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Check out the following pods and spooky series Buzzfeed Unsolved (find on YouTube, Buzzfeed app, Amazon Prime) Mirths and Monsters Nothing Rhymes with Murder Straight-Up Enigmas Octoberpod Haunted Happenstance 3 Spooked Girls Unsolved, Unexplained Horrifying History Two Scared Siblings Florence Peters   Photo source   So, today's episode is close to home for me - literally. While I've spent nearly all my lockdown time at my partner's apartment in Middleton, our story is set in Westport - a tiny town between the north side of Madison and Waunakee. The apartment I'm in the middle of moving out of just so happens to be there on Westport Road.    Florence Peters and her husband John farmed together in the late 1930s. Their marriage wasn't in great shape. While John hadn't cheated, Florence had engaged in multiple affairs. So, when 23-year-old farmhand Edward Harvey came along in 1938, it didn't take long for the 38-year-old Florence to fall for him.    By July of that year, Florence had also grown tired of John. He was oblivious to the affair, but was cramping the couple's style. She sent Harvey out to the barn to grab some arsenic, something they had around for pest control. He was excited and ready to have Florence all to himself, and picked up the poison without saying a word.   While John was out milking the cows, Florence mixed him a drink. He fell ill that night and was confined to the bed. Meanwhile, Florence tried to play concerned wife. She was there to nurse him back to health, helping him with whatever he needed. One day, he asked her to fix him up a drink to help him feel better. She couldn't help but mix some more arsenic into milk. He got sicker and there were concerns from the townsfolk, especially the police.   See, as much as John hadn't noticed the affair, neither Florence nor Harvey were being discrete at all about their feelings for each other. Police brought Henry in for questioning, but he wasn't cooperative at all. He was released, despite being charged with resisting arrest, if he left the state.   Meanwhile, John had gotten so sick that he was moved to a hospital in Madison. Florence and her children moved to an apartment at 1335 Rutledge Street in Madison to be closer to John. That's only two blocks in from Lake Monona in what is now a pretty on-demand neighborhood. Harvey moved in with them secretly... or not so secretly.   By the end of September, the home was raided and both Florence & Harvey were arrested for committing 'lewd and lascivious' behavior for living together. Harvey explained that the two were engaged to be married once Florence divorced John. Nonetheless, the two were being held in jail.   In the meantime, John's family recalled a similar illness of someone in the community just a few years before. Henry Kessenich fell ill in 1930 in a similar manner. John's family asked the police to revisit the investigation and they performed an exhumation. The state toxicologist at the time, Dr. F.L. Kozelka, indeed found arsenic in the victim's hair roots and tissues.   Henry's wife had apparently wanted a divorce as she had fallen in love with a younger farmhand, but Henry had refused. As fall came on, the wife had gotten poison from the barn and put a small amount in Henry's tea. Within two days, he fell incredibly ill and began vomiting. Henry died quickly thereafter, and his death was attributed to pneumonia. Doctors were interested in doing an autopsy, but the widow didn't want it so they passed. While people in the community clearly were suspicious, there was no further investigation. The wife collected $1000 in life insurance, which would be just over $15k today.   In case you hadn't guessed, this was clearly Florence. Three years after his death, she married John Peters. Between 1933 and 1938, the two had two of their own children in addition to the two children from her marriage to Henry. When investigators met with her and accused her of murdering Henry, she asked "Whoever would think I did that?" She was quickly confronted with the evidence and confessed. Investigators had Florence right where they wanted her and brought up the evidence that she poisoned John, to which she immediately confessed.    Following her confession to the Kessenich poisoning Wednesday, Walstead and Mrs. Guynes interrogated Mrs. Peters to clarify her motive for her action nine years ago. “Why did you give it to him?” Walstead said, grilling her on the motive for the Kessenich poisoning. “Because I wanted to be free, just as I told you, that I wanted to go by myself,” Mrs. Peters said. “Why didn’t you divorce him?” Walstead queried further. "Because he wouldn’t give me a divorce,” she said. “Your married life had been unhappy with him, had it?” Walstead wanted to know. “How much did you put in the tea?” the assistant prosecutor Slim Dick Post, asked her. “Not a quarter of a teaspoonful,” was the answer. “Did you once give it to him more than once?” Walstead continued. “No, sir,” she answered, Walstead said, and went on to tell him that Kessenich became ill the second day.   Shortly thereafter, Florence confessed in court. She pled guilty in front of the judge, speaking in a low and quiet voice. As she began to walk to the witness chair to expand upon her confession, she fainted. The next day, they tried this again. The court asked if Florence had anything to say prior to sentencing. Policewoman M. Pearl Guynes was accompanying Florence; she shared, after whispering with Florence, that she wished for a swift sentence. Judge Roy H. Proctor asked again if it was Florence's intent to plead guilty as the charge from 1930 had been added. She responded in the affirmative. “What is your plea?” Proctor asked, referring to the first-degree murder charge. “Guilty,” was the low answer, and the judge pronounced her guilty. The second charge was read, and the judge again questioned her. “I did poison him,” she said, explaining her actions toward her second husband, Peters, in July, “but he was after me all the time.” “You did not want to do it?” Proctor asked. “No, not until he forced me to,” she said. “But you are guilty?” he persisted. “Yes,” she said, tonelessly, strain evident in her whole bearing.     Proctor began his sentencing: "No good purpose would be served to recount the incidents leading to the discovery of the crime. I am satisfied that you were fully aware of what you were doing. You have committed the most serious of all crimes and it is the duty of the court to impose the penalty set in the statute." While Proctor was in the middle of sentencing Florence to life in prison, she cried out and fainted. Adding to the sentencing, Proctor did drop the lewd and lascivious charges, but did additionally sentence Florence to 1-10 years for poisoning John.   Florence was sent to Taycheedah women's prison. While she was there for her life sentence, due to fainting she thought she was only there for the 1-10 years she was sentenced. Police didn't tell her for some time as they couldn't bear to inform her that she would effectively never see her children again.   By this point, John was doing much better. It's amazing how not having someone actively poison you will do that. He moved into the Rutledge Street apartment, caring for all four children. While he initially promised to care for the two Kessenich children, they were later sent to live with Florence's relatives while John raised his two biological kids. While this sounds kind of bad, Andrew was 17 and Blanche was 11 at this time. They were, thankfully, not very young. Catherine and Billie, John and Florence's biological children, were four years old and 10 months old respectively.   Harvey was awaiting his own trial and pissed about Florence's sentencing. While he pined for her, Florence didn't feel the same. He soon confessed to his part. Due to Florence's prior murder and Harvey's youth, they took pity on him believing that he was harmed more in the process than committing harm. The assistant DA Elliot N. Walstead argued that Harvey should be given leniency. Judge Proctor disagreed, sentencing Harvey to the same 1-10 years as Florence. This was to be served at the Green Bay Reformatory.   Florence was eventually paroled in 1951. She remarried and moved out of the area, being discharged from parole in September of 1969. I wish that I had information about how the rest of their lives went, but I don't. Much about this case was hidden as a family secret until 1985 when the Wisconsin State Journal's Crimes of the Century was published. Combined with relocation and name changes - and the fact that I can't really go digging through the Historical Society stacks and microfilm, thanks to the pandemic - makes it difficult to know what happened to anyone in this case.    References 50 Wisconsin Crimes of the Century http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/10/repeat-husband-poisoner-with-14-year.html

Hey everyone. While I've been putting together interviews for future episodes, I had a really great conversation with Nasrin about Louis CK and the state of the #MeToo movement on our podcast Couple Critique. We are going to be doing a lot more topical episodes like this over there where we talk about movies and books and storytelling in general. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation and please go follow Couple Critique. We've been putting episodes up on there every week. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/truthjusticethepodcast/message

The other day I watched in horror as families piled into lines to get free food. This pandemic is taking a toll on so many people and forcing us to look at the structural failures of our society. So today I take a look at some of our previous episodes. While I've done many interviews a few of these stuck out as it relates to how we can change our society to better take care of those who are severely underprivileged.    My first interview is with City Councilmember At-Large Isaiah Thomas. You can listen to his full interview here. My second interview is with Judge Jennifer Schultz. You can listen to the full interview here. My Third segment is with Leah and Sadedrah of Parapower. You can listen to the full episode here.  Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Salaahscorner/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salaahscorner/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Salaahscorner Email: realtalk@salaahscorner.com Web: https://salaahscorner.com  

Today, we cast our memories back there, lord. And indeed, sometimes we were overcome thinking about it. Mark and I move through the songs that peaked at #1 across my junior year in high school. It's said that the music with which we fall in love in our late teens to early 20s is seared upon our memories and informs our tastes from that point out. To an extent, that's certainly true for me and Mark, though both of us have spent and spend a LOT of time with music, so thank universe neither of us were fossilized in the early 90s. Though, truth be told, it would not be a bad time to get stuck. Won't yinz get stuck with us? In 1991. Bringing you all the hits here on your oldies station. (Jesus, 1991 was 29 years ago and these songs are oldies now.  Yikes.) Hang, though. Love yinz. -G&M P.S. While I've called this a 1991 listening party, and it is, the podcast kicks off with a 2017 performance of the 1979 hit, "Message In a Bottle," because the song is eternally fire and this performance is exceptional.

The show is finally back after a two-week break. On this episode, I share what I've been up to during my break and how we're living this Quanentined Lifestyle we've all gotten used to by now.FACING FEAR WITH SARA UPDATESThe Facing Fear with Sara Facebook Page is official! Please share and hit "like" as I begin this journey of bringing incredible stories, tools and inspirational speaking to Facebook.www.facingfearwithsara.com got a facelift! While I've done what I can to make it good, I know it can be great. There's a rebranding in the works as I've hired someone to partner with. Super excited to unveil our work in the coming months! I've begun transcribing my episodes for my friends who may have some challenges listening, the blog version is on the way! I've launched the breeze thru! the breeze thru in one-on-one consulting to give you a peak into what it takes to start your own show. Our session together will provide an easy explanation of the process and the confidence you need to do the damn thing. I'm giving away THREE FREE SESSIONS! Go visit my website now to sign up!SEASON THREE PREVIEWHav A Sole - The health of the feet is paramount in allowing the homeless to get through their day while living on the streets. Hav A Sole has touched thousands of lives through, social activism, volunteering and building community.Miss Indiana USA, Alexis Lete - After graduating from New Albany High School, Alexis was awarded a full-ride scholarship for athletics to The George Washington University. Alexis is currently a model, actress, creator, and still an athlete.Big 10 Freshman of the Year, David Bell - "Just a kid from Warren," David has grown from the Warren Central High School superstar to Purdue freshman winning Big 10 Freshman of the Year after an incredible football season.You See Me Founder, Chaunteya Weaver - Another Far Eastside role model, Teya started "You See Me" during her freshman year at Indiana University to motivate, empower and embrace women of color. My Grandparents, Nana and Grandbob - After 63 years of marriage, my grandparents have faced fear in various forms throughout their relationship. BGCI Youth of the Year, Elijah Leonard - "I had lost myself, wasn't the same person at all. And then I got around all these wonderful people ... and these people just completely changed my life." adidas North America, Brandon Walker - As #FNLFam alum, Brandon shared something with me I'll never forget, "Wait and see how much you change in your twenties." Your Push Coach, Josh Coats - Josh trains some of the top leaders in the networking marketing industry. He’s a speaker, podcaster and author of F*** Leadership.

Hey bilingual parenting fam! It's been a while... While I've been gone, my husband and I welcome a baby girl into our family! It's been a whirlwind lately but I did get a chance to sit down a record a little update, just to let you all know I'm still here. I'll be honest, this episode is... raw. Not the neatly outlined content I usually put out there, but I figured, what the heck! Stay tuned for more polished content to come soon, but for now, enjoy a glimpse of new parenthood. Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here! Follow us on Instagram here, or follow me (Kaila) specifically here.

This week Oxford academic and 80,000 Hours trustee Dr Toby Ord released his new book The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity. It's about how our long-term future could be better than almost anyone believes, but also how humanity's recklessness is putting that future at grave risk — in Toby's reckoning, a 1 in 6 chance of being extinguished this century. I loved the book and learned a great deal from it (buy it here, US and audiobook release March 24). While preparing for this interview I copied out 87 facts that were surprising, shocking or important. Here's a sample of 16: 1. The probability of a supervolcano causing a civilisation-threatening catastrophe in the next century is estimated to be 100x that of asteroids and comets combined. 2. The Biological Weapons Convention — a global agreement to protect humanity — has just four employees, and a smaller budget than an average McDonald’s. 3. In 2008 a 'gamma ray burst' reached Earth from another galaxy, 10 billion light years away. It was still bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. We aren't sure what generates gamma ray bursts but one cause may be two neutron stars colliding. 4. Before detonating the first nuclear weapon, scientists in the Manhattan Project feared that the high temperatures in the core, unprecedented for Earth, might be able to ignite the hydrogen in water. This would set off a self-sustaining reaction that would burn off the Earth’s oceans, killing all life above ground. They thought this was unlikely, but many atomic scientists feared their calculations could be missing something. As far as we know, the US President was never informed of this possibility, but similar risks were one reason Hitler stopped… N.B. I've had to cut off this list as we only get 4,000 characters in these show notes, so: Click here to read the whole list, see a full transcript, and find related links. And if you like the list, you can get a free copy of the introduction and first chapter by joining our mailing list. While I've been studying these topics for years and known Toby for the last eight, a remarkable amount of what's in The Precipice was new to me. Of course the book isn't a series of isolated amusing facts, but rather a systematic review of the many ways humanity's future could go better or worse, how we might know about them, and what might be done to improve the odds. And that's how we approach this conversation, first talking about each of the main threats, then how we can learn about things that have never happened before, then finishing with what a great future for humanity might look like and how it might be achieved. Toby is a famously good explainer of complex issues — a bit of a modern Carl Sagan character — so as expected this was a great interview, and one which Arden Koehler and I barely even had to work for. Some topics Arden and I ask about include: • What Toby changed his mind about while writing the book • Are people exaggerating when they say that climate change could actually end civilization? • What can we learn from historical pandemics? • Toby’s estimate of unaligned AI causing human extinction in the next century • Is this century the most important time in human history, or is that a narcissistic delusion? • Competing vision for humanity's ideal future • And more. Get this episode by subscribing: type '80,000 Hours' into your podcasting app. Or read the linked transcript. Producer: Keiran Harris. Audio mastering: Ben Cordell. Transcriptions: Zakee Ulhaq.

Since this is my 25th solo podcast episode, I thought it would be a good idea to take stock of past performances. While I've been making slow, yet steady progress, I've still got quite a ways to go before I reached a level of competence that I can be proud of. The key ingredient to achieving the success I want is to read anything and everything I can get my hands on. Since I'm a former bookworm, that shouldn't be too tough a task. Or, will it? Only time will tell!If you enjoy these podcast episodes, I invite you to check out my weekly "From Grievance to Gratitude" blog posts. Just go our my website at: https://grievance2gratitude.weebly.com/

Molecular Biologist Dr. Keith Booher talks about the Horvath epigenetic clock and the why and how behind finding out your biological age. Keith Booher received his PhD from the University of California, Irvine in 2011 where he conducted research in the field of cancer cell metabolism. He then began work at Zymo Research Corporation developing methods and assays for the investigation of epigenetics. Along with colleagues, he contributed to a high impact study evaluating methods for DNA methylation validation in 2016. Keith continues to study epigenetics in his current position as Application Scientist at The myDNAge company or Epimorphy, LLC, in Southern California where his research is focused on healthy aging and longevity. In his free time, you can find Keith either on the dance floor, at the local library, or spending time with his family. "The world population is aging, especially in the West and the industrialized countries of Asia. In fact, the percentage of the population over the age of 65 is expected to more than double by the year 2050. An aging population presents many societal challenges as advanced age is the number one contributor to chronic ailments such as heart disease, cancer, neurological disorders, and more. It is imperative that meaningful and effective anti-aging interventions are identified and deployed in order to ease the transition from a younger to a gradually older population. Epigenetics involves the modification of gene expression without changing the underlying DNA sequence. Importantly, many recent scientific studies demonstrate the connection between epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, and aging. To date, analyzing changing DNA methylation patterns at key genes is the most accurate way to quantify the aging process. Understanding the connection between epigenetics and the aging process allows us to gain deeper insight into the mechanisms that cause aging, with the ultimate hope of devising interventions that will potentially lead to better health and longevity.    Dr. Booher highlights the use cases for this new type of testing and it's used for those individuals or teams wanting to understand what protocols, training regimes, food plans, supplement regimes etc impact their own aging and how you can maybe even turn back the clock ticking on us all.   Get yourself tested and find out your biological age at: https://www.mydnage.com/ Use the code 'LISA15" to get a 15% discount on the cost of the test   Watch Dr. Keith's Ted Talk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeT1RcwsDMc     We would like to thank our sponsors for this show:   www.vielight.com   Makers of Photobiomodulation devices that stimulate the brains mitocondria, the power houses of your brains energy, through infrared light to optimise your brain function.  To get 10% off your order use the code: TAMATI at www.vielight.com     For more information on Lisa Tamati's programs, books and documentaries please visit www.lisatamati.com    For Lisa's online run training coaching go to https://www.lisatamati.com/page/runningpage/ Join hundreds of athletes from all over the world and all levels smashing their running goals while staying healthy in mind and body.   Lisa's Epigenetics Testing Program https://www.lisatamati.com/page/epigenetics/ Get The User Manual For Your Specific Genes Which foods should you eat, and which ones should you avoid? When, and how often should you be eating? What type of exercise does your body respond best to, and when is it best to exercise? Discover the social interactions that will energize you and uncover your natural gifts and talents. These are just some of the questions you'll uncover the answers to in the Lisa Tamati Epigenetics Testing Program along with many others. There's a good reason why epigenetics is being hailed as the "future of personalized health", as it unlocks the user manual you'll wish you'd been born with!  No more guesswork. The program, developed by an international team of independent doctors, researchers, and technology programmers for over 15 years, uses a powerful epigenetics analysis platform informed by 100% evidenced-based medical research. The platform uses over 500 algorithms and 10,000 data points per user, to analyze body measurement and lifestyle stress data, that can all be captured from the comfort of your own home   For Lisa's Mental Toughness online course visit:  https://www.lisatamati.com/page/mindsetuniversity/ Develop mental strength, emotional resilience, leadership skills and a never quit mentality - Helping you to reach your full potential and break free of those limiting beliefs.    For Lisa's free weekly Podcast "Pushing the Limits" subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or visit the website  https://www.lisatamati.com/page/podcast/     Transcript of the Podcast:      Speaker 1: (00:01) Welcome to pushing the limits, the show that helps you reach your full potential with your host, Lisa Tamati, brought to you by Lisatamati.com welcome to pushing the limits. Speaker 2: (00:12) Let's see everyone. Thanks for joining me again today. I have a scientist to guest on the show, Dr. Keith Booher. Now, Dr. Keith is a molecular biologist and he works for a company called mydnage.com. Now this is a company that uses Dr. Steve Horvath's epigenetic clock. This tells us our biological age. So we have a very interesting conversation around the difference between your biological age your, your chronological age, and also the method of telling how old you are based on your DNA. So we're looking at DNA methylation as opposed to some of the other processes that look at biological aging from other factors. And we get to into a deep dive about looking at your biological age. Now this is really interesting from a perspective from coaching, from I'm trying to draw a line in the sand to see where you are now. Speaker 2: (01:08) And I can see this having benefits. We are looking at it for our mastermind program where we're thinking about having this as our baseline to start from where we can actually see what your biological age is at one point in time when you start. And then using that as we go through our program to see how you come out at the other end. And hopefully you would have lost a number of years off your life as far as your biological ages going. So this was a very interesting deep dive into this topic. So I hope you enjoy the show. And just before we go over to Dr Keith just like to remind you that I have my book relentless coming out in just a couple of weeks time or four weeks time and it's on the 11th of March and launches, it's available for preorder now you can jump on my website, hit the shop button and preorder it. Speaker 2: (01:57) And at moment you'll get access to my mindset Academy mindsetu for free. If you join or buy the book in the preorder stage, you'll also get a discount. It'll normally be retailing for $35. You'll get it for $29 plus you get access to mindset, you a value of $275. So really good idea to go on and jump and now and get it. And that helps me get the book rolling, get it out into the world. It's been a two year long process. So really excited to see that baby launch. As always, reach out to me if you've got any questions on this episode or on any of the other episodes that we've recorded. And I really appreciate your help with ratings and reviews on iTunes that really helps the show get exposure and of course sharing it with your friends and family if you got value out of it. So thanks and now over to Dr. Keith Booher from mydnage.com. Speaker 3: (02:49) Well, hello everyone. Lisa Tamati speaking and here I'm pushing the limits. I thank you once again for joining me today. I have a wonderful guest, Dr. Keith Booher who is a biochemist. Is that correct case? Speaker 4: (03:02) Yes, that's correctly. So thank you for having me. Speaker 3: (03:04) Yeah, it's wonderful to have you. So Keith is going to talk to us today about the biological clock. He works for a company called mydnage which does testing of the biological age as opposed to your chronological age. And this is a very interesting area we in our company through it continued existing without athletes and clients. So this is something that I'm very interested in finding out more about in cases coined the agreed to come on the show and talk to us about it. So. Okay. Can you give us a little bit of background about who you are and where you come from and, and the work that you're doing? Speaker 4: (03:46) Yes, certainly. So, so my name is Keith Booher. I'm a scientist. I worked for the company epi Morphe that offers the mydnage test. This isn't a epigenetic, a base test to quantify aging or biological age. And my background I got a PhD in biological chemistry. I'm from the university of California, Irvine here in Southern California right now. They've worked and where the company's headquartered. I then joined a research companies. I'm a research, Oh, also in California when I started doing epigenetics research in an industrial setting and then transitioned to a, working with the epi Murphy and offering the mydnage test. Speaker 3: (04:28) Wonderful. So can you tell us a little bit, well, for the listener, what is epigenetics and the area of study of epigenetics and what is on those a biological clock? Speaker 4: (04:39) Yeah, so I think, so the scientific, no definition of epi genetics, so it's a biological term. So simply refers to any changes in gene expression that occur without altering the primary DNA sequence. So what that sort of means in lay context is any, any instance where our genetics interacts with the environment. So sort of nature versus nurture a concept. So what epigenetics then does at the molecular level is to help control gene expression or to help turn genes on or off, or how strongly genes are expressed in the cell. I think an analogy that I've heard before, which is it's not perfect, but I think gives you the idea would be that our genes, our genetics, it'd be the hardware with which we operate. And epigenetics would be the software or instructions that tells that hardware what to do. Speaker 3: (05:33) Wow. Okay. So, so in other words, our environment, what we eat they, the, the, the, the toxins in our environment. Eric's the size, whether we do any or not, all of these things will have an effect on how our genes express themselves. So we've gone as sort of DNA code, which we can't really change. Yeah. What genes are turned on and off can be affected by environment. That, correct. Speaker 4: (05:58) Yeah, that's absolutely correct. So there's lots of studies looking at how epigenetics change in response to environment. So this, you know, in the past decade, decade and a half, there's been a lot of progress made by the scientific community. So we know that you know, people that go on a controlled exercise regimen you know, when they start versus a, when they stop after six months and compared to control group. So there are genetic changes that, that occur in a skeletal muscle. So we know that people have also looked at adipose or the fat tissue and also seeing epigenetic changes in response to certain exercise programs. We also know that smokers have a different epigenetic, I'm marks highly correlative with smoking. Mmm. That these epigenetic marks behind people in certain occupations where they're exposed to a lot of environmental pollutants such as coal miners, a certain factory workers also have pronounced epigenetic changes compared to those that aren't occupied in such fields. Speaker 4: (07:04) I think another, sorry, maybe another example just to really, it would be easy to understand is if you look at twins. So twins are genetically identical individuals. However, through the course of their lives. So we know what, you know, when they're young, we can take it classmates in grade school with some twins. I mean, you couldn't tell them apart. Right. But if we think of older twins, you know, throw the course of their lives, you know, they maybe move to different places there obviously the families that they no start you know, they have different sort of traditions, different diets perhaps they like to eat, you know, brought in from their own partners and all these different influences impact their epigenetics. Right? So these still genetically identical individuals but the epigenetics change based on their environment and their lifestyle and when they're older, they actually don't resemble each other as much as they did when they were. Yeah, sure. Speaker 3: (07:59) That's really good example of, of, of the, the power of epigenetics isn't it? I saw a photo of a pair of twins that I think were on the Oprah Winfrey show years ago. And two ladies, one very, very overweight one, one not and the identical twins. It's a really, it's an easy way to understand how much your environment fix your epigenetics of fakes your and how you end up. So in other words, we can't just blame mum and dad and our ancestors for what we've got. We have some responsibility for how we tune out. Is that right? Speaker 4: (08:37) Yeah, that's right. And I think it's it's actually allows us to take control and you know, kind of dictate where we want to be so we can, we're not destined for some, you know, fate just based on our, our genetics. We, we can actually influence what those genetics do. Speaker 3: (08:55) Yeah. So is this so I'm, I, I've read a lot of Dr. Bruce Lipton's work and books. And you know, I have found this whole area really, really fascinating and it's pretty new, isn't it? In the scientific world, like we're talking what the last 30, 40 years or Mmm. Oh, that, that scientists have really understood that the, it's not just your DNA that makes you who you are. Is it pretty new field? Speaker 4: (09:22) Yes and no. So I think we're all familiar with the Charles Darwin and in his theories on evolution. He's one of the preeminent scientists, the modern world. Actually before Darwin, there's a French, a scientist and philosopher, a Lamarck who, you know, he actually predicted that the, you know, wow. What are our, our parents or the mother and father the type of lifestyle they live. Okay. Their environment will impact. Mmm. The children. So it's actually a heritable trait passed on just based on, so he said that if you were, if your parents, did you follow with a blacksmith, you know, all the hard work that makes them strong will then be passed onto to his children. Mmm. And like a giraffe that you know, needs to a stretch to reach the the leaves from on the tallest branches of the tree will, you'll get a longer neck and then that'll be passed down for the next generation. Speaker 4: (10:17) And this is, this is a way that, okay. Drafts have evolved. Mmm. Once Darwin's theories came out and were tested you know, Mendell then proved how genes, I kind of demonstrated how James can, can, can behave. A lot of the marks, theories were just you know, kind of put in the, the dustbin of history and he was sort of left off, you know, these were, these were sort of thought as ridiculous principles, but a sure enough, as you, as you just mentioned, Lisa, in the past several decades, actually, the Mark's original theories have been proven to be a, have a lot of Yeah. He was before his time. And we know this to be true. I mean, the, the biology is clear that and then we're learning more about it all the time. And even in I think 2014 as these studies were coming out more and more showing the power epigenetics you know, a portrait of what Mark was on the cover of nature magazine and they kind of featured and, you know, paid homage to his, his original theories. Speaker 3: (11:15) Wow. What a shame. He wasn't around to say that a bit. That would have been the kinds of a lot of things. So in other words, so when we're talking evolution here or intergenerational . I, I read some way that, for example, when a mother smokes and the baby's in the, in the womb, that that can affect the baby's DNA and then it can affect also who children's DNA. Is that correct? The intergenerational nature, or is that a Zeta? It's not, is it epigenetics or is that more genetic changes? Speaker 4: (11:54) Oh, well, so any genetic change that's altered in a, what we call the germline. Oh, you know, the the male gametes are the chemo sites. That's certainly genetically heritable changes that occur in our you know, the scan for example, know if we know examples that give rise to cancer or something don't. So those wouldn't be heritable. Right. So like if something like skin cancer epigenetics, then, so, so for it to be heritable, it has to occur in the germline so that that would be the same for genetics or, right. Yeah. So we, so certainly genetic change is hard. I mean, that's, that's very clear. Epigenetic is it seems to also be true. There's lots of circumstantial evidence. It's very difficult to do these studies in humans for obvious reasons. Hmm. Other studies and other types of model organisms, the biologists often used to study different phenomenon indicates that indeed epigenetic inheritance inheritance is, is a observed phenomenon. I think it's very strong evidence in plants. I mean, these, these, these traits are, I mean, they persist for it. Dozens of generations in mammals, you know, maybe more temporal. So two to three or even four generations, but not not, not that stable, but it appears that they are here. Speaker 3: (13:16) Wow. Okay. So so we can affect our whole, yeah, the intergenerational aspect of it is quite interesting, but if we, if we just back up a little bit now and go into the dr Steve Horvath's work in the Horvath clock and I believe that is the basis of the work that has his work is the basis of, of the testing that you do. Can you explain what dr Horvath discovered and what that means for biological age and what, you know, how, how, how we can use it perhaps? Speaker 4: (13:50) Yeah. So this biological aging or epigenetic aging clock. So dr Horvath I think is the worldwide leader in this research. So he originally published a study in 2013. There was actually another study that came out actually a little before his that did something very similar. So I should mention too, it, he's, dr Horvath is a professor at UCLA. Oh. Petitioning biologists, computational biologists. So what both these research groups did, so her about that UCLA and then another group led by Hannah at a UC San Diego. So both in Southern California. So what they did was they looked at the epigenetic, a data for thousands of individuals and the applied some complex statistical mathematical algorithms. And what they found was that there were patterns of a change, epigenetic change that occurs with age. And so by of tapping into these different patterns, they could develop a model that would predict [inaudible] predict age based on epigenetic information. So, so that's where the clock came from. So basically, depending on what your epi genetics show, you can then assign a biological age Speaker 3: (15:05) Without any information. On the individual yourself. If you can take just a drop of blood, you can actually say with, with pretty, hi Jackness call it 98, the single thing. How well would that individual is based on the work from dr Hova? So most people fall into this, this Linea Patton that would say, well, this person has these markers on the DNA before that person is the Savage, is that how it works? Speaker 4: (15:42) That's correct. That's correct. So I think there's one. So it's not, it's not just that you want to predict an age, but it's actually a signing up biological age. Yes. So I think that's a key kind of thing to keep in mind. So no, we talked about the twins earlier, you know, a few moments ago and we can see that some based on, you know, one was overweight and the other was more fit based on their lifestyle choices. So the did the choices that we make in our lives. So whether we exercise or eat a healthy diet other things, Mmm. Influencer epigenetics, which can turn in turn influence our aging. So we can actually have and accelerated aging compared to an average person or actually a slower rate of aging compared to someone else. So the Horvath clock measures that, that biology based on the epigenetics. So, you know, you may be 10 years younger biologically than your chronological age, which would be indicative of, you know, good health or good cause I've stopped choices you've made. Speaker 3: (16:45) Do you see big swings in the like, you know, 10 years or is it mostly that most people are in the, you know, within a year or two off via at their actual chronological age. Speaker 4: (16:56) So most people will be within a year or two. That's, that's Mmm, that's what you know, Horvath and others have shown. And that's what we see in our data. However you do see outliers. And I think every time we see a case where someone is okay, we do see 10 or, or greater years difference. Wow. It, it seems to be associated with, I mean, it almost in every case, there's some reason why. So some known this person may be suffering from a genetic disease or I think one thing common in, and you know, people we've looked at is, Oh, they've been treated with chemotherapy. So these are very powerful drugs that you know, obviously to, to treat cancer, but I have very strong side effects. I mean, this is very well known. These, you know, some are just not tolerated well at all. And we know these, these type of people have actually accelerated aging, very rapid aging compared to an average person. Mmm. Speaker 3: (17:53) Do you see the other way like, people who have lived a, you know, extremely good, healthy lifestyle with good food, good exercise not too much stress you know, 18 or more years younger than there a chronological edge. Speaker 4: (18:08) So I don't think just for lifestyle choices, I don't think we've seen a huge effect in that regard. But there we have seen some strong effect. I think for certain people are doing certain targeted interventions, it's a little more and just trying to eat more vegetables or run a little further. These are taking drugs. So I think Metformin Speaker 3: (18:32) hmmm Speaker 4: (18:33) There's one that's looked at very seriously for some of these anti-aging effects and we do see a pretty consistent, strong effect towards a slower aging. Yeah. Speaker 3: (18:44) [Inaudible] Is a, is an interesting one because it doesn't let up think though negatively the, the mitochondria. And, but, but it was a little bit confusing when I looked into just some surface level research on Metformin thinking, gosh, this sounds interesting. I want to have that. It, it produces more longevity, but it can damage the mitochondria. How would that work? Because your mitochondria, your rap part of this whole metabolic pertussis, I mean, it's probably too deeper questions to ask you, you know, but do you know why? Speaker 4: (19:20) Well, that's, that's a very good question, huh? The short answer is no one knows why. So, so yeah, there's sort of a antagonistic effects on or seemingly that would, that would associated with adverse health outcomes. But the data showed, we know it has been prescribed for type two diabetics years and has very good outcomes. And it seems to be off target prescribed for other melodies as well. You know, that the side effects are, are small. I mean, that's just based on you know, lots of people taking the drug. It seems that small side effects and clearly the benefits in most cases outweigh the whatever side effects may occur. Mmm. As to the reason why, I mean, it may be that the positive affects to regulate glucose metabolism, insulin, Speaker 3: (20:16) Yup. Speaker 4: (20:18) Maybe more important than the damage it causes or we have you know, just backup systems to deal with mitochondrial damage or stress that we don't have as robust. I mean, just as you know, living human beings that we don't have for when our glucose metabolism goes awry. Speaker 3: (20:35) So you know, that would be especially the case for, you know, people with diabetes or prediabetes. It has the same effect then on the healthy, you know the healthy person who doesn't have insulin resistance or any glucose Speaker 4: (20:49) Problems. So, yeah. So we get this, I get this question a lot. I would be very careful about just taking any drugs, you know, getting home from certain websites for example, I would, I would consult a physician for that. Yeah. Yeah. Cause I know your listeners are probably very interested on what types of things they can do to, to help them. Speaker 3: (21:15) Nobody don't go out there and do anything solid, not advocating this. We definitely won't. But, but it's interesting to look at the data. I know that there was a study done just a couple of years ago, I think by dr Horvath where they were able to reverse the, the epigenetics Speaker 4: (21:33) Clock Speaker 3: (21:34) In a small clinical study by giving people growth hormone and to diabetic medications, I believe. One. Mmm. And they took two and a half years off the year. Speaker 4: (21:49) Mmm. Speaker 3: (21:49) I'll say biological Speaker 4: (21:51) Age. Speaker 3: (21:53) That's, that's pretty exciting to actually be able to reverse. I mean, I know this was a small clinical trial and, and certainly not a big one. And obviously it's a very difficult area to do big blocks studies end, but a w would suggest that we're going to be able to in future reverse the aging process, which is super exciting rather than just slowing it down. Speaker 4: (22:17) Yeah. So this was the study you mentioned was a, that was a big one. So there's a lot of I don't know a lot, but there's a, there's a decent amount of studies you know, the Horvath and others have been involved in showing on ways to slow the rate of aging. But I was at a, a, a conference actually I gave a presentation along with the, dr Horvath was a keynote speaker and there was another, a surgeon Jim Watson. No. And Jim Watson said, you know, we think that we will be able to reverse actually reverse the clock. And Horvath was, this was January, 2018. He was pretty, he pushed back pretty hard on that idea. He said, you know, there's, there's nothing we found that can actually reverse aging clock. I, there's nothing in the data that shows that, you know, Jim Watson, he's a, he's a prominent Sergeant, you know, he works with patients and you know, from his medical person, he's like, well, I respectfully disagree. Yeah. And if you look at the authors on the paper, you mentioned Steve Horvath, but actually Jim Watson is, I think he's a senior author on that. Mmm. They ended up collaborating after this, you know, and [inaudible] looking into ideas from the medical side and then from, you know, dr horvath, you know, using this, these, these epigenetic aging clocks. And sure enough just as you mentioned, the study showed it was small, but it showed clearly that the aging was reversed to these individuals Speaker 3: (23:39) In a, in a very short space of time too, which is exciting to think what would happen if these interventions were, you know, extrapolated over a longer period of time. Mmm. Speaker 4: (23:52) Yeah. That's, that's right. I, you know, if you look at the, the intervention in that case, it was a drug cocktail. It was a two, two hormones, DTA I think human growth Speaker 3: (24:05) Yeah. Speaker 4: (24:06) And then I met foreman again was a drug they use to kind of help regulate some of the hormonal side effects of those drugs. And it was this three drug cocktail. Mmm. The the original goal of that study was to help reverse some of the immune decline. It had been well documented. We know our immune system starts to decline and as we grow older and the famous of course this organ that it functions in immune, you know, healthy immune function tends to get weaker and shrink. And so that's what the, the study was originally designed to just boost thymus function in the immune system. And okay. The authors showed clearly with, yeah, with, with clinical measurements, famous enemy and functions were restored and it was then shown, that's when Horvath came in and looked at the the epigenetics to show that actually reversed in these people who had responded well to the treatment. So Speaker 3: (25:04) Yeah, that's a short time frame as you mentioned. Yeah. Yeah. Very exciting. There's hope for us who are aging that we bought. So hurry up. You guys get started in so with the, the Magii and H test which people, you know, the public can go and get the SKUs. So if you wanting to actually, after listening to this episode want to go and just what your biological ages, I'll give you the address. It's just my, my DNA h.com. So DNA G a.com and you can order a test the and have the stun, which I, I'm, I'm finding fascinating from a coaching perspective and from an athlete's perspective to be able to draw a line in the sand and say, well, this is where we started from. And then we, you know, instigate L a epigenetic program for example, and our training regimes and nutrition and so on. Speaker 3: (26:00) And then perhaps in six to 12 months time retest to see what the I need a fake was. So I'm, I'm excited to be able to hopefully incorporate this into some of our, of our programs. And one of the reasons I reached out you today when we, let me go to the, look at the the testing that you do. So you're looking at the DNA methylation, is that right? Mmm. Can you explain what the United w what exactly that you're looking there with the, when you're looking at the methylation marks on DNA? Speaker 4: (26:36) Yeah, yeah, that's right. So we're looking at DNA methylation. So know anyone who wants to use our test, I might, do you need Speaker 3: (26:44) To test? Speaker 4: (26:45) We would send them a kit. Mmm. We would it comes with you know, slow land so we can take a blood drop. Mmm. That's put into a, you know, a special preservation stage or buffer solution. Speaker 3: (26:57) [Inaudible] Speaker 4: (26:57) Your preserve the integrity of the sample and then it can just be mailed back at room temperature. So it doesn't need to be frozen or cold or anything. I think also send a urine sample as well. So it's, it's, it's up to the it's each individual if they feel comfortable with, Mmm. That's sent back to us from the blood or urine sample. We will extract the DNA and then perform some fancy chemistry to quantify DNA methylation levels at a panel of genes that are known to be highly associated or highly informative of aging. Speaker 3: (27:32) Huh. Speaker 4: (27:33) Based on those values, we can then plug it into a mathematical model to predict the biological age. And again, this is, this is based off of a, you know, Horvath and others of the based on original publications. We sort of make it a economic one available too. And Speaker 3: (27:54) Sorry, Carry on. Speaker 4: (27:58) So we can make that that technology, which would otherwise not be accessible to non scientists. The general public, we can make it accessible to them. So they can, they can get their own biological age assessment. Speaker 3: (28:10) Yeah. It's really, really exciting. So, so you're looking at around 2000 different James. Mmm how do you, how do you express it? He was signs on there. They had assigned basically there was damage here. So you're looking at damage, Marcus. Speaker 4: (28:30) It's not, it's not famous markers per se. So specifically it's, it's DNA methylation. So a methyl group is a, you know, if you think from your organic chemistry, this is the most the oxidized form of carbon. A ch three is added to DNA and basis known as cytosines any basis on the cytosines. And when it's added biologically, what's going on at the molecular level is it's influencing gene expression. So helping genes turn on or off, on or off. Mmm. And these levels change over the course of our lives and it's this change that can then be related to, to, to the Speaker 3: (29:12) Marcus. Okay. I get that. Yeah. So does it take into consideration things like inflammation or cardiovascular health or kidney and liver function or metabolic metabolic state as well? Or is that readable from the DNA? Speaker 4: (29:32) Not with, not with the mighty age test. So if there's something specific like that, again, I'm in consultation with a physician. If you're worried about your Speaker 5: (29:41) Kidney health, metabolic health, Mmm. Then, right. You know, there's more specific tests to directly look at. Right, right. I think as a pan health indicator it gives you some information. Right. Cause I know that there is you know, other companies that do biological age tests that are based not on the Horvath clock, but on, I'm looking at these are the tops of biomarkers, like your inflammation, inflammation, they've always been your, your cardiovascular health. And I was trying to understand what is the difference in the, in the approach, you know, in the approaches and which one is, Mmm. Well going to give us some more exact calculation if you like. Do you know of the other ones and the difference between, well I mean, so there's, there's a lot, you know, people have been using like in a doctor's office, just a grip, the grip test, your vape. Speaker 5: (30:39) How will you walk? Yeah. The way you walk. But you know, there's a really broad era for those, for people you know, between the ages of teen until some point in your, your older years. Mmm. It's just not very, not very good. It's very precise, very precise. There's other molecular tests. Even if you look at DNA methylation or epigenetic tests, they may focus on a single gene or just a few genes having a, a more focused, you lose a lot of robustness so they can be more susceptible to small changes or small, Mmm. Environmental insults that may actually not have a big impact. So by incorporating thousands of sites into the tests, which, or my teenage test does, it's more robust to small changes. So overall picture. Yeah, that would be it. You know, cause when I heard about things like grip strength and stuff, I was like, well, if I got into the gym a lot, obviously I'm going to have a lot more grip strength. Speaker 5: (31:39) It doesn't necessarily, I'm biologically younger. Right, right. Yeah. Basically you say, I have a normal or we're better than average. Right. Or it's not good. Right? I mean that's, you get kind of a yes or no kind of a yes, yes. But it's not, it's difficult to say, you know, you know, you're looking at the also your body type, you know, like, and with your, you're a muscular person or you're a someone who is more of a flexible person, you know, there's, there's just too much. Okay. Wavering in the air. I mean things like inflammation markers of course. Can you look at the state of your health but perhaps notch the actual, you know, whether it's having damage, you mean you can have inflammation markers because you've got a cold as well, which would be skew the data satisfied. and a bad week. Speaker 5: (32:35) Yeah. And this wouldn't happen with the, with us taste. So how w I know you've done a Ted talk that I listened to that was very interesting thing and wants to look that up. We can put that in the show notes as well. We've got an aging world population and we have huge problems all around the world without, but their health care system. I think we probably can all agree with that. We're heading into times where chronic disease is going to be costing economically, governments in, in, in, you know, a lot of suffering around the world and a lot of resources. Mmm. So increasing health span is, is a very important piece of being able to lower the costs involved with chronic disease. Would you see that as being one of the areas where this this theory or science is really, really key and an important from a, from an economic standpoint as well as from the personal suffering standpoint? Speaker 5: (33:39) Right. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Right, right. I think the potential to benefit society is really there's a, there's a lot a DNA aging test, epigenetic aging tests can, can provide. So it is clearly the best tool, two, assess, aging accurate and precise way. Mmm. And so by using this tool, I mean, whether it's, you know, our company and our researchers doing, you know, in their own labs are their own ways. Mmm. Those interventions which will have the greatest benefit can be more rapidly identified and no, very okay track to be very cheap. I'm an actress. So this, I think this is, you know, beyond just individual testing, which I think is important. And, you know, very interesting people empower themselves by getting some information here, but broader for the broader impact it can have on society. It can be really profound. Yeah. And I know you've, you've done a little bit of work with you mentioned the, in your, in your talk you know, looking at things like sporting H, you know, like how if kids are really in the right age group or people who don't have documents working out how old they are. Speaker 5: (34:56) When they coming into countries perhaps as, as refugees without, without any paperwork and things like that. There's a, there's a, there's a whole lot of areas that this could be utilized and couldn't it. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So the the youth age testing I think that's, there's sort of a, the, the, the consequences are not as, as grave as like, you know, that aging population in Europe, you know, to some extent, North America and Asia. But but I, it just goes to show the potential applications for something like that. And I actually just learned that, you know, I did some work with [inaudible] law enforcement in Germany a couple of years ago for some for forensics application of using this aging. You can sort of the gauge person of interest in different law enforcement investigations. And in part thanks that work actually I just found out that lie in Germany changed December Oh about 2019. Speaker 5: (36:01) Sort of allow this scientific approach, you too well know wow. To work out someone's is being adopted in a lot of different areas. And I mean, Oh yeah. And, and for me I think in working in the, in the health as a health professional and, and training people and so on, it's just going to give us another, I'm wiping the Nantucket toolkit to get people motivated and moving and having a benchmark is really important I think for us to, well, this is where we started from and hopefully through different health interventions, we can see other results. Is there any way that we can, is there any of those things that are quantified, like what, what people are, you know, that are doing your tests perhaps and then doing different interventions, obviously not as a clinical study, but are you gathering any of the data of the interventions that people are undertaking to change the biological age? Speaker 5: (37:01) Let's see. What has it effect? So I mean, we have to be sort of careful about this, right? So that, I mean, the personal information of ours customers is yes. Obviously I can only do so much, right? I mean we're not, we're not trying to but so what I can say, we work with clinics, certain clinics doctors. So the doctors are incorporating this test into part of their medical practice and whether they're advising certain, you know, dietary interventions or different exercise programs or they can use this for their medical practically, I mentioned Metformin earlier. We are working with the group by testing this. So that's something that we, yeah, we can say has had a, yeah, a two. The rate of aging in these, in the samples, the subjects that we've examined. Mmm, yeah. Mmm. Yeah. Yeah. So that's got an interesting future too. I mean, what, what are you think, so are there any interventions which have been proven besides a Metformin and growth hormone? Mmm. To actually slow down the aging or to pervasive stop the aging process? Mmm, well that have been proven to be beneficial as it, you know, like lifestyle interventions. So yes, yes, there are. So, but I, I needed qualify that. So this has been clearly shown to occur in laboratory animals, so model research organisms and a lot of these, Speaker 4: (38:34) These pathways a Speaker 4: (38:35) Evolutionarily shared all the way from, you know, simple East to or complex organisms like fruit flies and more recently into mammals like mice lab, mice rats or even nonhuman primates. So there's clearly potential. Mmm. You know some of these interventions are related to altering metabolic pathways, insulin response. Mmm. Mmm. I think one that's gained a lot of interest in you know, the broader news media is this compound resveratrol. Yes. Resveratrol found in a grapes in higher concentrations, in certain nuts. I'm certain it's been shown to activate certain pathways related to protecting our DNA or protecting our genes and genomes and also influencing that metabolism in certain ways. So in laboratory animals, there's clear evidence to show that aging can be slow to reverse. In humans it's not as clear. So again, it's more difficult to do these types of studies. Speaker 4: (39:39) Okay. Ethical and logistical reasons. Yeah. But the Metformin is a hot candidate drug especially because it is well tolerated. So, so this may be something that can be easily prescribed. And individuals we mentioned the study that came out last last fall where the the growth hormone and Metformin combination reverse the aging in this was in a small court of men from the ages of 52 late sixties, I think. Years of age. Mmm. In terms of those are for reversing the aging clock. There's also evidence showing that the clock can be slowed from simple lifestyle changes. So if you think about diet, so it appears that, you know eating more plants plant based foods, so fruits and vegetables. So right carotinoids levels in the blood. You know, indicators of the. Speaker 4: (40:37) Okay. Metabolism are associated with slower rates of aging. Interestingly, a fish, actually, those who consume more fish, it seems to have the greatest impact on a slowing the rate of aging. Well, okay. That's interesting, huh? Yeah. Even greater than the vegetarian diets. That's what the data indicates at this time, at least. Right. Also you know, we can look at things that accelerate the aging clock. Mmm. So certain corn oil certain insulin levels a triglyceride levels you know, elevated or, or, or levels that are out of whack or associated with an accelerated aging. So these are indicators of a poor diet. Yup. I think one that's a, everyone's sort of interested to hear or happy to hear is that actually moderate alcohol consumption. It's associated with a slower Speaker 3: (41:34) Rate of eating. So, so we have an all glass of red wine with berry in it, Speaker 4: (41:40) I think. I think so. Yeah. Yeah. But this has been a also shown to have beneficial effects on heart health. So it's interesting to see that the studies our agreement, you know, coming back, coming at it from different angles, but, you know, finding beneficial health, mental health. Speaker 3: (41:55) So the, the things that we sort of intuitively know that exercise lots of fruit and veggies and you know, that type of thing. It can definitely slow down the aging clock. It's an exercise aspect of it as Sierra, any sort of data or omit, it's how much and what types of exercise or anything like that. Speaker 4: (42:22) So not that I'm aware of. So not that I'm aware of. But that's, but that's interesting. What you say is, you know, people hear this and they say, okay, great, eat more vegetables. You know, I already knew that. Right. But it's interesting the study, but I think you can see, right. So, okay, yes, vegetables are associated with slow rates of aging. So increase that. So it gives, we can show that in the data, but but what's really interesting about the clock of the state, but if you want, if there was one thing you could pick to slow your rate of aging, actually it's fish, right? So it's, it's a it kinda shows you you know, we can kind of rank these. So what's the most important thing? So, you know, vegetables are important, but actually according to the data fishes is even more important. Mmm. And you knew, and also people that die. While I've been doing vegetables, I've been actively trying to do better in, and so I've already incorporated that, but, well, what else is there that that might be, it might be missing. Oh, so a olive oil seems to be also beneficial. A dietary component. It can be incorporated absolute rate of aging. So, so what the clock does is it's able to quantify these and really pinpoint with some precision what, Speaker 3: (43:33) Yeah, yeah. Rather than just one out a feeling as and what we've, you know, at the top, some studies have seen what about ketones and the key she turned on us. Any, any data there on MCT oils or ketone esters or anything like that? Speaker 4: (43:52) Again, I'm not familiar with those studies. We haven't conducted any and we're not working with anyone specifically looking at this sort of thing that I'm aware of some. Again, you know, a lot of institutes and clinics are incorporating different things. We don't necessarily know what they're doing. I mean, it could be very well be that, you know, some of these changes are being prescribed or administered in certain way. I simply don't know the answer to that. Speaker 3: (44:16) Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, fair enough. So this is, you know, to actually get the data to get some concrete data is actually really, really helpful. And strengthening the arguments for reaching the goals and cutting out the, the donuts and the, the the biscuits in the sugar and so on. And, and the more data we have behind that, the beta what I had dr Andrew go Andrews on, on the podcast. We all would go, I'm looking at telling me and like something and NTA aging. Is there any sort of crossover between those sort of areas, like in the anti aging sciences in do you look at it telling me length is or anything like that in these biological tests or are they completely different area of science? Speaker 4: (45:11) It is different. It is different. So Tila mirrors have been I think before Horvath and Hanham's studies a few years ago came out showing the power of epigenetic aging assessments tumors were probably the most popular, well, I color test to look at this since then. You know, clearly that these DNA methylation clocks are by far the most accurate, most precise and robust to measure biological aging. Horvath and others tried to kind of assess how this interaction between Tealium or Lang and you know, epigenetic change and they found that they're not measuring the same thing. So they in the biology is they're looking at different things. And you know, I, I think for, you know, telomeres, you know, I just, in my opinion, I, I think they've been Sur surpassed by the power of the, you know, yeah. Speaker 4: (46:07) Inherent robustness of looking at epigenetics to assess aging. I think, you know, concrete example of this is so the telomere length, so the longer the telomeres, sort of the slower aging or more youthful, that's, that's the basic idea. And as those shrink, it indicates increased age or advanced age. That's, that's the basic idea. We find that this, you know, completely breaks down. When you look at something like cancer where a hallmark is the ability to increase the length of telomeres to kind of okay. You know, maintain the integrity of cancer cells or tumor size. And if you knew, if you look at it from that perspective, they would look biologically young. If you look at the same type. Okay. Tissue cancer tissue according to the epigenetic clock. I mean, these show very accelerated aging. So it's, it's clear indication of it for health. The telomere tests wouldn't be able to show that at all. You were so good. Sorry. Okay. Speaker 3: (46:59) Thats Really you know, emerging area of science that that's, I'm going to be interesting in the next few years to watch. Mmm. Keith, thank you so much for your time today. Is it, I, I think we've, we've, we've covered quite a lot of ground. Do you think there's anything we've missed out that, that people should hear about? In regards to doing, you know, like doing mydnage test can you actually, because we're sitting in New Zealand and obviously a lot of my lessons are in Zealand and Australia. Can you do the test from that far away when you're going to be seeding it in the post? Speaker 4: (47:33) Yes. So the test, so I think we're just trying to get the but just logistics, business-wise, just the paperwork in order too. We've gotten a lot of demand in Australia, New Zealand, you know, it should be a broadly. Yeah. Currently we're only offering and North America, Mmm. In Europe. Mmm. Canada, U S and . But we're trying to get to a New Zealand, Austria. That should be soon. So any listeners in New Zealand or thereabouts, that should be available very soon. Technically there's no issue. So the once the kids arrive the blood or urine sample can be mixed with the preservative solution. This is preservation. Yeah. Shipped back to our labs in California at room temperature with no problems. Speaker 3: (48:22) Nice. So we should be through that. Still already the tastes, even though you haven't got the laboratories and stuff down here, we came can already, you know, through that and seen it. But look, thank you so much for your time today. I think this is a really interesting area of science. And I'm encouraged people to think about doing these tastes because, you know, I will give you a line in the same tree to motivate you. I think a lot of 'em, you know motivation is a big key to being successful in your, in demons to be better and stronger and be there and plaster and normalize going to good things and tuning the, we're slowing down the clock with tuning back even. So having tastes like this that are available to the public, the weekly is exciting. You know, I think it gives us another thing that we can do that we can then use to help better our lives, you know, as we, as we move forward. Speaker 4: (49:20) Yeah. That's the mission of you know, making this test available to the broader, the broader public, Speaker 3: (49:25) The more things that are available direct to the public, the there or my opinion, it's not dangerous and you know, but being a bit of a biohacker, obviously I have a bit of a, a boss towards having your own power and making your own decisions. But I think this one is a, you know, it's a no brainer. It costs so obviously, but apart from that, if you you want to try this out I'll have the links in the show notes and case thank you so much for your time today. I wish you well with all your studies and with loved side contact and yeah, very, very interesting conversation today. Speaker 4: (50:03) Oh my pleasure. Lisa. It was great to, to speak with you. Thank you very much. Speaker 2: (50:07) If your brain is not functioning at its best in checkout, what the team at vielight.com Do now being like producers, photo biomodulation devices, your brain function, the pin's largely on the health of the energy sources of the brain cells. In other words, the mitochondria and research has shown that your brain with near infrared light revitalizes mitochondria. I use these devices daily for both my own optimal brain function and also for other age-related decline issues and also for my mom's brain rehabilitation after her aneurism and stroke. So check out what the team do vielight.com. That's V I E L I G H T .com. And use the code "TAMATI" and checkout to get 10% of any of their devices. Speaker 1: (50:58) That's it this week for pushing the limits. Be sure to write, review, and share with your friends and head over and visit Lisa and her team at Lisatamati.com.

Since I made this podcast, I've explored different aspects of depression and how it has affected me. It hasn't always been a peaceful ride, and it certainly hasn't always been fun, but it's helped me to better understand my mind. While I've made all of these revelations, something has stayed constant that I will never be able to escape entirely; I'm still depressed. Recently, I've thought a lot about what it actually means to be happy, and wondered if I'll ever be able to feel what others define as happiness, or if it will be some modified, duller version that I'll be forced to live until the end of time. In this episode, I talk about how I feel my life is different from those that don't struggle with depression, and how difficult it will be to move forward. --- I am not a doctor, so do not treat this as therapy or medical advice. I just do this podcast with the hopes that it can help some people. Follow me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for more content.

Today's episode is about helping you understand some basic performance mindset plans that you can actually try TODAY. While I've only chosen a select few, they are great to implement however you see fit and will get you seeing some change.

Ahhh, the dreaded shiny object syndrome. Most of us bloggers have fallen prey to this insidious condition. It can be enormously costly and should be avoided at all costs. While I've fallen prey to it over the years, it's far less often in the last 3 years. Here's what I do to avoid shiny object syndrome.Check out Fatstacksblog.com for more great blogging info.Sponsored by Ezoic.

There are all different types of business models available for entrepreneurs, one of which is an MLM. While I've personally had a negative experience with an MLM, I'm not opposed to the power potential especially when there's a great product behind it. And that's exactly what happened to my wife who loves essential oils. The problem...agreeing on how to create new leads for her new oily business with a great lead magnet. She was reluctant about the idea, thinking that's too gimmicky. But is it?

Initial Thoughts:At the time I revied this cigar, RoMa Craft Cigars were still fairly new to me. While I've still had less than a dozen of them, I do, however, have several more to enjoy in my humidor.The RoMa Craft Intemperance EC XVIII Brotherly Kindness has a name longer than the cigar itself. In this case, RoMa Craft is the brand, Intemperance EC XVIII is the brand, and Brotherly Kindness denotes the vitola, or size. Oh, and EC stands for Ecuadorian Connecticut (compared to the Intemperance BA which stands for Brazilian Arapicara, which I reviewed here).Now that we're all on the same page… This cigar starts great. You'll find notes of roasted nuts and dark honey. The burn starts off pretty even and a great draw invites you to enjoy the rest of the cigar.Brand: RoMa CraftLine: Intemperance, EC XVIII Brotherly KindnessSize: 5 x 56Cut: GuillotineLight: TorchPrice: $8Wrapper: Ecuadorian ConnecticutBinder: IndonesiaFiller: Nicaragua, Dominican RepublicBuy This CigarFinal Thoughts:Through the first two-thirds of the cigar, the only thing to complain about with the RoMa Craft Intemperance EC XVIII Brotherly Kindness is a slightly uneven burn (see the video 6:52).At the end of the cigar, the only thing to complain about was the burn. The flavors of the tobacco were almost perfectly blended, the draw was excellent, and I think this cigar will help propel RoMa Craft onto a larger stage in the world of cigars. For these reasons, the RoMa Craft Intemperance EC XVIII Brotherly Kindness earns a CigarScore 5.

Have you ever given up on something you enjoy just because someone else didn't approve of what you're doing?  If you've listened to this show or followed me on any social platform, you'd certainly know of my deep-seeded love for the automotive industry.  While I've previously professed my passion and desire for one day owning a Rolls-Royce, recently a different sort of white beast caught my fancy.  Tune in today to find out why sometimes you just have to go with what makes you happy no matter what others might think. Do you have questions, comments, concerns, or episode requests?  Email me at ryan@ryanniddel.com to share! Are you interested in a brief conversation to see how to grow your coaching practice?  Head here to book a time to chat:  https://www.calendly.com/ryanstime/brainstorm Are you a coach or consultant and feeling stuck in your business?  Join my complimentary Facebook Group called the Coaches Corner.  Visit http://bit.ly/7FCShumble  to join now!

Bruce Waller is VP of Corporate Relocation for Armstrong Relocation and Companies. He is the author of the books, Find Your Lane and Milemarkers, and he is a good friend of mine. He recently reached out to me to get coaching advice about how to choose speaking topics and ideas for creating great presentations and slide decks. I asked him if he'd be willing to allow me to record our conversation to share on this podcast. He graciously agreed.  The most frequently asked question that I get is, “How do I become a speaker?” While I've written blog posts on the subject, been interviewed on other peoples’ podcasts and shared about the beginnings of my own journey as a professional speaker in this podcast, there's always more to learn. Everyone is at a different place in their speaking career. And no matter where you are in your career, questions are bound to come up. Such was the case for Bruce.  My hope is that by listening to our coaching session, you will garner some takeaways of your own.  We explore ideas like developing speaking topics to share on a stage in front of an audience, or simply communicating your ideas at work and in life.  Show Highlights: Some strategies and recommendations to decide on topics for speaking Think about what you know, and what you already have to say, and then tailor your presentations to your audience My process for creating a speaking presentation + 3 different types of presentations you can utilize Some "go to" resources for presentation images and tips for making your slides ‘shine’ The importance of identifying who your people are,who is the audience that needs to hear your message, what the audience needs, and how you can fulfill that need Advantages of being a published author    Resources:King University Jennifer’s Speaking Schedule Jennifer's Free Speaking Guide: 10 Tips to Build Your Brand and Land Gigs as a Speaker Unsplash Adobe Stock Images Flickr The 9 Faces of HR: A Disruptor's Guide to Mastering Innovation and Driving Real Change by Kris Dunn Kary Oberbrunner's Igniting Souls Conference Mike Kim's Influence & Impact Conference ERE Recruiting Conferences SHRM Annual Conference  Emerald City Productions   Learn More About Bruce: Bruce Waller Find Your Lane: Change your GPS, Change your Career by Bruce W Waller MILEMARKERS: A 5 Year Journey by Bruce W Waller Find Your Lane: Change Your GPS & Drive With Purpose! | Bruce Waller | DisruptHR Talks   Connect with Jennifer:  Send her a message On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JenniferMcClureSpeaker On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impactmakerspodcast/ On LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermcclure On Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniferMcClure

Thank you forever to Emery for commissioning this episode! Oof, y'all. This episode was really rough in that I wasn't at all surprised at how things went down with Josh. While I've frequently been impressed at the way Rebecca and Paula are able to sidestep the weird shit that happens to humiliate them, this wasn't one of those instances. Instead, they try very hard to behave as if what happened last episode was NBD, and Josh isn't buying it. Then there's that weird ending where her fake boyfriend Trent is suddenly at Josh's apartment and I have NO IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING!Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

One organizational technique I use often is that of Mind Mapping. A mind map is a visual way of breaking down ideas and concepts hierarchically. A mind map starts with a central idea or concept and then branching out from that central idea are the keywords that represent the different aspects of that central idea, and, and out until the concept is fully explored or you've run out of space on your paper. While I've done paper mind maps for years I have had great luck with using software to rapidly develop mind maps for a variety of purposes such as in project planning and especially in working through a task or concept analysis for instructional design projects. The two pieces of software that I have used and enjoyed are MindMeister and MindNode. MindMeister is a free cloud-based tool found here: https://www.mindmeister.com which has some excellent collaboration abilities. MindNode is a MacOS and iOS software that syncs between devices but doesn't really have the collaborative component the same way MindMeister does. It's also a bit pricy coming in at about $55 if you go all in. https://mindnode.com/ I'd encourage you to try your hand at mind mapping your current project or challenge. It's a lovely technique that can help get things organized.

Are you Mewing correctly? While I've watched dozens of instructional videos and read through several articles to make sure I'm not wasting my time with what I thought was the correct way, I wanted to get my ear nose and throat specialist's input to see if it lines up with everything I've learned to date.…

Dustin Bates from Starset is the latest guest on the show. While I've never met Dustin in-person, I love talking to him. He's one of the most diverse rockers I've ever talked with. I'm usually the dumbest person in any conversation, today, it couldn't be truer! We discuss the new Starset album, that drops on September 13th. He talks about the writing, recording and  "cinematic" approach they take in their music. He defines Starset, tells me about DJENT guitars - which I've never heard of - and what influences and inspires him. We get into some sci-fi movie talk, the pressure of putting out new music as well as working with Youtube drummer, Luke Holland. Putting together the live show is a big thing with this band and Dustin pulls the curtain back on how it's done. Spinal Tap moments, there's been a few. He tells me about working with Adam from Saint Asonia and he tells me about some of his favorite gadgets...and some of these are very cool! Al Beck is back to bring the pod down with Rock News. LOL....It's TOOL day, as the new album drops, so we talk about that. A Fyre Festival band gets sued, Dave Grohl news, Pink Floyd releasing a box-set and Disturbed releases a really cool video for a live track that you can watch here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDKjKM8CmXA Hope you dig this podcast. If you do, please give it a 5 star rating on iTunes/Apple and write a review. Feedback is always welcomed at 248-586-2988. Thank You for listening! -Meltdown- https://wrif.com/podcasts/talkin-rock-with-meltdown/ https://starsetonline.com/ https://twitter.com/MeltdownWRIF https://twitter.com/AlBeckRadio

While I've been on holiday, the blog has been churning out some great content, so here's my summary of the last 2.5 weeks' posts

There's a common teaching that says that every thing you find angering or annoying in other people are actually things that you dislike or see in yourself. While I've theoretically understood this, in the past week, I've had first hand experience in seeing how things that I find annoying are also things that I am actively doing. So today, I'm sharing what these situations were, how I am dealing with them, and what I would do differently in the future. Check out this special garden edition of Happy Healthy Human Radio! And, don't forget to check out the new website, spirocollective.com, for upcoming events and announcements. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samantha-attard/message

The Sound of Music Julie Andrews stole the hearts of Americans and Canadians with her passionate "The hills are alive with the sound of music." The music, the heart wrenching story and yes, even the magnificent Alps contribute in making "The Sound of Music" a classic. She seems totally lost in the beauty around her. While I've never seen Mont Blanc or the Alps and I certainly can't sing, I find myself wanting to join Ms. Andrews in belting out that famous tune. I want to sing simply because the mountains do that to you. But I promise you, you won't hear a note out of me, cause I don't sing, not even in the shower. My singing can be compared to a deafening coyote howl.  From the Grand Tetons, to that top of the world feeling you get in the Rocky Mountains, all the way to the blue haze of our Blue Ridge Mountains, I've never seen a mountain I didn't love. And my favorite, Denali. I understand why the Native Americans still refer to it as Denali, the Great one. The name Mt. McKinley  doesn't even begin to conjurer it's majesty and at least Denali  begins to go there! I digressed. Every time I think of my experience at Denali, I always wind up at Psalms 121:1,2. The spectacular beauty of Denali points me to a place far more precious than a mesmerizing view.   It takes to me all the way to the words of another mountain lover From another part of the world The lines scrawled in Psalms 121  are the passionate words of David, shepherd and psalmist. Jerusalem, the royal city was situated on a high plain or plateau surrounded by deep valleys and dry riverbeds. While King David didn't write all the Psalms, many experts believe he wrote Psalms 121.   And like most musicians, he sang about the things he loved. High on his love list were the mountains that filled the  desert terrain.  Psalms 121 is called a song of degrees, not temperature degrees or college degrees but more accurately, the song of ascents. It was a climbing  chant for worshipers to use as they made their way to the ark housed under David's tent.  Each line is progressive.  The tent containing the ark was placed in an elevated location in Jerusalem. The song begins, "I will lift up my eyes to the hills—" Whether they are the giants of the Alaska Range, the red rocks of Sedona or the tree covered Blue Ridge baby sized mountains, they make me crane my neck to look. Oh, how I drink in the magnificent scenery! And with every vista I gasp. Do you do that? The magnificent glory of the mountains. The... waterfalls. arches. caves. I know, the beauty is overwhelming, but David didn't stop with looking up at a mountain. The beauty of God's artistry wasn't his stopping point. Their jagged point seemed to point David to the Source, the Creator of it all--Almighty God. I realize the wording in the KJV of this verse is a little confusing, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." It sounds like David is looking to the hills for help. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Other translations of this verse, even the New King James, ends the verse with a question mark. NKJV reads: I Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills-- From whence comes my help?  When I read these verses I feel like I'm right there with David as he says, "Look up. Awesome mountains, huh?" I know the feeling, because I felt it when I saw Mt. McKinley. And I gasp with this Mighty Warrior King, "Wow!" (How that for expressing beauty!I'm quite the wordsmith..aren't I!LOL) Tall Impressive Daunting Insurmountable Breath taking. Then he continues, "Does my help come from there?" I can see him shaking his head no. And I shake my head no in agreement. Did I confuse you? Yes, I agree with David, Chosen Shepherd of Israel.  And No, my help doesn't come from the mountains, either dear brother. I can almost see a wide grin come across his face, a grin that comes from remembering... remembering times, frequent times, recent times that God's help had enabled him to win. To triumph in the middle of impossible situations. I feel confident he grinned widely as he declared his faith loudly, MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD. (I know it had to of been loudly, because how do you get a revelation like that and remain stoic?) I wonder if he's so happy by this point that he's half way dancing a jig as he adds, "who made heaven and earth." And I have to join the celebration with him, "I know what you're talking about, dear King David! No, I haven't fought a lion or a bear, but I've fought lots of giants. No, dear brother, none of them were named Goliath, but they were giants just the same! Big problems! With glaring eyes , hurling condemnation and demeaning accusations. I'm sad to say, I didn't run to meet them like you met Goliath. Sometimes, I coward-down like the army you met on that fateful day. Sometimes I'm braver than others, but even on my bravest day I have discovered, like you tell me, my dear mountain loving, friend, "my help comes from the Lord...WHO MADE HEAVEN and EARTH!" Did you get that? The same God that made everything, is my source and I don't want to leave you out dear friend. He helps us...ME and you both! Yes, me! And you too... if you let him!   Your situation isn't too big for him to handle... You're not too weak or too old or too whatever it is the enemy of your soul is declaring over you... nothing is too hard for God. But we have to ask for and receive His help. It's not automatic. Yes. It does sound too good to be true, but no, it is true. Really true! It's not a fairy tale! It's the TRUTH! Think of that! What a power source! Fabulous mountains. Stately. Majestic. Fiery Stars. Oceans... kissing the shoreline... ebbing in and out... orderly... rhythmically. God spoke and made it all. He established it. He set it in His divine order. And my help...your help comes from the one that made it all. Why do we continue to put God in our little box and limit what He can do in our lives? Why do we try to accomplish everything that needs to be done with our muscles and strength and talent? Could it be that we only view the beauty of His creation? We visit His beauty as if going to a museum... nice artifact... nice tree... nice star... nice mountain... nice! If  we stop had only recognizing what He has done, without knowing the Person that created it all, without knowing the God that King David saw behind it all, then we miss the best part. He is wonderful beyond words. God Almighty was the source of David's strength! I don't know about you, but I refuse to only enjoy the beauty of His creation. I want more. I'm going to have more than a glimpse of beauty or the photograph to remember it. I'm going to go where it all points me...to the Creator of it all. There is where the fullness of joy is found.... in Him! Ahhh! Now that's a wonderful place to be ...and it's even better than Denali!

Quinn won the opportunity to be a featured guest on this podcast at an auction to benefit EvolveAll's move to a new studio. While I've known Quinn since he was a toddler, I didn't really much about him as a tween, except for what I've seen when he does martial arts, since he is in class with my daughter. I really enjoyed learning about Quinn's hobbies and interests, and now I know who to call next time I need help around the house or want to go out for sushi!

Reiko Donato, TSC Mom, Brand Ambassador at Coeur Sports, Chair of the TS Alliance of Atlanta and past TS Alliance Board of Directors Member, walks me thru the timeline from diagnosis of her daughter thru the current day. She details the process of transition (transition planning is a formal process for helping kids with IEPs figure out what they want to do after high school and how to get there)and elaborates on a new program in her home state of Georgia called Transition Academy. Transition Academy is a career and work center for students with cognitive disabilities, ages 18-22, helping them make a smooth transition into the community upon their exit from the school system. We also delve into her entry into competitive running as a coping mechanism to deal with the stressors of TSC care. A longtime runner, Reiko decided to try a short triathlon. She was hooked, and in no time, was finishing her 5th Ironman in Chattanooga, TN, winning her age group on her birthday!!, Later this year, she will compete in her 6th Ironman in Hawaii. We discuss training, racing, fundraising, and much more. Reiko draws motivation from the unpredictable and often intense nature of TSC care, "While I've certainly felt overwhelmed at times, things never look as bad after a run, and I come home feeling virtually stress-free". Originally from Setagaya Tokyo, residing in Roswell, GA with her husband and daughter. "Reiko's perseverance, determination, risk-taking, traits have been central to Reiko's role as an advocate, heightening awareness of TSC and promoting research to lessen its impact" (https://cdmrp.army.mil/cwg/stories/2013/donato_profile) (music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/)

Reiko Donato, TSC Mom, Brand Ambassador at Coeur Sports, Chair of the TS Alliance of Atlanta and past TS Alliance Board of Directors Member, walks me thru the timeline from diagnosis of her daughter thru the current day. She details the process of transition (transition planning is a formal process for helping kids with IEPs figure out what they want to do after high school and how to get there)and elaborates on a new program in her home state of Georgia called Transition Academy. Transition Academy is a career and work center for students with cognitive disabilities, ages 18-22, helping them make a smooth transition into the community upon their exit from the school system. We also delve into her entry into competitive running as a coping mechanism to deal with the stressors of TSC care. A longtime runner, Reiko decided to try a short triathlon. She was hooked, and in no time, was finishing her 5th Ironman in Chattanooga, TN, winning her age group on her birthday!!, Later this year, she will compete in her 6th Ironman in Hawaii. We discuss training, racing, fundraising, and much more. Reiko draws motivation from the unpredictable and often intense nature of TSC care, "While I've certainly felt overwhelmed at times, things never look as bad after a run, and I come home feeling virtually stress-free". Originally from Setagaya Tokyo, residing in Roswell, GA with her husband and daughter. "Reiko's perseverance, determination, risk-taking, traits have been central to Reiko's role as an advocate, heightening awareness of TSC and promoting research to lessen its impact" (https://cdmrp.army.mil/cwg/stories/2013/donato_profile) (music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/)

003B: Tips for Visiting Shetland Released: March 1, 2019 You should visit Shetland. I just want to make that point clear, right off the bat. I love to travel and I've been blessed to be able to travel far more than my original life circumstances led me to believe I'd be able to. On my travels, I have learned that it is a gift to be able to slip on some different cultural lenses for a time. (The greatest blessing might be that I continue to find that the bedrock we share is the same.) While I've enjoyed the all of my trips, there have been only three places where I felt like I'd like to linger in those lenses for a few years and see if I could incorporate aspects of the culture into my own character. One place I ended up lingering long enough to mostly raise my children. The other I'll maybe talk about another time. The third is Shetland. If it's not already on your bucket list of places to go, add it. And place it higher on the list than you think you should. And I'm not just speaking to knitters here. Nonknitters--spend at least a couple of weeks. Knitters, you'll want a month. Or longer. That's pretty pie-in-the-sky planning for most of us, I know. Aim for at least a week! No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I know the islands that comprise Shetland are much smaller than, say, Japan, which your cousin visited and felt he saw everything there was to see in 10 days. First of all, I'd call anyone who said that about Japan a liar or ignorant. Second, get out of that tourist, check-the-boxes mindset. There are things you will want to do and see on Shetland. Plenty. But it is also an ideal place to just go and be. Getting There There are three ways people tend to get to Shetland. One is by cruise ship. I assume those folks are there as part of a cruise around ports in the North Sea. If that's how you're getting to Shetland, you'll only really have time to get into Lerwick. You're going to want to stay longer. I promise. The next option is by plane. LoganAir is the only airline that services Shetland. You can fly from multiple cities in Scotland year-round, and seasonally from Manchester, England, and Bergen, Norway. This is, in theory, the quickest way to get to Shetland; however, weather often causes delays, so pack some snacks and something to keep your mind occupied. Both of my flights were delayed by several hours, but the LoganAir staff kept us all well apprised of what was going on. All of it was beyond their control, and passengers just rolled with it. While chatting with an attendant on the way up, I was told if the flight becomes truly impossible due to weather concerns, they put passengers on the ferry. A fellow passenger shared that when they travel to and from the mainland, they always leave a day before they need to be somewhere, to allow time for potential delays. The third way to get to Shetland is by ferry through NorthLink Ferries. They depart in the afternoon from Aberdeen and arrive in the morning in Lerwick. They offer different levels of accommodation at different price points. You can rent private rooms with beds, a bed in a shared room (you'll be grouped by gender), sleeping pods (akin to some business class seats on planes) and basic reclining seats. There are showers on board, so you can arrive fresh and ready to go in the morning. Be aware, though, that the passage can be rough. However, delays are much less likely with the ferry than with air travel. Getting Around I strongly recommend that you rent a car. Yes, there is public transport. Yes, you may have to drive on the left instead of the right. But, the truth is that unless you are planning on staying in town all day, you will want the flexibility that having a car provides, especially if you are there for a limited amount of time. My chariot during my stay. Star Rent-a-Car, Ltd. is the company I rented from because they have an office at the airport and in Lerwick, so I knew I could get the care right away and if anything happened, they had an outlet close to my flat. They are a popular choice. You'll see their sherbert-colored Fiat 500s all over the islands. They rent subcompacts through 7-seaters, including prestige vehicles. The one thing they didn't seem to have was automatic transmission vehicles. So, before you head to the islands, find yourself a standard and practice. Also, have the person at the rental desk come out and show you any quirks of the vehicle. For instance, there was a trick to removing the gas cap on my car that I didn't discover until it was time to remove the gas cap three days later. If you don't drive or really don't want to drive on Shetland, there are buses. Plan your activities around the bus schedule, take a book with you, and you should be fine. Many of the roads on Shetland are single-lane roads. All along these roads there are wider areas where you can pull to the side and allow on-coming traffic to pass. Sometimes both sides of the road widen, sometimes it's one of the other. If both sides widen, whoever gets to the pull-off first should pull to the side. If the road widens to the left, you should pull over, if it widens to your right, on-coming traffic should pull over. Regardless of who moves out of the way, you should give a little wave as you pass. It's only polite. Staying There I'm going to be frank here. When I was looking into booking my trip, very few of the available hotels in the Lerwick area looked appealing to me. The ones that did were already booked up. I did not actually see the rooms in these less-than-appealing hotels, but the photos on their websites made them look very dated and run down. If this is not the actual situation, I would suggest to these hoteliers that they invest in some new photos. I ended up turning to Airbnb and found an apartment a short walk away from the Commerce Street area of Lerwick that had everything I needed and was a perfect jumping-off point for all my adventures in Shetland. There are many people offering apartments or homes on Airbnb, and even more offering single rooms in their house. Be aware that during festivals and events on Shetland, all forms of accommodation are in high demand. As of writing this, there are only a handful of hotel rooms and Airbnb "entire place" listings available for Wool Week 2019--a event taking place seven months from now. So if you plan to visit during one of their peak events, book as soon as you can. Things to Do and See There is far more to do and see on Shetland than the small landmass suggests. Shetlanders create their own fun and are very proud of their history and heritage. There are festivals galore and museums a-plenty. There are artists with open studios, opportunities to observe birds and animals in their native habitats, and no lack of space for rambling. Overlooking the Jarlshof, an area that was continuously occupied and built over by humans for thousands of years. Promote Shetland is the best place to start planning your trip. From there, hop over to TripAdvisor to learn the specifics of various attractions. Below is a list of all the places I visited on my 4-day trip. This should give you a sense of just how much you can fit in if you do need to keep your trip short. If I'd stayed longer, I would have added visits to Unst and Yell, a nature cruise, a dance in a community center, and a knitting circle. Plus, I would have wandered about more in nature. And, had I been able to be more flexible with my dates, I would have timed my visit to line up with one of the many festivals. Bottom line: I really do regret only having had four days to visit. The ruined church on St. Ninian's Isle. A cache of treasure was found here in the 1950s by a school boy. Reproductions are in the Shetland Museum and Archives. The originals are in Edinburgh. Anne's 4-Day Trip (Your results may vary) The smaller sites can be visited in 30-60 minutes. Larger museums and sites take 1-2 hours. Rather than listing the sites in the order I saw them (because I don't completely remember!), I am listing from the south toward the north: Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement Old Scatness Croft House Museum St. Ninian's Isle Broch of Mousa Hoswick Visitor's Center Scalloway Castle Scalloway Museum Clickimin Broch Lerwick Shetland Museum and Archives Bressay Shetland Textile Museum Bonhoga Gallery Tangwick Haa Museum The Broch of Mousa. The little pointy bit at the top is a person for scale. Shopping Every museum and visitor's center I got to visit had a gift shop. You will have plenty of opportunities to buy souvenirs! Generally speaking, the best concentration and variety of shops that I encountered was along Commercial Street in Lerwick, which got a mention in The Guardian's list of 10 cool shopping districts around the world. There was a nice blend of tourist-oriented and "real life needs" shops to be found there. Another spot in Lerwick for gifts and daily-need items is the Toll Clock Shopping Center on the north side of town. Near the Toll Clock is the Co-op grocery store, in case you are staying in a flat and need some ingredients for meals, and a Tesco is available on the south side of town. There are also specialty food shops scattered through town and drug stores can be found on Commercial Street and on the corner of Commercial Road and Burgh Rd. Jamieson's of Shetland and Jamieson and Smith were the two yarn stores I was able to visit, but there are other places for yarn and finished sweaters as well, such as Anderson and Co. and Loose Ends. Some other shops that tickled my fancy in the Commercial Street area were Love from Shetland, The Peerie Shop, Peerie Isles, and Ninian. Remember to be sure about hours and opening days before you head into town to lighten your wallet. Additionally, there is a Craft Trail you can follow to visit artisans at work and buy directly from them!. Places to Eat This list is incredibly incomplete. I ate in Shetland with a special diet, so I was actually pretty excited to find so many options to meet my needs. But, that said, there were tons of restaurants on Shetland at various price points and convenience levels, so this list of places where I took my meals is far from exhaustive. Scalloway Hotel Da Steak Hoos Sumburgh Hotel Saffron Restaurant and Bar Prep Work There are a few things I'd recommend to prepare yourself before your trip. First, watch Shetland or read the book series the show is based on by Anne Cleves. Yes, it will have you convinced that this island network of 23,000 people has a serious murder problem. Just remind yourself that it is a work of fiction. The stories are gripping to watch/read, and the show will acquaint you with the scenery, culture, and look of Lerwick. (At times, the first series feels like a travel advert, but that's ok! It was all helpful information!) Fans of the series Shetland will recognize this as Jimmy Perez's home. You can see it along the waterfront in Lerwick. Second, there are some common themes that arise in the various museums around the island. The first is the island's knitting history. Even if you aren't a knitter, a working knowledge of the history of Shetland knitting will help you appreciate what you see when you're there. The first parts of Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting and Magical Shetland Lace Shawls to Knit provide a good overview. The latter parts of the books cater more to the interests of knitters, but will also help non-knitters train their eyes for what they will see when they are there. Several of the museums have community scarves for visitors to contribute to. I did my bit (between the needles) on this scarf at the Scalloway Museum. The second common theme of the museums is Shetland's involvement in World War II, specifically the Shetland Bus, which was a group of people running secret missions between Shetland and Norway using fishing boats. A little background knowledge will help you better appreciate what the remaining artifacts represent. Final Thoughts I went to Shetland with my checklist of activities and a sense of adventure and left feeling like I was leaving home. The checklist was helpful, but after a day or two, I found myself mentally calculating the price of moving to this gem on the edge of the North Sea. The people are kind and welcoming. The food was delicious. The landscape was full of surprises. Shetland climbed into a corner of my heart and it has stayed there. I look forward to visiting again in 2019. Maybe I'll see you there! For additional information about knitting-related sites and shopping on Shetland, listen to Episode 003: Shetland. You can follow Anne on Instagram or Ravelry as @ithoughtiknewhow. She posts articles related to knitting and yarn on the Facebook Group and Twitter as @ThoughtIKhewHow. Subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the podcast app of your choice.

I'm busy working on "Ska Boom! An Oral History About The Birth Of American Ska & Reggae" and I'm about halfway through the book writing process.  One year in, I've finished drafting the first 10 chapters and have 10 more to research and write.  While I've posted updates to Facebook, I decided it would be more interesting to create a podcast that includes interview snippets and songs from some of the musicians and bands I've written about.  In the very first episode I've included anecdotes and stories from book chapters on The Shakers from Berkeley, CA who were the very first American reggae band that were signed to Elektra/Asylum Records by David Geffen; The Untouchables who helped popularize ska in  Los Angeles and were later signed to Stiff Records in the U.K. and The Boxboys who can be called one of the very first American ska bands, forming at UCLA and building a ska at the renowned O.N. Klub in the late 70s and early 80s. This is the first of what will be periodic podcasts as I continue to work on the boo.  

While I've been a huge fan of single family rental property for years, there are some advantages to multi-family and commercial property. So I'm very happy to announce our new team member, Adam Whitmire, who will be assisting our listeners and members with finding commercial properties nationwide. On today's show, we'll discuss some of the major differences between SFR investments vs commercial real estate. And which asset class might make more sense for you. www.RealWealthShow.com  

While I've known I Grow Chicago Co- Executive Director Erin Vogel for a while now, getting her to sit down to talk for more than 3 minutes is almost impossible. Involved in so much and so many things, Erin willingly wears man, many hats. I finally get Vogs to myself fo a long sit down where I get to ask all the questions I've been trying to ask for the past 3 years lol. We talk about I Grow Chicago, the White Sox, beer, music, anxiety and much much more. Erin is genuinely working to change the the dreams and futures of many, & I'm glad we get to hang out and share with you on this episode. Check it out, you may learn a thing or two.Want more info on I Grow Chicago? Check them out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & www.igrowchicago.orgIf you'd like to donate to I Grow Chicago hit the link - https://www.igrowchicago.org/donate/or conect with me & i'll lead you in the right direction!

In this week's episode of The Crushing Debt Podcast, I talk about a topic requested by our listeners - divorce, real estate and debt. While I've talked about each of these subjects in some manner, this is the first episode dedicated to the intersection of all three. What should you know about real estate that you jointly own with your ex?  What should you know about debt that you jointly owe with your ex?  How did you take title when you were married and how does that impact the debt, and then the divorce?  We explore all of these topics. I would appreciate if you would share this episode with someone you know who is getting a divorce, or thinking about a divorce.  We do not practice family law, but can help the divorcing couple to figure out what they can do with their home and debt.  You can reach me at Shawn@YesnerLaw.com or www.YesnerLaw.com. 

While I've mentioned I don't want Seize the Yay to be about just business, health and women, I couldn't help but showcase another incredible female founder and CEO in the wellness space, Julie Stevanja, who I am also lucky to call my friend. Like Lisa and Rach, I met Julie at my first major speaking gig a few years ago and am continually in awe of how stylish, successful and savvy she is! She is CEO of one of my favourite online retailers, Stylerunner, which grew by 1736% to a multimillion dollar company value in the first three years. The website ships to 100 countries around the world and stocks more than 50 brands, including their own label Flight Mode which I absolutely adore.She is the epitome of style, somehow integrating Activewear into street style in a way that very few others could pull off. At that very first speaking gig when I was super nervous, she told me she was a closet introvert and gave me a quick schooling on the psychology of power posing and I’ve never forgotten it. So glad to have her on the podcast to share some of her many other pearls of wisdom. And since the sun was shining on this beautiful day we recorded outside so the birds provide some beautiful ambiance but you’ll have to excuse an airplane or two!+ Show notes are available here+ Announcements on Insta at @spoonful_of_sarah+ Subscribe to not miss out on the next instalment of YAY!

Home - What does it mean? Where is it? There is a sense of safety and security attached to the idea of home. The dictionary definition of the word homebody is a person who likes to stay home, especially one who is perceived as unadventurous. I'd like to challenge that idea. I think a true home body - someone at home in their body - is definitely adventurous. In fact, the biggest adventure you embark on, might just be the adventure of "finding home". While I've been traveling this year, I've been wrestling with the following question. Why do I feel unstable when I don't have a house to live in? In the physical and financial world we think of home as a structure in our external world. But I want to explore home ownership as an internal and personal reality. Home ownership is you. Home ownership is the totality of your mind, body, spirit, and heart. Every where you go, your home goes with you. And if this is true, why do we not want to live within our home? Which is to say, why are we so resistant to living in ourselves? Why are we frantic to find other things to fulfill the longing for home? Traveling is when you physically go somewhere else. But traveling feels inconvenient and unsettling when you hold the belief that home is someplace outside of self. I love this particular definition of home. Honouring One's Magnificent Essence. The sense of HOME within you is the incredible truth of your power, belonging, magnificence, and strength. Join me in this episode as I challenge the idea that a homebody isn't adventurous, re-define home ownership (regardless of what physical structure you live in), and reveal the reason why traveling can be so inconvenient and uncomfortable. In-depth shownotes, video, and other resources at Brad Toews. http://bradtoews.com/podcast/home-body

Episode #20 Fun Things To Do in Victoria, British Columbia   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! Why Victoria?   Do you love small towns that are walkable and easy to get around with a charming Main Street with more stories and tales than you can listen to in a week? Do you love boating, being near the water and harbors? How about museums which celebrate native culture, a town with inspiring stories from amazing people and the best "running of the goats"? All of this and more can be found in Victoria, British Columbia.   How to Get to Victoria   Have you been to SEA-TAC - the Seattle airport? Let me be the first to tell you its a zoo. Planning to fly into SEA TAC give yourself a good 2 hours between getting off the plane, renting your car and getting anywhere in Seattle. If you are within driving distance, I would suggest doing the drive. Beautiful scenery, great places to stop along the way - I've got to tell you I took the most stunning rest stop photos on this trip during a rainstorm - and then take your car on the ferry across from the US to Victoria. Ferry rides are so relaxing and fun. Families putting together puzzles, people playing games or just sitting back with food from the concession on the ferry or the lunch they've brought, and enjoying the scenery. My favorite activity to do on the ferry - sleep! I'm like a baby in a car when it comes to ferries.   And if you've never ridden a ferry, check out my Instagram pictures and here's a tip - make sure that as soon as you park and you are able to move, grab a seat by the window! This is prime real estate on a ferry and if you don't move fast, you will be resolved to sit in a seat away from a window without a table. While still a good view (and you can always go out on the deck during the ride, which is a real treat and gives you amazing photo ops) its definitely harder to sleep in a single seat than in a booth next to a window.   Victoria, the town with a history of history Have you seen the movie Inception - the movie with Leonardo Di Caprio plays Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable.  One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be a perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.   This is Victoria, except take out stealing out secrets and insert history. Starting over 4000 years ago with the nations of the First People, Canadians Native Americans, the Royal BC Museum contains an exquisite language exhibit featuring native speakers welcoming you to the museum in over 2 dozen languages! Being an anthropology major and having a keen interest in Native American culture, this exhibit alone held my attention for a good 2 hours. Walking in, there are posts with the native language scribed on the pole, then you push the button to learn how to say welcome in their language. Just in British Columbia's native peoples alone, you can say welcome so many different ways, from Hello and Good Morning to How are you and your family? The language symbols used by native peoples of Canada are extraordinary - I've not seen these in other cultures. Most of these languages have only been spoken - writing them down is a recent phenomenon. Although many First Peoples do not speak their native language, the First Peoples' Cultural Council now provides community-based immersion programs for the next generation to learn to speak their native language - which was, for many years, illegal to speak. In addition to language, the cultural council also supports aboriginal artists. Look for the link to this great organization in the show notes below!   As you continue to walk through the Royal BC Museum, the local history unfolds of the white settlers taking over the region, the industrial era and the types of issues the white settlers brought onto the natives of the area. To this day, only one Native tribe in British Columbia has the right to own the right to their land. Walk through totems of more recent eras, with the large, bold carved faces and bodies of the local natives standing tall and prominent on the main floor. The Natural History Gallery gives you a feel for walking back into pre-history with a selfie-spot in front of the megafauna wooly mammoth, hallways of local and current flora and fauna and the diverse deltas and forests which are a part of BC's coast and interior.   The Royal BC Museum is a must-see on your stop to Victoria!   Walking Tour anyone?   Speaking of history, the walking tour is amazing! So many different little cultural hubs in Victoria including a China Town, where of course, you can purchase bubble tea! Fan Tan Alley, part of China Town, with Canton Cafe, calling the bubble tea lover with their picture sign, a woman happily walks out of the restaurant with her cup full of bubble tea, being sipped down until it eventually is transformed into the look of bliss on her face. The China Town Arch, which by the old tradition, should only be walked around and not directly under, because it is bad luck (or so our tour guide tells us ). Walking along the Main Street of Fan Tan, there's a vendor selling fresh produce, including fresh lychee fruit - a real delight when sweetened well. I find out that the Chinese immigrants who first came to this town were not treated well and were not allowed in the public school system, so the immigrants created their own Chinese school. Towards the middle of china town, Victoria decided to build an office complex in the 1960's AKA bomb shelter - which is a stark cultural black hole in the middle of rows of beautiful antique buildings with Chinese art influences.   There's also Bastion Square where you can find buildings made with beams from the Union Iron Works in San Francisco California circa 1861, modern art in the square and many historical buildings which now house offices, stores and apartments - each of them with their own unique story to tell.   Market Square in Victoria holds true to its name with a local outdoor market, an alleyway with history and unique feel when you walk between the red brick buildings, where you can almost hear the history if you can imagine the stories the brick and painted doorways tell when you walk by them. Their secrets are hidden under many layers of paint and story.   Downtown Victoria Trounce Alley - one of the main alleyways of downtown Victoria, is an interesting mix of modern and antique architecture, however, unlike the central bomb shelter of office buildings built in the '60s, these are tastefully created to blend in with the historical facades surrounding Victoria. Many upscale, gluten-free and fun eateries and shops abound in the downtown area. The Tobacconist, an original shop from the mid 1800s that has only known purveying of tobacco products since its inception, lies in the middle of Main Street in Downtown with a half-dome of hand-blown glass and metal welcoming you to the entrance to the store. There's Munro Books, where I picked up the Gluten is My by April Pevetaux, conversed with some locals, then moved on to Roger's Chocolates, established in 1885 and teeming with gluten-free truffles (of which I ate a FEW) chocolates and other delectable delights. Speaking of delightful, you must check out Chocolats Favoris, where the celiac-friendly ice cream shop will take your ice cream and dip it in one of three dips of your choice in the back separate from the gluten-infested dips in the front of the store! I must say this is NOT the choice of those who are faint-hearted when it comes to eating chocolate! My cup was SO full of delicious dark chocolate ice cream shell I wasn't able to finish the delectable fountain of goodness lying there, begging me to eat it - even when I saved the remainder in the hotel fridge overnight.     Jump out of Downtown into nature!   A short and beautiful drive from downtown, visit the Butchart Gardens. Started in the late 1800s by the wife of a prominent mining company, when the home they built was adjacent to the land they mined. Being that the land wasn't, let's say, easy on the eyes, the Jennie Buchart decided enough was enough and pulled workers from the mines to start to move dirt, plant and cultivate the area. The result is a magnificent garden, with over 100 years in bloom which include waterfalls, themed areas including a Japanese garden with a small creek meandering through the many plant residents and a rose garden. During holidays, the gardens put on holiday displays in different areas. One of my favorites in the garden was the cafe, with all of the gf choices labeled, including an incredible dessert, which I will talk about on the next episode: Gluten-Free Victoria with Ellen from the Celiac Scene. The gardens host a carousel, which, for $2 admission, you can be a kid again (I didn't bring any kids with me, I just love carousels, then stroll through the gardens and visit the dragon water fountain!   After the gardens, I headed over to Victoria Butterfly Gardens "a vibrant jungle experience" reads on their brochure. While I've been to a real jungle AKA rainforest, I can say that this is a sample of a jungle experience, but, an amazing butterfly experience to be had by all! There are a dozen species of butterflies, tropical birds and an insectarium where you can see bugs from the rainforest like the golden scarab beetle. They also have a small herbarium to check out poison dart frogs and the like.     Empress Hotel and the Running of the Goats Among the many historical buildings, the Empress Hotel is one of the most impressive. Recently having a multi-million dollar renovation, this hotel stands tall and proud facing the waterfront and beaming in the rays of the sun setting on the horizon. There is a history behind this building -  a mix of marriage, divorce, an affair with an 18-year-old chauffeur and a battle for inheritance. Typical typhoon story of the late 1800s. The Empress is still up and running today, if you are looking for a luxury stay in Victoria, this is the place you want to be.   speaking of the waterfront, I took strolls down here almost every night, the weather in Victoria picking up the Japanese current, is very mild. Only freezes twice a year and the high temp runs around 75-80. There are 1500 palm trees in Victoria, I didn't see any, but they are apparently there somewhere. The harbor is always teaming with artists, tours, activities and just as you start the climb to Main Street, you can visit the tourism center to book tours, get local information and maps to guide you through Victoria.   The location on the southern end of the Saanich Peninsula gives Victoria such an abundance of outdoor activities. One of my favorites was the walking path called the Harbour Walkway. From here, you can walk several miles around the harbor and take in the views, sit on a park bench and watch wildlife and the cruise ships docking in the harbor. For nature lovers and those who love to walk and enjoy the outdoors, Beacon Hill Park is the perfect spot to ride a bike, walk and especially enjoy the goats at the petting zoo.   Yes, petting zoo. I will totally own being the only person in the petting zoo sans small children. I can't help myself - I am a baby goat addict. When I found out there were baby goats nearby our hotel I was there. This is what I wanted to do for my birthday! Of course, being a baby goat addict, I had to be there as soon as the petting zoo opened. Then, I found everyone asking if we were in line. In what line? I watched as the sea of people who walked in after giving their donation parted like Moses himself had walked down the middle of the crowd. Then, they announced: The running of the goats was here!   Looking for a beautiful place to go, that's gluten-friendly and fun for all ages and interests, I would highly recommend Victoria. There's so much to see and do. After 7 days, I wasn't ready to leave for home and would have loved to spend another 2 weeks exploring the streets by foot.   Listener Shout-Out! Gluten-free blogger who navigates gluten-free travel like a boss! She has recently been in Thailand and tagged Travel Gluten Free in several of her photos! Carrie @forglutensake, thanks for tagging Travel Gluten Free on Instagram, this shout-out is for you!

Sunday September 2, 2018 This week's episode is a special one for me (Maddy) as I've been a fan of the Living After Faith podcast for almost a decade.  While I've chatted with both Rich and Deanna in closed facebook groups for podcasters, and on public posts, this was the first time I've been able to sit down and chat with two amazing people, who are also atheists. This was a pre-recorded conversation, as schedules and holidays meant a regular Sunday morning radio appearance wasn't going to be possible. Patrons get about 30 extra minutes of content this week. Living After Faith Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingAfterFaith/ Showpage: http://livingafterfaith.com/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

We are nearing Sunday's full moon and I've been feeling the pull from my crystals to dive into ritual with them.   I love full moon energy. My senses feel heightened.Dreamtime feels clearer.  I have more focus and clarity. And my spiritual connection feels stronger.  Perhaps you experience some of this with the full moon too. While I've spent a lot of time exploring how to flow with the moons creative cycles and rhythms, I still find myself learning something new with each moon cycle. And I continue to find myself in awe of the ways it affects me; emotionally, spiritually, and physically.  In this week's episode of Crystal Shaman Life podcast I share one of my favorite full moon crystal rituals . . . Crystals in the Moonlight.  Have you ever done this?  Have you been curious about the deeper reasoning behind why this is such a great practice?  I dive into all of that in this week's episode. And, I even share a couple crystal shaman stories and experiences.  Wishing you a magical full moon! Lori

While I've been podfading, I've been looking at the variables in my life. The things that affect what I'm trying to do with my life, of which there are many. I have goals and a purpose in life, and I'm constantly trying to be focused on them. But it's easy to be distracted and easy to lose what you're trying to attain. It's impossible to be in control of all variables in you life, even impossible to influence them all.  But what can you do about problematic variables?  Good question that I don't have a complete answer too. Today I focused on the variable of relationships, the people in my life. Dealing with people can be quite difficult, but also quite rewarding. I discuss how to deal with people and what I'm doing to improve my relationships.     Internal Family Systems website mentioned: http://sfhelp.org/gwc/guide1.htm Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justyakkin Facebook Group:  

Thou Shalt Remember, that life is not a fairytale... and if you lose your shoe at midnight, it just means you're drunk.When it comes to fairytales, I'm kind of on the fence. While I've had plenty of Once Upon A Times, every single one of them has ended in a Happily NEVER after... suffice to say, I'm a little bit sceptical. Do you really blame me though? I honestly swear I'm one dick pic and DM slide away from buying a cat and calling it a day. Maybe it's a generational thing, and I mean, call me old skool, but swiping for love makes me feel dead inside.All I can say is, TGFD - thank god for Disney - because every pumpkin carriage, magic carpet and singing Genie, slowly but surely helps restore my faith in the male race... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jay is the pastor of Friends Church in Orange, CA (www.friends.church). While I've known Jay for several years, I had no idea what an incredible story he has.

Don Walker is renowned as one of Australia's best songwriters. In 2014 I spoke with him about music, his love of language and the challenge of moving from performing with Cold Chisel to being his own frontman. (The Perfect Crime tour)Don Walker is a notoriously private man.He just does not talk about the personal stuff. But he does talk about himself, about music and words and prose and work and Chisel and just about anything else you choose to throw at him.He speaks slowly, deliberately, and laughs with a quiet, low rumble. Don Walker is also very dry and very funny.Once a scientist who worked on Australia's F111 program, Don says he worked for a little while with "whatever modest skills I acquired in aerodynamic engineering. I can't say I was very good at it."Words matter to Don Walker and it's obvious that language is a great love for the man who has written some of Australia's most iconic rock songs, "I think my love of words, language and humour - which is very much part of it - comes not so much from reading but from listening to regional speech in Australia, listening to the way people talk.""I love the enormously intelligent use of language that you get in regional and grassroots Australia. I like to laugh and Aussies say stuff that makes me laugh all the time. I try and write in a way that's close to conversation, and the conversation that I know is the way that I talk, and the people around me whose company I enjoy, talk."Don Walker grew up in Grafton on the north coast of NSW and says there was little choice in radio listening, "Where I grew up there used to be two stations. 2NR was the ABC station on the north coast, and the local commercial station was 2GF. So 2GF was where you went for music; they didn't play any music on the ABC except for classical programs, so the music that was played on the local commercial station was the music we heard.""It was a peculiar kind of faux-country music; a lot of American stuff, but some Australian stuff, and in that curious period between Elvis and The Beatles. Elvis hit and then it all went quiet when he joined the army, but The Beatles hadn't happened yet, so there was a fallow period there where all sorts of wild and wonderful but now-forgotten things happened in music.""Last year, a mate of mine who grew up in the Wheatfields in WA told me he'd seen a movie called 'The Tree of Man' which I haven't seen but apparently it's the greatest movie of the last 10 years or so. In this movie he was shocked into that period of 1960 listening to commercial radio. He and a friend who worked in a record shop gathered three CDs of what was on the radio in that period and gave them to me. It's a real shock to listen to them because these are not songs that are widely played since, so to listen to three CDs of them now plunges me straight back to sitting on a verandah on a farm when I was 10 years old. It's wonderful stuff. 'Big Bad John', quite a bit of Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline."'Big Bad John' is one of my own musical memories so I suggest to Don that I could probably sing him all the words of it and throw in a bunch of bad trucking songs about the ghosts of little girls to boot."That's right!" laughs Don, "Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight', or 'Wolverton Mountain', or 'From A Jack to a King', all that kind of stuff!"Our memories are strongly driven by sounds and smells and I suspect that as we get older, the guilty pleasures we have in music from years ago and may not have admitted to previously, are now songs that we love and will play loud in the car with the windows down, perhaps to the horror of our kids.Don Walker is one of Australia's most esteemed songwriters so of course I had to take the opportunity to try to get him to confess his musical sins to me."There's plenty of stuff that I can go back to and I'd only admit between you and I that at a certain stage I was very passionate about 'Blood, Sweat & Tears'. It is interesting to go back and listen to stuff now and see if it sounds as good as I thought it did at the time. 'Blood, Sweat & Tears' now sounds appalling! If you put on 'Bitches Brew' (Miles Davis) now, it sounds pretty good. So, there are examples like that, 'bad fashion' things that you do in any era.""I'm sure among the stuff I'm listening to and liking now there's some pretty horrible stuff. You're going to ask me what?"Yes. But Don isn't telling.I share with Don that I had recently played The Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' in the car for my kids to listen to because I think it's one of those things that pre-dates my own record collection but still sounds wonderful. Indeed, 'Pet Sounds' was released in the year of my birth. So even if the lyrics are a bit cheesy, if something was beautifully recorded and produced does it redeem it somewhat for him?"Well, you can't dismiss something just because it has cheesy lyrics, any more than you can dismiss something because it has cheesy music. Often in those combinations there's treasure.""But The Beach Boys, I never got it, or I never bothered. I think because when I was young, nobody in the band could actually play - nobody could do a solo - and when I was 20 or 25 that was important. But I've been doing a lot of long car trips over the last few years and a couple of years ago I bought a 'Best of The Beach Boys' and listened to it and started to wake up as to why so many of my musical friends are fanatical Beach Boys fans. Not so much musicians, but people in the music business, radio people and music journalists. I started to get it, to realise that this wasn't just another pop group, there's actually something unique and extraordinary that's happened here and everyone else is just imitators. I kinda knew that, but I never got it myself. Now I do."Don Walker is perhaps best known as Cold Chisel's main songwriter and through that band gave Australian rock music fans a new voice. With 40 years of songwriting under his belt, does the legacy of songs like Khe Sanh - released in 1978 - weigh on him?"Well, it's nice! There's a good living in that kind of thing. But once songs like that go out and are adopted by people as part of that canon of what they like to listen to, then it becomes a little bit remote to me.""The last five years or so, occasionally, I've done Khe Sanh myself with just piano, but that sounds utterly different so I can kind of own that again. It becomes a story with some chords, but it doesn't sound remotely like Jim (Barnes) and Cold Chisel on the radio because I can't sing like that. I'm very proud of it. We were a bunch of young guys and we did some good stuff. It's good that people like that and it holds up decades later, but it's a little bit remote from my daily life.""I didn't sing Khe Sanh originally. I just wrote it and showed it to the other guys in the band. Jim's been singing it as an integral part of what he does live, but not me. Neither are any other Cold Chisel songs. It's just in the last few years I started doing this other version of it. I wasn't avoiding it in all that time, it's just that it's not something that sounds like what I do, and it's not the way that I sound when I sing.""With such a song that's as widely loved as that, if I get up and sing it somebody might yell out, 'That's not how it goes!' he laughs, "The other thing is it's got a lot of words and everybody else knows them better than I do so what if you get half way through and you get stuck?!"In 2009, Don released his book 'Shots' - a collection of short autobiographical pieces. Reading 'Shots' reminded me of the way Leonard Cohen uses words, but Leonard Cohen makes me wonder just which words are lies."I don't think songwriters lie, but they certainly make stuff up. Is that lying? It's an essential part of songwriting.""Many years ago I was listening to someone do an interview with Paul Kelly, and they were digging in way beyond, 'What comes first, mate, the lyrics or the music?', they were digging in to just what happens and how do you come up with lyrics,""Paul said, 'I make stuff up.' I burst out laughing, I thought that was brilliant. Of course, you make stuff up. Is that lying? Yes, definitely. Sometimes it can tip over if you pretend it's the truth. So if me or Laughing Lenny write something that is not fiction but purporting to be a factual account, but that tips over into something that didn't actually happen, well ... you're on the edge."Where does Don Walker place the Canadian wordsmith, Leonard Cohen?"The big attraction for Leonard Cohen, and like The Beach Boys I've become a Leonard Cohen fan late in life - never took much notice of him before the last five or ten years but the big attraction is his humour. I don't think anything has got much legs if it hasn't got humour. You can look around and look at all the recording artists in history and divide the ones who have humour from the ones who don't. And that's a pretty profound thing, that really sorts them out, and Leonard Cohen is one of the funniest people out there, and one of the driest in his lyrics. And that's why now, late in life, I buy every Leonard Cohen album."Jimmy Barnes, of course, has deflected a lot of the heat of Cold Chisel's success from the rest of the band, but after Chisel disbanded Don Walker has put himself up front."It's never all about me, even when you're up there in front of a band. It's about the songs and the story. You're trying to put that over and connect. You're trying to whisper in the ear of everybody who's listening, whether you've recorded something that's being played on the radio or if you're playing a big show and there's thousands of people there. It's just one person trying to communicate to one other, and in some situations there's a lot of 'one other'. It's not about 'you', the person standing up there.""The fascist thing about it is that people can't talk back," laughs Don, "And for people in our position, the beautiful thing."I find it interesting to think about how songwriters see their own work given how precious it can sometimes become to others. To fans. To listeners. We listen, we love, we lose. We perhaps get married to the words in these songs. Live our lives through them. Die. We carry them with us and consider which of them we'd rescue from our burning house or take to a desert island. But how does the songwriter, the storyteller, see them?Don chips me about just wanting to ask what his favourite song is, but I think it's more complex than that and he concedes it's difficult to answer."There's a lot of stuff over the decades and I don't think of them as valuable or otherwise. Although there's a few things I've written that I would regard as 'value-less', but I'm not going name them. I admire people who use their songs to help people - that has value - but the songs I value most often have no correlation between how good a song is in my eyes and how well-known it is or how much money it's made or anything like that. It's not an inverse correlation either.""Probably one of the most - in my heart - beautiful songs I've ever written I wrote about 15 years ago - at the turn of the century! When I wrote it I thought, 'This is going to be massive all over the world because it's such a beautiful song', and I wrote it about a personal situation but it was universal, it had what I thought was a beautiful melody, it was simple, and it had everything that I thought was good about songcraft. And yet, everybody who heard it in the publishing world acknowledged how good it was but I couldn't get it recorded.""So that's what I'd call one of the top five songs that I'm proud of and yet nobody knew about it for 13 years.""But Missy Higgins has just recorded it and done a stunning version of it (The Way You Are Tonight) and now people are hearing it. In the meantime, there's a lot of other songs I've written that are enormously popular and have been all over the airwaves that I didn't think were nearly as good."Don Walker is a storyteller, but are there stories he hasn't been able to get out yet?"Yes, yes there are. There are things like that that have hung around in the back of my head for a long time, but they're difficult to describe because describing them will be in the song or in the prose writing and I haven't figured out a way of doing that yet. Where they live now is in pictures and movies and landscapes and feelings and maybe a few scraps of words."How does he know when the song is done? When the words are finished? When to stop and leave it alone?"You just know. It's like a big bell goes off. 'This is right now.' And it's something that is the same with a piece of prose writing. I can't explain that but I utterly know when something's right. At the same time, the reverse side of that is that you utterly know when something is not right. But knowing it's not right doesn't mean that you know how to get to where the bell goes off. I've put things out without waiting for the bell to go off, when they're not quite right but good enough."Will he tell me what they are?"No. But there's an internal thing that defies all logic. Surely, all of these things are subjective. What is right to one person is not right to another, but there is something in me - and I know it exists in others - where it's not a subjective thing, there's an utter certainty when something is right. And a nagging, cold dissatisfaction and itch when it's not."Meanwhile, after a 40-year career in the music industry, Don Walker is still touring large shows with a full band, and smaller intimate shows to just a few dozen people."The beauty of doing things like that is to deliberately put myself in a situation where I didn't know if I could pull it off and I had to do some work. I had to do a lot of preparation and figure out a lot of things I hadn't had to figure out before to make a show of that length work with just me and the piano."I suggest that to do so is gutsy."It's not so much the size of the audience. It doesn't really matter. It's what's going on onstage. In that situation I have no band and nothing to hide behind. So I have to make it work with those few tools. That's confronting. I did a night in Nundle and it worked. The night I did in Mayfield, the first set didn't work. I just couldn't make it work. The second set worked and everybody got it and we all had a good time.""I'm hoping that they didn't feel like it was a waste of their time. That they're thinking, 'That was a worthwhile thing to do'. That's what I'm wishing and hoping for. People's time and attention is valuable and if you're going to use it up you've got to do something worthwhile, make it work, and try and figure out a way of transporting them into the stories.""Sometimes you don't manage that and if you don't manage that, well that's a failure and instead of transporting them somewhere, you've seat-belted them into a dark little room for an hour when they could have been enjoying themselves."When all is said and done, what does Don Walker feel he's gotten right?"The things that I've done right have nothing to do with music because they're far more fundamental things than that, and they're not public things. There haven't been many of them and there's a lot of things I've done wrong. But they're the things in the end.""While I've been doing this interview, I've got a call from my daughter. It's in that world where you really succeed or fail. If there's a couple of things I like myself for, it's in that world."And with that, I encourage Don Walker to go and call his daughter.Tracks: Choir Girl, Hully Gully, Khe Sanh, Pool, The Way You Are Tonight (Missy Higgins version), Saturday Night.

In this special episode, I'm joined by the amazing Aaron Beach. Not only is Aaron a father of three and an entrepreneur, but he's also my incredible husband. While I've pretty much always been an entrepreneur, Aaron didn't begin his entrepreneurial journey until a little over three years ago. Today, we run multiple businesses, and our household, in a way that allows us to live the life we've always wanted. Being an entrepreneur is difficult. Being an entrepreneur with young kids at home is incredibly difficult. However, Aaron and I are proof that all that struggles and sacrifices are are worth it. It's absolutely worth fighting for the life you want, even if you're not entirely sure what that looks like yet. In this episode, Aaron and I get real about the struggles we've both experienced during our entrepreneurial journeys, the sacrifices we've had to make as a family and how they've helped us become a closer unit, and how our kids are becoming change-makers and entrepreneurs themselves.   To learn more, visit the show notes.   If you would like to connect with me, and other purpose-driven online entrepreneurs, join us in the SweetLife Entrepreneurs Facebook Community where I host a live chat every week! Follow Me On: AprilBeach.com/Facebook AprilBeach.com/Instagram AprilBeach.com/LinkedIn AprilBeach.com/Twitter AprilBeach.com/YouTube

Full show notes:: here The coolest thing about the internet is how it allows you to connect with people all over the world you otherwise may never known. While I only met Tero Isokauppila for the first time this summer when we recorded this conversation in person while he was here in New York, we've been friends on the internet since early 2013. Tero's from Finland and founded the popular superfood mushroom brand Four Sigmatic over five years ago. While I've loved Four Sigmatic's products ever since I was one of the first bloggers in America to try them, my knowledge on the fungi kingdom, foraging, and the benefits of utilizing mushrooms was limited until this conversation. Wellness wise, we got identifying adaptogens, how to use powerful herbs, ‘mushroom hacks’, and why not all water is created equal. He answered everything I was curious about in the fascinating fungi kingdom. Beyond mushrooms we had a meandering conversation where we discussed everything from entrepreneurship,  inclusivity in the wellness industry, the importance of family, cultural and education system differences in other countries, his life growing up in Finland and moving to the States, his thoughts on living in New York City, and his journaling, reflection/gratitude practice. Tero is a great guy and I loved finally meeting him in person and getting to record this episode. His new book Healing Mushrooms which you'll hear a bit about in this episode is out now and it's as great as he is. Hope you love this episode as much as I did.Taro is offering listeners 15% off any purchase of Four Sigmatic products. Just head over to the website and use the code KATIE at checkout! 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Auction professionals spend a lot of time working on their laptops and never know when disaster might strike. In this episode, host Aaron Traffas looks at preventative measures that can save both time and stress when, not if, a computer is broken or stolen. Subscribe on iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher Today’s SponsorsGlobal Auction Guide Episode Linkshttp://www.auctioneertech.com The Fast Talking Podcast is a small business building podcast as seen through the lens of auctioneers and auction professionals. Focusing on social media, marketing strategies, finance, operations, human resources, and time management, we provide focused discussions on important topics weekly. ----- Episode 190: Transcription Hello and welcome to the  Fast Talking Podcast. My name is Aaron Traffas and I'm excited to once again be your guest host for today's episode. We auctioneers store large amounts of important and sensitive information on our laptops. What happens to our work if our computer is broken or, worse, stolen? We'll examine two crucial preventative measures that will save us both time and stress in just a moment after a word from our sponsor. [sponsor] I wrote the article that inspired this episode recently for the Colorado Auctioneers Association quarterly newsletter which, this quarter, is focused on technology. After making sure we're using strong passwords, which was the topic of my last appearance on the Fast Talking Podcast, I feel that backup and encryption are the two next steps auctioneers need to make as we strive to make sure our data is secure and our work is safe.   It was 2007. NAA Conference and Show was in San Diego. My bags were packed in my truck. I swung by the office to grab my computer and other electronics that I'd need for the week in California. As I walked out the door for my two hour drive from Manhattan, Kansas, to the Kansas City airport, I realized I'd forgotten something. I sat my computer bag on the ground next to my pickup's passenger door and went back inside. When I returned, I got in my truck, cranked the wheel to the left and backed out, only to realize that my front tire just rolled over my laptop bag. My computer — and my mood — was crushed. I had unfinished work for upcoming auctions that I'd planned to do on the plane and I had no time before my flight to prep another computer. It made for an interesting and uncomfortable trip. Broken hardware is one thing, but what if I'd lost the computer? What if instead of picking up pieces off the ground, I was instead unsure of where it was? Had it fallen into malicious hands? Were all the accounts that I'd logged in to now at risk of being compromised? It's always better to know a computer is destroyed than to wonder if someone is combing through the data. The scenario is simple — at any time, you can suddenly lose your laptop. In order to make sure that the only cost to you is the value of the hardware, it's crucial that your computer is encrypted and backed up properly. Encryption Computer encryption can get very technical very quickly, but for our purposes it simply means a way of scrambling the data on the computer's hard drive so it can't be read by anyone who doesn't have the password. The password to login to Windows isn't enough, as it's fairly trivial to bypass. The correct solution is called full disk encryption, where everything on the computer is encrypted for everyone who doesn't have the password. For many years, the right answer for encryption was a product called TrueCrypt. It was free software and the encryption was bulletproof. A few years ago, the TrueCrypt project closed down. Luckily it's successor, called VeraCrypt, is also free and based on much of the same code base as TrueCrypt. Since it's open source, third parties have been able to audit the software to make sure there aren't backdoors or other ways for criminals or governments to bypass the encryption. Operating systems have their own versions of encryption. Windows has BitLocker and Apple has FileVault. While I'll always prefer a free and open source solution over one from an operating system provider, these solutions may be a good fit in some situations. Many modern laptops also provide built-in encryption options on the hardware level. Many of these might work as well as VeraCrypt, though there's no way to guarantee there isn't a backdoor. Sometimes, a laptop's password simply prevents the laptop from booting up and doesn't actually encrypt the data. This means someone could simply remove the hard drive and put it in another computer to access your files. Make sure if you're using a built-in password function on your laptop that it's actually encrypting the data. Only by using full disk encryption can you rest assured that if your computer falls into the wrong hands, all your data about your auctions, customers, clients and personal accounts won't be at risk. Entering a password every time you boot your computer is a small price to pay for that peace of mind. Backup Encryption prevents the bad guys from getting your data, but what about losing your work? If you drive over your laptop with the front wheel of a diesel pickup, how do you get your files off of a hard drive that's in pieces on the ground? In addition to the possibility of losing your computer, new viruses called ransomware actually encrypt your files and make you pay a ransom before giving you the key to decrypt them. A good backup solution can mitigate a ransomware infection by allowing you to restore the unencrypted versions of your files. There is a frequently recited rule of backup called 3-2-1. You need three copies of your data, on two different mediums and one needs to be offsite. Simply buying an external hard drive and copying your files there is better than nothing, but it's also grossly insufficient and inefficient. A good backup solution will run continually in the background, copying versions of  your files offsite as you create them, so you don't notice it until you need it. In much the way that TrueCrypt was the best answer for encryption, there was also a best answer for backup called Crashplan. Crashplan allowed users to backup to friends for free. I wrote on my AuctioneerTech blog in 2012 how this was a perfect backup solution that didn't have a monthly fee like most of the backup services. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, Crashplan  announced that it's discontinuing its free version in October 2018. While I've been hunting for a replacement, it's unlikely that anything will be as simple as Crashplan to use without a monthly fee. There are still myriad subscription backup services. Some of the best known are Carbonite, Backblaze and Mozy, and each has a different pricing plan based on the amount of data to store and how many computers will be using the service. As you shop around for the best  deal, pay attention to the cost to get your data back. In 2011, I lost 2 terabytes of data that was backed up with Mozy. Only then did I learn that they charged $.50 per gigabyte to restore the data, and I had to come up with the $1000 within 30 days before my files were deleted. In the auction business, like any business, time is money. Some backup solution is better than nothing. In my search for a Crashplan replacement, I've found a lot of negative comments about Carbonite and a lot of positive comments about Backblaze, so if I were looking for a simple turn-key subscription backup service, I'd probably start with Backblaze. Wrap-up In summary, disaster happens when we least expect it. We need to take steps now to ensure that when, not if, we lose a computer, it might cost us money to replace the device but it doesn't cost us time to recreate all our work or, worse, cost us sleep worrying about who might have our data and what he or she might be doing with it. And now, here's a word from our sponsor. [sponsor] I'd like to thank Andy for giving me the opportunity to guest host the Fast Talking Podcast this week. The show is built for you, the fast talking nation. We're always looking for suggestions and feedback, so if you have an idea for great topic or guest you think would be a good fit, leave a comment on  fasttalkingpodcast.com or find us @auctionpodcast on Twitter or facebook.com/fasttalkingpodcast. My blog is auctioneertech.com and if you'd like to contact me personally, find me on Twitter @traffas or, better yet, email aaron.traffas@purplewave.com With that, we want to thank you  for gifting us with your time. As always, be sure to like, favorite and share this podcast in whichever venue you choose to listen. We enjoy creating this podcast for you and strive to share this industry we love with more and more people each week. I'm Aaron Traffas. Thanks for listening. Now go sell something.

Life Made Simple is a podcast show dedicated to helping you simplify all areas of your life: your home, your time and to-do's, your mindsets, your health, and even your messy relationships... which is what I talk about on today's episode. While I've been a professional home organizer for over 15 years now, I am not a neat freak. This weekend I was chatting with someone I had just met and after she asked what I did for a living she replied, "Your house must be perfectly clean and organized all the time." Yes, I get that a lot. But no... I have no shame in saying that my house is never perfectly clean and organized. Now technically if you looked in all our cupboards and closets they are definitely very organized... don't get me wrong, everything we own has logical home, which of course is one of the keys to staying organized.  But the fact is I have a husband, a six year old son, a dog, and a full time job. The struggle is real. My house is far from perfect. Now, many years ago before I was married I was definitely considered a "neat freak" and my house was immaculate. I was obsessively tidy. But now, nooooo way! It would be impossible to keep up with the steady stream of mayhem that flows through our house on a daily basis. Now, I know that our home isn't as bad as most... especially families with more kids. Luckily my husband isn't a complete slob and he always helps with cleaning up the house when it gets out of control. I've also been training my son to pick up his toys and put his dirty clothes in the hamper. But he's only six. I can really only expect so much. Years ago, for the sake of my sanity, I had to let go of my unrealistic expectations of keeping a perfectly tidy home There is nothing more frustrating than living with a spouse, a child, or even a roommate whose messy habits thwart your own efforts to stay organized. And when you're trying your hardest to simplify your home, trying to clean up after an untidy family member can be demoralizing. It's easy to just want to throw in the towel and give up. On today's episode we look at how to live with a messy family member without going insane.   Links Mentioned in this Show: Episode #55: (PART 1) How To Live With Someone Who Won't Change - "I Married A Pack Rat" Episode #57: (PART 1) How To Live With Someone Who Won't Change Episode #13: How To Simplify Any Messy Relationship In Your Life Episode #72: Try To Turn People Into Trees   Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode85 Share this Podcast: LifeMadeSimplePodcast.com   Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com   Free Guide:  "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"   Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY   Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"  Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE   Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson   Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae

While I've shared a good bit of my life, my past, and my story via social media, I've never really dove in and got into the nitty gritty of it. From being body shamed at 8 years old, to developing an eating disorder in high school, I've gone through a bit of body struggles... Ultimately, those struggles are what made me strong and are why I have fallen in love with the fitness industry - it has empowered me to be ME, not to fit a mold, whether that be physically or emotionally. Listen to this episode to learn about my story, where the Wonder Woman Mentality came from, and where I'm going from here.  Find me on social: Twitter/IG: @em_dunc YouTube: www.YouTube.com/EmDunc www.emilyduncanfitness.com

OPINION:  Each week, the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to change your money habits for the better, starting today. Hosted by Frances Cook.It's so easy to ignore things that scare you. For instance, money. Most people don't like to talk about it, and now it turns out, a shocking number of us have no plan for our money. A third of us, in fact.I get the temptation to put it off. Six months ago I was part of the one in three New Zealanders who had no plan and was living only for today.While I've since had the realisation that I need to get it together, many people went the other way. The number of people with a plan actually dropped last year, according to BNZ research.I suspect many people have the same reasons I did. Retirement seems far away (it's not really), money seems hard (it doesn’t have to be), and the whole thing gets put off for another day.Another day which can turn into years.Those under 30, like me, are among the worst offenders. Only 17 per cent have a money plan.Which is a terrible idea, as we can make far more money by starting early.But the oldies shouldn’t be smug too soon. 59 percent of those between 50 and 64 say they don’t know how much they’ll need for retirement. Guys, you don’t have long to figure it out.But again, I get it, it’s daunting. What got me to change habits was making the small, daily changes.It woke me up to the realisation that most of this isn't so hard, and doesn't have mean sacrificing the fun things in your life. In fact, as a reformed spender, taking back the control can be a fun power trip of its own.I got in touch with BNZ's head of wealth and private bank Donna Nicolof, to find out what things most of us could do to be better with money from today.She said it was very worrying that so many people didn’t have a plan, or idea of their financial goals."I actually think that taking control of your finances should be empowering rather than intimidating."The earlier you start, the more you will have."People miss what the benefits of compounding [interest] are, and how much more the dollars saved today will be worth in the future."For example, if you start a good savings habit early and put money away in your twenties … you’ll have a larger starting pot to invest for the future."Nicolof recommended a strategy of cutting back on spending, saving the difference, and then putting the saved money to work."Setting up a savings account is a good first step. If you have children, set up a savings account for them so they can start good habits early."If you struggle with self-control, KiwiSaver is a good one to keep your savings locked away."Two things with KiwiSaver. Make sure you choose your fund, the fund that’s right for you, and also what your contribution amounts are.”If you really struggle to save, take a brutal look at your spending.There are probably areas where you can cut back, without losing the fun things in your life."If you're working and you buy your lunch every day, that's $10 that you're spending every day, which is $50 a week, and $200 a month."You don’t often realise how those small amounts all add up."All of that saved cash then needs to get to work.For someone who's new to investing, managed funds can be a way of dipping their toes in."Because your investments are diversified, you can seek advice on what’s the best fund for you, and it minimises risk and gives you good return prospectives," Nicolof said."Whatever investment you choose, take the time to understand where you’re putting your money, what the risk profile is of the investment you’re making, and does it meet your return objectives."The one thing I'd say on that is, make sure you don’t have all your eggs in one basket."For the full interview, listen to the podcast.If you have questions about this episode, or ideas for the next one, get in touch.Facebook https://www.facebook...

OPINION:  Each week, the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to change your money habits for the better, starting today. Hosted by Frances Cook.It's so easy to ignore things that scare you. For instance, money. Most people don't like to talk about it, and now it turns out, a shocking number of us have no plan for our money. A third of us, in fact.I get the temptation to put it off. Six months ago I was part of the one in three New Zealanders who had no plan and was living only for today.While I've since had the realisation that I need to get it together, many people went the other way. The number of people with a plan actually dropped last year, according to BNZ research.I suspect many people have the same reasons I did. Retirement seems far away (it's not really), money seems hard (it doesn’t have to be), and the whole thing gets put off for another day.Another day which can turn into years.Those under 30, like me, are among the worst offenders. Only 17 per cent have a money plan.Which is a terrible idea, as we can make far more money by starting early.But the oldies shouldn’t be smug too soon. 59 percent of those between 50 and 64 say they don’t know how much they’ll need for retirement. Guys, you don’t have long to figure it out.But again, I get it, it’s daunting. What got me to change habits was making the small, daily changes.It woke me up to the realisation that most of this isn't so hard, and doesn't have mean sacrificing the fun things in your life. In fact, as a reformed spender, taking back the control can be a fun power trip of its own.I got in touch with BNZ's head of wealth and private bank Donna Nicolof, to find out what things most of us could do to be better with money from today.She said it was very worrying that so many people didn’t have a plan, or idea of their financial goals."I actually think that taking control of your finances should be empowering rather than intimidating."The earlier you start, the more you will have."People miss what the benefits of compounding [interest] are, and how much more the dollars saved today will be worth in the future."For example, if you start a good savings habit early and put money away in your twenties … you’ll have a larger starting pot to invest for the future."Nicolof recommended a strategy of cutting back on spending, saving the difference, and then putting the saved money to work."Setting up a savings account is a good first step. If you have children, set up a savings account for them so they can start good habits early."If you struggle with self-control, KiwiSaver is a good one to keep your savings locked away."Two things with KiwiSaver. Make sure you choose your fund, the fund that’s right for you, and also what your contribution amounts are.”If you really struggle to save, take a brutal look at your spending.There are probably areas where you can cut back, without losing the fun things in your life."If you're working and you buy your lunch every day, that's $10 that you're spending every day, which is $50 a week, and $200 a month."You don’t often realise how those small amounts all add up."All of that saved cash then needs to get to work.For someone who's new to investing, managed funds can be a way of dipping their toes in."Because your investments are diversified, you can seek advice on what’s the best fund for you, and it minimises risk and gives you good return prospectives," Nicolof said."Whatever investment you choose, take the time to understand where you’re putting your money, what the risk profile is of the investment you’re making, and does it meet your return objectives."The one thing I'd say on that is, make sure you don’t have all your eggs in one basket."For the full interview, listen to the podcast.If you have questions about this episode, or ideas for the next one, get in touch.Facebook https://www.facebook...

In this episode, you'll discover: How do you know which books to choose? The myth of the overnight success self-help book Books I've found interesting, awesome books gifted, and other recommendations from over the years What to do to get the most out of your book choices How do you find the right book for you? Let me begin by saying that I understand there's a possibility that I'm a little bit of a nerd. When it comes to my friends, I'll gift books rather than clothes, boos, or gift cards around the holidays. I get kind of giddy when I walk into a Barnes & Noble bookstore. And, every once in awhile I'll take a Saturday afternoon to sit in a local Starbucks to catch up on my reading. Yup. Nerd. The truth is, with Amazon (especially Amazon Prime) getting access to great books is easier and cheaper than ever before. However, the difficulty lies within choosing the right book.  Based on zero data other than conversations from over the years, I'd say the average American reads maybe one non-fiction book a year. Which begs the questions... What's a good book that's going to add value to your life? What's going to challenge your thinking? How do you know if it's full of crap or a book that's going to make a huge impact on your life? This week we dive into an incredibly common question that casually pops up with clients, "Do you have any book recommendations?".  I discuss some of the more appealing reads I've found over the years and how you can apply your sensibilities to find the book that's right for you. Unfortunately, While I've yet to find the book that can change my life overnight, if you do have a recommendation, please let me know in the comment section below! CJ

It's my pleasure to welcome former Libertarian Presidential Candidate Austin Petersen back in studio. He has recently returned from CPAC, and I asked him to come by and give us some insight into the event and what his takeaways were.While I've got him here, I'll also chat with him about the president's recent speech before Congress. If you listened to conservative TV and Radio, you'd think Trump gave a barn burner speech. I was less enthused.Support the show.

1. I Want You - Utah Saints 2. Hallucination Generation (Syametic Nightmare) - Gruesome Twosome 3. Salvation (Razormaid! Mix) - The Hood 4. State Of The Nation - New Order 5. Happiest Girl (Jack Mix) - Depeche Mode 6. You Make Me Wonder (Razormaid! Mix) - Celebrate The Nun 7. What Do You See (Arabian House Mix) - Cause & Effect 8. LSI (Love Sex Intelligence) (Beatmasters 12" Mix) - The Shamen 9. Lucky Charm (Extended Club Mix) - Hard Corps 10. Send Me An Angel '89 (Dance Mix) - Real Life 11. We Came To Dance (12" Version) - Ultravox 12. The Calling (Full Extended 12" Mix) - Ken Heaven 13. We Are The Boys (Razormaid! Mix) - Until December 14. The Sound Of The Crowd (12" Version) (Complete) - The Human League 15. My Translucent Hands (No. II) - I Start Counting Notes and other random things: Well, here it is. My first brand new podcast in nearly seven months. Where does the time go? They say patience is a virtue and good things come to those who wait and I think this one was worth waiting for. A good blend of the familiar and the not-so-familiar; some things you may remember and some you've long since forgotten or maybe never heard in your entire life. Before I get to a few band notes, I want to mention that I have now upgraded my account back to a Pro account. I just couldn't bear the thought that people were actually making a point of coming to this site to listen to the music only to be told by a pre-recorded message that they could not because of bandwidth limitations. What does that mean for you all? It means no more running out of bandwidth two days after I post a new episode. With apologies to the Pet Shop Boys it means more "opportunities" to listen and to download when you have time. It means more storage, so I don't have to delete the audio from an older podcast just to post a new one. (You may have already noticed I've re-posted some of the more recent back-catalog episodes). Over time, I will add more of them. For long-time listeners, it's a chance to re-visit some of the older stuff from "back in the day". For newer listeners, it will be like a glut of new podcasts to check out. I also want to note that I've removed the audio for my previous episode (CRC #42) as the recording levels were all over the map and I didn't think the quality was up to snuff. Perhaps 5 or 6 years ago, it would have been okay, I suppose, but even in light of the cheap mixer and free recording software I use to assemble these 'casts, I think this podcast has come too far now and demands a higher level of quality. So, I may re-record that one at a future date. At that point, I'll re-post. Same for back-catalog items. The really good ones, I'll re-post. The ones that could use a little work will most likely be re-recorded and re-posted as a "reboot" episode. All in all, thank you all again for tuning in. Have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2017! Now on to the bands ... If you've been a follower of this podcast since the beginning and you've clung to the belief that, against all probability, the thrash metal band, Slayer, would somehow make its presence felt at some point then your patience has finally been rewarded. And you should book your ticket to Vegas immediately. Taking a riff from the group's tune, "War Ensemble", "I Want You" was one of four Top-25 hits for Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt on Utah Saints' self-titled debut. The duo were at the pioneering edge of sampling, also grabbing a snippet of Kate Bush from her track Cloudbusting for the song "Something Good" and a soundbite from the inimitable Annie Lennox from her song "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" for the track "What Can You Do For Me". Called "the first true Stadium House band" by Bill Drummond of The KLF, Utah Saints were one of the first rave acts to play live and one I had the good fortune to see on the same bill with The Shamen in the early 90s during the rave culture explosion. And let me tell you: it was quite a show ... probably. I first heard "Salvation" by The Hood sometime in 1989 while in college. A guy who lived down the hall from me had a version of it on an old mix tape. I really liked the track and was pleased as punch when the first of many Razormaid! discs from my nascent subscription showed up in the mail containing a mix of that song. It is a portion of that 10+ minute version that appears here. I would soon come across a movie soundtrack of the same name while sifting through record bins at a local indie shop. New Order, Cabaret Voltaire, The Hood, hip-hop producer extraordinaire Arthur Baker and others appeared on the album, so I purchased it. While I've listened to the song "Salvation" umpteen times over the years, I did not know much about the band or its members. To this day, I still don't. I spent the better part of an hour trying to find information on the group, but mostly found song credits and track listings. Eventually, I did find a tiny bit of info on a website called The Lost Turntable. The info was posted by an Arthur Baker and a John Hood respectively, both of whom I can only assume to be the real article. "the hood- is john hood, a legendary nyc party promoter-doorman,who is also quite a good writer. he was signed for a short time on the sire label and is active on the club scene in south beach, miami, florida" "Wow! Yeah, that The Hood track is indeed me: John Hood. (Thanks AB!) And I'm delighted to find it posted. In fact, till right now I never even had an MP3 of the song! So if no one minds, I'll post this, save this, and send this around. Nice to find Salvation!" If anyone knows anything more about The Hood, I would LOVE to get a one-sheet or press kit or bio on them. Speaking of bands I don't know much about, Gruesome Twosome would qualify as well. Sort of a one-off project for founders Samy Birnbach from Minimal Compact (aka Lord Solomon Pearbrook) and Norwegian producer Per Martinsen, who had been recording under the name Syamese, "Hallucination Generation" is the only official single from the group and was released in 1989. A cult classic in its own right, the song sort of bridges the gap between traditional industrial dance music and the bourgeoning New Beat music scene that was starting to take hold at the time. Birnbach and Martinsen would later collaborate with the likes of Bertrand Burgalat, Thrash from The Orb, Paul Kendall and Fortran 5 to eventually release a full-length album called Candy From Strangers, which was released in 1993. Birnbach currently releases material under the DJ Morpheus moniker, having once worked with Colin Newman from Wire for a project called Oracle, while Martinsen performs as Mental Overdrive. While it's probably not the best analogy as they employed very different musical styles, Ultravox is much like the band Genesis in the sense that they have two distinct timelines, led by two distinctly different front men. And much like one could argue Peter Gabriel represented the true vision for Genesis, there is no denying that Phil Collins took the band to massive commercial heights and is probably remembered more readily as the face of the group. Similarly, one could argue that while John Foxx may have been the driving force behind Ultravox during their formative years, it was Midge Ure, who took over after Foxx left for a solo career, that kept the band from imploding and pushed them further into the mainstream and to massive success in the UK. With 7 Top-10 albums and 17 Top-10 singles, U-Vox, like many other bands of the day, took their cue from the glam rock outfits that came before such as Neu! In fact, early on Ultravox was known as Ultravox! (with an exclamation point) in deference to Neu! The first album with the classic line-up of Ure, Billy Currie, Warren Cann and Chris Cross would be the amazing Vienna, which marked a very different direction for the group. Produced by long-time Kraftwerk producer Conny Plank, the album included the title track, which would reach #2 in the UK and would be the highest charted song for the band. (John Lennon's "Woman" and "Shaddap You Face" by Joe Dolce would both keep the song from reaching #1). And while the 1982 album Quartet, produced by George Martin, would be the best-selling US album for U-Vox, the band would not again reach the level of critical success they found with Vienna. The song in this podcast is the 12" version of "We Came to Dance", the final single from Ultravox's sixth studio album, Quartet, released on April 18, 1983. The single reached #18 on the UK charts and was the last of seven consecutive top-20 singles for the band. This being the Christmas season, I would be derelict not to mention that Midge Ure also co-wrote (with Bob Geldof of Boomtown Rats fame) and produced the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid. Last but not least, I want to mention "State Of The Nation" by New Order. Though it reached #1 on the UK Indie Singles Chart and #30 on the UK Singles chart in 1986, the song is probably not a favorite of the majority of New Order fans. I would wager if every NO devotee were to compile a list of his or her Top 10 songs, it would probably appear in less than 5% of those lists. Still, the track is a great one even if only for the fact that it's one of the few NO songs whose title actually appears within the lyrics and/or chorus of the song. As most die-hard fans know, the titles of most NO tunes have little or no relevance to the subject matter being discussed. "Shellshock", "Regret", "Touched By The Hand Of God" and "Confusion" are a few songs I can think of off the top of my head that go against that grain. While the song did not appear on the album, Brotherhood, which was released around this time, both the remix version appearing here and the B-side called "Shame Of The Nation", which was produced by John Robie, appear on the Substance compilation, released in 1987. That will do it for this epidsode. I've got my next podcast ready to record. As soon as I find some time, I'll do just that. Happy Listening!

You only get one chance to make a first impression! While I've taught a lot of classes on Indoor Cycles that display Power/Watts, this morning was the very first Power based class I've ever taught.  So what's the difference? 65 new FreeMotion Indoor Cycles with Power meters that replaced conventional Spinner NXTs and very willing participants interested in the value training with power will bring to their fitness. Sunday mornings  Continue Reading... The post ICI Podcast 198 Teach Your First Class With Power! Audio PROfile from Cameron Chinatti with Stages Indoor Cycling appeared first on Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast | ICI/PRO Premium Education.

While I've done plenty of shows that featured one artist's music, I had never done a show where an artist performed live — until now! For the November 6 broadcast,Read More Dave’s Lounge On The Radio #26: Janxx Live In Studio

What Technologies Do I Need To Develop A Game? A lot of developers dream about game development. This is a hot topic and a lot of programmers want to become software developers so that they can develop games and work in the game development industry. While I've talked about game development before, whether it was the career or pros and cons, I've never talked about what you REALLY need to start developing games. So, I've received this question from a reader asking me about what he needed to start developing games. He talks about how technology has changed so much over time and how complex it is right now to develop games. How can just one person develop an entire 3d game? Directx? CUDA? How the hell? I talk in this video why right now may be the best time to develop games and why these technologies don't matter so much anymore. Visit: http://simpleprogrammer.com/ John Sonmez Pluralsight Courses: http://simpleprogrammer.com/pluralsight Is Game Development Career Viable?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtR6rSljwBc Career Story Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4UR55IrHNC7xSzOG0CA3AaJ

Craig Bruce is one of the most iconic names in the Australian Radio Industry. For over 20 years he worked for the company which is now Southern Cross Austereo - first as an announcer, then as assistant program director and eventually rose to the role of group content director - means he's in charge of everything and everyone you hear on air that isn't a commercial. His reputation for spotting and developing new talent is beyond par, most notably with his development and then anointing of Kyle Sandilands as the Sydney Breakfast Radio anchor in 2004. Craig had played an important role in my career as well - he was at the first station I ever worked at and then was a part of bringing me to SAFM for my breakout into daytime radio. He's got a new podcast which it available at radiogamechangers.com - where he speaks with those in the industry that have truly disrupted and changed how the business of radio works. Craig is the first person I called when I wanted to get back on the air in 2016 and played a huge role in getting me the gig at Hit105 Brisbane even though he had left the company by then. While I've known Craig for the better part of 22 years, I found out things about him in this conversation that I did not know, and I must thank him for his candour and openness to bring up those very personal moments in his life - as I believe that hearing his story might help someone listening right now who may have faced a similar situation. Thank you for being here. Enjoy Craig Bruce. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of the Creative Studio, we are launching into the 4th season (or semester) of the podcast. We will be delving into the world of narrative podcasting. This will include similar higher-level production as well, such as documentary and journalistic styles. A lot of the principles will also apply to any podcast and the way approach the development of them. In this first episode, we will give an overview of what a narrative podcast is, if you should consider this style for yourself or not, and a little bit about narrative podcasting in general. You'll also get introduced to the eleven guests that will show up throughout the season. You will hear from multiple guests as we focus on a particular part of the process in each episode. Here are the eleven guests: Bryan Orr Corey Coates Jessica Rhodes Daniel J. Lewis Dave Jackson Elsie Escobar Doc Kennedy Geoff Woods Jessica Abel Erik K. Johnson Rye Taylor As we go through this season, each episode will focus on one aspect of the narrative process: Episode 1: Beginning with Narrative Podcasting (pssst...this is where you are now) Episode 2: Roadmap for Narrative Podcasting Episode 3: Planning Your Narrative Podcast Episode 4: Preparing Your Narrative Podcast Episode 5: Recording Your Narrative Podcast Episode 6: Editing Your Narrative Podcast Episode 7: Enticing Your Listener with a Narrative Podcast Episode 8: Flowing From One Part of the Narrative to the Next Episode 9: Picking Up the Pieces Left on the Cutting Room Floor Episode 10: Learning and Resources for Narrative Podcasting In the next episode, we will cover the overall process of creating a narrative. This will be a quick overview of the above steps, giving you a better idea of what to expect. You'll also learn some additional tips to help with keeping things in order and on track. Confession: I am learning these things as we go through this. I am not an expert in this field...yet. Confession 2: One suggestion that will come up involves having a partner or a team. Other than the contributions from the guests, I did all of this myself. The lesson - follow the advice, not my example in this! If you have any questions, comments, or other feedback, please join in the conversation! You can add a comment below or contact me. While I've conducted the interviews already and have generally slated what will be in each episode to come, nothing is finalized. I am leaving room to add your thoughts to the show. The post 4.1: Beginning with Narrative Podcasting appeared first on Creative Studio Academy.

While I've been noticing the STEAM trend rise, I'm also noticing some folks who are getting more and more vocal in their dislike for the STEAM resources being shared.  They are claiming that what's out there isn't "real" STEAM or that it's doing a "disservice" to what STEAM is and who it serves.So that leads me to ask...is there a right and a wrong way to STEAM?  Can you mess this up?  And if so, how do you know if you are doing it "right" or "wrong". In today's SparkChasers podcast episode, we're going to explore this topic and what I share might surprise you.

Dan Wait is a woodworker, a cool guy and the man behind Woodbridge Workshop. Last summer Dan build a sculpted rocker with the Wood Whisperer Guild.While I've still not had a chance to start mine, I did get a chance to sit down and talk with Dan last July. Here, I present our conversation. We talk about woodworking, shop time and making the sculpted rocker. woodbridgeworkshop.com

Hey everybody! Today is the first recording of 2016! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. At the beginning of every year, Debbie and I take a getaway. Part of this time is setting my goals for the year. While I've been doing this preparation and planning for my year, and thinking about the podcast, it intersected quite well with what was on my heart as I was praying. I wanted to talk about the necessity of growing in your daily prayer life. We have as a tagline for this podcast "helping you fulfill the Mission of God in your life and around the world." If we really want to engage and begin to fulfill that mission, we really need to tap into the power of prayer. So I wanted to walk you through what I've discovered in the past 30 year pursuit of developing a prayer life. Recommend Resources: 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt "Every Praise" by Hezekiah Walker Book of Common Prayer: Daily Office Reading App Moleskin Journal My Upmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at jroper@foursquare.org, or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode. As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it! I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund. To support the Global Missions Fund, click here. To support our work directly, click here. Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

I'm not a competitive person. While I've competed in 5 & 10K races and half and full marathons, the order in which I crossed the finish line was always immaterial to me. I cared only about completing the race. I know others are far more accomplished and serious race walkers than I am. I only wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. This show is brought to you by Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

As part of my Disney trip planning I've discovered a lot of touring plans for places for the parks. They've been very helpful and so I thought it would be nice to do some touring plans for some of the places I've visited. While I've done an episode on the Iowa State Fair before, I hadn't done an actual plan where I go through and tell you how to tour the fair. That's what I'm going to do today, take you exactly where to go at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. From the Big Boar to the Old Mill find out how to go to have the most fun at the Our State Fair because it's a Great State Fair!

The Grip and Shoot is a re-imagined, Bluetooth enabled, mighty awesome pistol-grip for iPhone videographers. While I've seen dozens of iPhone handles meant to offer some much needed stabilization, the Grip and Shoot is the first such mount to bring something exciting to the table -- control. The handle features three well-positioned buttons that provide wireless control over your iPhone camera's zoom and shutter functions! As a result, not only will your videos have smoother zooms, but your other hand can remain free for whatever else is required (Pointing a mic? Aiming a light? Holding back zombies?). For me, the Grip and Shoot was one of this year's coolest discoveries. While the product is still in its infancy, it has piles of potential. Check out the video!

In this episode, you'll hear five songs that include a musical saw. While I've been hoping to feature more interesting instruments on the show, I'll admit that I chose this one because of all the woodworking I've been doing. The songs are "One Tree Said" by the Harmonica Pocket, "Tiny Flowers" by Kev Hopper, "Indecent Proposal" by Helen Arney, "Cruzo los dedos" by Doble Pletina, and "Come On, Sailor" by Jordan O'Jordan.

We're a little late, and I apologize for that, but I'll never apologize for the greatness that is this episode! With Mike Sklens unable to record, Stan, Jonny and I got on the mic as a trio and discussed a whole crapton of flicks, from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to Kick-Ass to Captain America and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. In our second segment, it was Jonny's pick for the Movie of the Month, so we had a nice, long conversation about Return to Oz. Was the sequel to the beloved classic a worthy follow-up? You'll have to listen in to find out. While I've got you here, go on over to iTunes and leave us a review. If you don't do it, worlds will live, worlds will die and nothing will ever be the same again. Do you want that on your conscience? In any case, thanks for listening, folks! Next week will see the return of Discover Music Project!

Part 3 of my journey across Scotland. After a lively night in Kingussie where I would eat way too much and not drink enough I would drag myself back to hiking around 10:00AM. I should have splurged and bought some eggs and made an omelet for myself in the hostel's kitchen. Live and learn. Over the next 3 days I would hike about 52 kilometers to reach the town of Braemar. The Bulk of that hiking would be on the second day and if it hadn't been for that day the hike itself would have been rather dull. Should I hike between these two town again I hope I can find a nicer route to the western edge of River Feshie. But the hike had many high points including my time spent at Ruigh-aiteachain Bothy with numerous other Challengers. My brief visit to Ruthven Barracks was also enjoyable though I should have spent more time there. Mar Lodge was also a very pleasant surprise and I am glad I learned of it from Russ. From a hiking standpoint the high point has to be the walk across the Feshie watershed through the southern marches of Cairngorn National Park. Being able to do that with other made the trek much easier but I'm sure I would have made my goals had I gone across alone. Places I stayed at: I was able to snag a room at Mar Lodge. The room cost about £15 and was quite posh with the notable exception of the gross teapot. The building has extensive kitchen facilities as does the bunkhouse where many other Challengers were staying. If you know you are going to stay here you could, as some like Laura and Mary Ann, mail food to the lodge and prepare yourself a fine meal or two. It's a fascinating place, not to be missed. I managed to locate a room at the Callater Lodge. It was what was available and I think the rate was around £35 for the night. While I've no doubt I could have saved plenty of money staying at the hostel I was happy where I was. But if I pass through again and make reservations ahead of time perhaps I'll try the hostel and save £20. Sites of interest: You can find some of my trip journals for this trip at A Wandering Knight Blog. Other journals and much more at my main personal site. The official site of the TGO Challenge.