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"The" unspoken question of all time for moms -- How to be a good mom... In this week's episode, Liz reminds us that defining a "good mom" is a personal journey, shaped by our values, circumstances, and aspirations. Push play now to learn how to: 

How do you maximize your consulting firm's profitability? In this episode of Consulting Success Podcast, Michael Zipursky is joined by Marcel Petitpas who is the Cofounder and CEO of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to enhancing the profitability of agencies and consultancies. His expertise has garnered attention from numerous platforms, including Ad World, DigitalMarketer, and Credo among many others.In this episode, you'll learn how to:Utilize cold emails to expand your network while strengthening both professional relationships and outreach skills.Find holes in your business to service your customers more effectively.Leverage content to grow your pipeline.Comprehend your gross margin to facilitate the growth of your firm.Employ Marcel's formula for pricing your products or services and improve your gross margin.Forecast the ideal time to add talent to your team.Resources Mentioned:Time Tracking Software for your businessMarcel's CompanyIn this conversation, Marcel emphasizes the challenges surrounding scaling your consultancy and why so many consultants struggle to scale. You will also learn how to utilize cold emails to expand your network while strengthening both your professional relationships and outreach skills, how to find holes in your business to service your customers more effectively, how to leverage content to grow your pipeline, how to comprehend your gross margin to facilitate the growth of your firm, how to employ Marcel's formula for pricing your products or services, and how to forecast the ideal time to add talent to your team, plus so much more. There is so much to learn from this wide-ranging discussion. Tune in!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.consultingsuccess.com/podcast

In this week's episode of the Marathon Running Podcast, we're tackling a crucial topic for all marathoners: tapering. Join us as we discuss the ins and outs of tapering, a phase that occurs in the final weeks leading up to your marathon. Our special guest, Coach Chris Knighton, provides expert insights, and we share 14 essential tips to ensure your taper is a resounding success. From maintaining your training plan to embracing the mental aspects, we've got you covered. Get ready to optimize your marathon taper and set the stage for race day success! Here are the 14 tips we'll be diving into: Stick to your training plan Reduce volume, not intensity Maintain a balanced diet Stay hydrated Sleep well Manage stress Incorporate strength training Consider massage therapy Utilize visualization Practice race pace Test race gear Stay informed about race logistics Taper your mental focus Embrace and enjoy the tape  Want a mantra bracelet from KnightonRuns? Contact Chris on instagram!   Run Faster Marathons Facebook Group is https://www.facebook.com/groups/runfastermarathons/   The Complete Marathon Program Launch50 to Save 50% https://knightonruns.com/marathon-program/   Visualization for runners https://knightonruns.com/29-visualizing-the-cape-cod-marathon/ Follow us on instagram @runningpodcast Our Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/runningpodcast/list/4Q1SAM3KS81G?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_aipsfrunningpodcast_4WQTFCC6V4KDXCBHCP4R Join our facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/SpeedStriders Follow us on instagram @runningpodcast Check out our NEW website: www.marathonrunningpodcast.coom

What if your deepest fears weren't hindrances but powerful tools for personal growth? In today's episode, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros talk about how larger, more meaningful fears can effectively replace smaller ones.  They discuss the power of uncovering deeper layers of fear, which can often be linked to more profound, existential concerns such as fear of failure, success, or being left behind. Instead of perceiving fear as an obstacle, we can harness it to fuel our journey to success. We can catalyze significant change in our lives by transforming our deepest fears into powerful tools for personal growth.Link mentioned:Next Level 5 To Thrive (free course) - ​​https://bit.ly/3xffver     Next Level Podcast Solutions- https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/next-level-podcast-solutions/ ______________________Website

In this special 100th episode, Allan and Eric welcome back Mat Rogers, the COO of Lizard SEM. Mat touches on the importance of planning and setting your marketing goals for the following year by focusing on 5 key components.Topics include:Consistency is key to success (2:58)Optimize website for off-season (6:10)Track and monitor marketing data (10:31)Don't overlook digital marketing's impact (17:19)Utilize off-season for strategic marketing (22:05)Tailor your marketing plan to budget (25:44)Use data to scale your company (28:30)Prepare for success in your business (33:36)

In this episode of Soul Care for Therapists, host Dawn Gabriel welcomes Julia Nepini, a clinical and forensic social worker, group practice owner, consultant, and podcast host. Julia's counseling practice in southeastern Massachusetts boasts 16 clinicians serving the whole family and running numerous groups. She's also a devoted mom to a 10-year-old daughter and two bonus boys. Finding Balance Amidst Multiple Roles Julia shares her journey of transitioning from a hospital job to building her own group practice. With a focus on her values, she emphasizes the importance of staying grounded and true to oneself while juggling the responsibilities of motherhood and entrepreneurship. She admits the challenge of maintaining a sense of control and acknowledges the tendency to overwork, but she's found solace in writing, meditating, and staying aligned with her core values. "What I'll say is it is not easy... It has the potential to bring out all of your stuff... So I think a lot of it is awareness, and I think it's clarity on the things that truly matter." Prioritizing Family Time Julia delves into the challenge of prioritizing family time, especially during the summer months when school is out. As a mom in a split schedule arrangement, she makes a conscious effort to dedicate Mondays and Tuesdays to quality time with her daughter, acknowledging that while she can't be completely off the grid, finding a balance between work and family is crucial. She emphasizes the importance of being present with her children and setting an example for them. "But it's hard looking back on the summer. I would say 80% of those days, she is my focus, but we can't be completely out of the loop and people do still need things. I've got a great team... but I'm gonna say 80 20 was a win this summer." Integrating Spirituality and Business Julia discusses how spirituality plays a significant role in her life and business. She likens her relationship with God to that of a business partner and speaks of finding guidance and reassurance through her spiritual beliefs. She reflects on her journey of integrating spirituality with her work and highlights the importance of community in fostering a deeper connection with one's faith. "So I've been fortunate enough to have some really good foundation, but I've struggled to find community, and I love this notion of being able to incorporate that in your practice." The Compassionate Climb Podcast Julia's podcast, The Compassionate Climb, provides a platform for discussing the intersection of success in business with maintaining integrity and core values. With a focus on sharing the stories of how individuals reached their current positions, the podcast also offers expert advice from professionals in fields like law and finance. Julia emphasizes the value of community and the positive impact it can have on personal and professional growth. Tips for Balancing Business, Motherhood, and Faith Julia offers a final piece of advice for therapists and business owners striving to find equilibrium between their roles. She encourages self-compassion, reminding listeners that they are likely doing better than they realize. She stresses the importance of going back to basics, staying aligned with one's purpose and values, and finding a supportive community that shares similar goals. As you juggle your important roles be encouraged and inspired by these tips: Staying Grounded in Values: Julia emphasizes the importance of staying true to one's core values while juggling various roles. Being self-aware and aligned with your values can prevent burnout and provide a solid foundation for your actions. Prioritizing Family Time: Balancing work and family can be challenging, especially during school breaks. Dedicate specific days or times for quality family interactions. While complete detachment from work might not always be possible, finding a balance that allows focused family time is essential. Setting Boundaries: Establish boundaries between work and family life. Utilize tools like the "Do Not Disturb" feature on your phone to ensure uninterrupted family moments and time for self-care. Being Present: When spending time with family, make a conscious effort to be fully present. Limit distractions and engage in meaningful interactions that nurture relationships. Using Writing and Meditation: Incorporate practices like writing and meditation to help you reflect, stay mindful, and manage stress. These practices can help you gain clarity and maintain a sense of calm amidst busy schedules. Accepting Imperfection: Understand that perfection is unattainable, and it's okay to have days when you don't get everything done. Acknowledge that you're doing your best and extend self-compassion when things don't go as planned. Inviting Spirituality into Business: Integrate spirituality into your business by viewing your spiritual beliefs as a guiding force. Embrace your relationship with a higher power and approach challenges with a sense of partnership. Finding Community: Seek out like-minded individuals who share your faith and values. Surrounding yourself with a supportive community can provide encouragement, understanding, and a sense of belonging. Alignment with Purpose: Continuously remind yourself of your purpose and mission. Regularly check in with your values and ask if your actions are aligned with your greater goals. Recognizing Success: Acknowledge your accomplishments and growth. Celebrate the progress you've made in both your personal and professional life. Embracing Change: Be open to change and adapt as needed. Recognize that the journey of balancing different roles is fluid and requires flexibility. Seeking Guidance: Engage in practices that help you seek guidance and clarity, such as prayer or meditation. Create space to connect with your spiritual beliefs for direction and comfort. Integrating Spirituality in Practice: Don't shy away from integrating spirituality in your therapeutic practice. Recognize that discussing spirituality can provide deeper connections and healing for your clients. Learning from Others: Embrace the experiences and stories of others who have navigated similar challenges. Learn from their insights, mistakes, and successes to find your own path. Practicing Self-Compassion: Extend kindness and understanding to yourself. Remember that you are doing important work, and it's okay to ask for help or seek support when needed.   "All of you out there are doing better than you think you are... Give yourself some grace. And the majority of the time when we might be stumbling a little bit, the majority of the time it comes from the best possible place." Conclusion In this enlightening episode, Julia Nepini shares her journey of successfully balancing her roles as a mother, business owner, and individual of faith. Her insights offer valuable guidance to therapists seeking to integrate spirituality into their practices while finding harmony in their personal and professional lives. Links and Resources Email Julia: julianepini@compssionateclimb.com Facebook: Compassionate Consulting Company Instagram (@compassionateconsultingcompany) Compassionate Consulting Company on Linkedin  Quizzes to help clinicians determine if they are ready to start a private practice or expand to a group practice - Visit Compassionate Consulting Company Web Page Sacred Space Community Groups - with Dawn Soul Care Retreats: Exclusively for therapists who want to recharge in a deep and fulfilling way. You will engage in your own spiritual journey, find some release from the work you do, as well as connect with other therapists all while enjoying the beauty of Colorado at a secluded and peaceful retreat center. Limited to 6-8 therapists. Podcast Production and Show Notes by Course Creation Studio

Everyone's situation is unique. As senior care consultants, we find ourselves offering the same resources repeatedly. Listen to today's episode to learn our topmost frequently recommended senior care planning resources. RESOURCES: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) https://www.naela.org/ Aging Life Care Association (ALCA) https://www.aginglifecare.org/ National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) https://www.nasmm.org/ The National Council on Aging (NCOA) https://www.ncoa.org/ The Alzheimer's Association https://www.alz.org/ For more information on any of these resources, connect with us! www.2Sisters-sla.com Three take-ways from this episode: Don't try to learn everything on your own. Utilize all the resources you can that could help maximize your efforts. We need many different tools to build a house and similarly we need different tools when building a senior care plan. Elder Law, Financial Planning, Case Management, Financial Support Programs, etc. We are better off creating a thorough plan but never need it than we are if we need a plan but don't have one. Rely on the professionals around you to make a plan. Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! More information at https://2sisters-sla.com/ © 2021 - 2023 Michelle Woodbrey and Alyson Powers

Are you a food blogger who wants to learn more about SEO? Today we are joined by Natasha Levai, a food blogger in the gluten-free niche. She has a blog called Natasha's home. She is also a stay-at-home mom living in Eastern Hungary with her husband and daughter. In today's episode we are talking about the importance of SEO in blogging and how it can benefit your business. Natasha shares more about her story of starting her blog and finding her niche in the competitive word of food blogging. She also shares the basics of keyword research, more about themes, backlinking, the plugins she recommends, and important things to include in your recipe blog posts. Natasha provided so much value today and we hope you enjoyed today's episode!Thanks for listening! Connect with us on Instagram: @sparkmediaconceptsCheck out Cooking with Keywords  HERE!  Use code UBP10 for 10% off!Check out Restored 316's Templates here!Check out the show notes (link below) for more information including links and resources mentioned in today's episode!SHOW NOTES: www.sparkmediaconcepts.com/episode91***Do you want the blueprint for a profitable blog? Sign up for our FREE workshop that is happening September 12 - 14! Sign up HERE!*** ***FREE EXCLUSIVE EPISODES: We know how much you love the podcast so we created something special just for you! We recorded 3 special bonus episodes on a private podcast for you to take a listen to now! Click here and put in your name and email address to check them out!***

This episode discusses the importance of using YouTube analytics to track your channel's performance, identify areas for improvement, and grow your audience. We'll cover the key metrics to track, how to set goals, and how to regularly review your analytics. “Unlock Your YouTube Success with TubeBuddy: Skyrocket Your Channel Growth Effortlessly!

In today's episode, we dive deep into the importance of balancing personal and professional responsibilities, reflecting on their own journey as professional salesmen and content creators.  Some of the GoldenBoulders uncovered today: Consistency is Key: Javier shares their struggle to find consistency in content creation before finding a process that worked for them. Consistency helps build trust with your audience and keeps them engaged, so find a system that works for you and stick to it! The Power of Direct Selling and Content Marketing: Javier emphasizes the impact of direct selling for those who don't have the time or resources to build a brand solely through content.  Direct selling allows you to have direct control over getting clients.  However, combining it with content marketing can enhance your messaging and establish a strong brand presence. The One-to-Many Sales Strategy: Learn from Javier's experience with VC funds and portfolio companies. They highlight the importance of a one-to-many strategy once you have defined your target buyer.  Utilize channel partners, webinars, live events, and trade shows to reach a larger audience and accelerate your company's growth. Tune in, sit back and enjoy! Enjoy!  Timestamped Overview: 00:09:02 Javier's impressive startup experience and lessons. Adrenaline rush in creating something new. Managing the transition to leading and inspiring the team. 00:11:05 Organize and focus for maximum productivity. 00:17:59 Gaining trust through research; realizing sales potential. 00:23:48 Self-trust, consistency, sales slump recovery strategy. 00:30:54 Being a professional player requires performance and self-care. Balancing personal life and work is challenging. Awareness of external factors affecting performance is key. Consistency and accountability are essential in content creation. Finding high-energy moments is crucial. The sales process starts with putting out a message. Be aware of the demands of the day. Gratitude for the new perspective. 00:37:52 Direct selling is crucial when time is limited. 00:43:59 Javier Ramirez Lugo explains the role of playbooks in business strategy, emphasizing the importance of targeting the right problem for a specific company in order to be effective. Validating hypotheses and seeking feedback are crucial steps in developing a go-to-market strategy. 00:51:58 Expose and prioritize employees' best skills. 00:55:09 Guide to becoming a fractional worker summarized in 7 words: Find your niche and target customers effectively. 01:00:54 One-to-many strategy accelerates company growth effectively. 01:06:39 Tony used the power of podcasting to sell his product. 01:10:19 "Auctioneer finds success with targeted content marketing." 01:15:52 Check out my videos on social media. Connect with BIZBROS: Join the Content Is Profit's Facebook Group! Facebook Instagram  Connect with FONZI: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Connect with LUISDA: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Connect with Javier: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube, Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to your podcasts. You can find this episode plus all previous episodes here. If this episode was helpful, please don't forget to leave us a review by clicking here, and share it with a friend.  You can go here to see the full list of episodes

Key Takeaways: Purge your house and donate non-cash items to charity to maximize tax deductions. Consider donating underperforming stocks to charity to offset gains in the stock market. Maximize contributions to your 401(k) to save for retirement and reduce taxable income. Prepay expenses for the upcoming year, such as marketing expenses or rent, to take advantage of tax deductions. Utilize a donor-advised fund for charitable giving to receive immediate tax savings. Contribute to a Health Savings Account (HSA) to reduce taxable income and save for future medical expenses. Chapters: | **Timestamp** | **Summary** | | ------------- | ----------- | | 0:00:07 | Introduction and disclaimer about investment advice | | 0:00:48 | Discussion about tax planning for the fourth quarter | | 0:02:41 | Suggestions for donating non-cash items and investment assets | | 0:05:09 | Maximizing 401K contributions and prepaying expenses for tax benefits | | 0:07:10 | Paying quarterly taxes to avoid underpayment penalties | | 0:09:49 | Exploring the history of taxes and their influence on behavior | | 0:10:53 | Taking advantage of employer-matched 401K contributions | | 0:11:31 | Maximizing HSA contributions for medical expenses | | 0:12:08 | Considering donor advice funds for charitable donations | | 0:12:38 | Using business funds to make charitable contributions for nonprofits | | 0:13:36 | Discussion about the number 13 | | 0:13:48 | Personal connection to the number 13 | | 0:14:08 | How to contact Allison for tax planning assistance | | 0:14:32 | Disclaimer about investment advice and performance |   Powered by ReiffMartin CPA and Stone Hill Wealth Management   Social Media Handles  Follow Philip Washington, Jr. on Instagram (@askphillip)   Subscribe to the Wealth Building Made Simple Newsletter https://www.wealthbuildingmadesimple.us/   Phillip Washington, Jr. is a registered investment adviser.  Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies.  Investments involve risk and, unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed.  Be sure to first consult with a qualified financial adviser and/or tax professional before implementing any strategy discussed herein. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

Beyond the Sessions is answering YOUR parenting questions! In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Hershberg, Dr. Emily Upshur, and I talk about...     2:24 - How this current generation is working to lessen the stigma of having learning difficulties or a neurodiverse brain by approaching it as a difference rather than a deficit.   4:20 - How parents can be collaborative with their child's school to help them feel comfortable getting support in the classroom.   7:26 - Understanding a child's genetic history can empower parents to make specific choices (proactively and in the moment) based on that unique knowledge.   9:02 - Teaching your child to use, "I'm the type of person who..." statements can help them approach the things that are challenging for them without judgment.   15:29 - How comparing an invisible disability (like ADHD, OCD, anxiety, etc.) with physical disabilities can help children feel comfortable accepting support.   18:45 - Modeling coping skills by talking about your unique brain, body, and your process in navigating mental or physical differences without infusing shame.     ✨We want to hear from you! Go to https://drsarahbren.com/question to send us a question or a topic you want to hear us answer on Securely Attached - Beyond the Sessions! ✨

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Host Miko Lee speaks with the creatives behind San Francisco Chinatown's 2nd Annual Contemporary Arts Festival – Under the Same Sun: Reimagining the Edges of Chinatown. This community event is produced by Edge on the Square, the same folx who produced last year's Neon was Never Brighter. Miko chats with curator Candace Huey and artists Connie Zheng and members of the Macro Waves Collective.   Under the Same Sun Transcripts [00:00:00] Opening: Asian Pacific expression. Unity and cultural coverage, music and calendar revisions influences Asian Pacific Islander. It's time to get on board. The Apex Express. Good evening. You're tuned in to Apex Express. [00:00:18] Jalena Keane-Lee: We're bringing you an Asian American Pacific Islander view from the Bay and around the world. [00:00:22] Miko Lee: I'm your host tonight, this is Miko Lee. And you get the pleasure of hearing about the amazing edge on the square second annual contemporary art festival. I speak with the curator, Candace Huey, along with some of the powerhouse artists that are behind the interactive events that are happening as part of this festival in San Francisco, Chinatown on September 30th. Also, I'm going to be there. From seven 30 to eight 30, Leading a panel discussion all about the intersections between arts and politics and ways that we can think about how to re-imagine the edges of social justice and equity. We hope that you'll join us and listen tonight to this episode with some artists talking about how we can all be change makers, shake things up, enjoy some art and go out in the Chinatown community in San Francisco so enjoy the episode. Welcome Candice Huey to Apex Express. [00:01:23] Candace Huey: Thank you, Miko. So excited to be back here with you again. [00:01:26] Miko Lee: We are here to talk about Edge on the Square's second annual Contemporary Art Festival. I loved last year's Neon Was Never Brighter. First, just start by telling us about Edge on the Square. [00:01:40] Candace Huey: Thank you, Miko. So edge on the square is a new arts and cultural hub located in the heart of San Francisco, Chinatown. It is a project by C Mac, and it is a place based cultural hub that celebrates, explores and supports leading and pioneering creative expressions at the intersection of community, art and multiracial democracy. [00:02:04] Miko Lee: Ooh, that's so many things and so many important things in this time of turmoil that we're living in. Last year's Neon Was Never Brighter was so fun, so much interactive art. Tell us about the theme for this year and how you came up with it. [00:02:19] Candace Huey: Thank you. So this year, we're excited to be back. It's going to be Saturday, September 30th from 5 p. m. to 10 p. m. We were really excited to gather some amazing local and international API artists. We worked this year with esteemed curators. I'm joined by. PJ. Polly Carpio Arena, Alejo and Sarah Wesson Chang to help inform the vision of the theme, which is under the same sun. Reimagining the edges of Chinatown. [00:02:54] Miko Lee: Oh, I love that title. I have been talking with some of the artists which we're going to hear from soon about how they take that theme and what does it mean to them? Can you tell us what it means for you to have this theme of under the same sun? And what are the edges of Chinatown? What does this theme mean? [00:03:12] Candace Huey: Sure. Happy to share about The theme of the festival under the same sun reimagining the edges of Chinatown for this year's Contemporary Art Festival, while this year's festival is really focused on the unity and solidarity of the API communities coming together during this tough time ongoing, we're still grappling with the after effects of the pandemic and we're still in the pandemic and we're still facing a lot of adversity from the ongoing anti Asian rhetoric. And compounded with this past year's moments of, you know, tragic tragedies in the Supreme Court with overturning of Roe versus Wade affirmative action and other discriminatory policy policies, not only affecting API communities, but other underserved communities of color. we felt that it was still really important to focus on unity on solidarity and coming together, but also thinking about how could we re imagined and redefine, both Boundaries and borders real and imagined that exists not only in Chinatown, but beyond between different communities of color and coming together and commenting on the fact that the critical work for social justice and equity is continuous and ongoing. [00:04:27] Miko Lee: Okay, so as an audience member, I get myself into Chinatown. I'm on that the square. What do I see? [00:04:35] Candace Huey: We're having multimedia, fun, exciting art installations and activations ranging from dance performances to music to nighttime projections to artwork, interactive installations. There's even a sound bath. That's going to be located inside 800 Grant Avenue by the artist collective Macro Waves. We're having a digital work by Indira Allegra, which is a digital tapestry, a collective new take on what is a memorial monument in the community sense, but basically edge on the square and this contemporary festival is thinking about how can we use art to come together And to heal and really think about potent regeneration and thinking about collective power. [00:05:24] Miko Lee: Ooh, collective power folks join up and come to edge on the square, second annual contemporary art festival, the end of this month, September 30th. And we're going to hear next from a bunch of different artists, including the macro waves and Connie Zhang. So stay tuned. [00:05:40] Candace Huey: Under the same sun, reimagining the edges of Chinatown is a free, open to the public, family friendly event, accessible to wheelchairs. We are expecting lots of fun, so come, enjoy yourselves, and be delighted. [00:05:56] Miko Lee: Candace Huey, thank you so much for joining us. And more than that, thank you so much for putting this artistry out into the community so that we can grow and heal and make changes together. [00:06:07] Candace Huey: Thank you, Miko. It's a truly an honor to speak with you and also to work with such talented artists and curators. [00:06:17] Jalena Keane-Lee: Next up, listen, to find my way by Rocky Rivera. MUSIC [00:09:45] Jalena Keane-Lee: That was find my way by Rocky Rivera [00:09:49] Miko Lee: Thank you, Connie Zheng, for coming on Apex Express. [00:09:57] Connie Zheng: Thank you, Miko. [00:09:59] Miko Lee: We are so excited to have you here. You are such a brilliant artist, scholar. You do so many different things. And I just love to hear a little bit more about who are your people and what legacy do you carry from them? [00:10:15] Connie Zheng: Thank you so much for this question. It's a really generous and expansive question .When I think about who my people are there's a broader community of Asian American API progressives, artists, activists intellectuals who I consider part of my community. There's also people whose legacy I'd love to carry. But who maybe I don't know personally. When I think about who my people are they're really people who are dedicated to creating better futures for all of us who are dedicated to collective thriving and liberation and change. There's a very literal answer to that question, which is my people are other Chinese Americans, but I think it's really important for me to think of a larger, more expansive community of people who are committed to the same sorts of Politics and goals for collective health and thriving and and freedom. [00:11:41] Miko Lee: Thank you for that. And speaking of that, you are going to be one of the many artists in Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative's second annual arts event. This year it's called Under the Same Sun, Reimagining Collective Liberation from the Edges of Chinatown. Can you tell me about what that theme title means to you? How do you interpret it? [00:12:03] Connie Zheng: Yeah. Thank you. So when, yeah, the first time the curators shared the framework of under the same sun for me, I was really excited about this idea of collective thriving and growing. Because we are literally all under the same sun. Maybe it shines differently for different people or we all respond to it differently. This is a cheesy answer, but we are all actually on the same planet and we're all responsible. That responsibility is distributed somewhat differently because of our how different people, use the resources and steward the land differently, but we are all responsible one way or another for , our collective future. For me, Under the Same Sun speaks to questions of responsibility, it speaks to questions of collective growth, and nourishment, and our ability to feel the same kind of joy or radiance, and the conditions that enable that radiance. [00:13:12] Miko Lee: What do you think from the edges of Chinatown means? [00:13:15] Connie Zheng: When I think about edges I think about borders and boundaries and how they're often very porous, and also how the edge is really where I some of the most visible forms of change happen. It's not usually from the center , I'm really interested in thresholds, and how no every edge is both the ending and beginning and that sort of space where beings and things and entities cross over to become something else is really fascinating for me, and so the edge of Chinatown there's the literal boundary on a map of where Chinatown as a neighborhood begins and ends, but also the community in Chinatown , it's not limited to those 9 or 10 or 11 blocks. It's much bigger than that. It's much more expansive and diffused than that. I think that slippage between where the sort of bureaucratic designation of a neighborhood and a community like that tension or flow is really interesting for me. [00:14:42] Miko Lee: Oh, I like this philosophical every end beginning. That's lovely. You were raised in China. So when did you first see San Francisco Chinatown? What was your first experience with that? [00:14:53] Connie Zheng: I think I first visited Chinatown in actually in college. So I was born in China, and I mostly grew up on the East Coast. I spent a lot of time in Boston Chinatown and before that I lived in a very predominantly white working class town in Pennsylvania. There were not very many Asian people. My parents would have to drive two hours every month to the nearest Chinese grocery store. Growing up for me Boston Chinatown was like a revelation and coming to San Francisco for the first time and going to Chinatown was like a shock. It was incredible . Walking through the neighborhoods or walking past the small vendors, The stalls, reminded me of being in Asia and it was really magical. I didn't know that existed outside of Asia. The more that I learned about San Francisco Chinatown, it's history why the architecture is the way that it is and how it was really like a safe haven for a lot of people. Specifically during Chinese exclusion. It's a place that is filled with so much significance and meaning, and it's really special to have been able to do work there over the past year and to continue doing work there. [00:16:25] Miko Lee: You've done a number of site specific interactive projects, can you tell us about the one that you will be doing as a part of the upcoming Under the Same Sun? [00:16:33] Connie Zheng: I will be making a modular outdoor garden installation called Nine Suns, and it's in reference to the Chinese myth of Houyi and the Ten Suns. In this story, there were once ten suns, in the days when gods roamed the earth. The ten suns would usually cross the sky one by one. One day all ten of the sun appeared in the sky at once and started burning the earth. This archer Shot down nine of the suns and left just the one that we have today. I'm really interested in trying to imagine a more gentle transformation of the nine suns who fall from the sky. In the standard myth the archer is like the hero but I've read like a number of sort of accounts that reference this myth that nuance the story a little bit by mentioning how like cruel and unkind this archer is. Especially since his wife is Chang'e, the moon goddess, who literally escaped from him I was really interested in reframing this myth and not having the emphasis be on this male archer who shoots down these nine sons, who Maybe we're just hanging out together and in this garden installation there will be nine circular planter tubs that are mounted on movable circular dollies. That are painted to look like the suns that were shot down by the archer. And [00:18:10] Miko Lee: so interest. That's very exciting. Wait, where will it be located? [00:18:15] Connie Zheng: I believe it will be located outside of CMAQ on Grant. I think the exact location is still being determined right now, but it'll be a street level installation. Each of the planters will be somewhere around 2 to 3 feet wide. There will be 9 of them and they will be arranged in a sort of wavy horizon line and each of the planters will have like Asian herbs. On the day of the festival, there'll be wavy line that's reminiscent of an undulating horizon. After the festival, the planters will be moved to Kaiming Head Start Preschool actually for use. For the school to use in their outdoor education program, which is really exciting. [00:19:04] Miko Lee: Oh, I love that. So you're making it, you're creating it for this one arts festival, but then it will have an ongoing life with young folks. [00:19:12] Connie Zheng: Exactly. Yeah. And that's really important. I think that was one of the most exciting things about this project. The planters, because they'll be installed on these circular platforms that have wheels on them, they'll be mobile and the idea is for them to be easily configured into different arrangements, depending on the school's needs. That feature was really exciting to me because it's inspired by The reality of very tight space in Chinatown and also in the interconnectedness of the community. I was like, really inspired by and struck by how so many residents of Chinatown are really mobile. They're tracing numerous orbits a day as they go to school, go to work, run errands, see friends and family, and just build these very rich lives with Lots of nodes of connection. The sort of connectivity is really important for me to think about here. I wanted these planters to be mobile, to be easily configured and modular and also to have a life outside of this one day event. [00:20:21] Miko Lee: So what is the walk away message that you want your audience, after coming to see this event, that's a reimagining of this folktale that many of us grew up with, what do you want people to know or to think about when they walk away from your exhibit? [00:20:37] Connie Zheng: It's really exciting for me when a project that I'm working on opens up different angles of thinking about a story that we've inherited. What happens to the fallen sons in this story is something that was really interesting for me and that I hope is interesting for others. The reimagining of these nine fallen suns as gardens is a really lovely thought for me I was really excited about the idea of each of these suns after they've been shot down from the sky, going off and nurturing their own earth, after they've Fall out of the sky, they like maybe roam through the solar system, and or the nebula, and [00:21:28] Miko Lee: They're just out there roaming around the universe. [00:21:31] Connie Zheng: Yeah, but then they find this maybe like a barren rock and then they nurture it into life. They start their own solar system, and so I think this idea of rejected things, creating new life or being the basis of a new ecosystem is something that's always been fascinating to me and I hope that the installation might encourage others to think about that as well the idea of, Things that are fallen, or thrown away, or considered useless as these nine sons were, things that were considered useless, actually being like, the source of new life. [00:22:09] Miko Lee: Rebirth. From the phoenix, they rebirthed. [00:22:13] Connie Zheng: Yeah, totally. I love that. [00:22:15] Miko Lee: Fun, fun. You do so many different types of mediums. You do film and drawing and writing, food events, maps, and plants, we were chatting earlier about mooncake design, and filmmaking, all these different mediums that you utilize. Can you talk a little bit about how the different mediums you use? impact the issue that you're exploring? Are you drawn to film because of this issue or does it just come to you organically? [00:22:43] Connie Zheng: I do like to come to materials organically. I think there's like a lot of unconscious intelligence that we have. If I have an idea for something, usually I'll try to sit on it for a while before I actually make the thing. There's some projects where the form and the material manifest themselves very quickly and early on. Sometimes it's just very obvious for example I recently finished a nine foot long map of Asian farmworker history in California, and I started making it while I was an artist in residence at the 41 Ross Space on Ross Alley. When I first started thinking about how to create this archive of Asian farmworker history in California, the map form was very obvious to me. I was like, oh, it definitely has to be a map. That was a project where I knew exactly what it would be once the idea, once the sort of like germ of the idea bloomed in my brain. [00:23:59] Miko Lee: Oh, I look forward to seeing that work. That's, is that up still? [00:24:03] Connie Zheng: Yeah. Yeah. It's up at the Berkeley Art Center right now, and it will be going To the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for the Bay Area now triennial in September. that show opens in October. [00:24:16] Miko Lee: Oh, great. So folks can have access to your work in multiple ways. [00:24:20] Miko Lee: I noticed in a lot of your work is addressing environmental awareness and climate change. Have you always woven your politics into your artistry? [00:24:29] Connie Zheng: Certainly not. I think figuring out how to weave my politics into my creative work has been an ongoing process with a lot of trial and error. Not all of my work displays my politics so visibly. I feel like a lot of my creative practice is really just like a series of experiments to figure out what my creative languages. My earliest work was very personal, and as I started to have more of an audience for my work, I was trying to, figure out what kind of dialogue I wanted to have with people. My first short film was, very angry like film essay that was focused on how racialized and class, a lot of American mainstream media rhetoric about pollution is. That was very much inspired by my experiences of my childhood in China and also growing up traveling back and forth between China and the U S and seeing how intensely polluted a lot of the places where my family lived were and then learning more about how that came to be a lot of the worst pollution around the world , can really be traced back to multinational corporations that are based out of the U. S. or North America and Europe. A lot of this terrible pollution is outsourced to countries of the global south, developing nations and also like poor communities, often communities of color in the United States. And the more I learned about this, the more sort of furious I got about it. My first film essay was this extremely finger pointing piece, and the reception for it was really interesting for me. I noticed that the people who responded to it most tended to be like other Asian diasporic people or Asian Americans I received a lot of feedback from That it was didactic. At first that made me really angry to hear that it was didactic, mostly from white viewers and then I think that changed, , and then, , Got me thinking about , what kind of conversation do I want to have? How do I want people to respond to a work? I don't necessarily mean is that going to piss them off or not? I realized that it felt uninviting for people and it felt uninviting for the exact, people I wanted to have that conversation with. I wouldn't say like I've completely changed the way that I work. My writing tends to be much more pointed and my visual work I try to move through a spectrum of Different strategies and ways of weaving my politics into the creative work. Sometimes with certain projects, I want to be more inviting and to plant the seeds of that politics in people, and sometimes it's more like an open conversation, and sometimes it's a little more direct. For the last several years, I've really been experimenting with different strategies and approaches to bring my politics into the work and also to try to make it depending on the context, as inviting as possible without hiding what my politics are. [00:28:32] Miko Lee: Thank you for that. What are you interested in exploring at this Under the Same Sun event? Will you have a chance to walk around and see some of the other artwork, or are you staying with your exhibit? [00:28:43] Connie Zheng: I hope I'll be able to walk around and see other artwork. [00:28:46] Miko Lee: And what is it for yourself? How would you like to walk away from the festival? [00:28:51] Connie Zheng: I would love to have conversations with people about what the festival means to them and what questions it's opening for them and how they see, the installation what inspires in them, what questions it opens for them, I'm really humbled when people bring any real presence to my work, and it's not something I take for granted. I think really just engaging thoughtfully with a creative work that you see is it requires an act of like generosity. Would just be very excited to have conversations with people. [00:29:38] Miko Lee: Well, Connie Zhang, thank you for spending so much time with me. I appreciate you, look forward to seeing your artwork. [00:29:44] Connie Zheng: Thank you. Yeah this has been really lovely and thank you for your time and your attention. [00:29:50] Jalena Keane-Lee: Next up, listen to turn you by Rocky Rivera. MUSIC [00:29:53] Jalena Keane-Lee: That was turn you by Rocky Rivera. [00:32:53] Miko Lee: You're tuned into APEX express on 94.1 K PFA and 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley and online@kpfa.org. Welcome to Apex Express Macro Waves. I'm so excited to talk with you all. You are a locally based creative collective and you create interactive pieces that are around conceptual art, new media, and design. Welcome Robin Bird David, Dominic Cheng, and Jeffrey Yip to Apex Express. [00:33:25] Dominic Cheng: Thanks for having us. [00:33:26] Robin Birdd David: Glad to be here. [00:33:29] Miko Lee: Can I just start with each of you, because we have three different important voices. Can I start with each of you telling me who you are, who are your people, and what legacy do you carry from them? [00:33:45] Robin Birdd David: My name is Robin Bird David. I go by she, they, and that's a big question. I don't think we've ever been asked that question. I think it's an important one. Specifically there's five of us technically in the collective. There's three of us today, who are working on our current project that's coming up with CMAC and Edge on the Square. The collective also includes Tina Kashiwagi and Anam Awan but they are not here today. Specifically with us three, we're all born and raised in the Bay Area, Asian American second generation. So I think that holds an important aspect of the communities we serve. We've been doing a lot of work around stories of different generations of migration, the diaspora particularly with Filipino American, Chinese American we've done work around Japanese American stories, intergenerational stories. So I'll leave it there and pass it along to Dominic. [00:34:50] Dominic Cheng: For the most part. We represent our collective, which is mostly Asian American and Pan Asian artists. All of us come from different backgrounds of art practice. we really strive to collaborate and share our skills and our different experiences and really tried to build upon work that isn't necessarily representative of one single individual. And it's more centered around our collective experience and so as My collective mate Robin had mentioned we do a lot of work that's really introspective and looking at our ancestry as Asians in America or Asian Americans in America. We really try to focus a lot on exploring intergenerational experiences and issues, a lot of trauma and healing that we try to integrate with a lot of the work that we're producing. And that's what brings us here today to the project that we are creating as part of the Under the Sun Festival. [00:35:57] Miko Lee: So Jeffrey, who are your people and what legacy do you carry from them? [00:36:06] Jeffrey Yip: When I think of my people, I think of family. How I identify in general is for my upbringing, for my family and all the arguments I've had all the kind of love that was shown to me. I think as you get older, you start to have chosen family, right? Macrowaves we consider ourselves a family and I consider them my chosen family. Our broader community folks, there's so many people, there's so much love , in the Bay Area and specific being the creative kind of scene. Our legacy is we all have something to share in this world, right? As a collective, we've learned that we all bring something special to the table. We highlight our kind of like strengths. We do what we can to help each other. As a collective, we also do that in the broader kind of communities. It's like we, we have something to share. We mentioned this before, is like a collaboration and bring people on board and get to know people, build community, and like grassroots kind of way. [00:37:08] Miko Lee: So thank you for that. [00:37:12] Robin Birdd David: The reason why Macwaves got together in the first place was because we were really craving a place for people of color. Queer folks to come together to have a safe space to create artwork together. That was really removed from the competitive nature that is often in art spaces, as we know, like art within capitalism and within the society, it builds this structure of you're competing for grants or for residencies. The people that we want to serve and the people that we build with are other artists, queer people of color artists to really create a space where we can build and share resources and skills to create work together rather than to be competing. So that's something that we emphasize in our work. I think the Bay Area holds a special place as a place where a lot of revolution has happened, a lot of community building has happened in the Bay Area for people of color, for marginalized communities. I think that is a legacy we hope to carry as we continue to do this collective work. [00:38:16] Miko Lee: That's so great. Can you talk a little bit more about how you came to be, how your collective came into fruition? [00:38:23] Robin Birdd David: Yeah, that's a good question. Jeffrey and I attended San Francisco State together and we met in a cybernetics new media art class. We were craving a space that wasn't so white focus and wasn't so white wall focus. My background is in painting and Jeff was in the program for new media. We felt that there was this divide of either like the fine arts world, which was a very like white wall space. Then there was the art and technology spaces, which also felt white. There was just a specific type of artists and community that came along with both those spaces and us being people of color, Asian, and growing up in the Bay area. I felt like I didn't necessarily belong in those spaces at the time. We decided why don't we do our own thing? So we started doing these one day events, art experiences parties where we would do like installations and have like DJs and performers and chefs come and we would do this whole experience where like different senses were activated. That's how we started and it just formed naturally. [00:39:35] Miko Lee: So it started out Robin, you, and Jeffrey, and then you've grown to add more people? [00:39:40] Robin Birdd David: Yes, we started in the ideating phases, and then we brought in other folks, like Dominic, to come help and create these one day experiences. Then from there, the folks who were collaborating with us, we naturally formed into a collective. [00:39:56] Miko Lee: Does each artist play a specific role? How do you interact with each other? [00:40:01] Dominic Cheng: I think one of the things that we've felt really special about being in a collective is that we bring different strengths, but it doesn't necessarily dictate like what we can and cannot do in the collective. There's a lot of responsibilities with a lot of the organization, a lot of the finances, but then there's also the responsibility of developing concepts and like refining what approach we want to take towards making installation or an experience. I think organically we have developed concepts for our projects collectively. Some folks tend to take lead on some ideas and others follow and provide support, which is always I think something that has been really uplifting for us is to not really. Think about it from like an individualized perspective where one singular artist needs to do every single thing on their own. That really opened up a lot of opportunities for us as creatives and artists to think beyond what we individually can create and really honing in on the resources and the creative like experiences and techniques that other folks bring to the table. [00:41:14] Miko Lee: So macro waves focuses around future ancestry intergenerational experiences and collective healing. How does this relate to the Under the same sun, reimagining collective liberation from the edges of Chinatown, which is the theme of this year's second annual festival. [00:41:33] Dominic Cheng: We have been a collective since 2015. A lot of the work that we have been doing has been centered around storytelling and exploring our ancestry through a lot of experiences that we've encountered between us and our parents or us and our grandparents or others. Us and folks that are probably not an ancestor quite just yet. We have always been fascinated in utilizing that area as like a point of adventure as a place for us to explore ideas outside of conventional storytelling. We have been creating works specifically looking at how trauma has been passed along through cultures of just brushing things under the rug, or how those types of experiences can really build up a like a hard shell for folks to really break through and to heal. We've also been doing work that has been exploring some of the experiences that we all share like today especially through the pandemic [00:42:38] Miko Lee: How does the theme of Under the Same Sun make you feel and what does it inspire in you all as a collective? [00:42:46] Robin Birdd David: So MacroWave's coming together in the first place. Is really reimagining art practice like collective work. In this case collective care, which is what our project focuses on. We're really interested in including other communities in our work. We did a project called alternate realm in SF Chinatown, where we interviewed shop owners during the pandemic when a lot of the restaurants and businesses were closed down and we're only doing takeout. And so we saw an area where we could. Utilize our work to help small businesses out. And so we interviewed these small these business owners about their experiences around alters and specifically Qingming And we asked them how did their rest or their business restaurant shop start and what are your alters that you have at home. Through these interviews, we collaborate with other artists outside of the collective to create augmented reality alters that became a walking tour that communities can experience through their cell phones or iPads. And so really just like bringing. outside communities that are not necessarily in the art scene to experience what other people are doing in the community and how do we bridge the gap between different generations of people and continue this legacy of storytelling and to learn more about in this particular project, more about like our Asian community and the diaspora and how they were able to start a business in the first place. [00:44:27] Miko Lee: I really appreciated those short videos about Qingming and just getting to hear from a shopkeeper's perspective about what the things they're burning for their ancestors. I think about that a lot when I'm doing Qingming with my family. So I appreciate that there's this video that's there on the internet will just last, but then you had this temporary piece with where you would go and scan a QR code. Is that right? [00:44:53] Dominic Cheng: Yeah, part of this. That project really involved us really capturing the stories of these local businesses who are not just only struggling financially and economically to survive, but they were also like experiencing heightened like violence in their communities and xenophobia. And this was like during a time where we felt that. It was important for us to open up this project as a platform for other creatives, other artists who identify as Asians to create a digital offering, like a digital art altar offering to each business in response to the stories that they were hearing [00:45:33] Miko Lee: Jeffrey, can you talk about the piece that you're going to be showing at the exhibit coming up for under the same sun? [00:45:43] Jeffrey Yip: Yeah it's a huge project and we've been conceptualizing for about two years now. It's Actually a culmination of the work that we have been doing. In 2000, I think 17 or 16, we started creating like healing spaces. One of which was like Protectural Voyager, which showed at SoMa Arts. It was this geodesic dome and there was like healing feedback sensors attached to it. There was like one that could read your brain. A brain wave reader and what was a heart wave reader. We're inviting folks to meditate inside this dome and when they we're at a calmer state, then the visuals will be more meditative and encourage meditation. We've created a number of these kind of like healing spaces and exhibitions. Collective futures is the one that we're going to be showing at this festival this year. Idea is around community care, collective care and also questioning the idea of self care and self care is important and we all need self care and sometimes that can get caught up in Western individualism and I think it is important to have that delineation and emphasize the the collective care because because you can't do everything by ourselves. We need community. We need family members. We need people to show up for each other. [00:46:59] Robin Birdd David: Our piece is called collective futures. Our installation is a critique about self care and coming out of shelter in place. We were encouraged to take care of ourselves, but also as a means to be productive and to get back out there and to work. it's like what Jeff mentioned is really important, but there needs to be a shift to like community care like how do we take care of ourselves. If institutions aren't are not working if certain systems are not working, how can the community show up for each other and I think that. Under the Same Sun is an example of this collective experience of coming together to reimagine new ways of experiencing art and really integrating and bringing together different communities outside of Chinatown, into Chinatown bringing other migrant, people of color communities who all have similar ways of showing up and caring for each other rather than being segregated Into like different communities by ethnic groups, but like, how do we come together? [00:48:04] Miko Lee: Jeff. If I walk into Edge on the Square, what do I see? [00:48:10] Jeffrey Yip: If you walked into Edge on the Square, you would see a mound full of moss. We're inviting people to come and sit down on and in the middle of that mound, there's going to be like a bowl of water that will be vibrating and the whole platform is actually vibrant. So we're inviting participants to come on and feel these vibrations that are being produced by the sound artists that we're inviting to, to provide sound. On these platforms, there are transducers that essentially work like speakers, but instead of pushing air out of the cone, they vibrate . And so basically that's essentially what this project's about. We'll be like having a platform building a platform that will be vibrating. So there'll be like a, like a sound installation that will vibrate the same frequencies into the platform. And so there's this idea called a vibroacoustic therapy. And it's the idea that like. under certain vibrations that can be a healing thing, right? And so we're inviting folks to come on this platform and all vibrate on the same wavelength and essentially just have the intention to heal. And I think a lot of times with these healing spaces, we're not like, Oh yeah, these spaces are going to heal you. It's more it's more so like we're inviting to people with to come in with the intention to heal because I don't identify as a healer, but I feel like we all can do the work to heal ourselves. [00:49:31] Miko Lee: Where is your piece going to How can people find it? [00:49:36] Robin Birdd David: Collective Futures installation can be found in the Edge on the Square gallery space. It is part of the gallery exhibition that will be up, till next year, June. And the location is 800 Grant Avenue in San Francisco, Chinatown. The nature of the installation is really about collaboration. We're inviting other collaborators to come in to either create sound performances where the sound performance connects to the vibration. On this installation can feel can physically feel the music being played at the same time. We also are inviting other healing practitioners, we're hoping to invite a Tai Chi instructor to host a class, maybe with different, with elders, with different community members in Chinatown to be able to utilize the platform in different ways. [00:50:35] Dominic Cheng: We wanted to create a platform as a means of opening up dialogue about other community engagement opportunities. Some of the folks that we have been interested in is cone shaped top, which is arts and culture space based in Oakland that has been doing a lot of work opening up space for a new emerging sound artists to have a space to perform and just to share music and be in community with each other. [00:51:01] Robin Birdd David: Cone Shaped Top will be collaborating with us for the opening of Under the Same Sun Festival on September 30th. They will be hosting a series of other sound and performance based artists that will perform live for the festival. So we're really excited about that and to really kick off this installation where throughout the year, the rest of the year and next year, we'll be able to collaborate with other community folks. [00:51:28] Miko Lee: That is very exciting. Jeffrey Yip, what do you want audiences to feel? [00:51:35] Jeffrey Yip: Everybody's gonna have a different experience, right? I personally want to start with telling somebody how they should experience the work, like I really do feel like everybody's going to come in with a unique perspective. The way that they'll experience it will be new to themselves because for me part of the art right is the experience within the individual, and that's what they're bringing to the table. It's a almost a collaboration with the participants as well because they bring their unique experience to it and you know maybe they'll share some share the experience with somebody else and there might be similarities but they'll have a unique experience. Ultimately I would say a sense of togetherness and community. That would be ideal. [00:52:19] Miko Lee: What about you, Robin and Dominic, what do you want the audience to feel when they leave your exhibition? [00:52:28] Robin Birdd David: The concept behind collective futures really comes from that feeling that we had in the pandemic where we were actually able to take a break. The concept of self care, even though it existed already, was there was a hyper focus on self care, and whatever the care is that people needed, it was obvious that we all needed a break and we needed space from capitalism from the day to day work and hustle and bustle, and so this installation really is a nod to that. It's wait a minute, how we take a step back and think about like how do we show collective care? How do we show up for each other? How do we care for ourselves? In a way that I don't know if we really got to the We never really got to the root of the problem since we came back from COVID, even though COVID still exists. We never really figured that part out. Like here we are still continuing to hustle and continue the work which is all important. I'm hoping that people who experience our installation will be reminded of I need to rest and it's okay to take a break. It's okay to pause and it's okay to just lay here and be still and be okay with where they are in their lives, where we are in our lives. [00:53:47] Dominic Cheng: Building on to that, I really do think that one of the hopes that I have is for folks to come to this leaving with just more interest in exploring collective care. It's important to not just only continue to do the work of living day to day and trying to survive, but really to take those moments of rest and really to seek out opportunities to provide community collective care. It has to be a constant and it can't just be, like, a one time thing. That's what we're really hoping for folks to do is to really be moved by the collective experience that they share with. Either folks that they bring together with them to the space and to the installation or for folks that they meet and connect with organically just throughout their visit. [00:54:37] Miko Lee: What are you looking forward to at this whole event that's happening? Will all of you stay with your piece or will you get to wander around and experience the other events that are happening? [00:54:49] Robin Birdd David: That's a good question. I'm hoping we'll be able to experience the events. That's also my birthday. So I'm hoping to be able to celebrate, see folks I haven't seen in a long time in the community, and to learn about other artists work and to be able To also explore Chinatown as the way that the festival is, was designed to be able to support small businesses. And then also to be able to collaborate with Cone Shaped Top is such an honor and something that we've wanted to do for so long. [00:55:19] Dominic Cheng: I'm excited to just support other artists who are activating like different parts of the festival. I had attended last year's festival the inaugural festival and was really amazed and really moved by the ways in which folks were taking up taking up space in like public areas through art and were sharing different stories in different parts of the entire Chinatown neighborhood. That was really exciting for me to experience the first time and I'm hoping to experience that and something new this time around. [00:56:01] Miko Lee: What about you, Jeffrey? What are you looking forward to? [00:56:07] Jeffrey Yip: I echo everything they both said. I think being a spectator and experiencing What these other creatives are showcasing. I know Kim Ip is going to do a performance. I'm excited about that. TNT Tricycle is going to be there. Maybe I'll sing a song I know there is going to be a lot of great stuff. There's going to be the canto pop. I'm excited for that as well. So maybe dance a little bit in the street. , I think that would be nice. it'll be really good for me and Jeff to brush up on our Cantonese through dancing to canto pop DJ music. [00:56:43] Miko Lee: Okay, and we will just look forward to seeing you all dancing in the procession, which is going to be lion dance and then Duniya dance all the way around the block. So you can do a little Bollywood, a little lion dance. Thank you so much Macro Waves Collective for joining me on Apex Express. I hope people can get out in the streets and see this amazing artwork going down the end of the month, September 30th. Thank you all for joining me. [00:57:08] Robin Birdd David: Thank you so much for having us. [00:57:10] Dominic Cheng: Thank you so much Miko. [00:57:14] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for joining us. Please check out our website, kpfa.org backslash program, backslash apex express to find out more about the show tonight and to find out how you can take direct action. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world. Your voices are important. [00:57:39] Miko Lee: Apex express is a proud member of the AACRE network. Asian-Americans for civil rights and equality. Find out more at aacre.org. Apex express is produced by me. Miko Lee. Along with Paige Chung, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar, Anuj Vaida. Kiki Rivera, Swati Rayasam, Nate Tan, Hieu Nguyen and Cheryl Truong tonight's show is produced by me Miko thank you so much to the team at kpfa for their support have a great Night. The post APEX Express – 9.7.23 – Under the Same Sun appeared first on KPFA.

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Utilize the asset that is reading energy. Study it. Learn it like a language, because that is exactly what it is. Begin to recognize who your energy shifts around. Notice when it changes and teach yourself how to adapt it. Unfollow anyone that makes you feel weird energy, unless it's something you feel you should be challenged in. Curate your relationships, social media feeds, and home to reflect the energy that you would like to embody most often. Energy will ebb and flow but it is a valuable skill to be able to identify these shifts on a daily basis. This way you can ride the waves of action, build foundations, so when you need to rest and recharge, you can jump right back in where you left off - and return to that energetic place without starting from scratch. Energy is our most powerful and effective communicator. It passes messages much more quickly and subtly than our conscious mind could ever identify. This is why it is so important to pay attention. Learn to read energy so you can identify the sources that deplete and grow yours. Understand that you can impact your energy as Obviously life isn't about all good vibrations and good energy all the time, but there are ways to optimize your experience to increase your times of good/positive energy to make better use of your time here. Don't allow people in your life that only deplete your energy and never return it. Don't become someone who only deplete's energy and never returns it. Energy is a give and take. Like everything, balance is key. With practice, you can get good at knowing if it is time to share your energy or if it is time to be open to receiving energy, which is a superpower if you ask me. GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The New Warehouse, Anya Skomorokhova, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Porter Logic joins the show to discuss the significance of data in today's supply chain and warehousing industry. Be sure to tune in as Anya and Kevin delve into data management's complexities and challenges, highlighting the increasing demand for comprehensive solutions to solve common problems in warehousing. Head to Barcode Depot for 15% off your repair with promo code "Repair15" Learn more about Resonant Link here. Utilize our 3PL fulfillment services for all of your logistical needs. Email Kevin directly at kevin@thenewwarehouse.com Free floor tape and floor sign samples from Mighty Line! Get yours here.Follow us on LinkedIn here for more content.Support the show

Welcome to another episode of the Rebuilding You Podcast! I'm dedicated to empowering and supporting women on their journey after divorce. In this episode, we're diving deep into a vital topic: preparing to excel at your next divorce court hearing. We're here to help you exude confidence during this challenging time, showing the world the badass that you are. Join me as we explore unconventional strategies to transform your courtroom experience.⭐️Love this episode? The best compliment is to rate/review this podcast!⭐️Join The Pulse - Weekly Newsletter! Signup free by clicking here Click here to connect on Instagram!Channel Your Inner Goddess: Learn the art of visualization to tap into your inner strength. Feel the power of a goddess within you, radiating confidence and resilience. This visualization exercise can be your secret weapon as you face the courtroom.Create Your Power Playlist: Discover the impact of music on your mood and confidence. Curate a playlist with empowering songs that boost your spirits, making you feel unstoppable. Let these tracks elevate your confidence as you prepare to slay the courtroom.Mindful Breathing for Composure: Master the art of mindful breathing to calm your nerves and enhance your composure. Through breath work, you can manage nervous energy and maintain a sense of calm, even during the most challenging moments.Power of Body Language: Unveil the influence of body language on your self-perception and how others perceive you. Embrace the concept of power posing to stand tall, radiating confidence, and commanding the room with your presence.Empower Through Fashion: Understand the significance of dressing for success and how it impacts your self-assurance. Choose outfits that reflect your personal power and style, boosting your confidence as you step into the courtroom.Harness Affirmations: Delve into the transformational power of affirmations. Reiterate positive beliefs to reinforce your self-worth and capability. Utilize recorded affirmation tracks designed specifically for divorced women, creating a foundation of strength.Find Your Support Tribe: Recognize the importance of surrounding yourself with a supportive community. Seek friends, family, or mentors who uplift you and provide encouragement throughout your divorce journey. Having a reliable support system can make a significant difference during and after divorce.Questions or comments?

What does it take to be an effective communicator? Effective communication is a cornerstone of human interaction, allowing individuals to convey thoughts, ideas, and emotions with clarity and accuracy. In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, the ability to communicate what one truly means is a skill that holds immense value. **1. ** Clarity and Precision: The foundation of effective communication lies in the clarity and precision of your message. Avoid ambiguous language or convoluted sentences that could lead to misunderstandings. For example, when discussing a concept, break it down into digestible components, using specific terms to elucidate your point. A photographer, for instance, could describe the interplay of light and shadow in a photograph, using precise language to convey the desired visual effect. 2. Active Listening: Communication is a two-way street. Active listening involves not only hearing the words but also grasping the underlying emotions and intentions. In your role as a professional development trainer or podcast host, this skill is paramount. When engaging with your audience or clients, attentively listen to their questions and concerns. This not only helps you tailor your responses but also fosters a sense of connection, signaling that you genuinely value their input. 3. Contextual Awareness: Tailoring your communication to the context is crucial. Different situations demand different levels of formality and specificity. When discussing human behavior, for instance, adapt your language to suit the audience—using jargon with colleagues in the field while simplifying concepts for a broader audience. Contextual awareness also extends to non-verbal cues, such as body language and tone of voice, which can significantly influence how your message is received. 4. Storytelling: Humans are wired for stories. Incorporating anecdotes and narratives can make your message more relatable and memorable. As a podcast host or professional development trainer, weaving real-life examples into your discussions can help your audience connect emotionally and intellectually. Stories provide context, evoke empathy, and illustrate complex concepts in an engaging manner. 5. Embrace Visual Aids: A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. Utilize visual aids such as images, graphs, or diagrams to complement your verbal communication. This is especially beneficial for conveying complex ideas that might be challenging to articulate solely through words. For a photographer or a podcaster, visuals can add an extra layer of depth and understanding to your content. 6. Practice Empathy: Understanding your audience's perspective and tailoring your message accordingly demonstrates empathy. Acknowledge their potential concerns or questions, and proactively address them. This shows that you value their viewpoint and are committed to providing them with relevant information. As someone passionate about leaving a positive influence on life, fostering empathy through communication can contribute to that goal. 7. Feedback Loop: Effective communication doesn't end with sending a message; it involves a feedback loop. Encourage your listeners, clients, or audience to provide feedback and ask questions. This not only clarifies any misunderstandings but also demonstrates your willingness to engage in meaningful dialogue. As a podcast host, create opportunities for audience participation, and as a professional development trainer, encourage open discussions in your sessions. 8. Adaptability: No two individuals are the same, and effective communication requires adaptability. Recognize the diversity in your audience, whether in terms of cultural background, knowledge level, or interests. Tailor your communication style to resonate with different groups, ensuring that your message reaches as many people as possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chucktuck/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chucktuck/support

Today we're going to introduce a game changer in the dental practice management software world...‍‍This is an innovative, all-in-one, cloud-based practice management software, and it offers an array of powerful features that are custom built for dentists by dentists ready to revolutionize the way you work. ‍If you are a start-up and decide to sign up with Oryx, they will NOT charge you a single dime, until you reached 200 active patients!⁠⁠They are partnering up with all startup practice owners and making sure you succeed, fast!⁠⁠ Click this link to schedule a FREE personalized demo and to see more on their exclusive deal!⁠‍‍Guest: Thomas ChoiBusiness Name: Eyes of AICheck out Thomas' Media:‍Website: https://www.eyesofai.com/Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/thomas-choi-7a8843241Practice Website: https://mylocaldentists.com.au/‍Other Mentions and Links:Leonardo DiCaprioMercedesChatGPTGoogle Ad WordsYellow PagesCSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganizationCone Beam CTKhoa and Sen - Eyes of AI FoundersPearl AIOverjet AIElon Musk‍Host: Michael Arias‍Website: The Dental Marketer Join my newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/‍Join this podcast's Facebook Group: The Dental Marketer Society‍‍My Key Takeaways:You cannot be a hero for everyone! Be sure to hone in on the type of patient you would like to serve and market to them.If you aren't located in a high foot traffic area you will need to supplement with more marketing.Your team is your most important asset! Treat them well and make sure they have systems to follow.You can have roles that are meant to be more permanent and positions that are more temporary. Some team members might not stick around forever and that is okay!Don't fall into the trap of "I have no weaknesses." Try to reflect of where you don't excel, and hire another professional to help.Always track where your new patients are coming from. Having a Customer Relationship Management(CRM) software will help keep good records here.‍Please don't forget to share with us on Instagram when you are listening to the podcast AND if you are really wanting to show us love, then please leave a 5 star review on iTunes! [Click here to leave a review on iTunes]‍p.s. Some links are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. Please understand that we have experience with these products/ company, and I recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we make if you decide to buy something. Please do not spend any money unless you feel you need them or that they will help you with your goals.‍Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)Michael: Alright, it's time to talk with our featured guest, Dr. Thomas Choi. Thomas, how's it Thomas: going? Not too bad, Michael. Thanks. How are you Michael: doing? Pretty good. Where in Australia are you located? Thomas: We're in Sydney sunny Sydney. On the other side of the world too, you guys, but just to sunny as LA Michael: hopefully.Okay, man, that's nice. That's nice. Awesome. Thank you for, I dunno what time it is over there, but thank you for being up early. Thomas: Oh 9:00 AM So just about I rescheduled some of my patients, pushed them back a little bit, and uh, normal workday for me. Michael: Nice. Awesome man. Awesome. So real quick, could you briefly introduce your dental practice and the demographic you primarily Thomas: serve?Yeah, absolutely. So, um, the group of practices that I, operate and own is called my local dentists. We operate five dental clinics here in Sydney. We are generally Just general clinics. So we your community practice, we are located in small community areas, and so we serve your newborns, your one year old, your two year old, your kids as they go through school.And then we also make dentures for grandparents. Mm-hmm. So yeah, your basic general practice for, for your general dentist. Michael: Nice. Okay. So then what has been your experience with different marketing companies and which strategies have proved to be the most effective for Thomas: you? I own five. And so we've dealt with all a whole range of different marketing options.So that goes, I'm sure your listeners have gone through all these things as well. That goes from your s e o, from your Google AdWords, from your full service branding and marketing companies. For me, I've found there's no silver bullet, so quite early on. In my little startup phase someone gave me some pretty good advice.They said, you cannot be the hero to everybody. So when I speak to younger dentists starting up clinics, I find they get really upset if even one person turns away or one person wasn't happy. They want to, they seem to want to sort of capture the whole entire. Little area there. They want everybody that, that, that doesn't work.The dentist you are looking for for is not the dentist I'm looking for. He's probably not the dentist di Leonardo DiCaprio is looking for. We're all looking for different type of dentists. So I do find in marketing finding that sort of fits your lane and your. What you are trying to do is probably the most helpful thing to do.But I mean, I'm happy to go around, into detail, into each of those different types of marketing, if you'd like. Yeah, no. Including the, Michael: if we get into it, when you first started your practice, your startup, your first one, number one, right? Like what were you leaning heavily on? Where you were like, this is what I'm, I'm, I'm gonna keep doing Thomas: right now.So my, my first one is actually in the same suburb that I grew up in. So I had like strong community ties. My, my local primary school was literally, I, I serve like half of that primary school now. and I went to that primary school, so that's where I started. And I think in terms of marketing I was leaning really heavily on that community engagement.And so, My first place isn't perhaps in such a high traffic area, and so it was a lot more of me making connections with the community and that personal relationship, but also because it's not in such a high. Foot traffic area. We did spend perhaps a high percentage of our income on marketing when we first started.If you go to some of my other clinics, they're in small community shopping centers, but they're quite busy. So these shopping centers aren't like, I think in America, they, you have your malls, which is like your big shopping centers, and then you've got your little small community ones where you'd probably go three times a week to do your local grocery shopping, go to your pharmacy, and whatever.It's so, A lot of my other ones are in those type of shopping centers. And you'll find with those ones, marketing isn't as important. The shopping center does the marketing for you. People walk past. And so in terms of percentage you spend is, is slightly different. And so your marketing strategy does need to change depending on your clinic, where you're located and what you're leaning on.Like you said. So before, when I first started, I was leaning on. Me, myself, my story of, Hey, I grew up here and, and now I'm back in the area I'm giving back to the community. That's what I lay it, relied on. And as I'm going bigger I'm relying more on this. This is our brand and this is what we do.Michael: Gotcha. And so all your five practices are, how Thomas: far apart are they? Yeah, so they're all in Sydney. driving the furthest one. So if you go from my furthest one to the other furthest one you could probably go 30, 40 minutes from one to the other. Mm-hmm.So they're all within about a 30 minute drive of each other within Sydney. Gotcha. Has that Michael: always been the goal, Thomas, or was it more like, I just wanna get this first startup done and that's it, I wanna have my own thing here and then it, it grew Or how did it happen? Thomas: I, it was not, it was unintentional.Completely unintentional. So I start, I had this dream of being like this little dentist in a solo practice, which most dentist are. Um, And I was like, oh, in my little area where I grew up, this is nice. And I started that one and I get it started getting really busy. My second shop, it was, I actually um, was walking my dog and I was walking my dog to my local shopping center to pick up dinner for my, for my family.And I walked my dog there and also just an empty shop. And I went, Hey, this is kind, this kind of work. And then that one worked out and that went really well. And then The third one came along and, and, and someone approached me for that one. And then since then people have just been approaching me actually.So I actually had another shopping center approach me about two weeks ago and I had to turn them down just 'cause we're not in that cycle yet. But I think you find as you do well people open up opportunities for you as long as you're genuine, as long as you try hard and do your best opportunities to come.Yeah. Michael: Okay man. So then goals to have, like are you looking down the future where it's like there's gonna be 10 eventually? Thomas: At the moment I've taken a kind of break on growing my dental businesses as a dentist. So, that's all on cruise control at the moment. We, we are doing a few sort of infrastructure upgrades in my practices and making sure we do have the most UpToDate equipment.I do think that is really important patients, depending on what lane of patients you choose. So even for a small community clinics, no one wants to go to a dental clinic. That's not. Nice. That's not clean, that doesn't look modern and up to date you don't want to go see Spittoons that look like they're from the fifties.But that's that. So I'm actually my, at the moment I'm actually involved in a startup around ai. And so that's where I'm spending a lot of my time around dental AI at the moment. So we'll see how we go in terms of my dental practices, but the AI space is where it's dentistry and the whole world is, is really interesting.Michael: Yeah. Nice. Yeah. We'll, we'll dive into that right now. But you mentioned something right now, you said lane of patience. Mm-hmm. when you started out, you said, I'm gonna get this specific demographic, or were you kind of like, I just want Thomas: anybody right now? No, so I think that that choosing your lane and how I said at the start, you can't get every patient that's come from 10 years of experience and speaking to dentists and, and new dentists and, and coaching them and things.So, When I started out, I was like everyone else. I was upset if a single patient was unhappy with anything. I was like, ah, no. I want everybody, everyone should be loving me. Why? Why don't they like what I'm offering? But you will find, your patient that wants to go to a high-end clinic that wants pure, beautiful, top-notch work.They don't want your cheaper general clinic. Even if it's the same work, some people want to pay extra to seem like they're paying extra even for an extra hot towel or something while they're doing their treatment. Some people like that and some people, they don't want that whole snazzy thing. They, they go in and they, these are waste of my money.I don't want that and I don't want my normal community clinic. That's just sort of day to day, and I think if you try to capture both, you lose both. I think the way to do is choose your lane. I am your general clinic. I am the preventative guy. I'm the cosmetic guy. I'm a high-end clinic. I'm an implant clinic.Whatever it is, choose your lane and focus on those people. And as long as you do that, you'll build your brand on. I am that guy, for example, Mercedes. You think Mercedes, you think, Hey, I'm gonna get a good quality car. It's gonna be luxurious, it's gonna be really nice. You don't see Mercedes now coming up with a $10,000 car, try and get this cheaper market, right?Yeah. And all the other Mercedes buyers will be like, Hey, I don't want Mercedes anymore. You guys are cheap. So I think choosing your lane and sticking to your lane and making sure all your branding and marketing sort of adhere to what you've chosen and, and it's all concise and and in line.I think that's the way to go. Definitely. Michael: Nice. Okay. And how much budget do you typically allocate for your marketing activities? Thomas: So I think once again, this does depend on the clinic, right? Mm-hmm. So, I do find when I speak to a lot of different marketing agencies and just companies in general, being customizable for, for the person is really important.And so My clinic, as I was saying, that's not in such a high traffic traffic area as a percentage of revenue. I might spend a little bit more compared to something that's in the shopping center where I don't need to do any additional marketing. 'cause I have hundreds of people literally walking outside the front of my practice every day.But then that's obviously the counterbalance. But I pay more rent in the shopping center and in low traffic areas, I pay less rent. it does differ. I found when I opened up my very first clinic, especially to know, like no one knows, knows about me, and there's no one walking past. You do spend a lot, you can spend up to like 20% of revenue at this time.Whereas in a shopping center, you might get a massive influx of patients and only spend. 5% of of revenue on, on marketing. 'cause you're not having to do all this additional stuff. You're literally just using your practice shop front as your big marketing tool. So yeah, somewhere between there. And also obviously depends on your phase of your business.So at the moment, like I said, I'm on a little bit of a cruise control, so I am just spending enough to keep my associates happy and booked. But if you were going to grow, you'd probably spend more, you know, 10, 20% if you're going to grow. And if you're just trying to stay stable, I aim for five to 10% usually.Michael: Gotcha. Okay. And then how many new patients are you currently getting? Like a month? Across all Thomas: five clinics? Michael: Yeah. Or if you just wanna mention like your first, first one. Thomas: Oh, my first one. I'm, I'm actually not accepting any new patients myself at, at that clinic. I'm, I'm too busy. But my associates are, and so depending on each sort of thing, you'd, you'd still be getting 30, any between 30 to 40 patients.A, a month. Michael: Gotcha. Okay. I think the, sometimes the, the struggle is we, when we're starting out, right, we have that. Certain amount of capital that we have to allocate to marketing. And then we're like, I don't want to spend on something that's not gonna work or spend too much.For example, a marketing agency can approach you and say, Hey, let's, let's make this happen. Let's do this. Thomas: And half of the mistakes, half of the mistakes don't listen to all of them. Michael: Exactly. So can you share with us, like, have you ever faced a situation where the promised results were not achieved with the expected Thomas: timeframe?Absolutely. So when I think of marketing, let's stick with digital marketing first. Mm-hmm. 'cause I think that's where most people spend their time on marketing. So when I think of digital marketing, there's sort of three lanes that I've gone down in the past. I've gone down straight ss, e o work now straight ss, e o work.I think everyone needs to do. Having said that, with chat, G P T, I don't know what Google and Google rankings are gonna be in five to 10 years, but at the moment, s e o is where it's at. So, s e o is really important, I think. SS e o, it costs a lot to do it right? Because what you're doing is you're paying someone to update your website weekly, twice a week with, with new content and making it relevant to those certain areas.But the advantage of that is your underlying digital asset of your website becomes more and more valuable. And so I'll give you an example. If you do ss e o work properly, let's say you choose a suburb Let's say Venice Beach. I don't know LA at all, but I know that's an area of, yeah, so let's say we choose Venice Beach and you go, I wanna do s e o on and as a dental clinic in Venice Beach.Now if you do it properly, it shouldn't just be Dentist Venice Beach and you come higher up on Google searches. It should be anyone in this area types in wisdom tooth pain. You should then have an article on your website with Wisdom Tooth Pain that they can read, and they're like, oh, your website is now my source of dental information.And that creates trust. And so if someone goes dental, crown, root canal, whatever it is, and they're in that area, your ideally, your website should pick up first. And that's ss e o. That takes a lot of time and a lot of money and, and you might not see results for five to six months, but the underlying asset is, is invaluable.Whereas if you go down like the Google AdWord side, you are paying thousands every month. There is no buildup of an underlying asset, but you are getting a click every time you pay. So I think with my strategy, when I first started, there was a lot of AdWords to pump up my initial book with underlying SS e o and then as your s e o builds, you can do less and less AdWords, I find.Okay. I do find though, with full service branding and marketing agencies, we dentists. We can't brand and market and keep track unless you are a particular dentist. Like I maybe one of my whole graduating class of a hundred, maybe two, that would sit there and actually go through all this stuff. Most dentists just wanna be a dentist.Mm-hmm. And so I think if you're a dentist and you start trying to do C r m work, s e o, work yourself, it detracts from your own work. So I do think unless you're really good at it, you should pay someone to do it. And then track it. So if you're using full branded agencies, they should have a C R M network laid out for you which tells you which calls are coming in, where they're coming in from.Was it from a lead from the branding agency? Was it just a natural lead? And AdWords, you can see the clicks and the conversion rates. You should. Definitely track all those things. And ss e o you can obviously track just with your ranking and, and different words you're searching, but my suggestion to normal dentists mm-hmm.As a general rule is get an agency to monitor and track it for you, and you just look at the end results and see if you're happy with them. Michael: Ah, okay. Have there been any ones where you're like, oh my gosh, there's no results. Like, I'm not, I'm not seeing anything. And how do you handle that? Thomas: Yeah, so I had, I'll give you an example about pre pandemic, just before pandemic.I had an agency, I used them for a year and their whole gig was, we will provide you high-end work. So they make landing pages per high-end work that you wanna do. And their, their business model was mainly AdWords. So let's say implants and orthodontics. You, your listeners will know mm-hmm that you get a lot of money from implants and orthodontics and so perhaps is willing to spend a little bit more.So the idea went anyone in Sydney bed search implants, this landing page should be paid for. So you come up the top, you click on that so that you know this lead is coming through that landing page. 'cause this landing page has a separate, input stream. And that landing page is dedicated just for the conversion of your implants or orthodontics.Right? Depending on what that person searched for. And so, if it comes through there, you're getting an implant and that came from that marketing agency. 'cause it that lead came through this particular landing page. by the end of the year.I ended up spending just as much on. AdWords, and that agency as I got in revenue, and so I was doing work. Pretty much for free. 'cause any work I was getting, I was giving back to that agency, and this is why tracking is really important and having mechanisms in place to know where that lead came from.It wasn't a lead from my s e o work that I paid for previously. It was from this particular company and being able to track that. So if I used different branding agencies, I'll have different phone numbers they call through on, so I can track where it's coming from. I'll have different landing pages and websites as well as my receptionist will know.On our C R M systems. Okay, this person came from this lead. And so being able to track it and then getting an R O I is pretty important because you'll find dentists spends thousands on stuff, don't track it, and they don't even realize they're getting nothing out of it. Yeah, Michael: that's true, man. That's true.So tracking it, tracking it is like huge, Thomas: huge, huge. And most dentists don't, this is what I'm saying to you. Most dentists are dentists. They're not business people or necessarily want to sit there and track numbers. And so if you're not gonna do that, Get an external or a software to do it, but if you are gonna do it, then set up properly, un track it.Okay, Michael: nice. And then how equipped is your team in converting calls into actual patients? So. Thomas: Right now pretty poor to be honest. We, we in Australia since COVID had some crazy staff shortage. last year, even earlier this year, there were days where we had to close clinics. Not even, 'cause we didn't have a dentist because I didn't have receptionist and like assistant staff, which is crazy to not open a business 'cause you don't have a receptionist, right?Mm-hmm. But that, that's where we were, a little bit better now. But I think once again, as long as it aligns with your practice. So if you, in terms of training them, I think a C R m, sort of portal or, or system is really good for tracking. Because if you don't, you don't end up with a nice aggregated information you can read.So I've had clinics, I've known clinics where. You know when you sign your new patient form, it says, how did you hear about us? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I was really strong on making sure my receptionist made that person fill that thing out and then actually record it, because then that feeds back on our backend on, Hey, okay, we're getting patients through Google AdWords.We're not getting anything. There's this thing called Yellow Pages in Australia. We're not getting anything from Yellow Pages, let's stop spending money on Yellow Pages, that type of thing. So training is important. You'll find especially if you use branding agencies, they'll train your staff for you on their c r m on and, and how to convert patients.But that comes down to also having good staff and long-term staff. Mm-hmm. My, in my first clinic where, where I'm turning away patients for myself, They, my receptionist knows the patients almost better than I do. And so there is that long-term sort of consistency for patients is also important and also important for training.Otherwise, you'll find new staff come in, you have to train them on the C r M system on how to convert patients on all that thing or those type of things. And you'll find you spend more time on training and more money on training than actually getting conversions of sales. So, Consistent staff, well trained staff.And your receptionist is probably the most important person in your practice. Michael: Yeah. How, how often is like turnover would you say, in the front office for you? Thomas: So I have two sort of categories of, of support staff. So I'm not talking dentists, they're my support staff. I have my support staff that are my people that are gonna be there for years and they're my employees.And then I have a list of sort of casuals, which are like fill in jobs, like only a few shifts a week. And they tend to be more uni students. So the uni students and the sort of casual in and out type of workers, they change over regularly. my long-term staff, they, they stick around long-term years.That I don't think I've had anyone leave for any reason other than like their, like something's happened in their life, they're leaving mm-hmm. The city or moving, moving states or whatever it is because, staff is the most important. Asset of, of, of a company. So even big mining companies, you look at their, their, their bills sheet, their HR staff is their biggest expense.Yeah. And given that even in us, even in a dental practice, staff is our biggest expense, but they're also the most important expense. And also we'll, Change how your companies run from day dot and, and it makes a massive difference. You'll have two receptionists. One receptionist will show you literally 50% more than the other one will, will book in 50% more patients than the other one just 'cause they care. they'll be nice on the phone. They won't try to shoot people off the phone. They'll, they'll try to find solutions for their patients and mm-hmm. I say to my, I say to my, everybody, I have one hiring policy. Be a nice person. That's it. If you're a nice person, I can train you to do other things.If you're not a nice person, it doesn't work out. Everyone can read it. Michael: Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That's nice. Yeah. The humility that the person has to have when it comes to those two support staff and then the UNI students do, do you ever think like maybe the UNI students could become part of the support staff or Thomas: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.Yeah. But for, as a general rule, those casual staff, so the my casual support staff that all. Have one or two shifts a week or have like feeling when someone's sick or something like that. They generally come on with that role because this isn't their primary thing in life. Mm-hmm. They might be a uni student, they might be a mom just wanting part-time work and, but this is not their focus, But at any point yeah, if they're suitable and they want to, there's always opportunities for them to then move on to more of a permanent position in my little organization. Michael: Nice man. Okay, so you talked to us about that. Everything right now is on cruise control because you're working on something with ai.What's that all Thomas: about? Okay, so, I'm the Chief Operating officer of a company called IS ai. And what we do is we've partnered with the Commonwealth Industry Science Research Organization, so C S I R O. Mm-hmm. It's Australia's government. Sort of science agency or research agency. And we've collaborated to come up with the world's first and most granular segmentation on cone BM c t as well as sort of pathology detection on, on all the dental x-rays.So your bite wings, your peri apical, your op Gs, and your lat surfaces. So, going into marketing, 'cause I know this is a marketing podcast. The, the reason I think this is really helpful for marketing is, as I was saying, people wanna go to clinics because they want to know you are up to date. What you are providing is good healthcare.Mm-hmm. And AI will only improve healthcare going forward. That's the whole reason it's going to be implemented. If it wasn't going to improve healthcare, it's just something, a cool fancy toy, no one will use it. So what we do in our company, so other than for the diagnostics, Our flagship is the segmentation of a cone beam ct.So a cone beam CT is a three d X-ray people use for the major dental work. Mm. And we are able to segment that into 130 different anatomical structures. And then using that, you can use that to plan your treatment. So I'm assuming most of your listeners are dentists? Mm-hmm. And so as a dentist, you'll know when you perhaps do an implant or a molar root canal, you'll take a cone beam ct and you'll know that to.You take that c x-ray to plan treatments and if you're taking that x-ray to plan treatments, if you're able to segment that x-ray, you are able to first remove any noise you don't wanna see. You are able to get automatic measurements, and you're able to get a clear three D model of what you're working on rather than working off two D slices, which is what we're doing.And so inevitably, AI and segmentation of cone beams and detection of pathology across all x-rays. Is going to save the dentist time, it's going to improve treatments and lead to better health outcomes, which is what we're aiming to do, and that's what everything is about. The last part about it, and I'm really big on patient education, I think a better educated patient is more on board with treatment and that can only lead to good things.Mm-hmm. It can lead to less stress for the dentist and better treatment health outcomes. And if you have ever seen a cone bean ct, and if you are not a dentist, you'll look at that and go, no idea what I'm looking at. it's gonna go right over my head. I'm just gonna nod as the dentist tries to explain things to me, what we do is we make three D models of that cone bean ct and so you're able to transfer that information to the patient much clearer in a way that makes much more sense to the patient.Not only are you going to get more conversions for your treatment, but you are also going to get more trust from the patient. But ultimately, and this is my biggest thing, you will get better patient health outcomes. You'll make less mistakes, and your treatments will be better, and that's what it's all about.Nice. Michael: Okay, so then how or why did this come out? The AI. You developing this? I guess like, the AI's been there, right? So you're just like, we gotta do something about this scenario because what was happening when this was Thomas: coming out? Okay. So I'll tell you the little inception story of this company.Yeah. It's kind of a pretty cool story. So this company started with two brothers, BA and Zen. Zen. I actually went to dental school with Zen, which is why, how I got involved in this company. Then is a dentist and Qua, who is our c e o, went to his brother Sen as the dentist Sen took his bite wings and he noticed an impacted lower right third molar that was causing caries on the lower right second molar.And the carriers was really extensive and near the pulp Sen said to his brother, Hey mate, you need to take that wisdom tooth out, do a filling, potentially a root canal. Qua turned around and went, mate, you're my brother. I don't believe you. I don't feel any pain. Nothing is wrong. Went away. Then even showed him the x-ray and Qua was like, I don't, I don't know what you're talking about, man.Everything was good. I think about two months later he had some crazy toothache. Had to go in and had to get both those teeth, emergency extraction on both of those teeth. That was the inception story, and this is why this links back to that whole patient education thing. I think in this world now going forward, people are taking more and more control of their own information.I can almost guarantee all of your listeners, I mean most of 'em are dentists, but when they go to a doctor or a dentist, they don't actually get the x-rays themselves. In Australia, I. The X-rays are actually the property of the person that took them. It doesn't actually even belong to the patient, right?Mm-hmm. Because it's our responsibility to keep it for X amount of years and store it and whatnot. We can't lose it 'cause it's patient health records. This is how this company started because we saw a problem there or the, the, the founder saw a problem there if I can't even believe my own brother.And that communication between. The dentist and the patient is that poor on a two d x-ray. On a three d X-ray. People are just nodding their heads. The other thing we've found going through this and all the non dentists in my organization are, are a bit scared of dentists now mm-hmm. Is we've found a lot of dentists are just are skipping things and, and to save time on a cone beam ct, they're ignoring the rest of the cone beam ct.If you take it for an implant down your bottom right, you're not looking at the top left for pathologies, which is to me, shocking. it's uncomfortable. Mm-hmm. So, that with the ai, you'll, you will be able to pick up on everything. And so even though it started as a patient communication inception idea, the use cases of it apply to both the patient, the dentist, the clinic, everyone, everyone will benefit from it.Gotcha. Michael: And so this is available now or not yet? Thomas: our business model is not necessarily to go straight to the end user. to the, to the dentists themselves. We're in discussions with a lot of OEMs and a lot of companies everyone we've spoken to once they've seen our product believes this is going to be the new standard of cone beam ct.Mm-hmm. And, and two d x-rays, but cone beam cts in particular, because you can't have this level of segmentation and then go back to the two D version, it's, it's like, my Jared, who I work with always says to me, he goes, it's like looking at an old U B D map that you're flipping through. And then getting Google Maps and it telling you exactly what to do.Um mm-hmm. You, you can't go back. And so for that, we believe it will be mass adopted and yeah, we're speaking to a lot of companies then to implement it into existing softwares. Gotcha. Michael: So you, the idea is not like to the user, like, Hey guys, it's available for this much, everybody get it? It's, it's more like, how can people get their hands on it then?Thomas: Utilize one of the companies that we'll be partnering with pretty much. Okay. We'll be partnering with companies around the world and all your dental users will have heard of it. I heard of these companies and so if you want to use the product, you'll have to use the company that we partner with.Michael: Gotcha. Okay. Okay. Interesting man. Yeah, because we've heard of AI and like diagnosing, right. Pearl Overjet, other companies like that. So they're, they're doing. Pretty cool stuff on that end, but this is a little bit different, right? Thomas: So we do what they do as well. So they do diagnosis of two d x-rays of pathologies, right?And so that is a, a bite wing, a pa, an O P G. Hey, there is this problem here. pretty straightforward. But if you look at three D x-rays, people don't take cone beam cts to find pathology. Sometimes they do, they, they'll take an ogen go, oh, that's a little bit funny. Let's take another x-ray to mm-hmm.To confirm what that is. But as the, the majority of C B C T cases are taken to perform a treatment, to do an implant, to do a root canal, to do a surgical extraction of a third molar. And so the initial inception of the, the segmentations on a cone b. Is to make the use case of that cone beam easier already.So if you are taking it for an implant, We provide you information on that treatment that will make that treatment easier. So we will provide you segmentations for all the surrounding key critical structures, the i n the sinus. We'll provide you measurements, so the crystal bone to the ion. How much bone do you have to play with your lingual and buccal measurements that that's automatic with the click of a button that you can see on a three D model.That is different from we're gonna scan the whole extra and just point out things that might be slightly wrong, which we do anyway. And like I said, the two D is one thing. I'm much more passionate about the three D. if there's a bite wing and I miss it, and I'm not saying that AI doesn't diagnose better if my AI definitely diagnoses better than me, right?Mm-hmm. I do miss things, but if I'm missing on that two d x-ray, it is me making a mistake. It is me not seeing something I should have seen. But on the three D, this is why I'm much more passionate about three D. People don't even look for it on a three d on a cone beam ct, which is shocking. So that's not even a mistake.People aren't even doing it. Mm-hmm. take it to do the implant and they'll review just the implant site and the stuff they need for the implant and ignore the rest of the image. A lot of people, not everyone, mm-hmm. The good dentist look at over all, but, but a lot of people do. And so that's why the pathology detection on three D and scanning through, that's where my passion lies more.But diagnosis on all x-rays is all helpful for ai. Michael: Yeah. Okay. Are you utilizing it right now in your practice? I Thomas: utilizing it right now, no, no, no, no, because it's not into, so I utilize it to demonstrate things, but it's not at, at a commercial level at the moment, so, no. Michael: Oh, okay. Okay. Interesting. So this is, this is coming out pretty Thomas: soon then, huh?Yeah, yeah, yeah. whether it's us or anybody else, this will be the standard tech in the next three to five years. It's inevitable. Like I said I assume it's not only going to be us, but it, Once you've seen it, you can't go back. It is physically impossible. It's just chalk and cheese.It's it's color TV versus black and white tv. Yeah, sound is black and white. TV versus color tv. We sound, that's literally what it is. Michael: No, man. We're excited for that, Thomas. We're excited for that. So from the process of, I guess you doing your startup. Right to now at the point where you're at with this startup, right.Where it's not a, like a building, right. It's not a practice, it's a ai. Mm-hmm. What are some of the biggest struggles you've encountered throughout this time? Thomas: Time? For me personally, it's time. Mm-hmm. So I know no one really caress about my life, but time is actually the biggest thing for me. You've been talking business struggles.It's once again time for me. Not even just time, it's the mental ability to focus on running dental practices and this AI startup, which is why my dental practices have pretty much taken a backseat. I do not know how Elon Musk does it. I do not know how you have the mental capacity to really run multiple companies and be on top of it all.It's really hard. But other than that, obviously the challenges are really different between the two. And I think the common challenge though, as I was saying before, is people. Mm-hmm. I think everything comes down to people. If you have good staff in your dental practice, you don't have to worry. So I've run this enough that I can be on cruise control in my dental practices, and I can trust the staff that I have will run it really well as it's going and approach me if there's an issue that they haven't dealt with and they dunno what to do.And so I'm pretty comfortable with that. And so even with eyes of ai, I, we have such an amazing team that it makes it really easy to work. And so my one tip to anybody doing any sort of entrepreneurial or any business work people is what makes it, you have someone good next to you, the amount of stress you receive will be half of someone that's just not good next to you.Yeah. So yeah, staffing. Staffing and time is, is definitely the biggest thing. And surround yourself with people that. Have the same vision as you. Drive in the same direction as you and really lift each other up and support each other. I always liken it to a rowing boat. Right. It is the job of the person on the rowing boat that's beating that drum to make sure that everybody's rowing in the same direction and rowing to the beat of that drum, right?That is like any organization, the boat will go better if everyone rose in the same direction and rose at the same time. What you don't want to do is get staff around you that don't understand the big picture and don't strive towards that common goal, whether it is. Providing patients is really good healthcare, and that will build up your dental practices or doing the world's best AI that's gonna take over the world.With ai, you need the team to understand what they're doing, what their roles are, and support each other in that team. So people is the most important. Yeah. Michael: Do you ever find yourself Thomas like, man, I need, I need somebody to handle this takeover and do this, and you give them the The problem or the Yeah, the problem, the work.But then you kind of think about it and you're like, maybe a system could have taken care of that instead of this person. Yeah, Thomas: both. You need both. with staff even though they're good staff, you need a system or a framework for them to work in. Mm-hmm. You can't, no matter how good people are, if you just let five people to do their thing.They're not gonna come at the same point. So you've gotta give everyone a system or a framework. And with technology like AI coming through, yeah, people are, people's job descriptions are gonna change. What they had to do is going to change. It's unfortunately inevitable. You know, Back in the day, I'm sure law firms had a hundred people researching things, feature their cases, and now it's a Google search and it's only a hundred people hour job.any new technology you should be skeptical of but would be willing to embrace that goes with ai, that goes with any systems that you have digital, X-rays, p m s systems, whatever it might be. Systems generally make things more efficient and less mistakes are made. Mm-hmm. that's one of the biggest things about ai, right?That as I was saying earlier on a two d X-ray, if I don't pick up on something that's a mistake, It's not, I didn't know it's a mistake. And so systems and AI and things like that, they don't make mistakes as much. systems are good. But even if you don't have a system in place, even if you've got people, you should have a framework for those people to work around.Yeah. Michael: I get you, man. I mean, remember when Chat G P T came out, I was like, what is this stuff? I didn't even care. Now. Can't get Thomas: off. It's the best. Yeah. AI's amazing. I'm kind of scared to see where it's gonna be in five years. I'm legitimately worried and scared. Michael: It's gonna be, it's gonna be good. It's gonna be exciting.I dunno. We'll see. We'll see. But it is interesting. So one of the last questions I wanted ask you Thomas, is we have a lot of young practice owners, listeners, dentists, right. In our also young, in the sense of like year one to year five, maybe they're in their practice ownership process. What Thomas: advice can you give us?I think first starting out, be honest with yourself. I think knowing where your shortfalls are. So, like I was saying, don't pretend to be a marketer if you're not, don't pretend to be someone that is gonna sit there with spreadsheets if you're not. I recently have come to love spreadsheets.Mm-hmm. But in my previous life before this startup, I didn't particularly like spreadsheets and so to. If, you know you need spreadsheets to track things, but you are not a spreadsheet person, and I would say most dentists are not spreadsheet people, then you should be able to recognize that shortfall and pay a professional to do it.I find people don't recognize other people's skillsets enough and aren't willing to pay for that skillset enough. That'd be the first thing. The second thing I would say is choose Elaine. I say this to everybody. You are not everyone's hero. You'll be one type of person, hero. And so choose what type of person that is.If you're starting a practice and drive your business for that target market and nothing else. Ignore everyone else. alcohol companies. They know who their target market is. They don't target kids 'cause they know they're not gonna buy it. They don't get upset when kids don't wanna buy the alcohol.So they target their audience, do the same thing. And the third thing is be genuine and nice. it goes for both patients and your staff. I find so many entrepreneurs are so up themselves that they think they can manipulate people into positioning themselves and doing what they want.Now, that might work with a one-off interaction 'cause they, the person doesn't know you. But if you are gonna work with someone for five years, if you're gonna have a returning patient for five years, that. Ulterior motive of, I am here because of money. I'm here because of what it, it, it doesn't last.Everyone sees right through it. If you want good staff to stick with you, treat them well, put yourself in their shoes. Every once in a while think, Hey, I'm only earning this amount of money. My dentist, my boss is earning this amount of money. He makes me do all this stuff. He doesn't even say thank you.Doesn't gimme a bonus, doesn't gimme anything. If you were that person, you'd be like, Hey, what? This is not fair. Like this is not a, mm-hmm. Even distribution of what's happening here. Be nice to your staff. Be genuine. Be nice to your patients and that, that's probably the biggest one. Be nice and fair to everyone around you.People will come back and people will continue wanting to work with you if you are overly fair and overly nice to people. I think that's the best part. Michael: Awesome. We appreciate that, Thomas. And if anyone has any questions or concerns or they just want to talk to you more, where can Thomas: they find you? Eyes of AI is probably the easiest website, international website.You can either contact the support page of Eyes of AI and ask for me specifically otherwise I'm on LinkedIn, or they can reach out to you and you. I'm more than happy for you to give out my personal email to anyone. I'm happy to speak to everyone. I'm a friendly person. Michael: Always be nice. Yeah.Awesome guys. So that's gonna be in the show notes below, so definitely reach out to Thomas and Thomas. Thank you for being with us. It's been a pleasure and we'll hear from you soon. ‍

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Embrace Your Energetic Radiance In this captivating episode, we will delve into the depths of the auric field, understanding its significance, and discovering how to harness its transformative potential. During this empowering journey, we will: Understand the auric field: Gain a deep understanding of the auric field, the subtle energy field that surrounds and interpenetrates your physical body, acting as a protective shield and reflecting your energetic state. Recognize the layers of the auric field: Explore the different layers of the auric field, such as the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual layers, understanding how they contribute to your overall well-being. Cleanse and clear your auric field: Learn techniques and practices to cleanse and clear your auric field from stagnant energy, emotional residue, and external influences, promoting energetic balance and vitality. Strengthen and protect your auric field: Discover methods to strengthen and protect your auric field, enhancing your energetic resilience and creating a shield of positive energy to support your overall well-being. Align your auric field with intention: Utilize intention-setting and visualization to align your auric field with your highest intentions and desires, attracting positive experiences and harmonious relationships. Embrace auric field healing: Engage in guided meditations and energy healing practices specifically designed to activate, balance, and revitalize your auric field, allowing for profound healing and transformation. It's time to embrace the power of your auric field and unlock your energetic radiance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maria-martinez820/support

We were told this weeks GamesCom was going to be a weak sauce, and sure enough, Opening Night Live was a bit of re-hash of the same old Triple-A trailers we've come to expect this year! But don't fret because we're still going to talk about Starfield and CyberPunk, but make sure you stick around for the second half of the show where we highlight some of our favorite less-than-triple A games from The Future Games Show. Starfield - Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. - Bethesda Game Studios (Steam, September 6th 2023) Crimson Desert - Enter a war-torn realm of medieval fantasy, where allegiances are tested and heroes are made. - Pearl Abyss Lords of the Fallen - A vast world awaits in all-new, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As one of the fabled Dark Crusaders, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. - HEXWORKS (Steam, October 13th 2023) Fort Solis - Fort Solis a riveting story-driven thriller on the Red Planet. - Fallen Leaf, Black Drakkar Games (Steam, Available Now) Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Cyberpunk 2077 DLC - CD PROJEKT RED (Steam, September 25th 2023) Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon - A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development. - FromSoftware (Steam, Available Now) Alan Wake 2 - Alan Wake went missing in 2010. He was a bestselling writer based in New York City. On a vacation in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Alice Wake, he came face to face with a force of supernatural darkness. It brought Wake's writing, a horror story, to life. He fought this dark presence and managed to banish it back to where it came from, a nightmarish dark place hidden under a caldera lake outside the small town of Bright Falls. Wake wrote an ending to his horror story and with that freed his wife from the darkness under the lake but became trapped there himself. Alan Wake is not dead, although he has wished he was many times. For 13 years he's been a prisoner in the Dark Place, where his nightmares, his fears, and his stories manifest as reality around him. For 13 years, he has been fighting to stay sane and write a story that would change reality around him in order for him to escape. So far, he has failed. - Remedy (Epic, October 27th 2023) Stop Dead - A rogue AI is hell-bent on destroying its creators and has swept you up in its plans. Use your superhuman abilities to run, jump, slide, and pull hundreds of objects as projectile weapons to blast everything in your path in this funny and chaotic first-person telekinetic brawler, STOP DEAD. - Gridsnap Games LLC (Steam, Demo Available, October 5th 2023) Streets of Rogue 2 - Streets of Rogue 2 is a crazy, immersive RPG sandbox set in a vast randomly generated open world where freedom and fun are dialed up to 11. Fight, sneak, hack, farm, build, steal, or talk your way to power as you try to topple a corrupt president in countless possible ways – solo or with friends. - Matt Dabrowski (Steam, 2024) Soulslinger Envoy of Death - You are a gunslinger in limbo, involved in a gritty war against "The Cartel", a ruthless organization harvesting souls to break free of the shackles of the afterlife. Grow stronger with each new run, gather the essence of lost souls to take on the biggest threats in this rogue-lite FPS! - Elder Games (Steam, Demo Available, TBA) Blasphemous 2 - The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. - The Game Kitchen (Steam, Available Now) Star Trucker - Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre. - Monster and Monster (Steam, 2024) SPRAWL - SPRAWL is a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. Escape the walled city and take on the militarized government of the sprawl. Fueled by the blood of your enemies and a mysterious voice in your head, make your way towards the spire to topple whatever lays within. - MAETH (Steam, Available Now) News Tower - Develop your newspaper and become New York's new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops! - Studio Nul Games (Steam, Early Access by Request) Bloomtown - Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Join Emily and her group of friends to save their cozy town from the demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents! - Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games (Steam, Q2 2024) Wantless - Wantless is a fast-paced Tactical RPG set in a dystopian future. Fight off torments inside your patients' mind using a deep skill-crafting system and innovative combat mechanics. Utilize your environment, confront horrors made manifest and walk the fine line of morality in a dying world. - Drop Rate Studio (Steam, November 2023) Aloft - Survive on floating islands caught in an eternal hurricane in this atmospheric sandbox survival indie game. Build your base and sail the winds to discover new islands and fight back fungi corruption while upgrading your gear. Reach the highest altitudes and brave their challenges. - Astrolabe Interactive Inc. (Steam, Demo Available, 2024) It's a Wrap - It's a Wrap! is a challenging puzzle game about making movies in 1980s Hollywood. Figure out the perfect timing of props, actors, and special effects as the Director. Then jump into the scene as the movie's star in a traditional 2D platformer. - Chanko Studios (Steam, Demo Available, Available Now) Tiny Glade - Tiny Glade is a small relaxing game about doodling castles. Explore gridless building chemistry, and watch the game carefully assemble every brick, pebble and plank. There's no management, combat, or wrong answers - just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas. - Pounce Light (Steam, 2024) Pacific Drive - Survive the anomaly-filled Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline. Scavenge resources from abandoned research sites, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive. - Ironwood Interactive (Steam, Q1 2024) Abiotic Factor - Co-operative survival-crafting (1-6 players) set in a research facility overrun by paranormal threats. As Earth's greatest scientists you must band together, craft ingenious tools and weapons, and survive the only way you know how: Kill 'em with science! - Deep Field Games (Steam, Playtest Sign-ups Open) Dome-King Cabbage - A short visual novel set in the world of a monster-collecting RPG. Grappling with their ability to perceive reality through an RPG lens, Mush navigates their way to a job interview for the enigmatic title of “Dome-King.” - Cobysoft Co. (Steam, Coming Soon)

Desde a primeira vez em que esteve aqui, muita coisa mudou na vida da minha convidada de hoje. A descrição do seu perfil no Instagram dizia que ela era mãe, noiva, contadora, maratonista e apresentadora do canal Tênis Certo. Contadora ela não é mais e desde outubro de 2021 ela se tornou casada. Ela agora também é podcaster e detentora do título de finisher das seis mais famosas maratonas do mundo. Desde então ela segue se tornando cada vez mais relevante como influenciadora digital do mercado da corrida de ruagoogle drive. Desde então, ela estabeleceu seu melhor tempo em uma maratona, se tornou mãe de uma adolescente, passou com louvor pela simbólica marca dos 40 anos, casou, viajou algumas vezes de primeira classe para destinos como Dubai, Barcelona, Málaga, Curacao, Miami, Honolulu, Tóquio e algumas vezes para a Disney. Em seu podcast ela recebeu personalidades como os treinadores Marcos Paulo Reis e Rodrigo Lobo, a fisioterapeuta Raquel Castanharo e a terapeuta e influenciadora Alanna Sícoli. Seu perfil no Instagram e seu canal no Youtube, ao lado do sócio e marido, é uma fonte quase que inesgotável de dicas, respostas, vídeos motivacionais e resenhas sobre tênis de corrida. Conosco aqui a ex-contadora, empresária, corredora maratonista, podcaster, influenciadora e faixa preta de taekwondo que está sempre pronta para quando o telefone tocar, a sagaz Valéria Mello Suzuki. Inspire-se! SIGA e COMPARTILHE o Endörfina através do seu app preferido de podcasts. Contribua também com este projeto através do Apoia.se. Um oferecimento da @pinkcheeksbrasil A Pink Cheeks é uma marca brasileira, pioneira no segmento de dermocosméticos de alta performance, que há uma década inovou no conceito do sportcare. Reconhecida por grande expertise em proteção solar devido aos altos fatores de proteção UVA e UVB, a Pink Cheeks tem uma linha completa para proteção facial, corporal e até capilar, com produtos de alta qualidade e resistência à água e ao suor. Como a Pink foi criada por atletas, para atletas como você, a linha também conta com produtos que minimizam os atritos causados pelo movimento repetitivo de certas modalidades. O Redless, por exemplo, conta com as versões spray, bastão e creme, e se adequam super bem a qualuqer que seja a sua necessidade. Outro produto muito utilizado além da proteção solar, é o leave in antishock, um sucesso principalmente entre as mulheres, que é um fluido capilar com protetor solar que cria uma película protetora nos fios, sendo ideal para ser usado antes e depois da prática esportiva e evita o famoso ninho de nós no cabelo. Além da inovação com o conceito de sportcare, o diferencial da Pink está na união da proteção de alta performance, beleza e multifuncionalidade, e conta com uma linha completa de maquiagem com proteção solar e resistência à água e ao suor. Os produtos são altamente indicados para qualquer tipo de movimento, possuem fórmulas veganas, sem parabenos, são fáceis de utilizar, com sensorial muito agradável na pele e ainda podem e devem ser utilizados a partir dos dois anos de idade. www.pinkcheeks.com.br/endorfina Utilize o cupom ENDORFINAPINK e ganhe um desconto. @pinkcheeksbrasil   Você já parou pra pensar em tudo que uma triatleta passa para chegar até a linha de chegada de uma prova como o Ironman? Bom, é por isso que a Probiótica e Almatri, em parceria com a Tri Sport Magazine e o Endörfina, se uniram para contar a história, em cada detalhe, dos bastidores das conquistas e dos desafios da Pâmella Oliveira em sua Jornada PRO como a única triatleta brasileira profissional na disputa dos campeonatos mundiais de 2023. O IRONMAN 70.3, na Finlândia e o IRONMAN em Kona. A Jornada PRO trará, de forma inédita, os bastidores dessa temporada, behind the scenes até a linha de chegada. A iniciativa permitirá que a comunidade do triathlon acompanhe de perto a jornada desafiadora da Pâmella, fonte de inspiração e incentivo para a presença de cada dia mais mulheres no esporte. Além do incentivo ao protagonismo feminino, 10 % de todas as compras realizadas no site da Probiótica utilizando o cupom ALMATRI serão revertidos para um projeto social apoiado pela própria triatleta. Foram desenvolvidos kits personalizados, inspirados na linha de produtos utilizados pela Pâmella em sua jornada de preparação. Além do desconto de 20% nos produtos Probiótica, o cupom ALMATRI te dará, também, direito a participação em experiências exclusivas como treinos com a participação da Pâmella, transmissão ao vivo dos eventos, com degustação de produtos e entrega de kits. Demos o start no dia 17/08 e essa temporada segue até a final do mundial de Kona, em 14/10. Durante esse período a Probiótica, ALMATRI, TRI SPORT Magazine e Endörfina serão os responsáveis por narrar essa história com conteúdos exclusivos para todos que quiserem entrar nessa Jornada! Fiquem ligados no @probioticaoficial para torcer junto com a gente!  

The Locked On Cougars Podcast for Thursday, August 24, 2023 The BYU Cougars have some raw meat dangling in front of them thanks to ESPN writers Bill Connelly and Dave Wilson, who tabbed the BYU football program to finish dead last in the Big 12 Conference this season and Jake Hatch expects them to use it as motivation Jake then ran down some injury notes to monitor for Kalani Sitake and BYU in the lead up to the Sam Houston State game before he talked one-on-one with Cougar linebacker Max Tooley about his time at Brigham Young University and the upcoming season Finally, the show wrapped up with notes on a new BYU football commitment from David Clifford, seven Cougars on the Senior Bowl watchlist, BYU men's hoops losing to KK Zadar & looking back at wins over Boise State and Utah Tech in 2022 Support Us By Supporting Our Locked On Podcast Network Sponsors!  Birddogs - Today's episode is brought to you by Birddogs. Go to birddogs.com/lockedoncollege and they'll throw in a free custom birddogs Yeti-style tumbler with every order eBay Motors - For parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let's ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase BetterHelp - This episode of Locked On Cougars is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/LockedOnCollege get on your way to being your best self FanDuel - Make Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)  Follow the Locked On Cougars podcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to stay up-to-date with the latest with regards to the podcast and BYU sports news. Please remember to subscribe, enable notifications, rate and review the show. If you are interested in advertising with Locked On Cougars or the Locked On Podcast Network, please email us at LockedOnBYU@gmail.com or contact us here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Depois de muitos contratempos, a sexta temporada do Clube, finalmente foi concluída. E para seguir a tradição, nesse episódio extra, Gilson e Cocão batem um papo sobre os bastidores da temporada, sobre os feedbacks dos ouvintes e sobre o futuro do Clube da Música Autoral.Confira!Se você gostou do Clube da Música Autoral, seja um sócio. Acesse: https://clubedamusicaautoral.com.br/assine e confira as vantagens que você recebe em troca do seu apoio.Se você quiser, também pode nos ajudar fazendo um PIX. Utilize nosso email como chave:clubedamusicaautoral@gmail.comQualquer valor é bem-vindo.

In this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Ann Sung Ruckstuhl, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Manhattan Associates, discusses sustainability and efficiency within the warehousing and logistics industry. Manhattan Associates is at the forefront of sustainable supply chain transformation through innovative systems and software solutions for the warehouse and transportation segments. Sustainability isn't just a buzzword to Ann; it's a critical aspect of modern business, intertwining passion and science. As Ann aptly puts it, "Sustainability has a bleeding hearts element, but there's a science element to it as well. Without the passion and the science, nothing real will happen." So, let's embark on a journey to explore how sustainability is becoming an integral part of the warehousing and logistics landscape. Learn more about Resonant Link here. Utilize our 3PL fulfillment services for all of your logistical needs. Email Kevin directly at kevin@thenewwarehouse.com Free floor tape and floor sign samples from Mighty Line! Get yours here.Follow us on LinkedIn here for more content.Support the show

In episode 137, we are focused on the topic of supporting teaching assistants. Our paraprofessionals support us as special educators and also provide invaluable support to our students. So it's time we provide them with the SUPPORT they deserve.This episode explains 5 strategies to help you be successful in supporting your staff and provides insights into how to actually make it happen.Tune in to hear more about these 5 strategies:Professional DevelopmentMentorship and CoachingRegular Check-Ins and FeedbackEmotional SupportAccess to ResourcesOf course, fitting these strategies into a busy school day might seem challenging, but it's not an "if" they should be done, it's a "must." Here are some ways to ensure support is given to your staff:Be a role model.Take advantage of PD days.Utilize downtime for short training sessions.Facilitate mentorship pairings.Integrate quick check-ins into the daily schedule.Foster a supportive culture.Organize a centralized resource library.Mentioned in the episode:Ep #16: Sharing the Love: Why I Don't Use 1:1 Paraprofessionals_____________________________________________________________________________A resource for you!A great way to support your staff is through the use of a Paraprofessional Handbook. This paraprofessional handbook will provide you with the structure, information and forms you need to train the parapros in your special education program.This colorful, fun paraprofessional handbook is completely editable and jammed packed full of beneficial information your paras need to feel prepared to complete all aspects of their job.Edit the parts that pertain to your specific school and classroom through Powerpoint and print the parts of the handbook you need in color or in black/white. Put into page protectors and put it all together into a binder. Then review this handbook with your paras at the beginning of every school year.Get the Writing IEP Impact Statements GROWING BUNDLE! and become a rockstar at crafting the perfect impact statements for your students today! Follow JenniferInstagramTPT

Kudos to Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell for NOT playing his starters once again this week. That is the plan at least for right now and we think it is the right move. Detroit at Carolina on Friday night. Also, Matt Dery discusses the defense and how well they performed today in practice. Brian Branch continues to be a stud. Also, on ESPN's "Get Up', not one but two experts picked the Bears to win the division. Foolish. #firstlisten Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Harry's Get your best shave ever this summer with Harry's razors and skin care products. Get a $13 Starter Set for just $3 at harrys.com/NFL. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Last minute tickets. Lowest Price. Guaranteed. birddogs Go to birddogs.com/LOCKEDONNFL or enter promo code LOCKEDONNFL for a white tech hat with any order. You won't want to take your birddogs off we promise you. BetterHelp This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. If you're thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Visit BetterHelp.com/Lockedon today to get 10% off your first month. Underdog Fantasy This episode is sponsored by Underdog Fantasy! Sign up HERE with the promo code LOCKEDON to get your first deposit DOUBLED up to $100. Must be 18+ (19+ in Alabama and Nebraska, 21+ in Massachusetts and Arizona) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www dot ncpgambling.org; In Arizona call 1-800-NEXT-STEP; in New York, Call 1-877-8-HOPENY; in Tennessee, call 1-800-889-9789 eBay Motors For parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let's ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Right now, when you bet on a Super Bowl Winner, you can GET BONUS BETS EVERY TIME THEY WIN IN THE REGULAR SEASON! FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms…

In this episode of the Virtual Assistant Mama podcast, I'm sharing 15 different skills that teachers can utilize to help them in a different career.   Sign up for the free Virtual Assistant Workshop - https://ariannavernier.com/free-workshop Grab my book, “Teacher Turned…” – https://teacherturnedvirtualassistant.com/book Join the Virtual Assistant Mama Academy– https://virtualassistantmama.com Join the free community – https://facebook.com/groups/virtualassistantmama Check out today's show notes at https://ariannavernier.com/15-skills-teachers-can-use-in-a-different-career

We dive deep into the world of podcasting with expert guests and explore key insights and strategies for success. From navigating the podcasting landscape to harnessing the power of branding, launches, and storytelling, we cover it all. Discover how to make your podcast stand out, connect with fellow podcasters, and gain valuable tips from this dynamic discussion.Rita Richa is an experienced podcaster and entrepreneur with a wealth of knowledge in branding, launches, and content creation. She hosts the Bippity Boppity podcast, a show that explores the intersection of Disney and business. Rita also runs her own consulting company, helping individuals and businesses launch and promote their podcasts.Chapters00:00:00 Introduction: Delving into Podcasting Insights and Strategies00:04:08 The Power of Networking: Discoveries for the Podcasting Community00:06:37 Unpacking Tools: Apple Podcast Marketing and Social Post Creation00:11:53 Harnessing QR Codes: Opportunities in the Modern Podcasting Landscape00:14:07 Going Global: Embracing Multilingual Content for Broader ReachLinks And Resources:Rita Richa on LinkedInRita Richa on Instagram Bippity Boppity Business InstagramBippity Boppity Business PodcastHector Santiesteban LinkedInHector Santiesteban TwitterThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Marketing Your Podcast? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on iTunes and leave us a review!

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A touch of fear is natural and can be beneficial. It serves as your defense mechanism, alerting you to potential dangers and helping you make safer choices.But always worrying about something 24/7 can be detrimental in the long run. That's why you need to deal with your fears the right way. The key to facing your fears successfully is to take gradual steps. Rushing or attempting overly intimidating actions without giving them much thought may lead to unfavorable outcomes. In this episode, we'll explore cultivating the courage to confront long-standing fears, stresses, and worries. You'll find practical exercises and techniques to empower you to address certain challenges. Ann will guide you through devising a strategy to transform your concerns, facilitating positive outcomes on your own terms. Key Points From This Episode:1. Many times, we avoid things as a defense mechanism.2. Stress and worry are the halfway house to your solution.3. Ann's two biggest fears, how she worked to change her story and limiting beliefs, and the strategy she developed.4. Learn to reflect on the excitement and the journey you went through to achieve your goal.5. Document your limiting beliefs by writing it down.6. Utilize your creativity, opportunities, and resources to make things happen. Innovate fun and creative ways to have amazing experiences with your loved ones.7. Continuously ask yourself, "What is my 'why'?" and work on achieving your goals one by one.8. Instead of jumping into the solution, focus on improving your physiology before addressing the problem.Links Mentioned in Today's EpisodeTony Robbins Website Tony Robbins Ultimate Breakthrough ChallengeTony Robbins Priming Excercise If you're struggling with your vitality, energy, mood, focus, or sleep, this show is for you. You'll discover the keys to remove the barriers or blockades that have been holding you back.Please subscribe and review so we can up-level this show for you.Visit https://www.itsnotrocketscienceshow.com/ to learn moreFollow Ann Tsung MD, MPH onhttps://www.instagram.com/anntsungmd/https://www.facebook.com/AnnTsungMD/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2Y9GGFtLLjf-rTCJWG2aQhttps://mobile.twitter.com/anntsungmd

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In this episode, we have a very special guest joining us, Dr. Paul White. Dr. White is a renowned psychologist, speaker, and leadership expert, and he's here to shed light on a topic that often gets overlooked but is crucial for a productive and thriving work environment - appreciation. Join us as we dive into the 5 Languages of Appreciation at Work, based on Dr. White's bestselling book co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman. With over half a million copies sold and translations in 26 languages, it's safe to say that their work has struck a chord with countless individuals worldwide. This episode explores the significant impact of authentic appreciation on employee engagement, productivity, and overall workplace dynamics. Dr. White shares his research-backed insights, addresses misconceptions, and provides practical tips for new managers on effectively showing appreciation. But it's not just about understanding the importance of appreciation. Dr. White will guide us on how to effectively communicate appreciation in different cultures and work environments. From acts of service to quality time spent with team members, he'll unravel the power of personalized, specific, and genuine expressions of appreciation that truly resonate with everyone on your team. You can listen to this episode here: https://www.ramonashaw.com/173-5-languages-of-appreciation-in-the-workplace Or view it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/zsts6yAJ2kk Action Steps: Reflect on your current appreciation practices and ensure they are genuine and personalized. Familiarize yourself with the Five Languages of Appreciation to tailor your expressions of gratitude. Foster a culture of peer recognition within your team to acknowledge accomplishments among colleagues. Utilize resources from appreciationatwork.com and conduct team training sessions to implement effective appreciation practices in your workplace. — RESOURCES MENTIONED — Appreciation At Work website Motivating By Appreciation - assessment https://www.facebook.com/appreciationatwork/ https://www.instagram.com/appreciationatwork/ https://twitter.com/drpaulwhite Appreciation at Work | LinkedIn Schedule a Strategy Call with Ramona Shaw Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources here: ramonashaw.com/11 Have a question or topic you'd like Ramona to address on a future episode? Fill out this form to submit it for her review: https://ramonashaw.com/ama — OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE — Episode 109: What's Compassionate Leadership? Episode 127: How to Lead a Thriving Team with Kirstin Moorefield Episode 135: How to Build Connection with Your Team Members - with Jess Podgajny Episode 137: How to Create a Strong Team Culture - with Gustavo Razetti — WHAT'S NEXT? — Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop Love the podcast and haven't left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show! — CHAPTERS — [00:00] Introduction to Episode 173: Languages of Appreciation at Work [02:30] The Impact of Appreciation in the Workplace [06:00] Misconceptions about Appreciation and Employee Recognition [11:30] Tips for New Managers on Showing Appreciation [13:30] Implementing Appreciation at Work [15:00] Introduction to Employee Appreciation [17:00] The Role of Appreciation in Remote and Hybrid Work [23:30] The Impact of Employee Appreciation [30:00] Appreciating Managers and Peers [34:00] Recap* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.