Podcasts about Underneath

Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich talks to Freya and Blake, a couple in their mid-40s with two young children who are facing one of the most urgent financial situations we've seen on the show. Together, they earn around $143K a year, but their fixed costs are at 102%, they have $0 in savings, only $180 invested, and more than $96K in debt. Freya applied because she feared they were close to becoming homeless. On the surface, their problem looks like debt. Underneath, it's avoidance, guilt, lack of partnership, and years of “we'll figure it out later.” Freya carries the emotional labour of the household and money decisions, while Blake admits he avoids the numbers and tries to solve problems by simply making more money. Ramit helps them confront the reality of their situation, stop tinkering around the edges, and build a radical plan that gives their family a chance to get stable. In this episode we uncover: • Why Freya and Blake are spending more than they make every month • How their fixed costs reached 102% of their income • Why having a $143K income still isn't enough when there's no system • The $96K debt number that forces them to face reality • Why Freya feels like she has to manage everything alone • Blake's “ostrich” approach to money and avoidance • How trips, skiing, and everyday spending became symptoms of a bigger issue • Why being intelligent doesn't protect you from bad money decisions • The emotional cost of having $0 in savings with two young children • How childhood, privilege, resentment, and guilt shaped their money habits • Why hustling stops working once fixed costs get too high • Ramit's warning that they are weeks away from not being able to pay rent • Why Blake may need to aggressively increase his income • How they move from blame and panic into a shared plan • Their follow-up reflections on what finally felt doable Chapters: (00:01:20) Meet Freya and Blake (00:03:30) Why Freya applied to speak with Ramit (00:05:23) “Do you want to have a budget conversation?” (00:05:56) The skiing trip that became a money fight (00:08:22) The Mexico trip they couldn't afford (00:13:52) Savings are gone and the safety net has disappeared (00:15:16) Freya carries the planning, groceries, kids, and money stress (00:21:54) Looking at the Conscious Spending Plan together (00:24:01) The real debt and net worth numbers land (00:31:24) Why 102% fixed costs means they are broke (00:32:04) Ramit warns they are weeks away from not paying rent (00:34:54) Childhood money lessons and blame (00:43:57) Borrowing money to avoid eviction (00:48:11) Blake's belief that more income will solve everything (00:57:14) Guilt, family, and saying yes when they should say no (01:03:00) Defining a realistic Rich Life from where they are now (01:08:30) Childcare costs disappearing (01:15:03) Freya asks Blake to help with grocery planning (01:18:00) Why savings comes before debt payoff right now (01:34:00) Why the plan finally feels doable This episode is brought to you by: Grow Therapy | Visit https://growtherapy.com/ramit to find a therapist today. LMNT | Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with any order at https://drinklmnt.com/RAMIT MasterClass | For unlimited access to every class and at least 15% off any annual membership, go to https://masterclass.com/ramit Facet | As of the date of this recording, Facet is waiving the enrollment fee for new annual members, and for my audience, Facet is offering $300 into your brokerage account if you invest and maintain $5,000 within your first 90 days. Head to facet.com/ramit to learn more about which membership option is best for you. Offer has been extended to 12/31/2026. #FacetAd Connect with Ramit • Get my new book, Money For Couples • Get Money Coaching with Ramit  • Download the Conscious Spending Plan • Listen to my book—now on Audible • Get my New York Times best-selling book • Get my no-numbers journal • Other episodes • Instagram • Twitter • YouTube Have you or your partner realised you're paying a 1% financial advisor hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees over your lifetime? Maybe you feel stuck because they're your “family money guy,” If so, I want to talk. Apply to be on my podcast at https://iwt.com/apply

The clock has beaten Brian Burns twice. June 4th at the HOKA Festival of Miles, he plans to return the favor. Burns, a senior at Bentonville High School and committed to UNC Chapel Hill, joins the show eight days out from Festival of Miles—fresh off a ladder workout that confirmed what his coaches have been telling him all spring: he is in 3:57 shape. The gap between where he is and where he needs to be is not fitness, it's a finish line.The episode traces the full arc of how Burns got here. Growing up in Missouri, watching his older brother Connor run 3:50 at Festival of Miles as a junior. A DNF at the Midwest XC regionals that humbled him and quietly redirected him. The mid-year transfer to Bentonville and what it meant to walk into a program run by Coach Mike Power, a former Olympian who has since become one of his most important influences alongside his father, Marc, who coaches the University of Arkansas women's cross country program.Underneath all of it runs one goal: becoming the first pair of brothers in high school history to both break four minutes in the mile. Connor did it in 2023 at this exact meet. Brian was there. He watched their dad sprint toward the finish line and followed without really knowing why. This time, he knows exactly why.Last year at the Festival, Burns finished last in 4:10. This year, things feel different.Tap into the Brian Burns Special.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider following us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and giving us a five-star review! I would also appreciate it if you share it with your friend who you think will benefit from it.S H O W  N O T E S   -The Run Down By The Running Effect (our new newsletter!): https://tinyurl.com/mr36s9rs-Our Website: https://therunningeffect.run  -THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLcLIDAqmJBTHeyWJx_wFQ-My Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/therunningeffect/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠-Take our podcast survey: https://tinyurl.com/3ua62ffzInstagram: @brianburnsy_ 

Every Bitcoin Layer 2 quietly depends on a trusted operator to order transactions and that's the single point of failure Jeremy Rubin wants to kill. In this MIT Bitcoin Expo conversation with Bitcoin Magazine's Shinobi, Rubin breaks down Char Network, a decentralized shared sequencer that lets anyone participate like a miner. He explains how staked Bitcoin gets burned the moment a participant cheats, and why anchoring proof of stake to Bitcoin avoids the pitfalls of standalone PoS chains.Grab your copy THE 2036 ISSUE

Two decades ago, I graduated university.I took a job writing copy for a small online business that rented holiday properties, and my role was to add content for the search engines to bring in traffic.It was a 9-to-5 kind of thing.I liked my employer and coworkers. And the job itself, I voraciously learned as much as I could and pumped out all the work that was assigned to me.Pretty soon, I was able to finish my output by lunchtime. And when I asked for more, my employer offered it. And this went on for a few months.Eventually, there came a time when my employer told me, “we don't have more to assign today.”My response was, “Okay… well can I go home?” which seemed reasonable enough. I wasn't even asking to be paid for the hours.Her response: “No, you can't go home. You have to remain at your desk.”I couldn't believe it. A part of me rebelled. I couldn't imagine sitting at a desk for hours every afternoon, needing to ‘make up work' that was unncessary, rather than having the freedom to do my own thing.A quiet voice spoke to me. This isn't for you. You are meant for more.I tried to stuff it down, reminding myself of the practical, real-world responsibilities I had at the time. Paying rent. Buying groceries. Saving for a mortgage. But still, the quiet voice wouldn't relent.A fire burned deeper than my practical fears. This was the First Fire of my soul. And I couldn't put it out.Well, I didn't last much longer at the job before striking out on my own. I began publishing an online magazine called Brave New Traveler, which featured my own writings alongside guest authors, that spoke to the magic and mystery of travelling off the beaten path.From there, I was noticed and invited to join a larger travel publishing network with a global reach. Somewhere in there, I also became a documentary filmmaker - recognizing the power of the medium to change the world and shift consciousness en masse in a short period of time.And so I followed the calling of my soul. I produced films like Sacred Economics and Occupy Love.I loved the collaboration, the storytelling, and the impact. But behind the scenes, there was heartbreak. In the middle of that momentum, after a decade together, my marriage crumbled.It wasn't just a legal separation - it was the total dismantling of the world I had known for my entire adulthood. I was cast out of the home and the life we had shared, once again adrift. The stability I had built, the shared vision of our future had turned to ash. I was awash in the wreckage of a life I thought was certain, navigating a depth of grief I wasn't prepared for.In the wake of that collapse, I threw myself even deeper into the craft. I produced films like Amplify Her, Lost Nation Road, and The Village of Lovers. Filmmaking became the outlet of my creative soul and my search for meaning.I met a new partner & became a father.But then, about 5 years ago… I remember feeling that small voice inside again… clear, grounded, and directive.It's time to shift. You have achieved what you intended with your films. You have said what you wanted to say.It was the closing of this chapter, this first fire. And the beginning of the next.It was few years before this that I encountered ‘men's work.' At the Tamera research village in Portugal, I sat in my first intergenerational men's circle. Young men and old men, wrestling with masculinity and how to show up powerful and in service to life. A frequency I had never experienced before was transmitted. And I was changed.I returned home and attended the New Warrior Training Adventure with the Mankind Project. I was taken on a descent and return, and I rediscovered a core trust in men that I didn't know I had lost.A few years after, I began publishing The Mythic Masculine podcast, to explore the mythopoetic lineage and the role of archetypes, ritual, and culture work in the modern world. Somewhere in there, my film career began to fall away.The Second Fire of my life was kindled, and is now ablaze.For the last two years, alongside in-person and online transformational containers, I've been working 1:1 with men, usually between the ages of 30 and 60.Many of them come because of a specific challenge or pattern that I find intimately familiar to my own story.What I offer them is what I've had to learn myself: Archetypal maps to name what's happening beneath the surface. Somatic practices to move it through the body. Ritual practices to mark the death of the old identity and authorize the new one.Here's what I've come to realize: None of these challenges are isolated. Underneath, they are all connected by a deeper shift.It would be easy to call it a “midlife crisis.” That's what this culture tends to do. But none of that addresses the deeper stirring of the soul, which is what these breakdowns actually represent.James Hollis calls it the Midlife Passage. It's an opportunity to ask the sometimes frightening, always liberating, question: “Who am I apart from my history and the roles I have played?”When we discover that we have been living what constitutes a “false self,” that we have been enacting a “provisional adulthood,” then we open the possibility for the second adulthood—our true personhood.Maybe you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s. On paper, your life is “fine.” But beneath the noise of your responsibilities, there is that voice.Maybe it's whispering: “There has to be more than this.”Today I'm announcing a new 1:1 mentorship container for men, designed for this threshold.It's called The Second Fire.It's not about optimizing your productivity, or biohacking your body. It's about apprenticing yourself to your soul.Men, if you're stirred by this invitation, and feel at the beginning (or in the midst) of this passage, then this invitation is for you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themythicmasculine.substack.com/subscribe

Starting and stopping is rarely about discipline.   Most of the time it is a trust problem that runs underneath everything else.   Not trusting the process and not trusting yourself to follow through creates a cycle that gets harder to break the longer it runs.   Every incomplete attempt adds to a history that starts feeling like evidence.   What rebuilds the trust is not a better plan.   It is one kept promise that proves the pattern can change. BOOK A CALL WITH PERRY: http://talktoperry.com TEXT ME: (208) 400-5095 JOIN MY FREE COMMUNITY: http://upsidedownfit.com The Legacy Continues with Syona: https://sharesyona.co/?url=perrytinsley RESOURCES Best Probiotic for Gut Health: https://bit.ly/probyo Best Focus & Memory Product: https://bit.ly/dryvefocus Daily Success Habits (Free Download): morningsuccesshabits.com WOW! You made it all the way down here. I'm seriously impressed! Most people stop scrolling way earlier. You officially rock, my friend.

Connection Without Agreement How Men Stay Connected Even When They Disagree There was a time when hard conversations felt occasional. Maybe they showed up around the Thanksgiving table. Maybe every four years during election season. Maybe in a few tense moments with family or friends. But that is not where we are anymore. Now disagreement is everywhere. Politics. Religion. Gender conversations. Marriage. Parenting. Social media. Friendships. Family systems. Workplaces. Many of us are carrying tension constantly. And a lot of men feel stuck between two unhealthy options: avoid hard conversations completely, or become emotionally reactive and argumentative all the time. At AMG, we want to offer a better path. This conversation is not about agreeing with everybody. It is not about abandoning our values. It is not about becoming friends with everyone. And it is definitely not about tolerating unhealthy behavior. This is about emotional maturity. How do we stay human with each other when tension shows up? Because connection does not require agreement. And emotional safety does not mean emotional comfort. Why Disagreement Feels So Personal Most men can tolerate disagreement more than they realize. What is often harder is the feeling underneath it. Shame. Judgment. Stereotyping. Feeling reduced. Feeling unseen. A lot of men are not reacting only to disagreement itself. They are reacting to the feeling that someone already decided who they are before getting curious about them. And that hurts. Underneath many hard conversations is a deeper human question: Am I still safe with you if we see things differently? That question shows up in more places than we may realize. We see it online all the time. People reduce one another into categories. Political labels. Religious labels. Identity labels. Most of the time without really knowing the person. To some degree, this is a human tendency. Not because we are evil, but because uncertainty can feel threatening. Our nervous systems want predictability. We want to quickly decide: Is this person safe? Are they for me or against me? Do I belong with this person or not? Categorizing people can temporarily make us feel less vulnerable. But it usually comes at the cost of connection. The moment someone becomes a category instead of a human being, curiosity often gets replaced by self-protection. And when people stop feeling understood, they stop feeling emotionally safe. We can often feel this happen in our bodies. We tighten up. We prepare our argument. We stop listening as openly. We start defending instead of connecting. For many of us, defensiveness rises the moment we feel assumed, misunderstood, or minimized. Especially when someone acts like they already know our perspective without asking real questions. Or when the complexity of an issue gets flattened into a quick, shallow response. Underneath that is often a painful feeling: You are not actually trying to understand me. And eventually: I do not feel emotionally safe with you right now. That is where many men disconnect. Not simply because someone sees things differently, but because they no longer feel emotionally known by each other. And if we are honest, most of us have contributed to that at times. We have become reactive. We have assumed motives. We have wanted to win instead of understand. We have lost curiosity when we felt emotionally threatened. That is why this conversation matters. Debate Is Not the Same as Connection A lot of men believe they are communicating when they are actually protecting themselves. Quality communication requires authenticity and vulnerability. When we notice ourselves putting on armor in a conversation, that is often a sign that we do not feel safe enough to talk openly. So we move into debate mode. Logic mode. Correction mode. Analysis mode. Because intellectual certainty often feels safer than emotional vulnerability. It is easier to argue about ideas than to admit: That actually scared me. That hurt me. I feel dismissed. I feel powerless. I feel misunderstood. Sometimes debate becomes a socially acceptable way to avoid emotional exposure. We start trying to win instead of trying to understand. And the moment winning becomes the goal, connection usually starts weakening. We can feel this physically too. Our chest tightens. Our speech speeds up. We interrupt more. We stop listening. We start trying to prove. Without even realizing it, the goal of the conversation shifts from connection to self-protection. A lot of men confuse that with strength. But mature masculinity is not domination. It is not emotional shutdown. It is not having the perfect argument. Real strength is staying grounded enough to remain curious even when tension shows up. Curiosity Creates Connection One of the biggest shifts we can make is learning to see people as human instead of reducing them into someone we need to correct. Because correction usually creates defensiveness. Curiosity creates connection. Correction says: Let me fix your thinking. Curiosity says: Help me understand your experience. That changes everything. Most people want understanding before evaluation. And we can usually feel the difference immediately when someone is genuinely curious about us versus when they are simply waiting for their turn to prove us wrong. Curiosity slows a conversation down. It helps people feel human again. That does not mean we abandon wisdom or boundaries. It does not mean we tolerate abuse. It does not mean endless emotional labor. And it does not mean agreement. Someone can feel deeply understood by us and still know we disagree with them. That is maturity. Instead of saying: That does not make sense. We can say: Help me understand how you got there. Instead of saying: You are wrong. We can say: I see this differently, but I want to understand your perspective. That tone alone can change the nervous system of a conversation. What This Looks Like in Real Life This matters in more than public discourse. It matters in marriage. Parenting. Friendships. Faith communities. Men's groups. Workplaces. Everyday relationships. It matters when we think our wife is attacking us and our first instinct is to defend instead of slow down. It matters when a friend brings up politics and we feel ourselves start preparing a rebuttal instead of staying curious. It matters when a hard topic enters a men's group and the room starts tightening because no one knows how to stay honest without becoming reactive. In those moments, emotional maturity is not about having no reaction. It is about noticing our reaction without letting it take over. A Simple Challenge for This Week This week, notice where you become defensive. Pay attention to what happens in your body. Do you tighten up? Talk faster? Interrupt? Withdraw? Shut down internally? And before correcting someone, ask one curious question. That one shift may open more connection than a perfect argument ever could. Final Thought At AMG, we do not believe healthy connection requires sameness. We believe men can stay grounded, honest, and relational even when disagreement exists. Connection without agreement is possible. But it takes emotional maturity. It takes self-awareness. It takes curiosity. And it takes the courage to stay human when tension shows up. That is the kind of strength we want to build.

Today, I'm breaking down a topic that comes up all the time: narcissism. This is a word we hear everywhere now, especially online and on social media, but it is often misunderstood and overused. In this episode, I explain what narcissism really is, what narcissistic traits can look like, where they come from, and how to know the difference between narcissistic tendencies and narcissistic personality disorder. I also answer some of the biggest questions I receive around this topic: Can someone heal from narcissism? How do you know if you are a narcissist? Why do you keep attracting narcissistic relationships? Can you change a narcissistic partner? And how do you navigate a relationship with a narcissistic parent? This episode is not about labeling or blaming. It is about understanding the deeper shame, wounding, and identity patterns underneath narcissism, while also learning how to protect your energy, build your self-worth, and create healthier relationships from your Adult Chair. Key Takeaways Narcissism is a term that is often overused, especially online and on social media Narcissistic traits can include needing to be the center of attention, lacking empathy, deflecting criticism, and struggling to take responsibility Underneath narcissistic behavior is often deep shame and a false identity built around being seen as special, perfect, or superior Narcissism can develop when a child is placed on a pedestal or when a child is neglected and creates a false self to survive Narcissistic traits exist on a spectrum, and narcissistic personality disorder is at the far end of that spectrum If someone is genuinely worried they may be a narcissist, that awareness is often a hopeful sign You cannot change a narcissistic partner unless they truly want to do their own inner work Repeatedly attracting narcissistic relationships often points to old wounds, beliefs, and patterns that need to be updated When a parent is narcissistic, healing often requires grief, boundaries, self-worth work, and sometimes no contact Resources from this Episode: Free Self-Worth Course The Adult Chair® Collective MORE MICHELLE CHALFANT Website: https://www.michellechalfant.com Membership: The Adult Chair Collective https://www.michellechalfant.com/collective  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themichellechalfant Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMichelleChalfant The Adult Chair® Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadultchair YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Michellechalfant

  If you've been listening to the last few weeks of the Daily Shift — the burnout series, the grief series, the anxiety and uncertainty series — this episode is going to connect some dots that might change everything. Because underneath most burnout is a people pleaser who couldn't say no. Underneath most anxiety is a people pleaser who is terrified of disapproval. And underneath most grief is a people pleaser who lost themselves trying to keep everyone else okay. In today's episode, Celeste names the thread that connects it all. If you've been wondering why the same patterns keep showing up in different areas of your life, this one is going to give you the answer. Today's shift: Ask yourself honestly — how much of what I'm carrying right now is the result of saying yes when I needed to say no? Events Store Follow Celeste podcast page on tick tock , facebook and instagram Follow STWYT Wellness center on tick tock , facebook and instagram

Conflicts in relationship — where your assumptions are the invisible thing running every hard conversation you have.In this episode, Georgianna and Steph walk through the conscious and unconscious assumptions we bring into hard conversations — the ones that decide the outcome before the conversation starts. Georgianna shares the prompt she uses with couples to surface what's actually underneath, and walks through her four-category framework: assumptions about yourself, about your partner, about the situation, and about relationships. Steph names the patterns that show up when desperate attachment runs the room — including her own history of trying to get a therapist to fix her partner instead of getting curious about herself.They also work a live somatic practice on air: noticing an unhelpful assumption, feeling it in the body, then choosing a more helpful one and noticing what shifts. The whole practice takes under two minutes. The point is to grow the muscle before you need it — because the nervous system only reaches for what it's already practiced.What You'll Learn:Why "not actively yelling" and "regulated enough to talk" are not the same — and how to tell the differenceThe four categories of assumptions every conflict conversation carries (and prompts to surface them)How your body knows your assumptions before your mind does, and how to tap inThe difference between claiming you're curious and actually being curious — and the physical anchor that closes the gapHow to assume good intentions with discernmentA two-minute somatic practice you can use before any hard conversationResources Mentioned:Somatic Integration Sessions — twice-monthly live body-based practices, where this work happens in communityConscious Relationship Training (CRT) — our 10-week live cohort training, twice yearly. Where you practice this with real activation and real people.The Self-Compassionate Body-Based Toolkit — for self-paced, self-led practiceIf you're tired of having the same conversation over and over again, this episode is a way through the invisible layer that's causing the problem — plus what to do instead.Keywords: conscious relationship podcast, relational patterns, inner work podcast, somatic shadow work, nervous system regulation, conflict in relationships

A child screaming over shoes, melting down after school, or exploding over a tiny disappointment may look defiant from the outside. But in this episode, Dana Kay explains why many ADHD behaviors are not simply "bad behavior," attention-seeking, or manipulation. Often, they are signs of a nervous system under stress. Dana shares one of the biggest mindset shifts she  had as both a practitioner and a parent: behavior is usually the last thing happening in the chain. Underneath the meltdown may be blood sugar crashes, gut inflammation, food sensitivities, poor sleep, mouth breathing, nutrient deficiencies, or chronic inflammation. When those stressors stack, the brain and body can shift into survival mode. In this solo episode, Dana walks parents through the biology beneath ADHD behavior, including why after-school meltdowns are so common, how the gut-brain connection can affect mood and focus, and why stable fuel matters for emotional regulation. Most importantly, she reminds parents that understanding biology does not mean removing boundaries. It means learning to respond with more clarity, compassion, and strategy. LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/ https://dana-kay.com/ https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/book/ https://bit.ly/3GAbFQl https://info.adhdthriveinstitute.com/parentingadhd https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/packages/ KEY TAKEAWAYS [00:44] Dana introduces the idea that the child may not be fighting the parent. Their body may be fighting to survive. [01:47] Dana sets up one of the biggest mindset shifts she has had as both a practitioner and a parent. [02:10] Behavior is usually the last thing happening in the chain, which means parents need to ask what is happening underneath it. [02:46] Many ADHD kids are carrying a heavy stress load, and when the body is overloaded, behavior can fall apart. [02:54] Dana shares the Costco meltdown story with her son Oliver and how it became a turning point in how she viewed his reactions. [04:47] When a child's nervous system is overloaded, the brain can shift into survival mode quickly. [06:49] Signs like hunger meltdowns, after-school crashes, tiny disappointments feeling huge, and fast mood shifts are not random. [07:01] After-school meltdowns are often a clue that a child has been masking and holding everything together all day. [08:44] Dana explains that ADHD symptoms often have stacked stressors underneath them, including blood sugar crashes, gut inflammation, food sensitivities, mouth breathing, nutrient deficiencies, and chronic inflammation. [10:06] Stable fuel matters because the brain cannot regulate properly when blood sugar is crashing. [10:13] Dana explains why the gut-brain connection is one of the biggest light bulb moments in understanding ADHD symptoms. [11:57] Understanding biology does not mean removing boundaries. It changes how parents interpret and respond to behavior. [12:43] Dana encourages parents to start simple by looking for patterns instead of reacting immediately. [15:05] Dana closes with the reminder that a child is not broken. Their behavior is communication. MEMORABLE MOMENTS "Their body may be fighting to survive." "But behavior is usually the last thing happening in the chain." "And when the body is overloaded, behavior goes out the window." "His reactions, they weren't random, you know, and that realization changed everything." "Those aren't random." "Home is the place, their body, their nervous system finally feels safe enough to unravel." "If the brain does not have stable fuel, it can't regulate properly." "Just because symptoms are showing up behaviorally doesn't mean the root issue is purely behavioral." DANA KAY RESOURCES

The wooded lot itself was mixed scrub of the sort that grows in the disturbed soil along an interstate corridor in central Florida. Pine. Palmetto. A few scrub oaks. Spanish moss hanging where the canopy thickened. The understory of vines and dead palm fronds that turns any walk off the shoulder into a careful one.The lot was bordered on one side by the interstate, on another by a service road, and on the other two by more of the same scrub. It had the anonymity of land nobody owns in any way they bother to enforce. People dumped things in there. Refrigerators. Mattresses. The carpet remnant.The men got closer to the carpet. The carpet was covering something.Underneath was a bodyOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com* Check out Chime: https://chime.com/OBSCURA* Check out Mood and use my code OBSCURA for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/obscura* Check out Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code OBSCURA20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Most entrepreneurs reach a point where doing everything yourself stops working. In this episode, Brian Thompson gets honest about the emotional side of delegation, what he has learned since bringing on his first employee, and why sustainable leadership requires letting go of the need to carry everything alone. Delegation is one of the most talked about business strategies, and one of the most misunderstood. Brian shares why delegation is not just an operational decision, it is an emotional one. Underneath the resistance to delegating are fear of mistakes, fear of losing control, and fear of being seen as imperfect. This episode unpacks all of it with honesty and practical insight. In this episode you will learn: Why delegation feels so hard for highly capable people How sustainable leadership requires more than just offloading tasks What the emotional cost of over-functioning actually looks like How delegating changed the way Brian runs his business Why sustainable leadership looks less like doing everything and more like intentional collaboration If you have been putting off delegation because it feels vulnerable or uncomfortable, this episode will help you see it differently. Sustainable leadership is not about being less capable. It is about building something that can actually last.   Resources + Links Episode 120: Why High Achievers Struggle to Feel Successful Episode 121: What It Really Takes to Hire Your First Employee Newsletter Sign Up Follow Brian Thompson Online: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Forbes Follow & review the podcast: on Spotify and Apple Podcasts   About Brian and the Mission Driven Business Podcast Brian Thompson, JD/CFP®, is a tax attorney and Certified Financial Planner® who specializes in providing comprehensive financial planning to LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs who run mission-driven businesses. The Mission Driven Business podcast was born out of his passion for helping social entrepreneurs create businesses with purpose and profit. On the podcast, Brian talks with diverse entrepreneurs and the people who support them. Listeners hear stories of experiences, strength, and hope and get practical advice to help them build businesses that might just change the world, too.

Get more from the experts our community loves. There is a reason Jacob Diaz and Liev Dalton are community favorites. Their monthly Terrain Wellness Club calls have become a staple for our members, providing a space for interactive learning, presentations, and terrain-based health deep-dives that you won't find anywhere else. Become a Platinum member of The Way Forward Community today to see why these calls are the highlight of the month.Use code FWRD for 10% off Beyond Terrain Academy.Diseases like Lyme and mold illness do not work like they told us.Liev Dalton and Jacob Diaz join me on this episode to discuss what happens when terrain-based thinking collides with chronic diagnoses, parasite cleanses, and the wellness industry's obsession with magic bullets. Both of them walked away from systems that promised answers, Liev from licensed therapy, Jacob from organized religion, and ended up somewhere most practitioners never reach. Liev is a biochemist-turned-terrain educator whose work focuses on unlearning modern misconceptions and returning to simplicity. Jacob is a terrain-based Naturopathic Physician practicing in Queens, NYC, and the creator of the UnderCoverVirologist platform.Our conversation moves through Lyme, mold, AIDS, Crohn's, herpes, and the diagnostic loopholes that keep people cycling through tests until they find one that sticks. Along the way: why antibiotics appear to work, what helminth therapy reveals about deworming, and why translocation gets mistaken for transformation.Underneath it all is a thread about faith, coherence, and what changes when you stop trying to fix yourself.You'll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[7:53] The Jesus message that arrived mid-podcast[14:38] My daughter throwing up coagulated blood through a German new medicine lens[23:53] The Mandela effect, the black raven, and why the Bible keeps changing[40:09] The cat with four white paws and what suffering actually means[47:24] Praying with the cop who pulled me over for going 74 in a 55[55:03] How Liev tried to disprove Kaufman and ended up unleashed by his professors[1:08:31] Why boiling toxic water works, and what Pasteur got fundamentally wrong[1:26:52] Why chronic Lyme is a made-up diagnosis, and mold only heals in the forest[2:10:38] What herpes, AIDS, and STDs actually are, and why the cover story held[2:33:54] Why removing parasites causes disease, and what fenbendazole really doesRelated The Way Forward Episodes:Rethinking DNA: Examining the Evidence featuring Dr. Tom Cowan | YouTubeResources Mentioned:Dissolving Illusions by Suzanne Humphries | BookBitten by Kris Newby | BookThe Emperor's New Virus | DocumentaryFind more from Jacob and Liev:Jacob Diaz, Terrain U.V. | WebsiteLiev Dalton, Beyond Terrain | Website | YouTubeFind more from Alec:Alec Zeck | Instagram | XThe Way Forward | InstagramDonate to The Way Forward here.The Way Forward is Sponsored By:PaleoValley: 100% Grass-Fed Bone Broth Protein is a nutrient-dense, easy-to-digest source of collagen and essential amino acids. Sourced from grass-fed cows, this protein powder provides the building blocks for healthy joints, skin, and gut function—without fillers or artificial ingredients. Support the show and claim 15% off your PaleoValley order!Reconnect with the earth's natural charge and move naturally by using code FWRD10 for 10% off at Earth Runners.New Biology Clinic: Redefine Health from the Ground UpExperience tailored terrain-based health services with consults, livestreams, movement classes, and more. Use code THEWAYFORWARD (case sensitive) for $50 off activation.The Way Forward members get the $150 fee waived.

Anger Was A Symptom: A Police Chief's Journey Through Trauma, Ego, and Recovery. For many police officers, anger becomes part of the job. Long shifts, traumatic calls, stress, violence, and emotional exhaustion can slowly build over time. But what happens when anger becomes more than frustration? What happens when it begins destroying careers, relationships, leadership, and personal peace? The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast social media like their Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , Medium and other social media platforms. That is exactly what Police Chief Dr. Ron Camacho, our guest, openly discusses in this powerful episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast. The Podcast is available for free on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, iHeartradio and most major podcast platforms. #Free #Podcast #Radio Now serving as the Police Chief in North Charleston, South Carolina, Dr. Camacho spent decades in law enforcement, rising through the ranks of the York City Police Department in Pennsylvania. Along the way, he discovered something many officers never fully confront: anger was not the root problem. It was only the symptom. Supporting articles about this and much more from Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in platforms like Medium , Blogspot and Linkedin. Childhood Trauma and Police Stress Collide Dr. Camacho admits that during parts of his police career, he became what he described as a “tyrant” as a supervisor. His anger affected not only his officers, but also his personal life and family relationships. Anger Was A Symptom: A Police Chief's Journey Through Trauma, Ego, and Recovery. Over time, he realized his emotional reactions were deeply connected to unresolved childhood trauma that had been intensified by years of police work. The combination of stress, fear, emotional suppression, and constant exposure to trauma created an emotional pressure cooker. The show is inspiring audiences through the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, iHeartradio and and many Podcast platforms. Like many officers, he pushed through it rather than addressing it. Anger became the outward expression of internal pain. Experts often describe anger as a secondary emotion. Underneath anger are frequently deeper emotions such as fear, grief, exhaustion, insecurity, burnout, sadness, or feeling powerless. For police officers, those emotions are often buried beneath a culture that encourages toughness and emotional control. Anger Was A Symptom: A Police Chief's Journey Through Trauma, Ego, and Recovery. The episode is available across major platforms including their website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, with highlights shared across their Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles. The Hidden Cost of Anger in Law Enforcement Anger itself is not always harmful. In fact, it can be a natural survival response. But unmanaged anger can become destructive. According to the discussion in this episode, anger may show itself through: Emotional outbursts Increased stress Physical tension Damaged relationships Leadership problems Poor decision-making Mental and physical exhaustion The episode also explores how trauma impacts the body physically, including effects on the heart, muscles, hormones, and stress responses. Dr. Camacho explains how recognizing anger as a symptom rather than the true issue became a major turning point in his life and recovery. Learning to “Pause and Trace” One of the key concepts discussed is what many mental health professionals call the “Pause and Trace” method. Instead of reacting emotionally in the moment, individuals learn to stop and identify what is truly happening internally. Anger Was A Symptom: A Police Chief's Journey Through Trauma, Ego, and Recovery. Available for free on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube and most major Podcast networks. Questions such as: What am I afraid of right now? What emotional need is not being met? What stress or trauma is driving this reaction? These kinds of reflections can help officers, supervisors, and civilians better understand the emotional roots behind anger. For Dr. Camacho, self-awareness became the beginning of healing. A Nationally Recognized Police Leader Beyond his personal journey, Dr. Ron Camacho has built an impressive law enforcement career spanning more than 30 years. He retired as patrol operations captain with the York City Police Department, supervising more than ninety officers and detectives. After retirement, he served internationally as a police advisor in Afghanistan and later worked with the U.S. State Department in Mexico, helping improve policing capabilities at local, state, and federal levels. This compelling conversation is available across Podcast platforms including Apple, Spotify, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn, where social audiences continue engaging with powerful stories about trauma, recovery, and resilience. His work in officer wellness, leadership, transparency, and community engagement has received national recognition from major police publications. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and holds advanced criminal justice degrees, including a doctorate. Today, he continues mentoring police leaders across the country while advocating for emotional intelligence, healthy leadership, and officer wellness. Anger Was A Symptom: A Police Chief's Journey Through Trauma, Ego, and Recovery. A Different Kind of Conversation About Police Work This episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast offers something many listeners rarely hear from law enforcement leaders: honesty about emotional struggles, trauma, ego, anger, and recovery. It is a reminder that behind every badge is a human being carrying experiences that can shape behavior in powerful ways. The Podcast is available for free on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, iHeartradio and most major podcast platforms. The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast continues bringing listeners real conversations from the front lines of crime, policing, trauma, survival, and healing. 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Listen to the full story on the Free Podcast, available on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast Website, on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and more. Anger Was A Symptom: A Police Chief's Journey Through Trauma, Ego, and Recovery. Attributions Healthline Camacho Consulting City of North Charleston SC Police Department Facebook Facebook Group   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson reportedly said all options are on the table for Alex Murdaugh's retrial — including the death penalty. The death penalty was never pursued at trial one. Wilson is running for governor. Every candidate for attorney general has reportedly promised to retry Murdaugh. One allegedly said he'd do it in two weeks. When the prosecutor who controls the most severe sentence is simultaneously asking voters for the governor's mansion, Robin Dreeke says the question stops being about legal strategy and starts being about political calculation.Dreeke and Jennifer Coffindaffer break down what happens when a defendant becomes a political prop — and whether the jury pool can survive a campaign season built around the case those jurors will be asked to decide. The behavioral dynamics are layered: prosecutors signaling aggression to voters, defense attorneys signaling to reluctant witnesses, and a public that's been marinating in this case for years being asked to sit in a jury box and pretend they haven't already made up their minds.Underneath the politics, the physical evidence has to carry the retrial on its own. The South Carolina Supreme Court stripped away twelve hours of financial crimes testimony. What's left is a crime scene that sat in the rain with no recovered weapon and no DNA on the defendant. Blanca Simpson, the Murdaugh housekeeper, says she flagged a suspicious white vehicle near property where Paul kept firearms on the day of the killings — and SLED reportedly dismissed the lead. She later provided more specific details privately than she ever shared on the stand. Coffindaffer examines that discrepancy, the two-shooter theory SLED couldn't rule out, and whether the kennel video lie still lands the same way without the financial crimes doing the emotional work behind it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #AlanWilson #DeathPenalty #SCGovernor #RobinDreeke #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #SouthCarolina

We know how difficult it can be for blind and partially sighted people to get that first run on the career ladder or come back into work after a break.  Well one way the RNIB is helping visually impaired people to take that first step into employment or return to work is through the RNIB See Work Differently Work placement scheme. These are paid placements for a fixed term of twelve weeks and are generally for fourteen hours per week RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Aminah Aslam who is currently on placement as an RNIB Public Affairs Assistant and Rhys Felton, RNIB Public Affairs Officer who has been supporting Aminah, to find out what the See Work Differently Work Placement scheme is all about, why Aminah wanted to apply for a placement, how things have been going so far for her, how Rhys has been supporting Aminah during her placement and the benefits of the scheme for other visually impaired people who might be looking at ways of getting into work or coming back after a break.Future RNIB See Work Differently Work Placements will be advertised through the recruitment pages of the RNIB website and to find out more about the placement scheme do visit - https://www.rnib.org.uk/living-with-sight-loss/equality-and-employment/see-work-differently-placement-programme/ (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font)

Steve Smith and Dave Anderson are joined by three special guests for a Richmond Hill reunion on the latest episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast. Richard Hernandez, Miron Mann, and Patrick Jeffrion Amorin, three directors who have carried the GreatBase torch at Richmond Hill Country Club across three decades, share stories, laughs, and some sharp observations about the state of tennis development in Canada and beyond.The conversation covers everything from the origins of each coach's journey into the game, to the challenges of building a culture when federations are circling and parents are overthinking, to the sorry state of junior tennis circuits on both sides of the border. Underneath the banter and the ribbing of Dave Anderson, there is a serious and consistent message: teach kids to hit the ball better, keep competition local, and trust the process.Also, the return of the GreatBase Tennis merchandise online store! Please visit the website or our social medias for the link if you are interested in purchasing any apparel.

Did you know RNIB have play guides to fun-filled playtimes for children with a vision impairment.Amelia spoke to Tom Norton from the RNIB Education and Children service about setting up a safe play environment and ideas for play.Find the play guides on the RNIB website -Facilitating play for children with vision impairment | RNIBImage shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white and black background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font. 

What is sensory play and why is it so beneficial for children with a vision impairment? Amelia spoke to Tom Norton from the RNIB Education and Children service about the benefits of sensory play.Find the play guides on the RNIB website -Facilitating play for children with vision impairment | RNIBImage shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white and black background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font. 

Website: ⁠bicarb.shop Riley Witt doesn't think you need talent to break four minutes in the mile—he just thinks you need to want it bad enough to spend $35.The Northwest Missouri State senior came on to break down the philosophy behind that take, and what followed was one of the more honest conversations about athletic ambition, economic reality, and the compounding edge of doing everything right. Witt grew up in a class of 36 students in Osage, Iowa, ran a 4:40 mile his freshman year of high school, and genuinely believed that was fast. He didn't have the training partners, the competition, or the context to know otherwise. What he had was an Exercise Science background, an obsessive attention to marginal gains, and a willingness to do things differently.That's where Bicarb comes in. Witt launched Bicarb 3.0 out of necessity (he wanted a sodium bicarbonate product that actually worked without the GI catastrophe), and built it into a business from his dorm room after going from a 4:11 mile to a 4:03 in two weeks on his first homebrew version.He walks Dominic through the science of how bicarbonate buffers hydrogen ions at the cellular level, why the longer distances are starting to adopt it, and what his proprietary kinetic gradient matrix technology does differently than anything else on the market.Underneath all of it is a runner who just ran 1:48 at the MIAA Outdoor Championships, holds a 4.0 GPA, and has one box left to check: a Division II national title. He's currently ranked second in the country in the 800m. The clock is ticking.Tap into the Riley Witt Special.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider following us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and giving us a five-star review! S H O W  N O T E S  -The Run Down By The Running Effect (our new newsletter!): https://tinyurl.com/mr36s9rs-Our Website: https://therunningeffect.run  -THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLcLIDAqmJBTHeyWJx_wFQ-My Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/therunningeffect/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠-Take our podcast survey: https://tinyurl.com/3ua62ffz Instagram: @riwitt03 Website: bicarb.shop 

Avoidant attachment is not coldness, it is a six-part survival system the avoidant built before they could read, and until you can name all six parts, no relationship advice will reach them.If you are the partner who keeps reaching, or the partner who keeps disappearing, this video maps the exact internal architecture of the avoidant: the six sub-personalities that take turns at the wheel, the three core fears underneath, and the pathway out that attachment-style content cannot offer.Kenny Weiss is a relationship, communication, and childhood trauma recovery specialist. He teaches the Worst Day Cycle™, the Authentic Self Cycle™, and the Emotional Authenticity Method™. He names what most attachment content misses: avoidants don't avoid people, they avoid the shame they believe connection will expose. Avoidance is not one shutdown, it is six survival selves working together.The six sub-personalities Kenny maps inside every love avoidant are the Protector who runs the perimeter, the Rationalist who neutralizes emotion with logic, the Lone Wolf who built an identity around needing no one, the Wall-Builder who constructs a fortress disguised as a lifestyle, the Performer who looks confident to conceal shame, and the Ghost who disappears during conflict. Each part was a brilliant childhood adaptation. In adult intimacy, each sabotages the connection both partners actually want.Underneath those six selves sit three core fears: the fear of being consumed because a parent once swallowed you emotionally, the fear of being seen because you believe what is underneath is not enough, and the fear of being responsible because closeness once meant emotional labor you did not consent to. The Emotional Authenticity Method™ is the six-step process that rewires the blueprint, ending with Feelization, where a new emotional addiction to safe closeness replaces the old wiring.Kenny Weiss has helped thousands of adults stop the pursue-withdraw dance, end emotional shutdown, and rebuild intimacy from the Authentic Self instead of the survival persona. His work is a blueprint rewrite, not symptom management.TOPICS COVEREDavoidant attachment, love avoidant, why do I push people away, emotional shutdown, dismissive avoidant, fearful avoidant, six sub-personalities, three core fears, shutdown avoidant partner, pursue withdraw cycle, avoidant in conflict, intimacy avoidance, falsely empowered codependent, Worst Day Cycle, Authentic Self Cycle, Emotional Authenticity Method, Kenny WeissTIMESTAMPS0:00 — The Suitcase You Are Not Allowed To See1:30 — Why The Cold Story About Avoidants Is Wrong3:00 — Meet The Protector5:00 — Meet The Rationalist6:30 — Meet The Lone Wolf8:00 — Meet The Wall-Builder9:30 — Meet The Performer11:00 — Meet The Ghost12:30 — The Three Core Fears15:00 — The Worst Day Cycle Of Avoidance17:00 — The Authentic Self Cycle Rewrite19:00 — The Emotional Authenticity Method For Avoidants22:00 — The Sixty-Second Experiment That Starts Staying

Following on from the great success of the RNIB Gold medal winning Legacy Garden at the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show 2025 the RNIB has been invited to create a garden for the RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 celebrating the 90th anniversary of RNIB Talking Books and the incredible impact that gifts left in Wills have on the RNIB's work too.Award-winning Garden Designer Paul Hervey-Brookes is again working on the RNIB Talking Books garden which will feature in its design the play out of extracts from a number of chosen Authors books.RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Best-selling Crime Writer Lynda La Plante who has recorded an extract from ‘Buried', the first book in her Jack Warr series for the RNIB Talking Books garden to find out why she has chosen a very descriptive passage from the novel along with her thoughts on why it is so important for books to be made accessible to blind and partially sighted people.The RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 featuring the RNIB Talking Books garden designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes that includes an extract from ‘Buried' read by Lynda La Plante and supported by players of the Postcode Lottery is on from 22 to 26 July. To find out more and book your tickets do visit - https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-sandringham-flower-show  (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font)

Following on from the great success of the RNIB Gold medal winning Legacy Garden at the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show 2025 the RNIB has been invited to create a garden for the RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 celebrating the 90th anniversary of RNIB Talking Books and the incredible impact that gifts left in wills have on the RNIB's work too.Award-winning Garden Designer Paul Hervey-Brookes is again working on the RNIB Talking Books garden which will in many ways bring the Library of the Imagination to life through the garden's design.RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Paul in our London studio and began by asking Paul what it means to him when one of his gardens like the RNIB Legacy Garden at the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show 2025 wins a gold medal. Then to finding out more about Paul's designs for the RNIB Talking Books Garden, how he will be bringing the library of the imagination to life through many features of the garden's design, to what he would like visitors to the RNIB Talking Book Garden to experience while exploring the garden at the RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 plus some of his top tips for planting flowers too. The RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 featuring the RNIB Talking Books garden designed by Paul and supported by players of the Postcode Lottery is on from 22 to 26 July. To find out more and book your tickets do visit - https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-sandringham-flower-show(Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font)

The NHS are encouraging people to register as cornea donors to give the gift of sight. Amelia learned more about Cornea transplants and the importance of discussing donation with family from Jackie Brander from NHS Blood and Transplant and Consultant Opthalmologist Professor Fiona Carley.Learn more about registering for organ donation on the NHS website - Register your decision - NHS Organ DonationImage shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white and black background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font. 

Bill Blundell one of the 2026 London Marathon Team RNIB runners who helped to raise £200,000 for the RNIB chats with RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey about what it was like running in the London Marathon as a visually impaired runner, why he wanted to run for Team RNIB and as a Trainer for his local running club Bill shares some top tips on both training and running in the London Marathon.If like Bill you were thinking of putting your trainers on and running for Team RNIB in the 2027 TCS London marathon or running for the RNIB in either the London Big Half in September or the 2026 Royal Parks Half Marathon in October do visit the following pages of the RMIB website to find out more and how to sign up too - https://www.rnib.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/challenge-events/?event_type=1&event_location=16(Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font)

Welcome to the Christmas series! Underneath the starlit sky, surrounded by hay and animal filth, the Savior of the World and Hope of Heaven is born. The climax of creation and crescendo of the cosmos takes place in the most humble of contexts.  Sign up for special devotionals at StoriesoftheMessiah.com. As we dive deeply into iconic Bible heroes' enthralling narratives, we find more than just stories of faith and miracles. We discover a recurrent theme, a spiritual undertone that connects each tale to the grandeur of the Gospel. They're not just standalone legends; they're threads in a divine tapestry, weaving a story that foreshadows Jesus Christ, the ultimate hero, the promised Messiah who brings light to the darkest corners of history. For more Bible stories download the Pray.com app.  To learn more about Rabbi Schneider visit https://discoveringthejewishjesus.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sixteen transits this week, the most this year so far, highlighted by Mars in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, and the Sun in Gemini. Mars and Venus enter their new signs the same day, and from there the week unfolds in patterns: three planets aligning with Neptune in Aries, three planets aligning with the North Node in Pisces. Faith dissolving. Values reorganizing. The past asking to be reflected on. Underneath all sixteen, a single question. What have you been holding onto, and what's actually trying to become of it?(04:46) Mars in Taurus – May 18 – June 28The dates below are times when Mars has previously transited through TaurusJune 8 – July 20, 2024July 4 – August 20, 2022January 6 – March 3, 2021(14:25) Venus in Cancer – May 18 – June 13The dates below are times when Venus has previously transited through CancerJuly 30 – August 25, 2025June 16 - July 11, 2024May 7 - June 5, 2023July 17 - August 11, 2022June 2 - 26, 2021(24:12) Venus in Cancer Sextile Mars in Taurus 00° – May 15 – 21 (Friday – Thursday) – Monday, May 18.(32:04) Mercury in Gemini Sextile Neptune in Aries 03° – May 17 – 19 (Sunday – Tuesday) – Monday, May 18.(38:06) Mercury in Gemini Square the North Node Retrograde in Pisces 04° – May 18 – 20 (Monday – Wednesday) – Tuesday, May 19.(40:53) Mercury in Gemini Trine Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius 05° – May 18 – 20 (Monday – Wednesday) – Tuesday, May 19.(45:01) The Sun in Gemini – May 20 – June 21The Sun transits through Gemini every year between May 20/21 and June 21 depending on what year, what time of the day and where you are on Earth.(53:32) Uranus Exits its Retrograde Shadow in Gemini 01°27' – May 21May 20, 2025 – Uranus Enters its Retrograde Shadow in Taurus 27°27'September 5, 2025 – Uranus Retrograde in Gemini 01°27'February 3, 2026 – Uranus Direct in Taurus 27°27'May 21, 2026 – Uranus Exits its Retrograde Shadow in Gemini 01°27'(55:42) Venus in Cancer Square Neptune in Aries 03° – May 20 – 22 (Wednesday – Friday) – Thursday, May 21.(58:40) The Sun Conjunct Uranus in Gemini 1° – May 20 – 23 (Wednesday – Saturday) – Friday, May 22.(1:01:10) Mercury in Gemini Sextile Saturn in Aries 11° – May 21 – 23 (Thursday – Saturday) – Friday, May 22.(1:03:06) Venus in Cancer Trine the North Node Retrograde in Pisces 04° – May 20 – 23 (Wednesday – Saturday) – Friday, May 22.(1:05:27) The Sun in Gemini Square the Moon in Virgo 02°20' at 4:10 AM PDT on Saturday, May 23.(1:08:25) Uranus Enters its Retrograde Shadow in Gemini 01°40' – May 24May 24, 2026 – Uranus Enters its Retrograde Shadow in Gemini 01°40'September 10, 2026 – Uranus Retrograde in Gemini 05°41'February 8, 2027 – Uranus Direct in Gemini 01°40'May 25, 2027 – Uranus Exits its Retrograde Shadow in Gemini 05°41'(1:13:01) The Sun in Gemini Sextile Neptune in Aries 03° – May 22 – 25 (Friday – Monday) – Sunday, May 24.(1:14:39) Mars in Taurus Sextile the North Node Retrograde in Pisces 04° – May 21 – 26 (Thursday – Tuesday) – Sunday, May 24.⁠Check out my latest conversation with 5th Generation Psychic, Dallisa Hocking.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join ⁠my Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theweeklytransit.com/

Every diet you've ever tried has failed you for one reason: it never told you when to eat. Your body runs on two energy systems. One burns sugar. The other burns fat. Most people never spend a single day in the second one. Around eight to ten hours without food, the switch flips. Ketones flood your brain. Hunger quiets. Mental clarity hits. Healing turns on. This is what fasting expert Dr. Mindy Pelz has been teaching for over 25 years, and what her book Fast Like a Girl made impossible to ignore. For women, timing is everything. Day 1 to 10, fast longer and lift heavier. Day 11 to 15, testosterone surges and libido climbs. Day 16 to 19 is for deeper fasts. After day 20, progesterone needs you to back off and rest. Fast like a man during the back half of your cycle and you'll tank the very hormones keeping you calm and regular. Underneath all of it sits the hormonal hierarchy. Oxytocin at the top. Cortisol below it. Then insulin. Then sex hormones. When you feel safe and connected, the whole stack works. When you don't, nothing else matters. Connection isn't optional for women. It's biology. Dr. Mindy's books: Age Like a Girl How Menopause Rewires Your Brain for Mental Clarity, Increased Confidence, and Renewed Energy Eat Like a Girl: 100+ Delicious Recipes to Balance Hormones, Boost Energy, and Burn Fat Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones The Menopause Reset: Get Rid of Your Symptoms and Feel Like Your Younger Self Again The Reset Factor Kitchen: 101 Tasty Recipes to Eat Your Way to Wellness,Burn Belly Fat, and Maximize Your Energy The Reset Factor: 45 Days to TransformingYour Health by Repairing Your Gut In this episode you will: Learn the fasting cycle for women, Dr. Mindy's day-by-day framework that syncs your fasting window, workout intensity, and food choices to your menstrual cycle Uncover why your menstrual cycle is a monthly detox rather than a burden, and what an irregular or absent cycle is actually telling you about your body Discover why timing your eating matters more than what you eat, and how the ketogenic energy system unlocks fat burning, mental clarity, and steady energy Understand the hormonal hierarchy, how oxytocin, cortisol, insulin, and sex hormones stack on each other, and why female community and connection function as biological medicine Find out what long-term birth control does to the gut microbiome and the brain-ovary connection, and why so many women struggle with hormonal imbalances after coming off the pill For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1928 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you'll love: Glucose Goddess Dr. Mary Claire Haver Dr. Mark Hyman TOPICS Dr. Mindy Pelz, intermittent fasting, ketogenic energy system, fasting cycle for women, hormonal hierarchy, menstrual cycle nutrition, cortisol and stress, birth control and microbiome, oxytocin and women's health, Fast Like a Girl Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ready for deeper support? Work with me 1:1 https://trueinnerfreedom.com/working-together/  What if the real problem isn't your sensitivity—but the story you've been telling yourself about it? If you've ever felt like you're "too much," "too sensitive," or just harder to be than everyone else, this episode will hit home. So many highly sensitive people aren't just dealing with overstimulation—they're carrying the weight of constant self-judgment, second-guessing their needs, and wondering if they're the problem. This episode helps you see what's actually going on beneath that exhausting inner dialogue. Understand why sensitivity often turns into self-judgment—and how that creates unnecessary suffering Learn how to separate your real experience from the shame layered on top of it Discover a more supportive, grounded way to relate to your needs without questioning your worth Press play now to finally stop seeing your sensitivity as a flaw—and start understanding it in a way that changes everything.   Todd Smith, founder of True Inner Freedom Dreaming of a stress-free, balanced life? Visit https://trueinnerfreedom.com/ and take the HSP Stress Test. Gain clarity on your sensitivity and stress triggers, and book a free 30-minute introductory conversation to explore what's going on for you and see if working together 1:1 might be a fit. Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) or someone who identifies as hypersensitive or neurodivergent? This podcast is dedicated to helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) navigate overwhelm and stress by using The Work of Byron Katie—a powerful method for questioning stressful thoughts and finding true inner freedom. We dive deep into stress management strategies, coping with stress, and stress relief methods specifically tailored for HSPs. Learn how to manage emotions, especially negative ones, and explore effective stress reduction techniques that go beyond the surface to address the root causes of anxiety and pressure. Whether you're interested in learning how to lower stress, handle stress and pressure, or reduce stress through practical techniques, we provide insights and support based on The Work of Byron Katie. Discover how this transformative approach can help you decrease stress, find inner peace, and create balance in your life. Join us to learn about various coping strategies for stress, all designed to support HSPs in their journey toward emotional well-being.

RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for another audio described theatre review.We stepped into the wild this week with a vibrant telling of Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream', celebrating the beauty of love in all its forms at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre with description from Professional Audio Describer Carolyn Smith.About ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream' Bard veterans and newbies alike will enjoy The Rep's return to Shakespeare. Starring the hilarious Adam Carver (aka cabaret sensation Fatt Butcher) and set in the heart of Birmingham where Brummie accents punctuate this much-loved comedy.When a love-struck teenager is forced to marry a man, rather than the woman she loves, she has a few options: certain death, live a lie, move to a nunnery… or flee to a messy, neon party in an enchanted forest!Beyond the city walls, boundaries blur, music pulsates, and love is celebrated. Inhibitions are unleashed and love potions spill into more re-couplings than an episode of Love Island.This night on the tiles also features a feel-good soundtrack of pop music and original songs that will have you dancing in your seats: but maybe Sweet Dreams aren't made of this…? The feisty fairies are locked in their own conflict; the seasons are pulled into climate chaos and the young lovers' moonlit escape from reality loses its shine.Directed by The Rep's Artistic Director, Joe Murphy and Deputy Artistic Director, Madeleine Kludje, step into the wild with this vibrant telling of A Midsummer Night's Dream, celebrating the beauty of love in all its forms.For more about access at the Birmingham REP including details of audio described performances do visit - https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/your-visit/accessibility/(Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font)

Have you been looking at your life lately wondering why things feel off or out of sorts? Blame it on May's astrology. Thankfully, things are basically fine on the surface. Yet underneath, there's a strange feeling that's subtle and even a little disconnected. May’s Astrology The things you used to rely on don't feel the same anymore. Your routines and even your goals feel a bit out of sync. It's as if parts of your life belong to a version of you that isn't working anymore. You're probably feeling some restlessness that comes and goes. There may be moments where you feel emotional without a clear reason. And, times when your energy dips, your focus drifts, or you catch yourself questioning decisions you once made easily. Underneath all of it, something is trying to get your attention. What you're feeling right now makes sense when you consider this month's astrology.  It’s creating a very specific kind of internal movement. It's subtle in some ways and intense in others, especially for midlife women already on a path of self-awareness and growth. This month is inviting you into a deeper relationship with yourself. If you've been feeling off, it may be because parts of you are shifting before your outer life has had a chance to catch up. Pluto Retrograde Brings Transformation A big part of May's astrology begins with Pluto Retrograde. Pluto governs transformation, truth, power, and the subconscious. When Pluto moves into retrograde, its energy turns inward. Instead of external change, the focus becomes looking within. You may notice old patterns resurfacing. This might look like emotional reactions, thoughts, or relationship dynamics you believed you had already worked through. There can be moments where something small triggers a much deeper emotional response than expected. These old patterns are resurfacing to get your attention one more time. It's like peeling another layer of the onion, revealing something deeper that's ready to be released. For women in midlife who have already done a lot of inner work, this can feel confusing. You may wonder why this is happening again. What's actually happening is refinement. Pluto is drawing your awareness toward deeper layers beneath what you've already healed. It's showing you where your power still gets diluted, where you override your truth, or where old identities are lingering just enough to keep you out of alignment. You may especially notice this in relationships. Situations where you feel drained, obligated, or subtly resentful begin standing out more clearly. You may recognize where you say yes when your body wants to say no, or where you stay silent to keep the peace. These realizations may not arrive gently, but they are important and clarifying. The Taurus Super Moon Amplifies Everything At the same time, the Super Full Moon in Taurus is magnifying emotional awareness. Taurus is connected to stability, security, self-worth, comfort, and the physical experience of being alive. When the Moon is full in Taurus, these themes become more vivid and emotionally present. You may find yourself craving simplicity and wanting to slow down. You could wish your life felt more supportive, nourishing, and aligned with what actually matters to you now. At the same time, anything that isn't aligned in those areas can feel much harder to tolerate. Your body is giving you information. There's increased sensitivity to what supports you versus what drains you. Certain parts of life may no longer feel sustainable. For many women in midlife, this connects to a deeper question about security. What felt secure ten or twenty years ago may not hold the same meaning anymore. Your sense of security may be shifting from external validation toward trusting your own inner knowing. Mercury in Gemini Speeds Up Your Mind The next astrological layer involves Mercury in Gemini. Mercury governs communication, thinking, and perception. Gemini is mentally active, curious, and constantly moving between ideas. When Mercury enters Gemini, the mind speeds up. It can feel like the Universe suddenly turns the volume up on thoughts, conversations, signs, and inner messages. There may be moments of clarity followed by frustrating overthinking. You might feel pulled in multiple directions mentally, trying to understand what you're feeling while also questioning it at the same time. This is where intuition often gets drowned out. Intuition tends to arrive as a whisper, first impression, or subtle knowing. Then the mind steps in to analyze, reinterpret, question, and dismiss it. By the time you've thought everything through, the original clarity can feel diluted. That's why this month asks you to notice an important pattern. Are you honoring your intuition, or questioning it instead of trusting it? Mercury in Gemini brings brilliance, but it also creates mental clutter. Part of your work this month is learning how to hear yourself clearly beneath all the inner chatter. Why Life Feels Misaligned Right Now When you combine Pluto's inner transformation, the Taurus Moon's emotional clarity, and Mercury's mental activity, a bigger picture begins to emerge. There may be a growing misalignment between your inner truth and the life structures you've relied on for years. Once you see that misalignment, it becomes difficult to ignore. Parts of you are evolving. Your needs are changing and your awareness is expanding. Yet some areas of your life haven't adjusted to meet who you are becoming. That's where the feeling of “this isn't working anymore” comes from. Thankfully, nothing is going wrong with you. It's about becoming more attuned to your true self. Part of you is ready for a different way of living, choosing, and being. Another part still wants the familiarity of old roles, expectations, and patterns. That internal tension can feel confusing, exhausting, or emotionally draining. But there is clarity underneath it. Your Inner Wisdom Is Speaking The good news is your intuition hasn't gone anywhere. It's always been there all along, offering guidance and waiting for you to listen. Your inner wisdom often speaks through your body first. You may notice heaviness after certain conversations or lightness after making an honest decision. You may feel drawn toward something that doesn't fully make logical sense yet. This shift doesn't require a massive overhaul. It simply asks you to notice more and pay attention to what's happening beneath the surface. This month holds the energy of listening to yourself more than rushing into action. You don't have to solve everything immediately or reinvent your entire life overnight. You only need to start noticing what feels aligned and what doesn't. Simple practices can help support this shift, like slowing down, walking, journaling, stretching, or taking a few quiet moments to check in with yourself before reacting automatically. In midlife, something within you is asking for a more honest relationship with yourself. A deeper trust. A way of living that reflects who you are now instead of who you used to be. If your life feels different lately, it may mean you're finally becoming honest about what no longer fits or works and shifting into a period of greater alignment. And that’s a good thing. Key Takeaways May's astrology is creating strong inner shifts and emotional awareness. Pluto retrograde is bringing old patterns and power dynamics to the surface. The Taurus Full Moon increases sensitivity around stability, self-worth, and sustainability. Mercury in Gemini can heighten intuition while also increasing overthinking. Feelings of misalignment may reflect growth rather than failure. This month supports reflection, self-trust, and listening to your inner guidance instead of rushing forward. FAQs Why does everything feel emotionally heavier lately? May's astrology is amplifying emotional awareness and highlighting areas of life that no longer feel aligned or sustainable. What does Pluto retrograde do emotionally? Pluto retrograde brings old emotional patterns and subconscious dynamics back into awareness, so deeper healing and refinement can occur. Why am I overthinking so much right now? Mercury in Gemini speeds up mental activity, making it easier to second-guess yourself and harder to hear your intuition clearly. Is this a sign something is wrong with my life? Not necessarily. This astrology may be helping you recognize where your outer life no longer matches your inner truth. What should I focus on this month? Focus on listening to your inner knowing, paying attention to your energy, and noticing what feels supportive, honest, and aligned with who you are right now. The post If Life Feels Difficult Lately, Blame May's Astrology & Super Moon appeared first on Intuitive Edge.

Saffie, a six-year-old girl from Stevenage who has the rare inherited eye condition Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), which prevents cells in the eye from making a specific protein needed for normal vision.After tests were carried out at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, she was treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and underwent Luxturna eye gene therapy treatment performed by Consultant Ophthalmologist Rob Henderson which has made a real difference to her vision and her life. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Saffie's Mother Lisa Samford and Consultant Ophthalmologist Rob Henderson to find out more about Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, how the condition affects people's vision, the eye gene therapy treatment and how the treatment has made a real difference to Saffie's life.You will find more about Leber's Congenital Amaurosis and the eye gene therapy treatment in the following news article on the Moorfields Eye Hospital website -https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/news/moorfields-breakthrough-treatment-shows-promise-in-children (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font)

UK sight loss charity RNIB has been giving it's response to some of the announcements, relating to the lives of blind and partially sighted people, contained within the King's speech.RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell spoke to Rhys Felton, to look at the positives within the speech and what the charity would liked to have heard prioritised.Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white and black background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font. 

How should you respond if your child looks you in the eye and says, “No. I won’t do what you tell me to do”? Jim Daly explains why it’s wise to understand the motive beneath your child’s behavior before taking action. Support Family Ministry If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Welsh-Iranian comedian, writer and rising theatre menace Leila Navabi joins Outcast World for one of the funniest and weirdly moving chats we've had in ages. You'll probably know Leila already from writing on Bad Education, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Deep Fake Neighbour Wars, or from voicing Claire in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. She's also become a major name on the UK live comedy circuit, supporting comics including Nish Kumar and Jessica Fostekew while quietly building a reputation as one of the sharpest queer comedy voices working right now. But this episode is really about the project that might push her into another league entirely: turning her real-life queer DIY conception story into a musical. After being told in her twenties that having children might not be possible, Leila and her wife ended up rejecting the expensive, sanitised “acceptable” version of queer parenthood and instead built a family the way queer people often build everything: through friendship, improvisation, emotional honesty and an alarming amount of admin involving sperm. This episode dives into the now-infamous DIY conception setup that inspired her show Relay: spare rooms, a sperm donor who was already one of their closest friends, syringes quietly bought from Boots under the pretence of “having a big dog”, and the deeply surreal ritual of everybody washing their hands and heading out for brunch afterwards while pretending this was a perfectly ordinary Sunday activity. At one point, Leila describes sitting in a café fully aware that her partner is technically “dripping with your best mate's sperm” while everyone politely orders eggs and coffee. Which honestly tells you almost everything you need to know about the energy of this episode. Underneath all the chaos though, this is really a conversation about modern queer family life, chosen family, emotional honesty and why comedy so often becomes armour for people trying to survive complicated lives in public. There are also cats named after Joan Rivers, emotionally repressed gay people using humour to avoid vulnerability, and a genuinely fascinating discussion about why queer family stories are still treated as niche when they're often far more emotionally intentional than traditional family structures.

THE G.Y.M. — PILOT, ACTS TWO AND THREE By Dani HanksPick up where Act One left off. Valerie still cannot get her commercial. The film crew is still in her face. The Solstice gym across the street is still winning. And things are about to get considerably worse.Bryan is teaching group fitness despite not knowing what "happy baby" is, and every senior in the building keeps asking when Reggie is coming back. Kayla is supposed to be training her client. Her client is currently turning purple under a barbell. The cameraman looks weirdly familiar to her and she cannot place it. Chris is somewhere in the locker room going through a smoothie situation he did not ask for. Wade the IT guy is crawling through a server closet stuffed with the unpaid invoices Valerie has been hiding in her clipboard. And Valerie, our hero, has just told the cute IT guy that her anaconda doesn't want his real estate funds.It's fine. Everything is fine.By the time we get to the pool, Alexa is jumping off a diving board she has no business being on, Bryan is leading a secret back room of seniors through a yoga pose he learned thirty seconds ago, Wade is sitting next to a soaking wet Valerie holding the worst envelopes she's ever seen in her life, and the truth about who's been filming all day is about to drop in the middle of the room like a brick through a window.Underneath the chaos, this is what the show is actually about: a woman trying to save the only place she ever felt at home, with a crew of misfits who have nowhere else to go either. Norman Lear would recognize this gym. So would anybody who's ever worked at one.Meanwhile, across the street, in a chrome office at the new Solstice, a Southern silver fox in a tall cowboy hat is watching the whole thing through binoculars. He is having the time of his life. He is not done with The G.Y.M. Not even close.Recorded live at Podcast Movement at SXSW in front of a packed house of our peers, and you can hear it in the room. Video version available on YouTube and across our channels.CASTHeather Foster - Narrator Allison Dunbar - Valerie Yasmine Al-Bustami - Kayla and Spin Client Kensington Tallman - Alexa and White Trash Spin Diva Shaan Sharma - Wade, Bored EMT, and Johnny Joe Nemmers - Gary Hughes, Cocky Newscaster, Television, and Gruff Driver Jacob A. Ware - Bryan and Sam Brian Villalobos - Chris, Weak-Armed Client, and Handyman Amy Bailey - Mary, Gem, Peppy Newscaster, First AC, and Phone Scott Hervey - Client Carlin (special guest appearance, our attorney from Weintraub Tobin)Produced by Manifest Media. Created by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma.This live read benefits Best Friends Animal Society, selected by Allison Dunbar, dedicated to bringing no-kill to every shelter in the country. Save Them All. bestfriends.org/donateSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

OBSCURE SOUNDS 2013 - EDITOR “Subway” provides a glimpse of '80s synth-pop nonchalance, like how The Pet Shop Boys did and continue to do. The vocal delivery is instantly hypnotic, a hushed spoken-word approach that resembles a slowed-down version of the verses within Pet Shop Boys' “Rent”. Underneath this exists tightly constructed warbles of synths; a popping synth plays hopscotch with a robotic kick drum, as a looser key-laden melody adds appreciated spontaneity. The lyrics love the use of non-sequitur, but they concoct a stoned serenity nonetheless: “I love Sex Pistols ‘cuz they're fun, I love to dance when I'm drunk.” The words tend to drift in and out like drunken ramblings. It's raining out, and you had a few too many. There won't be another train for an hour or two. Might as well take another from the flask. It's bleak and lonesome, but purely intoxicating regardless. Mark Moreno and Norwegian electronic group Flunk have made a great collaboration with “Subway”, a culmination of various electronic veterans who have been at it for decades.

Raised in a Mormon family where his mother prophesied at his birth that he'd one day lead the church, Taylor Perkins spent decades trying to live up to that identity — as a missionary, a husband at 20, and a tech founder by 28 — until it all began to unravel. We follow his path through years of religious shame and addiction, a five-cup ayahuasca ceremony that shook the foundation of what he believed, and a period of financial collapse where DoorDash shifts became part of his rebuilding. That stretch, along with a series of synchronicities, ultimately led him out of an 11-year marriage. Underneath all of it is what we go straight at: the tendency to outsource authority — to a church, a guru, a chart, a card…anything that claims to tell you who you are. Taylor speaks to what it actually takes to stand on your own when the structures you leaned on fall away, why the ego isn't something to crush, and why most expansion isn't something you force. Your life is already trying to come through you. The work is to stop getting in the way.(00:00) Reality as a Mirror (00:36) Opening Conversation (02:00) Show Start (03:31) Growing Up Mormon (13:51) Marriage and Addiction Cycle (18:38) Startup Success to Rock Bottom (22:21) Ayahuasca Awakening (32:07) Seeking Gurus and Pedestals (33:44) Portugal Surrender Experiment & Marriage Crossroads (38:25) Spirituality Without Performance (42:06) Astrology and Heart Darkness (46:43) Cloud Atlas Synchronicity / Divorce & Confession (52:46) Bali Decision and Self Doubt (56:36) Outsourcing Truth to Gurus (01:03:39) The Aftermath (01:11:08) Ego as Sacred Temple (01:17:14) Chosen One Paradox (01:24:26) Union of Opposites (01:35:27) Revealing Not Learning / Nonlocal Consciousness Void (01:41:02) Education Means ‘To Bring Forth' (01:58:08) Light Footed EnlightenmentGUEST LINKSInstagram — @iamtaylorperkinsCONNECT WITH USStart the Free 7-Day Self-Esteem ResetWatch Our EpisodesJoin our free Telegram communityJoin our membership Friends of the Truth

ABOUT THE EPISODE:Rawly Glass grew up in a home full of violence. At 16, he made a pact that he would figure out how to do things differently. He earned a master's in social work, built a career in private therapy, and by all appearances was doing the work. But something from his history kept surfacing, quiet and persistent. When someone handed him the word codependent, he turned it over and put it back down. It did not fit. And he needed to understand why.What Rawly found was that codependency, as commonly taught, is a behavioral label for something much deeper. It has pathologized one of the most beautiful things about people: the capacity to be gentle and caring. Underneath the behavior there is almost always a more fundamental disruption. Trauma, even the quiet kind, interferes with the development of what he calls a relationship with self. When that gets interrupted, we stop orienting inward and start orienting entirely outward, trying to control what we can see because we cannot access what we feel. He calls it external dependency.Rawly is a therapist and parent educator who has done this work on himself over decades. He brings research, clinical observation, and a deeply personal story to a question most of us have been handed without enough context: what is driving the behavior, and what does real recovery look like?If you have ever felt like the codependent label did not quite fit but had no other words for it, Rawly Glass has words for it.You'll learn:What Rawly means by external dependency, and why it fits better than codependencyThe rotten potato story, and what it revealed about looking for the sourceThe 15 aspects of a relationship with self, and why most of us are missing someWhy self-care often fails, and what has to come firstWhat co-regulation actually looks like when your child is escalatingEPISODE RESOURCES:Rawly Glass websiteRawly Glass on YouTubeBrainstorm - book by Dan SiegelBroken Toys, Broken Dreams - book by Terry KelloggThis podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream CommunityLearn about The Stream, our private online community for momsFind us on Instagram hereWatch the podcast on YouTube hereDownload a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and AlcoholHopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

SUMMARY I brought a real story to Dr. Michelle this week. A small mistake on my part, a hurt little girl, a defensive dad at bedtime, and my wife catching my eye across the room. What unfolded was a live coaching moment I needed more than I knew. Dr. Michelle gently walked me back through what I missed, what was actually under the anger, and how to do the repair that actually reaches a daughter's heart. If you have ever blown it with your kids and tried to talk your way out of it instead of leaning in, this conversation is for you. Takeaways Anger is usually the front door. The real emotion sitting behind it is almost always sadness, fear, or confusion, and your kids feel that gap before you do. When your child tells the story of how you hurt them, the most powerful thing you can say is three words. Tell me more. Then stay there longer than feels comfortable. Defensiveness bombs the bridge to your kids' hearts and to their picture of God as Father. Compassion builds it. Luke 15 verse 20 gives a five step pattern any dad can follow. He saw, he was filled with compassion, he ran, he threw his arms around, he kissed. A consistent monthly daddy daughter date and a note in your own handwriting create anchors of memory your kids will carry into adulthood. Guest Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield is a licensed counselor, speaker, and the host of The Dad Whisperer podcast. She founded The Abba Project, a nine month group for dads of daughters between thirteen and thirty, and has spent the last fifteen plus years coaching fathers in the work of pursuing their daughters' hearts. She is the author of Dad, Here's What I Really Need from You and Let's Talk, and her writing on fatherhood has reached dads in all fifty states and around the world. Quotes  "You guys are wired with tender hearts. Tough and tender is a powerful combination as a man." Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield "Under mad is usually sad or scared or confused. Lead with your heart more than your head." Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield "Tell me more. That's how she gets it out, and then it's not there between you anymore." Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield "Defensiveness bombs the bridge. Compassion builds it. That's the work of fathering a daughter's heart." Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield "Anchors of memory in a place. Find one or two spots that become yours together with your daughter." Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield  

The myth says Caesar died and Rome was saved. That's the cover story. Brutus killed a man — he didn't kill the machine. The machine passed to Octavian.This is the story of how Augustus took the most powerful position in Rome and made it look like restoration rather than takeover. The Senate kept meeting. Consuls kept being elected. The fasces still stood on the rostrum. All the forms were preserved. Underneath, something else entirely was being built — and the system Augustus designed lasted nearly 500 years after his death.The pattern at the heart of this story repeats across history: successful transitions don't announce themselves. They resemble continuity. They keep the visible forms while the underlying function shifts. By the time anyone notices, the change is already locked in.This is part of an ongoing series on patterns of power transformation across history. For the deep dive on Constantine and a similar shift two centuries later, watch the companion piece on @TheRomanPattern (link in description).00:00 — The Machine Didn't Stop01:13 — Welcome to Hidden Forces in History01:23 — Caesar's Will Was the Real Weapon03:11 — The Proscriptions: Clearing the Field05:14 — Manufacturing Cleopatra as the Enemy06:27 — The 27 BC "Restoration"08:00 — Three Channels of Power: Literature, History, Currency09:13 — When Opposition Starts Believing11:00 — The Succession Problem12:20 — 500 Years of the Same Pattern13:00 — Same Playbook, Different Century

60% of healthcare marketing AI spend goes to writing copy. 6% goes to identifying patients who need care. Live from HMPS26 in Salt Lake City, Chris Boyer is joined by Craig Blake of Amsive Health, Jane Crosby of True North Custom and John Berndt of Valtech Health for a panel conversation on what the conference and the new Health System CMO Survey exposed about marketing's role inside health systems. The conversation opens with data and targeting and how the aging population is reshaping who marketers need to reach. It shifts to patient activation and the goldmine of existing patients sitting unactivated inside the system, then to loyalty and the structural problem of marketing's measurement gap. 72% of departments don't track campaigns through to completed care. 47% have no clear owner for activating existing patients. The panel takes a hard look at the simple prescription that "outside thinking will fix this," with Jane and John pushing back on the assumption that CMOs from other industries can move faster inside healthcare than the people already there. The conversation closes on AI: where it's actually being deployed in health systems, why most spend lands on content production rather than patient identification, and how LLM disruption is starting to show up at urgent care visits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back from a short break with the first half of our annual Synod 2026 preview — and this is not a back-to-normal agenda. The Council of Delegates is bringing 27 recommendations forward, and Jason, Dan, and Willy walk through the bigger buckets the people in the pew should actually be paying attention to. We dig into Recommendation K (Saturday-to-Saturday synod and the Lord's Day problem), Recommendation O (the quiet authority shift on the Program Committee), the biennial synods proposal in Y and Z, and the pay-to-play two-tier ministry shares scheme tucked into Overture 32. Overture 30 from Georgetown is the financial transparency we should already have. Underneath all of it sits a trust crisis the denomination keeps trying to solve by demanding more trust — when before trust always comes transparency. The episode lands in the defining membership task force, where Dan calls us to stop rushing people into membership, Willy distinguishes commitment from understanding, and Jason wrestles honestly with both sides of a question that isn't yet resolved. The reformation isn't done. Keep pushing. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro and Synod 2026 preview 2:56 — Recommendation K: Saturday-to-Saturday synod and the Lord's Day 7:45 — Recommendation O: Director of Ecclesiastical Governance on the Program Committee 11:53 — Recommendations P & Q: Limited suspension reporting 14:13 — Recommendations Y & Z: Biennial synods and governance costs 23:23 — Overture 30 (Georgetown): Financial transparency 25:35 — Cutting bureaucratic bloat in the CRC 27:21 — Trust, transparency, and the Canoeing the Mountains principle 33:48 — Defining Membership Task Force 37:11 — Stop rushing people into membership 39:48 — Difference in understanding vs. difference in commitment 41:12 — Jason on the open theological question Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Dr. Edith Eger was 16 years old when she danced for Josef Mengele at Auschwitz the same night her mother was sent to the gas chamber. She survived. And then she spent decades running from what happened until she finally turned around and walked straight back into it. What she found there changed everything. Edith teaches that freedom is not something that happens to you. It is something you choose. Again and again. By becoming your own good parent, facing what you have been carrying, and giving yourself permission to let go. Anger is not the primary emotion, she says. Underneath it is always fear. And underneath fear is a little child who just needs someone to show up. This conversation will rearrange something inside you. It is not about forgetting. It is not about overcoming. It is about learning to cherish the wound, and using it to become more alive. Dr. Edith's website Dr. Edith on Instagram Dr. Edith's courses Dr. Edith's books: The Choice: Embrace the Possible The Gift: 14 Lessons to Save Your Life The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice In this episode you will: Discover why the key to your freedom is already in your pocket, even if you have been in your own mental prison for years Learn how to turn depression into expression by facing the rage you have been running from instead of medicating or analyzing it Understand the critical difference between being a victim and being victimized, and why one destroys your potential while the other leaves your power intact Find out how to stop living for other people's approval by becoming the loving parent to yourself that you may have never had Reclaim the joy and passion you thought you lost by asking one simple question about everything you do For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1922 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you'll love: Lewis Howes Solo [STOP Letting People Walk All Over You] Amy Purdy Michelle Obama Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Are you doing all the “right” things for your skin, and still breaking out every single month?You know, like using clean products, improving your diet, maybe even trying some supplements, but somehow your skin doesn't get the message.I wanted to bring this one back because it's one of those older episodes that's still so relevant, especially if you've been stuck in that loop of trying things, seeing a bit of progress, and then ending up right back where you started.I'm talking with Danielle Gronich (the Acne Guru and founder of Clearstem), and we go way beyond “just use this product.” Because most of the time, it's not just one thing that's causing the issue; it's how all the pieces are (not) working together.We get into:Why some clean skincare products might still be clogging your pores (this one catches a lot of women off guard)What those same-time-every-month breakouts can be pointing to in your bodyThe gaps that often get missed when you're doing a lot right, but still not seeing clear skinThis conversation might help you see that you've been on the right track, but maybe not in a way that your body needs. So, if you feel like nothing has worked for you so far, give this a listen. And don't be surprised if you start questioning your bathroom shelf after!Clear Skin Routine - code Leisha for 10% offFollow Danielle on IGBreakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Subscribe to This Week in Hospitality wherever you get you podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5oPExA0txHMjEI5Ye13IUy Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-hospitality/id1849637233 Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinHospitality   This week's conversation pulls apart a reality the industry has been circling for months—but is now impossible to ignore: travel demand is no longer being created, shaped, or captured by the companies that actually deliver the experience. It's happening upstream. What starts as a discussion around TikTok and AI quickly evolves into something bigger—a structural shift in how travelers decide. Discovery is no longer destination-first. It's scroll-first. A piece of content sparks interest, AI compresses consideration, and by the time a traveler reaches a booking interface, most of the decision has already been made. That shift leaves hotels, airlines, and even OTAs reacting instead of leading. The episode unpacks what that means in practice. Why a digitally ambitious airline like Riyadh Air still defaults to legacy distribution before launch. Why Uber entering hotel bookings isn't about inventory—it's about embedding travel into habit. And why every major brand—from Airbnb to Minor Hotels—is racing to become more than just a single touchpoint in the journey. Underneath all of it is a more uncomfortable truth: the industry has over-rotated on storytelling without solving distribution. And storytelling alone doesn't close the transaction. There's also tension between strategy and reality. Independent operators are told to “create demand,” but many are still constrained by ownership structures focused on 30- to 90-day performance windows. Attribution remains murky. Investment decisions follow what can be measured—not necessarily what drives long-term growth. The result is a fragmented ecosystem where inspiration, validation, and booking live in entirely different places—most of which operators don't control. The question isn't whether this shift is happening. It's who adapts to it—and who becomes invisible within it. This Week in Hospitality is presented to you by Journey. Journey is a loyalty platform built specifically for independent boutique hotels and high-touch hospitality brands. Our mission is to give operators the same powerful rewards engine, data intelligence, and guest insights that major chains rely on — without asking them to give up the individuality, soul, or story that makes their property extraordinary. If you're an owner or operator of an extraordinary, independently owned and operated hotel or residence — and you want to see whether your property is a fit for the Journey Alliance — you can learn more and apply at https://www.journey.com/alliance   Key Topics & Timestamps 00:00 — Intro 05:15 — Story #1: TikTok, AI, and the Hijacked Travel Funnel 28:50 — Story #2: Uber Enters Hotel Booking Through Expedia 38:35 — Story #3: Riyadh Air's Direct-Booking Reality Check 47:28 — Story #4: Minor Hotels Bets on Private Jet Luxury 57:32 — Spice of the Week   Your Hosts: Zach Busekrus — Journey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachbusekrus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behindthestays/   Scott Eddy — Global Travel & Hospitality Expert @MrScottEddy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrscotteddy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrscotteddy/   Ben Wolff — Founder of Onera & Oasi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-wolff/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iambenwolff/   Edwin Kramer — Luxury Hotelier Consultant & Former GM LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinckramer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edwinkramer/

There's one sentence I hear more than any other from the women I work with when we're talking about hard conversations. It usually sounds like, I know I need to say something… but what if they get upset, what if they don't like it, what if they push back? Underneath all of it is the same fear: what if I jeopardize the relationship? In this episode, we're looking at where that fear comes from and how it's really impacting your relationships, because resentment, anxiety, and disconnection don't go away when you stay quiet; they just build over time. Here's what I cover:Why the relationship is already being affected when you don't say what's trueThe different ways fear can show up when you have something difficult to sayWhy staying quiet creates an edited version of you in relationships instead of real connectionHow loneliness builds when you're in relationships where you aren't fully seen or knownA practical way to begin speaking up in your relationships, including a phrase to open the conversationFind Sara here:sarafisk.coachpages.sarafisk.coach/difficultconversationsinstagram.com/sarafiskcoachfacebook.com/SaraFiskCoachingtiktok.com/@sarafiskcoachyoutube.com/@sarafiskcoaching1333

This episode of Karma & Chaos takes a wild turn down memory lane as Kail and Becky are joined by Becky's college best friend, Morgan. From how they met to the kind of college antics that turn into full-blown legend status, nothing is off limits. Underneath the chaos is something deeper; what it really looks like to grow up together and maintain a friendship through all the different phases of life.. As the conversation shifts into motherhood, relationships, and identity, the contrast between who they were and who they are now hits in a way that's both hilarious and unexpectedly real.Get your Fatherless Behaviour Tour Tickets hereFor full videos head to patreon.com/kaillowry Follow Becky at Hayter25 and subscribe to For The HaytersThank you for supporting the show by checking out our sponsors! This episode is sponosered by Booking.com.Head over to Booking.com and start your listing today. Get Seen. Get Booked on Booking.com.Veracity: For up to 65% off your order, head to VeracityHealth.co and use code KARMA.Biologica: Head to Biologica.com/KARMA to get started right now, subscribers can receive up to 32% off their purchase. Minnow: Shop minnow's spring 2026 collection at shopminnow.com and enter code MEETMINNOW15 at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Shopify: to sign up for your one dollar a month trial period head to shopify.com/karma DirectTV: Go to directv.com/genrepacks and sign up today.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 201 As we have been exploring, the Nazis had a worldview, and that worldview formed the core of their European experiment in the 1930s and 1940s. Underneath that worldview was a myth: the Myth of the Blood. This myth was concocted by the Nazi's chief ideologist, Alfred Rosenberg, and formalized the race-based thinking of the Third Reich. And myth it is. Rosenberg records these ideas in his book The Myth of the Twentieth Century, which begins with a chapter titled "Race and Race-Soul," and it opens with a declared intention to rewrite history. In this episode of the Nazi Experiment series on the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay takes you through several sections of Rosenberg's Myth, showing just how deep the racial rabbit hole goes with the Nazis (to the foundations of humanity, to be exact). Join him for yet another harrowing look inside the Nazi ideology. Latest from New Discourses Press! The Queering of the American Child: https://queeringbook.com/ Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2026 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #NewDiscourses #JamesLindsay #Nazism