way back to Phase 1 and that the City of New Haven will be cracking down on businesses who are not complying with Covid-19 regulations. Then celebrity Chef Jaimie Gwen joins the show to preview what this year's Thanksgiving Feast (or lack thereof) will look like.

Lisa opens the show breaking down the rising outbreak of Covid-19 in CT, and we get a surprise cameo from the "Queen of the Wexler Home". Next Dean from Wilton calls in to discuss the latest power outages and the local wildlife that he feeds in his backyard. Then Lisa details the new Covid-19 phone app released by the State of CT.

Lisa is joined by CT State Senator Will Haskell as he won his race for re-election yesterday. Then Lisa continues to track the remaining local races and the Presidential race and takes your calls.

On "Bad" Strengths: The Perception Behind Annoying Coworkers If you just got into StrengthsFinder, chances are you are all fired up knowing about your top strengths and, maybe, how they compare to others'. Many of us scroll through all the 34 talent themes and then mentally assign some of them to people or teams that we know.  This tendency is generally okay because our experiences working with people or teams allow us to match up some positive perceptions of their dominant themes, albeit on a surface level. It comes naturally to us. But when you skew this perception a little bit on the wayward side, what do you get? Theme bias. In this episode, host Lisa Cummings and Lead Through Strengths facilitator Sara Regan introduce the different forms and dangers of theme bias and how to reverse a perception of bad strengths or annoying coworkers. Here’s the transcript of Lisa’s interview with Sara as they exchange views about theme bias and seemingly annoying coworkers. Lisa: Hello, everyone, it's Lisa and Sara from Lead Through Strengths, and we're here today to give you some fresh ideas about how to apply your strengths at work. Are Bad Strengths A Real Thing? Lisa: So you talk about the demonizing of a strength or making a strength the bad guy, or even fearing that there's a bad one that maybe this isn't the good one to have in this organization. How would you experience that in working with teams and what would you offer them as another way? Sara: Sure. And I think anytime that I'm working with a team, I am going to bring up theme bias. And that's whether it's the first time I'm seeing them, or maybe the fifth time in a year, I'm going to return to this because I think it's just natural for us. I can say to groups that if they look through that full list of 34 themes and kind of scan that, I will stop on one or two of them. And they will think, “Oh, I'm really glad I don't have that one.” Or maybe, "That's good for the work that other people do in a different kind of organization, but for our team, we don't really need that here. That wouldn't fit.” Or they point their finger to one and say, “Oh, I bet so and so had that theme and that's why I find it so hard to work with them.” So I feel like all of those are examples of theme bias, and it's really important for people to be on the lookout for it because a little bit of StrengthsFinder language can sometimes be detrimental, where people start labeling each other and making assumptions. It takes a long time to develop the fluency of understanding all 34 themes.  So for me, what I want people to do is to have that awareness of their own dominant themes. I wouldn't fully understand every other theme that folks have in the room, but that they have an understanding that none are better than others. And all of those themes are neutral.  So I try to bring that conversation up regularly. If I'm working with a team over time, you know, how are we doing with that theme bias and check in with people. I just feel like it's very foundational to the whole principle. And that we are different people. We bring something different to the party, and we need to be honored and appreciated for that. I see also some ties in with diversity and inclusion, about how we bring our whole selves to work. And it's really a very profound metaphor, I think, for thinking about diversity. We want to start with curiosity, not making assumptions. We want to ask questions, we want to assume that differences are an advantage, or to know that and to seek that out.  And so I feel like that's an important message or for teams to take away with this work. Dissolving Bias By Starting Conversations Through StrengthsFinder Lisa: Totally. And I see a lot of eyes open when we talk. They'll bring up diversity and they'll say, “Oh, this is a big thing in the organization.”  And then we can introduce the idea of cognitive diversity, and how you think differently because you lead through these different talent themes. For a second, forget all the other really obvious, surface things that people are talking about. Let's talk about how you think, how you act, and how these things drive you. And I've noticed that over the years, when we bring up that "theme bias" stuff, you get them to the end of phase one where they're realizing, “Okay, I'm a little bit biased against this other one in other people. I think people who lead through xyz talent are my annoying coworkers." Then they start to see, “Oh, I have this bias against this talent theme. I had something on my top 5 or top 10 and I like it, but I don't think that it's really going to be accepted well in this work culture, so I think I'm going to turn that one down to a volume-level-one or save that more for my home life.”  Have you experienced that kind of example personally or with teams? And how do you get them through that bias when they're convinced that they have an annoying coworker who causes all of the toxicity on the team?  Sara: Yes. Both within myself and with teams. And certainly, the bias can be directed towards other things, but it can be towards our own. And I think what people struggle with is, as you were talking about seeing the workplace and application of a particular thing, you might say, “Yeah, that shows up in my parenting role or as a volunteer or outside of work but I don't know that that is going. I don't know that that's what the team is looking for. Or I don't need to know that I use that.”  And so I really want people to not dismiss and leave something in the door but to look, I think usually through some questioning and some deeper conversation. They might see the small ways that...and even big ways that they just haven't been tuned into, that something that's really serving them well.  My personal example was being caught up or when somebody was asking me about Connectedness. I call Connectedness sometimes the "squishy" theme — it can take all different kinds of forms I feel like it's a bit of a shapeshifter. But it was early on when I was maybe like, first few months of doing StrengthsFinder trainings and somebody asked me about Connectedness like, “Yeah, well, how do you use that at work?”  And I wasn't really sure. And I'm the facilitator, like I should know this stuff. And it prompted me to really do a lot more reflection. Connectedness is certainly a bit of my mindset in which we are all connected. We're all people sharing the same planet at the same time. It's about how we treat each other. It's about reciprocity.  So it ties into my values. But since learning more, I’ve also seen very strong business applications and have met people in very high-powered jobs who are using things like Connectedness. One of the people that I will often tell a story about was a person who is a chief economist at a Wall Street firm that everybody would know the name of. He had Connectedness in his top 5, and had a lot of thinking themes. But for him, he was able to explain well.   “Of course, I’m Connectedness. I'm thinking on a macro level. I'm taking things that are seemed disparate to other people, but I'm seeing a connection that other people don't.”  So when there is bias about a particular theme, and I'll just ask people, you know, “Are you struggling with any of these things? Is there anything you want to learn more about?” And in sharing that story, you can almost see the person who's been a little reticent just comes to life like that.  “Yeah, you know what, I do have that one. And that's okay.”  And so that's part of what I feel — a value that I bring to this — because I've been asked for a while that I've accumulated a lot of those stories so that if there's people who need a new perspective, I can usually draw upon somebody else's experience with it. And it just puts them to ease.  Annoying Coworkers: 'Outliers' Who Bring An Important Contribution To The Table Lisa: Yeah, that is so good. And those examples make all the difference. I mean, sometimes exploring examples of people you respect and admire can turn your stereotype-loving mind in a new direction. Instead of assuming they're going to be the annoying coworker, you instead show up with an open mind about how that talent can bring unexpected nuance. In fact, often, the teammates who used to be frustrating will suddenly seem ultra-valuable to you because they live in a headspace that isn't fun for you. Isn't it great if someone else can do the work in that space if it sucks the life out of you. So, using Sara's example of Connectedness, I've seen several people get surprised when they learn nuances about this talent theme - how it shows up in different people. This respected economist leads through Connectedness. It helps her see the economy as a complex system with many levers. The software engineer was worried that he would be viewed as "soft" but quickly realized that Connectedness is exactly why he's so good in his coding language. He sees the ripple effect of every action. One character can change the whole app." The business analyst who leads through Connectedness has an outstanding network of peers. She keeps in touch with people across verticals, industries, and past companies. It helps her get things done because she has relationships everywhere. The account manager who leads through Connectedness sees how his answer to the customer impacts people in another department. He understands the downstream impact, and can simultaneously help the upset customer feel like the only person in the room. Well, it's the same thing happening. It's just different words to describe the same thing. And you have so many rich examples to help people make it concrete. Sometimes you need these examples to allow yourself to see the value. Even if it's not an annoying coworker - sometimes you might think it's your personal talent that is frustrating. Sara: I've also noticed people might have a harder time coming to appreciate certain talents inside of certain industries (whether inside of themselves or someone else). At this point, I'm kind of prepped that this perception might happen. It's helpful to look at their team charts ahead of time. And I do pay attention to who are those outliers. There is this group where there's a lot of Context, Analytical, Strategic, and some people who have different themes.  I want to make sure that everybody will understand that they're bringing something different, but something that's equally valued and maybe even more important, because it's an outlier thing. And so I feel like it has helped people who might feel like they're a little bit of a fish out of water or they know they're different than a lot of their teammates. But know that that's bringing a value and helping other people to appreciate that as well.  Given the language, it's really about the common language because often people have intuited this or they have a sense, but it's being able to put language to it. And because it's a validated instrument, and it's been around and done by Gallup, the polling people, I feel like it gets a little bit of that credibility as well.  Lisa: And something that you've mentioned often is permission. Sometimes it just allows them to say, “Oh, there's this way I think and this thing that I do,” And instead of feeling like, “one of these things is not like the other, and I don't do this like everyone on my team, so therefore, I should squash it.”  If it gives them the feeling, “Oh, here's this thing, they're gonna miss this. It’s a contribution I should offer because they're not thinking.” This suddenly gives them permission to use it as a contribution rather than that "annoying coworker" person who thinks of the other things.  Sara: Oh I think that is so true. Those outline the strengths you know. And if we believe the definition of a strength's near-perfect performance every time, we want everybody on the team to bring that, and that's what's really exciting — it’s when you think about not only your own individual performance, and how that can impact striving for that near-perfect. But what if you're surrounded by teammates who are also delivering the appropriate performance? What does that mean for what that team can accomplish? And what's possible because of that? So to be able to tap into that, unleash it to set up the right type of conversations, related to "that is really exciting for me."  Lisa: So many good ideas from Sara. Now, it's your turn to go apply these and think about how they could show up in your workplace and how you could make a bigger contribution with your strengths by taking these ideas and actually applying them to your real life. Make them real for you. So let us know how it goes for you as you begin to claim these talents. Do something with them, apply them at work, and share that strengths contribution with the world.  Bye for now. More Insights On Theme Bias With These Additional Resources In an earlier podcast, Lisa exchanged insights with another Lead Through Strengths facilitator Strother Gaines on What To Do When You Don’t Like Your Strengths or when you think you don’t like someone else’s strengths. Strother encourages viewers to bring out what they deem to be their “weird” or “rare” strength, leverage it fully and make it stand out instead of squashing it. Then Lisa yet again tackles the dangers of strengths-related cognitive biases in another podcast, Do Your Strengths Come With Unconscious Biases? using mostly her own experiences, especially her accidental biases to highlight her points. She's not immune to thinking that there's an annoying coworker out there - it takes effort to show up with your most mature thinking.

Lisa previews Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim's upcoming press conference because the city is rolling back to Phase 2 amidst spiking Covid-19 cases around the state. Then Lisa breaks news about the ongoing Martha Moxley murder case, and why Michael Skakel will not be on trial again.

Westport Selectwoman Melissa Kane joins the show to discuss gun violence, legislation and what can be done to help the victims of gun violence. Then Lisa breaks down all the details of CT moving into Phase 3 of reopening in October. Next Lisa takes a deep dive into the actual facts of the Breonna Taylor shooting in Kentucky, and how the truth is going to effect public perception of the incident and the protests it has sparked.

Lisa discusses additional restaurant costs with the winter months quickly approaching. Then Facebook's new policy about political ads. Should we be worried? Then Mike from Manhattan calls in to talk about the CT Supreme Court and a great 'feel good' story. Then Lisa breaks the news that there will be no high school football in CT this fall because of the pandemic.

Lisa discusses the process and reality of testing and distributing a Covid-19 vaccine nation wide on the heels of news that some companies are making progress in developing the vaccine. Then Lisa talks about an article revealing that CT voter information is very vulnerable to hackers and the dark web. The conversation then turns to mail-in balloting, segregation through zoning, a NY times wedding story and the return of drive-in movies.

Lisa starts the show dicusssing the new CDC guidlines and why Governor Lamont is not adhering to them. The conversation turns to the opioid epidemic and the tragedy in Kenosha Wisconsin. Then Lisa details the scandal involving Yale Professor Jed Rubenfeld and the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled at him. Next she looks at Moderna's possible new vaccine for Covid-19. Then Lisa discovers the vigilante shooter in Kenosha Wisconsin who was arrested a day after killing two protesters in cold blood.

Lisa continues the discussion regarding teachers and the conditions at public schools in the middle of the pandemic and the new CDC guidelines and why CT will not be following them. Then the conversation turns to the upcoming mail in voting debacle in November. Then Lisa previews the big day on Sunday, when her daughter is getting married,

Lisa discusses the recent Eversource price hikes and how CT Regulators have temporarily suspended those hikes. Then she reveals how to set your air conditioning to best save money. Next public school enrollment has gone up going into the school year, but why and is it a good thing? The conversation turns to the debate of municipalities going fully online vs the social value that public spaces offer. Then Lisa takes on the face mask protests that took place over the weekend.

Lisa's battle with the chipmunk in her garden continues and gets some advice for dealing with the intruder from the audience. Then Lisa dives deep into the 4 most powerful men in America as the heads of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are testifying before a US House of Representatives anti-trust panel today.

Today you'll meet Lisa who has an incredible story of grace, forgiveness, and courage. I can guarantee that you do not want to miss this episode - it gives me chills to hear her reflect on her growth and transformation! Lisa found me after she made a move across the country to start over after leaving an abusive marriage and her job behind. She also had over $20,000 in credit card debt, $70,000 in student loans, no retirement, and no savings when we started working together. Then Lisa landed a new job, and that sparked Lisa to leave behind 44 years of money habits that never served her. When we began working together, she had a lot of shame around money and in this episode, we chat about her money transformation, and how she learned to give herself grace. Tune in to hear how Lisa has used a team to not only manage her emotional spending but also move in the direction that allows her to take action with her finances without fear. Here are a few things you'll learn when you listen in: The false narrative Lisa held that caused her to rely on instant gratification How she created realistic expectations so she could indulge in things she enjoys while also paying off debt and saving money The team she has relied on to move forward in her personal and financial life How she shifted her thoughts about tax season just being another opportunity to pay down debt Her tips for overcoming emotional spending Her advice for someone who is on the fence about improving their finances The plan we put in place to prevent spending triggers For show notes and a full transcript visit www.wealthovernow.com/category/money-files

Lisa examines the situation around Fox News' Tucker Carlson being at war with the New York Times and why his head writer was fired from Fox News. Then Lisa speaks on developments in the Shelton Police Department where they fired officers for misconduct and derelict of duty. Next the conversation turns to Mary Trump's book outlining the past of President Trump that may have shaped the person he is today. Then Lisa is joined by Wayne Winston for this week's edition of On Race.

Lisa turns the conversation to new revelations about John Wayne and discusses whether or not his name should appear on an airport. Then Lisa talks about the mandatory quarantines for visitors from other states. Then Harris Hecklman from Chef's Warehouse joins the show to talk about food for the 4th of July and their upcoming salmon selection.

Lisa opens the show discussing the new mandatory quarantine for visitors to CT from states with high rates of corona-virus infection. She then turns the conversation to how it is affecting the value of a college education and how the protests may or may not be influencing the rate of infection across the country. Then Lisa addresses rumors circulating about wearing masks.

Lisa discusses businesses like GNC and Chuck E Cheese that are filing for bankruptcy and the differences in their situations. Then Joe Yogerst from National Geographic joins the show to talk about ways to get away and be out in nature in the midst of the pandemic. Then Lisa discusses the implications of the return of EEE over the summer.

Lisa discusses slavery in the modern world. Then Dr. Elsa Nunez from Eastern Connecticut State University joins the show to discuss immigration and how that effects education. Then Lisa breaks the news that tennis star Novak Djokovic has been diagnosed with Covid-19.

Lisa shares how the evolving coronavirus situation is affecting her family's wedding plans. Then Lisa discusses the idea of purging with regards to the Black Lives Matter movement and why the NY Museum of Natural History is removing a statue of Theodore Roosevelt. Then Clay Risen, Deputy Editor in Chief at the New York Times, joins the show to discuss the fallout of the Tom Cotton Op-Ed and his love of whiskey.

Why are Shelton Police Officers changing in a parking lot and not inside the police station? Lisa breaks down the story. Then Lisa turns the conversation to what is going on in Harborpoint, and to a local publisher that was boosted by Rush Limbaugh.

Wayne from Bridgeport calls in to celebrate Juneteenth. Then Lisa discusses the use of absentee ballots in CT and the strange case of Tucker Carlson having huge ratings yet losing advertisers.

Lisa breaks the news that General Michael Milliey is apologizing to the nation for the events that unfolded in DC on June 1st. Then Lisa takes calls about the statues being destroyed in cities around the world and what that means for the legacies of historical figures like Christopher Columbus. Marion from New Haven calls in for part 1 of her experiences of living in the south as an African American during the Jim Crow era.

General Michael Milliey apologizes to the nation for the events that unfolded in Washington DC on June 1st 2020. Then Lisa continues her conversation with Marion from New Haven about being an African American in the south during the Jim Crow era. Wayne from Bridgeport also joins the show to educate us on the meaning of Juneteenth and the race riot in Tulsa in 1921.

Ron Rubano on the show to discuss medicare options and breaks down what factors into the price of an individuals medical insurance policy. Then Lisa shares a video of Candice Owens giving a unique perspective on the George Floyd murder from the view point of a conservative African American.

Lisa is joined by Program Director and Afternoon Drive host of 94.3 WYBC in New Haven Juan Castillo for some urban perspective during the ongoing protests. Then Lisa speaks with Teraj about the state of civil rights in the LBGTQ community.

Tonight's special guest is Lisa Zarcone from Springfield, Massachusetts, a returning NAASCA family member and the NAASCA Ambassador for her state. A child abuse survivor and activist, she's the author of "The Unspoken Truth, A Memoir."  Her book is about childhood neglect and abuse at the hands of my severely mentally ill mother and others. Lisa says, "I wrote my story to promote awareness for mental health issues, child safety and to bring a voice to so many who have the same unspoken truth as myself." She uses three words to describe her childhood experiences: horrific, disgusting and hideous. Her home life left a lot to be desired. "My mother would bring all types of strange people into our home, which set me up as prey." Lisa buried the abuse deep inside herself for years. "I fought daily battles with myself to get beyond it. I was still battling my mother daily as I was growing into womanhood." Eventually she married and had children of her own. "I had severe panic attacks, flashbacks and depression. I thought I was crazy and terrified of being like my mother." Lisa says, "I found an incredible therapist who helped me bring up my deep dark. I had to face my husband and share things with him that he never knew. It was a long painful journey." Then Lisa's father died, which brought up flashbacks. But her therapist explained she was not crazy. She was suffering PTSD. "I had to then jump back into my past and deal with more buried memories, which brought me to deciding to write my book."

Stefanie’s good friend Lisa Sundstedt is back for this week’s second episode of For Crying Out Loud. Stefanie opens the show talking to Lisa about her early childhood trauma. Then Lisa talks about her addiction to gambling. This leads into a discussion about substance abuse, addiction, and getting sober. Before they wrap, Lisa recaps the failed intervention she once tried to hold for Stefanie back when Stef was still drinking. And please support our sponsors: ADT.com, Geico.com, Bombas.com/FCOL, NetSuite.com/FCOL, ThirdLove.com/FCOL.

Stefanie opens this week’s first episode of For Crying Out Loud introducing today’s guest co host and best friend of Stefanie’s, Lisa Sundstedt. The ladies kick off the show recapping how they first met and explain their quirky way of answering each others phone calls. Then Lisa talks about her relationship with her long term boyfriend. After that Lisa talks about the time she went to Saudi Arabia. Before they wrap, Lisa and Stefanie discuss some of their past relationships. And please support our sponsors: AHS.com/FCOL, Brooklinen.com enter FCOL, Geico.com, TommyJohn.com/FCOL, Ritual.com/FCOL.

Sometimes accidents in life can be a great thing. Our guest, Lisa Channell, knows this well. Once upon a time she was called in accidentally (instead of the actual candidate) for a job opportunity that she would end up getting. During that job, she discovered her love for bookkeeping and met her mentor who taught her everything about it. Then Lisa surprisingly had a baby which was a beautiful accident that ended her stay at the job but then pushed her to pursue bookkeeping on her own. Today, she is the owner of Bonfire Bookkeeping and has been a longtime member of the Successful Bookkeeper community. During Part 1 of her interview, you'll discover... The significance of having a steady driving force How to find a good mentor Ways that bookkeepers can have better cash flow To find out more about Lisa, visit https://www.thesuccessfulbookkeeper.com.

In light of recent events it feels a little strange to say happy new year as our country is facing devastating bushfires. I‘ve been contemplating whether or not to release a new episode this week. But one of the important topics that we cover is mental health. Even if you haven’t been directly affected by this ongoing tragedy, the emotional impact of this disaster can be felt by all.If this traumatic event is impacting your mental health and wellbeing, please have a look at the helpful article created by Beyond Blue - Looking after yourself after a disaster.Ok, so now I’d know like to introduce you to an exceptional human and Melbourne Mum. Lisa Kroesche Boyce is an advocate for Mums and the founder of Bad Mums Club. There’s so much heart and intention behind what she does. Lisa has built a community (online and in-person) that encourages connection and empowerment of mothers through workshops, events, online forums, free campaigns and live chats.You won’t find any fluff with Lisa. She dives deep into the hard stuff. Tackles the taboo and she’s been a fighting force in getting mental health on the top of the government’s agenda.In this episode, Lisa shares her experience of motherhood, depression and anxiety. You’ll learn more about Bad Mums Club and Lisa’s work as a Beyond Blue ambassador. Then Lisa goes into full mission mode and chats about what is being ignored when it comes to Mums and mental health. We also speak about the realities of working from home.Tuning in? Share this episode on your Insta stories with a screen shot. Tag @motherhoodmelbourne & @bad.mums.club or @lisakroescheboyce.Let’s meet Lisa!______________________If you’re keen as beans for more info about the podcast, my guest or myself, jump over to motherhoodmelbourne.com.au.Season 3 is kindly supported by my podcast partner Bliss Early Learning - an Australian owned, premium provider in the child care and preschool space.To be in with a chance to win FREE child care for a year, visit bliss.edu.au/win and enter your details.NSW Permit No. LTPS/19/39442. For full T&C’s visit bliss.edu.au.

REPEAT SHOW, SCAN 2183 -- Tonight's special guest is Lisa Zarcone from Springfield, Mass., a returning NAASCA family member and NAASCA Ambassador. A child abuse survivor and activist, she's the author of "The Unspoken Truth, A Memoir," about childhood neglect & abuse at the hands of her severely mentally ill mother and others. Lisa says, "I wrote my story to promote awareness for mental health issues, child safety and to bring a voice to so many who have the same unspoken truth as myself." She uses 3 words to describe her childhood experiences: horrific, disgusting and hideous.  "My mother would bring all types of strange people into our home, which set me up as prey." Lisa buried the abuse deep inside herself for years. "I fought daily battles with myself to get beyond it. I was still battling my mother daily as I was growing into womanhood." Eventually she married and had children of her own. "I had severe panic attacks, flashbacks and depression. I thought I was crazy and terrified of being like my mother." Lisa says, "I found an incredible therapist who helped me bring my deep dark secrets to the light of day and release them. I had to face my husband and share things with him that he never knew about me after ten years of being together. It was a long painful journey." Then Lisa's father died, which brought up flashbacks. But her therapist explained she was not crazy. She was suffering PTSD. "I had to then jump back into my past and deal with more buried memories, which brought me to deciding to write my book."

This week’s intro includes 20 minutes from our LIVE Toronto Show. For the full version visit https://www.patreon.com/shameonyou  Then LISA and JEFF, two wonderful health care workers (and Allies) are back for part two of our interview. Everyone (except Lisa) is stoned. They talk the time Jordan had two butt surgeries, gerbils in butts , construction materials in butts, vibrators in butts….basically it’s an entire episode of things people go to the hospital with in their butts. This week’s episode is brought to you by bluechew.com.  Use the promo code SHAME to try it free. US customers ONLY. This week’s episode is brought to you by TAIMI. Taimi is the first LGBTQ+ Social Network & Dating App. Taimi is actively working on the social mission to combat state-sponsored homophobia. Check out their app for a new experience in gay dating at https://app.adjust.com/9mmwdtr Looking to support the show and get bonus episodes/full episodes? Our Patreon is LIVE and includes 5 FULL BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/shameonyou. Feel free to support the tier that works for you financially or if not we simply ask you spread the word to your social circle. All monies go back into growing the show and associated costs. None for personal use. Follow Jordan on Instagram @itchyprostate. Follow the show on Instagram @shameonyoupod. Read excerpts from Jordan’s future book by visiting www.jordanpowerwrites.com. Audio Editor: Dominique Ferraton

Brad sampled Jordan’s Sister’s breast milk and loved it. So much so that he put it in his coffee. Jordan, on the other hand, is done with protecting predatory men and gives an update on the therapist who sent him nudes. Then LISA and JEFF, two wonderful health care workers (and Allys!) join the boys to talk about shortcomings in healthcare for LGBTQ individuals. The foursome talks PEP, PREP, the time Lisa was stabbed at work, Lisa demanding pride in the hospital, Gay men treated as second class citizens in healthcare and more.   This week’s episode is brought to you by bluechew.com.  Use the promo code SHAME to try it free. US customers ONLY.   This week’s episode is brought to you by TAIMI. Taimi is the first LGBTQ+ Social Network & Dating App. Taimi is actively working on the social mission to combat state-sponsored homophobia. Check out their app for a new experience in gay dating at https://app.adjust.com/9mmwdtr   Looking to support the show and get bonus episodes/full episodes? Our Patreon is live! https://www.patreon.com/shameonyou. Feel free to support the tier that works for you financially or if not we simply ask you spread the word to your social circle. All monies go back into growing the show and associated costs. None for personal use.   Follow Jordan on Instagram @itchyprostate. Follow the show on Instagram @shameonyoupod. Read excerpts from Jordan’s future book by visiting www.jordanpowerwrites.com. Audio Editor: Dominique Ferraton

Wow, four strokes by age 39. Quite a record for a sportswoman. A story about trust. First, no benefit of the doubt by the first diagnosing person thinking that Lisa was a drugged-out college student. Then Lisa's trust in herself as a patient expert. Experience and engagement reinforce each other and builds confidence. No mystery that I appreciate I'm “good at naps.” So far, I don't know how else to introduce young people to choices about health, wellness, or illness other than including them when someone in their lives is actively making such choices. Lead by example. Also, no mystery that I appreciate Lisa's emphasis on telling her story. I'm delighted to be a channel. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Introducing Lisa Deck 00:56. 1 Four strokes between 21 and 39 06:11. 2 Not yet a superhero 09:59. 3 Becoming an engaged patient 12:27. 4 Introducing kids to health and wellness, illness 17:13. 5 Learning to fail well 20:42. 6 Healthy equals balance 22:05. 6 Please bother me with your problems 23:50. 7 Life's absurdities 25:36. 7 You are an expert now 30:42. 8 Legal to be nosy 32:09. 8 Reflections 35:18. 9 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, New Orleans Drummer, Composer Sponsored by Abridge Links Moyamoya Disease Sisters at Heart American Stroke Association American Heart Association Rare New England Central Nervous System Vasculitis Related podcasts Seize Control, Cede Control as CEO of your Health A Learning Community for CEOs of Your Health Overtreated, Untreated, Mistreated Crafting Solutions to Conflict Stories, Not Noise, for You, the CEO of your Health CEO of My Health Team - blog post 12/2017 About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once.  I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare.  Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge.  Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements.  Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. The material on this site created by others is theirs and use follows their guidelines. The Show Introducing Lisa Deck One of my first gigs in my nursing career was working at the Detroit Rehabilitation Institute. I was working with a 30-year-old man with quadriplegia from a gunshot wound to the neck, practicing driving his motorized wheelchair with a mouth stick. Coming down the hall towards us was a 40-year-old man recovering from a severe stroke learning to maneuver his wheelchair with his right hand and right foot.

Wow, four strokes by age 39. Quite a record for a sportswoman. A story about trust. First, no benefit of the doubt by the first diagnosing person thinking that Lisa was a drugged-out college student. Then Lisa’s trust in herself as a patient expert. Experience and engagement reinforce each other and builds confidence. No mystery that I appreciate I’m “good at naps.” So far, I don’t know how else to introduce young people to choices about health, wellness, or illness other than including them when someone in their lives is actively making such choices. Lead by example. Also, no mystery that I appreciate Lisa’s emphasis on telling her story. I’m delighted to be a channel. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Introducing Lisa Deck 00:56. 1 Four strokes between 21 and 39 06:11. 2 Not yet a superhero 09:59. 3 Becoming an engaged patient 12:27. 4 Introducing kids to health and wellness, illness 17:13. 5 Learning to fail well 20:42. 6 Healthy equals balance 22:05. 6 Please bother me with your problems 23:50. 7 Life’s absurdities 25:36. 7 You are an expert now 30:42. 8 Legal to be nosy 32:09. 8 Reflections 35:18. 9 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, New Orleans Drummer, Composer Sponsored by Abridge Links Moyamoya Disease Sisters at Heart American Stroke Association American Heart Association Rare New England Central Nervous System Vasculitis Related podcasts Seize Control, Cede Control as CEO of your Health A Learning Community for CEOs of Your Health Overtreated, Untreated, Mistreated Crafting Solutions to Conflict Stories, Not Noise, for You, the CEO of your Health CEO of My Health Team - blog post 12/2017 About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once.  I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare.  Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://www.health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge.  Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements.  Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. The material on this site created by others is theirs and use follows their guidelines. The Show Introducing Lisa Deck One of my first gigs in my nursing career was working at the Detroit Rehabilitation Institute. I was working with a 30-year-old man with quadriplegia from a gunshot wound to the neck, practicing driving his motorized wheelchair with a mouth stick. Coming down the hall towards us was a 40-year-old man recovering from a severe stroke learning to maneuver his wheelchair with his right hand and right foot.

Gary and the gang recap this morning's topic about meeting Dodgers, including how Lisa dated one! Then Lisa explains Crystal and Brandon's respective dating "types" and Nigel Lythgoe of So You Think You Can Dance makes a surprise visit! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rob and Jason are joined by Lisa Lippincott in this special episode recorded at CppCon. They first discuss some of the conference highlights and favorite talks so far. Then Lisa gives an overview of her "Truth of a Procedure" talk. Later they talk about Lisa's work on the ISO committee, her thoughts on Contracts and much more.   Lisa Lippincott designed the software architectures of Tanium and BigFix, two systems for managing large fleets of computers. She's also a language nerd, and has contributed to arcane parts of the C++ standard. In her spare time, she studies mathematical logic, and wants to make computer-checked proofs of correctness a routine part of programming.   Links C++Now 2019: Lisa Lippincott "The Truth of a Procedure" C++Now 2018: Lisa Lippincott "The Shape of a Program" Layout-compatibility and Pointer-interconvertibility Traits Signed Integers are Two's Complement Sponsors Backtrace Announcing Visual Studio Extension - Integrated Crash Reporting in 5 Minutes JetBrains

Join Lisa Whatley on this Reiki infused healing journey where you'll be programming your subconscious mind with affirmations and opening to receive a cleansing and healing of your energy body which will rejuvenate your physical body at the cellular level, increasing your energy to lift you into your next level of spiritual growth. Then Lisa takes you into a crystalline temple to meet your manifesting angel where you'll share with her all your desires and dreams, all the wishes you would love to have fulfilled and to experience in your life. By the end of the journey you'll have planted a seed within the fabric of the universe knowing that Angel Francesca and her team of angels are working their magic preparing to fulfill your desires … miracles are coming so expect epic changes!   Show Me Some LOVE ➡ FOLLOW, HEART IT UP & SHARE!   ☑ Love Me Back - thank you! ➡ http://bit.ly/give-back-to-lisa-whatley ☑ Make a Wish Bracelet ➡ http://bit.ly/wishes-come-true-bracelets ☑ Download the MP3 of this Meditation with NO Intro ➡ http://bit.ly/make-a-wish-guided-meditation ☑ Take Your Healing to the Next Level and Get the Healing Bundle Upgrade ➡ Check Back for Link! ☑ Next Level Healing: Get the Angel Links ➡ http://bit.ly/angel-healing-angel-links ☑ Decal Angel Reminders for Mugs, Laptops, Mirrors and More ➡ Check Back for Link! ☑ Reiki for Miracles and Blessings Guided Healing Journey ➡ https://youtu.be/0JAZGm9YxYs ☑ Grounding Meditation: Reiki Healing for Miracles & Blessings | Trust in Life Guided Healing Journey ➡ https://youtu.be/He5tOfyYUyU ☑ My Life is Getting Better and Better Guided Journey ➡ https://youtu.be/IfVsLTHps7c ☑ Book a Personal Healing Session ➡ http://bit.ly/Energy-Work-With-Lisa-Whatley ☑ Spiritual Tools: Books, Manifesting, Healing, Essential Oils + More ☑ My USA Amazon Store ➡ https://amzn.to/2AZ0RN0 ☑ My Canada Amazon Store ➡ https://amzn.to/2UQZHg8 ☑ Links to Hook You Up ➡ https://linktr.ee/lisa_whatley   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::   ☑ Best Essential Oil Diffusers ➡ https://www.amazon.com/shop/lisa_whatley?listId=28MNBYIJA0RBY ☑ Best Super Affordable 100% Pure Essential Oils ➡ https://www.amazon.com/shop/lisa_whatley?listId=19F13A05EKMQ8 ☑ Best, Easy to Read and Apply Manifesting Books ➡ https://www.amazon.com/shop/lisa_whatley?listId=1MFW9KQ133ZH2 ☑ Top Tools for Removing Negative Energy ➡ https://www.amazon.com/shop/lisa_whatley?listId=3KWOFTG1P9G5W ☑ Oracle Cards | Tarot Cards | Angel Cards ➡ https://www.amazon.com/shop/lisa_whatley?listId=267JO7KMQ6AMF ☑ MEDITATION MUSIC INFUSED WITH HEALING FREQUENCIES ➡ http://bit.ly/audio-healing-transmissions ☑ MY HEALING BOUTIQUE ➡ http://infinitylighthealing.com/lisa-whatley-spiritual-boutique … select a service that resonates deep within your heart and aligns with your soul.

Continuing the conversation with singer-songwriter LISA FISHMAN, Dean and Lisa discuss the care of the singing voice. Then Lisa shares a little of how she started writing songs, her "Lisa Fishman Jewish Experience" and finally you'll get to hear more of her great music! www.LisaFishmanMusic.com

On this week’s American Patchwork & Quilting podcast, editors Jody Sanders, Lisa Schumacher, Lindsay Mayland, and designer Elizabeth Stumbo discuss quilting instrutry trends from Quilt Market. From the new neutral color to the motif that's everywhere, the editors share what popular items they think will hit your local quilt shops soon. Then Lisa and Elizabeth discuss Quilt Sampler magazine. They share tips for applying to be featured and behind-the-scenes secrets of making the magazine. To close the show, Jody shares tips for working with precuts, the magic of mini quilts, and what projects you can find in the August issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com

Why do some ministries die and some thrive? Lisa Brenninkmeyer, author and founder of Walking With Purpose shares with us how she built a grassroots women's ministry and not just another program. Leadership training and mentoring form the backbone of Walking With Purpose and are precisely what makes it so powerful. The show starts off with me, your old pal Gomer, thank you, our beautiful listeners, for being amazing. LayEvangelist.com is a continued experiment in bringing about the new evangelization and as we expand our number of shows to, you know, more than one, we hope that it can change your life, your faith and your city. Then Lisa, out of no where, just starts affirming Luke, which made me very uncomfortable, because, it's Luke.We dive into the Call, Revival, and even our recent interview with good, old Father Dave Pivonka of www.thewildgooseisloose.com. Lisa brings up a very good point about the Church and women. Often teachers and preachers tend to focus on chastity when the girls are young, and maternity when the girls become women. They are basically locked in a sexual viewpoint. Lisa's presentations are powerful because she goes beyond sexual value or maternity and focuses on the foundation: my identity as a woman in Christ. Thus her ministry is wide open to women of all vocations and backgrounds.Oh yeah, she's that good. This is one of my favorite interviews yet.#BlessedFrom the website...What is Walking with Purpose?Walking with Purpose is a women’s Catholic Bible study program.Walking with Purpose endeavors to meet women where they are, giving them practical Biblical teaching that is consistent with Church doctrine and uses the Catechism of the Catholic Church as an additional resource. All materials have received the imprimatur from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Walking with Purpose aims to bring women to a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ by offering personal study and small group discussion that link our everyday challenges and struggles with the solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church.Walking with Purpose has three elements: at-home study, weekly small group meetings (if in the parish-based or small group programs), and a monthly talk on relevant course material. Most courses contain 22 lessons; one short course contains six lessons.Walking with Purpose has over 130 parishes involved in our Leadership Training Program in the United States, Europe and Canada and has helped thousands of women grow closer to Christ.

What if you could expand your business by putting yourself in a box and reaching more people? It may sound like science fiction, but in many ways, Lisa has found a way to do this very thing! It comes as no surprise that a professional organizer and productivity nut would find many unique ways to reach more people without spending more time to do it. On the Podcast 00:54 - 9 Businesses with One Thing in Common04:03 - Becoming a Pro06:12 - There are a Million Ways to Monetize!08:16 - Lisa in a Box!10:29 - 3 Keys to Lisa's Success13:22 - Think Outside the Box with Outsourcing19:12 - Validation as Mamapreneurs21:17 - Organization for Mamapreneurs23:55 - The Sunday Basket25:40 - How Blogging Brings Clarity30:54 - A Simple Method for Efficient Blogging35:19 - Paying for Emails?40:45 - Bloggers can Sell on Etsy too!42:20 - Lisa's App47:01 - Lisa's Awesome Mom Moment Press play on the podcast player below to hear Lisa's best organization tips and to learn how she helps more people in less time with her business, Organize365. 9 Businesses with One Thing in Common Lisa comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. Her great-grandmother went to college well before that was the norm for women and ultimately owned her own floral shop! Her dad's side of the family had a similar bent towards owning their own businesses. There was never any question that Lisa would go to college, but she knew that in the end she'd be an entrepreneur. Lisa viewed college not as a way to get her ideal job (she could create that all on her own!) but to get her MRS. degree. Yep, she knows it's not politically correct and confesses that she should have come of age in the fifties! Lisa was a teacher before she had kids, but she also did direct sales. Once her children came along, she quit her teaching but continued on with direct sales. She then added tutoring, cleaning houses, and scrapbooking to her list of entrepreneurial endeavors! Lisa's business ventures got so crazy that at one point she had 9 schedule C's on her tax return! (My head is spinning just thinking about it!) Finally, in 2012 after a really rough time period for her immediate and extended family, Lisa sat down to think about what she really wanted to do. She knew she was great at sales, but the question was, what did she want to sell? Where did her gifts and passions lie? Lisa found the common thread in all of her business pursuits: organization! She got her teaching job because her co-teacher was so disorganized they needed Lisa to come in and organize the classroom. She then went on to organize the whole school! Lisa's scrapbooking business was so productive for her and her clients because she helped them get organized first. Lisa even wrote an e-book on direct sales called: How to Organize the Business of Direct Sales. She had it! Lisa starting a professional organizing business and launched her website Organize365 in January of 2012. Becoming a Pro Lisa knew she was good at teaching and coaching, so she used that skill to create great content on her blog that would help others. Even though she was passionate about helping others get organized, Lisa still hadn't realized she was "expert enough" to call herself a professional and get clients. Instead, she was making money by doing direct sales and hosting parties for organizational supplies. Lisa's house parties were huge, and she couldn't figure out why so many people wanted to attend just to buy some plastic bins! Her friend said, "Everyone wants to know what a professional organizer has to say!" It finally dawned on Lisa that she was a pro at this, and she'd better start acting like it. In April of 2012 Lisa started doing professional organizing full-time and her business was profitable right away. In January of 2013, Lisa added her first team member to her in-home organizing team. In the Fall of 2013, she hired another person to work in her business, and she's hired several other team members since then. There are a Million Ways to Monetize! It's easy to look at other bloggers and think that replicating their business model will work for us. This isn't always the case! We each have different strengths, different tools at our disposal, and a different audience we're serving. Lisa quickly grew her in-person organization business, but she wanted to monetize her blog too. She saw lots of bloggers making money from couponing, advertising, and working with brands. She tried these methods a bit, but they didn't seem to work well for Lisa's audience or her skill set. She realized that she's better as a teacher, so she created more e-books to sell. In 2012, Lisa wrote 10 steps to organize paper. Next, she wrote an e-book about her Sunday basket. Then Lisa got the rights back to her first published book called the ABC's of the Bible. Continuing with her model of teaching, Lisa added a podcast just over a year ago.(In true Lisa-style, she couldn't have just one, Lisa has 3! Successful Direct Sales, Organize365, and Professional Organizer's Think Tank.) And finally, Lisa maintained her skill at direct sales, but she took a different, more modern approach. Rather than host home parties and assembling teams of sales people, Lisa used these great companies as affiliates on her blog. Lisa in a Box! If you're a great teacher or coach, I bet some of your clients have wished they could package you up in a box, order you online, and have you right there with them! Well, Lisa has done just that with her first physical product! It's called Get All Your Papers Organized in One Weekend.  Lisa combines the knowledge you need to get started, the motivation in the form of her walking you through each step via audio CD, and the tools needed shipped right to you. There are quick-start guides so you don't have to read the full e-books if you don't want to, 3 sets of slash pockets and 2 ONE clips (both of these are a big part of Lisa's organizational system, so you don't have to hunt them down at the store), Sunday planning printables, and Organize 365 printables. Could you come up with a way to help your long-distance customers by packaging yourself in a box? I bet you could! 3 Keys to Lisa's Success Lisa points to 3 key strategies that help her grow her business and keep it profitable. Create a team! Lisa has several great team members who work for her. One person edits everything Lisa does. (She confessed that she can't spell and doesn't understand the rules of grammar!) Then Lisa hired someone to take over her Pinterest account. Can you believe that Lisa hasn't pinned a single thing from her account that has over 20,000 followers? Lisa hired someone to do all of that for her! Lisa also has someone who does everything for her podcast. She'll sit down and record 5 episodes in two hours, then send them off to Amanda who edits and does everything else! Find your money-maker. For Lisa, being a professional organizer has been the most profitable endeavor, and she was able to make money quickly. That one profitable branch of her business can easily fund everything else she's done Whatever you focus on expands! You can't focus on 10 things at once, so you'll have to pick which aspects of your business you want to grow the most. Right now she's focusing on her paper organizing kit, so of course, that's what's making the most money right now.Lisa focuses on one big thing each month and then four smaller things. For example, next week Lisa is focused on getting her products into the Amazon store and figuring out shipping. Next week, she'll work on her 31 organizing videos for October. She's uploading them directly to Facebook each day to see if she can grow her Facebook following from 7,000 to 20,000 fans. In November, Lisa won't focus on Facebook as much. She likes to go really deep on a tiny thing and then analyze things a few months later to see what aspects of her business are worth the continued investment. (Lisa's strategy for managing her time and new business ventures sounds so similar to Rachel Coley's. Sarah and I both agree that it's a great approach, and we use it for our business too! We can't do it all.. as much as we'd like to!) Think Outside the Box with Outsourcing Lisa highly recommends the book, Virtual Freedom by Chris Ducker. In the book, Chris tells readers to make 3 lists. Write down the things you hate doing. (This could be cutting the grass, cleaning your house, or editing your blog posts.) Write down the things you're struggling to do on your own. (Perhaps building your website or designing your logo.) Write down the things you feel, as a business owner, that you shouldn't be doing on a day-to-day basis. (Chris says this list is the most important! It could be editing your photos or posting on social media. Maybe it's shipping your orders out the door. Even if you enjoy doing these things, your time may be better spent elsewhere to grow your business.) Lisa is a productivity nut! She wants to squeeze an extra task out of the hour and an extra minute out of every hour! Lisa says that mompreneurs often miss important things they can outsource that would give them more time for their business. She has a list of 10 household tasks you can outsource. You might feel guilty about this at first, but you have to think outside the box. If you outsource cleaning your house for $60-120 a week, you'd save yourself 5 hours a week of work. So Lisa looks at it this way: can she make at least $120 in that 5 hours of extra time? The answer for her is an absolute yes because she can work with a home organization client for $300 during that time. Ask yourself, "How much does it cost me to do that task, and how much does it cost someone else to do that task?" Another creative outsourcing solution: Lisa says, "don't outsource your parenting," but she does recommend getting help with the kids when they're little. Lisa used to hire a nanny on Wednesdays from 8 AM to 6 PM. Lisa was able to get 10 hours of productive, quiet work time for just $120. That was totally worth it! And in 10 hours of dedicated time, Lisa was able to plow through a ton of work versus working every naptime for 1.5 hours each day and feeling like you're not getting anywhere. If you don't have any funds for a sitter, consider swapping with a friend. You take her kids one day a week, and she takes yours on another. Then, you both get dedicated work time, and your kids have fun with their friends! How to make the most of your work time: Lisa recommends creating a work basket. As you think of tasks to do for your business, write them down and put them in your work basket. If you think of something to tell your business partner, just write it down and put it in the basket. Emails you have to respond to? Put them in the work basket! Then, when you've got your dedicated chunk of time, you know just what to tackle without getting sidetracked or distracted. You can plow through those little to-do's much faster than you realize when they're all in one place waiting for you. Validation as Mamapreneurs Another important mental aspect of having a dedicated time to work is that it gives your job some validation. It's earned a place on your calendar. You've made room for it. It's not just a casual gig anymore. Sarah and I had our own esoteric discussion here about validation as Mamapreneurs. When Sarah filled out the paperwork for her daughter's orthodontist appointment, she put homemaker as her occupation. But she thought to herself today, "I should put self-employed!" I agree, and I laughed and confessed that I've put "self-employed" on every bit of paperwork I get the moment we decided to launch our podcast! It often takes quite a while (and maybe it will never happen!) for others to recognize your home business as valid, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't recognize it as such. (It's valid, brilliant business mom! We believe in you!) Organization for Mamapreneurs Lisa says it's so important for Mamapreneurs to write down their biggest goal for the week, and then no more than 3 top goals for each day for the home and for their business. She's created a free printable for you to try to organize those top tasks as well as get your week organized each Sunday! When you start planning your top goals, you'll realize that email and social media don't often make the list, but without a plan, those tasks easily creep into the first place spot each day. Lisa also blocks off one work day each week to spend 6-8 hours on something that will grow her business to another level. So, for example, getting her products on Amazon, or creating new videos or a new product. The Sunday Basket Lisa's main method for organizing paper involves something called, "The Sunday Basket. It's a basket, box or bag that you keep on your kitchen counter. Every bit of paper that you receive, along with other simple to-do's goes into this basket. For example, a bill that doesn't need to be paid right that second, paperwork from the kids' school, an item to return to Walmart. On Sunday after the kids are in bed, take out every single thing, touch it and ask, "can this wait until next Sunday or does it need to be done this week?" Everything that must be done that week should have a plan for action. In this way, all of your paperwork and to-do's are in one, manageable place, and you only tackle the things that need to be tackled, without forgetting anything along the way. How Blogging Brings Clarity Once you start blogging regularly, you'll quickly realize that it can clarify what you're good at and what your readers respond to. Lisa quickly realized that she was constantly talking about organizing paperwork, and her audience really responded. A bonus of this is that Lisa ranks really high in Google for terms related to organizing paper because no one talks about it! People discuss going paperless or they simply pretend all that paper doesn't exist. Lisa has dug deep when it comes to organizing paper. Here's what she recommends: Gather up every piece of paper from your whole house. The papers on your nightstand. Your kids' art work, receipts...everything! Put it all into a laundry basket (or two!) Lisa says that people generally start with 2 full laundry baskets and by week 6-8 of organizing their paper they get their Sunday Basket down to a manageable size. Tackle a new paper challenge with Lisa each week. She'll walk you through all the different items you'll find in your basket: what to do with cash, projects, receipts, and more. Keep going. Lisa gets that no one wants to do paper! It's hard for her to get clients to do it even when she's standing right there with them! But if you can get a handle on the kitchen counter paperwork, you'll feel like Supermom! It's worth it!   A Simple Method for Efficient Blogging When Lisa started blogging in January of 2012, all she knew was that she needed to be consistent, she needed to have a niche, and she needed to create content. She came up with the idea of a series in order to be consistent and help others get organized right along with her. The challenge is called: 40 Weeks, One Whole House. Lisa divided her house into 40 zones, and she tackled a different zone each week. The next year, Lisa did the challenge with her readers again, but this time she hired a professional photographer to take better photos of her work. The year after that, Lisa did the 40-week challenge again but this time she added a podcast so her readers could hear her talking as though she was right there with them helping them organize their homes.Lisa says it takes going through the challenge about 3 times to really make your home look great! Sarah and I both LOVED this genius strategy of creating awesome, helpful content but just adding a bit more each year. Lisa says there are only so many ways you can organize a laundry room. So rather than write 16 fluffy blog posts on the topic, she writes one killer post that motivates her readers to take action.Is there an insanely helpful series you can create for your readers and then repeat on your blog, year-after-year? Paying for Emails? This year, Lisa decided to offer her 40-week challenge as an email auto-responder series as an added help for her readers. The problem was, she was using Mailchimp, and when she received new participants, they could start at week 1, but they couldn't skip ahead and join the whole group of challengers if they wanted to.Lisa decided to switch to InfusionSoft which offers both options for a new subscriber. Then, no matter where someone signed up, everyone will be back at week 1 together the next Fall. Because Infusionsoft is quite expensive, Lisa knew she had to justify this expense. She charges a one-time fee of $40 for the 40-week email series. Once you pay for the series, you'll get it forever until you unsubscribe.Lisa knew if she could sell just 5-10 of these email subscriptions each month, that would pay for Infusionsoft. She's more than met that goal! She's not getting hundreds of sales, but the people who do sign up really love it. Everything they need for each week's challenge is all in one place, and they just click the link in their inbox. Bloggers can Sell on Etsy too! Lisa's not a handmade maven, but she does have a lot of digital products (and a physical one now too!) that she wanted to sell all in one place. Lisa decided to open an Etsy shop as the hub for her products.Her shop, Organize365, has been open since May of 2014 and she's had over 700 sales to date. Some of Lisa's products cost over $90 too! If you're a blogger struggling to create a beautiful storefront for your products, consider opening an Etsy shop and linking right to it from your blog. It's so easy to get started, and Etsy makes the shopper experience a bit more user-friendly and streamlined than many of the cheaper apps you could use on your own site. If you're a coach or expert in a given field, Etsy can be the perfect place to make more passive income. Lisa took all of her coaching and teaching knowledge and turned it into digital products. Not everyone can afford to use her as a coach, and not everyone lives close enough to have Lisa organize their home in person, but with digital products and Etsy, Lisa can serve her audience in more ways. Lisa's App Lisa is always looking for ways to better serve her audience and make life easier for them. In the Spring of 2015, she decided to have an app developed for her 40-week organizing challenge. Lisa paid $2,000 for the app and pays $50/month for hosting. Her app is available for both android and ios. Inside the app, Lisa's challengers can find the podcast and blog post related to that week's challenge without searching and without being distracted by all the other content on her site. The coolest thing about this app? Lisa can send out push notifications whenever she wants! She can tell people, "hey it's week four, tell me if you're going to sell or donate your items this week!" Their app will show a red circle to let them know there's something new to see. From the app, Lisa's challengers can link straight into her Facebook group and chat with each other. LIsa says, "it's so hard to organize your house by yourself. The community aspect really helps." How's the app going? Lisa says she has about 3,000 users right now, and they're equally split between android and ios. She's still not sure if the app itself will be a revenue generator or not. At this point, she doesn't charge for it. Right now, the app is just serving her current audience better and allowing her to connect with them in a new way. Lisa believes that all of the 3,000 users were people who were already on her email list or listening to her podcast. They haven't found her organically at this point, but the app has only been out for 6 weeks. We can't wait to see how the app continues to grow and serve her audience! What a cool idea! Lisa's Awesome Mom Moment When your teenage son respects what you do, you know you're on the right track! Tune in to hear what Lisa's son told her recently! Stay in Touch with Lisa! Lisa has created a special page just for Brilliant Business Moms Listeners. It has the Sunday basket printables to help you organize your week and a checklist for anyone interested in becoming a professional organizer.Head to Organize365.com/brilliant Other links mentioned in the episode:  Our super secret freebies page for our email subscribers.

We're celebrating the bounty of the farmers market in Flavor, NC. Host Lisa Prince visits with a farm family sharing the fruits of their labor at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh and learns the secrets of shopping a farmers market with Chef Joseph Fasy. Then Lisa and Joe put on a show, cooking up a storm at the Growers Market of Fuquay-Varina. recipes.

Here it is the next great episode of Trekcast this week we continue our alien interviews with 3 of 6 (aka Micheal Hartnett) one of the floor characters you may remember from Star Trek: The Experience. Also later in the episode a special announcement on Trekcast we introduce you to The Intergalactic Bartender with Lisa Gezci, more on that later. We open this episode up discussing of all thing's McDonalds Happy Meals from Star Trek TMP and Diamond selects Mego TOS playsets , then we move into all things 3 of 6 we even find out where is his human name originated. Then of course we catch up with Michael you can see him at the Freemont Street Experience and Bonkerz Comedy Club (with previous guest Paul Mattiningly). Now on to the The Intergalactic Bartender if you have ever wanted to make out of this world drinks in your own home this is the site to visit for all your recipe and glassware needs. Then Lisa entertains all our Star Trek wedding questions. Well that's all this time around you get all this great content as we finish off a Warp Core aka. Security Breach WooHoo!! Oh and since we missed it Happy belated 78th Birthday to Leonard (Spock) Nimoy, I'm sure he would find that logical. Listen on iTunes Stream the Podcast