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Courage is not loud. Sometimes it is a 13-year-old girl standing in a courtroom, promising to defend dignity no matter the cost.  Noura Ghazi's life was shaped by detention, disappearance, and resistance long before she became a human rights lawyer. Growing up in Damascus with a father repeatedly imprisoned for political opposition, she chose early to confront injustice through law rather than violence. From defending political prisoners during the Syrian revolution to marrying her husband inside a prison and later founding No Photo Zone, Noura has built a life rooted in resilience, civil rights advocacy, and unwavering belief in human dignity.  Now living in France as a political refugee, she continues her work supporting families of detainees, survivors of torture, and the disappeared. Her story is not simply about survival. It is about choosing mindset over fear, purpose over despair, and love even in the shadow of loss. This conversation invites reflection on what it means to remain Unstoppable when freedom, justice, and even safety are uncertain.  Highlights:  00:07:06 – A defining childhood moment reveals how a confrontation in a Syrian courtroom shaped Noura's lifelong commitment to defending political prisoners.  00:12:51 – The unpredictable nature of Syria's exceptional courts exposes how justice without standards creates generational instability and fear.  00:17:32 – The emotional aftermath of her father's release illustrates how imprisonment reshapes entire families, not just the person detained.  00:23:47 – Noura's pursuit of human rights education demonstrates how intentional learning becomes an act of resistance in restrictive systems.  00:32:10 – The early days of the Syrian revolution clarify how violence escalates when peaceful protest is met with force.  00:37:27 – Her marriage inside a prison and the global advocacy campaign that followed reflect how personal love can fuel public courage.  00:50:59 – A candid reflection on PTSD reveals how trauma can coexist with purpose and even deepen empathy for others.  About the Guest:   Noura Ghazi's life has been shaped by a single, unwavering mission: to defend dignity, freedom, and justice in the face of dictatorship. Born in Damascus into a family deeply rooted in political resistance, she witnessed firsthand the cost of speaking out when her father was detained, tortured, and disappeared multiple times. That lived experience became her calling. Since 2004, she has defended political prisoners before Syria's Supreme Security State Court, and when the Syrian revolution began in 2011, she fully committed herself to supporting detainees and the families of the disappeared. Even after her husband, activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi, was detained, disappeared, and ultimately executed, she continued her advocacy with extraordinary resolve.  Forced into exile in 2018 after repeated threats and arrest warrants, Noura founded NoPhotoZone to provide legal aid, psychological support, and international advocacy for victims of detention, torture, enforced disappearance, and displacement across Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. Her mission is not only to seek justice for the imprisoned and the missing, but to restore agency and hope to families living in uncertainty and trauma. Recognized globally for her courage and leadership, Noura remains committed to amplifying the voices of the silenced and ensuring that even in the darkest systems, human rights and human dignity are never forgotten.  https://nouraghazi.org/   https://nophotozone.org/   Book – Waiting by Noura Ghazi - https://www.lulu.com/shop/noura-ghazi-safadi/waiting/paperback/product-1jz2kz2j.html?page=1&pageSize=4   About the Host:  Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.  Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.  https://michaelhingson.com   https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/   https://twitter.com/mhingson   https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson   https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/  Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.  Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!  Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.  Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Michael Hingson  00:09 Well, welcome everyone to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to chat with Nora Ghazi, who lives in, I believe, France right now. She was born in Syria. She'll tell us about that, and she has had an interesting life, and I would say, a life that has had lots of challenges and some treachery along the way. But we'll get to all of that, and I will leave it to her to describe most of that, but I just want to tell you all we really appreciate you being here and hope you enjoy the episode. So Nora, how are you? Noura Ghazi  00:49 Thank you, Michael, for having me in this great broadcast, doing well. Michael Hingson  00:57 Well, there you go. Well, why don't we start? I love to start this way. Why don't you tell us kind of about the early Nora, growing up and so on, where you grew up, what anything you want to talk about, regarding being a younger person and all of that and and however we want to proceed, we'll go from there. Noura Ghazi  01:17 Okay, so since I was a child, my childhood wasn't like normal, like all the kids at my age, because my father was like a leader in opposition party against the previous Syrian regime. Michael Hingson  01:34 So you were born in Syria? Noura Ghazi  01:37 Yes, I work in Damascus. I'm from Damascus, but I have some like multiple origin that I'm proud of. But yes, I'm from Damascus. So since I was five years old, my father was disappeared and because he was wanted with other, like fellows at his party and other, let's say aliens, parties of opposition against the previous regime. So he disappeared for six years, then he was detained and transferred to what was named the supreme security state court. So it was during my adultness, let's say so since I was a child like I had at that time, only one sister, which is one year younger than me, we were moving a lot. We had no place to live. So my mother used to take us each few days to stay at some, someone place, let's say so it caused to us like changing schools all, all the time, which means changing friends. So it was very weird. And at that age, okay, I I knew the words of like cause, the words of leader or dictatorship. I used to say these words, but without knowing what does it mean. Then, when my father detained, it was his ninth detention. Actually, my mother was pregnant with my brother, so my brother was born while my father was in prison. And while he was in prison, the last time he disappeared for one year, three months, he was in like a kind of isolation in security facility. Then he was referred to this court. So in one of the sessions of the trials, I had a fight with the officer who, like who was leading the patrol that bring my father and other prisoners of conscience. So at the end of this fight, I promised my father and the officer that, okay, I will grow up and become a human rights lawyer and defend political prisoners, which I did at the end. Michael Hingson  04:05 So what? What was the officer doing? He was taking people to the court. Noura Ghazi  04:12 Yes, because Okay, so there is many kind of prisons now. They became like, more familiar to like public opinion because of, like 15 years of violence in Syria. So there was, like the the central civil prison in Damascus, which we call ADRA prison, and we have said, NIA jail, military prison. So those two prisons, they were like, holding detainees in them. So they they used to bring detainees to the court in busses, like a kind of military busses, with patrol of like civil police and military police. So the officer was like. Heading the patrol that was bringing my fathers from other prison. Michael Hingson  05:05 So you, so you, what was the fight about with the officer and your father and so on? What? How? Well, yeah, what was the fight? Noura Ghazi  05:16 It's very good question, although at that time, it was a very like scary situation, but now I laughed a lot about it. Okay, so they used to to catch all the prisoners in one chain with the handcuffs. So we used to come to hug and kiss my father before entering the court. So I was doing what I used to do during the trials, or just upon the trials, and then one of the policemen, like pushed me away. So I got nervous, and my father got nervous. So the officer provoked me. He was like a kind of insulting that my father is a detainee, and he is like he's coming to this court. So I, like I replied that I'm proud of my father and his friends what they are doing. So he somehow, he threats me to detain me like my father, and at that time, I was very angry, and I curse the father Assad just in on the like in the door, at the door of the court, and there was people and and Like all the the policemen, like they were just pointing their weapon to me, and there was some moments of silence. Then they took all the detainees into the court. So at this moment, while I'm entering the court behind them, I said, I will grow up and become a human rights lawyer to defend political prisoners. Michael Hingson  07:02 What did the officers say to that? Noura Ghazi  07:06 Because they used to look to us as because we are. We were against father Assad and the dictatorship, so they used to see us, even if we are kids, as enemies. Michael Hingson  07:22 Yeah, so the officer but, but he didn't detain you. I was Noura Ghazi  07:27 only 13 years, yeah, okay, they used to to arrest the kids, but they didn't. Michael Hingson  07:37 So did the officer react to your comment? You're going to grow up to become a civil rights lawyer? Noura Ghazi  07:43 He was shocked, was he? But I don't know if he knew that I become a human yes, there at the end, yeah. Michael Hingson  07:54 And meanwhile, what did your father do or say? Noura Ghazi  07:58 He was shocked also, but he was very proud, and until now, he like every time, because I'm also like, very close to to his friends who I used to visit in prison. Then I become a human rights lawyer, and I was the youngest lawyer in Syria. I was only 22 years old when I started to practice law. So during the the revolution in Syria, which started in 2011 some of his friends were detained, and I was their lawyer also. So I'm very close to them. So until now, they remember this story and laugh about it, because no one could curse or say anything not good about father Assad or or the family, even in secret. So it's still, like, very funny, and I'm still like, stuck somehow in, like, in this career and the kind of activism I'm doing, because just I got angry of the officer 30 years ago. So at this, at that moment, I've decided what I will be in the future. I'm just doing it well. Michael Hingson  09:20 From everything I've read, it sounds like you do a good job. Noura Ghazi  09:25 I cannot say it's a job, because usually you you do a job, you get paid for your job, you go at a certain time and come back at a certain time. You do certain tasks. But for me, it's like a continuing fight, non violent fight, of course, for dignity, for freedom, for justice, right, for reveal the truth of those who were disappeared and got missing. So yes, until now, I'm doing this, so I don't have that. Are the luxury to to be paid all the time, or to be to have weekends or to work until like certain hour at night. I cannot say I'm enjoying it, but this is the reason why I'm still alive, because I have a motive to help and support other people who are victims to dictatorship and violence. Michael Hingson  10:25 So your father went into court and what happened? Noura Ghazi  10:31 He was sentenced. At the end, he was sentenced to three years in prison. And it's a funny story, another funny story, actually, because, like the other latines at that at that trial, like it was only my father and other two prisoners who sent who were sentenced to three years in prison, while other people, the minimum was seven years in Prison, until 15 years in prison. So my mother and us, we felt like we are embarrassed and shy because, okay, our father will will be released like in few months, but other prisoners will stay much longer. So it's something very embarrassing to our friends who whom their fathers got sentenced to like more. Michael Hingson  11:30 Did you ever find out why it was only three years? Noura Ghazi  11:33 We don't know because it's an exceptional court, so it's up to the judge and the judge at that time, like it's it's very similar to what is happening now and what happened after 2011 so it's a kind of continuing reality in in Syria since like 63 which was the first time my father was detained. It was in 63 just after the what they called the eighth March revolution. So my father was only 11 years old when he was detained the first time because he participated in a protest. So it's up to the judge. It's not like a real court with like the the fair trial standards. So it's it's only once you know, the judge said the sentences for each one. So two prisoners got confused. They couldn't differentiate like Which sentence to whom, so they asked like again, so he forgot, so he said them again in different way. So it's something like, very spontaneously, yeah, very just moody, not any standard. Michael Hingson  12:51 Well, so Did your father then serve the three years and was released. Or what happened? Noura Ghazi  12:58 He was released on the day that he should be released, he disappeared for few days. We didn't know what happened. Then he was released. Finally he came. We used to live with my my grandma, so I was the one who opened the door, and I saw just my father. So we we knew later that okay, he was moved again to a security facility because he refused to sign a paper that say that he will not practice any oppositional action against the authority. So he refused, yeah, yeah. Michael Hingson  13:43 Well, I mean, I'm sure there's, there's a continuing story, what happened to him after that. So he came home, Noura Ghazi  13:53 he came out to my grandma. It was a big surprise, like full of joy, but full of tears as well. Michael Hingson  14:01 And you're you were 16 now, right? Noura Ghazi  14:04 I was when he was raised. I was 15, yeah, okay, yeah. And my sister was 14. My brother was two years and a half, so for him, okay, the father is this person that we visit behind bars every Monday, not this one who stay with us. So for him, it was weird. For my brother, he was very like little kid to understand. Then my father went to to see his parents as well. Then we came back to our apartment that we couldn't live more than few months because my father was detained. So at this night, everything was very, very, very new, like because before the three years he he was disappeared for six years, so there was. Nine years. We don't live with my father, so my brother used to sleep just next to my mom, actually my sister and me, but okay, we were like a teenager, so it's okay. So my brother couldn't sleep. Because why he keep, he kept asking why my father is sleeping with us while he's not with his friend at that place. And he was traumatized for many days. But usually when, like a political prisoner released, usually, like, we have a kind of two, three weeks of people visiting the family to say, Okay, it's it's good. We're happy for you that he was released. So the first two, three weeks were full of people and like, social events, etc. Then the, the real problem started. So my father studied law, but he was fired from university for security reasons at the the last year of his study, and as he was sentenced so he couldn't work, my mother used to work, and so like suddenly he started to feel that okay, He's not able to work. He's not able to fulfill the needs of his family. He's not able to spend on the family. The problems between him and my mother started. We couldn't as like my sister and me as teenagers. We couldn't really accept him. We couldn't see that. He's the same person that we used to visit in prison. He was very friendly. We used to talk about everything in life, including the very personal things that usually daughters don't speak with fathers about it. But then he became a father, which we we we weren't used to it, and he was shocked also. So I can say that this, this situation, at least on emotional and psychological level, for me, it lasted for 15 years. I couldn't accept him very well, even my my sister and and the brother and it happens to all like prisoners, political prisoners, especially who spent long time in prison. Michael Hingson  17:32 So now is your father and well, are your father and your mother still alive? Or are they around? Noura Ghazi  17:41 They are still alive. They are still in Damascus, Michael Hingson  17:44 and they're still in Damascus. Yes, how is I guess I'll just ask it now, how is Syria different today than it was in the Assad regime, Noura Ghazi  17:56 like most of Syrians, and now we should differentiate about what Syrians will talk. We're talking so like those Syrians, like the majority of Syrians, and I'm meaning here, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be very direct. Now, the Arab Sunni Syrians, most of them, they are very happy. They are calling what happened in in last eight December, that it's the deliberation of Syria, but for other minorities, like religious or ethnic minorities, of course, it's almost the same. For me, I feel that okay, we have the same dictatorship now, the same corruption, the same of like lack of freedom of expression. But the the added that we have now is that we have Islamist who control Syria. We have extremists who control Syria. They intervene even in personal freedoms. They they are like, like, they are committing crimes against minorities, like it started last March, against alawed. It started last July, against Druze. Now it is starting against Kurdish, and unfortunately, the international community turning like an attorney, like, okay. They are okay with with it, because they want, like their own interest, their own benefits. They have another crisis in the world to take care and to think about, not Syria. So the most important for the international community is to have a stable situation in Syria, to be like, like, no kind of like, no fight zone in the Middle East, and they don't care about Syrian people. And this is very frustrating for those who. Who have the same beliefs that I have. Michael Hingson  20:04 So in a lot of ways, you're saying it hasn't, hasn't really changed, and only the, only the faces and names have changed, but not the actions or the results Noura Ghazi  20:16 the faces and names, and most important, the sects, has changed. So it was very obvious for me that most of Syrians, they don't mind to be controlled by dictator. They only mind what is the sect of this dictator? Michael Hingson  20:35 Unfortunately. Well, yeah. Well, let's go back to you. So your father was released, and you had already made your decision about what you wanted to be, what how does school work over there? Did you go to a, what we would call a high school? Or how does all that work? Noura Ghazi  20:58 Yeah, high school, I was among the like the student who got the highest score in Damascus. I was the fourth one on Damascus when I finished. We call it back like Baccalaureate in Syria, which came from French. And I studied law, and I was also very, like, really hard, hard study person. So I was graduated in four years. Actually, nobody in Syria used to finish studying law in Damascus University only in four years. Like some people stayed more than 10 years because it it was very difficult, and it's different than like law college or law school or university of law, depending on the country, than other countries, because we only like study law. Theoretically, we don't have any practice because we were 1000s of students, it was the like the maximum university that include students. And I registered immediately in the Bar Association in Damascus, and I started because we have, like, a kind, it's, it's similar to stage for two years, like under the supervision of another lawyer who was my uncle at the first and then we we have to choose a topic in certain domain of flow, to write a kind of book which is like, it's similar to thesis, to apply it, to approve it, and then to have the kind of interactive examination, then we have the the final graduated. So all of them to be like a practice lawyer. It's around six years, a little bit more. So my specialist was in criminal law, and my thesis, what about what we call the the impossible crime. It was complicated topic. I have to say that in Syria at that time, I'm talking about end of of 90s, beginning of 2000 so we don't have any kind of study related to human rights. We weren't allowed even to spell this word like human rights. So then in 2005 and 2006 I started to study human rights under international laws related to human rights in Jordan. So I became like a kind of certified human rights defenders and the trainer also, Michael Hingson  23:47 okay, and so you said you started practice and you finished school when you started practice, when you were 22 Yes, okay, I'm curious what, what were things like after September 11, of course, you know, we had the terrorist attacks and so on. Did any of that affect anything over in Syria, where you lived, Noura Ghazi  24:15 of course, like, we stayed talking, watching the news for like four months, like until now we remember, like September 11. But you know, I now when I remember, it was a shock, usually for the Arab world, or Arab people like America is against the Arab world. So everything happened against it was like, this was like, let's say 2030, years ago. Everything that caused any harm to America, they celebrate it. So that. At that time, I was 19 years old, and okay, it's the first time we we hear that a person who was terrorist do like is doing this kind in in us, which is like a miracle for us. But then I started to to think, okay, they it's not an army. They are. There are civilians. Those civilians could be against the the policies of the US government. They could be like, This is not a kind of fight for freedom or for rights or for any like, really, like, fair cause. This is a terrorist action against civilians. And then we started, I'm very lucky because I'm from very educated family. So we started to think about, like, okay, bin Laden. And like, which we have a president from Qaeda now in Syria, like, you can imagine how I feel now. Like, I Okay, all the world is against al Qaeda, and they celebrated that the President in Syria is from al Qaeda. So it's, it's very it's, it's, really, it's not logical at all. But the funniest thing that happened, because, like, the name of Usama bin Laden, was keeping on every like, every one tongue. So I have my my oldest uncle. His name is Usama, and he lives in Germany for 40, more than 40 years, actually. So my brother was a child, and he started to cry, and he came to my mother and asked her, I'm afraid, is my uncle the same Usama? So we were laughing all, and we said, No, it's another Usama. This is the Usama. This is Osama bin Laden, who is like from is like a terrorist group, etc. But like this unfortunate incident started to bring to my mind some like the concept of non violence, the concept of that, okay, no civilian in any place in the world should be harmed for any reason, Because we never been told this in Syria and mostly in most of of countries like the word fight is very linked to armed fights, which I totally disagree with. Michael Hingson  27:56 Well, the when people ask me about September 11 and and so on. One of the things that I say is this wasn't a religious war. This wasn't a religious attack. This was terrorist. This was, I put it in terms of of Americans. These were thugs who decided they wanted to have their way with people. But this is not the way the Muslim the Islamic religion is there is peaceful and peace loving as as anyone, and we really need to understand that. And I realize that there are a lot of people in this country who don't really understand all about that, and they don't understand that. In reality, there's a lot of peace loving people in the Middle East, but hopefully we'll be able to educate people over time, and that's one of the reasons I tell the story that I do, because I do believe that what happened is 19 people attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and so on, and they don't represent the the typical viewpoint of most people, religious wise in the Middle East. And I can understand why a lot of people think that the United States doesn't like Arabs, and I'm not sure that that's totally true, but I can appreciate what you're saying. Noura Ghazi  29:28 Yeah, I'm talking about specific communities actually, who they are, like totally against Israel, and they believe that you us is supporting Israel. So that's that's why they have their like this like attitude towards us and or like that US is trying to invest all the resources in the in the Middle East, etc. But what you were mentioning. Is really very important, because those 19 persons, they like kind of they, they cause the very bad reputation for for Muslims, for Middle Eastern because for for for other people from other countries, other culture or other religion, they will not understand that, okay, that, as you said, they don't represent Muslims. And in all religions, we have the extremist and we have those peaceful persons who keep their their religion as a kind of direct connection with God. They respect everyone, and normally in in in Syria, most of of the population like this, but now having a terrorist as a President, I'm not able to believe how there is a lot of Syrians that support him. Mm, hmm. Because when Al Qaeda started in Syria at the beginning, under the name of japet Al Nusra, then, which with July, who is now Ahmad Al shara, was the leader, and he's the leader of the country now most of Syrians, especially the the the Sunni Syrians, were against this, like terrorist groups, because the most harm they cause is for for Sunnis in Syria, because all other minorities, they will think about every Sunni that they, He or she, like, believe and behave like those, which is totally not true. Michael Hingson  31:47 Yeah, I hear you. Well, so September 11 happened, and then eventually you started doing criminal law. And if we go forward to what 2011 with the Syrian revolution? Yeah, and so what was, what was that revolution about? Noura Ghazi  32:10 It was okay. It started as a reaction against detaining kids from school. Okay, of course, this like the Syrian people, including me, we were very affected and inspired about what was happening in Egypt and Tunisia. But okay, so the security arrested and tortured those kids in their south of Syria. So people came out in demonstration to ask for their freedom and the security attack those protesters with, like, with weapons, so couple of persons died. So then it was, it started to be like a kind of revolution, let's say, yeah, the the problem for me, for lot of people like me, that the the previous Syrian regime was very violent against protesters and the previous president, Bashar Assad, he refused to listen to to to those people, he started to, like dissipated from the reality. So this like, much violence that was against us, like, I remember during some protest, there was not like, small weapon toward us. There was a tank that bombing us as protesters, peaceful, non violent, non armed protesters. So this violence led to another violence, like a kind of reaction by those who defected from the army, etc. And here, my father used to say, when the opposition started to to carry weapon in a country that, like the majority of it, is from certain religion, this could lead to a kind of Jihadist methodology. And this is what happened. So for for people like us, which we are very little comparing of like, the other beliefs of other people like we were, we started to be against the Syrian regime, then against the jihadist groups, then against that, like a kind of international, certain International, or, let's say original intervention, like Iran and Russia. So we were fighting everywhere, and no one. No one wanted us because those like educated, secular, non violent people, they. Form a kind of danger for every one of those parties. But what happened with me is that I met my late husband during a revolution at the very early of 2011 and having the relationship with me was my own revolution. So I was living on parallel like two revolution, a personal one and the public one. And then, like he was detained just two weeks before our our wedding. He was disappeared, actually, for nine months, then he was moved to the same prison that my father was in, to the central prison in Damascus that we got married in prison by coincidence. I don't know if coincidence is the right word in this situation, but my late husband was a very well known programmer and activist. So we were he was kind of, let's say, famous, and I was a lawyer and lawyer that defend human rights defenders and political prisoners. And the husband was detained, so I used to visit him in prison and visit other prisoners that I was their lawyers. And because my like, we have this personal aspect that okay, the couple that got married in prison and that, okay, I'm activist as a lawyer, and my late husband was a well known programmer. So we created a very huge campaign, a global campaign. So we invested this campaign to like, to shed the light about detention, torture, disappearance, exceptional courts, then, like also summary execution in Syria. So then, after almost three years of visiting him regularly, he disappeared again in 2015 and in 2017 I knew that he was sentenced to death, and I knew the exact date of his execution, just in 2018 which was two days ago. It was October 5. So this is what happened then. I had to leave Syria in 2018 so I left to Lebanon. Michael Hingson  37:27 So you left Syria and went to Lebanon? Noura Ghazi  37:33 Yes, the The plan was to stay only six months in Lebanon because I was wanted and I was threatened like I lived a terrible life, really, like lot of Syrians who were activists also, but the plan was that I will stay in Lebanon for six months, then I will leave to to UK because I had A scholarship to get a master in international law. But only two months after I left to Lebanon, I decided to stay in Lebanon to establish the organization that I'm I'm leading until now, which was a project between my late husband and me. Its name is no photo zone, so it was a very big decision, but I'm not regrets. Michael Hingson  38:23 You, you practice criminal law, you practiced human rights, you visited your your fiance, as it were, and then, well, then your husband in prison and so on. Wasn't all of that pretty risky for you? Noura Ghazi  38:42 Yes, very risky. I, I lived in under like, different kind of risk. Like, okay, I have the risk that, okay, I'm, I'm doing my activism against the previous regime publicly because I also, I was co founder of the First Family or victim Association in Syria families for freedom. So we, we were, like, doing a kind of advocacy in Europe, and I used to come back to Syria, so I was under this risk, but also I was under the risk of the like, going to prison, because the way to prison and the prison itself were under bombing. It was in like a point that separate the opposition militias and the regime militias. So they were bombing each other and bombing the prison and bombing the way to prison. So for three years, and specifically for like, in, let's say, 2014 specifically, I was among, like, I was almost the only lawyer that visited the prison, and I, I didn't mind this. I faced death more than 100 time, only on the way to prison, two times the person next to me in the like transportation. It's a kind of small bus. He died and fell down on me, but I had a strong belief that I will not die, Michael Hingson  40:21 and then what? Why do you think that they never detained you or or put you in prison? Do you have any thoughts? Noura Ghazi  40:29 I had many arrests weren't against me, but each time there was something that solve it somehow. So the first couple of Earths weren't actually when, when my late husband was detained, he he made a kind of deal with them that, okay, he will give all the information, everything about his activism in return. They, they canceled the arrest warrant against me. Then literally, until now, I don't know how it was solved. Like I, I had to sleep in garden with my cats for many nights. I i spent couple of months that I cannot go to any like to family, be house or to friend house, because I will cause problem for them, my my parents, my brother and sister, and even, like my sister, ex, until like just three months before the fall of the Syrian regime, they were under like, investigation By the security, lot of harassment against them so, but I don't know, like, I'm, I'm survive for a reason that I don't really realize how, Michael Hingson  41:52 wow, it, it's, it certainly is pretty amazing. Did you ever write a book or anything about all of this, Noura Ghazi  42:02 I used to write, always the only book like, let's say, literature or emotional book. It was about love in prison. Its name is waiting. And I wrote this book in English and basil. My late husband translated it. Sorry. I wrote it in Arabic, and Basset translated it into English in prison. So it was a process of smuggling the poems in Arabic and smuggling the them in English, again out of the prison. And we published the book online just after basil disappearance in 2015 then we created the the hard copies, and I did the signature in in Beirut in, like, early 2018 but like, it's, it's online, and it's a very, like light book, let's say very romantic. It's about love in prison. I'm really keen to write again, like maybe a kind of self narrative or about the stories that I lived and i i I heard during my my journey. Unfortunately, like to write needs like this a little stable situation, but I did write many like legal or human rights book or like guides or studies, etc. Michael Hingson  43:34 Now is waiting still available online? Noura Ghazi  43:37 Yes, it's still available online. Michael Hingson  43:40 Okay? It would be great if you could, if you have a picture of the book cover, if you could send that to me, because I'd like to put that in the notes. I would appreciate it if you would, okay, for sure. But anyway, so the the company you founded, what is it called Noura Ghazi  44:02 it's a non government, a non profit organization. Its name is no photo zone. Michael Hingson  44:07 And how did you come up with that name? Noura Ghazi  44:12 It was Vasil who come up with this name, because our main focus is on prisoners of conscious and disappeared. So for him, it was that okay, those places that they put disappeared in them. They are they. There is no cameras to show the others what is happening. So we should be the the like in the place of cameras to tell the world what is happening. So that's why no photos on me, like, means that prisons or like unofficial detention centers, because they're it's an all photo zone, right? Michael Hingson  44:54 And no photo zone is is still operating today. Noura Ghazi  44:58 It's still operating. We are extending our work, although, like we have lots of financial challenges because of, like, funds issues, but for us, the main issue, we provide legal services to victims of torture, detention, disappearance and their families. So we operate in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. We are a French woman led organization, but we have registration in Turkey and Syria, and like in seven years now, almost seven years, we could provide our services to more than 3000 families who most of them are women, and they are responsible about kids who they don't have fathers. So we defend political prisoners. We search the disappeared. We provide the legal services related to personal and civil status. We provided the services related to identification documents, because it's a very big issue in Syria. Beside we provide rehabilitation, like full rehabilitation programs for survivors of detention or torture, and also advocacy. Of course, it's a very important part of our our work, even with the lack of fund, we've decided in the team, because most of the team, or all the team, they they were themselves victims of detention, or family members of victims, even the non Syrian because we have many non Syrian member in the team. So for us, it's a cause. It's not like a work that we're doing and getting paid. So we're, we're suffering this this year with the fund issues, because there is a lot of change related to the world and Syrian issues, which affected the fund policies. So hopefully we'll be, we'll be fine next year, hopefully, and we're trying to survive with our beneficiaries this year, Michael Hingson  47:02 yeah, well, you, you started receiving, and I assume no photo zone started receiving awards, and eventually you moved out of Lebanon. Tell me more about all of that. Noura Ghazi  47:16 During my journey, I I got many international recognition or a word, including two by Amnesty International. But after almost two years, like just after covid, like the start of covid, I was thinking that I should have another residence permit in another country because, like, it became very difficult for Syrians to get a residence in Lebanon. So I I moved to Turkey, and I was between Lebanon and Turkey. Then I got a call from the French Embassy in Turkey telling me that there is a new kind of a word, which is Marianne award, or Marianne program, that initiated by the French president. And they it's for human rights defenders across the world, and they will give this award for 15 human rights defender from 15 country. And I was listening, I thought they want me to nominate someone. Then they told me that the French government are honored to choose you as a Syrian human rights defender. So it was a program for six months, so I moved to Paris with my cat and dog. Then they extended the program and to become nine months. And at the almost at the end of the program, the both of Lebanese and Turkish authorities refused to renew my residence permit, so I had to stay in France to apply for asylum and a political refugee currently. Michael Hingson  49:10 And so you're in France. Are you still in Paris? Noura Ghazi  49:13 I'm still yes in Paris. I learned French very fast, like in four months. Okay, I'm not perfect, but I learned French. Michael Hingson  49:25 So what did your dog and cat think about all that? Sorry, what did your dog and cat think about moving to France? Noura Ghazi  49:33 They are French, actually, originally, they are friends. Michael Hingson  49:36 Oh, there you go. Noura Ghazi  49:38 My, my poor dog had like he he was English educated, so we used to communicate in English. Then when I was still in Lebanon, I thought, okay, a lot of Syrians are coming to my place, and they don't speak English, so I have to teach him Arabic. Then we moved to Turkish. So I had to teach him Turkish. Then we came to. France. So now my dog understand more than four languages, Michael Hingson  50:06 good for him, and and, of course, your cat is really the boss of the whole thing, right? Noura Ghazi  50:12 Of course, she is like, the center of the universe, Michael Hingson  50:16 yeah, yeah, just ask her. She'll tell you. And she's Noura Ghazi  50:20 very white, so she is 14 years. Oh, it's old, yes. Michael Hingson  50:29 Well, I have a cat we rescued in 2015 we think she was five then. So we think that my cat is 15 going on 16. So, and she moves around and does very well. Noura Ghazi  50:46 Yeah, my cat as well. Michael Hingson  50:49 Yeah. Well, that's the way it should be. So with all the things that you've been dealing with and all the stress, have you had? Noura Ghazi  50:59 PTSD, yes, I started, of course, like it's the minimum, actually, I have PTSD and the TSD, and I started to feel, or let's say, I could know that the what is happening with me is PTSD two years ago. I before, like, couple of months before, I started to feel like something unusual in my body, in my mind. At the beginning, we thought there is a problem in the brain. Then the psychologist and psychiatrist said that it's a huge level of PTSD, which is like the minimum, and like, we should start the journey of of treatment, which is like the behavior treatment and medical treatment as well. Like, some people could stay 10 years. Some people need to go to hospital. It's not the best thing, but sometimes I feel I'm grateful that I'm having PTSD because I'm able to deal with people who are in the same situation. I could feel them, understand them, so I could help them more, because I understand and as a human rights defender and like victim of lot of kind of violations, so I'm very aware about the like, let's call it the first aid, the psychological first aid support. And this is helpful somehow. Okay, I'm suffering, but this suffering is useful for others Michael Hingson  52:47 well and clearly, you are at a point where you can talk about it, which says a lot, because you're able to deal with it well enough to be able to talk about it, which I think is probably pretty important, don't you think? Noura Ghazi  53:03 Yeah, actually, the last at the first time I talked about it very publicly in a conference in Stockholm, it was last October, and then I thought it's important to talk about it. And I'm also thinking to do something more about PTSD, especially the PTSD related to to prisons, torture, etc, this kind of violations, because sharing experience is very important. So I'm still thinking about a kind of certain way to to like, to spread my experience with PTSD, especially that I have lot of changes in in my life recently, because I got married again, and even the the good incident that people who have PTSD, even if they have, like good incident, but it cause a kind of escalation with PTSD, Michael Hingson  54:00 yeah, but you got married again, so you have somebody you can talk with. Noura Ghazi  54:06 Yes, I got married five months ago. The most important that I could fall in love again. So I met my husband in in Paris. He's a Lebanese artist who live in Paris. And yeah, I have, I have a family now, like we have now three cats and a dog and us as couple. But it's very new for me, like this kind of marriage, that a marriage which I live with a partner, because the marriage I used to is that visit the husband in prison. I'm getting used to it. Michael Hingson  54:43 And just as always, the cat runs everything, right? Yes, of course, of course. So tell me about the freedom prize in Normandy. Noura Ghazi  54:55 Oh, it was like one of the best thing I had in my life. I. Was nominated for the freedom prize, which is launched by usually they are like young people who who nominate the the nominees for this prize, but it's launched by the government of Normandy region in France and the International Institute for Human Rights and peace. So among hundreds of files and, like many kind of round of, like short listing, there was me, a Belarusian activist who is detained, and a Palestinian photographer. So like, just knowing that I was nominated among more than 700 person was a privilege for me. The winner was the Palestinian photographer, but it was the first time they invite the other nominee to the celebration, which was on the same date of like liberating Normandy region during the Second World War. So I chose, I thought for my for couple of days about what I will wear, because I need to deliver a message. So I, I I came up with an idea about a white dress with 101 names in blue. Those names are for disappeared and detainees in Syria. So like there was, there was seven persons who worked on this dress, and I had the chance to wear it and to deliver my message and to give a speech in a very important day that even like those fighters during the Second World War who are still alive, they they came from us. They came from lot of countries. I had the privilege to see them directly, to touch them, to tell them thank you, and to deliver my message in front of an audience of 4500 persons. And it's like I love this dress, and like this event was one of the best thing I had in my life. Michael Hingson  57:21 Do you have a picture of you in the dress? Yes, I would think you do. Well, if you want, we'd love to put that in the show notes as well, especially because you're honoring all those people with the names and so on. Kind of cool. Well, okay, so, so Syria, you're, you're saying, in a lot of ways, hasn't, hasn't really changed a whole lot. It's, it's still a lot of dictatorship oriented kinds of things, and they discriminate against certain sex and and so on. And that's extremely unfortunate, because I don't think that that's the impression that people have over here, Noura Ghazi  58:02 exactly I had a chance to visit Syria, a kind of exceptional visit by the French government, because, as political refugees were not allowed to visit our country of origin. And of course, like after eight years, like out of Syria after six years without seeing my family. Of course, I was very happy, but I was very traumatized, and I I came back to Paris in in July 21 and since that time, I feel I'm not the same person before going to Syria. I'm full of frustration. I feel that, okay, I just wasted 14 years of my life for nothing. But hopefully I'm I'm trying to get better because okay, I know, like much of human rights violations mean that my kind of work and activism is more needed, yeah, Michael Hingson  59:03 so you'll so you'll continue to speak out and and fight for freedom. Noura Ghazi  59:10 Yes, I continue, and I will continue fighting for freedom, for dignity, for justice, for civil rights, and also raising awareness about PTSD and how we could invest even our pain for the sake of helping others. Michael Hingson  59:29 Well, I want to tell you that it's been an honor to have you on the podcast, and I am so glad we we got a chance to talk and to do this because having met you previously, in our introductory conversation, it was very clear that there was a story that needed to be told, and I hope that a lot of people will take an interest, and that it will will allow what you do to continue to grow, if people would like to reach out to you. And and help or learn more. How do they do that? Noura Ghazi  1:00:05 We you have the the link of my website that people could connect me, because it includes my my email, my personal email, and I always reply. So I'm happy to to talk with the to contact with people, and it also include all the all my social media, Michael Hingson  1:00:23 right? What? What's the website for? No photo zone. Noura Ghazi  1:00:27 It's no photo zone.org. No photo zone.org. Michael Hingson  1:00:30 I thought it was, but I just wanted you to say it. I wanted you to say it. Noura Ghazi  1:00:35 It's included in my website. Michael Hingson  1:00:37 Yeah, I've got it all and and it will all be in the show notes, but I just thought I would get you to say no photo zone.org Well, I want to thank you for being here. This has been a wonderful time to have a chance to talk, and I appreciate you taking the time to, I hope, educate lots of people. So thank you very much for doing that, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching. We'd love you to give us a five star rating. Give us a review. We really appreciate ratings and reviews. So wherever you're watching or listening to this podcast, please give us a five star rating. Please review the podcast for us. We value that, and I know that Nora will will appreciate that as well. Also, if you if you know any guests, and Nora you as well, if you know anyone who you think ought to be a guest on the podcast, we would really appreciate it. If you would let us know you can reach me. At Michael M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, love to hear from you. Love to hear your thoughts about the podcast. So Nora, very much my I want to thank you again. This has been great. Thank you very much for being here. Noura Ghazi  1:01:56 Thank you Michael, and thank you for those who are listening, and we're still in touch.

Sand roosts. Moving cities. Split-second calls. We sit down with Mercedes Lilienthal for an unfiltered look at the Dakar Rally—what it is, how it really works, and why accuracy can matter as much as speed. From Saudi bivouacs that can rebuild cars overnight to the reimagined stock class spearheaded by Defender, Mercedes shows how a modern OEM program comes together under tight regulations, compressed timelines, and the relentless pressure of 13 stages.We pull back the curtain on the logistics: when a bivouac loops vs leaps, what a “marathon” day does to crews, and how three full-size spares can still feel like not enough. You'll hear how spectators find safe vantage points, why photographers always plan escape routes, and how even a royal visit can reroute a live stage. Mercedes explains the craft behind regularity and TSD rallying—holding speed, nailing time, and staying on course—plus why that style of precision racing is so addictive for data-driven drivers and navigators.Then we look ahead. Mercedes and Andy gear up for the new Colorado Adventure Rally and a summer Alcan 5000 that stretches more than 6,000 miles if you opt into every challenge, reaching the Arctic Ocean and back. We switch lanes to auctions with a sharp breakdown of Barrett-Jackson vs Mecum—no-reserve drama vs reserve strategy, sell-through rates, and who buys what—and close with a driver-focused review of the 2026 Mazda CX-50, a compact SUV with standout handling, a willing turbo four, standard AWD, and an infotainment system that still needs polish. Finally, we honor Ed “Isky” Iskenderian, the Camfather whose matched sets and bold ideas powered generations of racers and hot-rodders.If you love rally raids, overlanding, OEM motorsport programs, classic car auctions, or just well-sorted everyday vehicles, this one's for you. Follow the show, share it with a friend who dreams in dunes and stage notes, and leave a quick review—what part of Dakar's ecosystem fascinates you most?Be sure to subscribe for more In Wheel Time Car Talk!The Lupe' Tortilla RestaurantsLupe Tortilla in Katy, Texas Gulf Coast Auto ShieldPaint protection, tint, and more!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.---- ----- Want more In Wheel Time car talk any time? In Wheel Time is now available on Audacy! Just go to Audacy.com/InWheelTime where ever you are.----- -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Podcast and check out our live multiplatform broadcast every Saturday, 10a - 12nCT simulcasting on Audacy, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Podcast can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast, iHeartRadio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox, YouTube Podcast and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Podcast, email us at info@inwheeltime.com

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Com o voto favorável dos TSD, a UGT confirmou em definitivo a participação na greve geral de 11 de dezembro. O Governo insiste que não há razões para uma greve geral e acredita que a maioria dos portugueses está do seu lado, mesmo que as centrais sindicais assegurem que a revisão do Código do Trabalho é claramente desfavorável aos trabalhadores. Neste episódio, conversamos com a coordenadora de Política do Expresso, Liliana Valente. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Alcan 5000 Rally isn’t the kind of car race you might think of. It runs from Kirkland, Washington over 5,000 miles up to the Arctic Circle over 11 days. It’s what’s known as a time-speed-distance rally, where following the course, maintaining the right speed and arriving at checkpoints on time is what matters the most. Portlanders Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal placed first in their class and second overall this year. The couple, who are both automotive journalists, have been obsessed with TSD rallies for years. They join us to talk about their win

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Welcome to the first episode of "Why Troy?" where we showcase the people, stories, and experiences that truly make the Troy School District a high-quality, world class public education for our students. Through these stories we hope to answer the question... Why Troy? In this episode, we're joined by Bemis Elementary School Principal Harleen Singh, who is also a proud parent of three TSD students. Podcast by Sandra James, a Creative Guild Producer.

Tu connais le Festival Agir à Lyon ? Inscris-toi pour une journée de folie sur l'écologie et la solidarité le 28 septembre !__ Connais-tu (vraiment) la prostitution et le travail du sexe ? Que tu sois pour ou contre, comment met-on en danger les travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe en voulant les protéger ? En quoi la réalité est bien plus subtile que nos clichés ? Voici Cybèle Lespérance, travailleuse du sexe (TSD) et militante pour les droits des TDS ! SOMMAIRE 00:00 Travailleuse du sexe 01:45 Disclaimer 02:31 Ses débuts 05:16 Escort et accompagnante sexuelle 08:15 Travail du sexe 09:01 Mineures et traite humaine 11:05 C'est légal ? 13:43 Proxénétisme 16:53 Belgique et Allemagne 18:53 Australie 20:08 Accompagnante sexuelle 22:52 Anecdotes 25:36 Sens du travail sexuel__Soutenir Soif de Sens via Tipeee.__Merci au sponsor du mois : le Festival Agir à Lyon ! Ami Lyonnais, inscris-toi pour une journée de folie sur l'écologie et la solidarité à Lyon le 28 septembre !Au programme : Ateliers, balade sur la nature en ville et témoignages de reconversion pro ! L'Institut Transitions qui forme en 1 an aux métiers de la transition sera sur place.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Tu connais le Festival Agir à Lyon ? Inscris-toi pour une journée de folie sur l'écologie et la solidarité le 28 septembre !__ Voici un extrait de l'épisode de demain sur la prostitution et les droits des travailleurs du sexe (qu'on soit pour ou contre). Comment met-on en danger les travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe en voulant les protéger ? En quoi la réalité est bien plus subtile que nos clichés ? Voici Cybèle Lespérance, travailleuse du sexe (TSD) et militante pour les droits des TDS ! SOMMAIRE00:00 Travailleuse du sexe 01:45 Disclaimer 02:31 Ses débuts 05:16 Escort et accompagnante sexuelle 08:15 Travail du sexe 09:01 Mineures et traite humaine 11:05 C'est légal ? 13:43 Proxénétisme 16:53 Belgique et Allemagne 18:53 Australie 20:08 Accompagnante sexuelle 22:52 Anecdotes 25:36 Sens du travail sexuel__Soutenir Soif de Sens via Tipeee.__Merci au sponsor du mois : le Festival Agir à Lyon ! Ami Lyonnais, inscris-toi pour une journée de folie sur l'écologie et la solidarité à Lyon le 28 septembre !Au programme : Ateliers, balade sur la nature en ville et témoignages de reconversion pro ! L'Institut Transitions qui forme en 1 an aux métiers de la transition sera sur place.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

¿Cómo es, cómo funciona y cuál es el precio del TSD de Camilo José Cela y qué diferencias tiene respecto al TSD de Fit Generation? En este vídeo, Marcos Gutiérrez (@marcos.conquer) te lo explica de forma resumida. Accede al TSD de Fit Generation aquí: https://bit.ly/4j2UE2q ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 00:23 ¿Qué es la Universidad Camilo José Cela? 00:48 Duración y plan de estudios 01:34 Profesores del TSD de la UCJC 01:52 Modalidad de estudio del TSD de la UCJC 02:15 Precio del TSD de la Universidad Camilo José Cela 02:52 Alternativa al TSD de la Universidad Camilo José Cela

¿Cuáles son los mejores ejercicios para desarrollar el pectoral con poleas? En este vídeo, el profesor y preparador de culturismo Ángel López (@gorilagnel) presenta su TOP 3 basado en evidencia científica, junto con consejos clave de ejecución para que les saques el máximo partido. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/43YF8RA ‍♂️ ¿Una carrera centrada en el fitness y el rendimiento deportivo? La tenemos. Aprende con los referentes y sal al mercado con experiencia real con nuestro Grado en Ciencias del Deporte (CAFYD). Solo 3 años, sin nota de corte y 100 % online. Y, además, te incluimos CPE y TSD para que empieces a trabajar antes de acabarla. Descubre nuestro Grado Universitario en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, aquí: https://bit.ly/43p0HK3 ¿Una carrera para apasionados de la nutrición y el deporte y actualizada? La tenemos. Estudia con los referentes del sector en nuestro Grado Universitario en Nutrición Humana y Dietética. Solo 3 años, 100 % online y sin nota de corte. Y además, te incluimos el CPE y el TSD para que empieces a trabajar antes de acabarla. Descubre nuestro Grado Universitario en Nutrición Humana y Dietética, aquí: https://bit.ly/43f6hxy ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 00:55 ¿Qué necesitas para entrenar el pectoral? 02:01 Anatomía y biomecánica del pectoral 03:28 Press ascendente unilateral en polea 04:34 Cruces de polea descendentes de pie 06:29 Cruces de polea + press sentado con poleas 09:31 Resumen y conclusiones

En esta ocasión, Asun González entrevista a Curro Clavero (@curroclavero en Telegram), para hablar sobre EPIGENÉTICA NUTRICIONAL. Curro es dietista TSD, especializado en alimentación evolutiva y epigenética. Autor de 3 libros, siendo el más reciente: "Epigenética Nutricional: La bella melodía de tus genes dialogando con el entorno". Descubre éste y los otros en su web https://www.curroclavero.com/ Notas en https://slowmedicineinstitute.com/podcast/ Asun González: https://www.guerrasintestinas.com/ Suscríbete a nuestro YT en https://www.youtube.com/@slowmedicineinstitute8488

En esta ocasión, Asun González entrevista a Curro Clavero (@curroclavero en Telegram), para hablar sobre EPIGENÉTICA NUTRICIONAL. Curro es dietista TSD, especializado en alimentación evolutiva y epigenética. Autor de 3 libros, siendo el más reciente: "Epigenética Nutricional: La bella melodía de tus genes dialogando con el entorno". Descubre éste y los otros en su web https://www.curroclavero.com/ Notas en https://slowmedicineinstitute.com/podcast/ Asun González: https://www.guerrasintestinas.com/ Suscríbete a nuestro YT en https://www.youtube.com/@slowmedicineinstitute8488

¿Una carrera para apasionados de la nutrición y el deporte y actualizada? La tenemos. Estudia con los referentes del sector en nuestro Grado Universitario en Nutrición Humana y Dietética. Solo 3 años, 100 % online y sin nota de corte. Y además, te incluimos el CPE y el TSD para que empieces a trabajar antes de acabarla. Descubre nuestro Grado Universitario en Nutrición Humana y Dietética, aquí: https://shorturl.at/blLlJ

¿Una carrera centrada en el fitness y el rendimiento deportivo? La tenemos. Aprende con los referentes y sal al mercado con experiencia real con nuestro Grado en Ciencias del Deporte (CAFYD). Solo 3 años, sin nota de corte y 100 % online. Y, además, te incluimos CPE y TSD para que empieces a trabajar antes de acabarla. Descubre nuestro Grado Universitario en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, aquí: https://shorturl.at/ENpKt

¿Qué ocurre cuando dejas de tomar café todos los días? En este vídeo nuestro profesor y experto en suplementos Adrián Díaz Rúa te lo explica. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/4jAAei3 ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/3Ex4ECS 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/3RqIxB6 ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4itfKGR 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4jftw13 ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:15 Composición del café 01:48 La cafeína estuvo prohibida 02:13 Dosis y efectos de la cafeína 03:43 Beneficios del café para la salud 05:15 Tolerancia a la cafeína 07:00 Dejar la cafeína y/o el café 07:39 Conclusión

Cuándo el objetivo es ganar masa muscular, sobrecarga progresiva se vuelve cada vez más importante en el tiempo. En este vídeo, nuestro profesor y preparador de culturismo Ángel López (@gorilangel) expone los mejores métodos de sobrecarga progresiva para el gimnasio junto a diferentes consejos sobre cómo aplicarla según tu nivel. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/4lGwMEC Diario de entrenamiento de Fit Generation: https://shorturl.at/v1PPM ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4jlQkMR 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/44xFH4L ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4jsvFqn 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4jjHsY9 ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:02 ¿Qué necesitas para que tus músculos crezcan? 02:27 ¿Qué es la sobrecarga progresiva? 03:32 Progresión lineal 05:48 Progresión ondulada 08:14 Doble progresión 11:08 Resumen y conclusiones

¿Cuál es la mejor dieta para perder grasa corporal según la ciencia? En este vídeo, nuestra profesora y dietista María Casas (@mariasquatfit) analiza y expone la evidencia científica más reciente al respecto. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/44tsEkP ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4jFYfEf 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4jiRYPh ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4jDAe0y 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/3RZANpK ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:21 ¿Cómo decidir qué patrón dietético es mejor? 02:34 Beneficios de una dieta basada en plantas 04:27 Adherencia de una dieta basada en plantas 06:05 Consejos para elegir la mejor dieta para ti 07:00 Conclusiones

Muchas personas cometen estos errores al entrenar pierna. En este vídeo nuestro profesor y preparador de culturismo Adrián Díaz Rúa expone los principales errores al entrenar cuádriceps (y cómo solucionarlos). Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/42uSC52 ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/3Y8aUI0 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/3Erx5SQ ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/3Ew4agk 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4jbeGsu ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:22 Anatomía y biomecánica de los cuádriceps 02:04 Dependencia de la sentadilla con barra 02:51 Técnica de los ejercicios mal ejecutada 05:22 Pasar la rodilla por delante del pie te va a lesionar 07:26 Entrenar demasiado pesado 09:02 Descuidar el recto femoral 10:20 No aplicar un grado de esfuerzo correcto 11:33 Resumen y conclusiones

¿Cómo es, cómo funciona y cuál es el precio del TSD de Universae y qué diferencias tiene respecto al TSD de Fit Generation? En este vídeo, Marcos Gutiérrez (@marcos.conquer) te lo explica de forma resumida. Infórmate sobre el TSD de Fit Generation aquí: https://bit.ly/3Y8SuH3 ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 00:30 ¿Qué es la Universae? 01:16 Duración y plan de estudios TSD Universae 02:28 Profesores TSD Universae 02:48 Precio TSD Universae 03:16 Alternativa al TSD de Universae

Bienvenidos a un nuevo episodio del pódcast de Fit Generation. En el día de hoy nos acompaña Rubén Castro, campeón de España de Powerlifting, donde hablaremos de las claves para levantar más peso en el gimnasio, errores comunes a la hora de ganar fuerza, el método Bilbo y mucho más. ➡️ Instagram de Rubén (invitado): https://www.instagram.com/rubencastro26?igsh=dTZ6MW9uZjZ4bWM4 ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4jbeJEG 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4jluw3Y ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4lFHivs 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/3Y89X2t CAPÍTULOS 00:00:00 INTRODUCCIÓN 00:03:20 CLAVES PARA GANAR FUERZA 00:08:58 ¿ENTRENAR MÁS ES MEJOR PARA GANAR FUERZA? 00:13:36 NÚMERO DE REPETICIONES PARA GANAR FUERZA 00:14:44 MÉTODO BILBO 00:17:27 DESCANSO PARA GANAR FUERZA 00:21:23 CÓMO PROGRESAR DE FORMA ADECUADA 00:24:46 PAUTAS PARA LEVANTAR MÁS PESO 00:30:06 PLANTILLAS DE POWERLIFTING 00:34:42 IMPACTO DE LAS PALANCAS EN EL RENDIMIENTO 00:39:36 MEJORES EJERCICIOS PARA GANAR FUERZA 00:43:31 EJEMPLO DE PROGRAMACIÓN 00:49:53 PRINCIPALES ERRORES 00:59:31 LOS NEGOCIOS DE RUBÉN CASTRO

¿Comer alimentos ultraprocesados es malo para la salud? En este vídeo, nuestro director del área de nutrición Gonzalo Quesada (@datosdeciencia) analiza y expone la evidencia científica al respecto. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/3GgDwc4 ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4jFzQ1O 2) Curso online dietista deportivo + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/3GceZof ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/3Rmz1Po 2) Curso online entrenador personal + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4luO1IG ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:17 Sistema de clasificación NOVA 02:51 ¿Son tan malos los ultraprocesados? 03:53 ¿Los ultraprocesados causan daño? 06:12 ¿Es realmente el procesamiento el problema? 07:45 Conclusión

¿Es posible ganar músculo entrenando solo dos horas por semana? En este vídeo te explico lo que debes saber para ganar masa muscular si tienes poco tiempo para entrenar. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/42holHZ ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/3Y3VRz1 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/3YHGCvR ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4jKshHk 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/440NSGM ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:41 ¿Se puede ganar músculo entrenando 2 h/semana? 02:55 Selección de ejercicios 04:11 Repeticiones y grado de esfuerzo 05:21 Descanso enter series y métodos de entrenamiento avanzado 08:50 Ejemplos realistas de enterramientos de 2 horas 11:17 Resumen y conclusiones

¿Cómo comer con diabetes? En este vídeo, nuestra profesora y dietista María Casas (@mariasquatfit) expone 10 alimentos que deberías evitar (al menos reducir) si tienes diabetes o azúcar alto. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/3RmoXG8 ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/42fKZR5 2) Curso online dietista deportivo + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/3YBNkU5 ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/42BKP5w 2) Curso online entrenador personal + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/3EljSLj ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:10 Criterios de elaboración 02:31 Carne procesada 02:46 Cereales azucarados 03:00 Bollería industrial 03:16 Carne roja 03:27 Mantequilla 03:39 Lácteos enteros 03:54 Refrescos azucarados 04:09 Aceites vegetales 04:24 Huevos 04:40 Zumos 04:55 Conclusiones

¿Cuáles son los mejores suplementos para aumentar la testosterona sin efectos secundarios y 100% legales? En este vídeo nuestro profesor y experto en suplementación deportiva Adrián Díaz Rúa analiza cuál es la efectividad real de los más populares. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/4iioWxS ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/3Y3Z2Xz 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4lFgKe4 ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/3YDLNgf 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4cBlYDn ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:01 El papel de la testosterona 02:13 Testosterona total vs. libre 03:57 Tribulus terrestris 04:58 Ashwagandha 06:35 Ácido D-Aspártico (DAA) 08:30 Fenogreco 10:15 Maca 11:55 Resumen y conclusiones

En este episodio del Podcast de Nutrición de Fit Generation entrevistamos a Angel7Real: entrenador personal, competidor de culturismo natural e influencer Fitness. En el episodio habla sobre la alimentación vegana para salud, pérdida de grasa, rendimiento deportivo y ganancia muscular. También sobre suplementos, entre otros temas interesantes. ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/42K6dXn 2) Curso online dietista deportivo + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/3EhKRY9 ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/42vKkcX 2) Curso online entrenador personal + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4cvYAXQ ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00:00 A continuación… 00:01:41 Presentación de Ángel 00:03:01 ¿Cuál es la mejor dieta para salud y masa muscular? 00:11:05 Compatibilizar dieta vegetariana con el culturismo y rendimiento 00:14:52 ¿Has notado cambios al hacerte vegano? 00:16:41 ¿Una dieta vegana carece de nutrientes importantes para un deportista? 00:25:06 El mayor mito en alimentación vegana para deportistas 00:27:30 ¿Suplementas suplementación por salud? 00:28:55 Perder grasa sin perder músculo con una dieta vegana 00:35:50 Ayuno intermitente para perder grasa 00:38:32 Déficits en una dieta vegana con déficit calórico 00:41:51 Suplementación para etapa de definición 00:43:48 ¿Has notado que tus clientes se interesan por la alimentación vegana? 00:46:38 Equilibrar adherencia con lo óptimo según la ciencia 00:52:45 Fuentes proteicas favoritas para ganar masa muscular 00:56:38 Importancia de la síntesis proteica 00:58:06 Importancia de combinar aminoácidos 00:59:58 Principal consejo para ganar músculo con una dieta vegana 01:02:02 Suplementación para ganar masa muscular 01:02:56 ¿Verdadero o falso? 01:06:33 Despedida y conclusión

¿Buscas un certificado para ser entrenador personal de forma legal? En este vídeo te explico que opciones de certificaciones NO son válidas para ejercer como entrenador personal legalmente en España. ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4lwjY3f 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4ie2WnF ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4ikJ0zL 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4inhqSp ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 00:45 Legalidad para ejercer como entrenador personal 01:56 Carné de la FEF 02:56 EQF de EuropeActive 03:56 Certificaciones de la FEFF 04:42 Curso NSCA-CPT 05:24 Curso IFBB Academy

¿Es necesario sentir dolor al entrenar para hipertrofia? En este vídeo, nuestro profesor y entrenador personal Ángel López (@gorilangel) te explica si es bueno o malo notar dolor y tener agujetas para ganar masa muscular a largo plazo. Todo ello basado en ciencia. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/3G9GMpt ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4ioPz4s 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/3RfxJ8H ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/3XWwTBI 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4ix84nn ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:15 ¿Qué es el dolor? 03:00 ¿Está el dolor relacionado con la ganancia muscular? 06:57 ¿Es bueno o malo tener agujetas? 09:06 Resumen y conclusiones

¿Es malo comer huevos cada día? En este vídeo, nuestro profesor y director del área de nutrición en Gonzalo Quesada (@datosdeciencia) expone la evidencia científica al respecto. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/4cySNkr ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4cBBL5k 2) Curso online dietista deportivo + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/43QdPsz ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4jsWcmZ 2) Curso online entrenador personal + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4ifPWOz ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:28 ¿Qué pasa a tu cuerpo si comes huevos a diario? 02:13 ¿Por qué alimento cambias los huevos? 04:07 Efectos en el hígado 05:34 Oxidación de LDL en el cuerpo 06:33 Estudio que comparó varias dietas 07:44 ¿Qué sucede después de comer huevos? 09:44 Conclusión

¿Cuál es la mejor forma de mantenerse definido en el tiempo? Si te gusta tener un porcentaje de grasa corporal bajo de forma sostenible, este vídeo de nuestro profesor y dietista Adrián Díaz Rúa puede ayudarte a ello. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/4lpphl9 ➡️ Calculadora de % de grasa: https://bit.ly/4jfdJiI ➡️ Calculadora de macros: https://fitgeneration.es/calculadora/macronutrientes-diarios/ ➡️ Artículo sobre la adaptación metabólica: https://fitgeneration.es/adaptacion-metabolica-a-la-perdida-de-peso/ ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4ilcihO 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4jqNGF2 ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/3FZU6gd 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/44iSGHu ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:38 ¿Cuál es tu % graso? 02:18 ¿Qué estrategia de definición seguir? 04:15 ¿Cómo mantenerse siempre definido? 08:05 Entrenamiento y nutrición 10:18 Resumen y conclusiones

¿Cuál es el mejor tipo de ayuno intermitente para grasa corporal? En este vídeo, nuestro profesor Adrián Díaz Rúa expone los beneficios del ayuno, los diferentes métodos de ayuno y algunos consejos prácticos para perder grasa más fácilmente. Bibliografía del vídeo: https://bit.ly/4cpWo4l ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/3RGM0LJ 2) Curso online dietista deportivo + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/4j18ZNz ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4jp330L 2) Curso online entrenador personal + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/4cpbO8K ÍNDICE DEL VÍDEO 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 01:20 Beneficios potenciales del ayuno intermitente 02:48 Formas de ayuno intermitente 05:25 ¿Cuál es el mejor ayuno para perder grasa? 07:25 Cosas importantes a tener en cuenta

Accede al TSD de Fit Generation aquí: https://bit.ly/3G1bj8Q ¿Cómo es, cómo funciona y cuál es el precio del grado superior en dietética de ENFAF en 2025 y qué diferencias tiene respecto al TSD de Fit Generation? En este vídeo, Marcos Gutiérrez (@marcos.conquer) te lo explica de forma resumida. ÍNDICE 00:00 Introducción al vídeo 00:24 Historia de ENFAF 01:03 Profesores del TSD de ENFAF 01:53 Duración y plan de estudios 02:48 ¿Cuánto cuesta la FP de Nutrición de ENFAF? 02:58 Alternativa al TSD de ENFAF

En este episodio del Podcast de Entrenamiento de Fit Generation entrevistamos a nuestro profesor Marcos Gómez (@culturadegym). En el vídeo hablamos de todo tipo de conceptos interesantes relacionados con la ganancia de masa muscular y pérdida de grasa corporal. Además, Marcos explica cómo trabaja sus empresas y da algunos consejos para iniciar un negocio de entrenamiento personal online. ➡️ Instagram del invitado (Marcos) https://www.instagram.com/culturadegym/?hl=es ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertir tu pasión en tu profesión? ¡Atento a nuestras formaciones! ¿Quieres convertirte en entrenador personal? 1) Técnico Superior en Acondicionamiento Físico (TSAF): https://bit.ly/4jqZ18g 2) Curso online entrenador personal (CPE) + proceso legal: https://bit.ly/427Un9u ¿Quieres convertirte en dietista? 1) Técnico Superior en Dietética (TSD): https://bit.ly/4cj4HyA 2) Curso online dietista deportivo (CPD) + pruebas libres: https://bit.ly/3EeqStk ÍNDICE DEL EPISODIO 00:00:00 A continuación… 00:02:21 Presentación del invitado 00:04:20 ¿Cómo perdemos grasa? 00:05:42 ¿Cómo conseguir el look de mucho músculo y poca grasa? 00:10:05 ¿Es necesario hacer volumen y definición? 00:11:59 Cómo aumentar gasto energético sin perder músculo 00:13:25 ¿Se puede perder grasa sin perder músculo? 00:14:23 Número de repeticiones según el objetivo 00:15:45 ¿El EPOC es relevante? 00:16:54 ¿El HIIT es interesante? 00:17:45 ¿Qué es el índice de hipertrofia? 00:22:54 ¿Cómo hacer que una persona coma menos? 00:23:57 ¿Cómo estimar cuánto comer para perder grasa? 00:26:37 Cómo evitar el hambre excesiva 00:31:04 Reparto de macros para perder grasa 00:32:22 Ayuno intermitente para perder grasa 00:34:12 Alimentos usados para perder grasa 00:39:00 ¿Qué hacer para tener abdominales? 00:40:11 ¿Qué tiene de malo estar gordo? 00:43:17 ¿Es peor tener sobrepeso o ser sedentario? 00:45:02 Uso del Ozempic para perder grasa 00:47:00 Suplementos para perder grasa 00:49:39 Historia de Cultura de Gym 00:54:24 Empezar un negocio de entrenamiento online 00:59:32 ¿Dónde poner el foco en un negocio? 01:01:26 Usos de la IA para entrenamientos 01:03:22 Cómo funciona el negocio de Cultura de Gym 01:04:45 ¿Qué parte de tu negocio tienes delegada? 01:06:51 ¿En qué consiste Hacker de Gym? 01:09:07 ¿Cómo es tener socios en tu negocio? 01:11:47 Cómo creasteis vuestro software de entrenamiento 01:13:26 ¿Qué tipos de perfiles contratáis? 01:15:20 ¿Cuánto dinero gana Cultura de Gym? 01:18:13 Dónde invertir al empezar un negocio 01:20:10 Conclusión del episodio

"No matter where you start your journey with us, we're here to support you," says Jeanne Duca, Chief Marketing Officer at BCN. In a rapidly evolving telecom landscape, BCN is embracing AI-driven marketing strategies to enhance engagement, streamline content creation, and reinforce its commitment to the channel. In this episode of Technology Reseller News, Jeanne Duca joins Doug Green to discuss BCN's AI-powered marketing approach, new digital content initiatives, and the company's latest advancements in connectivity solutions. BCN's AI-Powered Marketing Evolution With over 30 years in the industry, BCN has built a strong reputation as a managed technology solutions provider, catering primarily to mid-market and enterprise-level businesses. Selling exclusively through the channel, BCN has eliminated channel conflict, making marketing precision and messaging consistency a top priority. To address the need for rapid content creation and enhanced engagement, BCN has integrated AI into its marketing workflow. “The use of AI tools—whether for content creation or avatars for communication—is helping us develop more, better content faster,” says Duca. “This ensures that our technology advisors receive timely, relevant insights they can leverage with their customers.” New Digital Content Initiatives BCN has launched three new content series to better engage its partner community: Beyond the Network Podcast – A thought leadership series featuring technology advisors, TSD community members, and partners discussing industry trends and best practices. Top Shelf with BCN – A relaxed, conversational series discussing emerging technologies, with the debut episode focusing on low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite solutions in partnership with Tuufi Phi. Sunday Tech Trends with BCN – A short video series on key industry trends, paired with interactive LinkedIn surveys to foster engagement and gather real-time feedback from viewers. These initiatives align with BCN's commitment to delivering high-value, digestible content that resonates with today's audiences. “People don't want to read as much anymore,” says Duca. “By leveraging AI for video creation, we can present our messages in a way that aligns with how people prefer to consume content.” AI as a Tool, Not a Replacement Duca emphasizes that AI is a productivity tool that enhances, but does not replace, human creativity and strategy. “AI is the engine, but human ingenuity is the driver,” she explains. “The brands that find the right balance between the two will stand out in the industry.” This mindset extends to internal communications as well. AI-driven content strategies have helped BCN enhance employee engagement, streamline training materials, and reinforce its core messaging across all stakeholders. “Our internal messaging needs to be just as clear and consistent as our external communications,” Duca notes. “The BCN experience is built on alignment between our employees, partners, and customers.” Advancing Connectivity and Security Looking ahead to 2025, BCN is redefining connectivity to meet the growing demands of AI-driven applications and digital transformation initiatives. “Connectivity has always been at the heart of our solutions, but today, customers want it to be unbreakable and secure,” says Duca. BCN's SD-WAN portfolio, which now includes Adaptive Networks alongside Cato, BigLeaf, Cisco Meraki, and Peplink, ensures customers have resilient, high-performance connectivity tailored to their needs. “With AI-powered applications driving unprecedented bandwidth requirements, customers need secure, redundant, and scalable solutions,” Duca adds. Meet BCN at Channel Partners 2025 BCN will be at Channel Partners 2025 in Las Vegas, where the company will host a networking reception and private meetings in its Palazzo suite. “We're looking forward to seeing our partners and welcoming new connections,” says Duca. “And yes,

What, you may ask, is TSC. When I first met our guest, Kari Luther Rosbeck, I had the same question. TSC stands for tuberous sclerosis complex. As soon as Kari defined the term for me it struck a nerve close to home for me. My great nephew actually has tuberous sclerosis complex and was first diagnosed with this rare disease when he was but a child. My conversation with Kari was far reaching and quite educational for me as I suspect it will be for you.   TSC affects some fifty-thousands persons in this country and about 1 million around the world. The TSC alliance, founded in 1974, has worked to promote support, research and the dissemination of information about this rare disease.   Kari has been the CEO for many years. She began with the organization in 2001. While her main interest growing up was in being an actress as she says, “living in New York City means that you work while developing an acting career”. In Kari's case, she found another interest which was fundraising and being involved in the nonprofit world.   My conversation with Kari is quite enjoyable and, as I said, quite educational. I am sure you will find much invaluable information in this episode. At the end of our time together Kari will tell us all how we can become involved and help the TCS Alliance. I hope you will find ways to support this effort as what the organization does goes far beyond what you might think.       About the Guest:   Kari Luther Rosbeck, President and CEO, TSC Alliance Kari has made it her life mission to use her 35 years of nonprofit and volunteer management experience to help create a future where everyone with TSC has what they need to live their fullest lives.  She has served as President and CEO since November 2007 and previously held progressive leadership positions with the organization since 2001. Kari is responsible for the overall management and administration of the organization including strategic planning, implementation of organizational strategies and evaluation of results to ensure the TSC Alliance meets its mission. During her tenure, the TSC Alliance established a comprehensive research platform fostering collaboration with industry and academia to move treatments for TSC forward in a more expedited way. Because of her leadership, the organization has taken an active role in educating the TSC community about clinical trials to diminish the time for recruitment, including pivotal trials that have led to three FDA-approved drugs specifically for TSC. In 2019, the organization launched a Research Business Plan with the goal to change the course of TSC for those living with it today and for generations to come paired with an aggressive fundraising campaign leading to more than $16 million raised. Since joining the TSC Alliance, the organization has grown from a $2.1 million annual operating budget to $10 million in 2022 and is heralded with top ratings by watchdog organizations. Kari graduated with a BA degree in Theatre from the State University of New York at Albany and upon graduation founded a theatre company with fellow graduates in New York, NY.  After the loss of her first child, Noell, to sudden infant death, she dedicated her career to helping other families. Kari is the proud mother of Trent, Bradey, Wynter and Rhys and grateful to her husband Chris for his unending support. When not working, she enjoys traveling, playing golf and being an avid Minnesota Vikings fan. 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. . Well, welcome once again to another episode of unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet, and I bet we get to do a bunch of all of that today. Our guest is Kari Luther rosbeck, and Kari and I met through Sheldon Lewis from accessibe. Sheldon is great at finding folks for us to get to chat with. And when I started learning about Kari, one of the things that I kept reading was a term TSC, and I didn't know what TSC was. So when Kari and I first met, I asked her about TSC, and she said it stands for tubular sclerosis complex, which immediately struck a nerve with me, because I have a great nephew who has tubular sclerosis. And as it turns out, his parents have actually and had actually attended an event where Kari was and then just this past March or April or whenever, and you can correct me, Kari, but they went to another event, and my other niece and nephew, Tracy and Charlie, attended, as I just told, Kari, I'm very jealous they didn't let me come along, but that's okay. I stayed home and slept. But anyway, Kari, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. It's really great that you're here, and I want to thank you for taking the time to be with us. It   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 02:42 is such an honor. Michael and I love talking with your family, and it was so wonderful to have them with us at comedy for a cure this year. Well, it   Michael Hingson ** 02:53 it was really fun to hear about the event from them, and I'm glad that that they all enjoyed it. And of course, Nick is is a person who deserves all the attention and help all of us can give. He's had tubular sclerosis, been diagnosed with it for quite a while, and is actually, I think, beating some odds, because some people said, Oh, he's not going to last very long, and he's continuing to do well. And just don't ever get him into a conversation about sports and the Dodgers, because he's a Dodger fan, okay,   03:24 as he should be. By the conversation.   Michael Hingson ** 03:28 Well, he is a Dodger fan as he should be. I just want to point that out, yes, yes, for those of us here. Well, Nick, Nick probably   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 03:36 was, well, when Nick was diagnosed, we had a very different prognosis for TSC back then.   Michael Hingson ** 03:45 Well, yeah, I know, and it's like everything with medicine, we're making a lot of advances. We're learning a lot, and of course, we're paying a lot of attention to these different kinds of issues. I mean, even blindness, we're paying a lot of attention to blindness, and we're slowly getting people it's a very slow process, but we're slowly getting people to recognize blindness isn't the problem. It's our attitudes about blindness that are the problems. And I think that's true with most things, and I think that if people really thought about Nick and and felt, well, he can't do much because of they would recognize he can do a whole lot more than they think he can, 100% which is really important. Well, let's start a little bit about you. And why don't you tell us about the early Kari growing up and all that and how we got where we are, well, thank   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 04:43 you for the opportunity to do that. My middle name is Lacher. That's also my maiden name. My dad and mom were in education, primarily. My dad also dabbled in some politics. We moved around. Quite a bit when I was a child, I think before seventh grade, or before I was 18, we knew 13 times so that really, you know, you become adaptable because you have to be and inclusive, because you have to be because you're in all of these new environments. From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be an actress. I wrote my own plays, I organized a neighborhood, I think, when I was seven, and we performed a play I wrote. And that's what my degree is in, in theater. And Michael, as you probably know, when I was 27 I had my first child, Noel, who unfortunately passed away from sudden infant death, and it completely changed the rest of my life. From that point forward, I really wanted to do something that impacted families, so they never had to experience the type of grief that I went through at a very somewhat young age. And then from from that point, I took all of the skills that I'd been using in the work life, not theater, because I lived in New York, and you have to work to live, so you could do theater before my then husband and I moved to Minneapolis, but I had always done fundraising. I had always done administration, so I just kind of naturally took in all of those skills, community and grassroots building. I went to work for the American Refugee Committee in Minneapolis, and then from there, worked at international service agencies, which is a workplace giving umbrella organization representing all of the premier international organizations. And my job there, as a regional director was to go into workplaces and give two or three minute presentations and convince people to give to international causes. My favorite was I was pregnant. I had a pregnancy kit, what they would give people in developing the developing world, where you would have a razor blade, a string, a plastic sheet, and that's how they delivered babies. And that was a really effective presentation, as you can imagine. I got to the TSC Alliance because my boss at international service agencies became the CEO of the TSC Alliance in early 2000s and he brought me over to start our volunteer outreach program, build our grassroots movement, and from there, I definitely got involved in fundraising. The admin side was interim CEO, and then CEO,   Michael Hingson ** 07:55 well, gee, so so many questions. Why did you guys move so many times?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 08:01 Well, my dad got his PhD and became dean of students at Arkadelphia State University, or Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, rather. And he did great, but he loved politics, and he had the opportunity to become the executive director of the Republican Party of Arkansas when it wasn't cool to be a Republican in Arkansas, and that really was his passion. And from there, he became a he led a congressional campaign for a candidate in Littleton, Colorado, and when that candidate didn't win, he realized that he really needed to have a more stable life for his family. So we moved to Knoxville, Illinois, and he became a vice president at a community college, and from that point forward, that was his his career. We moved to upstate New York. I'm leaving out a few moves just to make it simple. We moved to upstate New York my freshman year in college, where he became a President of Community College there, and then ultimately, he ended back in his hometown, in Mattoon, Charleston, Illinois, where he led the local community college until he retired, and the Student Union at Lakeland College is actually named after my   Michael Hingson ** 09:30 father. Wow. So is he still with us today? He is not.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 09:34 He passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2017   Michael Hingson ** 09:38 Well, that's no fun. How about your mom? She is, she   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 09:43 still lives in that soon. Yep, she is the matriarch of our family. That's for sure.   Michael Hingson ** 09:50 A lot of moves. Needless to say, I wonder what your father would say about politics today, it started to be different in 2016 and. 2017 but I wonder what he would think about politics in general. Today, I   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 10:04 am not sure. I have wondered that question a lot. The one thing my dad was always great at, though, was the ability to see balanced viewpoints, and it's something I always loved and respected about my father, and   Michael Hingson ** 10:19 I think that's important. I think people really need to do more of that. And we just, we're not, we're not seeing that, which is really scary. We're not seeing it on so many levels, not just politics. But, you know, we don't get into politics much on unstoppable mindset, because, as I love to tell people, if we do that, I'm an equal opportunity abuser anyway, and and I, and I'm with Mark Twain. Congress is that grand old benevolent asylum for the helpless. So you know?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 10:48 Well, I will say this. My dad taught me how to be an advocate from a very young age. Yeah, what it means to not be afraid to use your voice. That's the best thing we can get out of politics, that using your voice for the greater good is one of the most important things that you can do. The   Michael Hingson ** 11:10 thing that I think people are forgetting today is they love to use their voice, but they don't love to use their ears. Yes, which is another thing, but I I hear what you're saying. I joined the National Federation of the Blind, which is the largest blindest consumer organization in the country, and I joined in 1972 when I was a senior in college, and learn from experts about being an advocate. And I think it's really important that we have advocacy. And the value of really good advocates is that they are able to look at all sides of an issue and really make intelligent decisions and also recognize when it's time to maybe change as things evolve in terms of views. And we just don't see any of that today. People say I'm an advocate. Yeah, well, without thinking about it, and without really looking at the options, and without looking at stands, it's just amazing how people, as I said, use their voices, but not their ears today. I agree. Yeah, it's, it's, it's a tough world, and it's, it's a challenge. I read an article about a year ago in the New York Times all about how we're losing the art of real conversation, which is why this podcast is so much fun, because we do get to converse.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 12:36 That's right, I I'm so excited to be with you today.   Michael Hingson ** 12:40 Well, so you got into nonprofit, in a sense, pretty early, and you've certainly been involved at reasonable levels for now, 23 years after September 11, I worked at Guide Dogs for the Blind for six and a half years, as well as being a public speaker. But loved working in the nonprofit sector, although I had a lot of fun with some of the nonprofit people, because what I would constantly advocate, if you will, is that development in the nonprofit world is really just no different than sales. Instead of selling and making a profit, in a sense, you're selling to secure donations, but it's still sales. And people would say, Oh no, it's totally different, because nonprofit is just totally different than what you do if you're working with a company and selling for a company. And I'm going, I'm not sure it's that different.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 13:40 Well, what I think is that you're selling hope and right? It's all about relationships. But unlike widgets, we have a lot of different programs that have created such progress, hope and support for the tuberous sclerosis complex community. And I really enjoy talking about what those programs help make possible for people like your great nephew, Nick well   Michael Hingson ** 14:12 and and it's important to do that. I The only thing I would say on selling widgets, as opposed to hope, is if you talk to Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, they would say that widgets very well could also be a mechanism to to move toward hope and dreams. And so again, I think it's just, it's it's all using the same techniques, but different things. I tell people now that as a keynote speaker, I think it's a whole lot more fun to sell life and hope and dreams than it is to sell computer hardware.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 14:54 But you're right about computer hardware, and for instance, wearables that are. Really making a difference in some of the breakthroughs that we see today. So under percent correct.   Michael Hingson ** 15:05 Well, tell us a little bit about the whole tubular sclerosis complex Alliance, the TSC Alliance, and you got started in it. And what was it like, if you will, back in the day, and it's not a great term, I'm telling you, I I'd love to to have fun with that, but what it used to be like, and what it is now, and what's happening, sure.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 15:27 So when I started June 18, 2001 nearly 23 years ago, the organization had about seven employees. Today, we have 23 we in those days, we knew what the genes were in TSC, and soon after I came to work, we discovered how the TSC genes impact the underlying genetic pathway. That was awesome, because that led to some key clinical trials and ultimately an approved drug. What I say about the early days is we were we did a beautiful job of holding people's hands, offering them support, but there were no medications that really directly impacted TSC that were FDA approved,   Michael Hingson ** 16:21 maybe it would help if we actually define what TSC is. Yes, of   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 16:25 course, let's start with that. Tuberous sclerosis complex is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow throughout the body, the brain, heart, kidney, liver, lungs. It is the leading genetic cause of epilepsy and one of the leading causes of autism. Epilepsy impacts about 85% of people with TSC autism, about 50% one in 6000 life first will have TSC. TSC impacts about 50,000 Americans and a million people worldwide, and it's variable. No two people are exactly the same, not even identical twins. So people can have mild cognitive impact. They might have moderate or severe. People can have mild cognitive impact, but at some point in their life, perhaps needing a lung transplant. TSC is progressive. So for women of childbearing age, lymph angiolio, myomatosis, or Lam can impact the lungs. We can see kidney growth of tumors in the kidneys that can impact quality of life. So it's variable, and some of our adults live independently. Others require more complex care. It's usually diagnosed in childhood and in infancy, either in utero, where you can see two or more heart tumors in a regular ultrasound. Sometimes you're diagnosed after birth, when a baby begins having seizures. Some people aren't diagnosed till they're teenagers with the appearance of angiofibromas or skin tumors on their face. And occasionally, people are diagnosed when they're adults. They have kids of their own, their children are diagnosed with TSC, and then they are subsequently diagnosed with TSC. So it runs the gamut.   Michael Hingson ** 18:31 So it is something that very much is or can be genetic. It is genetic.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 18:38 Yes, it's caused by mutations in one of two genes, TSC one or TSC two, on the ninth or 16th chromosome that controls cell growth and proliferation, which is why you see the appearance of non malignant tumors. And that is what impacts all the organ systems. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 19:00 and it is not a fun thing, needless to say, to be around or to have, and it's not something that we have control over. Nick, I know does live with his parents. I don't know whether Nick will ever be able to live independently. He does have seizures and sometimes, and it's not predictable, although he's doing a little bit better job of controlling them with medication, but he'll probably always live with someone. But what a wonderful person to have around. Yes,   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 19:35 he is definitely enjoyable. And that's, I mean, that's the thing about TSC. We have we have independent adults. We have kids, we have semi dependent adults. We have dependent adults. The one thing about our community and our organization is this is a home for everybody.   Michael Hingson ** 19:58 So when did the. See Alliance actually first begin   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 20:01 1974 so it started with four moms around a kitchen table in Southern California, and two of those four moms are still in touch with the TSC Alliance. I talked to two of our Founding Moms quite frequently. They are very inspirational. They had this tremendous foresight to think about what the community needed or what they would need in the future. So our organization, the TSC Alliance, we actually have a new vision statement as of this year. So our vision statement is the TSC Alliance wants to create a future where everyone affected by TSC can live their fullest lives, and our mission statement is to improve quality of life for everyone affected by tuberous sclerosis complex by catalyzing new treatments, driving research toward a cure and expanding access to lifelong support. What so some of the ways that that we do this, as you know, is to fund and drive research, to empower and support our community, to raise awareness of TSC, because we want to provide the tools and resources and support for those living with TSC, both individuals and caregivers. We want to make sure that as an organization, we are pushing research forward by a research platform that we've helped create through the years, and we want to make sure that people are diagnosed early and receive appropriate care. So it's really important to us to raise awareness in the general public, but also among the professional community.   Michael Hingson ** 21:52 So this is the 50th anniversary of the TSC Alliance. Yes, it is. And I would dare say, based on what you're talking about, there's a lot to celebrate.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 22:04 We have so much to celebrate. Michael, there's been so many accomplishments over the years, from the creation of our professional advisory board early on that provided guidance to the organization to today, we have three FDA approved drugs specifically to treat TSC as an organization in 2006 we started the very first natural history database anywhere in the world that still exists today, with over 2700 participants, and that allows us to really understand how TSC progresses through a lifetime, and then we, as an organization, in partnership with a group of our TSC clinics, helped with the first preventative clinical trial for epilepsy in the United States, and that was really to look at Babies with TSC to treat them before the first seizure, to see if we can prevent or delay epilepsy.   Michael Hingson ** 23:07 So So tell me a little bit about the the three different drugs that are available. What? What do they do? Without getting too technical, how do they work, and so on, because, obviously, the tumors are there. And so what do the drugs do to address all of that   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 23:24 great question, the first approved drug for TSC everolimus is an mTOR inhibitor, mammalian target of rapamycin. So if you remember I talked about the two TSC genes working as a complex to control the genetic underlying genetic pathway. Well, that underlying genetic pathway is mTOR, and there happened to be a class of drugs that was developed to help with organ transplant and anti rejection. Ever roll. This is a synthetic of rapamycin that was found on rap a rap the islands, rap immune island. So what that particular drug has been approved for, and how it works in TSC is to shrink certain types of brain tumors to shrink tumors in the kidneys, and it's also used as adaptive therapy for seizures associated with TSD. So what we know is it is extremely effective, but if you go off the medication, the tumors will grow back. So it's not a cure, but it's moving in the right direction, right second drug that was approved is the first FDA cannabinoid drug, Epidiolex, and that treats seizures associated with TSC. The third approved drug is a topical rapamy. So it treats those skin tumors on the face. I   Michael Hingson ** 25:04 don't know. It's really interesting. Medical science comes up with all these terms that are tongue twisters. How do they do that? You're 100% correct. Oh, it's a fun world. What's on the horizon, what kinds of things are coming that will kind of either enhance what they do or other sorts of medications? Yeah,   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 25:28 thanks for asking that. So I think for us, in 2019 we put together a really aggressive research, research business plan, and our goal with this was to ultimately the vision change the course of TSC, and so we have a research platform that really helps accelerate drug development. So we fund research grants or young investigators to keep them interested in the field and to generate new ideas. We have a pre clinical consortium where we work with a contract research organization. We've licensed different mouse models that can try drugs for both epilepsy and tumor growth and behaviors, and so that is really built a pipeline of new potential therapies for TSC we also have this clinical research consortium that we work with. We have 74 TSC clinics across the country, of which 17 are centers of excellence, and we're working with our TSC clinics and centers of excellence to when drugs come out of the pre clinical or when companies come to us and they want to institute clinical trials, we will work with them to be in touch with our clinics, to educate our community about what clinical trials are out there, so they know what questions to ask or how to appropriately weigh risk benefit, so that's a really important part of our platform. We also, I mentioned earlier, a natural history database to help us understand how TSC progresses through a lifetime, but also a bio sample repository, so we'll understand why TSC is so different person to person. So with all of those tools working together, what we want to do is ultimately determine how to predict an individual's risk for the many manifestations of TSC so if we knew who was at risk, say, for epilepsy, and we could intervene to delay or prevent epilepsy. Could we do the same with kidney tumors? So that's what I mean about predicting and prevention. We would like to develop biomarkers to help accelerate outcome measures and clinical trials. We would love to have an intervention early on. Remember, I said that we helped start the first preventative clinical trial for epilepsy. You need an intervention to get on the newborn screening panel. If we could be on the newborn screening panel and identify babies early, that is the greatest way to change the course of the disease. Of course, we obviously want to test more compounds in our pre clinical consortium to make sure that we are building that pipeline for new and better drugs in the future, and we definitely want to develop patient reported outcomes. So how does this disease impact quality of life for individuals and families living with it, so that we'll know in the future, if there are different potential treatments, does it impact or improve their quality of life? And the FDA looks at patient reported outcomes quite seriously, so we want to build that for future clinical trials and clinical studies. Finally, one of the biggest unmet needs in TSC is what we call TSC associated neuropsychiatric disorders, or taint This is an umbrella term for brain dysfunction that includes everything from sleep problems to depression, anxiety, aggressive behavior, executive functioning, how people learn. So it is definitely an umbrella term, and almost everybody is impacted by tanned in some way that are living with TSC. So we want to better understand who might be at risk for which parts of tan so that we can intervene and improve quality of life.   Michael Hingson ** 29:55 Something that comes to mind we hear people talking. Think a fair amount today about gene therapy and how all of that might work to cure various diseases and so on. Is there room for that in Tse, since especially it's caused by two specific genes?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 30:14 Great question. We actually are working with some gene therapy companies in our pre clinical consortium looking to see if we can intervene that way.   Michael Hingson ** 30:26 It's a few years off, yeah, I can imagine, but it would be an interest if, if it truly can be done, since you're clearly able to tell that there are specific genes that are that are causing this. It's an interesting concept, given the state of science today, to think about whether that could lead to, even if it's not immediate, but later, cures for TSC and other such things, and   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 30:57 we might start with organ specific gene therapy. For instance, if we had gene therapy early on in the brain, again, thinking about preventing seizures from ever developing, if we were able to implement gene therapy in the kidneys so or lungs so women never develop lamb, that would be a huge breakthrough. Yeah. So thinking about how that might work and how that could impact our community is tremendous,   Michael Hingson ** 31:28 I would think so. And I would think if they are able to do some work in that regard, it would be very revolutionary. And obviously, the more we learn about gene therapy overall, the more it will help with what medical science can do for TSC as well. That's right. So what does the Alliance do for families and individuals? What kinds of specific things do you all do?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 31:57 Yeah, we have   32:00 developed 14   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 32:01 community regions across the country where we work with our volunteers. So they'll in their regions, host community educational meetings, walks, where they bring the community together, which is hugely important offer peer to peer support. So that is on a regional level. On our team, we have support navigators, so people that are available to take calls, emails, texts to really help when people either receive a new diagnosis, will spend a lot of time making sure they get to the right clinics, resources, support systems, or when a new manifestation arises, or if people are having some access to medication or access to care issues, we have a TSC navigator so that is a proactive online tool that people can log into and that will really take them through the journey in a way they want to gain information. So it's really written in in small bites, so that if people want more information, they can dive deeper. That's hugely important for individuals impacted. We have regular webinars, regional conferences, and every four years we hold a World Conference. Well, we will bring in experts from all over the world to cover the many manifestations of TSC so people are informed to make the best decisions for them and their families. They'll also talk about new clinical trials or new research on the horizon, or they're talk about social service tools that are really important for living or guardianship or financial planning, so those things that aren't just medical, but really impact people's lives.   Michael Hingson ** 33:57 So today, what, what do you think? Or how would you describe, sort of the social attitude toward TSC and people with TSC, or is it, is it more manifested in Well, this guy has seizures and so on, so TSC doesn't directly tend to be the thing that society views.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 34:22 That's a great question. And because TSC is so variable, I'm going to say to you, it's different person to person. One of the things we did a few years ago was create these little business cards that described what TSC was. So if somebody's out at a restaurant, they might hand it to their waiter or waitress to say, We want you to know that our for instance, our child has TSC and so you understand what you might see as you wait on us. For example, I still think that for those that are more severely in. Acted. I talked about tanned and some folks with more severe behaviors. You know, our society, it's attitude, right? You talked about that in your presentation of diversity to inclusion, we need to be much more understanding when a family is trying to handle a seizure or or behaviors and not pass judgment on that family, let the family handle that situation. So I would just say it's individual to individual, but one of the most amazing experiences, as is at our world conferences, where everybody can just be. And everybody understands that TSC is variable. And you might have a child over here with a seizure dog. You might have an adult group in one corner talking and dancing, but everybody comes together, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 35:58 yeah. And that's really important to do, and that's you raise a really good point. Obviously, dogs are learning to be better at seizure detection. And I was going to ask about that, because I assume that that certainly can play into helping people who have seizures, who have TSC.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 36:18 That is absolutely correct earlier. You asked about what it was like early on, we didn't have a lot of seizure dogs at our early conferences. That's something that really has been happening after, say, 2010 we've definitely seen a lot more seizure dogs be trained and really be helpful to families.   Michael Hingson ** 36:39 Yeah, well, and we have come so far in terms of training dogs to be able to detect seizures and detect so many things. One of my favorite stories, and it's not a seizure detection as such, but one of my favorite stories, is about a Portuguese water dog who was a show dog, but he or she, rather, was also trained to do cancer detection. And the owner, who was very competitive in doing show dog type things, as well as had started a company or a facility to deal with cancer detection, took his dog to the show, to a dog show. And every time the dog got near this one judge, it just laid down. It would not perform, it would not work. And so needless to say, this national champion didn't do very well at that show. And the guy couldn't figure out why. And he got home, and he suddenly realized, oh my gosh, I had taught the dog to lay down whenever it detected cancer, because you don't want to do something dramatic, right? And so he called the woman who was the judge, and he said, Do you have cancer? And she says, No, I don't have anything like that. Then he said, Well, you might go check that out, because and he told her, this was like a Monday when he called her, and Friday she called him back, and she said, I took your advice. And it turns out I have early stage breast cancer. We caught it in time, and it's all because of your dog.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 38:04 Oh my gosh, Michael, what an amazing story   Michael Hingson ** 38:10 it is. You know, we we really underestimate our dogs. I know that the first diabetic dog was a dog who who kind of learned it on his own. His person had occasional insulin reactions, and the dog became agitated. And finally, the guy realized, oh my gosh, this dog knows what I'm going to have an insulin reaction. And that led to dogs for diabetics, which is another, of course, sort of same thing that the dogs really can learn to do so many things today.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 38:44 Yes, yes, they can.   Michael Hingson ** 38:48 So there's always room for dogs. So we talked, I think, in sort of terms, about your the the whole research platform that you all have developed tell us more about the research platform and what it is and where it's going.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 39:06 Well, I definitely talked about all of the tools within our research platform. I think we're certainly taking a deeper dive into all of the tools that that we've developed, when we think about, for instance, our bio sample repository, one of the things we're doing right now is whole genome sequencing. Why? Because we're hoping with whole genome sequencing, we'll understand if there are modifier genes. Are there other things at work that makes some people more severe than other others, and then ultimately, what we'd love to learn is what medications might work best on each individual or personalized medicine, so often in TSC with seizure medications, people end up on a cocktail. We would rather avoid that, right? Wouldn't it be nice to get the medication right the first time? That's really what we are hoping for with our clinical research consortium. Right now, we're doing a couple of quality improvement studies, so one of them is around suit up or sudden, unexpected death from epilepsy, and really understanding the conversations that happen between a physician and a patient or a caregiver, and why aren't those conversations happening in TSC or when are they happening? Because we want to create change so that parents know the risks, or individuals understand the risks, and can they change their behavior to mitigate some of those risks? The other thing that we are doing is we started a reproductive perinatal Health Initiative. This came out of our 2002 world conference because we heard from a bunch of adults that this was a gap for TSC. So TSC is variable. We have some independent adults that may want to start a family someday, but we have no no consensus guide guidance, to guide them in making those decisions. So we put together a group of experts in maternal fetal health, pulmonary nephrology, imaging genetics, to come together to first talk about what are risk stratifications, both for women that are may experiences complications in pregnancy. What are those? What's a risk stratification for each individual? Also, how do we handle perinatal health? How do we care for fetuses of women with TSC, or fetuses where they have been diagnosed with TSC, and what are those recommendations and steps? So that's a real focus for us at our organization, really filling the gaps where those exist. So that's a couple of the things that that I would mention.   Michael Hingson ** 42:16 An interesting question that comes to mind, do you see prejudices or misconceptions that cause difficulties within medical science. And I ask that because I know from a blindness standpoint, so often, when a person goes into an ophthalmologist because they're having eye problems, they go in and the doctor will say, eventually after diagnosis, well, you have retinitis pigmentosa, you're going to go blind. There's nothing I can do, and literally, just walk out of the room without ever dealing with the fact that this person can still be a very normal person. Do you see any of that kind of stuff in the world of TSC so   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 42:56 early on, less today, but we still hear about it when people are handed the diagnosis of TSC, they it could be very cold. Physicians would say, your child will never walk, they'll never talk, they'll never live a normal life. That's horrible, like you're taking away that hope. And that may not be the case for each individual with TSC, I think some of our families, when their infants begin to have a devastating type of seizure called infantile spasms that can look just like a head nod, sometimes they are misconstrued for indigestion or startle reflex, and They try to get care for their baby, they're told that they're just being paranoid and crazy. It's nothing, but the it's up to the parents right to continue to advocate, because they know something is not right and that that is the right course of action. And then for adults, I think sometimes our adults living with TSC really struggle with adequate care. We've done a really good job of pediatric care specifically for TSC, but as a country, we could do a lot more for those with developmental disabilities, including TSC and providing adequate transition from adult care, these are the places that I see prejudice or roadblocks put up for our families.   Michael Hingson ** 44:33 How do you teach or what do you do to teach parents and adults, especially about being stronger advocates.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 44:43 Well, first of all, we tell them to trust their instincts and trust their voice and to not give up if you're hitting a roadblock. One place call us. Maybe there are other other clinical care that we can provide for you. Yeah. If you're having an issue at work, it's really important that you get the right support to advocate for yourself, but to never, ever give up, ever give up.   Michael Hingson ** 45:11 Yeah, that's really, of course, the important part, because ultimately, and I think it's true for most all of us, we know ourselves better than anyone else. And as parents, we know our children better than anyone else, and certainly should never give up and work very hard to be strong advocates to support what their needs are and support them to grow and advance.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 45:36 That's exactly correct,   Michael Hingson ** 45:41 and it needs to happen a whole lot more, because all too often, I can imagine hearing people say, well, it's nothing, it's just your it's your imagination. Well, no, it's not, you know, but we see way too much of that kind of thing happening in the world. So it's great that that you're able to do so much. What about in the in the professional world, or in just dealing with people and their lives? What? What kind of things are you able to do to, let's say, help support somebody who wants to go out and get a job?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 46:21 Sure? We point them to local resources that might be an expert in that. We also have navigation guides that might help them, that are a supplemental resource to our TSC navigator. We have adult topic calls and adult open forums so that they might also get guidance and advice from their peers that have walked that journey. So those are some of the resources that we will help people who want to get a job   Michael Hingson ** 46:55 do Centers for Independent Living help.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 47:00 Are you familiar with those? No, I'm not familiar. Sorry, I'm not familiar. So the   Michael Hingson ** 47:04 CIL system is a system of independent living centers. It really started, I don't know, but I think in Berkeley, it's centers that teach and advocate for the whole concept of being able to live independently, and deals a lot with physical disabilities, and I'm not sure how much the developmental disability world interacts in the CIL it may be a lot more of a physical thing than anything else.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 47:32 Well, always great to have new resources that we can share with our community. It's worth   Michael Hingson ** 47:38 exploring Absolutely, because it could very well lead to something that would be helpful, not sure, but it's always worth exploring. The arc is   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 47:47 another organization I was gonna ask about that frequently. Yes, we've, we've had a partnership with the arc in the past. Many of our community regions obviously work with local arc chapters. It is a partnership that we truly value, and they have a ton of resources that are available for individuals, seeking jobs, seeking Independent Living, seeking so or housing for families. So we don't need to replicate what somebody is already doing. Well, we will partner with that organization,   Michael Hingson ** 48:25 and that makes sense. There's no sense in replicating. It's all about collaborating, which makes a lot more sense to do. Anyway,   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 48:33 exactly we agree.   Michael Hingson ** 48:36 Well, so what are so, what are your your sort of long term goals from here? Oh,   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 48:45 long term goals from here? Well, we want to continue to improve quality of life for everyone. We want to make sure that there is adequate transition between childhood and adult in terms of medical care, independent living, or housing or schooling, or whatever that transition may employ, we really want to make sure that we continue the pipeline of new treatments. We want to drive towards a cure. We want to support and empower every family living with TSC. One of the things that we've really been able to do because of advocacy, is to grow the TSC research program at the Department of Defense. So this is a congressionally directed medical research program. There's been an appropriation for TSC since fiscal year, 2002 and cumulatively, 221 million has been appropriated for TSC research. We want to continue to grow that. But on a state level, we've also had some success in growing state funding for. TST clinics in particular states, and for TSC research at those institutes. So over 5.7 5 million have been advocated, have been appropriated from the states of Maryland and Missouri and Michigan and Alabama. So very excited about continuing to grow that that program, as I mentioned, I think getting on the newborn screening panel would be a game changer for TSC, complete game changer. And we want to continue to grow our advocates and grow those that are available as leaders in their communities to offer support to others.   Michael Hingson ** 50:39 So the funding comes through the Department of Defense. Why is that?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 50:44 It is a program that is high risk, high reward. You have to have some military relevance. So so for TSC, obviously, our connection to epilepsy and our mass models that are used for developing epilepsy medications, those mass models can also be used to look at traumatic brain injury. So that's a connection. It's high risk, high reward. So understanding the underlying biology of TSC and finding that genetic pathway that I mentioned was one of the hallmark achievements early on of this program. So it's, it's, it is so amazing. The early gene therapy work for TSC started at the TSC research program at the Department of Defense.   Michael Hingson ** 51:33 And I gather you're probably getting a lot of really good support from DOD. So   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 51:38 it doesn't come to the TSC Alliance, we advocate to make that funding available to researchers around the country. So we think of that as part of our mission for driving research. But we don't see a dime of that. Those dollars, they all go through Fort Detrick and through the Department of the Army, right? The other cool thing, though, Michael is we nominate consumer reviewers, so people that help advocate for these funds also sometimes get a seat at the table to say what research would be meaningful for their lives as a consumer. And that is a really cool, unique thing that happens.   Michael Hingson ** 52:21 Yeah, well, and I was asking about support, I was thinking more of their they're perfectly willing and pleased to be a part of this, and are really open to helping and really contributing to the research, because I would think it would help all the way around 100%   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 52:40 and the one thing is the TSC Alliance, the DOD and NIH. We all work together so that we're not duplicative. But we have, there was a research strategic plan that was developed out of a workshop at NIH that we all follow as kind of our guiding principle. We all do different things, and we all complement each other. So out of that NIH plan, for instance, a bio sample repository and preclinical consortium was recommended, and recommended that the TSC alliance is the patient advocacy group, be the one that started that and continues to make sure that those resources continue. That's just an example. Obviously, DOD does high risk, high reward. And NIH, you know, the prevent trial that I mentioned, the first preventative trial for epilepsy in United States, was funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. We helped educate the community so that people would want to participate.   Michael Hingson ** 53:46 Well, it's, I think, important and relevant to ask, how can people get involved? What can the rest of us all do?   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 53:54 Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you asked. Well, please go to TSC alliance.org, learn more about the organization. Become a volunteer. Help us. Help us with our walks, help us with our conferences. You can certainly get involved. If you're an individual with TSC and you want to get connected through social media, you can go to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, even Tiktok at the SC Alliance, we have very active discussion groups Michael that offer peer to peer support. 24/7 especially on Facebook, it is a private group, and those group of individuals and families have been so supportive for anyone walking this journey, you can call us at 1-800-225-6872, if you need support, you can ask for a support navigator. If you're interested in helping us with fundraising or making a donation, you can ask for our development department. If you want to volunteer, ask for. Community programs, we want all takers, and we're always also happy to talk with any organization, any nonprofit, that's wanting to pull together their programs, seek advice or work as a partner,   Michael Hingson ** 55:15 and what's the phone number? Again? 1-800-225-6872,   Michael Hingson ** 55:24 and the website is TSC   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 55:26 alliance.org,   Michael Hingson ** 55:29 cool. Well, I've asked lots of questions. Have I left anything out? Any other things that you think we ought to cover? I   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 55:37 think you did a great job. I would just say if anybody wants to join us at our 50th Anniversary Gala, we'd love to have you. TSD alliance.org, backslash 50 Gala. We will be celebrating october 25 at ciprianis in New York City, and we'd love to have you with us. Ooh, that sounds like it'd be fun. I know you gotta get your family to bring you this time. Well, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 56:07 if they're going to come, they should, should take me. I'm trying to think, I don't know whether I'll be anywhere near there at the time, but my schedule changes all the time, so it's sort of like everything else you never know. But I will keep that in mind, because it would be fun to come and get to meet you in person. I would love that. Well, I want to thank you for being here with us. This has been, needless to say, very educational and very enjoyable. And of course, as you know, I have the personal stake of a great nephew, but just being able to talk about it, to hear the progress that's being made as, I think, really crucial and really important to be able to let people be aware of and I hope that people who do hear this will get involved, will at least learn more about it. Have you written any books or anything? I have   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 56:57 not written any books. Oh, we got to get you to work. That's right, you're an inspiration.   Michael Hingson ** 57:04 Well, something to work on. You should? You should write a book about it all. That'd be a new project. It's not that you don't have enough to do, though. That's   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 57:13 right. Michael, I'm too busy taking care of our community right now, but when I retire, that might be something I think about. Well, there   Michael Hingson ** 57:21 you go. Well, I want to thank you again for being here. This has been, I will say, enjoyable, but it's been most educational. I've learned a lot, and I appreciate your time, and I hope that, as I said, everyone else has as well. So I want to thank you for being here, and anytime in the future you want to come back and talk some more about what's going on and tell us about other new, revolutionary changes and so on. You are always welcome.   Kari Luther Rosbeck ** 57:46 Thank you. Michael, I'd love to come back. Well, thank   Michael Hingson ** 57:50 you again, and let's do it anytime you'd like, Okay, you got it.   **Michael Hingson ** 58:01 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. 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Tony and Ryan discuss recent news headlines that underscore the need for training and safety focus, as well as what OEM leadership changes and the upcoming U.S. presidential election mean for school bus manufacturing. Jo Mascorro, upcoming TSD keynote speaker and an independent consultant with over 46 years of experience in the field of education, addresses treating the bus as an extension of the classroom, utilizing proper staff training and communication, and supporting and training students on good bus behavior. Read more about special needs.

Everybody has a story...Temple's could help save a life! Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes grew up in South Carolina and spent the earlier part of her career as a business owner. Having served three years of military service in the United States Army Reserves, Temple became a Science of Mind minister in 1991 and an ordained Unity Minister in 2007. Described as a prophet and mystic for our times and the new spiritual leader the world needs today, Temple Hayes is a Difference Maker, Spiritual Leader, Author, International Motivational Speaker, Humanitarian, Life Rights Advocate, Shamanic Practitioner, and President and Founder of Life Rights and Global Peace Workers. She has served many years globally as a Spiritual Leader of New Thought communities that transcend religious denominations, embrace all ethnicities, and reach beyond national borders, as well as on the leadership team of the Association of Global New Thought. Temple authored the following books: “The Right to Be You,” “How to Speak Unity,” and “When Did You Die?”. She is a contributing author to the inspiring book “Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy”, “Mayhem to Miracles” and “Meditation” by Sacred Publishing. She also shares inspiration with her listeners on her podcast “The Intentional Spirit”. Connect with Dr. Temple Hayes online at www.templehayes.com or listen to The Temple Hayes Podcast “On Fire For Life” at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-rqiwLZWaKCp_4FM-JU6jCr28eAJ3zC  ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Tuesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story...Brooke's could help save a life! In this conversation, Nate and Brooke Robichaud discuss various topics including the importance of community in recovery, the evolution of Brooke's business and how social media can be a great way to find support.  They also touch on the “meaning of life” and the challenges of imposter syndrome. Brooke shares her journey of building businesses and finding her passion for website design and branding. The conversation highlights the power of community and the endless possibilities in recovery and entrepreneurship. Brooke Robichaud shares her journey of starting her own business and the lessons she has learned along the way. She emphasizes the importance of taking risks and learning from mistakes. Brooke also discusses the evolution of her brand and the value of building a community of like-minded individuals. She talks about the challenges of work-life balance and the need to set boundaries. Brooke shares her acronym ASS (Attract, Serve, Sell) for creating content on social media and highlights the importance of building an email list.  She offers hope to those in early recovery, encouraging them to dream and persevere through the challenges. Connect with Brooke online at www.soberbizco.com or on Instagram at soberbizco. Keywords TikTok, Shure MV7 Plus, community, recovery, entrepreneurship, website design, branding, starting a business, taking risks, learning from mistakes, brand evolution, building a community, work-life balance, setting boundaries, content creation, social media, email list, early recovery, perseverance Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:00 New Office Spaces and TikTok 04:58 Exploring the Shure MV7 Plus Microphone 08:01 The Power of Community in Recovery and Entrepreneurship 11:05 Building a Business and Finding Purpose 13:13 Dealing with Imposter Syndrome and Embracing New Opportunities 18:07 Building a Community and Brand Evolution 23:34 Creating Effective Content on Social Media 26:44 The Power of an Email List 34:01 Persevering Through Challenges in Early Recovery ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story...Lucy's could help save a life! Today's episode is dedicated to Lucy K. Phillips 1987-2023 Visit theluckiestclub.com for more information on “The Luckiest Club” Music by: Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: A0GHUKBSMCEWTTB6 ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story...Al's could help save a life! Al Richards shares his personal story of addiction and recovery, highlighting the importance of finding support and connection. He discusses the challenges he faced, including losing his job and his marriage, and the impact it had on his life. Al also talks about the Healing Utah Success Summit, an event he co-founded to provide support and resources for those struggling with addiction, suicide, and domestic violence. He emphasizes the power of therapy, both professional and through podcasting, in his own healing journey. Al offers hope to listeners by encouraging them to seek help, build a support network, and allow themselves to feel their emotions. Visit https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-other-side-of-addiction-al-richards-GEpFlsnei4T/  OR Connect with Al online at: https://www.facebook.com/mralrichards/  Keywords addiction, recovery, support, connection, challenges, Healing Utah Success Summit, therapy, hope Takeaways Seek support and connection in the recovery community Build a network of like-minded individuals who understand your struggles Find healthy outlets for stress and emotions Embrace therapy and professional help as part of the healing journey Allow yourself to feel your emotions and seek help when needed Sound Bites "The opposite of addiction is connection." "Start building your pouch. Just like construction workers with their pouch, add tools to make your journey easier." "Allow yourself to feel your feelings. Don't be ashamed to show your emotions." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:18 Al's Personal Story of Addiction and Recovery 06:38 Supporting Others in Recovery: The Healing Utah Success Summit 14:55 Collaboration with Mallory and Future Projects 21:25 Becoming an International Certified Crisis and Recovery Coach 27:38 The Impact of Al's Podcast and Where to Find It 31:42 Offering Hope and Encouragement ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself!  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story...Kirk's could help save a life! In this conversation, Nate interviews Kirk Buxton, the founder of Kirk's Probiotic Soda, about his personal journey of addiction and recovery, as well as his entrepreneurial journey. Kirk shares how he reached a point of desperation in his addiction and decided to seek a path to recovery. He emphasizes the importance of community and having a sponsor in his recovery journey. Kirk also discusses how his own health issues led him to start Kirk's Probiotic Soda and the impact of gut health on overall well-being. He shares his short-term goals of prioritizing his personal well-being and surrounding himself with positive people. The conversation ends with a message of hope for those who are still struggling with addiction.  Visit https://kirksprobioticsoda.com/ OR Connect with Kirk online at: https://www.instagram.com/kirksprobioticsoda  Keywords addiction, recovery, entrepreneurship, community, sponsor, gut health, probiotic soda, well-being, hope Takeaways Reaching a point of desperation can be a catalyst for seeking a path to recovery. Having a sponsor and participating in a community like Narcotics Anonymous can be instrumental in the recovery journey. Gut health plays a significant role in overall well-being, and probiotics can have a positive impact on mental health. Prioritizing personal well-being and surrounding oneself with positive people are essential for success in recovery and entrepreneurship. There is hope for those who are still struggling with addiction, and taking small steps towards recovery can lead to positive change. Sound Bites "I'm just gonna die a heroin addict. So I accepted that was gonna be my fate." "One thing you stop doing is causing more damage. So that has paused. And that's relief for everybody around you." "The community and the support of other people who get you is the one constant in recovery." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:23 Kirk's Personal Journey of Addiction and Recovery 11:12 The Power of Community and Having a Sponsor 15:28 The Impact of Gut Health on Overall Well-being 19:20 Kirk's Probiotic Soda: From Personal Health Issues to Entrepreneurship 23:25 Prioritizing Personal Well-being in Entrepreneurship 26:33 Finding Hope in Small Steps Towards Recovery ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself!  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story...Adriana's could help save a life! Dr. Adriana Popescu, a licensed psychologist and addiction and trauma specialist, discusses the importance of taking a holistic approach to mental health and recovery. She emphasizes the need to explore alternative perspectives and modalities, such as energy work and trauma-based therapies, in addition to traditional methods. Dr. Popescu encourages individuals to question their core beliefs and discover new aspects of themselves in the healing process. She also highlights the role of community and connection in recovery and the importance of personalized treatment plans. The conversation provides hope and inspiration for those seeking recovery and mental wellness. Connect with Dr. Adriana Popescu online at www.adrianapopescu.org  Keywords holistic approach, mental health, recovery, alternative perspectives, energy work, trauma-based therapies, core beliefs, personalized treatment plans, community, connection Takeaways Take a holistic approach to mental health and recovery, exploring alternative perspectives and modalities. Question your core beliefs and discover new aspects of yourself in the healing process. Recognize the importance of community and connection in recovery. Seek personalized treatment plans that cater to your individual needs. Sound Bites "Please don't give up hope. There are so many other ways to heal." "What if it isn't about fixing something that's broken, but changing the lens through which you see it?" "You're discovering something new about yourself that you didn't know was there." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Technical Difficulties 03:46 Crossing Paths with TJ Woodward 06:21 Finding Hope in Dark Times 09:26 Finding Outlets for Healing 11:57 The Kaleidoscope of Possibilities Podcast 16:07 Thinking Outside the Box in Recovery 18:42 The Personalized Journey of Recovery 20:49 Exploring Energy Therapy 25:07 Questioning What We've Been Told About Mental Health 28:40 The Process of Discovery in Recovery 31:12 Upcoming Topics on the Podcast 33:28 Conclusion and Farewell ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself!  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story…Hayley's could help save a life! In this conversation, Nate and Hayley discuss their personal journeys in recovery and how their perspectives have evolved over time. They explore the idea that recovery is not a one-size-fits-all journey and that different modalities and approaches can work for different people. They also touch on the importance of shifting the focus away from alcohol and towards personal growth and self-discovery. Hayley shares her experience with the Harmonic Egg, a unique sound and light therapy, and how it has helped her with seasonal affective disorder.  Hayley Scherders shares her experiences with different modalities for healing and personal growth, including sensory deprivation tanks and giving up coffee. She discusses how these practices have helped her manage anxiety and find a sense of calm and openness. Hayley emphasizes the importance of curiosity, willingness, and finding support in the recovery journey. She also recommends resources such as the free 30-day alcohol experiment by This Naked Mind. Takeaways Recovery is a personal journey and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Different modalities and approaches work for different people. Shifting the focus away from alcohol and towards personal growth and self-discovery is important in recovery. Trying new things and being open to different experiences can lead to personal growth and a deeper understanding of oneself. The Harmonic Egg, a unique sound and light therapy, can be beneficial for conditions like seasonal affective disorder. Exploring different modalities for healing and personal growth can lead to profound shifts in anxiety and overall well-being. Sensory deprivation tanks can provide a sense of calm and openness, helping to release anxiety and physical pain. Giving up coffee can have positive effects on anxiety levels and overall well-being, and it's important to find alternative drinks or rituals to replace the habit. Curiosity and willingness are key in the recovery journey, and surrounding oneself with supportive communities and resources can be incredibly helpful. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Catching Up 04:09 Hayley's Personal Journey in Recovery 06:21 The Evolution of Recovery 09:21 Trying New Things and Personal Growth 15:16 Shifting the Focus: From Alcohol to Personal Growth Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to [www.podcastnate.com](http://www.podcastnate.com) and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at [www.thesobrietydiaries.com](http://www.thesobrietydiaries.com)  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: [[[[www.youtube.com/natekelly       ](http://www.youtube.com/natekelly  ) Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself!  ---------------- Music: [www.bensound.com](http://www.bensound.com)  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody has a story...Michael's could help save a life! In this conversation, Nate interviews Mike Ayala-White, the founder of Wayward Coaching, about his personal journey with recovery and his work as a crisis and recovery coach. Mike shares how trauma and neglect in his early life led to addiction and how he eventually sought help and began his path to recovery. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the difference between guilt and shame and the role of connection in overcoming addiction. Mike also discusses the incorporation of body work and somatic practices in his coaching programs. He recommends the book 'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts' by Gabor Mate as a valuable resource for understanding addiction and humanizing those who struggle with it. Connect with Michael online at: https://wayward-coaching.com/  The Autumn Balloon by Kenny Porpora: https://a.co/d/0iR6Gxgk  In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate: https://a.co/d/0cMKlbvK  Keywords recovery, addiction, trauma, neglect, coaching, shame, guilt, connection, body work, somatic practices Takeaways Addiction is often a result of trauma or neglect, and recovery involves addressing the underlying issues and learning new coping mechanisms. The difference between guilt and shame is important to understand. Guilt is feeling bad about something you've done, while shame is feeling fundamentally flawed as a person. The opposite of addiction is connection, and finding a supportive community is crucial in the recovery process. Incorporating body work and somatic practices can help individuals regulate their emotions and reconnect with their bodies. Recommended resources include the book 'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts' by Gabor Mate and 12-step programs for addiction recovery. Sound Bites "The opposite of addiction is connection." "Toxic shame drowns out curiosity about yourself." "Your body is not an adversary, your body is an ally." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Setting the Tone 03:27 Michael Ayala-White's Personal Journey to Recovery 11:10 Understanding Guilt and Shame 25:38 Incorporating Body Work and Somatic Practices 34:23 Recommended Resources for Early Recovery Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to [www.podcastnate.com](http://www.podcastnate.com) and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at [www.thesobrietydiaries.com](http://www.thesobrietydiaries.com)  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: [[[www.youtube.com/natekelly        Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself!  ---------------- Music: [www.bensound.com](http://www.bensound.com)  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5,6,7,8 - it's Claire Richards! Star of the iconic group Steps, this week Claire joined us for brunch at mine. Despite deafening us all when I had a slight kitchen mishap and set fire to the bacon, we had a lovely time with Claire! We learned about how she started her career by entering karaoke competitions, her first job working for Burger King, her irrational fear of spag bol as a child, the first success she had in a girl band (called TSD), her wonderful friendship with Rylan, and she also admits to having a crush on Peter Andre too! Claire, next time I think we need to taste an authentic Pasta a la Clara, complete with tinned tomato soup! The brand new tour ‘Everybody Dance' with Claire will be across the UK through October & November, plus the Steps musical ‘Here & Now' launches in Birmingham in November. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.