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You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or check out the fully edited transcript of our interview at the bottom of this post.In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interviewed Hayden Ahlbrandt, a certified Synergetic Play Therapist. Hayden shares some really helpful thoughts and strategies on both how we can prevent meltdowns and how best to support our child—and ourselves—once we find ourselves with a meltdown on our hands. We focus on connection, co-regulation, mindfulness, and creating safety.Know someone who might appreciate this episode? Share it with them!And if you love the podcast, FREE ways to help us out:1- Rate and review the podcast in your podcast player app2- “Like” this post by tapping the heart icon ♥️3- Share this with a friend. THANK YOU!We talk about:* 00:00 – Sarah introduces Hayden Ahlbrandt, certified Synergetic Play Therapist. Overview of meltdowns, regulation, and co-regulation* 05:25 – Viewing behavior through a nervous system lens* 10:30 – Understanding Meltdowns Through the “Pop Bottle” Analogy* 12:00 – Why some days kids can handle more than others* 1:00 – “Regulation Is Connection to Self” - Helping kids discover what naturally regulates them* 20:00 – Why Regulation Tools Need to be Practiced Outside Meltdowns* 22:00 – Preventing Meltdowns* 24:00 – The Three Rs: Regulate, Relate, Reason* 30:00 – Mindfulness and Co-Regulation* 32:30 – The Parent's Nervous System* 36:00 – Aggression During Meltdowns* 38:30 – Making the Environment Feel Safer* 42:00 – Parenting Advice Hayden Wishes He'd Known EarlierResources mentioned in this episode:* Hayden's website * Hayden's IG @lowtideplaytherapist* Synergetic Play Therapy Institute* Yoto Screen Free Audio Book Player* The Peaceful Parenting Membership* Evelyn & Bobbie brasConnect with Sarah Rosensweet:* Instagram* Facebook Group* YouTube* Website* Join us on Substack* Newsletter* Book a short consult or coaching session callxx Sarah and CoreyYour peaceful parenting team- click here for a free short consult or a coaching sessionVisit our website for free resources, podcast, coaching, membership and more!>> Please support us!!! 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Hayden shares some really helpful thoughts and strategies on both how we can prevent meltdowns and how best to support our child—and ourselves—once we find ourselves with a meltdown on our hands.I think you're going to find this episode really useful, no matter how old your child is. One thing I really appreciate is that Hayden sees meltdowns through the lens of the nervous system and in terms of regulation, dysregulation, and co-regulation.I'm definitely going to be thinking about a phrase he shared: “Regulation is connection to self.”If you like this episode, please share it with a friend. Word of mouth is the best way to get more eyes and ears on the podcast.If you're a fan of the podcast, you can help us out not only by sharing it, but by leaving a review and a five-star rating in your podcast player app. While you're there, don't forget to follow the show so you don't miss an episode.If you'd like to support us even more, you can become a supporter on Substack to help us offset the cost of making the show.You can also check out our sponsors: Yoto Audio Players for Kids, a screen-free alternative that makes listening, learning, and entertainment easy with no screens, and Evelyn & Bobbie Bras, the most comfortable and flattering bra I've ever worn.Links are in the show notes.Okay, let's meet Hayden.Sarah: Hi, Hayden. Welcome to the podcast.Hayden: Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here.Sarah: Yeah, I'm excited to have you. I found you on Instagram, and I love all the reels that you make. I love your energy and how you show up for parents so they can show up for their kids. So I'm really glad to have you on the podcast.Hayden: I appreciate that.Sarah: Tell us about who you are and what you do.Hayden: Yeah. Well, obviously, my name's Hayden.I'm a certified Synergetic Play Therapist, and I have my own play therapy practice. Like you mentioned, my Instagram has become something I've had a lot of fun doing. It's really given me an avenue to work with adults and support them in how we support kids.So I kind of have a two-pronged approach right now. I work with kids in my play therapy practice, but I also do a lot of speaking, presenting, workshops, and that kind of thing—giving parents the tools from the training I have so they can better support kids.My specialization has really become focused on big behaviors and meltdowns. I also work with a lot of anxiety.So that's the quick elevator speech.Sarah: Yeah, it makes sense because you have the kids for maybe an hour a week—or whatever your typical amount is—but then they're off with their parents for all of the rest of the days and hours of the week.If parents don't know how to support them during that time, it probably makes your job not work as well, right?Hayden: Yeah, definitely.I always explain it as wraparound support. I think we can do so much in our time together and in our work during sessions, but things are just going to move so much quicker when parents are involved.Ultimately, that's how I view my work as a play therapist. We're not trying to make drastic changes or fix things. We're trying to help the child feel better because, typically, when they're coming in, it's because something in their world feels really big, really hard, or really challenging, and that's coming out as behaviors.Sarah: Right.Hayden: I kind of view it that way. We're trying to help the child feel better, which is going to help the whole family system feel better.Typically, with the kinds of things I mentioned—if a child is having really big, intense meltdowns that are above and beyond what's developmentally appropriate—it can be really hard on the entire family system: siblings, parents, whoever it might be.I talk about it as creating as much wraparound support as possible because it's going to help the child work through whatever feels clogged for them in that moment.Sarah: What's a Synergetic Play Therapist?Hayden: Yeah. Synergetic Play Therapy is a modality, an approach—a specific type of play therapy.The way I typically explain it is that we're really working through the lens of nervous system regulation.That's one of the core tenets of Synergetic Play Therapy: viewing the behaviors we're seeing as symptoms of nervous system activation.So when we're talking about anxiety, meltdowns, or big behaviors, we're viewing those as symptoms that the nervous system is activating.Sarah: Yeah, that's really aligned with the work that I do, too, teaching parents about their kids' big behaviors.You mentioned before we started recording that your oldest child is six. Were you a play therapist before you had kids?Hayden: Yes, briefly.I actually started out in schools. I was working as an elementary school counselor when I finished my graduate program in counseling.The opportunity to explore Synergetic Play Therapy kind of fell into my lap while I was doing that.There's now something called the Synergetic Education Institute, and their whole approach is bringing neuroscience and nervous system understanding into school settings.We were one of what I would call the pilot programs for that. As they were figuring out what worked, what didn't work, and how they wanted to implement it, we started bringing these ideas into our school setting to change the school culture and ask, “How do we support the behaviors we're seeing?”In my school counseling role, I was given the opportunity to start learning more about this.As I did, I thought, This is magic. I love doing this.Sarah: That's so cool.Hayden: Talk about fate.So it was one of those things where I liked working in schools, but doing this in a private practice setting and working one-on-one with a child felt like what I was meant to do.I just loved it.I still enjoy the adult piece. I mentioned that earlier. I like supporting educators, and that's something I bring into my Instagram content sometimes—helping classroom teachers think about how to bring these ideas into the school setting.Ultimately, though, I found that I really enjoy being in the role of working one-on-one with the child.That's what my school opportunity allowed me to do, and it's how I got to where I am now and what I feel I specialize in.I was being called in to support behaviors, so I really learned how to implement this one-on-one while supporting a child.I always say I have the utmost admiration for teachers who are trying to learn this, do this, and implement this with 25 or 30 kids in a classroom.Sarah: Seriously.Hayden: That is a whole different beast than sitting one-on-one with a child and co-regulating.Sarah: It's so needed, though.I find, through the clients I work with, that when kids are having trouble at school, most teachers and administrators are not very aware of the nervous system and how that factors into behavior.So it's great that there are people out there trying to bring that understanding into schools.Just as an aside, do you have any resources for parents who are listening and want their school to be more nervous-system informed? Do you have any resources we could share in the show notes?Hayden: Yeah.My free resources page has some templates and tools that start creating that understanding.Honestly, I think my Instagram is a great place to start because what I try to do there is take these big topics and make them really simple. We're trying to fit them into one-minute videos, so my goal is to give people a little bit of the understanding in a really accessible way.Another resource is the Synergetic Education Institute.Sarah: Great.Hayden: That's their entire focus: bringing this into districts and schools. I'm always happy to share them as a resource because that's exactly what they're doing.Sarah: Perfect. We'll share those in the show notes.Okay, so you've mentioned meltdowns a couple of times and that a lot of your work centers around helping parents and kids when meltdowns and big behaviors are an issue. One of the reels I saw when I was preparing for this interview was the one where you were using the pop bottle analogy. And I think some people may have heard about that, but maybe you could explain the pop bottle analogy and how that relates to meltdowns.Then we'll talk about what we can do preventively. What I always say to parents is that when you have meltdowns, there's what you do in the moment, but there's also everything that was leading up to the moment.You can be preventative about meltdowns, and sometimes that really helps a lot. Other times, you try, but you still find yourself in that meltdown space.What I'd like to get from you today is both the preventative piece and the in-the-moment piece.But back to the pop bottle. Maybe you could explain that analogy and then talk about how it factors into thinking about prevention.Hayden: Yeah, definitely.The one you're referring to, I've previously explained to families I work with as almost like a pressure gauge.Things are building and building, and the pop bottle came to mind because if you're shaking up a bottle of pop and you open it all at once, it's going to explode everywhere.The picture I was trying to create is: can we open it a little bit and close it, then open it a little bit and close it? Can we let a little bit of steam off throughout the course of the day?Going back to the pressure gauge analogy, how do we let a little bit off so it's not ready to explode at any given moment?That's how I think about the preventative side. How do we bring in little bits of regulation throughout the day so we can let off some of that steam?I think there are a couple of ideas that help this make sense. One is the concept of the window of tolerance. The window of tolerance is basically how much stress your nervous system can tolerate before you become dysregulated.It's that same idea: as the pressure builds, that window gets smaller and smaller.Sarah: And if I could just jump in, bringing that back to the pop bottle analogy: if you imagine your child as a bottle of pop, some kids can take 25 shakes of the bottle and not have much pressure build up, while other kids might only take one or two shakes before the pressure starts building.That's the window of tolerance, right? How many stressors can your nervous system deal with before you move outside that window of tolerance?Hayden: Exactly. And the thing I always add when I'm talking to people about this is that our window of tolerance is not static. Some days I might be able to handle 20 shakes. Other days it might be one or two. It's going to depend on things like whether I'm hungry. We've all heard the term hangry, right? You're quicker to frustration if your body is hungry. Or tired. Having little kids, right? The nights I sleep less—Sarah: Yeah.Hayden: —I'm just easier to frustrate.Sarah: Totally.Hayden: So it's this idea that it's not static. It's not like your child operates at one fixed level.They may have a general baseline, but there are things that will widen or narrow that window. Maybe I did something today that I'm really proud of, and that widens my window. I can take on a little bit more because I'm feeling good about myself.Or maybe I skipped breakfast and I'm a little hangry, so I'm quicker to frustration. It's both-and.The other piece I was going to tie in here is the way I've come to think about regulation, which really comes from my training in Synergetic Play Therapy. Lisa Dion, who created this modality, explains regulation as connection to self.The way I like to explain that is this: In adult language, we've all heard people say, “I was so mad I blacked out,” or, “I was so mad I was seeing red.”The idea is that the emotion overwhelmed you and you kind of disconnected from yourself.When we think about regulation, it's not just take a deep breath. Sometimes that might be what I need in the moment, but sometimes it isn't what helps me come back to myself when things feel really big or overwhelming.One of the things I like to do when I'm working with families is figure out how their child naturally regulates already. Do they like proprioceptive input? Do they like deep pressure? Do they like to jump and crash into things?Sarah: Can you explain proprioceptive input?Hayden: Yeah. Really, it's our sensory system's way of figuring out where our body is in space. The examples I just mentioned are ways kids get proprioceptive input. That deep pressure gives the sensation of, My body is right here. Jumping and crashing into things does the same thing.A lot of times, parents describe their kids as being like a bull in a china shop. They're bumping into things and seem to have a hard time figuring out where their body is in space. Whenever I talk about this, I always say that my understanding of it really comes more from the occupational therapy world. I know enough to talk about it, but it's not my primary area of expertise.What I focus on is asking: if we see that's the way our child regulates, how do we intentionally bring more of it in? For adults, when I think about regulating myself, sometimes I feel like I need to give myself a little massage, or rub my head, or apply some pressure. We all do that thing where we go, ugh, or rub our hands against our cheeks when we're overwhelmed.That's proprioceptive input. Sometimes that kind of input is really regulating.Other examples might be movement or heavy work—pushing and pulling activities. If we see our kids doing some of these things instinctively or intuitively, how do we meet that and bring it into those moments so it becomes a regulatory tool? All of that comes back to the idea that if we can give children little bits of regulation throughout the course of the day, it's not a magic fix, but it lets a little steam out of the pop bottle.The goal is to create more capacity and help widen that window of tolerance so they aren't right on the edge of exploding all the time. I always like to add that caveat: it's not the magic fix.Doing these things doesn't mean there will never be another meltdown. What I really try to teach adults is: how do we help children have these experiences and learn how to do these things? Because what we're really doing is laying the groundwork for them to eventually be able to do these things on their own.Above all else, I don't want parents to think they're failing if their child is still having meltdowns. It doesn't mean it's not working. We're helping them discover what helps them in those moments so they build templates they can keep returning to over and over again.Sarah: What are some other things that parents might notice their kids do that, after listening to this conversation, they might think, Ah, that's my child instinctively knowing what regulates them?I'm thinking of my nine-year-old niece. She finds jumping very regulating, so she uses a trampoline and jump rope. My sister eventually realized, “Oh, she seems a lot calmer after she's been doing those things.”What are some other things parents might notice that are instinctively regulating?Hayden: Going back to the idea that regulation is connection to self, I've come to talk about it as something that can almost be anything.What do you notice your child doing that seems to genuinely help them? The examples you mentioned are great ones. Jumping. Spinning. Those are common.As you were talking, I was thinking back to a training I did with Lisa Dion.She talked about these umbrella categories—not necessarily saying they are regulation, but that they can help us generate ideas. One category was stillness. Like you mentioned: lying down, being quiet, reading a book.Another category was movement, which is the opposite end of the spectrum—jumping, spinning, stomping. Then there's the proprioceptive input we talked about before: deep pressure, giving yourself a massage.And the last one was breath. Breathwork can absolutely be a fantastic tool.But I think we often get sucked into this idea that here's a regulation strategy—use it and it'll help.Sarah: Right.Hayden: But when we think about our own experience, I think we often approach it from the mindset of, Here's a strategy to give my kid, and they'll use it and feel better. I think about my own experience. Through this work, I've realized how anxious I was as a kid, so working on my anxiety has been a long process for me. And when I'm feeling anxious, doing a breathing exercise for 10 seconds doesn't make the anxiety disappear. It might not be what I need in that moment. I might need to get up and burn some energy. I might need to go for a run.The real question is: what do I need in that moment to help move that energy and help me come back to myself?Sarah: Right. And as you point out, if regulation is connection to self, it's different for everybody. I think you're right that the thing parents hear most often is, “Just take a deep breath.” There are all these strategies—pretend you're blowing on hot chocolate and all of that. Maybe that works for some kids, but for other kids it won't help at all.Hayden: Definitely. And to build on that, before I learned a lot of this—and what I hear from parents all the time—is: “My kid won't do any of these strategies.”Even if we have a toolbox and say, “Here's 20 ideas, let's figure out which one works,” their child won't do any of them in the moment. Because they're dysregulated.Absolutely. You're right that Part 3 drifted back into a transcript layout with too many short paragraphs.Here's the same section in the publishing-ready style you've asked for: bold speaker names, no content removed, no summarizing, but with natural paragraphs and cleaner flow.Sarah: Yeah.Hayden: And I think we can get into all the science-y reasons why that makes sense, but the bigger picture is this: what I try to do on my Instagram is ask, How can we make this fun and playful? How can we make it something kids actually want to do?You mentioned things like blowing on hot chocolate. One of the things I really try to do is help people build a toolbox of ways to make regulation fun and playful. Thinking about our own adult experience, if I'm frustrated and my partner comes in and tells me, “Calm down,” or, “Take a deep breath,” my response is probably going to be, “Absolutely not.” It just makes me more frustrated.So how do we make it a fun and playful invitation rather than saying, “I'm telling you to do this because I'm noticing you're upset”?Some of those breathing activities can become games. One of the things I talk about is practicing these things in regulated moments so that when your child is dysregulated and you bring them in, they think, Oh, I know what's happening. We play this all the time.Again, none of this means it's going to work every single time, but it gives us—Sarah: I just want to highlight what you said because I think it's really important. If you're only using these strategies when your child is dysregulated, they're going to develop a negative association with them. Partly, I think they'll feel manipulated. They'll think, Oh, my parent is just trying to get me to calm down.And they'll be resistant because they associate those strategies with negative feelings and experiences. So I love that you're saying to do these regulating things at other times too and make them positive experiences that you can draw on later rather than just tools you pull out to end a meltdown.Hayden: Definitely.And just to tie in some of the science behind it, when we think about this from a nervous system lens, dysregulation is our body sounding the alarm bells and saying, There's something happening here that requires activation.When we're talking about meltdowns, that's typically the nervous system escalating into a fight-or-flight response. If we think about fight-or-flight biologically, its primary goal is to keep us alive. That's why we move into that state.So if we're trying to get our child to do anything in that moment, it makes sense that we'd get an immediate response of, I'm not trusting anything right now because my goal is survival.Sarah: Mm-hmm.Hayden: When we practice these things during regulated moments—when they're not in those big emotional states—it becomes familiar. It's not, I've never tried that before. I don't know if it'll work. It's, Oh, we do that all the time. That's fun. That's familiar. I know that.Again, it doesn't mean they're necessarily going to jump right into it, but it gives us a much better chance than saying, “Hey, here's this thing we've never done before. I know your body is biologically trying to stay alive right now, but trust me and try it.”Because the biological response would be, “Absolutely not.”Sarah: Right. That makes sense.We've drifted a little into what to do in the moment of a meltdown, which is great, but is there anything else you wanted to add about prevention? You mentioned making sure resources are high—things like hunger, tiredness, and those sorts of factors. You talked about opening the pressure valve throughout the day with regulating activities.Is there anything else you've noticed that helps when a child is having a lot of meltdowns?Hayden: Yeah. I think those are some of the biggest things.My whole approach is rooted in connection as well. A lot of times, parents tell me that sometimes they can catch it—they can see the signs that a meltdown is coming—and other times it feels like things go from zero to 100.If we're able to notice those signs that things are building, that our child seems more on edge or more hypervigilant, that becomes a great time to bring in some of these strategies. But tying it back to what we've already talked about, I want to do that from a place of connection.It's, Hey, I'm right here with you. Let's do this together.Not, Here's a strategy. Go do it by yourself.Because connection itself is incredibly regulating.Sarah: So the whole co-regulation piece.Hayden: Exactly. It's kind of a both-and situation. We can use connection before the meltdown, and we can use it as we're moving into one.I wanted to bring that in because connection itself can be a regulatory tool. And it also ties into your next question.Sarah: What about empathy? You were talking a lot about connection, and to me they go hand in hand. Do you find yourself talking about empathy very much with parents?Hayden: Yes. Typically, we talk about it more in the moment, although it fits into both areas.One of the reasons we focus on it during the moment is because I teach parents about Bruce Perry's Three Rs: Regulate, Relate, Reason.I really like this framework because it helps us understand where a child is in their brain and how we should meet them there.If they're operating from their brainstem—the lowest, survival-oriented part of the brain—we meet them with regulation.Sarah: That's the fight-or-flight part.Hayden: Typically, yes.Then the next level up is the limbic system, which is our emotional control center.Sarah: Mm-hmm.Hayden: There we meet them through relating, or what parents often hear called validation.Then, when they're operating from the cortex—the highest part of the brain—we can reason with them.The reason I'm bringing this up is that empathy really lives in that relating stage. That's where we're saying, I'm in this with you. This feels frustrating. This feels overwhelming. This feels scary.That's where empathy naturally fits.So if I'm noticing my child starting to become emotional and I sense that we're moving toward a bigger meltdown, that's a great opportunity to step into that relating and validating stage and connect empathetically.Sarah: Okay, nice. So reason is when they're not really losing it yet? That's when we might explain why they can't climb the bookshelf or something like that?Hayden: Right. Reasoning is when they're logical and rational.Sarah: Thinking clearly.Hayden: Exactly.That's when logical conversations make sense.One question I get a lot is, “How do I know where my child is?” And the truth is, you probably don't always know. It's a bit of feeling out the situation.You might notice that you're trying to be logical and rational, but it's not landing. That's your clue.Sarah: Right.Hayden: At that point, we drop down a level and try validating or relating. Or maybe we're supporting a big meltdown and we're regulating, and then we try saying, I get it. This feels really frustrating, and it only gets bigger.Okay, that didn't land. Let's drop back down and spend more time regulating.Sarah: Right.Hayden: It's an ebb and flow. We're trying things and seeing what works.Sarah: I love that framework. It's really helpful to think about what to do when something isn't landing.I saw you talking about that on Instagram, and it reminded me of Larry Cohen's work. In The Opposite of Worry, he says that if reassurance doesn't work within 20 seconds, it's not going to work. When a child is anxious, they're not operating from the reasoning part of their brain.And I think the same thing probably applies here. If your child is moving into a meltdown and your explanation doesn't work within 20 seconds, it's probably not going to work.Hayden: Definitely. You can talk until you're blue in the face, but if it's not landing, it's not suddenly going to start landing.And it gives us the opposite lesson too. When we're supporting a meltdown, we so often want to fix it. We want to move right into being logical and rational. Or sometimes we jump to consequences. We're giving consequences in the middle of the meltdown.None of that is going to land.Working in schools, I saw this all the time. “You'll have to finish your homework at home,” or taking away recess. The child doesn't care because they're not operating from the part of the brain that cares about those things in that moment.Sarah: Mm-hmm.Hayden: All of those conversations—making amends, talking about what happened, figuring out solutions—can absolutely happen. But they need to happen when the brain is ready for them.Sarah: Right. Not during the meltdown.Hayden: Exactly.Sarah: What else do you want parents to know about those meltdown moments?Hayden: My approach is very co-regulatory. The Three Rs are a great foundation because they help us understand that first step of regulation, then relating, then reasoning.There are lots of things we can do within that framework.One thing I hear from parents all the time is, “So am I just supposed to sit here with my child for an hour while they melt down? I can only keep my cool for so long.”And my response is: I totally get that. That's valid.Co-regulation doesn't mean sitting there forever doing nothing. Yes, a big part of our goal is allowing them to have their emotional experience rather than shutting it down. But another big part of our goal is teaching them how to regulate when things feel overwhelming.So I like to bring in little invitations. They're probably not going to do exactly what I tell them to do, but I can offer invitations back to themselves.One of my favorite ways to do that is mindfulness.And when I say mindfulness, I don't necessarily mean trying to get my child to do something. Instead, I'm having a mindful experience myself and offering it as a gentle invitation.For example, if we're sitting together and I'm regulating myself, I might say, “Oh, there's a squirrel in the tree outside.”It's just an observation. I'm not telling them they have to look.But as they start moving up through the brain and through that Three Rs framework, sometimes they'll suddenly say, “Oh, I want to see the squirrel.”Or I might notice, “The air from the fan feels cool on my face.”It's just an observation. I'm not directing them. I'm simply staying present and offering little invitations back into the present moment.Sometimes they don't care. Sometimes it even escalates them. But I'm making those observations for myself first.As I'm keeping myself regulated, I'm giving them opportunities to join me in the present moment.Going back to regulation as connection to self, they're disconnected from themselves in those moments. They're overwhelmed by emotion.So the goal of mindfulness is to gently invite them back into the present moment with me. If you're in the present moment, you're here. You're noticing what's around you.That's why I like to bring mindfulness into these conversations. Because no, you don't have to sit there doing nothing while waiting for it to end. There are things we can do to help bring our children back to the present moment.First, by keeping ourselves regulated. If I'm staying mindful and present, it keeps me from losing myself.Second, it teaches them what it looks like to come back when things feel overwhelming.Sarah: That makes a lot of sense.What do you find gets in the way of parents being able to do that? Are there common stories they're telling themselves? Fears they have?In my work, I hear things like, If they're like this at five, what are they going to be like at fifteen? Or, Nobody else's kid acts like this.Things like that.Hayden: Absolutely.My answer to both of those is usually the same: our own dysregulation.I talk about this from the theoretical soapbox of Here's the ideal model. But I tell every family I work with: this is the water I swim in every day, and I still don't get it right every time.I'm a human being. I have my own activation.When I hear examples like the ones you mentioned, those are usually signs of dysregulation. If my mind is spiraling into the future, that's a clue that I'm no longer present. I'm worried about something else.So none of this is to say that staying regulated is easy. It's completely natural to become dysregulated when we're around dysregulation.At the same time, the more we practice it, the easier it becomes. It's like yoga. The more we practice, the more accessible it gets.I think one of the biggest challenges is the guilt and shame parents feel. They think, But I get dysregulated. And my response is: that's okay.When we're supporting a meltdown, it might look like staying regulated the whole time. But more often, it looks like a dance. I regulate. I notice I'm getting dysregulated. I come back to myself. Then I regulate again.That cycle happens throughout the experience. It doesn't mean you have to stay perfectly regulated from beginning to end. And honestly, there's benefit in both versions. If I stay regulated, I'm creating a calm space. But if I become dysregulated and then regulate myself again, I'm also modeling something really powerful.I'm showing my child:“I disconnected, and now I'm back.”“I disconnected, and now I'm back.”We so often think we have to teach children by telling them what to do. But there is tremendous power in modeling it. Simply showing them what regulation looks like when things feel really big and overwhelming is teaching them.Here's Part 4 cleaned up in the same publishing-ready style as the revised Part 3: all content preserved, no summarizing, no omissions, bold speaker names, and natural paragraphs rather than one-line transcript formatting.Sarah: Options.Hayden: It might not be that they turn around and do these things immediately, but we are showing them, “Look, I'm right here with you. I get overwhelmed. I get dysregulated.”And one last thought within that: so often I hear this from the kids I work with—“Nobody else is like this. I'm the only one who feels this way. I'm the only one who gets so overwhelmed by my anger.”Sarah: Aw.Hayden: So I think there's so much normalization in naming our own experience. Maybe it's naming our own experience, but maybe it's even just showing them: “Ah, I got really frustrated, and now I'm coming back and regulating myself. I'm making repair. I'm taking accountability for it.”All of those pieces matter. There's power in all of them, I think, and that's something I hope I get across to the families I work with. I think there's often this guilt or shame of, “I'm not doing a good job at this.”And it's like, there's value in all of these things when you can bring some intentionality to them.Sarah: I love that.I'm kind of springing this on you, and I don't know if I've seen you talk about this specifically in your reels, but do you have any specific strategies for aggression that comes with a meltdown?Hayden: Yeah.I think the thing that's really tricky with aggression is that, especially when we're talking on social media, I'm not there. I don't know your kid. So it's really hard for me to tell you exactly how to support them in the moment.I always start with a very generic statement: we have to create safety first.I can't tell you exactly what that's going to look like because every situation is different. But you have to make sure you're safe, your child is safe, their siblings are safe, their friends are safe—whoever is around needs to be safe.We have to create physical safety first and foremost.Then, from there, I think it's helpful to understand that the fight-or-flight response is what's happening. It would make sense that we've reached a level where things have gotten so big that the child is now fighting. That's the response that's happening.In that moment, we're really trying to communicate, “This isn't warranted right now. You don't need to be in a fight response.”The ways we do that include the co-regulation we've already talked about, but also being very aware of how we're presenting ourselves.How are we appearing? Are we cornering them? Are we standing high above them? Can we get down to their level?Those subtle things can send the message: “Everything is activated. The alarm bells are going off. There's this thing hovering over me. I'm cornered in my room, so I have to fight my way out.”Can we bring just a little bit of awareness to those dynamics, as best we're able, once we've created safety?Some of those pieces can be really difficult because we're trying to keep our kids safe. We may need to be in their personal space to prevent them from hurting themselves.But once we get to a place where they're no longer actively hurting themselves, can we begin sending signals that—Sarah: That they're safe and that you're not a threat.Hayden: Exactly.And it's not even necessarily that you are the threat. It's more about asking, What can we do to help simmer things down a little bit?One of the other things that comes to mind is talking less and keeping things really simple.If they're in that level of activation, it's not the time to reason. It's probably not the time to talk about how frustrating the situation is for them.Sarah: Right.Hayden: It might simply be:“I'm right here.”Sarah: Yeah.Hayden: “I'm right here.”Just a steady presence. Keeping it calm, quiet, and simple.“You are safe.”Really short, simple phrases.I think another idea that comes to mind is thinking about the activation in the body. When we're talking about nervous system activation and fight or flight, things are escalating. Things are speeding up. That energy is getting big.It makes sense that it's coming out through the extremities—through hitting, kicking, biting, screaming. The energy is trying to get out of the body.So if our child is hitting, can we find a way for them to move that energy through their hands?Maybe I have a pillow and I'm letting them push against it.Again, this has to be balanced with safety. I can't tell every parent, “This is what you should do every time.” But with some children—especially smaller children—if their arms are flying around, I might be able to create a situation where they can push against a pillow.If they're kicking and their legs are flailing, can we do something similar where their feet are pushing against something?We're giving some proprioceptive input while simultaneously allowing the energy to move through the part of the body that's already showing us where that energy wants to go.Sarah: That makes sense.When you were talking about creating safety through your physical presence when someone's having a meltdown, I was reminded of something.It's funny—I don't know if you find this in your work—but sometimes I use an analogy or example for years and then kind of forget about it.I was reminded that I used to talk to parents about pretending they'd just come across a wild dog that was acting aggressively. I'd ask them, “What would you do to get past this wild dog?”They're always saying things like, “Well, I'd talk softly. I'd get lower. I'd...”Instinctively, we all seem to have a sense of how to demonstrate to another creature that we're not a threat.And then I'd say, “Okay. Do that with your kid. Do that with your kid.”What you were saying reminded me of that.Hayden: Absolutely.I think that visual of a cornered animal is a really powerful one because it makes sense.As you were talking, I was thinking about a book by Dr. Stuart Brown about play. One of the things he talked about was how animals have this moment of uncertainty when they encounter each other.It's almost like they're asking, “Are you a threat or not?”If two dogs are approaching each other, there's this moment where they're feeling each other out. We don't know which direction it's going to go until they determine things are okay. Then their tails start wagging, and they begin jumping around and playing.But first there's that period of interaction where they're assessing the situation.Sarah: Mm-hmm.Hayden: That's the idea we're talking about here.One of the things I discuss is using playfulness as a strategy to support regulation—even sometimes during meltdowns. This is a little different from the aggression question, but it connects.If I come in trying to be playful when a child's brain is trying to figure out what's happening, they may think, “Wait, what is going on? I don't understand this.”It can almost feel like an uncertain threat.Sarah: Or, “Are they making fun of me?”Hayden: Exactly.And so it's the same principle we've been talking about throughout this conversation.We're trying to lay a foundation. When I talk about co-regulation, we're really trying to co-regulate the environment.It's not necessarily about getting our child to do something. It's about decreasing the intensity of the environment.Whether we're talking about aggression or anything else, can we be intentional about helping the environment feel a little less intense?Can we help our child feel safe enough to move out of that fight-or-flight state?Sarah: Fantastic. This has been so helpful, Hayden.Before I let you go, there's one question I ask all my guests. If you could go back in time—and for you it's not that far back because your kids are still little—and tell your younger parent self something, what advice would you give yourself?Hayden: I think—and this may be a controversial one—but I would tell myself to take myself less seriously.There are so many stressors. There are so many things we think we have to do. We have to be on time. We have to present ourselves a certain way. We have to manage all these responsibilities.Just have some fun.Take yourself a little less seriously and bring in more silliness, fun, and playfulness.That's something I really try to communicate now. It's why I bring playful strategies into my work.When I think about the beginning of parenthood and how overwhelming it was—having little kids, trying to balance everything, coming out of COVID when everything felt weird—I wish I had remembered to enjoy it more.And that's not to say it's always fun, enjoyable, or easy.But it also doesn't need to feel stressful all the time.Sarah: I got you.And if that's controversial, it shouldn't be.It reminds me of when I worked in early childhood education before I had kids. I used to go home and say to my husband, “Oh my God, parents are crazy.”I shouldn't use ableist language, but I didn't know another way to describe it at the time. I couldn't understand how parents could get so upset about things.Then I became a parent and thought, “Oh my gosh, I totally get it.”But it's that reminder that things aren't all-or-nothing.When I look back now—and I'm in a very different stage of parenting—I think about things that felt like a huge deal when my kids were little. Things I worried about endlessly.And now I think, “I wish I hadn't taken that so seriously.”I wish I could have remembered that they were all eventually going to sleep through the night.Hayden: Mm-hmm.My partner has brought in this language that I really love:“You are more important than whatever.”Sarah: Mm-hmm.Hayden: So, “You are more important than us being on time to this event.”Or, “You are more important than the glass of milk that got knocked over.”Sarah: That's beautiful.Hayden: It's just a reframe.Yes, that thing happened. But you are more important than that thing.Sarah: That's beautiful. I love that.Hayden: Yeah.Sarah: We'll put links in the show notes, but if you want to give a shout-out to your Instagram account, it sounds like that's probably the best place for people to learn more about you and what you do.Hayden: Yeah, I think that's a great place to start because it gives people a little more of what I do.My Instagram is Low Tide Play Therapist, and that's probably the best landing spot.Then the more business-focused side is lowtidecoaching.com.Sarah: Great.What's the story behind Low Tide?Hayden: It's actually how I named my play therapy practice.At the time, we were living in Wilmington, North Carolina. We only had one child, and I was wrestling with what I wanted to call the practice.Our child was very young, and suddenly the ocean felt a little intimidating. That was a new experience for me because it hadn't felt that way before.One day we went to the beach during low tide. There were little tide pools everywhere, and it felt very safe and non-threatening.And ultimately, I think that's what play is.It's a space where we can explore things that feel big, challenging, or overwhelming in an environment where there aren't huge stakes attached to them.As I watched my child playing in those tide pools—with no giant waves, no threat—I thought:“That's it. That's the name.”Low Tide Play Therapy.Sarah: I'm glad I asked because that's a great story.Hayden: Yeah.Sarah: Well, thank you so much.Hayden: Thank you. I appreciate it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sarahrosensweet.substack.com/subscribe

What if everything you've been told about resilience is wrong?  In this episode of the Balancing Act podcast, host Andy speaks with Jay Abbasi — CEO and founder of The Conscious Professional, former Tesla leader, and international keynote speaker who has coached leaders at Google, Amazon, and Wells Fargo. After his father's sudden passing in 2014 woke him up to the costs of living on autopilot, Jay rebuilt his life around one question: how do leaders perform at a high level without burning out?  Andy and Jay unpack the Three Rs framework — recharge, reframe, reconnect — the myth that resilience means powering through, why the most burnt-out leaders are the ones who built their entire identity on a single pillar, and the research connecting negative thinking to physical illness. It's a conversation about adaptability, multi-dimensionalism, and what changes when leaders stop being self-absorbed long enough to actually engage with their work.  Tune in episode 246 to hear Jay's story and learn how to recharge before you hit zero.  AndrewTemte.com

Many professionals wonder why others with less technical skill seem to get further in their careers. The answer often lies in their ability to build influence and trust through emotional intelligence rather than relying on formal authority. In this conversation, Jen Shirkani explains how to use the "Three Rs" of EQ—recognizing, reading, and responding—to connect your goals with what your stakeholders actually care about. Whether you are delivering bad news or trying to change a leader's mind, these insights help you navigate tough workplace dynamics. Key Takeaways: The "Three Rs" of emotional intelligence: Recognizing, Reading, and Responding. How to identify what a leader truly cares about to frame your pitch effectively. The critical role of trust deposits in building long-term influence. Why sarcasm and "experiential empathy" can backfire during stressful conversations. Navigating the "Badzilla" trap when enforcing unpopular policies. Moving from defensive rule-following to consultative partnership. 00:00 Why some people have more influence 01:05 Defining the Three Rs of EQ 01:52 Connecting ideas to what others care about 03:10 How to identify individual motivations 06:07 The role of trust in building influence 08:27 Starting with an EQI assessment 10:00 Delivering bad news using EQ 14:44 Cognitive vs. experiential empathy 16:14 Balancing employee advocacy and business needs 20:10 Common mistakes when trying to influence 22:56 Where to find EQ and influence resources Find Jen Website: https://www.penumbra.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenshirkani/ Book Titles: Ego vs EQ and Choose Resilience Find Andrea (me) Website: https://thehrhub.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-adams1/

In this episode of People Not Titles, host Steve Kaempf speaks with Mark Ratfelders, a former corporate sales leader at American Express and Citibank, turned coach, consultant, and yoga and meditation leader. Mark shares his 30-year corporate journey, the keys to success including vision, alignment, and persistence, and the importance of balancing career ambitions with personal values. He discusses his transition from corporate life to heart-centered coaching, how yoga and meditation transformed his approach, and his Mindful Wellness workshop, which helps individuals and teams improve performance and well-being through mindfulness and energy awareness.Introduction & Guest Overview (0:00)Mark's Corporate Career Journey (1:14)Keys to Corporate Success (4:36)Personal Motivation & The Three Rs (5:05)Alignment and Making Bold Choices (6:43)Balancing Career and Family (8:05)Decision-Making at Career Crossroads (10:18)The Cost of Work-Life Imbalance (11:58)Finding Middle Ground & The Power of Pause (13:17)Corporate Culture & Value Alignment (14:57)Redefining Success Beyond the Grind (15:52)Challenging Limiting Narratives (16:41)Work-Life Balance & Presence (17:01)Happiness and Holistic Success (18:54)Holistic Practices: Running, Yoga, Meditation (20:02)Transition Out of Corporate America (21:07)Identity Shift After Corporate Life (28:14)Beginning Coaching & The Role of Yoga/Meditation (31:24)Coaching vs. Corporate Leadership (33:06)Foundations of Sales Success (33:48)Energy, Awareness, and Performance (36:54)Energy Assessment & Seven Levels (40:28)Role of Coaching in Change (42:22)Heart-Centered Service in Sales (46:01)Loving Kindness & Relationship Energy (47:26)Group Work & Mindful Wellness Workshops (49:03)Mindfulness vs. Multitasking (50:26)Seven Levels of Energy & Human Experience (51:48)Conclusion & Contact Information (52:34)Podcast Outro & Sponsor Message (53:16)About the Podcast:People, Not Titles is dedicated to elevating professionals in real estate and business by focusing on real-world strategies, honest conversations, and the principles that drive long-term success.Full episodes available at:[www.peoplenottitles.com](http://www.peoplenottitles.com)Connect with us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplenottitlesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/peoplenottitlesTwitter: https://twitter.com/sjkaempfSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uu5kTvSubscribe for weekly insights on real estate trends, investing strategies, and business growth.Because in the end, it's always about people not titles.#ChicagoRealEstate#HousingMarket#RealEstatePodcast#Investing#MortgageRates

I have been a striver my entire life — the kind of person who color-coded her notes, lost sleep to get straight A's, and genuinely believed that doing more and finishing faster was just who she was. Until the season when it didn't work anymore, and I found myself wondering if what I actually needed wasn't a better system, but permission to put some things down. This week's guest is Yvette Henry, author of Release, Rest, Remain: A 30-Day Devotional to Embrace Abiding Over Striving. In this episode, she gives language to something I think so many of us moms carry but rarely take the time to name — and a rhythm for living that actually feels sustainable. A note: this is a faith-rooted conversation, which isn't my typical format — but the three takeaways Yvette shares are for every mother, regardless of where you land spiritually. In this episode, you'll hear:

➡️ Get the full show notes and episode breakdown at Biology of Trauma® Podcast— What Does Overwhelm Have To Do With Chronic Pain? If you have chronic pain, you've probably been told that stress is making it worse. But here's what the biology actually shows: by the time your pain is flaring, you're past stress. You've crossed into overwhelm — and that changes everything about what your body can do. In this episode, Dr. Aimie Apigian — double board-certified physician and author of The Biology of Trauma®  — explains why chronic pain and chronic trauma follow the same biological pattern, and exactly how the body gets stuck in cycles that feel impossible to interrupt. Once the nervous system crosses the critical line of overwhelm, three survival strategies take over: dissociation, immobilization, and energy conservation. Healing goes offline. That's not a failure of your approach. That's a shift in operating mode — one where the body only has enough energy to survive. What determines whether a flare happens is neuroception — the nervous system's subconscious safety scan, running below conscious awareness at all times. When it reads threat, the physiology shifts. That shift is where chronic pain lives. What moves this pattern is building capacity through five specific nervous system skills — so the body spends more time below the line, where healing is actually possible. In This Episode You'll Learn: [00:00] Why chronic pain is an overwhelm problem — not a stress problem [01:34] How pain becomes chronic and why it follows the same biological pattern as trauma [03:06] Stress is not trauma and trauma is not stress [03:20] What the critical line of overwhelm is — and why the body stays braced long after the danger is gone [05:59] The Loop and what it does to the body's healing mechanisms [08:11] How adrenaline suppresses pain during stress — and what happens when it's removed in overwhelm [08:49] What microglia are and why they follow the same threshold pattern as the nervous system [09:30] The three survival strategies the body activates past the critical line — dissociation, freeze, and energy conservation [11:40] What neuroception is and why it controls whether a pain flare happens [13:42] Why capacity — not stress — determines where your critical line sits [15:10] The five nervous system skills that build capacity before the line is crossed - that every adult and every person with chronic pain needs to know — what each skill does and why it matters [17:44] Why we only go as fast as the slowest part of me feels safe to go [18:44] How to interrupt a chronic pain cycle before it crosses the line [20:52] The Three Rs framework — how to recognize, understand, and repair a chronic pain pattern [22:40] Key Takeaways And Guide Resources/Guides: Book: The Biology of Trauma®Book by Dr. Aimie Apigian— Chapter 1 covers the body's trauma response, the critical line of overwhelm, and the steps by which both trauma and pain become chronic. The Nervous System Journal is available at: biologyoftrauma.com/book Free Guide: A Guide For The Chronic Freeze Response — Learn what to do (and what to avoid) when your body gets stuck in freeze mode, including the survival strategies covered in this episode.

Emotional labour is the unwritten work of managing your feelings and the emotions of others to be effective in the workplace. HR professionals and leaders often act as "toxin handlers," absorbing organizational frustrations and conflicts without a formal strategy for recovery.In this episode, executive coach and author Dina Denham Smith breaks down why emotional labour feels like pushing a beach ball underwater and how to prevent it from leading to compassion fatigue. We explore the difference between emotional and cognitive empathy, the physical toll of suppressing true feelings, and practical ways to "metabolize" the stress of leadership.Key takeaways include:- The definition of a "toxin handler" and why this role is vital yet undervalued.- The three components of an emotion: behavior, physiology, and mental interpretation.- How to use the "Three Rs" (Reflect, Reframe, Restore) to recover your energy.- Why cognitive empathy is a protective strategy for those in high-conflict roles.**Find Dina Denham-Smith** Website: https://dinadenhamsmith.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinadenhamsmith/Book Titles or other links: Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work**Find Andrea (me)**Website: https://thehrhub.ca/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-adams1/

This week my oldest child turns 19 and I am truly marveling at the man he is becoming. But it didn't always feel like a sigh of relief. I used to lie awake at night worrying that I was messing up my kids.  I used to worry if they weren't learning what they needed, if their behavior meant I had made the wrong choices, or too many mistakes. I would dread the day and would look back and blame me for all of their stress, lack of preparation, and pain that I was sure they would have in the future. And it would all be my fault. But that's not where we actually are all these years later! In today's podcast episode, I'm reflecting on the journey of how I have worked on giving up control over other people's behavior, and really stepping up into the identity of the happier, holier mama that I always dreamed of being.  It doesn't mean I have it all figured out. It just means that I have learned how to fall in love with the journey, even when it's hard (which it often still is!). And I want to share some of that knowledge with you! If you've ever felt like your peace depends on your child's behavior, or gotten stuck second-guessing your decision to homeschool because of it, grab your earbuds and join me for: The Idol of Control: Behavior and the Three Rs of Surrender and Unconditional Love. Happy, Holy Mama is OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT AGAIN!  Click here to join in time for this week's Stop Yelling Refresh Workshop!

In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by Tim Adams, President and CEO of the IIF, to kick off the new year with a forward-looking discussion on the forces set to shape global finance in 2026 as financial leaders prepare for the IIF's annual board meetings and convene in Davos. Drawing on Tim's extensive global engagement with policymakers and industry leaders, the conversation explores the macro forces most likely to matter in the year ahead, from geoeconomic risk and innovation to growth opportunities and overlooked vulnerabilities. Clay and Tim also discuss the regulatory themes expected to shape strategy in 2026, including how financial institutions can navigate fragmentation in trade, sanctions, and industrial policy without overreacting. The episode concludes with practical guidance for financial services leaders planning for the year ahead, as well as a look at what to expect from on-the-ground conversations at Davos and how increased U.S. engagement could influence the broader World Economic Forum agenda. This IIF Podcast was hosted by Clay Lowery, Executive Vice President, Research and Policy, with production and research contributions from Christian Klein, Digital Graphics and Production Associate and Miranda Silverman, Senior Program Assistant.

From the acquisition of a tiny refrigeration business, Linh Tran has built an enterprise that earns millions annually.Register for the webinar: What a Good Investor Pitch Looks Like -TODAY!! - https://bit.ly/3LYM4H2Topics in Linh's interview:The "Three Rs" search criteriaBeing an undercover owner for 18 monthsEliminating 70-hour workweeks for his techsStruggling with work-life balanceImplementing value-based pricing80% rule for delegationWhy he doesn't want to exitFostering deep employee loyaltyCorporate philanthropy and legacyWhat money can't buyReferences and how to contact Linh:info@apexfundgroup.comLinkedInApex Fund GroupLearn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:The Acquisition LabGet complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund TeamGet a free review of your books & financial ops from System Six (a $500 value):Book a call with Tim or hello@systemsix.com and mention Acquiring MindsConnect with Acquiring Minds:See past + future interviews on the YouTube channelConnect with host Will Smith on LinkedInFollow Will on TwitterEdited by Anton RohozovProduced by Pam Cameron

In this thought-provoking episode, Cheryl Broom sits down with Leslie Vargas, Senior Public Affairs Officer at Riverside Community College District, to explore how implicit bias and microaggressions quietly influence higher ed marketing and what communications teams can do about it.Leslie shares candid insights on how seemingly small choices, like which photo you use, or how you describe a student, can send powerful messages about who belongs. She introduces a practical framework, the Three R's, to help every higher ed communicator: Recognize, Respond, and Revise.Drawing from real-world examples, pop culture moments, and her work with college marketers across California, Leslie challenges us to look beyond performative representation and build marketing that truly reflects our students' identities and lived experiences.Whether you're building a campaign or writing a welcome letter, this episode is packed with tools to help you create more inclusive, authentic messaging without the fear of “getting it wrong.”What You'll Learn:Why inclusivity in marketing starts with self-awarenessHow to use the “Three Rs” framework: Recognize, Respond, RevisePractical ways to identify and correct bias in campus communicationsWhy small, intentional choices in tone, visuals, and language matterHow inclusive messaging builds belonging and boosts engagementYou can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn or via email at leslie@whynotleslie.com or leslie.vargas@rccd.edu.  Thanks for listening!Connect with GradComm:Instagram: @gradcommunicationsFacebook: @GradCommunicationsLinkedIn: @gradcommSend us a message: GradComm.com

Our season-long examination of personalized learning, the student-centered practices for heightened student engagement, draws to an uplifting close in the finale episode. Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Sarah Bazzy from Camp Creek Elementary School in Gwinnett County Public Schools joins the podcast with an alliterative set of priorities inspired by her “littles” that propels PL instruction in every content area. 

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If you're in property long enough, something will go wrong and I've been there more times than I can count. Builders have disappeared, finance has fallen through at the eleventh hour, planning has thrown me curveballs, and valuations have come in soft. The truth is, these challenges aren't the exception… they're the rule.In this episode, I'm sharing the simple framework I use to deal with setbacks without letting them knock me off course: the 3 R's of Resilience - React, Reframe, Recover. Over nearly 20 years in the industry, this approach has helped me turn problems into lessons, lessons into systems, and setbacks into a stronger business.If you want to build a serious HMO portfolio, resilience isn't optional - it's essential. Tune in and I'll show you how to put it into practice.-

Are tariffs working the way the Trump planned? Confluence Associate Market Strategist and Certified Business Economist Thomas Wash joins Phil Adler to focus on the purpose of the Trump tariffs and discuss what investors should pay attention to in the weeks and months ahead.

The fastest-growing companies aren't just using AI—they're reinventing marketing with it. In this video, I break down how AI is transforming marketing by enhancing proven strategies and making campaigns more efficient. From leveraging AI in email and SMS, precision targeting in account-based marketing, and applying the “Three Rs” in content creation, to building automated systems, recruiting top talent, and even shaping product development—AI is becoming the backbone of modern growth. I also share practical tools and real-world examples to help you apply these strategies today. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Introduction to AI Marketing Strategies (00:29) Proven Strategies Enhanced by AI (03:48) Email and SMS Marketing with AI (06:03) Account-Based Marketing: Precision Targeting (09:10) Content Marketing: The Three Rs (10:00) Building AI Systems for Automation (13:17) Recruiting Top Talent with AI (14:43) Product Building in the AI Era (16:50) Conclusion and Next Steps How to Connect: IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu

Nehemiah 7 "The Three Rs" This sermon by Pastor David Tarkington was preached at First Baptist Church of Orange Park, FL on July 20, 2025.

About the Guest(s):Amy Irvine is a seasoned financial planner and host of the Money Roots podcast. She is the founder of Rooted Planning Group, where she offers comprehensive retirement and financial planning services. Amy is known for her approachable and relatable style, making complex financial concepts accessible to a broad audience. Her focus on aligning financial strategies with personal goals helps clients navigate significant life transitions effectively.Episode Summary:In this episode of Money Roots, hosted by Amy Irvine, the focus continues on retirement planning with part two of the Retirement Design series, exploring the crucial concepts of transition management. Amy discusses the "Three Rs of Successful Transitions": Resourcefulness, Resiliency, and Renaissance Spirit. These traits are essential for anyone navigating the uncertainties of retirement.The episode delves into how each of these traits can be developed and nurtured to facilitate a smooth shift into retirement. Amy emphasizes that retirement is not just a financial change, but a social and personal one as well. Key aspects like the creativity of resourcefulness, the adaptability of resilience, and the enthusiasm of a Renaissance spirit are explored in-depth, with examples of how they manifest in real-life scenarios. The episode is a valuable guide for preparing emotionally and mentally for retirement's complex landscape.Key Takeaways:The Three Rs: Understanding the essential traits of Resourcefulness, Resiliency, and Renaissance Spirit can help navigate life transitions, particularly retirement.Holistic Planning: Retirement planning involves more than just finances; social and personal aspects play critical roles.Real-life Applications: Examples and questions help listeners identify how they can apply these traits to past transitions and future planning.Change Adaptation: Emphasizes the importance of flexibility and openness to change as constants in retirement planning.Future Episodes: Hints at future discussions on balancing life during retirement transitions in upcoming episodes.Notable Quotes:"Resourcefulness is about making the most of what we have and always looking for effective and creative ways to reach goals.""Resiliency is the ability to bounce back from a loss, disappointment, or other difficult situations.""A Renaissance spirit involves having a zest for life and learning, with diverse and in-depth interests pursued with wonder, adventure, and fun.""Overcoming challenges and taking advantage of opportunities are key elements of a successful transition in retirement.""Change is the only constant in our lives, and how we respond to it will profoundly affect the decisions we make."Resources:Rooted Planning Group: WebsiteFor a deeper understanding of the important strategies discussed in this episode and how you can prepare for a fulfilling retirement, listen to the full discussion. Stay tuned for more insightful content from the Money Roots podcast series.

Recalls, radius, and rebounds are the three behaviors you will need to build in your dog if you want them to have off leash freedom. But more importantly, there are tenants these things rely on to be solid. Sign up for courses and join the membership here: sarahstremming.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cogdogradio Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay

Continuing the interview I gave for Mikkel Thorup last year. Original episode: https://expatmoneyshow.com/episodes/joshua-sheats-pt-2/ 

The Trump administration's federal cuts have put billions of dollars for scientific research and thousands of research jobs at risk. They could also be imperiling laboratory animals. Scientists around the country are concerned that funding cuts could mean prematurely ending research involving mice, dogs, nonhuman primates, and more. Like many others, the University of Washington is a research institution that relies on animal subjects for its studies. If these studies are unable to continue, scientists will have to consider euthanizing these animals. That could mean setbacks to all sorts of health-related experiments, including ones related to cancer and Alzheimer’s. Guest Sally Thompson-Iritani assistant vice provost for Animal Care, Outreach and Three Rs (reduction, refinement and replacement) in the Office of Research at the University of Washington Related Links The New York Times: Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research The Washington Post: Trump’s deep cuts to health research put lab animals at risk, scientists say Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The Business of Wellness, I'm joined by Stevi Gable Carr, Founder & CEO of WISe Wellness Guild, to talk all things CPG wellness branding — what works, what doesn't, and what it actually takes to create real impact in this space.Stevi shares how WISe has become a trusted partner to brands like Kroger and P&G, helping them go beyond the buzzwords to build community, credibility, and meaningful engagement through wellness. From brand strategy and consumer insights to storytelling that resonates (and doesn't just ride a trend), this conversation is packed with insights for anyone building—or rethinking—a wellness brand in 2025.We also talk about WellNXT, the national movement Stevi co-founded to bring wellness back to real life through in-person events and connection-first activations.If you work in brand marketing, consumer goods, wellness, or media—or you're just trying to cut through the noise—this one's for you.Timestamps:0:00 Introduction to Wellness and Personal Journey02:47 The Intersection of Brand and Product05:50 Fear-Driven Marketing and Consumerism09:04 The Fundamentals of Wellness12:03 The Audacity to Live by Your Design15:06 Navigating Leadership and Expectations17:53 The Importance of Prioritization21:00 The Three Rs of Resilience23:51 Relighting Your Spark27:04 Current Trends in the Wellness Landscape36:18 The Seed Oil Debate and Market Responses37:13 Brand Strategies: Unilever vs. PepsiCo40:13 Building Trust in Wellness Brands41:49 Retailers and Consumer Accountability44:21 The Role of Community in Wellness47:12 Tailoring Wellness to Community Needs51:30 Generational Differences in Wellness Needs56:09 The Intersection of Wellness and Arts01:02:20 Starting a Wellness Brand: Key ConsiderationsKeywords:wellness, branding, marketing, resilience, leadership, consumerism, self-care, health, personal development, strategy, seed oils, wellness brands, Unilever, PepsiCo, consumer trust, community wellness, generational wellness, arts and wellness, wellness brand strategy, optimization in wellnessGrab a...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  This week's Moment is with Dr. Caroline Boyd. She is a registered clinical psychologist, writer and mother. She explains why it's normal to feel anger as a mother, how society forces us to suppress it, and talks us through her "Three Rs' technique to help keep it managed. For more powerful insights from Dr. Caroline Boyd listen to her episode here: Do you get scary thoughts too? Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations' Motherkind is sponsored by Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women's supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply. This show is sponsored by the Woodland Trust. Get outside and record any of three vital signs of spring at woodlandtrust.org.uk/vitalsigns. This show is sponsored by Usborne books. If you want to add a little extra joy to storytime, 'Don't Tickle' touchy-feely sound books are available now from all good booksellers. For a £100 sponsored job credit visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of the First Day Podcast, host Bill Stanczykiewicz, Ed.D., is joined by Ann Fitzgerald, MA, founder of AC Fitzgerald and alumna of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Ann shares her expertise on helping nonprofits navigate financial crises, offering practical strategies for organizations that find themselves overly reliant on a single funding source. The conversation was sparked by a recent federal funding pause in early 2025, which served as a wake-up call for nonprofits dependent on government funding, large foundations, or major donors. Ann introduces her “Three Rs” framework: be resilient, be realistic, and reach. She emphasizes the importance of staying calm, gathering facts, and creating scenario-based plans that allow for flexible responses. Drawing on her consulting experience, Ann highlights how organizations can reassess budgets, preserve cash, and engage board members, staff, and community networks for short-term support. Bill shares his own experience leading a nonprofit through the 2008 financial crisis, underscoring the critical role that boards play during times of financial uncertainty. The conversation transitions to long-term planning, where Ann stresses the importance of building an operating reserve by setting aside 10% of every undesignated dollar. She highlights the need for diversified funding sources, reminding nonprofits that 85% of charitable giving comes from individuals. She also encourages nonprofits to ramp up stewardship efforts, explore planned giving opportunities, and form finance committees to strengthen financial planning. With donor confidence at its highest level in five years and the stock market's strong performance in 2024, Ann and Bill are optimistic about fundraising prospects in 2025. The episode closes with key takeaways on managing financial risk, the power of clear communication with stakeholders, and the importance of involving donors and board members as partners in finding solutions. Ann's advice serves as a powerful reminder that resilience and adaptability are essential for nonprofits to weather financial challenges. The Fund Raising School offers courses, webinars, and custom training opportunities to help nonprofit leaders strengthen their fundraising strategies and build long-term financial health.

This episode is a strong start to the year.  It is essential listening for all professionals working with separating families.  We are joined by Jenny Beck KC (Beck Fitzgerald) , Dr Jamie Craig (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) and Zoe Fleetwood (Mills & Reeve) to discuss children that are reluctant, resistant or refusing to see the other parent, as well as parents engaging in psychological manipulation of their children by alienating behaviour. We examine the Family Justice Council guidance in this area. The report is both erudite and succient at only 30 pages long and should be read by everyone involved in this field:https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Family-Justice-Council-Guidance-on-responding-to-allegations-of-alienating-behaviour-2024-1-1.pdf Zoe reminds of what has happened in the last 10 years to lead us here from PD12J, to the presumption in favour of a parent's involvement which was inserted into the Children Act in 2014, LASPO which removed legal aid, the Domestic Abuse Act, Re HN , RE C [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam), Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult) : [2020] EWCA Civ 568 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/re-s-a-child-judgment290420.pdf, the Harm report from 2020, and the Domestic Commissioner's Abuse Commissioners report of 2023https://domesticabusecommissioner.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DAC_Family-Court-Report-_2023_Digital.pdf. Zoe concludes with the case of Re (Parental Alienation: Factual Findings) [2024] EWFC 75 which maybe an example of the Court starting to change coursehttps://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/75.html Jenny reminds us that there are three elements that a Court needs to find before concluding there have been alienating behaviours:There must actually be a child who is reluctant, refusing or resistant to engage in a relationship with a parent;That reluctant, refusal or resistant must be as a result of something other than appropriate justified rejection, or caused by alignment, affinity or attachment.It has to be as a result of other behaviours that has impacted the child and that has led to the child's reluctance, refusal or resistance.Jamie points out that the child's behaviour is not evidence of the adult's behaviour.  Nor is the absence of a reason for a child not to want to see the other parent proof that a child is alienating. The guidance reminds us that there is not a equivalence between domestic abuse and parental alienation.  The guidance also reminds us about the importance of the choosing appropriately qualified experts in complex family situations. Jamie warns us of the dangers of pseudo-science and the psychobabble.  He cautions against jumping to a conclusion that a child has been alienated if they are reluctant, refusing or resistant to the other parent.  For example, a child may just be exhibiting attachment response, or a child demonstrating an affinity for a particular parent, or they may have come to their own decision about how they have understood the situation. All of this is not to say that there are never occasions when parents have psychologically manipulated their children. We know that they do.  Indeed, sometimes perpetrators of abuse psychologically manipulate children to believe the other parent is a danger.  The point is that the burden of proof should not be reversed, and the Court approaching the case as if a parent has to prove they are not engaging in alienating behaviours. Zoe links back to when we last discussed this topic from March 2022; Finding the Middle Ground; Parental alienation and High conflict cases, with Dr Mark Berelowitz and Alex Verdan KC.https://resolution.org.uk/podcast/resolution-podcast-season-1/ Finally we ask our guests to wrestle with the question of what professionals should do if they have been involved in a case where the Court has relied on advice from an expert who lacked the appropriate qualifications, or has made recommendations based on what we do is pseudo-science.  Jenny suggests that if there has been an error in process then the professional or the Court may now need to engage with what is in the best interest of the child, therefore an appeal out of time maybe an appropriate step in some cases.  Please note that Jenny and Jamie were the Chairs of the Family Justice Council working group that wrote the guidance.  However, they appear on this episode in their personal capacity and were not speaking on behalf of the Council.

What does it take to successfully raise capital and build lasting investor relationships? In this episode of The Real Estate Investor Podcast, we're joined by Ryan Miller; Founder and CEO of Pentium Capital Partners and host of the global top 2% podcast, Making Billions with Ryan Miller, who shares his 15 years of experience navigating the world of finance and capital raising. Ryan takes us through his journey from humble beginnings to managing multimillion-dollar portfolios, outlining his approach to leveraging reputation, relationships, and results. He offers actionable advice for getting started; including the importance of building a network using his Triple F rule, refining your pitch, and practicing generosity when networking. If you're looking to elevate your fundraising game, this episode provides invaluable strategies for attracting investors and ensuring that deals come your way. To learn how to build a strong capital pipeline and achieve long-term success in real estate investing, don't miss this inspiring conversation with visionary finance leader, Ryan Miller!Key Points From This Episode:The story of how Ryan built his first venture capital portfolio and never looked back.Three Rs and Triple F: best practices for raising capital.Practical tips to help you find investors and refine your pitch.Common mistakes that many fundraisers make and how to avoid them.How joining boards and associations can boost your network and success.Key disciplines of capital raisers: never eat alone, always learn their story, and more.Why you must be willing to give in order to receive.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Pentium Capital PartnersMaking Billions with Ryan Miller PodcastRyan Miller on LinkedInRyan Miller on InstagramRyan Miller on YouTubeRyan Miller on XRyan Miller EmailFund Raise CapitalNever Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a TimeAsset Management Mastery Facebook GroupBreak of Day Capital Break of Day Capital InstagramBreak of Day Capital YouTubeGary Lipsky on LinkedInJoseph Fang on LinkedIn

Imagine your child's tiny hands molding a majestic sandcastle, each grain of sand a stepping stone towards cognitive and emotional development. That's the fascinating world we uncover with Dr. Linda Harrison on Pre-K Spot Talks, where play is more than fun—it's a journey through reflection, refinement, and re-engagement. Max's story of his sandcastle creation is our guide, exemplifying how the three Rs lead to self-awareness, problem-solving skills, and resilience. Classroom tales of drawing and paper airplanes further illustrate how these learning experiences, underpinned by play, are essential for growing minds. Relive the joy of discovery with us, as we reveal how revisiting old favorites—be it toys, movies, or timeless games—can reinforce adaptability and uncover new layers of enjoyment and understanding.Step into a space where educators and parents learn the art of subtly shifting a child's focus, unlocking new realms of creativity. Whether it's closing the block area to intrigue little explorers towards the light table, or interjecting with thought-provoking questions to unlock new play patterns, guidance in play is a delicate dance between leading and following. We emphasize skills over content, process over outcome, advocating for a foundation that prepares children for the adventurous learning that lies ahead. Join me, Melissa May, in this enlightening conversation on Pre-K Spot Talks, where we celebrate the playful spirit and the endless learning opportunities that await when we reflect, refine, and joyfully re-engage.Know a friend who loves early childhood? Share this podcast. Lot's more topics, tips, and fun on Instagram @prek.spotFor awesome merch and more info visit Pre-KSpot.comEven more free content inside out our weekly newsletter! Join today.We have so many amazing resources and FREEBIES just for you.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

This content has been developed for healthcare professionals only. Patients who seek health information should consult with their physician or relevant patient advocacy groups.For the full presentation, downloadable Practice Aids, slides, and complete CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE information, and to apply for credit, please visit us at PeerView.com/VRK865. CME/MOC/AAPA/IPCE credit will be available until July 1, 2025 .Three Rs for Modern Myeloma Care: Delivering the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time With Antibody and BCMA Platforms In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, and HealthTree Foundation for Multiple Myeloma. PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.SupportThis activity is supported through educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (which are both Johnson & Johnson companies), and Sanofi.Disclosure information is available at the beginning of the video presentation.

In this episode, we sit down with John Wakefield, the managing director of Science to Sport and performance coach with the Bora-hansgrohe World Tour cycling team. John, from Cape Town, South Africa, shares his insights from years of coaching and an advanced training facility in Girona, Spain. Understand why recovery is the key to progression and how ignoring it can impede an athlete's performance, no matter their level. John believes recovery is the critical element in athlete training. He shares details about a routine 'sub-max test' he utilizes with his athletes, whether pro or amateur. He can document progression and shape optimal training by using power and heart rate data in concert with subjective feedback from an athlete on wellness factors like sleep, stress, and mood. Recovery isn't just about easy days or days off. John breaks down other factors to consider in recovery protocols, like stretching, nutrition, massage, and mindfulness, to fulfill the "Three Rs:" refuel, rebuild and rehydrate. He also takes us inside a team bus to learn some of the cyclists' critical recovery strategies while competing in a Grand Tour.  Learn more about TrainingPeaks and how it can help optimize your training.

A new MP3 sermon from Westminster Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Three Rs of Planning: Responsibility, Results, and Resources Subtitle: Wisdom: Living Life in the Fea Speaker: Dr. David Kieffer Broadcaster: Westminster Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 10/29/2023 Length: 92 min.

Today's guest is Joshua Sheats. Joshua is an expert financial planner who teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement. He is the host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast and, as you'll hear in this episode, is also passionate about education and worldschooling with his five children. In the second installment of our three-part series, where we discuss everything but finance, Joshua and I delve further into the subject of education and how worldschooling his own five children has altered his ideas about what makes a “well-educated man.” Enjoy! TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA SHEATS Find out what two key skills Joshua has added to the “Three Rs” that every person needs to grasp to succeed in today's world.  Hear why Joshua believes it's fallacious that just because information is available at our fingertips, we shouldn't still be teaching content to our children.  Learn what change in approach led to the absolute destruction of the French educational system's outcomes. Uncover the secret of how I am able to process information from audiobooks at 3x speed. People don't believe me, but it's true! Hear Joshua expertly break down the three contexts of education that people grapple with. Find out what surprised me about Joshua's evolving thoughts about textbooks, which I absolutely loathe. Learn why Joshua and I both see the tremendous value in learning certain subjects through stories rather than through more standard academic approaches. Discover what attributes Joshua believes are embodied by a “well-educated man.” Listen in to learn about the caveats Joshua and I both add to our own “unschooling” philosophies.  By the end of this episode, you will have a brand new perspective on the subject of learning, whether you are a homeschooling parent or just a well-educated adult yourself. RELATED EPISODES 289: Lessons From Homeschooling Five Children Overseas - Joshua Sheats 115: The Solution To Educating Your Children Abroad - Michael Strong 078: Brandon Pearce – How To Travel The Globe Homeschooling Your Children HOW TO FIND JOSHUA SHEATS Website: https://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/ Follow

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We are currently in the Friendship Series. The first week I asked you to draw a friendship timeline. That laid the foundation of looking at past and current friendships, as well as noticing healthy and unhealthy themes in this area. Last week we discussed gossip. This week we are going after another sin that is sure to bring friendships down - jealousy. Andy Stanley describes the problem with jealousy in his book Enemies of the Heart - "Jealousy is dangerous. It's dangerous because it shapes our attitudes toward other people. It's hard to actively love someone you're jealous of. It's hard to serve (or submit to) someone who's a constant reminder of what you're not. Eventually, jealousy takes control of our attitudes toward people who have done nothing more than pull ahead of us in a race they're not even aware of." Scripture: Proverbs 27:4, "Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?" James 3:13-18, "Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness." Three Rs to eliminate comparison: RECOGNIZE REPENT REJOICE Process: Ask God if there is anyone in your life you need to recognize and repent of jealousy Challenge: Pray over the person you are tempted to compare or notice a jealous spirit come over you when you think of them.  Consider sending your friends a text or note telling them why you are grateful for them. Resource: In my book, Image Restored, the last counselor cornerstone activity is called the Community Wheel. If you own the book, I suggest you use that activity throughout this friendship series. You can also use the Comparison Yardstick activity with today's episode. If you don't have the book, go to imagerestoredbook.com to learn more and purchase a copy. If you aren't yet subscribed to my email newsletter, do that today as we are emailing a pdf download of the community wheel to the community this month. Go to rachaelgilbert.com click the freebies tab and subscribe to the community there.

A bumper episode featuring Rishi Sunak, the Rosebank oilfield, the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, and Robin McAlpine.The numerate among you will note that's four not three Rs but why ruin a good podcast title over arithmetic?Rishi Sunak seems assailed on all sides at the Conservative Conference in Manchester. Farage hob-nobbing with Priti Patel, Liz Truss re-emerging with her 60 "Growthers", and northern Tory mayors not at all happy with the rumoured cancellation of HS2.We look at this plus the lurch even more to the right with Mark Harper embracing conspiracy theories on 15 Minute Cities.While abandoning HS2 looks on the cards the UK government is hell bent on going ahead with the development of the Rosebank oilfield.Lesley demolishes the misinformation surrounding this disastrous decision.We give our first impressions on Robin McAlpine and Common Weal's Direction-A realistic strategy for achieving Scottish independence.The paper makes much of activist action and a significant example of this is Chain of Freedom on October the 14th.To find out more and take part follow this linkhttps://chainoffreedom.scot/There's also discussion on the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.All this plus, for those who've missed it, the return of the interrupting delivery driver, and Ryder Cup reflections. ★ Support this podcast ★

This is the podcast where you learn how to become a calm parent and raise emotionally healthy kids, but what do emotional health and emotional regulation actually mean? Today I'm sharing a framework from the book, “What Happened To You?” and outlining the 3 Rs of emotional regulation. You can start using these simple concepts right away to help calm yourself and coach your kid when they're having big feelings. What Is Emotional Health?When I talk about emotional health (which is the goal of all my programs), I'm really talking about emotional literacy. Emotional literacy is made up of three parts: I know what I'm feelingI know how to talk about what I'm feelingI know what to do with my feelingsWe all have an emotional life, with lots of messy stuff inside. We're constantly responding to experiences and stimulation from the outside world. As things happen around us, we have thoughts and feelings about it. And those feelings show up as behavior. When we are overwhelmed by a circumstance or it feels like we're in danger or something bad is about to happen, we get flooded with a lot of big feelings. When our kids act out these feelings, it often looks like temper tantrums or meltdowns. I call it a Big Feeling Cycle. When an adult gets overwhelmed, it looks like them freaking out, losing their shit and being a hot mess. In these times, we are dysregulated. Our brain is flooded with hormones and chemicals that are meant to help us deal with a stressful situation and keep us safe. The brain wants us to respond FAST. But it ends up looking like someone who is out of control, wild or raging. I want to help you see that that behavior is really just somebody who's struggling to manage their emotions. They're doing their best to move through their big feelings. They're in a dysregulated state, and they're doing things to regulate themselves.Knowing what to do with feelings is the biggest thing I help parents learn - for themselves and for their kids. Three Rs of Emotional RegulationWhen you find yourself yelling at your kids, lecturing or grabbing their bodies, you are dysregulated. Your stress response is activated and you are seeking regulation. In kids, dysregulation often looks like crying, kicking, punching, threatening or yelling. It is helpful to remember in those moments that your child is using those behaviors as tools to cope with the overwhelm. They are trying to regulate themselves, but they don't really know how to do it in an acceptable way yet. These 3 Rs come from the book "What Happened To You" by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey. RhythmRhythm involves moving your body in some kind of rhythmic way. It is what we do during a Pause Break. You take a break to move your body and your mind. Stomping your feet, jumping up and down, going for a walk or doing a shimmy shake are all ways that we use rhythm and movement to calm ourselves. RelationshipThis can mean your relationship with yourself or with others. In your relationship with yourself, this looks like self-compassion. Being...

This week our theme is Identity Restored from chapter 11 of my book, Image Restored. This chapter is about comparison and I felt God highlight this as an identity issue. When we are busy comparing ourselves to others, we fail to see who God created us to be. Three Rs to breaking a comparison yardstick: Recognize Repent Rejoice Therapist Thoughts: Body-checking is the habit of seeking (or avoiding) information about your body's weight, shape, size, or appearance. A counselor can help if body-checking becomes problematic or interferes with your life, affects your eating habits, or becomes a way to control fear and anxiety about your body. When you find yourself body-checking, take a moment to check in with your heart and ask, "What am I looking for?" Process: Next time you compare, ask, what am I looking for? What is missing in my heart that makes it hard for me to celebrate others? Resource: The resource I recommend for all of these episodes is my book, Image Restored. (If you've already purchased the book, join the private community on the book page. We will email you free resources and printables you can use right away.) What's Your Body Trying to Tell You Quiz

As a business owner, confidence is your most important skill.  Without it, you will make sloppy decisions and your team and your business will suffer.   But the reverse is also true: Your confidence seeps through your company culture and skyrockets  your bottom line.    In this episode, Michael Jimenez from xChange.loans joins me to reveal how to build bulletproof confidence, so you can enjoy effortless scaling.  Listen now.  Show highlights include:  How being bullied in school will build Teflon like confidence in business (1:35) The “Jiu-Jitsu” technique for building resistance to deal with failure (4:45) The “Rebel” mindset that builds extraordinary leaders in business (6:00) The “Three Rs” in marketing that keeps you ahead of the competition (that even a newbie can use) (11:30) The “Batman” method to building a strong mindset for business success (16:30) The personal development secret to gain a thousand years of business experience in one sitting (20:50) To connect with Michael Jimenez, please visit:  https://xchange.loans/ To get the latest updates directly from Dan and discuss business with other real estate investors, join the REI marketing nerds Facebook group here: http://adwordsnerds.com/group Need help with your online marketing? Jump on a FREE strategy session with our team. We'll dive deep into your market and help you build a custom strategy for finding motivated seller leads online. Schedule for free here: http://adwordsnerds.com/strategy

When the restauranteur Deidra McGuiness-Ciolko opens her business with just $7 left, she must find a way to turn things around quickly or risk losing everything. "I just figured, we're going to make it, it's going to be fine. We had to close for five months and that was tough. The laws here in the Dominican Republic for the curfews are very strict, and you don't mess around. We shut down" This is Diedra McGuiness-Ciolko's story... Deidra McGuiness-Ciolko is a restauranteur and professor who moved to Costa Rica and started her own restaurant, Gordito's FreshMex. She talks about her journey from Boston to the Caribbean and her experience during the pandemic. She advises people who are thinking about starting their own businesses to be careful what they wish for and to treat their business as if it were someone else's. In this episode, you will learn the following: 1. How Deidra McGuiness-Ciolko ended up in the Caribbean 2. The three Rs of business (reduce, reinvent, relax) 3. The importance of being careful about what you wish for when starting your own business Resources: https://www.gorditosfreshmex.com/ (Gordito's on the web) Chapter Summaries: 00:00:04 - The day the restaurant opened, it had $7 left. It was a tough year for the business. As people are aging, they are turning to meditation, prayer, and getting rid of their bad habits. There is a lot of space to learn one of the three Rs. 00:00:55 - Deidra Mcguiness-Ciolko is a restauranteur professor, taco maker, and dear friend. She's going to talk about her journey from Boston to Costa Rica. Adam Lamb is a chef and hospitality professional. Adam has coached and mentored thousands of culinarians over his 30 years career. 00:02:05 - Deidra McGinnis is from Boston and she is now a taco maker in the Caribbean. She worked in Santa Domingo for nine years as the director of operations for the liquor end of a casino. After her son was born, she moved back to Florida and became a stay-at-home mom. After five years, she decided to move to Cabernette and started Gordika's FreshMex Restaurant. 00:05:38 - “resilient“ is one of his favorite words. She grew up in Boston for Irish Italian; she's had several acts and she's not afraid of doing anything anymore because she did this ” I don't often have nice things to say about me, but I'm getting there. “ 00:06:36 - There was a pandemic in the Dominican Republic. The business had to be closed for five months. The owners liquidated all their employees and bought out their partner. It was the first time in 60 years that she had any time off in the business. They were responsible for 700 people. Someone quit his job and sold his shares in a hotel company, and started his own restaurant. Deidra's advice to people who want to start their own business is to be careful what they wish and don't become their business. Deidra also advises not to treat the business as if it was someone else's business. There is a Facebook group called “asshole line cook, “ where a member wrote a harsh post about restaurants not being able to get employees because they don't pay enough. The next day the member of the group apologized for his post. Deidra is grateful to her clients for choosing to spend their dollars with her. Deidra and Joe had a midlife crisis last year and they were separated for a year and a half. Deidra has been smoking and working and drinking like a maniac since she was 20 years old. She had to learn to calm down and learn to be a duck and let things slide at her restaurant. Diedra has been using a coach for a year. Deidra has never done the hard work before. So she wasn't down with the whole coaching thing. She's been doing it now for a full year and it's helped her turn her life around. She has reconnected with Joe. https://chefliferadiocrew.com (Support this Podcast) Starfleet Leadership Academy Podcast https://realchefliferadio.captivate.fm/sla (SLA) Helt Studio Chef Uniforms...