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Today I sit down with English teen yoga instructor Beth Hoskin to speak about, you guessed it, teen yoga!
Episode Summary: Beth Hamil is the Vice President of Product Development at MicroPlasma Ozone Technologies, Inc. She has 42 years of professional experience in ozone system development, ozone applications, ozone consulting, and project management, spanning a comprehensive range of commercial and residential industries. Beth defines ozone as “a gas that is made up of three atoms of oxygen. We use ambient air and we either turn that into oxygen and then ozone or just ambient air turned into ozone. It’s a gas, and that’s all it is, and it happens to be an extraordinarily strong antimicrobial oxidizer. Just as chlorine is an oxidizer, ozone is an oxidizer that kills microorganisms—everything from mold to mildew to algae—by oxidation.” Listen in as Beth recounts her varied professional journey, from healthcare, to the hot tub industry, to her many years in the ozone application industry, where she eventually partnered with MicroPlasma Ozone Technology to develop their game-changing innovation. We also discuss what ozone is, how it works, and what it does to pool water. Topics Discussed: 01:28 - Beth’s upbringing 05:10 - Beth’s father introduces her to ozone 06:29 - Beth’s love for horses 13:22 - Exploring different career paths 22:44 - First NSF listing for an ozone generator on hot tubs 27:29 - Developing a corona discharge ozone generator 31:30 - Using ozone for washing fruits and vegetables 40:12 - What ozone is exactly 42:50 - How ozone is generated and travels through the system 46:15 - Why you don’t want to see bubbles 49:45 - Breakdown of the ozone generator 59:40 - Using ORP to measure the health of the water 1:02:36 - What ozone does to pool water 1:07:40 - Measuring ORP with a Pinpoint meter 1:11:54 - Why Beth loves MicroPlasma Ozone Technology® Sponsors: MicroPlasma Ozone Pentair LaMotte Company Connect with Guest: Episode Webpage Website Facebook Instagram Resources Mentioned: Pinpoint ORP Monitor Connect with Pool Chasers: Website Instagram Facebook Facebook Group Twitter YouTube Patreon Key Quotes from Episode: To be an ozone person, you need to know the chemistry, the mechanical and chemical engineering, and the microbiology. It encompasses so much when you’re involved in ozone and you’re providing a product for end-users. The success of ozone is the balance of efficacy and safety. You want to be efficacious in killing the cooties and be safe for humans as well as the environment. When people ask how ozone compares with chlorine, know that there are great differences in the two and there are some similarities. But it’s really all about putting the right amount of ozone just like it would be with chlorine in your application. So, you could put a teaspoon of chlorine in your washing machine and it will sanitize your clothes. But if you put that same teaspoon of chlorine in your 30,000-gallon pool, it’s not going to do much. Ozone’s quite the same way. Plasma is the way of the world for ozone. It’s the present and it’s going to be the future. Ozone takes the place of chlorine in doing the job of the primary sanitizer. What is the benefit to the homeowner? Very clean water devoid of microorganisms. Very clear water because of your microfloc and your high oxidation. It doesn’t have any taste. It doesn’t have any odor. It doesn’t burn your eyes. It doesn’t leave any residue in the water.
The value investing in legends class is one of the highlights of the Heilbrunn year. It’s filled with special moments, including the annual visit from our guest today, Elizabeth Lilly. Beth embodies the principles and practices of value investing like very few people do. She makes investing look easy and her lecture always captures the pure essence of value investing. Elizabeth Lilly is Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President for The Pohlad Companies, LLC where she oversees the public and private investments for the Pohlad family. Beth began her career with Goldman Sachs in 1985 and shortly after moved to Greenwich, Connecticut to work as an analyst in Fund American Companies in 1988. In 1997, she co-founded Woodland Partners in Minneapolis which focused on investing in small capitalization equities. In 2002, Woodland Partners was acquired by GAMCO Investors where she went on to serve as a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the $1.4 billion Teton Westwood Mighty Mites Fund and as a member of the value portfolio management team. In 2017, Beth founded Crocus Hill Partners to focus on investments in small and micro capitalization equities but a year later she left to join the investment arm of the Pohlad family in an opportunity that was impossible to pass on. Beth is a graduate of Hobart/William Smith College and a dear friend of the Heilbrunn Center. On this episode, Elizabeth and I discuss how her passion for investing was ignited from in childhood, the many value investing legends she has had the opportunity to learn from during her career, how she founded her firm before ultimately landing her dream job at Pohland Companies, her approaches to idea sourcing and risk management, and so much more! Key Topics: How Beth’s mother and grandparents shaped her passion for investing (3:29) Why Beth attributes her research job at Goldman to pure luck (5:21) Leaving Goldman Sachs (7:58) The legendary Bob Rose (9:40) The first turning point in Beth’s career (11:16) Beth’s phenomenal experience at Fund American (12:54) Talking investing with Warren Buffett (14:22) The fundamentals of investing (16:12) Why Beth has a notebook on her at all times (17:38) The key elements of a good value investing firm (19:03) Beth’s focus on small-cap stocks (20:29) Beth’s introduction to Mario Gabelli (21:06) How a value trap is created (22:44) Why the management team is the best protection from a value trap (23:21) Getting comfortable with the artistic side of investing (25:33) Preparing to ask insightful questions (27:23) Talking to management as a shareholder (29:37) The benefit of constructive activism (31:51) Crocs as a case study of a compounder (33:19) Beth’s approach to valuation (35:06) Sourcing ideas with curiosity (36:28) Building up a valuable database (38:04) The seamless transition after being acquired by GAMCO (39:10) How Beth’s career at GAMCO increased her interest in the microcap space (40:35) Beth’s experience managing the Teton Westwood Mighty Mites Fund (42:01) Founding Crocus Hill partners in 2017 (44:47) Beth’s connection to the Pohlad family (45:56) Taking the dream job at Pohlad (47:29) The similarities between investing in public and private markets (49:25) Why Beth is eager to pass on the training she received (52:22) How the pandemic has shifted Beth’s thinking on businesses (53:54) Applying value investing principles to non-traditional value companies (56:27) And much more! Mentioned in this Episode: Pohlad Investment Management, LLC Benjamin Graham’s Book | The Intelligent Investor Howard Marks’ Memo | Something of Value Thanks for Listening! Be sure to subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at valueinvesting@gsb.columbia.edu. Follow the Heilbrunn Center on social media on Instagram, LinkedIn, and more!
Want to avoid mistakes in Long Distance Investing? Download your FREE document at billykeels.com/7mistakestoavoid Episode 87: The Four ‘F-Words’ of Retail Real Estate Success In the conversation with today’s guest, Beth Azor, you’ll learn the following: [00:36 - 03:36] Beth’s profile, in Billy’s guest introduction. [03:36 - 07:58] The backstory and decisions made that led Beth to this point in her journey. [07:58 - 16:53] Why Beth did Passive investing 7 times and then made the decision to move into Active investing. [16:53 - 21:39] The current state of the Retail space in the U.S. right now, and why Beth continues to be a big part of it. [21:39 - 29:06] Beth explains the “Four F Words” of retail which make up the more robust ‘necessity retail’ right now, and how retail trends change. [29:06 - 34:22] What some of the dangers and traps are to watch out for when looking to invest in the retail space right now. [34:22 - 37:19] What a Triple-Net Lease is, and how it compares to a regular lease agreement. [37:19 - 40:20] Beth explains all about the Azor Academy and the kind of people she helps. Here’s what Beth shared with us during today’s conversation: Where in the world Beth is based currently: Miami / |Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Favourite European city: Valencia, Spain. The best thing to happen in the past 24hours: Had a great dinner with new friends who she met through website ClubHouse who may also become partners! A mistake Beth would like you to learn from so you don’t have to pay full price for it: Follow your instincts: Beth lost many deals from listening to advice or opinions of people who don’t know what they are talking about. So if you have done your research and done all the numbers, and you feel like it’s a great deal, then don’t listen to anyone else and just go for it! Book Recommendation: The Power of Focus, by Les Hewitt, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Mark Hansen. Be sure to reach out and connect with Beth Azor by using the info below: Website: https://www.bethazor.com/ Email: beth@azoradvisoryservices.com Beth’s own published books: Don’t Say No For The Prospect https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Say-No-Prospect-Rockstar/dp/0578212498 and The Retail Leasing Playbook https://www.amazon.com/Retail-Leasing-Playbook-Beth-Ratzan/dp/0578224208 Also, search for Beth on Clubhouse to drop-in on a discussion! Start taking action TODAY so that you can gain more Education and Control over your financial life. To see the Video Version of today’s conversation just CLICK HERE. Do you want to have more control and avoid the mistakes that I made getting started in long distance investing? Then you can DOWNLOAD the 7 Mistakes to Avoid in Long Distance Investing Guide by clicking HERE. Be sure to connect with Billy! He’s made it easy for you to do…Just go to any of these sites: Website: www.billykeels.com Youtube: billykeels Facebook: Billy Keels Fan Page Instagram: @billykeels Twitter: @billykeels LinkedIn: Billy Keels
Beth DeLaForest is an independent insurance owner at Aspire Insurance Group in Wisconsin, is part of the women of IAOA, and a member of the Insurance Producers Network. Her agency just acquired the Aspire insurance agency and is currently adjusting positively to the new changes.In this episode of the Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Teresa speaks with Beth on how the idea of acquiring an agency came from and how that has worked out for her. She explains how they handled the data migration process and team adjusting after the acquisition.Listen in to learn the importance of research and ensuring that you find a fitting company when looking into mergers and acquisitions. “Don’t force something or push for something that isn’t fitting because the fit is so important.”- Beth [26:55]Top Takeaways:The process of data migration after acquiring a company and how a strong team handles it.How not to allow gender to make a difference when it comes to business leadership.The importance of acquiring a fitting company that makes you happy not miserable.What you will learn:[2:40] Beth explains how her insurance agency came to acquire the Aspire insurance agency.[5:21] Why the previous Aspire insurance agency owner is still working with them in the background. [7:25] Why they retained the previous staff of Aspire insurance agency and how they’re complimenting her agency.[10:09] How they have managed their data migration process and handled the challenges that came with it.[14:58] How the team from Aspire insurance agency has been adjusting with a positive mindset.[20:34] Why Beth doesn’t see a difference between her women-run agency and others run by men.[26:27] Why you need to go for what is fitting in merger and acquisition. Relevant Links:Email: beth@aspireinsurancegroup.com Facebook: Aspire Insurance GroupLinkedIn: BethDeLaForestConnect With Teresa!Sterling Insurance Group's Website: https://www.sterlinginsnow.comTeresa's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teresa.comerkitchensSterling Insurance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sterlinginsurancegrouptx/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlinginsurancegroup/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlinginsurancetx
On this episode of This is a Man’s World, She Who Dares Wins Podcast, our guest is Beth Skinner. Beth is a bricklayer from the UK. When she first started doing the groundwork she was very quiet and shy but by the end she blossomed out of her shell. Sometimes you put a barrier on your own potential by these thoughts of ‘I can’t ‘that creep in. Beth is a prime example that you can defy the odds and having a thriving career in any field you choose. Being a young female, Beth wondered if they were going to give her the change she wanted? She has had an incredible experience. Beth attributes a huge portion of the positive experience she has had to the people she works with. She absolutely loves the work she does. Her responsibilities go beyond just laying bricks. What you can get out of it is tenfold compared to what you put into it. There’s the good, the bad and the ugly but it is a rewarding career. You have to really want to do it. You can’t glamorize the times that aren’t as great but it can be incredibly fulfilling. Time Stamps: 2:08 — How Beth got into construction 3:44 – Beginning the onsite experience 5:10 – Tackling the job 14:20 – Why Beth loves what she does 18:30 – Importance of people you work with 24:04 – Being a female on a construction site 30:03 – Unsafe situations 33:16 – Understanding the full spectrum of the career 35:14 – Where Beth sees herself in 5 years Key Quotes: 5:52 – “You just start off with baby steps.” 8:08 – “I’ve personally never seen a female brick laborer.” 14:41 – “You’re not just a bricklayer, you’re a problem solver.” 20:01 – “You’ll never find one bricklayer that works the same.” 29:42 – “You have one individual who’s not concentrating and it ruins it forever.” 35:25 – “I would love to go out and do my own builds.” Connect with Beth: @bethskinnerbricklayer Connect with us: https://www.patreon.com/Thisisamansworld https://thisisamansworld.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Thisisamansworlduk/ https://twitter.com/AMansWorldUK https://www.instagram.com/thisisamansworlduk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADDdf-5TgSb3VZJ6XcSAWg?view_as=subscriber michelle@thisisamansworld.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shewhodareswins/message
Ready to ignite a smarter, focused and collaborative strategic company culture? Then don’t miss this episode of the donothing Podcast with Beth Branning. Beth has helped leaders and their teams—including organizations like the San Diego Zoo Global, the Alliance for Sustainable Wildlife, the Association for Strategic Planning, and the Ocean Institute—better understand their vision and achieve their potential. Prior to forming her own consultancy group, Branning Strategies, in May 2017, Beth served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Corporate Director of Vision, Innovation, and Strategy at San Diego Zoo Global (SDZG). Under Beth’s leadership, SDZG received the 2013 Association for Strategic Planning award which is the top international prize for strategic planning innovation and implementation. She’s also the author of The Call: The Strategic Plan That Empowered San Diego Zoo Global to Lead the Fight Against Extinction. In this episode of the donothing Podcast, you’ll learn: Why meetings often feel like a waste of time What the perfect meeting room looks like How small distractions can ruin a strategy session Which questions will help bring everyone into the discussion Why strategic plans should be cyclical How food plays an important role in effective communication Why Beth decided to start her own consulting business Which strategic alignment techniques she most often uses How to ensure both extroverts and introverts are equally heard Why your vision should fit inside your pocket, or on a t-shirt How focusing on conservation efforts transformed the San Diego Zoo Global Why a concise, well-worded vision works best How Beth developed her techniques, tools, and strategies Why all meetings need a clear agenda What the benefits of having a trained strategic facilitator are How much time should be left open at the end of a meeting for questions Who should be included in vision creation When Beth realized she wanted to work for the San Diego Zoo How accredited zoos are integral to wildlife conservation Which current conservation efforts Beth’s especially excited about How the San Diego Zoo measure their animals’ happiness Why the extinction of any animal affects our fragile ecosystem Which unique challenges nonprofits face when creating their vision Why Beth loves working with different organizations Connect With Beth Branning Website: www.branningstrategies.com LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2mrEtVV Order Beth’s Book The Call: The Strategic Plan That Empowered San Diego Zoo Global to Lead the Fight Against Extinction Learn more about Beth Branning book, and order it here: https://amzn.to/2kE4EIu Follow Rob Dube on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robdube Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rob.dube.1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/robddube Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robddube YouTube: https://bit.ly/2FYdckW Registration for the 2020 donothing Leadership Is Filling Up . . . FAST! Spots are filling fast for the 2002 donothing Leadership Retreat at the Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. Join me and other leaders from April 19-23, 2020 as we dive into the biggest leadership challenge our lives. Learn more about the donothing Leadership Retreat at https://www.donothingbook.com/retreat Rob Dube’s Website https://www.donothingbook.com donothing Podcast Subscribe to the donothing podcast to discover simple, practical tips and tools from mindful, high-performing leaders that you can implement in your leadership philosophy today. https://www.donothingbook.com/podcast Buy the donothing book (now available as an audiobook, too!) https://amzn.to/2y9N1TK
Beth Carver Wees is the Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she oversees the collections of American silver, jewelry and other metalwork. She is currently the curator of the exhibit “Jewelry for America,” which runs until April 5, 2020. Spanning 300 years, “Jewelry for America” explores the evolution of jewelry in the U.S. from the early 18th century to present day. Prior to joining The Met staff in 2000, Beth was Curator of Decorative Arts at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. She holds degrees in Art History from Smith College and the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art. An enthusiast for Britain’s historic houses, Beth is an alumna of the Attingham Summer School and the Royal Collection Studies, and sits on the board of the American Friends of Attingham as Secretary. She lectures internationally and is the author of numerous articles and books, including English, Irish & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (1997) and Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2013). What you’ll learn in this episode: What a curator does, and the difference in working at a large museum versus a smaller one. The inspiration behind the “Jewelry for America” exhibit. Why the “Jewelry for America” exhibits in a chrono-thematic fashion. The five sections that compose the “Jewelry for America” exhibit. Why Beth decided to include a costume jewelry case in the exhibit. An overview of Beth’s most favorite pieces in the exhibit. Additional resources: The Met website Jewelry for America exhibit
What if you never had to look for a job? What if they just came to you? Is that even possible? That is exactly how it worked out for this week's guest Beth Bazley who is a Director for Save the Children. But that didn't happen by accident. While raising her children, she was also busy cultivating a community, volunteering for organizations that mattered to her, and doing the work that no one else wanted. Her family life evolved in a way she never expected when tragedy struck and her husband died when their girls were still young. Her community embraced her and, when the time was right, she went right back to volunteering. A few years - and several international trips later - she knew she was ready for something new. She cleaned her closet (literally) and went out shopping for her life ahead. And that's when the phone rang with her next opportunity. In this episode, you'll hear: Why Beth chose the hardest jobs as a volunteer What Beth found most rewarding about volunteering Who rescued them when they experienced great tragedy How Beth moved forward after her husband's death with their Family Playbook Why Beth kept volunteering even after her family changed Why Beth believes in karma How Beth showed her kids a real work/life balance Why Beth recommends a different work/life path for her daughters Why "No is a perfectly good answer" is frequently Beth's opening line when she is asking for time or money
The Member Spotlight Mini Series continues as Jen and Annie interview Beth, a long-time Balance365 members whose daily gym selfies help keep other community members stay motivated. Beth is one of the amazing women in the Balance365 community - tune in for her inspiring, down to earth perspective on healthy habits and the good that comes from them that goes far beyond weight loss. What you’ll hear in this episode: What was going on for Beth when she joined How Beth found the Balance365/Healthy Habits Happy Moms community Getting past when you get “stuck” The habit that made the biggest difference for Beth Meal planning for a season - Beth’s approach Why Beth does daily gym selfies How Beth found habits became wellness snowballs The role of mutual support between women on social media Feminism and weight loss The problem with goal weights Setting goals you can control vs goals you can influence Beth’s advice to anyone on the fence about Balance365 Beth’s advice to anyone feeling stuck about starting the program Weight loss of a byproduct and the other benefits of eating in a balanced way Moderation as a way to reclaim the body you were meant to have Balanced eating as a way to manage existing health conditions The role of the diet industry in weight gain Resources: New Jeans And Vacation Without Shame: Sarah’s Story Small, Sustainable Changes: A Balance365 Journey With Danica How To Fall In Love With Exercise, Even If You Hate It Vivienne McMaster Episode 21: Before You Delete – How To Handle A Photo You Hate Beth’s Instagram Learn more about Balance365 Life here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or Android so you never miss a new episode! Visit us on Facebook| Follow us on Instagram| Check us out on Pinterest Join our free Facebook group with over 40k women just like you! Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play! It helps us get in front of new listeners so we can keep making great content. Transcript Annie: Thank you so much for joining us for another episode of Balance365 Life radio. We are back today with our mini series called Members Spotlights. This allows us to introduce you to Balance365 community members who are just killing it inside the program so you can take their wisdom and stories and learn from them. They are busy women and moms just like you who are changing their habits, their mindsets and reaching their goals. Today you're going to hear from one Balance365 member who is determined to find changes she could make that produce results without taking over her life. Beth is a seasoned member of our community and is a self-proclaimed member of the slow starter team but since deciding to take action she has made great strides towards her goals including more balanced dinners and consistent exercise. I can't wait for you to hear more about Beth's experience. Enjoy! Beth, welcome to Balance365 Life Radio, how are you? Beth: I'm OK. How are you guys? Annie: We are golden, we're so happy to have you, we as in me and Jen. Jen's here too. Jen, how are you? Jen: Hi, good. Yes. Annie: We woke you up. You are in a beautiful house coat this morning. Lauren: My Instagram audience is quite accustomed to seeing this housecoat so all good, all good. Not ashamed! Annie: Now it's a signature look and full disclosure, I put one on my wish list. Jen: You don't have a housecoat. Annie: I don't have a housecoat. We call them a robe- Jen: That's bizarre. Annie: Beth, do you call it a housecoat or a robe? Beth: So I call it a robe but what I wear is a housedress. Jen: Oh, I love that. Annie: That's next level, is that like a nightgown? Beth: Yep. Annie: So Jen- Jen: That's my 1950s dream, like but with rights. Annie: I don't know how you can not get twisted when you sleep in house coats. Beth: I don't sleep in it. Jen: Sometimes I sleep in my housecoat. It depends what's going on in my life. Beth: I keep it next to my bed so I can throw it on when I have to go deal with things but no, I'm not wearing it to bed, no. Jen: No, I wear my nighties, they're these silky long things, I don't. I just, you should try it. Annie: No, I'm good in my tank top and sweats. Jen: It's like that meme that went around with the spaghetti straps and the boobs out. Annie: Boobs falling out. Jen: That is me sleeping in a tank top. Beth: Remember when we were like "We're going to stay on topic" Annie: I know that's what I was just going to say, before we started recording we were like, I was talking about how I am pretty good at staying on topic but Jen and Beth are chatty cathies in the most wonderful way possible, they have a lot to say and whereas like, I'm going to keep these ladies on topic and look at us now. Jen: I heard you going for, I saw you going for the B word there and then your lips changed to ladies. Beth: I really respect where they were going. Annie: You know what, the B word in my vocabulary is a term of endearment. Jen: Yes. Annie: But we have also labeled this podcast as clean which is very, very challenging for me so I feel like I deserve snaps for that. OK so, Beth, you have a long, long time member of Balance365 and you have actually been one of those women we've kind of consulted on across the years, I've called you personally and said like "Hey, what do you think of this? What's the vibe on this? What's the community feel on this? And you kind of been, I don't know, like a good sounding board because ultimately we're here for you and our community and you've always been really in touch with our community, so thanks for joining us on the show, it's like about time we have you on. Beth: Yay! I don't know what to say. I'm just happy to be here. Annie: OK. Well, why don't you tell us the Cliff Notes version of how you found Balance365. Beth: Sure, so my sister-in-law, who was recently featured on your podcast, Sarah, she added me to the public group without telling me and this is back in the day when you guys added people in like large groups and so one day and just all the stuff was in my feed. And I was a little bit shocked but it was a message that I really felt good about and it was close to what I was already kind of following in my own social media. So I was in the public group probably, well, you know, 6 months or so and then you guys had a, at the time again Balance365 was going all at once, people were going in groups and so I joined in September of 2016. And yeah, that's the Cliff notes version of how I ended up with y'all. Annie: In hindsight, do you think adding people to the group without telling them is a good start? Because that comes up a lot, like- Jen: That still happens. Annie: And then people, sometimes people are like "How did I get in this group and what is this?" Because our message is quite revolutionary and our opinions so to get and it's big, it's active in a really great way but as you said, when you join the group it can be a little bit like "Whoa!" Like. Beth: Yeah so I think that that strategy can backfire or it can go well, right, so I think for me it was great but I think sometimes for the community it's hard, like people adding, you know, kind of drive by adding their friends to the community, especially if your attitude is "My friend really needs to do the program because she's so crazy and won't stop talking about her bizarre diet, I'm going to add her to this group" like that's horrifying to the community, right, like, because then this person is in there being like "Let me show you my before and after, I lost 100 pounds in 4 months and I never ate any carbs " and you're like "Ahh!" Jen: Totally and then it kind of disrupts the community and some people feel upset even, because they say "I'm in this group to get away from that kind of stuff" Annie: And then the individual can often get defensive and- Jen: Yeah, it's really difficult. I think it's better if people organically find us. Beth: In general I would agree. Annie: Or you approach your person, your friend in real life and say "Hey I've got a group I think you'd really like, would you mind if I add you? Or can I send you a link to join?" Yeah. Well, I'm so happy that Sarah added you and if you haven't listen to Sarah's podcast. Sarah has such a wonderful story too. She's had so many wins in our group and you can find her podcast, we can put that in the show notes too, she's just a gem of a woman. Jen: I enjoy her. Beth: She's my fave. Annie: Is she your only sister? Beth: She's actually my sister-in-law. We're married to twins so I met my husband in college and then I set her up with his brother. We were high school best friends. Annie: Oh that's perfect. I see what you did there, you were just trying to curate your family with people you like. Beth: No new friends. Annie: I love it and now look at you, you're on a podcast with 40,000 women. OK. So, let's let's get to it. You joined Balance365 in 2016. You purchased it a while ago but honestly, as you have been open and shared with us in our community, that it took you awhile to committing to the process and since fully committing you've experienced quite a few changes including weight loss. Can you tell us more about your experience with that? Beth: Sure, so when I joined in September 2016 I was just finishing law school. And starting a career at 35 and I really thought, like, now I'll have too much to implement some habits and lose weight and that was crazy. I don't know what I was thinking. I was entering a new field I was going from having not work a full time job in 8 or 9 years to working 50 plus hours a week so like, it really was not a perfect time for me to focus on implementing habits but I just kind of slowly would implement, like, you know, one habit halfway for 4 or 5 months and you know, dabbled, I did a lot of dabbling. "Oh maybe this is the one! Maybe this is the one! Maybe this is the one!" And there is nothing wrong with that. I actually think that a lot of women when they join program they kind of need a time of doing that. Because they've been relying on programs that project, that portion of my growth. I was stuck there for quite a while, like just about 2 years. And for me that wasn't great, like, I think I was there too long. I needed to kick start something sooner and I think, I see a lot of women in our community who sometimes have that problem, like they get to this point where they're like, "I have to completely address my sleep problem before I can address anything else or I have to completely address this one thing that I'm worried about before I can address something else and for me, I was getting stuck there. Jen: We, it's sort of like, it's like you're waiting for things to be perfect before you can start or something like "My life must look like this and then I can start" and Danica addressed this in her podcast with us as well and I mean, she had the same realisation, nothing changes unless something changes and there is never going to be a perfect time. Beth: Yeah, I, you know, I think it was not the right time, like it was not a good time for me to start when I joined the program. I'm not sad that I did it when I did. I'm happy for the time that I spent allowing myself, because I think that's the other thing is I think some of the women come in and they're, some people who come into a group in any kind of group and they're like, I paid for this and now I have to do it, right? And I think that's relatively unproductive a way to think about things because this is a lifelong experience, right? I can change my habits from now until I die. I don't have to change them all right, you know. And so I think there was a positive to be had with sitting and being like nothing is really changing and that's OK but if you, for me I was starting to feel frustrated with that, that kind of for me was the moment of being like "OK" but then as Danica said, if I don't change something, nothing will change and so for me, some of it was just identifying what kind of habit I can change that would produce a change in my life but not take over my life. I don't want a program that takes over my life. I think that's really important to me. I can't think of anything less interesting than thinking about food and exercise all day and so I needed something that I could make small change and for me that was, I just planned my dinners and then I just ate what I planned. And it's so boring and so mundane but it's what I did and it immediately resulted in changes to my body. Jen: So you were, I guess, that would be your dinner habit which is just one section of Balance365 that we have you address and did it dramatically change what you were eating or how much you were eating or? Beth: So really it was a matter of just, I think it changed the macro makeup of my- Jen: Right, the balance of it. Beth: Yeah, the balance. I was already eating all the all the correct things, I just was kind of addressing, you know, how much protein I really needed at dinner. I was looking at my dinner as a whole instead of just like, well, here's the meat and your vegetable or whatever, like, I was kind of looking at it as whole, you know, like, "OK, what can I change? What will help me stay full? What will be satisfying? What will I be willing to eat? I am known, I suppose, in the community I meal plan once for a whole season because I hate meal planning, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. So I meal plan at the beginning of a season and then we need the same 7 dinners for 13 weeks, which is not for everyone but it works for me and so by picking things that I actually knew I would eat and that were balanced I was less likely to be like "I don't feel like eating that! I'm just going to the drive through?" or I think one big thing for me is they were easy. I picked easy things, which I will say during the 2 years when I was not actually implementing the program, I for sure would see Lauren and Annie talking about hating cooking and I would be like, "Oh come on, ladies, like, it's just not that hard, like, just, like how hard is it, right? But as I implemented this career that, you know, required, like, I have to lean on my husband a lot more to do a lot of that stuff and so planning things that I knew that at the end of the day it would be, there was chicken in the fridge and I could just take a bagged salad and throw it on top of it, like, it made it so that I would actually do it and so I just did, I just ate the dinner that I planned. I think that's so boring but it's what I did. Jen: The thing is studies show that one of the biggest contributing factors to our food choices is convenience and so this is not it's not necessarily a flaw of humans, it's something, you know, it's population wide but we are busy people, we are very busy people and that's why meal planning works. The majority of women who work with us are actually working women, like working outside of the home, women and you know and so you know, we get it. Like, I mean, Annie, Lauren and I work so you, when it comes to supper time, you know, it's just, you know, I don't have time in my day to sit down in the morning and decide what we're having for the day and go to the grocery store and get all those ingredients and you know, I used to do that. I used to really enjoy it, like, I really did enjoy that component of being a stay at home but working, being a working mom is a whole new ballgame and yeah, meal planning can be just such a stress reducer, in a working family, I shouldn't say woman, I should say family. Bring boys in close here. Annie: You know, circling back to when you're talking about how Lauren I hate cooking. Beth: Sorry. Annie: No, no, I can own that because I don't, it's not that I can't, I mean, I can follow directions and probably cook some meals but I just don't want to, like, just like some people don't want to run or don't want to exercise or just like that's just not how I want to spend my time so that's why I really love Balance365 is because I'm not like, if it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work period. And so for me to go out and buy this meal plan that requires all this cooking or all this meal prepping or all this like grocery shopping, like that's just not going to, like it to me it feels like me trying to fit a, what is it? A square peg into a round hole, like, I could maybe do that for a while, like white knuckling, I could like stick to the plan for a little bit but eventually I'd like, that doesn't sound fun, like, that's just not like something I enjoy. So I can still balance my meals in a way that works for me that doesn't require a lot of cooking or a lot of meal prepping or on the flipside, someone that likes to cook can also do a lot of cooking with it if they want. If that's how they want to spend their time and it's like no judgment or no, neither one is better and worse than the other, it's just what works for you, period, is all we're really concerned with. Jen: I wanted to circle back to those 2 years where you weren't inactive, that's the thing, it's not like you bought and then you were inactive, you were very active in the group particularly in, we have a spin off group and some spin off groups, I guess, it's the Facebook group that's attached to our strength program Arms like Annie and you were active in Balance365 as well as you were quite active in Arms Like Annie. So it's not that you actually didn't do anything. You implemented an exercise habit. Beth: That's true, yep, but as, I mean, we've talked about it in the community, many times, like, an exercise habit is wonderful and there's so many positive things you gain from an exercise habit, but you know, if I just change nothing about my dietary habits, my nutrition habits, you know, it may not make a big dent in my fat loss and it didn't but it did produce lots of other positives. Jen: Absolutely, there's so many, you know, I would say fat loss is the last reason to work out. I mean, that's me personally, I don't know how other people feel but there's just so many health benefits to it that you don't even have to throw fat loss on the list, so but that's so, that's wonderful for you, really, holistically to have an exercise habit nailed and then you moved on to nutrition and- Annie: You know, that's actually one of my favorite things about Beth is that she is posting her selfies, her gym selfies at ridiculous hours in the morning because sleep is, you know, a love hate thing with you sometimes, so you go to the gym in the morning by yourself and you post your selfie and half the time you're like "Look, I didn't want to do this but I'm here and now and now I feel better or now I know my day is going to like take off in a completely different direction had I hit the snooze alarm or turn off the alarm and not come at all" and I love that you own it, just like I own I don't like cooking. You don't really like exercise but you see the benefits, like, you feel better, your day goes better, the rest of your habits seem to fall in line, which you've said before, it's kind of a snowball habit, like, your day is just different when you exercise, right? Beth: Yes, that whole, yeah, there's a lot I guess I'm trying to stay on topic, there's a lot to say about my gym habit and my selfies and all of that. I do find I don't enjoy exercise, it's not, I danced in, like, my youth, when I was pre-college I was a dancer and I loved that but I never really found that same level of enjoyment from any other kind of exercise, including like, people were like "You should take a group fitness class, that's like dance based." No thank you, I don't want to, I'm not interested. It's not the same. You know, and people are like "You should do the barre method." Please, no thank you. I will just not. I will just watch my daughters dance and I will get the same enjoyment from that and my sons. I get enjoyment from that but not with the exercise. So I am, I did, I don't like cardio at all, and so I bought Arms like Annie and I think when I bought it there might not have been a spinoff group yet and it turned out the Facebook's spinoff group really helped me achieve consistency with my habit and I feel so ridiculous, I will be honest, like, the selfies feel ridiculous to be me most days. But so there's a couple things, I guess, on the selfie thing, one is, I was mentioned in a previous podcast about what if you hate exercise, so I do, I put selfies every day when I'm in the gym, partly to create a sense of accountability to the group that I've said I will do this and I will do it and I show up. And as weird as it feels to me because I don't think I've done anything inspirational, like, I have women both in our community and women who like follow me on Instagram who are like, they feel that it is inspirational that I get up and I go to the gym. Jen: It is. I find, sometimes I see them in the morning and I'm like "Oh, just go, Jen, just do it, Beth did it. Annie: Beth did it, you can do it too. Beth: It's hard for me to see it as inspirational. I really try and treat my social media like, I try to treat it like a real, when I was coming, when I was having kids, I'm a little older than, my kids are older than y'all's kids and when they were coming up I found it really hard, there wasn't as much social media and I felt really alone in hating being a mom, like I hated it and I felt alone, so when I tried to put myself out on social media in any way, I tried to be really honest about who I am and how it feels. So I do say, I hate cardio, I hate that I'm here in the gym, I say "I had to talk myself into every single set I did today." And I feel like, I see that there are women who feel the same way and they do see it as inspirational that I went. It's funny because I kind of see it as just me like kvetching into the like universe but I see why people feel it's inspirational but also, I do the selfies for me. So a long time ago in the community, I think it was when I was in the public facing group, Jen had recommended something and I somehow came to to the work of Vivian McMaster, she's a photographer and she focuses on, she has programs focusing on self portraiture as part of, like, self acceptance and Annie said the same thing a number of times in the group, like, just taking pictures of ourselves and just seeing what we look like can get us to body neutrality. Jen: We have a whole podcast, not a whole podcast but we've mentioned this in a podcast and it's the whole thing of if you don't like the way you look in photos, you shouldn't take less, you should take more and look at yourself more. You need to get used to the way you look. Beth: Yeah, so I am, I really have tried to, like, so I will say I don't post a lot of unattractive selfies of myself, I'm still extraordinarily vain. Annie: Yeah, like you're feeling yourself. Beth: But I take, literally, in a month, probably thousands of selfies, like, I met admit how narcissistic that sounds but whatever, here it is. And they are attractive and unattractive and they are from angle that look good for me and the angles that don't because when I take them and I see myself I become, like, inoculated against seeing myself. And there was a long time where I was taking a ton of gym selfies and I was feeling good because I was taking a specific angle and I was avoiding all the other angles and I went on a trip with my friends and somebody posted, you know, a picture of a group of us and "Ahhh!" It was like a wake up call that, like, OK, like, I've lost some of the honesty of this practice. And I needed to get back to taking pictures and seeing myself for what it really is and this is just my body, this is just the body that I live in and it's fine and sometimes I feel really great about it and other times I feel kind of ambivalence about the whole thing and neither of those is the right emotion, they are just how I feel in that moment and so, I, so, yeah, so I take selfies for me as well I don't just take them to be an inspiration to the community. Annie: I love it because, to me, to me it's an act of self-love and it's an expression of self-love and I think, it's, sometimes women need permission to do the same and when they see other women taking selfies at the gym from good angles, from bad angles, like, this is cute, I don't really like this but I'm going to post it anyway because this is me like it gives women the permission to do the same and in fact, along the same lines of kind of what both you and Jen were talking about is we don't really cultivate self love by just focusing on the stuff we love, it's also exploring the stuff that we maybe don't love or even the stuff we hate and like why do we hate this, what is it about this, where did this start, where did this come from? Like and how can we move through that or at least like not be so dang uncomfortable with it, like you said when you see that photo, like, "Oh my god, delete, untag, get rid of that, I don't ever want to see it again!" Like maybe just sit with it, which we have a whole another podcast on that we can link in the show notes too but yeah, so I love that about you, Beth, I love that you, you just own it and if you've ever posted a selfie on social media best sees it, she is your top hype woman. She is like, liking that stuff, she's commenting, she's responding to your story, like, "Yes, woman, yes" Jen: Women should, they should do that for each other, we should be celebrating each other non stop because we are coming out of an era where we shamed, we were shamed and we've shamed each other. We are coming out of that era and it's time we women need to stop hiding, post all the selfies. Beth: Absolutely. Annie: Beth will have, I'm just going to, I hope you don't mind me- Jen: I'm going to post one today now. And I'm going to wait for Beth to comment on it. Annie: I hope you don't mind me sharing, Beth but Beth, you even posted, because we're friends on Facebook, like, I think you said something like, I've had a glass of wine or something, post your selfies so I can hype you up. You were going to work, you're like "This is like, I'm going to spend, you know, X amount of time hyping up women in my life, like, telling them how awesome they are." Jen: We're doing a selfie now. Beth: Okay, sorry, i just needed to take one for the gram, I was doing it for the gram. So yes I, so I have a very boring career as a real estate attorney, it's not anything real super exciting and it's not the work that I, I mean- Jen: It's not Law and Order? Beth: No and I love what I do but it is not, it's not lifting up people, you know, the way that I want my life, the way I want my life's work to be and what I have come to realize is like, you can have a career and you can also have a life's work and they don't have to be the same thing and I really truly believe that my life's work is about helping people feel good about themselves and accepting themselves and so it's weird because, like, I'm not, I'm just a girl who has friends on Facebook. Like, I'm not, I'm not, I don't have a public facing Facebook page and on how that's not what my life is about, I can only touch so many lives because I am a busy mom but I have a community of, especially because I went to law school late in life, I have a community of women who are younger than me who, I'm like, you could do this before you're 35, you could be in love with the life that you are choosing, you could be in love with it now and you can accept yourself radically now, you do not have to wait until you're an old woman, you don't have to wait until you have gray hair to decide to love what you look like and so I do. I will, especially, it's true if I drink I'm especially likely to just troll my friends' Instagrams. Jen: Loving up on all of them. Beth: But I will also, like, if I'm having a bad day I will ask people to post selfies in my comment sections so I can tell them how great they are because- Jen: Oh, that's so lovely. Beth: It really does make me feel better, like I feel better doing that and as Jen, I do think, I think loving yourself radically as a woman is a feminist act, like, I think it is saying to society that, like, you know, you can kick rocks, like, this is what we're doing now. Jen: Yeah, we're loving each other, like we are, this is not a woman against woman society anymore.. Beth: No and I saw a meme the other day day and it said something along the lines of "Who needs to send scandalous pictures to men when we can just celebrate each other" and that's how I feel, right, like, you don't have to, like I don't know, I don't care, you don't have to think I'm cute. Like, my girlfriends will hype me up and I am, I joke, I'm everybody's auntie on Facebook because if you post a selfie I am going to tell you how great you look. And I just, I, it's part of, I think, it's one of the things I love most about myself and so it matters. Annie: I love it about you too. Jen: I know that you have to go, Beth, so here's what I hear. I hear radical self acceptance, really bad A-S-S gym habit. Working out, building the guns every morning and as a byproduct of and you started implementing nutrition habits, balanced nutrition habits make you feel good and as a byproduct you have seen some weight loss that you are, I don't know if pleased is the right word, how do you feel about the weight loss? Because I know you are a very, you are, you've, you strongly identify with the feminist movement, I know that about you and so sometimes in the feminist circles weight loss is a touchy subject, right, because as you know it's been used to abuse women for so many years, so how do you feel as a strong feminist who has changed their nutrition habits and is losing weight? Beth: You know, I'm pretty ambivalent about weight loss, if I'm being really honest. I, some of that is because of all the things you mentioned, right, like how our bodies look has been such a weapon against us over the centuries. And so some of it's that and some of it is I have, well, I didn't do a lot of dieting in my life, I did do a lot of binge and restrict, just traditional trying not to eat the bad thing- Jen: Just the traditional- Beth: Just the traditional, you know, thing that we all do, I don't eat anything and then I eat all the things. So I have lost tremendous amounts of weight and been congratulated by the world and then have the experience of gaining it back and feeling like there was something wrong with me for having gained it back so I am a little bit ambivalent about weight loss for that reason, like, just that I want to make sure that I don't put too much of my value in it. Jen: Right. Beth: But, like, so I actually shared that my mother's in town right now and I shared this story with her the other day and I thought it was really, it's one of the things I gained from Balance 365 that I'm the most thankful for. I was in my doctor's office the other day and I told him I was, like, "Look, you know, I'm doing all this stuff and like the weight, really, like it's just, it's a slow slog. I feel like it's not coming off. I'm doing the things I'm supposed to do and it's not coming off." And he told me, he said, "You know, you're an attorney who has 4 children. You live a very high stress life and it will be hard for you to lose weight, like it's going to be hard, like the stress is going to make it difficult," and he said, "So, you know, I wouldn't put a lot of weight on that. I wouldn't put a lot of your focus on trying to lose weight because it may not happen, you know" and it felt really, at first, really discouraging. But there were lots of times in my life where if I had heard that message from a doctor that I would have been like "Well, I'm calling it. It's ice cream sundaes for the rest of the week and I'm staying in bed and I'm not going to the gym" and instead, I mean, this was probably 2 months ago, I have only increased my gym consistency and focused more on my eating because it really turns out weight loss is not my aim doing this, ultimately. I've stopped linking the things that I do for my health to how fat I am. Like I've just stopped linking those two things. Jen: Good for you. The weight loss is just a byproduct, like, it really, you know, it's and that's what Balance365 is about and that's what a lot of women's journeys have to be is that weight loss is not a driver, it's not like, you know, where for a lot of women it was, right? It was like wake up in the morning, OK, what do I have to do to lose weight today, right? Instead of going, waking up in the morning, saying "Hey, how am I taking care of me today?" and the byproduct of that, you know, it is what it is and for some people that could be weight loss. Annie: And one of the kind of philosophies that we preach is that weight loss is not a behavior, it's not a habit, it's a byproduct or it can be a byproduct of our habits and that's not, that's, I mean, we're a habit based behavior change company, so we're focusing on behavior change that you're after, that's important to you, that matters to you, that works for you and if weight loss is a byproduct of that and you're comfortable with it, then we're comfortable with it. Beth: Yeah, and that was a big plus for me here because I've always been like "What's your goal?" "Well, my goal is to lose 50 pounds or my goal is to lose two pant sizes or my goal is to, you know, whatever" and it was like it was revolutionary for me for my goal to be "I'm just going to show up at the gym," like, I'm just going to show up and I may not have any strength gains and I may not lose any weight and I may not have any result, there may not be a result, I'm just, my goal is something that I can control which is shocking because most of us have been in programs for our whole lives where the goal was something that in reality we have very little control over, right? Jen: Right. Beth: You can do all the things right, you can exercise perfectly and you still may not lose weight and you have no control over it so your goal is something you're like, I may never gets to, that's the worst, who wants that kind of goal? Jen: Yeah, I mean, I think you if you know your body well, you know, you can influence your weight, you know, that there are certain behaviors that influence weight loss but having, I mean this is why we have to be very careful with setting goal weights is that what if you, what if you are living a life you feel very healthy and balanced and you're not at that goal weight? Like, what are you willing to do, right and so it's sometimes it's just disappointing to set them, right, like? Annie: Right, well and even in our experience after coaching thousands of women, you know, the goal weight that many women have for themselves is like so unrealistic. "Where did you get that number?" "Well, that's what I graduated high school at. That's what I got married at 30 years ago." Jen: And you dieted for 6 months before your wedding day and now- Annie: Yes and I think, you know, Jen and I talk about this all the time, you know, Jen and I similarly, we're within a year apart with 3 kids, same height but Jen and I have like a 50 pound difference between us and so for me to think that like, "I could be Jen's weight," or for Jen to think "Oh, I could be Annie's weight," like that's just absurd. Like it's just, like, not realistic on either end of the spectrum and so yeah, I think that's just something to consider when, if you're listening and you have a have a goal weight in mind or if that's, like, in your back pocket it's like maybe give that some thought- Jen: Maybe focused on your behaviors and as an act of self-love you can let your weight be what it's going to be while you are pursuing behaviors that feel really good and really healthy for you. Beth: Well and I don't, I guess, I didn't, I don't want to sound like, you know, like, I sound like a Debbie Downer, like, I feel ambivalent about weight loss and you might not lose anything and I should say I have lost 15 pounds since the beginning of September so it's not as if, I'm not trying to say, like, it's impossible to lose weight or you you can't lose fat. Absolutely, it's possible but it's just for me, it's been very freeing to have goals that have nothing to do with my weight, that are just goals that I have control over so I don't want to make it sound like "Eh, lose weight" Annie: Beth, I enjoy you so much. OK, real quickly and then we'll let you get on with your day because, you know, it's a nice Sunday afternoon before the holidays, perfect timing for a podcast. If someone was on the fence and they were listening about joining Balance365 what advice would you give them? Beth: I think there is never, I don't think there's anyone who couldn't benefit from the program. So I will start by saying, "I think you should do it." And alternatively, as a second thing, if you are in a position where, like, you're worried, like, financially I don't know if I can do it, or you know, if you have reasons that you are holding yourself back that are valid ones that for you, then I do think, my experience is that there is certainly benefit to being in the group before you're ready to make changes but it's OK to wait, it's OK to wait until you're ready. So if you feel like it's not right then maybe it's not right right now but there's no one who I wouldn't say "Yeah this is a program that you can benefit from." So, you know do it, you can hang with me in the slow start club. There's a lot of us, there are a lot of us in the slow start club and I think now, kind of my purpose, it's not another life's work but like my goal in the group is to kind of try and help those people who are still hanging back, wanting to start, not knowing how to. Jen: We have a lot of Balance365ers who are listening and so if you and some of them are like, they're holding back from just getting started, so what would your advice be because I saw you tell somebody the other day in the group, I'm not sure what the post was about but you said "Hey look, I waited two years, I think, you waited two years to get started and that was a big mistake." Beth: Yeah. Jen: So what would your advice be to move people out of that zone of like- Annie: Contemplation. Jen: I've started but not starting, I've purchased but I'm not starting. Beth: I think I would say, "OK, so I think, my personal opinion is that starting with the balancing one meal is the right way to go. Now, that was what was right for me, not everybody is going to start the same way and but I'm speaking to people that for whom balancing a meal would be a good way to start and here's what I would say to those people: you have to eat something for dinner tonight anyway. Jen: Right, you might as well balance it. Beth: You have to. It's not as if your stress means you don't eat dinner, in fact, most of us are here because our stress means extra dinner, so like, if you are in a red zone and Annie and I, when we tried to record this in the past and I was so sick, we talked a lot about how I have ambivalent feelings about the red zone as well, like it's not, I kind of feel like "Eh, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. For me, that's a big part of what I love about the community is there's not this sense of like "No excuses," like, there aren't really truly, there are no excuses, you just, you know, you either do it or you don't do it, because you want to or because you feel like you can or whatever, it's fine. If you don't do it, you don't do it. Nobody is watching. Jen: And no one's judging you. Beth: Like, I don't care. I don't care if eat a balanced dinner, like, you're cool. I have met so many wonderful women in the community and you know what, if they don't eat a balance dinner, I could give two, right? Jen: Well, some people don't take action because they feel like, especially in this sort of "wellness industry area" they they don't take action because first of all, taking action in the past has been this big thing, overhauling their life, it's not like, "Hey, just balance your dinner. It's just like this one thing." It's like this overhaul, right and number two is you feel like people are watching you and you're going to be judged and you're going to get this right or you're going to get it wrong and it's like, we're not here to judge you, we're not here, you can't pass or fail. This isn't a, you know, we're just working at change, all together. Beth: Yeah, I guess, so yeah, I guess my advice would be just pick a meal and balance it and it feels, I know it feels like there's 7000 things that are keeping you from doing it, I know it feels that way, because we all feel that way, we all feel like, like you said, it might be the judgment of past diets or it might be fear of failure or it might be actual things, right it might be a sick child or a marriage that's falling apart or it could be any number of things. I have interpersonal problems too. I have and that's not to say,"I have these problems and if I can do it you can do it." I mean, we're all going to live that way forever.I have yet to meet a mom who's like my day is just so smooth and I have nothing to do with my time except meal plan and make perfectly balanced dinners. Like, I've never met that woman. I've never met her. Jen: Yeah. Beth: I don't think she exists. I think she's fake and so you're going to make dinner tonight. You are going to. You're going to eat something so choose to eat something that is closer to what you think would help you achieve your goals. So, for me that meant just planning, I'm going to be honest, like I said, I go to Pudova, I buy chicken and I throw it on top of a bag salad, that is what I eat like 3 nights a week when my children are not home because it means I don't have to do anything. It's my favorite and I probably would eat it 7 days a week if my children were not home and I didn't have to feed them. Jen: Beth, do you feel better? Like, I mean, is there anything, like, can we attach some feelings to this? So because eating balanced meals isn't about, we're not guiding women into eating more balanced meals for weight loss, that's not our primary driver, do you feel better eating more balanced meal? Beth: So yes, one, like, digestive health is better, obviously, when you eat vegetables, friends, like that's just true. Jen: It's just yes. Beth: It's just a fact about your digestive tract and my digestive health is better when I eat vegetables. I personally have some gall bladder issues and when I'm balancing my fats I feel better in that sense and I think my sleep has improved since I've been implementing more balanced eating, probably some of that is because if I'm not going through the drive through I'm less likely to drink caffeinated beverages late in the day. Jen: Right. Annie: Right. Beth: So there's a number of things that I think are positive and some of it, I won't lie, some of it is that fat loss has been a byproduct has also made me more comfortable in my body in a number of ways and so I think there's lots of positives that have come from eating a balanced dinner. Jen: Yeah, I mean, I heard from one of our members as far as the fat loss, she said you know it's the little things like bending down to tie my shoes and not having, you know, all this fat in the way, it's like physical comfort that she quite enjoys about losing weight off her body and I think that's OK to talk about, right, like there's only so much we can control each of us individually and as long as we're talking inside the constructs of what you, what is possible and achievable for you I think that's, you know, totally OK. And the other reality is that in the culture we live in that is so, so guided by diet culture a lot of women, a lot of women the bodies they are in are a result of years, decades of dieting and sometimes implementing these habits and seeing fat loss is about taking back the body you were meant to have before you got into this binge and restrict cycle that the diet industry pushed you into, resulting in actually living in a larger body than what is healthy and just your, what your natural body is, right and I'm here for that, too, right, so we say about Balance365, we're not trying to help women live at a body weight that's leaner than what's healthy for them, we're trying to get you to reclaim the body you were meant to have. Annie: I love these conversations with Beth because it's, like, not just about, like, this exterior, like, this has a very deeply rooted, deeply seated meaning of exploring, like, your relationship with yourself, your relationship, how your relationship with the world affects your relationship with your family and your other relationships and like, how, it just changes how you show up in the world on so many levels and so I just always love Beth's perspective. Jen: Me too. Annie: Yeah, OK, Beth, I know you have places to go, would you mind sharing your Instagram handle? Beth: Sure, my instagram handle is bethiclaus, beth like my name, i, claus, like Santa Claus and you can follow me, I think it's set to public right now but I'll probably get a private but if you ask to follow me and you're a woman- Jen: She'll let you. Beth: I definitely will let you. If you're a man, who know, maybe not. Jen: We're going to link to your Instagram account in the show notes. Beth: Girlfriends only. And so yeah, I mean, yes, if you follow me and then you do an Instagram story, there's like a 90 percent chance if you put a selfie in there you'll get feedback from me. Jen: Praise emojis and heart eyes. Beth: Positive affirms only as I like to say. Annie: Yeah, it's, what a great, you know, it's like dropping a pebble into a pond and watching the ripple, like, expand out. It's wonderful. I think that's such a great way to spend your time. I can't, like how valuable is that, making other women feel good or just encouraging other women to feel good, so thank you both for joining, Jen, this was fun that you were able to join for a member spotlight. It was enjoyable. Jen: Yes. Annie: Even in your house coat. Jen: Yes and now we can all go and enjoy Christmas. Annie: I know, I know but it's going to be way past Christmas by the time this comes out so- Beth: Merry Christmas, y'all. Annie: Merry belated Christmas. Alright, thank you ladies, we'll talk soon. Beth: Bye. Jen: Bye.
Beth Erickson has served as the President and CEO of Visit Loudoun since 2014. Visit Loudoun is in Loudoun County, Virginia and in 2016 alone, they generated almost $1.69 billion in travel spending and supported more than 17,000 jobs in the travel industry and adjacent businesses. Prior to her current position with Visit Loudoun, Beth served as the Vice President of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, a non-profit organization that works to raise awareness and support for the 180-mile stretch of land lying between Gettysburg, PA and Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia plantation home, Monticello. In 2008, the partnership was recognized by Congress as a National Heritage Area. Beth chairs the government affairs committee for the Virginia Restaurant Lodging Tourism and Hospitality Association. She also serves with numerous organizations including the Loudoun County Comprehensive Plan Stakeholder Committee, Loudoun County Economic Development Commission, Loudoun County Economic Development Authority, and many more committees and boards of directors. She has received numerous awards and honors for her work. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I talk with Beth about the wildly successful work her organization has been doing to turn Loudoun County, Virginia into a popular and respected travel destination and well-connected cultural center. Listen to our conversation and discover how education, collaboration, and storytelling have served as powerful tools for building up the local travel and tourism industry and have had wide-reaching effects for the entire region. What You Will Learn: How Beth’s background in manufacturing, marketing, and advertising first exposed her to the world of destination marketing How Loudoun County’s existing reputation as the wine country of the nation’s capital was a rich foundation to build upon How Visit Loudoun works with the Virginia state tourism office to coordinate and bolster their efforts Why Beth’s biggest challenge has been making tourism more visible, and how she has worked with elected officials to “tell Loudoun County’s story” What projects she’s currently working on, including the upcoming opening of a world-class athletics center and training facility Why collaboration and cooperation between “competing” parts of the tourism industry have been impactful on her own work Why Does Destination Marketing Matter? Aside from the tremendous economic impact the travel and tourism industry has on an area, destination marketing is a wonderful way to tell the story of a location. Through coordinated education efforts and cooperation with local and state organizations and elected officials, the ripple effect from marketing efforts can boost an entire region. In Loudoun County’s case, the efforts Beth and her organization are making have been major contributing factors in opening up new avenues for growth. It has helped expand local transit and athletic opportunities, and certainly been an influence on Amazon’s decision to locate their HQ2 a mere 50 miles from Loudoun. Cooperation Equals Opportunity As Beth illustrates beautifully in our conversation, cooperation with others has been a powerful tool to help tell Loudoun County’s story. By working with the state tourism office, elected officials and other organizations, Beth’s coordinated efforts have paid dividends for the local travel and tourism industry helping to expand the local economy with new and exciting opportunities for both visitors and residents. Our industry is a remarkable engine for regional growth and cultural development. There are countless opportunities for thinking outside the box while growing your reputation as a worthwhile travel destination. That philosophy of innovation and teamwork is precisely why it was such a pleasure to chat with Beth and hear her insights. Resources: Website: www.visitloudoun.org Episode Transcript
Description: In this episode Mandy talks with Beth Bruno about creating rites of passage, what girls need from their moms and how to raise strong confident kids. Selected Links: Beth’s Instagram Beth’s new book Beth’s Site MOPS Music by: Phillip E Morris "Sunshine & Blue Skies" soundcloud.com/philipemorris & pema.bandcamp.com Show Notes: 1:00 Introduction- Going Bald at 32 2:00 Widowed and then divorces with a young daughter 2:18 Dreams and tinctures 3:16 Creating 40,000 jobs 4:10 How can I muster inner fortitude and passion 5:00 Beth Bruno introduced 5:25 How to get a free copy of Beth’s book from Mandy 5:48 Mandy and Beth 6:02 Where did the idea of rite of passage come from for you 7:00 Feeling like we were floundering 7:59 A Voice Becoming 8:15 What did you do over the course of the year for your daughter 8:41 What do Rites of Passages look like 9:15 Bodies, boys and besties 9:25 Go big! 10:15 God’s questions to Hagar 10:59 Where are you going 11:22 Legacy Events 12:02 A test… were you listening 12:28 A blessing 12:38 An epic journey 14:00 Hunting for strong women (biking the Netherlands) 14:30 How did your daughter feel about the journey 15:40 Why Beth’s daughter is going to run for President 16:00 Eyes cast to a bigger vision 16:30 We are raising women, not American women 16:45 The global sisterhood 17:02 Introducing our girls to story (fiction and non) 17:53 Introducing our girls to real women 19:30 Big story living vs. small story lives 20:03 That is a 7th grader’s day 21:12 Perspective matters 22:25 What does it look like to live a remarkable life 22:47 Big transitions 23:30 I know there’s a purpose, even though it may be fuzzy 25:02 What is the best advice you never got 26:09 What are you doing right now to cultivate more fun
Welcome to episode 98 of the Sexology Podcast, today I’m delighted to be joined by Beth Luwandi Lofstrom who speaks to me about surviving infidelity as the offender, the process of disclosure and how that impacts the partner and recommendations for offenders to get themselves unstuck. Beth Luwandi Lofstrom is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio where her specialty areas are love and loss. She treats couples and individuals healing from infidelity and other relationship wounds. Her Whole Human Theory(TM), an approach based on brain science and methods research, also includes personality assessment to effectively confront variations in individual motivation, processing, communication, and inner world. In this way, Whole Human Theory presents an approach that gets to the core of issues in a highly efficient manner and moves people forward as quickly as possible. Her book, After the Affair, Healing for the Offender uses this unique perspective to treat infidelity from the inside out with a focus on the offender's healing. While most texts unapologetically side with the betrayed partner or give minimal empathy or time to the offender, Ms. Luwandi acknowledges and presents a road map for anyone who has ever strayed and is feeling the effects of their choices. In this episode, you will hear: Why Beth decided to focus on the experience of the offender The unhelpful patterns that get offenders stuck The process of disclosure and how that impacts the partner Why Beth doesn’t ask clients to break off their affairs whilst working with them How some people use affairs to get out of a relationship How much disclosure is useful around the information of sex? Recommendations for offenders to get themselves unstuck Resources http://bethluwandi.com https://www.facebook.com/oasis2care https://www.instagram.com/oasis2care https://twitter.com/oasis2care https://oasis2care.clientsecure.me/client_portal http://www.sexologypodcast.com/2017/09/26/rebuilding-sexual-intimacy-after-sexual-betrayal/ Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - http://petebailey.net/audio
If you’ve ever wondered just how far brides will go to have the perfect wedding dress, then today’s show is just for you! Styling a bride goes far beyond the dress choice and there’s no one more capable of sharing her best practices for building a successful business styling brides than Beth Chapman. Beth Chapman founded The White Dress by the Shore bridal boutique and has set the standard for what a great dress shopping experience should be. Beth has also branched out to create a consulting business around helping other bridal boutique owners have a successful business. Beth has truly raised the bar for the level of service that she provides to brides, and that’s one of her keys to success. Listen in to hear more about the current trends that Beth is seeing in bridal fashion. Show Highlights: How Beth started her boutique Why Beth started a consulting business to help other bridal salon owners Key to success that have helped Beth’s business grow The Princess effect and how it’s changed her business Wedding dress trends that are popular right now Customizing gowns can provide creative alternative to “off the rack” Brands of gowns that are currently popular Julie really wants to hear from you, so if you have questions or comments, please reach out to her so you can be sure you are dressed, styled and down the aisle! Links Mentioned in the Show: The Stylish Brideon Instagram The Stylish Bride website Subscribe to The Stylish Bride Podcast. Instagram: @bethchapmanstyling Beth Chapman’s Website
Beth Comstock, is the former CMO and Vice Chair at GE and the author of a new book, Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and The Power of Change. The book pulls from Beth’s experiences and observations from her 20+ years at organizations like NBC and GE and it is about summoning courage and creativity in the face of change. For nearly three decades at GE, she led efforts to accelerate new growth and innovation, initiated GE's digital and clean-energy transformation, started new businesses and enhanced GE’s brand value and inventive culture. As President of Integrated Media at NBCUniversal, Beth oversaw TV ad revenue and new digital efforts, including the early development of hulu.com. She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in biology. Found in her book are 5 principles/criteria that people should embrace to grow and succeed. They are: Give yourself permission – there is always a reason you can’t move forward--the boss says no, the company doesn’t have the budget, etc... But sometimes you need to give yourself permission to move forward Discovery – We have to use the world as a classroom for discovery. Get out in the world and look for patterns and make connections. It is important to break up your patterns; take a different route to work, for example. Agitated Inquiry – This is how you understand what you see, figure out the right way to do it, and get input into an idea to know if you want to move forward Story craft – “Story is everything.” If you are a leader you need to start with the story. People don’t want to follow numbers; they want to follow a story, a passion. Creating new operating systems – imagine the future, next to get the culture together to test ideas as you go Beth has also had to learn how to handle being told ‘no’. She talks about a time when she was working at NBC where she pitched an idea to the president and was told ‘no’. Most people would have given up after the first ‘no’, but Beth believes that, “no is not yet”. She did not give up on that idea she pitched. She went back to the drawing board, tweaked it and kept re-pitching it to the president. Even though he said ‘no’ a few more times, she never gave up. She didn’t take no as a final answer, no just meant that it was not quite there yet. She finally got a yes and that idea turned into the NBC Experience Store. What you will learn in this episode: Why Beth wrote the book, Imagine it Forward The hardest business decision Beth has had to make and how she worked through it 5 areas people should embrace to grow and succeed How to handle being told ‘no’ What it was like working with Jack Welch How to become a change maker in your organization Contact: Beth Comstock on LinkedIn bethcomstock.info Beth Comstock on Twitter
Raw Milk - The Creative Business Podcast about social media, marketing, branding, blogging
Instagram is a place to socialize and serve, not sell. So, if you want to grow a following organically on the platform, it is important to focus on your audience: Make decisions around what you hope to contribute to your dream clients first—and then provide a whole lot of value. Once you know your tribe and what you want to offer them, it’s time to purposefully design your feed to attract said audience. But what makes a beautiful feed beautiful? How do you choose a color story? (What is a color story?) Should your photos all be taken from the same angle? How do you write captions that promote engagement? And when is the best time to post? Today, I’m giving you a crash course in everything Instagram, starting with the WHY. I walk you through the elements of visual style, content strategy, and the visual rules you need to know—before you can break them! I offer advice on converting followers into clients and leveraging captions to build trust. Listen in for my secrets to organic growth and learn why follower quality is much more important than quantity. What You Will Learn How to determine your social media WHY Intersection of passions, talents, skill and values Brings value to lives of others How to establish your dream clients/customers The importance of a developing a consistent content strategy How to make decisions around visual style for your Instagram feed Beth’s visual ‘rules’ for Instagram How to choose an easy, recognizable name for your account How to select a profile image for Instagram Why your Instagram bio should be about the customer, not you How being honest about your humanity builds trust The benefit of including a call-to-action in your captions Why Beth is an advocate of organic growth Beth’s insight on creating your own branded hashtags How to determine the optimum times for posting The value in focusing on serving the followers you do have Connect with Beth Beth’s Website Beth on Instagram Beth on Pinterest Beth on Twitter Local Milk Blog Local Milk on Facebook Email hello@localmilkblog.com Resources Mentioned VSCO Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Snapseed on the App Store Snapseed for Android Beth’s Presets Planoly Beth’s Free Secret Weapons Guide @buzzfeedtasty on Instagram Linktree Tonic Site Shop Showit
Does working with color excite you? Are you curious about what it takes to manufacture hand-dyed yarns? If so, listen in as Kara Gott Warner interviews Beth Casey, owner of Lorna's Laces, one of the first hand-dyed yarn companies, about her fulfilling and creative work in her wonderful world of yarn. Beth Casey, business owner and entrepreneur, has been supplying the globe with colorful yarns since 2003. This has afforded her the special advantage of witnessing a new wave of thinking in the way we look at yarn. Ten years later, she introduced Mrs. Crosby, releasing a whole new range of vibrant possibilities. Listen and find out more about the ins and outs of what happens behind the scenes in the exciting business of running a yarn company, in this week's episode of Power Purls Podcast. Join Kara and Beth as they discuss: What prompted Beth to start a hand-dyed yarn company. The fun process of choosing and putting together the colors for a season. How Beth's company manages to keep its finger on the pulse of current trends and tastes. What distinguishes Beth's company from the other ones, from a business perspective. Where Beth's job satisfaction lies. Why Beth chooses to keep her company small. The importance of remaining positive. The delicate balance involved in taking responsible risks. How Beth overcame her notion that she was not born creative. Beth's advice when it comes to choosing color. Beth's take on the TNNA. (The National Needle Arts Association) The difference between Mrs. Crosby and Lorna's Laces. The fabulous surprise giveaway to a lucky listener. Links: Lorna's Laces: www.lornaslaces.net Mrs. Crosby: www.mrscrosbyplays.com Give-away: powerpurlspodcast.com/bethcasey
Optimism, Relationships, Fear, Passion, Leadership Episode 045: Choose to be an Optimist - Beth Caldwell URL: http://www.julieannsullivan.com/choose-to-be-an-optimist-beth-caldwell/ On this episode of Mere Mortals Unite, we interview Beth Caldwell. She was my very first mentor and continues to teach me as our friendship has grown. Beth says that being an optimistic person gives you better bounce back ability. In addition, being an optimist is attractive and draws people to you. It’s a quality that can shine through to draw friends and clients alike to want to know more about who you are. Natural optimists can also see what others are capable of even before they do. Optimists are realists, too. They have fears like anyone else. Beth delves into fear and how it makes you freeze and stop doing what your passion wants you to do. One way out, Beth says, is to ask yourself, “What’s the best possible outcome for today?” So what do you do when life doesn’t work out? Beth’s got some great ideas. You’ll discover: Several benefits of being an optimist. What Beth learned about conquering fear when she established her leadership academy. Why Beth says that the greatest problem with people today is that they are afraid of what people will think of them. Why Beth describes optimism as a way of being, not something she does. The power of the question, “What’s the best possible outcome for today?” Actionable steps for increasing your optimism. Interview Links & Other Resources Follow Beth Caldwell on Twitter Connect with Beth Caldwell on LinkedIn Connect with Beth Caldwell on Facebook How to Say No and Still Be Nice Biggest mistakes made by women in leadership Culture doesn’t have to be complicated. You just have to pay attention to these two things I Wish I’d Known That! by Beth Caldwell iTunes - Subscribe, Rate & Review
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