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rWotD Episode 2831: The Apparition (play) Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Sunday, 2 February 2025 is The Apparition (play).The Apparition: or, The Sham Wedding is a 1713 British comedy play written by an anonymous author.It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The original cast included Henry Norris as Sir Tristram Getall, William Bullock as Sir Thomas Etherside, John Bowman as Mendwell, Barton Booth as Welford, John Mills as Friendly, James Spiller as Foist, George Pack as Plotwell, Susanna Mountfort as Aurelia, Hester Santlow as Clarinda and Margaret Saunders as Buisy.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:07 UTC on Sunday, 2 February 2025.For the full current version of the article, see The Apparition (play) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Stephen.
✨ ANXIETY FREE IN 3 CHALLENGE. 3 days, 1 goal: to help you reduce anxiety and reclaim your inner peace. Starts LIVE on 24th September 2024 - Want in? Click here or head to rachaelwelford.com✨ Trigger warning: Grief In this deeply personal episode of "Things I Wish I'd Known," host Rachael Welford shares her experiences with grief and the passing of her Dad. She delves into the messy, non-linear nature of grieving, sharing her own journey and the insights she's gained along the way. Rachael candidly discusses the complex emotions and stages of grief, offering practical coping strategies and emphasising the importance of self-compassion and community. Join her in this raw and heartfelt conversation about loss, healing, and navigating the complexities of grief. If you're navigating your own grief, this episode reminds you that you're not alone and that it's okay to feel everything as you take it one day at a time. ABOUT THE SHOW: Things I Wish I'd Known is a podcast that aims to create positive change in your life through conversation, with new episodes released every Wednesday. Host Rachael shares her knowledge, emotions, and laughs, covering everything from mental health, suicide, and spirituality to makeup and skincare. With each episode, Rachael and her guests offer practical advice to help you master your mental health and fall back in love with yourself. Join the conversation by tagging @rachael_welford or @thingsiwishidknownpod on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. For more information on Rachael, visit her website. Listen and follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Sunday 15th September 2024 @ 4pm Part 1 ‘Colorado River’ written & narrated by Jean Fairbairn ‘There But the Grace of God’ written & narrated by Tina Yates ‘Sunbathing, The Journey & the Kiss’ written & narrated by Lyn Perryment ‘Yelverton to Welford’ written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe ‘The Municipal Garden’ written by Alice Goulding & narrated by SRS Part 2 Fi’s Diary #102 written & narrated by Fiona Ritchie ‘Just Like Shangri-La’ written & narrated by Collette Parker ‘A Family Affair’ written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Part 3 ‘Ela’s Brother’ written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Collette Parker Story at Midnight @11.50pm ‘Ice Magic’ written by Felicity Radcliffe & narrated by Kevin Dalley
TRIGGER WARNING: ADHD Rachael Welford is the host of the podcast "Things I Wish I'd Known," where she discusses mental health, healing, and finding joy in the chaos of the world. Rachael's journey with ADHD has been a significant part of her life, and she shares her experience of the challenges of getting diagnosed as a woman in the UK. Despite the difficulties, Rachael has found ways to manage her ADHD in a positive way and hopes to inspire and help others in similar situations. As a child, Rachael always felt different, and her story of overcoming obstacles and embracing her uniqueness is one that resonates with many. Join her on this episode of Things I Wish I'd Known podcast as she navigates the ups and downs of life with ADHD and offers valuable insights and advice. ABOUT THE SHOW: Things I Wish I'd Known is a podcast that aims to create positive change in your life through conversation, with new episodes released every Wednesday. Host Rachael shares her knowledge, emotions, and laughs, covering everything from mental health, suicide, and spirituality to makeup and skincare. With each episode, Rachael and her guests offer practical advice to help you master your mental health and fall back in love with yourself. Join the conversation by tagging @rachael_welford or @thingsiwishidknownpod on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. For more information on Rachael, visit her website. Listen and follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Hannah Gardner from the Kanawha Charleston Humane Association with Indi, our “Adopt Me Please” Pet of the Week, plus it's day one of The Home Show at the Coliseum and Convention Center and Evan Osborn from Capitol Market will stop by. Happy Friday!
John Herman Wiltshire, 68, of Varina, VA passed away peacefully on February 6, 2024, after a long and brave battle with pancreatic cancer. John (Johnny) Herman Wiltshire is survived by his beloved wife of 39 years, Mary Weaver Wiltshire; loving daughter, Katelyn Nicole Wiltshire; brother, Howard Wiltshire (Pam); sister, Barbara Greene; and devoted nephew, Jeremy Greene (Bryant); nieces, Kimberly Dahl (Dan), Tabatha Gore (Michael) and April Becker (Todd); and many other dear great nieces and nephews, and family friends. Johnny was preceded in death by his parents, Welford and Phyllis Wiltshire; brother, Ernie Wiltshire; nephew, Daniel Wiltshire; and niece, Carrie...Article LinkSupport the show
Sunday 4th February @ 4pm Part 1 'Foxton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe 'Kiss' written by Isabel Cooke narrated by SRS 'Reunion' written & narrated by Jean Fairbairn 'Darkness' written by Jean Fairbairn & narrated by Fi Fish 'Chocolate Cake Heaven' written & narrated by Helen O'Mahoney Part 2 Fi's Diary #71 written & narrated by Fiona Ritchie 'Belle's Birthday' written by Alice Goulding narrated by Kevin Dalley 'End of the Line' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Kevin Dalley 'Moments' written & narrated by Helen O'Mahoney Part 3 'A Chilling Tale'
Who is Delphia Welford? It sounds like she's from Pennsylvania, for sure. Even though she died in 1992, she is just now being added to the top 10 list. She was the 2nd oldest living person, behind Jeanne Calment for a couple of years. Now, she is the tenth longest-lived person, at 117 years, 66 days, living from September 9, 1875 to November 14, 1992. Read the full post at: http://RunningAFEVER.com Photo courtesy of Gerontology Research Group, http://grg-supercentenarians.org
In this episode, I re-present an interview with Dr Mary Welford. We cover Mary's training, why she chose to develop CFT, self-criticism and how she copes with working with people in distress.Dr Mary Welford is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Trainer, Speaker and Author of a big yellow book ‘Compassion Focused Therapy For Dummies' & ‘The Compassionate Mind Approach to Building Self Confidence'.Mary is one of the founding members of ‘The Compassionate Mind Foundation' alongside Professor Paul Gilbert. She lives in Cornwall with her family and continues to practice clinically alongside working in school settings where she strives to improve the wellbeing of staff and students through developing compassionate approaches.Find the full episode here https://sarahdrees.co.uk/episode-6/Find out more about Mary Welford and her work - Compassionate Mind FoundationThe Compassionate Mind – Paul GilbertCompassion in Cornwall retreatCompassion Focused Therapy For Dummies – Dr. Mary WelfordBuilding Your Self-Confidence using Compassion Focused Therapy – Dr. Mary Welford Let's Keep in Touch Find out more about Therapists Corner - https://www.therapistscorner.co.uk/Follow Sarah Rees:
Georgia Welford-Tuitt, MPH is a Gen Z Advisor at Climate Mental Health Network. She is passionate about issues pertaining to health and climate policy, financing, the gender gap, and addressing social and economic exclusion in healthcare. She got her Bachelor of Science in Anthropology at University College London before working for a bit then getting her Master of Public Health at The French School of Public Health (EHESP).Full shownotes: https://thephmillennial.com/episode160 Connect with guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiawt/Join email blasts: https://thephmillennial.com/signup/Chapters:@0:00 Episode Teaser@1:10 Intro@2:33 Georgia Welford-Tuitt, MPH Intro@4:51 Living in France vs England@6:48 Climate Mental Health@13:00 What is Public Health?@16:59 Bachelors in Anthropology at University College London@22:50 Erasmus Year at Sciences Po in France@30:18 Undergrad Takeaways@32:16 Working in Marketing & Communications Agency at Hamel@38:22 Healthcare Marketing at FCB Health Europe@43:00 Master of Public Health at French School of Public Health@48:56 Experiences during MPH@59:40 MPH Takeaways@1:02:10 Junior Consultant at Philanthropy Advisors@1:06:13 Gen Z Advisor for Climate Mental Health Network@1:13:37 Focus for Climate Mental Health@1:20:56 Taking a sabbatical@1:24:00 The Furious FiveSupport the showThanks for tuning in. Let's all work together towards a culture of health, wellbeing, and equity for all. ⭐⭐ SUBSCRIBE & Leave a 5-STAR REVIEW! ⭐⭐ Follow & Support:- Contribute to the show (one-time or monthly)- The Public Health Millennial on IG - The Public Health Millennial on LinkedIn - The Public Health Millennial Website- Omari Richins, MPH on LinkedIn- Support on The Public Health Store
On this episode of Things I Wish I'd Known, our host dives into the topic of trust and navigating major life changes. Rachael, shares her personal experience with trusting the process and using affirmations to cope with difficult changes, including the challenges of long COVID and her own recent experience of leaving London after 17 years. Listeners will gain valuable insights on building trust in oneself and the universe, as well as how to cultivate patience and reframe setbacks as opportunities. We want to know who you are and who you want to hear on the podcast... complete the short survey here for a shout-out on the show! https://forms.gle/NpSNBrLzActfrUhq5 ABOUT THE SHOW: Things I Wish I'd Known is a podcast that aims to create positive change in your life through conversation, with new episodes released every Wednesday. Host Rachael shares her knowledge, emotions, and laughs, covering everything from mental health, suicide, and spirituality to makeup and skincare. With each episode, Rachael and her guests offer practical advice to help you master your mental health and fall back in love with yourself. Join the conversation by tagging @thingsiwishidknownpod on Instagram and Facebook. For more information on Rachael, visit her website. Listen and follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or visit https://thingsiwishidknown.co.uk for all links. WORK WITH RACHAEL: Corporate wellbeing training on stress and burnout https://www.rachaelwelford.com/work-with-me-2 1:1 EFT Therapy work https://www.rachaelwelford.com/work Join Happy Habits Club https://www.rachaelwelford.com/happyhabitsclub USEFUL LINKS: If you're struggling with mental health, reach out to these amazing charities for help: Black Minds Matter https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/ addaction: https://www.addaction.org.uk/ Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ Samaritans: Call for free on 116 123, or visit https://www.samaritans.org/ Anxiety UK: https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Brother, Friend, Author, Host and Organizer of this year's First Black ComicCon Book Festival, April 8, 2023, Richmond, VA, my Man, Welford. We will talk about his books and this epic event, and of course he will share his journey of success with us today.
This week Uncke Kevin & Fran deep dive into the spiritual side of Rachael's interview from Tuesday's episode. After facing huge personal challenges in life, it can sometimes feel impossible to see the wood through the trees, we reflect on Rachael's episode and her strength and teachings that came from such a tough place. This is a reminder that there is always a way through to smell the roses, but the personal journey is a life journey. Follow us https://www.instagram.com/becoming_more_human/ #StoriesWorthSharing For exclusive episodes visit www.becomingmorehuman.co.uk Stay curious, Fran x
On this week's episode, Francesca is joined by Rachael Welford. Rachael focuses on empowering women to heal so they can live in a place of inner power and happiness. Sharing her incredible story of overcoming burnout, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicide attempts to be voted one of London's best alternative therapists by Time Out. This is an episode not to be missed! **TRIGGER WARNING** IN THIS EPISODE RACHAEL TALKS ABOUT SUICIDE This episode packs a punch, if you've ever wondered about changing your life then listen now! The episode is also available here - https://becomingmorehuman.co.uk/2023/01/15/rachael-welford-on-the-power-of-healing-from-within/ We hope this story resonates, please pass it on to anyone else you think needs to hear it. Follow us https://www.instagram.com/becoming_more_human/ #StoriesWorthSharing For all podcast episodes and exclusive episodes visit www.becomingmorehuman.co.uk Stay curious, Fran x
In the eighth episode of season 5, Janina Neumann chats with Maya Welford, Podcast Host of That's My Name, a Behavioural Finance Specialist at a global bank, and a Life and Careers Coach. This episode will give insight intoThe importance of your name on your identityBias in AIDelivering a social impact through coachingIf you enjoyed this episode, please review, subscribe, and share with others :). Your support means a lot!Get in touch with Janina from The Bicultural Podcast: hello@janinaneumanndesign.co.ukAre you ready to scale your social impact brand? Take the social impact brand quiz here.www.janinaneumanndesign.co.uk
Scribbler's Hour - Friday 4th November @ 7pm Part 1 'A Goodnight, a Goodnight to You' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by SRS 'My Angora Rabbit' written & narrated by Andrea Weeding 'The Birthday' written & narrated by Helen O'Mahony 'The Mary B' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Roger Emms 'Oh Corona' written by Rosemary Emmett & narrated by SRS 'Invisible Foe' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by SRS 'Yelverton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Part 2 Fi's Diary #8 written & narrated by Fiona Ritchie 'The Parcel' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Becca Cooke 'The Verdigris King' written & narrated by Denise Dowdell-Stent 'The Bird' written & narrated by Julie Stevens 'Winifred' written & narrated by Jean Fairbairn Part 3 'The Big House' written by Alice Goulding & narrated by Julie Stark
In this episode, Hannah Bowden chats to two Monitor farmers who have just wrapped up harvest 2022 in different parts of the UK. Dan Moore, arable manager at R&L Anthony in South Wales and Rob Waterston from the Welford estate partnership near Newbury, are today's guests. They both discuss their successes and struggles of this year's harvest, how the drought has impacted them and their plans for the growing season ahead. Hannah asks them what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for their farm businesses. One of the aims of this episode is to highlight the diversity between systems and how growers adapt to change. Useful links Harvest progress in Great Britain Newbury Monitor Farm Vale of Glamorgan Monitor Farm Get in touch If you have any comments about this podcast, would like to be a guest because you have something of interest to say to levy payers, or to suggest a topic for a future episode, please get in touch: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you'd like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk. This podcast was produced by Chloe Kimberley.
In this episode, I have the opportunity to sit down with Christopher Nelson. A technology executive out of Silicon Valley who's figured out the secrets to helping you achieve passive income as a W-2 employee. Grant Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Financial Investing Radio. So today I have in the house with me, Mr. Dr. Why don't want to call you. Sophisticated, brilliant. Christopher Nelson is in the house here with me today. I love his subtitles technology executive real estate investor, author, podcast hosts and inventor of the space station. Was that right? Or did I get that right? Christopher I think you may have stretched on the space station. But I you know, space has always been a dream of mine. Right? I am a low tech tech technologist, a bit of a geek. So yes. You can learn more here: Wealthward Thrive Community Grant Excellent. Excellent. Well, okay, so let's start with that. technologist geek. What does that mean? What? Tell me about your background? Christopher Yeah. So So my background, you know, interestingly enough, I started with just a love of technology, right? You know, I heard some people tell stories, the other day of how I think exploring and wanting to take apart, you know, televisions and, you know, anything remote controls, understand how they worked. And I just was fascinated, especially as the computer age started taking off. What can we do with these? So, you know, my thought was, I wanted to go to university and I wanted to learn how to become a software engineer, so studied very hard. And then when I went to my first internship junior year, with a large database company, and I was by myself working on this code, I started going crazy. I started thinking, what am I going to do? Like, I, I love this, I do not like this. And it was actually in a job fair that I met somebody who, who had a similar major who was working in technology consulting, he said, Hey, there's different things. It's not all you have to be a software engineer, I solve difficult technical problems with people moving businesses forward. And so that really, I mean, hit a lot of cylinders for me and took me off into technology, consulting, which is where I started my career. Grant That's awesome. I love that background. i It's funny, I didn't know that about you. I had a similar journey. I come through the technology world. But I ended up bouncing from doing my first startup right out of college. Because when you come out of college, I don't know if you know this, but you typically have all the answers, right? So so I jumped, I jumped right into startup, I'm gonna go solve these world problems. Clearly, everyone's having struggle with course, I failed miserably on my first startup. So then I jumped into the technology consulting world with back then one of the big six, you know, in Chicago doing some technology work. But yeah, it's funny, I jumped to the people side of it, also. And that, that was liberating for me, because if I spent all the time just and I love I still code today, don't tell anybody. But I use it as a tool to keep my brain active. But if I had to read every day, all day, I think I'd go crazy. Christopher Right? And, you know, it's, I actually tried to now actually take that message to people, kids graduating from college is the fact that you can actually be involved with technology. And it doesn't have to be this one way like we see, you know, again, media, movies presents this one view, but there's a lot of other things that you can do. And I found that it was great start to my career, to really get me launched. Give me a ton of skills. Give me a great background, because I did I went to work for Accenture, right that came out of one of the you know, the big six became the big four. Yeah, it was, you know, one of the big four back in the day. Well, well, we're constant names. Grant Yeah, I did. KPMG. So there you go. Yeah, technology. There we go. Wow. Okay, which office were you located? Where were you? Christopher At San Francisco. I mean, I felt like that was a great opportunity because I while I was doing the tech consulting thing I did want to work for high tech, like I wanted to work for companies that were really, you know, moving the needle. And that's actually set me up. So about eight, nine years into my career, I realized that I had this great experience. And this is what I call in my book, Your career capital, which is a combination of your education, your experience and results. And I realized I could actually go trade this for equity in startup companies, because like you said, I've been working for these tech consulting companies, I got that figured out, right? Well, I went to work for my first startup, abject failure, right, I found myself and then a year nursing and Ulster having a bad boss. And I didn't know how I got there. But taking a step back, and I think a lot of us figure out pass through failure. And so I don't think we should fear that. And I realized I did not look like I did not think like an investor with my time. Like I'd been, you know, in the in the stock market investing since, you know, the 90s. But I had not thought like an investor with my time. So went back, put together a due diligence criteria started work in my network, what did people recommend? The next company I chose employee for 17, at a company called Splunk, in 2011, and up IPO in 2012, and it turned out to be a big win for my family. Grant Yeah, that's absolutely cool. Yeah, Splunk, boy, they have done a great thing for the industry. It's funny, united, similar routes, I, after I did my KPMG route for a number of years, I had this itch to get out to Silicon Valley. And so I was chatting with this startup company out there. And, and I said, my wife, you know, I'm just gonna fly out, you know, we're in Chicago, the time's gonna fly I just checked, probably won't do this, right. Uh, probably, but I just gotta go check them out. And of course, I get in there. I'm talking with them. And after several hours of whiteboarding and brain, brain exciting things, they go, do you want to, you know, come join us? And I'm like, Oh, I think the answer is yes. You know, and I remember being on the phone in the little conference. You know, maybe my mind's changed. You know, I think we're switching. We're moving out here. Yeah, I did several startups out there as well. And those course weren't much different. So you know, you need to have that first one that kicks you in the teeth, right? And it's like, okay, wait a minute. You do, you do? Christopher And I think sometimes, right? It is, you know, those those learnings that help like anything else, right? I mean, this is where I'm trying to now build this thesis and conversation around, it's an investment of your time. So sometimes you go, you get skin in the game, and it's not the right thing. But then does that mean you stop investing altogether? No, you go and adjust your lens and you you go, and you get feedback, and then you go, and you do it again. And maybe this time you say, I'm just gonna, in my head, I may sign a four year contract, maybe let me just do two years, see what's there and track it as they go along. You're going to also be looking at those quarterly meetings, when they're giving readouts a lot differently, you're going to look at the market a lot differently and say, What can I do with my time? Grant So I think that's one of the cool things that I noticed about you when I was reviewing your profile. And it was this, it was not just let me go after doing this startup. But it was to leverage what I'm getting out of this either equity opportunities, but to move it into some passive opportunities. And I think that was, for me a real Aha, like, you know, earlier in my career, I wasn't even thinking that right? I'm doing the various startup companies. I'm like, go, go, go, go go. And you think you've got all this endless energy. And at some point, you think that way, but what I love is a year connecting the dots from take that energy and translate it into this passive mechanism that's going to benefit you. So I don't want to steal your thunder. But talk more about... Christopher Well, well, what led me to that is it was actually that first IPO. So all of a sudden, you know, I'll never forget that day was you know, April 18 2012. Phenomenal day. And but the most memorable moment wasn't this big party, the fact that it went out double what we thought it was, was when I went home that night, my pregnant wife is sitting there, she asked me two questions. She says, When can we get the money and when can we buy the house? And I had no answers. And I literally went into the next room and started emotionally, you know, falling apart a little What I didn't realize is I was experiencing what's called a sudden wealth event, which is sudden wealth syndrome, which is a psychological syndrome that when you have these things you feel lonely, depressed, stressed out. If you're not prepared. You're not and I wasn't like I'd fought so hard to get there like most of us do. I wasn't prepared aired in so what I found grant is that many people aren't prepared like they like and I literally have been interviewing a lot of people from my book a lot of technology in place. And they will. I heard Mark Cuban say like you have to work for equity if you want to get ahead or, you know, I heard Gary Vee or somebody, Robert Kiyosaki gives them the idea that they want to be an owner. They go get it, and then that's it. They stop. And so my experience was okay, now we got this. I was okay. How do we now start getting this? You know, because I was tired during the six month lockout period, over 90% of your wealth and a single stock. I'm telling you, man, like I ate a ton of Tom's during that time, like you do. Yeah. Yeah. So it was really been this plan of, you know, how do we start moving it into something passive? How do we get it to that, you know, Kiyosaki goal. And so as we were doing that, as we were, you know, scouring the earth in the Bay Area, trying to understand it, we started getting exposed to real estate syndications, we started getting exposed to crowdfunding. And we realized that we had to get sharp on the math, we need to really understand how to do diligence, how to, how to invest. And, you know, we went on a journey of where we figured out how to start getting some skin in the game that, you know, was something that we could afford that we could afford to lose, and start really understanding those types of investments. And as we started seeing more and more success, other people started raising their hands, because we were very excited, we would talk about what we're doing. We always feel, you know, with our children with our friends, we should talk about careers and money. Like we should just have the conversation in an appropriate way. Not in a braggadocious way. But in a What are you doing? What are we doing? Because if we don't talk about it, you know, like you do here? Yeah, we don't do anything is people who sit on it. Yeah. Yeah. Grant You do, you do sit on it. Absolutely. So. So tell me about I think I saw something that you wrote. "From No Dough to IPO". I love that. Christopher Yeah. And so this is, this is the first book that I'm writing. And it's really going to be a playbook on how to tech employees think like an investor when trading their time and talent for equity. Right. And I want it you know, you said it grant like, nobody gave us the playbook. Right, we had to go in there. And we had a trip over our own shoelaces, you know, get beat up, figure this thing out. I you know, I have interviewed people in my network who have done three or four IPOs serially, I've interviewed people that have never done anything pre they've all been in post companies, and they get these companies public, and they take them from, you know, 500 million to a couple billion dollars. And they've gotten tremendous wealth, already liquid the whole time. And I've turned it around and put it into a framework so that w two employees can really be time investors and say, you know, for myself, I had lost a small business. That was my side hustle, I was broke in, I realized I had to go and work for startup companies if I wanted to get ahead. And I think many people are trying to figure out, how do they leverage their skills, their time and their talent to do that? I wanted to put it out into a book that says, here's how you actually set yourself up. Here's how you negotiate for the equity. And then once you get it, what do you do you need to plan protect, and then you need to start producing passive income. Grant So that framework that you've alluded to, and obviously it's in your book and what it is that you provide in terms of services to others? Sure. In that framework, how far does your organization get involved in terms of taking people through that and applying it as a good go all the way through into the real estate piece itself? Or tell me more about that? Christopher Well, so I mean, the book is really launching the education platform. So right now the book is really the key anchor, we are looking to follow with some online training that people can do. And we're considering some coaching programs. But yeah, I mean, getting back to the origin story is that this this endeavor started from us doing done for you investments for technology employees, my wife and I who were actively investing in, you know, multifamily in ATMs and mobile home parks. We were asked by our friends to help start creating some vehicles for them because they wanted the success they didn't want to go put it together. So that's how Welford capital was born five years ago was in in an effort to help technology employees and you know, we're the lead investor, we're leading with our families dollars, we're creating a model portfolio that's based on where we've taken our tech equity and how now we've put it to work in real estate with our my wife and I shared goal the goal of getting to $300,000 of passive income a year. Grant Yeah, that's awesome to get to that. Point, what's the trajectory? Like? And I? I'm sure part of the answer is how much you're putting into it financially. But in order to in order for someone to get to some, I guess what I would call, in fact, I was watching on your YouTube channel use an interesting phrase I'm looking at right here. It was something like, yeah, you wanted to get to a point where your passive income could overcome your W two income, you made that video. So I realized that's gonna vary by person. But yeah, sure range like, Is it A, is that a two year or five year journey? What does that look like? Christopher Well, I think to your point, Grant, it depends on, you know, how much you can deploy, I really think that it is a five year plus journey. For most people, I think that if you have if you're sitting on a ton of dry powder, right, if you've had, you know, a couple of exits, you know, still it's gonna take time to deploy that capital. Right. And this is what I tell people is, if you walked in, you know, with $10 million, you would not want to put that into a single real estate investment, because then you're going to have the same thing you should if you're sitting in the single tech stock, you're gonna be not diversified. Right? So I think on average, it's, it's, it's a five year journey to really start making some impact. And this is why, you know, I want to go upstream to people earlier in their careers thinking about it, because my honest belief is that if I can free technology employees from having to work for a W two, many of them still want to make an impact. And this is the conversation I love having is if you didn't have to work for money, what would you do? You know, eight out of 10 tech employees don't say I'm gonna go travel the world, they'd be like, I want to solve this problem, or I want to fix that problem. And that, to me, is is really powerful in our community, right, as a technology employees is how can we unleash that power, and allow people to do the impact work and not be focusing just on the survival work? Grant So I have a fundamental question for you, when I saw that your focus was on the tech space employee. I'm assuming this could apply to any sort of w two employee? Or is there something about what you're doing that says, This is really relevant to a tech space employee? Christopher Well, so the reality is, is, you know, I want to be able to speak into my people, my focus, my niche is focused on technology employees that I really understand, I understand, you know, their concerns, I understand, you know, you know, how it is, it's a very high paced, fast paced lifestyle. And so, in. So that's where, like, my writing my books, and everything is very much focused on how do I help these people and try and pay it forward, if you will. Now, on the real estate side, it's interesting that I've been very focused on technology and plays in helping them however, different people relate to the story, right? I mean, I have people that come in and say, Oh, I've I've gotten equity, it hasn't been in tech. Can I invest with you? Of course, you can, you know, or, interestingly enough, I had a jockey that reached out and wanted to get a call and said, I actually won this big stakes race. That was my big one. And I went through the sudden wealth event, I really related to what you were talking about that, can I invest with you? And so of course, I'm open to everyone participating in our investments, but I just feel really nobody feels sorry for somebody who goes through the sudden wealth event, right, you know, works in an IPO, all of a sudden, you get a multiple seven figure, payday, nobody feels sorry for them. But those people still struggle. A lot of us, myself included, didn't come from money, had no idea what to do with it. Yeah. Right. And so it's really, you know, in my mind that I want to really help and lean back into my community, because as I mentioned before, like I think that that community, financially independent will actually then turn around and bring some huge benefits to to everybody. Grant I can relate with that, I grew up milking cows and hauling hay. So yeah, that was that was that was the foundation of that. So I'm interested in your thoughts around because one of the cool things I saw that you did was you're helping people think through their career paths, and with everything that's taken place with COVID and the impact to the workforce and and even what people are expecting from their jobs today and how that changed. The mindsets changed. How is that impacting the things that you're doing? Christopher Well, I think it's creating more opportunities, right? I think coming post COVID I mean, it was in the middle of COVID. I ended up going back to work for another technology company. I had a very interesting offer. And it was for an all remote company that was built all remote they came it was developed all remote in 2011. And it had an An amazing trajectory and amazing story. And it was important for me to really experienced that because I think that the future of technology employment, while I know a lot of people are being brought back into the office, I think it will truly, ultimately become hybrid, that where you're going to have office time to connect, you're going to have a lot of home time. What this allows for, you know, I think certain roles, certain specialized roles is the ability to make tech money and live in the low cost, you know, income or a low cost of living areas. Yeah, that wouldn't change. It is in this to me provides opportunity to what to save more to invest more, right? There's this whole concept of people talk about lifestyle by design, well, what if you designed your lifestyle to invest more, and I mean, this is what, you know, really motivated us to leave the Bay Area, come to Austin, Texas, in 2017, where, at that point, we got in here at a much lower price point, we are able to sell our house in the Bay Area, get some single family homes and this home, so we're able to now more passive income, right, but lower our overall cost of living so that then we can invest more, I think there's going to be more of that type of opportunity. I think that, you know, there, people are going to be able to have much more flexibility in that geography, which I think creates more overall opportunities. Grant Yeah, definitely see the the change there with that. And in fact, having so many people shift and move around the country right now you see this sort of exodus from some of the coasts, you know, coming in to the Central part, companies, large companies that we've seen, of course, moved out of places like California and such, you've talked about in your material that I reviewed, on your YouTube channel, some of the reasons to invest in real estate, and why you picked that as an avenue for doing this. There's obviously lots of places certainly crypto which has, of course, been kicked in the teeth, you know, recently, but, but why why real estate, he touched on that. Christopher I would say the most compelling reason right now, to be investing in real estate is the income by like, a lot of, you know, asset classes do not provide, you know, to me, there's there's the construct of a investment that says I made for income. Income to me is not a growth vehicle that says I'm going to take your money and expand it know, an income vehicle, like real estate, or like what we used to have in the bond market, you know, pre 2008 is, I am going to preserve your capital, potentially increase that, and I'm going to give you returns on top of that. I think that real estate is the place where then you have a hard asset behind it, that again, gives you you know, those those multiple benefits, I know that, you know, four ways to make money in real estate, right, there's the cashflow, there's the appreciation, there's the equity pay down, and then guess what the tax benefits as well, right? We know that we need a lot less real estate money to duplicate w two or where we want to be with w two income because of the fact that we don't need as much because you get a lot of the depreciation, you really get, you know, good tax planner going there. You know, you can you can reduce that. But this is where, you know, I don't see any other vehicle right now that's going toe to toe that can preserve capital and put cash in your pocket. Grant Yeah. What are your thoughts about current trajectory, you know, around interest rates and potential soft landings of the real estate market? Is that create any concerns for you? Christopher I mean, it definitely creates concerns. I mean, I think that a lot of the the increase in interest rates has slowed down a lot of the transactions on the real estate front. I know that for, you know, multifamily, you know, partners that we have here in Central Texas, you know, there's just a real long pause, like, where's this going to land? And I know, a lot of, you know, investments that were in process, you know, now have have stopped because, I mean, just negotiations because the rates are moving so quickly. I do believe that, you know, this increase in interest rates will do what, you know, the government is looking to, which is going to slow down, cool it off, prices are going to have to start ratcheting down to excuse me move the market forward. But however, in real estate, there are opportunities to buy I know that I'm very bullish right now in the mobile home market. I know also in the self storage market, there still are a lot of opportunities because the fact that those industries have not been standardized, let's say like multifamily, or a lot of you know of some other commercial properties as well, there still are real buying opportunities there. And so I think if you stick to the fundamentals of Buy low, get something that's cash flowing very well, there, then is the opportunity to still make money. Grant Is there a particular asset class real estate that you enjoy more than the others and mobile homes? Is the multifamily? Do you? Is there a particular place people should start, you know, when they think about this? Christopher Well, I mean, I think everybody should start with with the fundamentals. So there's a, a book that I recommend to everybody, it's what every real estate investor needs to know about cash flow by Frank gallon le, and it's a math book, and it gives you the fundamentals. And you go online, you get a spreadsheet, and you understand the math, not complicated, but that's where everyone should start. And it gives you a breadth of asset classes. For me right now, I am bullish, and my partners and I are acquiring in the mobile home park space because of the fact that it's a scarce asset class, scarce meaning that's in high demand. And for the demand, they're not making any more. So that means that if you look at, you know, I have a chart that I share with people that the net operating income of mobile home parks has been steady up into the right since before the year 2000, because of this whole thing that, you know, when you have a scarce asset class, that is going to force appreciation. The other thing is, you know, there's there's a lot of inefficiencies, and a lot of, you know, mom and pops that are baby boomers that are looking to get out right now. So, you know, with a good operations team, there's, there's a buying opportunity. And I do want to I think one of my partner said the other day, and I love this piece of advice to say when when times are good, you want to be in affordable housing, when times are bad, you really want to be in affordable housing. Well said, yeah, right. I like that. I literally wrote it down. As soon as it says, I go, that's gold, that isn't that is good. Grant I picked up that wealth word is a verb. That's one of the things that I discovered in reviewing what you're doing. Tell me more about this verb. And what I mean by that is, I'm trying to relate it to those that are listening, where they may or may not be in the tech space. But let's say you're in the tech space, and they're early in their careers, and they're thinking, How do I get started? What do I do next? What's the verb? Right? What's the action that I should do? What I start doing differently? Christopher Well, and so the whole concept is always be moving towards wealth. And this is always just having your eyes and I do have spec. So you know, having your investor lens on. And so I think that, if it's in your W-2 job, you know, it really is then how can you work for equity? How can you get a piece of ownership and this, you know, I call it Kiyosaki is bridge, like he doesn't call it out in his book, because he sort of has, you're the employee and the owner over here, there's this gap. But equity when you're able to get, you know, again, can that be in technology companies? Sure, could you, you know, I know people work in private equity companies, they get staked there, you know, and other public companies, you can too. But if you're working for equity, and you have salary, you know, a bonus, and you have this equity, what I always tell people, then you can live on your salary, you can party with your bonus, and you invest all your equity, you know, that then gives you this additional capacity to be able to start investing. And then, you know, as you and I both know, on the investing front, it's how do you stay diversified? How do you have a portfolio that's fit for your lifestyle, and you have goals, and you're working on it? And to me, you know, in my wife and I created this word, you know, sitting around and trying to think of how can we create this word that really encourages people to just be thinking about moving towards wealth, which could be your health, right? You want to be taking care of your health, you want to be taking care of your mind, you know, because wealth to us is an abundance of resources. And that can be you know, energy, it can be, you know, a network, right networking with people is moving towards wealth. So, that was really the spirit behind it. Grant That's awesome. I love that now if someone wanted to learn more about you and your organization, what you're providing where do they go? How do they find this? Christopher Well, they can go to Wealthward.com. That is my core website where they can go learn more about what we do and get time on my calendar. They want to understand what we're doing in the mobile home park space, that is ThriveCommunity.fund. There they can go see a free webinar of you know, really how we're, we're, we're really doing something very really interesting in that space and have this blue ocean concept. And then tech careers and money talk. That is my podcast I'm recording episodes gonna be launching in September. But that's tech careers and money talk where, you know, like yourself, I'm facilitating this conversation in the corner of tech careers, you know, and really, there'll be a Tuesday episode. That's all about how you build and grow your career. How do you go from individual contributor to manager, there's going to be a lot of strategy, there's going to be a lot of interviews and use cases, then Thursday's money day, right? We want to bring in stock options, lawyers, what do you need to be looking for when you're negotiating for equity? How do you generate passive income? How do you buy houses in high cost of living areas? Right? We want to really speak into all the problems and challenges that people have and in hear from people who've been successful. Grant What a fun journey. I look forward to listening to what you're doing on your podcast. That's really awesome. Christopher Well, yeah, and I mean, it sounds like, it sounds like you're gonna be a guest too, because little did I know about your secret tech background. Like I think we got some, some stuff to talk about. Grant Oh, yeah. Like I said, at the beginning, three in Silicon Valley sold them all IBM acquired one of them. So I spent some time as an executive, they're definitely bounced out of that world. Christopher Yeah, I'm ready. Yeah, I'll be on the other side of the mic. I'll be asking the questions. There you go. Grant That's right. Good stuff. Christopher, this has been a pleasure. Any last comments you'd like to share with our listeners? Christopher Well, I think, you know, what I always like to share with everybody is just the fact that, you know, if you ensure that you are taking time, energy capacity to focus on this building your wealth, I think there's a true opportunity to, you know, live a life that is sustainable, and you can actually design it yourself. So that's my encouragement. Grant Why don't they teach this in school? Christopher Well, they may soon enough, I'm I'm working on that curriculum to say. Grant I think you're the one to put that curriculum together. So that's right. Yes. Hey, thanks for joining everybody. Thanks for listening to this episode of Financial Investing radio and until next time, reach out to Christopher Nelson. Thank you for joining Grant on Financial Investing Radio. Don't forget to subscribe and leave feedback.
In this episode, I have the opportunity to sit down with Christopher Nelson. A technology executive out of Silicon Valley who's figured out the secrets to helping you achieve passive income as a W-2 employee. Grant Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Financial Investing Radio. So today I have in the house with me, Mr. Dr. Why don't want to call you. Sophisticated, brilliant. Christopher Nelson is in the house here with me today. I love his subtitles technology executive real estate investor, author, podcast hosts and inventor of the space station. Was that right? Or did I get that right? Christopher I think you may have stretched on the space station. But I you know, space has always been a dream of mine. Right? I am a low tech tech technologist, a bit of a geek. So yes. Grant Excellent. Excellent. Well, okay, so let's start with that. technologist geek. What does that mean? What? Tell me about your background? Christopher Yeah. So So my background, you know, interestingly enough, I started with just a love of technology, right? You know, I heard some people tell stories, the other day of how I think exploring and wanting to take apart, you know, televisions and, you know, anything remote controls, understand how they worked. And I just was fascinated, especially as the computer age started taking off. What can we do with these? So, you know, my thought was, I wanted to go to university and I wanted to learn how to become a software engineer, so studied very hard. And then when I went to my first internship junior year, with a large database company, and I was by myself working on this code, I started going crazy. I started thinking, what am I going to do? Like, I, I love this, I do not like this. And it was actually in a job fair that I met somebody who, who had a similar major who was working in technology consulting, he said, Hey, there's different things. It's not all you have to be a software engineer, I solve difficult technical problems with people moving businesses forward. And so that really, I mean, hit a lot of cylinders for me and took me off into technology, consulting, which is where I started my career. Grant That's awesome. I love that background. i It's funny, I didn't know that about you. I had a similar journey. I come through the technology world. But I ended up bouncing from doing my first startup right out of college. Because when you come out of college, I don't know if you know this, but you typically have all the answers, right? So so I jumped, I jumped right into startup, I'm gonna go solve these world problems. Clearly, everyone's having struggle with course, I failed miserably on my first startup. So then I jumped into the technology consulting world with back then one of the big six, you know, in Chicago doing some technology work. But yeah, it's funny, I jumped to the people side of it, also. And that, that was liberating for me, because if I spent all the time just and I love I still code today, don't tell anybody. But I use it as a tool to keep my brain active. But if I had to read every day, all day, I think I'd go crazy. Christopher Right? And, you know, it's, I actually tried to now actually take that message to people, kids graduating from college is the fact that you can actually be involved with technology. And it doesn't have to be this one way like we see, you know, again, media, movies presents this one view, but there's a lot of other things that you can do. And I found that it was great start to my career, to really get me launched. Give me a ton of skills. Give me a great background, because I did I went to work for Accenture, right that came out of one of the you know, the big six became the big four. Yeah, it was, you know, one of the big four back in the day. Well, well, we're constant names. Grant Yeah, I did. KPMG. So there you go. Yeah, technology. There we go. Wow. Okay, which office were you located? Where were you? Christopher At San Francisco. I mean, I felt like that was a great opportunity because I while I was doing the tech consulting thing I did want to work for high tech, like I wanted to work for companies that were really, you know, moving the needle. And that's actually set me up. So about eight, nine years into my career, I realized that I had this great experience. And this is what I call in my book, Your career capital, which is a combination of your education, your experience and results. And I realized I could actually go trade this for equity in startup companies, because like you said, I've been working for these tech consulting companies, I got that figured out, right? Well, I went to work for my first startup, abject failure, right, I found myself and then a year nursing and Ulster having a bad boss. And I didn't know how I got there. But taking a step back, and I think a lot of us figure out pass through failure. And so I don't think we should fear that. And I realized I did not look like I did not think like an investor with my time. Like I'd been, you know, in the in the stock market investing since, you know, the 90s. But I had not thought like an investor with my time. So went back, put together a due diligence criteria started work in my network, what did people recommend? The next company I chose employee for 17, at a company called Splunk, in 2011, and up IPO in 2012, and it turned out to be a big win for my family. Grant Yeah, that's absolutely cool. Yeah, Splunk, boy, they have done a great thing for the industry. It's funny, united, similar routes, I, after I did my KPMG route for a number of years, I had this itch to get out to Silicon Valley. And so I was chatting with this startup company out there. And, and I said, my wife, you know, I'm just gonna fly out, you know, we're in Chicago, the time's gonna fly I just checked, probably won't do this, right. Uh, probably, but I just gotta go check them out. And of course, I get in there. I'm talking with them. And after several hours of whiteboarding and brain, brain exciting things, they go, do you want to, you know, come join us? And I'm like, Oh, I think the answer is yes. You know, and I remember being on the phone in the little conference. You know, maybe my mind's changed. You know, I think we're switching. We're moving out here. Yeah, I did several startups out there as well. And those course weren't much different. So you know, you need to have that first one that kicks you in the teeth, right? And it's like, okay, wait a minute. You do, you do? Christopher And I think sometimes, right? It is, you know, those those learnings that help like anything else, right? I mean, this is where I'm trying to now build this thesis and conversation around, it's an investment of your time. So sometimes you go, you get skin in the game, and it's not the right thing. But then does that mean you stop investing altogether? No, you go and adjust your lens and you you go, and you get feedback, and then you go, and you do it again. And maybe this time you say, I'm just gonna, in my head, I may sign a four year contract, maybe let me just do two years, see what's there and track it as they go along. You're going to also be looking at those quarterly meetings, when they're giving readouts a lot differently, you're going to look at the market a lot differently and say, What can I do with my time? Grant So I think that's one of the cool things that I noticed about you when I was reviewing your profile. And it was this, it was not just let me go after doing this startup. But it was to leverage what I'm getting out of this either equity opportunities, but to move it into some passive opportunities. And I think that was, for me a real Aha, like, you know, earlier in my career, I wasn't even thinking that right? I'm doing the various startup companies. I'm like, go, go, go, go go. And you think you've got all this endless energy. And at some point, you think that way, but what I love is a year connecting the dots from take that energy and translate it into this passive mechanism that's going to benefit you. So I don't want to steal your thunder. But talk more about... Christopher Well, well, what led me to that is it was actually that first IPO. So all of a sudden, you know, I'll never forget that day was you know, April 18 2012. Phenomenal day. And but the most memorable moment wasn't this big party, the fact that it went out double what we thought it was, was when I went home that night, my pregnant wife is sitting there, she asked me two questions. She says, When can we get the money and when can we buy the house? And I had no answers. And I literally went into the next room and started emotionally, you know, falling apart a little What I didn't realize is I was experiencing what's called a sudden wealth event, which is sudden wealth syndrome, which is a psychological syndrome that when you have these things you feel lonely, depressed, stressed out. If you're not prepared. You're not and I wasn't like I'd fought so hard to get there like most of us do. I wasn't prepared aired in so what I found grant is that many people aren't prepared like they like and I literally have been interviewing a lot of people from my book a lot of technology in place. And they will. I heard Mark Cuban say like you have to work for equity if you want to get ahead or, you know, I heard Gary Vee or somebody, Robert Kiyosaki gives them the idea that they want to be an owner. They go get it, and then that's it. They stop. And so my experience was okay, now we got this. I was okay. How do we now start getting this? You know, because I was tired during the six month lockout period, over 90% of your wealth and a single stock. I'm telling you, man, like I ate a ton of Tom's during that time, like you do. Yeah. Yeah. So it was really been this plan of, you know, how do we start moving it into something passive? How do we get it to that, you know, Kiyosaki goal. And so as we were doing that, as we were, you know, scouring the earth in the Bay Area, trying to understand it, we started getting exposed to real estate syndications, we started getting exposed to crowdfunding. And we realized that we had to get sharp on the math, we need to really understand how to do diligence, how to, how to invest. And, you know, we went on a journey of where we figured out how to start getting some skin in the game that, you know, was something that we could afford that we could afford to lose, and start really understanding those types of investments. And as we started seeing more and more success, other people started raising their hands, because we were very excited, we would talk about what we're doing. We always feel, you know, with our children with our friends, we should talk about careers and money. Like we should just have the conversation in an appropriate way. Not in a braggadocious way. But in a What are you doing? What are we doing? Because if we don't talk about it, you know, like you do here? Yeah, we don't do anything is people who sit on it. Yeah. Yeah. Grant You do, you do sit on it. Absolutely. So. So tell me about I think I saw something that you wrote. "From No Dough to IPO". I love that. Christopher Yeah. And so this is, this is the first book that I'm writing. And it's really going to be a playbook on how to tech employees think like an investor when trading their time and talent for equity. Right. And I want it you know, you said it grant like, nobody gave us the playbook. Right, we had to go in there. And we had a trip over our own shoelaces, you know, get beat up, figure this thing out. I you know, I have interviewed people in my network who have done three or four IPOs serially, I've interviewed people that have never done anything pre they've all been in post companies, and they get these companies public, and they take them from, you know, 500 million to a couple billion dollars. And they've gotten tremendous wealth, already liquid the whole time. And I've turned it around and put it into a framework so that w two employees can really be time investors and say, you know, for myself, I had lost a small business. That was my side hustle, I was broke in, I realized I had to go and work for startup companies if I wanted to get ahead. And I think many people are trying to figure out, how do they leverage their skills, their time and their talent to do that? I wanted to put it out into a book that says, here's how you actually set yourself up. Here's how you negotiate for the equity. And then once you get it, what do you do you need to plan protect, and then you need to start producing passive income. Grant So that framework that you've alluded to, and obviously it's in your book and what it is that you provide in terms of services to others? Sure. In that framework, how far does your organization get involved in terms of taking people through that and applying it as a good go all the way through into the real estate piece itself? Or tell me more about that? Christopher Well, so I mean, the book is really launching the education platform. So right now the book is really the key anchor, we are looking to follow with some online training that people can do. And we're considering some coaching programs. But yeah, I mean, getting back to the origin story is that this this endeavor started from us doing done for you investments for technology employees, my wife and I who were actively investing in, you know, multifamily in ATMs and mobile home parks. We were asked by our friends to help start creating some vehicles for them because they wanted the success they didn't want to go put it together. So that's how Welford capital was born five years ago was in in an effort to help technology employees and you know, we're the lead investor, we're leading with our families dollars, we're creating a model portfolio that's based on where we've taken our tech equity and how now we've put it to work in real estate with our my wife and I shared goal the goal of getting to $300,000 of passive income a year. Grant Yeah, that's awesome to get to that. Point, what's the trajectory? Like? And I? I'm sure part of the answer is how much you're putting into it financially. But in order to in order for someone to get to some, I guess what I would call, in fact, I was watching on your YouTube channel use an interesting phrase I'm looking at right here. It was something like, yeah, you wanted to get to a point where your passive income could overcome your W two income, you made that video. So I realized that's gonna vary by person. But yeah, sure range like, Is it A, is that a two year or five year journey? What does that look like? Christopher Well, I think to your point, Grant, it depends on, you know, how much you can deploy, I really think that it is a five year plus journey. For most people, I think that if you have if you're sitting on a ton of dry powder, right, if you've had, you know, a couple of exits, you know, still it's gonna take time to deploy that capital. Right. And this is what I tell people is, if you walked in, you know, with $10 million, you would not want to put that into a single real estate investment, because then you're going to have the same thing you should if you're sitting in the single tech stock, you're gonna be not diversified. Right? So I think on average, it's, it's, it's a five year journey to really start making some impact. And this is why, you know, I want to go upstream to people earlier in their careers thinking about it, because my honest belief is that if I can free technology employees from having to work for a W two, many of them still want to make an impact. And this is the conversation I love having is if you didn't have to work for money, what would you do? You know, eight out of 10 tech employees don't say I'm gonna go travel the world, they'd be like, I want to solve this problem, or I want to fix that problem. And that, to me, is is really powerful in our community, right, as a technology employees is how can we unleash that power, and allow people to do the impact work and not be focusing just on the survival work? Grant So I have a fundamental question for you, when I saw that your focus was on the tech space employee. I'm assuming this could apply to any sort of w two employee? Or is there something about what you're doing that says, This is really relevant to a tech space employee? Christopher Well, so the reality is, is, you know, I want to be able to speak into my people, my focus, my niche is focused on technology employees that I really understand, I understand, you know, their concerns, I understand, you know, you know, how it is, it's a very high paced, fast paced lifestyle. And so, in. So that's where, like, my writing my books, and everything is very much focused on how do I help these people and try and pay it forward, if you will. Now, on the real estate side, it's interesting that I've been very focused on technology and plays in helping them however, different people relate to the story, right? I mean, I have people that come in and say, Oh, I've I've gotten equity, it hasn't been in tech. Can I invest with you? Of course, you can, you know, or, interestingly enough, I had a jockey that reached out and wanted to get a call and said, I actually won this big stakes race. That was my big one. And I went through the sudden wealth event, I really related to what you were talking about that, can I invest with you? And so of course, I'm open to everyone participating in our investments, but I just feel really nobody feels sorry for somebody who goes through the sudden wealth event, right, you know, works in an IPO, all of a sudden, you get a multiple seven figure, payday, nobody feels sorry for them. But those people still struggle. A lot of us, myself included, didn't come from money, had no idea what to do with it. Yeah. Right. And so it's really, you know, in my mind that I want to really help and lean back into my community, because as I mentioned before, like I think that that community, financially independent will actually then turn around and bring some huge benefits to to everybody. Grant I can relate with that, I grew up milking cows and hauling hay. So yeah, that was that was that was the foundation of that. So I'm interested in your thoughts around because one of the cool things I saw that you did was you're helping people think through their career paths, and with everything that's taken place with COVID and the impact to the workforce and and even what people are expecting from their jobs today and how that changed. The mindsets changed. How is that impacting the things that you're doing? Christopher Well, I think it's creating more opportunities, right? I think coming post COVID I mean, it was in the middle of COVID. I ended up going back to work for another technology company. I had a very interesting offer. And it was for an all remote company that was built all remote they came it was developed all remote in 2011. And it had an An amazing trajectory and amazing story. And it was important for me to really experienced that because I think that the future of technology employment, while I know a lot of people are being brought back into the office, I think it will truly, ultimately become hybrid, that where you're going to have office time to connect, you're going to have a lot of home time. What this allows for, you know, I think certain roles, certain specialized roles is the ability to make tech money and live in the low cost, you know, income or a low cost of living areas. Yeah, that wouldn't change. It is in this to me provides opportunity to what to save more to invest more, right? There's this whole concept of people talk about lifestyle by design, well, what if you designed your lifestyle to invest more, and I mean, this is what, you know, really motivated us to leave the Bay Area, come to Austin, Texas, in 2017, where, at that point, we got in here at a much lower price point, we are able to sell our house in the Bay Area, get some single family homes and this home, so we're able to now more passive income, right, but lower our overall cost of living so that then we can invest more, I think there's going to be more of that type of opportunity. I think that, you know, there, people are going to be able to have much more flexibility in that geography, which I think creates more overall opportunities. Grant Yeah, definitely see the the change there with that. And in fact, having so many people shift and move around the country right now you see this sort of exodus from some of the coasts, you know, coming in to the Central part, companies, large companies that we've seen, of course, moved out of places like California and such, you've talked about in your material that I reviewed, on your YouTube channel, some of the reasons to invest in real estate, and why you picked that as an avenue for doing this. There's obviously lots of places certainly crypto which has, of course, been kicked in the teeth, you know, recently, but, but why why real estate, he touched on that. Christopher I would say the most compelling reason right now, to be investing in real estate is the income by like, a lot of, you know, asset classes do not provide, you know, to me, there's there's the construct of a investment that says I made for income. Income to me is not a growth vehicle that says I'm going to take your money and expand it know, an income vehicle, like real estate, or like what we used to have in the bond market, you know, pre 2008 is, I am going to preserve your capital, potentially increase that, and I'm going to give you returns on top of that. I think that real estate is the place where then you have a hard asset behind it, that again, gives you you know, those those multiple benefits, I know that, you know, four ways to make money in real estate, right, there's the cashflow, there's the appreciation, there's the equity pay down, and then guess what the tax benefits as well, right? We know that we need a lot less real estate money to duplicate w two or where we want to be with w two income because of the fact that we don't need as much because you get a lot of the depreciation, you really get, you know, good tax planner going there. You know, you can you can reduce that. But this is where, you know, I don't see any other vehicle right now that's going toe to toe that can preserve capital and put cash in your pocket. Grant Yeah. What are your thoughts about current trajectory, you know, around interest rates and potential soft landings of the real estate market? Is that create any concerns for you? Christopher I mean, it definitely creates concerns. I mean, I think that a lot of the the increase in interest rates has slowed down a lot of the transactions on the real estate front. I know that for, you know, multifamily, you know, partners that we have here in Central Texas, you know, there's just a real long pause, like, where's this going to land? And I know, a lot of, you know, investments that were in process, you know, now have have stopped because, I mean, just negotiations because the rates are moving so quickly. I do believe that, you know, this increase in interest rates will do what, you know, the government is looking to, which is going to slow down, cool it off, prices are going to have to start ratcheting down to excuse me move the market forward. But however, in real estate, there are opportunities to buy I know that I'm very bullish right now in the mobile home market. I know also in the self storage market, there still are a lot of opportunities because the fact that those industries have not been standardized, let's say like multifamily, or a lot of you know of some other commercial properties as well, there still are real buying opportunities there. And so I think if you stick to the fundamentals of Buy low, get something that's cash flowing very well, there, then is the opportunity to still make money. Grant Is there a particular asset class real estate that you enjoy more than the others and mobile homes? Is the multifamily? Do you? Is there a particular place people should start, you know, when they think about this? Christopher Well, I mean, I think everybody should start with with the fundamentals. So there's a, a book that I recommend to everybody, it's what every real estate investor needs to know about cash flow by Frank gallon le, and it's a math book, and it gives you the fundamentals. And you go online, you get a spreadsheet, and you understand the math, not complicated, but that's where everyone should start. And it gives you a breadth of asset classes. For me right now, I am bullish, and my partners and I are acquiring in the mobile home park space because of the fact that it's a scarce asset class, scarce meaning that's in high demand. And for the demand, they're not making any more. So that means that if you look at, you know, I have a chart that I share with people that the net operating income of mobile home parks has been steady up into the right since before the year 2000, because of this whole thing that, you know, when you have a scarce asset class, that is going to force appreciation. The other thing is, you know, there's there's a lot of inefficiencies, and a lot of, you know, mom and pops that are baby boomers that are looking to get out right now. So, you know, with a good operations team, there's, there's a buying opportunity. And I do want to I think one of my partner said the other day, and I love this piece of advice to say when when times are good, you want to be in affordable housing, when times are bad, you really want to be in affordable housing. Well said, yeah, right. I like that. I literally wrote it down. As soon as it says, I go, that's gold, that isn't that is good. Grant I picked up that wealth word is a verb. That's one of the things that I discovered in reviewing what you're doing. Tell me more about this verb. And what I mean by that is, I'm trying to relate it to those that are listening, where they may or may not be in the tech space. But let's say you're in the tech space, and they're early in their careers, and they're thinking, How do I get started? What do I do next? What's the verb? Right? What's the action that I should do? What I start doing differently? Christopher Well, and so the whole concept is always be moving towards wealth. And this is always just having your eyes and I do have spec. So you know, having your investor lens on. And so I think that, if it's in your W-2 job, you know, it really is then how can you work for equity? How can you get a piece of ownership and this, you know, I call it Kiyosaki is bridge, like he doesn't call it out in his book, because he sort of has, you're the employee and the owner over here, there's this gap. But equity when you're able to get, you know, again, can that be in technology companies? Sure, could you, you know, I know people work in private equity companies, they get staked there, you know, and other public companies, you can too. But if you're working for equity, and you have salary, you know, a bonus, and you have this equity, what I always tell people, then you can live on your salary, you can party with your bonus, and you invest all your equity, you know, that then gives you this additional capacity to be able to start investing. And then, you know, as you and I both know, on the investing front, it's how do you stay diversified? How do you have a portfolio that's fit for your lifestyle, and you have goals, and you're working on it? And to me, you know, in my wife and I created this word, you know, sitting around and trying to think of how can we create this word that really encourages people to just be thinking about moving towards wealth, which could be your health, right? You want to be taking care of your health, you want to be taking care of your mind, you know, because wealth to us is an abundance of resources. And that can be you know, energy, it can be, you know, a network, right networking with people is moving towards wealth. So, that was really the spirit behind it. Grant That's awesome. I love that now if someone wanted to learn more about you and your organization, what you're providing where do they go? How do they find this? Christopher Well, they can go to Wealthward.com. That is my core website where they can go learn more about what we do and get time on my calendar. They want to understand what we're doing in the mobile home park space, that is ThriveCommunity.fund. There they can go see a free webinar of you know, really how we're, we're, we're really doing something very really interesting in that space and have this blue ocean concept. And then tech careers and money talk. That is my podcast I'm recording episodes gonna be launching in September. But that's tech careers and money talk where, you know, like yourself, I'm facilitating this conversation in the corner of tech careers, you know, and really, there'll be a Tuesday episode. That's all about how you build and grow your career. How do you go from individual contributor to manager, there's going to be a lot of strategy, there's going to be a lot of interviews and use cases, then Thursday's money day, right? We want to bring in stock options, lawyers, what do you need to be looking for when you're negotiating for equity? How do you generate passive income? How do you buy houses in high cost of living areas? Right? We want to really speak into all the problems and challenges that people have and in hear from people who've been successful. Grant What a fun journey. I look forward to listening to what you're doing on your podcast. That's really awesome. Christopher Well, yeah, and I mean, it sounds like, it sounds like you're gonna be a guest too, because little did I know about your secret tech background. Like I think we got some, some stuff to talk about. Grant Oh, yeah. Like I said, at the beginning, three in Silicon Valley sold them all IBM acquired one of them. So I spent some time as an executive, they're definitely bounced out of that world. Christopher Yeah, I'm ready. Yeah, I'll be on the other side of the mic. I'll be asking the questions. There you go. Grant That's right. Good stuff. Christopher, this has been a pleasure. Any last comments you'd like to share with our listeners? Christopher Well, I think, you know, what I always like to share with everybody is just the fact that, you know, if you ensure that you are taking time, energy capacity to focus on this building your wealth, I think there's a true opportunity to, you know, live a life that is sustainable, and you can actually design it yourself. So that's my encouragement. Grant Why don't they teach this in school? Christopher Well, they may soon enough, I'm I'm working on that curriculum to say. Grant I think you're the one to put that curriculum together. So that's right. Yes. Hey, thanks for joining everybody. Thanks for listening to this episode of Financial Investing radio and until next time, reach out to Christopher Nelson. Thank you for joining Grant on Financial Investing Radio. Don't forget to subscribe and leave feedback.
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Liam Welford joins us for the ride on this episode of The Symbiosis Now Podcast! Liam is a bad ass mechanic, technician, welder, and a fun guy to know and talk with. Tyler asks Liam about his upbringing in private Catholic school as they compare it to public school. These two dudes discuss gas prices and how it makes people obsess over the fluctuation, while ironically most folks choose to still spend their money at the bar without batting an eyelash. Liam tells stories from his truck club days and the notorious "side shows" truck clubs would have, and Tyler asks the impossible-to-answer question of what we should do about our homeless population and all the growing issues associated therewith. Be sure to find Liam Welford on Instagram and give him a follow @doughboy_77 ! Find over 100 episodes from The Symbiosis Now Podcast on all the platty's and be sure to find the show on Instagram @symbiosisnow.podcast for highlights, pictures, and videos from the show! Find the host of this show Tyler Colombero @brodudemann . Give Alfredo Vargas from Academy West Insurance a call at (559)638-3800 ! Special thanks to @remingt0nblake for creating the podcast logo! Check him out on Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/symbiosisnow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/symbiosisnow/support
Children's Stories Mon - Fri 6.50pm: Monday: 'Joey the Joaboria gets stuck' written & narrated by Alice Goulding Tuesday: 'Larry & the Canon' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Uncle Roger Wednesday: 'Jaffa & Satsuma meet again' written by Jacqui Richmond & narrated by SRS Thursday: 'Dorothea & the Hoover' written by Jon Mountford & narrated by Julie Stark & SRS Friday: 'Beneath the Sea Raft Race' written by Becca Cooke & narrated by SRS Saturday @ 7.50am: 'Magic Clouds' written by Rosemary Emmett & narrated by SRS Sunday @ 2.45pm: 'My Witch' written & narrated by Jumping Jules Poetry Corner Mon-Fri 2.45pm: Monday: 'Thank You' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by SRS Tuesday: 'Yelverton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Wednesday: 'The Beach Hut' written & narrated by Andrea Weeding Thursday: 'Winifred' - written & narrated by Jean Fairbairn Friday: 'Fingers & Thumbs' written & narrated by Isabel Cooke Short Story Mon,Wed,Fri @ 3.25pm: Monday: 'He Comes Back' written by Anne Wingfield & narrated by Roger Emms Wednesday: 'Remembering Lucy' written by Alice Goulding & narrated by SRS Friday: 'A Tranquil Space' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by SRS Story at Midnight 11.45pm Sun: 'Just Breath' written & narrated by Denise Dowdell-Stent
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Children's Stories Mon - Fri 6.50pm: Monday: 'Penny the Plateasaurus minds her P's & Q;s' written & narrated by Alice Goulding Tuesday: 'Circus Cats' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Uncle Roger Wednesday: 'Maisy meets Jaffa & Leo' written by Jacqui Richmond & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Thursday: 'Johnny Goes to the Bowls Club' written by Jon Mountford & narrated by Julie Stark & Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'The Magical Swimming Lesson' written by Becca Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Saturday @ 7.50am: 'New Shoes' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Sunday @ 2.45pm: 'The Poem Seller' written & narrated by Jumping Jules Poetry Corner Mon-Fri 2.45pm: Monday: 'Sprite' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Tuesday: ' Foxton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Wednesday: 'Challenge' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Thursday: 'Bluebell Wood' - written by Jean Fairbairn & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'Not Today' written & narrated by Julie Stevens Short Story Mon,Wed,Fri @ 3.25pm: Monday: 'Mr Wong's Sweet & Sour' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Wednesday: 'The Birthday Present' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Collette Parker Friday: 'The Faithful Timekeeper' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Roger Emms Story at Midnight 11.45pm Sats: 'The Last Dance - Part 2 ' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Roger Emms
Children's Stories Mon - Fri 6.50pm: Monday: 'Annie the Archeopotrics loses her glasses' written & narrated by Alice Goulding Tuesday: 'A Highland Adventure' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Uncle Roger Wednesday: 'Jaffa & Leo move to a new home' written by Jacqui Richmond & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Thursday: 'Dorothea & the Rubbish Truck' written by Jon Mountford & narrated by Julie Stark & Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'Milouh's Garden Adventure' written by Becca Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Saturday @ 7.50am: 'The Lost Princess - Part 2' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Denise Dowdell-Stent Sunday @ 2.45pm: 'Saying Goodbye' written & narrated by Jumping Jules Poetry Corner Mon-Fri 2.45pm: Monday: 'Sprite' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Tuesday: ' Foxton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Wednesday: 'Challenge' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Thursday: 'Bluebell Wood' - written by Jean Fairbairn & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'Not Today' written & narrated by Julie Stevens Short Story Mon,Wed,Fri @ 3.25pm: Monday: 'Mr Wong's Sweet & Sour' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Collette Parker Wednesday: 'The Love Seat' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Collette Parker Friday: 'The Last Sail of the Sunset' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Kevin Dalley Story at Midnight 11.45pm Sats: 'The Last Dance - Part 1 ' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Roger Emms
Author, Clinical Psychologist, and Compassion expert Dr. Mary Welford joins host Dan Monte for a conversation on compassion's role in a musical life. Compassion is explored from all angles, from the interpersonal to the deeply personal, as well as strategies for framing self-compassion in a competitive field.
Such a vivid description of what depression feels like - and how to look at HappINess in a way that can help you in recovery. Finding how your "comfort zone is where business goes to die" - and what this means for you in reality! Rachael Welford - www.rachaelwelford.com MEMBERSHIP To join the Shine On You Crazy Daisy Membership and invest in the growth of your business, please click here to find out more. You will receive knowledge to grow your business and support to implement what you learn, putting time aside to work ON your business - and have FOCUSED-FUN whilst doing it! BOOKS To buy Shine On You Crazy Daisy – Volume 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5: Visit Amazon, iBooks or any good book retailer. YOUTUBE PODCAST EPISODES To watch our podcast episodes on Youtube - CLICK HERE.
In this episode, Claire and Sophie interview author Ross Welford!Questions below: Ross's writing journey (0.41) About the '1000 Year Old Boy' (1.50) Which book is Ross's favourite (3.43) Discussion on Ross's book themes (5.34) What was Ross like at school? (6.42) Writing Tips (8.18) What are you reading right now? - 'Locked out Lily' by Nick Lake (9.46) Ross's Magic Tricks (10.34) Thank you for visiting us Ross and we cannot wait for your future books! Merry Christmas!As always get in touch over on twitter @lounge_learning
In this episode, I chat with Dr Mary Welford about being able to tune into ourselves and recognise what level of care we need and how to act on it. Episode Links Website: http://cfttherapist.com/na/therapists/dr-mary-welford/ Links to Dr Hayley D Quinn Resources Link to podcast mailing list: https://drhayleydquinn.com/podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drhayleydquinn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drhayleydquinn Freebies: https://drhayleydquinn.com/resources Meditations: https://drhayleydquinn.com/shop/ Journal: https://drhayleydquinn.com/product/welcome-to-self-compassionate-journal/
Children's Stories Mon - Fri 6.50pm: Monday: 'Tracey the Triceritops discovered a triangle' written & narrated by Alice Goulding Tuesday: 'Carlos Solves a Mystery' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Uncle Roger Wednesday: 'Jaffa's Mum comes to live with the Gang' written by Jacqui Richmond & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Thursday: 'Johnny goes to the Library' written by Jon Mountford & narrated by Julie Stark & Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'The Haunted House' written by Becca Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Saturday @ 7.50am: 'Percy' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Gilly Young Sunday @ 2.45pm: 'Acrobat' written & narrated by Julie Stevens (Jumping Jules Poetry) Poetry Corner Mon-Fri 2.45pm: Monday: 'Fingers & Thumps' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Tuesday: 'Juggling Words' written & narrated by Julie Stevens Wednesday: 'Yelverton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Thursday: 'Forbidden Fruit' written by Jean Fairbairn & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'But for God's Grace' written & narrated by Tina Yates Short Story Mon,Wed,Fri @ 3.25pm: Monday: 'You' written by Alice Goulding & narrated by Roger Emms Wednesday: 'Water's Gift' written & narrated by Evie Coppard Friday: 'Boy Racer' written by Sally Runham & narrated by Roger Emms Story at Midnight 11.45pm Sats: 'Reduced Circumstances' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe
Children's Stories Mon - Fri 6.50pm: Monday: 'Freddie Joins the Fire Brigade' written & narrated by Alice Goulding Tuesday: 'Horaces' Nine Lives' written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Uncle Roger Wednesday: 'Leo, the Irish Wolfhound, comes for a Holiday' written by Jacqui Richmond & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Thursday: 'Dorothea & the Cars' written by Jon Mountford & narrated by Julie Stark & Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'Everyone is a Winner' written by Becca Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Saturday @ 7.50am: 'Tom & the Pirates' written by Rosemary Emmett & narrated by Alice Goulding Sunday @ 2.45pm: 'Dreams are Full' written & narrated by Julie Stevens (Jumping Jules Poetry) Poetry Corner Mon-Fri 2.45pm: Monday: 'The Lochs & Highlands' written & narrated by Tina Yates Tuesday: 'Autumn Odyssy' written & narrated by Helen O'Mahoney Wednesday: 'Nostalgia' written & narrated by Isabel Cooke Thursday: 'Spring is Cancelled/Baby Asleep' written by Jean Fairbairn & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'Foxton to Welford' written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Short Story Mon,Wed,Fri @ 3.25pm: Monday: 'The Beginning' written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Wednesday: 'Saved from the Storm' written by Rosemary Emmett & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: 'The Dream' written & narrated by Joan Tucker Story at Midnight 11.45pm Sats: 'Monologue in Death - almost' written by Patrick Ruddy & narrated by Roger Emms
After another busy week for Car Dealer news there's plenty to discuss, such as are cars worth more with famous owners, is customer service getting worse and Stellantis' big plans for going electric. Click below to find out more about any of the stories mentioned or send us a voice message. Vauxhall to go all-electric from 2028 Stellantis pledges almost £26bn in development of new electric vehicles Investigation: How much value does an interesting backstory add to a car? Used car stocks drop to their lowest level this year but prices still fall, according to eBay Motors Group Customer service problems in automotive sector hit their highest level, new research finds Stellantis safeguards Ellesmere Port factory with £100m investment as an electric van plant Bugatti and Rimac partner to create new hypercar firm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/car-dealer-magazine/message
Cultures collide at Welford road, Wasps sting Irish, Bath win (technically) and Harliquins are jokers (pun).Also Northampton and Exeter put on a rugby clinic!All the Prem action and much more from around the world of rugby. LTBP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Children’s Stories: Monday: ‘Olivia the Oviaraptor Hatches an Egg’ written & narrated by Alice Goulding Tuesday: ‘Carlos’ Fishy Tale’ written by Graham Emmett & narrated by Uncle Roger Wednesday: ‘Trisky & Freddie Help at the Stables’ written & narrated by Crazy Grandma Thursday: ‘The McMinis go to Church’ ditto Friday: ‘Milo the Monkey’s Garden Adventure’ written by Becca Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Saturday: ‘The Girl Who Once Saw Mermaids’ written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Sunday: ‘Nothing to do’ written & narrated by Julie Stevens (Jumping Jules Poetry) Poetry Corner: Monday: ‘The Masquerade’ written & narrated by Isabel Cooke Tuesday: ‘Yelverton to Welford’ written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Wednesday: ‘Winifred’ written & narrated by Jean Fairbairn Thursday: ‘And Now Spring Arrives’ written & narrated by Virginia Mayo Friday: ‘Love is Poetry’ written by Jean Fairbairn & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Short Stories; Monday: ‘The Level Crossing’ written & narrated by Felicity Radcliffe Wednesday: ‘Broken Dreams’ written by Rosemary Emmett & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Friday: ‘The Hairdresser’ written by Isabel Cooke & narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith Story at Midnight: ‘Annie’s Apple written & narrated by John Sissons
In 2014 Rachael Welford's life changed forever. She was bedridden. She couldn't work for a year and it took her an additional two years to get back to functioning.The issue? Depression, anxiety and panic attacks. The solution? Mastering her mindset, meditation and self-development. And that's what she teaches now. Welford Wellbeing helps people to stop suffering in silence. Move out of their own shadows and light up their lives in ways they never knew possibleYou can't fail to be motivated and energised when you listen to Rachael! She has been on a huge journey and has learnt so much from her journey.Some insights you won't want to miss: How even though she thought she was living her best life she was under a lot of stress How she recognised she was self-medicating with food/alcohol/recreational drugs How being bedridden was her wakeup call How she recognised her negative self-talk and had to learn to be nicer to herself How daily affirmations and therapy helped her recovery How she realised she didn't have to believe everything she thought How it's very possible to reprogramme the brain How she had to take radical responsibility to empower herself How she went from feeling rock bottom to being voted the best alternative therapist by Time Out"You can choose to be kinder to yourself in your thoughts" - Rachael Welford www.welfordwellbeing.comhttps://www.instagram.com/welfordwellbeing/ * * * *"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken, from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/Watch the Podcast via YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbrokenFollow on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/unbrokenthepodcastwithmb
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This week we're talking to Ross Welford, one of the most critically acclaimed middle grade authors in the UK. Ross’ debut children’s novel, Time Travelling with a Hamster, was published in 2015 and he has gone on to publish a further five middle grade books, the latest of which , When We Got Lost in Dreamland, was published in January this year. His books have been translated into over 15 languages and he’s been shortlisted for some of the UK’s most prestigious children’s book prizes, including the Costa and the Blue Peter Award. -- First Book - The Magic Faraway Tree Series. Book 1 - The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton (https://bit.ly/3qR3VQN) Last Book - Lost Horizon by James Hilton (Unavailable) Wonder by R J Palacio (https://bit.ly/2P475Tn) Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford (https://bit.ly/3pTDc4S) When We Got Lost in Dreamland by Ross Welford (https://bit.ly/2ZP5t25) ---- Produced by the team at Mostly Books, 36 Stert Street, Abingdon OX14 3JP Website: www.mostly-books.co.uk Twitter: www.twitter.com/mostlyreading Insta: www.instagram.com Edited by Nick Short
James Welford, or "Lazerzz" as he is known to his Youtube subscribers, uploaded his first youtube in video in 2011 before quickly becoming one of the most looked to creators for Assassin's Creed related content. He has since cemented his position as a staple of the Assassin's Creed community with over 156,000 subscribers and over 43 million views. Combine that with his work as a podcaster over the last five years, and you end up with the newly announced Four Pillars Network, a collaborative effort among many members of the community focused on delivering the best video game, film, and nostalgia related content around. James has also conducted multiple 24 hour live charity streams aimed at raising money for things like cancer, animal shelters, and Alzheimer's. If this peaks your interest, consider becoming a patron of As Always Entertainment. I hope you enjoy this episode!
Accelerator Podcast Ep 8 CrossFit. Discussion on interesting health, fitness and lifestyle topics from the team at Accelerate Coaching. Join us and our guests to discuss through topics in the fitness world. Ep 8 Howard and Ed discuss all things CrossFit with former GB Swimmer James Welford. He joins us to discuss his experience in CrossFit and training with the GB swim team. Have fun and enjoy our topics, Thank you for listening. Find us on social media: www.accelerate-coaching.com FB: @acceleratecoaching Insta: @accelerate_coaching
On this week's episode, Alex, James and Lewis discuss:- Leicester 31-40 Sale- Tuilagi's return to Welford Road- Ewan Ashman's Premiership Debut- Rob Webber Re-Signs- Cobus Wiese Finally Signs- 8 Springboks- The visit of Saracens on WednesdayTheme Music: Happy Hours by L'IndecisSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheSharkTank)
For the last episode in our Setting Yourself Up for Success series, Helen talks to wellbeing expert Rachael Welford about stress and the importance of self-care. They talk about how to make meditation manageable, how to stop negative beliefs getting in your way and how to develop health-ful habits. For more on Rachael's work, head to: https://www.welfordwellbeing.com/For everything else Squiggly Careers related, head to www.amazingif.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
I have looked at the many aspects of cancer; prevention, reversal and spiritual. But never in a million years did I think anything could be done about the physical changes caused by cancer until I met permanent makeup artist and founder of Perfectious Tatu, Cheryl Gilman. Cheryl The post Becoming Whole After Cancer – Elyn Jacobs, Cheryl Welford appeared first on LillianMcDermott.com.
I have looked at the many aspects of cancer; prevention, reversal and spiritual. But never in a million years did I think anything could be done about the physical changes caused by cancer until I met permanent makeup artist and founder of Perfectious Tatu, Cheryl Gilman. Cheryl not only does an awesome job with everyone, she can also create new eyebrows and areolas for people who have lost them. Joining Cheryl will be Cancer Coach, and breast cancer thriver, Elyn Jacobs, to help us understand the importance of feeling whole after cancer.
North Dakota has had a handful of foreign-born governors. Ragnvold Nestos and John Moses were born in Norway, with Roger Allin and Walter Welford born in England.
This weeks podcast features Rachael Welford of Welford Wellbeing, they discuss the link between alcohol and anxiety and mental health, and the importance of finding another way to ‘quiet’ your mind. Rachael teaches meditation and is a coach and trainer http://www.welfordwellbeing.com Rachael is also one of the contributors in the Self Love Challenge in The Sober Club, we have just started so sign up to receive nor just the usual resources but also a 7 day challenge with free guided meditations courtesy of experts such as Rachael and a whole host of resources. You only need to commit fifteen minutes a day max and if you are already rocking meditation some of these resources might spice up your practice Are you #selflovecurious ? Janey also discusses the recent news reports about hospital admissions increasing by 60 per cent due to alcohol related illness, that’s before you start on the ‘grey area’ drinkers! To join The Sober Club go here and don’t forget you can listen to the podcasts, read our blog and enter our competitions https://www.thesoberclub.com/join-the-club/ ( https://www.thesoberclub.com/join-the-club/) Our next Champneys wellness break Selfcare in Sobriety is 13-14 June at Champneys Tring in Herts, the link will be under events in the next day or so Our next Sobriety Rocks retreat at Inner Guidance is now likely to be in August or September, please register your interest Follow Janey @janeyleegrace and on fb @janeyleegraceloves
Rachael Welford is the founder of Welford Wellbeing and host of Things I Wish I'd Known Podcast. Her infectious energy drives her mission to release the stigma around mental health after her diagnosis of clinical depression and anxiety. She shares tools and knowledge which empowers those suffering to take back control & build lasting positive change. In the short time she has been running Welford Wellbeing, Rachael has worked with with a variety of companies including Reuters, UN Women, lululemon, TFL and Barbican as well as being voted one of London's best therapists by Timeout. “just keep going, like you have totally got this. If it's your soul calling and you will know whether it is a not… If you wake up every day and you think oh God, I really wish I was in a job maybe you need to go get a job again. And that's actually okay as well. Because I think that's the other thing a lot of the time being an entrepreneur isn't necessarily for everyone. It can be scary, it can be you don't know when your next paycheck is coming from, it can be pretty hairy stuff”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7mp
Ross Welford talks to Nikki Gamble about his children's books, science, fiction and magic.
This is the last episode of season 1! I’m so grateful to everyone who has listened and supported this podcast so far and can not wait to come back with season two in 2020. During this episode I share some of the things I wish I’d known over the last year and also over my lifetime. I want to share with you that no matter how bad you think it is, you can make positive changes in your life and improve your mental health. I talk about how terrifying it is to lose your mind, how to help yourself if you’ve suffered or are currently suffering from depression or anxiety and the steps I took in order to begin to reprogram my negative mindset and step into a more positive and purposeful life.How tough it is to start a gratitude practise when you’re in the midst of depression. How to begin to build self awareness and follow your inner voice, sharing the step by step things that I did in order to get myself out of bed and back to living life. EPISODE INFO AND LINKS:Review Release Renew - Download your free workbook here -https://www.welfordwellbeing.com/review-release-renewYoga and Sound Healing Retreats, Morocco - May and Oct 2020 https://www.welfordwellbeing.com/retreat USEFUL LINKS:If you need help with your mental health, please reach out to get help. There are amazing charities where you can find help:Samaritans - Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Call for free on 116 123 - 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Website: https://www.samaritans.org Mind - Charity for better mental health https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/depression/#.XclfYZL7TOQABOUT THE SHOWTIWIK is a love letter to my younger self. A conversation about all the things we were told not to talk about. A sharing of knowledge, emotions and laughs. A potential handbook (or the audio equivalent) on how to master your mental health and fall back in love with yourself!Nothing is off limits. We talk about everything from dating, suicide and mental health through to make up, skin care, magic and spirituality. It's all the things I wish I'd known when I was younger so hopefully me and my guests will save you some heartache, provide some laughs, and inspire you to try something new, helping you to grow from the inside out.Join the conversation by tagging @welfordwellbeing on:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/welfordwellbeingFB - https://www.facebook.com/welfordwellbeingusing the hashtag #tiwikFor more information on Welford Wellbeing check out www.welfordwellbeing.com You can listen, watch and follow on:Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzMgUfqLQwGSN--K0fMOGTLnmvT3oB5qhSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0q3RxJ6fRED4oBoCpwPukV?si=TR-87oDDS9Os-Rern07bGgApple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/things-i-wish-id-known/id1479344250or check out https://www.welfordwellbeing.com/tiwikpodcast for more information
Hey Everyone! Taking over the reins for Episode 022 of Substance Sessions, is the super cool progressive trance DJ, Paul Welford. Paul has provided us with a brilliant mix of deep, hypnotic progressive trance, if you like progressive trance, this one is going to be for you! Plus find out which two tracks are going to be going head to head in the classic cut vote! All is Episode 022 of Substance Sessions! 1. EANP - Amadista (TH;EN Remix) 2. Gai Barone - Boston (Morning Mix) 3. Basil O'Glue - Look Again (Original Mix) 4. Josh Vino & Matan Caspi - Fringe (Original Mix) 5. Stan Kolev - Renegade (Original Mix) 6. DJ San - Put The Kettle On (Stan Kolev Remix) 7. Rodriguez Jr - Malecón Azul 8. Lee Coulson - Tia (Extended Mix) 9. Gai Barone - Lullaby 10. Duderstadt - Muhanjala (Original Mix) demos@substancerecords.co.uk promos@substancerecords.co.uk facebook.com/substancerecordsuk
Beyond Zero speaks to Rod Welford, described as a "man of action with many and varied roles" including lawyer, politician, business leader and now Adjunct Professor in the Department of Business Strategy and Innovation at Griffith University. He lectures and consults on how to transition from conventional to sustainable business and questions the government's lack of a holistic plan and vision for the environment.
Although Christmas should be the most wonderful time of year, Mandy Hope is struggling. Her relationship with Jimmy Marsh is on the rocks, while her best friend James has a gorgeous new son which only confirms how much Mandy wants children of her own. Desperately in need of a friend, Mandy strikes up a close relationship with new Welford resident Geraldine Craven, who is only too happy to offer a shoulder to cry on. Geraldine looks to be a lifeline in these troubled times, until she reveals a devastating secret about Mandy's past. With so much uncertainty, is there still hope for a happy Christmas?
The first episode of Season 2 is an interview with Rachael Welford of Welford Wellbeing, a British healer and energy worker who's only dream as a kid was "to be a raver when I grew up." Rachael shares her story of gravitating towards a work-hard-play-hard lifestyle as a way of medicating underlying mental health issues, and the breakdown that eventually led to her getting "sober curious" and quitting drinking for good. In this episode, we discuss: What people mean when they say they don't "trust" non-drinkers Why drinking is so normalized in our culture "Burnout" as a sign that an underlying mental health issue needs to be addressed Why it is time to de-stigmatize depression Healing from trauma and thriving in recovery How to create healthy new habits that support our mental and emotional wellbeing You can learn more about Rachael and her work at www.welfordwellbeing.com. Season 2 of the Sober Curious podcast is supported by Grüvi, and you can get 20% off any onLine order at www.getgruvi.com with the code RUBY20.
Actress Mila Kunis feels indifferent about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Mila sits down with Conan to talk about not being wasteful, running moneymaking schemes (while working on That ‘70s Show), addressing her stardom with her kids, and the importance of having a job at a young age. Plus, Conan gives producer Matt Gourley’s mother Welford a call. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. This episode is sponsored by Clif Bar (www.clifbar.com/CONAN), Mizzen+Main (www.comfortable.af code: CONAN), Fracture (www.fractureme.com/CONAN), and Ben & Jerry's (www.benjerry.com).
In this episode, I talk with Dr Mary Welford who is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Trainer, Speaker and Author of a big yellow book ‘Compassion Focused Therapy For Dummies’ & ‘The Compassionate Mind Approach to Building Self Confidence’. Mary is one of the founding members of ‘The Compassionate Mind Foundation’ alongside Professor Paul Gilbert, she lives in Cornwall with her family and continues to practice clinically alongside working in school settings where she strives to improve the wellbeing of staff and students through developing compassionate approaches. Learn more about me on my website Links and references mentioned in this episode Compassionate Mind Foundation The Compassionate Mind - Paul Gilbert Compassion in Cornwall retreat Compassion Focused Therapy For Dummies - Dr. Mary Welford Building Your Self-Confidence using Compassion Focused Therapy - Dr. Mary Welford #365daysofcompassion on Twitter Chris Winson on Twitter
Andy Peck chats to Alastair and Debbie Welford, founders of Nicodemus, a charity that reaches marginalised young people in Guetemala and the UK. www.nicodemuscharity.org.uk
Only about a year ago, Emma was country Director of the International Republican Institute-Morocco, with an acquired 12 years+ experience working in the international development, diplomacy and political sectors. In this episode, she shares her experience in 'TAKING THE BIG LEAP' from senior development expert to a travel Concierge and proud owner of AFewXtraDays.com travel service. Follow/Subscribe to Talkay Media: Facebook & Youtube: Talkay Media Instagram & Twitter: @talk8na SoundCloud, Stitcher & Spotify: Talkay Pod Gmail: talkay.media@gmail.com
Couldn't we all be a little kinder to ourselves? Find out how self-compassion can influence us and hear about how compassion focussed therapy helped Chris with depression. Prof. Paul Gilbert and Chris Winson talk to Dr Lucy Maddox. Show notes: If you’re interested in finding out more about the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, or about Compassion Focussed Therapy here are some resources... Websites babcp.com is the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies website and it links to the CBT register of accredited CBT therapists in the UK (or go straight to cbtregisteruk.com). BABCP also has a Compassion special interest groups which members can join. https://compassionatemind.co.uk/ is the website of the Compassionate Mind Foundation. https://underwaterbreathes.wordpress.com/ is Chris Winson's blog. On Twitter, the hashtag #365daysofcompassion was created by Chris and connects you to other people using principles from CFT to help with everyday life. Books Gilbert, P. (2010). Compassion focused therapy: Distinctive features. Routledge. Welford, M. (2016). Compassion focused therapy for dummies. John Wiley & Sons. Irons, C., & Beaumont, E. (2017). The Compassionate Mind Workbook: A step-by-step guide to developing your compassionate self. Robinson. Welford, M. (2012). The Compassionate Mind Approach to Building Self-confidence Using Compassion Focused Therapy. Constable & Robinson. Papers Gilbert, P. (2014). The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53(1), 6-41. Gilbert, P. (2015). Affiliative and prosocial motives and emotions in mental health. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 17(4), 381.
Malcolm Welford is the Co-Founder at Morris and Welford, a JD Classics Company with offices in Newport Beach and Connecticut. Together with Miles Morris they operate a specialist historic car consultants and brokerage business. Morris and Welford invite consignment and outright purchases of fine classic, sports, and racing cars. Born into an English car enthusiast family he enjoyed his first race at Brands Hatch in 1966. His career includes time at British Car Auctions as Head of the classic car division, Christie’s International Motor Car Department in London and then Beverly Hills. He’s raced vintage cars, driven the Mille Miglia, Tour Auto, the Colorado Grand, and the McLaren F1 tour. Malcolm sits on the FIVA Technical Commission committee as well.
On this weeks HER Conversations I am joined by Rachael Welford of Welford Wellbeing. Through her company, she offers a range of healing modalities including Meditation, Reiki, Gong Baths for the stressed out Londoner looking for some calm in this crazy city. I feel that one of the main factors in Rachael’s success is her candour about her experiences and her approachability. During our time together Rachael shares the reality of living with depression and anxiety, how she found value within that challenge and what it actually means to be a spiritual person living in a city like London. Find out more about Rachael www.welfordwellbeing.com
This week Felicia is joined by knitwear designer, Emma Welford. Emma lives in Western Massachusetts and has been knitting since 2007 and designing since 2011. She is a fellow multi-craftual maker who also sews her own clothes, crochets, and spins on her Lendrum spinning wheel. Emma is no stranger to SweetGeorgia as she has designed two amazing patterns for us in the past: her Fall Break socks and the adorable Ribbonscardigan. Please join us this week as Felicia and Emma discuss slowing down and enjoying the process of creation! In this episode, we talk about: 2:39 Emma chats about her main passion before she started knitting seriously: sewing without patterns. Felicia also asks Emma how she got into knitting in 2007. 5:11 Felicia and Emma talk about slow fashion, mindful making, and wearing your handmade knits more by examining if they truly fit into your everyday wardrobe. The ladies also ponder if one can truly have too many sweaters. 9:12 Emma and Felicia discuss the “instantaneous pattern lust” on Ravelry and if it causes knitters to make before thinking 11:05 Talking about minimalism and how Emma tries to slow down the process of creation to enjoy it more 15:15 How Emma chooses her colour palettes and her suggestions to others on how to pick yarn colours for projects 20:50 Frosting VS Cake: the struggle of choosing neutral yarn colours in a store 23:12 Emma chats about her time working at Webs – America's Yarn Store 26:16 Emma gives suggestions on how to balance working a day job and designing knitwear 30:00 Chatting about Emma's latest project: a collaboration e-book of patterns called Join Hands (Proceeds from this project will be shared equally between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center) 31:10 Felicia and Emma discuss bullet journalling 34:26 Where to find Emma online to keep up with all of her latest designs and projects 34:05 Felicia's final notes and podcast giveaway! Links and Things Here's where to find Emma online: Website: www.emmawelford.com – Sign up for her monthly newsletter to keep up with Emma's latest work! Instagram: www.instagram.com/emmawelford/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/welforddesigns Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/groups/emma-welford-designs
This week I'm talking to Rachael Welford of Welford Wellbeing. Five years ago Rachael hit rock bottom when she experienced a breakdown and her entire life changed. Up until her breakdown, Rachael had been partying, working a million miles per hour and was self-medicating - all the while with severe anxiety. Following her breakdown, Rachael spent nine months recovering, and in that time, found support from medication, the Samaritans, therapy and eventually alternative healing. As a result of her experience, Rachael now runs Welford Wellbeing; a space where she supports and heals others through reiki, sound therapy and tapping, also known as the emotional freedom technique. Rachael and I get pretty deep on this episode; we're talking wanting a break by any means possible (even being hospitalised), just how bad anxiety can feel in the work place when you don't know how to tell people what you're feeling and how Rachael found finally peace with her mind.
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