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Learn why your partner defends others instead of validating you, why it hurts so much, how this breaks the goodwill pillar of trust, and exactly how to change this dynamic with actionable scripts and research-backed tools.____________________________Full blog and show notes: https://abbymedcalf.com/partner-takes-other-peoples-sideGrab 5 Scripts to Get the Emotional Support You Need (Without a Fight): https://abbymedcalf.com/emotional-support-scriptsJoin my online community, One Love Collective, on Substack: https://abbymedcalf.com/substack. You'll get...✨ Early drops + ad-free podcast episodes✨ Worksheets, journal prompts, downloads, and guided visualizations✨ Community chats and live Q&A calls with Abby_________ Subscribe to the Love Letter and get my little messages each week! https://abbymedcalf.com/loveletter-opt-in/

How FMEA Worksheets can Help (and Hinder) Abstract Chris and Carl discuss FMEA worksheets (we know … boring) … but can be incredibly helpful and useful. So what are they and how do they help us? Key Points Join Chris and Carl as they discuss FMEA worksheets, which are an important part of a Failure […] The post SOR 1096 How FMEA Worksheets can Help (and Hinder) appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

In this episode, I had three experts come on the show, but they're not the typical experts I have on Focus Forward. I got to sit down with three incredible teens, Eliza, Mark, and Sam, to talk honestly about conflict and how to manage it between teens and adults. This episode is one I've been wanting to do for so long and I'm thrilled to bring it to you today.We covered everything from communication styles to what it feels like to be misunderstood, and even how trust is built—or broken—in those tricky conversations. And of course, I couldn't not mention EF skills, so you'll hear me comment here and there on how key executive function skills like self-regulation, flexible thinking, and perspective-taking show up in real life and impact us during conflict and resolution. Listen to learn from these teens about the importance of creating space for mistakes and learning, and how trust is the answer - we have to work to trust them and they us. It's a hard journey that we're all making together. These teens were thoughtful, vulnerable, and wise beyond their years. I think you'll walk away with some valuable insight—and maybe even a few moments of, "Oof… yeah, I've done that as a parent or teacher." I know I experienced this multiple times! But, as we've heard Ellen Galinsky, Nerissa Bauer, Ken Gisburg, and others, say, it's never too late to make a difference in how you interact with your kids. Thanks for listening!Here are the show notes from today's episode: Learn More About Conflict Resolution with TeensFamily Conflict Resolution: 6 Worksheets & Scenarios (+ PDF)https://positivepsychology.com/conflict-resolution-family-kids/Parent-teen conflicts less troublesome when teens feel loved, study showshttps://news.yale.edu/2020/07/14/parent-teen-conflicts-less-troublesome-when-teens-feel-loved-study-showsOther Focus Forward episodes on teen-related topics:Ep 66: From Overwhelmed to Empowered: 4 Essential Coping Skills Every Teen Needs to Thrive (ft. Dr. Jackie Wolfman)https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/podcast?wchannelid=y1lzulxlcs&wmediaid=mj2r59gs2vEp 62: Lighthouse Parenting: How to Communicate, Connect, and Guide with Confidence (ft. Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg)https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/podcast?wchannelid=y1lzulxlcs&wmediaid=v0rl5xa5ubEp 40: The Breakthrough Years: Raising Thriving Teens Through Executive Function (ft. Ellen Galinsky)https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/podcast?wchannelid=y1lzulxlcs&wmediaid=fhebx5zqflEp 54: Self-Regulation Starts with Us: Helping Kids Manage Big Emotions (ft. Nerissa Bauer)https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/podcast?wchannelid=y1lzulxlcs&wmediaid=kqhshzq15xEp 38: Coping with College Stress: How to Meet the Demands of College Life with Confidence (ft. Dr. Bianca Busch)https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/podcast?wchannelid=y1lzulxlcs&wmediaid=baxmpspptjAttend our MAP Demo!July 21 12:00pm ET/9:00am PThttps://beyondbooksmart.zoom.us/j/81330992542Learn More About Our MAP Programhttps://map.worksmartcoaching.comLearn More About 1:1 Coachinghttps://www.beyondbooksmart.com/how-it-worksGet in Touchpodcast@beyondbooksmart.comInstagram/Facebook/Tiktok: @beyondbooksmartcoachingwww.beyondbooksmart.com

Struggling to stay consistent with your goals and spiritual planning? This episode uncovers the secret weapon: continuity. Learn how to win the battle between remembering and forgetting using a practical, spiritually grounded system. Maurice walks you through the Power DPAR method—a repeatable process designed for busy minds and real life.

Feeling a little stressed about how your wedding day is going to run? Don't worry — this episode is just for you! I'm breaking down the four essential worksheets every couple should review with their vendors before the big day.From awkward family photo chaos to music mix-ups, these worksheets will help keep your wedding smooth, organized, and drama-free. Plus, they're all available as free downloads at PlanningCollective.com!

Send us a textEver looked at your stack of printed math worksheets and thought, “There's got to be a better way”? You're not alone. In today's episode, we're flipping the script on word problems—and showing you how just a few small tweaks can stretch your students' thinking without stretching your copy limit.In this episode, I dive into how to extend student thinking using the problems you already have—no extra pages required. You'll learn what actually makes a word problem “good,” why how you use a task matters more than what the task is, and three easy ways to tweak your current word problems for deeper student reasoning.Whether you're a new teacher looking to build problem-solving confidence or a seasoned educator tired of one-size-fits-all worksheets, this conversation will leave you encouraged, inspired, and ready to transform your math block into a space for real thinking.✨ Resources and Links Mentioned:

This week, we're revisiting a topic & conversion that I've been thinking about a lot lately. I had the opportunity to speak to the public at our local library about Executive Function skills for four different age groups, ranging from early elementary students to adults. In all four groups, we talked a lot about the importance of self-regulation and coping skills to get through challenging times. As we learned from Megan McClelland in the last episode, our ability to persist through challenges is hugely important, even as early as age four. This episode brings our attention specifically to our upper high school students, college students, and young adults. The challenges that teens and young adults face during those years bring all kinds of emotional and logistical hurdles, and having a set of reliable coping tools can make a huge difference in how successful and grounded young people feel during that time.To explore this further, I spoke with Dr. Jackie Wolfman, a therapist based in the Boston area. She teaches her clients coping strategies through DBT—or dialectical behavior therapy. If you're familiar with CBT, or cognitive behavior therapy, DBT is a related approach that also focuses on how our thoughts and behaviors interact. CBT helps people notice and challenge unhelpful thought patterns, while DBT adds tools specifically for managing intense emotions and building practical coping skills. The tools and strategies Jackie shares from DBT are for everyone, regardless of age or mental health needs, so I know that this episode will truly be useful to anyone. I even use these strategies myself!Thank you for listening! Here are the show notes from today's episode: Learn More About Dr. Jackie Wolfman and DBThttps://villagepsych.com/DBT® Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition, by Marsha Linehanhttps://www.guilford.com/books/DBT-Skills-Training-Handouts-and-Worksheets/Marsha-Linehan/9781572307810Dialectical Behavior Therapyhttps://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/What Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents - A helpful YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/Stz--d17ID4Other Resources MentionedAnd Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School by Judith Warnerhttps://www.amazon.com/Then-They-Stopped-Talking-Me/dp/1101905883Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkemanhttps://www.oliverburkeman.com/meditationsformortalsLearn More About Our MAP Programhttps://map.worksmartcoaching.comLearn More About 1:1 Coachinghttps://www.beyondbooksmart.com/how-it-worksGet in Touchpodcast@beyondbooksmart.comInstagram/Facebook/Tiktok: @beyondbooksmartcoachingwww.beyondbooksmart.com

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Do you wish you had a magic Patronus spell you could use to call upon an imaginary spirit animal to help you feel calm when you needed to? Well, we have just the visualization for you in this fun episode! Risa Williams talks to Marc Antonio, an EMDR therapist, about a Spirit Animal Visualization that people can use to feel calmer and happier feelings when they need to. They also discuss different visualization tools that can help people connect with their feelings and process them in a calmer way.They discuss:-Healthy forms of everyday dissociation vs. trauma triggers that involve dissociation -How we can use our imagination in calmer and more playful ways throughout daily life-How using visualization can affect our nervous system, executive functioning skills, and emotional regulation*Sign up for Risa's new subscription: Worksheets with Risa to receive a free worksheet each month from her books - patreon.com/risawilliams or @risawilliamstherapy!*Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapyGuest: Marc Antonio, nerdgeektherapy.comSupport the showFor info on books, workshops, guests, and future episodes, please visit: risawilliams.com.*All tools discussed on the show are meant for educational purposes only and not as a replacement for therapy or medical advice.

In our latest session, we welcomed the brilliant Max Hopkinson — co-founder of The Keynote Club and former Head of Marketing at Iceland Foods. Max shared his deeply personal and practical journey to becoming a confident public speaker, after once having a panic attack during a presentation on... breaded chicken.Here's what we covered:Max once believed public speaking “wasn't for him.” After a panic attack at work, he quit his job.But he knew becoming a better speaker would unlock career opportunities, so he committed to learning.Fast forward: he's now helping others do the same via The Keynote Club, aiming to support 1 million people.Max shared a framework to help anyone find their ideal speaking topic:Right to Speak: Do you have lived experience? Are you in the top 3-5 people in your network on the topic?Belly Energy: Do you have passion or fire in your belly for it?Audience Fit: Can you empathise with your audience? Are they genuinely interested?Attendees built a full draft of a talk using Max's 6-box framework:Start – Grab attention (no polite intros!)Intro – Set expectations and show relevanceThree Chapters – A clear structure based on story or chronologyFull Circle – Come back to your start for emotional payoffCall to Action – What should the audience do next?Timings – Allocate time to each section (and always finish early!)Everyone has a story — Max encouraged participants to uncover theirs, even if they think they're "boring."Speaking = Helping — Focus your talk on helping the audience first, not selling.Starts & Ends Matter Most — That's where attention is won (or lost).Max even drafted a template email for attendees to send, asking to speak to a real audience. Because, as he says:“The talk you'll regret most is the one you never give.”If you want to dive deeper, Max's “High Stakes Speaking” course with The Keynote Club kicks off soon – with sessions designed to help you build talks, master nerves, and grow in confidence.Huge thanks to Max, and if you found the session valuable, do drop him a follow on LinkedIn (he's just 70 shy of 10k... let's fix that).Stay tuned for our next webinar with Tracksuit's Matthew Herbert on how to measure brand marketing.

Wait! Don't worry you're in the right place. We've had a podcast evolution. What started as Delicious EASE and learning to raise our vibration, and has now evolved and become Intuitive Wisdom where we will continue to explore energy work, connecting to your intuition, aligning with your manifestations, and leaving space for the Universe to work its magic. This episode is a check-in. Back from a few weeks break over the holidays, I want to share the insights from my annual reflect and plan, and what I look forward to this year.   You don't want to miss: No regrets Worksheets and workbooks I worked through My word and big vision for 2025 The value of strategy   Links and resources: Download your free 20-min Guided Meditation Buy my book! (affiliate link) Follow me on IG: @deliciousease For more about me and what I do, check out my website   Make sure you click SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any of my content coming up soon. And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a 5 STAR rating and review. Thank you!

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.In this episode of Transformative Principal, host Jethro Jones interviews Erik Francis, an expert in educational leadership and the creator of Maverik Education AI. Francis discusses the role of AI in education, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and critical thinking. Key points include:AI's Limitations: ChatGPT and other AI tools can sometimes produce inaccurate information due to the nature of their sourcing and synthesis processes.Depth of Knowledge (DOK):  Francis highlights the need for students to deeply understand their learning, moving beyond surface-level comprehension. He outlines how different levels of DOK correspond to various question types (e.g., "whether" questions indicate DOK 1, while "how" questions indicate DOK 2).AI as a Tool, Not a Replacement: Francis argues that AI should be used as a stimulus for learning, not a source of definitive answers. It can offer suggestions, but educators and students must ultimately use their own judgment and critical thinking skills.The Importance of Authenticity: Francis believes that the future of AI in education lies in authenticity. Educators and students should "be the brain" and use AI as a tool to enhance, rather than replace, their own thinking and decision-making processes.Misinterpretation about DOK and We don't know the source that chatGPT Is using. OpenAI synthesizing all those hits in Google that gives back information that is not accurate. How deeply do students have to comprehend their learning?You can't just rely on a calculator. The technology doesn't make things less complex, it makes it easier to do that work.There are people who are going to say, “It's good enough.” Circle the verbs and underline the standards. Assessing on skills and stuff (old way)  vs context (new way) Whether - DOK 1How - DOK 2Supports - DOK 3Two or more - DOK 4“Worksheets don't grow dendrites” - Marcia TateCreated this to help teachers expand their instructional talent. AI is a stimulus, not a source. Suggestions, not decisions. Teaching is not just a science, it's an art. Rogers' diffusion of innovation. How do we know that our AI stuff is actually good? The Future of AI is authenticity. “Be the brain and make the impact.” About Erik Francis:Erik Francis specializes in providing guidance, support and training to academic leaders and classroom teachers on how to develop rigorous learning environments and deliver engaging educational experiences that engage and encourage students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their Depth of Knowledge (DOK) through inquiry and by questioning with good questions. He created Maverik Education AI. We're thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL's comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers' timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments

Does your brain ever jump to worst-case scenarios, no matter the situation? Many of us in medicine can relate to this phenomenon. It's called catastrophic thinking, and in this episode, Dr. Beth Lamos helps us understand what it is, why we do it, why it may be adaptive, all the ways it can be harmful, and concrete tools and strategies to de-catastrophize our way of thinking.  Resources: What to Do When Your Mind Always Dwells on the Worst Case Scenario. Harvard Business Review. Published September 15, 2020. Accessed July 20, 2024. Link.  16 Decatastrophizing Tools, Worksheets, and Role-Plays. Positive Psychology. Published September 24, 2020. Accessed July 20, 2024. Link.  

https://youtu.be/J3eZDpUnp70?si=e0HTaGXoxMEVNYNk Check Your Balance - 3 - Add PURPOSE to your PROFIT   Welcome – Chris Fluitt | Redemption Church Plano Check Your Balance We are talking about money… but we are not asking for money. We want to give to you, not receive from you. Worksheets to help you conquer debt and produce wealth Free E-book to go into detail   Neiman Marcus Game1 T-SHIRT2 T-SHIRTS COST $128 3 Leather Jacket 4 Leather cost $798 5 Shoe 6 Shoe Cost $1,090 7 Flip Flop 8 Flip Flop Cost $545 9 Womans Hoodie 10 Hoodie Cost $170 11 Dress 12 Dress Cost $995   3 laws of balance: Reference point Constant correctionClear Objective   Week 1 – Reference point - SPENDING.   Week 2 – Constant Correction - BUDGET.   A budget is a plan for every dollar.   Today – Clear Objective   Keep this stick upright/balanced.   What is the objective of money?   Things you can do with moneyMake itSpend itSave itGive it MAKE all you can – NOT balanced, happy, or content.SPEND all you can – Fun but not balanced or satisfying.   SAVE all you can – Hoarder, miser, Scrooge. Nobody benefits/enjoys it… until you die.   GIVE all I can…“I KNEW THE PREACHER WAS GOING TO ASK ME TO GIVE HIM MY MONEY….”NO!GIVE all I can – may be irresponsible. Give to the wrong thing?Might give while your family goes without.  What is the objective of your money?  You may be focused on… MAKING moreSPENDING moreSAVING moreGIVING more   None of these options satisfy. Here is why.   Hunger vs AppetiteEating food satisfies hunger.Eating does not satisfy appetite. -Drugs & alcohol, materialism, lustful habits, any addiction.   Appetite is not satisfied by indulging.   Appetite is psychological.Your brain is telling you to "Make more," "Spend more," "Save more," "Give more…" and you cannot satisfy this craving.Appetite is satisfied by abstaining.   Fasting – going without food.Around the 3rd day – your appetite goes away. Balance is going to require abstinence.Learning to say NO – sometimes not all the time.   What is your appetite? Is it throwing you off balance?   Balance requires a clear objective.   To understand the proper objective/goal for your personal finances, you need to know how God views your money/stuff.   Turn to 1st Chronicles 29:10.   Context: For years Israel's worship was focused on a tent where the Ark of the Covenant was housed.   King David sat in his palace and realized God dwelt in a tent. He decided to build God a temple.   David designed… raised money…About $14 billion in gold and silver was gathered. David invited anyone who wanted to give “God's House” to give.   As people came, David prays and praises God and in these words, we see David's view of money… a clear objective of money.   1st Chronicles 29:10-14 (NIV)10 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. 11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.   EVERYTHING belongs to God. Not me.   12 Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.   Everything COMES from God. Not me. Everything is DISTRIBUTED from God. Not me.   13 Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.   14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.   If everything belongs to God, comes from God, and is distributed by God, then our objective should be to HONOR GOD with everything.   To honor God with your finances requires… Balance.A realization that YOU ARE NOT GOD. Thankfulness.Wisdom.  Honoring God isn't just about giving.It includes giving and living.   How many know the word tithe? To give the first 10% to God.

Enjoy this limited time free access to the Calendaring Lab … one of 10 modules in The Beautiful Life Lab. If you'd like to join us in the Lab, you can use promo code INSIDER20 for 20% off this week.  Worksheets to go with this episode: hol-fit.com/freecal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chtv7S61kSQ Check Your Balance - 2 - Freedom from Stress, Anxiety, and Greed   Welcome – Chris Fluitt | Redemption Church Plano   We are talking about money… but we are not asking for money. We want to give to you, not receive from you. Worksheets to help you conquer debt and produce wealth Free E-book to go deeper   Check Your Balance   3 laws of balance Reference point Constant correction Clear Objective   Last week – Reference point The reference point for your finances is SPENDING.   You must be KNOWINGWhere your money is GOING   We challenged you to track your spending and become debt free.   Today I want to talk to you about constant correction.   Constant Correction   Balance – look at reference pointbut hand is constantly making corrections.  When it comes to our finances, we make constant corrections with a BUDGET.   A budget is a plan for every dollar.   We know where our money is going because we track our spending.   Now we must manage our money – Stewardship.   Over a few months of tracking your spending you now know approximately how much money you need to operate.   There are times when we get off balance, we have to make corrections to get back on track.   Are your finances unbalanced?  Have you ever figured out a budget?  Are you living by it?   Balance requires constant correction.   Here is a hard truth.We usually have enough money, we just don't manage it properly. There might be enough money, but there isn't any balance.   Managing money becomes more difficult when we get married.   One of the reasons people give pastors for wanting to get married is… It'll save us money.  There are tax benefits to being married…    The truth is marriage often brings about financial disasters.   Specific upbringings…They didn't talk about money… Just use a credit card…Hoard your money…Worry about money… Before you get married - talk about money!   Two people in love can be destroyed by an out of balanced view of money.   Balance requires a Reference Point and it requires constant correction.    Your kids need to hear you talk about money. They need to hear conversations about how we should spend our money.              They shouldn't be caught off guard when they enter their own lives.   You need a budget – a plan for every dollar. You need to tell your money what to do.   Budget for…The essentials – Housing, food, transportation… Insurance, Utilities…What about the things I enjoy doing?   Entertainment & lifestyle… Saving for future needs:-Retirement-Car replacement-Home repairs   Imagine – your car breaks down…What if you saved for your next car NOW?Not a loan (Debt) but you paid cash.   This is possible.This is balance.This is a plan called a budget. What if you had a budget that included giving to the needs of others? Hate the idea of budgets…?Master Your MoneyOr be Mastered By Your Money   My problem… I did not have a plan, so there was no telling where my money would go. Money was emotional.  -Stress, anxiety, greedYou know what is not emotional – a budget.   Freedom from stress, anxiety, greed…   Cash system-GroceriesClothesEntertainment (blow money) I had to learn to master my money  - negative emotional relationship with money. Awareness& Discontentment You are content until you become aware of better. Aware of a new house… discontent…New phone…New brand…New shoes… Discontentment leads us to debt……stress, anxiety, and greed.   God has a plan… 1 Tim 6:6-11 But godliness with contentment is great gain.7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 11 But you, man of God,

Episode 52: Burn Out, the Invisible Load and Maternal Mental Health with Erica Djossa @momwell This week Rachael speaks with Erica Djossa- a registered psychotherapist, founder of Momwell and author of new book Releasing the Motherload- all about the challenges of postpartum and beyond, including burn out and the “invisible load” of motherhood. Here's what they discuss inside this episode: Erica shares her personal journey with postpartum depression How Erica's postpartum journey led her to create Momwell and write her new book  The concept of the invisible load and the different beliefs that shape the motherload The “invisible load” moms carry, and strategies for sharing the mental load  Navigating social media and comparison traps  Insights and resources for supporting moms' mental health Finding your community as a parent to feel supported  And so much more! Erica Djossa is a registered psychotherapist specializing in maternal mental health with over a decade of experience, and the founder of Momwell. As a mother of three rambunctious young boys, Erica understands first-hand the challenges of motherhood. After her own battle with postpartum depression, Erica realized how difficult it is to seek support, care, and mental health services. She founded Happy as a Mother, which has now evolved into Momwell, to provide mom-centered virtual therapy services and mental health literacy for moms at every stage of their motherhood journey. Erica is also a regular media contributor. Her work has been featured in the Toronto Star, Breakfast Television, Scary Mommy, Medium, Pop Sugar, and Romper. Her graphics have been shared by celebrities like Snoop Dogg, Ashley Graham, Nia Long, Hilaria Baldwin, Christy Turlington and Adrienne Bosh. Erica is passionate about maternal mental healthcare and putting moms back on the priority list.   Mentioned in this episode: Erica's Instagram @momwell Momwell website for Values Sort Exercise and Worksheets to go along with the book! Erica's Book: Releasing the Mother Load  Erica's podcast episode: Protecting Maternal Sleep Momwell Podcast: https://www.momwell.com/listen  If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram!

https://youtu.be/7edhoEFR1_k?si=BILrsdQ8SWt6_ZJ7 Check Your Balance - 1 - Conquer Debt and Build Wealth   Welcome – Chris Fluitt | Redemption Church Plano, TX   Check Your Balance For the next 3 weeks we are talking about Money.   Let me level with you… NO GOTCHA OFFERINGS/PLEDGE DRIVES   “Now that we made you feel like a guilty selfish scumbag let's take up an offering.”NOT HAPPENING.We want to give to you, not receive from you. Worksheets to help you conquer debt and produce wealth Free E-book to go deeper Why talk about money? Effects us all…  Every part of our lives… Emotions HealthSpiritualityRelationships (#1 cause of divorce – Money)The next generation   US Statistics-U.S. consumer debt $17.1 Trillion.A 4 % increase from the previous year​ (Experian). -Credit card debt up $110 billion in 2023, the highest annual increase since 2004, bringing the total to approximately $1.13 trillion​ (WalletHub)​ (ConsumerAffairs). -Average household credit card balance was $9,423 at the end of 2023​ (WalletHub). - Student loan debt is $1.6 trillion​.Avg 35k - The debt-to-income ratio for the median U.S. household was 107% in 2022… The median household debt exceeded median household income​ (ConsumerAffairs).   - 36% have more debt than savings.   My ProblemDriving In Richardson… 2009 (1st baby in the backseat)   EmotionsFlight (run hide avoid)Shame & guiltInadequate Hopeless   Your Problem No idea what your finances look like…No plan – OstrichWorried about today – Gas, groceriesWorried about next week – Bills dueWorried about the future – Housing, AC, CarFurther future - Retirement, Kids education   Worry + Ignorance = Hopeless  Concern + A PLAN = Hopeful   Let's talk about a plan.We feel hopeless without a plan.   3 laws of balance Reference point Constant correctionClear Objective   You need a reference point in your finances.   Cheerleading balance – Not looking downTight rope walking – Not at feet – forward FIND SOMETHING STATIONARY AND FOCUS   What is my reference point?Hebrews 12:2: Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith…   Proverbs 17:24: A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.   Jesus is God's plan…Wisdom is God's plan…   What is reference point for finances?   SPENDING   You must be KNOWINGWhere your money is GOING   Have you ever looked at your bank statement and said… “I spent how much?!”Can't even remember what we bought…   Reference Point: Keep a detailed record of where your money is going.    We have tools to help you keep a record…Track your spending form.   You may be saying… well the bank sends me a statement…-After the fact knowledge…-This is the BANK knowing where your money is going.-We need discipline with our money.   There is no substitute for YOU knowing where your money is going.   Not paying attention – wake up thousands in debt.   Too often we need more, without being able to answer what we did with what we were given? Teenager asks for money…Dad asks “What did you do with the money I gave you?”Teen – “I spent it.”Dad – “What did you spend it on?”Teen – “I. D. K. I need more money.”   We see this in our kids.. do we see it in ourselves?   Proverbs 21:20: In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.   The wise STORES (saves)The foolish DEVOURS ALL (spends)   REFERENCE POINT WORK -Financial Overview-Actual Monthly Spending-Track your spending  May be painful & want to quit.Worry + Ignorance = Hopeless Concern + A PLAN = Hopeful LEARN THIS Debt is Slavery “The borrower is slave to the lender”   - Proverbs 22:7   “Mastercard”Looking at your debt reminds you that YOU ARE NOT FREE.   Think you are free? Tell them you don't feel like paying this month…   Debt is bad and you need a plan. When a wise plan arrives – hope follows.   Driving in Richardson… Let's make a plan.Total Money Makeover – Financial assessment.   We were 25k in debt.Medical bills, car loan, credit cards…

Life is full of opportunities. Picture a journey where courage meets authenticity, where challenges fuel growth, and where living fully becomes a daily choice. Heather Chauvin, a Transformative Coach, shares her remarkable journey from a social worker to a beacon of empowerment for successful women. Heather's battle with stage four cancer ignited a profound transformation, revealing how societal expectations can hinder our dreams. In today's episode, Heather unpacks the powerful concept of managing your energy instead of just your time. Discover how shifting this focus can lead to a more fulfilling, empowered life, aligning your actions with your deepest desires and values.  Explore Heather's expertise in reverse engineering your desired feelings, cultivating empowering habits, and embracing discomfort as a catalyst for personal growth. Her wisdom on navigating emotional discomfort and embracing the unknown will leave you inspired to take actionable steps towards your own transformation. So, if you're looking for practical advice to infuse optimism and vitality into your life, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in to gain valuable knowledge from Heather Chauvin and learn how to incorporate these transformative strategies into your daily routine. Are you ready to reclaim your intimate health? Try Julva, my vulva revitalizing cream, formulated with natural ingredients to nourish and rejuvenate your most intimate parts. Say goodbye to discomfort and hello to a renewed sense of intimacy by visiting dranna.com/julvapod today.   Key Takeaways: [00:02:14] Feeling burnout. [00:04:24] Overcoming stage four cancer. [00:08:19] Surrendering to self-discovery. [00:13:24] Managing energy vs. managing time. [00:18:00] The importance of emotional intelligence. [00:21:43] Emotional balance and self-awareness. [00:24:12] Discovering actions for aliveness. [00:27:35] Creating lasting habits. [00:33:28] Women's identity as leaders. [00:35:26] Recognizing life's symptomatic contrasts. [00:38:46] Creating habits that serve us. Memorable Quotes: "Once you start learning strategies to manage that energy, you become more aligned and feel in control of your life. And then we're not blaming time as the reason why we can't do something else. We're reverse engineering from the inside out. We learn to communicate differently. We learn to manage ourselves differently, the mental energy, emotional energy, physical energy, relational energy, like even just with people. And it just completely changes the trajectory of your life." [00:16:04] – Heather Chauvin   "I always tell people, you will be successful if you put time and energy into something you don't want to do, and if you put something in a skill that you want to learn that is maybe emotionally uncomfortable for you. So, I always say if this is uncomfortable, it's a growth opportunity and you are leaning into it." [00:20:17] – Heather Chauvin   Links Mentioned:  Julva, a vulva Revitalizing Cream: https://www.dranna.com/julvapod   Connect with Heather Chauvin: Website: https://www.heatherchauvin.com/ Worksheets: https://www.heatherchauvin.com/freegifts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherchauvin_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatherchauvincoaching/ Podcast: https://www.heatherchauvin.com/podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/heatherchauvin_   Connect with Dr. Anna Cabeca: Website: https://drannacabeca.com/pages/show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegirlfrienddoctor/ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dranna__c  

The #MeToo movement raised awareness of just how common sexual assault really is. Unwanted sexual contact can have devastating consequences on the victim's life through trauma symptoms that show up at work, at home, and in love. In this episode, Dr. Erin Berenz (associate professor at University of Illinois Chicago and co-founder of Rebound Health) unpacks the intricate and often misunderstood aspects of sexual trauma. Dr. Berenz sheds light on the challenges many face in practicing consent, especially when grappling with societal pressures and internal conflicts. We delve into the psychological impact of these dynamics and the struggle for survivors to reconcile their experiences with their personal narratives and trauma. We also explore the theme of control in the context of trauma, particularly sexual assault, and the physiological responses that occur during these harrowing experiences. Learn about the long-term effects of trauma, including the heightened risk of PTSD, and various treatment options available.Resources:​The Rebound app for Apple devices for self-help for sexual traumaIf you struggle with supporting a loved one with sexual trauma, check out KulaMind or fill out this interest form to learn how we can help.Shekhtman, K. (2024). Getting Unstuck from PTSD: Using Cognitive Processing Therapy to Guide Your Recovery by Patricia A. Resick, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, and Stefanie T. LoSavio: The Guilford Press, 2023. 305 pp. with Worksheets and Additional Resources (Paperback)Support the Show.If you have a loved one with mental illness and need support, Dr. Kibby McMahon can help. Fill out this interest form or email her at kibby@kulamind.com to learn more. For more info about this podcast, check out: www.alittlehelpforourfriends.com Follow us on Instagram: @ALittleHelpForOurFriends

In this heartfelt interview, Rebecca introduces us to the practice of KonMari for sorting through belongings at such a difficult time in our lives. The method is particularly beneficial for highly sensitive people as it gently encourages mindfully letting go while regulating our nervous system with what is manageable and with what resonates with our emotional readiness. The method has a focus on the positive psychology of surrounding ourselves with what brings us joy and inspires gratitude. In this video, Rebecca will walk us through the main teachings of the practice so that we can start sorting belongings with kindness and compassion, rewiring our negativity bias and the need to live by external conditioning. Working with KonMarie principles has also assisted Rebecca and her family in their own consumption habits which is another added bonus to managing things in this way. Guest - Rebecca Jo Rushdy, Founder of Spark Joy & Flow Rebecca Jo Rushdy guides fellow HSPs & Empaths to declutter their hearts, minds and homes into sanctuaries that spark joy and flow. She was the first platinum KonMari Consultant in Malaysia, and in Edinburgh where she is currently based with her husband and two daughters. You can learn more about Rebecca and her work by visiting www.sparkjoyandflow.com Resources Rebecca's Resources: Website - https://sparkjoyandflow.com/ Guided Checklist & Worksheets - https://sparkjoyandflow.ck.page/8dc7f... Additional Resources Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler - https://grief.com/sixth-stage-of-grief/ Growing Around Grief by Lois Tonkin - https://www.sueryder.org/grief-suppor... It's OK That You're Not OK by Megan Devine - https://refugeingrief.com/books/its-o... Andrea Weber is the Business Group and Events Co-ordinator for the Sensitive Empowerment Community and founder of Expansive Happiness at https://expansivehappiness.com/. Andrea provides encouragement and practical strategies for environmental sensitivity management through her self-paced program, articles and posts, helping people navigate the day to day challenges of emf, chemical and mold sensitivity. A love of writing and editing has led to the provision of these additional services for highly sensitive people. Julie Bjelland, LMFT - Host of the HSP and Neurodivergent podcast, a Licensed Psychotherapist, author, and founder of Sensitive Empowerment, specializing in high sensitivity and adult-diagnosed autism in women. I love developing tools that balance our sensitive nervous system, reduce challenges, and help us reach our fullest potential so we may excel in our unique talents. I've created a global hub of extensive support, including online courses, the Sensitive Empowerment Community—a nurturing sanctuary—a globally top-ranked podcast, articles, free webinars, and more. My passion is helping create a world where differences are embraced as strengths and celebrated. LGBTQIA+ Affirming. Learn more at https://www.juliebjelland.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julie-bjelland/support

Hosts Will Larry and Chad Pytel interview Brock Dubbels, Principal UX and AI Researcher at CareTrainer.ai. Brock discusses how CareTrainer.ai leverages AI to address the current care crisis in elderly populations. He highlights the growing demographic of individuals over 70 and the significant shortage of caregivers, exacerbated by COVID-19. CareTrainer.ai aims to alleviate this by automating routine tasks, allowing caregivers to focus on building meaningful relationships and providing personalized, compassionate care. The platform utilizes AI to manage tasks such as documentation, communication, and monitoring, which helps caregivers spend more time engaging with patients, ultimately enhancing the quality of care and reducing caregiver burnout. Brock elaborates on the specific tasks that CareTrainer.ai automates, using an example from his own experience. He explains how AI can transform transactional interactions into conversational ones, fostering trust and authenticity between caregivers and patients. By automating repetitive tasks, caregivers are freed to engage more deeply with patients, encouraging them to participate in their own care. This not only improves patient outcomes but also increases job satisfaction and retention among caregivers. Brock mentions the alarming attrition rates in caregiving jobs and how CareTrainer.ai's approach can help mitigate this by creating more rewarding and relational caregiving roles. Additionally, Brock discusses the apprenticeship model CareTrainer.ai employs to train caregivers. This model allows new caregivers to learn on the job with AI assistance, accelerating their training and integrating them more quickly into the workforce. He emphasizes the importance of designing AI tools that are user-friendly and enhance the caregiving experience rather than replace human interaction, and by focusing on customer obsession and continuously iterating based on feedback, CareTrainer.ai aims to create AI solutions that are not only effective but also enrich the entire caregiving profession. CareTrainer.ai (https://www.caretrainer.ai/) Follow CareTrainer.ai on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/caretraining-ai/). Follow Brock Dubbels on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brockdubbels/). Visit his website: brockdubbels.com (https://brockdubbels.com/). Follow thoughtbot on X (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Transcript: WILL:  This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Will Larry. CHAD: And I'm your other host, Chad Pytel. And with us today is Brock Dubbels, Principal UX and AI Researcher at CareTrainer.ai, which is transforming health care and caregiving with a human-first approach to artificial intelligence. Brock, thank you for joining us. BROCK: Hey, thanks for having me, guys. I'm excited to talk about this. CHAD: Brock, let's get started with just diving into what CareTrainer.ai actually does. You know, so many businesses today are getting started with or incorporating artificial intelligence into their product offerings. And I know that it's been something that you've been working on for a long time. So, what is CareTrainer? BROCK: Well, CareTrainer is an opportunity in the midst of a crisis. So, right now, we have what's called a care crisis for the elderly populations. If you were to look at the age of the North American population and look at it over the next 10 years, about 65% of our population will be over the age of 70. And right now, we are understaffed in caregiving by almost 20%. Caregivers, especially after COVID, are leaving at about a 40% clip. And enrollment in these care programs is down 9%, but yet that older population is growing. And in the midst of this, we've just recently had an executive order called the Older Americans Act, which states that we actually have to reduce the ratio of caregivers to patients, and we need to give more humane interaction to the patients in these facilities, in homes and help them to retain their dignity. Many of them lose their identity to diagnosis, and they're often referred to as the tasks associated with them. And what CareTrainer attempts to do is take many of the tasks out of the hands of the caregivers so that they can focus on what they're good at, which is building relationships, learning and understanding, acting with curiosity and compassion, and demonstrating expert knowledge in the service to caring for patients, either in homes, facilities or even post-acute care. WILL: You mentioned your hope is to take some of the tasks away from the caregivers. Can you go a little bit deeper into that? What tasks are you referring to? BROCK: Let's think about an example. My mom was a public health nurse, and she worked in child maternal health. And these were oftentimes reluctant counseling sessions between she and a young mother or a potential mother. And if she were sitting there with a clipboard or behind a computer screen and looking at the screen, or the clipboard, and doing the interview with questions, she would probably not get a very good interview because she's not making a relationship. It's not conversational; it's transactional. And when we have these transactional relationships, oftentimes, we're not building trust. We're not expressing authenticity. We're not building relationships. It's not conversational. And we don't get to know the person, and they don't trust us. So, when we have these transactional relationships, we don't actually build the loyalty or the motivation. And when we can free people of the tasks associated with the people that they care for by automating those tasks, we can free them up to build relationships, to build trust, and, in many cases, become more playful, expose their own vulnerability, their own past, their own history, and, hopefully, help these patients feel a little bit more of their worth. Many of these people worked meaningful lives as school teachers, working at the fire department, working at the hardware store. And they had a lot of friends, and they did a lot for their community. And now they're in a place where maybe there's somebody taking care of them that doesn't know anything about them, and they just become a person in a chair that, you know, needs to be fed at noon. And I think that's very sad. So, what we help to do is generate the conversations people like to have, learn the stories. But more importantly, we do what's called restorative care, which is, when we have a patient who becomes much more invested in their own self-care, the caregiver can actually be more autonomous. So, let's say it's an elderly person, and, in the past, they wouldn't dress themselves. But because they've been able to build trust in a relationship, they're actually putting on their own blouse and slacks now. For example, a certified nursing assistant or a home health aide can actually make the bed while they're up dressing because the home health aide or certified nursing assistant is not dressing them or is not putting the toothpaste on the toothbrush. So, what we're doing is we're saying, "Let's get you involved in helping with restorative care." And this also increases retention amongst the caregivers. One of the things that I learned in doing an ethnography of a five-state regional healthcare system was that these caregivers there was an attrition rate of about 45% of these workers within the first 30 days of work. So, it's a huge expense for the facility, that attrition rate. One of the reasons why they said they were leaving is because they felt like they weren't building any relationships with the people that they were caring for, and it was more like a task than it was a care or a relationship. And, in fact, in many cases, they described it as maid service with bedpans for grumpy people [chuckles]. And many of them said, "I know there's somebody nice down there, but I think that they've just become a little bit hesitant to engage because of the huge number of people that come through this job, and the lack of continuity, the lack of relationship, the lack of understanding that comes from building a relationship and getting to know each other." And when we're talking about taking the tasks away, we're helping with communication. We're actually helping with diagnosis and charting. We're helping with keeping the care plan updated and having more data for the care plan so that nurse practitioners and MDs can have a much more robust set of data to make decisions upon when they meet with this patient. And this actually reduces the cost for the care facilities because there's less catastrophic care in the form of emergency rooms, prescriptions, assisted care, as well as they actually retain their help. The caregivers stay there because it's a good quality of life. And when those other costs go down, some of the institutions that I work for actually put that money back into more patient care, hiring more people to have more meaningful, humane interactions. And that's what I mean about taking the tasks off of the caregiver so that they can have the conversations and the relational interactions, rather than the transactional interactions. CHAD: One thing I've heard from past guests and clients that we've had in this space, too, is, to speak more to the problem, the lack of staff and the decline in the quality of care and feeling like it's very impersonal causes families to take on that burden or family members to take on that burden, but they're not necessarily equipped to do it. And it sort of causes this downward spiral of stress and quality of care that impacts much bigger than just the individual person who needs the care. It often impacts entire families. BROCK: Oh yeah. Currently, they're estimating that family, friends, and communities are providing between $90 and $260,000 worth of care per person per year. And this is leading to, you know, major financial investments that many of these people don't have. It leads to negative health outcomes. So, in a lot of ways, what I just described is providing caregiver respite, and that is providing time for a caregiver to actually engage with a person that they're caring for, teaching them communication skills. And one of the big things here is many of these institutions and families are having a hard time finding caregivers. Part of that is because we're using old systems of education in new days that require new approaches to the problem. And the key thing that CareTrainer does is it provides a guided apprenticeship, which means that you can earn while you learn. And what I mean by that is, rather than sitting in a chair in front of a screen doing computer-based training off of a modified PowerPoint with multiple-choice tests, you can actually be in the context of care and earning while you learn rather than learning to earn. CHAD: Well, at thoughtbot, we're a big believer in apprenticeships as a really solid way of learning quickly from an experienced mentor in a structured way. I was excited to hear about the apprenticeship model that you have. BROCK: Well, it's really exciting, isn't it? I mean, when you begin looking at what AI can do as...let's call it a copilot. I thought some of the numbers that Ethan Mollick at Wharton Business School shared on his blog and his study with Boston Consulting Group, which is that an AI copilot can actually raise the quality of work, raise the floor to 82%, what he calls mediocrity. 82% was a pretty good grade for a lot of kids in my classes back when I was a Montessori teacher. But, in this case, what it does is it raises the floor to care by guiding through apprenticeship, and it allows people to learn through observation and trial and error. And people who are already at that 82nd percentile, according to Mollick's numbers, increase their productivity by 40%. The thing that we're not clear on is if certain people have a greater natural proficiency or proclivity for using these care pilots or if it's a learned behavior. CHAD: So, the impact that CareTrainer can have is huge. The surface area of the problem and the size of the industry is huge. But often, from a product perspective, what we're trying to do is get to market, figure out the smallest addressable, minimum viable product. Was that a challenge for you to figure out, okay, what's the first thing that we do, and how do we bring that to market and without getting overwhelmed with all the potential possibilities that you have? BROCK: Yeah, of course. I start out with what I call a GRITS model. I start out with, what are my goals? Then R, let's review the market. How is this problem being addressed now? I, what are my ideas for addressing these goals, and what's currently being done? And T, what tasks need to be completed in order to test these ideas? And what steps will I take to test them and iterate as far as a roadmap? And what that allowed me to do is to begin saying, okay, let's take the ideas that I can bring together first that are going to have the first initial impact because we're bootstrapping. And what we need to be able to do is get into a room with somebody who realizes that training caregivers and nursing is something that needs a review, maybe some fresh ideas. And getting that in front of them, understanding that that's our MVP 1 was really important. And what was really interesting is our MVP 2 through 5, we've begun to see that the technology is just exponential, the growth and progress. Our MVP 2 we thought we're going to be doing a heck of a lot of stuff with multimedia reinforcement learning. But now we're finding that some of the AI giants have actually done the work for us. So, I have just been very happy that we started out simple. And we looked at what is our core problem, which is, you know, what's the best way to train people? And how do we do that with the least amount of effort and the most amount of impact? And the key to it is customer obsession. And this is something I learned at Amazon as their first principle. And many of the experiences that I brought from places like Amazon and other big tech is, how do I understand the needs of the customer? What problems do they have, and what would make this a more playful experience? And, in this case, I wanted to design for curiosity. And the thing that I like to say about that is AI chose its symbol of the spark really smartly. And I think the spark is what people want in life. And the spark is exploring, and it's finding something. And you see this kind of spark of life, this learning, and you discover it. You create more from it. You share it. It's enlightening. It's inspirational. It makes people excited. It's something that they want to share. It's inventing. It's creation. I think that's what we wanted to have people experience in our learning, rather than my own experience in computer-based training, which was sitting in front of a flashified PowerPoint with multiple choice questions and having the text read to me. And, you know, spending 40 hours doing that was kind of soul-killing. And what I really wanted to do was be engaged and start learning through experience. And that's what came down to our MVP 1 is, how do we begin to change the way that training occurs? How can we change the student experience and still provide for the institutional needs to get people on the floor and caring for people? And that was our first priority. And that's how we began to make hard decisions about how we were going to develop from MVP 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 because we had all the big ideas immediately. And part of that is because I had created a package like this back in 2004 for a five-state regional care provider in the Midwest. Back then, I was designing what could only be called a finite game. I'm designing in Flash for web. I'm doing decision trees with dialogue, and it's much like a video game, but a serious game. It's getting the assessment correct in the interactions and embedding the learning in the interaction and then being able to judge that and provide useful feedback for the player. And what this did was it made it possible for them to have interactive learning through doing in the form of a video game, which was a little bit more fun than studying a textbook or taking a computer-based test. It also allowed the health system a little bit more focus on the patients because what was happening is that they would be taking their best people off the floor and taking a partial schedule to train these new people. But 45% of those that they were training were leaving within the first 30 days. So, the game was actually an approach to providing that interaction as a guided apprenticeship without taking their best people off the floor into part-time schedules and the idea that they might not even be there in 30 days. So, that's kind of a lot to describe, but I would say that the focus on the MVP 1 was, this is the problem that we're going to help you with. We're going to get people out of the seats and onto the floor, off the screen, caring for people. And we're going to guide them through this guided apprenticeship, which allows for contextual computing and interaction, as we've worked with comparing across, like, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Grok, trying these different approaches to AI, figuring out which models work best within this context. And, hopefully, when we walk in and we're sitting with an exec, we get a "Wow," [laughs]. And that's the big thing with our initial technology. We really want a wow. I shared this with a former instructor at the University of Minnesota, Joe Gaugler, and I said...I showed him, and he's like, "Wow, why isn't anybody doing this with nursing and such?" And I said, "Well, we are," you know, that's what I was hoping he would say. And that's the thing that we want to see when we walk into somebody's office, and we show them, and they say, "Wow, this is cool." "Wow, we think it's cool. And we hope you're going to want to go on this journey with us." And that's what MVP 1 should do for us is solve what seems like a little problem, which is a finite game-type technology, but turn it into an infinite game technology, which is what's possible with AI and machine learning. WILL: I love, you know, you're talking about your background, being a teacher, and in gaming, and I can see that in your product, which is awesome. Because training can be boring, especially if it's just reading or any of those things. But when you make it real life, when you put someone, I guess that's where the quote comes from, you put them in the game, it's so much better. So, for you, with your teacher background and your gaming background, was there a personal experience that you had that brought out your passion for caregiving? BROCK: You know, my mom is a nurse. She has always been into personal development. By the time I was in sixth grade, I was going to CPR classes with her while she was [inaudible 19:22] her nursing thing [laughs]. So, I was invited to propose a solution for the first version of CareTrainer, which had a different name back in 2004, which we sold. That led to an invitation to work and support the virtual clinic for the University of Minnesota Medical School, which is no longer a thing. The virtual clinic that is the medical school is still one of the best in the country, a virtual stethoscope writing grants as an academic for elder care. And I would have to say my personal story is that at the end of their lives, I took care of both my maternal grandmother in her home while I was going to college. And then, I took care of my paternal grandfather while I was going to college. And, you know, those experiences were profound for me because I was able to sit down and have coffee with them, tell jokes, learn about their lives. I saw the stories that went with the pictures. And I think one of the greatest fears that I saw in many of the potential customers that I've spoken to is at the end of a loved one's life that they didn't learn some of the things that they had hoped from them. And they didn't have the stories that went with all the pictures in the box, and that's just an opportunity missed. So, I think those are some of the things that drive me. It's just that connection to people. And I think that's what makes us humane is that compassion, that wanting to understand, and, also, I think a desire to have compassion and to be understood. And I think that's where gaming and play are really important because making mistakes is part of play. And you can make lots of mistakes and have lots of ways to solve a problem in a game. Whereas in computer-based training and standardized tests, which I used to address as a teacher, there's typically one right answer, and, in life, there is rarely a right answer [laughs]. CHAD: Well, and not really an opportunity to learn from mistakes either. Like, you don't necessarily get an opportunity on a standardized test to review the answers you got wrong in any meaningful way and try to learn from that experience. BROCK: Have you ever taken one of those tests and you're like, well, that's kind of right, but I think my answer is better, but it's not here [laughter]? I think what we really want from schools is creativity and innovation. And when we're showing kids that there's just a right answer, we kind of take the steam out of their engine, which is, you know, well, what if I just explore this and make mistakes? And I remember, in high school, I had an art teacher who said, "Explore your mistakes." Maybe you'll find out that their best is intentional. Maybe it's a feature, not a bug [laughs]. I think when I say inculcate play or inspire play, there's a feeling of psychological safety that we can be vulnerable, that we can explore, we can discover; we can create, and we can share. And when people say, "Oh, well, that's stupid," and you can say, "Well, I was just playing. I'm just exploring. I discovered this. I kind of messed around with a little bit, and I wanted to show you." And, hopefully, the person backs off a little bit from their strong statement and says, "Oh, I can see this and that." And, hopefully, that's the start of a conversation and maybe a startup, right [laughs]? CHAD: Well, there are so many opportunities in so many different industries to have an impact by introducing play. Because, in some ways, I feel like that may have been lost a little bit in so many sort of like addressing problems at scale or when scaling up to particular challenges. I think we trend towards standardization and lose a little bit of that. BROCK: I agree. I think humans do like continuity and predictability. But what we find in product is that when we can pleasantly surprise, we're going to build a customer base, you know, that doesn't come from, you know, doing the same thing all the time that everybody else does. That's kind of the table stakes, right? It works. But somebody is going to come along that does it in a more interesting way. And people are going to say, "Oh." It's like the arts and crafts effect in industrialization, right? Everybody needs a spoon to eat soup, a lot of soup [laughs]. And somebody can make a lot of spoons. And somebody else says, "Well, I can make spoons, too." "And how do I differentiate?" "Well, I've put a nice scrollwork design on my spoon. And it's beautiful, versus this other very plain spoon. I'll sell it to you for a penny more." And most people will take the designed thing, the well-designed thing that provides some beauty and some pleasure in their life. And I think that's part of what I described as the spark is that realization that we live in beauty, that we live in this kind of amazing place that inspires wonder when we're open to it. MID-ROLL AD: When starting a new project, we understand that you want to make the right choices in technology, features, and investment but that you don't have all year to do extended research. In just a few weeks, thoughtbot's Discovery Sprints deliver a user-centered product journey, a clickable prototype or Proof of Concept, and key market insights from focused user research. We'll help you to identify the primary user flow, decide which framework should be used to bring it to life, and set a firm estimate on future development efforts. Maximize impact and minimize risk with a validated roadmap for your new product. Get started at: tbot.io/sprint. WILL: You mentioned gamifying the training and how users are more involved. It's interesting because I'm actually going through this with my five-year-old. We're trying to put him in kindergarten, and he loves to play. And so, if you put him around a game, he'll learn it. He loves it. But most of the schools are like, workbooks, sit down; focus, all of those things. And it probably speaks to your background as being a Montessori teacher, but how did you come up with gamifying it for the trainee, I guess you could say? Like, how did you come up with that plan? Because I feel like in the school systems, a lot of that is missing because it's like, like you said, worksheets equal that boring PowerPoint that we have to sit down and read and stuff like that. So, how did you come up with the gamifying it when society is saying, "Worksheets, PowerPoints. Do it this way." BROCK: I think that is something I call the adult convenience model. Who's it better for: the person who has to do the grading and the curriculum design, or the kid doing the learning? And I think that, in those cases, the kid doing the learning misses out. And the way that we validate that behavior is by saying, "Well, you've got to learn how to conform. You've got to learn how to put your own interests and drives aside and just learn how to focus on this because I'm telling you to do it." And I think that's important, to be able to do what you're asked to do in a way that you're asked to do it. But I think that the instructional model that I'm talking about takes much more up-front thought. And where I came from with it is studying the way that I like to learn. I struggled in school. I really did. I was a high school dropout. I went to junior college in Cupertino, and I was very surprised to find out that I could actually go to college, even though I hadn't finished high school. And I began to understand that it's very different when you get to college, so much more of it is about giving you an unstructured problem that you have to address. And this is the criteria under which you're going to solve the problem and how I'm going to grade you. And these are the qualities of the criteria, and what this is, is basically a rubric. We actually see these rubrics and such in products. So, for example, when I was at American Family, we had this matrix of different insurance policies and all the different things in the column based upon rows that you would get underneath either economy, standard, or performance. And I think it was said by somebody at Netflix years ago; there's only two ways to sell bundled and unbundled. The idea is that there were these qualities that changed as a gradient or a ratio as you moved across this matrix. And the price went up a little bit for each one of those qualities that you added into the next row or column, and that's basically a rubric. And when we begin to create a rubric for learning, what we're really doing is moving into a moment where we say, "This is the criteria under which I'm going to assess you. These are the qualities that inform the numbers that you're going to be graded with or the letter A, B, or C, or 4, 3, 2, 1. What does it mean to have a 4? Well, let me give you some qualities." And one of the things that I do in training companies and training teams is Clapping Academy. You want to do that together? WILL: Yeah, I would love to. BROCK: Would you like to try it here? Okay. Which one of you would like to be the judge? WILL: I'll do it. BROCK: Okay. As the judge, you're going to tell me thumbs up or thumbs down. I'm going to clap for you. Ready? [Claps] Thumbs up or thumbs down? CHAD: [laughs] WILL: I say thumbs up. It was a clap [laughs]. BROCK: Okay. Is it what you were expecting? WILL: No, it wasn't. BROCK: Ah. What are some of the qualities of clapping that we could probably tease out of what you were expecting? Like, could volume or dynamics be one? WILL: Yeah, definitely. And then, like, I guess, rhythm of it like music, like a music rhythm of it. BROCK: Okay. In some cases, you know, like at jazz and some churches, people actually snap. They don't clap. So, hands or fingers or style. So, if we were to take these three categories and we were to break them 4, 3, 2, 1 for each one, would a 4 be high volume, or would it be middle volume for you? WILL: Oh, wow. For that, high volume. BROCK: Okay. How about rhythm? Would it be 4 would be really fast; 1 would be really slow? I think slow would be...we have this cultural term called slow clapping, right [laughter]? So, maybe that would be bad, right [laughter]? A 1 [laughter]? And then, style maybe this could be a non-numerical category, where it could just be a 1 or a 2, and maybe hands or slapping a thigh or snapping knuckles. What do you think? WILL: I'm going off of what I know. I guess a clap is technically described as with hands. So, I'll go with that. BROCK: Okay, so a 4 would be a clap. A 3 might be a thigh slap [laughter]. A 2 might be a snap, and a 1 would be air clap [laughter]. WILL: Yep. BROCK: Okay. So, you can't see this right now. But let's see, if I were to ask you what constitutes a 12 out of 12 possible, we would have loud, fast, hand-to-hand clap. I think we could all do it together, right [Clapping]? And that is how it works. What I've just done is I've created criteria. I've created gradients or qualities. And then, we've talked about what those qualities mean, and then you have an idea of what it might look like into the future. You have previewed it. And there's a difference here in video games. A simulation is where I copy you step by step, and I demonstrate, in performance, what's been shown to me to be accurate to what's been shown to me. Most humans don't learn like that. Most of us learn through emulation, which is we see that there's an outcome that we want to achieve, and we see how it starts. But we have to improvise between the start and the end. In a book by Michael Tomasello on being human...he's an anthropologist, and he studies humans, and he studied other primates like great apes. And he talks about emulation as like the mother using a blade of grass, licking it, and putting it down a hole to collect ants so that she can eat the ants. And oftentimes, the mother may have their back to her babies. And the babies will see the grass, and they'll see that she's putting it in her mouth, but they won't see the whole act. So, they've just [inaudible 33:29] through trial and error, see if they can do it. And this is the way an earlier paper that I wrote in studying kids playing video games was. We start with trial and error. We find a tactic that works for us. And then, in a real situation, there might be multiple tactics that we can use, and that becomes a strategy. And then, we might choose different strategies for different economic benefits. So, for example, do I want to pay for something with pennies or a dollar, or do I want a hundred pennies to carry around? Or would I rather have a dollar in a game, right? We have to make this decision of, what is the value of it, and what is the encumbrance of it? Or if it's a shooting game, am I going to take out a road sign with a bazooka when I might need that bazooka later on? And that becomes economic decision-making. And then, eventually, we might have what's called top site, which is, I understand that the game has these different rules, opportunities, roles, and experiences. How do I want to play? For example, Fallout 4 was a game that I really enjoyed. And I was blown away when I found out that a player had actually gone through the Final Boss and never injured another non-player character in the game. They had just done the whole thing in stealth. And I thought that is an artistic way to play. It's an expression. It's creative. It's an intentional way of moving through the game. And I think that when we provide that type of independent, individual expression of learning, we're allowing people to have a unique identity, to express it creatively, and to connect in ways that are interesting to other people so that we can learn from each other. And I think that's what games can do. And one of the hurdles that I faced back in 2004 was I was creating a finite game, where what I had coded in decision trees, in dialogue, in video interactions, once that was there, that was done. Where we're at now is, I can create an infinite game because I've learned how to leverage machine learning in order to generate lots of different contexts using the type of criteria and qualities that I described to you in Clapping Academy, that allow me to evaluate many different variations of a situation, but with the same level of expectation for professionalism, knowledge and expertise, communication, compassion, curiosity. You know, these are part of the eight elements of what is valued in the nursing profession. And when we have those rubrics, when we have that matrix, we begin to move into a new paradigm in teaching and learning because there's a much greater latitude and variety of how we get up the mountain. And that's one of the things that I learned as a teacher is that every kid comes in differently, but they're just as good. And every kid has a set of gifts that we can have them, you know, celebrate in service to warming up cold spots. And I think that sometimes kids are put into situations, and so are adults, where they're told to overcome this cold spot without actually leveraging the things that they're good at. And the problem with that is, in learning sciences, it's a transfer problem, which is if I learn it to pass the test, am I ever going to apply it in life, or is it just going to be something that I forget right away? And my follow-ups on doing classroom and learning research is that it is usually that. They learned it for the test. They forgot it, and they don't even remember ever having learned it. And the greatest gift that I got, having been a teacher, was when my wife and I would, I don't know, we'd be somewhere like the grocery store or walking out of a Target, and a couple of young people would come up and say, "Yo, Mr. Dubbs," And I'd be like, "Hey [laughs]!" And they're like, "Hey, man, you remember when we did that video game class and all that?" And I was like, "Yeah, you were so good at that." Or "Remember when we made those boats, and we raced them across the pool?" "Yeah, yeah, that was a lot of fun, wasn't it?" And I think part of it was that I was having as much fun doing the classes and the lessons as they were doing it. And it's kind of like a stealth learning, where they are getting the experience to populate these abstract concepts, which are usually tested on these standardized choice tests. And it's the same problem that we have with scaling a technology. Oftentimes, the way that we scale is based on conformity and limited variation when we're really scaling the wrong things. And I think it's good to be able to scale a lot of the tasks but provide great variety in the way that we can be human-supported around them. So, sure, let's scale sales and operations, but let's also make sure that we can scope out variation in how we do sales, and how we do customer service, and how we do present our product experience. So, how do we begin to personalize in scope and still be able to scale? And I think that's what I'm getting at as far as how I'm approaching CareTrainer, and how I'm approaching a lot of the knowledge translation that we're doing for startups, and consulting with larger and medium-sized businesses on how they can use AI. CHAD: That's awesome. Bringing it back to CareTrainer, what are some of the hurdles or cold spots that are in front of you and the business? What are the next steps and challenges in front of you? BROCK: I think the big thing is that I spend a good two to three [laughs] hours a day reading about the advances in the tech, you know, staying ahead of the knowledge translation and the possible applications. I mean, it's hard to actually find time to do the work because the technology is moving so fast. And, like I said, we were starting to build MVP 2, and we realized, you know what, this is going to be done for us in a little while. You know, it'd be cool if we can do this bespoke. But why not buy the thing that's already there rather than creating it from scratch, unless we're going to do something really different? I think that the biggest hurdle is helping people to think differently. And with the elder care crisis and the care crisis, I think that we really have to help people think differently about the things that we've done. I think regulation is really important, especially when it comes to health care, treatment, prescription safety. I think, though, that there are a lot of ways that we can help people to understand those regulations rather than put them in a seat in front of a monitor. CHAD: I think people respond to, you know, when there's a crisis, different people respond in different ways. And it's a natural tendency to not want to rock the boat, not introduce new things because that's scary. And adding more, you know, something that is scary to a difficult situation already is hard for some people. Whereas other people react to a crisis realizing that we got into the crisis for a reason. And the old ways of doing things might not necessarily be the thing to get us out of it. BROCK: Yeah, I totally agree. When I run into that, the first thought that comes to my head is, when did you stop learning [laughs]? When did you stop seeking learning? Because, for me, if I were to ever stop learning, I'd realize that I'd started dying. And that's what I mean by the spark, is, no matter what your age, as long as you're engaged in seeking out learning opportunities, life is exciting. It's an adventure. You're discovering new frontiers, and, you know, that's the spark. I think when people become complacent, and they say, "Well, this is the way we've always done it," okay, has that always served us well? And there are a lot of cultural issues that go with this. So, for example, there are cultural expectations about the way kids learn in class. Like, kids who come from blue-collar families might say, "Hey, you know what? My kid is going to be doing drywall, or he's going to be working fixing cars, or he's going to be in construction, or why does he need to do this? Or why does she need to do that? And, as a parent, I don't even understand the homework." And then, there are the middle-class folks who say, "You know what? I'm given these things. They need to be correct, accurate, and easy to read. And that's my job. And I don't see this in my kids' curriculum." And then, there are the creatives who say, "Hey, you know, this has nothing to do with where my kid is going. My kids are creative. They're going to have ambiguous problems that they have to come up with creative solutions for." Then you get to the executive class where, like, these elite private schools, where they say, "My kid is going to be a leader in the industry, and what they should be doing is leading groups of people through an activity in order to accomplish a goal." And those are four different pedagogical approaches to learning. So, I'm wondering, what is it that we expect from our caregivers? And I've got kind of a crazy story from that, where this young woman, [SP] Gemma, who was a middle school student, I gave her the option, along with my other kids, to either take a standardized test on Greek myths, or they could write their own myth. And she wrote this myth about a mortal who fell in love with a young goddess. Whenever they would wrap and embrace and kiss, a flame would occur. One day the mother found out and says, "Oh, you've fallen in love with a mortal. Well, here you shall stay. This shall be your penance." And she wrapped her in this thread, this rope, and dipped them in wax so they would be there forever. But then the flame jumped to the top, and that is how candles were created. And I read that, and I was...and this is, like, you know, 30 years ago, and I still have this at the top of my head. And I was like, "Gemma, that was amazing. Are you going to go to college?" And she says, "No." "No? Really? What are you going to do?" "I want to be a hairstylist." And, in my mind, my teacher mind is like, oh no, no, no, no. You [laughs] need to go to college. But then I thought about it. I thought, why wouldn't I want a smart, skilled, creative person cutting my hair? And, you know, people who cut hair make really good money [laughter]. And the whole idea is, are we actually, you know, empowering people to become their best selves and be able to explore those things? Or are we, you know, scaring them out of their futures with, you know, fear? Those are the big hurdles, which is, I'm afraid of the future. And the promise is, well, it's going to be different. But I can't assure you that it's not going to come without problems that we're going to have to figure out how to solve. And there are some who don't want the problems. They just want how it's always been. And I think that's the biggest hurdle we face is innovation and convincing people that trying something new it may not be perfect, but it's a step in the right direction. And I think Hans Rosling in Factfulness said it very well. He said, "Things are better than they were before, but they're not great." Can we go from good to great? Sure. And what do we need to do? But we always are getting better, as long as we're continuing to adapt and create and be playful and look at different ways of doing things because now people are different, but just as good. CHAD: Brock, I really appreciate you stopping by and bringing your creativity, and energy, and playfulness to this difficult problem of caregiving. I'm excited for what the future holds for not only CareTrainer but the impact that you're going to have on the world. I really appreciate it. BROCK: Well, thank you for having me and letting me tell these stories, and, also, thanks for participating in Clapping Academy [laughter]. WILL: It was great. CHAD: If folks want to get in touch with you or follow along with you, or if they work in a healthcare organization where they think CareTrainer might be right for them, where are all the places that they can do that? BROCK: You can reach me at brock@caretrainer.ai. They can express interest on our website at caretrainer.ai. They can reach me at my personal website, brockdubbels.com, or connect with me on LinkedIn, because, you know, life is too short not to have friends. So, let's be friends [laughs]. 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Anger is a massive emotion that can take us over and make us do and say things we later regret. Most of us have also been subjected to other's angry outbursts. But anger can also be a productive and constructive emotion that can move your healing forward, empower you and help you gain confidence. Join this conversation to learn how. You will also hear me talking about the upcoming group coaching experience that starts on May 13th. I am so excited to be running a course again as it has been almost a couple of years since the last one. This is different and has been created to embrace the new times that are present since the grip of Covid ended. It's called THE HEALING HEART: https://www.theseparationclub.com/healingheart During the 6 weeks we will: Understand the source of your pain - it might not be as obvious as it seems Connect with your inner story and being honest about what we are saying to ourselves The biggest thing that holds us back is fear. We will work on letting go of fear and empower ourselves and each other to let go of our inner victim. We all have one. Now you are ready to let go of your inner victim and to release your old pain story. It's time to rewrite the story And then we celebrate and make plans. HOW? Mindfulness practices like meditation, visualization and pranayama (breathwork). Group conversations, Q&A and relevant exercises. Worksheets and other suggested "homework" activities. You will walk away from this experience feeling stronger, happier and more confident as you continue to navigate your divorce and life in general. WHY GROUP COACHING? Some might feel hesitant to put themselves out in a group, but it is exactly the group dynamic that is so powerful. Knowing you are not alone, and having the support and friendship of others who are on the same journey is incredibly powerful. We will put the techniques you learn into practice during group coaching sessions. This is a safe place where everyone is working on their own self-love journey. AND JUST FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS: Enhance your experience by having a coaching session with me before we get started (May 13th) so I can help set you up for success and hit the floor running. LINKS MENTIONED AND MORE: The Healing Heart: https://www.theseparationclub.com/healingheart DON'T MISS THE ITALY RETREAT: Step into a dream and join us in Italy June 22-29th for a week of sisterhood, Italian wine and ancient towns with cobblestones and beautiful shops selling olive oil and pottery. It's the ultimate girls' trip https://www.theseparationclub.com/italy2024 EARLY BIRD PRICING IN EFFECT. Join our 2025 retreat in Costa Rica, Feb. 22 - March 1, 2025 https://www.theseparationclub.com/costa-rica-retreat BUY THE BRAND NEW JOY JOURNAL: https://www.theseparationclub.com/the-joy-journal I would love to work with you towards your healing, self-discovery and in creating your new life. Working with a coach is a great way to discover your purpose, your path forward while gaining clarity on your beliefs and core values. I have openings in my calendar for some new clients. https://www.theseparationclub.com/coaching Receive our new and free Monthly Moon Journey Calendar showing you how to work with the phases of the moon and each phase's unique energies to create the life you want. https://www.theseparationclub.com/moon Also make sure to download the Free Separation Checklist: https://theseparationclub.com/separation-checklist Join the private and free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theseparationclub/ You can also find me on Instagram @elisabethjoy444 where I share daily inspirations and tips as you navigate your divorce. And the brand new Instagram account for The Joy Journal: @thejoyjournal444

Welcome back to Business Unfiltered with Mercer and Jeff Sauer today's topic is Creating New Offers 0:00: Creating and improving business offers. Mercer defines an offer as a way to pitch a product or service, keeping it fresh and interesting to keep the market engaged. Jeff agrees, adding that the word offer is more encompassing than sales or marketing, as it includes various ways to pitch a product or service. 4:07: Creating effective offers in business. Mercer reflects on his past approach to creating offers. He emphasizes the importance of connecting sales and marketing to the offer, rather than treating it as a separate entity. Jeff discusses creating an offer, mentioning Alex Hermoza's approach of packing in sales and marketing techniques to make an offer so good that people feel stupid saying no. 7:30: Creating effective offers in business. Jeff discusses the importance of creating a valuable offer that prompts action, highlighting the need to deliver on promises and ensure profitability. He emphasizes the importance of marketing before making an offer, as it creates a warm audience and adds to the demand for the sales component. 11:12: Evolving sales strategies for online offers. Jeff shares how his thinking has evolved on how he approaches offers over time, from a one-on-one problem-solving approach to a more structured and optimized online sales process. Mercer learned from a particular webinar expert (Jason Flattie) how to craft a more effective offer by focusing on the customer's perspective and creating a systematic approach to sales. 16:11: Creating an irresistible offer using objections and bonuses. Mercer shared his recipe for creating an offer: list every possible objection and make sure the offer addresses them. He also learned the power of using bonuses and making the bonus the main selling point. 20:52: Validating products through customer conversations. Jeff emphasizes talking to customers to validate an offer, rather than relying on worksheets or assumptions. He shares his experience of over-indexing on one person's feedback to improve his product. Still, he acknowledges the risk of failing if the feedback is not representative of the larger market. 22:39: Creating effective offers for products and services. Jeff emphasizes the importance of guidance and implementation help when using templates, citing his experience with a book funnel template. He explains the importance of making low-risk offers to potential clients, de-risking their investment, and increasing the chances of a successful sale. 28:02: Simplifying and personalizing sales offers for better results. Mercer discusses the importance of personalizing offers to individual prospects, finding the right balance between high-ticket and low-ticket offers, and avoiding generic templates to build muscle and trust with clients. 29:57: Simplifying offers to increase sales. Jeff emphasizes the importance of creating a simple, single offer per campaign, rather than multiple options.

Welcome to this special episode with Ceri. Ceri tackles the questions inundating her inbox daily from artists and creatives. She will be dishing out insights gleaned from the results she has facilitated in coaching sessions, talks, and workshops. Brace yourselves—it's time to confront that dreaded word we all love to hate: networking! KEY TAKEAWAYS 5 Essential Tips to Unlock Your Art World Network Define clear relationship goals Reflect on your objectives before connecting to focus your efforts and approach networking authentically Identify the types of relationships you want to build (e.g., mentorship, collaborative partnerships) Use journal prompts to gain clarity on your goals and how connections can contribute to your artistic journey 2. Research your ideal connections thoroughly Assess your own work, track record, champions, and consistency of achievements Identify commercial galleries whose programs resonate with you and engage with their work Attend previews, art fairs, and events hosted by these galleries to familiarise yourself with their artists and practices Invite artists represented by the gallery for studio visits or engage with gallery team members for valuable insights 3. Overcome shyness or anxiety when networking using self-coaching strategies Practice self-reflection by journaling about challenging networking situations and identifying areas for improvement Engage in inner dialogue to become aware of limiting beliefs and their impact on your behavior Ask yourself open-ended "what" or "how" questions to focus on actionable steps and problem-solving strategies Explore models, exercises, and strategies to get comfortable with trying new things related to networking 4. Connect with people authentically by adding value and tailoring communication Focus on adding value to others rather than pitching or convincing them Tailor your communication to each individual, highlighting why you admire their achievements and what resonates with you about their work Be genuine and communicate without any expectation of a return, letting go of the outcome Commit to speaking to 3 new people at each event to expand your network Use open-ended questions, active listening, and find common ground to initiate conversations 5. Follow up after an initial connection to maintain relationships Maintain relationships through consistent communication and personalised interactions Attend art events, engage on social media, and offer assistance or collaborate to stay engaged Send follow-up emails expressing gratitude for previous encounters and reiterating your interest in further engagement Demonstrate genuine interest and commitment to building meaningful connections through thoughtful and personalised follow-up communication PODCAST HOST BIO Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way. **** NEW COURSE AVAILABLE - UNLOCK YOUR ARTWORLD NETWORK **** Are you an artist or creative professional longing to take your career to the next level? Relationships are the key to success in the art world, and it only takes 10 to 15 of the right connections to build a thriving career. You just need to know how to find them.  Join Ceri Hand as she guides you through her proven 5-step approach to nurturing impactful relationships with gallerists, curators, commissioners and producers in a brand new self-study video course, Unlock Your Artworld Network.  From crafting the perfect email to attending events with confidence, this course will give you invaluable insights and simple, practical strategies to forge and maintain meaningful connections in the artworld. For just £75, you'll have lifetime access to: 5 x Guidance Videos5 x Exercise Videos11 x Worksheets & Journal prompts Work your way through the materials at your own pace, in as little as 5 hours.  Sign up now! cerihand.com/courses @cerihand

Planning a wedding on a budget? In this episode, Jessica Bishop, founder of The Budget Savvy Bride, shares expert advice on keeping your big day affordable without sacrificing style. Whether you are dreaming of a traditional ceremony or considering eloping, Jessica's insights will help you celebrate your love without breaking the bank. We discuss micro weddings, destination weddings, the cost of having an open bar, wedding party attire, and more!  Don't miss out on these essential tips for a budget-friendly wedding! Time Stamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:42 What does a wedding cost? 03:50 How has the wedding world changed since the pandemic? 05:58 What is a micro wedding? 06:43 How do you save money on your wedding? 10:36 Wedding resources and finances 12:31 Do you consider the potential gift contributions from your guests when planning your wedding budget? 17:09 What amount of money is appropriate to give as a wedding gift?                21:06 Strategies for reducing wedding budget expenses 25:07 Are destination weddings more affordable? 26:59 Wedding party attire 30:29 Should I have an open bar? 32:47 Where to find The Budget Savvy Bride   Related Links: Should You Get a Wedding Loan? - https://www.hoyes.com/blog/should-you-get-a-wedding-loan/ The Budget Savvy Bride - https://thebudgetsavvybride.com/ The Budget Savvy Bride Real Wedding Budgets - https://thebudgetsavvybride.com/real-weddings/ Book: The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer: Checklists, Worksheets, and Essential Tools to Plan the Perfect Wedding on a Small Budget – on Amazon https://www.amazon.ca/Budget-Savvy-Wedding-Planner-Organizer-Checklists/dp/1623159857/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=moneyproblems-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=a64ef88027584470ba33c94dfd58c76e&camp=15121&creative=330641 The Budget Savvy Bride on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@budgetsavvybride The Budget Savvy Bride on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheBudgetSavvyBride The Budget Savvy Bride Twitter - https://twitter.com/savvybride The Budget Savvy Bride Threads - https://threads.net/@budgetsavvybride The Budget Savvy Bride Facebook - https://facebook.com/budgetsavvybride The Budget Savvy Bride Pinterest - https://pinterest.com/savvybride The Budget Savvy Bride Instagram - https://instagram.com/budgetsavvybride Jessica Bishop LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/jessicalehrybishop The Bouquet Toss: A Wedding Planning Podcast - https://thebudgetsavvybride.com/the-bouquet-toss-podcast/ Marriage or Mortgage Podcast Episode - https://thebudgetsavvybride.com/podcast/episode-66-marriage-or-mortgage/ The Wedding Report - https://wedding.report/ Honeyfund - https://www.honeyfund.com/ Something Borrowed Blooms- https://www.somethingborrowedblooms.com/

In this episode, Ceri is joined by Paul Hedge, the founder and owner of Hales Gallery, which was established in 1992 in a Deptford café. Paul shares his inspiring journey from a working-class background to becoming an established figure in the art scene. With passion and dedication, he has been a pioneer of inclusivity since long before the term became widely used. Paul discusses the artists who have had the most significant impact on him throughout his career and challenges the perceptions many people have about art galleries and artist representation. He also shares the unique ways he built his profile as an art dealer and how he found success by simply being himself through the power of traditional networking and never letting a lack of knowledge hold him back! KEY TAKEAWAYS Paul grew up in a council house in Stevenage, and his parents moved there from East London after the war. As a child, Paul noticed paintings in his grandparents' house and began questioning them at a young age. He also developed an interest in art books in his school library. In the 60s and 70s, career advice was centred around following in one's father's footsteps, and art was rarely discussed as a career option. Paul attended Goldsmiths Art College, where he was tutored by renowned artists such as John Bellamy, Richard Wentworth, and feminist artist Mary Kelly. It was during this time that he started his first gallery. Exhibitions appealed to Paul as they allowed him to showcase other people's work and share his thoughts, opinions, and art knowledge with others. Before finding success in the art world, Paul worked as a postman, delivering mail to notable figures like Michael Caine and Harold Wilson. This experience allowed him to visit commercial art galleries in London and ask questions to artists and owners. Paul and his business partner set up a café to help fund the gallery, enabling them to make a living while creating a space for art. The café's success allowed them to run a programme and eventually establish the gallery in its own right. The gallery's foundation was built on giving artists a voice and listening to their ideas, including those of women, which was not as common in the 90s. One of their early successes was Japanese artist Tomoko Takahashi. For Paul, style was never a driving factor; instead, race, gender, and class have always been at the forefront of the gallery's mission. Paul has consistently utilised his enthusiasm and creativity to find ways to get things done and succeed, even when faced with challenges or a lack of knowledge in certain areas. BEST MOMENTS  "Everything you thought was changed, everything you believed was changed” “When I think about our shows, they were quite out there” “Wow a curtain pole from Harold Wilson, you're not going to say no” “I've never been short of ambition” “We managed to get some money from the Tories, they gave us some money because we were enterprising” “Parallel to the café being a success, the gallery also became quite successful quite quickly” “Richard Woods, we did an early show with him” “I think punk and growing up in an environment where anything could happen made me think in a particular way” “The odder the better that's my cup of tea” “People's worst nightmare is a working-class bloke with money” “You didn't let the fact that you didn't know stand in the way of your figuring some way” PODCAST HOST BIO Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way. **** NEW COURSE AVAILABLE - UNLOCK YOUR ARTWORLD NETWORK **** Are you an artist or creative professional longing to take your career to the next level? Relationships are the key to success in the art world, and it only takes 10 to 15 of the right connections to build a thriving career. You just need to know how to find them.  Join Ceri Hand as she guides you through her proven 5-step approach to nurturing impactful relationships with gallerists, curators, commissioners and producers in a brand new self-study video course, Unlock Your Artworld Network.  From crafting the perfect email to attending events with confidence, this course will give you invaluable insights and simple, practical strategies to forge and maintain meaningful connections in the artworld. For just £75, you'll have lifetime access to: 5 x Guidance Videos5 x Exercise Videos11 x Worksheets & Journal prompts Work your way through the materials at your own pace, in as little as 5 hours.  Sign up now! cerihand.com/courses @cerihand

In this episode of the Wellness Diaries podcast, I talk with Karin Nordin, an expert in mindset and behavior change. Karin shares her journey from a negative relationship with self-help during her youth to pursuing a PhD focused on health communication behavior change. She reveals her pivot from academia to starting a coaching business after an enlightening experience with growth mindset research. The discussion highlights the shortcomings of typical self-help books, emphasizing the need for practical advice for those who don't naturally excel in self-regulation. We explore the importance of aligning behaviors with values, setting approach goals, and the role of identity in sustainable behavior change. We also discuss Karen's coaching program, which helps individuals embody their core values and establish habits that align with their desired identities, as well asChange Academy, a resource offering workshops and master classes on behavior change.   TIME STAMPS Karin Nordin's background (00:00:02)  Negative relationship with self-help (00:02:09)  Karen's academic and career journey (00:03:12) Limitations of self-help books (00:05:48)  Understanding discipline (00:09:52)  Creating new rituals and dealing with discomfort (00:12:53)  Reframing negative thoughts (00:16:00)  Frequency vs. consistency (00:17:59)  Consistency and Stress (00:20:00)  Behavior and Future Thinking (00:21:05)  Change and Inconsistency (00:23:14)  Motivation and Consistency (00:25:25) Self-Talk and Behavior (00:27:38) Approach vs. Avoidance Goals (00:30:28)  Identity and Behavior (00:33:44)  Coaching Experience (00:37:44)  Closing the Gap with Coaching (00:39:09)  Creating a Vision with a Coach (00:39:52)  Tracking Progress and Weekly Check-Ins (00:40:52) Tools and Worksheets for Behavior Change (00:41:54)  Program Outcomes and Long-Term Benefits (00:42:48)  Hands-On Material and Flexibility (00:42:50)  Change Academy: DIY Version (00:44:26) Implementing Behavior Change Knowledge (00:44:45)  Ethical Use of Urgency in Business (00:47:05)  Closing Remarks (00:48:29)   KARIN'S IG: https://www.instagram.com/karinnordinphd/ BODY BRAIN ALLIANCE: https://www.instagram.com/bodybrainalliance/   JOIN OUR FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/821409229816960   FREEBIES & SPECIAL OFFERS No Brainer Fat Loss Checklist: https://ahubnutrition.myflodesk.com/fatlosschecklist Special 1:1 Coaching Offer for podcast listeners only: https://www.ahubnutrition.com/coachingapplication Group Coaching: https://www.ahubnutrition.com/90days Simple Meal Ideas Freebie: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/626c82f91e8046b220253e1b FIND ME ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighmariehubbard/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/ahubnutrition/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessdiariespodcast/

In this episode, we tackle a topic that's often whispered in the hallways of schools everywhere with a mix of disdain and necessity: worksheets. I'll admit that I have often expressed my own dislike of worksheets, so much so that I rarely use them myself. Show notes and transcript: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e832 However, we can all take the worksheets we do have and transform them from mere busywork as we reimagine them into dynamic, engaging learning experiences. With Linda's background in middle school math and a passion for providing practical solutions, this fresh perspective will help you (and me) see that worksheets can be an asset if used properly in the classroom instead of a hindrance. In this classroom-focused episode, join us as we explore seven innovative strategies to breathe new life into worksheets, turning them into powerful vehicles for learning and student engagement. Let's get started. A note from Vicki, your host: To celebrate the 7th anniversary of this podcast, we're returning to our five-day-a-week format to inspire and encourage you on the way to school each morning! Enjoy!

In this episode of the Wiggle Room Podcast, a participant who is relatively new to The Work asks some great questions about the practice. He wonders about the value of going back to reread past worksheets and also about whether he is going deep enough in Question 4 since his answers are almost always the same. You can also listen to this podcast wherever you get your podcasts. If you're new to podcasts, here's a review article by PCMagazine on the best podcast apps to use. If you find one that Wiggle Room is not on, let me know and I'll be happy to add it there too. Here are a few of the most popular podcast apps.   Timeline 01:13 — Intro 03:46 — Question: Is It Good To Go Back And Read Your Past Worksheets? 13:27 — Question: Answers Always The Same In Question 4? Going Deep Enough? 34:47 — Newsletter: Have You Picked A Portal? 44:02 — Outro Open Session Recording In this Open Session recording, a participant asks about the importance of reviewing past work. He also questions if he is going deep enough in Question 4 since his answers are often quite similar, “I feel peaceful. I feel relaxed. I feel more carefree.”   Be a participant in Open Sessions each week to do The Work with me, participate in our discussions, or ask your questions. Newsletter Text In the second part of the recording, I read my article, Have You Picked A Portal? Subscribe to the newsletter to get new articles like this one each week. Bonus Videos If you prefer video, you can watch the following sections of the podcast in HD video.   Is It Good To Go Back And Read Your Past Worksheets? Answers Always The Same In Question 4? Going Deep Enough? Have You Picked A Portal?   Learn The Work Of Byron Katie Learn how to stop suffering and practice The Work with me: Choose a solution that works for you.

This episode dives into the intricacies that come with the internet and its inevitable connections with sexuality. From nudes and snapchat to porn and butt play– this episode has it all! Resources: Amaze.org HELP MY KID WATCHED PORN WEBINAR ($30) Worksheets! Butt plugs: ⁠Cone small⁠⁠ Cone medium (vibrating + larger) Click here to request a FREE 15-Minute Consult today! Reminders: This is not a "how to" podcast, but rather a "how we" podcast. Please listen to our opinions and then come to your own!  Learn from our mistakes or give our techniques a try! It's all up to you.  Please note: Lauren is NOT a therapist. She is a Certified Holistic Sexuality Educator. Looking to expand your own sexuality education? Check out our monthly membership program, HEMLOCK. At only $10 a month you'll have access to the tools you need to begin to reclaim your sexuality for yourself!⁠ (for femme-presenting people only at this time)

EPISODE 98 | Smoke & Mirrors: Unintentional Dangers and Slow Thinking (Because Reasons 8) Guest: Kent Weishaus, licensed clinical social worker, author of Stop Breaking Down: The Secret to Avoiding Overwhelm and Crack-Up Why are there so many adherents to conspiracy theories these days? What are the mechanisms that encourage people to latch onto a particular narrative?  We are modern creatures with out-dated brains. Clinical social worker (and former TV guy) Kent Weishaus talks about various theories and cognitive biases, and champions slow thinking in an age that seems too fast for our minds to keep pace with. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 03:48 - Smoke & Mirrors - TV, unreasonable expectations, wraparound for commercials, the hard edge 09:49 - Cognitive Distortions - Daniel Kahneman's Availability Heuristic, it's the system, TV was Gen X's buddy, we love fat (and sugar) 15:37 - Prospect Theory, Loss Aversion, the Endowment Effect, Aaron Beck's thought distortions, overgeneralization, "mind reading", slow thinking, I-know-how-this-will-end, please get raptured, humans crave structure, think about your thinking, Richard Schwartz's Internal Family Systems (IFS) says we are fragmented beings 26:10 - Towards Accuracy - E-Prime, people are not their diagnosis, slow thinking helps counteract otherization 33:46 - Too Much Information - Fast thinking feels good, apes with car keys, phantom urgency, unintentional dangers, too much sensory input 41:39 - Slow Thinking - Emotions are not uncontrollable, list the systems you're embedded in, nothing goes away in the digital system, Thomas Piketty and late-stage capitalism, the system is out of control Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Kent Weishaus website Stop Breaking Down: The Secret to Avoiding Overwhelm and Crack-Up by Kent Weishaus Kent Weishaus on IMDb Availability Heuristic And Decision Making Prospect Theory: What It Is and How It Works, With Examples Loss aversion on BehavioralEconomics.com The Endowment Effect: Why Perceived Value Increases with Ownership Cognitive Distortions: Unhelpful Thinking Habits 13 Cognitive Distortions Identified In CBT Cognitive Distortions: 22 Examples & Worksheets (& PDF) Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Internal Family Systems (IFS) About IFS (Internal Family Systems) E-Prime on Wikipedia Discovering E-Prime E-Prime and Linguistic Revision Wandering Gaia: Dispatches from the Anthropocene website for Gaia Vince Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Nature of the Modern Mind by Pierre Steiner Turning the stone: embedding systems thinking in the everyday by Oliver Standing Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty  Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it's going. It's Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

You contain, inside of you, a small, quiet voice that has the answers to everything that you could ever need to know. It knows what direction you need to move in moment to momoen, it knows what activity you need to explore. It knows what friendships you need to cultivate and which ones it is time to walk away from, what town you need to live in and even what you need to have for dinner. In this Bonus Episode I share a story of how my dedication to cultivating an ability to hear and be led by my own soft quiet voice, allowed me to experience a profound moment right smack dab in the middle of an ordinary day this past week. The story involves a dead bird, school children and a lot of love. How to move your hand when there's a pencil in it, and you're sitting in front of a blank piece of paper or, or your paintbrush at a canvas or. What words right next, if you're writing a a poem or a memoir novel. There is this intelligence that lives inside of us. Quietly wordlessly and never leaves our side. And yet. We have become very accustomed to the experience of sort of shoving it down or allowing this other part of ourselves to be louder. . And it's, you know, the relationship between the rational mind and this ineffable intelligence that is available to us. helping as many people as I can to have access to that soft, quiet voice is what's behind. All of my work with the creative genius podcast and. And creative genius studios. All the meditations and workshops Worksheets and every conversation that I have with somebody for the podcast, it all comes down to wanting to point to that in you. That intelligence in you, because it does exist in you. It exists in every single person. Who is breathing today?When we don't have access to that part of ourselves, we do get glitchy. You know, we don't know how to make the right decision for ourselves when it comes to. You know what to have for dinner sometimes. To bigger decisions like.Leaving a job or pursuing a dream.And it's so important to have practices in our lives. Not just so that our lives run smoothly, but so that we can actually begin to access. A more magical realm that actually exists right here, hidden behind everything else. And I've dedicated so much of my life to cultivating a deep. relationship to this part of myself that I earnestly listened to and reverentially listened to. I'm constantly. Leaning in and trying to hear myself. And catch myself when I'm not doing that and not beat myself up and this week, I had a really powerful experience that I wanted to share with you. It was Wednesday afternoon and my kids get out of school early on Wednesday afternoons there's called early dismissal. I have no idea why. But every Wednesday, since they were in kindergarten, they get off at two o'clock. now they're older. My kids are 10 and eight and we only live. about. A block and half from the school. And what separates our house from the school is maybe two or three other houses and a little miniature forest. There's this really beautiful little wooded path that they walk through to get to school. even though there is an enormous bear in the area. I let my kids come and go, you know, they're at that age where they want to walk to school by themselves and they want to come home by themselves. So. I left them. I'm experimenting with letting go, right? Like letting them go.But on Wednesday. Was about 10 to three. And I'd heard most of the other kids passed by the house as on their way home from school. And I still hadn't seen my kids. Come in yet. And at one point I, I grabbed my sweater and I put it on because it's a little bit of a. Uh, brisk fall day. And I start walking down towards the school. And as I approached the path at the, at the entrance to the little forest. I hear a lot of sort of frantic energy kind of chaotic. not scared, but there was an energy that I, that I wasn't, that's not part of my everyday. And so I rounded the corner. And there was this group of kids. My son included. Poking at something on the ground with sticks and shrieking about how it was dead and. Their energy was really, really high.And so I walked over to see what, what was going on, what was dead? What was this? What was this thing that was happening? And it was a beautiful bird. I don't know the species of this bird. I'm sure we could look it up. I took a picture of it. It may have been a female Robyn. I'm not entirely sure. It had orange plumage and little speckles on it, and it was quite large. It was, you know, smaller than a Crow, but bigger than a chickadee. And it was very stiff. It was almost like, you know, those Christmas decorations that are, that are styrofoam and they're, they're very, they're like star from balls and they're just very stiff. This bird felt like it was stuffed. Like it was very, very, very stiff. When you, when the kids were poking it with their sticks, nothing was really moving. So it was really, it was dead. It wasn't just stunned because sometimes that happens right there. Just stunned.They were kind of, they were big, pretty rough, the bird, they were rolling it over and they are. You know, pushing its feathers backwards with this stick and kind of poking at it and seeing if it's I would open and. And it was a little jarring actually for me, because I immediately felt like just this like sad, soft, like, oh my goodness. The poor thing, Energy towards it. I couldn't name it, And I didn't want to shame them. For, for their reaction to this. You know, it is, death is uncomfortable. Right. And it's, it is a little bit scary. And sometimes when we're scared, it comes out in weird ways, right? Like, Getting really hyper or. Being really loud or kind of being a little note. All these parts come out of us to sort of help us navigate. This uncomfortable new situation. So I didn't want to shame them for having that experience or that reaction to it. And this wasn't conscious. It wasn't like I sat there and I said, okay, what am I going to do? But something in me just began speaking to this bird. So I'm standing amongst all these really hyper children who are poking at this bird with sticks and rolling it over and seeing if its feathers will come out and. And I just began saying to it. How beautiful it is. And how, sorry I am, but it's never going to get to fly again. And how I hope it didn't suffer. Tears are coming to my eyes as I'm sharing the story, but I wasn't crying in that moment. Those words just came out of me spontaneously and.There was sort of a, uh, a calm that fell over the kids that were there as they began to hear me say these words to this bird. And one at a time and pretty soon all of them. Started to go around the forest and collect really beautiful little. Objects my daughter found some beautiful pink flowers that were growing on the forest floor. One of the other little girls found a gorgeous Fern frond, and another one found it. Giant yellow maple leaf. . They all started decorating the ground around this bird And asking if we could do a funeral for it. And so we did, we. went through my son's lunch bag.And found the fork that I had given him for lunch that day. And we dug a hole in the earth. That was deep enough for the bird and we laid it down on its beautiful giant maple leaf. And everybody. Put their offerings inside decorated this bird with the flowers and the little leaves and Fern fronds. And for sprigs that we found. And everybody went around in a little, very informal circle. Just saying something nice to the bird. And everybody said the thing and we, we covered it with dirt and then we decorated the graveside. We marked it with a little stone and everybody was off on, on their way. And for me, the whole thing was a really profound experience, as I reflected on it later that day and into the next day. Because.I think there's a version of me in the past that may have. Muscled in there. And. Maybe even shamed everybody for, Hey, stop poking at that bird. And that's not very nice. And we don't do that or imagine, you know, like somehow shaming them for their reaction, which is very natural, right? Their reaction was very natural and in some ways, very wise, right. To have this protective defensive kind of, this is what happens when I get scared of something unknown. Right. There is a past version of me that may have shamed them for that. And spontaneously. I was able to access another part of me. A much wiser part of me that knew. Too. Just be in the truth. Beat in the love of the situation. And that, that was the part that started speaking to the bird.Me speaking to that bird in that way, transformed their behavior far more than anything I could have ever said to try to correct them. From my rational mind. this is a very powerful example of why it's so important to cultivate our intuition. Because it's that soft, quiet part of ourselves that knows how to be. And when I was able to embody that,There was a transmission that happened from me to them just by the way I was being that reminded them of what they already knew about how to Revere this. This bird and life itself. Like they knew already. I didn't tell them, go get flowers and go get, like, they knew. That was in them. And I just felt like it was such an important reminder of why we need to work really hard to cultivate this part of ourselves because it's, you know, I've been working on it for years and I. I can remember a time when I, when I wasn't working on this and how my reactions were and how I was in the world. And it's just night and day. From now, when I do make a priority of the listening to this voice of distinguishing between my rational mind and the soft, quiet intelligence that lives inside of me. I wrote a little bit more about this. Uh it's on Instagram, you can see a picture of the bird and there'll be a blog post in the coming days on Kate Sheppard, creative.com with some more pictures and a little bit morebut I wanted to bring it to you because I have been offering these intuition workshops. And it's not just like a fun thing that you can do. This is something that can transform your entire life and the lives of the peoplearoundyou.The things that I'm teaching in this workshop are the reason that I'm able to catch myself and. That I'm able to have this really deep connection with my inner voice, even when I'm not quote unquote doing well in life. Right? Like even during the hard times, I can hear that part and I can be led by that part. And that wasn't always the case from that took time that took a lot of practice. And that's why I want to offer this workshop to as many people as possible, because it has been profoundly life-changing for me to have access to that. Inner knowing that wisdom, that intelligence, that compassion and love and knowing it's just like, When the answers come, it's like, you know, like there's no. There's nobody in the world that could debate you out of knowing that that was the answer. That you needed, which is not what happens when you get answers from the rational mind. Like rational mind is very black and white and, you can access an ultimate truth about yourself. and about how to navigate your reality when you practice this.If this part of yourself is something that you are curious about and want to learn more about and want to actually spend a little bit of time. Strengthening. Head over to Kate Sheppard, creative.com and read about my activating intuition and creativity online workshop. It's a once a month workshop It's included in the colorful community tier , if you're a creative genius patron. along with all of the other amazing content that I put into that every month. I continue to be amazed and odd. By how powerfully our lives can transform when we invest in. Strengthening a relationship with this intuitive side of ourselves, this soft, quiet, inner voice. that is the home and breeding ground. And birthplace. Of creativity.  

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How important is the first contact with a potential client? What do you say, and how do you instantly build trust, rapport, and credibility? On today's episode, Ralph and Kasim continue their discussion breaking down a really cool case study involving a local chiropractor where the team hit some pretty ridiculous numbers. A 105% increase in conversion rates, a 27% decrease in cost per conversion, and a 300% increase in incoming calls. Tune in to hear the specifics of what Kasim and his team did to drive such crazy results, game-changing solutions to help you close more quality leads, and some of the common problems plaguing brick-and-mortar businesses. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:How to get the most out of testimonial mashup videosWhat are click-to-call ads?How to win the first contact with a potential clientCampaign compliance mistakes to avoid in the health and wellness spaceWays to target customers from a socioeconomic lens Why you should never turn off high-performing Google adsThe benefits of diversifying your video ads How to choose a digital marketing agency for your business Links and Resources:Customer Acquisition Show Solutions 8 on YouTubeRalph's LinkedInKasim's TwitterDownload the FREE Google Ads Marketing Tips for Chiropractors HERE OUR PARTNERS:7 Levels of Scale WorkbookFind out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Listen to the #1 Digital Marketing Podcast, Perpetual Traffic Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The DigitalMarketer Podcast? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode:DigitalMarketer EbooksGet Useful Digital Marketing ebooks, Worksheets, Swipe Files, and Guides!DigitalMarketer Ebooks

You know that building your Instagram following will help your business, but how does advertising really work on this platform? In today's episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down with one of their most popular repeat guests, Angela Ponsford, Social Cosmonaut of Stellar Communication at Tier 11, to talk about Instagram ads. “Instagram is a tough nut to crack from a paid media standpoint,” Angela says. Of all the social channels out there, it's often hardest to find good information about Instagram advertising—what's working and what isn't. But the good news is that Angela is an expert. She explains the conversion lead ads that Tier 11 has been testing and gives us the pros and cons and everything in between. Listen in to see whether or not conversion lead ads are the right fit for your business. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:The big difference between lead gen ads and conversion lead adsHow to get more qualified leads on Instagram (and what it will cost you)Why conversion leads ads might not be right for your businessSome bad news about organic reach on IG and what you can do about it LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Tier 11 Perpetual Traffic SurveyPerpetual Traffic podcastFollow Perpetual Traffic on TwitterConnect with Ralph and Kasim on TwitterOUR PARTNERS:Get a Free Month of Blogs from BKA ContentGet a Free book on how to optimize your website Conversion Fanatics7 Levels of Scale workbookGet Roland's book, Zero Down, FREEFind out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Register for our free Founders Board workshopThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on iTunes and leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode:DigitalMarketer EbooksGet Useful Digital Marketing ebooks, Worksheets, Swipe Files, and Guides!DigitalMarketer Ebooks

In 2023, video content will be more important than ever for marketers. Consumers are increasingly engaging with online experiences such as webinars, online challenges, Ask Me Anything sessions, and community events. This shift to experiential advertising has been accelerated by the pandemic and is now becoming the norm. To make the most of this trend, marketers should focus on creating conversational marketing experiences that engage with consumers beyond just ads. Additionally, marketers should embrace multi-channel marketing strategies that include both organic and paid content. Finally, influencer marketing, content creators and user generated content (UGC) should be utilized to create powerful video testimonials that will help build trust with potential customers.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: Predictions For Business Growth In 2023The Customer Acquisition Show: Rave Reviews And Free ResourcesExploring Ai: Beyond The TerminatorMarketers Need To Branch Out Beyond Facebook And GoogleContent Creation With Spokesperson And UGC For Success StoriesLINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Perpetual Traffic SurveyPerpetual Traffic WebsiteFollow Perpetual Traffic on TwitterConnect with Ralph and Kasim on TwitterOUR PARTNERS:Get a Free Month of Blogs from BKA ContentGet a Free book on how to optimize your website Conversion Fanatics7 Levels of Scale workbookGet Roland's book, Zero Down, FREEFind out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Register for our free Founders Board workshopThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on iTunes and leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode:DigitalMarketer EbooksGet Useful Digital Marketing ebooks, Worksheets, Swipe Files, and Guides!DigitalMarketer Ebooks

Should marketers consider pairing Google's "broad match" with Smart Bidding, or is such advice dangerously misleading?On today's episode, Ralph and Kasim break down an unbelievably wicked smart case study. Kasim and his team spent $500,000 on 15 keywords without any keyphrase optimization and eventually drove a 300% ROAS. Kasim explains that combining broad match with Smart Bidding made it easier for them to reach more relevant queries and identify new growth opportunities.Tune in to hear Kasim reveal what they did, the changes they made, and how you can use this powerful combination to cast a wider net and still target the right audience. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:How to get video ad views at $1 per view This week's nugget: In-app audiences are worth their weight in goldThe foundation of Dennis Yu's content factory frameworkWhy you should never ask for the sale on the first touchGrow your Smart Bidding campaigns with broad matchNever try to compete with the Google algorithmWhat are maximized conversions?The only time business owners should consider hiring an agencyLinks and Resources:Customer Acquisition Show Solutions 8 on YouTubePerpetual Traffic SurveyPerpetual Traffic WebsiteFollow Perpetual Traffic on TwitterConnect with Ralph and Kasim on TwitterOUR PARTNERS:Get a Free Month of Blogs from BKA ContentGet a Free book on how to optimize your website Conversion Fanatics7 Levels of Scale workbookGet Roland's book, Zero Down, FREEFind out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Register for our free Founders Board workshopThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on iTunes and leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode:DigitalMarketer EbooksGet Useful Digital Marketing ebooks, Worksheets, Swipe Files, and Guides!

How much research is enough for writing copy and creating ad content?We all know that effective marketing is all about researching your customer avatar, unique product features, and why buyers buy from you. However, if you're like most marketers, you're probably not doing enough. You struggle maxing out return on ad spend because your research only shows you gender, age, or income.On today's episode, Ralph and Kasim break down part two of a recent case study involving a business that helps directors, VPs, and seasoned executives land their dream job. The duo reveals how they used the Customer Acquisition Amplifier(CaAmp) to increase booked calls by 230%, drop the cost per booked call by half, and double their revenue - all in less than 3 months. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:Using CaAMP to drive client resultsThe type of ads that work for all types of businessesWhy not all leads are created equalGated content dos and don'tsConversion tracking and why it's importantWhy testimonials video ads are effective for all types of businesses The Creative Lab deep dive researchUncovering why customers buy from youLinks and Resources:Check out Tier 11's Conversion Architecture HEREPerpetual Traffic WebsiteFollow Perpetual Traffic on TwitterConnect with Ralph and Kasim on TwitterOUR PARTNERS:Find out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Listen to the #1 Digital Marketing Podcast, Perpetual Traffic7 Levels of Scale workbookGet Roland's book, Zero Down, FREEFind out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Register for our free Founders Board workshopThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on iTunes and leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode:DigitalMarketer EbooksGet Useful Digital Marketing ebooks, Worksheets, Swipe Files, and Guides!DigitalMarketer EbooksReclaim 5-10x More Abandonment Revenue with Retention.ComTrigger 5-10x more browse, product, and cart abandonment Email and SMS flows by unlocking the power of Identity.Retention.comGet Conversion...