Anne: I have discovered ShiningWorld in January after a very, very long spiritual journey and have started reading and viewing videos of James.
Rory: Wonderful! I'm so glad you found ShiningWorld. People don't always realise it at the time, but to be led to Vedanta (and to recognise its value) is a sign of great punya. This grace is earned, and I would say is the fruit of your decades of sadhana and truth-seeking.
Anne: However, this summer, whilst in the middle of this study, some strong vasanas came back to life and I am really struggling with letting go of them.
Rory: This isn't uncommon. Intense study and inquiry can sometimes cause what I call a purging. Vedanta is an alchemical process in a way – Shankara likens it to an acid slowly eating away at metal. It can loosen things and stir them up. Vasanas that you thought were long gone or dormant can suddenly try to reassert themselves. There's nothing like the power of knowledge, but ignorance rarely goes without a fight, and it can play devious and dirty.
Anne: I do feel shame, and all the "should not feel that way" because of all what I know, especially now with the teaching of Vedanta. It is really hard to admit that at my age I am still stuck with grief and not able to let go of rejection/failed relationships, etc. and accept my current circumstances.
Rory: The key here is to, first of all, let go of this shame, this beating yourself up for not being perfect. This is quite prevalent in the spiritual community. When you suffer, there's part of you (I believe Freud termed it the "superego") which makes the misery ten times worse by judging you for suffering, by telling you that you should be beyond it, that you should be above such feelings. It's bad enough to be in pain, but to then be telling yourself on top of that that you "shouldn't be" makes things so much worse. It's the mind being cruel to itself.
So, first of all, accept the vasanas. They are as they are – until they aren't.
The real problem with vasanas is when you think they're YOUR vasanas, when you take ownership of them and think they somehow say something about who you are. They don't. Not at all. They're just thought waves appearing in you – ripples on the surface of a lake – the momentum of past actions, thoughts and conditioning. They don't belong to you any more than a movie belongs to the screen on which it's being projected. They occupy different orders of reality.
In actuality, the vasanas, along with the instruments of your body and mind, all belong to Isvara.
I member Ramji once saying, "Isvara means it can't be any other way." That means it doesn't make sense to judge or resist the past (or indeed the present). Everything is Isvara. The good, the bad – and the vasanas. ☺ Arguing with reality is arguing with God – and that's one argument you never have a hope of winning.
By seeing everything as Isvara, you depersonalise your suffering. That's a vital first step. No shame, no resistance. You see that things happened exactly as they had to to get you to where you are now.
You then take an objective look at your mind and figure out how to proceed.
Perhaps the most important part of Vedanta, and the part that really requires effort on our part, is getting the mind qualified and fit to assimilate the knowledge. The rest is pretty much easy as pie – you listen to the teaching, work through any doubts and let it work its magic.
The real secret is keeping the mind qualified. This isn't necessarily easy. In fact it can be the hardest thing you'll ever do, and it's an ongoing process. But Vedanta provides a systematic means of doing this and it really works.
Karma yoga is essential. When I first found Vedanta I thought, yeah, that's cool, but I wanted to skip ahead to the juicy parts, the Self and jnana yoga. Karma yoga may not seem very exciting but it can't be skipped.
It's only in the past few decades that Vedanta has been available in the West or indeed taught in English, full stop. It's intended for yogis, people who have purified their minds to quite a high degree. Most of the texts presuppose this.
In the West, however, such highly qualified minds are rare. The whole system is skewed against us. It's a consumer-driven, desire-based culture, with little understanding of dharma. We're bombarded by this from almost birth, and surrounded by a sea of distraction and noise. We're instilled with false values and ideals from the time we're old enough to use language: believing that our lives should be a certain way, that we need to be, do and have certain things in order to be a valid and acceptable person.
This all has an effect on the mind. It's little wonder! Therefore karma yoga is a non-negotiable necessity. It's essentially a tool to tame the mind and the neutralise the mind's entrenched likes and dislikes, its deeply-rooted desires and aversions. The Gita calls these "impurities." Karma yoga is the means of managing them.
The karma yogi accepts that Isvara is running the show, and that all results are legitimate and proper, even if they don't happen to be aligned with what the mind wants. As a karma yogi, you're not performing actions for specific results. Obviously, you still want certain things, because all action is motivated by desire. But your overriding goal is a pure and peaceful mind, so you accept whatever comes as prasad and then act, not for your own gain, but as an offering to Isvara.
This has an enormously purifying effect on the mind. Vasanas will still come up, but by accepting them as prasad and acting according to dharma and in service of Isvara, they gradually neutralise and become less binding. They lose their teeth. This doesn't usually happen all at once, but bit by bit, until they wither to nothing like a wilted flower.
Anne: Even if I have now the perfect contemplative life for an ascetic Vedanta student, emotionally and mentally I am not able to fully appreciate the solitude that life has offered me.
Rory: In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna expresses a desire to take to sannyasa, to be a renunciant. Krishna doesn't encourage this, because unless you first cultivate mental sannyasa, physical sannyasa won't bear much fruit. In fact it can be very painful. Even if Arjuna was to head to the Himalayas and sit in a cave, all that would happen is mind would torment itself as it fixates upon his worldly problems.
That's why Krishna recommended karma yoga. Karma yoga helps the mind by reducing the vasana load and extroverting attachments, and in time creating a contemplative disposition.
It sounds like you've been blessed with the time and space to devote to Vedanta. Isvara has led you where you need to be. The essential next step is just getting the mind qualified.
One of the key qualifications is the burning desire to be free. It's helpful to become very clear in your mind that moksa is your goal. If it is your goal, it has to become your number one goal. And it deserves to be. Worldly things are finite, but the self is infinite. Pursuing anything less is cheating yourself.
I know from my own experience that one of the biggest obstacles is having unclear priorities. It's possible to want moksa, but also other worldly things along with it. In other words, moksa is just one of the jiva's many wants. Now, these things aren't mutually opposed. But moksa has to become the primary, driving goal – so much so that all the other wants just fade away and become irrelevant and unimportant.
Clear priorities lead to clear goals and the appropriate actions. If moksa is your svadharma and deepest desire, then the appropriate steps are already laid out.
The svadharma of the mumukshu (seeker of freedom) is to cultivate a pure, sattvic, contemplative mind. Karma yoga is the primary means, along with meditation to steady the mind, inquiry and an attitude of devotion. Keep up the Vedanta, keep exposing your mind to the teaching, and as you're doing this, apply Self-inquiry to any and all self-limiting thoughts.
With consistent practice and dogged vigilance, you'll begin to notice a big difference. The mind gets more tranquil, and although the vasanas will arise, you get to a point when you can more or less "zap" them on the spot rather than being pulled into them. It actually becomes kind of fun!
The ultimate key is tackling the thinking/assumptions beneath the emotional attachments (usually the thought "I need this to be a certain way in order to be happy").
Ramji, in his wonderfully blunt way, often says that our emotional problems are simply because we're not getting what we want. I found it almost embarrassing when I realised this was true. Karma yoga neutralises this because, with karma yoga, we're no longer acting to get what we want – our aim is simply a pure mind. The only real desire for the sincere seeker is moksa. When the mind is fixed on that, all the extraneous falls away – we devote ourselves to our sadhana and to the teaching, and start to depend on our Self alone rather than anything worldly for happiness and security.
It may not seem like it when the vasanas are causing tension, but you're doing amazing. You got this far, and you've been blessed with Vedanta. Take to karma yoga like mad, hand over the emotional stuff and all the wants and hurts to Isvara, commit yourself fully to your svadharma and you can't go wrong. ☺ I've been writing a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita and will attach a couple of excerpts which I think might be helpful.


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Oregon Trail Ruts
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Ruts carved two to six feet deep in a sandstone ridge on the south side of the North Platte River about a half mile south of Guernsey, Wyo., provide striking physical evidence of the route followed by hundreds of thousands of westbound emigrants on the Oregon Trail during the years 1841-1869.
The ruts resulted from years of wear by iron wagon-wheel tires, and from intentional cutting by emigrants attempting to ease the grade up from the level of the river nearby.
The first recorded use of the route was in 1812, when Robert Stuart and six companions returned to the East from the mouth of the Columbia River. Many traders, trappers and missionaries took Stuart's route in the decades that followed. The 1841 Bartleson-Bidwell party is generally recognized as the first wagon train of settlers to use the trail. In 1842, about 125 people used this route; the next year, around 900 people traveled the trail. The Oregon Trail soon became a clearly defined and well-used road. From Fort Laramie to South Pass in what's now Wyoming, the Oregon, California, Mormon and Pony Express Trails followed the same route.
After 1869, when the Union Pacific Railroad was completed, the use of the trail as an overland route declined, although some sections were used locally for years. The Oregon Trail Ruts near Guernsey are probably the most prominent ruts along the trail today, unsurpassed in their clarity and integrity.
Fanselow, Julie. Traveling the Oregon Trail, 2nd Edition. Guilford, Conn: Globe Pequot Press, (Falcon Guides), 2001.
National Historic Landmark. "Oregon Trail Ruts," accessed 9/28/11 at http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/Site.aspx?ID=339.
Oregon.com. "Oregon Trail, 1841-1843," accessed 11/17/11 at http://www.oregon.com/history/oregon_trail_timeline_1841_to_1843.
Wyomingheritage.org. "Oregon Trail Ruts and Register Cliff," accessed 11/17/11 at http://www.wyomingheritage.org/registerCliff.html.
The Wikipedia photo of the Oregon Trail Ruts was taken by Phil Konstantin. Used with thanks.
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The Oregon, Mormon Pioneer and California trails all cross Wyoming in the central and most popular corridor of the transcontinental migration of the 1840s, '50s and '60s. As many as half a million people may have traveled this corridor in the 19th century. To many, the environments of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains and Great Basin seemed like another planet, full of strange and alien landscapes.
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Drunk Dialing Pizza Prank Leads to Criminal Charges
Some people just don't know when to quit. A 29-year-old Kentucky man arrested for shoplifiting beer has been charged with additional crimes after pulling a prank at the police station where he was taken. Police say Michael Harp and his friends were arrested for stealing beer from a convenience store--not once, but multiple times in the same day, shoplifting a total of $36 worth of beer and drinking it in public. When Harp and his buddies were seen drinking the purloined beer in public, they were arrested on complaints of shoplifting and public intoxication. It takes a special kind of nerve--or a special level of inebriation--to keep going into the same store to steal, and then to brazenly drink the stolen suds in public view, but according to police, Harp wasn't finished with his shenanigans yet. While at the station, Harp asked the arresting officer if he could use his cell phone to call a family member. Instead of using his phone to call a relative--or even better, a lawyer--Harp placed a call to the local Domino's pizza and ordered the delivery of 5 pizzas, placing the order in the name of Captain Coy Wilson, the arresting officer. When Domino's called back to confirm the order, the person who answered the phone answered as "Captain Wilson." When the pizzas were delivered, another police officer paid $40 for the food before discovering that Capt. Wilson had not, in fact, ordered pizza for the department or the detainees. The police department did not find Harp's pizza prank as hilarious as the arrestee apparently found his drunken escapade. He has been charged with theft by deception and two felonies: identity theft and impersonating an officer. Oh, Corbin Police Department--you have no sense of drunken humor. Harp is denying that he is responsible for the pizza delivery prank, telling a local news station that the situation is all a misunderstanding: "I'm wrongfully accused on this here. They've charged me with two felonies over this pizza deal because I had my phone inside the holding cell. There was about 10 people who probably used the phone, so it's hard to say. Like I said, I never heard anyone say a word about Domino's pizzas. Any of it." Police reports do not reveal what became of the pizzas.


We travelled on Tuesday to North Carolina, to UNC Chapel Hill for our next round of interviews to hopefully get our littlest boy on an experimental treatment for autism. The trip over was a portent and omen I swear. My throat and ear were aching and on fire. I just felt, BLAH. Not good. Plus about halfway there, this annoying MIST started falling that gradually worked up to LIGHT RAIN.
You know the kind - where you ALMOST need your windshield wipers but cannot do without them? It was about this same time that it occurred to me that I was going to throw up. We stopped in NC for dinner at Cracker Barrel (friend to travellers everywhere) and I ordered grilled chicken, hot tea (by now I had chills), apple sauce and something else. I dunno what.
I had some tea, some applesauce and went to the bathroom and puked them up.
At which point I noticed that Cracker Barrel no longer has out their fancy soap and lotion in the ladies room. I know it's a cost cutting thing, but man, when you are on a road trip - those were sort of nice pick me ups, at least to me. I miss them.
We got to Chapel Hill about bed time and found it covered in icy snow and zonked out. I apparently kept the husband up all night moaning, shivering and sweating. He got me some Tylenol and I did sleep some better after that.
Our appt went well at UNC - and we got our medicine for the boy (or placebo) but YAY we found out that after this study we can participate in the NEXT one where he is GUARANTEED to get the enzyme. So, yes, we're IN for that one. I'd like to see if we can't get the OTHER boy in that one.
Everyone kept telling me how terrible I looked. Which is probably a sign that I looked really, really terrible.
After that we went to the 501 Diner which is a place where I am positive that XTA took me for breakfast like 13 years ago. It was still really good. I had an English muffin. And some tea.
And their toilets and floors are very clean - I know this because I threw up in their bathroom.
I want to go back there and eat food - without throwing up.
To add to my vomit highlights I'd like to add that I also threw up in an intersection - hanging out the car window - showering puke all over three lanes of traffic and my car,which my sweet husband cleaned up off the outside and some of the inside of the car. He laughed as he did it, which made me laugh and feel less stupid and helpless. No one is as brave in the face of vomit as my husband. I have 12 years of proof.
I also threw up at the South Carolina rest area- but it wasn't as clean.
He took me to the doctor when I got home, and VOILA my strep test turned colors the second they put it in the tube. Yes. Strep throat. So a ZPAC and another day's worth of sleep and I'm not completely better but MAN am I better.
And the most important thing - the boy got his medicine. We don't know if it's the placebo or not. But this isn't about us. Well it is. But it isn't. Because we know we can get the enzyme in a few weeks for sure regardless. If this works - it could make all the difference in my little boy's life - it could change his world.
If it works - it could change a lot of worlds. So we accept huge inconvenience and travel - and expense, and we accept that we might get the placebo.
And I would puke every meal I ate for the rest of my life, if that was what it took to make my little boys better.
I only took one picture the entire trip. Those of you who know me, KNOW how crazy that is. But here they are, my sleeping Princes in the hotel in Chapel Hill.
Sorry to hear about your plague! That sounds deeply unpleasant. I hate throwing up in public.


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HERAKLION MUSEUM & KNOSSOS – statusmlb – Travel in Crete!
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From 09:00 to 16:30 (depends pick up location).
Yes, very much, especially the museum!
By bus (moving up to 30 minutes) one way.
In the archeological place and city.
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The most popular excursion that best acquaints with the history of the Minoan civilization is the example of the richest collection of exhibits presented in the ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM and a review of the cultural center of the city of Heraklion and with a visit to the mysterious and mythical "LABYRINTH OF THE MINOTAUR" in the Palace of KNOSSOS.
With our experienced guides, you can fully get acquainted with the unusual asymmetric architecture and frescoes of the Palace of Knossos, created around 1700 BC, the greatest ancient architect Dedalus. The archaeological site is located five kilometers from the Crete administrative center of the city of Heraklion.
For the most complete picture of the history and culture of the locals, visit the historic center of the city, the archeological museum with the richest collection of exhibits collected from all over the island, the Morozini fountain, the Venetian loggia. As well as pilgrimage Orthodox centers: the Cathedral of St. Titus and the Cathedral of St. Minas. Architectural monuments of various cultures make a walk around Heraklion very interesting. After the excursion program, an independent walk through the old part of the city is surrounded by Venetian walls with many boutiques and souvenir shops. For completeness of sensations necessarily order a fragrant Greek coffee in one of the Cozy street cafes or refreshing orange juice during the midday siesta.


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Ep 024: The Roundtable
In this episode, Blair + Theresa brought together a group of entrepreneurs with different backgrounds and businesses to talk about all things success. Tune in and learn from Lew, Marie-Pier, and Sol as they share what success means to them and their thoughts on the journey.
About the Guests:
Soledad Rodriguez is an Entrepreneur and Mom. She is committed to helping International Students achieve their academic goals.
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Marie-Pier Dionne is an aromatherapist, entrepreneur and the founder of Love & Lemons Life Essentials. It is her passion to help others live the lives they love, with all their health and happiness!
She originally hails from Rimouski, Québec. She found her second home in the mountains of British Columbia 16 years ago when she moved to Whistler and later Squamish. Currently, she is based out of Castlegar, BC, where she spends her free time in the mountains. She is also passionate about children, art, design, food, extreme sports and all the little excitements of life.
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LEW POPPY is an American independent nonbinary Hip Hop artist and songwriter from the South East side of Detroit, MI. Since they were a child, LEW POPPY has been involved in the creative arts, first through dance and then later through music as they became part of choirs and played several instruments. LEW POPPY was surrounded by creatives and in a time when Hip Hop was exploding, everyone around them was spitting bars and LEW POPPY's poetry soon evolved into rap lyrics out of the sheer competitiveness in them. After coming up against years of adversity in the music industry as a result of their sexuality and determination to not compromise on who they were, LEW POPPY released their debut single 'Thot Thot' in December 2020, which is now being followed by the debut album "Skirt Chaser" both under the name LPOPPY. Soon after, LPOPPY changed the name to LEW POPPY to make themselves more familiar with their peers. LEW POPPY's unique and attention grabbing style has resulted in being picked up for Spotify editorial playlists and we know this is just the beginning for this promising talent.
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Blair Kaplan Venables is an expert in social media marketing and the president of Blair Kaplan Communications, a British Columbia-based PR agency. As a pioneer in the industry, she brings more than a decade of experience to her clients, which includes global wellness, entertainment, and lifestyle brands. Blair has helped her customers grow their followers into the tens of thousands in just one month, win integrative marketing awards, and more. She has spoken on national stages and her expertise has been featured in media outlets including CBC Radio, CEOWORLD Magazine, She Owns It, and Thrive Global. Blair is also the #1 best-selling author of Pulsing Through My Veins: Raw and Real Stories from an Entrepreneur. When she's not working on the board for her local chamber of commerce, you can find Blair growing the "I Am Resilient Project," an online community where users share their stories of overcoming life's most difficult moments.
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Theresa Lambert is a High-Performance Lifestyle and Success Coach, Speaker, and Bestselling Author of "Achieve with Grace: A guide to elegance and effectiveness in intense workplaces. She founded her coaching and consulting firm, Theresa Lambert Coaching & Consulting Inc., to help ambitious women succeed with more elegance and less struggle so they can lead with focus and nourish themselves to the top. Drawing from her nearly 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and most recently her 6-year tenure as the General Manager of Nita Lake Lodge she brings both a real world view and proven applicable tools to support her clients. Theresa has been recognized as a business leader in Whistler's Profiles of Excellence, featured in Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Hotelier Magazine, and Beyourown, and spoken at Women in Hospitality Leadership events, including Empower Her. Originally from Stuttgart, Germany, Theresa now lives in Whistler, BC where you can most often find her on the golf course in the summer months or relaxing by a fireplace in winter.
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Ep 055: Living with DUALITY
Life isn't experienced in only highs or lows, it's experienced through the duality of both. The same goes for success. In this week's episode Blair and Theresa talk about the duality of experiencing it ALL. Often we fall into a victimhood mentality when things go "wrong," however we have the tools to shift the perspective. Listen as they share powerful mindset tools to help you navigate experiencing tough situations while being able to choose to feel the way you desire to feel ultimately in the moment. Everything truly happens FOR us. If we are open to learning from ALL situations we can extract the lessons to help us move forward with more wisdom and grace. Get ready for another year of juicy conversations around success, as we take the topic deeper and layer in conversations around energetics and our spiritual journeys. About the Hosts: Blair Kaplan Venables is an expert in social media marketing and the president of Blair Kaplan Communications, a British Columbia-based PR agency. As a pioneer in the industry, she brings more than a decade of experience to her clients, which includes global wellness, entertainment, and lifestyle brands. Blair has helped her customers grow their followers into the tens of thousands in just one month, win integrative marketing awards, and more. She has spoken on national stages and her expertise has been featured in media outlets including CBC Radio, CEOWORLD Magazine, She Owns It, and Thrive Global. Blair is also the #1 best-selling author of Pulsing Through My Veins: Raw and Real Stories from an Entrepreneur. When she's not working on the board for her local chamber of commerce, you can find Blair growing the "I Am Resilient Project," an online community where users share their stories of overcoming life's most difficult moments. https://www.blairkaplan.ca/ (https://www.blairkaplan.ca/) Theresa Lambert is an Online Business Strategy Coach with an impressive hotelier background in luxury Hospitality in the #1 Ski Resort in North America. Her mission is " To make business easy so that your life can be more FULL!". Theresa supports ambitious Women Entrepreneurs and Coaches to redefine success with elegance and create the Impact, Income and Freedom they desire in Business and in Life. In 2020 Theresa became the Bestselling Author of her book Achieve with Grace: A guide to elegance and effectiveness in intense workplaces. She is also a Speaker and the Podcast co-host of Dissecting Success. Theresa has been recognized as a business leader in Whistler's Profiles of Excellence, and is being featured in publications such as Hotelier Magazine, Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com/ (https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com) Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.
Ep 054: Conscious Manifestation with Milli Fox
This week our hosts Blair and Theresa discuss the meaning behind the word manifestation with guest Milli Fox. Manifestation is about the state of being that you are in right now and who you are being while you are manifesting. Milli explains how conscious manifestation is having the awareness that you are doing it, understanding what you want, and knowing how energetically to bring it about. She shares the importance in trusting divine timing, when you feel "it's not coming" to ensure you lead with curiosity. About the Guest: Milli Fox is obsessed with all things self-worth and manifestation. Think Brené Brown meets Gabby Bernstein with a sprinkle of goofy on top. Milli's superpower is her ability to clearly see women in all their divine perfection and to reflect that back to them. She has a vision for each woman she works with and helps them manifest that vision. Milli has been called to live a big, bold life of luxury in order to expand what women believe is possible for them. She aims to raise the collective consciousness and heal generational trauma (emotionally, physically, and spiritually) through her coaching, programs, and internet dance parties. Milli is a published author and voracious reader- who's living life in sunny Miami right now! Insta: https://www.instagram.com/millifox/ (https://www.instagram.com/millifox/) FB: https://www.facebook.com/millilfox (https://www.facebook.com/millilfox) Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xomillifox? (Xomillifox) Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6YizndkHLV4O8FRqpOCo (https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6YizndkHLV4O8FRqpOCo) About the Hosts: Blair Kaplan Venables is an expert in social media marketing and the president of Blair Kaplan Communications, a British Columbia-based PR agency. As a pioneer in the industry, she brings more than a decade of experience to her clients, which includes global wellness, entertainment, and lifestyle brands. Blair has helped her customers grow their followers into the tens of thousands in just one month, win integrative marketing awards, and more. She has spoken on national stages and her expertise has been featured in media outlets including CBC Radio, CEOWORLD Magazine, She Owns It, and Thrive Global. Blair is also the #1 best-selling author of Pulsing Through My Veins: Raw and Real Stories from an Entrepreneur. When she's not working on the board for her local chamber of commerce, you can find Blair growing the "I Am Resilient Project," an online community where users share their stories of overcoming life's most difficult moments. https://www.blairkaplan.ca/ (https://www.blairkaplan.ca/) Theresa Lambert is an Online Business Strategy Coach with an impressive hotelier background in luxury Hospitality in the #1 Ski Resort in North America. Her mission is " To make business easy so that your life can be more FULL!". Theresa supports ambitious Women Entrepreneurs and Coaches to redefine success with elegance and create the Impact, Income and Freedom they desire in Business and in Life. In 2020 Theresa became the Bestselling Author of her book Achieve with Grace: A guide to elegance and effectiveness in intense workplaces. She is also a Speaker and the Podcast co-host of Dissecting Success. Theresa has been recognized as a business leader in Whistler's Profiles of Excellence, and is being featured in publications such as Hotelier Magazine, Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com/ (https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com) Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or...
Ep 053: The Importance of Financial Literacy with Jim Doyle
This week our guest Jim Doyle shares that real success as an advisor is about being intimate about financial knowledge, fears, and dreams. Talking about money is hard and a lot of people, even couples avoid the topic. Jim's goal is to help clients to get on the same page of financial literacy. Jim encourages new businesses to take a step back, look at the priority and not lose focus on why they started and what their business does. About the Guest: As a financial planner in practice for 32 years, with multiple professional designations, I'm passionate about enhancing financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and family-owned businesses. As a graduate of the UBC Sauder School of Business Family Enterprise Advisor Program, I've experienced first-hand the challenges family businesses owners face difficulty integrating their business and personal financial planning needs. As a featured financial expert throughout the Lower Mainland and am particularly active within the business and dental communities, delivering public and private presentations for the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. (TLABC), Pacific Dental Conference, the Vancouver & District Dental Society. We invite you to join us for the national television program "Money Matters with Jim Doyle" on Thursdays at 5pm PT on Joytv. · Instagram link - https://www.instagram.com/doyleandassociates/ (https://www.instagram.com/doyleandassociates/) · Facebook link - https://www.facebook.com/DoyleandAssociatesPWM (https://www.facebook.com/DoyleandAssociatesPWM) · LinkedIn link - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimdoylevancouver/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimdoylevancouver/) About the Hosts: Blair Kaplan Venables is an expert in social media marketing and the president of Blair Kaplan Communications, a British Columbia-based PR agency. As a pioneer in the industry, she brings more than a decade of experience to her clients, which includes global wellness, entertainment, and lifestyle brands. Blair has helped her customers grow their followers into the tens of thousands in just one month, win integrative marketing awards, and more. She has spoken on national stages and her expertise has been featured in media outlets including CBC Radio, CEOWORLD Magazine, She Owns It, and Thrive Global. Blair is also the #1 best-selling author of Pulsing Through My Veins: Raw and Real Stories from an Entrepreneur. When she's not working on the board for her local chamber of commerce, you can find Blair growing the "I Am Resilient Project," an online community where users share their stories of overcoming life's most difficult moments. https://www.blairkaplan.ca/ (https://www.blairkaplan.ca/) Theresa Lambert is an Online Business Strategy Coach with an impressive hotelier background in luxury Hospitality in the #1 Ski Resort in North America. Her mission is " To make business easy so that your life can be more FULL!". Theresa supports ambitious Women Entrepreneurs and Coaches to redefine success with elegance and create the Impact, Income and Freedom they desire in Business and in Life. In 2020 Theresa became the Bestselling Author of her book Achieve with Grace: A guide to elegance and effectiveness in intense workplaces. She is also a Speaker and the Podcast co-host of Dissecting Success. Theresa has been recognized as a business leader in Whistler's Profiles of Excellence, and is being featured in publications such as Hotelier Magazine, Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com/ (https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com) Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast


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Patty Derrick Donates $150K to Beebe for Interfaith Chapel at Specialty Surgical Hospital
Patty Derrick donated $150,000 to the "I Believe in Beebe" campaign to name the new interfaith chapel at the Specialty Surgical Hospital.
The owner of the Sea Shell Shops, Shell We Eat Ice Cream, Shell We Golf and Shell We Bounce will also include a special stained glass window in the chapel, which will be named "Shell We Pray." The new surgical hospital will be the anchor of the Rehoboth Health Campus off of Route 24 and is slated for summer 2021.
"I am dedicating this chapel to my deceased husband, Thomas B. Derrick, and to my deceased mother, Virginia May Klobe, and to my substitute mother and very long time friend, Marie Mollick, who still living at 94 years young," Derrick said. "The love, care, and concern I have received over the years from those I am dedicating the chapel to, is the same kind of love, care and concern Beebe has for its community. My last born is a Beebe Baby and now he's going on 40. As my Mother would say, 'It's the right thing to do.' I think God would say the same thing and I encourage other businesses to step forward and be part of the "I Believe in Beebe" campaign."
The record-breaking $45 million "I Believe in Beebe" campaign ended in December, surpassing the $34 million goal to support the healthcare system's largest expansion in its 104-year history.
"Patty is a true Beebe Believer," said Thomas J. Protack, President of the Beebe Medical Foundation. "I met Patty this past summer at the Fourth of July party of a mutual friend. As we talked and she learned about my role at the Foundation, she asked about ways she could give. She had an immediate interest in the 1916 Club and not only did she become a 1916 club member, she also made this wonderful gift to name the 1st Floor chapel at the Specialty Surgical Hospital.
"Patty is a leader – a member of our community who understands that supporting her local healthcare system builds and improves the community where we all live and where she has lived and worked since 1979. I am grateful. Patty's gift has already inspired other local businesses to come forward to support the hospital."
Caption: Tom Protack and Patty Derrick celebrate the excellent care Beebe gives to her and the community with her gift to Beebe Medical Foundation that will name the interfaith chapel at the new Rehoboth Health Campus, "Shell We Pray."
As a community-based, not-for-profit healthcare system, Beebe Healthcare depends on the generous support of individuals, local businesses, corporations and private foundations. All gifts are tax-deductible, so please consider making a gift today. Contact Beebe Medical Foundation at 302-644-2900 or [email protected].


The Disney Universe: More Disney Fun!
If you have been thinking about joining D23, the official Disney Fan Club, this could be the year! Disney just announced the 2019 D23 Gold Member Gift to celebrate it's 10 anniversary and it's pretty impressive.
When you think of D23 a lot of people immediately think of the largest Disney fan event in the world that occurs every other year in Anaheim, California. This is true, and D23 Expo is amazing but you can enjoy some awesome benefits year round as a D23 Gold Member. Your membership includes the quarterly subscription to the exclusive Disney Twenty Three publication, membership card and certificate, opportunity to attend special events during the year (extra cost), access to exclusive D23 merchandise, weekly newsletter and the yearly gift.
The 2019 D23 Gold Member Gifts is the 10 Fan-Tastic Milestones Pin Set, celebrating this year's major Disney anniversaries. The set will arrive in a specially embossed tin that doubles as a display piece. Each pin features a glittering gold-tone finish and were masterfully designed by Disney artist Ricky De Los Angeles. De Los Angeles is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and has been a Disney character artist with the Disney Creative Group and Disney Consumer Products since 2014. From The Skeleton Dance to the Haunted Mansion pin and everyone in-between, these are stunning.
Here is the complete list of pins featured in the 2019 D23 Gold Membership Gift.
Even if you are not a pin collector, the 2019 D23 gift is a great addition to any Disney fan's collection. Are you a D23 member?
I have been a D23 member for the past 3 years and the gifts have been great. I like how they vary from year to year. These pins are so pretty. Does anyone know how big they are?


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Nonbinary Wiki
This page is for collecting resources on the topic of family that have to do with nonbinary identity.
A rhombus is a botanical symbol for a plant of unknown sex, as well as a standard family tree symbol for a person of unknown gender.
1 Family and relationship words
2 Being a nonbinary parent
3 Family trees
4 Marriage
Family and relationship wordsEdit
Some nonbinary people don't feel right about being called words that give an idea of being female or male. Many words for family titles and relationships do: mother, brother, husband, girlfriend, and so on. Nonbinary people who prefer to be called by gender-neutral words can ask to be instead called parent, sibling, spouse, datemate, and so on. See the page Gender neutral language in English#Family and relationship words for a long list. This includes some new words that are not just gender-neutral, but specifically for nonbinary people only.
Being a nonbinary parentEdit
Nonbinary Parents Day is celebrated on April 18; this date was chosen by nonbinary parent and educator Johnny Blazes.[1][2]
In the US state of North Carolina, December 6 is formally recognized as Gender Expansive Parents' Day since 2020.[3]
Nonbinary parents might also celebrate Trans Parents Day (the first Sunday of November) if they identify with the trans label. See the Holidays page for a list of other observances related to trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people.
In 2021, a nonbinary transmasculine person named Krys Malcolm Belc published a book titled The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood.
Family treesEdit
A diagram of a person's family is called a genogram or pedigree. These diagrams use a symbols for different kinds of people and relationships. This includes some standard symbols for a person's sex or gender. A square represents a man or boy, and a circle represents a woman or girl. The standard genogram symbol for a person whose gender is unknown is a rhombus/diamond or triangle. Some nonbinary people, if they are put into a family tree diagram, may prefer to have themselves represented by a genderless symbol.
In the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2020, a group of scientists proposed a downward-pointing equilateral triangle to be the pedigree symbol for a nonbinary or gender questioning person, with additional markings to indicate assigned sex.[4] However, other scientists have recommended using the rhombus/diamond, because of "the historical use of inverted triangles to designate certain prisoner groups in Nazi concentration camps".[5]
MarriageEdit
Nonbinary people who have a legal gender of "X" (or something else besides M or F) may face barriers to marriage, especially in places that define marriage as "between a man and a woman", as happened in Australia for intersex nonbinary person Tony Briffa. Additionally, some jurisdictions offer M and F as the only options on applications for marriage, requiring nonbinary people to misgender themselves even if they have other documents recognizing their nonbinary gender.[6]
↑ "Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes". Family Equality. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
↑ debi (18 April 2021). "Happy Nonbinary Parents Day!". Trans Families. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
↑ Vaughan, Dawn Baumgartner (4 December 2020). "A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC". The News & Observer. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
↑ Tuite, Allysa; Dalla Piazza, Michelle; Brandi, Kristyn; Pletcher, Beth A. (27 February 2020). "Beyond circles and squares: A commentary on updating pedigree nomenclature to better represent patient diversity". Journal of Genetic Counseling. 29 (3): 435–439. doi:10.1002/jgc4.1234. eISSN 1573-3599. ISSN 1059-7700. PMID 32103563.
↑ Bennett, Robin L.; French, Kathryn Steinhaus; Resta, Robert G.; Austin, Jehannine (15 September 2022). "Practice resource‐focused revision: Standardized pedigree nomenclature update centered on sex and gender inclusivity: A practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors". Journal of Genetic Counseling. doi:10.1002/jgc4.1621. eISSN 1573-3599. ISSN 1059-7700. PMID 36106433 Check |pmid= value (help). (Free-access article)
↑ Sosin, Kate (4 August 2019). "Can You Actually Get Married With a Non-Binary ID?". NewNowNext. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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Bags and posters found on a Guanajuato highway.
10 bags of remains found on Guanajuato-Silao highway
With them were posters containing a message from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Ten black plastic bags containing human remains were found on the Guanajuato-Silao highway early Saturday morning.
The bags were accompanied by several posters bearing threatening messages directed to the state Security Secretary Samuel Ugalde García. The messages were signed by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
The bags contained the remains of what are assumed to be four youths who were recently kidnapped in the municipality of Santa Teresa. However, the identities of the victims had yet to be confirmed.
The specific content of the messages was not released, but photos of the scene clearly reveal the initials CJNG, those of the criminal organization led by Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes.
Unofficial reports said the posters revealed the identities of the victims.
Aside from making threats against Ugalde, they also claimed that the victims were kidnappers and extortionists.
Guanajuato has seen a surge in organized crime violence in 2019. The state led the country in murders in August, and clashes between the CJNG and the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel have placed towns like Irapuato — where murders have increased 30% this year — among the country's most dangerous.
Source: La Verdad (sp)
Guanajuato's wave of violence in 2019 has continued into the new year with 213 murders recorded in just 15 days.
Gas station attack in Uriangato, Guanajuato, kills 6 early Sunday
Gunmen traveling in several vehicles carried out the attack around 3:00am near the municipal fairgrounds.
Guanajuato mayor calls for action after 12 cops murdered in one week
The mayor of Irapuato has called for action from state authorities after 12 police officers were killed in the state in the space of a single week.
Bags of dismembered bodies those of kidnapped Villagrán police
The dismembered bodies of four police officers kidnapped in a raid on a police station in Guanajuato on Wednesday were found in plastic bags on Friday.


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Rude Dive Staffs Prompt Blacktip Island Cotillion Class
Alison Diesel and Gage Hoase practice their quadrille Thursday evening at the Blacktip Island Heritage House. Dancing is one of many social skills being taught to island dive staff in a new cotillion class aimed at boosting tourism on the island. (photo courtesy of Silar)
Faced with a growing number of complaints about rude dive staff, Blacktip Island community leaders and etiquette activists have joined forces to create a cotillion program aimed at the Caribbean island's divemasters.
"We got loads of guest complaints from every resort on the island," mayor Jack Cobia said. "It ranged from not saying 'hello,' to sarcastic remarks, to snatching food from guests' hands. Dive ops fire the bad apples, but the replacements're just as bad.
"When word hit travel review sites, we knew we had to do something drastic," Cobia said. "It was killing our tourism product."
The solution was to recruit the island's gentry.
"Jack could have been describing wild animals," long-time resident Helen Maples said. "He asked if I might teach the rascals manners, deportment, dancing and other social graces.
"I was delighted! I've wanted to institute a regimen like this for years," Maples said. "The next evening I lined up a dozen hostile scuba hippies, and whacked them with a ruler if they didn't stand up straight."
Cobia is cautiously optimistic about the course.
"Honestly, it's a pilot project," he said. "But if it works, we may expand it to include all resort workers, then airfield staff, then anyone else in the tourism industry.
"If it doesn't work, it's still fun to watch," Cobia said. "Helen tells them to imagine their granny's standing next to them. Then, if they so much as look sideways, TWHACK! Bruce Lee'd be jealous of how fast that ruler moves."
Predictably, many divemasters were critical of the class.
"That bloody ruler hurts," said Eagle Ray Divers' Lee Helm. "It's not right, requiring us to go there and be physically abused. Mrs. Maples is a sadist, she is."
Maples was unapologetic about her methods.
"It's a time-honored tradition. Or should be," she said. "The ruler reminds them to wear shoes, to speak in complete, non-obscene sentences and to pass the salt and pepper together when a tablemate requests, "Would you please pass the salt?"
Some dive staff, though, say they enjoy cotillion.
"Lee's a whiner," said Eagle Ray Divers' Alison Diesel. "It's so cool when Gage, umm, I mean Mister Hoase, comes up and says, 'Miss Diesel, may I have this dance?' and I say, 'Certainly, Mister Hoase.'"
Attendee Finn Kiick, of Club Scuba Doo, sees other positives.
"It's goofy, sure, but you learn proper, formal dancing," he said. "Women dig that crap. You'll see DMs out cutting a rug at the Sand Spit pretty much any night of the week now, practicing.
"It's value-added on the boats, too," Kiick added. "Run out of stories to tell during a surface interval? Now you can entertain the guests with a waltz. Or a quadrille."
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