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It’s fun to share your before and after. But no one talks about the messy middle. The times you struggled and seriously considered giving up. And yet, the challenging times make you who you are. And there is power in your story. In looking back and connecting the dots. In finding gratitude for what you’ve made it through. Stacy Crown is the high-performance coach behind Hotmess to Success, a practice designed to help driven women embrace the chaos and achieve massive success. She is also a leader in the network marketing space and the mother of three young children! On this episode of Destined to Be, Stacy joins us to discuss the power in owning where you’ve been, describing how our identity is shaped by what we’ve survived. Stacy shares what her days look like as a mom, coach and network marketing leader, offering advice on how to build a consistent routine, be intentional with your time and add good habits to your life one at a time. Listen in for insight on embodying the person you want to become and learn how to find the purpose in your pain by sharing the story of what you’ve been through with the world. Key Takeaways   The power in owning where you’ve been and what you’ve been through How our identity is shaped by what we’ve survived Why where you’re standing now is temporary (if you want it to be) What Stacy’s days look like as a mom, coach and network marketing leader How to build a consistent routine that works for you Stacy’s tips on being intentional with your time and outsourcing as much as possible Why it’s crucial to build good habits one at a time vs. all at once What it looks like to BE until you BECOME who you want to be How we don’t talk about our struggles or celebrate our accomplishments enough Why your past will hold you back until you can share your version of the story How self-reflection helped Alison navigate the end of her marriage Connect with Stacy Stacy on Instagram Hotmess Success Facebook Group Connect with Mallory & Alison Destined to Be Podcast Destined to Be on Instagram Mallory on Instagram Alison on Instagram Level Up Entourage Facebook Group Text LEVEL UP to 586-600-8492 Resources Mallory’s Level Up VIP Coaching Program

Episode 140 is all about JOY. Joy is a choice. It's a state of being present. What Stacy and I talk about is happiness is external where JOY is internal. Rather than it being a mindset, what if we simply flip it and set our minds on things that are good? Philippians 4: 8-9 reminds us of this importance. Let us know what you think.

How far is your ideal self from who you are right now? More importantly, what stands between you? We are a patchwork of experiences and beliefs, and it's all too easy to get tangled up and lose sight of the potential we already possess.   Stacy Raske is a bestselling author, speaker, Iraq War Veteran, badass biker chick, international success coach and leadership mentor, and intuitive business consultant. She has spent the past five years leaning into and learning from her trauma and addiction recovery journey to deeply understand the role of beliefs, boundaries, and balance in our sabotage and success.    Stacy's mission is to shift the social and cultural narrative surrounding ambitious, visionary Alpha Women by helping them shift from intimidating to influential leaders through unlocking their full authenticity, hiring their inner rebel, and balancing their power with more divine feminine energy, allowing them to finally shatter the invisible ceiling, leave a bigger impact and legacy, and experience unconditional success in every aspect of their lives, loves, and livelihood.   On this episode of the Step It Up Entrepreneur podcast, Tomas and Stacy cover the realization that kicked off Stacy's upswing from rock bottom to a legendary comeback, navigating the internal struggle with impostor syndrome that most of us eventually confront, how Stacy's book wound up helping her to heal, and the insights she has gained as an entrepreneur and a leader through her public speaking. Tune in for a dynamite interview that will inspire you to examine your own barriers - and then blow past them.   What You'll Learn: How Stacy began (and persisted in) the work of getting past surface-level distractions to the core of who she was and why she was struggling Why impostor syndrome is actually a good thing for any woman looking to embrace her divine feminine nature What Stacy's talent for and connection to storytelling does for her audience in terms of vulnerability and the ability to just be present with themselves And much more!   Favorite Quote: "The gap is what you think and believe about yourself is falling short. So that's the work that we do is to close the gap between who you're already being, which is that amazing, successful, divine feminine alpha leader, you know, creating this influential leadership and massive impact. But they're already being that version of themselves. We've just got to shift those oldest things that are creating the gap of the beliefs, and what they think about themselves. Because that's all it is, the story we tell ourselves. And so that's my big reframe on it like, 'No, no, that is an amazing thing, because you are way closer to what you want than you realize.'"   Stacy Raske     Connect with Stacy: Stacyraske.com Balanceyourbadass.com Firethatbitchbook.com How to Get Involved: From his start in the GPS tracking industry to founding the Step It Up Academy, Tomas Keenan is on a mission to break out of the concept of “average” and reach success that is anything but. And he wants you to join him.   Check Tomas out on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and don’t forget to visit tomaskeenan.com and sign up to make sure you never miss an episode drop.   You can also find this show on Apple Podcasts - don’t forget to drop a rating and review! Your feedback is very much appreciated. 

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - SI joint dysfunction from rowing - Returning to row after injury or a break Sponsors Faster Masters Rowing announces the launch of the Faster Five the key concepts you need to learn before mastering rowing and sculling for masters. Find out more at https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ Kanghua single for sale The team at Kanghua has a single scull available for sale. It’s an all carbon Spirit design for athletes weighing 60-65 kilogrammes. You can trial a Spirit single scull near your home club by contacting Eric Sims https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ Timestamps to the Show 05:00 Sacro-Iliac joint dysfunction - has anyone got this from rowing? It’s a sliding joint in the pelvic area. When it does not glide smoothly it is dysfunctional. Quadratus lumorum or QL is tight this gives back pain and is sometimes a sign of SI dysfunction. Flexing forward is harder like putting on your socks. 10:00 If you are prone to it how do you sit? Is it favouring one side or are you tight on one side of your back? 13:00 Returning after injury. If you were competitive a long time ago, we have learned a lot since 30 years ago about athletic bodies and masters older athletes. How long were you out of training? The rule of thumb for returning. Same amount of injury time is the time it takes to come back. You can never see do too much easy rowing training. Be careful you don’t lose your form 16:45 Off water training - mobility and stretching, strength training. Keep a training diary and count your minutes total per week training. Add 500 meters per session. Your body adapts at a cellular level. 10-15% more per week in minutes. Use the Faster Five as a template for learning and improving your rowing 21:00 Isometric work such as seated hold, contract muscles, hold and relax the calf muscles and glutes is helpful. You can reduce inflammation with Omega 3s in your diet and aspirin. 25:00 Mindful practice - perfect practice makes perfect. So many things can lower your stress and help you get better technically. Drills for technical improvement and low intensity workouts - row in circles - slow motion rowing - shadow rowing - row in double and take turns to do 30 strokes each then 30 strokes together. When you are really fatigued you cna get into a dysfunctional stroke patterns and you are best to stop before you get tired. 32:00 Dr Stacy Sims interview with Rebecca on RowingChat link is below. Marlene recommends tart cherry juice which also stimulates melatonin as a sleep aid. https://rowing.chat/dr-stacy-sims-sporting-women-are-not-small-men/ What Stacy says about menopause and training at 39 minutes in. Research in menopausal women - peri menopause where you get more oestrogen dominance is the 4 years prior affects your body composition where biggest changes happen.Many epigenetic changes happen. First reduce long slow distance work and emphasise heavy resistance training and increase higher intensity work and plyometrics. Glucose control and when lean mass development and recovery when they flatline or the ratios of each change, you need an alternative to stress. You have to challenge the body post menopause - the longer you go the slower you become. Use the stressors from exercise and specific nutrition dosing to get what oestrogen and progesterone hormones used to do for you. Buy Stacy's book ROAR. How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life https://amzn.to/3dKQbSb Amazon affiliate link

Welcome back to episode 423 of the Whole View. (0:27) In episode 400 when we talked about why we were moving to The Whole View, we talked about the necessity of having a podcast that focused on the scientific method. What Sarah wants to be able to help our audience understand are some of the common pitfalls in the alternative health community. We see this manifestation of bias, of dismissing science that doesn't conform to someone's beliefs. And we see it in a way that is miscommunicating the value of the different types of studies. One of the things that Sarah wanted to do is talk about how different studies work, which is what this week's episode will focus on. There are different structures for different types of studies, and what the weight of evidence is from different types of studies. We want to help our listeners look at articles from various educators and influencers and empower everyone to understand how science works and how to interpret information. When articles are cloaked in jargon and complex language that is oftentimes a red flag. Sarah wants our listeners to be able to identify the various red flags to be cautious of. The type of scientific evidence that Sarah draws on when she is writing an article is multiple disciplinary and crosses a lot of fields. Her ability to dig into the science in the level of detail that she can is an entire career's worth of training. This is a skill that takes years to acquire and is very challenging to develop without rigorous training and experience. However, Sarah does not think it is necessary for everyone to have this skill. She is hoping to give listeners a broad enough understanding of what scientific evidence actually is to be able to detect bull feces on the internet.   The Whole View Philosophy We try to always be honest and upfront about when we have the science to show and what we can try to guess from a hypothesis of that science. (7:51) Stacy knows that we have talked about what some of these terms mean on the show before. However, we have been addressing a lot of different topics as we expanded to the Whole View philosophy. We talk a lot about the importance of bio-individuality. And you can't learn that if you aren't able to be open to the idea of learning as you go. To Stacy that is what science is all about. For her, the scientific method is always changing and learning as you have new information and staying open to that new information. Science is all about taking the ongoing, upcoming information, and applying it in a way that helps us continue to evolve ourselves. Stacy thinks it is good for people to be able to check their sources. We are all perfectly capable of questioning how people reach the conclusions they are sharing in articles. Listeners you hold us to that standard. We want to always be a trusted source for you. Science is the basis of everything we share. What we are doing in the academic community is using the scientific method to expand human knowledge. However, this is not a straight line.   Nutritional Sciences Sarah shared her thoughts on the field of nutritional sciences, which is a young scientific field. (16:09) Because of this, we are in a renaissance in terms of the expansion of our understanding. We are at a point where there are big holes in our basic knowledge of nutritional sciences. Sarah shared some examples. It is important to understand that because of where we are in this field, we are in this phase where we are trying to lay the groundwork. Sarah recommends Death by Food Pyramid. She took a moment to also talk about the way this industry is not rooted simply in the science, that it is heavily rooted in profit. We are also talking about a field of science where a lot of the people who are communicators of this research have a lot of bias. Knowing what a communicator's bias is helps you to hear their information objectively.   Removing Bias Scientists in general try to be aware of their biases. We try to devise experiments where the biases have no opportunity to affect the results of the experiment. Sarah shared the ways in which this can be achieved. You are looking for as many qualititative measurements as possible, as opposed to quantitative or semi-quantitative. Sarah shared examples of how these terms play out in studies. In science, we look for as many ways to blind or control so that the bias cannot influence the data that is being collected. The data is then analyzed and as you draw the conclusions that is where bias comes back in. However, now it comes in the form of the expectations that are shared in the hypothesis.   The Scientific Method With the scientific method, you make observations, you collect information, and you ask a question. You are basically interested in looking at something that no body has looked at before. The goal is to look at the scientific literuature around that question and use it to formulate what would be an educated hypothesis. We can look at everything we know about the system and make a guess about what we think is going to happen. You then design an experiment that will help to answer that hypothesis. And then you conduct the experiment in as objective of a way as possible. You analyze the results and draw conclusions. And then you report your findings. Often, when you get to that piece of sending the study to journals, you then go through peer reviews. During peer reviews, a scientific article is typically reviewed by three experts in the field. As an expert in the field, you bring everything you know to looking at this paper. You read through it very carefully and you try to identify any methodological flaws and alternate interpretation for the data. There are three ways you can send it back. The first is that you can say it is accepted as is. The second response can be accepted as is with revisions, ranging from minor to major. Or you can reject the paper. The review process is all done blinded. It passes three researchers in the field and the editor, and then it can get published. The peer-review process is very important because it allows fresh eyes to look for any weakness in the paper. It is because of peer review that there is such a small fraction of papers that ever get retracted, and it works out to be less than 1 in 1,000. They are often retracted because of the discovery of a mistake. The person who is performing this research is just interested in expanding human knowledge, and that is why we see so few examples of fraud or bias to the point of needing to retract a paper.   What to Look For All scientific papers require a disclosure of competing interests, which is a disclosure of funding. (38:39) They also have to disclose any potential affiliation that could introduce bias into the study. There is always a statement, usually towards the end, before the citations. This is always an important thing to keep in mind. The affiliations of the authors are also important details to look for. Just because there is a financial disclosure that is linked to industry, does not mean that the research is biased. The peer-review process is still the main thing that is supposed to detect bias. Sarah thinks that the most important thing to look at is the body of scientific literature as a whole. In the alternative health communities, Sarah thinks that there is a tendency to look at a body of scientific literature and to simplify the findings on the one paper that shows something different. A lot of the interpretation that we get is either 'this one paper is the truth' or you get a dismissal. Neither one of these approaches is the right way to look at that one paper that shows something different. You want to look for the consensus. And you want to look for what the majority of the data is pointing to. Scientific consensus happens when you have enough data that the vast majority of experts looking at that data come to the same conclusion. It doesn't mean that every single study ever done supports that consensus view or that every scientist looking at the body of scientific literature comes to the same conclusion. However, it means that the vast majority of the data aligns with that explanation and that the vast majority of experts looking at the data agree. A hypothesis is a possible explanation or a preliminary conclusion or an educated guess. A theory is when the evidence builds up so much so that you have this scientific consensus and you can start to predict based on the theorem. Sarah shared an example of how this plays out using the theory of gravity.   Types of Studies - Anecdotal & Expert Opinions The lowest strength of evidence is anecdotes. (47:34) "Expert opinions" fall into this realm as well. This is basically, I'm looking around and not necessarily measuring anything. It also reflects personal experience and is not necessarily representative. This is what we might call a handwave explanation. It is not meaningless. However, it should be viewed as an indication that there might be something interesting to explore there. There is nothing about an anecdote or expert opinion that is proof. It is really the formulation of the initial question.   Types of Studies - Case Reports & Case Studies From there we can get into studies that start to solidify the question and the need to answer this question and expand on our understanding of that answer. (48:31) The next level is either case studies or case series. These are purely observational studies. A case study is typically an account of something that happens to one person. And a case series is a group. It is an anecdote with measurements. Sarah mentioned her anti-keto stance and said listeners can find more on that here.   Types of Studies - Case-Control Studies The next improvement in terms of strength of evidence is case-control studies. (51:26) These are retrospective, which means looking back. However, you have two groups within the study to compare against. They then trackback to determine an attribute or exposure that could have caused this. These studies show correlation, but it is hard to prove causation.   Types of Studies - Cohort Studies From there we can go to prospective studies, which are called cohort studies. (52:44) This is where you take a group of people and you follow them over time. So instead of comparing diabetic and non-diabetic people, you take a pile of people and see which ones develop diabetes. These are much stronger studies because there is much less room for selection bias. This study provides a much more rigorous data set. You have a lot less challenge with selection bias. These studies show correlation, but it is hard to prove causation.   Types of Studies - Mechanistic Studies Sarah places a high value on mechanistic studies. (54:46) These are mostly animal studies and cell culture studies. With these, you are trying to explain how something is linked. They provide mechanistic insight and improves understanding of an effect. It also proves causation by explaining why/how an effect is seen. Subsequent human trials are required to verify the predicted effects of the intervention.   Types of Studies - Randomized Control Trials This is considered the gold standard. (56:27) Subjects are randomly assigned to a test group, which receives the treatment, or a control group, which commonly receives a placebo. You can then design these to control for different types of bias. “Cross-over” trials: participants switch from control to treatment, or from treatment to control, groups half-way through the trial. "Blind” trials: participants do not know which group they are in. "Double-blind” trials: neither the participants nor the experimenters know which group the participant is in. Blinding trials helps to remove subconscious bias. Sarah shared other ways you can remove bias. You still need to combine the data from a randomized control trial, which is the intervention. When you have enough information to make a prediction about what is going to happen, you run the intervention to see if your prediction is correct. However, you still need the mechanistic studies to support that data because they explain why.   Types of Studies - Meta-Analyses From there that are meta-analyses. (1:01:27) This is where we pool together the data from multiple randomized control trials and look at a much bigger data set. And this is a really great way to look at a bigger body of evidence to see if an effect still happens even with all these differences. Looking at a meta-analyses helps us determine whether a difference is based on how a trial was set up versus a true difference. These are really important types of studies to do.   Types of Studies - Systematic Review The height of scientific evidence is called a systematic review. (1:02:22) This is where you go through meta-analyses all the way through the randomized control trials, you look at the cohort studies, and then you look at all the mechanistic studies. From there you are able to say, ah-ha, here is what this huge body of scientific evidence tells us, and here is the explanation. This is again something that Sarah puts a lot of stock into as she is going through something. They take into consideration the quality of the studies included. Reviews can help mitigate bias in individual studies and give us a more complete picture. Lastly, they are the best form of evidence, and either develop consensus or indicate the need for further studies.   How to be Objective The main takeaway from going through those types of studies is to understand that none of them by themselves is the proof. (1:04:42) The correlation does not equal causation. Sarah has a hard time when people approach research with a conspiracy theory mindset and think that the one study that shows the difference must be the truth. When we ignore the 90% of studies that show the other thing. Sarah also gets really upset over dismissing that one study because it shows something different. What it shows is complexity. To Sarah, she wants to understand why that one study shows something different than the rest. So that is another thing to look out for. Avoid cherry-picking and dismissing research. Science is the pursuit of truth, it is not the pursuit of backing up your opinion. If it doesn't back up your opinion, change your opinion. That is the scientific method. The other piece that upsets Sarah is when she sees the dismissal of papers because they were done in a small number of people. This is the last piece of the thread to pull in here. Statistical power is related to the standard deviation and the magnitude of the effect. Sarah explained this in greater detail and why it is a key detail in this all. Scientists are trained to answer the question with as little use of resources as possible. This means as small a sample size as possible, and this is because no matter what type of experiment you are doing, increasing the sample number has costs associated with it. Scientists are trained to do the minimum number of experiments to have statistical significance. Understanding statistical power is the most important because it is about understanding the magnitude of the effect and how to measure that with confidence. Not every study needs to be done in 200,000 people to be relevant. The thing to look for is to look at those P values and look at whether or not that data reaches statistical significance.   The Takeaway For our listeners, the biggest thing that we want you to take away from this discussion is understanding that if a scientific study is worthy of dismissal, then it is a flaw that is going to get that study retracted. (1:13:48) The scientific community is really good at policing itself for quality. Don't let somebody without a science background who is selling you some kind of supplement tell you that the paper being looked at is irrelevant or wrong. It is not, because if it is it will get retracted. We have all these different ways in the alternative health community to dismiss science. The problem with that is when science is really important and relevant, we are basically training ourselves to be conspiracy theorists. We are training ourselves to dismiss science. It becomes a slippery slope when we find excuses to dismiss papers, making data meaningless. When presented with conflicting evidence, if you see dismissal of that evidence, a red flag should go up. The building of scientific evidence is what is important. With an open mind to what conflicting data can actually reveal about a system - that is where we can be informed by the science in a way that improves our lives. At the end of the day, science is all about improving our lives by increasing human knowledge. Stacy noted that we need to be mindful that this information is complex and we need to be asking if this is coming from a credible source. For Stacy, she personally looks to review a summary or an abstract and checks the sources from there for any possible flags. Sarah took a moment to share on intervention studies.   For Special Consideration There is a type of animal study that is called an intervention study that is called an intervention study. (1:20:20) This is like the randomized control trials that we do in humans, but we are doing it in animals. And this is used a lot in drug development and vaccine development. This has a different weight to a mechanistic study. You cannot necessarily draw a straight line between data found in an animal study and what to expect in humans. A mechanistic study is about understanding the biochemistry - understanding how something happens. Where an intervention study is about measuring the magnitude of effect from this manipulation point. This is where you do need bigger sample sizes. And you can't say that because something worked in rats, it will work in humans. Another thing to look for in smaller studies is the definition of the population that is included. Sometimes that does mean that you take the information with a grain of salt before we start expanding that information to the general population. When it comes to vaccine development, one of the challenges is that we want to give it to the entire population. We need studies that show the safety profile in a heterogeneous population, people with genetic differences, and different conditions. A study also needs a bigger population to determine if those adverse reactions are happening with this vaccine and the frequency of them. Having those large sample sizes for an intervention trial is about having a sample that represents the general population so that we can identify efficacy as well as safety. This is the type of study where you want a really big population. When a covid vaccine is available, we will dedicate an entire episode to this topic and Sarah will dig in on the science. We have reached a point where science has become politized and it shouldn't be.   Closing Thoughts Context is important. (1:27:31) It is very easy to cherry-pick a quote that someone says and apply it to completely different circumstances. We are talking about not cherry-picking information, and continuing to educate ourselves. It is important to look for opportunities to continue learning and expand our understanding of what works. If you here us have a show about something that contradicts your current opinions/understandings, don't just listen to twenty minutes of the science and skip past the conclusion. When you just read/listen to a certain part, or skim the information, you will miss important pieces of the whole. We do our absolute best to always be broad in terms of what we are talking about. Stacy shared an example of how this plays out with research on red wine and how this plays out in a large sample size. It is not fair for us to boil down the complexity of science to a soundbite or a sentence without context. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we try to navigate and boil oceans sometimes on this show. Our goal is to keep shows to under an hour, and we are rarely able to do it. We want to make sure that we aren't coming out with a show and sharing simple bullet points on the subject. Sarah shared her thoughts on how our society's current health standards have shifted the way that we seek information. It is important to be cautious of predatory marketing practices. Being willing to revisit recommendations and have a new conversation about something is the scientific method. It is different than being wrong before - iterating on human knowledge is science. Sarah shared her excitement for where we are currently at with nutritional sciences. The reality is that nutritional sciences is young enough that right now we are drawing the best conclusions that we can with the date we have. However, there is a lot of unanswered questions that science needs to answer for us. Stacy found it fascinating to look at the relative newness of nutritional sciences when compared to other areas of research. This is what we are here to do for you. Sometimes we might find something that contradicts something that we said before. What Stacy loves is that we are willing to say, well, this is new and it is time to revisit this topic. You do the best that you can with the knowledge that you have at the time. The responsibility that Stacy feels we all need to have is to continue to learn so that that knowledge doesn't stay static. This is where science is magic. Sarah hopes that this was helpful for our listeners. We would love to hear your follow up questions, which you can submit via social media or the contact forms on both of Stacy and Sarah's sites. Thank you for listening! We will be back again next week and we will strive to make it a shorter show! (1:39:39)

Welcome back listeners to the Whole View, episode 410. (0:27) Stacy is going to be honest that we have had a quarantine update show on the dockets for a few weeks. However, Stacy has been having some feels and the topic kept getting pushed back. But this week Stacy and Sarah will be sharing their updates, and will also share updates on what is happening in the world and with science. Stacy wanted to first say thank you to all the people who have been so supportive and have participated and supported this community. Sarah wanted to take a moment to share a few emails that we have received. The messages from these fans left Sarah feeling so grateful and she just wanted to take a moment to share them. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write to Stacy and Sarah over the last few weeks.   Protesting vs. Covid Stacy wanted to take a moment to share something she is feeling frustrated by. (6:30) Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot. One of the things that Stacy has read about is the idea of why do we need to wear masks and social distance if people are just going to march. And if people are marching, then we don't need to do all this other stuff. Why is it that this is an exception, but this other thing doesn't exist? Stacy wants to share her thoughts on this. When a community of people is being oppressed and are vulnerable from a number of societal abuses and discriminations, and they want to use their voice and their rights as Americans to peacefully protest, and then we turn it around and complain. And most of them are in fact wearing masks to do this. Why do we have a say in this first of all? If you genuinely felt like your life was at risk, that the life of your loved ones was at risk, then the risk of potentially getting covid doesn't really quantify. And it isn't really our job or right to say how someone goes about trying to get equal rights. What Stacy has learned over the last couple of months is that she needs to stop talking and thinking. She hasn't lived that life and she hasn't had that experience and she can't put her thoughts on someone else. So first, this is not your choice. Second, most of these people are wearing masks. And third of all, there are people out there exploiting this. Stacy mentioned this article. This is a hard one for Stacy to understand the thought process behind. If you don't like it, just don't participate. You don't have to be there, you don't have to worry about covid exposure. If you want to support this movement but are afraid to go to a march, you can do things in other ways to show your support. If there wasn't a pandemic, Sarah would be marching in solidarity. However, she is trying to find as many other tangible ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement and this advocacy for equality in the absence of feeling safe going to marches.   What the Science Shows Us Sarah feels it is important to emphasize the importance of mask use. (13:20) One of the things that have been ubiquitous across all the Black Lives Matter protests is that you see a lot of mask use in these marches. A lot of them where they can be practicing social distancing, are putting those measures into place. Of course, these are all done outdoors as well. Sarah's blog post on face masks. Even with regular cloth-fabric masks, it can have a filtration efficiency almost as high as surgical masks. So when everyone is wearing them, if you have two people having a conversation and the person who is sick is wearing a mask, only 10% of the viral particles are able to escape. The other 90% are being trapped. And if you have that second person, the healthy person also wearing a mask, that healthy person is still filtering 90%. So that is now taking 90% of the 10% that went through, so now only 1% is getting through. Add in a little bit of distance and some airflow, you are now talking about a situation where the likelihood of infection is way lower. So when you are in these situations where everyone is wearing masks, that is a huge protecting factor. The other part that is helping to protect the protestors is the fact that they are outdoors. There was a study just published this month that showed that with just sun exposure, 11 to 34 minutes in the midday sun in most US cities was sufficient to deactivate 90% of the virus. And that is because it is quite sensitive to UV. The combination of most protestors wearing masks and these being held outdoors has been what is protecting them.   Number Spikes There are plenty of spikes in covid that are related to indoor gatherings across the country. (16:13) The indoor environments are still very challenging. And a lot of these spikes are also related to indoor gatherings without mask use. Protesting has so far not caused a spike in cases. There were four community testing sites set up in Minneapolis for people who attended protests showed, which showed a 1.4% positive rate. This is basically the same positivity rate that you would expect for community spread for any community in this country right now. Our full positive rate is climbing up towards 10% again in this country. This is obviously different than these community testing sites that were designed to monitor whether or not coronavirus is being spread through the protests. However, at the same time, this is data showing that at least for now, and probably largely attributed to mask use, we are not seeing that the protests are causing spikes.   A Quarantine Update from Stacy Stacy is in a desperate state to get out of her house. (18:40) It has been since February, and she has three boys, and Matt works all of the time. He had off while they were home recovering from covid, but once he went back he has essentially been on demanding work schedules. Virginia is now in phase two of their re-open. Masks are required if you go anywhere in public. Their numbers are going down. Virginia doesn't get to progress to the next level in their reopening phase until they reach certain benchmarks that show improvements. Matt and Stacy have decided to take a glamping trip. They have rented a rustic cabin, so they will bring all of their own linens and pretty much everything. It will be a week outside in the wilderness on a lake where the boys can enjoy water activities and be outside and be active. Their neighborhood hasn't been social distancing as much as Stacy would like. The kids have not been able to leave the yard, and they are over it. They are all over it. So Matt got days off finally. It will be a vacation with the same social distancing plan. Stacy will let listeners know how it goes.   A Quarantine Update from Sarah There was a similar conversation in Sarah's household about going on a camping trip this summer, but they decided not to go. (22:44) They typically go to a state park up in the mountains when they go camping, and while they are in a tent, they use shared bathrooms at the camping sites. Sarah is experiencing a lot of stress around how her state is opening up. In part, this is because of mask use. If you look at a poll of what people think of masks, everyone has positive things to say. Eighty to ninety percent of people are pro-mask. Around 1/3 of Americans are wearing masks at all times outside of their homes. One-third of Americans are sometimes wearing masks outside of their homes. And 1/3 of Americans are not wearing masks at all. Last time when Sarah went grocery shopping, she only saw 1/4 of people wearing masks. Sarah is definitely concerned about the possibility of having a more severe course of covid if she gets it. So to be in a grocery store when 1/4 of the people were wearing masks and social distancing, and the other 3/4 of the people not wearing masks were not being respectful of boundaries. Sarah feels like it is selfish to behave like this, and has since been having her groceries delivered instead. She has not had an anxiety attack as she did after that experience in years. It was such an awful experience to be put into that position. The thing that stresses Sarah out is watching decisions being made that aren't supported by the data.   Stress Around Opening Back Up In Georgia, they have seen this plateau of cases, but the plateau is at a very high level. (27:12) There is no place that is exempt. It feels harder for Sarah to protect herself when it is not a community action to protect each other anymore.  This is not to say that everyone is disregarding the recommendations being made, but there are just enough people disregarding it to make Sarah feel like it is not safe to go out. That has been the hardest part for Sarah. They haven't announced how they are going to handle school in the fall. Sarah's husband's work is still trying to figure out all of their logistics for what they will do. So they are still waiting on information there before making decisions on how they will respond. Sarah feels much safer at home and in her own yard and her own neighborhood. It has been really challenging for Sarah psychologically. There are ways that we can be opening up the economy that is safer than what she is observing around her.   Antibody Testing One of the questions that Stacy has gotten many times is, does she have antibodies. (29:39) Stacy does not have antibodies. Matt and Stacy took a test early that they knew had a high false-negative rate, so she attributed it to that and she wasn't worried. Then they special ordered a more accurate test and Stacy took that last week and was crushed to find out that she does not have antibodies. This news overwhelmed Stacy because she had chickenpox twice, and there is some research to suggest that there are different types of immune responses to getting different kinds of illnesses. The body could then have a worse case the second time. Sarah also did antibody testing two weeks ago, which also came back negative. There are three different pieces to talk about this. One, how good the antibody tests are, and the answer for most of them is not that. Our immune systems are not fully developed until we are about one. It is fairly well-known that if you get one of these childhood diseases, like chickenpox, before you are one, there is a higher likelihood of not developing immunological memory. Immunological memory is the ways that our immune system remembers a specific pathogen so that the next time you are exposed to that pathogen it can mount a response before it replicates enough time to have symptoms. This is why the vast majority of people only get chickenpox once. For some people who are immune-compromised, this can definitely impact immunological memory. There have been hundreds of antibody tests that have gotten this emergency use authorization, and they are not all good. In fact, a small percentage of them are good. It is really important to know three different things about that test before selecting which one to use. The false-negative rate, the false positive rate, and if the test looks for both IgG and IgM.  Stacy and Sarah both used Access Labs. For more on tests, see here and here.   More on Testing We still don't know with covid what level of antibodies is enough to say you are protected. (38:54) This is where things get really complicated. There was a study published in Nature Medicine two weeks ago that actually looked at antibody production and compared severe cases versus mild. All of these antibody tests have sensitivity and specificity rates that are measured by confirming their test against samples from patients who were hospitalized with covid. So all of these antibody tests are confirmed against severe cases. What this Nature paper showed is that 40% of the people who were asymptomatic had no antibodies by the time their infection was over. So they actually showed that these people who were asymptomatic were shedding virus for an average of nineteen days. By the end of those three weeks, they had no measurable antibodies. 12.9% of their symptomatic group also has no antibodies by the time their symptoms were over. So if you are not going to measure antibodies in that perfect window there is a really high percentage chance that you are missing antibodies. If you have a mild case you don't even know necessarily know when that window is. We can deduce just from what we know about how the immune system works that a mild case would be much more similar to an asymptomatic case in terms of antibody production, then to a severe case. So antibodies might not be a really great test for measuring immunity.   Immune System Detection What is fascinating about the SARS-CoV-2 virus is that it evades detection by our immune systems. (41:17) Which is one of the reasons why it is a long illness. It gets a much longer time than normal to ramp up its viral replication before our immune system recognizes an invader. The virus itself can evade detection from our immune system by two different mechanisms. One is by interfering with the production of a class of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Long-term immunity may be via T cells and not antibodies, and Sarah explained this in greater detail. We have all of these studies showing now that the immune response to covid is type 1 driven. And that actually there is no change in B cell activation compared to a healthy person. So our immune response is not actually antibody driven. What is happening is that our immune system is going around and killing infected cells, not going around and making antibodies that neutralize the virus directly. There is a little bit of that, but not a ton. This is why we are not seeing the type of antibody formation that would help us measure immunity, which is not how our immune system is responding to this virus at all. So there are a lot of different ways that our immune system can remember a pathogen. We can have immunological memory through T cells. So we actually know from studies of SARS-CoV-1, which caused the SARS epidemic in 2002 and 2003, that that virus was also the response was also Th1 driven and not Th2.  We know that memory T cells can persist in patients for at least four years after infection. However, we don't know yet what happens to those memory T cells if it is long-term immunity or just a few years. Either way, at least for the near future, we can deduce that if you have had it you are still immune, but it is through this thing that we don't really have the testing capacity for. Research labs can test for memory T cells via a blood sample, but there is no test that has been developed to measure immunity in this way for anything else. It is not a normal test, it is not a normal thing, it is a technique used in research, but not phlebotomy. What a negative antibody test means for someone like Sarah is that she probably hasn't been exposed. For Stacy, it shows that she had a mild enough case that she didn't develop antibodies. However, her immune system is remembering it through T cells. For more information on the research surrounding T cells see here, here, here, and here.   Closing Thoughts The answer is the same answer that brings us back to the top of the show. (47:46) Stacy doesn't wear a mask for her, she wears a mask for somebody else. This is a topic that she wants to reiterate one more time. Had Stacy not have been wearing a mask and protecting others, who knows what could have happened to someone else. You never know if you have something and you are asymptomatic and could be passing it along to someone who is higher risk. No matter how healthy and fit you are, you are not safe from a severe course.  We don't want this for anyone. It is our job to keep people protected and wear masks. If someone is going out and not wearing a mask, you are impeding your decision on somebody else in a way that could harm them.  It is our job to be mindful of and take care of others. Stacy understands that wearing masks is new and different, but that is ok - that is what change is. We are implementing these changes to protect not just ourselves but other people. Sarah appreciates Stacy for raising these points. She has been shocked to see people's vehemence against masks that she has seen online. Sarah can fully appreciate the feeling of being over it and just wanting things to return to normal. The problem is that wanting things to be normal is not enough for things to actually be normal. We risk the lives of the most vulnerable in our community by pretending that it is done and over. We are at 2.2 million confirmed cases in the US, granted this also includes the people who have recovered. But we are seeing in roughly half of the states, cases are spiking again. This is in large part because of the reliance on opening things back up because we all are eager for things to get back to life as normal. However, normal can only be achieved if we each take responsibility to not just protect ourselves, but to also protect others, which includes social distancing, wearing a mask, and hand washing.  It is the thing that we do to take ourselves out of the pool of people spreading, which is how we get the reproductive number below 1 so that this can be a virus that fizzles out. Sarah feels the frustration and the longing for normalcy, but at the same time, this pandemic is still here. Until we have effective treatments or preventatives, this is what we've got - social distancing and mask-wearing.  If we can't figure out masks we are going to end up shut down and stuck in our homes again. One of the reasons why we have a plateau in so many states or cases decreasing is more related to the weather than it is related to mask-wearing and social distancing. When things get going in the fall, if we can't figure this out by then, the consequences are going to be more cases and more people dying. Sarah will not contribute to that and will wear a mask and social distance for as long as it takes us to get through this pandemic. Thank you listeners for tuning in. Stacy hopes that you are doing well, she knows this is a difficult time. Please remember that we are trying to help others as well as help ourselves. The things that are shown to reduce risk to continue to be done even if it is not required. We hope that you stay safe! And we will be back again next week! (58:53)

Welcome to the Whole View, episode 406. (0:27) Stacy is so jazzed about this show. Sarah and Stacy have been talking about it and preparing for it since this show was called the Whole View. Stacy personally is jazz hands about educating a dear loved one on why filtering water is a good idea. To kick things off, Stacy is going to share a little story from their trip last summer. While on the road, Stacy saw what she thought was a fresh spring and encouraged the boys to fill their water bottles. Stacy basically gave her kids dysentery. This is Stacy's story about why water filtration is important. Stacy ran a poll last week and only 21% were on team Stacy and thought it was a harmless stream. What Stacy thinks is fascinating is that it is not just runoff water that is not good for you. Oftentimes our municipal water is not meeting the standards. It is important to understand that, and beyond that, it is important to know what you should be aware of when it comes to water. Sarah has so much science.   This Week's Sponsor But first, Stacy wants to take a moment to thank this week's sponsor, AquaTru. (4:27) Their reverse osmosis system has been sitting on Stacy's counter for a month now, but there is one person in the house who is not convinced that it is a good idea. Stacy first loved this system because of the information that Sarah shared, but second loved that it is endorsed by Erin Brockovich. Sarah has had an AquaTru for over four years, and what she loves about them is how different their technology is. It’s the only counter-top reverse osmosis system —  in a category all its own. It is not bottled water, not a fridge filter pitcher like Brita or Pur, and is not an under the counter or whole house system needing installation. AquaTru is the only purifier to remove the ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFOAs and at the center of the movie Dark Waters. Most reverse osmosis (RO) systems waste four gallons of water for every one gallon they produce. AquaTru uses a patented water conservation technology that is about 12x more efficient than professionally installed under-the-sink RO systems. RO is the best way to filter water. They are giving our podcast listeners $150 off their AquaTru purchase.   Listener Question Jessica says, "new podcast name! Love it! (10:44) Thanks for continuing to podcast. Crazy times in the world and you and Sarah’s voice is so utterly comforting. Anyway, podcast question! Water intake. I don’t think you guys have done a, 'how much water do we need', podcast episode. A deep dive into this would be really helpful. The standard advice seems to be either one amount for men and one amount for women, or, half your body weight in oz.  Which is correct? Or is there another answer? What about just drinking when thirsty? I also have wondered, how much water did our ancestors drink? I assume the water was maybe harder to come by back then so maybe they were drinking less? This is the assumption I’ve always made and has led to me drinking intuitively, which has more than likely led to me being chronically dehydrated :) I feel like with all the conflicting info, it would be great to hear the science.  By the way Stacy, as a side note, after about a year I finished catching up on the podcast. I know you are sorry, I am not ;). When searching for a water-related episode, I and came upon an episode called Thirsty Brain. I was like, for sure this has to be about how water intake affects our brain. Nope. Lol. But that was a great episode about Matt’s podcast, called Thirsty Brain :) love you guys.   Thanks again for all you do!"   How Much Let's start with how much water. (14:15) This has been a debated topic within the medical and scientific community. The classic 8, 8 oz. glasses a day is actually not enough. However, this original recommendation was based on how much water we lose over the course of a day and was not based on how much we actually need. The question now is, how much water makes us healthy? The latest research suggests that men should consume about 13 cups (104 ounces, or 3 liters) of fluid per day, and women should consume about 9 cups (74 ounces, or 2.2 liters). The reason it is different between men and women is basically a reflection of body size and BMR. This amount is not pure water intake. It includes the water that we get from all sources, factoring in all beverages, and the water we get from food. From there, our needs would shift up if we are highly active, if it is hot out, certain dietary needs, etc. Sarah thought the hunter-gather aspect of Jessica's question was very interesting. So she spent some time trying to track that information down. However, she couldn't find a good estimate. That being said, Sarah did find a really interesting paper looking at human evolution. We only find remains of early humans near water sources, and so we know that early humans tended to congregate near water. Communities were and still are centered around ways of getting water. There has been some anthropological research showing that this might have been very important in human evolution. Our brains use a lot of energy, which creates a lot of metabolic byproducts, which have to be filtered by the liver and kidneys, which increases our need for water to make urine to effectively detoxify. So our ability to grow these awesome brains would have relied on proper hydration, in addition to high-quality food. We can't say how many ounces of water hunter-gathers consumed on average, but we can say that it was very likely that they drank a lot of water and likely drank intuitively.   Intuitive Hydration Studies looking at hydration have been really interesting. (19:56) Overall they show that humans in general as a species are pretty good at drinking intuitively. Studies have come at this from a bunch of different ways, where they have looked at what happens when you have given people free access to water and you measure how much water they drink? In general, people are really good at staying hydrated, provided water is around. On average people will drink about two liters of water per day, just driven by thirst. Which is probably the right amount of water, considering other beverages and water from food sources. There have been studies showing that this is true in different populations. Athletes' performance is best when they just follow their thirst for drinking. 'Follow your thirst' does seem to work best for performance. However, there are a variety of things that have been shown to reduce our thirst relative to our water needs. Which basically means you are not thirsty enough for how much water you need. These people need to focus more on hydration and drink with intention, versus just following thirst. There are a bunch of drugs that are used for cardiovascular disease that impact thirst. Elderly people also tend to end up dehydrated and are do not have strong enough thirst signals for their water needs. Menopause causes this is women and high estrogen in general. Swimming can actually reduce our thirst. Exercising in the heat can also impact our thirst awareness. When Sarah looks at this list this means that there are so many exceptions that overall it is a pretty good idea to at least be mindful of hydration. There are bad things that happen when we don't drink enough water on a regular basis. Stacy shared her experience with her lack of thirst and dehydration.   What Happens if you Don't Drink Enough? What is interesting is that acute dehydration will make you feel extremely ill, but chronic-mild dehydration kind of creeps up on you in terms of the symptoms. (27:03) Like so many chronic things, the human body is remarkable in terms of how it adapts to not feeling good. You can end up not noticing for a while. There has been a huge variety of studies showing that even mild dehydration puts a strain on the kidneys, which can cause high blood pressure, reduced energy, fatigue, constipation, dry skin, and more. What is interesting to Sarah is the number of cognitive issues associated with mild dehydration. It can cause frequent headaches, impair mood, increase anxiety, reduce concentration, impair memory, reduce cognitive performance and it also has a pretty measurable impact on exercise performance. The thing that nerds Sarah out is that our microbiome is sensitive to our hydration status. This is because we have this whole collection of bacterial species that actually live in or attached to the mucus barrier. Sarah explained the mucus layer in greater detail. This is why inadequate hydration can cause constipation. What happens when we are not drinking enough, that the mucus layer gets harder and less viscus. This makes it a less hospitable environment for really important probiotic bacteria. It also makes it a more hospitable environment for pathogens. This has been confirmed in some really interesting animal studies. Acute hydration would include feeling dizzy, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing, extreme fatigue and sleepiness, confusion, and irritability and it can cause things like fainting. You would see severe dehydration in having UTIs, kidney infections, and kidney stones.   Alkaline Water Sarah feels that alkaline water is one of the biggest scams in the health community. (34:48) Alkaline water has an alkaline pH. Commercial alkaline water typically has a pH of 8.8 or higher with high dissolved mineral content, typically calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Alkaline water is known to neutralize stomach acid, which on the surface may sound like an awesome thing for anyone who suffers from acid reflux. However, because the acidity of chyme is a key signal to the pancreas to secrete digestive enzymes and to the gallbladder to secrete bile, neutralizing stomach acid can hinder digestion in a big way! So anything that neutralizes stomach acid actually hinders digestion, which can cause a whole pile of problems. The other thing is the impact on the gut microbiome. If you are neutralizing those acidic molecules with alkaline water, you are actually suppressing the growth of really key probiotic species and increasing the growth of potential pathogens. Studies confirm that drinking alkaline water causes an undesirable shift in gut microbiome composition. One study in mice showed that drinking alkaline water for 4 weeks caused a huge decrease in probiotic Clostridiumspecies with smaller decreases in Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, and a rise in Prevotella. A randomized, controlled cross-over intervention in adult men compared the impact on the gut microbiome of consuming 2 liters per day of alkaline water (pH 9) compared to neutral water (pH 7) for two weeks. While the alkaline water had no effect on overall species diversity or richness, the men benefited from higher hydration levels from neutral pH water, which significantly increased richness by 15% when comparing pre- and post-intervention samples. The benefits of alkaline water that have been measured are probably completed attributed to the fact that many of us are not getting enough calcium or potassium. So we can benefit from getting these in their elemental form dissolved into water.   Spring Water Spring/mineral waters can be slightly acidic. (38:50) Most natural sources of mineral water in the world are acidic, not alkaline. Acidic water, because our gut bacteria love living in an acidic environment, has been shown to improve the gut microbiome to reduce a diabetes-associated microbiome. It also improves the growth of probiotic species, at least in animal studies. So it is much more important to look for mineral water or to add mineral drops to your water. Sarah adds mineral drops to her water before she drinks it. There is definitely benefit to mineral content, but that alkaline water is not doing your gut any favors. Stacy has experienced this with the digestive piece before.   Tap Water The water that comes out of our taps originates from lakes, rivers, and or groundwater. (41:37) Then it goes under extensive filtration and then disinfection. Disinfection uses one of two chemicals - chlorine or chloramine. It is important for safety to go through this disinfection process. When you think about the community of microbes that live in our gut and think about a disinfectant being added to our water, you think about the impact this has on your gut bacteria. Studies have shown that they absolutely do. The chlorine/chloramine that is added to drinking water not only decreases the growth of really important probiotic species, but it actually allows the growth of multi-resistant pathogens. There have been a variety of studies showing that feeding animals chlorinated tap water actually increases the number of bacteria that are growing in their digestive tract. These bacteria strains are associated with hospital inquired infections. Studies have shown that there is a potential link between chlorinated drinking water and the incidence of colorectal cancer. To understand whether this effect is mediated via the microbiome, a study compared the effect of drinking chlorinated water versus tap water in transgenic mice susceptible to colon cancer. Chlorinated water causes a substantial increase in tumor development in the colon, associated with reduced levels of Clostridium perfringens, a species believed to have anti-tumor effects. Interestingly, mice drinking tap water tended instead to develop tumors in the small intestine. Removing the chlorine/chloramine after the water comes out of our tap before we drink it, is a really good idea for our gut microbiome.   More on Fluoride There are also a lot of municipalities in North America that add fluoride to tap water, with the rationale of reducing tooth decay. In episode 34 Stacy and Sarah discussed fluoride, and the science has not changed. The science showing that fluoride is beneficial for dental health when it makes prolonged contact with tooth surfaces is really strong. However, the science showing any benefit to oral health from drinking fluoridated water is basically nonexistent. There have been some really large studies showing that fluoridation does not increase the risk of anything of the things that have been rumored to be true. However, there have been a few studies showing a correlation between fluoride levels and lower IQ in children. This has opened up the question if fluoride can open up the blood-brain barrier, and potentially negatively impact early brain development. But this is still a big open question where more science is needed. We do know that fluoride seems to accumulate in the pineal gland as we age.  The pineal gland is located in our brain and secretes melatonin to help us sleep. We don't know if this is what is behind sleep disturbances, but its something to point to that shows how fluoride crosses the blood-brain barrier. Overall, more research is needed to clarify if there are actual risks with fluoridation. We do know that the benefits are not measurable. In a study of broiler chickens, high levels of dietary fluorine resulted in lower microbial diversity, significantly lower levels of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species. The study also showed significantly higher levels of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus compared to the control group. In a mouse study, 12 weeks of exposure to fluoride altered the oral microbial community by selectively depleting probiotic Parabacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides uniformis, and an unclassified Bacteroides species. However, if we are using fluoridated toothpaste, drinking non-fluoridated water appears to pose no risk to oral health. There is a strong case for filtering water for removing chlorine, chloramine, and fluoride. Stacy isn't yet adding minerals to her water but is going to give it a try and is excited. You can get those minerals on the AquaTru.   Pesticide Residues in Tap Water While an inexpensive activated carbon (charcoal) water filter can remove chlorine, chloramine, and fluoride from tap water. Unfortunately, these common water filtration systems can’t remove pesticide residues. Heavy metals are a well-known problem. (53:57) If you have lead in your tap water there is so much information out there that you would understand the importance of not showering in this level of contaminated water. We talked about how glyphosate impacts the gut microbiome in last week’s episode (405). Glyphosate exposure increases the ratio of pathogenic bacteria to probiotic microbes, reducing Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus, and Enterococcus while increasing Salmonella and Clostridium. There is no dose-response. Any glyphosate exposure is problematic. In the US, glyphosate has been used for over 40 years and is used mostly to kill weeds that interfere with agricultural crops (typically corn, soy, and canola). We know that runoff from industrial agriculture is a major source of contaminants in streams, rivers, and lakes, which is where we get our tap water from. Third-party testing was done on 85 tap water samples by Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse. The results showed that 35 of the samples had glyphosate levels up to 0.3 ppb. On average, 87% of Americans have measurable glyphosate residues inside their bodies. For more on how glyphosate impacts our health, see this study. We know we are getting exposed to glyphosate and it looks as though tap water may be a key root of exposure. This is the most compelling reason for filtering water using reverse osmosis.   Closing Thoughts Sarah is so grateful for AquaTru for giving our listeners such a steep discount on their filtration systems. Last week we talked about foundational principles, and Sarah considers filtering water as a foundational principle. Reverse osmosis is the next level thing. However, depending on where you live, if you live in an area where your water is likely to be contaminated, that shifts that priority. Stacy and Sarah are on a mission to educate, they never want to make listeners feel burdened with one more thing to worry about. Instead, you make informed decisions from education and we are here to educate you. Stacy doesn't want someone to spend a lot of money on a water filtration system without looking fully into the research and which system to buy. It is fascinating to Stacy that this is beyond heavy metal contamination, it is beyond glyphosate, that three out of four homes have contaminants beyond the prescribed measures in America. This was a fact that once she heard it, Stacy couldn't un-hear it. Is this a burden that you should be stressed out about - absolutely not. This is to educate you so that you can plan for if you want to make changes. A great place to start is to look at what is in your water. Use this site as a reference point. For you to be aware and to start looking at that is all that we are trying to provide. If you are concerned about your water quality and do feel like a good water filtration system is a good investment to make, AquaTru has given our listeners $150 off. Simple visit this site to get that discount. Sarah wanted to thank AquaTru again for sponsoring this week's episode and for being such a good sponsor to provide listeners with such an amazing discount. Thank you listeners for being a part of the show. We love hearing from you and your feedback. Jessica, thank you for your nice complement. If you have questions that you want us to follow up on or different topics that you want to hear about, we welcome you to email us using the contact forms on our blogs. Please engage with us on social media. If you learned something from listening to one of our shows, the best thing you can do is share about it. Please also leave a review in whatever platform you are listening to. Thank you so much, listeners! We will be back next week. (1:05:22)

Product licensing is a world that every designer dreams of joining. It can be seen as the ticket to retirement—passive income that brings in a pretty penny. But according to Stacy Garcia, it’s a little more complicated than that. Dive into this episode of Wingnut Social as Darla and Natalie converse with Stacy about the ins and outs of product licensing.  Stacy Garcia made her way into the design world 20 years ago when she launched LebaTex—a textile company. She knew she wanted her own collections and a branded product line, so she made it happen. Tune-in to hear how she went from a bootstrap business to successfully licensing products with multiple big-name designers.  What You’ll Hear On This Episode of Wingnut Social [0:35] Product Licensing with Stacy Garcia [4:30] Stacy Garcia’s background in the biz [8:20] You might have to take some big risks [10:30] What Stacy would do today [15:30] Why hire a publicist? [17:25] It takes time to build momentum [20:50] What are high-end vendors looking for? [24:00] Make sure you own your designs [27:15] Is licensing a numbers game? [33:15] What up Wingnut round [35:35] New fabric collection with Calico Corners Connect with Stacy Garcia The Stay Collection on QVC The Calico Collection LebaTex Stacy’s Website Stacy on Instagram Stay on LinkedIn Stacy on Facebook Resources & People Mentioned Color Marketing Group Hunter Douglas Crypton Fabric Intelligence Book: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Book: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss Inspire Me! Home Decor Instagram Inspire Me! Home Decor You need to create your own opportunities 20 years ago, Stacy struggled to break into licensing. So she put everything on the line and took out a $50,000 line of credit against her home and launched her textile company, LebaTex. She put every last penny into that business (and consequently didn’t sleep for two years). She designed a professional trade-show booth and hired a publicist—and then she landed her first deal. It took some moxie to put everything on the line. But what do designers look for now?  Stacy points out that you can launch something small with a lot less money. If you can get one licensing deal, it gives you leverage. It gives you more access to the market. But you have to remember you’re relying on distribution and manufacturing from whomever you sign with. They’re looking for something unique. Here are some questions she points out they will consider: Why should they choose you over someone else? Is it your design aesthetic? Your social media following? Do you know how to forecast what will be trending in materials, colors, and consumer buying habits?  What you NEED to know about product licensing If you desire to get into product licensing (and excel at creating beautiful and unique products) there are a few things you need to understand: It takes time to build traction and momentum. You’re probably not going to achieve the passive income you desire with one or two deals. You have to consider the lifetime of the deals, whether or not the products will take off in the market, and more.  Make sure you own your designs. Stacy has seen designers partner with companies to manufacture their creations, only to be taken advantage of. Hire an intellectual property attorney, own your design, and make sure it’s in a contract that a manufacturer is just producing the design for you.  Consider who you already work with. Who do you like working with in your network? Who excels at marketing? Takes great care of you? What if you leveraged your connections and pitched a collection to that person instead of waiting to be discovered? There is a lot to consider when it comes to product licensing. You have to remember that it’s not just a creative decision—it’s a business opportunity. You want to get the lay of the land when considering a deal (What would a collection look like? How many pieces? Royalties? What is the lifetime of the collection?) and manage your expectations. To hear the ladies full discussion on product licensing, the deals you should shoot for, social media considerations—and much more—listen to the whole episode with Stacy Garcia now! Connect With Darla & Wingnut Social www.WingnutSocial.com On Facebook On Twitter: @WingnutSocial On Instagram: @WingnutSocial Darla’s Interior Design Website 1-877-WINGNUT (connect with us for your social media marketing needs) Subscribe to The Wingnut Social Podcast on iTunes, Google Podcasts, or TuneIn Audio Production and Show notes byPODCAST FAST TRACKhttps://www.podcastfasttrack.com

Welcome back to The Paleo View, episode 383. (0:40) We are talking about anxiety this week! Inspired by a listener's question, Stacy and Sarah will be discussing generalized anxiety disorder. It was fascinating for Sarah to research this topic because of her family's history with generalized anxiety. Matt has been formally diagnosed with anxiety and does therapy and medication to help him with both his anxiety and his depression. When Matt and Stacy switched to a paleo diet it did help him reduce his medication. However, Stacy wants to put it out there that there is nothing wrong with the various things that you need to do to maintain your quality of life. Between modern medicine and the various treatment options available, please do not have shame or negative emotions associated with any of this. You are not alone and there is no stigma. What Stacy and Sarah are going to talk about today, you have their support and there are people in your life who will support you in making changes so you feel your best as well. This week's episode is sponsored by Joovv. (6:15) Joovv has so many clinical tested benefits on a wide range of things, and in particular, has many benefits as it relates to helping with anxiety. Thank you to Joovv for being both a sponsor on this week's episode and on previous episodes. You can learn more about Joovv here.   GAD Kayla reached out and said: I am super curious about what is happening in the body with generalized anxiety. (7:16) I'm specifically interested in the kind of anxiety symptoms that arise without an antecedent or anticipation of a negative event; the generalized anxiety that appears seemingly out-of-nowhere, bringing chest tightness, fast heartbeat, and stomach unease on a perfectly lovely day. I've noticed that anxiety is a common secondary diagnosis for many with autoimmune disease (especially digestive ones!), and I'm wondering if there's a certain inflammatory process tied to anxiety?  As always, thank you so much for all that you do! I'm not exaggerating when I say you have saved my life. Thank you thank you thank you. Sarah wants to note that the details of different mental health challenges vary, and for the purpose of today's episode she will be specifically focusing on generalized anxiety. Withing generalized anxiety disorder there is a huge spectrum in terms of the symptoms that are experienced and the severity of the symptoms. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a psychological disorder that is described by exaggerated in response to normal challenges. (11:30) It impacts 5% to 6% of Americans at some point in their lives. Since many cases of anxiety go undiagnosed, that number is likely higher. Women are twice as likely as men to develop generalized anxiety disorder. It usually first appears from young adulthood through the mid-50s. Genetics accounts for 30-50% of the risk for developed GAD, environment accounts for 50-70%. Environment encompasses things like diet and lifestyle, infections, and toxin exposures as well.   The Symptoms The list of symptoms for GAD is really long. (13:54) However, the most stereotypical symptoms include: excessive and ongoing worry and tension an unrealistic perspective on problems generalized muscle tension headaches and migraines sweating lack of concentration the need to go to the bathroom more often feeling tired and fatigued, specifically morning fatigue trouble falling asleep or staying asleep being easily startled elevated resting heart rate Sarah also put together a list of the less obvious symptoms: burning mouth syndrome ears ringing (Tinnitus) tunnel vision yawning a lot unexplained muscle pain cold feet numbness or tingling in the arms and legs losing your voice rashes or acne any GI symptom loss of libido hair loss The mechanisms behind all of these symptoms are tied to changes in the structure of our brain. Mood and anxiety disorders are characterized by a variety of neuroendocrine, neurotransmitter, and neuroanatomical disruptions. There is a chicken and egg question that is occurring with GAD. It is not understood what happens first to trigger the onset of GAD. We know that when you have all these things out of whack in a very specific way, it triggers symptoms of anxiety. About two-thirds of people with generalized anxiety disorder also have major depression, and about one-quarter have panic disorder. There is also a higher rate of addiction.   Breaking it Down Further As imaging techniques have improved for us to measure these brain changes in a non-invasive way, there have been some interesting advances in our understanding of GAD. (21:30) Two areas of the brain are in particular being overly activated in these situations. The cerebral cortex, the outermost part of the brain, which is used for thinking and decision making (especially the prefrontal cortex). The amygdala is the other area, which is central to emotional processing. So they are overactivated and less connected to one another. The amygdala overactivation is taking over.  This part of the brain, beyond being in charge of our emotions, it basically monitors our environment and how our body reacts to it. It initiates a fast response to danger and communicates with the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, prompting the quick release of hormones that raise heart rate and blood pressure, tense the muscles, and generally ready the body to fight or to flee. Hyperactivity of the amygdala with reduced connection to cortex causes things like the misinterpretation of social cues. Sarah further explained the results from an elevation of amygdala activity and the results from neurotransmission dysregulation.    The Role of Inflammation The more inflamed you are, the more impaired effective behavior is. (27:47) Effective behavior is any behavior that we do consciously in order to produce the desired result. So basically the more inflamed we are the less likely we are to be strategic in our choices. There are now studies being produced that are looking modulating inflammation as a way of treating anxiety, but the data is not at a point where any conclusions can be made. It is thought that the anxiety is causing inflammation. Sarah broke down this snowball effect in greater detail. We seem to see a fair amount of GAD in people with autoimmune disease, but also given that autoimmune disease is very common and GAD is common, Sarah wasn't able to find any risk genes for both. However, that doesn't necessarily mean they don't exist. This does explain why there is potentially a link. Stacy and Sarah shared their ah-ha moments as they took a step back and thought this through from the angle of acute and chronic stress. There is ongoing research to understand how this thing actually starts so that people can understand the intervention point. Remember, medication is not failure. Using the best of all worlds (medical intervention and diet and lifestyle) is the way to expedite recovery. For instance, there can be a situation where the use of a pharmaceutical or supplement can actually improve how our body is responding to our other choices. Where your intervention point is should be a discussion you have with a trusted medical provider. Do your research with the various interventions.   Diet & Lifestyle There are enough studies looking at activity as an intervention for GAD that there has now been some meta-analysis. (36:35) However, there is not yet enough research to have a guideline on what kind of activity and how much activity is going to be beneficial. Sarah recommends to simply do an activity that you like to do that you can fit into your life. Do it so that you like it so that you like doing it. It is much more important to set ourselves up to be consistent than it is exactly what we do. Stacy noted that it is a matter of being aware of how those activities maximize a benefit to you and your body. There have been a bunch of studies on how mindfulness practices impact depression and anxiety. There was one particular study that stuck out to Sarah because they compared mindfulness practices to stress management education. The study used functional MRI images to look at changes in the brain as a result of these two intervention points. They showed that there was definitely a benefit to stress management education, but in every single metric mindfulness outperformed basic stress management techniques. Mindfulness reduced amygdala activation. It also increased ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation, working connectivity between both the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex-amygdala and other prefrontal cortex regions-amygdala, and reduced anxiety symptoms.  There are many studies showing the impact of mindfulness on anxiety, but this was a very compelling study because of the comparison being used. The diet links tend to be related to risk. (47:57) Overall it is important to make sure we are not deficient, but we still have to address the lifestyle stimulus. Nutrient deficiencies linked to increased depression/anxiety (or that supplementation helps): B complex, especially B9 and B12 Vitamin D Omega-3 fats Calcium Chromium Iodine Iron Lithium Selenium Zinc A lot of these nutrients are found in seafood.   Closing Thoughts Stacy talked about the importance of mindfulness and the role that it plays on the spectrum of mental health. Sarah and Stacy talked about stimuli and the benefits of shutting those down for periods of time. Sarah recommended the book Mindsight by Dan Siegel. While Stacy has struggled to sit and meditate, when she uses her Joovv, she does find that she can put a mindfulness period into place. Studies show that mindfulness for as little as 10 to 15 minutes a day can have a measurable beneficial effect. There have been a ton of recent studies on the impact that the same wavelengths that Joovv uses have on cortisol, HPA axis activation, depression, and anxiety. Sarah plans to write a blog post on these studies soon. There is some really interesting science showing that near-infrared light therapy can actually have a dramatic improvement on our mental health. Sarah also shared the research on near-infrared light therapy and how it impacts sleep.  For a couple of months, Sarah was in a funk and she has made a lot of changes to support her health, but being mindful about using her Joovv has been a big component. Stacy noted that you are human and there is no shame around those periods in life when your healthy habits fall away.  Think about what you can do to build in those healthy habits, and don't wait for the perfect time.  Use a reminder on your phone or schedule the time for those healthy habits.  Do whatever you need to do to get yourself on that path to feeling your best. Stacy and Sarah hope that this episode has given you some ideas on what those good habits could be.  Again, huge thank you to Joovv for sponsoring this show and for existing.  To check them out, visit their site here: https://joovv.com/paleoview There are lots of size options so that even though it is an investment, you can start small and build it up over time.  It is an investment in your health.  Thank you to Sarah for all the science and to Kayla for the great question! (1:06:54) 

Want to save BIG on the HPTI Conference? Click here to save $$$ and support the show!   What does it mean to to communicate with animals and how can it help us to live better lives?   “...people who share their life animals are already intuitively connected, just not always consciously aware of how they're communicating [with their] animals...What is this animal doing to help me to heal?.”   Who is Stacy? Stacy Krafczyk is an International renowned Professional Animal Communicator Specialist, Psychic/ Medium and a Reiki Master Teacher. Stacy works with both people and animals on a physical, emotional, spiritual and mental level to help create an overall sense of well being and healing. She helps people gain unique perspectives regarding their own personal life journey, develop an understanding of the things that both help and hinder the individual in reaching their goals, and gently guides people in reaching their greatest potential.   Click here if you want to join Hypnosis Side Hustle School   Show Notes:   What brought Stacey to animal communication? (5:21) The fear component in any psychic ability (8:10) How animals give feedback during animal communication? (9:36) Are they really pets? (11:16) Client Mind Story: Not chunky at all (13:51) The communication process (15:32) The depth and knowing of animals  (19:09) What science tells us about animals (21:03) How we pick up on our animal’s thoughts and feelings without realizing it (24:18) How reading animals is different from reading humans (26:14) Reincarnation: Do humans come back as animals? (27:14) Dealing with the opposition of beliefs (30:48) What Stacy sees in her work that can give us all hope (33:43) What animal energy does for us (37:50) Additional Resources: Stacy’s website Episode 100 with Mark Gober Rick on Twitter & Instagram Rick on YouTube   If you would like to contact Rick, you can send him an audio message, use the contact page HERE  or in connect with him in the Mind Flipping Facebook Group. Let’s keep the mind flipping conversation going, together! 

Running a business can be exhausting, but what if you could enjoy the journey without the burnout? Today's guest, my dear friend, and soul-sister Stacy Tuschl believes deeply that by growing our confidence, we can ignite our results and transform our businesses… starting right now. Stacy Tuschl is a 3rd generation entrepreneur who started her first business at the age of 18 in her parents' backyard and turned that company into a 7 figure business she still runs today. Besides running her 2 performing arts academies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stacy has also been building her real estate portfolio and has been a landlord for over a decade. She is a marketing strategist, bestselling author, and the creator of She's Building Her Empire Podcast & Community, where she helps female entrepreneurs scale their business. She is a mom of 2 little girls and married to her husband, Kent. We go deep in this episode full of monumental knowledge- so grab and pen and some paper because Stacy delivers actionable advice that you're not going to want to forget. In this Episode You'll Learn:  All about today's guest, Stacy Tuschl [ 0:45 ] iTunes review of the week [ 2:15 ] The journey that led Stacy to where she is today  [ 5:30 ] How Stacy achieves her goals [ 08:55 ] We can navigate business and still stay present for the people we love [ 11:50 ] How to navigate around the mom guilt [ 15:50 ] The struggles Stacy has faced during her journey [ 17:45 ] The structure of Stacy's online business [ 19:30 ] Stacy's advice for building a team [ 20:40 ] How you can look successful without feeling successful [ 24:20 ] Stacy's husband plays a supportive role in her businesses [ 27:55 ] What motivates Stacy the most [ 31:00 ] Stacy's big vision for her business [ 36:45 ] What Stacy would say to a former version of herself [ 41:05 ] Advice for women who are building their own empires [ 44:35 ] Soul Shifting Quotes:  “It took me three years to realize I had a business.” “I have been building my businesses for sixteen years, one step at a time.” “I had mom guilt from traveling too much. I was making up stories in my head.” “What if I could enjoy the journey a lot more than I had been?”  “When building a team, find your right-hand person first.” “It's hard to break habits when you don't know how to get out of it.”  Links Mentioned:  Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts  Read the book Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Learn more about Stacy on her website: www.stacytuschl.com, and be sure to follow her on Instagram: @stacytuschl  If you found this interview helpful, please spread the word by sharing this episode with your friends! Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom  Did you hear something you loved here today?!  Leave a Review + Subscribe via iTunes Listen on Spotify   

My friend Stacy and I pretty much have the same job. But, we have different bosses and those bosses give us credit for different things. A conversation we had around this inspired today’s episode. Listen in to hear… What Stacy and I give ourselves credit for (and why this made me turn my head in...

This week Peter invites long-time technology leader and CTO Summit speaker Stacy Gorelik to the podcast. Stacy is currently the Director of Engineering at Flatiron Health, a health-tech company committed to fighting cancer.Peter and Stacy discuss her career from individual contributor to engineering management to director, what she looks for when hiring and her recent experiences speaking at the CTO Summit in New York. [00:21] - Stacy’s background [01:12] - Transitioning from individual contributor to management.  [02:56] - The appeal of an engineering management role  [04:59] - Responsibilities of an engineering manager vs. director  [06:41] - Ideal qualities in a leader [09:10] - Reflections on growing a platform engineering team [11:26] - It always comes back to the people [13:03] - What Stacy looks for in an engineer [15:15] - Learning and developing in the engineering world  [20:09] - What it’s like to speak at and attend a CTO summit  You can find out more about Stacey on LinkedIn, Twitter and at her blog on Medium.CTO Connection is where you can learn from the experiences of successful engineering leaders at fast growth tech startups. Whether you want to learn more about hiring, motivating or managing an engineering team, if you're technical and manage engineers, the CTO Connection podcast is a great resource for learning from your peers!If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to CTO Connection in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show.This podcast episode was produced by Dante32.

"IMAGINE WHAT PEOPLE DON'T DO BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF THEIR ASHAMED.” A lot of people I know have a greatness inside of them, but there’s something holding them back. That thing is their self esteem. Without self esteem, you can be the best in the world, but no one will ever know because you’ll be too afraid to put yourself out there. This can be one of the hardest things to overcome, but honestly there’s an easy solution to start building your confidence - style. Changing the way you look will give you an instant feeling of change, and to go more into it I wanted to bring you a good friend of mine who knows this subject more than anyone else: Stacy London. You may know Stacy from the shows What Not to Wear, Access Hollywood, and even the Today Show. Her knowledge of style has helped change people’s lives. Learn what style can do for you, on Episode 660. In This Episode You Will Learn: How the world is changing (00:36) What Stacy would cure if she had unlimited money (1:26) How style affects self esteem (2:17) Why Stacy loves style (2:46) How style has changed people’s lives (3:36) Plus much, much more!

Elise’s guest on today’s Because of Horses podcast is the renowned trainer, clinician, and competitor, Stacy Westfall. Stacy’s remarkable style of riding without a bridle or a saddle has set the bar for true horsemanship.   Though the list of championships and purses is far too long to detail, here are just a few highlights from Stacy’s incredible career: in 2003, she won the National Reining Horse Association Freestyle competition riding without a bridle; she went undefeated for two years straight in major US freestyle Reining competitions; in 2006 she won twice while riding without a bridle or a saddle; and she was also inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2012, and has been on the cover of magazines like Horse & Rider.   One of her biggest accomplishments was her 2006 All-American Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle competition that created an absolute sensation. She dedicated her ride to her father who passed away only days prior and the video went viral online. She won with a score of 239, the highest score ever recorded — and of course, did it without a bridle or saddle.   Stacy has also appeared on the Emmy Award-winning Ellen Degeneres Show, even teaching Ellen to ride her beloved Quarter Horse mare, Roxy.   These days, Stacy and her husband, Jessie, own and operate Westfall Horsemanship; a training facility in Ohio where they live with their three boys. Stacy gives clinics, trains horses, produces DVDs, and continues to compete and perform in exhibitions.   Topics of Discussion: [2:56] What led Stacy to become the first person to compete at some of the largest and most prestigious events in the U.S. without a bridle or a saddle? [7:17] Stacy on her experience of dropping her reins and getting disqualified. [13:07] Stacy looks back on her accomplishments and the decisions that got her to where she is today. [18:19] Stacy’s focus on positive intent and ethics. [20:24] Reading listener feedback! [22:52] The powerful impact that Stacy’s viral ride had on her audience and viewers online. [30:31] How Stacy was able to take a leap of faith in riding without a bridle and saddle — and how it feels to ride completely without tack in important competitions. [36:52] What Stacy believes Roxy’s thoughts and experience were like being ridden without tack. [44:35] How Stacy mastered the sliding stop, bareback. [46:46] About Stacy’s television appearance on the Ellen Show. [54:39] Stacy’s multiple horses of a lifetime and how she believes these connections are made. [58:56] The genesis of Stacy’s annual Equine Career Conference and what it entails. [1:04:37] A quick preview of next week’s episode with Laura Romfh, visionary fashion designer who created Romfh Equestrian Apparel, airing Friday 27th. [1:05:36] How Stacy applies the James Michener quote on her website to her everyday life. [1:09:41] Where to find and follow Stacy online. [1:10:32] About Stacy’s upcoming appearance at the Columbus, Ohio Equine Affaire.   Know Someone Inspirational, Whose Life Has Been Forever Changed Because of Horses? Because of Horses would love to get to share their story! To recommend someone please send an email to elise@becauseofhorses.com.   Discover More About this Week’s Guest — Stacy Westfall Stacy’s website: Westfall Horsemanship Social media: Facebook and Twitter   Mentioned in this Episode: Stacy’s viral ride (from the 2006 All-American Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Competition) Stacy on Ellen DeGeneres George Strait Equine Career Conference James A. Michener quote Laura Romfh Romfh Equestrian Apparel Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio    Like what you hear? Because of Horses would love to hear your feedback! Please email elise@becauseofhorses.com to send Because of Horses your thoughts.   To Support the Podcast: ● Donate on Paypal to help keep Because of Horses running — all amounts are welcome! ● Subscribe: RSS Feed, iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn, Stitcher, and Player FM

Stacy Tuschl, the creator of The Business Rescue Road Map, joins the A Desire to Inspire with Manny Patrick, show, to discuss her journey of rising from business owner to international bestselling author. As an experienced entrepreneur, speaker, and business coach, Stacy tailored her signature tool, The Business Rescue Road Map to address both the inner and outer struggles experienced by women in business. Entrepreneurs from multiple industries and in locations around the world have used Stacy’s time-tested practices and strategic road maps to develop the businesses of their dreams and rescue their sanity along the way. Today Stacy is an in-demand speaker and business coach, in addition to her roles as business owner, investor, wife, and mother. When she launched her performing arts business in 2002 from her parents’ backyard, Stacy was a wide-eyed 18-year-old. By the time she was a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, her small, backyard business had turned her life upside down. She incorporated, rented space, and threw herself into her entrepreneurial dream. Over the next 10 years, Stacy expanded into a custom-built facility, added a second location, and grew the business into 7 figures. Stacy has shared her passion for dance with others since she was a teenager. However, when people started approaching her for business advice, Stacy found a new passion: guiding women entrepreneurs to greater business success. In This Episode You Will Learn About: -Who Stacy is -Why she got started on this journey -At what age she started her first business -How quickly her business took off -Who encouraged her to start that business -How many people she has on her team now -Why Stacy wanted to make a transition -What was her biggest business challenge early on -What Stacy's biggest strength is -Her thoughts and the inner and outer game AND MUCH MORE!!

We talk about creating the early prototypes and import constraints and regulatory approvals. What Stacy wishes she knew before she started.