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Are you struggling to turn readers into high-paying coaching clients with your book? You're not alone. Many nonfiction authors assume their book will naturally lead to premium clients. Then they wait. And wait. This week's guest, client acquisition strategist Jesse Holmes, specializes in strategic word-of-mouth. He reveals what turns readers into coaching clients. If you're a nonfiction author, coach, or consultant who wants meaningful conversations, steady referrals, and high-value clients without cold outreach or paid ads, this episode will open your eyes.Jesse shares practical, relationship-driven strategies to help you move beyond passive book promotion and into purposeful connection. The payoff? More warm introductions, better-fit prospects, and conversations that lead to real opportunities. You'll also discover the missing link between book readers and premium clients: intentional relationship building rooted in generosity, clarity, and consistent daily connection.Key TakeawaysYour book builds trust. Conversations create clients. What happens after someone reads your book determines whether they ever hire you.Word of mouth can be engineered. Warm introductions don't have to be random when you build intentional referral relationships.One conversation a day can transform your pipeline. Small, consistent outreach compounds into steady opportunities and ideal clients.Give first to become top of mind. Strategic generosity sparks the reciprocity that leads to referrals and invitations.Clarity makes you referable. When people know exactly who you help, they know exactly who to send your way.Tune in now to start turning conversations into clients.Here's how to connect with Jesse:EmailWebsiteFaceBook*************************************************************************When Visibility Feels Hard, Podcast Guesting Changes the Game If you know your book deserves more reach but visibility feels like a struggle, podcast guesting can open the right doors. Podcast Connections gets you in front of the audiences who need your message and your expertise. Contact them at PodcastConnections.co *************************************************************************

What if the reason you cannot lose weight, think clearly, or stop craving sugar after dinner has nothing to do with discipline and everything to do with your hormones, your gut, and what you are eating at breakfast? These are the questions your doctor might not be asking or answering, but Jenn is.On this episode of Salad With a Side of Fries, Jenn Trepeck pulls back the curtain on the powerful Happy Healthy Hub community by sharing this Q&A from inside the hub. Covering hormonal weight gain, natural cholesterol remedies, healing leaky gut, taming food noise, boosting morning energy, and why protein intake early in the day is the most underrated tool for controlling sugar cravings and stubborn weight loss, it's likely your questions are included too! If you have ever felt like your body is working against you, this episode will help you understand why and what to do about it. For more Q & A, and answers to your personal questions, become a member of the Happy Healthy Hub here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/membership/What You Will Learn in This Episode:✅ Why hormonal weight gain and metabolic health are always the root cause of stubborn weight struggles and how willpower is never to blame, plus what actually depletes and replenishes this finite resource throughout your day.✅ How to naturally support cholesterol management through omega-3 supplements, soluble fiber, and reducing sugar and refined grains, and why coenzyme Q10 is essential for anyone currently taking a statin.✅ The key markers of gut health recovery, including zonulin testing and secretory IgA, and how repeated insults like antibiotics and artificial sweeteners compromise intestinal permeability over time.✅ How increasing protein intake earlier in the day dramatically reduces food noise, nighttime eating, and sugar cravings, and why satiety hormones like leptin and ghrelin are the real drivers behind your appetite.The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics, debunking myths, misinformation, and flawed science surrounding nutrition and the food industry. Let's dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro: You don't lack willpower, you're just spending your finite resources elsewhere throughout the day03:26 Natural cholesterol remedies using omega-3 supplements, soluble fiber, and reducing sugar/grain/starch intake07:13 Why coenzyme Q10 is critical for anyone on a statin and the disconnect between statin use and heart health outcomes09:47 Healing leaky gut: how to recognize recovery, what causes gut lining breakdown, and whether gut health and intestinal permeability damage can fully reverse15:34 Understanding food noise: how restriction, undereating, and low protein intake amplify cravings throughout the day and why low protein intake early in the day leads to nighttime eating20:46 Hormonal weight gain vs. metabolism: the roles of insulin, leptin, ghrelin, and satiety hormones in body weight24:50 How to stop sugar cravings after dinner by switching habits, increasing protein intake, and creating new meal-end rituals27:19 Warm water with lemon as a bedtime ritual: supporting digestion, gallbladder health, and signaling the end of meals naturally30:17 What is the easiest area to change first: nutrition, exercise, or health, and discussion of habits34:04 Jenn's go-to-tips for meal prep, cooking and takeout, favorite fitness activity and wellness habit that made the biggest difference42:00 Looking at health and wellness on social media and how it is tied to economics and the top wellness trends for 2026KEY TAKEAWAYS:

In this episode we answer listener questions covering emergency funds for higher and additional rate taxpayers, and inheritance tax considerations around beneficiary SIPPs. We also discuss whether couples should rebalance pension contributions, the key steps to take before retiring abroad, and what to know about DB pension transfers. Finally, we look at cross-border pension taxation using the UK–Denmark double taxation treaty as an example. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/QA40    01:20  Question 1 Hi Pete & Roger, Thanks for all your helpful and easy to understand information. I have only been on my financial wellbeing journey for a year.  I work in the NHS and am in a higher tax bracket. I am fully enrolled in the NHS pension, more out of previous disinterest than any actual action on my part. I am single and currently saving up for a down payment on a house in about 4/5yrs. I maxed out my ISA last year and expect to do the same this year; this includes money for the down payment. I also took out a SIPP which I only recalled last year; I took it out 20+ years ago. However I am still waiting for a statement from the pension office before my accountant can work out how much more I can add to the SIPP.  In the interim I have my emergency fund in a premium bond (20k) but am worried it's being eroded by inflation. I expect to be an additional tax payer in the next few years. Where should I keep my excess cash? More in premium bonds with no tax but erosion by inflation; or open GIA or more in high interest savings account and pay the tax? Or is there another option you would recommend? Btw I have £600 in crypto (Coinbase and Etherium) but don't plan to put more than £400 more in then plan to forget about it. It's a tiny fraction of what I put in my ISA. Thanks, Joy   04:46  Question 2 Dear Pete and Roger. Love the podcast. I think it is essential listening for those wanting to elevate their knowledge of the incredibly important subject of financial planning and it also highlights the value add that financial professionals can provide. My mother is 79 and has a comfortable guaranteed inflation linked income via state and civil service pension, which is supplemented by savings (maxed premium bonds & healthy cash savings) and investments held in ISAs and a beneficiary SIPP from my late father who passed before 75yrs old (therefore the assets are income and CGT free). My mother is keen to minimise the IHT on the estate both her and my father worked so hard to create. Despite her comfortable situation, I still have to encourage her to spend and use your very helpful '40% off sticker' analogy on a regular basis. It is my understanding that SIPPs will be subject to IHT and income tax from 2027. As my sister and I are both additional rate taxpayers, we will potentially be subject to 67% tax on any assets remaining in the SIPP if the estate is above £1m IHT threshold. While the '67% off sticker' analogy is even more helpful to encourage her spending, it has triggered some planning. We are drawing down the beneficiary SIPP to fund ISA each year for my mum – keeping the income and CGT tax benefits for my mum while removing it from the double income and IHT tax on death. As part of the IHT planning we are now considering regular gifts from surplus income. When combined with her guaranteed income, the assets in the beneficiary SIPP are more than sufficient so sustain her lifestyle until her age would be well into three figures. Based on my reading, it appears any drawdown from SIPPs are considered 'income' for gifting purposes, regardless of if they come from capital or income. Therefore she could start to draw more 'income' from the SIPP and gift this surplus which could be considered IHT free. Are there any limits to how much or how quickly she could reasonably drawdown from a SIPP so that it would no longer be considered 'income' by HMRC for IHT purposes? i.e could she empty the SIPP over a 5 yr period, gift that as excess income, then reduce the gifts to reflect a different income and or expenditure? While all the drawdown from SIPPs is considered 'income' for IHT purposes, the treatment of withdrawals from ISAs or other investments are distinguished between whether they are actually capital or income. Therefore, we have the added complication of needing to balance the 'income' drawdown from the beneficiary SIPP to make sure she doesn't eat into 'capital' of the ISAs and savings which would then mean the gifts from regular surplus income would then be considered part of the estate again. Our circumstances mean my mum feels slightly trapped between keeping the SIPP (so it is considered income for gifts from regular income but gets IHT taxed at 67%), continuing to use the beneficiary SIPP to fund ISAs (reduce IHT liability but lose flexibility to gift it as income), maybe change the investment engine of the ISAs from a lower yielding balanced solution to something with a higher natural yield, or do something else altogether (lump sum gifts and hope to survive 3yrs for taper or 7yrs). Any thoughts or suggestion would be appreciated. While there are some relatively niche circumstances, I think it covers two more broadly applicable IHT planning considerations SIPPs v ISAs under the new rules and regular gifts from surplus income. Thanks in advance Stephen   17:06  Question 3 Hi Pete and Roger Thank you both for your continued help in navigating the financial maze and I am enjoying the listener questions. My wife works part time and is a basic rate tax payer. She pays into her workplace pension and contributes an additional 15%. Her pension provider receives 20% tax relief on these contributions. I am a higher rate tax payer and I make contributions to a SIPP. My pension provider receives 20% tax relief and I claim an additional 20% directly from HMRC. As a couple, we could stop making the additional contributions to my wife's pension and instead make them into my SIPP. This would give us an additional 40%, rather than 20%. Mathematically this makes sense. We haven't done this so far, as I like the idea that we are equally contributing to both of our pensions, for the future. It also helps keep things simple. I am mindful that one day, we may kick ourselves for not making this simple switch which may leave us with a significantly bigger pot, when we need it. What options would you consider in this decision of splitting pension contributions. Many thanks, Rob 20:17 Question 4 Dear Pete & Rog, I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you for your podcast and the incredibly valuable information you share. Your conversations are not only insightful but also reassuring as I start to think more seriously about my own retirement planning! One of the things I'm considering is retiring abroad (somewhere sunny!) Spain most likely, and I wondered if you might explain the process you go through with such clients. Specifically, do you have a checklist, or a list of key questions, that you typically ask clients to work through before moving overseas? For example, I've learned that ISAs are not recognised in many EU countries (so it may be better to sell before leaving), and I imagine there are similar considerations around SIPPs/UK DC pensions and other investments. Do you also tend to liaise with financial planners or accountants based in the EU when helping clients prepare for such a move? I would be very grateful for any wisdom you could share. Thanks again for all the work you put into the podcast, it really does make a difference. Warm regards, Chloe 24:55  Question 5 Hi Pete, Love the podcast.  Very informative and user friendly. I have a question, once popular but maybe not so much now and one that will make advisers sweat again! I'm a sophisticated investor (so to speak!), I manage my own SIPP etc and I'm an accountant so I guess I have a head start over most people.  I have a net worth excluding my house of circa £2.5m spread across a SIPP, ISA, FIC and GIA. I also have an old DB pension.  I'm 59.  It pays out circa £6,500 from the age of 65.  My dad died aged 63.  Given my circumstances I want to transfer the DB scheme into my SIPP.  I have two children so would like them to get it rather than die with me so to speak.  The last transfer value I got was pre covid at circa £100k which I know isn't a brilliant multiple but I'm happy with that.  I'm fit and healthy but I'm not relying on the guaranteed pension given my other pension provisions. So, firstly is it likely the transfer value would have gone up or down given the increase in interest rates and secondly do you think I could get a positive recommendation from an adviser? Thanks, Oscar 31:35  Question 6 Dear Pete and Roger, Love the podcast. I'm a bit more of an adventurous investor than you usually caution, but you provide a certain "passive-tracker-Yin" to my "property-investment-Yang". Given your backlog I'm going to ask you a pension question that I probably don't have to think about for 20 years, so you have time to get to it. I worked in Denmark for several years and paid into a pension scheme while I was there. I believe it is structured similarly to a UK DB pension scheme. There is an initial lump sum plus an income for life.  This pension fund is not covered by QROPS, so there is no transferring my way out of this complexity. The Danish pension fund thinks I'll be paying Danish income tax (presently 37-38%), Chat GPT is adamant that I'll be paying UK Tax. Who's right? If taxed in the UK I can imagine getting the tax free cash allowance right might be complicated. Is there anything else I should be considering? Best Wishes, James

Ni un grand militaire, ni un homme d'État, ni un artiste remarquable, Sake Dean Mahomed était pourtant, à son époque, une célébrité. Né fils de soldat en Inde, il a réussi à s'élever dans les rangs de l'armée du Bengal. À noter: à 14 minutes on parle de pamphlet, il aurait fallu dire dépliant! Rien de pamphlétaire là-dedans. Adhérez à cette chaîne pour obtenir des avantages : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN4TCCaX-gqBNkrUqXdgGRA/join Avec la participation de Catherine Tourangeau, merci Catherine https://www.facebook.com/LaPetiteHistorienne/ Script Catherine Tourangeau Pour soutenir la chaîne, au choix: 1. Cliquez sur le bouton « Adhérer » sous la vidéo. 2. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hndl Musique issue du site : epidemicsound.com Images provenant de https://www.storyblocks.com Abonnez-vous à la chaine: https://www.youtube.com/c/LHistoirenousledira Les vidéos sont utilisées à des fins éducatives selon l'article 107 du Copyright Act de 1976 sur le Fair-Use. Sources et pour aller plus loin: Bayly, C. A. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Fisher, Michael, The First Indian Author in English: Dean Mahomed (1759-1851) in India, Ireland, and England. Oxford University Press, 1996. Teltscher, Kate, « The Shampooing Surgeon and the Persian Prince: Two Indians in Early Nineteenth-century Britain ». Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. 2 (3): 2000, 409–23. Ansari, Humayun. The Infidel Within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2004. Das, Alok, « Life and Legacy of Sake Dean Mahomet: A Forgotten Enigma ». Communication Studies and Language Pedagogy. 2(1–2): 2016, 199–211. Clarke, Sir Arthur. An Essay on Warm, Cold, and Vapour Bathing, with Practical Observations on Sea Bathing, Diseases of the Skin, Bilious, Liver Complaints, and Dropsy. London: Henry Colburn, 1813. Cochrane, Basil. An Improvement on the Mode of Administering the Vapour Bath, and the Apparatus Connected with It. London: John Booth, 1809. Cotton, Sir Evan. “`Sake Deen Mahomed' of Brighton.” Sussex County Magazine 13 (1939): 746–50. Feltham, John. Guide to All the Watering and Sea Bathing Places. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1806–15. Mahomet, Dean. The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997. Mahomed, S. D. Cases Cured by Sake Deen Mahomed, Shampooing Surgeon, And Inventor of the Indian Medicated Vapour and Sea-Water Baths, Written by the Patients Themselves. Brighton: The Author, 1820. ——————. Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath: as introduced into this country by S. D. Mahomed…containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing. Brighton: The Author, 1822, 1826, 1838. Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation. London: Routledge, 1992. History of champissage de London Centre of Indian Champissage™ https://champissageinternational.com/history-of-champissage/ The Shampooing Surgeon of Brightonm March/April 2018 by Gerald Zarr https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/March-2018/The-Shampooing-Surgeon-of-Brighton Autres références disponibles sur demande. #histoire #documentaire #deanmohamed #champissage

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A few weeks ago we booked a weekend getaway in our home state of Florida. Our criteria was not too busy and hidden gem. We hit the nail on the head. Join us as we share why this is an ideal mid winter getaway in Florida without the crowds or the high price tag. Some links are affiliate links. See our disclosure. Where we Stayed: Marriott Hutchinson Island Resort & Beach Villas, Golf & Marina Help Support the Podcast by Buying us a Coffee More Resources & Links: Get our Curated List of Travel Deals Get Our FREE Ultimate Packing Guide See ALL our Favorite Travel Resources Don't waste your precious vacation time with Jet Lag, get Flykitt and watch Jet Lag disappear! Protect your privacy, boost your security, and keep your browsing data safe with Express VPN. Plus, get 3 months free with a yearly plan. Follow Sunshine Travelers Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Read more about this and other travel destinations on our BLOG Follow our travels on TikTok @sunshinetravelerspodcast Follow us on X @sunshinetrvlrs Connect with us on LinkedIn @sunshinetravelerspodcast Get travel tips and follow our travels on Instagram: @sunshinetravelerspodcast Follow us on Facebook @sunshinetravelerspodcast Connect with us on Threads @sunshinetravelerspodcast See our travel videos on YouTube @sunshinetravelerspodcast Save our travel ideas on Pinterest @sunshinetravelerspodcast Music: This Acoustic Happy Music by Dmitrii Kolesnikov from Pixabay

Video games have always been a way for us to escape reality, but with the events of the last decade such as COVID, terrible government, and global calamity, the need for escape is higher than ever. Enter the cozy and wholesome game: relaxing, low-stakes, low or no combat, and an excellent way to unwind and de-stress from our current timeline. We talk about a bunch of them on this episode. 

Aus terminlichen Gründen mussten wir eine Woche aussetzen mit dem Podcast, so dass wir in dieser Folge vier Spiele aufbereiten: Die 3:2 Niederlage der Männer im Hamburg, das 1:1 der Frauen in Freiburg, den 2:1 Heimerfolg der Frauen gegen Köln und den 1:0 Heimsieg der Männer gegen Leverkusen. Letztere zwei helfen deutlich dabei die Laune ob des Spiels der Männer in Hamburg auszugleichen. Gleichzeitig reden wir noch über die frühzeitig angekündigte Versetzung von Ailien Poese und das Engagement von Dina Orschmann für Empty Stands.

Audiovisual ➡️ fanlink.tv/Y0UTUBE Tracklisting ➡️ soon.. Warm, smooth, and slightly unexpected — Mathilde Nordberg's 'Frangelico Sour 'sets the mood for this episode. Hazelnut liqueur meets fresh lemon and lime, shaken to a creamy foam that balances sweetness with sharp citrus bite. It's round, nutty, and refreshing at once, a refined twist on a classic sour. That layered elegance mirrors Mathilde's sound: intimate yet vibrant, soft in texture but grounded in groove. Moving between Melodic and Afro House, Mathilde blends organic depth with club-ready energy. As a producer, songwriter, and DJ, she records her own cello, piano, and vocal samples, weaving acoustic warmth into electronic precision. Released on labels like Unreleased Records, Ki Records, and Didschn, her music carries analog soul with modern drive. This mix flows just like the cocktail: smooth at first sip, then alive with subtle tension and lift. Grooving, emotive, and effortlessly moving, it features many of Mathilde's own productions, offering a deep dive into her signature sound. Perfect for late evenings, small gatherings, or a quiet moment that slowly turns into spontaneous dance. Cheers! The bartenders Mathilde Nordberg @mathildenordberg www.instagram.com/mathildenordberg Schirmchendrink @schirmchendrink www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink www.instagram.com/schirmchendrink

Warm greetings and welcome to February, a month during which Love in all of its expressions is celebratorily acknowledged. Each of us is a demonstration of February's theme, “Living in the Energy Field of Love,” which was inspired by the Persian mystic and poet Rumi. Love is the very heart of our spiritual practice, and […]

✨ Folge 241 | Die Märchentante, Einschlaf-Entspannung (Meditation) und ein gemütliches Märchen von mir, Alexandra Matthes Abendritual & Gute Nacht Geschichte für Erwachsene und Kinder

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Buttermilk breadrolls 450g bread flour 7g dried yeast 190ml buttermilk 60ml local rapeseed oil 1 heaped tablespoon castor sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking powder Egg yolk for brushing Stir yeast and 35ml of lukewarm water in a large bowl and leave for 10 minutes. Warm the buttermilk to blood temperature gently and add to the yeast mixture with the oil and sugar. Mix in the flour and baking powder to a soft dough and transfer to a floured surface. Knead for 10 minutes and place in a clean bowl rubbed with oil. Cover with cling or a damp tea towel and leave at room temperature for an hour. Knock back and divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll into balls and place on baking trays lined with baking paper - don't have them too close together as they'll rise. Leave for 30 minutes. Set oven to 200°c. Brush rolls with egg yolk and then bake for about 20 minutes or until the bottom sounds hollow when tapped. Cook on a wire rack. 500g rump steak 1 tablespoon oil for rubbing Seasalt Freshly ground black pepper 150g mayonnaise 2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard 1 tablespoon finely chopped gherkin 200g raclette slices or thin slices of cheddarRub the oil all over the rump and season with salt. Heat a pan until smoking and seal on both sides for two minutes. Lower the heat and cook to desired temperature. Season with pepper and rest for 5 minutes and slice thinly. Mix the mayonnaise with the mustard and gherkins Split the rolls and spread the mayo on to the surface.Arrange the beef over the top and then cheese. Bake in a 180oc oven until cheese has melted – about 10 minutes. Serve hot.

Fluent Fiction - Serbian: Winter's Warm Embrace: Rediscovering Life in Dubrovnik Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sr/episode/2026-02-21-08-38-20-sr Story Transcript:Sr: Дубровник је био као из бајке, сакривен у загрљају зиме.En: Dubrovnik was like something out of a fairy tale, hidden in the embrace of winter.Sr: У јутарњем светлу, његове старе улице од камена, увек живописне, сада су биле мирне, тиhe.En: In the morning light, its old stone streets, always colorful, were now quiet and still.Sr: То је било савршено место за почетак авантуре на коју се запутише Милош и Светлана.En: It was the perfect place to start the adventure that Miloš and Svetlana embarked upon.Sr: Обоје су желели нешто више од уобичајеног, нешто што ће им донети нову енергију у живот.En: Both wanted something more than the usual, something that would bring new energy into their lives.Sr: Милош је сањао о томе да ухвати лепоту ветром обликованог града кроз објектив фотоапарата.En: Miloš dreamed of capturing the beauty of the wind-shaped city through the lens of a camera.Sr: Иза сваке тишине, он је осећао музику времена и историју која је чекала да буде откривена.En: Behind every silence, he felt the music of time and the history waiting to be discovered.Sr: Али, увек је сумњао у своју способност да до краја пренесе то чудесно стање духа.En: But, he always doubted his ability to fully convey that wondrous state of mind.Sr: Светлана, с друге стране, желела је да побегне од канцеларијске рутине.En: Svetlana, on the other hand, wanted to escape the office routine.Sr: Њена љубав према авантурама често је била пригушена страхом од непознатог.En: Her love for adventures was often muted by the fear of the unknown.Sr: Путовање је било спонтано.En: The journey was spontaneous.Sr: Док су крстарали обалом, гледали су раскошно плаво море које се бескрајно простирало испред њих.En: As they cruised along the coast, they watched the lavishly blue sea stretching endlessly before them.Sr: Ветрови су били хладни, али нису умањили њихов ентузијазам.En: The winds were cold, but they did not diminish their enthusiasm.Sr: Када су стигли у Дубровник, Милош се сетио да је време да подели свој сан са Светланом.En: When they arrived in Dubrovnik, Miloš remembered it was time to share his dream with Svetlana.Sr: Док су корачали кроз уске улице, испричао јој је о својој страсти према фотографији и жељи да ухвати савршен тренутак у овом предивном граду.En: As they walked through the narrow streets, he told her about his passion for photography and his desire to capture the perfect moment in this beautiful city.Sr: Светлана је осетила његову страст и одлучила да баци правила кроз прозор.En: Svetlana felt his passion and decided to throw the rules out the window.Sr: Схватила је да, ако желе авантуру, морају се одмакнути од типичног туристичког путовања.En: She realized that if they wanted an adventure, they needed to step away from the typical tourist trip.Sr: Предложила је да истраже стари део зидина који су сада били готово заборављени.En: She suggested they explore the old part of the walls that were now almost forgotten.Sr: Иако са страхом, њена радозналост је превладала.En: Although scared, her curiosity prevailed.Sr: Када су стигли до тог скривеног дела зидина, застао је дах обојици.En: When they reached that hidden part of the walls, both caught their breath.Sr: Сунце је почело да залази, бојећи небо у златне и ружичасте нијансе.En: The sun began to set, painting the sky in golden and pink hues.Sr: Њихов свет је постао величанствена слика која се развејава у вечности.En: Their world became a magnificent picture unfolding into eternity.Sr: „Ово је тренутак, Милоше,“ шапнула је Светлана.En: "This is the moment, Miloše," Svetlana whispered.Sr: „Узми ту слику.En: "Take that picture."Sr: “Милош је уз дрхтавицу узео фотоапарат.En: Miloš, with a trembling hand, took the camera.Sr: Са сваким кликом, његово самопоуздање је расло.En: With each click, his confidence grew.Sr: Снимио је тренутак који је сањао, док се сунце давало мору.En: He captured the moment he had dreamed of as the sun gave itself to the sea.Sr: Испунило је његово срце задовољством и надом.En: It filled his heart with satisfaction and hope.Sr: Светлана је, осећајући његово задовољство, отворила своје срце за неизвесност.En: Svetlana, feeling his satisfaction, opened her heart to uncertainty.Sr: Као да је поново открила смисао живота који је толико пута бежао од ње у зидовима једноличности.En: It was as if she had rediscovered the meaning of life that had so often eluded her within the walls of monotony.Sr: Вратили су се из Дубровника са више од слика и сећања.En: They returned from Dubrovnik with more than just pictures and memories.Sr: Милош је напокон поверовao у своје вештине и одлучио да се посвети фотографији.En: Miloš finally believed in his skills and decided to dedicate himself to photography.Sr: Светлана је прихватила живот са више спонтаности, пунa нове енергије и могућности за авантуре.En: Svetlana embraced life with more spontaneity, full of new energy and opportunities for adventures.Sr: Зима у Дубровнику је можда била хладна, али је створила топлину у њиховим животима која ће их одвести на нови пут.En: Winter in Dubrovnik may have been cold, but it created a warmth in their lives that would lead them on a new path. Vocabulary Words:tale: бајкаembrace: загрљајcapturing: ухватиlens: објективsilence: тишинаwanderlust: лепота ветромdoubt: сумњаconvey: пренесеescape: побегнеroutine: рутинаmuted: пригушенаspontaneous: спонтаноlavishly: раскошноendlessly: бескрајноenthusiasm: ентузијазамnarrow: ускеpassion: страстprevail: превладалаcuriosity: радозналостhues: нијансеmagnificent: величанственаunfolding: развејаваtrembling: дрхтавицуsatisfaction: задовољствоeluded: бежаоmonotony: једноличностиspontaneity: спонтаностиopportunities: могућностиdedicate: посветиprevailing: превладала

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Data centers, the infrastructure underpinning the artificial intelligence boom, are popping up in communities all across the country, including in Colorado. And with each new build, come more questions from residents about what these structures mean for their utility bills and quality of life. At the State Capitol, lawmakers are choosing between two competing visions of how Colorado should approach data centers — with incentives plus some guardrails, or strictly with regulations.CPR's Sam Brasch, The Colorado Sun's Taylor Dolven and KUNC's Lucas Brady Woods dig into the competing data center bills, one that offers tax breaks to lure centers here and another that requires them to mitigate their impacts. They also discuss the local backlash against these buildings when they start going up in communities, and the politics of it all. Catch up on our latest coverage: CPR News: Colorado bill would require renewable energy for new data centers to guard against rising energy bills CPR News: Colorado lawmakers brace for their biggest battle yet over AI data centers The Colorado Sun & KUNC: Tax breaks vs. renewable energy offsets: Democrats plan to duel over conflicting Colorado data center bills CPR News: Does the AI boom threaten local air quality? A north Denver neighborhood is about to find out Mountain West News Bureau: Wired, Wired West: What happens with AI data centers move in Purplish is produced by CPR News and the Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Purplish's producer is Stephanie Wolf. Megan Verlee is the executive producer. Sound design and engineering by Shane Rumsey. The theme music is by Brad Turner. Additional editorial support on this episode provided by Tegan Wendland.

180! ProSiebenSat.1 hat den Zuschlag für die Darts-Weltmeisterschaft im Free-TV erhalten. Das wird Sport1 gar nicht gefallen, denn der Sportsender verliert damit sein quotenstärkstes Programm und zudem ein weiteres Sportrecht, was den Sender, der sich zwischen Sport1 und Show1 positioniert, noch weiter in die Identitätskrise führen dürfte. Körber und Hammes analysieren den Darts-Deal. Außerdem existieren bei Sport1 wohl noch ein paar offene Rechnungen von Kandidatinnen – das behaupten jedenfalls mehrere "My Style Rocks"-Mitwirkende. Und dann wird noch ein musikalischer Blick auf den Cast der Vox-Show "Sing meinen Song" geworfen. Wer tauscht dieses Mal Songs? Warm-up zu Folge 519 auf https://www.patreon.com/posts/warm-up-zu-folge-151168901 FERNSEHEN 00:02:56 | ProSiebenSat.1 schnappt Sport1 die Darts-WM weg 00:14:30 | Offene Rechnungen von "My Style Rocks"-Kandidatinnen bei Sport1 00:23:11 | Sport1 gibt "Survivor"-Startdatum bekannt 00:26:24 | Das ist der neue "Sing meinen Song"-Cast 00:36:38 | Raab-Schöneberger-Show startet im März 00:38:37 | "Mission Unknown" und "7 vs. Wild" geht bei Prime Video weiter WEIDENGEFLÜSTER 00:45:13 | Viehdback zu Folge 518 01:08:27 | Danke für Euren Support und Hinweis Affiliate FILM 01:12:04 | Kino-Charts & -Starts 01:16:00 | Heimkino 01:25:18 | "Star Wars”-News der Woche QUOTENTIPP 01:28:56 | Letztes Mal: "Ulrich Wetzel - Das Jugendgericht" (Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2026, 17:00 Uhr, RTL) 01:30:36 | Dieses Mal: "Berlin – Tag & Nacht" (Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2026, 19:05 Uhr, RTLZWEI) Alle Wortbeiträge dieser Folge sind eigene Meinungen – teils satirisch – oder Kommentare.

Viele dachten lange: Wer mit Wissen arbeitet, ist auf der sicheren Seite. Doch genau diese Jobs geraten jetzt unter Druck. Künstliche Intelligenz kann analysieren, prüfen, programmieren – und das schneller, günstiger und rund um die Uhr. Headhunter Heiner Thorborg beobachtet die Entwicklung aus nächster Nähe – und seine Einschätzung ist alarmierend: „Dass es passieren wird, ist ohne Frage.“ Wer in programmierbaren Prozessen arbeitet, müsse sich „warm anziehen“ und sich möglichst schnell überlegen, wie er oder sie der KI-Falle entkommt. Was bedeutet das für klassische Wissensberufe wie Controller, Juristen oder Steuerberater? Droht tatsächlich ein massiver Stellenabbau – oder entstehen gleichzeitig neue Chancen? Und warum könnte die aktuelle Wirtschaftskrise die eigentliche KI-Gefahr noch überdecken? Über Jobangst, Weiterbildung und die Zukunft der Kopfarbeit sprechen Raimund Brichta und Etienne Bell in dieser Folge mit Headhunter Heiner Thorborg. Schreibt uns eure Meinung: brichtundbell@gmail.com

So maybe there's a family gathering coming up, and you're wondering if your estranged son or daughter will be there too - or maybe you know they will be there. Part of you feels that flicker of “maybe we'll reconnect”, but part of you feels braced for impact. In this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, we talk through exactly how to prepare, so you don't walk in feeling overly anxious or leave with your heart in tattered pieces. If you want to show up calmly confident and aligned with who God is calling you to be in this season, this episode is one to listen to. Warm up your cuppa tea, come in and let's talk about it.  . Next Steps: 1) Apply for your FREE consultation to talk to Jenny 1:1. Find out the exact path forward to feeling better and greatly increasing your chances of getting your son or daughter back in your life. And learn how estrangement coaching can get you there: www.theestrangedmomcoach.com/schedule    ⬇️ 2) Access your audio meditation to help you cast your anxieties and worries about estrangement at the feet of Jesus: https://www.theestrangedmomcoach.com/meditation   ⬇️ 3) Join the free Facebook support community for Christian estranged mothers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianestrangedmothers    ⬇️ 4) Download Your Free Guide Of What To Do When Your Adult Child Estranges: https://www.theestrangedmomcoach.com/child-estrangement-next-steps  . Client Reviews… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  Jenny's teachings have produced results reconnecting me with my estranged daughter I cannot express enough gratitude for the incredible support and guidance received in the most tragic time of my life from coach Jenny Good. Her faith, compassion, understanding, dedication and display of radical love has truly been life-changing for me. I was so overwhelmed with feelings of confusion, guilt, and sadness. I felt lost and didn't know how to navigate through the emotional turmoil I was experiencing. However, from the very first call, Jenny created a safe and non-judgmental space for me to share my details. Her ability to listen attentively and empathize while helping me understand a different way of thinking is truly remarkable. She understood my feelings and offered tools each session in ways I have not experienced even from therapy. I am forever thankful for the medicine she has poured into me to be the very best version of myself! This has rippled into all areas of life for me. Jenny's teachings have produced results reconnecting me with my estranged daughter! Thank you for being the vessel of unwavering faith & love that so many of us could benefit from, estranged or not. A true Godsend.  - Melinda Wyman . ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I am living a truly happy life, and I reconciled with my son  Having a coach and mentor who is rooted in Christ is very important. I've experienced so much inner healing with Jenny as my Coach. I am living a truly happy life, and I reconciled with my son! I feel empowered to continue stepping into my full power as a mother and to live a life where my children matter, but they don't determine my worth. I am me again. - Carol Adams

新年快樂 (Xīnnián kuàilè) from Formosa Files! As we head into the Year of the Horse, we have something different: pirates in the Taiwan Strait, both factual and fictional. We look at a Japanese woman who became a notorious pirate leader in the 1930s. And we follow the Shadow, a mysterious crime-fighter whose 1945 novel The Taiwan Joss centers around a jewel-studded statue of Koxinga (the Ming loyalist who defeated the Dutch in Tainan in the 1660s).Speaking of fiction, Plum Rain Press – our publishing side-venture – released three new titles last year: China Running Dog, The Cuttlefish, and The Wondrous Elixir of the Two Chinese Lovers. Readers thirsting for a historical novel set in Taiwan should get our debut release, A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa.Other Formosa Files spin-offs which might be of interest are: the Chinese-language version of Formosa Files which American Eryk does with Taiwanese Eric. John is involved with two other podcasts: Bookish Asia with Plum Rain Press, and more recently the Books on Asia podcast. And Eryk has launched an English-language newspaper for southern Taiwan.Warm wishes from the Formosa Files team,Eric, Eryk, and John  

What is Pure Michigan actually built to do?Pure Michigan is not a “wake up and conquer the world” strain. It's usually a heavy hybrid that leans indica in feel, built more for depth than sparkle.This cultivar is commonly bred from Oreoz x Mendo Breath, which already tells you something. Both parents are known for dense structure, rich flavor, and body-forward effects.From Beehive Farmacy, batch specifics always matter, so check your label. But here's what Pure Michigan typically looks like chemically.• THC often in the high teens to mid 20 percent range• Very low CBD• Minor cannabinoids like CBG sometimes present in small amountsTranslation: this is THC dominant. If your tolerance is low, it can get heavy fast. This is not a microdose-first strain unless you intentionally keep it that way.Common dominant terpenes in Pure Michigan:• Caryophyllene• Myrcene• LimoneneCaryophyllene is the spicy, peppery terpene that also interacts with CB2 receptors, often associated with body relief.Myrcene leans sedating in higher concentrations.Limonene can add a slight mood lift or brightness.When myrcene and caryophyllene sit high together, you usually get that “deep exhale” body experience. Muscles loosen. Thoughts slow. The edges soften.Not guaranteed. But that's the tendency.At moderate doses:• Strong body relaxation• Slower mental pace• Warm, heavy calm• Possible couch gravityAt higher doses:• Sleep pressure• Brain fog• Hard pivot into “I'm done for the night”This is typically not a strain people use for high productivity. It leans evening. Recovery. Decompression.Who is this for:• People looking to wind down• Evening use• Body tension• High stress daysWho should be cautious:• Anyone sensitive to sedation• Anyone needing mental sharpness• New consumers jumping straight into large dosesThe real takeaway here is this: Pure Michigan is more about weight than sparkle. If you're chasing heavy body calm, it usually delivers. If you're chasing clarity and energy, this probably isn't your lane.And like we always say, strain names are branding. The batch chemistry is the truth. Always read the COA. Always start lower than you think.Utah cannabis makes more sense when you stop chasing names and start reading numbers.Keep the Mic on.Fuel the movement. Keep the conversation going.We keep a running list of tools and brands we personally enjoy and actually use.Find everything in one place here:

1,097 applications in three days for a single VP-level role. Today's hiring strategy is overwhelmed by volume, automation, and noise. AI-powered recruiting tools are filtering resumes while candidates use AI to optimize applications, creating a talent acquisition process that feels increasingly impersonal and inefficient. In this episode, Sean Barnes breaks down why the modern recruiting and interview process is broken and what executive leaders, HR professionals, and hiring managers must do to fix it. You'll learn practical hiring best practices for building high-performance teams, improving candidate experience, and strengthening your talent pipeline through trust, referrals, and strategic networking. If you are responsible for talent acquisition, executive hiring, or leadership recruitment, this episode offers a smarter framework for attracting top talent and reducing friction in your hiring process.   Key Moments 00:00 - 1,097 applications in three days: what that says about the hiring market 01:00 - AI on both sides: resume parsing vs AI-tailored applications 02:15 - Principle #1: Trust is king in hiring 04:00 - Principle #2: Everyone's network counts, not just HR 06:00 - Principle #3: Why you should reward employee referrals 08:00 - Principle #4: Remove friction from your hiring process 10:30 - Principle #5: Know when to stop interviewing 12:00 - Closing thoughts: building an experience that attracts top talent   Key Takeaways The volume of applications does not equal quality hiring. AI has made hiring more efficient but also more impersonal and noisy. Warm introductions dramatically increase trust and probability of fit. Every leader's network should serve the organization, not just themselves. Referral programs save time, money, and recruiting friction. Overly long interview processes repel high performers. After three to four strong interviews, additional rounds create diminishing returns. Respecting candidate time builds the foundation for long-term trust.   Host: Sean Barnes Website: https://www.wolfexecutives.com   https://www.seanbarnes.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanbarnes/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/wolfexecutives https://www.linkedin.com/company/thewayofthewolf/ LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7284600567593684993/ The Wolf Leadership Series: https://wolfexecutives.com/wolf-leadership-series/ YouTube: youtube.thewayofthewolf.com Twitter: https://x.com/seanbarnes https://x.com/wolfexecutives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_seanbarnes https://www.instagram.com/wolfexecutives https://www.instagram.com/the_wayofthewolf TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_seanbarnes Email: Sean@thewayofthewolf.com Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Way-of-the-Wolf-Podcast/B08JJNXJ6C Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2BTGdO25Vop3GTpGCY8Y8E?si=ea91c1ef6dd14f15    

Bruce & Gaydos talk to a meteorologist to find out why it has been so warm this winter. They also discuss former President Obama's comments regarding the existence of aliens.

How do you stay audacious in a world that's noisier and more saturated than ever? How might the idea of creative rhythm change the way you write? Lara Bianca Pilcher gives her tips from a multi-passionate creative career. In the intro, becoming a better writer by being a better reader [The Indy Author]; How indie authors can market literary fiction [Self-Publishing with ALLi]; Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities; Seneca's On the Shortness of Life; All Men are Mortal – Simone de Beauvoir; Surface Detail — Iain M. Banks; Bones of the Deep – J.F. Penn. This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket, which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Check it out at www.PublisherRocket.com This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Lara Bianca Pilcher is the author of Audacious Artistry: Reclaim Your Creative Identity and Thrive in a Saturated World. She's also a performing artist and actor, life and creativity coach, and the host of the Healthy Wealthy Wise Artist podcast. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why self-doubt is a normal biological response — and how audacity means showing up anyway The difference between creative rhythm and rigid discipline, and why it matters for writers How to navigate a saturated world with intentional presence on social media Practical strategies for building a platform as a nonfiction author, including batch content creation The concept of a “parallel career” and why designing your life around your art beats waiting for a big break Getting your creative rhythm back after crisis or burnout through small, gentle steps You can find Lara at LaraBiancaPilcher.com. Transcript of the interview with Lara Bianca Pilcher Lara Bianca Pilcher is the author of Audacious Artistry: Reclaim Your Creative Identity and Thrive in a Saturated World. She's also a performing artist and actor, life and creativity coach, and the host of the Healthy Wealthy Wise Artist podcast. Welcome, Lara. Lara: Thank you for having me, Jo. Jo: It's exciting to talk to you today. First up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. Lara: I'm going to call myself a greedy creative, because I started as a dancer, singer, and actress in musical theatre, which ultimately led me to London, the West End, and I was pursuing that in highly competitive performance circles. A lot of my future works come from that kind of place. But when I moved to America—which I did after my season in London and a little stint back in Australia, then to Atlanta, Georgia—I had a visa problem where I couldn't work legally, and it went on for about six months. Because I feel this urge to create, as so many of your listeners probably relate to, I was not okay with that. So that's actually where I started writing, in the quietness, with the limits and the restrictions. I've got two children and a husband, and they would go off to school and work and I'd be home thinking, ha. In that quietness, I just began to write. I love thinking of creativity as a mansion with many rooms, and you get to pick your rooms. I decided, okay, well the dance, acting, singing door is shut right now—I'm going to go into the writing room. So I did. Jo: I have had a few physical creatives on the show. Obviously one of your big rooms in your mansion is a physical room where you are actually performing and moving your body. I feel like this is something that those of us whose biggest area of creativity is writing really struggle with—the physical side. How do you think that physical practice of creativity has helped you in writing, which can be quite constrictive in that way? Lara: It's so good that you asked this because I feel what it trained me to do is ignore noise and show up. I don't like the word discipline—most of us get a bit uncomfortable with it, it's not a nice word. What being a dancer did was teach me the practice of what I like to call a rhythm, a creative rhythm, rather than a discipline, because rhythm ebbs and flows and works more with who we are as creatives, with the way creativity works in our body. That taught me: go to the barre over and over again—at the ballet barre, I'm talking about, not the pub. Go there over and over again. Warm up, do the work, show up when you don't feel like it. thaT naturally pivoted over to writing, so they're incredibly linked in the way that creativity works in our body. Jo: Do you find that you need to do physical practice still in order to get your creativity moving? I'm not a dancer. I do like to shake it around a bit, I guess. But I mainly walk. If I need to get my creativity going, I will walk. If people are stuck, do you think doing something physical is a good idea? Lara: It is, because the way that our body and our nervous system works—without going into too much boring science, although some people probably find it fascinating—is that when we shake off that lethargic feeling and we get blood flowing in our body, we naturally feel more awake. Often when you're walking or you're doing something like dance, your brain is not thinking about all of the big problems. You might be listening to music, taking in inspiration, taking in sunshine, taking in nature, getting those endorphins going, and that naturally leads to the brain being able to psychologically show up more as a creative. However, there are days, if I'm honest, where I wake up and the last thing I want to do is move. I want to be in a little blanket in the corner of the room with a hot cocoa or a coffee and just keep to myself. Those aren't always the most creative days, but sometimes I need that in my creative rhythm, and that's okay too. Jo: I agree. I don't like the word discipline, but as a dancer you certainly would've had to do that. I can't imagine how competitive it must be. I guess this is another thing about a career in dance or the physical arts. Does it age out? Is it really an ageist industry? Whereas I feel like with writing, it isn't so much about what your body can do anymore. Lara: That is true. There is a very real marketplace, a very real industry, and I'm careful because there's two sides to this coin. There is the fact that as we get older, our body has trouble keeping up at that level. There's more injuries, that sort of thing. There are some fit women performing in their sixties and seventies on Broadway that have been doing it for years, and they are fine. They'll probably say it's harder for some of them. Also, absolutely, I think there does feel in the professional sense like there can be a cap. A lot of casting in acting and in that world feels like there's fewer and fewer roles, particularly for women as we get older, but people are in that space all the time. There's a Broadway dancer I know who is 57, who's still trying to make it on Broadway and really open about that, and I think that's beautiful. So I'm careful with putting limits, because I think there are always outliers that step outside and go, “Hey, I'm not listening to that.” I think there's an audience for every age if you want there to be and you make the effort. But at the same time, yes, there is a reality in the industry. Totally. Jo: Obviously this show is not for dancers. I think it was more framing it as we are lucky in the writing industry, especially in the independent author community, because you can be any age. You can be writing on your deathbed. Most people don't have a clue what authors look like. Lara: I love that, actually. It's probably one of the reasons I maybe subconsciously went into writing, because I'm like, I want to still create and I'm getting older. It's fun. Jo: That's freeing. Lara: So freeing. It's a wonderful room in the mansion to stay in until the day I die, if I must put it that way. Jo: I also loved you mentioning that Broadway dancer. A lot of listeners write fiction—I write fiction as well as nonfiction—and it immediately makes me want to write her story. The story of a 57-year-old still trying to make it on Broadway. There's just so much in that story, and I feel like that's the other thing we can do: writing about the communities we come from, especially at different ages. Let's get into your book, Audacious Artistry. I want to start on this word audacity. You say audacity is the courage to take bold, intentional risks, even in the face of uncertainty. I read it and I was like, I love the sentiment, but I also know most authors are just full of self-doubt. Bold and audacious. These are difficult words. So what can you say to authors around those big words? Lara: Well, first of all, that self-doubt—a lot of us don't even know what it is in our body. We just feel it and go, ugh, and we read it as a lack of confidence. It's not that. It's actually natural. We all get it. What it is, is our body's natural ability to perceive threat and keep us safe. So we're like, oh, I don't know the outcome. Oh, I don't know if I'm going to get signed. Oh, I don't know if my work's going to matter. And we read that as self-doubt—”I don't have what it takes” and those sorts of things. That's where I say no. The reframe, as a coach, I would say, is that it's normal. Self-doubt is normal. Everyone has it. But audacity is saying, I have it, but I'm going to show up in the world anyway. There is this thing of believing, even in the doubt, that I have something to say. I like to think of it as a metaphor of a massive feasting table at Christmas, and there's heaps of different dishes. We get to bring a dish to the table rather than think we're going to bring the whole table. The audacity to say, “Hey, I have something to say and I'm going to put my dish on the table.” Jo: I feel like the “I have something to say” can also be really difficult for people, because, for example, you mentioned you have kids. Many people are like, I want to share this thing that happened to me with my kids, or a secret I learned, or a tip I think will help people. But there's so many people who've already done that before. When we feel like we have something to say but other people have said it before, how do you address that? Lara: I think everything I say, someone has already said, and I'm okay with that. But they haven't said it like me. They haven't said it in my exact way. They haven't written the sentence exactly the way—that's probably too narrow a point of view in terms of the sentence—maybe the story or the chapter. They haven't written it exactly like me, with my perspective, my point of view, my life experience, my lived experience. It matters. People have very short memories. You think of the last thing you watched on Netflix and most of us can't remember what happened. We'll watch the season again. So I think it's okay to be saying the same things as others, but recognise that the way you say it, your point of view, your stories, your metaphors, your incredible way of putting a sentence togethes, it still matters in that noise. Jo: I think you also talk in the book about rediscovering the joy of creation, as in you are doing it for you. One of the themes that I emphasise is the transformation that happens within you when you write a book. Forget all the people who might read it or not read it. Even just what transforms in you when you write is important enough to make it worthwhile. Lara: It really, really is. For me, talking about rediscovering the joy of creation is important because I've lost it at times in my career, both as a performing artist and as an author, in a different kind of way. When we get so caught up in the industry and the noise and the trends, it's easy to just feel overwhelmed. Overwhelm is made up of a lot of emotions like fear and sadness and grief and all sorts of things. A lot of us don't realise that that's what overwhelm is. When we start to go, “Hey, I'm losing my voice in all this noise because comparison is taking over and I'm feeling all that self-doubt,” it can feel just crazy. So for me, rediscovering the joy of creation is vital to survival as an author, as an artist. A classic example, if you don't mind me sharing my author story really quickly, is that when I first wrote the first version of my book, I was writing very much for me, not realising it. This is hindsight. My first version was a little more self-indulgent. I like to think of it like an arrowhead. I was trying to say too much. The concept was good enough that I got picked up by a literary agent and worked with an editor through that for an entire year. At the end of that time, they dropped me. I felt like, through that time, I learned a lot. It was wonderful. Their reason for dropping me was saying, “I don't think we have enough of a unique point of view to really sell this.” That was hard. I lay on my bed, stared at the ceiling, felt grief. The reality is it's so competitive. What happened for me in that year is that I was trying to please. If you're a new author, this is really important. You are so desperately trying to please the editor, trying to do all the right things, that you can easily lose your joy and your unique point of view because you are trying to show up for what you think they all need and want. What cut through the noise for me is I got off that bed after my three hours of grief—it was probably longer, to be fair—but I booked myself a writing coach. I went back to the drawing board. I threw a lot of the book away. I took some good concepts out that I already knew were good from the editor, then I rewrote the entire thing. It's completely different to the first version. That's the book that got a traditional publishing deal. That book was my unique point of view. That book was my belief, from that grief, that I still have something to say. Instead of trusting what the literary agent and the editor were giving me in those red marks all over that first version, I was like, this is what I want to say. That became the arrowhead that's cut into the industry, rather than the semi-trailer truck that I was trying to bulldoze in with no clear point of view. So rediscovering the joy of creation is very much about coming back to you. Why do I write? What do I want to say? That unique point of view will cut through the noise a lot of the time. I don't want to speak in absolutes, but a lot of the time it will cut through the noise better than you trying to please the industry. Jo: I can't remember who said it, but somebody talked about how you've got your stone, and your stone is rough and it has random colours and all this. Then you start polishing the stone, which you have to do to a point. But if you keep polishing the stone, it looks like every other stone. What's the point? That fits with what you were saying about trying to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. I also think the reality of what you just said about the book is a lot of people's experience with writing in general. Certainly for me, I don't write in order. I chuck out a lot. I'm a discovery writer. People think you sit down and start A and finish Z, and that's it. It's kind of messy, isn't it? Was that the same in your physical creative life? Lara: Yes. Everything's a mess. In the book I actually talk about learning to embrace the cringe, because we all want to show up perfect. Just as you shared, we think, because we read perfect and look at perfect or near-perfect work—that's debatable all the time—we want to arrive there, and I guess that's natural. But what we don't often see on social media or other places is the mess. I love the behind the scenes of films. I want to see the messy creative process. The reality is we have to learn to embrace the messy cringe because that's completely normal. My first version was so messy, and it's about being able to refine it and recognise that that is normal. So yes, embrace it. That's my quote for the day. Embrace the cringe, show up messy. It's all right. Jo: You mentioned the social media, and the subtitle of the book mentions a “saturated world.” The other problem is there are millions of books out there now. AI is generating more content than humans do, and it is extremely hard to break through. How are we to deal with this saturated world? When do we join in and when do we step away? Lara: I think it's really important not to have black and white thinking about it, because trust me, every day I meet an artist that will say, “I hate that I have to show up online.” To be honest with you, there's a big part of me that does also. But the saturation of the world is something that I recognise, and for me, it's like I'm in the world but not of it. That saturation can cause so much overwhelm and nervous system threat and comparison. What I've personally decided to do is have intentional showing up. That looks like checking in intentionally with a design, not a randomness, and then checking out. When push comes to shove, at the end of the day, I really believe that what sells books is people's trust in us as a person. They might go through an airport and not know us at all and pick up the book because it's a bestseller and they just trust the reputation, but so much of what I'm finding as an artist is that personal relationship, that personal trust. Whether that's through people knowing you via your podcast or people meeting you in a room. Especially in nonfiction, I think that's really big. Intentional presence from a place where we've regulated ourselves, being aware that it's saturated, but my job's not to be focused on the saturation. My job is to find my unique voice and say I have something to bring. Be intentional with that. Shoot your arrow, and then step out of the noise, because it's just overwhelming if you choose to live there and scroll without any intentionality at all. Jo: So how do people do that intentionality in a practical way around, first of all, choosing a platform, and then secondly, how they create content and share content and engage? What are some actual practical tips for intentionality? Lara: I can only speak from my experience, but I'm going to be honest, every single application I sent asked for my platform stats. Every single one. Platform stats as in how many followers, how many people listening to your podcast, how many people are reading your blog. That came up in every single literary agent application. So I would be a fool today to say you've got to ignore that, because that's just the brass tacks, unless you're already like a famous footballer or something. Raising and building a platform of my own audience has been a part of why I was able to get a publishing deal. In doing that, I've learned a lot of hard lessons. Embrace the cringe with marketing and social media as well, because it's its own beast. Algorithms are not what I worry about. They're not going to do the creativity for you. What social media's great at is saying, “Hey, I'm here”—it's awareness. It's not where I sell stuff. It's where I say, I'm here, this is what I'm doing, and people become aware of me and I can build that relationship. People do sell through social media, but it's more about awareness statistically. I am on a lot of platforms, but not all of them work for every author or every style of book. I've done a lot of training. I've really had to upskill in this space and get good at it. I've put myself through courses because I feel like, yes, we can ignore it if we want to, but for me it's an intentional opting in because the data shows that it's been a big part of being able to get published. That's overwhelming to hear for some people. They don't want to hear that. But that's kind of the world that we are in, isn't it? Jo: I think the main point is that you can't do everything and you shouldn't even try to do everything. The best thing to do is pick a couple of things, or pick one thing, and focus on that. For example, I barely ever do video, so I definitely don't do TikTok. I don't do any kind of video stuff. But I have this podcast. Audio is my happy place, and as you said, long-form audio builds trust. That is one way you can sell, but it's also very slow—very, very slow to build an audio platform. Then I guess my main social media would be Instagram, but I don't engage a lot there. So do you have one or two main things that you do, and any thoughts on using those for book marketing? Lara: I do a lot of cross-posting. I am on Instagram and I do a lot of creation there, and I'm super intentional about this. I actually do 30 days at a time, and then it's like my intentional opt-in. I'll create over about two days, edit and plan. It's really, really planned—shoot everything, edit everything, put it all together, and then upload everything. That will be 30 days' worth. Then I back myself right out of there, because I don't want to stay in that space. I want to be in the creative space, but I do put those two days a month aside to do that on Instagram. Then I tweak things for YouTube and what works on LinkedIn, which is completely different to Instagram. As I'm designing my content, I have in mind that this one will go over here and this one can go on here, because different platforms push different things. I am on Threads, but Threads is not statistically where you sell books, it's just awareness. Pinterest I don't think has been very good for my type of work, to be honest. For others it might. It's a search engine, it's where people go to get a recipe. I don't necessarily feel like that's the best place, this is just my point of view. For someone else it might be brilliant if you're doing a cookbook or something like that. I am on a lot of platforms. My podcast, however, I feel is where I'm having the most success, and also my blog. Those things as a writer are very fulfilling. I've pushed growing a platform really hard, and I am on probably almost every platform except for TikTok, but I'm very intentional with each one. Jo: I guess the other thing is the business model. The fiction business model is very, very different to nonfiction. You've got a book, but your higher-cost and higher-value offerings are things that a certain number of people come through to you and pay you more money than the price of a book. Could talk about how the book leads into different parts of your business? Because some people are like, “Am I going to make a living wage from book sales of a nonfiction book?” And usually people have multiple streams of income. Lara: I think it's smart to have multiple streams of income. A lot of people, as you would know, would say that a book is a funnel. For those who haven't heard of it, a way that people come into your bigger offerings. They don't have to be, but very much I do see it that way. It's also credibility. When you have a published book, there's a sense of credibility. I do have other things. I have courses, I have coaching, I have a lot of things that I call my parallel career that chug alongside my artist work and actually help stabilise that freelance income. Having a book is brilliant for that. I think it's a wonderful way to get out there in the world. No matter what's happening in all the online stuff, when you're on an aeroplane, so often someone still wants to read a book. When you're on the beach, they don't want to be there with a laptop. If you're on the sand, you want to be reading a beautiful paper book. The smell of it, the visceral experience of it. Books aren't going anywhere, to me. I still feel like there are always going to be people that want to pick it up and dig in and learn so much of your entire life experience quickly. Jo: We all love books here. I think it's important, as you do talk about career design and you mentioned there the parallel career—I get a lot of questions from people. They may just be writing their first book and they want to get to the point of making money so they could leave their day job or whatever. But it takes time, doesn't it? So how can we be more strategic about this sort of career design? Lara: For me, this has been a big one because lived experience here is that I know artists in many different areas, whether they're Broadway performers or music artists. Some of them are on almost everything I watch on TV. I'm like, oh, they're that guy again. I know that actor is on almost everything. I'll apply this over to writers. The reality is that these high-end performers that I see all the time showing up, even on Broadway in lead roles, all have another thing that they do, because they can still have, even at the highest level, six months between a contract. Applying that over to writing is the same thing, in that books and the money from them will ebb and flow. What so often artists are taught—and authors fit into this—is that we ultimately want art to make us money. So often that becomes “may my art rescue me from this horrible life that I'm living,” and we don't design the life around the art. We hope, hope, hope that our art will provide. I think it's a beautiful hope and a valid one. Some people do get that. I'm all for hoping our art will be our main source of income. But the reality is for the majority of people, they have something else. What I see over and over again is these audacious dreams, which are wonderful, and everything pointing towards them in terms of work. But then I'll see the actor in Hollywood that has a café job and I'm like, how long are you going to just work at that café job? They're like, “Well, I'm goint to get a big break and then everything's going to change.” I think we can think the same way. My big break will come, I'll get the publishing deal, and then everything will change. The reframe in our thinking is: what if we looked at this differently? Instead of side hustle, fallback career, instead of “my day job,” we say parallel career. How do I design a life that supports my art? And if I get to live off my art, wonderful. For me, that's looked like teaching and directing musical theatre. It's looked like being able to coach other artists. It's looked like writing and being able to pivot my creativity in the seasons where I've needed to. All of that is still creativity and energising, and all of it feeds the great big passion I have to show up in the world as an artist. None of it is actually pulling me away or draining me. I mean, you have bad days, of course, but it's not draining my art. When we are in this way of thinking—one day, one day, one day—we are not designing intentionally. What does it look like to maybe upskill and train in something that would be more energising for my parallel career that will chug alongside us as an artist? We all hope our art can totally 100% provide for us, which is the dream and a wonderful dream, and one that I still have. Jo: It's hard, isn't it? Because I also think that, personally, I need a lot of input in order to create. I call myself more of a binge writer. I just finished the edits on my next novel and I worked really hard on that. Now I won't be writing fiction for, I don't know, maybe six months or something, because now I need to input for the next one. I have friends who will write 10,000 words a day because they don't need that. They have something internal, or they're just writing a different kind of book that doesn't need that. Your book is a result of years of experience, and you can't write another book like that every year. You just can't, because you don't have enough new stuff to put in a book like that every single year. I feel like that's the other thing. People don't anticipate the input time and the time it takes for the ideas to come together. It is not just the production of the book. Lara: That's completely true. It goes back to this metaphor that creativity in the body is not a machine, it's a rhythm. I like to say rhythm over consistency, which allows us to say, “Hey, I'm going to be all in.” I was all in on writing. I went into a vortex for days on end, weeks on end, months and probably years on end. But even within that, there were ebbs and flows of input versus “I can't go near it today.” Recognising that that's actually normal is fine. There are those people that are outliers, and they will be out of that box. A lot of people will push that as the only way. “I am going to write every morning at 10am regardless.” That can work for some people, and that's wonderful. For those of us who don't like that—and I'm one of those people, that's not me as an artist—I accept the rhythm of creativity and that sometimes I need to do something completely different to feed my soul. I'm a big believer that a lot of creative block is because we need an adventure. We need to go out and see some art. To do good art, you've got to see good art, read good art, get outside, do something else for the input so that we have the inspiration to get out of the block. I know a screenwriter who was writing a really hard scene of a daughter's death—her mum's death. It's not easy to just write that in your living room when you've never gone through it. So she took herself out—I mean, it sounds morbid, but as a writer you'll understand the visceral nature of this—and sat at somebody's tombstone that day and just let that inform her mind and her heart. She was able to write a really powerful scene because she got out of the house and allowed herself to do something different. All that to say that creativity, the natural process, is an in-and-out thing. It ebbs and flows as a rhythm. People are different, and that's fine. But it is a rhythm in the way it works scientifically in the body. Jo: On graveyards—we love graveyards around here. Lara: I was like, sorry everyone, this isn't very nice. Jo: Oh, no. People are well used to it on this show. Let's come back to rhythm. When you are in a good rhythm, or when your body's warmed up and you are in the flow and everything's great, that feels good. But what if some people listening have found their rhythm is broken in some way, or it's come to a stop? That can be a real problem, getting moving again if you stop for too long. What are some ways we can get that rhythm back into something that feels right again? Lara: First of all, for people going through that, it's because our body actually will prioritise survival when we're going through crisis or too much stress. Creativity in the brain will go, well, that's not in that survival nature. When we are going through change—like me moving countries—it would disconnect us a lot from not only ourselves and our sense of identity, but creativity ultimately reconnects you back into life. I feel like to be at our optimum creative self, once we get through the crisis and the stress, is to gently nudge ourselves back in by little micro things. Whether it's “I'm just going to have the rhythm of writing one sentence a day.” As we do that, those little baby steps build momentum and allow us to come back in. Creativity is a life force. It's not about production, it's actually how we get to any unique contribution we're going to bring to the world. As we start to nudge ourselves back in, there's healing in that and there's joy in that. Then momentum comes. I know momentum comes from those little steps, rather than the overwhelming “I've got to write a novel this week” mindset. It's not going to happen, most of the time, when we are nudging our way back in. Little baby steps, kindness with ourselves. Staying connected to yourself through change or through crisis is one of the kindest things we can offer ourselves, and allowing ourselves to come into that rhythm—like that musical song of coming back in with maybe one line of the song instead of the entire masterpiece, which hopefully it will be one day. Jo: I was also thinking of the dancing world again, and one thing that is very different with writers is that so much of what we do is alone. In a lot of the performance art space, there's a lot more collaboration and groups of people creating things together. Is that something you've kept hold of, this kind of collaborative energy? How do you think we can bring that collaborative energy more into writing? Lara: Writing is very much alone. Obviously some people, depending on the project, will write in groups, but generally speaking, it's alone. For me, what that looks like is going out. I do this, and I know for some writers this is like, I don't want to go and talk to people. There are a lot of introverts in writing, as you are aware. I do go to creative mixers. I do get out there. I'm planning right now my book launch with a local bookstore, one in Australia and one here in America. Those things are scary, but I know that it matters to say I'm not in this alone. I want to bring my friends in. I want to have others part of this journey. I want to say, hey, I did this. And of course, I want to sell books. That's important too. It's so easy to hide, because it's scary to get out there and be with others. Yet I know that after a creative mixer or a meetup with all different artists, no matter their discipline, I feel very energised by that. Writers will come, dancers will come, filmmakers will come. It's that creative force that really energises my work. Of course, you can always meet with other writers. There's one person I know that runs this thing where all they do is they all get on Zoom together and they all write. Their audio's off, but they're just writing. It's just the feeling of, we're all writing but we're doing it together. It's a discipline for them, but because there's a room of creatives all on Zoom, they're like, I'm here, I've showed up, there's others. There's a sense of accountability. I think that's beautiful. I personally don't want to work that way, but some people do, and I think that's gorgeous too. Jo: Whatever sustains you. I think one of the important things is to realise you are not alone. I get really confused when people say this now. They're like, “Writing's such a lonely life, how do you manage?” I'm like, it is so not lonely. Lara: Yes. Jo: I'm sure you do too. Especially as a podcaster, a lot of people want to have conversations. We are having a conversation today, so that fulfils my conversation quota for the day. Lara: Exactly. Real human connection. It matters. Jo: Exactly. So maybe there's a tip for people. I'm an introvert, so this actually does fulfil it. It's still one-on-one, it's still you and me one-on-one, which is good for introverts. But it's going out to a lot more people at some point who will listen in to our conversation. There are some ways to do this. It's really interesting hearing your thoughts. Tell people where they can find you and your books and your podcast online. Lara: The book is called Audacious Artistry: Reclaim Your Creative Identity and Thrive in a Saturated World, and it's everywhere. The easiest thing to do would be to visit my website, LaraBiancaPilcher.com/book, and you'll find all the links there. My podcast is called Healthy Wealthy Wise Artist, and it's on all the podcast platforms. I do short coaching for artists on a lot of the things we've been talking about today. Jo: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Lara. That was great. Lara: Thank you.The post Audacious Artistry: Reclaiming Your Creative Identity And Thriving In A Saturated World With Lara Bianca Pilcher first appeared on The Creative Penn.

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What happens when sobriety stops being your whole identity—but honesty still matters? In this episode, I sit down with journalist, creator, and host Cat Greenleaf for a wide-ranging conversation about sobriety without performative seriousness, the exhaustion of high-functioning addiction, and the courage it takes to walk away from something—even when you're good at it. Cat is the creator and former host of Talk Stoop, a groundbreaking celebrity interview show that paved the way for digital content before platforms like TikTok even existed. Now she hosts the Soberness podcast, where she brings her signature warmth and realness to conversations about recovery with celebrities and public figures navigating sobriety in the spotlight. We talk about shame, ambition, therapy skepticism, creative identity, aging, and why "go where the water's warm"—a piece of advice from Brooke Shields that Cat received 16 years ago—might be the most trustworthy life guidance there is. If you've ever looked successful on the outside while quietly unraveling on the inside, or if you've felt that nudge that something in your life is done, this episode is for you. In This Episode: What high-functioning addiction actually looks like and how Cat knew it wouldn't go well from the start Why she spent 10 years sober without attending AA meetings The moment at a wedding that changed everything "I hate therapy" (and why that's perfectly okay) Why Cat is shifting her Soberness podcast from recorded interviews to live storytelling events The "be kind" tattoo story—and why she's having it removed How to know when it's time to walk away from something that's no longer working People's commitment to their own joy (and what that means for the rest of us) Guest: Cat Greenleaf is a journalist, creator, and host of the Soberness podcast. She's the creator of Talk Stoop, where she interviewed celebrities on her Brooklyn stoop before digital content became what we know it as today. She's currently pursuing her master's in forensic mental health counseling and has been working with incarcerated individuals for the past two years. Cat has been sober for 12 years. Connect with Cat: The Soberness Podcast: Soberness Podcast | Celebrity Interviews with Cat Greenleaf on Recovery and Sobriety Instagram: Soberness (@sobernesspodcast) • Instagram profile YouTube: Soberness Podcast with Cat Greenleaf Resources Mentioned: Talk Stoop (Cat's groundbreaking celebrity interview show) Brooke Shields' advice: "Go where the water's warm" The Algonquin Hotel (Cat's base for live Soberness events in NYC) Subscribe to Don't Cut Your Own Bangs: New episodes drop regularly with interviews, solo casts, and all the hope you need to keep going. Connect with Danielle: Website: Indianapolis Mental Health Educator, Speaker & Therapist for Women Instagram: Danielle Ireland | Therapist (@dontcutyourownbangs) • Instagram profile The Treasured Journal: Treasured: Self Discovery Journal for Women - Guided Journal Mental Health Wrestling a Walrus (Children's Book): Wrestling a Walrus | Emotional Regulation Book for Big Feelings Don't Cut Your Own Bangs is a cozy corner of the internet for high-functioning humans with big feelings — the capable ones who get things done but quietly wonder if something's missing. If you're the unicorn in a power suit (or a perfectly neutral sweater), building a life that looks "right" on paper but still craving something freer and more alive — you're in the right place. Hosted by therapist and author Danielle Ireland, this show feels like sitting on the couch with your best friend — if your best friend happened to be a therapist. Together, we untangle burnout, anxiety, pressure, and comparison, and learn how to turn emotions into allies instead of obstacles. This is a space for comfort, community, clarity — and a few laughs along the way. Because you deserve calm without having to earn it.  

In the next episode of Meet Team USA Figure Skating (Frozen Waters), a special mini-series from Unfiltered Waters, Katie sits down with Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, ice dance partners who have navigated one of the most challenging and transformative seasons of their careers. Christina and Anthony reflect on the emotional toll of uncertainty, including Christina's journey to U.S. citizenship, and what it took to stay grounded while chasing an Olympic dream that felt anything but guaranteed. They open up about mental health, stepping away from toxic noise, building trust through honest communication, and the rituals that help them center themselves before competition. Warm, candid, and full of humor, this conversation continues the heart of Frozen Waters—a closer look at the journeys, identities, and inner lives of Team USA figure skaters on the road to the Games.-----Subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media (https://linktr.ee/unfilteredwaters) for clips, bonus content, and updates throughout the week.-----FOLLOW KATIE ON:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthoff7/-----FOLLOW MISSY ON:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missyfranklin88/-----#UnfilteredWaters #WinterOlympics #FigureSkating

CBS47/FOX30 FIRST ALERT FORECAST – WOKV RADIO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2026 METEOROLOGIST COREY SIMMA The WOKV Weather Meter for Today: 7 MONDAY: Mostly to Partly Cloudy, Cooler. High: 66 TONIGHT: Partly Cloudy & Chilly. Low: 45 TUESDAY: Mostly Sunny & Pleasant. High: 74 WEDNESDAY: Mostly Sunny & Mild. High: 79 THURSDAY: Partly Sunny. High: 80 FRIDAY: Partly Cloudy & Warm. High: 84

Hello Groovers, This week's Liquid Sunshine is a warm bath of dirty funk—two hours of pure grit, groove, and soul that hits from the first note and doesn't let up. From Roy Ayers' smooth opener through James Brown's raw command to drive that funky soul, then deep into Marlena Shaw's liberation anthems and the Kashmere Stage Band's relentless strut, every track is a banger built to make you move. It's the kind of funk that gets under your skin and stays there—sweaty, soulful, and absolutely uncompromising in its commitment to the groove. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Roy Ayers - Coffey Is The Color Billy Paul - Am i Black Enough For You James Brown - People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul Millie Jackson - All I Want Is A Fighting Chance Cold Blood - Kissing My Love The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby Marlena Shaw - Liberation Conversation Funkallisto - Bring Down The Birds Toby King - Mr Suff Suff The Sound Stylistics -Shake and Hip Drop Dennis Mobley & Fresh Taste - Superstition Rasputin's Stash - Love & Happiness Willie Hutch - Theme Of Foxy Brown Patti Drew - Hard To Handle Philadelphia All Stars - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto Jeremy Steig - Howlin' For Judy Kashmere Stage Band - Super Strut Pt 1 (Kenny Dope Remix) Pointer Sisters - Don't Ot Drive you Crazy Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone Lou Donaldson - If There Is A Hell Below (We're All Going To Go) Sly & the Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher Black Ivory - I Keep Asking You Questions Rare Earth - I'm Loosing You Put on your boogie pants and dancing shoes and come on down for some Liquid Sunshine. It's sexy music, for sexy people. Liquid Sunshine is a weekly radio show on 2XX FM in Australia, and The Face Radio in Brooklyn, USA, playing the best Deep Funk, Rare Groove, Disco & Beats - All The Good Stuff. And we also DJ out in the wild! We regularly do shows in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and along the Australian East Coast. 2025 will see us on the stages of the European summer festivals, the booths of the European night clubs and near the pools of Bali's finest venues. We are also a full service law firm to the music industry, providing advice to DJs, Producers, Musicians, Venues and Fetival Organisers. Link up, tune in and shake ya booty with Maarten Vlot - podcast, browse the socials, or get in contact via this link: https://linktr.ee/liquidsunshineradio or Stream live at The Face Radio, The Soul of Brooklyn https://thefaceradio.com every Friday 10pm – Midnite Brooklyn / 3 am – 5am London / 12pm - 2pm Oz

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Warm greetings and welcome to February, a month during which Love in all of its expressions is celebratorily acknowledged. Each of us is a demonstration of February's theme, “Living in the Energy Field of Love,” which was inspired by the Persian mystic and poet Rumi. Love is the very heart of our spiritual practice, and […]

Warm your biscuits, dear listeners. We are the tea you're having tonight. Now that we've finished polishing a hundred pairs of Araminta's shoes, it's time to peek through the doorway of our Season 4 Part 1 reaction. No need to pack a bag – just grab a couple of counterfeit shoe clips and a feverish artist for a sublime day in the country. Once we've dried ourselves off from a dip in the lake, we'll be heading back to Mayfair to continue our fruitless search for Glove Lady, a coherent timeline, and Francesca's elusive pinnacle. Since we've been cast out of the clubhouse and banned from attending the theatre, we'll be joining the Featherington men on a food tour of London. And if we happen to get caught behind a broken carriage on the way? Well, it's nothing a little ice cream won't fix. But Colin Bridgerton, you have been warned. You might not take note of staffing changes, but we certainly have. It's time to get your hands off Pen and your household in order. The Maid Wars are waging and our Vortia hearts are the casualties. *Show NotesComing Soon *Follow UsInstagramYouTubePatreonTikTok

How do you respond when a friend faces a diagnosis that changes everything? What does real support look like during breast cancer treatment? In this episode, you’ll hear how friendship, early detection, and self-advocacy made a difference. You’ll also learn about the challenges of treatment, the role of caregivers, and ways communities rally when it’s needed most. - Discover what it takes to face fear and make critical decisions. - Hear two friends describe finding strength and asking for help. - See why early action and support networks can impact recovery. Support The Rose HERE. Subscribe to Let’s Talk About Your Breasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts. Key Questions Answered How did Anne-Laure discover her breast cancer? How old was Anne-Laure when she was diagnosed with breast cancer? What was Anne-Laure’s experience with her initial diagnosis? How did Anne-Laure finally receive an accurate diagnosis? What type of breast cancer was Anne-Laure diagnosed with? How soon after diagnosis did Anne-Laure begin treatment? Did Ann-Laure use cold caps to try to keep her hair during chemotherapy? What was the role of friends and support in Anne-Laure’s journey? How did Anne-Laure and her husband communicate about her diagnosis and treatment? How did Anne-Laure handle the emotional impact and fear during her breast cancer journey? How did Anne-Laure and Rochelle support each other as friends through the process? What advice does Anne-Laure offer about early detection and self-advocacy? How did the experience change Anne-Laure’s approach to accepting help? How did Anne-Laure process and talk to herself through her treatment? How did Anne-Laure and her community celebrate treatment milestones? Timestamped Overview 00:00 Self-Discovery of Unusual Growth 03:25 Considering a Second Opinion 09:06 "Princess Diana's Influence on Cold Caps" 11:23 Hair Perception and Dry Ice Delivery 15:52 Hospital Freezers: Aiding Neuropathy Treatment 17:00 Finding Humor in Cold Caps 22:59 "Embracing Limits and Early Detection" 24:01 Early Detection Saved My Life 29:25 "Caregiver Struggles and Attention" 32:07 Support Network Eases Transition 35:37 Proactive Help and Support 38:20 Overcoming Fear Through UnderstandingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode, I break down my exact journey to my first $1,000 in book sales - from publishing to pricing, audience building, and grassroots promotion that still works today.I share the story behind my first book release while I was still a middle school teacher, the mistakes I made, and the strategies I used to sell books long before AI, before social media selling was common, and before I knew what online business really looked like.In this episode, I cover:→ How pricing your book too cheaply can hurt your revenue→ Why pre‑sales and audience momentum matter→ Grassroots, organic strategies that worked→ How a launch party became a sales strategy→ Why promotion continues after warm market exhaustion→ How selling books leads to expanded offers, talks, and digital products→ The mindset shift from creation to intentional monetization→ Why your authentic voice will outlast AI duplication (for now)Whether you're a coach, author, consultant, or business owner, this episode shows you that books are business tools - not just accomplishments.Takeaways:- Price your book based on value, not comparison- Pre‑sell and build momentum before launch- Consistent promotion builds long‑term sales- Warm markets are good - but new audiences grow revenue- Your story plus strategy = influence + profit- Monetization requires intention and consistency- Authentic voice connects deeper than AI aloneSound Bites:“Books don't sell by themselves - you do.”“Your warm market only takes you so far.”“Price it for profit, not permission.”“Promotion begins before launch and continues after.”“Your book should open doors - not just sit on shelves.”Links: Join the Monetize Your Book Challenge: A 5-Day (virtual) sales accelerator workshop for experts using your future or current thought leadership book to grow your coaching, speaking or consulting business! - https://www.jasminewomack.com/monetizeBOOK: Purchase a copy of Published and Paid®: Write, Self Publish, and Launch Your Nonfiction Book in 90 Days or Less - https://a.co/d/95ckzMx COMMUNITY: Published and Paid®: The Community - Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/publishedandpaidfree Socials:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thejasminewomack IG: instagram.com/thejasminewomack FB: facebook.com/authorjasminewomack Youtube: youtube.com/thejasminewomack

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This week, Billy Sammons from Live Local Warm Marketing joins us to talk about warm marketing and how it can help your company grow. He shares insights on adding value and building real connections to attract new customers. Billy and Dave also discuss practical ways to stay customer-focused and consistently deliver value.

We catch up on some recommendations. SPOILERS:  We briefly discuss a plot point from Fargo Season 1 (2014).   Follow us on Twitter @RecTimePod Email us at RecTimePod@gmail.com Check out our draft drawing video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc-nYmghcYQ Check out our recommendations list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xjfgLdGgINO2BShQeShbGp2e-ow5CB7ALtzfmsbVm0U/edit?usp=sharing Check out our Instagram page at instagram.com/RecTimePod Find Magnolia Brown at MagnoliaBrownMusic.com Theme music:  "Find My Way" by Magnolia Brown "Old Bidness" music provided by Polyester Robot.  Recommendations music provided by Len Binning.  Check out Len's YouTube show "Len and Jim Take Over" (link) Follow Magnolia Brown on Facebook (facebook.com/MagnoliaBrownJams) and Reverb Nation (ReverbNation.com/MagnoliaBrownJams)

In Episode 58 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada gather for a candid, free-flowing conversation centered on friendship, resilience, and choosing joy in the midst of cultural and personal pressure. The discussion moves between humor and sincerity as the hosts reflect on community connections, shared experiences, and the importance of showing up authentically — even when it's uncomfortable. Throughout the episode, the panel talks about navigating criticism, staying grounded in values, and leaning into laughter as a form of resistance. They touch on everyday life moments, audience interactions, and the strength that comes from women supporting one another without competition or pretense. The conversation emphasizes personal growth, self-acceptance, and maintaining perspective when the world feels heavy. Warm, unscripted, and affirming, this episode highlights the power of camaraderie, honesty, and choosing connection over cynicism — reminding listeners that joy itself can be an act of defiance.

In this episode of "Discovering Grayslake," hosts Dave and karl chat about the upcoming third annual Bachelorette Auction—a lively community fundraiser supporting a local Grayslake family in need. Recorded at Bellevue Studios, they share event details, highlight generous local sponsors, and describe exciting auction and raffle prizes, from unique experiences to a legendary "booze wagon." With heartfelt stories and plenty of laughs, Dave and Karl invite listeners to join in for a fun night out on February 27th at First Draft, all while giving back to neighbors and celebrating the Grayslake spirit. Discovering Grayslake Newsletter: The Third Annual Bachelorette Auction Hey there, Grayslake family! I'm thrilled to share some exciting news with you all. Our latest podcast episode dives deep into the heart of our community with a special focus on the upcoming Third Annual Bachelorette Auction. This event is more than just a fun night out; it's a chance for us to come together and support a local family in need. Here's a sneak peek into what you can expect and why you won't want to miss it! Key Highlights from the Episode: Event Purpose**: The Bachelorette Auction is a fundraiser aimed at helping a local family from Brighton Grayslake. This year, we're rallying behind Jenny and Tim, who are facing some tough times. Every dollar raised goes directly to them, making a real difference in their lives. Event Details**:   Date: February 27th   Location: First Draft   Time: Doors open at 6:30 PM, event starts at 7:00 PM   Tickets: $20 for general admission, $250 for VIP tables (seating four) What to Expect**:   Live Auction: Bid on bachelorettes representing amazing prize packages from local businesses.   Raffles: Participate in our 50/50 raffle and win big with our incredible raffle baskets.   Photo Booths: Capture the fun moments with friends and family. Sponsors and Prizes**:   Gold Sponsor: Herring Homes   Silver Sponsors: JP Financial, Legal Alan, Bob from Churchill, and more.   Raffle Prizes: From a police car ride for your child to school, to a 30-person catering package, and even an autographed Aaron Judge baseball, there's something for everyone! Special Touches**:   Booze Wagon: A wagon filled with premium liquor, perfect for hosting parties or stocking your bar.   Community Involvement: Local businesses and individuals have come together to make this event possible, showcasing the true spirit of Grayslake. Why You Should Attend: Support a Great Cause: Your participation directly helps a local family in need. Fun Night Out: Enjoy a lively auction, win fantastic prizes, and have a blast with friends. Community Spirit: Be part of something bigger and see firsthand how our community comes together to make a difference. How to Get Involved: Buy Tickets**: Don't wait! Tickets are available online, and we aim to sell out before the event. Donate**: Can't make it? You can still contribute by donating through our ticket link or Venmo. Spread the Word**: Share our podcast, videos, and event details with your friends and family. A Personal Note from Your Host: I've been part of this community for years, and seeing how we come together to support each other is truly heartwarming. This event is a testament to the kindness and generosity that defines Grayslake. Let's make this year's Bachelorette Auction the best one yet! Thank you for your continued support, and I can't wait to see you all on February 27th at First Draft. Let's have some fun and make a difference together! Warm regards, [Your Name]   Host of Discovering Grayslake P.S. Don't forget to check out our latest podcast episode for more details and some fun banter between me and Carl. It's a great listen, and it'll get you even more excited for the event!

Dave's not talking to his dog, we talk expired foods, and more!

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Join Brett Wetzel and Kevin Compass at the Sporing booth in Vegas as they discuss the bustling week at Advanced Refrigeration Podcast. Hear about Vegas adventures, disastrous $40 breakfasts, and the latest in refrigeration technology like MT1 and Echelon to Ethernet over IP gateways. They dive deep into troubleshooting, leak detection scaling, and the pros and cons of different controllers and communication protocols. Get a sneak peek into various booths showcasing new CO2 chiller manufacturers, steel line sets, and much more. Plus, some fun banter about Texas BBQ, dealing with Scotsmen, and the intricacies of commissioning CO2 startups. Don't miss their humorous and insightful takes on all things refrigeration!

Join Brett Wetzel and Kevin Compass at the Sporing booth in Vegas as they discuss the bustling week at Advanced Refrigeration Podcast. Hear about Vegas adventures, disastrous $40 breakfasts, and the latest in refrigeration technology like MT1 and Echelon to Ethernet over IP gateways. They dive deep into troubleshooting, leak detection scaling, and the pros and cons of different controllers and communication protocols. Get a sneak peek into various booths showcasing new CO2 chiller manufacturers, steel line sets, and much more. Plus, some fun banter about Texas BBQ, dealing with Scotsmen, and the intricacies of commissioning CO2 startups. Don't miss their humorous and insightful takes on all things refrigeration!

Thomas Halliday describes the warm Eocene when Antarctica hosted temperate rainforests before glaciation, including the massive whale Basilosaurus, then details the Paleocene recovery at Hell Creek where small burrowing mammals survived the asteroid cataclysm.

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In this Friday Q&A episode of Talking Real Money, Don tackles five thoughtful listener questions ranging from confusing 401(k) collective investment trusts and investment club withdrawals to Roth conversion strategies, inflation fears in bond portfolios, and inherited IRA planning. Along the way, he emphasizes transparency over opacity, flexibility over prediction, and discipline over emotion. Don pushes back against fear-driven investing decisions, cautions against large tax moves based on uncertain futures, explains when TIPS do (and don't) make sense, and praises a listener's smart inherited IRA-to-Roth strategy. Note: listener call audio has been enhanced with a new tool, making callers sound almost like they're in the studio. Let us know what you think. 0:04 Podcast vs. radio intro, Friday Q&A format, and improved caller audio quality 1:00 How listeners submit questions through TalkingRealMoney.com 1:44 33-year-old with $330K in a 401(k) and confusing collective investment trusts 4:26 Why “intermediate cycle” funds are market timing in disguise 6:47 Investment club withdrawals and in-kind transfers after Schwab/TD merger 9:23 Why there's no universal rule for investment club distributions 9:58 Complex Roth conversion plan and IRMAA concerns 14:31 Why large Roth conversions rely too heavily on tax predictions 16:59 The case for slow, flexible, incremental conversions 17:28 National debt fears and switching from BND to TIPS 20:47 When TIPS actually help and why panic reallocations fail 21:46 Emotional control as the core investing skill 22:10 Inherited IRA strategy to fund Roth contributions 24:15 Why spreading withdrawals over 10 years makes sense 25:09 Listener growth, competition with Stacking Benjamins, and call to action Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices