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Catherine Marks is a Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer and mixer. She has worked with artists such as St Vincent, The Wombats, The Killers, Wolf Alice and many other killer bands.It was a real pleasure talking to Catherine and I hope you will enjoy our conversation as well.In this interview, we spoke about:• The hard times when starting out and living on the breadline• Sacrifices Catherine has made to get to her level• Dealing with the fear of failure and why you need some fear to do well• The old school, and backward, way of treating assistants in recording studios• What Catherine learned from her experience of being broken down as an assistant• If there are smarter ways of being taught studio etiquette these days• Favourite failures• Questions she asks to understand what her clients want and aspire for• Deadly animals in AustraliaAnd much moreConnect With Catherine Marks On:Website:http://www.catherinejmarks.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/cjmarks►► Join The Audio Tribe To Get Exclusive Access To Interviews And More: https://www.youraudiosolutions.com/exclusive-access

Are you looking to get your business running more smoothly in 2021? Look no further because I’ve got the perfect guest for you! Today I had on Catherine Calmes, a Certified Director of Operations who helps entrepreneurs with operational planning and team leadership.  In this episode, Catherine and I explore the 5 phases you go through as a CEO and what areas you should focus on first if you’re ready to scale your business.  She tells us about her personal evolution as an entrepreneur and her recommendations for implementing KPIs (or metrics on steroids as she calls them!) into your operational plan.   What’s in this episode: What Catherine does for service providers to help them scale The transitions she’s made that have gotten her to where she is now in her business The 5 phases you go through as a CEO What to focus on first when you’re ready for growth How to implement KPIs  The 2 challenges that pop up the most with business owners What business owners should look at in 2021   Connect with Catherine: Website | Instagram    About Catherine:Catherine is a Certified Director of Operations who helps online business owners by providing operational planning and team leadership so their business can run efficiently. She uses her background in home organizing, workplace productivity, and managerial experience to help make the vision for your business a reality.   Enjoyed this episode? Then make sure to join us in my free Facebook Group so we can continue the conversation! Click here to request access.  Want to know when new episodes are released? Subscribe on your platform of choice so you can learn all of the scaling strategies I’m implementing in my own business and with my clients.  Let’s be friends. Send me a DM on, Instagram or Facebook. 

When challenging situations arise, how do we make the shift from bystander to helper? What are the factors that determine whether or not we take action? And what if helping means disobeying an authority figure? These are the kinds of questions that made me want to read Catherine Sanderson's latest book, Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels, and to interview her on the show. In particular, her discussion of the Milgram Shock Experiment, a study that's always fascinated me, got me thinking more deeply about those pivotal moments when we decide whether or not we're going to speak up or step in, rather than stand by. For some background, the Milgram Shock Experiment was first conducted in the 1960s by Stanley Milgram, a psychology professor at Yale. He wanted to find out how far people would go in obeying an authority figure when their obedience knowingly caused harm to another person. In the study, participants delivered an electric shock to a subject they couldn't see. The voltage increased with every wrong answer given. If they refused to administer the shock, a member of the research team - the authority figure - responded with one of four scripted statements. The electric shocks weren't real, but the participant in the study didn't know that. If they refused to administer the shock, the authority figure would recite one of the four scripted statements, for example, "The experiment requires that you continue," or "You have not other choice but to continue." Aside from statements like these, the authority figure never forced participants to deliver the shocks. Yet every participant did. Not one refused. Even when the person receiving the shocks sounded out in pain with moans, shouts, even pleas to stop, the participants kept going. What Catherine talks about in her book, though, are the many participants who wanted to stop. The ones who communicated, at some point along the way, that they didn't want to continue. That's the moment I'm curious about. What would it have taken for them to disobey authority? And what would I have done in that same situation? Catherine is a professor at Amherst College. She's studied what neuroscientists and psychologists have learned about why we stand by and why we speak up. She's also studied what leaders can do to make it safer for people to speak up, which training programs work best for teaching these skills, and what drives the brave souls who always speak up. Episode Links This week's shout-out goes to Emily Levesque, author of the book, The Last Stargazers Bystander effect Young Children Show the Bystander Effect in Helping Situations Social loafing Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart The Pain of Social Rejection KiVa anti-bullying program Curious Minds Team You can learn more about creator and host, Gayle Allen, and producer and editor, Rob Mancabelli, here.  Support Curious Minds If you're a fan of the show, there are three simple things you can do to support our work: Rate and review the podcast on iTunes or wherever you subscribe. Tell a friend, colleague, or family member about the show. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Where to Find Curious Minds Spotify iTunes Tunein Stitcher Google podcasts Overcast

Today on the podcast, Dr. Carla Burns is joined by an incredibly special guest; Catherine Ann Wilson! From ages 12 to 17, Catherine was eating out of dumpsters simply trying to survive. But now, she’s earning a 6-figure income that has enabled her to buy her dream home in Maine and start a non-profit organization. With the podcast’s theme being all about claiming your power, there truly is no better guest than Catherine. Catherine Ann joins Dr. Carla Burns to show up for others as a beacon of understanding around the difficult topics of sex trafficking and child sexual abuse. Her mission in the work that she does is to educate the public that 1 in 5 children are sexually abused and to prevent this trauma (and the domino effect of social ills) through effective teaching and training. In this episode, Catherine candidly speaks about her personal journey with sexual abuse and trauma. She shares how she has gone from surviving to thriving and the incredibly profound lessons she has learned along the way. Catherine shares tips, tools, and techniques on how we can flip the script on the bad experiences we’ve had throughout our life and truly reclaim our power. “The only way out is through, and the only way through is found within.” ⏤ Catherine Ann Wilson   Key Takeaways: [:00] About today’s special episode with Catherine Ann Wilson! [:40] Dr. Carla Burns welcomes Catherine to the podcast and Catherine shares her intentions with coming on to the show. [2:50] What Catherine will be sharing with us all today. [4:32] Catherine shares her journey with surviving and enduring sexual abuse and trauma. [8:09] How sexual abusers become sexual abusers. [13:15] Catherine continues telling her story of experiencing sexual abuse and shares data about what happens to an individual when they experience childhood trauma. [22:16] How do we flip this script and protect children from sexual offenders? [23:54] The trauma Catherine endured and the symptoms she experienced for the first 25 years. [25:50] Catherine shares how her trauma impacted her for the 20 years following the first 25 years. [29:00] How Catherine overcame her trauma. She also recommends some incredible resources to get you started on overcoming your own trauma. [34:19] What flipped the switch for Catherine in bringing her from surviving to thriving. [47:21] How we can all claim our power and the power we gain in ‘owning’ ourselves without shame. [53:57] Catherine recommends more great resources and offers practical advice that can aid you on your path to claiming your power. [56:43] Catherine shares how she manages to cope when a traumatic memory arises in her day-to-day life. [1:01:21] What true spiritual growth looks like. [1:04:26] How to support Catherine and the important work she is doing. She also shares some additional resources for those looking to get help.   Mentioned in this Episode: Stop Trafficking US ⏤ Catherine Ann’s Non-Profit Organization Dr. Bruce Lipton The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, by Michael A. Singer The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection, by Michael A. Singer “Remove Your Inner Thorn | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network” (Video) “Start with why -- how great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek | TEDxPugetSound” (Video) The Way of Mastery, by Shanti Christo Foundation (3-Book Series) The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence, by Deepak Chopra M.D. Ram Dass Thorn National Center for Missing and Exploited Children   Follow-up with Dr. Carla Burns! Visit her website at DrCarlaBurns.com Follow her on social media: Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

From Mortgage Broker to Financial Planner: The Incredible story of Catherine Morgan Catherine is a multi-award-winning financial planner and coach, podcaster, public speaker and social media expert! Catherine talks about her journey in the financial industry and the highs and lows she has faced in her career. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review and we will see you on the next episode of the Mortgage Pro Podcast. What Is Covered: Catherine’s journey to success and having success working from home. Catherine started in a bank as a cashier and was trying to work her way to become a mortgage broker! The start of her entrepreneurial journey. Mortgages and protection are not about selling, it is making the client aware of what they need. Learning how to prioritise time. Finding your passion is an easy way to start your personal development journey. Catherine’s emotional story on how she stopped caring what others thought of her and how it helped her find her passion. How Catherine’s became a financial planner from a financial adviser. The differences between a financial adviser and a mortgage adviser. How do you build in your coaching model into your business? What made Catherine niche towards women? What Catherine is doing to market herself. Using video and podcasts. What does the word PRO mean to you? Channels Join the Mortgage Pro Free Group Buy my book The Self-Employed Mortgage Guide Follow me on Instagram   Visit me on Facebook

Welcome to today’s show!   WHAT WE’LL LEARN:   Catherine talks about faith and religion as being a big part of her childhood in Northern Ireland but how she never felt the need to “revisit it” until recovery As a self-identified Atheist, why Catherine felt she was “doing it wrong” in recovery  What Catherine says to individuals who criticize her lack of a higher power How Catherine arrived at the decision to finally stop drinking What AA has to do with Catherine’s sobriety date What were Catherine’s early recovery days like and why she considered early recovery “a second job” How she found her sober community online 6 years ago and what that means for us navigating our current self-isolation days What recovery looks like for Catherine right now How perspective surrounding recovery and emotion can look different when one has several months in. What Catherine’s message is to Atheists in recovery   RESOURCES MENTIONED   AA Agnostica 12 Steps 100 Day Challenge @unexpectedjoyof The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Journal A.I.R. Private Facebook Group        For more info, head over to atheistsinrecovery.com and subscribe to our email list. And thank you for listening!   Leave an honest review on ITUNES.  Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the A.I.R. newsletter where you will learn to identify patterns of dysfunctional thinking, change the dysfunctional thinking into something more positive, and find hope in recovery.

When faced with something that scares you, will you let fear win? Today’s guest, Catherine Tachdjian is the founder and publisher of Scrapbooks & Cards Today, a quarterly print magazine that helps people to embrace and enhance their creativity. She and I discuss how she learned to embrace fear and why it’s okay to be messy when you first get started with a new endeavor. She shares why she decided to start her magazine and why she put such a focus of community into it from the start. We also chat about how she got the idea to start hosting events and why it’s so important to her to be able to connect with the community at her events.  What’s in this episode: What Catherine did prior to starting her magazine Challenges that Catherine faces in the print media industry  Why Catherine put such a focus on community in the beginning Deciding to do a quarterly magazine and her mission behind creating it Why Catherine chooses to embrace fear  Catherine’s advice for dreaming big  How to handle negativity from others Her experience with hosting events for the crafting community Why Catherine likes smaller events and being able to connect on a personal level   About Catherine: Catherine is the founder and publisher of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine and hosts in-person education events across Canada. Since 2005 Catherine has worked with her amazing team to help people record their personal stories and memories through the magazine and at each Crop & Create event. With a passion for people, paper and pretty things, Catherine feels fortunate to do what she does. Catherine has been married for over 27 years to Jack; they have two children aged 22 and 20 and a sweet pup named Bella! She enjoys traveling, cooking and dreaming up new marketing ideas.   Connect with Catherine: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Catherine’s Instagram   Links: Create & Inspire 2020 Crop & Create Scrapbook.com YouTube video of Crop & Create Toronto YouTube video of Crop & Create May 2017 The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom SCT Sampler Shop Scrapbooks & Cards Today Get 20% off with code: AMY20 Amy’s latest scrapbooking collections can be found here and here   Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media you can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to share your gifts and keep those creative juices flowing. 

Catherine and Amber chat about Catherine's book: Long Days of Small Things (Motherhood as a Spiritual Discipline).In This Episode:-What it means to see motherhood as a spiritual discipline.-How to experience God in tasks that we already do every day as moms.What Catherine is Loving:Hot drinks in winter:Vanilla Grapefruit TeaCatherine's Mom Hack:Toothpaste to get permanent marker off of wood furniture.Links:Catherine's websiteLEAVE A REVIEW OR SUBSCRIBE TO DIAPERS AND DISCIPLES See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  How author and artist Catherine Holland made a conscious decision not to die, and food that helps you focus 5 hours later. At the end of this episode I'll share with you a magical yet easily available food that helps you focus 5 hours later! But first, let's get to our story. Our guest, Catherine Holland I'll let Catherine tell you her story, but what I will tell you now is that she's an author, a breath coach and an artist whose most recent book is called Indestructible Soul: How I decided not to die. She's got quite a story, and I'm really looking forward to her sharing it with us. So Catherine, welcome to the Clean Food, Dirty Stories podcast! I'm really excited to have you here today! Now you've got quite a story which I believe starts with something pretty dramatic, right? I mean, people are going to hear 'I decided not to die' and they're going to think 'oh my goodness!' They're going to want to hear what happened, right? Catherine: Yes, well what happened is that I learned that it's a choice. Me: Wow! Catherine's story Catherine: So this is quite an exciting thing when you're dealing with the population. People I know, people I don't know, people in Facebook land and whatever. This idea that it really is a conscious and deliberate choice, and that the part of us that's doing the choosing is not the human part of us. So this has all been very practical for me, because of my breathwork. I've been practising breathwork for a very long time. To put it in perspective, I've ridden a bicycle all my life, I still ride a bicycle many miles a week. And at some point I decided I wanted to ride a motorbike. My brother rode a motorbike, I used to go on the back. And I never dared to ask because I suppose in a way because I'm a girl, I knew that my parents or at least my mother wasn't going to allow it to happen. So I wasn't going to face the fight. I did ride horses which is just as safe or dangerous as riding motorbikes, but let's not go there. It started with a motorcycle (motorbike) Fast forward quite a long time, I was in a job with a nice team in a print department. I said to them, I fancy learning to ride. And then I saw one for sale in the paper. Unlike a car, and because it was a 125, it was a learner bike and the owner was getting rid of it because they'd passed the test and they wanted a bigger bike. It all made sense, so I bought it. I rode it up and down the back alley, trying desperately to work out how to use the gears. Riding a motorbike when you've never ridden one is quite difficult. I had learned to drive a car so I understood the theory, but when you're trying to balance this wretched thing that falls over as soon as you stop...It has no reverse gear, so if you get into a pickle you can't get out again. The crash...and the decision I was tootling up and down. It wasn't very heavy so I could push it to turn it around. I took my CBT and I was out on the road practising and I got struck by a car. A car crushed my leg and within a couple of minutes I'd lost half my blood. I was aware of lying in the road, wanting someone to hold my hand, and I was then aware of travelling towards a tunnel which went up and to the right. In my head were two questions: Do you want to go back and see your children grow up, or do you want to carry on where there's no pain? Sorry, they were the other way round - do you want to carry on where there's no pain, because I could feel the pain once I was hit and it was so big that I couldn't tell where it was coming from. Me: That's what I was going to ask you, yeah. Catherine vs a BMW Catherine: And so in my mind of course, any person who knows anything about motorbikes and injuries, they worry about breaking their back. But I wasn't going fast enough to do something like that. The car had accelerated into me. It was a BMW. An accelerating BMW can go quite fast, so they weigh about a ton and a half. So you know, me against a ton and a half of metal...Anyway I didn't know where I'd been hit, I didn't know what was hurting. But I did know when I was being asked the questions that it wasn't hurting anymore at that point. It was really, really tempting to carry on where there was no pain. Had I had not had children I would have definitely carried on because they were the only thing that brought me back. Nothing else. Me: How old were you if I may ask? Catherine: I don't tell because I don't give my age. People including me have judgments about age. Me: How old were your children, then? Because that's the reason I asked. Catherine: My children were late teens. So my oldest one was university so she might have been 21. I think the youngest was 15, but I tend not to analyze stuff. Dates I don't analyze, I don't have a birthday or a reminder of it, it's not my style. Apart from people's birthdays that I do need to remember, I don't memorize dates. I don't do anniversaries, especially deaths, it's not my thing. And besides, that was my own death! Preparing not to die So I was dead not for very long. But long enough to have seen and felt what it's like. And it's really, really lovely. Really wonderful. So I'd had some really good experience in my breathwork practice, which I'd been doing for about a dozen years at that point of knowing that subconscious travel is beautiful. And I think that helped me to be prepared and not too shocked by the experience. I think it clearly helped me emotionally, psychologically, but also hugely physically. Obviously my arteries that were damaged must have closed because I didn't die. Police arrived on the scene fairly quickly, as did an ambulance. They put a tourniquet on my leg, so I don't know, I might have still been bleeding heavily at that point and that's why they put it on. That's what made me think, "I thought they didn't use tourniquets anymore". Of course later I thought of course they do! If your life's at risk, losing a leg is a minor detail! But I haven't been drinking, Officer... So the policemen asked me questions. I didn't have any other injuries, just the bit where the car had driven into my leg which I didn't realize at the time that the injury was, even. I remember the policemen asking me how much I'd had to drink and that sort of thing! But before that and before they arrived, when I was hit, my eyes closed at that point. They didn't really open again for about 5 days because I didn't have the energy. I was aware of this female voice saying to me, "Oh, you're OK!" as I lay in the road. I opened my eyes and I saw this bleached blond woman looking at me. She was clearly drunk, she got back in the car. Her husband didn't get out of the car, he was driving. They were about to drive away and the passersby didn't let them go. So in her mind I was all right and they were going to get back in their car and drive away! Me: What happened to them? And for the driver... Catherine: They were arrested, well he certainly was. He was charged within 5 days because he'd pleaded guilty but I didn't find this out for 6 months. He pleaded guilty, he had a ban for 6 months which was the time it took me to be, well I still had a fixator screwed in my leg. It took me two years to recover. I'm still left with an ankle that doesn't bend properly which I have to keep working on. It's been a big effect on my life, but that man, it's a really funny thing. I didn't have the energy to be angry with him. My kids were furious, they wanted to go around and knock on his door. And that's OK, I brought them up to be non-violent people. People used to say to me, "What do you wish had happened to him?" And my answer is, still is, that he wouldn't be allowed to drink alcohol again. Because I think that's a really fair thing for somebody who's caused that type of injury by drinking and driving, because when they went to the pub they must have known they were going to go home. And it was only half past ten at night, it wasn't particularly late. Clearly they'd intended to drive to the pub and back again. And they weren't just a bit drunk, they were very drunk. The scariest moment in the hospital Me: And when you were in hospital, you mentioned that for you, you really needed to have a lot of focus and perseverance. Can you say something about that? Like how does that come into it? Was that to do rehabilitation? Cause you said you almost lost your leg, so... Catherine: So I was taken by bumpy ambulance to hospital, to a very rich hospital thank goodness, and I was put into a bed by the nurses' station and sort of patched up at that point. The orthopaedic surgeon said "Right, you're going to be going to the operating theater, I'll save your leg if I can." And I said "You have to! You've got to! I'm a climber and a dancer and a cyclist!" And then I burst into tears. Me: That must have been so scary! Catherine: Indeed it was, I do remember it. Putting things back together again Catherine: Two days after that I had another operation for skin and muscle grafting where another surgeon, soft tissue surgeon Mr Sohardi, stitched back the tendons which had been pulled away. Almost every tendon in my lower leg had been broken. So he did the jigsaw puzzle of putting them all back together. But he also did something which, well it might have been Mr Gotswani, I think. It was to take part of my calf muscle and strap it over the gap. There was a gap in the bone about the length of my forefinger. The bone had been so smashed to smithereens, there was a gap in my shinbone. They laid the muscle across there so that the bone would have blood supply because they believed that if it didn't, the bone would die. And then I'd have a different problem because I'd have dead tissue from the inside and then I'd still have to have an amputation. So it made my leg look very strange but I had all these skin grafts taken from the other leg and put onto that leg. After the first operation I had bandages from the top of my thigh right down to my big toe. Which surprised me a bit. And then I had this huge steel handle sticking out which was screwed into my leg. It was screwed in below my knee and just above my ankle. The screws below my knee were horizontal because the bone is wider there. Steel inside and out And yeah so I had this steel thing in my leg which was very weird indeed. You could actually pick my leg up with it, which was very odd. But the idea was to hold the bone steady so that when it started to mend itself, it would be the right length. The bone had been so smashed up. When I had a look on the x-ray, what Mr Gotswani had done was to spend 6 hours to painstakingly take each piece of bone with tweezers out of the wound and putting it in between the gap. I later understood because I later did training in injury treatment that the little cells in your body that notice when there's damage, they pick up and break down all of the broken bits of bone and rebuild them into the form that they should be. He was giving them the best chance because there was such a big gap. He wanted to make sure that there would be suitable material available for my body to pick up and to mend, which it did beautifully! Because the next x-ray I saw two weeks later showed it to be one bone again. And all the bits that had been put in there were like flowers, like a bunch of flowers all sticking out at funny angles. They were gradually being reabsorbed by my body in correct formations. Mental focus Me: So then where did your mental focus come in? Catherine: So my mental focus became completely absorbed by this extraordinary process that was happening. I can only liken it to a feeling you get when you're in the bottom of a ship. If you've ever been in a big ship, even on a ferry, a big one. Where they have an engine room that's enormous. And the whole place is pounding and shaking, with the energy. The pumping of the energy. That's what my body felt like. The whole thing is focused on this energy. I'd lost about half my body weight, my skin and my face was the color of my pillowslip which as my daughter pointed out was white. What else happened? My leg was about half an inch from top to bottom, a couple of centimeters. The thickness of my leg was reduced to a couple of centimeters. And my legs are quite strong, I'm a cyclist. So my leg was sort of spread out like a big sheet of liver. Very strange. So yeah, this pounding feeling was the total focus of my body was mending. Me: Oh I see, yeah. Laying on of hands Catherine: And my body was really helped by somebody laying their hands on the bandages. It gave me a feeling of transferred energy. It was very, very helpful. Me: So did you ask people to do that? Catherine: Yes, if they asked me what they could do, I'd tell them. And my daughter taught my dad to do it. He doubted very much that he would know what to do and that it would be helpful, but of course my kids just said "This is what you do, Granddad. This is what you do". And my son brought his friend in, so yeah there were these two 15-year-olds who turned up and that was really lovely. So yeah, my son showed his friend what to do. He said "Richard, this is what you do". So everyone just took turns laying their hands on the bandages. It was very strange because I had 6 tubes going in and out of my body. I had blood at the beginning, I had morphine, I had an oxygen mask and all sorts of stuff. But of course what the staff didn't realize was that I'd already made the decision to live. I was parked opposite the nurses' station thinking they needed to keep their eye on me in case I was going to die. Because in the time, I don't know, I think it's the following 24 hours that's the pivotal time, but for me I knew I was gonna live. I'd made the decision, it was upwards from where I was. Even though from the outside I was pretty comatose. Smearing (not painting!) Me: But now you cycle and everything, right? Catherine: Yeah, I can do everything now. I can't climb very well now because to smear you need to be able to bend your feet up. Me: Smear? What's... Catherine: Smearing is when you're climbing a rock that has very high friction like millstone grit. It doesn't have many gaps to put your feet in. So you put your feet on it and with your rubber climbing shoes you stick to it because it's like sandpaper. I can only put the tip of my toe on because I can't bend my ankle which means I can't put my foot flat on it. Which is annoying, but anyway. I can climb. I climb better on stuff that's got good holds, but I do so much climbing now for other reasons anyway so that's OK. The best thing was I had no doubt at all I would take my bike test. I'd been riding for 3 weeks, I'd taken my CBT, I'd a test booked for some months later because I'd been having lessons. Obviously I had to cancel that test! Total focus on healing But my mind was really only focused on getting well. Fortunately because my children had been brought up by me, they were incredibly capable. The older one had just finished her university degree. She came and sat with me every day and brought me food. She also made me a nightdress because I didn't possess one! And if there was anything going on that I needed my attention drawn to... for example when they put an x-ray up in the lightbox. She would say "Mum you're going to want to see this. I'll tell you when to open your eyes". Because she was completely aware that I could only open them for half a second. You know about computers and RAM? Well I was seriously lacking in RAM because everything was focused on the processing of my leg. Me: Of healing, of course. To eat or not to eat Catherine: I couldn't keep my eyes open, I couldn't read, I couldn't write. That went on for weeks, it was quite interesting. And I didn't eat. I didn't eat for three days. Me: Oh, but speaking of food, sorry, I know that you wanted me to ask you about the food. You were craving a food, I think? I have no idea what that could be. Catherine: Well at that point I just ate a few, I think it was three grapes and a segment of satsuma. The nursing staff were worrying about me not eating, saying "We're going to have to drip feed you if you don't start eating soon". I said "I have eaten! I've had three grapes and a segment of satsuma!" I really felt I was making progress because I could feel my body coming back to life. And because I'm a real big eater and I'm very keen on my food, it kicked in really, really hard. So yeah, I started eating big time. Interesting food cravings And my daughter knew that the sort of food that was available wasn't going to be my preferred option for getting well. So the two things I craved most, because she brought me a salad every day that she made herself. I was craving broccoli and a particular type of smoked tofu that has sesame seeds and almonds in it. And doing my homework later I realized of course that those are powerful healing foods. Unfermented soya isn't so good for humans. I did eat a lot of it at that time but I hadn't done my homework then. But I was really aware of how important raw food was. I'd actually been raw for a number of years since reading Leslie Kenton's book Raw Energy. That was interesting. There was actually one meal on the menu that I was OK to eat which was...I don't know what the religion was, but there was some traditional group that was common in that particular hospital that had a sort of beans and rice type meal. There were two varieties. You could only have an option of two, so every other day I had the same dinner. But I was pleased that it was something that I actually considered food because the other options I didn't consider nourishing at all. Me: But it is good that you managed to recover so well. Catherine: I had to have lots of conversations with lots of different people about lots of different things that went on there. Me: I'll bet, yeah. Welcome to Trauma? Catherine: Something quite funny was that once I did open my eyes and came to, I opened my eyes and opposite my bed on the wall it said "Welcome to Trauma". Me: Oh, that's not very good! Catherine: If I'd been in my right mind, I would have laughed. But I wasn't. There was a part of my mind that knew that one day I'd find that funny. So I was sort of aware. And then I realized that for the staff there, it wasn't a joke. The unit is actually called the Trauma Unit and they shorten it to Trauma, as in "Are you going to Trauma?" So they put "Welcome to Trauma!" For a long time I was going to call the book that, but some people said they wouldn't read it if it said that. It took me ages to think about what to call it. What Catherine feels gave her the choice to live or die Me: We have to wrap this up for today, but I really appreciate you sharing your story. And I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who may or may not know that in some situations like yours, dying can be a choice. Right? Catherine: Indeed. And I do believe that if you look after your health and your diet really well, that's when you have the choice. I did the homework afterwards and I realized why I'd had the choice. And it wasn't chance. It was hard graft on my part and dedication to it, to a really super lifestyle. Me: I did want to ask you about your book because you've written in more detail about your recovery and everything. For people who do want to know more about you, where can they find you? And your book? And your art? Where to find out more about Catherine Catherine: Yes, well I have my own website and I also have quite a big Amazon presence, Kindle presence. My own website is catherineholland.co.uk and you can find the information about my book on there. But because I wish to sell on Kindle, I don't so much have the availability on my website, but it's also a print book. It's an actual printed, hard copy book which you can't see, but... It's a really nice little book, people love it, it's got a picture of me on one of my bikes that I got after I passed the test. And then on Amazon I have about 15 titles so 4 of those are real paper books. The rest of them are Kindle guides. Me: So people can look there and see what you have, super! Well thank you so much! Which brings us to our food tip for today! A food that helps you focus, 5 hours later So, I mentioned at the beginning of this episode that I'd share with you a food that helps you focus 5 hours after you eat it. And that food is... blueberries! Benefits of blueberries You've probably heard already that blueberries are a great brain food, but do you know why? It's because they help boost the flow of blood as well as oxygen to the brain, plus they have a load of antioxidants which are believed to help protect against cancer, heart disease and dementia. I'll link to an article in the show notes where you can read more about the actual study. What I will say is that if you pop some blueberries in your mouth, eat them and then are expecting an immediate 'brain rush', you'll probably be disappointed. It doesn't work like that. Researchers found that the blueberries didn't make a difference an hour later. Not even two hours later. The big difference - and we're talking 15-20% of increased focus and performance - came 5 hours later. They measured this and you can check it out in the notes if you want to. How you eat blueberries Now how do you eat blueberries? Well, that's obvious, you grab a handful, right? Or you pop some in a smoothie. But did you know that your blueberries don't have to be fresh to deliver maximum benefits? Frozen fruit and vegetables don't lose that much nutrient content if they're frozen soon after they're picked, which is often the case. So keep a bag of frozen blueberries in your freezer, and the next time you feel like a smoothie, toss a handful in your blender along with a banana and some preferably plant-based milk. It's deliciously purple, and kids love it too. And if you'd like more recipes to tempt you to use even more blueberries for even more focus, I'll link in the shownotes to some of my 5-minute recipe ebooks to inspire you. Have YOU got a story to share? If you've got a true story to share, and you'd like to know what food could have saved the day in your situation), I'd love to hear from you! Got a question, or a comment? Got a question, or a comment? Pop a note below in the comments, that would be awesome. You can also subscribe to the podcast to listen 'on the go' in iTunes. I hope you have an amazing day. Thank you so much for being here with me to share in my Clean Food, Dirty Stories. Bye for now! RESOURCES Catherine's website: catherineholland.co.uk Catherine's books: On Amazon Scientific study on blueberries and their effects on cognitive function: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01289860 Article that mentions the above study (in less 'science-y' language): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1212579/A-bowl-blueberries-day-keeps-brain-active-afternoon.html My 5-minute recipe ebooks: https://rockingrawchef.com/5-minute-recipes/   Catherine Holland is an inspiring author, breath coach and artist practising rebirthing breathwork for 27 years. She has three children. When she was learning to ride a motorbike her leg was crushed by a car and she died for a short while, long enough to witness the experience and to know that we do not disappear when we die. She writes about this in her most recent book, Indestructible Soul: How I decided not to die, which can be found with her other titles, on Amazon.  

Catherine Mayer was born in the US and has spent much of her life in London. She is a former Europe Editor and Editor at Large of TIME magazine and the author of Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly and the Sunday Times bestselling biography of Prince Charles Charles: The Heart of a King. In 2015 she co-founded the Women’s Equality Party with Sandi Toksvig. On the 8th March - International Women’s Day she releases her third book - Attack of the fifty foot women: How gender Equality can save the world! Show notes Her career and how it has been done accidentally! Falling into journalism, via a cash in hand job in the marketing department at The Economist before moving over to the editorial side. Spending 11 years at TIME Magazine before starting the Women’s Equality Party Being born in America before moving over to the UK Being a foreign correspondent while based from home in London Her start in journalism and the challenges she faced in the early eighties How she survived and managed to make a career from it Getting by, by becoming “one of the boys” Why she came more politicised  Working in a culture of conformity in order to get ahead and why we need to change the whole culture How the Women’s Equality Party came about WOW - The Women of the World Festival How a small party can make fundamental change and how UKIP proved that What it was like taking this idea for WE to the next stage How ignorance was bliss and also very helpful when setting up WE! How the initial interest on social media led to more than 250 people turning up to the first meeting What Catherine has learned from going through this whole experience Where the idea for her third book came from -  Attack of the fifty foot women: How gender Equality can save the world! Being an internationalist in outlook and how what happens in one country does impact on what happens in another Going through the process of writing the book and why she loves the research Being a tough girl when it comes to writing, no rest, no days off, starting at five in the morning, a short break in the afternoon and then more writing Iceland & how women stopping work changed the direction of gender equality for the whole country Why the WE party are organising a women’s day off in 2018 Why 2018 is going to be a special year for women Starting my Masters in Women & Gender at Lancaster University in 2017 and graduating in 2018 (everything happens for a reason!) The stand out interviews from the book Her plans for the year ahead, including her UK Book tour! BREATHE! EAT! SLEEP! How Donald Trump has helped women in one way… Final words of advice, why this is a time for ACTION and why you should join the Women’s Equality Party.   Social Media Catherine is on twitter @catherine_mayer  Instagram @MayerofLondon You can visit her website --> here!   WIN a copy of Catherine Book - Become a Patron and your name will be entered into a draw at the end of March! We have 3 books to give away - you can become a patron from $2 per month! Support the Tough Girl Podcast and help increase the amount of female role models in the media.

“If you're the smartest person in the room you're in the wrong room” - Catherine Meloy Catherine Meloy firmly believes that if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room! She was a successful broadcasting executive when she got the call (literally) to serve as the fearless leader of Good Will. That call - along with her brilliance, commitment and passion - has helped transform countless lives in the greater Washington community and beyond. And in the debate of whether the heart or the head should prevail, Catherine uncompromisingly choses to lead with both! In this inspiring interview Catherine shares wonderful stories of her parents instilling in her the values of discipline, love and faith. You’ll learn why she refuses to ever be the smartest person in the room and empowers her staff to help translate her lofty 5-year vision into reality. And the ways she strives to learn and grow as a leader, manager and businessperson despite being on top of her game (just read her incredible bio!) I know you’ll find Catherine’s interview riveting and inspiring! What you’ll learn: How growing up with a disciplinarian Marine dad and unconditionally loving mom shaped Catherine's identity Why Catherine considers discipline to be the number one attribute in business and the daily habits that help her maintain discipline and focus Catherine's approach to email and boundaries that help her and her team reset weekly How asking "What was really important a year ago?” or “What did I lose sleep over a month ago?" can help stay focused on a bigger picture perspective Fantastic story of why and how she made the leap from broadcasting to leading Good Will Why having a strong brand for any organization is so crucial Advice for mission-oriented leaders on learning important business skills and how to make the time for the learning and professional development How Catherine's spiritual faith informs her leadership style and even culture of Good Will How declaring your values and priorities as a leader creates greater accountability for yourself What Catherine considers to be her growing edges And so much more!  Links & Resources Good Will – Catherine’s incredible organization whose mission is to transform lives and communities through the power of education and employment. Greater Washington Board of Trade – networking and organization in the D.C. area Catherine recommends for their great educational programs. Having been a member I agree! Global Leadership Summit – “Fresh, actionable and inspiring leadership content” conference Catherine raved about Leadership Greater Washington – amazing D.C. area networking and educational organization Catherine and I are both love and support. PSA: LGW is accepting applications for the next signature program class due in early April 2017. About Catherine Meloy  Catherine Meloy is the President and CEO of Goodwill of Greater Washington (Goodwill). Catherine Meloy serves as President and CEO of Goodwill of Greater Washington and the Goodwill Excel Center. She was selected in 2003 by the Goodwill Board of Trustees as a proven business leader who could dramatically extend the reach and vitality of the organization and enable it to serve an even broader segment of the disabled and disadvantaged community. Prior to joining Goodwill of Greater Washington, Catherine had a successful 20 year management career in the radio industry. With Catherine’s leadership, Goodwill has grown to over 800 associates; 15 retail stores; annual revenues of $42M, which include nine government janitorial contracts. In further serving and expanding the mission of Goodwill, the first adult diploma charter high school has been granted by the DC Public Charter School Board to Goodwill to open in the fall of 2016 under the title of the Goodwill Excel Center. Catherine’s involvement in the greater Washington community includes: Board of Directors, Greater Washington Board of Trade Board of Directors, Federal City Council Board of Directors, DC Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors of MedStar Health Board of Directors of SourceAmerica Member of the DC Workforce Investment Council Member of the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board In January 2016, Catherine was elected to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Catherine is a recipient of the Greater Washington Board of Trade’s “Leader of the Years Award“; was honored by Washingtonian Magazine as “Washingtonian of the Year“; was inducted into the American Marketing Association-DC Chapter Hall of Fame and was highlighted as a Most Admired CEO by Smart CEO Magazine for her successful organizational turnaround of Goodwill of Greater Washington. She and her husband, David, who is President of Merit Hotels, live in Annapolis, Maryland and have three grown children.  

Check out our website: http://www.exerscribe.com Get a FREE chapter from our new book Nutriscribe: Adaptive Nutrition, here: http://www.NutriscribeBook.com Check out our new Exerscribe Adaptive Workout App, here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/exerscribe/id803798097?mt=8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-43F2_IMyM&feature=youtu.be In today's podcast I interview Olympian Catherine Garceau. In this podcast, you will learn: -How EFT Tapping can erase your limiting beliefs -How to overcome your greatest obstacles -What Catherine recommends to do for mental & physical fitness