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We focus on the two words in the center.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Mizzen+Main - use promo code SCRATCH20 at mizzenandmain.com Kudos to LMNT - drinkLMNT.com/chasingscratch  Kudos to Shot Pattern - save 20% at shotpattern.app/chasingscratch  Kudos to Carl's Place - https://www.carlofet.com/  MUSIC CREDITS: “Dangerous” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100414 Artist: incompetech.com/ “Decisions” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100399 Artist: incompetech.com/ "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Story Unfolds" is by Jingle Punks “Enigmatic” is by bensound.com "Extinction Level Event" is by Jingle Punks "Destination Unknown" is by Ugonna Onyekwe "End of Time" is by Ugonna Onyekwe "Sharp Senses" is by Ugonna Onyekwe "Dreamy Flashback" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100532 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ "Art of Silence V2" is by Uniq https://soundcloud.com/uniqofficial

Cane decided to slap some Velcro on a busted seat instead of buying a new one. Genius-level innovation or straight-up ghetto DIY? Jury's out.Meanwhile, we're all collectively gasping over which country actually invented stuff we use every day (spoiler: it's never who you think). And as for her? Oh, she definitely lost her mind — but like, of course she did. She's got that unfiltered chaos energy of a full-blooded Jersey girl.All that, plus even more eyebrow-raising madness you didn't know you needed. Buckle up.

In today's episode Gina reads "The Guest House" by Rumi and translated by Coleman Barks. The reading helps us see acceptance from new and powerful point of view. Links/resources mentioned in the episode:http://allpoetry.com/poem/8534703-The-Guest-House-by-Mewlana-Jalaluddin-RumiIn today's episode Gina reads "The Guest House" by Rumi and translated by Coleman Barks. The reading helps us see acceptance from new and powerful point of view. Links/resources mentioned in the episode:http://allpoetry.com/poem/8534703-The-Guest-House-by-Mewlana-Jalaluddin-RumiPlease visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors!https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. FREE MUST-HAVE RESOURCE FOR Calming Your Anxious Mind10-Minute Body-Scan Meditation for Anxiety Anxiety Coaches Podcast Group Coaching linkACPGroupCoaching.comTo learn more, go to:Website https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership ProgramLearn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Find even more peace and calm with our Supercast premium access membership:For $5 a month, all episodes are ad-free! https://anxietycoaches.supercast.com/Here's what's included for $5/month:❤ New Ad-Free episodes every Sunday and Wednesday❤ Access to the entire Ad-free back-catalog with over 600 episodes❤ Premium meditations recorded with you in mind❤ And more fun surprises along the way!All this in your favorite podcast app!Quote:Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.-Jalaluddin RumiChapters 0:26 Introduction to Acceptance 2:15 The Guest House by Rumi 5:14 Embracing Our Guests 8:49 The Power of Neutrality 11:29 Trusting the Process 12:56 The Guidance of Anxiety 13:47 The Healing Power of Poetry Summary In this episode, we delve into the themes of acceptance and mindfulness through the lens of poetry, specifically focusing on Rumi's profound work, "The Guest House." As I share my insights, I emphasize the importance of embracing our feelings and experiences, particularly those related to anxiety, as natural visitors in our lives. The elegance of Rumi's words encourages us to welcome every emotion—joyous or sorrowful—as an essential part of our human experience.I begin by reciting Rumi's poem, which describes the human mind as a guest house with a variety of emotions that arrive each day. I reflect on how, often, our negative feelings linger longer and grip us tighter than the positive ones, a phenomenon I liken to Velcro versus Teflon. By being mindful of our mental states, we can consciously shift our perspective to recognize the joys that exist alongside our anxieties. This practice calls for an intentional effort to acknowledge both sides of our emotional spectrum.Throughout the discussion, I unpack Rumi's metaphor, exploring the idea that each emotion serves as a guide, urging us to engage with our experiences rather than resist them. I draw parallels between this concept and the therapeutic practices I share with clients. Our thoughts and feelings are not intrinsic to our identity; they are merely guests that we can treat with honor and curiosity. I highlight the pivotal moment when we choose to meet our anxieties without judgment, treating them neutrally to diminish their power over us. #anxiety #acceptance #rumi #theguesthouse #poetry #mindfulness #emotionalhealing #mentalhealth #ginaryan #anxietycoachespodcast #welcomingemotions #neutrality #trust #personalgrowth #anxietyrelief #anxietytips #acceptinganxiety #rumipoetry #mindfulnessforanxiety #poetrytherapy #emotionalacceptance #mentalwellnessjourney #anxietypodcast #ginaryancoaching #welcomingemotions #findingneutrality #trusttheprocess #personaldevelopmentjourney #theguesthousepoem #innerpeace

The story of the 2025 Carltucky Tournament.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Shot Pattern - save 20% at shotpattern.app/chasingscratch  Kudos to Carl's Place - https://www.carlofet.com/  MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com)

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When the Entrepreneur picks up a distress call from a Vulcan ship, a severely under-resourced away team heads over in a shuttlepod. But when T'Pol starts showing paranoid symptoms and her former colleagues are beyond help, Archer and Tucker barely get their only two shuttlepods back to the NX-01. Who isn't going commando? Which crew member is like a licorice jellybean? What does this show really love? It's the episode that's broadcasting in 3D.Support the production of The Greatest GenerationGet a thing at podshop.biz!Sign up for our mailing list!Follow The Game of Buttholes: The Will of the Riker - Quantum LeapThe Greatest Generation is produced by Wynde PriddySocial media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill TilleyMusic by Adam Ragusea & Dark MateriaFriends of DeSoto for: Labor | Democracy | JusticeDiscuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestGen and find us on social media:YouTube | Facebook | X | Instagram | TikTok | Mastodon | Bluesky | ThreadsAnd check out these online communities run by FODs: Reddit | USS Hood Discord | Facebook group | Wikia | FriendsOfDeSoto.social

Break out the butterfly clips, slap on those JNCOs, and frost those tips because this week on The FratChat Podcast, we're throwing it way back to the glorious fashion disasters of the 1990s! From tearaway pants to bucket hats, Carlos and CMo take a hilarious walk through a decade where every outfit looked like it lost a bet. Whether you were a skater, a raver, a wannabe boy band member, or just a kid trying not to trip in your Velcro shoes, this episode will hit you right in your nostalgic little heart, and probably make you question your childhood style choices. Plus, it's time for another edition of Not the Drag Queens, we dive into another edition of Emails From the Listeners and MORE! Got a question, comment or topic for us to cover? Let us know! Send us an email at fratchatpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on all social media: Instagram: http://Instagram.com/FratChatPodcast Facebook: http://Facebook.com/FratChatPodcast Twitter: http://Twitter.com/FratChatPodcast YouTube: http://YouTube.com/@fratchatpodcast Follow Carlos and CMO on social media! Carlos:  IG: http://Instagram.com/CarlosDoesTheWorld YouTube: http://YouTube.com/@carlosdoestheworld TikTok: http://TikTok.com/@carlosdoestheworld Twitter: http://Twitter.com/CarlosDoesWorld Threads: http://threads.net/carlosdoestheworld Website: http://carlosgarciacomedy.com Chris ‘CMO' Moore:  IG: http://Instagram.com/Chris.Moore.Comedy TikTok: http://TikTok.com/@chris.moore.comedy Twitter: http://Twitter.com/cmoorecomedy

Historia wynalezienia 10 cudownych drobiazgów służących do łączenia lub spinania niemal wszystkiego. Drobiazgów takich jak trytytka czy srebrna taśma, bez których nasze życie byłoby o wiele trudniejsze, a majstrowie złote rączki byliby trochę mniej złoci.Jeśli mielibyście ochotę spotkać się z nami osobiście, to zapraszamy 12 czerwca o 19.00 do warszawskiego Promu Kultury na Saskiej Kępie. Będzie okazja do pogadania z nami, zadania nam pytań. Link do biletów znajdziecie tutaj:https://promkultury.pl/wydarzenie/cykl-10-10-czy-fakty-to-za-malo-o-roli-emocji-w-opowiadaniu-o-nauce/Zapraszamy też do posłuchania naszych podcastów z cyklu “Laboratorium zbrodni”, który tworzymy we współpracy z Polskim Radiem. Znajdziecie je na stronie Polskiego Radia, na Spotify i wszędzie tam, gdzie lubicie słuchać podcastów:https://open.spotify.com/show/5Sw33l0P1o2vDOErG6VGL2?si=b3068c6d99a34dac Jeśli Wam się spodoba, rozważcie wsparcie nas na Patronite - dzięki Waszym wpłatom będziemy mogli utrzymać cotygodniowy rytm ukazywania się nowych odcinków: https://patronite.pl/crazynaukaJeśli wolisz jednorazowo postawić nam kawę, to super. Dzięki!

Lots of feelings.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to LMNT - drinkLMNT.com/chasingscratch  Kudos to Nerd Fitness - nerdfitness.com/chasingscratch Kudos to Shot Pattern - save 20% at shotpattern.app/chasingscratch  Kudos to Carl's Place - https://www.carlofet.com/  MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com)

In today’s jam-packed episode of The Jubal Show, we’re bringing you wall-to-wall entertainment, awkward confessions, trending weirdness, and a whole lot of Speedos. Here’s what’s inside: Nina’s What’s Trending: From hikers high on mushrooms calling 911 on their very alive friend—and yes, Speedo Summer is officially here. Phone Pranks: A fake wedding DJ named DJ Trevy Trev nearly ruins a bride’s big day, and a creepy cable technician claims he's been “inspecting the walls” for a week. First Date Follow Ups: One woman gets ghosted after a tipsy glow bowling night ends in accidental pee, while another gets iced out because she fibbed to an escape room employee. You vs. Victoria: Victoria forgets how many strings a violin has and thinks Hawaii is the largest U.S. state. A listener and his kids take the win. Dirty Little Secret: A guy makes out with his best friend’s girlfriend at a party—now she won’t stop texting him… and he’s wondering if it’s heading toward a threesome. Weekly Team Check-In: Victoria shops drunk, Brad rants about Velcro shoes, and Jubal might be a functional insomniac. Plus, we preview the latest To Catch a Cheater chaos with two women and one very shady dude. If it’s trending, awkward, or straight-up unhinged—you’ll find it in this episode. Your all-access pass to the most hilarious, outrageous, and unpredictable moments from The Jubal Show! Catch up anytime with all your favorite segments, including:

Eli's patience is tested, Mike makes progress, and Dr. J stops by to drop some truth.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Vuori - get 20% off your first purchase at vuoriclothing.com/chasingscratch  Kudos to Shot Pattern - save 20% at shotpattern.app/chasingscratch  Kudos to Footjoy - The TempoSeries Sun Hoodie Kudos to Carl's Place - https://www.carlofet.com/  MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com)

Après le Crabe petit-pois et le Crabe-boxeur, voici un autre petit Brachyoure rigolo : Camposcia retusa, ou Crabe décorateur. Tout comme le Crabe-boxeur qui se créé des "gants" en anémone de mer, c'est un as de la découpe... et du bouturage. Mais ce styliste s'est plutôt spécialisé en coraux et éponges, qu'il installe sur sa carapace, afin de se camoufler. Ce relooking est facilité par un corps recouvert de poils en "scratch", ce qui lui a donné en anglais le surnom de Velcro crab.Un autre surnom, Harlequin crab, fait référence au célèbre personnage de la commedia dell'arte vêtu de losanges colorés, Arlequin. Il est vrai qu'avec ses patchworks extravagants, il pourrait défiler sans problème sur le tapis rouge du Met Gala !Une autre espèce, originaire de l'Indo-Pacifique comme lui et presque homonyme, est aussi un styliste de talent : le Crabe-araignée décorateur. Il appartient à la famille des Majidés, ce qui en fait un proche cousin des araignées de mer. À propos d'araignées, il ne faut surtout pas le confondre avec les araignées-crabes, elles aussi connues pour leur expertise en mimétisme : ces choupies sont capables d'adapter la couleur de leur corps aux fleurs dans lesquelles elles "cueillent" des insectes pollinisateurs...(Et pour en savoir plus sur ces araignées, les "thomises", vous pouvez écouter le dernier épisode de la série de BSG dédiée aux araignées, avec Christine Rollard.)_______

 Megan At the Sex Shop: Part 2 Megan's Day 2 at Adult Store.Based on posts by p Sullivan 2 22 22, in 4 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Megan spread out all her purchases on the bed. She wanted to wear something for her second day that would show that she is daring, and she is sexy, and she is confident, and she is pushing her sexuality forward."Something short, something tight, and something just a little transparent" thought Megan.Right there on the bed, right in front of her, was the perfect dress. It was the kind of dress that would definitely prove that she is confident. It was a rainbow-colored fishnet mesh chemise. The fishnet holes were large enough, where everything was on display, so Megan decided to wear a proper bra and panties with it. She still wanted something cute so settled on little thin boy shorts and a little thin strapless tube bra. Completing the outfit was the stripper heels.Megan looked as herself in the mirror, turning from side to side, checking how her ass looked."She was a stripper", there was no doubt in her mind. "Anyone seeing her in this outfit, would assume she is going to work, pole dancing and grinding her ass."Megan walked into the store right on time, Lauren immediately saw her."Megan, oh my god, you look amazing. Damn you look so sexy. I love this dress on you. "Megan couldn't be happier, she did a little turn, showing off other parts of the dress."I thought I would show you my new confidence.""I love it, but I would have to say that the bra gives you away. This dress should be worn without one. "Megan couldn't believe it. Without the bra, in this fishnet dress, she would be topless."Megan, lets continue with your probation tasks. You did great yesterday. So, for today, let's start with something similar of greeting customers. You want all the customers to feel welcome and safe, and show your confidence and that this is a sexy and safe place. ""Yes, Absolutely" responded Megan."Wonderful, this is your outfit. I think it would be wonderful to also showcase some of the cloths we sell here, so it's a double win: making customers feel comfortable and showing the types of outfits we sell.""Go ahead and change here, we've all already seen everything" said Lauren smiling, and watching Megan.Megan felt herself going into that horny autopilot mode, her head shutting off and handing the controls to her cunt. She pulled the fishnet chemise off, followed by the bra, and then pulled the boy shorts down and off her legs. She stood naked in-front of Lauren, in the middle of an adult toy store, in between aisles full of dildos and vibrators. Not wanting to delay much longer, she opened the larger of the packages, and pulled out a tiny hot pink g string. The front had a little lacy triangle, and the back was just a tiny pink string. The second package to Megan's shock just contained nipple pasties with little tassels, also pink.Megan felt like such a whore. High platform stripper heels, a tiny hot pink-g string with a little lacy triangle barely covering anything and the pink tassels on her large tits."Wonderful" exclaimed Lauren. "You look so hot. So, try to practice with the tassels when you're greeting customers. Ideally, you should be able to make the tassels spin by shaking your tits. And dear, don't forget. Your job is to help the customers. So whatever they need, is top priority."Megan could only nod her head in agreement, too embarrassed to speak.Very soon Megan really got into the grove. All the customers were so nice. She even forgot how naked and embarrassed she was. Some customers wanted to take a picture with her. Everyone loved when she tried to make the tassels spin and failed. Everyone would laugh, and cheer her on.A lot of the customers were also very touchy and feely, giving her hugs for just saying welcome to the store. A few times, she felt their hands on her ass, giving her ass cheeks a squeeze. And it wasn't even just men, a lot of women did it too."Excuse me, Miss. Do you work here, would you be able to help me find something."Megan startled, turned to the woman speaking. She was in her early 30s, wearing a professional dress pants and white shirt, like a power woman business suit."Yes, of course. My name is Megan. I am new here, but I would love to try to help you find what you're looking for.""This is a little embarrassing, and I thought you would be the perfect person to help, well, because you seem so confident. Me and my husband are thinking of trying a little BDSM play, like little impact play, maybe some whips or something like that. I don't really know anything about whips, maybe you can help me select one. My name is Michelle by the way, and it is wonderful to meet you, Megan.""We have a wide selection of various toys. The section is right this way. We have all types of riding crops, paddles, various whips and floggers. " Megan was walking and trying to recite all the things she memorized."Here we are, so we have.; eh, different paddles. Those are leather, and wooden ones. We also have some fun ones, like these with the word slut on them. And here, we have the different floggers. You can see the tips are a little different for different sensations." Megan was trying to sound like she knew what she was talking about, just describing what was in front of her, and hoping Michelle just selects one."Megan, dear. I don't really know what to pick. How do all these different things feel.""Eh; I actually only know how the riding crop feels" said Megan a little sheepishly thinking back on when Mistress Molly used it on her cunt."What would be really helpful, if maybe I can try some of these out and then you can tell me how they compare. It would be so helpful.""Ah; well; I mean; I was told to do anything to help the customers. ok. I guess that would be ok" responded Megan not really certain what she was agreeing to."Wonderful, if you could maybe get on all fours and just stick your ass out a bit, give me something to aim for," said Michelle.Megan did as she was told. She got on all fours on the floor, her tits hanging down, the tassels almost touching the floor. She spread her legs a little. Anyone standing behind her would see everything. She felt herself getting wet.Michelle selected one of the leather paddles and positioned herself behind Megan.Megan felt the leather paddle edge move across her cunt. Megan held her breath."Megan, dear, you're really wet." said Michelle, while slowly moving the edge of the paddle, letting it just scrap across Megan's outer cunt lips. She then used the same edge to slightly push the edge in, separating the lips open. Megan just moaned in response."Does it turn you on to be so exposed and used" asked Michelle, while continuing to tease with the paddle."yes" was the only answer Megan could give. She felt her body reacting, betraying her, her ass moving in tedium with the paddle, wanting more contact."Do you think I should stick the handle inside you, and fuck you with it." asked Michelle."Fuck.; yes" moaned Megan breathlessly.Michelle used that moment to give Megan's ass a hard spank with the paddle. Megan let out an involuntarily yelp."Megan, you can't make any noises or everyone in the store will hear you and you will have a very big audience. Although, I think maybe you would want that, having all those people watching you get spanked, do you want that." Michelle teased Megan's cunt lips with the edge of the paddle, letting the edge press into her lips, and glide up and down, pushing the lips a little open.The leather grinding against her cunt lips was driving Megan crazy. Michelle was stopping just before the clit."I think you want all those people to see. I can see how wet you are, how much your cunt needs it. "Megan didn't answer, she was so focused on the feeling of the leather handle grinding against her cunt lips. Michelle gave her ass another hard spank, causing Megan to yelp again."We really can't have that" Michelle grabbed a nearby realistic sized dildo and pushed it into Megan's move. She moved it in and out a bit, fucking Megan's mouth with it."I think that should keep you quite, while we continue. Just keep sucking it. I bet you suck a lot of cocks, so this should be natural. "Michelle got up and left Megan on the floor, with a dildo sticking out of her mouth, her g string to the side, her cunt wide open, and leaking."Let's see, what shall we try next" Michelle looked at the large selection in front of her. "How about a flogger.""Ok Megan, let me know how this flogger compares." Michelle swung the flogger aiming for Megan's cunt. Megan's body spasmed and her yelp got muffled by the dildo."Oh, that produced quite a reaction."Michelle swung again; causing Megan to spasm and moan hard into the dildo.Michelle walked around to face Megan."So, how does the paddle compare with the flogger and to your prior experience with the riding crop. Your cunt is dripping wet, so I think you loved it, but which one was better you think" Michelle asked Megan.Megan's face was flushed red from combination of stimulation, adrenaline, humiliation, and just being incredibly horny.Megan could only mumble as the dildo was still in hear mouth."So, unfortunately, I need to get back to work. But thank you so much for helping me" and with that Michelle left, leaving Megan on the floor on all fours, ass up, thong to the side, dildo in her mouth."Megan, what in the world are you doing" it was Lauren coming around the aisle, finding Megan in that compromising position.Megan still had the dildo in her mouth, so was unable to answer. And the shock of being found like this, just made her freeze, so she didn't really think of removing the dildo, and just stayed still."You must be so horny. But, Megan, you are still on the clock, so you will need to play with yourself after you're done with work, not during. ok. good. I actually need your help. This will count towards the tasks you need to do. We have a regular livestream, where we talk about sexual empowerment, give sex advice, show how different toys are used, that kind of thing. Come on, get up, everyone is waiting."Megan finally stood up, and then pulled the dildo out of her mouth."Megan, your thong is to the side, I can see your wet cunt. Also, the nipple pasties are loose, your nipple is showing. " Lauren said while looking at Megan critically, evaluating how she looked.Lauren led Megan to the back of the store. There were 2 men there, fiddling with various video equipment."This is Megan. She will be our star. And this is Mike, our cameraman, and his assistant José." said Lauren."Megan, go ahead and take everything off" continued Lauren."First, you will do a little intro, like your name, introduce our company and brand, etcetera; and then we will do some demo of products, José will help."Megan pulled down her little g string thong, and gently peeled off the nipple pasties. The two men stopped what they were doing and just watched her strip."José, go ahead with the prep."José walked over eyeing Megan critically, evaluating."Let's see if we can make the nipples a little harder." Without waiting for an answer, José grabbed both nipples with his fingers, squeezed them hard, and pulled them forward.Megan gasped in surprise and stimulation. José ignored Megan's response and continued his assault on her nipples, pulling and squeezing."Nipple's look better. cunt; hmm.; let's see if we can open it up a little, make it look hungry. " Without waiting or asking, José moved his hand to Megan's cunt, releasing her nipples. He pulled her lips open, played with her clit, even pushed a finger inside her causing Megan to moan loudly. The whole time Jose was completely ignoring Megan, just doing what he wanted."Alright boss, cunt is ready" José reviewed his work once more and then left Megan standing there, used, confused and horny.Mike was ready with the camera."Megan, we are on. Go. "That snapped Megan out of her horny daze."Hi, my name is Megan, and this is the adult emporium. We have a large selection of items for all your pleasure needs. Today, I will show you some of my favorite toys that are available for sale."Mike signaled to José, mouthing "you're up."José walked up to Megan and facing the camera, produced a stainless-steel metal anal plug with a little pink jewel at the head."This is a medium sized training anal plug. What we find best is to use the natural cunt juices as lubricant, but we do sell an assortment of lubricants that can also be used."José just turned to Megan and unceremoniously pushed the whole toy inside her cunt. Megan moaned from the penetration and embarrassment. She was being penetrated live, on-camera to who knows how many people watching. José pushed the toy in and out, and turned it from side to side, making sure the entire toy is properly coated with Megan's juices."That looks good. Megan, here, is very wet." José pulled the toy out."Megan, please turn around and bend over, so the audience can properly see how we plug your ass. "Megan did as she was told. She was in a horny daze, like a horny autopilot. She turned, then bent over at her waist, and spread her legs wide, directly exposing her cunt and ass to the camera.Standing to the side of Megan, so as not to block the view, José started to push the plug in."Megan, please look at the camera, so everyone can see your face as we plug your ass."Megan turned her face to the camera. Not really knowing what was expected, she smiled at the camera just as José started pushing the plug in, and then Megan involuntarily moaned semi-closing her eyes."That went in so easily. Megan is very loose." commented José facing the camera.Mike signaled for the next scene.José gave Megan a spank on her ass. "Megan, turn around.""The next product we want to show is a simple dildo. This one is made from silicon, 6 inches and a reasonable girth. Nothing too crazy. " José smiled at the camera."Megan is already very wet, so we don't need any lubricant. We can just slide this big boy in." Jose turned to Megan, and simply started pushing the dildo inside her. He pushed about 5 inches deep and then tested that the dildo was securely stuck inside Megan. "Megan make sure this doesn't slide out, use your cunt muscles to hold it inside."

 Megan At the Sex Shop: Part 2 Megan's Day 2 at Adult Store.Based on posts by p Sullivan 2 22 22, in 4 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Megan spread out all her purchases on the bed. She wanted to wear something for her second day that would show that she is daring, and she is sexy, and she is confident, and she is pushing her sexuality forward."Something short, something tight, and something just a little transparent" thought Megan.Right there on the bed, right in front of her, was the perfect dress. It was the kind of dress that would definitely prove that she is confident. It was a rainbow-colored fishnet mesh chemise. The fishnet holes were large enough, where everything was on display, so Megan decided to wear a proper bra and panties with it. She still wanted something cute so settled on little thin boy shorts and a little thin strapless tube bra. Completing the outfit was the stripper heels.Megan looked as herself in the mirror, turning from side to side, checking how her ass looked."She was a stripper", there was no doubt in her mind. "Anyone seeing her in this outfit, would assume she is going to work, pole dancing and grinding her ass."Megan walked into the store right on time, Lauren immediately saw her."Megan, oh my god, you look amazing. Damn you look so sexy. I love this dress on you. "Megan couldn't be happier, she did a little turn, showing off other parts of the dress."I thought I would show you my new confidence.""I love it, but I would have to say that the bra gives you away. This dress should be worn without one. "Megan couldn't believe it. Without the bra, in this fishnet dress, she would be topless."Megan, lets continue with your probation tasks. You did great yesterday. So, for today, let's start with something similar of greeting customers. You want all the customers to feel welcome and safe, and show your confidence and that this is a sexy and safe place. ""Yes, Absolutely" responded Megan."Wonderful, this is your outfit. I think it would be wonderful to also showcase some of the cloths we sell here, so it's a double win: making customers feel comfortable and showing the types of outfits we sell.""Go ahead and change here, we've all already seen everything" said Lauren smiling, and watching Megan.Megan felt herself going into that horny autopilot mode, her head shutting off and handing the controls to her cunt. She pulled the fishnet chemise off, followed by the bra, and then pulled the boy shorts down and off her legs. She stood naked in-front of Lauren, in the middle of an adult toy store, in between aisles full of dildos and vibrators. Not wanting to delay much longer, she opened the larger of the packages, and pulled out a tiny hot pink g string. The front had a little lacy triangle, and the back was just a tiny pink string. The second package to Megan's shock just contained nipple pasties with little tassels, also pink.Megan felt like such a whore. High platform stripper heels, a tiny hot pink-g string with a little lacy triangle barely covering anything and the pink tassels on her large tits."Wonderful" exclaimed Lauren. "You look so hot. So, try to practice with the tassels when you're greeting customers. Ideally, you should be able to make the tassels spin by shaking your tits. And dear, don't forget. Your job is to help the customers. So whatever they need, is top priority."Megan could only nod her head in agreement, too embarrassed to speak.Very soon Megan really got into the grove. All the customers were so nice. She even forgot how naked and embarrassed she was. Some customers wanted to take a picture with her. Everyone loved when she tried to make the tassels spin and failed. Everyone would laugh, and cheer her on.A lot of the customers were also very touchy and feely, giving her hugs for just saying welcome to the store. A few times, she felt their hands on her ass, giving her ass cheeks a squeeze. And it wasn't even just men, a lot of women did it too."Excuse me, Miss. Do you work here, would you be able to help me find something."Megan startled, turned to the woman speaking. She was in her early 30s, wearing a professional dress pants and white shirt, like a power woman business suit."Yes, of course. My name is Megan. I am new here, but I would love to try to help you find what you're looking for.""This is a little embarrassing, and I thought you would be the perfect person to help, well, because you seem so confident. Me and my husband are thinking of trying a little BDSM play, like little impact play, maybe some whips or something like that. I don't really know anything about whips, maybe you can help me select one. My name is Michelle by the way, and it is wonderful to meet you, Megan.""We have a wide selection of various toys. The section is right this way. We have all types of riding crops, paddles, various whips and floggers. " Megan was walking and trying to recite all the things she memorized."Here we are, so we have.; eh, different paddles. Those are leather, and wooden ones. We also have some fun ones, like these with the word slut on them. And here, we have the different floggers. You can see the tips are a little different for different sensations." Megan was trying to sound like she knew what she was talking about, just describing what was in front of her, and hoping Michelle just selects one."Megan, dear. I don't really know what to pick. How do all these different things feel.""Eh; I actually only know how the riding crop feels" said Megan a little sheepishly thinking back on when Mistress Molly used it on her cunt."What would be really helpful, if maybe I can try some of these out and then you can tell me how they compare. It would be so helpful.""Ah; well; I mean; I was told to do anything to help the customers. ok. I guess that would be ok" responded Megan not really certain what she was agreeing to."Wonderful, if you could maybe get on all fours and just stick your ass out a bit, give me something to aim for," said Michelle.Megan did as she was told. She got on all fours on the floor, her tits hanging down, the tassels almost touching the floor. She spread her legs a little. Anyone standing behind her would see everything. She felt herself getting wet.Michelle selected one of the leather paddles and positioned herself behind Megan.Megan felt the leather paddle edge move across her cunt. Megan held her breath."Megan, dear, you're really wet." said Michelle, while slowly moving the edge of the paddle, letting it just scrap across Megan's outer cunt lips. She then used the same edge to slightly push the edge in, separating the lips open. Megan just moaned in response."Does it turn you on to be so exposed and used" asked Michelle, while continuing to tease with the paddle."yes" was the only answer Megan could give. She felt her body reacting, betraying her, her ass moving in tedium with the paddle, wanting more contact."Do you think I should stick the handle inside you, and fuck you with it." asked Michelle."Fuck.; yes" moaned Megan breathlessly.Michelle used that moment to give Megan's ass a hard spank with the paddle. Megan let out an involuntarily yelp."Megan, you can't make any noises or everyone in the store will hear you and you will have a very big audience. Although, I think maybe you would want that, having all those people watching you get spanked, do you want that." Michelle teased Megan's cunt lips with the edge of the paddle, letting the edge press into her lips, and glide up and down, pushing the lips a little open.The leather grinding against her cunt lips was driving Megan crazy. Michelle was stopping just before the clit."I think you want all those people to see. I can see how wet you are, how much your cunt needs it. "Megan didn't answer, she was so focused on the feeling of the leather handle grinding against her cunt lips. Michelle gave her ass another hard spank, causing Megan to yelp again."We really can't have that" Michelle grabbed a nearby realistic sized dildo and pushed it into Megan's move. She moved it in and out a bit, fucking Megan's mouth with it."I think that should keep you quite, while we continue. Just keep sucking it. I bet you suck a lot of cocks, so this should be natural. "Michelle got up and left Megan on the floor, with a dildo sticking out of her mouth, her g string to the side, her cunt wide open, and leaking."Let's see, what shall we try next" Michelle looked at the large selection in front of her. "How about a flogger.""Ok Megan, let me know how this flogger compares." Michelle swung the flogger aiming for Megan's cunt. Megan's body spasmed and her yelp got muffled by the dildo."Oh, that produced quite a reaction."Michelle swung again; causing Megan to spasm and moan hard into the dildo.Michelle walked around to face Megan."So, how does the paddle compare with the flogger and to your prior experience with the riding crop. Your cunt is dripping wet, so I think you loved it, but which one was better you think" Michelle asked Megan.Megan's face was flushed red from combination of stimulation, adrenaline, humiliation, and just being incredibly horny.Megan could only mumble as the dildo was still in hear mouth."So, unfortunately, I need to get back to work. But thank you so much for helping me" and with that Michelle left, leaving Megan on the floor on all fours, ass up, thong to the side, dildo in her mouth."Megan, what in the world are you doing" it was Lauren coming around the aisle, finding Megan in that compromising position.Megan still had the dildo in her mouth, so was unable to answer. And the shock of being found like this, just made her freeze, so she didn't really think of removing the dildo, and just stayed still."You must be so horny. But, Megan, you are still on the clock, so you will need to play with yourself after you're done with work, not during. ok. good. I actually need your help. This will count towards the tasks you need to do. We have a regular livestream, where we talk about sexual empowerment, give sex advice, show how different toys are used, that kind of thing. Come on, get up, everyone is waiting."Megan finally stood up, and then pulled the dildo out of her mouth."Megan, your thong is to the side, I can see your wet cunt. Also, the nipple pasties are loose, your nipple is showing. " Lauren said while looking at Megan critically, evaluating how she looked.Lauren led Megan to the back of the store. There were 2 men there, fiddling with various video equipment."This is Megan. She will be our star. And this is Mike, our cameraman, and his assistant José." said Lauren."Megan, go ahead and take everything off" continued Lauren."First, you will do a little intro, like your name, introduce our company and brand, etcetera; and then we will do some demo of products, José will help."Megan pulled down her little g string thong, and gently peeled off the nipple pasties. The two men stopped what they were doing and just watched her strip."José, go ahead with the prep."José walked over eyeing Megan critically, evaluating."Let's see if we can make the nipples a little harder." Without waiting for an answer, José grabbed both nipples with his fingers, squeezed them hard, and pulled them forward.Megan gasped in surprise and stimulation. José ignored Megan's response and continued his assault on her nipples, pulling and squeezing."Nipple's look better. cunt; hmm.; let's see if we can open it up a little, make it look hungry. " Without waiting or asking, José moved his hand to Megan's cunt, releasing her nipples. He pulled her lips open, played with her clit, even pushed a finger inside her causing Megan to moan loudly. The whole time Jose was completely ignoring Megan, just doing what he wanted."Alright boss, cunt is ready" José reviewed his work once more and then left Megan standing there, used, confused and horny.Mike was ready with the camera."Megan, we are on. Go. "That snapped Megan out of her horny daze."Hi, my name is Megan, and this is the adult emporium. We have a large selection of items for all your pleasure needs. Today, I will show you some of my favorite toys that are available for sale."Mike signaled to José, mouthing "you're up."José walked up to Megan and facing the camera, produced a stainless-steel metal anal plug with a little pink jewel at the head."This is a medium sized training anal plug. What we find best is to use the natural cunt juices as lubricant, but we do sell an assortment of lubricants that can also be used."José just turned to Megan and unceremoniously pushed the whole toy inside her cunt. Megan moaned from the penetration and embarrassment. She was being penetrated live, on-camera to who knows how many people watching. José pushed the toy in and out, and turned it from side to side, making sure the entire toy is properly coated with Megan's juices."That looks good. Megan, here, is very wet." José pulled the toy out."Megan, please turn around and bend over, so the audience can properly see how we plug your ass. "Megan did as she was told. She was in a horny daze, like a horny autopilot. She turned, then bent over at her waist, and spread her legs wide, directly exposing her cunt and ass to the camera.Standing to the side of Megan, so as not to block the view, José started to push the plug in."Megan, please look at the camera, so everyone can see your face as we plug your ass."Megan turned her face to the camera. Not really knowing what was expected, she smiled at the camera just as José started pushing the plug in, and then Megan involuntarily moaned semi-closing her eyes."That went in so easily. Megan is very loose." commented José facing the camera.Mike signaled for the next scene.José gave Megan a spank on her ass. "Megan, turn around.""The next product we want to show is a simple dildo. This one is made from silicon, 6 inches and a reasonable girth. Nothing too crazy. " José smiled at the camera."Megan is already very wet, so we don't need any lubricant. We can just slide this big boy in." Jose turned to Megan, and simply started pushing the dildo inside her. He pushed about 5 inches deep and then tested that the dildo was securely stuck inside Megan. "Megan make sure this doesn't slide out, use your cunt muscles to hold it inside."

 Megan At the Sex Shop: Part 1Young Megan's new job prospects.Based on posts by p Sullivan 2 22 22, in 4 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Megan was standing nude in front of the mirror. Little drips of water after the shower still visible on her skin. She ran a finger along her skin; gently cupping her tit; and continuing down along her stomach. Her nipples immediately hardening. She ran the other hand along her smooth mound."What do you wear at an adult store" Megan said to herself. "Classy or Sassy". She gave her body a final critical look; and then turned to the closet. Megan wasn't like those other girls flaunting their sexuality. Her parents taught her to be conservative and to save herself for marriage. "Money is money; and this store was hiring. It's not like she this is using any of those toys; I am just selling them." Megan justified to herself.The closest thing to sexy that Megan could find was a white tennis skirt. It was the shortest skirt she owned; and went a few inches past her ass. So as long as she was careful and not twirling or bending down, she will be covered. To go with the skirt, she decided on a white cotton panties. For the top, she chose a white buttoned shirt, and a comfortable white bra underneath. The white shirt was a little transparent, but only in sunlight. So that won't be a problem inside a store.She arrived at the store on time and met her manager Lauren."Megan; right? Great to finally meet you"; Lauren said extending her hand for a shake."We just have a few preliminary items we need to discuss first. I think you will do wonderfully here. We promote a sex positive image. What that means is that we, as representatives of the brand, need to exude confidence in our sexuality. Can you do that Megan?""I think so. ok. yeah. I guess so" said MeganLauren watched Megan for a moment, taking a long look and sizing her up before continuing. "All new hires need to go through a probation period to ensure they actually have that confidence. I will be responsible for you during this period but also judging you. The way we like to train new hires is to give them the flexibility to discover themselves. You just need to complete 50 tasks. You decide on what they are but I will need to judge whether you are being true to yourself and our brand. Unfortunately, if a task is not sufficient, I will need to issue you a warning, and if you get more than 5 warnings, we will need to end the training and terminate your job here. Does all this make sense Megan?"Megan could only node. "50 tasks, how bad can it be. And I get to decide what they are, so that's not bad" Megan though to herself."Your first task is now. What would you like to do to push a little bit on that sexual comfort boundary. " Lauren asked.Megan was a little dumbstruck thinking about what she can do. "How about I unbutton a few top buttons on my shirt?" asked Megan."That works. See, that was so easy. " Lauren agreed.Megan slowly unbuttoned the top 3 buttons on her shirt. With that many buttons undone, people can now see the tops of her boobs and a little of her white bra underneath."Great. 49 tasks left. This will be fast. Let's do a few tasks now, just to get you a little loose and comfortable, before the store opens and clients start coming in. What do you want to do for your next task?""Can I unbutton another button?" asked Megan."So this is actually a great example where I would give you a warning. This time I won't because you are just learning the rules. Each task needs to be unique, and needs to be more than what you did for the prior ones. So no copy cats, and no incremental baby tasks. "Megan looked around at the aisles of sex toys; and then looked down at her outfit, "I don't know what else I can do. Maybe you can give me some idea of what would qualify?" asked Megan sheepishly."I would love to; I think for your second task. You need to push that boundary of your comfort zone. What can it be, let's see, you can take your top off, and just work in your bra or you can take your bra off, and risk someone seeing your nipples? Do your nipples get hard? "..; "hmm.; another option; you can take your panties off. Your skirt is pretty long, so no one would know except me and you. It will be our little secret. " said Lauren smiling.Megan could feel her juices starting to flow. She couldn't believe her body betraying her like that. "No one would know" she started rationalizing. She has never done anything like this before. She has always worn panties, and comfortable, conservative panties at that. She was at the store for 5 minutes, and already she is being asked to take her panties off. This is another level of crazy. But, her body had other ideas. This moment was so crazy but so exciting at the same time. She could feel her body reacting; her face flushing. Lauren smiled watching Megan's reaction; seeing her body fidgeting; her face flushing.. clearly becoming aroused.Megan lowered her eyes to the floor; her hands moving to the sides of her skirt; lifting it just enough to get to the panties band; then slowly, she started lowering her panties, being careful not to show anything; and keeping her skirt down. When her panties were half way down; she let them drop; and then carefully stepped out of them. She picked them up, and stood there a little dumbfounded, not sure what to do next.Lauren took the chance to step in and take the panties from Megan. "That was really great, and really powerful and strong of you. Great job. " Megan said; while playfully twirling the panties; "one thing;” Lauren continued; while sort of rubbing the panties between her fingers; "your panties are wet"Megan was mortified; her face turning bright red. "I am sorry" whispered Megan."Hon, why are you sorry. This is wonderful. You are turned on and that's the point, to discover your sexuality, to embrace it. I am proud of you. " said Lauren, and gave Megan a hug; "ok, now we need to open the store and get to work. First, I need you to move all those big black dildos from that top shelf, to the very bottom shelf. You'll need to use that little stepping ladder to get to the top shelf. " and with that Lauren walked away leaving Megan standing there."This is a problem. If I get up on the ladder and reach for the dildos, I would definitely be showing my ass. ok. I just need to do this fast, and get it done." There was just no way to do that without mooning the customers. She got up on the ladder but had to stretch out to get to the black dildos; forcing her to bend her back and push her ass further out. She heard a woman clearing her throat behind her, and almost dropped the dildo, she was holding. She quickly turned and came back to the ground."Hi, I am Megan. Can I help you with anything" "Ah -; yes; did you know; that when you're on that ladder; people can see up your skirt. " said the lady.Megan tried to keep from blushing; "we promote a sex positive environment" she said. When the lady left, she saw Lauren walking her way. "That was a great job. Way to get the customer to feel safe and sexy by showing off how you feel safe and sexy""it felt really good to help her" responded Megan."You are really rocking this, let's do the next task now, this way we can just finish all of this fast, and be done with the probation. What would you like to do next?" asked Lauren.Megan face immediately flushed...and she could literally feel her juices running down her leg. "Can you suggest something"; Megan responded in a hoarse voice."You can take the bra off or the shirt or even the skirt. Although, my opinion is that you should keep the skirt, as you're not wearing any panties. What maybe an easy option is to just keep everything on, and try one of the Kegel balls. This way you also get to learn a bit about the products we sell at the same time. "Megan could only nod her head."Great" said Lauren in an excited voice, and proceeded to look for the Kegel box. Finding the one she was looking for; she just took it off the shelf, and opened it, pulling out the toy. "I am sure you are super wet, so we don't need any lubricant. This toy goes all the way in, and the way it works is as you move around; this little weighted ball inside the toy shifts around; it will feel amazing. I promise. " said Lauren; handing the toy to Megan."go ahead and just slide it in" Lauren continued.Megan took the toy; she was in some kind of horny autopilot. Her cunt literally leaking, her face flushed. She never felt like this before, feeling so horny. The toy went in too easily; sliding in; leaving her fingers visibly glistening. Megan still tried to retain a semblance of decency, by trying to keep her skirt down as she put her hand underneath and slide the toy inside."ok; try walking around, see how you feel. " continued Lauren.Megan took a few cautious steps; feeling the ball inside roll and shift its weight; she had to steady herself holding on to nearby table for support. "fuck; this feels amazing" Megan grunted. The sensations weren't enough to orgasm; but keep her on constant horny edge. It was difficult to focus on anything except the pleasure."horny girl; it's still work time. What I need you to do is walk around every aisle and check that all the products are in the right location. When you're done, come back and see me, and we will do the next task."It took Megan sometime to walk around, as she had to take small careful steps. If she moved too fast, she was certain she might orgasm. The other problem was that her cunt was so wet and leaking; she was afraid that the toy would just slide out. So she kept her legs close together, and moved slowly, trying to reduce the amount of stimulation she was getting. After finally completing her task, she slowly returned to Lauren and in a hoarse voice "I finished the inventory.""Good job. Did you think about your next task that you want to do?""Maybe you could suggest something like last time." answered Megan."You know I am starting to think that you might be a submissive Meg. " Lauren answered playfully, which made Megan blush even more than possible.At this point, Megan was so horny, she just wanted more."Right now, you're feeling sexy and horny, but you don't look sexy and horny. So, I suggest for your next task, we make your appearance match how you're feeling. We carry a selection of outfits, it's like our stripper line. I think it would be really great if customers saw how these outfits actually look. I'll pick one out for you to put on. " and without waiting for an answer Lauren started looking for what she had in mind.Lauren returned in a few minutes holding a few small packages."Could I maybe just take off my bra instead of changing everything" asked Megan in a pleading voice.Lauren immediately got very serious "Look Megan; you are not wearing any panties, you have a toy inside your cunt, and I can see your juices literally leaking down your leg. Taking off the bra with that thick shirt, just doesn't push your sexuality forward. I am afraid if you insist, I will need to issue you a warning. It's your choice. ""No; you are right. I need this job. I will wear what you got for me. thank you for helping me by the way. " Megan answered quickly, hoping to divert the conversation away from warnings.Lauren smiled; "of course; right, so, this is the skirt" and she handed a small plastic package to Megan. "; and these are the panties"; she handed a tiny plastic package with what looked like a white string inside. Megan could believe it was a dental floss but not panties. "; the top is where I think you will push your sexuality a little, for sure."; and she handed another little transparent plastic bag. The bag seemed to contain a stockings type mesh material, not something that Megan would classify as a top. "...and finally shoes.".. Lauren dangled a pair of fuck me stripper 7 inch heels."Can I dress in the dressing rooms please" Megan asked not certain what she would do if told to strip here in the middle of the store."of course, Meg; straight in the back are the changing rooms"Megan took her little plastic bags and shoes; and headed back; finding one of the little rooms empty; she stepped inside, and closed the curtain.Looking at herself in the mirror; Megan whispered to herself; "pull yourself together Meg. You need this job. You need the money. It's just probation. And this is good, gets you out of that protective shell. ok, let's do this. "Megan stripped her remaining cloths, standing nude, and admiring her body in the mirror. She had a toned body from all the years of gymnastics but with nice perky tits."ok let's see what this outfit is"; Megan opened the skirt first. You could mistake it for a belt or maybe a wrap, but definitely not a skirt. It was this pleated thing, probably attempting to look like a school girl skirt, "a whore schoolgirl", thought Megan. It had a Velcro connector designed for easy on and off, obviously meant for strippers. She wrapped the skirt around her and fastened the Velcro. The skirt didn't really cover anything. Her cunt was still visible and the skirt barely covered half her ass. Next for the panties. Megan's initial suspicion was right. The panties, calling them panties is a big stretch of the word, was just a set of strings; with a tiny triangle patch, that covered nothing. Megan slipped on the G-string; and found that it was not only tiny, but also a few sizes too small. The string disappeared between her ass cheeks, so from the back it looked like she wasn't wearing anything, and in the front, the little triangle got wedged between her lips. The skirt wasn't long enough, so everything was on display. She looked obscene. The top was next. She slowly opened the little plastic bag, afraid of what she would find. The worst fears confirmed. The top was just a piece of pink fishnet style stocking. It was like a tube top, but made from fishnet stocking material, so had these large holes through out. She might as well be topless. The top covered nothing, just made it seem more obscene. She put on the stripper shoes, wobbling a little from the extra height. She looked at herself in the mirror. Tits completed exposed, hanging out in the fishnet mesh, rock hard nipples, tiny wrap school girl skirt, and her cunt lips sticking out from the G-string. She looked like some kind of horny whore.Before Megan had a chance to chicken out, Lauren opened the curtain and stepped inside, leaving the curtain open. "Oh my god, you look so great. so hot. very sexy. Let me see from all sides. "; and she just placed her hands on Megan's waist and moved her to different directions to get a good luck from front and back."you look so sexy, and everything fits great. I am not seeing the Kegel balls, so looks like you've decided to keep it inside, I told you you'd love it. "Megan realized that she forgot about the Kegel balls inside her, she got so focused on this whore outfit, and it felt so nice to be full. it completely slipped out of her mind to take them out."I know the perfect job for you in this outfit" Laurent took Megan by the hand, and led her out of the changing room, heading for the front of the store."Your job will be to great customers as they walk in. So you stand right here, and you will be the first thing that customers see as they walk in. You should great them happily, and direct them to whatever sections they are looking for. Don't forget to smile and act bubbly and happy. Maybe jumping a little or jiggling your top would be great to, just to show how exciting you are that they have come into the store. "Megan could only nod her head. Her mind was in some kind of cloudy horny daze. She just wanted some privacy so she can touch her needy clit and give some attention to her hard nipples.It was a steady stream of customers coming in. Some of the girls would openly laugh and smile, while others gave a weird wanton look. The guys were more uniform, all of them openly staring at her tits and cunt. She tried her best happy bubbly greetings, bouncing her tits a little. The little fishnet didn't really give any support, so every movement made her tits bounce.After about an hour, Lauren returned to check on Megan; "so how is our horny girl doing. All the customers are talking about you. You've made quite an impression on everyone. I think business is definitely up. great job. ""Thank you. Could I take a little break maybe?" asked Megan.Lauren just smiled "let me guess, you cunt and tits need some attention."Megan just blushed. "was it that obvious was her plan was" she thought."I have an idea, horny girl. Let's do another task. That will give you something else to think about. What would you like to do for your next task?" asked Lauren."short of going naked, I am not sure what else I can do" responded Megan."well, if my math is right, this will be only 6th task, so we still need to get through quite a few. I have an idea for the next task, and we can combine it into two tasks actually, so we can knock off two tasks at the same time. "Lauren pulled one of the boxes.. and took out a set of nipple clamps connected by a metal wire. Without waiting for Megan to respond, she grabbed a nipple, pinching and pulling at the same time, making Megan yelp in surprise and sensation. Then Lauren unceremoniously attached the clamp right to the nipple, and repeated with the other tits."This is part one. To get credit for the second part. You will need to offer this chain to customers coming in, and ask them to pull on it. You need at least 5 customers for it to count. Have fun. " and without waiting for Megan to respond, Lauren just turned around and left her standing here, tits out, nipples clamped, cunt lips hanging out from an obscene thong, standing there in her 7 inch stripper heels.The next customer to walk in was a boy about her age. She tried to act all bubbly, but her face was flush with humiliation. "Hi, welcome to the store. My name is Megan. Please let me know if I can help you with anything. Today we have a sale on nipple clamps; "; she held up the chain; "maybe you can buy it for your girlfriend, she will love it. You can hold this chain, and just pull on it, and that will stimulate her nipples. Please try if you like"; Megan extended the chain a little offering it to the boy."You want me to pull on this chain, how do I know how far to pull?" asked the boy."ah.. I think until maybe you get a reaction" it was the only thing Megan could say in a husky voice, her hands still extended offering the chain.He took the chain, and pulled it a little, watching Megan for her reaction. Megan involuntarily closed her eyes a little. He pulled a little more, and then a little more; extending the nipples; threatening the chain to slide off; Megan gasped; "fuck".; the boy smiled; "I think I am supposed to keep pulling until you squeal"; and he pulled on the chain a little more; causing Megan to squeal from combination of pain and pleasure. He let go, leaving Megan gasping."thanks, that was fun" said the boy, and continued into the store.The next few customers just pulled a little and let go, but the last one was a girl of similar age, wearing jeans and t-shirt. She pulled hard and didn't let go after initial sequel."does the little slut get off on humiliation, and getting her fat tits abused" she asked Megan, while pulling on the chain; Megan gasping between pain and pleasure, her cunt in control of her head; "fuck...yes..; I am a horny slut" gasped Megan in between moans.Before things could escalate further; Lauren stepped in; "ah, I see you found our new resident horny girl. Her name is Megan.; and Megan meet Molly. Molly owns a dominatrix dungeon in the city, and is a regular customer here. I am so glad you got to meet each other. Probably best if you refer to her as Mistress Molly before she pulls any further on your nipples. Why don't you thank Mistress Molly for being such a great customer and helping you with your nipples.""Thank you for being our customer and for helping me Mistress Molly. " said MeganMolly still holding to the chain; yanked it a little further "helping you with what slut?"Megan yelped and quickly followed up "helping me.; eh; by humiliating me; to satisfy my needy cunt"Molly laughed at the response and let go of the chain.

 Megan At the Sex Shop: Part 1Young Megan's new job prospects.Based on posts by p Sullivan 2 22 22, in 4 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Megan was standing nude in front of the mirror. Little drips of water after the shower still visible on her skin. She ran a finger along her skin; gently cupping her tit; and continuing down along her stomach. Her nipples immediately hardening. She ran the other hand along her smooth mound."What do you wear at an adult store" Megan said to herself. "Classy or Sassy". She gave her body a final critical look; and then turned to the closet. Megan wasn't like those other girls flaunting their sexuality. Her parents taught her to be conservative and to save herself for marriage. "Money is money; and this store was hiring. It's not like she this is using any of those toys; I am just selling them." Megan justified to herself.The closest thing to sexy that Megan could find was a white tennis skirt. It was the shortest skirt she owned; and went a few inches past her ass. So as long as she was careful and not twirling or bending down, she will be covered. To go with the skirt, she decided on a white cotton panties. For the top, she chose a white buttoned shirt, and a comfortable white bra underneath. The white shirt was a little transparent, but only in sunlight. So that won't be a problem inside a store.She arrived at the store on time and met her manager Lauren."Megan; right? Great to finally meet you"; Lauren said extending her hand for a shake."We just have a few preliminary items we need to discuss first. I think you will do wonderfully here. We promote a sex positive image. What that means is that we, as representatives of the brand, need to exude confidence in our sexuality. Can you do that Megan?""I think so. ok. yeah. I guess so" said MeganLauren watched Megan for a moment, taking a long look and sizing her up before continuing. "All new hires need to go through a probation period to ensure they actually have that confidence. I will be responsible for you during this period but also judging you. The way we like to train new hires is to give them the flexibility to discover themselves. You just need to complete 50 tasks. You decide on what they are but I will need to judge whether you are being true to yourself and our brand. Unfortunately, if a task is not sufficient, I will need to issue you a warning, and if you get more than 5 warnings, we will need to end the training and terminate your job here. Does all this make sense Megan?"Megan could only node. "50 tasks, how bad can it be. And I get to decide what they are, so that's not bad" Megan though to herself."Your first task is now. What would you like to do to push a little bit on that sexual comfort boundary. " Lauren asked.Megan was a little dumbstruck thinking about what she can do. "How about I unbutton a few top buttons on my shirt?" asked Megan."That works. See, that was so easy. " Lauren agreed.Megan slowly unbuttoned the top 3 buttons on her shirt. With that many buttons undone, people can now see the tops of her boobs and a little of her white bra underneath."Great. 49 tasks left. This will be fast. Let's do a few tasks now, just to get you a little loose and comfortable, before the store opens and clients start coming in. What do you want to do for your next task?""Can I unbutton another button?" asked Megan."So this is actually a great example where I would give you a warning. This time I won't because you are just learning the rules. Each task needs to be unique, and needs to be more than what you did for the prior ones. So no copy cats, and no incremental baby tasks. "Megan looked around at the aisles of sex toys; and then looked down at her outfit, "I don't know what else I can do. Maybe you can give me some idea of what would qualify?" asked Megan sheepishly."I would love to; I think for your second task. You need to push that boundary of your comfort zone. What can it be, let's see, you can take your top off, and just work in your bra or you can take your bra off, and risk someone seeing your nipples? Do your nipples get hard? "..; "hmm.; another option; you can take your panties off. Your skirt is pretty long, so no one would know except me and you. It will be our little secret. " said Lauren smiling.Megan could feel her juices starting to flow. She couldn't believe her body betraying her like that. "No one would know" she started rationalizing. She has never done anything like this before. She has always worn panties, and comfortable, conservative panties at that. She was at the store for 5 minutes, and already she is being asked to take her panties off. This is another level of crazy. But, her body had other ideas. This moment was so crazy but so exciting at the same time. She could feel her body reacting; her face flushing. Lauren smiled watching Megan's reaction; seeing her body fidgeting; her face flushing.. clearly becoming aroused.Megan lowered her eyes to the floor; her hands moving to the sides of her skirt; lifting it just enough to get to the panties band; then slowly, she started lowering her panties, being careful not to show anything; and keeping her skirt down. When her panties were half way down; she let them drop; and then carefully stepped out of them. She picked them up, and stood there a little dumbfounded, not sure what to do next.Lauren took the chance to step in and take the panties from Megan. "That was really great, and really powerful and strong of you. Great job. " Megan said; while playfully twirling the panties; "one thing;” Lauren continued; while sort of rubbing the panties between her fingers; "your panties are wet"Megan was mortified; her face turning bright red. "I am sorry" whispered Megan."Hon, why are you sorry. This is wonderful. You are turned on and that's the point, to discover your sexuality, to embrace it. I am proud of you. " said Lauren, and gave Megan a hug; "ok, now we need to open the store and get to work. First, I need you to move all those big black dildos from that top shelf, to the very bottom shelf. You'll need to use that little stepping ladder to get to the top shelf. " and with that Lauren walked away leaving Megan standing there."This is a problem. If I get up on the ladder and reach for the dildos, I would definitely be showing my ass. ok. I just need to do this fast, and get it done." There was just no way to do that without mooning the customers. She got up on the ladder but had to stretch out to get to the black dildos; forcing her to bend her back and push her ass further out. She heard a woman clearing her throat behind her, and almost dropped the dildo, she was holding. She quickly turned and came back to the ground."Hi, I am Megan. Can I help you with anything" "Ah -; yes; did you know; that when you're on that ladder; people can see up your skirt. " said the lady.Megan tried to keep from blushing; "we promote a sex positive environment" she said. When the lady left, she saw Lauren walking her way. "That was a great job. Way to get the customer to feel safe and sexy by showing off how you feel safe and sexy""it felt really good to help her" responded Megan."You are really rocking this, let's do the next task now, this way we can just finish all of this fast, and be done with the probation. What would you like to do next?" asked Lauren.Megan face immediately flushed...and she could literally feel her juices running down her leg. "Can you suggest something"; Megan responded in a hoarse voice."You can take the bra off or the shirt or even the skirt. Although, my opinion is that you should keep the skirt, as you're not wearing any panties. What maybe an easy option is to just keep everything on, and try one of the Kegel balls. This way you also get to learn a bit about the products we sell at the same time. "Megan could only nod her head."Great" said Lauren in an excited voice, and proceeded to look for the Kegel box. Finding the one she was looking for; she just took it off the shelf, and opened it, pulling out the toy. "I am sure you are super wet, so we don't need any lubricant. This toy goes all the way in, and the way it works is as you move around; this little weighted ball inside the toy shifts around; it will feel amazing. I promise. " said Lauren; handing the toy to Megan."go ahead and just slide it in" Lauren continued.Megan took the toy; she was in some kind of horny autopilot. Her cunt literally leaking, her face flushed. She never felt like this before, feeling so horny. The toy went in too easily; sliding in; leaving her fingers visibly glistening. Megan still tried to retain a semblance of decency, by trying to keep her skirt down as she put her hand underneath and slide the toy inside."ok; try walking around, see how you feel. " continued Lauren.Megan took a few cautious steps; feeling the ball inside roll and shift its weight; she had to steady herself holding on to nearby table for support. "fuck; this feels amazing" Megan grunted. The sensations weren't enough to orgasm; but keep her on constant horny edge. It was difficult to focus on anything except the pleasure."horny girl; it's still work time. What I need you to do is walk around every aisle and check that all the products are in the right location. When you're done, come back and see me, and we will do the next task."It took Megan sometime to walk around, as she had to take small careful steps. If she moved too fast, she was certain she might orgasm. The other problem was that her cunt was so wet and leaking; she was afraid that the toy would just slide out. So she kept her legs close together, and moved slowly, trying to reduce the amount of stimulation she was getting. After finally completing her task, she slowly returned to Lauren and in a hoarse voice "I finished the inventory.""Good job. Did you think about your next task that you want to do?""Maybe you could suggest something like last time." answered Megan."You know I am starting to think that you might be a submissive Meg. " Lauren answered playfully, which made Megan blush even more than possible.At this point, Megan was so horny, she just wanted more."Right now, you're feeling sexy and horny, but you don't look sexy and horny. So, I suggest for your next task, we make your appearance match how you're feeling. We carry a selection of outfits, it's like our stripper line. I think it would be really great if customers saw how these outfits actually look. I'll pick one out for you to put on. " and without waiting for an answer Lauren started looking for what she had in mind.Lauren returned in a few minutes holding a few small packages."Could I maybe just take off my bra instead of changing everything" asked Megan in a pleading voice.Lauren immediately got very serious "Look Megan; you are not wearing any panties, you have a toy inside your cunt, and I can see your juices literally leaking down your leg. Taking off the bra with that thick shirt, just doesn't push your sexuality forward. I am afraid if you insist, I will need to issue you a warning. It's your choice. ""No; you are right. I need this job. I will wear what you got for me. thank you for helping me by the way. " Megan answered quickly, hoping to divert the conversation away from warnings.Lauren smiled; "of course; right, so, this is the skirt" and she handed a small plastic package to Megan. "; and these are the panties"; she handed a tiny plastic package with what looked like a white string inside. Megan could believe it was a dental floss but not panties. "; the top is where I think you will push your sexuality a little, for sure."; and she handed another little transparent plastic bag. The bag seemed to contain a stockings type mesh material, not something that Megan would classify as a top. "...and finally shoes.".. Lauren dangled a pair of fuck me stripper 7 inch heels."Can I dress in the dressing rooms please" Megan asked not certain what she would do if told to strip here in the middle of the store."of course, Meg; straight in the back are the changing rooms"Megan took her little plastic bags and shoes; and headed back; finding one of the little rooms empty; she stepped inside, and closed the curtain.Looking at herself in the mirror; Megan whispered to herself; "pull yourself together Meg. You need this job. You need the money. It's just probation. And this is good, gets you out of that protective shell. ok, let's do this. "Megan stripped her remaining cloths, standing nude, and admiring her body in the mirror. She had a toned body from all the years of gymnastics but with nice perky tits."ok let's see what this outfit is"; Megan opened the skirt first. You could mistake it for a belt or maybe a wrap, but definitely not a skirt. It was this pleated thing, probably attempting to look like a school girl skirt, "a whore schoolgirl", thought Megan. It had a Velcro connector designed for easy on and off, obviously meant for strippers. She wrapped the skirt around her and fastened the Velcro. The skirt didn't really cover anything. Her cunt was still visible and the skirt barely covered half her ass. Next for the panties. Megan's initial suspicion was right. The panties, calling them panties is a big stretch of the word, was just a set of strings; with a tiny triangle patch, that covered nothing. Megan slipped on the G-string; and found that it was not only tiny, but also a few sizes too small. The string disappeared between her ass cheeks, so from the back it looked like she wasn't wearing anything, and in the front, the little triangle got wedged between her lips. The skirt wasn't long enough, so everything was on display. She looked obscene. The top was next. She slowly opened the little plastic bag, afraid of what she would find. The worst fears confirmed. The top was just a piece of pink fishnet style stocking. It was like a tube top, but made from fishnet stocking material, so had these large holes through out. She might as well be topless. The top covered nothing, just made it seem more obscene. She put on the stripper shoes, wobbling a little from the extra height. She looked at herself in the mirror. Tits completed exposed, hanging out in the fishnet mesh, rock hard nipples, tiny wrap school girl skirt, and her cunt lips sticking out from the G-string. She looked like some kind of horny whore.Before Megan had a chance to chicken out, Lauren opened the curtain and stepped inside, leaving the curtain open. "Oh my god, you look so great. so hot. very sexy. Let me see from all sides. "; and she just placed her hands on Megan's waist and moved her to different directions to get a good luck from front and back."you look so sexy, and everything fits great. I am not seeing the Kegel balls, so looks like you've decided to keep it inside, I told you you'd love it. "Megan realized that she forgot about the Kegel balls inside her, she got so focused on this whore outfit, and it felt so nice to be full. it completely slipped out of her mind to take them out."I know the perfect job for you in this outfit" Laurent took Megan by the hand, and led her out of the changing room, heading for the front of the store."Your job will be to great customers as they walk in. So you stand right here, and you will be the first thing that customers see as they walk in. You should great them happily, and direct them to whatever sections they are looking for. Don't forget to smile and act bubbly and happy. Maybe jumping a little or jiggling your top would be great to, just to show how exciting you are that they have come into the store. "Megan could only nod her head. Her mind was in some kind of cloudy horny daze. She just wanted some privacy so she can touch her needy clit and give some attention to her hard nipples.It was a steady stream of customers coming in. Some of the girls would openly laugh and smile, while others gave a weird wanton look. The guys were more uniform, all of them openly staring at her tits and cunt. She tried her best happy bubbly greetings, bouncing her tits a little. The little fishnet didn't really give any support, so every movement made her tits bounce.After about an hour, Lauren returned to check on Megan; "so how is our horny girl doing. All the customers are talking about you. You've made quite an impression on everyone. I think business is definitely up. great job. ""Thank you. Could I take a little break maybe?" asked Megan.Lauren just smiled "let me guess, you cunt and tits need some attention."Megan just blushed. "was it that obvious was her plan was" she thought."I have an idea, horny girl. Let's do another task. That will give you something else to think about. What would you like to do for your next task?" asked Lauren."short of going naked, I am not sure what else I can do" responded Megan."well, if my math is right, this will be only 6th task, so we still need to get through quite a few. I have an idea for the next task, and we can combine it into two tasks actually, so we can knock off two tasks at the same time. "Lauren pulled one of the boxes.. and took out a set of nipple clamps connected by a metal wire. Without waiting for Megan to respond, she grabbed a nipple, pinching and pulling at the same time, making Megan yelp in surprise and sensation. Then Lauren unceremoniously attached the clamp right to the nipple, and repeated with the other tits."This is part one. To get credit for the second part. You will need to offer this chain to customers coming in, and ask them to pull on it. You need at least 5 customers for it to count. Have fun. " and without waiting for Megan to respond, Lauren just turned around and left her standing here, tits out, nipples clamped, cunt lips hanging out from an obscene thong, standing there in her 7 inch stripper heels.The next customer to walk in was a boy about her age. She tried to act all bubbly, but her face was flush with humiliation. "Hi, welcome to the store. My name is Megan. Please let me know if I can help you with anything. Today we have a sale on nipple clamps; "; she held up the chain; "maybe you can buy it for your girlfriend, she will love it. You can hold this chain, and just pull on it, and that will stimulate her nipples. Please try if you like"; Megan extended the chain a little offering it to the boy."You want me to pull on this chain, how do I know how far to pull?" asked the boy."ah.. I think until maybe you get a reaction" it was the only thing Megan could say in a husky voice, her hands still extended offering the chain.He took the chain, and pulled it a little, watching Megan for her reaction. Megan involuntarily closed her eyes a little. He pulled a little more, and then a little more; extending the nipples; threatening the chain to slide off; Megan gasped; "fuck".; the boy smiled; "I think I am supposed to keep pulling until you squeal"; and he pulled on the chain a little more; causing Megan to squeal from combination of pain and pleasure. He let go, leaving Megan gasping."thanks, that was fun" said the boy, and continued into the store.The next few customers just pulled a little and let go, but the last one was a girl of similar age, wearing jeans and t-shirt. She pulled hard and didn't let go after initial sequel."does the little slut get off on humiliation, and getting her fat tits abused" she asked Megan, while pulling on the chain; Megan gasping between pain and pleasure, her cunt in control of her head; "fuck...yes..; I am a horny slut" gasped Megan in between moans.Before things could escalate further; Lauren stepped in; "ah, I see you found our new resident horny girl. Her name is Megan.; and Megan meet Molly. Molly owns a dominatrix dungeon in the city, and is a regular customer here. I am so glad you got to meet each other. Probably best if you refer to her as Mistress Molly before she pulls any further on your nipples. Why don't you thank Mistress Molly for being such a great customer and helping you with your nipples.""Thank you for being our customer and for helping me Mistress Molly. " said MeganMolly still holding to the chain; yanked it a little further "helping you with what slut?"Megan yelped and quickly followed up "helping me.; eh; by humiliating me; to satisfy my needy cunt"Molly laughed at the response and let go of the chain.

Mike and Eli recap recent rounds and handicap movements, discuss 9-hole simulations, talk with Adrienne Carter about protecting the calendar, and bring on Ambassador of Quan Jayson Nickol for Coach's Corner.  Want to see us in action? Check out our latest YouTube Video, Desert Slashers: The Movie Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to goodr - use promo code CHASINGSCRATCH at goodr.com for free shipping Kudos to Manscaped - manscaped.com/chasingscratch get 20% off your order & free shipping Kudos to Shot Pattern - save 20% at shotpattern.app/chasingscratch  Kudos to Titleist & Footjoy MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com)

In this Petworking interview short, host Peter Kenseth catches up with Dr. Greg Aldrich of Nulo Pet Food at Global Pet Expo 2025 to see their innovative packaging redesign firsthand.Following their pre-show conversation about the challenges of retail merchandising, this was an exciting chance examine Nulo's comprehensive packaging refresh for their Freestyle line - a project that touched 70-80 different SKUs. Dr. Aldrich walked us through their smart design improvements including flat-bottom construction, interrupted gussets for better shelf stability, and the impressive "apex closure" Velcro seal that makes resealing pet food bags significantly easier.We also got a look at Nulo's newest products: a small breed beef and sweet potato recipe and their new adult lamb formula. This brief segment perfectly illustrates how packaging innovation can enhance consumer experience in meaningful ways beyond the product itself.As Dr. Aldrich notes, pet food manufacturers have just 5-6 seconds to communicate their value proposition to shoppers amid the visual noise of retail environments. Watch to see how Nulo is meeting this challenge!

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How A Handy Man Took Out 82 Year Old Grandma And Buried Her In Concrete Beneath Shed He Was Building A Washington state handyman has been charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and unlawful disposal of human remains after authorities say he tortured and killed an 82-year-old woman before concealing her body in concrete beneath a shed on another property. Jeffrey Zizz, 47, is accused of murdering Marcia Norman, 82, a woman he had known and maintained a friendly relationship with, following dinner plans on April 1. According to Thurston County investigators, Zizz brutally assaulted Norman over the course of several hours before killing her and attempting to cover up the crime. “This investigation is one you cannot unsee,” said Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock during a press conference Monday. “In nearly 25 years in this office, this is the worst case I've witnessed.” Norman's remains were discovered encased in concrete on a separate property where Zizz was also conducting business. Court documents revealed that her wrists and ankles were bound with long black Velcro straps and that she had suffered both blunt and penetrating injuries to her head, torso, and limbs while still alive. “This was not a quick or painless death,” Warnock said, explaining that Norman's “onset from injury to death was not instant. It was hours.” Authorities suspect a pneumatic nail gun may have been used to inflict some of the penetrating injuries. Zizz, who was already in custody on unrelated charges, was arrested following a series of investigative breakthroughs. License plate recognition cameras recorded his vehicle near Norman's home during the early morning hours of April 2—despite his earlier claim to police that he had left her home the night before at 9 p.m. He later failed a polygraph test and requested an attorney during a second police interview. A deeply disturbing piece of evidence came in the form of a five-page typed letter discovered during the investigation. The document described a detailed plan for a burglary and sexual assault targeting a female “customer.” Sheriff Derek Sanders said there were “similarities” between the letter and the crime against Norman, though details are still being withheld due to the ongoing investigation. Adding to the chilling nature of the case, Norman had previously told family members about a troubling encounter with Zizz. Earlier this year, she reportedly awoke to find him standing at the foot of her bed. She confronted him and made it clear their relationship was to remain professional. Zizz later admitted to the incident, telling detectives he had romantic thoughts about her. Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim stated that while he was not yet prepared to conclusively label the crime as torture, the injuries were “consistent with torture.” An arraignment for Zizz is scheduled for May 6. During a court appearance on April 21, a judge ordered that he be held without bond. “This was a horrifying, calculated, and deeply personal crime,” Sheriff Sanders said. “We owe it to Marcia and her family to ensure justice is served.” Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?   Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872 

How A Handy Man Took Out 82 Year Old Grandma And Buried Her In Concrete Beneath Shed He Was Building A Washington state handyman has been charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and unlawful disposal of human remains after authorities say he tortured and killed an 82-year-old woman before concealing her body in concrete beneath a shed on another property. Jeffrey Zizz, 47, is accused of murdering Marcia Norman, 82, a woman he had known and maintained a friendly relationship with, following dinner plans on April 1. According to Thurston County investigators, Zizz brutally assaulted Norman over the course of several hours before killing her and attempting to cover up the crime. “This investigation is one you cannot unsee,” said Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock during a press conference Monday. “In nearly 25 years in this office, this is the worst case I've witnessed.” Norman's remains were discovered encased in concrete on a separate property where Zizz was also conducting business. Court documents revealed that her wrists and ankles were bound with long black Velcro straps and that she had suffered both blunt and penetrating injuries to her head, torso, and limbs while still alive. “This was not a quick or painless death,” Warnock said, explaining that Norman's “onset from injury to death was not instant. It was hours.” Authorities suspect a pneumatic nail gun may have been used to inflict some of the penetrating injuries. Zizz, who was already in custody on unrelated charges, was arrested following a series of investigative breakthroughs. License plate recognition cameras recorded his vehicle near Norman's home during the early morning hours of April 2—despite his earlier claim to police that he had left her home the night before at 9 p.m. He later failed a polygraph test and requested an attorney during a second police interview. A deeply disturbing piece of evidence came in the form of a five-page typed letter discovered during the investigation. The document described a detailed plan for a burglary and sexual assault targeting a female “customer.” Sheriff Derek Sanders said there were “similarities” between the letter and the crime against Norman, though details are still being withheld due to the ongoing investigation. Adding to the chilling nature of the case, Norman had previously told family members about a troubling encounter with Zizz. Earlier this year, she reportedly awoke to find him standing at the foot of her bed. She confronted him and made it clear their relationship was to remain professional. Zizz later admitted to the incident, telling detectives he had romantic thoughts about her. Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim stated that while he was not yet prepared to conclusively label the crime as torture, the injuries were “consistent with torture.” An arraignment for Zizz is scheduled for May 6. During a court appearance on April 21, a judge ordered that he be held without bond. “This was a horrifying, calculated, and deeply personal crime,” Sheriff Sanders said. “We owe it to Marcia and her family to ensure justice is served.” Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?   Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

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Send us a textWhat does authentic autism advocacy look like when powered by faith? Ron Sandison offers a compelling answer in this thought-provoking conversation from the International Autism Summit. As a mental health professional speaking to over 30,000 people annually across 70 events worldwide, Ron brings a unique perspective shaped by his extraordinary gift—15,000 scriptures memorized word-perfect—and his journey as one of only two openly autistic licensed ministers in the Assemblies of God's 114-year history.Ron takes us behind the pages of his new book, "Adulting on the Spectrum," revealing the critical connection challenges autistic individuals face. "Most of us are like old, 30-year-old Velcro shoes—we don't connect well," he explains, before outlining his three-part framework for building meaningful relationships through mentoring, marketing, and the ability to delight others. Through powerful stories and accessible metaphors, Ron demonstrates how identifying personal strengths while accommodating limitations can transform an autistic person's relationship with both the world and themselves.The conversation tackles persistent misconceptions head-on, particularly the damaging assertion that autism can be "outgrown." Ron eloquently describes how autism's manifestation evolves from childhood meltdowns to adult "neuro-crashes," emphasizing that sensory challenges persist regardless of outward appearance or public speaking abilities. His vision for truly inclusive faith communities goes beyond token participation, advocating for autistic voices in leadership positions where they can influence institutional change. Most powerfully, Ron introduces his concept of developing a "hope complex" through spiritual connection, offering neurodivergent individuals an antidote to the "hopeless complex" that often accompanies autism's social and employment challenges. Whether you're autistic, support someone who is, or simply want to understand neurodiversity through a spiritual lens, Ron's insights will transform your perspective on advocacy, faith, and human potential.Support the show

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Podcast Summary: Building Culture, Systems & Legacy with Justin GoldIn this episode, Sacha Awwa sits down with Justin Gold—founder and CEO of multiple award-winning businesses in the beauty industry, including the renowned salon The Changing Room. A second-generation entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, Justin shares his journey from breakdancing and corporate finance to becoming a national educator for Matrix and a transformative coach for salon owners and entrepreneurs.Justin opens up about the evolution of his family business, the importance of structure and culture in service-based industries, and how giving back—through education, mentorship, and innovation—has become his driving purpose.Whether you're building a brick-and-mortar business or launching a product in a crowded e-commerce space, Justin's story is full of lessons on resilience, systems thinking, and defining your North Star.Key Topics Discussed:1. From Suit & Tie to Salon ChairImmigrant roots and the family business legacyTrading corporate finance for entrepreneurshipHow creative freedom and family needs shaped his path2. Culture Is the Oil in the MachineWhy businesses need intentional values and structureBuilding a team around core values like respect, professionalism, and consistencyCulture as a competitive advantage you can feel—not just see3. Coaching & Giving BackStarting as a salon educator, expanding into broader business coachingWhy giving back helps refine your own leadershipBuilding a systemized roadmap for success in creative industries4. Scaling Beyond the ChairTurning salon pain points into e-commerce wins (like custom Velcro towels)How to validate a niche product and bring it to marketWhy skin in the game—time, travel, investment—builds business credibility5. The Long Game of EntrepreneurshipNavigating failure, handshake deals gone wrong, and costly misstepsWhy starting with internal clarity matters more than watching the competitionThe value of optimism, accountability, and just startingKey Takeaways for Business Owners & Creatives:Systems are your scaffolding—creativity thrives with structure.Your core values are your compass. Hire and fire by them.Educate before you sell. Great products still need storytelling.Give back to grow. Teaching others can clarify your own path.Start small, think big. Every empire begins with one solid foundation.Follow Justin's work in salon coaching, innovative beauty products, and entrepreneurial education at Rise CC – Justing Gold – Beauty Industry Coaching ExpertIG: Rise Coaching & Consulting (@risecoachingconsulting) • Instagram photos and videosLinkedIn: (9) Justin Gold | LinkedInFollow Us:

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Mike and Eli go over handicap math, talk about Eli's first hypnosis session, and answer listener questions.   Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Mizzen+Main dress shirts - use code SCRATCH20 for 20% off your first purchase at mizzenandmain.com Kudos to Goodr - use code CHASINGSCRATCH for free shipping at goodr.com  Kudos to Titleist & Footjoy MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler

Gurdeep goes to a Coffee Party for the first time, plus P&G make you feel better about your bad boss ...AND... Pooja wonders if she's TOO affectionate with her kids!

TEX-TREK Mission 325: STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE's "Carbon Creek" Back-Trekking RetrospectiveThis week Joel joins Fatheree and Taylor as we continue our Back-Trekking Retrospective series and dive back into the past—both literally and figuratively—with an away mission to "Carbon Creek." Set in 1957 Pennsylvania, "Carbon Creek" offers a charming detour from typical Trek tales, exploring the crash-landing of a Vulcan survey team in small-town America. We'll unpack what makes this episode such a standout: the nostalgic setting, the quiet culture clash, and T'Pol's mysterious tale that may or may not be true. Grab your Velcro, hide your Vulcan ears, and join us for another fun discussion on TEX-TREK!As always, available in both video and audio-only formats.Watch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQoYG_kn3Y&ab_channel=Tex-TrekGet RSS feed:https://anchor.fm/s/f37edb0c/podcast/rssApple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tex-trek/id1495605753?uo=4Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6mdZ030Klldxwn7SSc5PKp?si=3BOqsbQER9Ssfppqk7lofQ&fbclid=IwAR1M1uH_xBE1lYWcwQocoDzjoVSsLmCgBt08TCEYAltwIH3MPC0S60bMCsEJoin our Discord server:https://discord.gg/YXPeRyQh7ySupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/txtrekStar Trek: Enterprise, Season 2 Episode 2"Carbon Creek"Teleplay by Chris BlackStory by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, and Dan O'ShannonDirected by James ContnerT'Pol tells Archer and Tucker a story about her great-grandmother and two other Vulcans, who crash landed in a small Pennsylvania town in the year 1957.http://www.facebook.com/textrekhttps://www.instagram.com/txtrek/http://twitter.com/TxTrekhttps://www.tiktok.com/@txtrekEmail: fathereeactual@tex-trek.com

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Mike and Eli go over Mike's Myrtle trip results, question their commitment level over the ball, battle for the first Gauntlet points of the year, discuss recent lessons, and open the mailbag to answer questions.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Shot Pattern: https://shotpattern.app/chasingscratch  Kudos to Titleist & Footjoy MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler

We've got a sweetheart named Nike here, a 6-year-old, mellow buddy with a beautiful fawn-colored coat. He's a total lovebug, just wants to be near you, and loves a good tug-o-war or just having a toy in his mouth! Now, Nike's got heartworm, but don't let that scare you! Friends of BCAS are covering his treatment. He's a "Velcro dog," meaning he's all about affection, not just playtime. He's a volunteer favorite, but he's having a hard time living at the shelter, and frankly, we're worried about him. He's good with other dogs, but we're just not sure about cats. If you're looking for a gentle companion, come meet Nike! He's waiting for you at Berrien County Animal Services at 1400 South Euclid Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI 49022. No appointment necessary to come meet him. His adoption fee, like several of our longer term dogs, is sponsored. Check them all out on m0564.petfinder.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've got a sweetheart named Nike here, a 6-year-old, mellow buddy with a beautiful fawn-colored coat. He's a total lovebug, just wants to be near you, and loves a good tug-o-war or just having a toy in his mouth! Now, Nike's got heartworm, but don't let that scare you! Friends of BCAS are covering his treatment. He's a "Velcro dog," meaning he's all about affection, not just playtime. He's a volunteer favorite, but he's having a hard time living at the shelter, and frankly, we're worried about him. He's good with other dogs, but we're just not sure about cats. If you're looking for a gentle companion, come meet Nike! He's waiting for you at Berrien County Animal Services at 1400 South Euclid Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI 49022. No appointment necessary to come meet him. His adoption fee, like several of our longer term dogs, is sponsored. Check them all out on m0564.petfinder.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike and Eli catch up to current day - featuring a confession, simulator details, a podcast first, a new weapon, and how to attack 2.4.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Manscaped: get 20% off and free shipping at manscaped.com/chasingscratch  Kudos to Vuori: get 20% off your first purchase at vuoriclothing.com/chasingscratch Kudos to Titleist & Footjoy MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler

Episode 145 - Just Another Van der Poel Monday, Scott's Travel Blunders, Dizzle's Whirlwind Birthday, and a New Production Drop Bar Mountain Bike? What up party people. Welcome back for another Bonk Bros banger. We're talking about yet another drop-dead performance by Matty Van der Poel, Scott getting absolutely shafted during his travels and racing last week, the age-old debate on the popularity of gravel vs road racing, trying to decipher whether it actually was Dizzle's birthday when we recorded or was he just pulling an April Fools joke on us, oh and whether the latest production drop-bar mountain bike to hit the scene is DJ approved (because it sure isn't by me).   In case you missed the surprise blowout sale by our friends over at Bike Tires Direct last weekend, you can still head over there and get yourself an extra 10% off all full-price and remaining discounted items today. Just type “bonkbros” into the promo code section at checkout! (https://www.biketiresdirect.com/?utm_source=bonkbros&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=bonkbros2025)   You can also head over to Silca.cc to pickup some of the Bonk Bros favorites like the Crockpotanator 4000, Endurance or Speed chips, my personal pick of the Strip Chip which saves you a bunch of headache when waxing new chains, and plenty more. Head over to Silca.cc today and use the code “Bonkbrosgravelseason” at checkout for an extra 10% off. (https://silca.cc/?utm_source=Bonk+Bros&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=stripchip&utm_id=Bonk+Bros+Podcast)   And last but not least, if you want to hop on one of the latest trends in endurance sports by testing the magic effects of ketone esthers, head over to KetoneAid today to pickup some Ketone heavy or Ketone light. Use the affiliate link in the show notes for free shipping. 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Alright let's get this party started!   FOR UPDATED DISCOUNT CODES CHECK THE LATEST EPISODE: Silca (10% discount code: “Bonkbrosgravelseason”): https://silca.cc/?utm_source=Bonk+Bros&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=stripchip&utm_id=Bonk+Bros+Podcast   Bike Tires Direct (10% discount code: bonkbros): https://www.biketiresdirect.com/?utm_source=bonkbros&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=bonkbros2025   Dynamic Cyclist (10% discount code: BONKBROS): https://new.dynamiccyclist.com/a/43703/xkYViFV8     Patreon: http://patreon.com/patreon_bonkbros     For more Dylan Johnson content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIf1xvRN8pzyd_VfLgj_dow   Listener Question Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T37wGRLk6iYTCF6X_DQ9yfcaYtfAQceKpBJYR5W7DVA/edit?ts=642eb6d6   MERCH: T-SHIRTS ARE HERE! Get your Bonk Bros swag below. https://bb5a73-20.myshopify.com/    IGNITION: Hire a coach. Get faster. It's that simple. https://www.ignitioncoachco.com/   MATCHBOX PODCAST: Check out our more serious training focused podcast.  https://www.ignitioncoachco.com/podcast      The Following Was Generated Using AI And Should Not Be Held To The Higher Standards Of Sentient Beings - Riverside.   Keywords cycling, race recap, travel mishaps, personal life, happiness, bike racing, cycling disciplines, viewership, challenges, athlete insights, cycling, MotoGP, Formula One, gravel racing, E3 race, Pogacar, Roubaix, tire choices, cycling strategies, race highlights, mental health, cycling predictions, naming trends, adoption, tornado experiences, April Fool's Day, birthdays, casual conversations, cycling shoes, road bike shoes, gravel shoes, shoe fit, cycling performance, shoe features, cycling gear, cycling tips, footwear preferences, cycling community, Mavix, cycling shoes, laces, BoA, Velcro, oral hygiene, sugar consumption, post-race recovery, hydration, sauna, VO2 max, cycling hubs, cycling, bike components, hubs, tires, cycling culture, Tucson, Ridley, drop bar mountain bike, cycling equipment Summary In this conversation, the hosts discuss a recent race experience, including challenges faced during the race, travel mishaps, and personal reflections on happiness. They explore the dynamics of being an athlete, the pressures of performance, and the impact of injuries. The discussion also touches on the passion for cycling, race viewership, and comparisons between different cycling disciplines. In this conversation, the hosts discuss various aspects of cycling, including the impact of race highlights on viewer engagement, comparisons between motorsports like Formula One and MotoGP, and the excitement levels in different types of motorcycle racing. They also delve into recent race highlights from E3, predictions for upcoming races, and the strategies surrounding tire choices for the challenging Roubaix race. The discussion highlights the unique challenges and strategies in gravel racing, as well as the implications of tire width on performance. In this segment, the conversation flows through various themes including mental health discussions, cycling predictions, personal anecdotes about naming trends, adoption processes, experiences with tornadoes, and light-hearted banter about birthdays and April Fool's Day. The group shares insights and humorous exchanges, creating a relaxed atmosphere while touching on serious topics. In this segment, the conversation revolves around the selection and performance of cycling shoes, particularly focusing on road and gravel shoes. The participants discuss their personal preferences, the features they value in shoes, and the challenges of finding the right fit. They also touch on the marketing of cycling shoes and the importance of comfort and performance in cycling footwear. In this segment, the conversation covers a variety of topics related to cycling, including the status of Mavix drones, preferences for cycling shoes, the debate over laces versus Boa systems, and the practicality of Velcro shoes. The discussion also touches on oral hygiene in relation to sugar consumption, the importance of managing sugar intake on and off the bike, and post-race recovery methods. Hydration practices in the sauna and their effects on performance are examined, alongside the significance of VO2 max and the role of hubs in cycling performance. In this episode, the hosts delve into various aspects of cycling, discussing the significance of bike components, particularly hubs and tires, and how they impact performance. They also explore the cultural aspects of cycling, including a humorous take on beer and its role in cycling events. The conversation shifts to Tucson, highlighting its appeal as a cycling destination, before critiquing a new Ridley drop bar mountain bike, emphasizing the need for better design and components. Takeaways Scott had a strong start but faced challenges during the race. Travel issues can significantly impact an athlete's performance. Injuries often overshadow other aspects of an athlete's life. The hosts share a light-hearted banter about cycling and personal lives. Scott's experience highlights the unpredictability of racing conditions. The conversation reveals the emotional toll of competitive cycling. Viewership of cycling events varies greatly between disciplines. The hosts express their differing levels of enthusiasm for bike racing. Scott's personal life is intertwined with his cycling career. The discussion reflects on the popularity of cycling events and their accessibility. GCN's Perry Roubaix highlights show significant viewer engagement. Race highlights are crucial for audience understanding of events. Formula One's excitement is often overshadowed by its complexity. MotoGP offers a more dynamic racing experience than Formula One. Motocross can be chaotic and hard to follow live. E3 race highlights provide insights into upcoming classics. Pogacar's participation in Roubaix is a significant development. Tire choices can greatly affect performance in races like Roubaix. Riders often have to balance tire width for cobbles and pavement. The anticipation of racing on cobbles adds to the excitement. Mental health is an important topic that can be unpacked in conversations. Cycling predictions often lead to friendly debates among enthusiasts. Naming trends can reflect personal stories and cultural influences. Adoption allows for name changes, but it's a sensitive topic. Experiences with natural disasters can bring communities together. April Fool's Day can lead to playful banter among friends. Casual conversations can reveal deeper insights about life and relationships. Personal anecdotes can make discussions more relatable and engaging. The importance of trust in one's work is highlighted in humorous exchanges. Celebrating birthdays can lead to unexpected connections and shared experiences. Choosing the right cycling shoes is crucial for performance. Laces can be a disadvantage during races due to loosening. Gravel-specific shoes are often seen as a marketing gimmick. Cyclocross shoes are designed for running and cycling. Personal comfort varies greatly among different shoe brands. Finding the right fit is a challenge in the cycling shoe market. Insoles can help alleviate hotspots in shoes. Many cyclists stick to familiar brands and models. Testing shoes before buying is a significant gap in the market. Innovative designs can enhance comfort and performance in cycling shoes. Mavix is still a company, despite rumors of its closure. Lace shoes are preferred for aerodynamics, but have disadvantages. Velcro shoes are underrated for their speed and convenience. Oral hygiene is crucial for cyclists who consume sugar during rides. Cyclists should separate sugar intake on and off the bike for better health. Post-race recovery drinks like Fanta may taste better but aren't the best choice. Hydration practices in the sauna can impact performance and recovery. Maximizing heat acclimation may not be worth the risk of dehydration. Tires are the most critical component for performance in gravel racing. Understanding the role of hubs can help improve cycling performance. Investing in tires is more beneficial than hubs. The performance difference in hubs is marginal compared to tires. Cycling culture often intertwines with humor and beer. Tucson is recognized as a great place for cycling. The new Ridley bike lacks proper design for serious cycling. A production drop bar mountain bike should be purpose-built. Old inventory can lead to questionable bike builds. Cyclists often experiment with different tires for races. The conversation reflects a mix of technical and cultural insights. The hosts share personal experiences related to cycling events. Titles Race Recap: The Highs and Lows of Competition Travel Troubles: The Journey of an Athlete Injuries and Happiness: A Cyclist's Perspective Cycling Passion: Are We True Fans? The Dynamics of Race Viewership in Cycling Comparing Cycling Disciplines: Road vs. Gravel The Impact of Race Highlights on Cycling Comparing the Thrills of Motorsports MotoGP vs. Motocross: Which is More Exciting? E3 Race Highlights and Future Predictions Sound Bites "I rode for three weeks." "Are you happy at least?" "That's pretty whack that" "His shoulder was dragging the ground" "You just take it nice and easy" "Pogacar is lining up for Roubaix" "We talked about Scott's happiness." "Yeah, there's lots unpacked there." "You gotta have a cool middle name." "You don't even trust your own work." "It's my birthday." "Best birthday gift." "Those are Mavix." "I go to the dentist once a year." "I hate to say it, but I agree." "Invest more money in your tires." "That's irony." "Bush Light is more aero." "I think it was worth it." "Tucson is a cycling paradise." "I don't approve of it." Chapters 00:00 Race Recap and Initial Reactions 06:00 Travel Mishaps and Their Impact 11:58 Passion for Cycling and Race Viewership 17:01 Comparing Cycling Disciplines and Popularity 24:09 E3 Race Highlights and Predictions 30:17 Tire Choices and Strategies for Roubaix 37:22 The Debate on Tire Widths in Racing 40:01 Cycling Picks and Predictions 41:50 Naming Trends and Personal Stories 43:54 Adoption and Name Changes 45:27 Tornado Experiences and Local News 50:01 April Fool's Day and Birthdays 52:36 Casual Conversations and Future Plans 54:09 Choosing the Right Cycling Shoes 57:39 Debating Shoe Features and Performance 01:01:17 Personal Preferences in Cycling Footwear 01:04:55 The Challenge of Finding the Perfect Fit 01:09:36 Innovations in Cycling Shoe Design 01:12:56 The Mavix Debate 01:13:18 Shoe Preferences: Laces vs. BoA 01:14:52 The Velcro Revolution 01:16:01 Oral Hygiene and Sugar Consumption 01:17:50 Sugar Intake: On vs. Off the Bike 01:19:32 Post-Race Recovery: Fanta vs. Ketones 01:20:39 Hydration in the Sauna 01:22:56 Sauna Protocols and VO2 Max 01:25:25 The Importance of Hubs in Cycling 01:29:48 The Importance of Bike Components 01:32:30 Cycling Equipment: Hubs vs. Tires 01:34:58 The Role of Beer in Cycling Culture 01:39:50 Tucson: A Cycling Paradise? 01:40:00 Critique of the New Ridley Drop Bar Mountain Bike

Whoever coined the phrase “tired as a mother” is right up there with the inventor of sliced bread and Velcro toddler shoes. It just makes sense. What DOESN'T make sense is continuing to live in the lie that rest isn't for you - that you don't deserve it, that you can't access it, or that it needs to look a certain way to make sense or be worthwhile. Today's episode will bring true HEALING rest to your heart and soul with bestselling author and speaker Becky Thompson. Becky doesn't have a secret sauce (but spoiler alert: no one does!). What she DOES have is an invitation from Christ to let Him into the messy - because He'll actually meet you there. Warning, this conversation may be balm to your soul. And if you're a neurodivergent mama and/or have neurodivergent kiddos, this is *especially* important for you (read: us). CONNECT WITH BECKY PEACE BOOK HEALING REST BOOK WEBSITE INSTAGRAM MIDNIGHT MOM DEVOTIONS THANK YOU to Green Chef for sponsoring this episode of THRIVE! Get FREE salads for two months plus 50% off your first box at GreenChef.com/thrivepodfree with code thrivepodfree. MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LOVELOVELOVE HOW TO SPARK YOUR CREATIVE JUICES + BECOME A MORE CREATIVE PERSON! - WITH ROSE GABLER HOW TO BE A MORE BRAVE WOMAN - WITH LAURA SMITH REAL ORGANIZATION FOR REAL HOMES - WITH KALLIE BRANCIFORTE HOW TO PRAY WHEN YOU'RE TOO BUSY TO PRAY - WITH KAYLA CRAIG HOW TO SPEAK TRUTH WITHOUT BLOWING UP YOUR RELATIONSHIPS - WITH WHITNEY LOWE THANKYOU to AirDoctor for sponsoring THRIVE! Get up to $300 off your air purifier - AND a free 3-year warranty on ANY unit (an $84 value!) - at airdoctorpro.com with promo code THRIVE. THANKYOU to True Nutrition for sponsoring THRIVE. Get 15% off your entire order at TRUENUTRITION.com with promo code THRIVE THANKYOU to Jenni Kayne for sponsoringTHRIVE! Get 15% off your first order with code THRIVE15 at jennikayne.com. THANKYOU to Hello Fresh for sponsoring THRIVE! Get one free breakfast item per box while your subscription is active, at HelloFresh.com/freethrivepod. THANKYOU to Cozy Earth for sponsoring THRIVE! Get 30% off sitewide at cozyearth.com with code COZYTHRIVE (and get FREE socks added to your order if you tell them the THRIVE podcast sent you in your post-purchase survey!). THANKYOU to City Beauty for sponsoring THRIVE! Get 15% off sitewide at citybeauty.com with code THRIVE (and you'll get a 60-day money-back guarantee!). THANKYOU to Dreamland Baby for sponsoring THRIVE! Head to dreamlandbabyco.com and enter code THRIVE at checkout to receive 20% off sitewide + free shipping. THANKYOU to Honeylove for sponsoring THRIVE! Visit Honeylove.com/THRIVE for up to 50% off sitewide! FOLLOW ALONG Text CUROWD to 55444 to join the email list!  THRIVE Podcast Instagram Instagram Facebook Coming Up Roses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mike and Eli talk with friend of the show Josh Nichols, who brings some brutal honesty.   Want more from Josh? Check out The Mental Golf Show podcast or check out his practice plans at joshnicholsgolf.com/practice.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Titleist & Footjoy MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler

Are your eating habits supporting the life you want to live? Lesley Logan and Brad Crowell break down key takeaways from Lisa Salisbury's interview, focusing on mindful eating, food habits, and breaking free from unconscious patterns. Learn how to assess your hunger, build a better relationship with food, and take control without guilt or restriction.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co .And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The emotional connection to food and why it matters.How childhood conditioning impacts your eating habits.How to break free from the Clean Your Plate Club mindset.The importance of avoiding extreme hunger or fullness.A simple two-bite challenge to help you check in with your hunger.Episode References/Links:eLevate Retreat - https://lesleylogan.co/elevateMullet Tour - https://opc.me/ukSpring Pilates Training - https://opc.me/eventsPilates Studio Growth Accelerator - https://prfit.biz/acceleratorCambodia October 2025 Waitlist - https://crowsnestretreats.comLadder Barrel Exercises - https://beitpod.com/barrelexercisesLisa Salisbury Website - https://wellwithlisa.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/well_with_lisaFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/wellwithlisaIf you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.DEALS! DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSoxBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast Survey Be a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramThe Be It Till You See It Podcast YouTube channelFacebookLinkedInThe OPC YouTube Channel Episode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00  Are you actually connecting to the food that you're eating, and do you know why you eat the way that you eat? I think these are really interesting questions to ask yourself, because if it is getting in the way from you having the life you want to live, or it's becoming a crutch of some kind, it's worth evaluating. Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, Brad, and I are going to discuss the liberating convo I had with Lisa Salisbury in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, you should listen to it at some point, because it's so good. Before, during after, go back and forth between the two. You do you, you. There's like different ways of doing everything. And this is episode 503. Brad Crowell 1:19  503 Lesley Logan 1:20  And we just said a big thank you before we hit record with you guys, to our amazing production team, because we've had the same producers this whole time. There's podcasts I listen to of people that I really admire, and every other year they're with another company. And I'm like, you know what? Why are you with so many different companies? What? Brad Crowell 1:38  That's weird. Lesley Logan 1:38  Now, if it's because I read that you scored $170 million you do you, no jealousy, no judgment, no curious. I see it, not announcing, if they're not paying you to be there, why are you switching? What's going on? Anyways, just go out of your minds. Today is March 27th 2025 and it is Scribble Day. Yep, Scribble Day is observed on March 27th annually, and it's all about celebrating the creativity and the art associated with scribbling, which anyone can do, regardless of their artistic abilities. So the last time you scribbled aimlessly to relieve boredom, you might have probably not known that there's actually a day to celebrate the stress releasing act of scribbling.Brad Crowell 2:18  Yes, our production team is gonna go, Brad, why did you adjust Lesley's microphone while she was talking? So that was me, my fault, and I don't think they're gonna be able to edit it out. Lesley Logan 2:27  No. And guess what? Brad Crowell 2:28  100% they won't. Lesley Logan 2:29  I just didn't want it, I didn't want to stop. I was I hadn't made a mistake, I hadn't made a mistake on any of the sentences. And I wanted to keep going. Brad Crowell 2:36  Well, you nailed it. You slayed that. Lesley Logan 2:37  Also, I really appreciate that they mentioned that, like, it's regardless of your artistic abilities, because, I often am disappointed in my, here's the thing, this is the recovering perfectionist in me who is letting it go that you put your hand in front of the camera to pick the mic. I don't think my scribbling is good. Brad Crowell 2:55  But it's a scribble, it's not supposed to be good. Lesley Logan 2:57  I know, but I want it to look pretty. There's people who are like. Brad Crowell 3:00  Is scribbling pretty? Lesley Logan 3:02  No, but people can draw like, really pretty hearts and stuff. My hearts are like, my star, I look, I just look like a seven year old still scribbles. Brad Crowell 3:10  Fortunately, there's a day for that. Lesley Logan 3:11  There's a day for it, and actually it, there's no, because it's just, it's relieving boredom, and I think it's great. So anyways, also, if you are bored in today's day and age, we want to hear you on the be it pod, because we need all your tips.Brad Crowell 3:26  No, I think it just means that they don't have a smartphone.Lesley Logan 3:30  Yeah, they don't have their friends, literally. Brad Crowell 3:33  They don't have the easiest-to-distract-yourself device in the history of our world. Lesley Logan 3:38  I know. You know what, on a podcast I listen to, they talk about, apparently, your phone can tell you how many times you pick up your phone. This one guy, he picked it up 273 times in a day. 273 times in a day. How many minutes are in a day?Brad Crowell 3:50  All right, so we're gonna figure this out literally right now. So we're gonna go right now. Okay, go to Settings. Go to screen time. So just search for screen time. If you all want to join us on this, if you have an iPhone, go to your settings and go to screen time you're gonna look at.Lesley Logan 4:05  Today, I've only had 67 pickups. Oh, I went. Brad Crowell 4:08  See all app and website activity? Okay. And then go to day.Lesley Logan 4:16  Yeah, pickups, yesterday, I only did 109.Brad Crowell 4:19  Oh, mine is 109 also. What the? Mine's today, though.Lesley Logan 4:24  Okay, but mine today, I've only had 67.Brad Crowell 4:26  Oh yeah, yesterday I did 136.Lesley Logan 4:28  Okay, so here's the deal. I think that's a lot. I don't know, but if there's 24 hours in a day, not that we only pick it up once in an hour, but kind of like, maybe we should try to get it under 100. Let's try. Next time we get to a topic that has to do with boredom, we'll let you know. We'll update you. Anyways.Brad Crowell 4:45  My screen time yesterday was almost 10 hours. Lesley Logan 4:49  Yeah, but we can't judge we were on a plane, you guys, playing video games for 15 hours. So I don't think that. Brad Crowell 4:54  That is true. Lesley Logan 4:55  But okay, anyways, just going back to the boredom thing. So figure it out, because I actually heard one host was like, I have 88 and he was surprised by 88 and to me, like 60, because we work on our phones, I don't think it should actually be nothing. Brad Crowell 5:08  It's a little hard when I'm like, on an hour long zoom call on my phone.Lesley Logan 5:12  Yeah, but maybe we could figure out a day off. Maybe we should find a day off average and then take our weekday average and try to get it just a little bit more than a day off average. Okay. Brad Crowell 5:22  We'll see. Lesley Logan 5:22  That has nothing to do with today's guest or Scribble Day. Hey, we're back from P.O.T. Denver and about to kick off our annual eLevate retreat. You guys, oh my God, it's like, literally, in three days. They're like, coming here soon. I'm so excited. We, I have so many prizes for them. We have a special guest for them. We have, I mean, I can't even wait. So anyways, I'm stoked to see them, we have 17 eLevate grads coming. If you want to come to an eLevate retreat, you have to be an eLevator. If you want to know how to be an eLevator, you need to go to lesleylogan.co/elevate. Okay, Brad's not happy with the mic still. I'm talking right at it. I don't know what else to do. Okay. Also, you guys coming up very soon, in April, we're going to be announcing our second Mullet Tour. It's that UK tour we did where we do business in the morning and Pilates in the evening.Brad Crowell 6:09  It's business in the front, Pilates in the back that's why it's the Mullet Tour. Lesley Logan 6:15  And we're doing two cities for this tour, and it's going to be this fall. So you want to go to opc.me/uk to be on the wait list, because those on the waitlist are going to get invited to the early bird. And you know what? It could sell out on early bird. So you want to go to opc.me/uk to get on the waitlist. So you get the early bird special. Brad Crowell 6:31  Spots are definitely gonna be limited, because we're, you know, we're doing it in some studio. Lesley Logan 6:36  It's when we do our (inaudible). It's like they're just small spaces, and we're only doing two days, I think one day in each city. I'm pretty sure it's of almost. Brad Crowell 6:43  Two days in each city, pretty sure. Lesley Logan 6:45  I don't know. I feel like it's a tight squeeze. Just get on the waitlist and you'll find out. If you're in Europe, you should come, just fly over. Brad Crowell 6:52  Go to opc.me/uk for anyone, anywhere. Coming up at the end of April, we've got our spring training. This is the first time we've ever done this before, and we're focusing on drum roll, please. The Pilates push up. Lesley Logan 7:08  The Pilates push up. So if you hate them, this is for you. If you love them, this is for you. We're gonna have 10 classes over the course of one week, all to help you get the most out of your push ups, either to make them more accessible or more possible, or help you realize, like, how freaking strong you already are. Don't worry if you don't have the equipment, we have a mat ticket as well. So go to opc.me/events, because that's going to get you on the waitlist. And those on the waitlist are going to be invited early, and those invited earlier are going to get a better price, than those who are not on the waitlist. So if you're an OPC member, you get the best price. It's called free.Brad Crowell 7:42  So if you want it for free, join OPC. If you want it for free, join OPC.Lesley Logan 7:48  Yeah, yeah, okay. But that's going to be in April, and it will end on International Pilates Day weekend, which we're very excited about. Brad Crowell 7:56  Yeah, go to opc.me/events and then, if you are a Pilates business owner and are taking clients in any way, shape or form, whether that's in the park or at your house, in a studio, and you're booking and taking payments from your clients. I want you to join me on the next upcoming Studio Growth Accelerator and what we're going to do is talk about the three massive secrets that Lesley and I have figured out after coaching more than 2500 businesses just like yours on all the things over the past, geez, seven plus years now, we've boiled it down to three major things that you need to understand in order to grow your income as a business owner, it's totally free. I want you to join me by going to prfit.biz/accelerator. That is profit without the O dot biz slash accelerator. You'll find out when the next webinar is, and come join me. Finally.Lesley Logan 8:49  What we just, like, when we're recording this. We're literally 24 hours back from Cambodia, but we want to invite you to the next time we're going to Cambodia for our Pilates retreat. There we have classes, we have breath work workshops. We have workshops that will help you love your life and have a lot of fun. We go on Temple tours. We have the most amazing schedule, I'm just gonna say, literally during the retreat, multiple times, multiple people said, I just really love the schedule of this retreat. It's so nice. Brad Crowell 9:16  Yeah, the flow of the events. Lesley Logan 9:18  The flow of it. It is. Brad Crowell 9:19  If you've ever been on a retreat and they had events lined up from six in the morning till like midnight, and you just completely fried. And the things were good, but it was just too much. We don't do that. If you've been to other retreats where they're like, we're so happy that you're here, you've got an entire day to yourself. Yeah, we don't do that either. It's a great balance, right in the middle. Lesley Logan 9:39  Like the little, most perfect schedule. Brad Crowell 9:40  Y'all, we've done like, a dozen of these, so it's been a lot of making adjustments. And in fact, every single time we do a retreat, we evaluate it and we say, did we do it the way we liked it? How did it go? And we're at the point now, y'all where, literally, we have the timeline of events completely dialed in, and what we just did three days ago was we sat down with peach, who is part of our group over there, and she is part of the team that helps take care of us, and we said, hey, we want to rearrange the temple tour visits and see if we can't add in yet another temple in there. And we figured out a way to do it. So we're really excited. It's the temple that Lesley and I haven't even visited yet it's exciting, so. Lesley Logan 10:21  Yeah it's really, really cool. And so just we want you to come. And I have had so many people say the next one, the next one. I've told someone like you said the next one three times. I know we have so many things coming up, so I want you to know something's always going to come up. There's many fires all the time. So go to crowsnestretreats.com because we want you to come on this next one, which is in October. And I'm telling you, we had two people sign up very last minute. We had someone who signed up five months in advance, which I guess is not last minute. We had someone sign up two months in advance, so you can sign up. And we've also had people, most of them are people with children who've come on their own because they deserve a week where we fill their cup for them. So come to crowsnestretreats.com to snag your spot. All right, we have so much to talk about Lisa, but we have an audience question to answer? Brad Crowell 11:08  We do. Ashley Crosby from Instagram says, hi, Lesley, I'm back with another DIY question. Do you have any good recommendations on a DIY video to make a Ladder Barrel rung cover? I've been taught to use a blue knee pad to support our feet, but I have tiny feet and the pad makes me feel less secure. Do you have any suggestions? Lesley Logan 11:28  Yeah. So in this question afterwards, they sent me a bunch of other information about why this blue knee pad situation is happening. So first of all, if you are a Pilates person and you've used a Ladder Barrel before, this is what we're talking about. We're talking about in the ladder barrel there are rungs on the ladder, and you have to put your feet on these rungs. And a lot of people are taught to hook their feet on the rung. So if, like, you're watching on YouTube, it's like that hard flex, kind of like you do at the gym, to, like, stick your feet underneath a bar, to kind of hook in, to do sit ups, because your feet keep coming off the ground. That's kind of what we're talking about here. That being said, that's not actually how you're supposed to put your feet. You're supposed to. Brad Crowell 12:02  Oh for Pilates Ladder Barrel you don't, you're not supposed to hook your feet. Lesley Logan 12:05  No, you shouldn't hook your feet. Brad Crowell 12:07  Wait, sorry. So I don't, I don't even understand where this blue knee pad would go. It's supposed to go between your foot and the foot bars to hurt, to protect your foot? Lesley Logan 12:14  Yes, so your foot's not pulling up against like wood, so the pad's there.Brad Crowell 12:19  So you're not even supposed to hook your feet. So this entire purpose is this blue knee pad is irrelevant?Lesley Logan 12:23  Yes, but they're doing it because they think that hooking the foot is safe, and then people complained about the wood hurting their feet, so they're like, let's put a pad here. Brad Crowell 12:32  And then it's still unsafe. Lesley Logan 12:34  Well, and it's unsafe for this person, but also it's not helping you get the connections you need. So when you're doing short box on the Ladder Barrel, which is when this would happen, you're actually supposed to stand on the feet. So you want to put your feet on not the top top rung, but the second rung, or you can even go lower. This is in my flashcard. This is in all my tutorials free. Put the arch of your feet on there, like you're doing bird on a perch during footwork. And then you push, not so much that you're straightened, but kind of like if you were, like, doing a wall squat, you know how like you, like, are pushing into the floor, but you're stuck in a wall squat, you want to push in them so your butt turns on. And if you hook with your feet, it's really hard to get your butt to turn on, and then it's unfortunately, going to help turn on your hip flexors when you're coming up and down, versus keeping your butt on. So Ashley, here's the deal, if you have to do these things because it's rules of studio, pay attention to the rules. But if you have the ability to do it the way that it's meant to be done, then your tiny feet are not an issue, because this, that whatever part of your arch can go on the bar is what you need. It's all you need. Brad Crowell 13:41  It's all you need. Lesley Logan 13:42  And if you want to go to onlinepilatesclasses.com/ladderbarrelexercises. Brad Crowell 13:48  No, it's slash ladder dash barrel dash exercises. Lesley Logan 13:52  Correct. I was going to say with a hyphen in between all the words. Brad Crowell 13:55  Yeah. onlinepilatesclasses.com/ladder-barrel-exercisesLesley Logan 13:59  Yeah, you can see all of our exercise. You'll see how my foot setup is. And know you, so don't, you don't need.Brad Crowell 14:05  They're all the videos that you would need. They're all the DIY videos. Well, they're not DIY videos for making a Ladder Barrel rung cover, because you don't need a ladder barrel rung cover at all. Lesley Logan 14:14  Some people have created one that is made out of like a sheep's skin or sheep fur, whatever, because that's like, antibacterial, antimicrobial, anti whatever. At any rate, some people have made this, I find that they're quite slippery. And again, you don't need it. Why are we buying things we don't need when you can just use your muscles. So full permission to use your muscles. Brad is trying to look up different things, you guys, they're like, legit. So they're like, they're like. Brad Crowell 14:43  50 bucks for a little piece of cloth that wraps around your barrel.Lesley Logan 14:47  Yeah, yep, yep. Oh, you know what you could get? The cover that I use to do back squats, the cover that you use to do back squats, I bet would work. I bet it would fit, because it's Velcro. And that was, like, $12 or $25 online. So I guess if you are like Lesley, I'm adamant I have to hook my feet, you don't know what you're talking about, then you can do that. You could probably use a back squat rung cover. Anyways, there's just so many different changes that people have made to the practice, and it's not about classical versus contemporary. It's just like people changing exercises because someone complained about things. And it's like, maybe you're not doing it right, or you might not be ready for it yet, and that's a different story. So hopefully this saved you money on a pad you don't need. Send your questions in and we'll answer them. Brad Crowell 15:33  All right, stick around. We're going to be talking about Lisa Salisbury and her tips on food and how we treat food in our lives. Okay, welcome back now. Let's talk about Lisa Salisbury. Lisa is a certified Health, Life, and Weight Loss Coach, holds a BS in Health and Human Performance and is the host of the podcast Eat Well, Think Well, Live Well. Lisa is passionate about helping people build a healthier relationship with food and regaining control of their eating habits. Whether weight loss is the goal or not, she focuses on self awareness and creating sustainable strategies to foster a sense of balance and well being. Lesley Logan 16:10  Yeah, I thought that she was very fascinating. There's so many different ways that you can address this topic, and I just really appreciated her like enthusiasm and love and kindness and grace around it. And she said, food is connection. It always has been, even in our hunter-gatherer days, they ate together. For her, every meal should be enjoyable and delicious, not just thought of as fuel. And I kind of like this, because a lot of times the way to break your emotional connection to food is to go food is fuel. Food is fuel. And it's not your comfort food. But for her, she was like, no, no. I mean, it's fuel, but every meal should be delicious and it should be enjoyable. And something since we just got back from Cambodia that this makes me think about is we set the table for every meal, right? In Cambodia, we put placements out, and we put the silverware out, and we put napkins out, and every meal had colorful fruit and we had this beautiful ambiance. It's really interesting how on a retreat, every meal was kind of an event. And of course, the food was delicious, and we all ate together. And like, we sat there and we ate together, we talked. And like, we have an hour for food because we take a good half an hour because we're just all chit-chatting and like, talking about things and getting to know each other more. And no one's on their phones, because we're all eating a meal together, right? And so she emphasizes that value of family traditions to create meaningful meal time moments, meaningful meal time moments. Brad Crowell 17:32  The Triple M threat. Lesley Logan 17:34  Yeah, she sets a table properly, and you sit at the dining room table, and she believes that the act of eating together is more important than what we're eating. And I thought that's so cool, because we've had different guests on before who were like, do you ever just sit and eat your meal, or are you like on your phone while you're eating your meal? And one of the things that I think is causing people to overeat or be hungry all day long is that they're actually not eating the food that they're eating when they're eating it, they're kind of just doing other things, and they're not paying attention to it. But there's something about we slow we slow down, we chew our food. We like taste the food when we're having a meal with people, and it creates connection. And I think a lot of people are just missing connection these days. And I think you could do this, even if you're single. You can also, oh my God, for my single people here's what you can do, you can set a place for two, because the other place could be little you creating space for a partner, and you could be going through the act of taking the time to put a placement out for that, like, whatever you want to do, but like, you could do that, and then you could sit there, and you could enjoy the food, and you can have beautiful music playing, or maybe beautiful flowers to look at, and just actually enjoy your food.Brad Crowell 18:42  I think it's great. I mean, I love the intention as well. Of the two placemats, you know, you're setting it for the future person. That's really cool. I know you used to do that with coffee. Lesley Logan 18:50  For you. Brad Crowell 18:51  For me, yeah.Lesley Logan 18:52  I mean, you, it wasn't for you first. It was just for the person who's going to be here. But then you took the coffee so, you know, anyways, what did you love?Brad Crowell 19:01  Well, actually, I wanted to just comment. She said a couple things about how we were trained with food that I didn't see in my notes. So the idea that when we were kids, if we were causing chaos, maybe our parents were like, here, eat a fruit, roll up and shut up. Or, hey, you did a great job. For example, my parents, when we scored a goal in the soccer game, we went and bought Domino's Pizza. Lesley Logan 19:27  That's, yeah, that's what everyone does. That's the problem. Like, there's a reward for.Brad Crowell 19:32  That's the thing, is like for our parents what it was was we don't go out to eat. We will go out to eat when you score a goal. But what's also happening there is food is becoming the reward, even though that wasn't actually the intention. Yeah, the intention was, we're gonna splurge, and we'll splurge.Lesley Logan 19:51  And also that's the same thing, like, you have a bad day at school, and someone said something you're bullied to, and then the parents, let's go get ice cream, instead of feeling the feelings of what it's like to have been bullied at school.Brad Crowell 20:01  Yeah, or celebrating a moment such as square goal. But it made me wonder, this is the first time I ever thought about that. It made me wonder, has that affected my eating habits? I do think it is real, the Clean Your Plate Club situation that she talked about that blew my fucking mind. I was like, oh my God, this is crazy. I don't know why my parents said there are starving kids in Africa. I didn't know why, until that podcast, when she said we used to ship the food to Africa in the 80s. I was like, what, we did?Lesley Logan 20:30  Right. My parents are the same thing, and we did ship it. We didn't ship the food that was on your table, though, but it caused me to feel like I have to eat everything on the plate. And now, you don't, I mean, don't be wasteful. Brad Crowell 20:42  But the idea was, because we were intentionally shipping food around to share the food with the world, we should be eating all of ours. And, you know, it was just an interesting idea. It comes from the World War One and World War Two, the Clean Your Plate Club, and they literally rationed food in the United States, and so that was a thing. And it's funny. To me, it's like the leftover hoarding is like a big thing from the Great Depression, because people wanted for everything. They had nothing and so they. Lesley Logan 21:13  And you might need it, you would never get rid of it, because you might not be able to get it. Yeah, and I do think that some of these things have been passed down without us knowing why. And here's the deal, obviously, don't be wasteful with food, but also like, you know, you start to learn like, oh we don't need to make that much food.Brad Crowell 21:27  Oh, I've got to eat everything on my plate. Fascinating that this is like a generational, passed on, generational thing, and today the meaning of it is completely disconnected with the intention of it originally, and so now it's just clean your plate, because that's what you're supposed to do, you know. And so we get into this habit of eating that isn't necessarily healthy from either a mental or a physical perspective. Lesley Logan 21:51  It's not helpful whether it's healthy or not, because maybe you're, maybe you're. Brad Crowell 21:55  It could be healthy if you're doing small portion sizes, but because in the United States, portion sizes are so huge, it might not be normal.Lesley Logan 22:02  I know. I was thinking about our dinner in Singapore, and I was, we're like, oh, these is like Vegas prices for this meal. When the food came out, I was like, this is not a Vegas plate. So Vegas prices, but we got, like.Brad Crowell 22:13  Smaller portions.Lesley Logan 22:15  But it was also enough. It was also enough. So I think that that's really true. I just all of this is not to say, like, what's healthy, what's not healthy. It's like, are you actually connecting to the food that you're eating, and do you know why you eat the way that you eat? I think these are really interesting questions to ask yourself, because if it is getting in the way from you having the life you want to live, or it's becoming a crutch of some kind, it's worth evaluating.Brad Crowell 22:38  Yeah. I mean, the why, it's the why are you eating? And you know, she said it could be because you're bored or sad or frustrated or happy celebrating. She highlighted that for many it's not about weight loss, but it's about feeling like they're the ones making the decision, and not the food making the decision for them, I think we need to put that in context. It's about feeling like they're the ones making the decisions, so probably like I'm deciding to eat now, it's not that the food is making decisions for them, but it's just about control.Lesley Logan 23:08  The habits that we create for ourselves, there's no such thing as a good or bad habit. There's also no good or bad foods, right? There's just is how you are eating and how is it affecting your life, in the way that makes you available to do the things you want to do. And so if you are someone who, like, literally is craving sugar and it's distracting you from the things you want to do, so much that you actually are, like, going out and hunting for sugar, which is like an actual thing, because it's an actual food addiction, because your gut starts to crave sugar and tells you this, and you cannot stop thinking about it. And so then you can't actually write the email to the person want to pitch an idea to, because you're like, I just need to get that. Well, that's affecting your life negatively. And these kinks can be a distraction from what makes us have the energy to want to work out our gut literally tells us a lot, like, our gut microbiome tells us a lot, and what you eat trains your microbiome. So it's a whole other thing. I just thought it was really cool.Brad Crowell 24:00  Stick around. We'll be right back. We're going to talk about those, be it action items, and we're going to dig into the hunger scale, which is pretty cool. All right, let's talk about those Be It Action Items. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Lisa Salisbury, she mentioned she teaches the hunger scale to her clients, and it goes from negative 10 all the way to positive 10. And she said, negative 10 is like starving yourself. Positive 10 is gorging, where you're very, very full. Negative 10 very, very hungry all the way to very, very full. And she said they're equal distance from zero, which is neutral.Lesley Logan 24:37  Which I loved. I loved a neutral, instead of it being like a one to a 10 or a zero to a 10, five is the place to be. I love that. She was like, no, I'm gonna be make this as a neutral.Brad Crowell 24:48  Yeah. And she said negative 10 and plus 10 are equally uncomfortable. Right? Well, first off, the purpose of it is to build awareness of your hunger and your fullness level throughout the day, right? So she actually charts it. She tells her clients, especially if you've been measuring your macros and you're used to tracking all the stuff and weighing things and whatever. Instead of tracking all that stuff, track your fullness level. And here's how to do it, before each male pause to assess your hunger on this scale, she says, start eating when you're feeling like a negative three, right? When you're just mildly hungry, that's the nicest time to start eating. Stop eating when you're at a plus three, which she describes as you're not really feeling any pressure, you're not wishing you had stretchy pants. You're just comfortable. And she mentioned there's a moment when the body takes a pause, and it's this organic thing where you're like, you know, I'm starting to feel satiated, right? She said, avoid eating when you're overly hungry, negative seven or below, or if you're too full plus seven or above. And you know, obviously, to avoid eating at negative seven, that means you have to have eaten sooner. If you're at a negative seven, you probably should be eating.Lesley Logan 26:00  But maybe, like, have a little snack before you like, sit down for a full meal. Brad Crowell 26:03  I found that interesting too. She had a whole comment on that. She said, why are we snacking? If we're hungry, we should eat a meal.Lesley Logan 26:10  Well, that is actually also interesting. I agree. I have a friend who has a bunch of kids, and she and her husband, they make meals for the family, right? And so one of our kids came home from school and was like, you know, hey, I'm hungry. Can I have this to eat? And so the dinner is at six. If you think that that's going to hold you over till six, then yes, but if you think that you're going to be hungry between that and six, then I want you to think about what would make you satiated till six. And they were like, oh, oh, this isn't gonna be enough. And they actually, like, made half a sandwich so that they were enjoying it. So anyways, I thought that was a cool way of looking at what are you snacking on? Do you need a snack or do you really need to eat? So my biggest takeaway, she advised on eating the amount that's right for your body, paying no attention to food scales, paying no attention to the scale in your kitchen. You can do this by just experimenting with bites. And she talked about the two bite challenge. So we have another challenge for you. Leave two bites at your plate at every meal and see how you feel looking at that food on your plate. Reflect on the experience. Do you feel satisfied or still hungry? Experiment and check in with your hunger afterwards. Remember that this isn't about wasting food forever. It's about learning what you need and putting yourself in charge of your portions. And I think this is also this is also just really cool, because we all need different things at different times in our life. So how you ate at 20 is gonna be different than what you need at 30, it's gonna be different what you need at 40, it's gonna be different during a crazy work schedule versus summer time, you know, vacation time. So I think it's just about connecting with your body and noticing, am I hungry? Really? Am I just bored? There's two bites on my plate. Am I full or am I hungry? Oh, I'm hungry. Okay, I'm not giving myself the portion sizes that I needed so that I would not be a negative seven when I wake up. So it's all just important information for you, so that you're not distracted by your tummy when you're trying to make things happen in this world. I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell 27:58  And I'm Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan 27:59  Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this is a really amazing I hope this got you thinking about you and what you're eating and how you eat it and enjoy it. If you have questions about it, feel free to let us know. If you want to send this to a friend, that would be amazing. We're working really hard and going from a 1.5% podcast to a 1% podcast. We can only do that if you download it. So share this with a friend and until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell 28:19  Bye for now. Lesley Logan 28:21  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod. Brad Crowell 29:03  It's written, filmed, and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan, and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 29:08  It is transcribed, produced and edited by the epic team at Disenyo.co.Brad Crowell 29:13  Our theme music is by Ali at Apex Production Music and our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 29:20  Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals. Brad Crowell 29:23  Also to Angelina Herico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meridith Root for keeping us all on point and on time.Transcribed by https://otter.aiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to The Quilter's Coach Podcast, Episode 192! Today, we're challenging the common misconception of self-care as only external indulgences like manicures and shopping. True self-care is about taking care of your whole self—physically, emotionally, and mentally. If you've ever felt unsure about what real self-care looks like, you're in the right place. Understanding Self-Care Self-care is the intentional act of nurturing yourself in a holistic way. We are complex humans with physical, emotional, and mental needs. Ignoring any of these areas leads to suffering. Athletes excel not just because of physical training but because they have mental coaches who equip them with strategies and tools.  Are you giving yourself the same level of care and strategy? The Velcro Problem: Taking on Others' Burdens Many caregivers and nurturers struggle with setting boundaries, leading to emotional exhaustion. We often take on other people's problems as if they are our own, weighing ourselves down. Example: A client shared how she now has a dedicated space to sit and process emotions instead of carrying them like Velcro. The challenge: How much responsibility do you have for others versus yourself? Redefining Self-Care: A Powerful Definition Self-care is treating yourself with the same unconditional love and gentle attention you'd give a baby. Just as you wouldn't shame a baby for being hungry or tired, you shouldn't judge yourself for needing rest, emotional support, or nourishment. Ask yourself: Are your self-care habits meeting your deeper needs or just covering up stress? Good, Better, Best: Evaluating Your Self-Care Choices Like shopping categories, self-care can be evaluated as good, better, best. Example: Shopping may be a good self-care tool, but does it provide deep, lasting nourishment? The more we question and refine our self-care strategies, the more clarity we gain on what truly works. Practical Self-Care Strategies Physical Self-Care: Prioritize sleep (7-8 hours) Eat nourishing foods (Example: kiwis for digestive health) Wear comfortable, well-fitting clothes Engage in relaxing activities like soaking in a hot tub or sitting by a fire Emotional Self-Care: Nurture friendships and social connections (Example: Choosing to engage in conversations at a basketball tournament rather than sitting alone) Set boundaries to avoid overextending yourself emotionally Create small moments of joy (Example: Playing with a child at the playground) Mental Self-Care: Learn new things (Example: Exploring YouTube University, reading fiction, trying a new hobby) Reduce gossip and negativity—observe how you handle difficult situations Take an inventory: Are you managing your thoughts well, or are you stuck in unhelpful patterns? Taking a Self-Care Inventory Reflect on the past few days: Did you get enough sleep? How much screen time did you have? Did you have meaningful conversations? Did you nourish yourself physically, emotionally, and mentally? Be an observer of your habits—no judgment, just awareness. Creating a Self-Care Budget Think of your time like money—if each hour were a dollar, how would you spend it? Prioritize: Sleep (7-8 hours) Eating well Emotional connection Mental stimulation Balance is key. Where are you overspending or neglecting? Final Thoughts The more you invest in your self-care, the more it will improve your overall well-being. Like a garden, what you nourish will grow. Prioritize your own mental, emotional, and physical health. Self-care isn't selfish—it's essential for living the life you truly want. Take a moment today to reflect: What does real self-care look like for you?     Thank You for Listening! If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend! Want more tools and support? Join my membership and learn how to truly care for yourself. Follow me on Instagram for more insights on self-care and personal growth. Grab this week's worksheet HERE Watch this episode on YouTube HERE Check out other episodes HERE   

Mike plays his first tournament of the year. Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Titleist & Footjoy Kudos to Mizzen+Main dress shirts: get 20% off your first purchase at with code STACK20 at mizzenandmain.com  Kudos to LMNT: drinklmnt.com/chasingscratch MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler Papyrus Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ 

Pulled some questions from IG for this week's episode—big goals, fear of success, fear of the unknown plus some real talk on how to deal with overstimulation if you're someone that struggles with overwhelm and anxiety. I've lived through many seasons of anxiety to tell the tale and share what works for me!Love you, mean it!Come say hi over on Instagram! ⁠⁠@kendallmariez⁠⁠

If you're pregnant and have a velcro dog who follows you everywhere, panics when you leave the room, or constantly needs to be touching you, you're not alone. Many dogs form deep attachments to their pregnant owner, but this can become a challenge once the baby arrives. After all, you'll need to sleep, feed, and care for your newborn without a dog glued to your side.In today's episode, we'll talk about why some dogs become hyper-attached during pregnancy, the potential risks this can create once the baby arrives, and—most importantly—how you can start preparing your velcro dog now so that they feel safe, secure, and comfortable being separated from you when needed. Whether your dog struggles with anxiety, follows you from room to room, or whines when you close a door, I'll walk you through practical steps to help them adjust before baby arrives.The Top 3 Immediate Steps to Prepare Your DogI. Why Dogs Become Hyper-Attached During PregnancyChanges in scent, hormones, and mama's body shape Increased resting periods or physical changes that invite closenessEmotional changes in the pregnant parent and how dogs pick up on themPregnancy shifts household routinesDoes your dog actually have Separation Anxiety, a panic disorder?II. Why This Becomes a Problem Once Baby ArrivesIf your dog has Separation Anxiety, a true panic disorder, training sessions (aka. "missions") are difficult with a newborn, baby or toddlerSafety concerns: preventing tripping hazards and interference during feedingsSleep safety risks for the baby if the dog can't be separatedIncreased stress for the parents and possibly the dogIII. Early Steps to Encourage Healthy IndependenceTeaching the dog to settle away from the parentIntroducing positive alone time gradually with short, structured separationsReinforcing calm behavior when the dog is not attached to the parent - using a remote treat dispenser, such as the Treat and TrainIV. Practical Training ExercisesCreating positive associations with a crate, playpen, or separate space, using remote treat dispensers, chews, frozen food toys such as the Toppl Using baby gates or barriers in a stress-free wayTraining a reliable cue for independent relaxationBuilding confidence through enrichment and independent activitiesWork with a CSAT (Certified Separation Anxiety Specialist) if your dog has separation anxietyV. Preparing for Real-Life TransitionsPracticing bedtime routines where the dog sleeps separatelyPractice parents leaving the dog to respond to baby sounds in another roomBrief separations while a parent makes meals, showers, or does laundry, for examplePlanning for postpartum changes (who will take the dog out, how to maintain routine)Thank you for listening! Want to learn more about Pooch Parenting and how we can help you? If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Worried about Growling? Get my free guide: ABC's of Growling: https://poochparenting.net/abcs-of-growling/ Looking for QUICK answers to your dog and child questions? Just ask and my custom tool will give you the answer: www.poochparenting.net/askpoochparenting

Eli continues his comeback at TPI.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: chasingscratchgolf.com/velcro  Kudos to Vuori: get 20% off your first purchase at vuoriclothing.com/chasingscratch  Kudos to The Stack: get 10% off at thestacksystem.com/chasingscratch MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler

Eli makes a comeback after hip surgery.  Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: patreon.com/chasingscratch  MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) Right Now Karoake Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FoAgEv8R4s "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "News Theme" is by Kevin MacLeod "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler

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Mike and Eli return to preview season 8. Want bonus content? Join the Velcro: patreon.com/chasingscratch  Kudos to Vuori: Get 20% off your first purchase at vuoriclothing.com/chasingscratch MUSIC CREDITS: "Pax" is by Soulish (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) Right Now Karoake Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FoAgEv8R4s "C Major Prelude" is by Bach "News Theme" is by Kevin MacLeod "Way Out West" is by Twin Musicom "Air to the Throne" is by Doug Maxwell "Epic Battle Speech" is by Wayne Jones "The Game Changer" is by Evan MacDonald (purchased on PremiumBeat.com) "When We Found the Horizon" is by Late Night Feeler