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The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea—as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling economies. As the Turkish state has enacted increasingly punitive anti-smuggling laws, smuggling has also become a site of contentious politics. Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands (Stanford UP, 2025) explores anti-smuggling law enforcement and criminal prosecutions to reveal a key site—the criminal court—where borders and claims of sovereignty are simultaneously remade and disrupted.Taking readers from border villages, mountain passes, and road checkpoints to courtrooms, law offices, and forensic laboratories, Fırat Bozçalı examines how Kurdish smugglers, with the help of their lawyers, legally disrupt state sovereignty in criminal courts. Kurdish smugglers and lawyers adopt and rework procedures, rules, and reasonings in ways that interrupt the courts' capacity to coopt, discipline, and oppress. Bozçalı theorizes this evasive engagement with the legal system as a strategy of techno-legal politics among marginalized and persecuted groups, one that extends beyond the Kurdish case. Smuggling Law holds profound relevance in today's world, where ever-expanding regimes of surveillance, oppression, and dispossession unfold in the broader contexts of the global war on terror and data-driven capitalism. Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea—as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling economies. As the Turkish state has enacted increasingly punitive anti-smuggling laws, smuggling has also become a site of contentious politics. Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands (Stanford UP, 2025) explores anti-smuggling law enforcement and criminal prosecutions to reveal a key site—the criminal court—where borders and claims of sovereignty are simultaneously remade and disrupted.Taking readers from border villages, mountain passes, and road checkpoints to courtrooms, law offices, and forensic laboratories, Fırat Bozçalı examines how Kurdish smugglers, with the help of their lawyers, legally disrupt state sovereignty in criminal courts. Kurdish smugglers and lawyers adopt and rework procedures, rules, and reasonings in ways that interrupt the courts' capacity to coopt, discipline, and oppress. Bozçalı theorizes this evasive engagement with the legal system as a strategy of techno-legal politics among marginalized and persecuted groups, one that extends beyond the Kurdish case. Smuggling Law holds profound relevance in today's world, where ever-expanding regimes of surveillance, oppression, and dispossession unfold in the broader contexts of the global war on terror and data-driven capitalism. Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea—as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling economies. As the Turkish state has enacted increasingly punitive anti-smuggling laws, smuggling has also become a site of contentious politics. Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands (Stanford UP, 2025) explores anti-smuggling law enforcement and criminal prosecutions to reveal a key site—the criminal court—where borders and claims of sovereignty are simultaneously remade and disrupted.Taking readers from border villages, mountain passes, and road checkpoints to courtrooms, law offices, and forensic laboratories, Fırat Bozçalı examines how Kurdish smugglers, with the help of their lawyers, legally disrupt state sovereignty in criminal courts. Kurdish smugglers and lawyers adopt and rework procedures, rules, and reasonings in ways that interrupt the courts' capacity to coopt, discipline, and oppress. Bozçalı theorizes this evasive engagement with the legal system as a strategy of techno-legal politics among marginalized and persecuted groups, one that extends beyond the Kurdish case. Smuggling Law holds profound relevance in today's world, where ever-expanding regimes of surveillance, oppression, and dispossession unfold in the broader contexts of the global war on terror and data-driven capitalism. Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Showers and a few downpours today, but not the heavy rain of the weekend. Warmer midweek.

Here is my latest thinking on the upcoming storm this weekend.

Between 1979 and 1981, Black children, teenagers and young adults disappeared across Atlanta. As fear spread, grieving families organized searches, challenged city leaders and demanded that the cases be treated as a coordinated emergency.In this special episode, Steph examines the victims, the community's fight for answers and the controversial case against Wayne Williams.Williams was convicted of murdering two adult men, Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater. He was never tried for the children's murders, yet authorities attributed more than twenty additional deaths to him and closed those cases.We examine the Jackson Parkway bridge encounter, fiber and dog-hair evidence, disputed witnesses, Williams's changing explanations, racial and political pressure, possible Klan involvement, and the differences among the victims that continue to raise questions.Was Wayne Williams responsible for every murder attributed to him, only some of them, or was one conviction used to provide Atlanta with an ending it desperately needed?Content warning: This episode discusses the murders of children and young adults, racial violence and disputed allegations.Remember the victims as individuals—not simply as evidence for or against Wayne Williams.

Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Sam Leppo are back this week talking about the cool and nice mornings that started off the week. They look ahead to an unsettled pattern that develops heading into the start of fall next week. Sam and Rich also recap week 1 of their fantasy football teams.

Love the show? Have any thoughts? Click here to let us know!This week, we're heading to Indiana for two stories that prove some mysteries never really go away. First, Lauren dives into the infamous Burger Chef murders, where four young employees disappeared from an Indianapolis restaurant during a late-night shift and were later found murdered.. Then, Kenzie returns to Fox Hollow Farm, the former home of suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister. But this time, we're focusing on what allegedly happened after a new family moved onto the property. Join us as we explore two of Indiana's darkest stories, where mysterious murders and restless spirits leave plenty of questions behind.Follow us on Social Media and find out how to support A Scary State by clicking on our Link Tree: https://instabio.cc/4050223uxWQAl--Have a scary tale or listener story of your own? Send us an email to ascarystatepodcast@gmail.com! We can't wait to read it!--Thinking of starting a podcast? Thinking about using Buzzsprout for that? Well use our link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you and get a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1722892--Works cited!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VgqLQokaZhiy7s7tspN6_4aueaVSW-TOsuZYM_iPjd4/edit?usp=sharing --Intro and outro music thanks to Kevin MacLeod. You can visit his site here: http://incompetech.com/. Which is where we found our music!

If we're truly honest with ourselves, then most of us over 25 have struggled with sleep. We have developed some sleeping issues. Maybe we are feeling unsettled, exhausted, unrested. This episode is exactly what you need to help you understand and identify some of the emotional roots that may be associated with that lack of deep sleep, with that feeling unsettled. Tune in, take notes, and enjoy learning about how you can use your tools for a better night's rest.    https://aromatools.com/collections/frontpage/products/essential-emotions-14th-edition   The Essential Life book here https://essentiallife.com/product/essential-life-10th-edition/ If this episode touched something in your heart, just know you don't have to walk through it alone. This is the kind of emotional healing work we support our clients through, and we'd be honored to walk alongside you when you're ready.   Book with Vicki: https://vickilebrilla.com/coaching Book with Sarah: https://sarahsepos.com/coaching   Scoop of the Day Diffuser Blends For Sleep  Blend #1 5 Citrus Bliss 5 Lavender   Blend #2 4 Black Spruce 4 Lavender 2 Roman Chamomile   Blend #3 4 Serenity 4 Shinrin-Yoku   Blend #4 4 Serenity 4 Balance   Blend #5 3 Lavender 3 Wild Orange 2 Green Mandarin   Blend #6 3 Northern Escape 2 Serenity 2 Shinrin-Yoku     #SleepSupport #BetterSleep #SleepWellness #SleepAndEmotions #EmotionalWellness #EmotionalHealth #EmotionalRoots #SleepChallenges #SleepProblems #RestfulSleep #FeelingRested #Grounding #Grounded #EmotionalBalance #Resilience #StressSupport #StressAndSleep #TiredAndExhausted #NaturalWellness #EssentialOils #EssentialOilEducation #Aromatherapy #doTERRA #doTERRAEssentialOils   Hi friends, don't forget to leave us a review, your feedback is always welcome, and helps this podcast reach more ears. Join us in our New Facebook Community! Connect on Instagram    Book with Vicki: https://vickilebrilla.com/coaching   Book with Sarah: https://sarahsepos.com/coaching     We upload a brand new videos every week here on YouTube. Want to learn more about us? Visit theessentialoilscoop.com   Remember to like, share, and subscribe to our podcast so you will be notified every time we upload a brand new episode.  Leave us a review as well, your feedback is always welcome. Also opt-in to our newsletter at https://theessentialoilscoop.com/newsletter   If you have any questions or have subject ideas you would like us to cover please email us at theessentialoilscoop@gmail.com   Disclaimer:  Welcome to The Essential Oil Scoop Podcast. We want to remind our listeners that the information provided in this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The use of essential oils is a personal choice and should be done at your own risk. We are not medical professionals and cannot diagnose, treat, or prescribe any medical condition. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider before using any essential oils or making changes to your healthcare routine. Any information or opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of any particular organization. Thank you for listening.  

The voice of the Utes gives his expectations for tomorrow's game vs Arkansas, Can the defense take advantage of the Razorbacks' offense (?) + more

The voice of the Utes gives his expectations for tomorrow's game vs Arkansas, Can the defense take advantage of the Razorbacks' offense (?) + more

The voice of the Utes gives his expectations for tomorrow's game vs Arkansas, Can the defense take advantage of the Razorbacks' offense (?) + more

The voice of the Utes gives his expectations for tomorrow's game vs Arkansas, Can the defense take advantage of the Razorbacks' offense (?) + more

With Louis Diamond and Mindy Diamond Louis and Mindy Diamond explore why successful financial advisors can feel stuck despite thriving businesses—and how agency, enterprise value, risk, legacy, and a clear true north can help them evaluate what comes next. In Summary Successful advisors by definition have thriving businesses, loyal clients, and enviable careers—yet still wonder whether comfort has replaced energy. Louis and Mindy Diamond examine why success itself can make change harder, how the desire for agency competes with the disruption of a transition, and why record practice valuations, longer careers, and expanded optionality are prompting more advisors to question the status quo. They also offer practical questions to help advisors clarify their true north, risk tolerance, time horizon, and legacy before deciding whether to stay or explore something new. The Storyline By every external measure, top advisors today are doing exceptionally well. They have strong production, loyal clients, growing teams, and successful businesses. Yet some privately wonder why the work no longer feels as satisfying as they expected. Louis and Mindy explain that the tension is not a sign of failure. For many advisors, it appears after they have succeeded and can see another 15 or 20 years of more of the same ahead. The question becomes whether their business still gives them the agency, control, and professional energy they want. That distinction between comfort and energy can be difficult to recognize. An advisor may enjoy an excellent quality of life and a business that runs smoothly while still feeling comfortably uncomfortable. The catalyst is often not a breaking point, but a renewed desire to build, grow, create enterprise value, or leave a different legacy. Success also creates powerful reasons to stay. A healthy pipeline, loyal clients, unvested compensation, retire-in-place programs, and the short-term disruption of a transition can make change difficult to justify. At the same time, record valuations, longer careers, multigenerational teams, and a broader range of firm and affiliation models have made the opportunity cost of staying more visible. The discussion does not assume that every advisor should move. Instead, Louis and Mindy focus on how to make an intentional decision: define your true north, identify what you are trying to solve for, assess your tolerance for risk and disruption, and learn what is possible before committing to a change. Topics Covered Why successful advisors can feel stuck Agency, control, and professional satisfaction Comfort versus energy in a thriving business Defining an advisor's true north When more of the same becomes a constraint Fear of change versus fear of standing still Recruiting deals, practice valuations, and enterprise value Longer careers and multigenerational teams Risk tolerance, disruption, and client portability Creating clarity without committing to a move > Download a transcript of this episode… Listen and Learn Highlights for Advisors What feels different for successful advisors today? (02:09)Mindy explains why top advisors are increasingly willing to examine the status quo as their choices expand and the value of their businesses rises. Why can objectively successful advisors still feel unsettled? (04:51)Mindy identifies agency as a central need for top advisors and explains why a loss of control can create deep frustration even when the business is performing well. What does a fire in the belly reveal? (08:22)Mindy shares the example of a highly successful wirehouse team whose interest in change comes from a desire for renewed energy and legacy, not from a final breaking point. How is being comfortable different from being energized? (11:53)Louis and Mindy explore the difference between a business that provides an excellent life and one that still feels professionally satisfying, including the feeling of being comfortably uncomfortable. When does more of the same become a constraint? (17:49)They discuss how repeating a successful formula can continue to produce results while limiting growth, ownership, or the entrepreneurial spark an advisor wants to pursue. How do advisors reconcile fear of change with fear of standing still? (27:16)Mindy and Louis explain why those competing concerns can persist for years and how a firm decision, a compelling opportunity, or a moment of personal clarity can shift the balance. Why is this question surfacing more often now? (29:48)Record valuations, elevated recruiting deals, expanded optionality, peer movement, longer careers, and next-generation needs are changing how advisors assess the cost of staying. Which questions should advisors ask before considering a move? (36:35)Mindy and Louis outline questions about true north, frustration, risk appetite, disruption, legacy, time horizon, and the regret of never testing what might be possible. Key Takeaways Success and professional fulfillment are not the same thing. An advisor can have strong growth, loyal clients, and an excellent quality of life while still feeling that comfort has replaced energy. Agency is a core need for many top advisors. Firm policies, compensation changes, technology limits, or other decisions can feel especially disruptive when they reduce control over the business or client experience. Good enough can become a constraint. A proven business model may continue to work financially while limiting growth, ownership, enterprise value, or the professional satisfaction an advisor wants next. Success creates powerful inertia. A strong pipeline, unvested compensation, retire-in-place programs, client relationships, and the disruption of a transition can all make the status quo difficult to challenge. The opportunity cost of staying has become more visible. Record valuations, elevated recruiting deals, broader affiliation choices, longer careers, and peer movement give advisors more reasons to understand what else may be possible. True north should come before due diligence. Advisors need to define what they want to solve for and how they weigh control, risk, enterprise value, legacy, and time horizon before evaluating firms or models. Education does not require a move. Self-awareness and a clear view of the available options can help an advisor make an intentional decision, including the decision to stay. https://youtu.be/nrmtRBlJJVs Quotable Moments “I'm comfortably uncomfortable.” — Mindy Diamond “You've always got to be really clear on what your true north is.” — Mindy Diamond “Which regret is bigger to you, trying something and failing or never testing what's possible?” — Louis Diamond “It's okay to want more. There's nothing wrong with you for wanting more. At the same time, there's nothing wrong about being comfortable.” — Louis Diamond FAQs Why do successful financial advisors feel stuck even when their businesses are thriving? External success does not always create professional energy or fulfillment. Some advisors have excellent businesses but feel they have lost agency, stopped growing in ways that matter to them, or settled into a version of success that no longer fits their goals. What does agency mean for a financial advisor? Agency is control over an advisor's professional life and business. It can include how the advisor serves clients, uses technology, builds a team, makes decisions, and plans for growth or succession. Is being comfortable in a business the same as being energized by it? Not always. Comfort can reflect a strong business, good income, loyal clients, and a healthy quality of life. Energy comes from feeling engaged by what the advisor is building and where the business is headed. Why can success make it harder for an advisor to change firms? Successful advisors often have more to disrupt, including client relationships, team dynamics, a growing pipeline, unvested compensation, and valuable retire-in-place benefits. The immediate costs and risks of a transition can outweigh a benefit that may be larger over the long term. Why are more successful advisors questioning the status quo now? Practice valuations and recruiting deals are high, the range of affiliation models has expanded, and advisors see respected peers make changes. Longer careers and the needs of next-generation partners also give many teams more time and reason to reconsider their future. What is an advisor's true north? True north is the set of priorities that should guide an advisor's decision. It defines what the advisor wants to build, what needs to change, and how factors such as control, ownership, legacy, risk, and time horizon should be weighted. What should an advisor ask before considering a move? Key questions include what is causing frustration, how significant it is, what outcome the advisor wants, how much disruption and client risk the team can tolerate, and whether staying in the same place for another 10 or 15 years would still feel satisfying. How can an advisor create clarity without committing to change? Start with self-awareness, then learn what options exist through informed conversations and competitive analysis. Understanding the landscape can strengthen a decision to stay or reveal a better fit without obligating the advisor to move. External success does not always create professional energy or fulfillment. Some advisors have excellent businesses but feel they have lost agency, stopped growing in ways that matter to them, or settled into a version of success that no longer fits their goals. Agency is control over an advisor's professional life and business. It can include how the advisor serves clients, uses technology, builds a team, makes decisions, and plans for growth or succession. Not always. Comfort can reflect a strong business, good income, loyal clients, and a healthy quality of life. Energy comes from feeling engaged by what the advisor is building and where the business is headed. Successful advisors often have more to disrupt, including client relationships, team dynamics, a growing pipeline, unvested compensation, and valuable retire-in-place benefits. The immediate costs and risks of a transition can outweigh a benefit that may be larger over the long term. Practice valuations and recruiting deals are high, the range of affiliation models has expanded, and advisors see respected peers make changes. Longer careers and the needs of next-generation partners also give many teams more time and reason to reconsider their future. True north is the set of priorities that should guide an advisor's decision. It defines what the advisor wants to build, what needs to change, and how factors such as control, ownership, legacy, risk, and time horizon should be weighted. Key questions include what is causing frustration, how significant it is, what outcome the advisor wants, how much disruption and client risk the team can tolerate, and whether staying in the same place for another 10 or 15 years would still feel satisfying. Start with self-awareness, then learn what options exist through informed conversations and competitive analysis. Understanding the landscape can strengthen a decision to stay or reveal a better fit without obligating the advisor to move. Related Resources How to Free Yourself from the “If Only” MindsetHere are the 5 most common self-limiting statements that advisors share—and ways to reframe your thinking. Limitless Growth: Building the Business You Want and the Life to MatchStephanie Bogan, founder of Limitless Advisor, offers a glimpse into the advice and perspective she shares with advisors and business leaders in the wealth management world, focusing on mindset and methods, and their relationship to achieving one's best business life. NOTE: The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Diamond Consultants. Neither Diamond Consultants nor the guests on this podcast are compensated in any way for their participation. View the transcript of this episode… Best of Replay: Why So Many Successful Advisors Feel Stuck An Industry Update with Louis Diamond and Mindy Diamond.      Louis Diamond: Welcome to a replay of one of the most popular episodes from our podcast series for financial advisors. Why So Many Successful Advisors Feel Stuck. It's a Special Industry Update with Mindy Diamond. I’m Louis Diamond and this is the Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors. Mindy Diamond: At Diamond Consultants, we help elite advisors identify the right environment for their businesses to thrive, whether that’s at a wirehouse, boutique or independent firm. With nearly three decades of experience, we’ve guided thousands of advisors and represented more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in assets transitioned. And each year, one in four advisors managing a billion dollars or more who change firms are our clients. Our process is education-driven, and based on building relationships, starting as your strategic partner well before you’re even thinking of a move. To schedule a confidential conversation, call us at (908) 879-1002. Wondering why advisors change firms and where they’re headed? Are transition deals going up or down? Those very questions and more inspired us to create our annual advisor transition report. It’s the award-winning, data-driven resource designed for advisors that connects the dots between the motivations around movement and the firm’s appetite for top talent. Arm yourself with the knowledge you need to make smart decisions. Download your copy at diamond-consultants.com/transitionreport. Louis Diamond: We spend a lot of time talking with advisors who, by every external measure, are doing exceptionally well. They’ve built real businesses with strong production, loyal clients and teams that continue to grow, and yet behind closed doors, many of these same advisors are quietly asking a different set of questions. Not how do I fix what’s broken, but why doesn’t this feel as good as I expected? That tension is showing up more frequently than it did five or 10 years ago, and it’s not because advisors are failing. In many cases, it’s because they’ve won and now find themselves staring at another 15 to 20 years of more the same, unsure whether comfort has slowly replaced energy. This industry update is about that very moment. I asked Mindy to join me to unpack what we’re hearing from successful advisors across the industry, why success itself can become a constraint, how fear of change competes with fear of standing still, and why record valuations, longer careers and the maturity of the independent space are changing the psychology of decision-making. We also talk about the right questions to ask before considering a move, questions about control, enterprise value, legacy and time horizon, and how advisors can create clarity without forcing a decision. There’s lot to explore here, so let’s get into it. Mindy, thanks for joining us. Mindy Diamond: Oh, I’m so happy to be here. Always. Louis Diamond: This is a fun topic. So today we’re just going to dive right in. I’m curious, from your vantage point and talking and working with many of the best advisors in the industry at a high level, what are you hearing from successful advisors today that feels different from five or 10 years ago? Mindy Diamond: First of all, for the most part, I think that top advisors are loathe to move. And they may have a bunch of frustrations or things that they wish were different, but generally speaking, they’ve always been well taken care of. They have the bat phone to the top, it’s good enough and nobody wants to mess with success. But two things are true today more than ever before, that the competitive landscape, there are more options than ever before, that their businesses are worth more than before. I guess it’s more than two things. That they’re thinking about their business as a business and saying, “Yeah, it’s a hassle to move, but if I can maximize the value of my business more elsewhere and at the same time solve for what I want to, maybe I really do need to consider it. And so I think that it’s a time of more consideration, that top advisors, in particular, are just not willing to settle for the status quo. Louis Diamond: Yeah, no doubt. The only thing I would add, but I completely agree, is that today the retire in place or succession opportunities for a wirehouse advisor to transition or sell their business to their next generation or to another team or even an independent advisor, to sell their business to their broker dealer or to someone within their firm, those opportunities, the internal options, I think are more compelling than ever. So we hear a lot from really successful advisors who, that actually doesn’t matter if they’re successful or let’s say they’re mid-tier in the industry, where it’s much easier to stay. And the firms are smart. They’ve made these internal deals better for the retiring advisor at the expense of the inheriting advisor, but they definitely try to create the easy button for someone who’s successful and might be fairly close to the end zone of their career. Mindy Diamond: And yeah, unequivocally. And so I think what happens is that, as these senior advisors are weighing the notion of will I eventually take my firm’s retire in place program, hit that easy button, if you will, take the path of lease resistance? Before they do, most of them will, and absolutely should, at least get educated about what else is out there. Not with an eye toward moving necessarily, but with an eye toward knowing what their value is before they sign on for the next seven to 10 years. Louis Diamond: No doubt about it. So I think for the most part, we’re talking about mostly top two, advisors who are objectively winning. They have amazing businesses, they’re growing, they have loyal clients. Work-life balance is probably pretty good. So why do so many of these advisors still feel unsettled at the end of the day? Mindy Diamond: Because I think that without question, the number one thing that every advisor, but definitely the most successful advisors want, is agency. Agency over their professional life and anything, any day, any event that smacks of loss of agency or less agency than they would like, less control than they would like, makes them feel unsettled is a good word. Unsettled is probably a euphemism for exceedingly frustrated, really angry, ready to go. So look, our job in talking to these folks is, first of all, to say to them, there is no perfection anywhere. So the first thing is you may be annoyed that your firm did X, Y and Z, or you don’t have control over A, B, and C, or you may want more of A, B and C, but at the end of the day, you need to be sure that you’re aware of the hassle factor, you’re willing to trade one set of problems for potentially another. I guess what I’m saying is you got to really be sure that you want it. That’s the bottom line. Louis Diamond: No doubt. I would also add a bit of a different spin that a lot of advisors, these folks that I think by any objective measure, they’re killing it. You look at any of their friends outside the industry, their friends probably look at them and say, “Wow, this advisor has an amazing life.” And I think we’d probably say the same, but I think we see it where there’s a difference between being professionally motivated and energized versus just being comfortable. And I think with a lot of folks, especially if it’s a fee-based business, their clients are mostly friends. They grinded in the early years. They still work hard, but now things are on autopilot. So I think some people around unsettled because they have 10, 15, 20, 25 years left to work and they look and say, “This is great. I make a good living. Life’s not that hard,” but they’re missing that spark that they used to have. Mindy Diamond: I couldn’t agree more. I actually love that spin, and if I can, I’ll share an example of a conversation I had literally just last week. So talking with one of three senior partners on a very successful wirehouse team, without a doubt, one of the top teams in the industry, and this is a team that absolutely has a bat phone to the top. This is a team that gets referrals from their firm. So if another advisor leaves, they’re the go-to. If someone has an investment banking deal and needs to bring in a wealth advisor, they would go to this team. This is the team or one of a few teams. And I talked to them probably every six months for the last 10 years, and I’m not kidding, and we just have a nice relationship. They trust me. No, I would never sell them. And so they just want to understand the pulse on things. And for years, that’s essentially what they’ve said is, “We’re killing it, we’re crushing it. We are the go-to team and everything is hitting on all cylinders. And we know that we’ve got our firm’s retire in place programs when two of our senior partners are ready to cash out.” But just last week, not even the senior most member, probably the second to senior most member called and said, “It’s all working well, but I have this fire in my belly.” That’s a good way to say it, right? I have the sense that I’m missing something. And so some of the time, it’s about just getting to that place, say, when the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Something happens, you can’t take it any more, time to go. But with those top advisors, more often than not, it’s not about straw that breaks the camel’s back. It’s much more about fire in my belly. I realize that will I feel good if, at the end of the day, five minutes, five years or 20 years from now, will I feel good if I leave it all behind? We’re right here. Louis Diamond: Yep, exactly. Yeah, I think part of it is legacy, but the other part is just fast forwarding the tape. If you say 20 years from now, and you look back in the last 20 years, is you plus 20 years going to feel satisfied and encouraged and excited about what you were accomplishing? Or was it more of a, yeah, it was good, it was easy. I bought three houses and I have a boat. Or was it more about the personal joy of growing and building something and being part of something? Mindy Diamond: That’s actually a very good way to say it. Where can the top advisor find that joy? So let’s say I’m hitting on all cylinders, top of the food chain at fill in the blank firm, a traditional firm. What are typically the things that advisor, the options that advisor might consider that could ignite that joy? Louis Diamond: Yeah, I mean, honestly, probably a bad nonspecific answer, but it really could be anything. I mean, we see plenty of teams that are with one major wirehouse, they move to another one and just the act of transitioning is re-energizing. They have backend bonuses to hit. This new firm has a bit of a different culture, they feel more important again, and that’s their spark. Others, it would be we’re building something, we’re creating our own firm. Others might be I’m now an equity partner in something that I have a hand in, I have a voice. They actually listen to me. So I think it can be all of the above. It’s more about what is it that an advisor is most interested in? And then at this point in the industry, it’s choose your own adventure. If you have some sort of feeling or urge, whether it’s I want to do something different, I want to grow faster, I’m frustrated by X, Y, Z, it’s more about filling in the blanks of what your next journey looks like. And my guess is just thinking about that is going to provide that natural spark or ignition. Mindy Diamond: Yeah. And if I can, the piece of advice that I gave to this team, and I think is worth mentioning here, you’re absolutely right. Choose your own adventure. To us, I think we would both say that most exciting thing about being in our position and being the counselor or the guide or the Sherpa to advisors as they consider what comes next is the amount of choice that they have and how exciting the next chapter can be. But what I said to this team or the one advisor on this team is, “You’ve always got to be really clear on what your true north is.” So yes, there’s a lot of options. An advisor can find joy or reignite the spark at any number of choices, more than ever before. But being really clear before you begin to take meetings or think about it on what you’re looking to solve for, what’s most important to you really matters or else you wind up just spinning your wheels for a lot of time. Louis Diamond: Clearly agree. How do you distinguish between being comfortable in your business and being energized by a business? Do you think there’s a difference? Mindy Diamond: Yeah, look, I think in some cases, they could be one and the same. I think somebody can be comfortable because they feel energized. They’re hitting on all cylinders. They’ve got a lot of agency and professional control over their business. They’re where they want to be. They’re living their true north. But I think in many cases, and many of the advisors we’ve counseled, they aren’t one of the same. I’m comfortable because, as you said, I have a great quality of life, I’m making great money, I have a lot of freedom to coach my kids’ basketball team. I can work from home, I can travel when I want to, I have great clients. I may not technically own my business, but I feel as though I do. I’m comfortable enough. But what this advisor last week said to me, and what we hear a lot, is I’m comfortably uncomfortable. That I am comfortable enough. If I retired from here, I will have made a ton of money, I will have done good work and it all would be good enough. But whether or not good enough is really good enough in terms of professionally satisfying and everything you want it to be is a very different question. Louis Diamond: Exactly. I’ll give an example of that. I have an advisor I speak to who’s independent. So he’s been independent for his entire career at a broker dealer. He’s an absolute stone-cold killer. I told him that. He’s probably top three advisors at his BD, so it’s great for the ego. He’s on the conference circuit and sharing his best practices, but he’s in his 40s and said to me, “I can continue to rinse, repeat, I can continue to get the accolades and be on the main stage, but I feel like I’m missing something. I just know how to run the same place and I don’t really see how that’s going to change.” So he has a pretty hard decision because it’s nice to feel important, it’s nice to grow without a lot of extra effort, but for this individual, it’s becoming clear that spark or feeling energized again is his true north. Mindy Diamond: And so what would he look at? In other words, if you are already top of the food chain at your broker dealer, and by the way, we see that a lot, that advisors in the independent space that work under broker dealer that are number one, they are the one at the conference that everybody goes up to and said, “Oh my God, I hear such great things about you. I want to learn from you.” So what is it he’s missing? Louis Diamond: For this individual, what he thinks he’s missing is the chance to really build his own platform. So if this gentleman decides to make a change, it’s definitively going to be to build his own RIA, where he can pick and choose all the technology. He’s really bullish about his personal network and being able to recruit like-minded folks in to do acquisitions. And his North Star is going to be, how do I build the most valuable enterprise that I can sell for a whole boatload of money 15 years from now? It’s a great example because this person has everything that most people would want, but he’s still wanting more. And what he’s looking to accomplish is probably similar to a lot of people, but the means that he’s going to get there and the weighting that he’s putting on his criteria are different. And that’s what, I think, the best part of being an advisor is you have so much choice. There’s no one telling you, “You have to grow, you have to do this, you have to care about money, you have to onboard X number of clients.” It’s much more about how do you listen to your heart and then make intentional choices to make it happen, essentially. Mindy Diamond: Yeah, and I think that’s the calculus. His calculus is it’s more than enough here. The question is, am I willing to upset what’s more than good enough, upset that apple cart in order to get something that is marginally better? And his answer, or our advice to somebody like that, is it really depends upon how much you want it. If it will feel soulful to you, if, at the end of the day, you will feel better about the professional legacy you left behind, having built something bigger and better with less limitations, then you’ll do it. You have to decide how much you want it. It’s interesting, if I can go back to this example, this team’s true north is a little different and it’s worth contrasting. So while, for sure, they would love nothing more than to maximize enterprise value, and they recognize that if they and any of their partners retire through their firm’s retire in place program, it’s a way of monetizing, but they look at their firm as a monopolistic buyer. That was the term that they used. My comment to them is, “So what? Monopolistic or not, if, at the end of the day, it allows you to do what you need to do when you get paid a fair value, who cares if they’re monopolistic?” That really is the truth. But their true north is they would love to build something. They don’t need to build their own platform. In fact, they would want nothing more than to plug into an already existing platform. And they recognize that by doing so, they’re giving up some enterprise value. And the way to maximize enterprise value the fullest is to go out and build your own. But in this particular instance, they don’t want to do that. They’ve got partners that some are in their 60s and that’s not going to be appealing to them. So their true north might be something a little bit different. I think the point here is being really clear on what you’re true north is really important because it guides the set of choices. Louis Diamond: No doubt. At what point do you think more of the same stops being a growth strategy and starts becoming a constraint? Mindy Diamond: Oh, well, just that. Your example was the perfect example, right? That I am doing incredibly well. I could keep on doing this, but in some way, it’s not only constraining my growth, but in some way it’s constraining my professional satisfaction. And I think more often than not, it’s about that. Because the audience I think we’re talking to in this podcast are really successful folks. There’s no question that there’s nothing we can tell them that would suggest that they’re not successful as they are. So if they decide to upset the apple cart or they decide to look for more, it’s because there is that fire in your belly, that something, that entrepreneurial spark or that something that’s not being satisfied. Louis Diamond: I agree. Yeah. I think sometimes it’s a matter of time says to me, if someone finds something that works, it’s a pretty sound business strategy to rinse, repeat, and keep doing it, focus on what’s essential, cut out the rest. You read any business book, it’s going to tell you double down on what’s working, cut out the rest. The 80/20, et cetera. But I think eventually you keep doing the same thing over and over again, and it might still yield results, but is it yielding the growth? Is it yielding exponential results? And at some point, does just doing the same thing, is it still driving you in the same way? Mindy Diamond: Yeah, and I think a lot of times people don’t really know what they’re missing. In other words, the growth strategy is working. I’m growing X amount per year. I’m living a good life. I’m consistently in the top five advisors in my firm. It’s working and nobody could argue that it isn’t. I think it’s just more about a lot of times as advisors, one of two things, either one of their friends move, a professional colleague that they respect and they say, “Holy cow, he was here or she was here for 30 years, like me, killing it. She would’ve been the last person I would’ve thought would move.” And then suddenly she does, and it makes them say, “What am I missing? What did she see that I am not aware of?” Or a lot of times these folks will, another example I’ll give you. An advisor that I’ve worked with for many years, probably 25 years, who is top of the food chain, doing incredibly well, never really thought about moving, talked over the years, “Boy, it would be nice to build something of my own, but the truth of the matter is that success and the thought of having to go back to zero and build something from scratch, no way.” But you and I came across an opportunity that was unbelievably compelling, and without going into too much detail about the opportunity, suddenly when we talked about that opportunity with this advisor, what he said was, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” All of a sudden we painted the picture of something that’s really compelling I didn’t even know I wanted, but holy cow, now I know I really want it. Louis Diamond: Yeah, because something, this dream was made tangible. It put a face on something that this advisor didn’t realize they were missing. I mean, I see this every day, this next question, I’d love to get your opinion. I feel like most advisors, they may sense something is off or something’s changing or shifting under their feet, but they say anyway, why do you think success is often the very thing that keeps advisors stuck? Mindy Diamond: Yeah, I think it’s more than good enough. And for most of us, most of the time, I might have that little voice in me or that little inkling that says, gee, maybe it could be better. Or gee, I wonder if or something of the sort, but I have a zillion competing priorities. I’m a dad or I’m a mom or I want to travel, or I’m 60 years old, or I’m filling any blank at any time. And I think that it’s really hard to give up on that. And I think that the example we just gave, of this advisor that saw an opportunity, a unique opportunity that solved for a lot of the things that he didn’t even know he was missing, that happens more often than not. Louis Diamond: Yep, I agree. I think too, what happens is a lot of advisors think about moving as strictly a financial trade. My grid rate is this and my fees are that I can get 3.5X here, but only 2X up front have Y in deferred comp. And I think when advisors are thinking about that, which is a reasonable lens to look through, end of the day, they’re business people. If the business is growing and they have to place Y or they know how to get things done, it’s much harder to justify that change. It’s like people who sell their house top of the market, it’s like, hey, it’s this thing and keep growing, and do you feel like you’re missing out because you’re leaving at this point in time? Typically, too, when things are good, clients are happy, the reviews are easier. We see it a lot with the market being up. In 2025, the market was up almost 20%, much harder for some folks to justify moving because they feel like, whether it’s artificial or it’s real, that their business is really cranking. So I think that’s a big part of it as well. Mindy Diamond: Yeah. And maybe another little spin on it is a lot of times to move is really, from a financial perspective, may only be marginally better in the short-term, whether it be because after taxes, the amount of tabs you get upfront is not that much greater than the deal you could get by retiring through your firm’s sunset program. Or if you move, you’re going to be leaving some clients behind. So if you factor in the breakage from losing clients and the short-term upside, the delta may not be that great. We see a lot of times when an advisor is already independent and they’re at a net 60 or 65% payout and they’re looking at something that gives them a 70% net payout and they say, “Yeah, okay, so those extra basis points are nice, but is it nice enough? Is it worth the hassle?” The answer to that is it is entirely an inside job. For some that delta, even if that delta was only 2 cents, would be more than enough to justify the change. And for others, if the delta was 2000000%, it wouldn’t be enough. So what’s this positive? What’s this positive or determinant is how badly they want it. How badly, beyond the financial piece, they want what another opportunity would give them. Either that I really have this fire in my belly, and I love that term, and I just can’t solve for it. I can’t extinguish that fire here. I can’t feed that fire here. Or opportunistically, I want to be something I just can’t here, and I want it so badly that even if, financially, it’s only marginally better in the short-term, I’m willing to go through the hassle to get it. Louis Diamond: No doubt. And one last point to put a bow on this segment is I think there’s also an element that advisors who are growing or they have a big pipeline, and to me, the best advisors always have a big pipeline. They always have the next big prospect. There’s definitely some, I think, real fear that I’m going from growing 10% per year to reflexively choosing to make my life really hard for a couple of months to slow down growth, perhaps lose some of the pipeline, lose some of the big clients I just onboarded. And that’s really hard to justify because the trade-off is that much more apparent to them. Mindy Diamond: Yeah. Which you really want it. Louis Diamond: But that’s always going to be the case. That’s the point. The good advisors, for the most part, are always growing and always doing these things. So it’s like running on a treadmill. The same thing with unvested deferred compensation. I have 2 million of unvested deferred, it’s so hard to walk away from. The counterpoint is you’re always going to have that. If anything, it’s just going to grow. So again, it’s taking a step back to take multiple steps forward. Some people want that and are excited by it. Some people aren’t, but that’s okay. Mindy Diamond: Yeah, and I think that’s the whole point. While we get paid to move people, our position and the relationships we’ve had for years with top advisors, with every advisor, is they trust us because we’re never looking to just sell them on a hot opportunity. We’ll bring opportunities to them and say, “Here’s what’s available, here’s what the upside could be,” but we know and respect better than anyone that you got to really want it. It is a hassle. It’s hard work to move, and you’ve got to have a real confidence in your clients, your current clients, that they’re going to follow you. You’ve got to have real confidence that your pipeline will follow you, that what’s not certain. You’ve got to have confidence that you can tolerate the risk, and you’ve got to have confidence that your team’s going to follow you and that you’ve got the support you need. And not everyone has the appetite for it, nor should they. Louis Diamond: Exactly. I mean, I would say there’s two competing, I guess, thoughts that oftentimes go through an advisor’s mind, and they’re both extremely reasonable. The first one is the fear of change, but at the same time it’s the fear of staying exactly where they are for another 10, 15, 20 years. How do you think advisors can reconcile the tensions, like the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other? One’s super comfortable and safe. The other one is an unknown. One’s exciting, one, et cetera. So how would you reconcile that? Mindy Diamond: Well, first of all, the short answer is it takes years. The two examples I just raised, and I’ll ask you the same question, are advisors that I’ve been talking to for 10 years plus. In one case, it could be 15 or 20. So for 10 or 15 years, there was always a certain amount of angst, a certain amount of curiosity, but not at all a willingness to do anything about it until in one case, something happened. Something happened that made them realize that they’re paying an awful lot of money to their firm for value they’re not getting anymore, feeling limited. And so they decided to pick up their head and look elsewhere. In the other case, it was opportunistic. Really was perfectly happy doing their thing and heard or saw an opportunity that sounded compelling and began exploring. Now, I don’t know whether either one of these teams will ultimately move, so let’s say that, but these conversations are many years in the making. So I think the point I’m making is that devil on one side, an angel on the other are those two competing voices. They exist for a long time until either, in some cases, they never get reconciled and the advisor just retires and it is what it is. In other cases, they get reconciled, but sometimes five, 10 years after the voices begin to surface and they don’t happen, they don’t get reconciled until something happens to force it. Louis Diamond: Yeah. I also look at this concept as we’ll call it a midlife career crisis. So I’m 40 years old. Instead of buying three motorcycles and a Porsche and going skydiving, I’m thinking about my business. And sometimes, I think people just wake up and say, “Wow, I don’t really know what my identity is and I need to do something different. I need that additional spark.” So I think sometimes too, it’s just either an age thing or a certain birthday comes up or it’s just that a moment of clarity that pops into the mind. Mindy Diamond: Totally agree. Louis Diamond: Why do you think this feeling is showing up now more than ever? Is it because of recruiting deals? Is it because of the movement toward independence? Is it something else or somethings else? Mindy Diamond: Yes, I think it’s all of the above, and I think that’s the cool thing. Valuations are at an all-time high. So even if an advisor has zero interest in going independent, you have to be living under a rock not to know that your business has real value. That business, outside of the constraints of a major firm, is worth much more than it is on the inside. Now, that doesn’t mean that everybody should go independent, or will, but the fact that those multiples are hanging out there and that recruiting deals are at an all-time high, and they are, the fact that there’s more optionality, which means an advisor, if they go out and explore, is more likely to find their personal version of Utopia or something closest to it. The fact that movement begets movement. That’s something we haven’t talked about, but it’s worth mentioning that all you have to do is read AdvisorHub or just be sitting in your office and every day, watch somebody you respect make a move. And so the more you see top advisors move, the more you say maybe there really is something else out there for me as well. And then you and I always say that the big firms are one policy change, one comp change, one mandate, one something away from frustrating the heck out of a large constituency because the bottom line is, as long as you’re an employee, you’re vulnerable or captive to whatever choices the firm makes. Louis Diamond: Yeah. I think you’re talking about, in a very nice way, what happened with UBS at the end of 2024, but we even see it outside of the wirehouses. There’s independent firms that layer in new fees or they don’t allow their advisors to text. There’s always that risk that something big coming down the pike that motivates someone. I’ll give you two other reasons why they think this is happening with more frequency. The first one is advisors’ careers are oftentimes longer, either because they’re bringing their kids into the business or the business is so lucrative, and if the business is mostly fee-based and it’s on autopilot, it’s like, why should I hang up the old boots when I can just work for another handful of years? So I think with longer advisor careers and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, which is either a big exit or a retire in place deal, I think advisors just grapple with more and they grapple with it for longer. Mindy Diamond: Yeah, you brought up a point. I’m so happy you brought it up. I’m sitting here next to my son, my next generation. I have said oftentimes that, without my sons coming into the business, I don’t know that I would’ve had the same relationship to the business as I aged. As I got older, and I’ll be transparent, I’m 63-year-old now, if 10 years ago, my sons had not decided to join me, I think that I might have said, “I’ll work as long as it feels soulful and good, and if something better comes along, great.” But it wasn’t until they came along that I really began to think about everything through their lens. It was less about me because by the time I was 50, from a financial perspective, I could have left if I wanted to. But as long as my kids weren’t in the business, there’s no way I was going to do that. There was no way I wouldn’t want what was the absolute best for the business. And I guess that’s a long-winded way of saying in an industry where there’s so many multigenerational businesses, father-son, mother-daughter, whatever it is, senior advisors that really care, even if they’re not family, about their next generation, when they begin to look at their business through the lens of their next generation, the technology may be good enough for me, but it’s sure not cutting edge enough. Or they say things like, “The bureaucracy is killing me, but I work three hours a day,” or, “I have such a good life, I don’t want to upset the apple cart.” But then all of a sudden, one day we get a call either from that senior advisor, for whom it was more than good enough for years, or from the next generation that says, “This is not what I want. It may have been good enough for my dad and my mom, but it’s not good enough for me.” So it’s a long-winded way of saying I think that the next generation really forces the senior advisors, the elder states, G1 to grapple with whether or not this is good enough. Louis Diamond: Yep. I’ll answer my own question first and then get your opinion, because I feel pretty strongly about my answer. In thinking about our four to five point list here of why this is a bigger deal now, I tap in with more frequency. The question for both of us is which one do you think has the biggest psychological impact on advisors right now? I’m going to go first because I’m excited about my answer. I think by far, it’s practice valuations by far. Because what’s happening is advisors are reading news articles, hearing from their friend, getting cold-called from corporate development folks at firms, and they hear what used to be just ludicrous multiples. These were multiples that were reserved 100, $200 million revenue business are now getting paid to a three to $5 million practice. And any advisor, even ones who aren’t super financially motivated, I think just hearing about this, knowing what’s possible has a major psychological impact. It’s making it that much harder for folks to say, “You know what? It’s comfortable. It’s easy. I can retire here because the opportunity cost of staying put has accelerated that much.” What do you think? Mindy Diamond: So unequivocally, and I am money motivated for sure, so I agree with you. But at my stage and age, if I were an advisor, I absolutely wouldn’t be able to ignore the impact that maximizing enterprise value might have and how awesome it would be to be building a business that could be worth more. But I would equally, if not more so, be really concerned about, A, how it would feel. Like am I going to be able to live the professional life, do what’s soulful for me? Am I going to be able to build the business I want to? Is this going to be the business, the legacy I’m going to feel good about? Is this going to be the business that I want my sons to take over? And that, to me, would be equally important. And I’m making it about me, but I think that’s what a lot of senior advisors would say. Louis Diamond: No doubt. So for folks that are questioning their situation, what do you think is a question or three or four or five of the right questions they should start asking themselves before even thinking about making a move? Mindy Diamond: Yeah. Well, one is, listen, what’s your true north? And even before, I mean question two, and I think what I just said, assessing your true north, figuring out where your true north is, one, because question two is what is it that’s bothering you? What is it that you’re frustrated by? And simultaneously, to what extent does it frustrate you? Like how, okay, so I feel mildly annoyed that I have to do X, but is it enough to make me want to move? So being clear on that is important. But I think even before you begin to delineate how frustrated you are, you have to be really clear on what you want to be when you grow up. What is it that would feel soulful? What are you trying to solve for? What are the parameters or realities that you need to take into account? You’d love to do X, but you have a senior partner that you know is never going to want that, whatever it is. So what is the true north? What are you frustrated by? Then it’s what risk appetite do I have? Louis Diamond: To take risks, yeah. Mindy Diamond: What risk appetite and what appetite in general do I have for disruption to my life? How tolerant will I be if one of my clients doesn’t follow with me, because that is really possible? How tolerant will I be if I spend a few months and I’m working harder than I’ve ever worked in my life, whatever it may be. And then I think it’s that question, what I want to be when I grow up is really what’s just positive. Do I want to be a business owner or am I a big corporate person and that’s just who I am and I’m comfortable with leveraging the name that’s on the door? Louis Diamond: No doubt. I think an interesting one is ask yourself, if I stayed exactly where I am for the next 15 years, would I be proud of what I built? I think it’s a really important one sometimes too, when I’m speaking with advisors who are worried about a transition, and honestly people should be worried about a transition. It’s terrible. There’s no sugar-coating it. It’s a lot of work. It’s scary. It’s a risk. You’re disrupting your life, all your client’s life, et cetera. But sometimes, I’d say, the reframe is the three months, four months, whatever it is of backbreaking work that you put in, is that worth it for the next 10, 15, 20 years of doing something that really sparks you more? And I think, again, it comes back to your question of risk appetite, but I think just thinking about that is a lot of people get lost in the immediacy of the risk and of the work, but they forget to look beyond that work to what’s possible on the other side of the rainbow. Mindy Diamond: And how important it is to get it. In other words, I may be very clear that I would like to have X. I’d like to do Y. I would love, I mean we hear this all the time. I’d love to be independent and build my own business. Boy, if I were 20 years younger or I was, whatever it was. So the point of the matter is you can be aware of wanting those things. It’s admirable to want them, but whether or not you actually should go after them, that’s an inside job. Louis Diamond: No doubt. I think another one I like is which regret is bigger to you, trying something and failing or never testing what’s possible? I think that’s a good one. Another philosophical one. Okay. Let’s change gears a little bit here. So for successful, we’ll say mid-career advisors, why do you think the biggest risk is oftentimes not making the wrong move, but choosing the status quo by default? Mindy Diamond: Answering it from the perspective, we’ve had a lot of senior advisors that say, “I look back on my career and if only I had made the move or gone to this 15 years ago.” So I think that’s the you get comfortable in the discomfort, it’s easier to stay put, and then before you know it in your head, you’re too old or you’re too settled or you’re too entrenched and you can’t go or it’s too late to go. Or in some cases, you’ve got so much unvested deferred comp, it’s too expensive to go. And so I don’t think that’s only about mid-career. I think you want to make sure that you’ve lived a professional life that’s not filled with regret. That’s really what I think. Louis Diamond: No doubt about it. I think too, the fear of making the wrong move, call it buyer’s remorse, if you will. I honestly don’t really see it happen all that often. When I see it happen, it’s because someone went to their second or third choice firm because they got paid an extra 10% of their production. That’s where the wrong decision comes in. I usually find when advisors are thorough, they’re thoughtful, they’re making decisions for the right reasons, and there is a base level of motivation to do something different. You can’t really make the wrong choice. And I think, but again, it’s risk tolerance, et cetera. Let me give you two more questions here. What’s one step an advisor can take today to create clarity without committing to change? Mindy Diamond: Well, that question is the fundamental definition of how you and I see the world. So we traffic in advisors that are 10 years, 20 years from making a move or may never move. To us, it’s just about the relationship. That may sound foofy and crazy, but it is the truth. And so those conversations are all about being self-aware. That’s number one. Know thyself. Being self-aware of what’s important to me, what can I live with, how much risk tolerance do I have, et cetera. And then it’s also about having a clear understanding about what’s possible. So continuing to have conversation with people like you and I, continuing to read AdvisorHub or whatever it is about transitions that happen. Understanding the opportunities that are out there is not necessarily because you’re going to go take one of them or you’re going to change, but knowledge is power. It empowers you where you are. It’s competitive analysis, and that’s smart. That can only serve you well. Louis Diamond: Yep. I completely agree. One last question here, and I think probably a lot of people listening to this are thinking this personification of an advisor or advisors that we’re describing, are they just complainers? Are they just being ungrateful? On the one hand, there’s probably folks that are early in their careers working their butt up who are saying, “Hey, just be grateful for what you have. It’s really hard to get to where you are. So why are you looking a gift horse in the mouth?” So what would you say to that line of thinking, that questioning the status quo or questioning something that’s really good, does that means someone’s ungrateful or restless? Mindy Diamond: Oh my God, no. I think that the smartest and most successful, and honestly most grounded and grateful people are those that question the status quo. You can be, can and should be, simultaneously grateful for what you have. We say to advisors all the time, “We’re not from Merrill Lynch’s training program that catapulted you to the seat you are in now to become a 3 million, 5 million, $7 million advisor. You may be mad at Merrill Lynch now, or you may want something more than Merrill Lynch can give you today, but it doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful for what Merrill gave you.” And that’s the answer. I think that you can be grateful for this wonderful life that you’ve been afforded, but at the same time, aware of the fact that you may want more, and that’s a healthy, wonderful thing. Louis Diamond: Completely agree. Yeah. I mean, it’s similar to any large Fortune 500 company. You think of Apple, how many times they’ve reinvented themselves or everything that’s happening with AI. I think a big part of this too is future-proofing, right? It’s okay. It’s not being ungrateful. It’s more I’m taking proactive action to make sure I do have a business in 15 to 20 years, and that I’m positioning to myself and my clients to do the best possible work together. This is the fun topic. It’s obviously something on the mind of a live of advisor. It comes up probably in every group that we ever consult with, whether they’re a wirehouse advisor, they’re a private banker, they’re independent, et cetera. So I think a lot to learn here. My big takeaway from today is it’s okay to want more. There’s nothing wrong with you for wanting more. At the same time, there’s nothing wrong about being comfortable. Thank you very much for today. Mindy Diamond: Amen. My pleasure. Good topic. Louis Diamond: Thank you for joining us. We'll be back with a new episode next week, so be sure to listen in. Mindy Diamond: As a financial advisor, you hold yourself to the highest standards of integrity, honesty, and credibility. You are successful because you take your professional responsibilities seriously and are dedicated to your clients. But are you living your best business life? Are your goals aligned with your firm’s, or could a better option exist? Should I Stay or Should I Go? is a book written with you in mind. It’s a self-guided journey that walks you through the key steps that we take with our advisor clients. This strategic thought process and roadmap to professional self-discovery is designed to help you ask the right questions and think critically and objectively, whether you’re considering change or not. Learn how to get your copy at diamond-consultants.com/thebook.   Best of Replay: Why So Many Successful Advisors Feel Stuck An Industry Update with Louis Diamond and Mindy Diamond.      Louis Diamond: Welcome to a replay of one of the most popular episodes from our podcast series for financial advisors. Why So Many Successful Advisors Feel Stuck. It's a Special Industry Update with Mindy Diamond. I’m Louis Diamond and this is the Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors. Mindy Diamond: At Diamond Consultants, we help elite advisors identify the right environment for their businesses to thrive, whether that’s at a wirehouse, boutique or independent firm. With nearly three decades of experience, we’ve guided thousands of advisors and represented more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in assets transitioned. And each year, one in four advisors managing a billion dollars or more who change firms are our clients. Our process is education-driven, and based on building relationships, starting as your strategic partner well before you’re even thinking of a move. To schedule a confidential conversation, call us at (908) 879-1002. Wondering why advisors change firms and where they’re headed? Are transition deals going up or down? Those very questions and more inspired us to create our annual advisor transition report. It’s the award-winning, data-driven resource designed for advisors that connects the dots between the motivations around movement and the firm’s appetite for top talent. Arm yourself with the knowledge you need to make smart decisions. Download your copy at diamond-consultants.com/transitionreport. Louis Diamond: We spend a lot of time talking with advisors who, by every external measure, are doing exceptionally well. They’ve built real businesses with strong production, loyal clients and teams that continue to grow, and yet behind closed doors, many of these same advisors are quietly asking a different set of questions. Not how do I fix what’s broken, but why doesn’t this feel as good as I expected? That tension is showing up more frequently than it did five or 10 years ago, and it’s not because advisors are failing. In many cases, it’s because they’ve won and now find themselves staring at another 15 to 20 years of more the same, unsure whether comfort has slowly replaced energy. This industry update is about that very moment. I asked Mindy to join me to unpack what we’re hearing from successful advisors across the industry, why success itself can become a constraint, how fear of change competes with fear of standing still, and why record valuations, longer careers and the maturity of the independent space are changing the psychology of decision-making. We also talk about the right questions to ask before considering a move, questions about control, enterprise value, legacy and time horizon, and how advisors can create clarity without forcing a decision. There’s lot to explore here, so let’s get into it. Mindy, thanks for joining us. Mindy Diamond: Oh, I’m so happy to be here. Always. Louis Diamond: This is a fun topic. So today we’re just going to dive right in. I’m curious, from your vantage point and talking and working with many of the best advisors in the industry at a high level, what are you hearing from successful advisors today that feels different from five or 10 years ago? Mindy Diamond: First of all, for the most part, I think that top advisors are loathe to move. And they may have a bunch of frustrations or things that they wish were different, but generally speaking, they’ve always been well taken care of. They have the bat phone to the top, it’s good enough and nobody wants to mess with success. But two things are true today more than ever before, that the competitive landscape, there are more options than ever before, that their businesses are worth more than before. I guess it’s more than two things. That they’re thinking about their business as a business and saying, “Yeah, it’s a hassle to move, but if I can maximize the value of my business more elsewhere and at the same time solve for what I want to, maybe I really do need to consider it. And so I think that it’s a time of more consideration, that top advisors, in particular, are just not willing to settle for the status quo. Louis Diamond: Yeah, no doubt. The only thing I would add, but I completely agree, is that today the retire in place or succession opportunities for a wirehouse advisor to transition or sell their business to their next generation or to another team or even an independent advisor, to sell their business to their broker dealer or to someone within their firm, those opportunities, the internal options, I think are more compelling than ever. So we hear a lot from really successful advisors who, that actually doesn’t matter if they’re successful or let’s say they’re mid-tier in the indu

This episode covers thunderstorms, heavy rain, high winds, and a cold front across the forecast area. Areas discussed include Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Temperatures referenced in this forecast: lower 80s, mid 80s, and near 80. Forecast by Steve Pellettiere, Certified Consulting Meteorologist and Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, with 50 years of experience forecasting the Northeast and beyond. Topics: Mid-Atlantic weather, Northeast weather, thunderstorms forecast, heavy rain forecast, high winds forecast. The Weatherman Podcast with Steve Pellettiere, Certified Consulting and Broadcast Meteorologist. I talk about weather!

This episode of On the Nose is for subscribers and members only. Subscribe for $4/month here. If you're already a subscriber, check your email for instructions on accessing this episode.A recent article in Haaretz announced that a left-wing youth group called Hamahanot Haolim, part of the socialist Zionist movement, is planning a kibbutz-style settlement in the Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank. According to the article, organization director Ilan Gazit said that “he is aware of the damage West Bank settlements do to Palestinian rights, but argued that since new settlements will be built in the Jordan Valley in any case, it's preferable to have as many of them as possible populated by leftists.” Gazit elaborated: “We aren't ashamed of this and we aren't hiding it. This is in line with our worldview: A strong security border is needed in the east that will be defensible and create a necessary condition for peace. We are leftists who believe in equality between people and are guided by a humanistic, socialist, democratic worldview.”On this premium episode of On the Nose, Israeli American social worker and co-founder of the Unsettled podcast Asaf Calderon talks to Arielle Angel about the fallacy of the “good guy at the checkpoint,” and what this announcement says about the shifting relationship between Israel's so-called left and the settlement enterprise.Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for editing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”Media Mentioned and Further Reading“Israeli Left-wing Youth Group Plans Kibbutz-style Settlement in West Bank,” Yair Foldes, Haaretz“What the Soldiers Did in Gaza,” On the Nose, Jewish Currents“The Anti-Politics of Disengagement,” Elisheva Goldberg, Jewish Currents“Revising the Dream,” Mari Cohen, Jewish CurrentsTranscript forthcoming.

Hey, it's Katie and I want to welcome you to this special bonus episode. It'll be here for you completely ad-free for the next week so you can get a feel of what it's like to be a PREMIUM member. If you'd like an easy ad-free experience for all of our podcasts - that's over 200 episodes each month, then JOIN PREMIUM today at https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium Life doesn't always give us the certainty we wish it would, and that uncertainty often follows us into the quiet of the night. This soothing sleep meditation helps ease anxiety, calm fearful thoughts, and relax your nervous system so you can rest without carrying tomorrow's questions. Let yourself be held by this moment, knowing you don't have to solve everything before you fall asleep. Love,

On episode 220 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with The Static Wake! Comprised of Miranda Scythe (vocals), Radames Colon (guitar), Trent Roach (guitar), Steve Hughes (bass), and Ian Blattel (drums), The Static Wake is an eccentric modern metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Originally formed in 2019, The Static Wake announced a new era of the band at the beginning of 2026, with Rad transitioning to guitar and welcoming Miranda as the band's new vocalist. With the refreshed lineup, The Static Wake hit fans with their single "Blood Moon" on March 6th, followed by their latest single "Dead Eyes" on August 7th. This October, The Static Wake will release their new EP entitled System Reboot on 10/16. On 10/17, they'll be performing at The Foundry in Cleveland as part of the "Halloween Freakshow 2026" on a bill that also features Dead Cassette, Who They Fear, Remnants, Unsettled, Final Confession, and Death & Exhale. On this episode, The Static Wake talks with Mike about this new era of the band, welcoming Miranda as their new vocalist, working with Danny Cullman, their shared love of horror movies, making "Blood Moon" and "Dead Eyes," their forthcoming EP System Reboot, the Cleveland music scene, and more. This episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman also features the aforementioned "Dead Eyes" from The Static Wake, available where you get your music! Follow The Static Wake on Instagram @thestaticwake. To stay up to date with The Static Wake, visit https://linktr.ee/thestaticwake. Follow Mike on Instagram @marchforthpod. To stay up to date on the podcast and learn more about Mike, visit https://linktr.ee/marchforthpod. Thanks for listening! If ya dug the show, like it, share it, tell a friend, subscribe, and above all, keep the faith and be kind to one another.

Training camp has been grinding on for weeks, but the board is still full and the real work of crossing names is just beginning. This episode of Tundra FM captures that unsettled stretch before the final roster cuts, where every practice and every decision carries extra weight. We travel back to a tough loss with the vault track Ten to Nothing (Gone to Waste), feel the desert heat still hanging over camp in Desert Hearts, and sense the watchful presence in The Hunter (Edit). These songs bring the tension, the heat, and the edge of roster decisions to life. If you are a Packers fan looking for music that speaks to the moments that matter, subscribe to Tundra FM on your favorite platform, leave a rating and review, and stay with us on the Pack-er-net Podcast Network. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Training camp has been grinding on for weeks, but the board is still full and the real work of crossing names is just beginning. This episode of Tundra FM captures that unsettled stretch before the final roster cuts, where every practice and every decision carries extra weight. We travel back to a tough loss with the vault track Ten to Nothing (Gone to Waste), feel the desert heat still hanging over camp in Desert Hearts, and sense the watchful presence in The Hunter (Edit). These songs bring the tension, the heat, and the edge of roster decisions to life. If you are a Packers fan looking for music that speaks to the moments that matter, subscribe to Tundra FM on your favorite platform, leave a rating and review, and stay with us on the Pack-er-net Podcast Network. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Here's my weekend forecast. Not a good beach weekend.

Here's the latest forecast for the rest of the week and weekend.

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Lying just off the coast of Western Australia is the rusting wreck of the Alkimos, a ship many believe is cursed. Long after its final voyage, divers, sailors, and visitors have reported ghostly apparitions, unexplained encounters, and an unsettling presence surrounding one of Australia's most infamous haunted shipwrecks. Anne and Renata investigate the Alkimos' remarkable World War II history, the tragedies that fueled its dark reputation, and the chilling paranormal experiences that continue to make this legendary ghost ship one of the world's most enduring maritime mysteries. Alkimos: Unsettled Sea - A True Hauntings Podcast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Even 250 years on from the sea voyages that made his name and set our colonial history in motion, Captain Cook remains a much-discussed figure here in Aotearoa. He's one of the most controversial figures in our country's history, conscripted into the 'culture wars' - a symbol of colonial sins to some, a hero and pioneer to others. Historian Tony Ballantyne has taken on the mammoth task of unweaving the tangled web of Cook's legacy in his new book, 'Captain Cook and Unsettled Afterlives', he told Mihi about how he's sorted the legacy of Cook into three eras that have all come to define his reception in modern New Zealand.

Kate and Josh talk Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory, big progressive ballot wins and more in this post-primary day special.To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/talkingpointsmemoTwitter: https://twitter.com/tpmInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingpointsmemo/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transatlantic strategies are pretty well set for North American carriers, but transpacific strategies are definitely not. Delta seems to be making its move now, though Brian Sumers and Brett Snyder disagree on whether this should have happened earlier. This week, we talk about that and all the airlines that are trying to cement their place across the Pacific.Thank you to SkyGo for sponsoring this week's episode.

Intro to Tisha B'Av 5786 - Alone, Unsettled and In Dire Straits

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https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cooke-7-5-26.mp3 Jesus has declared that the Temple will be utterly destroyed. The disciples know what is coming. Their unsettled dilemma is when. “Tell us, when will these things happen, & what will be the sign of Your coming, & of the end of the age?” — Matthew 24:3 These are not the speculative questions of prophecy-chart enthusiasts. They are the trembling questions of men whose entire covenantal world has just been shaken. The Temple will fall. The Old Covenant age will end. The Son of Man will be vindicated. The Kingdom will no longer be centered in Jerusalem, but in the risen Christ ruling from heaven. Listen as Pastor Matt explains what the disciples were asking when they asked, ‘When Will These Things Happen?’

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This week's Frankly is another in Nate's recurring series Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times, in which he poses questions about our shared future. Today, he uses headlines regarding a potential ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran to confront a subject that has re-entered public discourse with a quiet but startling force: nuclear warfare. Through a wide-boundary lens, Nate outlines how the renewed discussion of nuclear force raises questions that extend far beyond the current conflict, including important (and uncomfortable) questions about nuclear proliferation, human psychology, and the erosion of long-standing taboos. He considers the possibility that many of today's geopolitical tensions are symptoms of deeper shifts underway in the global balance of power, and asks what happens when societies begin revisiting assumptions that once seemed settled. While renewed public discussion around nuclear weapons provides the immediate context, this episode is ultimately less about any single weapon or conflict, and more about the forces shaping human decision-making during periods of uncertainty and transition. Why do societies tend to realize the importance of a norm only when it is being broken? Are today's conflicts fundamentally about ideology and security, or are they about power, resources, and influence in a changing world? And what happens when established assumptions about global leadership, cooperation, and stability are put to the test? (Recorded June 15th, 2026)   Show Notes and More   Watch this video episode on YouTube   Want to learn the broad overview of The Great Simplification in 30 minutes? Watch our Animated Movie.   ---   Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future   Join our Substack newsletter   Join our Hylo channel and connect with other listeners

You leave your prenatal appointment and get in your car. And something just feels off.You are confused. Unsettled. Maybe a little worried about your body or your baby. And you spend the whole drive home trying to figure out what just happened in there and what you are supposed to do about it.In this episode, I am walking you through exactly what to do when something does not feel right with your provider.Whether it is an induction conversation that caught you completely off guard, a big baby warning that sent you straight to Google, or a provider you are just not sure about anymore. And I am being really honest in this one, too, because I have nodded and smiled my way out of appointments that did not feel right, gotten in my car, and completely lost it. I was a doula. I knew better. And I still did it.

Chances are you have not returned your California primary ballot. Low turnout in the state primary could leave a number of races open for days, even weeks. For a closer look, KCBS Radio Anchor Steve Scott spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

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We can't prove you're conscious either — and that's kind of the point. Istanbul-based researcher Mesut Bilgili joins to reframe the AI consciousness debate around what we can actually measure. Plus: what your dog, a forest, and ChatGPT have in common, and why curiosity might be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. Check out Mesut's paper on Functional Awareness, and follow along for more of his work. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction: Philosophy and Bias in Observation (00:49) - Applying Philosophy to AI and Technology (01:57) - The Relevance of Consciousness in AI Use (02:57) - Guest Introduction: Basut Bidjuli and AI Research (04:01) - Defining Intelligence vs. Consciousness (06:00) - The Difference Between First-Person Experience and Functionality (09:04) - Debate on Panpsychism and Consciousness in Nature (11:48) - The Shaky Foundations of Consciousness and Observation (16:43) - What is Functional Awareness in AI? (19:56) - Ecosystems as Functionally Aware Systems (24:34) - The Primary Role of Consciousness in Reality (30:43) - Testing and Measuring Functional Awareness in AI (37:55) - AI Dreaming and Self-Modification Experiments (40:49) - The Fascination with AI Prediction and Potential (48:27) - The Impact of Technology on Society and Culture (54:38) - Cultivating Curiosity and Human Potential (55:34) - Final Thoughts: Humanity and AI Co-evolution

Contractors are slated to demolish hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed by the May 2025 tornado in the coming months. Residents are in for a dusty summer, and experts say neighbors should take precautions to keep their lungs healthy. STLPR's Sarah Fentem reports.

A few records have fallen this week as a short-lived May heat wave has had Delmarva baking as if it's late June! Meteorologists Sam Leppo and Erich Ahlf discuss the hot weather and when relief is set to arrive. As drought continues to worsen with the sunny and hot days, a shift towards an unsettled pattern brings hope for some much needed rain.

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There's a moment on the Ayurvedic path when we realize that knowing our constitution isn't enough.We may know our Prakriti, our true nature. We may even know what foods are “good” or “bad” for us. And yet… we still feel off. Bloated. Inflamed. Heavy. Unsettled. Or simply not fully ourselves.And this is where Ayurveda gently redirects us from who we are, to what is actually happening. From prakriti to vikruti.Because the truth is, most of us are not eating for our constitution, we're living in a state of Vikriti, or imbalance. And that imbalance is rarely simple. It's layered. It's dynamic. Often, it's dual-doshic or even tridoshic- heat and heaviness, dryness and stagnation, intensity and depletion, all coexisting in the same body.So the question becomes: Not just what should I eat? But what does my body need, right now, in this state?In today's episode, we're exploring Ayurvedic nutrition through that lens. Not as a rigid food list, but as a living relationship. We explore why so many people stay stuck, even when they're “eating healthy. And just as importantly, we're shifting the conversation beyond food itself. Because in Ayurveda, healing doesn't come from what we eat alone.It comes from when we eat. How we eat. The state of our nervous system as we eat. The rhythm, the pace, the presence.You can eat the most perfect diet for your dosha, and still create imbalance if the timing is off, if the quantity is too much, or if the body isn't ready to receive.There's a classical idea in Ayurveda that the strength of the vessel determines what can be given. And in many ways, this episode is about strengthening that vessel. So that what you eat can actually nourish you.If  you've been trying to “eat right” but still feel out of balance…if you've been toggling between different food rules, unsure what applies to you…or if you're ready to understand Ayurvedic nutrition on a deeper, more intuitive level, this episode is for you. Send us Fan MailFor 20% off Kerala Ayurveda products, use code OjasOasis at checkoutFor 20% off GarryNSun products, use code OJASOASIS20 at checkoutFor 20% off Ora Cacao products, use OJASOASIS20 at checkout Support the showTo learn more about working with us, please visit www.OjasOasis.com Connect with us @ojasoasis on Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube

Unsettled.... Welcome to the DayWeather Podcast — your daily look at weather trends and impacts across the Western United States. Meteorologist Don Day breaks down the latest forecast patterns, temperature swings, storms, and seasonal trends affecting travel, industry, ranching, and recreation from the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest. #DayWeatherPodcast #WesternWeather #WeatherForecast #TravelWeather #RanchWeather #OutdoorForecast #RockyMountainWeather #LongRangeForecast #ElNino #WyomingWeather #ColoradoWeather #NebraskaWeather #UtahWeather #MontanaWeather #PacificNorthwestWeather       LINKS: Wonders of the Atmosphere (FREE PDF) Jan Curtis/Stanley David Gedzelman - https://www.stanrenaissanceman.com/BOOKS/WONDERS_ATMOSPHERE_BOOK.pdf Regional Travel Forecast - https://www.youtube.com/@dayweather https://www.cocorahs.org/ Cloud ebook - https://whatsthiscloud.com/ebook Jan Curtis Flickr Page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_spirit/ All New Highly Accurate TROPO Rain Gauge - USE CODE RAINDAY FOR 10% OFF https://measurerain.com  DayWeather Journal for Kids  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M57Y7J1?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

* See Dr. Danny Faulkner TONIGHT! April 10th 2026, at the Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship meeting in the Denver Metro!   * Guest Duane Bartley: This week Fred Williams and Doug McBurney Welcome back Duane Bartley, (EE), Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship - featuring Dr. Danny Faulkner TONIGHT! April 10th 2026).   * A Star is (re)Born: How do you make a star? Well... first, you start with a star... Then add a few billion years (or maybe 20 minutes), and forget what we just said about starting with a star. Galaxies? Refer back to stars... Find out why scientists are allowed to integrate "orders of magnitude" errors into their theories, but you're not allowed to laugh at them.   * "Inhale" deGrass Tyson: Says to be a credible researcher one must swallow the scientific consensus. Hear the quote that we insist will define the show business career of Neil deGrasse Tyson.   * Critical Thought: Hear how quantized red shift demands another look at the so-called Big Bang, Earth's position in the universe, along with other hard to digest theories of cosmology and origins.   * Jesus Light & Design: Get a behind the scenes look at the coming release of the first in a series of Real Science Radio Teaching Books all about how light and design point to Jesus Christ as the Creator and Savior of the world.   * Sponsor a Show! Go to our store, buy some biblically oriented science material and sponsor a show!   * Keep RSR on the Air! If you enjoy Real Science Radio WE NEED YOU to keep us on the air by purchasing Real Science Radio products, or become an insider and sponsor some shows! You can also mail your support in the form of an old school check, (preferably for $30,000.00 or more - or less : ) to RSR PO Box 583 Arvada, CO 80001. * In The Beginning: Pre-order the 9th edition of Walt Brown's amazing, enlightening, biblically sound book explaining why Earth, (and the solar system) look the way they do!

* See Dr. Danny Faulkner TONIGHT! April 10th 2026, at the Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship meeting in the Denver Metro!   * Guest Duane Bartley: This week Fred Williams and Doug McBurney Welcome back Duane Bartley, (EE), Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship - featuring Dr. Danny Faulkner TONIGHT! April 10th 2026).   * A Star is (re)Born: How do you make a star? Well... first, you start with a star... Then add a few billion years (or maybe 20 minutes), and forget what we just said about starting with a star. Galaxies? Refer back to stars... Find out why scientists are allowed to integrate "orders of magnitude" errors into their theories, but you're not allowed to laugh at them.   * "Inhale" deGrass Tyson: Says to be a credible researcher one must swallow the scientific consensus. Hear the quote that we insist will define the show business career of Neil deGrasse Tyson.   * Critical Thought: Hear how quantized red shift demands another look at the so-called Big Bang, Earth's position in the universe, along with other hard to digest theories of cosmology and origins.   * Jesus Light & Design: Get a behind the scenes look at the coming release of the first in a series of Real Science Radio Teaching Books all about how light and design point to Jesus Christ as the Creator and Savior of the world.   * Sponsor a Show! Go to our store, buy some biblically oriented science material and sponsor a show!   * Keep RSR on the Air! If you enjoy Real Science Radio WE NEED YOU to keep us on the air by purchasing Real Science Radio products, or become an insider and sponsor some shows! You can also mail your support in the form of an old school check, (preferably for $30,000.00 or more - or less : ) to RSR PO Box 583 Arvada, CO 80001. * In The Beginning: Pre-order the 9th edition of Walt Brown's amazing, enlightening, biblically sound book explaining why Earth, (and the solar system) look the way they do!  

Life doesn't pause for recovery — and right now, life is a lot. In this Clinician's Corner episode, co-hosts Molly Painschab and Clarissa Kennedy sit down for an honest, grounded conversation about what it looks like to stay connected to your recovery when the world feels like it's on fire and your personal life is a lot at the same time. This isn't a pep talk. These are two clinicians talking real about the neuroscience of stress and cravings, the shame spiral that follows a slip, and what "minimum viable recovery" can look like when you're just trying to make it to tomorrow. If you've been asking yourself why this is suddenly so hard? This episode is for you. In This Episode, We Cover:

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