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Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I'm Marty and today I want to talk about something a listener brought up recently. They asked me, “Why don't you just stick to explaining warehouse positions instead of all the other stuff that doesn't make us more money?” Well, I guess that is a fair question.  As We've discussed many times, and I believe this is more than just my opinion. Here's the thing about warehousing, transportation, distribution, manufacturing, and the whole supply chain.  Nothing stands alone. Every movement touches another movement. Every position affects another position. Every delay or error cost somebody time. And in my experience, every shortcut creates a problem somewhere else. And, not only do I believe, but I think I can show that the people who grow the farthest in this industry are usually the people who understand more than just their own task. That's why we talk about everything, and why I try and get as many questions answered as possible. We can all learn something from all the experiences shared.   On another note, kind of keeping with the theme of the day, I had a long time mentor, just this week say that the associate who learns the language of the operation becomes more valuable to the operation.  So today, I thought we'd have some fun with that idea by talking about something every warehouse, dispatcher, inventory clerk, transportation coordinator, recruiter, manager, and forklift operator and a couple of hundred other positions hear every day.  Acronyms. Being honest. The supply chain world LOVES acronyms. Sometimes it feels like people are speaking another language. A dispatcher says I Need POD on that LTL before DET hits, or customer's asking for an ETA, and OS&D says there's one QTR short. And the new employee standing there is thinking What in the world just happened? But once you understand the language, you start understanding the business. And understanding the business creates opportunity. So let's break a few of them down today.  POD. This one's huge. POD simply means Proof of Delivery. It's the signature, paperwork, photo, or electronic confirmation showing freight arrived where it was supposed to arrive. Without a POD, customers may refuse payment. Billing can stop. Claims can happen. That little signature? That's money. It's like a check. One missing POD can turn into hours of emails, phone calls, and frustration.  The BOL or Bill of Laden. The BOL is basically the birth certificate of the shipment. It tells us what the freight is, where it's going , who shipped it, who receives it , and how many pallets or cartons there are. Drivers carry it. Receivers check it. And dispatch tracks it. If the BOL is wrong, everything downstream can become wrong too. Again, everything touches everything.  On to the ETA or the estimated time of arrival.  Everybody wants the ETA. An inaccurate ETA affects staffing, dock schedules, unloaders, production planning, and customer satisfaction. One late truck can ripple through an entire building.  PU and DEL. PU means Pickup. DEL means Delivery. Simple terms, but they move the entire transportation world. You'll hear the PU is at 1400.  And maybe read or hear DEL scheduled for tomorrow.  And you don't want to read or hear Missed PU. Or Late DEL. Those two tiny acronyms control millions of dollars in freight every single day.  Oh, these are common ones. FTL, TL and LTL. Now we're getting into freight classifications. FTL or TL means Full Truckload or Truckload. That means one shipment basically fills the trailer. LTL means Less Than Truckload. That means multiple customers share trailer space. Why does this matter? Because of the freight handling changes. LTL freight gets touched more. More touches means more chances for damages. More planning, terminals being crossed and more scheduling. Understanding freight flow helps associates understand WHY all those processes we have to follow exist.  STL or Spot Trailer Load. Now depending on the company, STL can mean different things, but many operations use it to describe a spotted trailer load or staged trailer movement. Spotters, yard dogs, dispatch, and shipping clerks all coordinate trailer movement to keep freight flowing. One missed trailer move can shut down a shipping lane.  Then OS&D. This acronym can ruin everybody's day. OS&D means, over, short, and damaged. To a receiver that’ll mean too much product. Missing product. Or Broken product! This affects inventory, customer service, claims, transportation, receivers, selectors and loaders. One crushed pallet may not seem important on the dock floor until you realize it can cost thousands of dollars.  Lets see, TONU or Truck Ordered Not Used. Transportation people cringe hearing this one. TONU means a truck was scheduled, showed up, and wasn't needed. But the carrier is still going to expect his or her payment. Why? Remember all we've learned about transportation. A truck sitting parked still costs money.  One we're all getting used to is FSC, the fuel surcharge. Fuel affects everything. When diesel prices rise, FSC charges often rise too. That means transportation costs increase. And when transportation costs increase, product prices eventually increase. Again, everything touches everything.  Two more biggies, DET and D&H. DET means Detention. D&H means Detention and Handling. This happens when drivers sit too long waiting to load or unload. And let me tell you, drivers will charge you and they remember facilities that waste their time. A poorly managed dock damages relationships fast. And we as warehouse people probably know these next two. APPT and FCFS. APPT means Appointment. FCFS means First Come, First Serve. Many warehouses, especially the larger ones run by appointments. Others unload trailers in the order in which they arrive. Understanding which system a facility uses affects scheduling, staffing, and transportation planning.  And here are 3 system ones. TMS, WMS, and YMS. Now we're talking technology. TMS is the Transportation Management System, and I'm sure us warehouse folks know WMS, the Warehouse Management System, and a little lesser known system is the YMS, Yard Management System. You'll see these in high traffic operations. These three systems track freight, our inventory, trailer locations, our productivity, shipping schedules, receiving , even our labor hours and cost. Really pretty much what ever information we feed into them! Years ago, many warehouses used clipboards and paper. Today? Data drives our operations. And the associate willing to learn systems becomes extremely valuable. A forklift operator that understands WMS screens and RF scanners may eventually move into inventory control or leadership. Knowledge adds up.  ASN and EDI. ASN means Advanced Shipping Notice. That's electronic information sent before freight arrives and EDI means Electronic Data Interchange. Computers talking to computers. Purchase orders, invoices, shipment notifications, receiving confirmations, all moving electronically behind the scenes. Most associates never see it. But it's happening constantly.  OK, this one most of us know. A PO or Purchase Order. A PO is permission to buy product. Without a PO, many companies won't even receive the freight or their order. That one document controls inventory flow, accounting, receiving, and purchasing.  Here's another on us production people know. KPI or Key Performance Indicator. KPIs are measurements. Cases per hour. Pallets per hour. On-time shipping. Inventory accuracy. Dock turn times. You've heard me say What gets measured gets managed. Warehouses or operations survive on measurements. And associates that understand KPIs understand how and why businesses make decisions.  Next we have RDC, DC, and MC. These are facility types. RDC is for Regional Distribution Center. DC is Distribution Center. MC is Manufacturing Center. Different responsibilities. Different workflows. But all connected together in the supply chain.  Now here's a few for the transportation folks. ELD, GPS, DOT, and HOS. As we know, transportation runs on compliance. The ELD is an Electronic Logging Device. Remember keeping our paper logs? GPS, Global Positioning System. DOT or Department of Transportation, and HOS stands for Hours of Service. These systems and regulations track Driver hours. Safety, Speed, Routes, and Compliance. Transportation isn't just driving a truck anymore. It's technology, planning, regulation, and accountability.  Keeping things on the road. We have NMFC and SCAC.  Now we're getting deep into freight language. NMFC means National Motor Freight Classification. SCAC means Standard Carrier Alpha Code. These help identify carriers and classify freight for shipping and pricing purposes. Again, Stuff most people never think about. But somebody in the operation has to understand it.  And BCO, FOB, and CFR. BCO often means Beneficial Cargo Owner. FOB means Free On Board. CFR means Cost and Freight. These terms matter heavily in international and large-scale shipping. They determine responsibility. Who pays for freight. Who owns the risk and where liability transfers. And one misunderstanding here can become extremely expensive.  Now some people may hear all these acronyms and think “Well, I don't need to know all that. I just drive a forklift.” Maybe today you do. But tomorrow? You might have an opportunity train new hires. Lead a shift. Help coordinate the outbound shift. Move into the inventory side of op's, maybe even become a dispatcher, or running transportation or supervise operations. Remember how we're always talking about learning and growing? The people who grow in this industry usually become students of the industry. Not just students of their task. And, that's why we talk about “all this other stuff.” I believe every term, every process, every department, every movement is another piece of understanding as to how the machine works. And once you understand the machine, you become more valuable to the machine.  Warehousing and transportation are not simple jobs anymore. They've grown. Technology. People. Safety. Metrics. Compliance. Movement. Communication. And that growth is a good thing. Every one of us touches another part of the process. And I feel, that's why knowledge matters. Not because every acronym instantly puts money in your pocket. But because understanding creates opportunities that eventually do. The more of the language you understand the more rooms you can walk into confidently. And confidence backed by knowledge? That's where careers begin separating themselves. The people who understand the whole operation eventually outgrow the people who only understand one task. And that, my friends is why we talk about all of it.  Well, there’s two more cents worth of my opinions. We do talk about a lot more than warehouse positions, but, I feel, and can pretty much attest that, if we learn it all, hang out with those from other departments, learn that task before ours and after ours, we will earn more and in many different ways.   Thanks for stopping in again today, and above all, remember safety is our number 1 priority. We want to be doing this a long time!

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Timestamps0:00 Intro 1:25 Vedius forgets how to do comment of the week 5:30 Vedius gets into a fight about Drafting with LEC coaches 12:17 NAVI vs. KC draft breakdowns 25:34 VIT collapse 47:26 rest of LEC discussion + Finals predictions 52:47 LCS Big G's 1:03:52 TL vs. SR 1:14:12 LCS predictions + MSI lookahead

A client came to me recently and said something I hear more often than you might expect: "Gene, I've been trying to tap on my own, but this problem just feels too big. I don't know where to start." My answer surprised her. I told her she was right. The problem actually was too big to tap on. But that wasn't a verdict on whether tapping could help. It was a diagnosis of the approach she was using. Tapping for big problems is not about finding the courage to tackle everything at once. It is about knowing which small, specific piece to bring into a single round of tapping. TL;DR / Key Takeaways When a problem feels too big to tap on, the issue is not tapping's effectiveness. The issue is trying to address too much in a single session. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) works best on one specific, concrete target at a time. Large life challenges require a series of focused rounds, not one heroic attempt. Tapping on the emotions about the problem (frustration, worry, disappointment) before targeting the problem itself clears the emotional distortion that makes the issue feel overwhelming. Identifying the smallest possible next action and tapping on resistance to that one step creates forward momentum faster than any other approach. Giving yourself permission to value incremental progress is itself a legitimate tapping target, and often the one that unlocks everything else. Why Big Problems Feel Impossible to Tap On (And the Real Fix) Tapping for big problems feels impossible when you try to hold the entire problem in your mind at once. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a technique that involves tapping on specific acupressure points on the face and body while focusing on a precise emotional or physical target. The key word is precise. The more diffuse your focus, the less effective the round. Key insight: "The question is never whether tapping is appropriate for what's in front of you. The question is: how do you bring tapping to a part of the issue in a useful way?" Think about the kinds of problems that feel too big: a serious health diagnosis, a major career transition, building a romantic relationship from a standing start. Each of these is not one problem. Each is a cluster of dozens of smaller problems stacked on top of each other. Trying to tap on "my health situation" is like trying to eat an entire meal in one swallow. The five steps below give you a reliable way to find the right-sized bite for any given session, no matter how large the underlying issue is. Why Tapping for Big Problems Starts With Your Emotions First Before you tap on any aspect of the problem itself, tap on how you feel about the fact that you are facing this problem. This is one of the most overlooked moves in EFT practice, and it changes everything about what comes next. In my Tapping Mastery Blueprint, every single tapping session starts with two questions. First: what is the goal of this round of tapping? Second: how do I feel about the fact that this is the issue at hand? That second question is where most people skip straight past something important. Key insight: "The emotions about the issue are layers of stained glass I'm trying to look through. They distort the issue so I can't see it clearly. Clear those layers first, and the problem comes into focus." When you are dealing with something large, you are almost certainly carrying feelings of worry, frustration, disappointment, and grief about the situation itself. Those emotions are not the same as the problem. They are your emotional response to having the problem. Tapping on them first changes your resource state. It shifts you out of reactivity and into a clearer, calmer place from which you can make better decisions about what to tap on next. Write down every emotion you feel about the fact that you are facing this particular challenge. Then take those emotions one at a time and tap on them before doing anything else. For a deeper look at this concept, the episode on "the emotion about the issue" from the Healing Fundamentals series is worth your time. Step 2: Name a Baby Step and Tap on Your Resistance to It Once you have tapped on the emotions about the issue, shift your attention away from the full problem entirely. Instead, ask yourself: what is the single smallest next action I could take? That step might be genuinely tiny. Write down all the open questions I have. Research this one thing. Send a message to this specific person. It does not need to be significant. It just needs to be real and concrete. Key insight: "I don't know how to handle the big thing, but I almost always know the first step. After I take the first step, the second step becomes obvious. And after the second, the third." Once you have named the baby step, tune in to whatever emotion comes up around taking it. Resistance, dread, uncertainty, fear of getting it wrong. That emotional resistance is your tapping target, not the step itself. When you clear the resistance, taking the step becomes easy. And taking the step creates momentum, which is exactly what large problems require. This approach addresses one of the most common reasons people stay stuck: they cannot see the whole path forward, so they do not move at all. But you do not need to see the whole path. You only need to see the next step. Clearing the emotional resistance to action is one of tapping's most reliable strengths. Step 3: Pick One Small Detail Instead of the Whole Problem If the baby-step approach does not give you a clear entry point, try zooming in on a single detail of the larger issue instead. Not the situation. Not the whole health challenge or the whole relationship pattern. One detail. A few years ago I was dealing with Epstein-Barr virus, which is similar to mononucleosis in its effects. I was completely wiped out. I would feel a flicker of energy and sit up in bed, and my body would immediately shut it down. I had to lie back down. There were dozens of things wrong, physically and emotionally, and I could have tried to tap on all of them at once. Instead, I chose one detail: that specific feeling when the energy appeared and immediately vanished. Just that. The emotion that came up around that one physical experience became my tapping target. Key insight: "By choosing one microscopic detail, I gave myself an entry point. I wasn't trying to solve everything. I was just working on this one thing." Trying to address the entire problem at once produces a familiar spiral: "I'm falling behind, this is lasting forever, nothing I'm doing is working." That is too big a target. One detail breaks the spiral and gives your nervous system something it can actually process. If you find yourself drowning in too many issues to tap on, this single-detail approach is often the fastest way back to solid ground. Step 4: Tap on the Overwhelm of Having a Problem This Big This step might feel redundant at first glance. You have already tapped on the emotions about the issue in Step 1. What is left? The answer is: the overwhelm of the problem's size, which is a separate layer entirely. Tapping for overwhelm means giving voice specifically to the experience of facing something that feels unmanageable. Not what the problem is, but what it is like to be the person carrying it. Typical targets for this step sound like: "This problem is unfair and I am exhausted by it." "I do not even know where to start and that makes me feel paralyzed." "I cannot do this alone." "I am overwhelmed just thinking about all the steps between here and done." This is what I sometimes call tapping on the meta-emotion. It is the feeling about the feeling, or more precisely, the feeling about the situation's complexity. In my experience, the missing key to tapping for overwhelm is almost always this layer: people address the content of what overwhelms them but skip past the raw experience of being overwhelmed itself. Spend a few minutes here. It does not take long, and the relief it produces makes the remaining steps significantly easier. Step 5: Give Yourself Permission to Value Small Daily Progress The final step is one that beginners often dismiss as too soft. It is not. Giving yourself permission to recognize the value of incremental work is a legitimate tapping target, and for many people it is the one that unlocks consistent action. The tapping here is not affirmation work. You are not trying to convince yourself that everything is fine or that you are doing great. You are tapping to release the part of you that insists the only acceptable outcome is solving the whole thing today. A useful setup statement for this step sounds something like: "Even though I've only made a tiny bit of progress today, I give myself permission to recognize that a baby step forward is still a step forward." Notice what comes up when you tap with that frame. You may find frustration: "I give myself permission to value baby steps, AND I give myself permission to be annoyed that it's always a process." Both are valid. Acknowledge the resistance alongside the permission. That is where the real tapping work happens. The myth of the one big tapping breakthrough is worth reading alongside this step. Real transformation is nearly always a series of small shifts, not a single dramatic moment. How to Use All Five Steps in a Single Tapping Session When you are facing a problem that feels too big to tap on, run through the five steps in order. You do not need to spend equal time on each one. Some will feel complete in a single round. Others may need more attention. Here is the sequence as a quick reference: Tap on the emotions about the issue. How do you feel about the fact that you are facing this problem? Worry, frustration, grief, shame, disappointment. Take them one at a time. Name a baby step and tap on your resistance to it. What is the smallest possible next action? What emotion comes up when you think about taking it? Pick one small detail and tap on the emotion around it. Not the whole problem. One aspect, one symptom, one interaction, one specific moment. Tap on the overwhelm of the problem's size. Give voice to how it feels to be carrying something this big. This is separate from the problem's content. Tap for permission to value incremental progress. Release the demand that today's work has to solve everything. A baby step counts. Before you start any session on a large issue, it helps to ask the two questions from my Tapping Mastery Blueprint: what is the goal of this round of tapping, and how do I feel about the fact that this is the issue? Both questions from the one question you must ask before every tapping session apply directly here. The old cliche is true: how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. And if you take one bite at a time with your tapping practice, you will be surprised how quickly you start to build real momentum on even the largest challenges in your life. If you want structured, daily support for building that momentum, I'd encourage you to explore 365 Tapping Lessons, where I walk you through a full year of focused tapping sessions designed to create exactly this kind of consistent, cumulative progress. Frequently Asked Questions What does it mean when a problem feels too big to tap on? It usually means you are trying to address the entire issue in a single tapping session. EFT works best on one specific, concrete emotional target at a time. A problem that "feels too big" is a signal to narrow your focus, not to stop tapping. Where should I start when I don't know where to start tapping? Start with the emotions you feel about having the problem, not the problem itself. Write down every emotion that comes up when you think about your situation (frustration, worry, grief, shame) and tap on those one at a time before targeting the problem's content. How many rounds of tapping does it take to work through a big problem? There is no fixed number. Large issues typically require many focused sessions over time rather than one long session. The goal of each session is not to solve the problem but to reduce the emotional intensity around one specific aspect of it. Can EFT really help with serious health challenges or major life changes? Yes, though the approach matters enormously. EFT does not resolve health conditions by tapping on "my illness." It works by targeting specific emotions, fears, symptoms, or resistance points one at a time. Over multiple sessions, this produces genuine cumulative relief. What is "the emotion about the issue" in EFT? It is the emotional response you have to having the problem, as distinct from the problem itself. If you have a health issue, the emotions about the issue include fear of the long-term consequences, grief over what you have lost, and frustration at the pace of healing. Tapping on these first clears the distortion that makes the underlying problem harder to see and address. What if I tap on the baby step but feel nothing? Try making the step even smaller, or tune in to the emotion more precisely. "I need to make a doctor's appointment" might produce nothing. "I feel a knot in my stomach when I think about calling the doctor" is a specific, tappable sensation. The more concrete the target, the more tapping tends to produce a clear shift. Is it normal to feel more overwhelmed after starting to tap on a big problem? Yes, and it is often a sign the tapping is working. Bringing a suppressed emotion to the surface before clearing it can briefly intensify the feeling. If it persists, use Step 4 directly: tap specifically on the overwhelm of having a problem this big, rather than on the problem's content.

Hello! Here is a much overdue production update and announcement of a new show! The TL;DR of it is season 2 is happening, but we are still working on it. Release date is TBD but hopefully by the end of 2027 or beginning of 2028. In the meantime, my cozy fantasy show is crowdfunding now! Fallen Memories is a cozy magic story and a love letter to autumn. It's an audio drama about two students at a magic academy who find a woman in the woods who has lost all of her memories, so they decide to help her. It's about autumn, magic, adventure, and recovering memories lost and forgotten.  Crowdfunding campaign: https://crowdfundr.com/FallenMemories Transcript: https://bit.ly/HE2026Update

Do you feel like a burden if you need help from others? Do you keep asking yourself whether you're too much, too needy, or too hard to support? In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm talking about feeling like a burden when you're struggling and why that belief can quietly fuel low self worth, self doubt, emotional suppression, hyper independence, trust issues, and the fear of being a burden whenever you need emotional support. If you've ever talked yourself out of asking for help, felt worthless for having needs, or let your inner critic convince you that your emotional pain is a problem for other people, this episode is for you. I explore where that pattern comes from, how shame and emotional vulnerability can mean you start to feel unsafe quickly, and why asking for help does not make you weak, needy, or broken. I also unpack how overcoming self sabotage and healing trauma, as well as building self compassion, can help you stop treating your needs like something you have to apologise for, so you can find healthier and clearer ways to seek mental health support. 

May's edition of Run it Red is here! Another big month, particularly for fans of Symbolism and Hardgroove upfront exclusives! As well as those, you can check new cuts from Kr!z, Insolate, Planetary Assault Systems, Mal Hombre, Elisa Elisa, Orlando Voorn, Lewis Fautzi and loads more. As always, full tracklist is below - please check the artists and labels out

TL's Road House welcomes Hawaiian artist Maoli for a look into how he's bringing island soul and country music together in a way that's introducing a whole new audience to the genre. The Maui native joins Tracy to talk about growing up in Hawaii surrounded by rodeo culture, hunting, fishing and traditional Hawaiian music, while also being inspired by country legends like George Strait, George Jones and Vince Gill. Maoli shares how he blended reggae and country storytelling to create his signature sound and how he got his start by playing local gigs before building an international fanbase. Listen in for stories from the islands, behind-the-scenes moments from his journey into country music and more on what's ahead as Maoli continues expanding his sound around the world.

Timestamps0:00 intro0:43 Comment of the week + All pro ragebait10:53 Jatt's defense of history21:04 LCS recap FLY vs. C940:25 TL vs. LYON47:58 LEC recap KC vs. G255:28 KOI vs. VIT1:01:35 G2 vs. KOI1:14:05 MSI lookahead

Tapping for fear and anxiety was my own entry point into EFT almost 20 years ago, when I was struggling with social anxiety. In this post I want to walk you through exactly how I use tapping to right-size fear and anxiety so they stop running the show. The method is simple, it works in the moment, and you can use it the next time worry shows up. TL;DR / Key Takeaways Tapping for fear and anxiety is a process of right-sizing the feeling, not eliminating it, so your alarm system stays accurate instead of overactive. Anxiety is about a threat in the present moment, while fear is about a threat in the future, and naming which one you are facing changes how you approach it. The core method is three rounds of wordless tapping to calm the nervous system, followed by four questions answered out loud while you tap. The four questions are: What could go wrong? What proof do I have? How likely is it? What would I tell a friend? Success means the feeling becomes proportionate to the actual threat, so you can either engage safely with what is in front of you or stay present despite worry about the future. Why Fear and Anxiety Are Not the Enemy Fear and anxiety are not malfunctions; they are your internal guidance system pointing you toward danger so you can stay safe. Every emotion you feel carries specific information about your situation. Frustration signals that a need or desire is not being met. Anger signals that you perceive an attack. Fear and anxiety signal danger. When you understand the information an emotion is carrying, you can respond to it instead of just reacting. That is the whole foundation of using EFT for anxiety effectively. Key insight: "For every single emotion you have, it is your internal guidance system giving you information to navigate the world." The mistake most people make is treating fear and anxiety as enemies to be silenced. They are not. They are messengers. The work is not to fire the messenger but to make sure the message is accurate. What Is the Difference Between Fear and Anxiety? Anxiety is about a threat happening in the present moment, while fear is about a threat located in the future. People often use the words interchangeably, and you do not have to adopt my definitions for the process to work. But making this distinction sharpens how you approach the problem. The reason the distinction matters is that you respond differently to something in your immediate proximity than to something that may happen later. If a threat is right here, you need to handle the thing in front of you. If a threat is in the future, you need to settle yourself so you can stay present now. Key insight: "Anxiety is about the thing that is happening in this particular moment, where fear is about the thing that is in the future." The tapping itself looks identical for both. What changes is the target. Naming whether you are dealing with worry about an uncertain future or a present-moment stressor tells you what you are actually solving for. What Does Success Look Like When Tapping for Anxiety? Success is making the feeling proportionate to the actual threat, not switching it off entirely. Before you tap, it helps to define what a good outcome looks like, because that definition is different for anxiety than it is for fear. When I am anxious, success means the anxiety turns down enough that I can safely engage with the thing in front of me. When I am afraid, success means I turn down the fear of a future event enough to be fully present to what is happening right now. So when I solve the problem of anxiety, I am dealing with the thing I am anxious about. When I solve the problem of fear, I am turning down a future worry so it stops stealing my attention from the present. Defining success this way keeps you honest. You are not chasing a numb, fearless state. You are aiming for a feeling that fits the facts. Why Start With Three Rounds of Wordless Tapping? Start with three rounds of wordless tapping because it downregulates your nervous system and clears your head before you dissect the problem. Wordless tapping simply means moving from each tapping point to the next, tapping six or seven times on each point, without saying anything. Just tapping on the points creates a release and a little bit of calm. That matters because in a moment you are going to start examining the fear and anxiety, and the clearer-headed you are, the easier that examination becomes. The less you are crippled by the feeling, the more successfully you can work with it. Key insight: "The clearer-headed we are as we step into that, the less crippled we are by the fear and the anxiety, the easier it's going to be for us to do that in a really successful way." Do not rush this part. Take nice, easy, deep breaths as you move from point to point. Three slow rounds is enough to settle your system so the four questions land properly. If you want more on this calming-first approach, it pairs well with work on nervous system regulation. The Four Questions to Ask While Tapping for Fear and Anxiety The four questions, answered out loud while you tap, walk you from catastrophizing to a right-sized response. After your three rounds of wordless tapping, you keep moving from point to point and answer each question comprehensively and aloud. By doing this, you are writing the perfect tapping script for the moment in real time. Here are the four questions, in order: What could go wrong? Catastrophize on purpose. Name the worst thing that could happen and narrate it out loud. When I tapped on my social anxiety, mine was that I would say something, someone would think I was stupid, and they would scream at me until I ran and hid. What proof do I have that this could go wrong? Sometimes there is proof, and often there is not. When I examined my social anxiety, I had counter proof: even when I said something silly, people just corrected me or rolled their eyes. This right-sizes the response emotionally. What is the likelihood it will go wrong like this? Something can be possible without being probable. Naming the actual likelihood shrinks the threat down to its true size. What would you tell a friend with this problem? We are very good at giving others advice we cannot hear ourselves. Shifting into that voice unlocks perspective you already have. Key insight: "By answering these four questions, you are writing the perfect tapping script for the moment." Answer all four out loud while tapping and you will be surprised how much safer and more comfortable you feel. This four-question approach is a cousin of the simple in-the-moment methods I teach for recognizing and managing stress quickly. Possibility vs. Probability: Right-Sizing the Threat A threat being possible does not make it probable, and separating the two is what shrinks fear back to a useful size. This is the heart of why the four questions work. Your alarm system tends to treat every possibility as if it were a certainty, and that is what makes fear and anxiety feel so big. Consider my own examples. There is a possibility I could get stuck between two subway stations in New York, but in almost 15 years of living here it has only happened three times. I could be afraid of flying, yet I performed full-time for 25 years and flew millions of miles across the U.S. and Canada without a single incident. Possible, but not probable. Right-sizing does not mean removing the safety mechanism. I have no realistic fear of being attacked by a lion in my Brooklyn neighborhood, even with zoos in Central Park and the Bronx nearby. Tapping that fear down does not mean I will climb into the lion enclosure for a cuddle. It means I can walk my neighborhood, and even visit the zoo, knowing I am safe, while still respecting the fence. We keep the protective function and discard the distortion. How to Get Started Tapping for Fear and Anxiety Today To start tapping for fear and anxiety, identify whether your feeling is about the present or the future, then run three rounds of wordless tapping followed by the four questions. The whole process can take just a few minutes and requires nothing but your hands and a little honesty. Here is the sequence in full: Notice the feeling and name whether it is anxiety (present) or fear (future). Tap three slow, wordless rounds, six or seven taps per point, breathing deeply. Answer out loud while tapping: What could go wrong? Answer out loud: What proof do I have it will go wrong? Answer out loud: How likely is it to go wrong like this? Answer out loud: What would I tell a friend facing this? The aim is always proportion, not numbness. You are not eliminating fear and anxiety; you are making them well-informed so they protect you without paralyzing you. If you want to keep building this skill day by day, my 365 Tapping Lessons program gives you a short, guided tapping practice for every day of the year. Frequently Asked Questions What is the difference between fear and anxiety in tapping? In this approach, anxiety is about a threat in the present moment and fear is about a threat in the future. The tapping looks the same, but naming which one you face tells you whether you are working to engage safely now or to stay present despite future worry. Does tapping work for anxiety? Tapping helps turn anxiety down to a proportionate level so you can safely engage with whatever is in front of you. In my experience over nearly 20 years, the goal is not to erase anxiety but to make it accurate, so it informs you without overwhelming you. What are the four questions to ask when tapping for fear? The four questions, answered out loud while tapping, are: What could go wrong? What proof do I have that it could go wrong? How likely is it to go wrong like this? What would I tell a friend with this problem? What is wordless tapping and why do it first? Wordless tapping means moving from point to point, tapping six or seven times on each, without speaking. Doing three rounds first downregulates your nervous system and clears your head, which makes the four-question process far more effective. How do I stop catastrophizing about the future? Catastrophize on purpose first by naming the worst case out loud, then ask what proof you actually have and how likely it really is. Separating what is possible from what is probable shrinks the imagined threat back to its true size. Is the goal of tapping to get rid of fear completely? No. The goal is to make fear proportionate and well-informed, not to eliminate it. Fear is a safety mechanism, so the work is keeping its protective function while discarding the distortion that makes it disproportionate. Can I use this tapping process for any worry? Yes. The same three rounds of wordless tapping and the same four questions work whether the worry is about a present situation or a future event. You simply aim the process at the specific thing you are anxious or afraid about.

Navigating heartbreak and breakup pain can be rough, because there's no instruction guide on how to get over a breakup… especially when it's negatively affecting your mental health. So, let's talk about how to survive a breakup without losing your sense of self.In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm talking about how to deal with a breakup in a way that's honest, practical, and kind to yourself. Whether you're struggling with heartbreak, breakup anxiety, breakup grief, or the confusing aftermath of a relationship ending, this episode will help you understand why breakup healing can feel like such an emotional rollercoaster and what to do after a breakup if you want to heal without feeding the pain. I explore how to get through a breakup when your mind keeps going backwards, why healing after a breakup takes time, how to move on after a breakup without abandoning your self-respect, and why letting go after a breakup is really part of a bigger healing journey. So if you're stuck in the messy middle part and wondering how to deal with a breakup without losing yourself, this episode will help you protect your dignity and take small steps forward. 

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David Hanner joins me to unpack one of the most difficult transitions any company faces:How do family businesses grow without losing the character that made them successful in the first place?We started with a simple reality.Growth creates complexity.And in manufacturing businesses—especially family-owned companies—that complexity compounds fast. Inventory, cash flow, dealer networks, financing, operations, succession planning, modernization. Every decision affects five others downstream.David brings perspective from inside a multi-generational manufacturing company producing heavy crushing equipment, where growth over the last several years has forced the organization to rethink everything from finance systems to operational strategy.This wasn't a conversation about generic business advice.It was about what actually happens when a growing company realizes that “selling more” is no longer enough.We dug into working capital management, inventory risk, dealer financing, modernization efforts, leadership transitions, and why cash flow—not revenue—is what ultimately creates long-term opportunity.And maybe most importantly—why sustainable growth requires discipline, not just ambition.TL;DRFast growth exposes operational weaknesses quicklyRevenue without cash flow creates hidden riskInventory management becomes critical in manufacturing businessesFamily businesses must modernize without losing identityCash flow creates future opportunitiesDealer networks introduce another layer of financial complexityGrowth through debt only works if efficiency improves alongside itGood strategy means understanding second-order consequencesMemorable Lines“Cash equals opportunity.”“Money made and money collected are very different things.”“We don't want millions of dollars sitting in inventory.”“Every successful business is unique in some way.”“Generating cash flow from operations is the most sustainable way to grow.”“Growth creates complexity.”GuestDavid Hanner — CFO helping lead operational modernization and strategic growth inside a multi-generational manufacturing companyFocused on finance transformation, process efficiency, cash flow management, and helping family businesses scale sustainably while preserving the culture that made them successfulWhy This MattersA lot of businesses fail during growth—not decline.Because growth hides problems.More sales can mask weak systems.More revenue can disguise poor cash flow.More opportunity can quietly increase operational risk.Especially in manufacturing, where inventory, financing, and working capital all collide at the same time.That's why strategy matters.Not just selling more.Not just growing faster.But understanding how growth affects every layer of the business underneath it.Because eventually every company faces the same question:Are we building sustainable systems?Or are we scaling complexity faster than we can manage it?That's where leadership shifts from reactive decision-making to intentional strategy.And that transition determines whether growth becomes momentum—or becomes pressure that eventually breaks the system. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dougutberg.com

- Chủ trì cuộc làm việc của Thường trực Ban Chỉ đạo Trung ương về đổi mới sáng tạo và chuyển đổi số, Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm yêu cầu hoàn thiện Đề án phát triển công nghệ lượng tử mang tầm chiến lược, tạo nền tảng để Việt Nam bứt phá trong lĩnh vực khoa học – công nghệ lõi và nâng cao năng lực cạnh tranh quốc gia. - Với tinh thần “không để ai bị lãng quên”, các địa phương đang khẩn trương đẩy mạnh tìm kiếm, quy tập và xác định danh tính hài cốt liệt sĩ. Chiến dịch 500 ngày đêm không chỉ là nhiệm vụ chính trị, mà còn là sự tri ân sâu sắc đối với những người đã hiến dâng trọn đời cho Tổ quốc.- Trong diễn biến mới của vụ án thất thoát tại dự án cơ sở 2 của hai bệnh viện Bạch Mai và Việt Đức, cựu Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến bị đề nghị mức án từ 5 đến 6 năm tù. - Mùa mưa bão năm nay được dự báo diễn biến phức tạp với nhiều hình thái thời tiết cực đoan, đặt ra yêu cầu cao hơn đối với công tác phòng ngừa, ứng phó và giảm thiểu thiệt hại do thiên tai. - Trung Quốc - Nga ra tuyên bố chung thúc đẩy thế giới đa cực và quan hệ quốc tế kiểu mới. - Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới (WHO) nhận định dịch Ê-bô-la chưa phải đại dịch toàn cầu.  

- Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm chủ trì buổi làm việc, cho chủ trương về Đề án “Nghiên cứu ứng dụng và phát triển công nghệ lượng tử phục vụ phát triển kinh tế xã hội, đảm bảo quốc phòng an ninh”.- Chủ tịch Quốc hội Trần Thanh Mẫn làm việc với Thường trực Hội đồng Dân tộc của Quốc hội.- Bộ Nội vụ đề xuất tiêu chí quy mô số hộ gia đình đối với thôn, tổ dân phố theo từng vùng, miền để căn cứ cho các địa phương thực hiện sắp xếp, tổ chức lại.- “Chủ nghĩa xã hội trong đời sống Nhân dân”, bài viết thứ nhất trong loạt bài “Hải Phòng – Hình mẫu Chủ nghĩa xã hội trong kỷ nguyên mới”.- Cựu bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến bị đề nghị 5-6 năm tù, nộp 108 tỷ đồng khắc phục hậu quả trong vụ án xảy ra tại Bộ Y tế và các đơn vị liên quan.

TL's Road House returns this week with fast-rising country artist Braxton Keith. The Texas native joins Tracy to talk about growing up in Midland, discovering traditional country music through his grandparents' vinyl collection and building a career rooted in classic country sounds. Braxton opens up about leaving college behind as his music career started taking off, the influence of artists like George Strait, Merle Haggard and Marty Robbins and what inspired his debut album ‘Real Damn Deal.' The two also dive into touring life, Texas dancehall culture, AI in music and Braxton's growing fanbase across the country. Get ready to hear more about his journey from West Texas bars to becoming one of country music's most talked-about rising stars.

- Làm việc với Ban Chính sách, chiến lược Trung ương và các cơ quan liên quan, Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm yêu cầu đổi mới mạnh mẽ việc tổ chức và vận hành các nguồn lực phát triển để đạt được mục tiêu tăng trưởng hai con số. - Nhiều cán bộ tại Quảng Ninh và Bắc Ninh bị xem xét, đề nghị thi hành kỷ luật do vi phạm quy định của Đảng, pháp luật của Nhà nước, gây hậu quả nghiêm trọng và rất nghiêm trọng.- Mô hình “Ngày Chủ nhật 3 không”: “Không viết, không hẹn, không thu phí” tại Cần Thơ giúp người dân thực hiện thủ tục hành chính ngay trong ngày nghỉ. - Năm nay là năm đầu tiên ngày 20/5 được chọn là Ngày Hiến tặng mô, tạng Việt Nam với chủ đề “Cho đi là còn mãi”. Đây là dấu mốc quan trọng nhằm nâng cao nhận thức về nghĩa cử hiến tặng mô, tạng cứu người. - Trung Quốc và Nga nhất trí tăng cường hợp tác chiến lược toàn diện, thúc đẩy trật tự thế giới đa cực kiểu mới nhân chuyến thăm chính thức Trung Quốc của Tổng thống Nga Vladimir Putin. - Nhiều quốc gia và tổ chức quốc tế đồng loạt phản đối việc hải quân Israel chặn tàu viện trợ nhân đạo thuộc sáng kiến Global Sumud trên hành trình tới Dải Gaza.  

Günde 2.000 TL harcayıp 10.000 TL kazanırken, her şeyin harika gittiğini düşünürsünüz. E-ticaret panelinizde yeşil bildirimler arka arkaya düşer. Sonra o ölümcül kararı verirsiniz: "Madem 2.000 TL'ye 10.000 TL kazanıyoruz, bütçeyi 10.000 TL yapalım da günde 50.000 TL kazanalım!" O butona basarsınız ve ertesi sabah acı gerçekle yüzleşirsiniz: Satışlar çakılmış, o çok güvendiğiniz ROAS yerle bir olmuştur. Ajansınızdan veya danışmanınızdan ise o klasik savunma gelir: "Algoritma öğrenme sürecine girdi, 15 gün dokunmayalım..."Peki, işin aslı gerçekten bu mu?20 Mayıs 2026 tarihli 91. bölümümüzde, dijital pazarlamanın en kanayan yarası olan Reklam Bütçesi Ölçekleme (Scaling) konusunu masaya yatırıyoruz. CEO'ların, CMO'ların ve e-ticaret sahiplerinin bütçe artırırken düştüğü büyük tuzağı, algoritma matematiği ve tüketici psikolojisiyle filtresizce deşifre ediyoruz.Bu bölümde neler konuşuyoruz?Google ve Meta algoritmalarında "bakkal hesabı" neden çalışmaz?Yapay zekanın "açgözlülük kapanı" ve PMax (Performance Max) öğrenme süreciNöropazarlama: Bütçeyi artırdığınızda tüketicinin beyninde oluşan "Reklam Körlüğü" (Ad Fatigue)Türkiye e-ticaret pazarındaki artan tıklama maliyetleri (TBM) ve dikey ölçeklemenin (Vertical Scaling) zararlarıMakineyi bozmadan büyümek için 3 Altın Kural (%20 Kuralı, Yatay Ölçekleme ve UX Optimizasyonu)Ayrıca bu bölümde radikal bir kişisel kararımı paylaşıyor ve Anadolu Yakası'ndan Avrupa Yakası'na (Levent) taşınma serüvenimi de araya sıkıştırıyorum. Yeni ofis, yeni vizyon ve tabii ki yaklaşan bayramın coşkusu bu bölümde sizlerle!E-ticaret reklamlarınızda "öğrenme süreci" masalları yerine gerçek kârlılıkla ilgilenen bir partner arıyorsanız, markanızın matematiğine odaklanan ekibimizle tanışmak için joykek.com'u inceleyebilirsiniz. Eğitimlerimiz için ise joyakademi.com üzerinden Google Ads ve Meta Ads programlarımıza katılabilirsiniz.Videolu podcastlerimiz, sektör analizlerimiz ve tüm içeriklerimiz için platformlarda arama çubuğuna filtresizdijital yazarak ekosistemimize dahil olabilirsiniz. Eleştirilerinizi ve düşüncelerinizi paylaşmak için beni Instagram'da faruktoprakx hesabından takip etmeyi unutmayın.Şimdiden herkese iyi bayramlar, keyifli dinlemeler!0:00 - 1:24 - "Madem kazanıyoruz, bütçeyi artıralım" tuzağı ve çakılan satışlar1:25 - 3:18 - Yeni döneme hazırlık: Avrupa yakasına (Levent) taşınma kararı3:19 - 4:32 - Podcast'in yeni adı: Filtresiz Dijital ve SEO geçiş stratejisi4:33 - 6:21 - Algoritmanın "Açgözlülük Kapanı" ve Google PMax güncellemesi6:22 - 7:42 - Nöropazarlama: Reklam yorgunluğu (Ad Fatigue) ve amigdala7:43 - 9:16 - Türkiye pazarındaki acı gerçekler: ROAS illüzyonu ve artan TBM'ler9:17 - 11:24 - Filtresiz Strateji: Makineyi bozmadan bütçe nasıl ölçeklenir?11:25 - 12:41 - Büyümek kumar değildir: Veriyi okumak ve yeni iletişim kanallarımız12:42 - 14:02 - Joykek ile gerçek partnerlik, yaklaşan bayram kutlaması ve kapanış

Scott Bowman joins me for a conversation that starts in finance—but quickly turns into something much bigger.We unpack the transition from high-pressure investment banking to leading mission-driven companies focused on sustainability, second chances, and long-term impact.Scott spent years inside the world of constant travel, deal-making, capital raises, and relentless growth. The work was financially rewarding—but eventually the deeper question showed up:“What is all of this actually for?”That question ultimately led him away from the traditional “mercenary” side of finance and toward organizations trying to build something more meaningful.This episode explores the tension between profit and purpose—and why they don't have to be opposites.We talk about burnout, capitalism, leadership, private equity, sustainability, prison reform, supply chains, organizational culture, and the difference between creating value versus extracting it.One of the most interesting parts of the conversation is Scott's experience helping companies prove that mission-driven businesses can still grow, remain profitable, and scale successfully—without losing the human side of the work.This isn't a conversation about rejecting business.It's about redefining what successful business looks like.TL;DR• Burnout often hides behind ambition and achievement• Leadership becomes hollow when purpose disappears• Profitability and ethics can coexist• Sustainable companies think beyond short-term extraction• Great businesses create value instead of only maximizing returns• Mission-driven cultures create stronger long-term engagement• Second chances can completely change people's lives• Financial success means very little without meaning attached to itMemorable Lines“Money becomes a way to keep score.”“You can make money and still build something meaningful.”“The fastest way to make a lot of money is to steal it.”“You start to wonder if there's something more than chasing the next deal.”“Good businesses create value. Extractive businesses take it.”“Eventually you realize the work has to mean something bigger than yourself.”GuestScott Bowman — CFO with a background in investment banking and mission-driven consumer brandsFormerly worked in middle-market investment banking before transitioning into leadership roles focused on sustainability, organizational culture, and long-term impactCurrently helping lead businesses centered around ethical growth, human sustainability, and community-focused operationsWhy This MattersA lot of high performers spend years climbing toward success without ever stopping to define what success actually means.The external rewards keep growing.The internal fulfillment often doesn't.That disconnect creates burnout, disengagement, and the feeling that work has become purely transactional.What makes this conversation important is that it challenges the assumption that business must choose between profitability and humanity.It doesn't.Organizations can grow while still investing in people, communities, sustainability, and long-term thinking.But that only happens when leaders stop viewing business as a machine for extraction—and start viewing it as a system capable of creating lasting value.That shift changes not only how companies operate.It changes how people experience their work entirely. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dougutberg.com

Timestamps0:00 Intro1:59 Comment of the week4:31 LCS recap SEN vs. DIG7:10 Shopify makes playoffs12:52 Top 4 of LCS C9, LYON, TL, FLY32:13 LEC all-pro + MVP ballot Vedius51:52 LCS all-pro + MVP ballot Jatt1:11:28 LEC and LCS playoff predictions

- Làm việc với Ban Thường vụ Thành ủy Đồng Nai, Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm yêu cầu kiến tạo mô hình tăng trưởng mới, đưa địa phương vượt khỏi giới hạn trung tâm công nghiệp truyền thống.- Nhân Ngày Khoa học, Công nghệ và Đổi mới sáng tạo Việt Nam, Thủ tướng Lê Minh Hưng đề nghị chuyển mạnh từ tư duy "làm cho có" sang tạo ra sản phẩm thực chất, lấy hiệu quả đầu ra làm thước đo- Tỉnh Nghệ An khởi công cao tốc Vinh - Thanh Thủy kết nối Việt Nam với Lào.- Đề xuất rút ngắn một năm cho sinh viên trái ngành làm giáo viên, trong bối cảnh ngành giáo dục thiếu khoảng 120 nghìn người.- Lai Châu phá đường dây làm giả giấy tờ quy mô lớn, thu giữ gần 10 nghìn tài liệu giả.- Mỹ và Trung Quốc liên tục phát tín hiệu hạ nhiệt căng thẳng thương mại sau cuộc gặp thượng đỉnh giữa Tổng thống Donald Trump và Chủ tịch Tập Cận Bình hồi tuần trước- Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới ban bố tình trạng khẩn cấp quốc tế sau đợt bùng phát dịch Ebola tại Congo và Uganda.

- Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm dự Lễ công bố Nghị quyết của Quốc hội về thành lập thành phố Đồng Nai- Thành lập Đoàn đàm phán Chính phủ về kinh tế và thương mại quốc tế- Quảng Ninh khẩn trương khắc phục sự cố lưới điện phân phối do mưa dông và sét trên diện rộng- Mỹ huỷ việc nối lại tấn công Iran, sau đề nghị của các nước vùng Vịnh

- Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm làm việc với Đảng uỷ Chính phủ triển khai thực hiện Chỉ thị 34 của Ban Bí thư về tăng cường sự lãnh đạo của Đảng đối với công tác phát triển nhà ở xã hội và nhà ở cho thuê- Nhiều tấm gương điển hình tiên tiến học tập và làm theo tấm gương Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh được tôn vinh đúng dịp kỷ niệm lần thứ 136 Ngày sinh của Người- Khởi công dự án mở rộng Quốc lộ 1A đoạn qua thành phố Hà Nội lên 16 làn xe, hiện đại nhất cả nước- Bộ Công an triệt phá đường dây buôn lậu caffeine xuyên quốc gia đặc biệt lớn, do Trưởng khoa dược Bệnh viện Y học cổ truyền trung ương Trần Phi Hùng cầm đầu- Tổng thống Nga Putin bắt đầu chuyến thăm Trung Quốc, gửi thông điệp về “chiều sâu” quan hệ giữa 2 nước -Nhiều quốc gia siết chặt kiểm soát biên giới trước tình hình dịch Êbola diễn biến phức tạp

VOV1 - Chiều 18/5, Ủy ban Mặt trận Tổ quốc Việt Nam thành phố Hà Nội tổ chức Tọa đàm: “Vận dụng tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh về công tác dân vận - Nâng cao chất lượng phong trào “Dân vận khéo” của hệ thống MTTQ Việt Nam thành phố Hà Nội trong tình hình mới”.Đây là hoạt động có ý nghĩa thiết thực kỷ niệm 136 năm Ngày sinh Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh (19/5/1890 - 19/5/2026) và triển khai thực hiện Chỉ thị số 10 của Ban Thường vụ Thành ủy Hà Nội về nâng cao chất lượng, hiệu quả phong trào thi đua “Dân vận khéo”.Thời gian qua, thấm nhuần tư tưởng “Dân là gốc” của Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh, hệ thống MTTQ các cấp và các tổ chức chính trị - xã hội Thủ đô đã không ngừng đổi mới nội dung, phương thức hoạt động. Phong trào thi đua “Dân vận khéo” được triển khai sâu rộng, gắn chặt với các nhiệm vụ chính trị của Thành phố như: xây dựng nông thôn mới nâng cao, phát triển đô thị văn minh, bảo vệ môi trường, giải phóng mặt bằng các dự án trọng điểm và chăm lo an sinh xã hội.Đặc biệt, trong bối cảnh bùng nổ công nghệ, nhiều mô hình “Dân vận khéo” đã chủ động ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin, mạng xã hội và các nền tảng số. Sự chuyển dịch này bước đầu mang lại hiệu quả rõ nét, giúp tăng cường tính tương tác, đổi mới phương thức tiếp cận và nâng cao hiệu quả tuyên truyền đến từng người dân trên môi trường số.Tuy nhiên, theo bà Trần Thị Phương Hoa, Phó Chủ tịch thường trực MTTQ Việt Nam thành phố Hà Nội, một số nơi phương thức vận động còn chậm đổi mới; việc nắm bắt dư luận có lúc chưa kịp thời và chất lượng các mô hình chưa đồng đều.Quán triệt sâu sắc chỉ đạo của Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm: “Dân là gốc, Nhân dân là chủ thể, là trung tâm của công cuộc đổi mới, phát triển”, Ban Thường trực Ủy ban MTTQ Việt Nam thành phố Hà Nội nhấn mạnh định hướng công tác dân vận trong thời gian tới phải tiếp tục hướng mạnh về cơ sở, lấy khu dân cư làm địa bàn trọng tâm.Tọa đàm: “Vận dụng tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh về công tác dân vận - Nâng cao chất lượng phong trào “Dân vận khéo” của hệ thống MTTQ Việt Nam thành phố Hà Nội trong tình hình mới”. 

Dive into the vibrant Supernatural fandom with Sandra and Kasey as they kick off a new series of convention stories. In this episode, listeners share their personal experiences attending ComicCons and Supernatural CreationCons, offering unique insights into the community that celebrates Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, and their legendary adventures. Whether you're a fan of fanfiction, fanfic recommendations, or podfics, this episode transports you into the heart of the SPN family. Sandra and Kasey invite you to join the conversation by sharing your own convention stories, continuing the rich tradition of storytelling within the fandom. Stay tuned for more episodes exploring fandom life, supernatural characters, and the creative fan works that keep the community alive!Today's episode has a heartfelt interview with Jen (Jld71 on tumblr). Seriously, you may need tissues. Sandra did.~~~We're taking you for a spin in Baby's backseat.Dean's House Rules - Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole, and the ones in the back enjoy the ride... idling in the Impala.~~~~~TL;DR - If you can't be bothered clicking on all the things in this description, just visit our website: idlingintheimpala.comWe'd love to hear your thoughts. Send us an email (idlingintheimpala@gmail.com)!All the Socials and AO3 and Fiction links: https://linktr.ee/idlingintheimpalapodcastOur Discord #backseat Channel.Interested in being a guest on the podcast? Give us some info about you here so we can connect.Feel inclined to leave us a tip for all this AWESOME content? Visit our Ko-fi page. Monthly supporters will get special behind-the-scenes perks!We've got podcast merch for our fellow idlers. Take a look! Our Priding in the Impala Fundraiser merch is available now!~~~~~Charities IITI Supports: Check out the Causes, ‘cause page on our website for the whys:World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)~~~~~For Those in the US: Educate and Empower Yourself, Find Ways to Take ActionSupport Basic Human Rights - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)Prioritize Your Mental Health - National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)Thrive (Not Just Survive) After Abuse - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)  ~~~~~LGBTQ+ CharitiesSwitchboard LGBT UKThe Trevor Project - USA and Global~~~~~Our podcast occasionally incorporates brief excerpts from the CW television show "Supernatural" for transformative commentary and analysis. This use falls under the Fair Use doctrine codified in Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act. The included clips are short, constituting only a minuscule portion of the original work, and illustrate specific points within our critical commentary. Our podcast does not compete with the show's market. This use promotes public discourse and understanding of the work, strengthening its cultural significance.~~~Chapter Timestamps00:00:00 - Intro00:03:00 - Convention chat with Jen00:43:28 - Ko-Fi Member Thanks

How long does tapping take to work? It's one of the most common questions I get, and the answer is the most unsatisfying one in coaching: it depends. In this post I'll show you why that's actually the most useful answer I can give you, and how to use it. TL;DR: How Long Tapping Takes to Work How long tapping takes to work depends on the issue you're tapping on and how you define success. A 90-second round can shift a present-moment frustration, while a 35-year-old limiting belief usually takes repeated sessions over time. Happiness equals outcome divided by expectation. The same result feels like a miracle or a failure depending on what you expected walking in. You can measure tapping success three ways: frequency (how often the issue shows up), duration (how long it sticks with you), and intensity (how strong it feels). Improvement in any one of the three is a real win. The goal of tapping is to make it better, not to make it perfect. Better is often enough to change the rest of your day. Why "How Long Does Tapping Take to Work?" Is the Wrong Question How long tapping takes to work is the wrong question because it assumes there's one answer that applies to every issue and every person. There isn't. The better question is: what does one step better look like right now? Years ago I had a one-on-one session with a friend whose husband had been telling her for months that she needed to tap with me. I don't think she really wanted to be there. I think she wanted him to stop bringing it up. There was natural resistance at the start of the session, but within fifteen minutes we had surfaced a deep, specific issue and tapped through a round on it. At the end of that round, she was disappointed. Not because nothing had happened. She was disappointed because the issue wasn't completely healed yet. In fifteen minutes she had moved from resistant to disappointed because the work wasn't fast enough. That's the trap built into the question. We're asking how long until the issue is gone, when the more useful question is how much better do I feel right now than I felt three minutes ago. Happiness Equals Outcome Divided by Expectation Happiness equals outcome divided by expectation. The way you respond to any result is determined less by the result itself and more by what you expected walking in. Imagine I tell you at the end of the day that I got six things done. Was that a good day or a bad day? It depends. If I sat down this morning wanting to get eight things done, I'm disappointed. If I sat down wanting to get four things done, I'm doing backflips on my way out of the office. Same six things. Completely different experience. The same dynamic shows up every time we use a transformational tool. If you expect a single round of tapping to permanently resolve a long-standing issue, almost any real result will feel like a failure. If you expect tapping to make the next ten minutes a little easier, the same result feels like a win. This is why unrealistic expectations can quietly sabotage your tapping progress even when the work itself is going well. Key Insight: "Happiness is outcome divided by expectation. The way I respond to something is based on how I expect it to work out." Why No Two Tapping Issues Heal at the Same Rate No two tapping issues heal at the same rate, even when they look identical on the surface. The tool is the same. The timeline almost never is. There's a real difference between me being frustrated in this moment and not wanting to be frustrated, and me dealing with a limiting belief I've carried for the last 35 years. The toolset is exactly the same. The rate at which those two things shift will be completely different. The same is true even when the symptom is identical. I can have pain in my right shoulder because I slept on it wrong, and I can have pain in my right shoulder because I was in a car accident and tore a muscle. Same pain, same location, same intensity on a 0 to 10 scale. The cause is different, so the time it takes to resolve is different. Every time you sit down to tap, recognize this: the goal is to make it better. Not to make it perfect, not to make it gone, but to make it better. That's a frame I keep coming back to with clients, and it's the same spirit behind tapping to embrace progress, not perfection. The Costa Rica Story: When Better Looks Like Failure Almost 20 years ago, brand new to tapping, I was in a coffee shop in Costa Rica when four other Americans walked in and sat down nearby. I struck up a conversation and one of them mentioned he had just tweaked his shoulder zip-lining through the jungle. I was at the stage of my tapping life where I was running everyone I met over with my enthusiasm. So I said, "Let me show you this amazing thing." I had him tap through Gary Craig's basic EFT recipe. Before we started I asked him, 0 to 10, how big is the pain? He said six. We tapped. I asked again. He said four. In my head, my immediate reaction was: it failed. He and his three friends, on the other hand, said, "Whoa, that's amazing." Because it was. Ninety seconds of tapping had taken a third of his pain away on his subjective measure. He had more movement in his shoulder. The rest of his day was going to be better. My expectation was healed. He experienced better. That's the gap this whole post is trying to close. Key Insight: "When I'm tapping, I live in the ERs. Not the emergency room. Better, easier, gentler, calmer." The Three Measures of Tapping Success: Frequency, Duration, Intensity There are three ways to measure whether tapping is working: frequency, duration, and intensity. Any one of them moving in the right direction counts as real progress. I learned this framework from my friend Mary Ayers, and it has changed how I evaluate every session. Frequency is how often the issue shows up. Years ago a client said to me, "Gene, it's great. I'm only having seizures six days a week." For me, six days a week of seizures sounds like a horror show. For her it meant one day a week she was emotionally and physically clear enough to get everything done. The frequency went down by one day, and that one day was her life expanding. Frequency can be the hardest of the three to measure, because if a behavior is still happening at all, you tend to notice the times it happens more than the times it doesn't. If you're trying to reduce how often you doom-scroll to distract yourself, going from ten times a week to five times a week still feels like ten because you're still doing it. When you're tracking frequency, write it down. Duration is how long the discomfort sticks with you after it shows up. Three times in my work I've had legal action threatened against me by clients. One of those times the client was blaming me for their frozen pipes, so you can judge the seriousness for yourself. The first time it happened, it threw me off and kept me emotional for about 36 hours. The second time, it impacted me for the rest of the day. The third time, it took me about 45 minutes to settle. Same kind of event, same intensity in the moment, same response required (call my lawyer, take care of myself). What changed was how long the emotional charge stayed in my body. That's duration, and it's a real measure of progress. Intensity is how strong the response is when it happens. I can be angry about something my neighbor does, or I can be frustrated about the same thing. In both cases I'm having an emotional response, but I'm far less likely to make a harsh, rash, unuseful choice when I'm frustrated than when I'm angry. Same trigger, smaller response. That's intensity going down. If you've ever found the standard 0 to 10 rating frustrating or unhelpful, this three-part frame is a useful alternative. I've written more about that in what to do when the SUD scale doesn't work for you. When Tapping Changes You Without Changing the Situation Tapping often makes things better even when the underlying situation hasn't changed at all. That's not a failure of tapping. That's tapping doing exactly what it's designed to do. Picture this. You're facing real financial pressure and you're overwhelmed by it. You sit down and tap on the overwhelm. Ten minutes later you feel calmer. The financial pressure is still there. Nothing about the bank account has changed. But you can now think clearly about the problem, see options you couldn't see before, and make deliberate choices instead of panicked ones. That's a win, and it's the kind of win we usually undervalue. The situation didn't change, but your relationship to the situation did, and from that calmer place you have actual capacity to act. This is exactly the dynamic at work in tapping for overwhelm when you have too much on your plate. You're not making the to-do list shorter. You're making yourself bigger than the list. The same logic applies to in-the-moment frustration. When something goes wrong at my desk and I get frustrated, I don't need to turn the frustration completely off in order to keep working. I need to turn it down enough that I can focus. There might be residual frustration sitting in the background. That's fine. If 90 seconds of tapping produces an hour of effective work, I'll make that trade every day of the week. The "One Step Better" Approach to Every Tapping Session The most useful question to ask before any tapping session is: what does one step better look like right now? Then use the tool to see if you can get there. If you do, ask the same question again. That iteration is the whole game. It's not how long until this is resolved. It's what does the next small improvement feel like in my body, and can I get there from where I am? Then, from that new place, what does the next one feel like? This is why the work of tapping looks less like a single grand transformation and more like a series of small, real improvements stacked over time. Each one is its own win. Together they become the change you were looking for. The principle that the key to tapping success is more than the right words lives right here: success is less about scripting the perfect setup statement and more about being honest about what better looks like and going after it one increment at a time. Key Insight: "Ask yourself what one step better feels like. Use the tool to see if you can achieve that. Then ask again. That's the work." How to Set Realistic Expectations Before You Tap Setting realistic expectations before you tap is the single most useful thing you can do to make tapping feel like it's working. Before you start a round, answer three quick questions in your head. First, what is one step better for this issue? Not healed, not gone, but better. Name it specifically. "I want to be able to read the email without my chest tightening." "I want to feel calm enough to call my mom back." Second, which of the three measures matters most here? Are you trying to reduce how often this shows up, how long it sticks with you, or how intense it gets? Different issues respond to different measures, and naming the one you care about gives you something concrete to check at the end. Third, what would you accept as a real win? If a 33% reduction in intensity would let you finish what you need to finish today, that's a real win. Decide that before you tap, not after. Otherwise the part of you that wants everything healed in one round will quietly call any real progress a failure. Frequently Asked Questions How long does tapping take to work on anxiety? Tapping can reduce acute anxiety within 90 seconds to a few minutes in many cases, especially when the anxiety is tied to a specific, present-moment trigger. Long-standing anxiety patterns tied to deeper beliefs or past experiences usually take repeated sessions over weeks or months to shift in a lasting way. Why isn't my tapping working? Tapping often is working, but you're measuring it against the wrong yardstick. If you expect a single round to permanently resolve a long-standing issue, almost any real result will feel like failure. Try measuring frequency, duration, and intensity separately, and check whether any one of them is improving even slightly. How many rounds of tapping should I do on one issue? Do as many rounds as it takes to get one step better, then reassess. Some issues shift in a single round. Others need many rounds over multiple sessions. The right number is whatever moves the issue one increment in the direction you want, then you decide whether to keep going. What does it mean if I feel worse after tapping? Feeling worse after tapping usually means you've made contact with something the body had been keeping out of awareness, not that the tapping went wrong. The discomfort is information. Continue tapping on what's now showing up, or pause and come back to it when you have more space. Is tapping supposed to remove the problem completely? Tapping is designed to make things better, not necessarily to remove the issue completely. Sometimes "better" means the external situation changes. More often it means your emotional response to the situation changes enough that you can think, act, and make choices from a calmer place. How do I know if tapping is working long-term? Look at frequency, duration, and intensity over weeks and months, not minutes. Is the issue showing up less often, sticking with you for less time, or hitting with less force when it does show up? Any one of those moving in the right direction is real, durable progress. How long does tapping take to work on chronic pain? Tapping can reduce chronic pain intensity within a single session, sometimes substantially, but lasting change in chronic pain usually involves ongoing tapping practice combined with addressing the emotional and stress components that maintain the pain. Expect incremental progress measured over weeks, not a single permanent fix.

Feeling stuck in life? Going through the motions? Wondering why life feels empty? It's time to stop existing and start living more!In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I explore the difference between existing vs living and what happens when survival mode becomes your normal. If you've been feeling numb, flat, disconnected, or like you're just getting through each day, this episode is for you. I talk about why feeling stuck is often not just a motivation problem, and how to enjoy life more through simple and meaningful shifts that build momentum over time. This is an honest, practical conversation about how to stop feeling numb, how to get out of a rut, how to be more present, and how intentional living can help you change your life in realistic ways. So if you've been asking yourself how to enjoy life, how to be happy, how to start over, and how to stop existing and start living, or wondering why your purpose driven life feels so far away, this episode will help you understand what's really going on and how to start re-engaging with your life with more kindness, clarity, and self-respect. 

- Nhân kỷ niệm 136 năm ngày sinh Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh,  Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm có bài viết “ÁNH SÁNG HỒ CHÍ MINH SOI ĐƯỜNG CHO CHÚNG TA ĐI”- An Giang công bố chính thức bản điều chỉnh Quy hoạch tỉnh An Giang thời kỳ 2021–2030, tầm nhìn đến năm 2050, trao quyết định chủ trương đầu tư cho 29 dự án lớn với tổng vốn đăng ký đạt hơn 161 ngàn tỷ đồng- Tỉnh Lâm Đồng đang đối mặt với tình trạng thiếu hụt nghiêm trọng nhân sự cấp xã.- Bộ Xây dựng đề xuất đầu tư vành đai 5 vùng Thủ đô Hà Nội hơn 261.000 tỷ đồng- Cộng đồng quốc tế cảnh báo về những tác động ngày càng nghiêm trọng của lệnh cấm vận đối với Cuba .- Hàng chục nghìn người  xuống đường tại thủ đô London, Anh, trong các cuộc biểu tình quy mô lớn liên quan đến vấn đề nhập cư, xung đột Trung Đông và chủ nghĩa cực hữu.- Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới (WHO) tuyên bố dịch Ebola bùng phát tại Cộng hòa Dân chủ Congo và Uganda là "tình trạng khẩn cấp về sức khỏe cộng đồng toàn cầu"

VOV1 - Kỷ niệm 136 năm Ngày sinh Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh (19/05/1890 - 19/05/2026), trân trọng giới thiệu bài viết của Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm: ÁNH SÁNG HỒ CHÍ MINH SOI ĐƯỜNG CHO CHÚNG TA ĐI.Tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh - nền tảng tinh thần, ngọn đuốc soi đường, kim chỉ nam cho mọi thắng lợi của cách mạng Việt Nam, của dân tộc Việt Nam.

- “Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội phải trở thành “túi khôn” của Nhà nước” - Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm giao nhiệm vụ cho Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội tại Lễ kỷ niệm 120 năm ngày truyền thống của trường.- Tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh về kinh tế tư nhân vẫn vẹn nguyên giá trị thời sự - Nhìn từ triển khai thực hiện Nghị quyết 68 tại tỉnh Quảng Trị.- Quản lý an toàn thực phẩm- Khi nào thực hiện mô hình một đầu mối?- Khởi tố 5 vụ án hình sự về tội “Xâm phạm quyền tác giả, quyền liên quan”.- Tổng thống Nga công bố thời điểm thăm chính thức Trung Quốc.- Ấn Độ và Các Tiểu vương quốc Arập Thống nhất (UAE) ký thỏa thuận chiến lược về dầu khí.- Sau 16 năm bùng nổ với bản hit bất hủ “Waka Waka”, ca sỹ siêu sao Shakira  chính thức trở lại World Cup 2026  với ca khúc chủ đề mới mang tên “Dai Dai”.

- Dự và phát biểu tại Lễ kỷ niệm 120 năm Ngày truyền thống Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm đề nghị Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội tiếp tục vươn lên, trở thành biểu tượng của trí tuệ Việt Nam.- Trung ương Hội Liên hiệp thanh niên Việt Nam Khởi động “Hành trình Tôi yêu Tổ quốc tôi” năm 2026.- Từ đồng ruộng đến các trang trại công nghệ cao, chuyển đổi số trong nông nghiệp đang mở ra hướng đi mới cho sản xuất. Nhưng phía sau những mô hình thành công, rào cản lớn nhất không nằm ở phần mềm hay máy móc, mà ở niềm tin, nguồn vốn, dữ liệu và quyết tâm thay đổi của chính người nông dân, hợp tác xã và nhà đầu tư.- 46 quốc gia châu Âu và đối tác ngoài khu vực thông qua tuyên bố chính trị về nhân quyền và di cư mang tính bước ngoặt, trong đó cho phép sử dụng các “trung tâm hồi hương” đặt tại các quốc gia thứ ba.- Iran mở rộng cấp phép thêm nhiều phương tiện lưu thông qua eo biển Hormuz.

VOV1 - Sáng ngày 16/05 tại Hà Nội, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội (ĐHQGHN) tổ chức Lễ kỷ niệm 120 ngày năm truyền thống (16/5/1906 - 16/5/2026) và đón nhận Huân chương Lao động hạng Nhất.Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm tới dự và phát biểu tại buổi lễ; cùng dự có nguyên Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính, các đồng chí Uỷ viên Bộ Chính trị, Trưởng Ban Tuyên giáo và Dân vận Trung ương Trịnh Văn Quyết, Trưởng Ban chính sách và Chiến lược Trung ương Nguyễn Thanh Nghị và Bí thư Thành uỷ Hà Nội Trần Đức Thắng.

VOV1 - Sáng ngày 16/05 tại Hà Nội, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội (ĐHQGHN) tổ chức Lễ kỷ niệm 120 ngày năm truyền thống (16/5/1906 - 16/5/2026) và đón nhận Huân chương Lao động hạng Nhất.Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm tới dự và phát biểu tại buổi lễ; cùng dự có nguyên Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính, các đồng chí Uỷ viên Bộ Chính trị, Trưởng Ban Tuyên giáo và Dân vận Trung ương Trịnh Văn Quyết, Trưởng Ban chính sách và Chiến lược Trung ương Nguyễn Thanh Nghị và Bí thư Thành uỷ Hà Nội Trần Đức Thắng.

Hi everyone, Josh here with your (hopefully) one-stop shop for all details regarding the May 24 7PM ET live show, including how the livestream will work. HERE'S THE LINK TO TICKETS AT LITTLEFIELDNYC.COM. TL;DR: We're excited to have you on the livestream to bring in as much of our audience as possible The stream will be on YouTube. You'll get the link right before the show and the VOD will stay up for at least 30 days We'll have live chat during the stream The video of the show will only be available to people who purchased a livestream ticket via VOD. The edited audio will be released as the main feed episode on May 27, but it will not include the special live-only interstitial This is the most ambitious thing we've attempted for this show so far and we need you to help us tear this shit apart Get those tickets and we'll see you on the 24th. Love, Josh

- Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm chủ trì phiên họp thứ nhất Ban Chỉ đạo tổng kết 100 năm Đảng lãnh đạo cách mạng Việt Nam, định hướng lãnh đạo phát triển đất nước trong 100 năm tiếp theo.- Thủ tướng Lê Minh Hưng dự Lễ đón nhận danh hiệu anh hùng lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân của Công an Thành phố Hải Phòng.- Tổng công ty Dầu Việt Nam chính thức triển khai kinh doanh xăng sinh học E10 tại gần 1.000 cửa hàng xăng dầu trên cả nước từ ngày mai.- Ngành y tế triển khai khám sức khoẻ định kì miễn phí hàng năm cho người dân.- Thượng đỉnh Mỹ - Trung nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của việc xây dựng mối quan hệ ổn định chiến lược mang tính xây dựng.- Thượng viện Mỹ phê chuẩn ông Ke-vin Oat làm chủ tịch mới của Cục dự trữ liên bang Mỹ (FED), nhân vật được cho là sẽ giảm căng thẳng giữa Nhà Trắng và FED liên quan vấn đề điều hành lãi suất.

- Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm chủ trì phiên họp thứ Nhất Ban Chỉ đạo tổng kết 100 năm Đảng lãnh đạo cách mạng Việt Nam, định hướng 100 năm tiếp theo và 40 năm thực hiện Cương lĩnh xây dựng đất nước trong thời kỳ quá độ lên chủ nghĩa xã hội.- Hải Phòng tổ chức khởi công, khánh thành 14 công trình, dự án trọng điểm.- 2 học sinh tại Đồng Nai chế tạo thành công máy dò huyệt đạo thông minh với chính xác lên hơn 98%. Sản phẩm không chỉ đoạt giải nhất nghiên cứu khoa học cấp quốc gia mà còn mở ra hướng hỗ trợ mới cho y học cổ truyền.- Từ ngày 1/6 tới sẽ xóa bỏ hoàn toàn xăng khoáng, người dân yên tâm tin tưởng xăng sinh học E10.- Thượng đỉnh Mỹ- Trung nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của việc duy trì quan hệ ổn định- Châu Âu cảnh báo có thể xuất hiện thêm ca nhiễm hantavirus liên quan tàu du lịch MV Hondius.

TL's Road House welcomes another great conversation this week as Tracy Lawrence catches up with Platinum singer-songwriter Larry Fleet. From working blue-collar jobs and playing small-town bars to headlining shows around the world, Larry opens up about the long road to country music success. The two reflect on growing up on traditional country music and balancing family life with touring, while also diving into conspiracy theories, Bigfoot sightings and memories from their rural upbringings. Larry also shares how “Where I Find God” changed his career, the inspiration behind co-writing “Man Made A Bar” and what inspired his latest project, ‘Another Year Older.' Listen now for more about Larry's rise in country music and the experiences that continue to influence his music both on and off stage.

In this emotionally insightful episode of Nerdy Bitz, The Reverend Tracy returns with a brand-new TL;DL titled “Gilmore Girls, Parentification, And The Romanticization Of Enmeshment.” Using the beloved television series Gilmore Girls as the centerpiece of the discussion, The Reverend Tracy takes a deeper psychological look at the show's famous “best friend mother” dynamic and why so many audiences mistake emotional enmeshment for healthy parenting.While Gilmore Girls is often celebrated for its fast dialogue, quirky charm, and close-knit relationships, this episode explores the darker emotional implications underneath Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's relationship dynamic. The Reverend Tracy examines how the show unintentionally normalizes parentification — a psychological pattern where children take on emotional responsibilities, burdens, or relational roles that are developmentally inappropriate for them.Throughout the episode, she discusses how children placed into emotionally adult roles often become caretakers, mediators, therapists, or emotional support systems for their parents long before they are emotionally equipped to carry those responsibilities. What may appear “cute,” “mature,” or “best-friend-like” on the surface can actually create long-term difficulties involving boundaries, emotional regulation, identity formation, conflict management, and adult relationships later in life.The episode breaks down:What parentification actually isThe difference between closeness and emotional enmeshmentWhy “best friend parenting” can blur emotional boundariesHow children in enmeshed households often suppress their own emotional needsThe psychological consequences of children becoming emotional caretakersHow media romanticizes unhealthy family dynamicsWhy emotionally immature parenting is often misunderstood as relatabilityThe long-term effects parentification can have on anxiety, guilt, people-pleasing, and adult relationshipsThe Reverend Tracy also explores why audiences are frequently drawn to these relationship dynamics in television and film, especially when unhealthy emotional dependency is framed as loyalty, closeness, or unconditional love. Using examples from Gilmore Girls, she highlights how unresolved trauma and emotional loneliness can shape parenting styles in ways that feel normal to viewers who experienced similar family structures growing up.Rather than attacking the series itself, the discussion uses Gilmore Girls as a lens to better understand the importance of healthy boundaries, emotional maturity, and allowing children to fully experience childhood without carrying adult emotional burdens.Support Friends Talking Nerdy on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠.As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms.Head to Friends Talking Nerdy's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for more information on where to find us online.

Lisa Leveille joins me to unpack a different kind of leadership challenge—one that quietly burns people out long before they realize it: the inability to create boundaries.We started with a simple observation.The more capable you are, the more responsibility people hand you.And in leadership roles—especially in finance—that responsibility expands fast. HR, operations, procurement, reporting, strategy, hiring, vendor management. Eventually, everything starts flowing toward the same person.That's where the real problem begins.Lisa brings perspective from years as a CFO in the construction industry—a traditionally male-dominated environment where proving yourself often means carrying more than your actual role was ever designed to hold.This isn't a conversation about productivity hacks.It's about understanding when “being helpful” quietly becomes unsustainable.We dig into the difference between bluntly saying no versus tactfully creating boundaries, why leaders need self-sufficient teams, how strategic thinking is developed, and the hidden cost of constantly becoming the default person for everything.And maybe most importantly—why good leadership isn't about controlling everything yourself.It's about building people who no longer need you for every decision.TL;DRThe more capable you are, the more responsibility people will give youSaying no is a leadership skill—not a personality flawBoundaries protect both performance and sustainabilityGood leaders build self-sufficient teams, not dependencyPeople don't always remember how much is already on your plateStrategic thinking comes from understanding second-order consequencesTransitioning responsibilities properly matters more than egoLeadership without wellness eventually breaks downMemorable Lines“You have to learn how to say no—or you'll drown in tasks.”“People don't remember everything they've already put on your plate.”“Anyone can say no. The art is preserving the relationship.”“You can't pour from an empty cup.”“Good leadership means building people who don't depend on you for everything.”“The textbook answer isn't always the right answer.”GuestLisa Leveille — CFO in the construction industry, leading shared services across finance, HR, and operations in a traditionally male-dominated spaceFocused on leadership development, strategic thinking, and building sustainable teams through mentorship and operational clarityWhy This MattersMost burnout doesn't happen all at once.It happens gradually.One extra responsibility.One more meeting.One more department.One more thing “only you can handle.”And because capable people usually want to help, they rarely notice the accumulation until performance, energy, or clarity starts slipping.The problem is—organizations reward reliability.So the more dependable you become, the more likely you are to become the default solution for everything.That works… until it doesn't.Eventually, leaders have to decide:Am I building systems that scale?Or am I becoming the system myself?That's why conversations like this matter.Because leadership isn't just about carrying more.It's about knowing what to keep, what to delegate, and what to say no to before everything starts breaking underneath the weight. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dougutberg.com

Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio  | YouTube If you have ever finished a round of EFT tapping and found yourself yawning uncontrollably, you are not imagining things. In 18 years of working with clients, this question lands in my inbox almost every single month. It is actually one of the top search terms that brings new readers to TappingQandA.com. TL;DR / Key Takeaways Yawning, burping, and stomach gurgles after a tapping round are all signs that your body shifted out of fight-or-flight mode and into its natural rest-and-restore state. The human nervous system operates in two distinct modes: the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest). EFT tapping moves you from the first into the second. When the digestive system comes back online after a stress response, it produces physical signals including yawns, burps, farts, and stomach rumbles. You do not need to yawn for tapping to have worked. The absence of a yawn is not evidence that nothing changed. These physical responses are among the most common questions people search before finding this site, which tells us that tappers everywhere share this experience and wonder what it means. Why Do I Yawn After Tapping? The Short Answer Yawning after a round of EFT tapping means your nervous system just made a real, measurable shift. It moved out of sympathetic activation (the stress state) and into parasympathetic activation (the recovery state), and your body is announcing that transition out loud. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), commonly called tapping, involves tapping on specific acupressure points on the face and upper body while focusing on an emotional issue. Some of the earliest peer-reviewed research on tapping demonstrated that it reduces cortisol, the primary stress hormone produced during fight-or-flight activation. When cortisol drops and the sympathetic response de-escalates, the parasympathetic nervous system takes over. That handoff produces a cascade of physical changes, and yawning is one of the most visible. Key insight: "The yawn is your body's way of resetting its state. It is the system literally changing shape from the inside to signal that the danger has passed." What Are the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems? The human nervous system runs in two modes that cannot operate simultaneously. Your body is always choosing between them based on its read of your environment. The sympathetic nervous system governs fight or flight. When the brain perceives a threat, physical or emotional, it floods the body with adrenaline and cortisol. Heart rate climbs. Pupils dilate to take in more visual information. Oxygen is pushed to your limbs so you can run or fight. Digestion shuts down almost entirely, because processing food is a waste of resources when a threat is nearby. Some people experience the extreme version of this when they go blank before a presentation or job interview. The capillaries in the brain constrict as oxygen is rerouted to the muscles, which is why all the answers you forgot come flooding back the moment you walk out the door and the threat passes. The parasympathetic nervous system governs rest, repair, and digestion. Heart rate drops. Pupils contract to sharpen focus. The digestive system powers back on. Growth and maintenance processes resume. You can learn more about how the nervous system connects to emotional healing in Pod #482, where I talked through the full picture with Dr. Jen Cincurak, a naturopathic doctor whose work centers on nervous system maturation and somatic tools including tapping. Why Tapping Triggers the Shift from Stress to Rest Tapping moves the body from sympathetic to parasympathetic activation by sending a calming signal through the acupressure system while you hold a stressful thought or feeling in mind. The combination of cognitive focus and physical tapping interrupts the fight-or-flight loop. Key insight: "What tapping does is give the nervous system new information. It says: you can be present with this emotion without being in danger because of it." The early body of scientific research on tapping, including studies that measured cortisol in saliva before and after sessions, showed measurable decreases in the stress hormone within a single session. That biological change is not metaphorical. It is the same shift the body makes when a frightening situation resolves and you let out a long exhale. Tapping makes it available on purpose, for emotional material the nervous system has been holding in stress mode for days, months, or years. For a deeper look at the evidence behind why tapping produces these effects, Why Tapping Works: Six Evidence-Based Premises covers the research base in plain language. What Causes the Yawning, Burping, and Stomach Gurgles? When the parasympathetic nervous system takes over, every system that was put on hold during the stress response comes back online at once. That re-activation is not silent. The yawn is a physical resetting of the throat and airway, part of the body recalibrating its breathing pattern as it relaxes. It is not about being sleepy (though it can feel that way). It is the airway itself changing shape as surrounding muscles release tension. The burps, farts, and stomach gurgles are the digestive system restarting. During fight or flight, digestion goes essentially offline. The moment the parasympathetic system takes over, digestion turns back on like an engine starting up after sitting cold. It makes noise. It produces gas. That is not a malfunction. That is the machinery doing exactly what it is supposed to do. This connects to broader patterns around what happens in the body during emotional healing, a topic I explored in depth with Julie Schiffman in an early episode on physical body signals. Does Not Yawning Mean Tapping Did Not Work? No. The absence of a yawn after tapping does not mean nothing happened. Key insight: "The yawn is one sign that the shift occurred. It is not the only sign, and its absence is not evidence of failure." Yawning signals the sympathetic-to-parasympathetic transition when it is large enough to produce a physical response, but subtler or more gradual shifts may not trigger visible physical signals. Some sessions produce a quiet settling rather than a dramatic physical announcement. Some people rarely yawn at all, regardless of what their nervous system is doing. I have worked with clients who felt genuinely deflated after a session because they did not yawn the way they had in earlier rounds. They assumed that meant the session did not work. In most cases, they had already done significant work on the issue previously, and the remaining shifts were quieter. Quieter does not mean smaller. If you are wondering whether your tapping is actually producing results, Pod #703 on why you might feel worse after a round of tapping addresses exactly that concern in detail. Other Physical Signs That Tapping Is Working Yawning is the most commonly noticed signal, but it belongs to a larger family of parasympathetic indicators. After a productive tapping round, you might also notice a deep sigh or a long exhale that seems to come out of nowhere. A shift in the weight of your shoulders or a release of tension in your jaw. A brief wave of tiredness as the nervous system moves out of high alert and the body relaxes toward its resting state. Occasionally a sudden need to use the bathroom, which is the GI tract re-engaging. None of these are problems. They are the body doing its job, communicating in the language it was designed to use. If you have ever felt oddly emotional right after a round of tapping and wondered whether something went wrong, Pod #695 on why you feel sad after tapping walks through the same nervous-system logic applied to emotional release. The Five Stress Responses and What They Mean for Tapping Most people know fight or flight, but the sympathetic nervous system actually produces five distinct stress responses, sometimes called the five Fs: fight, flight, freeze, flop, and fawn. Fight and flight are the most familiar. Freeze is what happens when the threat is so overwhelming that movement seems impossible. Flop is a more extreme collapse response. Fawn is the social version, appeasing and accommodating to neutralize the threat through relationship. All five of these states share the same underlying biochemistry: cortisol, adrenaline, constricted digestion, elevated heart rate, redirected blood flow. And all five can be the state your nervous system is carrying when you sit down to tap on an emotional issue. Key insight: "Every one of those five stress responses is the body trying to keep you safe. Tapping gives the system the signal that the danger has passed and it is safe to stand down." This is why tapping can produce the same yawning and digestive reset regardless of whether the original stress was acute fear, chronic people-pleasing, or old frozen shock. The body's exit route from all five states runs through the same parasympathetic doorway, and the yawn on the other side is the same yawn. What to Do When You Notice These Physical Signals After Tapping When you notice a yawn, a burp, or a gurgle during or after tapping, you do not need to do anything special. Simply acknowledge it as confirmation that your nervous system is responding. A few practices that support this process: Pause after the physical signal. When you yawn or feel a release, give yourself 30 seconds to breathe and let the shift settle before moving on. Notice what changed emotionally. After the signal, check in with the issue you were tapping on. Does it feel different? Smaller? More distant? This is your informal SUDS (Subjective Units of Distress Scale) check, which is the standard 0 to 10 measure of emotional intensity used in EFT. Do not chase the yawn. Tapping longer or harder specifically to produce more yawning is unnecessary. If the yawn happened, the shift happened. Trust it. Keep a short log. Some tappers find it helpful to note physical signals alongside their emotional observations after a session. Over time this builds self-knowledge about how your particular nervous system signals change. If you want a structured way to use tapping consistently and build on these kinds of shifts day by day, 365TappingLessons.com offers a full year of guided sessions built around exactly this kind of body-informed practice. Frequently Asked Questions Why do I yawn so much when I do EFT tapping? Yawning during or after EFT tapping is your nervous system shifting from sympathetic activation (fight or flight) to parasympathetic activation (rest and digest). This shift causes a physical reset in the throat and airway, which produces yawning. Frequent yawning during tapping typically means your sessions are moving significant stored stress through your system. Is yawning after tapping a good sign? Yes. Yawning after tapping is a positive indicator that your nervous system made a genuine transition from a stress state into a recovery state. It is not coincidence. It is the body responding to the biochemical shift that tapping creates. What does it mean when my stomach gurgles during tapping? Stomach gurgles during tapping mean your digestive system is coming back online after being suppressed by a stress response. During fight or flight, digestion essentially shuts down to conserve energy. When tapping moves you into a parasympathetic state, digestion restarts and produces audible sounds. This is a healthy, normal response. Does not yawning mean tapping is not working? No. You can have a highly effective tapping session with no yawning at all. Yawning signals the parasympathetic shift when it is large enough to produce a visible physical response, but subtler shifts may not trigger it. Judge the effectiveness of a session by how the emotional issue feels afterward, not by whether you yawned. Can tapping make you feel tired? Yes, and for a good reason. Coming out of a sustained stress state, even a low-grade chronic one, requires the nervous system to recalibrate. When the parasympathetic system takes over after tapping, the body sometimes relaxes into a brief wave of tiredness. This is normal and typically passes within a few minutes. What are the five F stress responses and how does tapping address them? The five stress responses are fight, flight, freeze, flop, and fawn. All five are expressions of the sympathetic nervous system triggered by perceived danger. Tapping works across all five because it addresses the underlying biochemistry (cortisol, adrenaline, restricted digestion) rather than any one specific behavioral expression of stress. Is there research showing tapping reduces the stress response? Yes. Some of the earliest peer-reviewed studies on EFT measured cortisol levels before and after tapping sessions and found significant reductions within a single session. This physiological evidence supports what tappers report experientially: that tapping produces a measurable shift in the body's stress state, not just a change in perspective.

Feeling manipulated by someone? Manipulation can include guilt tripping, pressure, emotional manipulation, controlling behaviour, and sometimes gaslighting, but the common thread is the same: someone is trying to pull you away from your own needs, wants, and choices.In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm talking about how to deal with manipulation: what manipulative behavior is, and how to approach emotional manipulation in a more assertive way, especially when manipulation tactics make it hard to navigate a difficult relationship. If you're dealing with manipulative people, toxic relationships, or unhealthy relationships, or if you're trying to understand the signs of manipulation before you get pulled in too far, this episode is for you. I'll explore why guilt and manipulation can affect your self-esteem and mental health so deeply, why manipulative dynamics often get worse when you start setting boundaries, and how to say no without over-explaining, apologising, or letting someone else's pressure make your choices for you. You'll learn how to recognise manipulation earlier, respond with more self-respect, and practice assertiveness in a way that protects your peace without turning you into someone cold or cruel. 

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Akbank katkılarıyla hazırladığımız 304. bölümde; McKinsey, Deloitte, Gartner, BCG ve Wavestone'un 2026 raporlarından yola çıkarak şirketlerin yapay zekâ dönüşümünde neden zorlandığını konuşuyoruz. Pilot dönem gerçekten bitti mi, şirketler neden ölçekleme sorunu yaşıyor, teknoloji yatırımı kadar insan yatırımı neden kritik hale geliyor ve önümüzdeki yıllarda şirketler arasındaki fark neden daha da açılacak gibi sorulara birlikte bakıyoruz. Sen de Akbank Mobil'den Nakit Akışınla Kazan programına katıl, toplamda 30.000 TL'ye varan chip-para ve 1 yıl ücretsiz EFT/havale kazan. Detaylar: https://www.akbank.com/kampanyalar/akbank-mobil-nakit-akisinla-kazan-kampanyasi Bu bölüm Akbank hakkında tanıtım içerir (00:00) Açılış(00:23) Bölüm açılışı ve raporların ortak mesajı: “Pilot dönem bitti”(00:48) Deloitte raporundaki CEO sözü ve teknolojinin eskime hızı(01:15) “Gerçekten pilot dönem bitti mi?” sorusu(01:42) McKinsey verileri: Şirketlerin %88'i AI kullanıyor(02:05) Şirketlerin %86'sı AI entegrasyonuna hazır olmadığını düşünüyor(02:30) BCG raporu: Ölçeklendirme var ama ölçülebilir fayda sınırlı(03:00) Deloitte verileri: AI ajanlarında üretime geçen şirket oranı(03:22) Genel tablo: Herkes deniyor ama çoğu ölçekleyemiyor(03:40) KOBİ'lerin dönüşüm ve nakit yönetimi baskısı(03:55) Akbank Nakit Akışında Kazan programı(04:03) “Neden bu kadar çok şirket sıkışıyor?” sorusu(04:20) Gartner tahmini: Agentik AI projelerinin %40'ı başarısız olacak(04:45) Bozuk süreçleri optimize etmenin riski(05:05) CFO örneği: Uçtan uca süreç dönüşümü yaklaşımı(05:32) Wavestone raporu ve siber güvenlik perspektifi(05:55) Tehditlerin merkeze değil çevreye kayması(06:10) Yapay zekâda asıl dönüşümün müşteri temas noktalarında yaşanması(06:28) McKinsey: Teknolojiye 1 dolar, insana 5 dolar harcanmalı(06:58) Şirketlerin 3 gruba ayrılması(07:10) 1. grup: Gerçekten dönüşen şirketler(07:28) Walmart örneği ve çalışanlarla uygulama geliştirme(07:52) 2. grup: “Pilot cehennemi” içinde kalan şirketler(08:18) McKinsey verisi: AI'ın net sahibi olmayan şirketler(08:30) 3. grup: Henüz başlamayan ama hazırlanan şirketler(08:53) Önümüzdeki yıllarda şirketler arasındaki farkın açılması(09:05) Coca-Cola CEO'sunun yaklaşımı: “Ne yapabiliriz?” yerine “Ne yapmalıyız?”(09:38) Uzun vadeli performans ve stratejik netlik vurgusu(10:00) Her şeyi yapmaya çalışan şirketlerin kaybetme riski(10:12) Bölüm özeti ve raporların ortak hissi: Aciliyet(10:40) Beklemenin maliyeti ve “bir şeyler yapıyoruz” rahatlığının bitmesi(10:58) Kapanış sorusu: AI'a karşı insana yapılan yatırım oranı(10:28) Kapanış ve veda McKinsey — The State of AI 2025 https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai McKinsey — The State of Organizations 2026 https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/people%20and%20organizational%20performance/our%20insights/the%20state%20of%20organizations/2026/the-state-of-organizations-2026.pdf Deloitte — Tech Trends 2026 https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/technology-management/tech-trends.html (PDF doğrudan: https://mkto.deloitte.com/rs/712-CNF-326/images/DI_Tech-trends-2026.pdf) Gartner — Agentic AI Projects Press Release https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027 BCG — The Widening AI Value Gap: Build for the Future 2025 https://media-publications.bcg.com/The-Widening-AI-Value-Gap-Sept-2025.pdf (Ana sayfa: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/are-you-generating-value-from-ai-the-widening-gap) Wavestone — Technology Trends 2026 https://www.wavestone.com/en/insight/technology-trends-2026/ Sosyal Medya takibi yaptın mı? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bülten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-Posta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Bu çalışmaları ve emeklerimi desteklemek için ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ve ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Me A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ hesabımız⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TL's Road House returns this week with a brand new episode! Tracy Lawrence sits down with fast-rising country artist Tyler Nance to talk about where he comes from and where he's going. Growing up on a farm in the middle of nowhere Missouri, Tyler didn't pick up a guitar until he was 19 years old but quickly discovered his passion for music and hasn't looked back since. Tracy and Tyler dive into his previous career as a traveling welder, the path that led him to Nashville and his recent debut album Midwest Memoir. Tracy also shares some exciting news that Tyler will make his Grand Ole Opry debut on June 16. Tune in to hear more and catch the special moment!

Cody Kopas joins me to unpack a different kind of pattern—one that doesn't show up in headlines, but quietly shapes careers, families, and entire regions: why people leave the Midwest to grow… and then come back to build.We started with a simple observation.For decades, talent has flowed out of the Great Lakes region—into coastal cities, into capital-heavy ecosystems, into faster-moving opportunities. But many of those same people return years later, often at a completely different stage of life.That gap—between where opportunity exists and where people ultimately want to live—is where this conversation sits.Cody brings perspective from finance, startups, and operating roles, combined with firsthand experience of leaving for opportunity and returning for something different: family, community, and long-term alignment.This isn't a conversation about tactics.It's about the patterns people recognize later:“I always thought I'd stay—but something pulled me back.”We dig into why the Midwest produces high-performing talent, how coastal ecosystems accelerate skills, the reality behind remote work, and why the next wave of opportunity may shift back toward physical-world innovation—manufacturing, supply chains, and hard tech.And maybe most importantly—what actually drives where people choose to build their lives.TL;DRYou can leave for opportunity—but you may come back for lifeThe Midwest doesn't lack talent—it exports itCoastal ecosystems multiply skills, but not always long-term alignmentRemote work creates flexibility, but also new risk during layoffsAI is compressing software advantages, increasing competitionHardware, manufacturing, and supply chains are becoming more strategic againPeople don't just optimize for career—they eventually optimize for lifeMemorable Lines“People leave for opportunity. They come back for life.”“You don't lose culture—it stays with you.”“AI accelerates operators, it doesn't replace them.”“Hardware is hard—and that's exactly why it matters.”“You can build anywhere if you're actually a builder.”GuestCody Kopas — Operator focused on hard tech, manufacturing ecosystems, and the future of the Great Lakes regionExperience across finance, startups, and operational roles, with a focus on building and supporting innovation tied to physical-world systemsWhy This MattersMost people don't make career decisions purely based on logic.They follow opportunity early—where skills grow fastest, where capital exists, where momentum is highest.But over time, the variables change.Family becomes a factor.Community starts to matter.Stability and meaning begin to outweigh pure growth.What worked in one phase no longer fits the next.The problem is—most people don't realize this until they're already deep into that transition.So they move toward opportunity without questioning where they actually want to build their life.And then eventually, they feel the pull back.Not because they failed.Because their priorities changed.That's why this conversation matters.Because the goal isn't just to chase opportunity.It's to understand the cycle—and make decisions with more awareness of where it leads. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dougutberg.com

If you have ever sat down to tap and thought, "this isn't going to work for me," you are not alone. That single thought stops more people from healing than any technique ever could. Knowing what to do when you don't think tapping will work is the first step toward getting unstuck. TL;DR: Key Takeaways The thought "tapping won't work for me" is almost never about tapping. It is a protective story your subconscious is telling to keep you from a deeper fear. Five specific fears tend to hide behind this doubt: losing your last hope, worrying things will get worse, having to admit you could have healed sooner, feeling weird, and believing you are too broken. The fastest way through this resistance is to tap on the doubt itself, not on the original issue. Treating each fear as a part of you that is trying to keep you safe, rather than something to argue with, dissolves resistance faster than logic ever will. The Real Question Hiding Behind "Will Tapping Work for Me?" When you ask whether tapping will work, you are usually not asking about tapping. You are asking whether it is safe to hope. In nearly two decades of working with clients, I have noticed that people who genuinely believe a tool is useless do not ask follow-up questions about it. They simply move on. The fact that you are still thinking about tapping, still wondering, still circling back, means a part of you suspects it might actually help. That suspicion is what makes the question feel risky. Key Insight: "Believing something might work sometimes feels better than actually trying it and having it fail." This is the hidden mechanic behind most resistance to any healing tool. The doubt is not the obstacle. The doubt is the disguise. Why Asking If Tapping Will Work Means Part of You Already Believes It Might If your subconscious had completely written tapping off, you would have stopped reading by now. The act of asking the question is evidence that something inside you is still open. That is good news, because it means the work in front of you is not convincing yourself tapping is real. The work is meeting the part of you that is afraid of what happens if it is. People are often unwilling to tap on the original issue, but they are willing to tap on their doubt about whether tapping will help with that issue. That willingness is the doorway. This is also why I do not recommend white-knuckling your way past the resistance. Forcing yourself to tap when a part of you is convinced it will not work just teaches that part of you that its concerns are being ignored. It usually digs in deeper. The Five Hidden Fears Disguised as Doubt About Tapping Doubt about tapping almost always traces back to one of five protective fears. Each one feels like a reasonable opinion about a technique, but each is actually a story about what might happen to you if the technique succeeded. If you have ever found yourself afraid tapping might actually work, one of these is likely doing the talking. Fear #1: Losing Your Last Hope Some people resist tapping because tapping is the last thing on their list. If it fails, there is nothing left to try. I had a client say this to me directly years ago. "Gene, I don't want to tap because tapping is my last hope. And if I try this and it doesn't work, then I have no hope." For her, holding onto an untested possibility felt safer than testing it and watching it fail. As long as she did not try, hope stayed intact. This is one of the most common forms of resistance I see, and it almost never sounds like fear on the surface. It sounds like skepticism. Fear #2: Worry That Better Will Actually Be Worse Healing has consequences. For some people, those consequences feel more dangerous than the original problem. Consider someone who is afraid of putting their work into the world. If tapping helps them overcome that fear, they will start publishing. The moment they start publishing, they invite criticism. So a part of them quietly concludes that staying stuck is safer than getting better. The fear is not really about tapping. It is about what success would expose them to. This is a textbook example of secondary gain, where the symptom is doing a job the person has not consciously acknowledged. Fear #3: Having to Admit You Could Have Healed Sooner If tapping works for you today, it probably would have worked for you a year ago. Or five years ago. That can be a hard thing to face. A part of you may resist tapping not because it doubts the tool, but because succeeding now would mean reckoning with the time you spent suffering when you did not have to. Staying stuck protects you from that grief. Once you see this pattern, you can tap on the grief itself, which is often where the real movement starts. Fear #4: Feeling Weird Tapping on Your Face Tapping looks unusual. There is no point pretending otherwise. For some people, the social or self-image cost of doing something that looks strange outweighs the potential benefit. If you have ever wondered what other people would think if they walked in on you tapping, that is the fear talking. It often softens once you understand how and why tapping actually works at a physiological level, because the technique stops feeling like a quirky ritual and starts feeling like a deliberate intervention. Fear #5: Being "Too Broken" for Any Tool to Work This is the most painful version. The story sounds like, "tapping works for everyone else, but I am so broken that nothing will work for me." This fear is rarely about tapping at all. It is a long-held belief about being beyond help, and tapping is just the latest tool the belief is using to prove itself right. When this is the resistance, the most useful first move is to tap on the belief that you are too broken, not on the issue you originally wanted to address. There is a real path here for people ready to believe that healing is possible for them, but it starts by addressing the broken story directly. Why Tapping on the Resistance Works Better Than Pushing Through It When you don't think tapping will work, the most effective move is to tap on the doubt itself. This bypasses the wrestling match and meets your subconscious where it actually is. The logic is straightforward. The part of you that is doubting is not interested in being argued with. It has a job, which is to keep you safe by stopping you from doing something that might disappoint you, expose you, or confirm a painful belief. If you tap directly on that fear, you are signaling that you have heard it. Once it feels heard, it tends to relax. This is the same mechanism behind any resistance to taking healthy action, whether the action is tapping, exercising, applying for a job, or having a hard conversation. Key Insight: "People are unwilling to tap on something, but they're willing to tap on their concern about whether or not tapping will work." That willingness is enough. You do not need to believe in the outcome. You only need to be willing to address the doubt. How to Tap When You Don't Think Tapping Will Work Here is the exact pattern I use with clients in this situation. Tap through the points while reading these phrases out loud, or follow along with the audio in the episode. Start on the side of the hand and take a deep breath. Then move from point to point with these statements: "I recognize that I am asking whether tapping will actually work for me, and I have real concerns." "The concern I have is not actually about tapping. It is about the story that tapping working would tell." "If I try this and it fails, I am afraid I will lose my hope." "If I try this and it works, I am afraid the change might actually make things worse." "If I try this and it works, I will have to face the fact that I could have healed sooner." "Part of me thinks this just looks and feels weird, and I do not want to look weird." "Part of me is afraid it is too late, and that I am just too broken." "Every one of these fears is a part of me trying to keep me safe, and I appreciate it." "It is safe for me to give this a try. It might not go perfectly, but I give myself permission to try anyway." Take a deep breath at the end and check in with the original doubt. In most cases, the resistance will have softened, even if it has not disappeared entirely. If it is still there, run the sequence again. This Pattern Shows Up Everywhere, Not Just With Tapping The mechanism behind tapping resistance is the mechanism behind almost every form of self-sabotage. The thing you are doubting is rarely the thing you are actually afraid of. When you find yourself wondering whether something will work for you, get into the habit of asking a second question. What would happen if it did work? The answer to that question is usually where the real fear is hiding, and that is where the most useful tapping work begins. Key Insight: "Sometimes our fear about doing something is not about the thing. It is about the story that comes about us doing that particular thing." That is true for tapping. It is true for therapy, for relationships, for changing careers, for anything that asks you to grow. Once you can see the pattern, you stop wasting energy debating the tool and start directing it at the actual fear. Frequently Asked Questions What does it mean if I don't think tapping will work for me? It usually means a part of you is afraid of what would happen if it did work. The doubt is rarely about the technique itself. It is about a hidden fear, such as losing hope, facing criticism, or admitting you could have changed sooner. Can I still tap if I am skeptical? Yes. Tapping does not require belief to produce results. The technique works on the body's physiology and stress response regardless of your opinion of it. Many people who started out skeptical found that their first noticeable shift came from tapping on the skepticism itself. Why would I tap on my doubt instead of my actual problem? Because the doubt is what is blocking access to the problem. If a part of you is convinced tapping will fail, that part will sabotage any session you start. Tapping on the doubt clears the resistance so you can address the real issue with your full attention. Is it normal to feel weird about tapping on my face? Completely. Tapping looks unusual the first few times you do it. Most people find that the awkwardness fades within a few sessions, especially as they begin to feel results. You can also start by tapping in private until the discomfort settles. What if I am too broken for tapping to work? The belief that you are too broken is a story, not a fact. It is also one of the most common forms of resistance I see in 17 years of practice. The work is not to argue with that story. It is to tap directly on it. People who address that belief first often find that tools they had given up on suddenly become useful again. How do I know whether my doubt is real or hidden fear? A useful test is to ask yourself, "what would happen if tapping actually worked?" If the answer brings up anxiety, grief, or a sense of exposure, you are likely dealing with hidden fear rather than considered skepticism. Genuine skepticism does not produce that kind of charge. How long does it take for tapping resistance to clear? For most people, a single round of tapping on the doubt produces a noticeable softening within a few minutes. Deeper resistance, especially the "too broken" variety, may take several sessions. The point is not to force a particular timeline. It is to keep meeting the fear with curiosity until it relaxes.

We're back with another new episode! PLATINUM-selling singer/songwriter Jackson Dean joins TL's Road House this week for a can't-miss conversation about the experiences that have led to his success. Known for his Southern grit and thought-provoking music, Jackson has solidified his authentic sound that carries through his brand new album Magnolia Sage. Throughout the episode, Jackson and Tracy discuss the recording and production process behind the project, the house fire that led Jackson to discover his passion for music and what it takes to “cut through the noise” as an artist. Check out the full episode now!

On this episode of the MalloryBros. Podcast, the bros kick things off with the Weekend Recap before Terrance finally gives his thoughts after seeing Marty Supreme. They then dive into the conversation surrounding Meg and Klay's breakup, which sparked another men vs women debate on the TL. That leads into a deeper discussion as Terrance shares his perspective on dating female rappers, marriage, and expectations, followed by a conversation on the growing “I Don't Need A Man” ideology. Later, the bros shift gears to talk about why film literacy feels like it's dying and what responsibility audiences have in keeping it alive. They also react to Michael dominating the box office, critics' responses, and the news of a sequel already being greenlit. They lighten things up with some GoGo love, run through a segment of universally controversial takes, and close out with some 301 DMV love. Follow Us on Twitter @MalloryBros9 for all updates! JOIN THE REALEST 9 on Patreon for More MalloryBros. Content! www.patreon.com/mallorybros