Podcasts about women's center

Many of the stories from the now-defunct Northern Illinois Women's Center in Rockford sound as if they come from a low-budget slasher movie. The horrifying truth is that they were all too real. Dr. Mark Waters, professor of English at McHenry County College and author of the book, Signs from a Peculiar Institution: One Witness's Account of a Quite Ordinary Horror (And a Small Peace), spent years praying and counseling outside the clinic and witnessed many of the horrors first-hand. Join Illinois Right to Life Executive Director, Amy Gehrke, as she chats with Dr. Waters about his experiences at the Northern Illinois Women's Center and how the prayers and work of pro-life advocates eventually closed the deadly clinic. You won't want to miss this chilling episode of Life Chat!

Many of the stories from the now-defunct Northern Illinois Women's Center in Rockford sound as if they come from a low-budget slasher movie. The horrifying truth is that they were all too real. Dr. Mark Waters, professor of English at McHenry County College and author of the book, Signs from a Peculiar Institution: One Witness's Account of a Quite Ordinary Horror (And a Small Peace), spent years praying and counseling outside the clinic and witnessed many of the horrors first-hand. Join Illinois Right to Life Executive Director, Amy Gehrke, as she chats with Dr. Waters about his experiences at the Northern Illinois Women's Center and how the prayers and work of pro-life advocates eventually closed the deadly clinic. You won't want to miss this chilling episode of Life Chat!

Aaron shares the ministry of Hope Women's Center in McKinney, TX. Aaron, who has pastored a church prior to officially heading Men's Ministry at Hope, is a strong asset for wife Holly. He has successfully done what most centers can't achieve--a strong program to help dads become nurturing father and husbands. However, a storm hit McKinney, TX and destroyed their Center. Listen to what our heavenly Father does for His children! It ain't easy...but for God! Please also consider a generous one-time or monthly gift to support this Life affirming ministry - Choose Life Radio - by giving here.

On this, our fourteenth episode of the WHEN DATING HURTS podcast series, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rosie Santulli. Rosie has been involved with the Women's Center of Montgomery County for ten years. The Women's Center of Montgomery County is a domestic violence service. After a long career as a research scientist in both academia—and with Johnson & Johnson, she felt it was time to rediscover herself. She had read a book entitled Half Time by Bob Buford. Half Time focuses on transitioning in the second half of our lives. So, Rosie decided to transition her life from “Success to Significance”. Because of her passion for women's issues, Rosie was drawn to the Women's Center where she became a domestic violence hotline counselor. She soon moved into additional roles including: facilitating support groups, court accompaniment, outreach and education, peer counseling, and serving as a Board of Directors member. And finally, becoming the Co-President of the Women's Center Board. Rosie feels the most gratifying aspect of her volunteer experience at the center is the growth and evolution of survivors who take that difficult first step to contact the center. Rosie is part of a team approach and has benefited from networking with amazing volunteers and staff who are integral in carrying out the mission of the center. And that Mission is: Freedom from Domestic Violence and other Forms of Abuse.

It was my honor to speak with Maria Macaluso. In January 1998, Maria joined the Women's Center of Montgomery County, PA as the executive director. The Women's Center is a domestic violence service. Since 1976, the Women's Center has been a volunteer, community organization whose mission is: Freedom from Domestic Violence and other forms of abuse. Serving approximately 5,000 unique individuals every year, the Women's Center offers critical services that positively impact those affected by abuse. The list of services includes: • A 24-hour toll-free Hotline: 1-800-773-2424 • Assistance with filing Protection from Abuse Orders onsite at courthouse • Court accompaniment to Protection from Abuse Orders (PFAs), in the district court, and at preliminary hearings • Legal advocacy and options counseling. And a lot more… Maria and the Women's Center of Montgomery County are proud (and so appreciative) of the 185 volunteers who tirelessly donate their time and talent to the cause. Their programs, policies and procedures reflect a strong commitment to empowering women.

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Alabama Adult and Teen Challenge Women's Center present their ministry.

Emilee Whitehurst is the president and CEO of the Houston Area Women’s Center (HAWC). Their multi-lingual staff is about to decentralize its operations to bring help closer to those who need it most. Emilee explains how with the help of a huge grant from the City of Houston and matching donations and various reinvestments, HAWC will open locations strategically placed around Houston to help women get out of abusive situations and restart their lives with housing help. The goal is to help them become independent and their programs are very successful . They are overwhelmed by the rise in violence due to the pandemic and now is a good time to give them our support. Small donations matter a great deal!www.hawc.org Domestic Violence Hotline: 713-528-2121Sexual assault Hotline: 713-528-7273

Tammy Abernethy is the CEO of Hope Women’s Center. The center exists to encourage, engage, and equip women and teen girls facing difficult life situations. They offer classes, support groups, and one-on-one mentoring. They serve women in domestic violence, poverty, homelessness, unplanned pregnancy, addiction, or any other difficult life events. All of their services are free to these women. When her children were 5 years old and 18 months old, Tammy went through a difficult divorce, and it shaped her thoughts and feelings around supporting other single mothers. She found her passion was in helping others and using her gifts to lift women in these situations. She says most of her job consists of talking to others, spreading the good work of the center, and seeking donors to help continue the growth. At this time, Hope Women’s Center has five locations in Arizona. When Tammy joined on as the CEO, they had one center, and it has grown significantly since she started 7 years ago. About 90% of the work that gets done at the center is done by volunteers. She felt it was very important that they offer free childcare while mothers come to take classes and receive support. Her goal is to break down as many barriers for women being able to visit Hope Women’s Center. How COVID has affected their center: “We started crisis counseling during COVID, because we saw that was a need. We were seeing a lot of women coming in, struggling with mental health needs - very isolated - and they didn’t have the funding or resources to be able to get private counseling. We were able to have some donors come along to support that, and we were able to hire a licensed counselor that now provides the crisis counseling.”The importance of design in each location:“Safety is a big component for us, because when women are coming out of trauma and abuse, we want them to feel safe. We designed the space to be beautiful, warm, and inviting. Even our commercial spaces are still designed to be very warm and inviting.”Why they share the stories of women from the center:“The transformation in a life is what tells the story of what we do...The womens’ stories will inspire you to hear what they have overcome. It’s incredible. They give me so much courage and strength, just listening to their stories - what they’ve overcome, how they are coming back from healing from trauma, and how they are really trying to make a difference for their children.”Additional Links:Learn more about Hope Women’s Center here: https://hopewomenscenter.org/

For 20 years, the Ann Arbor-based Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan (WCSM) has been providing a safe space for women and families in our region. As like all nonprofit organizations, the events of 2020, including the coronavirus crisis, has made the center's services more valuable than ever. In this week's "Washtenaw United," WEMU's David Fair speaks to WCSM's marketing director, Alice Liao, about what the center has accomplished in 2020 and what it hopes to achieve in 2021.

Aaron Snell joins his wife, Holly, as they share the ministry of Hope Women's Center in McKinney, TX. Aaron, who has pastored a church prior to officially heading Men's Ministry at Hope, is a strong asset for Holly. He has successfully done what most centers can't achieve--a strong program to help dads become nurturing father and husbands. It ain't easy...but for God!

A touching story of sisters, Heather and Holly, who stepped out with their husbands to provide a Christian Adventure Camp for at-risk teens. The camp was a great success, but one day a cover of sorrow came over these two sisters and all those surrounding them. Two sisters, two opposite reactions and two testimonies of LIFE. Read her book "Dancing On My Ashes" and don't forget to make an end-of-year gift to Choose Life Radio by clicking here.

Join Brad for a special episode of Mr. Allard's Neighborhood with Next Step Women's Center!

Joe Erceg & Marcus Collier, AZ Sands Club & WUT Happy Hr. Jean Fedigan-Sister Jose Women's Center

Our guest today was Mike Kuck Volunteer & Board Member with the Mid Minnesota Women's Center in to talk about the Fishing For Lunkers fundraiser.

In this special early edition of the Handsell podcast, Yves talks to Mandy Harris Wiliams (@idealblackfemale), the Programming Director at the Women's Center for Creative Work. Williams is launching the Algorithms of Oppression Book Club, co-hosted by WCCW and FeministAI, in alliance with The Free Black Women's Library LA.  The first meeting of the book club is tonight (5/19), and will occur monthly! Please use the following link to find out more: https://womenscenterforcreativework.com/events/algorithms-of-oppression/ _______________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo & Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," a new, unreleased demo by Fragile Gang.

Ann-Britt Svensson is a teacher and Marianne Lööf is a social worker. Both work at the Women's Center (Kvinno Center) in Bergsjön. The Swedish non-profit organisation was founded in 1998 to help women with immigrant backgrounds participate in society. They talk about the challenges of finding funding, the meaningful work they do, political integration, and how they help in bridging cultures. Ann-Britt describes that “integration is mostly about participating in society and making your voice heard.” Women’s Centre in Bergsjön runs as a local center of excellence for equality and diversity. They are an open meeting place for women of all ages and nationalities with an ambition to pass on knowledge to members; collaborate with other similar organizations and businesses. Due to their efforts in bridging the gap, 80 women were able to come out to work, and were employed in jobs such as cultural translators. Now, the Women's Center wants to be able to promote exchanges internationally. Marianne also explains how they deal with racist people by inviting them to the Women's Center and help fight for the rights of women in every way they can. “I think it is very important, they learn and work together, and support each other at the women's center. It is a nice place to be for them and for us. We learn together,” says Marianne. Ann-Britt thoughtfully adds about human rights being so important to participate and integrate as a part of society. Learning a language is a human right just as the right to work. About European Initiatives For An Inclusive Society: The Oslo Desk was invited to contribute to a third study visit of the Family+ project in Oslo under a three-day conference between 11th and 13th March. The project aims to overcome the social exclusion of families through family education and empowerment activities, adapted to the needs of the disadvantaged and migrant families. Therefore the conference is part of exchanging knowledge and practices between Germany, Sweden and Norway. However, the conference was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown measures. In collaboration with Oslo VO Rosenhof, an adult learning centre, and funded by Erasmus plus programme of the European Union, are we able to produce a podcast season and series of articles. Text and Podcast cover by Ka Man Mak and Kriti Thepade. Podcast production by Ka Man Mak and Alex Whateley. Articles by Maria Cecelia Ingles Read articles: www.oslodesk.com

Why News April Edition 2020Today the girls sit down and discuss how some convicted serial rapists are attempting to use this global epidemic to possibly get out of jail. We have also offered some tips which we think might help to ease the anxiety around all this. What are your tips? Make sure to let us know.If you are in the Pennsylvania and need resources or help through this epidemic please feel free to reach out to us or contact the following agencies;Women's Center of Montgomery County, Norristown PA 800-773-2474A Women's Place, Doylestown PA 800-220-8116Laurel House, East Norriton PA 800-642-3150Victim Services Center, Norristown PA 888-521-0983NOVA of Bucks County, Jamison PA 800-675-6900All the above agencies are 24/7 and thank you to the amazing WOMAN for providing us with the list of these resources.If you have any agencies information that are helping victims during these hard times please reach out and let us know. It does not matter where in the world you reside. YOU NEVER KNOW WHOSE LIFE YOU MIGHT SAFE!National Sexual Assault Hotline;1-800-656-HOPE (4673)https://www.rainn.org/ (you can also chat with them)Hawaii Sex Abuse Treatment Center-Honolulu808-535-7600We can be reached at;IG:_girls.like.usFacebook: facebook.com/girlslikeus619/girlslikeus619@gmail.com312-480-4101

Content warning: This episode discusses issues of sexual harassment and assault which may be triggering to some listeners. Nabeel and Paige discuss the history of Title IX cases at U.Va. and what the University's policies are today. Thank you to representatives from the Women's Center for speaking with us! On Record is written by Peyton Guthrie, Abagail Long, Jisoo Park, Shreyas Gullapalli, and Neila Connaughton. It is produced by Grace Fluharty and Anne Williams. Our editor is Nabeel Raza. We're always available for contact at podcast@cavalierdaily.com.

Join us for a very important topic revolving around pregnancy education and a local event coming up you can be a part of!

Geneva Murray grew up dreaming of helping other women. She made a career of academia and now runs the Women's Center at Ohio University, which provides programming and guidance for diversity and inclusion at the University and its students. Rene puts her on the spot about how women can best handle workplace biases and bullying--among other less loaded topics!

Brooke and Donna catch up what they have been doing the past couple of weeks and then share about their tour of the Women's Center of Jacksonville. Enjoy a recap of their meeting with Teresa Miles and listening to the episode with Donna and the Director of the Women's Center from December.

Keynote speakers for the 2019 Women of Color Leadership Summit Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johnson (Director of the Women's Center at Northwestern University) and KaeLyn Rich  (queer feminist, a direct-action organizer, a nonprofit leader, and a sexuality educator in upstate New York) discuss women of color in places of leadership, as well as collaboration across universities between women of color.     Transcript: Introduction: From Bowling Green State University and the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, this is BG Ideas. Intro Song Lyrics: I'm going to show you this with a wonderful experiment. Jolie Sheffer: Welcome back to the BG Ideas podcast, a collaboration between the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society and the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University. I am Jolie Sheffer, Associate Professor of English and American Culture Studies and the Director of ICS. Jolie Sheffer: Today we are joined by two very special guests, Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johnson and KaeLyn Rich. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johnson currently serves as Director of the Women's Center at Northwestern University. KaeLyn Rich is a queer feminist, a direct action organizer, a nonprofit leader, and a sexuality educator in upstate New York. On behalf of ICS and the Center for Women and Gender Equity, I'd like to welcome you both to BGSU. I'm thrilled to have you here as keynote speakers for the 2019 Women of Color Leadership Summit. Jolie Sheffer: The summit is designed to increase the number of women of color in places of leadership to encourage collaboration across the university as well as share the lessons and knowledge on leadership practice developed and modeled by women of color. Thanks again for joining me. I'd like each of you to give a little background on your current work, then how you came to the role you now occupy. What has been your own path to becoming a leader? Sekile? Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: That's a great question. I appreciate you asking. I often interpreted my career, up until a few years ago, I interpreted my career as being disjointed. Every time I took a pivot in my career I felt like I was adding all of these kind of disjointed parts of myself. I started as a clinician, and then I'm a researcher, and now I'm really focused on training social workers as a professor. And I couldn't quite see what the narrative was or what the arc was in my career. And then I came to Chicago and continued my work as a professor and scholar and researcher and began also doing policy work. And again, I felt like these were all very disjointed. I couldn't see that where the thread was. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And then I was interviewing for my position at Northwestern and it was within that interview that it all began to gel for me. And I realized that each and every one of these pieces, being a clinician, being an activist, working in policy, working in research, being an educator, that each one of these pieces prepared me to now step into my role as the Director of the Women's Center. And that was my narrative and it wasn't disjointed, but actually that they were building me in all these different skillsets that I would need to move into this leadership role. Because I actually like doing all of those things. I like doing research, and I like policy, and I like being able to be empathic towards people, which is a use of my clinical skills. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And I also like to educate folks and I love to be in community and in collaboration and coalition with folks. And so, all of those things are pieces oof my leadership style, and they're things that I think we actually need if we're going to be change agents, a catalyst for change within institutional settings. Jolie Sheffer: And so what is your vision now for the Women's Center and you taking over this role? You've been there a little while now. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: Yeah, so I've been there about a year and a half. And I think one piece for me is the vision is to articulate who we are and who we have been, and shining a light on the things that the Women's Center has contributed to the institution. So historicizing our work is really important to me. And then being able to then amplify it. So, that's a vision of mine. So to remind the university of what we've done and what we have the capacity for, and to assert ourselves within the institution. Another kind of vision for me, because we sit in the Office of the Provost, so we're faculty staff and student serving, is to make sure that as I think about programming that I'm thinking about programming that actually impacts the larger campus community. And so, it doesn't just kind of serve one piece. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And then I'm also the co-chair of the campus-wide task force to support gender queer, non-binary, and trans faculty staff and students. And so to also imagine the Women's Center as not only a safe space for women, but other gender and sexual minorities. And so, to expand out our notion of what it means to respond to gender inequity and not just that it focuses on women, but also trans and non-binary folks. And so, that's a real big commitment of mine. And I see myself to be leading that institutional work, and not just at the institutional, but even transforming some of our practices within the Women's Center. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And then the final piece is to always center the experiences of the most marginalized at Northwestern University's campus. It's a very elite institution. And so, how we think about marginalized communities is even amplified in that setting. So first generation students, transnational folks, gender and sexual minorities, women of color, indigenous people, first gen, and I might've said first gen already, but first gen and working class folks, all those folks are truly on the margin at Northwestern. And so, keeping them at the center of my program is really, really critical for me. Jolie Sheffer: Okay, thank you. KaeLyn, what about you? What has been your journey to the work you're doing today? KaeLyn RIch: Yeah, so a great build off of what Sekile was talking about, the Women's Center, I actually was Co-Director of the Women's Center at my university for undergrad. So I went to a state school in New York, State University of New York College at Oswego. A little rural, actually the town, the city of Oswego, was a lot like the city of Bowling Green. So I feel that like kind of downtown, one main street surrounded by rural expanse, and then one, we had a Walmart, you have a different store, but one like big store where all of the things are. Jolie Sheffer: We do have a Walmart, too. KaeLyn RIch: You have a Walmart, too? Yeah. Driving out all the moms and pops, but that's a whole other podcast. So anyways, our women's center there came out of that sort of history of women's centers. It was started in the '70s, 1974, I believe, by a group of women who wanted to respond to sexual assault and to employment issues, to wage issues, and employment access for women. And it started off campus actually and eventually came on campus. The difference is, that was a student-led, student-run organization. So both myself and my co-directors were all undergraduate students. It was funded through our student association, our student government, but it was through that, that I really began to sort of actualize myself as a leader in activist movements. KaeLyn RIch: I think activism has always been part of my personal narrative. My parents were both public school teachers, they were both union leaders. So I like to joke that I'm a community organizer and my organizing experience goes back to stuffing folders around the dining room table for my mom and dad for the union meetings, because that's sort of my earliest memory. I grew up with this sort of idea that if you want to see something changed or if you want to advocate for your rights, you have to do it yourself. KaeLyn RIch: And college was really the first time where I actualized that and internalized it. It became part of who I am, not just how I grew up. One of my first jobs was working in a shelter for women and children escaping family violence. And I made those connections through work I was doing as a student leader at the women's center as well as some of my kind of additional, that long list of things that I do come out of that time. So I was a sexuality educator for a period of time, for about five years. It was sort of a side job on top of my full-time job and I would travel around the country talking about sex ed. I did a lot of freshman orientation programs. I also did a lot of the LGBTQ, et cetera, programming and that company I worked for, Sex Discussed Here, discussed, talked about, not discussed, like you, they're most popular for the I Love Female Orgasm program. Some people might recognize them from that. KaeLyn RIch: We actually brought them to bring that program and some of their other programs, when I was a student leader. So at the women's center we'd brought this group in, it's a couple who was really doing the work, just them at the time. And then they started hiring more people and they remembered me, weirdly enough, from college all those years ago, and reached out and asked if I would be on their team. So I've been lucky to cultivate a lot of relationships and a lot of what community organizing is about is in fact about cultivating relationships and building meaningful connections between people of various kinds of lived experiences. And it all goes all the way back to the women's center. KaeLyn RIch: So similarly, I've worn lots of hats. I've tried out lots of different things, which is why it's hard to sort of define what I do. I would say professionally in terms of my day job, I've been a, I would say my skills are community organizing. What I've done is sort of professional activism. So, right now my job is Assistant Advocacy Director. I oversee our statewide offices outside of the main office in New York City. And I used to run one of those regional offices as well. And then on the side, not on the side, in addition, too, I'm also a writer. I write for autostraddle.com. It's a queer independent website for women and non-binary folks, for and by, and writing for that site is actually what got me the book deal for Girls Resist. KaeLyn RIch: So, I'm a first time author of a YA, young adult book, called Girls Resist, a guide to activism, leadership, and starting a revolution. So, Girls Resist wasn't actually an idea that started with me in a direct way.It started with, I was writing for Autostraddle, this column called Be the Change. And this all happened after the 2016 election. The reality is, the idea for writing this organizing column was based on my personal experience as an organizer started way before the election. It wasn't like a direct response to it. It's just an idea that I'd run by my editors and they were like, "Yes, let's do a little mini series on organizing." Then we kind of put it on a shelf and I just hadn't gotten back around to it. KaeLyn RIch: After the election, it seemed like the content that we already had planned on creating, so it was relevant then and it's relevant now, was information people wanted. People wanted to know, "How do I take action? How do I get involved?" And a lot of people were either entering activism for the first time or were coming back to it after a long time and just were really looking for this kind of stuff. And Autostraddle were also bringing it through a queer and feminist lens. So I decided to take that project off the shelf. I started writing this column called Be the Change about community organizing. Similarly, at my publisher Quirk Books, my editor there had this idea on the shelf before the election of a teen activism handbook. KaeLyn RIch: She handled a lot of YA titles, a lot YA feminist nonfiction. And similarly after the election she was like, "Okay, this is the time to find someone to work on this project." So my publisher actually reached out to me, not the other way around. It was a traditional publisher, not an academic one, and asked if I wanted to collaborate on this project, and from there it became mine. So I mean, once I signed on, and came under contract, I did all the work of writing the book and the way that it's framed is like 100% in my words and language. But the idea for it was sort of a collaboration between two people that were having similar ideas at the same time. Jolie Sheffer: What are some of the challenges, from where you sit and the work that you do, what do you see as some of the greatest challenges women of color face in terms of accessing or succeeding at leadership roles? Whether it's in the academy, at not-for-profits, in community organizing, in politics? Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: Yeah, so I'll talk, I'll take a couple of those. I think, so in addition to my academic work, maybe it's because of my role as a social worker, I've always done also community-engaged work, activist work. And so, I've been serving on the board of the Chicago Abortion Fund, actually, for the last six years, and have been both in a leadership role as the board chair and co-chair. But also, just serving on the board more regularly. I think that when I think about the Chicago Abortion Fund, and I think about the last decade, or the last 15 years, where we've had women of color at the helm as far as being the executive director of the small not-for-profit as well as being in leadership capacity on the board, I think that it's a microcosm, I think, of broader challenges. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: Which is, those spaces that serve women of color, and indigenous women most directly are also the most underfunded and under-resourced. And so, we are often doing so much with so little. And when I look at organizations like Planned Parenthood or even the ACLU, I mean, they are funded in a way that allows them to do their work. But we are most directly on the ground connected to the everyday struggles and everyday experiences of communities of color, people of color, working class communities, rural and urban, and often don't have the resources to do. But so the expectations are high that we're successful, but were not given staff, we're not given grants, we're not given the funding, the community support, the institutional support to do the work well. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And so, women of color are often seen as failures when they get into leadership capacity, leadership roles, because they didn't do well. They didn't end ... But my question is, have we been given the resources to do well? Whether that's even access to education. Many women who step into leadership roles are doing it because they see the need in their community. They roll up their sleeves, they become activists, then people see their promise, they are hired. But they aren't always given the access to education and the skills training, professional development they might need to do maybe the operation side of the work. And so, I think that ... Or, we do have all those skills but we're faced with issues around racism and sexism and a notion that we're incompetent, right? Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And so, I think from the reading of our bodies as incompetent, the lack of support that we get structurally that don't allow us to succeed, and I think the very, the complexity of issues that we also take on, we are fighting for, for instance, I'm engaged in the reproductive justice struggle. And that means that I'm not only mobilizing around abortion access, I'm mobilizing around sterilization abuse, I'm mobilizing around access to healthcare broadly, to clean drinking water, because it's toxic due to lead, high levels of lead. I'm concerned about public education, and housing access, and food security. So all of these, from environmental issues to bread and butter issues, are reproductive justice issues. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And that means women of color are often dispersed, because we're engaged in all of these struggles, right? And we see them as connected. And that means that it really impacts our capacity sometimes to be impactful in any one struggle, because we see ... and the fact that we have to choose which struggles we should be connected with, I think, is really problematic. But we often see the connections between struggles. So I think those are challenges, because people who are in the environmental justice movement or people who in the food justice movement, or the clean eating, for instance, I don't know if I even call that a justice movement, but this notion around clean eating, not looking at the larger social issues, and not thinking through the connection between social struggles means that women of color are doing that work. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And I think then, and that produces for me, burnout. That produces a sense of betrayal, that you don't see the connections between all of these. And then I also think that can impact then our effectiveness if we're burnt out, if we're not supported, if we're not getting funded in the ways that we should get funded, if we're expected to do more with less. So that's what I think is on the community level, what I've seen. And within struggles, what I've seen is some of the real, real barriers to our success, that they're not about us at the individual level, but really structurally the pieces that are swirling around us. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: From an institutional level, when I think about higher ed, I think it's the same thing, that we are often in marginalized spaces in institutional settings. It is no surprise that most women of color are in the health fields. We're in the professional fields like education, we're in social work, we're in the liberal arts and sciences, which are completely being erased and underfunded in higher ed. And at the center level, we're in the social justice education, we're in the women's centers, we're in the multicultural student center. And so, all of these spaces are the marginalized spaces. So we're marginalized people also occupying marginalized spaces within the institution. We're precarious people occupying precarious spaces within institutionalized settings. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And when you have that compounded amount of reality, that is going to impact your capacity to be a leader. And so, you're navigating what it means to live in this body, but also what it means to even navigate and live within these units within higher ed. And so I think, and then you have people also lined up outside your door. So outside my door, are my students, they're my peers, they're my colleagues, they're community members, who now see me with a particular title and think I might be able to impact their lives in ways that I sometimes and often don't have capacity to. And sometimes they're even people who are administrators who are above me, but who look like me and also need support. And I don't have, even with my title, institutional power to transform their, to change their reality, which really often has be done at a policy level or a culture shifting level. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: So I think the expectation that we even once we get into a leadership role have the capacity to transform centuries of injustice and inequity and really, is overwhelming. And also demoralizing, because you can only do what you can do within a workday. And we do make contributions, but we're expected, I think, because of our roles and our identities to somehow do bigger work and more impactful work than the next person. Jolie Sheffer: So the work isn't always visible and it isn't supported in ways that allow that capacity to build. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: Yeah. And I also think that much of the work that, and we had this conversation yesterday as we were visiting the graduate students at our graduate course, was that the work is invisibilized, because you don't see it in part of your annual review. With regard, if you're a faculty member, we know, even at teaching institutions, service is invisible. And we know that women, queer folk, people of color, first gen folks are doing the majority of that emotional labor, that service. And that is retention work. That keeps colleagues and students here. But it often doesn't count towards our annual review. If your staff, it doesn't go, there's often not a space for it on your tenure portfolio, or it isn't weighted the same. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: It matters. We know it matters, but it's not weighted the same. We're giving contradictory messages, focus on your scholarship, focus on your teaching, but also be available to students and mentor. But so I think, so it's those pieces, that those kinds of contradictory spaces, this what I call invisibilized work, versus invisible work. Because the work, as our colleague said, yes, it's very visible, but we're choosing not to count it. We're choosing not to. So that's an active, actionable thing to not count the leadership work that looks very different sometimes. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: But to count, if someone, for instance, at Northwestern, they get a patent, right? So that makes the front page of the paper. They get more resources for their lab. But someone who actually has been committed to retaining faculty, staff, and students, and Northwestern also contributes to the university's growth in development but doesn't get the same type of accolades, you know? Yeah. Jolie Sheffer: What about you, KaeLyn? From your position, your roles, what are the concerns that you really take up in terms of women of color, accessing and mobilizing leadership opportunities? KaeLyn RIch: Yeah, they're very similar in the nonprofit world, in the social justice world. Even when we were talking about working in communities and in community with folks, these same things come up. Because who we are can't be separated from the work that we do. Especially those of us that choose to work in helping, teaching social justice fields is there, and things follow us. So we can create safer spaces for each other, but there's always going to be triggers of racism and classism, and homophobia, and transphobia, and ableism, and just things that show up in those spaces, because we're all complex people. And when you hold those marginalized identities, you also really can't separate who you are from the work you're doing, sometimes. You have to really work hard at that. KaeLyn RIch: I think most superhero stories start, someone gets their superpower is because of a traumatic event in their life. And I wouldn't say that I want, I don't want to mischaracterize my love for my family by saying it was a traumatic event, but being a trans-racial adoptee was a literally life-changing event for me. So, I came here at the age of 17 months. I grew up Korean, and a very visible minority in a very rural area of Western New York, where my family was white. My sister is also adopted and Korean, but we were really the only Korean kids in our school. And I grew up with all friends that were white, all teachers that were white. When you think about sort of my standpoint, I occupy space as a woman of color, but it took me a really long time to get there. KaeLyn RIch: Even, to be honest, I identified as a feminist first, I identified as queer first, as a writer, as an activist for social justice movements, as a student organizer, all of these things. It really wasn't until I was a fully-grown adult that I came into understanding myself as a woman of color, which is bizarre to think about for white people, I think, because it's so visible on my face. Like you look at my face and you think, "Oh, well, she's Asian." But for me it wasn't so clear, because I grew up so separate from my culture. And the trauma is around being separated from who you are, and being fed instead sort of the dominant narrative, which is a white and male narrative of who our country is, how we came to be, when none of that was my history and I was completely cut off from it. KaeLyn RIch: But through adoption, not through any one person's choice, but through the system of international and trans-racial adoption, and the lack of thought about how that works. So on the flip of that, that's the superpower that came out of something that wasn't so great. The superpower I get from that, which I try to use to open doors for other people, but also is exhausting, is that I'm exceptionally good at meeting other people where they are. I'm exceptionally good at respectability politics and adopting how I talk, how I dress, how I show up, and thinking through those things very actively every day. And so that I'm not threatening to white people. KaeLyn RIch: As an Asian woman, I also get to show up differently in spaces sometimes than my black colleagues. Because the stereotypes, at least in New York State, around who we are, are so different and all of them are harmful. But the sort of microaggressions I get are very different than being seen as threatening, or as violent, or as angry. If anything, I have to do more to prove that I am strong and capable and that I'm not so like passive and like a receptacle for information. Or for honestly like white, like b.s. Sometimes people come to me and I think because Asians are light-skinned because we have a lot of racism in our own communities. There's a lot going on there. White people feel more comfortable talking to me than talking to, let's say, one of my black peers about race, about issues, because they think we're going to have some sort of kinship around there. And my kinship is 100% with women of color. And especially with queer women of color. KaeLyn RIch: That said, it gives me access to open up spaces. And for me, I choose, I don't think it is anyone's job to be, to work with gatekeepers to try to hold open those doors. A lot of people are just working on survival and that's 100% fair, and really, all we can ask of people. I choose to sort of use that earned and learned superpower to try to build bridges for people to try to take on some of that emotional labor that can be truly exhausting in order to make things a little bit better, take a little bit of burden off of someone else. KaeLyn RIch: I mean, I think it's part of, to be honest, I think it's why I've succeeded at leadership, in so many ways is because a lot of people feel like they can relate to me, right? I have that reputation, and it's afforded me leadership opportunities because there's often, often people in power are white. Often people in power are of dominant identities a lot of different ways. I've worked primarily with women in my career, in terms of leadership, but a lot of those women have been white, a lot of them have been, all of them have been cisgender and most of them have been straight, and generally come from a place of systemic privilege, systemic power, and they get to broker who else gets access. KaeLyn RIch: And I think a lot of why I've been given access, and I want to be really honest about it, is that I've learned and sometimes don't even do it intentionally, how just sort of adapt to what white people think is the right way to act or the right way to be in the world. Because I've had to do that literally from as early as I can remember in school, in life, in my family, in my relationships, I've had to navigate being the visible other, and what that means for me in terms of both self-identification and how I show up. I mean, now, obviously I'm more thoughtful and critical about it, but it does show up in everything you do. KaeLyn RIch: So how I wrote Girls Resist would've been really different than how my editor who was a white woman, like a woke, smart white woman would have written it. But she wouldn't have thought of some of the things that I thought of just off the bat. And that showed, even in the process, there were several times, because all of the staff at that publisher at that time, not anymore, were white and all the people working on my book were white. There were definitely times where I had to sort of do extra work of kind of like, at one point they were putting quotes into the book and all the quotes that they'd added were by white women, every single one. KaeLyn RIch: And I was like, which was very, the book is written in a way that's intentionally intersectional and intentionally accessible to young people obviously, but I want like trans girls to see themselves in it. I want black and brown girls to see themselves in it, and Asian girls. And queer and trans people in general. Really anyone who has a marginalized identity, even though girls is sort of very binary language. I tried to break that down as much as possible, right? So if you're on the margins, this book is about giving this information to you. When that comes up there's a whole chapter on, there's actually a whole chapter on intersectionality and what people are now in social justice fields are calling being an accomplice, but I call it sort of like meaningful allyship, like really standing up and standing with. KaeLyn RIch: And then you put in all these quotes from all these white women. And I was like, okay, I see what you're doing here. And not even like, I don't know, they were not thoughtful quotes, either. And just one example ... and my publisher was great in that they did go back and change them out when I sent sort of the email. I was like, "This and this and this is problematic. Here are some other suggestions of quotes you could use." And I did a quick Google search. It's not like this information is hard to find. I was like, how about we have like a black trans women talking about gender equity instead of, no offense to Gloria Steinem, she's great, but instead of Gloria Steinem. And even that quote was like very heteronormative, it was about men and women and like, "Behind every man," and I was like, "No, no, no. This isn't like for teens. It's also not like how we would frame this issue for people of color or for trans women, for people who are even more marginalized by the gender wage gap." KaeLyn RIch: So a lot of it is that. It's like the doing, that constant awareness, and the constant emotional labor, and the constant, especially something like a book that's going to have your name on it, you know? I couldn't let it go out in the world with just added quotes from important women, but there are lots of women who don't get that platform and I wanted to make sure their voices were included too. KaeLyn RIch: So, a lot of being in leadership is taking that step of putting yourself at risk a little bit, because there's always the risk that someone's going to think you're difficult to work with, or even as an Asian woman, or that you're too militant or you're being, I think earlier today we were talking about being feminist killjoys, but being that person that's always making things hard, and you just have to do it anyways. Jolie Sheffer: Good. One of the things that we focus on at ICS is interdisciplinary approaches to important topics, and the importance of sort of crossing over those conventional silos. So Sekile, since a good deal of your research is particularly in relation to different disciplines and intersections of race, class, and gender, could you talk about how interdisciplinarity shapes your work? Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: Sure. Sure. I'm really excited to talk about this, actually, from a teaching and a scholarship perspective. So I mentioned earlier, my career started in the professions as a social worker. So, but luckily I went to an undergrad institution that grounded my professional development or my professional skills in kind of a really critical race theory, intersectionality, liberal arts education. So I was, and I feel like liberal arts is where the beginnings of interdisciplinarity emerged. And so, I was really grounded in what it meant to be a critical thinker, what it meant to be an engaged person in your community. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And I was able to model, as a professor, what it meant to have a strong liberal arts foundation before you had your ... Because I feel like any social worker needs to know how to engage in humanity, needs to have critical thinking skills, needs to have depth in their analysis. And so, that is critical for me as someone who received that kind of education to also deliver it to the next person. After working in social work as a professor, I also began to teach in women and gender studies and in psychology. So I'm interesting in the sense that I have been an educator in a professional field. I've been an educator and researcher in an interdisciplinary field like women's studies, and also in psychology, which is a social science. So it's been a wonderful ... so, interdisciplinarity is actually at the core of my teaching and my research. And of course, in the field of women's studies, it's an interdisciplinary field. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: So how that shows up in my research is actually, I'll talk about both of my books which somehow I have not talked about. But my first book, which is an edited volume called Black Women, Mothering and the Academy, which is an edited volume that really looks at the theorization of maternity as well as the experience of maternity in higher ed. And so, myself and I believe, 12 or 13 other scholars, some in academia, some in not, wrote about, contributed chapters there. And my intention was again, to offer an interdisciplinary intersectional way of thinking about motherhood in higher ed. And so, sometimes people wrote about their experience as mothers and their marginalization as mothers in higher ed. Also as black women navigating that embodied reality. Sometimes people talked about maternalized labor. I define maternalized labor not only as the emotional labor, but also the gendered labor and this assumption that we're going to take care of the university's children. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: But using and drawing upon social sciences, drawing upon personal narratives, deciding to allow people to write in a way that incorporates their personal narrative and with research, right. And so, allowing for that fluidity, that boundless way, that disruptive way of thinking about academic work. So that's the first book. And I really enjoy just that each chapter feels very, very different from the other. And so, I think that that book represents a nice example of the benefits in the interdisciplinary. And for me, the inclusivity, because it allowed black women to write in a way that was freeing and liberatory. So in my current book, I also am doing the same thing, which is inspired by a chapter in the first book, which was written by a black queer woman who talked about being a mother and actually being a working class, struggling mother as an academic. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And so, I became really fascinated by that sub-theme that showed up in that first book about these black women who were highly educated and also receiving public assistance and receiving welfare. And so, looking at that paradox between highly educated and also poor as a black woman. And so this, the second book, which is called, currently the working title is Laboring Positions, Higher Education as a Hyper-Producer of Inequity. And so, within this book I'm doing the same kind of engagement from an interdisciplinary perspective in which I am using black women's narratives around being highly educated, and also navigating poverty and also using data from educational data, sociological data, and historical data, so both the what unfortunately we call the hard data, right? But including the narrative as well, and again, allowing them to blend and bleed together and be boundless and how I think through this work and to also be disruptive. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: One of the pieces that I took a risk, and only because I was encouraged by a black feminist who's my mentor, Julia Jordan-Zachery, who I encourage you to read any and everything written by this wonderful scholar. I struggled really hardly with finishing my final chapter, my conclusion. I just couldn't, I was just stuck. I had writer's block. And she said, "It's time for you to tell your story." Because I had been trying to stay emotionally disengaged from the work, because that is the way we are trained as scholars, particularly those of us who are in the social sciences to stay distant from our work, to be objective, use the scientific method. And so, I had been keeping some emotional distance from the work. And she said, "It's time for you to to write." Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: And so, usually you might kind of do a little testimony in the preface of your book and as the setup. But instead, I actually did it in the conclusion, and I said ... and I'd use a not very nontraditional ... I was a rule breaker. And so the conclusion of my forthcoming book actually tells my story as an academic. And it's breaking lots of disciplinary rules by doing so, even the structure of the book. And I'm lucky enough that Johns Hopkins University Press is allowing me to go on that journey. So when I sent it to the press editors, they said, "This actually traditionally fits in the preface, but I like where you put it, and I think your story matters. And I think it goes here." Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: So I think for me, that's the crux of what it means to be an interdisciplinary scholar is also just deciding to break the rules, deciding, but intentionally deciding. That there's thoughtfulness. And I actually say within the text, "I know I'm breaking the rules, I am taking a risk here, but I want you to come on this journey with me. And I think that it is part of my method." So there's a methodological intention to it that I need to include my voice in this book. And I think that I wrote the book initially as this researcher, this outsider within, but I realized that I actually am a character in my own book, and I wanted to disclose that. And I'm disclosing it here in this final chapter. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johsnon: So that was the kind of journey I went on. And it's, my latest, I guess, articulation of what interdisciplinary means for me. And of course, that's at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality. But I would say that this book really focuses on really critically class, because I think we take up race and gender quite often in academia, but I really wanted to point out the class struggle that women of color are facing within higher ed. And that is often not, the light is not shined on. So this book really forefronts our class-based struggles and ... Yeah. So I'll just leave it there. Jolie Sheffer: So KaeLyn, I want you to tell us a little more about Girls Resist. You've talked about kind of what started the book, but how did you go about thinking through the form of the book, related to some of the things Sekile was talking about interdisciplinarity. How did you decide that a young adult book was the right approach? And then how did you tackle what that book should look like? KaeLyn RIch: Yeah, so those are great questions. I think that ... We knew from the beginning it was going to be a young adult book. It wasn't immediately apparent whether it was going to be middle grade and up or high school and up. I initially conceived that it'd be middle grade and up. Ironically, we ended up writing it for high school and up. But then now as it's getting different starred reviews and things, a lot of educators are seeing it as middle grade and up. So, my first fan mail was from a nine-year-old girl, so it really is exciting to me that it seems to be accessible to people at a lot of different levels. KaeLyn RIch: My goal, in terms of the tone of the book was not to come across as your mom or even though I am a mom, or as like this older person that knows better how to do it, but just say, "Here are the tools that I was given. This is a very basic recipe for a cake, and I'm going to hand you this same recipe, but you may do something totally different with it. You can put your own frosting on it, you can add sprinkles to it. Maybe it's not a cake. Maybe it's actually a muffin or a cookie, and you're going to like totally reinvent it. But I just want you to have a place to start." Much like a, this is a very typically gendered thing, much like someone passes down a recipe through generations. I kind of want it to be that, like, "This is my basic cake recipe. You are going to lead us into the future, making it your own in so many ways." KaeLyn RIch: So that was really the goal. I think I've lost sight of the question, but that's fine. That was really the goal for me with the book in terms of making it accessible, making it inclusive, and really making it about, like trusting that girls already know. And already hold that knowledge in their bodies as young as middle school and even younger. They know that the world's unfair. And they know that it's affected them. And then giving them the tools to say like, "Okay, you want to do something about it. So how can I help you figure out what to do next?" Jolie Sheffer: Thank you both so much. I've enjoyed this conversation. Jolie Sheffer: Our producers for this podcast are Chris Cavera, Marco Mendoza, and Joseph Starks. Special thanks to the College of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Women and Gender Equity. Research assistance for this podcast was provided by ICS interns, Olivia Davis, [Strati Mustokayis 00:39:18], Melanie Miller, Alasia Parks, and Sarah Schaller.

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In this episode, we discuss: The importance of a Wealth Coordination Account Understanding long-term planning for your long-term future Resources and tips related to understanding your knowledge gap   Rhonda: All right. Well, thank you so much for joining us for another episode. And I am so excited to be able to introduce to you my friend, Paul Adams. And he and I met via LinkedIn. All good things start there. And there was something about your profile that just captured my attention and I actually didn't even really know what you did when I said, "Hey, let's connect." And so, you are the Founder and CEO of an organization called Sound Financial Group. And you're also a fellow podcaster and entrepreneur. Paul: Indeed. Rhonda: And so, I just want to thank you for taking time to join us today. Paul: I got to tell you, I'm so happy to be here. Just our phone conversations we've had leading up to this, and you mentioned about creating a friendship. And I even was talking to my wife this morning and saying, "Yeah, I'm going to be on a friend's podcast this morning." And it was just like, "Oh, yeah, that's kind of nice." Versus somebody has a show somewhere that asked me to be on it. It just felt wonderful and warm and just getting a chance to reconnect this morning. Rhonda: Yeah, absolutely. Well, and I have certainly been in the financial industry and you are with an organization that happens to be in their headquarters in Milwaukee. Paul: Yeah, at the very beginning of my career. Rhonda: Right. Right, at the very beginning of your career. So, I just want to take some time and share, what are some of the trends that you're seeing? Obviously, our focus is women. Paul: And I think that if, for any of us, it's where is my knowledge gap? And when I say knowledge, I mean the capacity to act, not just understand it. If we were thinking of it like parachuting, understanding would be like, "I know the plane goes up to 13,000 feet, somebody jumps, they count to 10, they pull this thing here, and then they steer themselves with two cables they hold in their right and left hand, and it pulled them both down near the ground and they land." That's understanding. Paul: Knowledge is hurling yourself into the abyss and landing and not dying. That is the difference. And I think people tend to collapse the understanding and knowledge. And especially when we're divorced, prior to that, it may have been, at least we see this often, I don't know about you, but we'll see oftentimes that the wife will handle a ton of the bills, and then the husband tends to handle a lot of the long-term strategy and investments. And they both have an understanding of the other one. Paul: Now, it's a lot easier for the divorced husband to get a handle on the bills because it's a fast iteration cycle. They got to deal with the bills every 30 days. So, I don't know, after doing it for four or five months, you're back on plane and you know what you're doing. But when there is this... And it really is one of the longest feedback loops we deal with in our entire life. It's a 40-year feedback loop from 22 to 65. You have one time that you get feedback, and filling a glass of water, we're all used to it. We've all gotten our hands wet as kids when we overfill the glass, that we're listening and feeling the weight of the glass, and we turn off the spigot at the right time. Paul: If you perform really badly at work, somebody's going to let you know in a few weeks. You eat too much, over 7 to 10 days, you'll actually start gaining weight, and the feedback is in the scale. Bad behavior in all those areas equals bad short-term outcome. Paul: Here's the problem. With money, the feedback loop is like a negative feedback loop in that you can make bad decisions with money. And know how they feel in the short run? Awesome. It feels so good. You can get the brightness on your kids' eyes because you got them a cool new toy. Or all the Instagram likes because of the killer vacation you went on. All those things feel wonderful. The new car smell. Nice, so wonderful. And those are all things that, in the long run, the one-time feedback loop is you spend the rest of your life in some version of poverty below what you would have chosen. Paul: And so, one of the things we have to do is get those shorter iterations occurring through these coaching conversations around money so that everyone, and I think divorced women are particularly susceptible to having somebody that looks trustworthy, somebody who's super friendly, who's a friend of a friend, who may just be selling product. And one of the things we encourage people to think about is, is the advisor's revenue model only you acquiring product from them? Paul: And if that is their primary revenue model and they're not charging you a fee upfront so that they can support their business and themselves without needing to sell you a product, then that should give you at least a moment of pause, to stop and reflect and say, "Is there a chance that products could be recommended to me because of the advisor's revenue model, not because of what's right for me?" And not that the advisors are unethical or making bad decisions, any of that. It's just that, clearly, they can't work with 100 clients and not have any of them acquire product. Paul: But we and some other advisors out there, will do something similar to that, where we charge a fee upfront. It retains us for that first year, which is that timeline of a divorce. It never occurred to me how those line up that way. And then we coach them throughout the year, and we may meet them as many as 15 times over the first year, but that primary coaching to get spooled up and get all the things corrected in their financial life, et cetera, not counting ushering them through the divorce is about 6 to 10 meetings over about 10 to 14 weeks. Rhonda: Yeah. And I think that's spot on. Prudential did a longitudinal study. And what they found was that it was the knowledge plus experience that really helps the women build the confidence. Because if you have the knowledge without the experience, that's theory. If you have the experience without the knowledge, then you're just going through things hoping that you're not making too many mistakes. Paul: I was going that was a terrible idea, I shouldn't do that again. Rhonda: But it's those two things when they can work in tandem that really helps women build the confidence. And when I think that is one thing that, as we look at some of these studies, women have a great opportunity to step into power as it relates to their financial lives. It's just that they may not have had the experience because, statistically speaking, and you alluded to this, women are doing the day to day stuff, but they aren't necessarily as involved in the big picture things. And so, when they're thrust into that environment, it's uncomfortable and overwhelming and intimidating and all of those kinds of things all at once. Right? Paul: And I think there's probably a lot of domains that are that way. The trouble about the long-term planning for your long-term future is that's the one thing out of all the things that are coming at women going through divorce, it's the one thing that they really can, in the short run, put their head in the sand and avoid all the negative consequences. They are coming, but they're not here yet. And so, they can deal with all the things that are urgent and forget the things that are necessary. Rhonda: Yeah. Well, and I think too, it's history. Like you said, the feedback loop is so long, and even from the time that they got married until potentially the time that they're getting divorced, there's all of those habits and behaviors that they're now dealing with. Plus, let's face it, everything's always goes back to our childhood. There's always some connection between, "Hey, this is my attitude and belief about money as a kid. Here was how it was modeled. I brought that into the marriage. Now somebody always has to take the lead, and now I'm thrust into having to take the lead myself." You know? Paul: Yes. Yeah. And, you're right, it's so tough for them to make that gear shift. And we recommend people do something that's super subtle, easy, anybody can start it. Anyone of your listeners can do this right after the call. And we talk about the importance of somebody really understanding their own freedom and agency and choice. And we need to take that back immediately in people's lives around their money. Rhonda: Yep. Paul: Financial institutions ideally would like you to take your regular household checking and start choosing a financial product that you can automatically deposit via bank draft to. And we teach our clients to set up a separate checking account whose only purpose is to purchase assets. That's it. It shouldn't be buying anything else. It only buys assets. And we define an asset. An asset is anything that puts money in your pocket now or has the ability to put money in your pocket later. Paul: And it doesn't matter if it's just $25 a month. To shorten that feedback loop, we're simply saying we're going to put in $25 here and that is for my long-term wealth building. And then I'm going to put in $25 next month here. Now, for some people in some amounts of wealth, it might be 1000, it might be 2000, we have clients it's $30,000 a month they're doing. The key, and for the women that we've helped journey through getting their financial knowledge up to where they are financially during the divorce, is simply having a wealth coordination account means that when those payments start coming in, they realize, "Well, my bills are only 10,000 but I just got a $20,000 support payment during the trial period." Great. Let's just put that 10,000 aside. Paul: If the divorce attorneys are not saying that you need to keep your monthly spending up for a period of time while we finish the divorce. And then when they're complete and the divorce element goes in, where do most people put that first check? It's like there is a million dollars of liquidation. I guess I just go put it in my checking account if they haven't been working with a coach. Rhonda: Right. Paul: And whenever money goes in the household checking account, whether it's for a couple or a single individual, some of it is bound to get lost in the sauce of life. And by just putting it in the wealth coordination account, now you're sitting there and you're like, "Well heck, I don't know what assets I'm going to buy." But if you're resolved it's going to buy assets. At least it's not buying liabilities. Little steps here. We're not talking about big complicated things. Let's just make sure we don't buy stuff that costs us more in the future. Rhonda: And I love that. And you have a podcast episode that you focus specifically on that concept. As I was listening to some of your podcasts, that was one that really resonated with me because it's simple and it's not requiring women to make a big decision right now. Paul: Yes, that's right. Yes. The cognitive load of somebody saying, "Let's budget for this financial tool, and this is the financial tool you should use," being collapsed. The cognitive load is so high in making that decision versus simply being able to say, "Oh, all I need to do is set the money aside. I'll figure out what it purchases later." You make a good point. I was going to see if I could quickly find the name of that episode. So give me just a second, because I'm sure your audience right now is thinking to themselves, "Don't say that's a great episode of Paul's, not tell us." Rhonda: That's right. Yes. Paul: So, my podcast is Your Business Your Wealth. That's episode 131, Wealth Coordination Account. Rhonda: Perfect. And that reminded me too, this was a woman that I had met with a couple of years ago, and I was actually still in the financial industry at that point. And I remember, she had lost her husband. It was actually she was a widow, not a divorcee. But the concept is still similar. And I was so frustrated because there were two companies, two advisors from two separate companies, that were literally swarming her like vultures. And there was the one guy who called her probably every single day, literally called her every day. And I was like, "Okay, timeout. I'm going to encourage you to do nothing." And anybody who knows our personalities, would we ever tell somebody to do nothing? Paul: Nope. Rhonda: But in this case it made sense, just hang tight. Okay? You do not have to make a decision today, and you don't even have to make a decision tomorrow. Give yourself some space and permission, space and permission to just be. Paul: We are raised as kids with that, don't just stand there, do something. But sometimes we need to be, don't just do something, stand there. And that one's a lot harder. It's always easy to make a move. It's real tough to just sit with it and go, "Okay, I'm going to think about it for a while. I'm going to plan." And I think that example of those two advisors, I'm going to go out on a crazy limb here and say probably neither of those advisers had gotten an upfront annual engagement, some kind of retainer, to then be able to coach her throughout the year. They were calling, they had pitched a product, and they were calling to say, "Are you ready to execute on the product yet? Are you ready to execute on the product yet? How are things going? Do you want to meet for lunch? Because at some point during lunch I'll just bring up the product again." Paul: That is how that normally goes. And I know because that's how I was trained originally. That's exactly the process I went through as an advisor. And it took a lot to escape the gravitational pull of all those practices to have a different way to be able to serve and engage clients. Rhonda: Yeah, absolutely. And so that's why I think, yeah, that wealth coordination account, it's simple, it's easy. Again, they can go to whatever bank or credit union they're currently using and say, "Hey, I just need to set up." And finding, to that point, finding a bank that gives you the opportunity to go into one dashboard, see what you have going on, and set up those really simple automatic contributions to their wealth accumulation account. Paul: And the one thing that we do say a little different, if people want to put some amount that's regular and automatic going into the wealth coordination account, we're a fan of that. We also say, by the way, this is going to sound a little bit heretical to people who are more steeped in finance. We say it ought to be a checking account, we don't care what the interest is, because when you buy an asset you've got to write a check, so you better have a checking account you're writing it from, otherwise it has a chance to flow through another account that could be a consumption account. Once it's in there, you want it to be sacrosanct, it's an asset purchasing tool. And then, ultimately, we'll have enough assets to have enough passive income to not reach retirement. Paul: We don't talk with our clients about retirement, in fact our first conversation with clients that we currently call our philosophy conversation. We're thinking about changing it to the unretirement talk, and why we should not be pursuing a retirement, because most people who have done something with their lives and added value to the marketplace don't plan on doing that for 40 years so they can just stop doing any of it. In fact, you wanted just maybe change the mode of doing it. You might want to do it for a charitable cause, you might want to just do it differently. But people want to continue to add value to their world and their overall community. So why would we say retire? Because that word means something's put up on the shelf and is no longer of use. I don't want to feel that way one day. And nor do most of our clients. And when they relate to it that way, no wonder they don't want to plan for it. Paul: So, we just talk about planning for what we call DFI or definite financial independence. When we can get passive income to exceed existing bills, then if you choose to work, you just keep working. We're just going to save 100% of your income. You don't have to be dependent on it anymore because you're living off your passive income. Total paradigm shift. And the financial institutions would rather you just build up a huge pool of money and be really insecure that it's not enough so that they can get all the asset management fees on it, all that. And they're not like black helicopter conspiracy about it, they're just being normal players in the free market. And we just need to equip our clients with knowledge and hopefully some of your listeners with this knowledge to say just set up a wealth coordination account, add money every month, and the last thing I was going to mention, do some of it every month that is you moving it intentionally. Because if you move it intentionally, then every month you have to pause and at least consider your long-term financial wellbeing. And if you do that once a month, you are now doing that, I forget what the stats are, but it's something like for many people, they're only really looking at their planning sometimes once every two years to once every five years. Paul: There's the old saying, "People spend more time planning a family vacation than their long-term financial wellbeing." Well now you're having to at least consider, or have it hit your radar once a month, which right there we find changes people's financial lives if they do nothing else, just saying, "This is going to go into my assets." And then when somebody comes up and says, "Hey, we got some financial products you should buy," you just look to your wealth coordination account, it's like, "Well this is how much I have to put in that thing." You don't have that second part of cognitive load of how do I afford it, and should I do it or not? Now you can actually think much more clearly because your money's already set aside to do assets or not. And now you're just turning to say, "Is this right for me?" Rhonda: Right. And I remember back, this was in the early 2000s, that was when the book Cashflow Quadrant came out, by Robert Kiyosaki. Super classic book that I recommend to everybody because I think it's an easy read. And I think it's something that really helps people get their mind around, okay, well there are two different types of income. There's going to be the active income, job, self-employed, and there's going to be passive income as a business that's generating passive income, and investments. Rhonda: And so, if the listeners have not checked that out, we'll include that in the show notes as well. But it's just a great book to reprogram our mind about passive income. Paul: Yes. I remember reading it, it's kind of funny, I was actually temporarily disabled when I first got exposed to Robert Kiyosaki's stuff. I'd fallen off a horse and shattered an internal organ, and a lot of internal bleeding. So, you're in a massive amount of pain while organs heal, and bleeding is absorbed. So, I guess graphic warning for this podcast, I don't know. But I was on a pretty significant amount of painkillers for about a month after this accident. And I remember reading Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Cashflow Quadrant during that window. And I would read, and I'd go, "I don't remember anything I just read the last five pages." And I have to read them again. And I think I read the books first time through, three times each. Paul: But instilled me this idea that there are things we buy that are assets and there are things that we buy that are liabilities. And by simply understanding the difference between the two, we end up, here's one, we teach our clients that their primary residence is not an asset, never is. Now, it can be if it goes up a lot in value and you decide to move. But we said something that puts money in your pocket now or in the future without changing your lifestyle. Paul: So, you can move from Seattle, say, to Gilbert, Arizona. If you have any listeners in Gilbert, Arizona, I mean no offense. But in Gilbert, Arizona you can buy the same size house for a lot less money than Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, but it's definitely a different lifestyle. So, your primary residence, if you think it's an asset, even if it's paid off, just stop paying your property taxes and the real owner of that asset will eventually knock on your door and politely demand you pay your taxes. That is an example of why we don't consider it an asset. Paul: Now, it probably is a good idea to have a paid off house at some point in the future, lowest possible cost of just providing shelter for yourself and your family. But I've watched women during a divorce hurt themselves financially significantly because they had this, they got a spouse, they've got this concern, that concern, and then what will sometimes happen is they really have a demand of, "I need to stay in this house." And it's like, between the two of you, you were making $800,000 a year, you're going to have some kind of settlement, but you're making 200 of the 800. You should not stay in a home that you afforded at $800,000 a year. You stay in the same neighborhood, we could do all kinds of stuff, but let's not trick ourselves into thinking it's an asset. That's something that, no offense to the realtors that are listeners, but the real estate overall complex has made us want to think it's our biggest investment, when in fact, for most people, their home is actually their biggest liability. Maybe one you should have. I'm not saying you shouldn't own a home ever, that would be crazy. But people just automatically slip into these habits that have been part of society. Paul: Have you heard the story of the little girl who asked her mom about the Christmas ham? Have I told you that before? Rhonda: No. Paul: I hope this is fun and interesting for your audience. Sometimes we have financial practices, things you grew up with. You talked earlier, Rhonda, about children and the way we picked up habits and how our parents talked about money, et cetera. Well, there's this little girl and her mom is baking the Christmas ham. And she's prepping it and putting all the rubs on it and all that, and then right before she puts it in the pan, she cuts off the ends, both ends of the ham. And then plops it in the pan and puts it in the oven. She says, "Mom, I understand why you did all the rest of the stuff. Why did you cut off the ends of the ham?" She says, "You know, I don't know. You should ask Grandma." Paul: So, Grandma comes over for dinner that night, and she says, "Grandma, why is it mom cuts off the ends of the ham right before she puts it? I understood everything else. Why does she cut off the ends of the ham?" She says, "You know, I don't remember why. I just know my mom always did it." So, a little bit later, Great-Grandma comes from the nursing home, comes over for dinner that night. And she goes, "Great-Grandma, I watched mom and she cut off the ends of the ham. Then I talked to Grandma and why she cuts off the end of the ham, and neither one of them remembered why they do it. Why did you do it?" She says, "Oh, honey, we were poor. I didn't have a pan big enough to hold a ham, so I had to cut off the ends to make it fit." Paul: And yet, how many people are still making financial relationship decisions or decisions about their own personal confidence about navigating the world by themselves because of an inherited mindset that is just as unimportant as cutting off the ends of that ham? And these mindsets go unexamined for people all the time. And that's what I love about what you do, frankly, is helping women engage and think through that mindset. That is something and the thing that attracted me to you is that idea of nobody else is teaching this that I could find. And I looked. Rhonda: Yeah, it's awesome. And just to wrap up the ham thing, I love the ends, don't cut off the ends. Paul: I'm the same way. I love the burnt ends of a brownie in a pan, the ends of a ham for sure. Rhonda: I mean, don't cut those off. Right? And yet, though, I think there's... Gosh, that story even goes deeper. Right? It's like, yeah, you know what? We do things because of perhaps the way that we have been taught to do them and we don't know why we do them. And, yeah, what are those things in our life where we are shortchanging ourselves or we're cutting off the best parts? Because we're not taking the time to really evaluate what it is that we bring to the table and why we do it. So, I love that analogy because I think it makes a really great point related to the financial aspect. Paul: Yeah. I think your point is good. That it almost wears on you a little more. What could have been in the ends, mindset-wise, for that entire family. Rhonda: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Paul: That does remind me of something that we put together for your audience, is we have a white paper that we give folks sometimes called The Three Money Mistakes No One Talks About and Six Things You Can Do About Them. And we actually have that set up on our website. Rhonda: Awesome. Paul: It'd be super easy for your audience to get to. You can get it at SFGWA, that's Sound Financial Group, WA, like Whiskey Alpha, dot com/rhonda. And right there, there's just going to be a page where you can drop in your email address and it will just shoot you this white paper. And, for anybody that just thinks they would also get benefit from it, you get a copy of my last book via PDF if they just check that box also, then we'll email them a copy of my last book, Sound Financial Advice. Rhonda: Awesome. Thank you so much. I'm part of an organization called eWomenNetwork and one of their principles, so their focus is helping one million women achieve one million dollars in annual reoccurring revenue. But one of their main principles is give first. And I have to be honest, when we first met, you embraced that principle. And I'm used to being the one who gives first. It was actually like, okay, I love that. Right? I don't think there are enough people who say, "I'm going to give first," not asking for anything in return. Paul: Yes. Rhonda: And I really appreciate that. Paul: Yeah, you're welcome. And maybe for folks in the audience, if any of you are thinking about making that shift in life about the give first piece, I'd never really thought about this before, Rhonda, but something you said there just hit me like a ton of bricks, is that for us to be able to give first we had to have created probably a lot of value for others beforehand because then we're just... For instance, great example is if I hadn't been writing books for years, I wouldn't have a book I could give away now. We sell it, people can find it on Amazon, it's called Sound Financial Advice. But we have another one releasing later this year. So, if I wasn't writing books or if I only wrote one book ever, we would never have the ability to do the giveaway. Paul: And so, we have to create value in the marketplace and in the world first before we can help people first. Because we've all had those people say, "I think I'd really like to help you here," but they have no skill set in that domain. And then you find yourself being offered help and then you're like, "Gosh, I got to look at this knucklehead and figure out what they're good at and what I could do with them. And now you've just created more costs for me in trying to help you." As opposed to somebody being able to listen well enough and say, "I think you might need help in one or two of these areas and I can specifically make a difference for you there." It's a totally different way to help people. And thank you for the acknowledgement around that. Rhonda: Yeah, absolutely. Well, this has been super fun. I always like to wrap up our time together with two things. One is favorite client success story, and then finally your favorite quote. Paul: Ooh, okay. Rhonda: I know, you only can pick one. Paul: I know. Is it okay if I use one for myself? Rhonda: Sure. Absolutely. Paul: I got to do one fun one and then I'll answer your question seriously. So, my fun one is actually a quote that our social media team put out, which is, "I really don't like complimenting myself, but I don't not like it so much that I won't do it in this space." And they put that out on Twitter and Instagram. I was like, "I believe I said it, but gosh, it looked weird in print." Paul: So favorite client success story is actually a woman that was introduced to me who was getting divorced, married to someone who is a very domineering relationship, from what I could take away. And I don't envy anybody on either side of a divorce at all. It's just hard. No way about it. This is somebody you thought you were going to spend the rest of your life with and now you're not going to. And all the hurt and shame or doubting yourself, "Did I make a terrible decision?" All this stuff that comes in. It's just terrible. Paul: And I watched her over the course of a year, as we engaged, go through one conversation after the next and coaching her, letting her know she's doing great. She's handling herself well. She let the husband say all the crazy things he wanted to say, which included things to the children that were not. And what people may not know who are listeners, is we work with clients all over the country. So, this woman is on the other side of the country from me. We're connecting via Zoom meeting, and we're just walking her through step by step this entire process. Paul: Okay, when's the next trigger date where something's going to happen? Great. Do you want to talk to me right before that or right after that? Emails coming through, et cetera. And I had a chance to see her the other day. She has now chosen to set up her own business. She was an employee before. Stepping into the world of entrepreneurship. Next introduction is actually to get engaged with the Women's Center for Financial Wellness, just to get some of that additional coaching and confidence around her business. And she has done such an amazing job to actually fully understand what she's doing, where the money is, from being so timid and scared, to now being confident and growing more confident every time I speak to her. And now the things she complains about are the busyness of life with family visiting in town. And no longer the, "Am I going to be okay or what's going to happen?" And that's my favorite story right now. Paul: And then my favorite quote actually is a quote from John Maxwell, if you're familiar with him, kind of general leadership guru. And my favorite quote from him is, "If you're curious what your future is going to look like, look at your habits and practices today. If you're going to change your future, change your habits." Rhonda: I love that. I love that, because that's exactly it. Right? Their future's going to look different and so, yeah, how can we be positioning our thoughts and attitudes and beliefs right now that are going to impact the future? And of course, anything by John Maxwell is always awesome. Paul: Yeah, that guy. And I know it to be right. I've had a chance to see him speak several times in person, and, gosh, he just such a great way about him. One of my favorite things about the way he speaks is he just looks like he's sort of making it up at the time. But when you've seen him multiple times, you realize he has laid everything out from dropping the note cards, to all of it. He has taken it on as a real performance he's doing. Not for his own sake to look good, but rather everything is crafted around impacting the people he gets a chance to interface with. I also think it's a lot of what you do, Rhonda, in that in our time together you've always taken super seriously, and you know it's kind of like life or death with the women that you work with that you have a chance to help them set themselves in a new direction and make a difference for them forever based upon just being coached by you and your organization for a year, and their whole lives could be different. Rhonda: Yeah, for sure. Paul: That doesn't exist out there the same way for these women that you deliver. And I love it. So, I'm so glad I could be here with you today. Rhonda: Yeah, thank you so much. Hey, this has been awesome. Certainly, if folks want to connect with you, they can reach out, grab that white paper. We'll include all your contact info in the show notes. But I just want to thank you for taking time out of your also busy, crazy schedule to chat with us today. 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Transcript of Episode: Good afternoon everyone. Well maybe it's afternoon for you. I am on a lunch break and it was on my list to record a podcast. So here I am. It is finally summer in Milwaukee. And so, you know, that's exciting. Um, I really enjoy the Midwest or being in Milwaukee because, um, in the evening for the most part it does cool off and there's a nice breeze coming off the lake, especially now cause the lake is still it. Um, it's not as warm. It might be like 50 or 60 degrees, but um, so it gets a nice, cool breeze. But anyway, today's episode is something that has been on my mind. Um, something so I don't know, maybe most of you know that I also have, um, a full time job where I work as the Women's Center director, um, at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. And uh, part of that job is having to go to various meetings across campus to work on different projects or events. In not too long ago, I was in a meeting and the person who was leading the meeting was, um, we were planning like an annual event and we got on the topic of evaluation and looking at, we use like a paper, uh, we historically use a paper questionnaire for students just to get more information about their experience in, in how, like how the event went from them for them, what did they learn, et cetera. Like, you know, suggestions for new or upcoming events or things like that. Just to give feedback. And the person who was leading the meeting was saying, you know, like, I really liked the open ended questions or it's like three or four questions at the end of the evaluation. Just really like it, but it's very time intensive. Um, the coding process was very long and tedious and we had to do all these rounds and people had to learn and she essentially said, you know, it's just too much work. And so I'm thinking we could either s um, significantly reduce them or get rid of them and just have the likert scale questions, um, to make things easier for my staff because it took us almost a whole year to, you know, analyze the open ended questions. And so there's about 10 people in this meeting. So I have to the leader got through talking than someone at the table. It was like, Oh, you know, I'm from a different office I'll gladly, you know, volunteer my staff to help you with the coding if it's a matter of you needing additional people to make things go faster. And the leader was like, no, no. I mean she just kept saying like, it's just so much and I just don't want to do it. And then someone else was like, well yeah, we would also be willing to help you if you know that make it easier. And she just kept going on and on about how it's just was too hard and like if we could just help her reduce the questions, that would be really helpful. And so then I chimed in because by this point I was just irritated. You know, like you said, you had a problem, two people offered you solutions, but you're still saying how difficult it is. So part of me was frustrated because I was like, oh, it must be nice to be a leader of a meeting in to have the privilege to be able to say how this is too much work and your, you don't want to work that much and you don't want to do your job. That must be nice on one hand. But that was a petty part of me. The second part of me was like, don't say that out loud. You just try to be helpful in this meeting. And so I, I said, well, it sounds like to me that the questions aren't so much the issue as it is your process for analysis. It's seeming to be the issue and the timing of it. So I said, you know, I'm wondering, one, is there a rush? Like did you, because she was saying how it took, um, like the event is an August and she was saying that ideally, you know, they would do the analysis right after the event, but the first six weeks of school was very busy and so they were not able to get to it until winter break and she wasn't able to get the report out, um, until maybe April and May. And that was too much. And so I said, you know, one, is there a time constraint? Like do you have to have it by a certain date or in, what is that date? Does it have to be by September that this report is finished? I said, two, is there a way that you can change your analysis process? Because there's different ways of analysis and analyzing, um, qualitative data. And three, I don't think we need to get rid of this because we already privileged quantitative data because it's easy, right? We, we quote unquote think it's easy. Um, because we could just put it through a machine and it gives us information. Whereas when you have to analyze qualitative data that requires people and could you reduce the amount of people and you know, she went back into how difficult and how hard that was and it just, so I stopped talking because to me it was clear that she just wanted to be in her frustration. She just wanted people to say like, oh, like, yeah, I understand that is hard. Yeah, let's not do it. And you know, beyond the other ridiculous of being able to do that in a meeting and take up a significant portion of the meeting talking about how you're frustrated and one to do the woe is me. And we still didn't walk away from that meeting with a clear solution that she accepted. Um, it just had me thinking like, how often do I do that? How often do I see clients do that? How often do we do that in regular life? Right? Like we are talking about our problem or frustration we may be having and the person or people that we're talking to may offer solutions, but we dismiss them, right? Because we just want to stay in our own wallow or pity or feelings in the moment you feel justified like, yeah, this is wrong and you should agree with me and you may even say something like, I don't want you to solve my problems. I just want you to listen and understand and people who are about their business, who are winners, who are in, they are concerned with about getting things done. They don't have time to listen to you complain. Let me say that again. People who are moving forward, who are about their business, who are about getting shit done, don't have time to listen to you complain. Now, I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to be vulnerable with someone or express your feelings. However, if you're like home girl from the meeting and you're complaining about something that's very fixable, that doesn't have to require you to be in pain, it doesn't have to require you to be frustrated and people are trying to help you get out of that. But you're so committed to being frustrated that you don't even take on the solutions or sit or stop for a minute and consider it, then they don't have time for that. Like no one has time for that. And particularly I think about this when I'm working with clients, you know, the question that I asked them to consider and that even when I'm working with my own coach, like if I am I willing to be coachable in this moment and how you're, how you know, if you're willing to be coachable, if like despite how you're feeling cause feelings are live this by how you're feeling, no matter how justify you feel or how you like no I done wrong. No matter that are you willing to stop for a minute and listen to the person who you are venting to or being vulnerable with quote unquote. Um, are you willing to stop for a minute and consider what they're saying to you? I'm not saying is someone who is coming from like a high horse because I'm definitely guilty of not being coachable in the moment and not willing to listen, right? And, if you're saying you want to achieve a certain goals or if you're saying, I want to finish my dissertation proposal and you constantly keep scheduling meetings with your chair and week after week, you go into their office and you're complaining about how you don't have any support in the program like other people or how it's so much more difficult for you or you don't understand what you're doing or you just wish people would show up for you or whatever the complaint is in your chair constantly is trying to give you suggestions of who to talk to, things to look up, steps to take next. They're spending their good precious time with you, hours and hours with you and you still come back week after week with the same problem. Then the issue is you, it's you, it's you not being willing to be coachable. It's not that you can't do it, and it's not that you don't understand. You aren't put down your victimhood or your wanting to be right and dignified in your frustration. You won't put that away long enough to even listen to what they're saying to you. And eventually what happens is that your chair is going to stop giving you that. Those suggestions, your chair is probably just going to let you talk and talk and talk and just say, oh, okay, well, well that's nice. Or they may stop like scheduling meetings with you all together because no one wants to listen to that. Particularly someone again who was about their business. Nobody wants to hear you complain because the other part to consider with that is, okay, so, so you're right. Okay. Yeah. So people, so-and-so did that to you so and so is not being helpful to you. So and so is being difficult. Oh, and. Okay. It's hard to do, to write about x, Y, Z. Oh there. There's no literature around this topic. Okay. You're right now what? No, what? You're right. You're right. The, everything you're complaining about you're right, what's going to be your next step? Have you ever thought or consider? Okay, so you're right. And if somebody did say you were right, okay, what's next? Like is that all you want? You want somebody to be like, oh, woe is you? Okay. And they give you that and then what? Because just because you're right, it doesn't solve your problem. And just because such and such happen doesn't help you get to the next step. It doesn't help you get what you want. So take some time and really consider what do you want? What do you really want? Do you want to be right or do you want to be doctor? Because it doesn't matter. At the end of the day, like I've had some shitty experiences in my phd experience and program, I felt like people didn't show up for me in ways that they showed up for other people. I felt like things could have been easier for me. I felt like a lot of things. But at the end of the day, I had to take responsibility for my own experience. I had to take responsibility that it doesn't matter that these people are doing that or these are the conditions or whatever. I don't have x, Y, z. It doesn't matter. What am I going to do in this moment? What choices am I going to make? What am I going to believe so I can finish this dissertation and graduate because they got theirs and I want to get mine right? So do I want to, um, you know, stay stuck in this moment and fight this fight about how you did this to me and so unfair, or do I want to get my dissertation and move on and have a business where I can help other people avoid the things that I had to go through? You have to ask yourself that same question. Are you willing to be coachable? Are you willing to listen? Are you willing to take responsibility for your situation, for the results that you have in your life right now so that you can achieve what it is that you want to achieve? And if you're not willing to do that, if you don't think it's worth the cost and that's very fair and legitimate, that you don't think it's worth the cost. Like sometimes it's not worth being around certain people. Sometimes it's not worth jumping through certain hoops to achieve a certain goal. Sometimes it's not worth it and that's okay, but at least you made that decision. Don't leave it to the whim of circumstances to be like, oh well I guess I quit. No, you make the decision that it's no longer for you and you exit stage left, but if you still want to achieve that goal, if that's still something that you want to have, then what are you going to do to make sure that happens and how can you not give up so that you can achieve those things because it doesn't matter how you feel. And I don't mean, I don't mean any disrespect or try to come off too harsh. I guess. Clearly I'm still in my bag, but I, you know, I'm not trying to come at you per se. I'm just trying to say, you say you want to achieve this. What are you going to do about it? Cause no one is coming to save you. No one is coming to like, yeah, you know. Yeah that was, that was wrong. Let me do all the things for you to make sure you get there. No, that's not going to happen because if that was the case, everybody would have a phd. Everybody would be called Doctor. So what are you going to do to make sure that you can achieve your goal? How can you get out of your feelings long enough? It really take a step back and figure out what it is that you need to do to achieve your goal. So as I think about home girl from the meeting, what I really wanted to say to her, like, I mean this cute that you took up 30 minutes to complain about something that we just offer at least three solutions to you and you didn't want to take, it's cute that you did that but what are we gonna do next? But you know, jobs and professionalism and whatnot. However, if you're a client and that's what you think you're going to do on a call and me, that's not going to happen. I'm going to ask you, what are we doing? Like I don't, it's that I care about you and because I care about you and because I care about your experience, I'm not going to let you sit there and complain. Instead, we're gonna spend our good time, our valuable time and energy, figuring out what we can do, what we can control. How can we take the next step to get to the like closer to the end goal. Because winners win and we don't have time to be complaining and be in victim mentality. Instead, we need to keep moving forward. And I have to say that, um, cause you know, I'm all about taking time for yourself to be and to be in peace and have joy. How and ever when you are sitting there and you're complaining about how things are not fair, that's you being a victim. That's not you focusing on your peace and joy. That's the opposite. So when you get into a frustration around your dissertation or your phd program or you feel like so and so is being fair, I want you to take a minute, stop and ask yourself, how can I be coachable right now and figure out the next step, just the next step of something I can control that's going to get me closer to my end goal. And if you want to talk more about that, then definitely you should schedule a meeting with me, a call and we can talk about how we can work together to help you get to your end goal to help you finish this dissertation and graduate and become doctor. All right, so that is all I have for this week. Come on over to Instagram at @marvettelacy and let me know what you thought about today's episode or if you want to talk talk it up, um, if you want to talk in a dms or whatever, but I wish you much love and success for the rest of this week and I'll talk to you later. Bye for now.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and we've got Cara Mackler and Sydney Trezza of the Women's Center of Greater Danbury with us. We'll talk about the importance of the month, as well as share some events coming up on campus that help to educate and empower us on this topic. Domestic Violence Hotline - 203-731-5206 Sexual Assault Hotline - 203-731-5204 Tea Consent - Copyright ©2015 Emmeline May and Blue Seat Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGoWLWS4-kU

Dr. Tammy Birbeck founded Gulf Women's Center in Englewood, FL. Dr. Birbeck has been practicing Gynecology since 2003. Board Certified through the American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, she specializes in minimally invasive procedures and techniques that reduce healing time and infections for procedures. Dr. Birbeck's goal is to support and encourage every woman to excel on their journey. Her practice is open to patients of all ages including children and adolescents. www.gulfwomenscenter.org --- 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/thedoctorwhisperer/message

Spring Break - just say the words and you can almost feel the tropical breezes floating over you. But there's a wind of caution, too. Tune in while we speak about tips for keeping yourself and your friends safe this break. Speaking with us will be Cara Mackler and Sydney Trezza from the Women's Center of Greater Danbury. https://wcogd.org/

In this interview, WLRN's Robin speaks with long-time member of the collective Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, Lee Lakeman. Since 1973, VRR has been a safe haven for victims of rape and domestic violence, and women who have escaped the sex trade. Here, Ms. Lakeman speaks about her and the collective's herstory of feminist action, strides VRR has made, and how women can continue to work for women's liberation in today's political climate. WLRN thanks Lee for giving her time to speak with us, and all the members of Vancouver Rape Relief for their continued contribution and dedication to women.

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 6! This episode features Tasha McGhie, a career coach at the Women's Center of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, Texas. Our Leander High School chapter girls talk with Tasha about having the courage to become who you are and seeing the future as a place of endless opportunities.

And we're back! Wisconsin Republicans reject the will of the voters, Mueller closes in on Individual 1, Fox News launches a new streaming service, Lou Dobbs loses the plot, and the Women's Center for Creative Work's Community Chorus join us LIVE to sing a brand new holiday song about Obamacare open enrollment and Trump's efforts to sabotage it. Mitra Jouhari, Jen Statsky, and Hayes Davenport join Jon to break down the week's news, the new Grinch movie, and the reason people fall asleep on the couch instead of just getting ready for bed like a human being.

This week on Destiny Moments with Angel Murchison interviews Linda Cochrane. Linda is the executive director of Hopeline Women's Center in Monroe, Connecticut, and is co founder of PACE (Post-Abortion Counseling and Education). She is the author of two post-abortion Bible studies, Forgiven and Set Free and Healing a Father's Heart. We pray that this weeks broadcast will be a blessing to you! God Bless!

There's a great resource in town and on-campus: The Women's Center of Greater Danbury. We're joined by our campus advocate, Sydney Trezza, and Women's Center staffer Cara Mackler to discuss what they're all about, and we'll talk a bit about having healthy relationships, too! (http://www.wcsu.edu/womenscenter/)

Host Jackie Guzda is joined by Ann Rodwell-Lawton, Director of Education, Training & Outreach at the Women's Center of Greater Danbury to discuss the "Me Too" movement during what has turned out to be a very contentious confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Jeanne's message tonight is about intuition and knowing when to trust it. Being in your alignment will help you sort out the messages. Jeanne also explains the benefits of sound healing. You will melt to the sound of the rose quartz singing bowl. Find out how to get your free workbook! It is not too late to participate this Saturday at the Women's Center of Greater Danbury 8th Annual Safe Walk - get more info at wcogd.org. Callers - Mary, FL, had a family member pass and is looking for messages, Jeanne connects with her mother to help with her grief; Mary Ann and Kitty, CT, smelling the cigarette smoke again and is brother feeling changes in the universe, Jeanne confirms Gene is reaching out and has an interesting message; Kathy, FL, first sends a message in the Angels Don't Lie group, Jeanne asks her to call and she does! Hear about some divine intervention. Wellness tip - sage - herb, who knew? - Sage is not only for clearings and smudges. It can help your body, did Jeanne say it helps with menopause?  Jeanne lists all the benefits. https://goddessyouniversity.com/product/goddess-youniversity-membership/ Do you have Jeanne's book and companion journal? Click here to invest in You and go straight to Amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/Goddess-principles-living-soul-alignment/dp/0997466618)  Listen to Jeanne explain what the 12 principles will do for you.  Events-Wow on October 5th in Torrington, Live Angels Don't Lie on October 9th at Inspirit. Conversations with Heaven October 13th, CONNECTING TO SPIRIT 2 DAY RETREAT October 19th, A Matter of the Heart – Mother and Daughter Wellness Retreat October 26th Soulful Saturday, 11/10. Check out all the events at InspiritHealingStudio.com; NEW UPDATES and FREE CONTENT at jeannestreet.com. Check it out! Find more information at InspiritHealingStudio.com, GoddessYouniversity.com, work on her new book and more! Send an email or request on Facebook and ask to be part of the Angels Don't Lie group on Facebook!  Don't forget to download the Angels Don't Lie App in the Apple App Store, a great way to listen to podcasts. Thanks for joining Angels Don't Lie Episode 94. Broadcast from the KBJB Studio: September 25th, 2018. Be sure to join us next Tuesday, October 2nd, 7PM EST. Call in number 646-891-5252. Listen to the show on the web player at jeannestreet.com or on KBJBradio.com.  The Goddess You is on sale - visit jeannestreet.com for your copy!    

This week's show is called "The Women's Center - Safe Shelter Options." Hosts Jean Newell and Jonathan Lack interview Dr. Susan Kiley, Director of Programs with the Women's Center on their outreach services and upcoming events. Listen to host Jean Newell as she discusses everything on real estate from foreclosures to Feng Shui.

On this weeks episode: the Women's Center celebrates Valentine's Day with the 19th installment of the Vagina Monologues. Page 29 is the official podcast of The DePaulia: DePaul's student-run newspaper. Listen to new episodes every Monday, pick up a copy of the paper on-campus, or read the stories online at www.depauliaonline.com. Theme song by Eli Krauss. Typewriter sound effects by Tamskp. (CC BY 3.0 US) soundbible.com/853-Typewriter-And-Bell.html creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

Date: February 8, 2018 Featuring: Gordon Schiff, MD, Associate Director, Brigham and Women's Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice; Quality and Safety Director, Harvard Medical School (HMS) Center for Primary Care Christine K. Cassel, MD, Executive Advisor to Founding Dean, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Bruce Lambert, PhD, Director, Center for Communication and Health, Northwestern University We don’t like to think of the diagnosis process as causing as many problems as it’s trying to solve. But when the complaints are more chronic than acute, there’s growing concern that a plethora of diagnostic tests and procedures have raised expectations of always finding a precise answer or explanation. When that's not possible, or tests aren't recommended as the first line of attack, a provider's clinical observations and reasoning can seem less than satisfactory. It’s this complexity of diagnosis and the difficulty of sometimes having to admit "there's no way to know for sure" that we explored on the February 8 WIHI: Practicing More Careful and Thoughtful Diagnosis. Our guests shared new thinking about better ways to engage with patients when diagnostic certainty isn't possible and how to create strong, trusting relationships that break from the mold of  “doing something” or “doing nothing at all.”

Our apologies for the delay between episodes! Other than taking some time off for the holidays, we've been busy putting the finishing touches on our annual Local Coverage benefit concert. This year's show (Friday, January 19 at Turner Hall) will feature a diverse blend of eight Milwaukee acts covering each other to raise money for a local organization. That organization is the Milwaukee Women's Center. Since 1980, Milwaukee Women's Center has provided services and treatment for women, children, and (recently) men dealing with domestic violence, addiction, mental health issues, and poverty. Before Friday's show, host Tyler Maas went to Community Advocates (the Women's Center's parent organization) to speak with CEO Andi Mallmann-Elliott about the services the Women's Center provides, what their various programs strive to accomplish, and ways people can help. Call 414-671-6140 to speak to a domestic abuse crisis counselor. If you wish to donate to the center or volunteer, call 414-270-2984 or visit the Milwaukee Women's Center website. Community Advocates employees will also be at Local Coverage to field questions and distribute more information.

https://www.youtube.com/user/WrightStateU We Serve U and the Interfraternity Council are working together to help children in the Dayton area. There are two ways that Wright State students, faculty and staff can help this holiday season. The first is to provide a new, unwrapped gift or toy for children under the age of 17. You can drop off your donation in a Toys for Tots bin located in numerous locations around the university. The Interfratenity Council placed bins at Student Activities Office (019 Student Union); Dunbar Library (first floor); Wright State Research Institute lobby; Women's Center (148 Millett Hall); Veteran and Military Center (131 Allyn Hall); Athletics Office (Nutter Center); Institutional Research and Analytics (350 University Hall). Donation bins will be in place until Dec. 6. After the bins are collected, Toys for Tots will distribute the toys as Christmas gifts to area children. The second way to help is to adopt a child/children/family. You and/or your office, organization or family can choose to "adopt" a family for the holidays by providing gifts for them personally based on their modest wish list. Review the list families : annual “Adopt A Family” gift drive. “It’s in the mission statement to help the communities that we serve,” said Joanie Hendricks, the co-chair of We Serve U. Wright State has hosted annual toy drives for more than 20 years. This is the third year We Serve U has hosted the gift drive. Last year, more than 800 gifts were donated. More at http://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2017/11/15/watch-filling-a-need/

In episode No. 8 of the Femin • Is series, I sat down with painter and Assistant Director of UMKC's Womens Center, Arzie Umali. We talked about her research into representation of women artists in KC institutions, her work at The Women's Center, and her work as a painter. Featured image is of Arzie Umali's portrait for the Femin • Is project, consisting of text from Linda Nochlin's 1971 essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? From her days as a graduate student to now, Arzie Umali has kept feminism and the art closely entwined. With a precedent set by the famed Guerrila Girls making tallies of the number of women artists who have received exhibitions in New York museums, Umali looked at institutions closer to home to look at representation of women artists. I wanted to look at this history and talk about how the research was done, as well as put out a call that this work needs to be done again. Additionally, we talked about Her Art Project, a program initiative Umali started at The Women's Center at the University of Missouri Kansas City. As talked about its past, present, and future, it's clear that Her Art Project is close to Umali's heart.  Diving into her own work as a painter, we learn of a lasting influence on her choice of subject matter. You can view more of her work on her website at www.arzie.com. No More Evil, Please by Arzie Umali Madonna on the Rocks by Arzie Umali Lastly, we find that even her personal work has taken on a role of reaching out to others as evidenced by our conversation about a project that started out as a two-woman show but morphed into a community exhibition.

It's time to recap the locals' performance at the Mundials, and to preview next week's Toro Cup 7 -- the biggest Toro Cup yet, to benefit the Women's Center of Raleigh! Plus, Betsy gets off on a rant about the IBJJF, and Fletcher the bloodhound joins us in studio to try to rein us in. Also, we break some special news about exciting events next week. Thanks as always to our sponsors, US Grappling, Toro BJJ, and Cageside Fight Co.! Register online at usgrappling.com to compete at US Grappling Richmond on June 24, and if you need gi or nogi gear to compete, find the best products at cageside.com!

Abortion Alternatives and Women's Center has been helping the Elizabethton community and surrounding region for many years. Listen in to hear more. #abortion #alternatives #women #minsitry #feeding # children

Don't let the title of tonight's show fool you!  I was pleased to meet Amanda Yates Garcia, known as the Oracle of Los Angeles, after she gave a presentation on the history of witchcraft at the mainstream and prestigious Hammer Museum in Los Angeles last month.  Amanda was initiated into witchcraft by her mother at age 13 and has been practicing magic and divination ever since.  A woman with an impressive resume who has managed to move freely and seemingly effortlessly within the mainstream garnering acceptance and admirers, she speaks to me tonight about her personal mojo and magical praxis which covers topics ranging from Love Spells to Money Magic and Psychic Self-Defense. She's the host of KCHUNG's Oracle Hour radio show, she leads a monthly mystery school, and she leads public rituals in very visible places like the Women's Center for Creative Work, Human Resources and Side Street Projects.  Yes, she lives in very liberal and "blue" Los Angeles, but I think she's stumbled on something and we'll get to the bottom of her success in our chat tonight!

The Coffee Break is the daily Christian talk and local events program on Hope Radio KCMI 97.1FM serving the Scottsbluff, NE area. Tune in for interviews with authors, musicians, pastors, and others in the Christian community and our local area! Visit our website: www.kcmifm.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kcmifm   Theme Music: "Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

On Monday, Evanston celebrated Indigenous People's Day, formerly known as "Columbus Day." Students and local community members gathered on campus for the holiday, but also protested in solidarity with the people in Standing Rock, North Dakota, who are against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Office of the Provost made changes to Women's Center earlier this year. Our Claire Fahey sits down with The Daily's Yvonne Kim, who has been following that story, to discuss what those changes are and why they were made. For our final story, Davis Rich profiles Nathaniel Davis of Wicked Good 'Wiches, Evanston's first standalone food truck.

Interview with Evangelist Norma Bean on the power of Christian Meditation. She will discuss the important role meditation can play in healing the mind, body, and spirit. Meditation can enhance one's prayer life and help one to live and abundant life of peace and joy inspite of difficulties and chalenges. Women can walkmin wholeness and wellness when they practice meditation as a part of their daily routine. 

Producer: Sintia Arelus Stories include: CCSU's chinese new year celebrations, snow causing parking problems on campus, The Women's Center prepares for their annual talent show, BOR President Mark Ojakian pays CCSU a visit to discuss budget cuts.

Are there dreams inside of you that have not been fulfilled? What obstacles are preventing you from accomplishing your dreams and goals?   Today's episode is the third part of a series on helping you to rediscover your dreams and pursue your passion.  Dr. Cook will interview Dr. Maxine Thomas Founder of Sisters Keeping The Covenant and author of Dry Your Weeping Eyes.  Dr. Thomas runs a 501C3 organization that addresses self-esteem in young girls.  Dr. Thomas was recently appointed Director of the Women's Center at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.   Tune in and be inspired. Dial 646-929-0630 to listen in.  To ask a question or comment hit "1".  

In this episode of HOT for Your Health, you will hear from the Rebecca Harris, the Director of the Women's Center for Entrepreneurship at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. She spoke at Women's Health Conversations 2013 about taking risks in all aspects of life!

In this episode of HOT for Your Health, you will hear from the Rebecca Harris, the Director of the Women's Center for Entrepreneurship at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. She spoke at Women's Health Conversations 2013 about taking risks in all aspects of life!

In our third episode of Bedtime Stories with Brittany Crocker, we look at the surprisingly high number of post-menopausal women who suggest "hot flashes" are keeping them up at night when filling out their Tenn Words forms. UT Medical Center OBGYN Bob Elder joins us to discuss menopause and how hot flashes can affect sleep patterns and productivity. Caitlin Deaver from Relationship RX and the Lisa Ross Birth and Women's Center comes to the studio to talk about co-sleeping. And Misty Goodwin and Chris Smith from Knoxville Knox County Homeless Coalition talk with Brittany about the dangers faced by East Tennessee's homeless when they sleep outside during the summer.

Margaret is certified in Nutrition, Adult Learning, Personal Communication, Neurolinguistic Programming, Group Dynamics, Story Telling, and Edutainment    Akshay is currently an entrepreneur, trained success coach, motivational speaker, adventurer and soon to be author. Pamela is an author of a book about Halloween that offers suggestions for making the holiday safer and friendlier for children. It not only presents new and interesting themes, but discusses the history of harvest celebrations Tonya is a certified licensed midwife and has been in the field for 40 years-she has the longest running birth center (The Natural Birth and Women's Center) in California, which she founded in 1984.    

Mary E. LaLuna welcomes Dayspring Women's Center director, Dr. Rachel Niemi. Dayspring Women's Center located in Valparaiso Indiana, serves women (and their children) who are struggling with homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. Our program provides a safe, welcoming environment where women can receive support as they journey toward stability and wholeness. Our environment is designed to promote healthy changes and wellness for women who desire to move forward and achieve stability.  Rachel Niemi, Psy.D, Director: Rachel Niemi received her doctorate in clinical psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Niemi completed her internship at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center working with veterans. She also completed two years of training in Valparaiso at the Porter County Family Counseling Center. She has spent the past three years dedicating part of her time to treating men and women who struggle with homelessness. Dr. Niemi is motivated to use the most effective evidenced based practices to help empower and motivate her clients. Her goal as the Director for Dayspring Women’s Center is to develop a program grounded in research and evidenced based treatment that helps women on their journey to achieving stability and satisfaction.   Dayspring receives funding primarily through generous individuals and businesses within our community.      

Welcome to Podcast Stockton. On this week's show:The Stockton Weekend Activities Guide from Wes Rhea and the Stockton Conference and Visitor's Bureau. Be sure to sign-up for their weekly e-mail newsletter.A review of last weekend's Walk A Mile In Her Shoes. The 4th annual event put on by the Women's Center of San Joaquin County was last weekend. See the last post for links to pics. An interview with Stockton Ports President, Pat Filippone. Rod sat down with Pat to discuss minor league baseball and your Stockton Ports.A few things to do on Cinco de Mayo. Lots of great places to hang out with friends on Cinco de Mayo.Until next time, make it great Stockton!- Matt & Rod

Welcome to Podcast Stockton. On this week's show: Rod, Splash and Matt Walk A Mile In Her Shoes. The 4th Annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes is this Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Banner Island Ballpark. Every 90 seconds a woman is raped in this country. This event asks men to come walk a mile in her shoes to protest rape, sexual assault and gender violence. And by "walk a mile in her shoes" they literally mean a mile in ladies shoes. Matt sat down with Lisa Jordan from the Women's Center of San Joaquin County to talk about this great event as well as the history of the center and what services they offer.Last year, Matt and Rod both walked the mile, in pointy toe and spiky heal shoes. Registration starts at 8 AM and the walk starts at 9 AM. Come out and walk a mile in her shoes, or come out and watch Matt and friends try it without falling. Walkers receive a free event tee shirt and a voucher for a Stockton Ports game. For more information on the national movement, visit walkamileinhershoes.org.The 80th Annual Strawberry Breakfast is this Sunday at UOP. The University of the Pacific Center for Community Involvement (CCI) is hosting its 80th Annual Strawberry Breakfast Sunday, May 1st, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at University of the Pacific's Regent's Dining Room. This annual event normally happens on Mother's Day but was moved one week early this year.The return of Sports with Lowell Tuckerman.The 1st Annual Steelhead Festival is this Sunday! This inagural event is this Sunday 11 AM to 4 PM at Tuxedo Avenue, right off the Miracle Mile. The Steelhead Festival is a free community event to help educate citizens on issues affecting our local water ways. There will be slow-cooking demonstrations and live music (including The Afternaps and Mom's Chili Boys). Here's a link to the schedule of events. Also, on Monday, May 2, the Friends of the Lower Calaveras River are hosting a State of Our Rivers Symposium at the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) Regional Building at 330 E. Channel St.Prowlin' Pacific was last Saturday. Matt gives his review of last weekend's event. Yet another free community event, this year on the grounds of the University of the Pacific. There was a car show, lots of games and things for kids to do, and some great live local music (including Matt's favorite local band, Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players and Latin Magic). Check out the pictures here and a short video here.Until next time, make it great Stockton!- Matt & Rod

The chant came from the mouths of Yale's Delta Kappa Epsilon(DKE) male fraternity members in front of the Women's Center on campus. What did it mean? Is there a hate towards women that is palpable on college and university campuses? Is it a microcosm of what is going on in society at large? Is this just another indication of gender tensions? Join Lady Taz and panel to discuss this along with other incidents and the state of gender relations. Why soooooo much male animosity against women OR is it just a case of harmless fun OR is it a boys will be boys situation?

Welcome to Podcast Stockton for Friday, April 23, 2010. On this episode, we cover:The 25th Annual Asparagus Festival is here. There's still two days left to go out and enjoy the Asparagus Festival.Sports update from Lowell TuckermanRod and I walked a mile in her shoes to help raise money for the Women's Center of San Joaquin County. We also spoke with Pat Francis from S-Mart Foods, Wes Rhea and Jennifer from the Women's Center. Check out the pics here. Also, check out the video done by the multimedia crew from the Record.Interview with Miko Jaleel from Delta College TV.Thanks to TuneStruck Quartet for recording the great stinger for this episode.What's new on ClosetGoodies.com..Until next time, make it great Stockton!- Matt & Rod

Welcome to Podcast Stockton, episode 35, featuring Rod's interview with Kate Post, Executive Director of the Asparagus Festival. A quick look at the news:Stockton foreclosure rates are starting to decline.The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is helping tax filers, for more info call 209-644-8600.The US Census Bureau is still encouraging people to return their census forms to avoid a personal visit to your home. Visit 2010.census.gov for more info.Wes's Stockton activities guide. Go to VisitStockton.org to sign up for the weekly events e-mail and follow @Stockton_CA on Twitter and on Facebook. Be sure to listen, there may be another giveaway.In this episode:The Podcast Stockton iPad review.April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year's theme is Don't Stand By, Stand Up. For more info on events going on this month to raise awareness of sexual violence, visit the Women's Center of San Joaquin County website.A mini-interview with Susan Mora-Loyko, event co-ordinator of the Stockton Earth Day Festival. This year's event will be held on Sunday, April 18 at Victory Park. Come out and learn how we can help protect our planet and stop by and say hi to us, we'll be emcees!Sports with Lowell TuckermanRestaurant Review - Fon Wong's Deli located at 3201 West Benjamin Holt Drive, (209) 952-6886, open Mon-Sat 11am-8:30pm.What's new on Closetgoodies.com.Rod's interview of Kate Post, Executive Director of the Asparagus Festival. This year, the Asparagus Festival celebrates its 25th year. Visit their official website, blog, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube.This week's question of the week: Do you commute?Plus listener voicemails from Andy. Andy Pinasco, aka @brewery33, will be making good on his trash bet and will be spending one hour (from 8 AM - 9 AM) picking up garbage at Janet Leigh Plaza. Look for him downtown on Saturday 4/10. So, join him if you'd like, or just enjoy downtown Stockton and congratulate him when he's done.Until next time, make it great Stockton!- Matt & Rod

Welcome to Podcast Stockton, episode 24. In this episode:First, the news: Jon and Christie Remington from Closetgoodies.com make a donation to the Women's Center. KWIN deejays brave the weather to collect donations for Haiti from the Applebees parking lot.Oh, the weather. Stockton is hammered with some horrible weather. Follow PG&E on Twitter @PGE4MeMatt and Andy are talking trash, literally. Friend of the show, Andy Pinasco, has thrown down the gauntlet. Andy is pulling for a NY Jets Superbowl victory. Matt, on the other hand, is certain that the New Orleans Saints will win it all. With such differing views, you know there's a bet! The loser has to pick up garbage at a location picked by the winner, and blog about it. If neither team wins, we will both pick up trash at a location chosen by our listeners. So, the real winner is Stockton. Go Saints!What will Apple announce next week? Rod and Matt talk about what they, and some of our listeners, think about what Apple might be announcing on January 27. Nearly all rumors point to a Mac tablet and iPhone OS 4.0. Here are some of the stories we referenced:@macrumorsMashableWall Street Journal from 9-to-5 MacFox NewsThe StreetAppleInsiderBuyMeAniPhone.comAn interview with Chris the Greek from University of the Pacific's KPAC 91.9 FM. Check out Chris's blog and follow him Twitter @Chris_the_Greek.What's new on Closetgoodies.com.Wes's Stockton activities guide. Go to VisitStockton.org to sign up for the weekly events e-mail and follow @Stockton_CVB on Twitter and on Facebook.Next week, we're talking about the tech news. Where do you get your tech news fix? Magazines, websites, podcasts? We want to know.Until next time, make it great Stockton!- Matt & Rod