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Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
Community and isolation with Jennifer Thorne - burst 3
"And, you know, I mean, that's not to say that, like, I'm on the side of the villagers from the Wicker Man, because they were absolutely insane. And I'm not, like, advocating for people being burnt alive in a giant Wicker Man. I just want to make that clear. But I think that often folk horror does set up this paradigm of, group bad, tradition bad, especially pagan. So you have this kind of like pagan versus Christian. You have, like, the city person coming into the countryside. And it's like, you know, the people who are in touch with history and nature and who are sort of a less civilized element are the threat. Whereas, you know, like the sort of Christianized, civilized person coming in is the only sane person that can kind of rally against it. Which again, is kind of a right wing perspective in some ways, you know, like, you know, if people sort of follow the environment and sort of older traditions, that doesn't make them, you know, stupid or wrongheaded or backwards. It's just, you know, a choice.
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Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Mindful Gifting for Caregivers and Dementia Navigators
"Remember the joy of unwrapping a thoughtful gift that was just the right fit for you? Well, being a caregiver doesn't diminish that need, it just changes it. Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming Elizabeth Miller from the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, who brings with her an array of gift giving ideas for caregivers and those living with dementia. Our conversation zigzags through a spectrum of unique gifts, focusing on both physical items and shared experiences. Welcome to Fading Memories, a podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had to start a podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. If you're looking for additional advice, be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's brief, gives you great advice, you can read it in less than five minutes, and you know where to find the link. It's in the website, on the show notes. We're working on subscriber -only information and specials, so you're not going to want to miss out. When I learned that despite eating as healthy as possible, we can still have undernourished brains, I was frustrated. Learning about neuro reserves, Relev8, and how it's formulated to fix this problem convinced me to give them a try. Now I know many of you are skeptical, as was I. However, I know it's working because of one simple change. My sweet tooth is gone. I didn't expect that, and it's not something other users have commented on, but here's some truth. My brain always wanted something sweet. Now fruit usually did the trick, but not always. One bad night's sleep would fire up my sugar cravings so much they were almost impossible to ignore. You ever have your brain screaming for a donut? Well, for me, those days are gone. I believe in my results so much that I'm passing on my 15 % discount to you. Try it for two or three months and see if you have a miraculous sweet tooth cure, or maybe just better focus and clarity. It's definitely worth a try. Now on with our show. Hello, hello, you guys are gonna love today because we're talking about gifts and gift giving for people with dementia. And it's a perfect day to discuss that because today is my daughter's birthday. So I would wish her a happy birthday, but she's not a listener. So what I will do is thank Elizabeth Miller from the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast for coming on and sharing her gift guide and her knowledge. So thanks for joining us today, Elizabeth. Thank you for having me, I'm excited to be here. Awesome, I know we haven't done one together. I was on your show a while ago, but you haven't been online. Yes, vice versa. Yes, I love Fading Memories and I love that it's part of the whole care network. Definitely, so. We're all part of the same family. So you've been podcasting for six years as well, right? Yep, I'm in my sixth season. I launched in November's National Family Caregivers Month. So happy National Family Caregivers Month, everybody. And that was a launch. I try to do some kind of special every year, but I think I don't really have a launch this year. Just keep on keeping on. I've been really focusing on the speaking part of my business and really trying to get out there as far as reaching different companies and organizations to scale the caregiving support. Yes, it's definitely something we need. So where should we start? Do you wanna start with gifts for caregivers or gifts for people living with dementia? Let's, I mean, I'm always one to put the caregivers first. So like - Sounds like a plan. Yeah, so I think when it comes to buying gifts for caregivers, anything is probably going to be appreciated, right? We're just so grateful that somebody has been thinking about us and has us top of mind. But there's a lot of different things you can do, I think, for a family caregiver. And of course I also like self -care focused ones because not only are you giving them a gift, but you're giving them a tool of something that can help them mitigate burnout. So anything from like stuff that they would use like every day, we just had this in the fall, we have a sister's weekend and we do this favorite things party. Have you ever heard of that? Where we decided we were gonna each bring three things. We were gonna be $25 or less. This might be a great idea for someone to do as a swap exchange for their book club or their caregiver support group or whatnot. But I brought three of the same things. We kind of presented them, they're not wraps. But I got a lot of good ideas there this year for things like we had the things to clean our glasses, which would be a good thing for, they're called peeps. They're good for caregivers and for care recipients. Anybody who's wearing sunglasses even because they get grody, right? Very practical gift constantly. And then we had things like I'm wearing it now, actually. I love this Maybelline Lifter Gloss. It's affordable, it tastes good. Not that you're eating it, but you're gonna get some in your mouth on something. Smells good, it stays on decent. So I had brought that as part of mine. And then there was some cool body scrubs and lotions from, I think it was called La La Licious. So I think anything that can help us, oh, a boom stick was another one. It was like stuff that, this would be a very handy little makeup tool for a caregiver because you can put some quick color on your face, you can use it on your lips. Like it's one of those try it anywhere type of things. That's something you could like throw in your purse or your bag and when you look in the mirror and go, oh, it kind of looks so painful. Emergency, emergency. Yeah, put it, throw it in your self care tote. So I think little things like that, everybody's got different budgets these days as far as stuff that you can use. We did this, I do a Happy Healthy Caregiver virtual cafe is kind of every other month I do different kind of support where I wanna do some kind of a unique event for caregivers and introduce them to something. We had a Zentangle consultant come and teach us how to Zentangle. And it's basically like you're creating patterns. It's an abstract art, but it's very meditative. And she had given away as part of a prize this Sakura Zentangle artist tool set, it's like $20. But the thing with Zentangle is you use these little paper and you use like a micro tip pen. And so it's the little kit for that. And I like it because it's portable. You could throw it again in a self -care tote bag and pull it out just to kind of like, I need a mindful moment quick. Cause I'm a journaler, I love my journal of course, but I got that here too, the Just For You daily self -care journal, it's a prompted journal. And this is one form of meditation and doing that, but the Zentangle and an art journaling is another type of where it just gives you calm and peace. I can tell you, I felt very differently at the beginning of that session than I did at the end of the session. So something creative there. But I think too, when you're given a gift for anybody, whether it's a caregiver or care recipient, like just thinking about that person and what they naturally like and what they care about or what they maybe have mentioned to you in conversation could be something that would spark something. I was thinking, unless you know for sure they have a green thumb, don't give people a plant. They don't need something else to take care of. Yeah, I think as caregivers, right, we crave less things to take care of. The only exception I have to that would be the, I did get an AeroGarden one year, it's like for herbs. Right now I have basil, my basil is like taken off. And even if I can't use it in what I'm cooking, cause I'm not like this huge culinary chef, I learned this tip from another caregiver, Lisa Negro, where she said, she rubs it in her hands and smells the basil on her hands. I've been using it to freshen up my garbage disposal. Like I literally take some leaves off of it and put it in there to make it smell better. That's a really good idea. And I have a good idea cause I have the same issue. I have two pots with basil in it. I mentioned the other day, we needed to do a pasta dish with pesto. My husband was like, why? And he's like, oh, nevermind, I know why. Cause the plants are like big. It's pesto time. Yeah, it's like, and that's not something we normally eat a lot of anyway, cause you know, a lot of olive oil, it's not the healthiest sauce, but it is tasty. But I have been making basil mayonnaise and you basically just grind up, I think it's like half a cup of mayo and a third a cup of basil. I just do it to taste cause when I did it per the instructions, it needed a little more basil and I had a little more basil, so I threw it in there. And I am telling you, that is, that makes lunch just - Oh yeah, it's just like a little extra special and all you need is, you know, food processor or you know, maybe a blender, I don't have a blender. So I just use the food processor, grind it up and - Sounds yummy. It is really good and it's, you know, I throw just a touch of lemon juice in it just to kind of give it, you know, a little extra, what do they call it? Brightness, which that's a very strange culinary term, but yeah, it's delicious and it's, you know, you just plop in however much mayonnaise you need and then keep adding basil until it tastes the way you want it to taste, super easy. Never thought to use that. I think like little things like that, where you take something that people are doing all the time and you can maybe elevate it a little bit. So think about like, if someone's a tea drinker, you know, how could you make that special? Like, you know, tea, splurging on teas that they might not buy for themselves or the presentation of it and packaging it all together, maybe with some biscotti or something like that. Like it just like treat them, treat them to something spectacular. I also think anything pampering, like a massage gun or a silk pillowcase or a obviously nail appointment for their, you know, find out from their person where they go for those types of things and a gift certificate to that. I'm a big reader. So like reading is really fun for me, but sometimes, you know, there's lights now that you can get. I don't wanna hold a flashlight at night. I don't necessarily like reading a Kindle book all the time. So, but there's lights that you can light up and I can think of caregivers using that cause sometimes we're doing those things in very precocious types of places. What else would be good? I mean, any kind of activity that you can help encourage. I'm into pickleball recently. Have you tried to explore pickleball, Jennifer? No, there is a big pickleball teams in our community. I have very wacky vision. So I don't have depth perception. I have blazey eye and it wasn't corrected until I was four. So I could very, very much understand my mom's visual processing problems because I have similar ones myself. I don't realize, I know I don't have depth perception, but it's been this way my entire life. So, it's not abnormal for me, but I don't like balls getting hurled at me cause I'm ducking and I'm not trying to hit it back. I could probably play with the hubby, but you'd have to hit the ball gently towards me or else it's not gonna be very fun. Yeah, yeah. Well, I love it cause it's an accessible sport. It's definitely geared, it's for all ages, frankly, but something like that could be fun. Like, hey, let's, I think experiences are amazing. Let's take a pickleball lesson together. Let me take you on a hike. I got you this fun little hat and I looked up a hiking trail, something where you can really be someone's self -care cheerleader and have some kind of an experience together, a cooking class, a lesson of some sort where it's kind of a twofer, right? They're learning something and they're getting away from the caregiving world for a moment. And if you're looking for cooking classes, I did one through King Arthur Baking. It was called Pizza Perfected and it was on Zoom cause they're in freaking Vermont. So I'm not getting there anytime soon. Totally want to go, I use tons of their recipes, but yeah, it's like, I don't know how we got into just really, we really like to make our own pizza at home. We haven't done it for a while cause life, but it's not that hard, especially when somebody walks you through it and they sent you the video after, you know, like the next day. So you got to do it live and I think it was like 40 bucks. It wasn't expensive and it was at least two hours. And I have the video, it's saved in my Dropbox files and I can access it if, you know, cause there's some techniques that you don't necessarily know, you know, and I mean, just learning that technique was worth the 40 bucks, but it was a nice experience. So if you can't get out or, you know, I don't, I live in the Sierra foothills, so I don't live near things, even though I'm only an hour north of the state Capitol. It's like, there's some pros and cons to smaller air, quieter areas, depending on the day, sometimes the cons outweigh the pros, but yeah, there's, and I'm sure there's other places that do online cooking. I bet there are. And even, you know, maybe your person, your caregiver is not a person who enjoys cooking at all. And then, you know, I know for me, I used to dread the question as a sandwich generation working caregiver, like what's for dinner? And I'm like, oh, why do these people have to eat all the time? So something like that could be, you know, a subscription to like the green chef or some kind of prepared meals, or even like a Uber Eats or a DoorDash gift card for those, what are we gonna eat emergencies? I think all of that, I mean, just putting yourself in the mind of all the things, if you're a caregiver listening, like what you wish you had and what would have been helpful for you, having someone mow the lawn, like, or I'm gonna do your laundry this week. Like there's a lot of things too that even if you don't have a budget, like just showing up for someone else and doing something, taking something off of their plate would be amazing. Yeah, you could offer to help put up decorations for the holidays or you could offer to help do some deep spring cleaning, which the only reason that's coming to mind today is my golden retriever goes to the dog park regularly and the dog park has its own lake.
Bloomberg Markets
Fresh update on "jennifer" discussed on Bloomberg Markets
"S &P 500 four points higher, up a tenth of a percent. $45 59 in the index right now. The Dow Jones Industrial Average 29 points higher. Nasdaq 109 points higher. The Russell 2000. These are the small caps, remember. That is up 1 percent right now. You're hungry for data, so are we. This afternoon we're going to look at the Fed's beige book and investors be will latched onto tomorrow's PCE core deflator. That's going to be new data for the month October. We check the markets for you all day long right here on Bloomberg Radio. I'm John Tucker and that and that is your Bloomberg Business Flash. Paula Jan. Thank much appreciated just an outstanding Bloomberg Business Flash as we've become used to. So we are here at the Build America Mutual HQ down in lower Manhattan. Jennifer Ryan, Sweeney Paul here with you. We're also streaming live on that
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Mindful Gifting for Caregivers and Dementia Navigators
"Remember the joy of unwrapping a thoughtful gift that was just the right fit for you? Well, being a caregiver doesn't diminish that need, it just changes it. Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming Elizabeth Miller from the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, who brings with her an array of gift giving ideas for caregivers and those living with dementia. Our conversation zigzags through a spectrum of unique gifts, focusing on both physical items and shared experiences. Welcome to Fading Memories, a podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had to start a podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. If you're looking for additional advice, be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's brief, gives you great advice, you can read it in less than five minutes, and you know where to find the link. It's in the website, on the show notes. We're working on subscriber -only information and specials, so you're not going to want to miss out. When I learned that despite eating as healthy as possible, we can still have undernourished brains, I was frustrated. Learning about neuro reserves, Relev8, and how it's formulated to fix this problem convinced me to give them a try. Now I know many of you are skeptical, as was I. However, I know it's working because of one simple change. My sweet tooth is gone. I didn't expect that, and it's not something other users have commented on, but here's some truth. My brain always wanted something sweet. Now fruit usually did the trick, but not always. One bad night's sleep would fire up my sugar cravings so much they were almost impossible to ignore. You ever have your brain screaming for a donut? Well, for me, those days are gone. I believe in my results so much that I'm passing on my 15 % discount to you. Try it for two or three months and see if you have a miraculous sweet tooth cure, or maybe just better focus and clarity. It's definitely worth a try. Now on with our show. Hello, hello, you guys are gonna love today because we're talking about gifts and gift giving for people with dementia. And it's a perfect day to discuss that because today is my daughter's birthday. So I would wish her a happy birthday, but she's not a listener. So what I will do is thank Elizabeth Miller from the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast for coming on and sharing her gift guide and her knowledge. So thanks for joining us today, Elizabeth. Thank you for having me, I'm excited to be here. Awesome, I know we haven't done one together. I was on your show a while ago, but you haven't been online. Yes, vice versa. Yes, I love Fading Memories and I love that it's part of the whole care network. Definitely, so. We're all part of the same family. So you've been podcasting for six years as well, right? Yep, I'm in my sixth season. I launched in November's National Family Caregivers Month. So happy National Family Caregivers Month, everybody. And that was a launch. I try to do some kind of special every year, but I think I don't really have a launch this year. Just keep on keeping on. I've been really focusing on the speaking part of my business and really trying to get out there as far as reaching different companies and organizations to scale the caregiving support. Yes, it's definitely something we need. So where should we start? Do you wanna start with gifts for caregivers or gifts for people living with dementia? Let's, I mean, I'm always one to put the caregivers first. So like - Sounds like a plan. Yeah, so I think when it comes to buying gifts for caregivers, anything is probably going to be appreciated, right? We're just so grateful that somebody has been thinking about us and has us top of mind. But there's a lot of different things you can do, I think, for a family caregiver. And of course I also like self -care focused ones because not only are you giving them a gift, but you're giving them a tool of something that can help them mitigate burnout. So anything from like stuff that they would use like every day, we just had this in the fall, we have a sister's weekend and we do this favorite things party. Have you ever heard of that? Where we decided we were gonna each bring three things. We were gonna be $25 or less. This might be a great idea for someone to do as a swap exchange for their book club or their caregiver support group or whatnot. But I brought three of the same things. We kind of presented them, they're not wraps. But I got a lot of good ideas there this year for things like we had the things to clean our glasses, which would be a good thing for, they're called peeps. They're good for caregivers and for care recipients. Anybody who's wearing sunglasses even because they get grody, right? Very practical gift constantly. And then we had things like I'm wearing it now, actually. I love this Maybelline Lifter Gloss. It's affordable, it tastes good. Not that you're eating it, but you're gonna get some in your mouth on something. Smells good, it stays on decent. So I had brought that as part of mine. And then there was some cool body scrubs and lotions from, I think it was called La La Licious. So I think anything that can help us, oh, a boom stick was another one. It was like stuff that, this would be a very handy little makeup tool for a caregiver because you can put some quick color on your face, you can use it on your lips. Like it's one of those try it anywhere type of things. That's something you could like throw in your purse or your bag and when you look in the mirror and go, oh, it kind of looks so painful. Emergency, emergency. Yeah, put it, throw it in your self care tote. So I think little things like that, everybody's got different budgets these days as far as stuff that you can use. We did this, I do a Happy Healthy Caregiver virtual cafe is kind of every other month I do different kind of support where I wanna do some kind of a unique event for caregivers and introduce them to something. We had a Zentangle consultant come and teach us how to Zentangle. And it's basically like you're creating patterns. It's an abstract art, but it's very meditative. And she had given away as part of a prize this Sakura Zentangle artist tool set, it's like $20. But the thing with Zentangle is you use these little paper and you use like a micro tip pen. And so it's the little kit for that. And I like it because it's portable. You could throw it again in a self -care tote bag and pull it out just to kind of like, I need a mindful moment quick. Cause I'm a journaler, I love my journal of course, but I got that here too, the Just For You daily self -care journal, it's a prompted journal. And this is one form of meditation and doing that, but the Zentangle and an art journaling is another type of where it just gives you calm and peace. I can tell you, I felt very differently at the beginning of that session than I did at the end of the session. So something creative there. But I think too, when you're given a gift for anybody, whether it's a caregiver or care recipient, like just thinking about that person and what they naturally like and what they care about or what they maybe have mentioned to you in conversation could be something that would spark something. I was thinking, unless you know for sure they have a green thumb, don't give people a plant. They don't need something else to take care of. Yeah, I think as caregivers, right, we crave less things to take care of. The only exception I have to that would be the, I did get an AeroGarden one year, it's like for herbs. Right now I have basil, my basil is like taken off. And even if I can't use it in what I'm cooking, cause I'm not like this huge culinary chef, I learned this tip from another caregiver, Lisa Negro, where she said, she rubs it in her hands and smells the basil on her hands. I've been using it to freshen up my garbage disposal. Like I literally take some leaves off of it and put it in there to make it smell better. That's a really good idea. And I have a good idea cause I have the same issue. I have two pots with basil in it. I mentioned the other day, we needed to do a pasta dish with pesto. My husband was like, why? And he's like, oh, nevermind, I know why. Cause the plants are like big. It's pesto time. Yeah, it's like, and that's not something we normally eat a lot of anyway, cause you know, a lot of olive oil, it's not the healthiest sauce, but it is tasty. But I have been making basil mayonnaise and you basically just grind up, I think it's like half a cup of mayo and a third a cup of basil. I just do it to taste cause when I did it per the instructions, it needed a little more basil and I had a little more basil, so I threw it in there. And I am telling you, that is, that makes lunch just - Oh yeah, it's just like a little extra special and all you need is, you know, food processor or you know, maybe a blender, I don't have a blender. So I just use the food processor, grind it up and - Sounds yummy. It is really good and it's, you know, I throw just a touch of lemon juice in it just to kind of give it, you know, a little extra, what do they call it? Brightness, which that's a very strange culinary term, but yeah, it's delicious and it's, you know, you just plop in however much mayonnaise you need and then keep adding basil until it tastes the way you want it to taste, super easy. Never thought to use that. I think like little things like that, where you take something that people are doing all the time and you can maybe elevate it a little bit. So think about like, if someone's a tea drinker, you know, how could you make that special? Like, you know, tea, splurging on teas that they might not buy for themselves or the presentation of it and packaging it all together, maybe with some biscotti or something like that. Like it just like treat them, treat them to something spectacular. I also think anything pampering, like a massage gun or a silk pillowcase or a obviously nail appointment for their, you know, find out from their person where they go for those types of things and a gift certificate to that. I'm a big reader. So like reading is really fun for me, but sometimes, you know, there's lights now that you can get. I don't wanna hold a flashlight at night. I don't necessarily like reading a Kindle book all the time. So, but there's lights that you can light up and I can think of caregivers using that cause sometimes we're doing those things in very precocious types of places.
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"Are listening to WCPT eight 20. Here's the latest Chicago weather updates from the weatherology weather center. I'm meteorologist Jennifer Wojcicki. We'll see sunny skies here this afternoon high around 40 degrees winds out of the southwest around 10 to 15 miles per hour then for tonight partly cloudy sky conditions and a low around 29 thursday partial sunshine develops high 47 then degrees by friday we'll have a chance for rain showers cloudy high 42 saturday cloudy at high 43. That's your latest Chicago weather update. Currently it's 32. I'm Dr. Anthony
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Bloomberg Markets
Fresh update on "jennifer" discussed on Bloomberg Markets
"The world financial center. Great, great part of town. Used to back in the day. Joined today by Jennifer Ryan Bloomberg News. Your tech reporter, editor, what's your whole remit there? The Equality Team. It's fascinating. We cover corporate efforts to promote diversity. We cover student loans. We cover all manner of universities in corporate America about diversity. Interesting, cool. So we got you here for the next three hours. I am indeed. You made your way down to lower Manhattan. Good stuff, we appreciate that. Good day in the markets here. I mean again another opening strong here to the market here. It's just interesting to see what's happening here. Let's dig under the hood here with Nora Melinda. She joins us. She's
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Vibrant Living: Brain Health Strategies Matter Even in Memory Care
"Are you struggling on navigating the complexities of specific dementia behaviors? Well, join me and my guest, Krista Montague, the brain behind Dementia's Success Path, as we unravel this tangled issue. Krista, with her riches of experience in dementia care, shines a light on the intricacies of caring for dementia patients. From handling physically active patients to dealing with violence in caregiving, we delve into the importance of balancing physical and emotional needs, and how fostering one -on -one relationships with recreation therapists or activity directors can revolutionize patient care. Welcome to Fading Memories, the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had the start a podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. If you're looking for additional advice, be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's brief, gives you great advice, you can read it in less than five minutes, and you know where to find the link in the website, on the show notes. We're working on subscriber -only information and specials, so you're not going to want to miss out. When I learned that despite eating as healthy as possible, we can still have undernourished brains, I was frustrated. Learning about neuro -reserves, Relev8, and how it's formulated to fix this problem convinced me to give them a try. Now I know many of you are skeptical, as was I, however, I know it's working because of one simple change, my sweet tooth is gone. I didn't expect that, and it's not something other users have commented on, but here's some truth. My brain always wanted something sweet. Now fruit usually did the trick, but not always. One bad night's sleep would fire up my sugar cravings so much they were almost impossible to ignore. You ever have your brain screaming for a donut? Well, for me, those days are gone. I believe in my results so much that I'm passing on my 15 % discount to you. Try it for two or three months and see if you have a miraculous sweet tooth cure, or maybe just better focus and clarity. It's worth definitely a try. Now on with our show. Welcome back, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. I know you're going to love today's episode. With me is Krista Montague. We are talking about challenging dementia behaviors. And for those of you who know, who have listened long enough, you know, I had a few of those with my mom, so we'll be talking about those and others. So thanks for joining me, Krista. Oh, thanks for having me. So why don't you introduce yourself, tell us about your company, maybe your background with caring for somebody with dementia, and then we'll dive right into the topic. Yeah, absolutely. So I run a platform and a business called Dementia Success Path. The reason I started it is when I was very first getting started with my career, I ended up working in Jerry Psych. And that's where you run into the most challenging of dementia behaviors. That's why they're there at the hospital and my job there as an activity therapist was to provide natural intervention. So what to say and what to do to get them to come to a certain baseline in order for the doctors that work there to really be able to correctly prescribe medication. So anyways, that is how I got into the space. And over the course of many, many years, I cared for thousands of dementia patients with challenging behaviors. Thus, now I help caregivers on the Internet with said challenging behaviors now. So that's that's a little bit about me and my background. Awesome. While you were talking, I remembered a different scenario, so I hope I'm not going to throw this out of left field because this was a really challenging behavior. And I want to keep it as anonymized as possible. So a resident who was very tall, who had been a what do they call like a endurance athlete, did those like endurance marathons for people who are not watching the YouTube video. This is a very I don't want to do that kind of face. And he got very agitated if he couldn't get a hold of his wife on the phone and she was out of cell reception and he got so agitated, he pushed over another resident who broke a hip. We all know what happens when older people break hips. And this was an issue she had with him. It's just like he had obviously greater than average. What is the word? Oh, it's Monday and my brain's not going to work. He just had a ton of energy and he needed people to like take him running or he needed a way of getting rid of the energy. But he was out of stage of his dementia that taking him out wasn't necessarily safe for himself or others. So just off the top of your head, what do you think you would do with that? Just we're going to start off with the hard question first. Yeah, well, so I guess I'd be curious to figure out some of some of the why behind that, because ultimately behavior is just communication. The main thing with most of the dementias, whether it be Alzheimer's or from a temporal or blue body or whatever, is that it takes away language if you stick with the disease process long enough. So over time, those behaviors become a way for them to say, hey, something emotionally or physically with me isn't right. And I can't tell you any other way than maybe to shove this over or something like that. So it sounds like a couple of things are there, which is he has a physical need of moving around if that's been a part of his life and that's not being that that could definitely be part of it. The other part is maybe an emotional need that's not being met, which is he's wanting to get a hold of his safe person, the person who he feels gets him and can help orient him. And it's not happening. And I can just feel so overwhelming when you've lost control of everything else in your life with dementia. So as far as tackling those issues, I usually like to start with the physical issue first before I tackle the emotional one. So I understand it could definitely be challenging to get them to maybe run around the block, but I know where I happen to work, we had a pretty substantial backyard area, a garden area that people could walk around or even like a little mini trampoline event. That'd actually be a great idea if you can't move anywhere and he's like, there's nothing physically wrong. He has no mobility issues going on. Just have him bounce on that trampoline and just count it out, like almost treat it like a workout he's having like he might have had in sports or something like that, or maybe run laps a around few times or make it like some type of competition, like he's beating himself with it. So there's all kinds of ways that you can help productively put that energy towards something where it's safer. That was a lot of my job is figuring out how I could safely get these folks needs met so that if things continue to be an issue that then the doctor would come in with, say, like your Ativan or your Seroquel or, you know, whatever, things like that, it's a delicate balance trying if you're a psychiatrist that specializes in geriatrics to really get that right. And he really depended on us trying everything before he gets the medications. We're like, OK, so roughly we probably need this amount. But I was so I'll go there first with getting this physical needs. If he has a lot of energy and he just needs it met, there's there's always a safe way to get it done. It just takes a little bit of creativity and knowing a little bit about his life and his background and what would make the most sense for him. So all that's very important. And then beyond that, the emotional need could be maybe he feels like there isn't anybody else that just sits and talks to him. And I know it's challenging facilities. I get it. I worked in a facility, but at the same point in time, that's really where your let's just say your recreation therapist, your activity director can really be helpful with that. Chances are maybe he could like wall that person's activity planning or something like that could be sitting next to to her him or whatever and help him with these ideas and really building that one on one relationship so that it's not such a desperate bid for that person. You know, ultimately, there's always there's always something you can do. But I hear you. There's always going to be challenges when you're looking at an institutional place with staffing, training, all that type of stuff. But, you know, every single person's different. And it was it was rare when there was ever a person where I'm just like, no, we can't we can't help them. But it was it was very, very, very rare that that would ever be a situation that we find ourselves in. I'm wondering if they actually had gone to a geriatric psychiatrist. I'm thinking no, but I didn't know everything about their situation, obviously. Sure. That probably would have been a really good solution because he'd been in one memory care community and they just I'm not sure they tried very hard. That one used to be a mile down the hill from my home and there was a reason my mom wasn't there. And the one my mom was at, he had been moved there. So the whole incident with the shoving was in the person who got shoved was the parent of a client of my husband. So it was like, it was all the dramas. Yeah, it resolved. It resolved pretty well. I mean, there wasn't lawsuits or everybody was level headed and came to some some agreements that were positive. So that was good because I was like, oh, God, we don't. We're like, do we really need to get lawyers involved? Because, you know, this is just a really ugly situation. But I question whether whether they had a psychiatrist because that might have helped because they did have a really beautiful outside courtyard. I don't know that it would have been enough space. I mean, it was basically the size of an Olympic pool, so he could have run down and back and around. But I'm wondering if he would have felt like like a hamster on a wheel, just kind of going in a circle. But I like the trampoline idea. It depends on the context you're putting it in. It really does. If you're really treating it like, hey, this is, you know, a workout that we're doing together, like a training workout, if he was a big sports guy, then it could make sense for him. It just depends. As far as, I'd say it's unlikely the facility had one. And the reason being is in the place that I worked at, it's a hospital, so it was meant to be short term and that's usually how it goes. Oftentimes we see, rightly so, medication being a very last resort because it could take someone like him who is nothing's physically wrong with him. He's extremely physically active and it could mess with his balance and make it so he becomes a fall risk. So it's almost like you're borrowing from Peter to pay Paul when you're introducing medications. Oftentimes the folks that come to our hospital, they were violent, like they were spitting, they were fighting, hitting people, danger to themselves or others. Like it was very, very extreme situations where they'd be like, OK, like the drugs are like the very last resort to managing this. And I can understand in, you know, memory care or skilled nursing or something like that, it's challenging to have somebody so physically strong around with a bunch of frail people around, for sure. He certainly had quite a few of those. Yeah, he's really tall and then none of the caregivers, most of them, like 99 % of them were women and they weren't, none of them were more than average height. Most of us were pretty, yeah, we're talking like five foot two to five, six or seven at best. So it's not like they had like big, tall, you know, burly women to control him, which, you know, physically controlling him isn't really in the options either. But yeah, it was just, it was one of those situations where it's like, you know, his care partner was just at her wit's end and she was out of cell range because she was doing something for herself and their religious community. And so the fact that she freaked out that he couldn't get ahold of her was really unfortunate. But, you know, and I'm hoping that they learned something, you know, like all of this happened in like 2019 and then we had the pandemic and my mom passed away. It was like, oh, like, it was just, it was like a whole lot happened in a couple of years. But you were talking about violence. And so now we're going to shift back to mom, my mom. And the more we, so we talked a little bit about this, the more help she physically needed. Now, my mom walked fine with no AIDS. She had nothing physically wrong with her either. She had just had Alzheimer's for nearly 20 years. The more help she needed, the nastier she got. She didn't want people to help her. She didn't think she needed help. And if you pressed the wrong way, she literally scratched people and drew blood. So a little bit violent. They were always so surprised because like, oh, she's so easy going. I'm like, you're not talking about my mother. My mother was never easy going. She was, she was a very lovely, nice lady. Did lots of things for the community, loved her family and all that. But don't piss her off because that was a bad idea. And it did not help after Alzheimer's if you pissed her off. So I know we're kind of going back to lack of training, lack of time, lack of staff, which, you know, is actually has gotten worse since my mom passed away. But they never seem to be very good at diffusing the anger that came up kind of quickly. And it was always, it always made me feel so bad when she's, when she drew blood on the gal that took care of her. Because that gal put up with way too much garbage. So it's, go ahead. I was going to say, when you've got somebody who doesn't think they need help, that was the worst with my mom. It's like, you know, and I actually experienced it. We'd come back from, I always took her out. We went and watched kids in the park or whatever. This was what gave her the most joy. And we came back, she needed to use the restroom and she was, you know, she was still fairly continent, but she needed depends, just in case kind of thing. And as we all have happened, you know, her toe gets caught in the elastic and she's grunting and groaning and pissing and moaning, trying to pull the, first off, she crossed her legs and then tried to pull up the, you know, the incontinence underwear. And I'm like, I know exactly what's going to happen if I help her because she's going to get angry at me. And so I let her fuss and fume for a few minutes and I thought, this is ridiculous. And I went in and I said, oh, you just have your toe caught. That happens to me all the time. And I like grimaced and I bent over and I unhooked her toe and I literally backed up and stood up as quick as I could. Thankfully, I did not get smacked. That was what I was expecting. And I left the bathroom. I left her to do the rest of her stuff. She had her clothes back on. She comes back in her room, absolutely spitting mad. And I'm like, you know, this is ridiculous. It's not like I, I didn't even touch her. All I did was unhook the elastic from her toe, which, you know, if she didn't have Alzheimer's, she would have understood that that was the problem. But she was so mad. She was like, right, right, right, people come here. And she stomped out of her room and I thought, okay, well, I guess I'm going to go home now. And she made a circle around. The residents came back in her room. She goes, oh, hi, what are you doing here? I was like, oh, crap. Now we can start the visit all over again. Like, should have left a minute and a half ago. Oh, no. Oh, man. Yeah. So, you know, it's funny. I was actually having this discussion recently. I don't know if you've heard of Dan Salinger. He's pretty big on TikTok, like a really big caregiver on TikTok. I was just interviewing him on my Instagram. And we were talking a little bit about really how memories aren't quite as straightforward as a lot of people initially think. Something I really noticed with a lot of people with dementia, like all kinds of dementia, is that while the dementia stole the information aspect of their memories, and memories are really both comprised of both emotions and information. So you notice that a lot of the emotions behind their experiences would really linger. So, for example, if I'm sure if mom like so my thought when you're talking about mom is it's possible, maybe somebody else pissed her off earlier in the day, and she didn't necessarily hang on to the information of what made her mad earlier, but she was maybe hanging on to the emotion from it. And it's possible that maybe the her toe getting stuck in you helping her. She's like, no one respects me like this is just like the fifth thing that someone's disrespecting me with. And now my daughter's doing it to me like gosh darn it. For emotionally, her it feels like this is I'm just so tired of not having any control over my life, or I'm just so tired of like people telling me what to do all the time, talking to me like I'm a little kid, like just all those are very valid feelings of anger. But since the information gets like poof out of their brains, all it looks like is, wow, they're really overreacting to that being stuck in their pant leg. So sometimes it's not always the easiest to try to discern like, was I the fifth thing that pissed her off? Because she probably won't be able to tell you. But anyways, how I guess Dan and I came through that is he noticed that like maybe when after he got his dad to shower and his dad is mad, the anger would just kind of linger for a few hours afterwards, even when he completely forgotten he even had a shower. So it's just so, yeah, it's so interesting how all that works. It could be both helpful and unhelpful simultaneously as far as them forgetting things or the emotions lingering. So anyways, those are the thoughts I've had. The lack of control, something that she had. So she was the oldest of four kids. And so, you know, she was always responsible for the younger siblings. And I mean, I'm the oldest of two, so I can relate to that. My dad wasn't the easiest person. He, you know, he worked. My mom took care of my sister and I, and he kind of kept control of things. And whenever she wanted to do something, like if she wanted to repaint a room in the house, she'd think about it. She wouldn't talk to anybody, but she'd think about it. And then she would announce, tada, I'm going to do this. It sounded like, literally like it came out of the blue and I knew that it didn't because I think about things and then say, I think we should do X, Y, Z. Like our closet door, it's irritating. And it's like, we're going to put a barn door on here. So I talk about it, then I research it, then I share the research. So I'm not like, bam, we're going to do this. And it sounds coming out of the blue. So I don't think she felt like she had a lot of control, like her whole life since she was a teenager, probably, or maybe younger. Um, you know, like both my grandparents worked. So my, you know, both my uncles were kind of rowdy. She had the rowdy cousin that wound up. So yeah, I don't think she felt like she had a lot of control. So even if it wasn't the fifth thing that pissed her off, even if it was only the second or the third thing that day, yeah, I can totally see where that would have. That would have been an issue. So I've learned so much since she's passed away. It's like, dang, I really wish I'd known this five years ago. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's interesting. I find that anytime, regardless if they have dementia or not, if there's like a huge reaction that feels disproportionate to the situation you're in, chances are, it's probably not about you. It's probably about a bunch of other stuff. And it's very much the same with our folks with dementia. And that's usually the fastest way I can get them calmed down from anger is I would say it sounds like there's just a lot of things that are frustrating you here. Let's just go outside and you can just tell me what's on your heart. And usually I was right. There's usually like six different things that were all pretty valid sounding that was pissing them off. And it was really relieving for a lot of them to have someone actually really sit down and listen to them. And it was a very unique position to be in as far as the facility goes. To actually be the person who had a little bit more time to spend with, with my folks to really understand where they were coming from a little bit more. I was really special. And it's really unfortunate because COVID, many of the other things COVID has taken out has also taken out this particular facility as well, which it stinks. But, you know, COVID did a number on all of it and everything on everybody on all the things. I guess I want to circle back real quick when we were talking about the staff and the training and things like that. Something I notice oftentimes just because of maybe because it's just severely underpaid they're asking their folks to do is you and oftentimes you'll find culturally people who maybe came from more of like an authoritarian type parenting background and they see these adults who are acting like children in their eyes. So they almost instinctively go back to like this authoritarian style parenting to these adults. And it just doesn't work. It just it just doesn't work. And that's why, you know, the training is so, so important. But now it's just rough when you live in a country where everything is all about the dollar. Yeah, my so where my mom lived, my husband's a real estate broker and we were talking about this exact topic because the people that did the hands -on carrying on my mom did not get paid worth beans because some of them worked at Starbucks for eight hours and then went and dealt with these, you know, these people with dementias. And like I could barely deal with my mom for two or three hours at a time much. And that was on top of what all the other stuff I did, but I didn't work at Starbucks for eight hours and then come deal with my mom for eight hours. Like, nope, that was outside my abilities. So I always, you know, tried really hard to, like, make their life easier. But the gal that my mom was always drawing blood on, she just worked at the community and she was freaking poor at it, you know. And I had a really good relationship with the executive director. If he was making big bucks, he wasn't spending it. He had an older model Honda Accord. You know, he wore polo shirts and khaki pants, you know, not dissing pennies. I shopped there, but that's kind of where he looked like he shopped. You know, he wasn't wearing suits. And I always, I thought, I don't know how you do this job because you've got the staff to deal with. You've got the residents to deal with. You've got the residents' families to deal with. Like, there are too many people to try to make happy. There's not enough money for you, but somebody's making money. And so I had my husband, like, pull up the property taxes and when the building was built and we, like, kind of assessed, like, their expenses. And it was like, God, I don't know how anybody's making money doing this. And it was expensive. We paid $5 ,600 a month for my mom. And then she moved in March 2017. So every March she was reassessed. The memory care director was very kind. Always, you know, when you kind of got somebody who's in a range of needs, always kind of scaled it to the lower end. And my mom fell, broke her leg, was bed -bound, wheelchair -bound, and she still skewed everything, like, as minimal as she could. And the fee was going from $5 ,600 to $7 ,200. And I've said this a lot. I think my mom had a moment of clarity where she realized there was this COVID thing going on. You know, people were not allowed to come in to the community. We weren't allowed to take them out to go watch kids in the park. She was going to need this wheelchair. The fee was going to, oh, forget it. I'm out. I really seriously think she had that moment because she died March 31st. The new fee was supposed to take place April 1st. So she saved us some money. Yeah. I was like, man, you've done that just right, honey. I mean, and it just, yeah, it just seemed like there just had to have been a moment of clarity. So yeah, it was crazy times. We were very blessed. They let us come in. I saw her the day before she passed away. They called me on the 31st and said, come now. She passed away before we got there. But literally, so this is March 31st, 2020. We're still in the initial stages of quarantine, you know, two weeks to flatten the curve. All that, if you guys remember back then, it's like, I almost forgot that was the beginning of the year, basically sitting at home. No, we were so innocent back then. Yeah, we thought we were doing really good sitting at home, baking sourdough bread. Oh, I was most certainly not doing that at that time. I was working with the ventilation staff. Oh, wow. Oh, so yeah, nope. I was doing my same stuff, but there was 10 of us. So there was my husband and I, my daughter, son -in -law, my sister, her kids and husband, and one, my mom's sister and one brother. And my aunt wore a mask. So this was a little bit before masking because my aunt took care of my grandmother, who had vascular dementia, lived on grandma's social security. So when my grandmother passed away, I don't understand why my family made this choice. Still don't. Well, obviously when my grandmother passed away, my aunt didn't have a career or money. So my aunt lives in subsidized senior housing and she has her own mental health struggles. She obviously knew that maybe wearing a mask was a good idea. And again, great relationship with the executive director, but that man looked like he was about to have a complete stroke because literally there's 10 of us standing outside my mom's room, including two kids. My niece was a teenager and my nephew was almost a teenager. And he never basically said, get the hell out. But it was very obvious on his face. That's what he wanted to say. But a lot of people didn't get to see their loved ones at all. So I felt really blessed and that must've been really, really hard for them.
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Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. If you're looking for additional advice, be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's brief, gives you great advice, you can read it in less than five minutes, and you know where to find the link in the website, on the show notes. We're working on subscriber -only information and specials, so you're not going to want to miss out. When I learned that despite eating as healthy as possible, we can still have undernourished brains, I was frustrated. Learning about neuro -reserves, Relev8, and how it's formulated to fix this problem convinced me to give them a try. Now I know many of you are skeptical, as was I, however, I know it's working because of one simple change, my sweet tooth is gone. I didn't expect that, and it's not something other users have commented on, but here's some truth. 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So why don't you introduce yourself, tell us about your company, maybe your background with caring for somebody with dementia, and then we'll dive right into the topic. Yeah, absolutely. So I run a platform and a business called Dementia Success Path. The reason I started it is when I was very first getting started with my career, I ended up working in Jerry Psych. And that's where you run into the most challenging of dementia behaviors. That's why they're there at the hospital and my job there as an activity therapist was to provide natural intervention. So what to say and what to do to get them to come to a certain baseline in order for the doctors that work there to really be able to correctly prescribe medication. So anyways, that is how I got into the space. And over the course of many, many years, I cared for thousands of dementia patients with challenging behaviors. Thus, now I help caregivers on the Internet with said challenging behaviors now. So that's that's a little bit about me and my background. Awesome. While you were talking, I remembered a different scenario, so I hope I'm not going to throw this out of left field because this was a really challenging behavior. And I want to keep it as anonymized as possible. So a resident who was very tall, who had been a what do they call like a endurance athlete, did those like endurance marathons for people who are not watching the YouTube video. This is a very I don't want to do that kind of face. And he got very agitated if he couldn't get a hold of his wife on the phone and she was out of cell reception and he got so agitated, he pushed over another resident who broke a hip. We all know what happens when older people break hips. And this was an issue she had with him. It's just like he had obviously greater than average. What is the word? Oh, it's Monday and my brain's not going to work. He just had a ton of energy and he needed people to like take him running or he needed a way of getting rid of the energy. But he was out of stage of his dementia that taking him out wasn't necessarily safe for himself or others. So just off the top of your head, what do you think you would do with that? Just we're going to start off with the hard question first. Yeah, well, so I guess I'd be curious to figure out some of some of the why behind that, because ultimately behavior is just communication. The main thing with most of the dementias, whether it be Alzheimer's or from a temporal or blue body or whatever, is that it takes away language if you stick with the disease process long enough. So over time, those behaviors become a way for them to say, hey, something emotionally or physically with me isn't right. And I can't tell you any other way than maybe to shove this over or something like that. So it sounds like a couple of things are there, which is he has a physical need of moving around if that's been a part of his life and that's not being that that could definitely be part of it. The other part is maybe an emotional need that's not being met, which is he's wanting to get a hold of his safe person, the person who he feels gets him and can help orient him. And it's not happening. And I can just feel so overwhelming when you've lost control of everything else in your life with dementia. So as far as tackling those issues, I usually like to start with the physical issue first before I tackle the emotional one. So I understand it could definitely be challenging to get them to maybe run around the block, but I know where I happen to work, we had a pretty substantial backyard area, a garden area that people could walk around or even like a little mini trampoline event. That'd actually be a great idea if you can't move anywhere and he's like, there's nothing physically wrong. He has no mobility issues going on. Just have him bounce on that trampoline and just count it out, like almost treat it like a workout he's having like he might have had in sports or something like that, or maybe run laps a around few times or make it like some type of competition, like he's beating himself with it. So there's all kinds of ways that you can help productively put that energy towards something where it's safer. That was a lot of my job is figuring out how I could safely get these folks needs met so that if things continue to be an issue that then the doctor would come in with, say, like your Ativan or your Seroquel or, you know, whatever, things like that, it's a delicate balance trying if you're a psychiatrist that specializes in geriatrics to really get that right. And he really depended on us trying everything before he gets the medications. We're like, OK, so roughly we probably need this amount. But I was so I'll go there first with getting this physical needs. If he has a lot of energy and he just needs it met, there's there's always a safe way to get it done. It just takes a little bit of creativity and knowing a little bit about his life and his background and what would make the most sense for him. So all that's very important. And then beyond that, the emotional need could be maybe he feels like there isn't anybody else that just sits and talks to him. And I know it's challenging facilities. I get it. I worked in a facility, but at the same point in time, that's really where your let's just say your recreation therapist, your activity director can really be helpful with that. Chances are maybe he could like wall that person's activity planning or something like that could be sitting next to to her him or whatever and help him with these ideas and really building that one on one relationship so that it's not such a desperate bid for that person. You know, ultimately, there's always there's always something you can do. But I hear you. There's always going to be challenges when you're looking at an institutional place with staffing, training, all that type of stuff. But, you know, every single person's different. And it was it was rare when there was ever a person where I'm just like, no, we can't we can't help them. But it was it was very, very, very rare that that would ever be a situation that we find ourselves in. I'm wondering if they actually had gone to a geriatric psychiatrist. I'm thinking no, but I didn't know everything about their situation, obviously. Sure. That probably would have been a really good solution because he'd been in one memory care community and they just I'm not sure they tried very hard. That one used to be a mile down the hill from my home and there was a reason my mom wasn't there. And the one my mom was at, he had been moved there. So the whole incident with the shoving was in the person who got shoved was the parent of a client of my husband. So it was like, it was all the dramas. Yeah, it resolved. It resolved pretty well. I mean, there wasn't lawsuits or everybody was level headed and came to some some agreements that were positive. So that was good because I was like, oh, God, we don't. We're like, do we really need to get lawyers involved? Because, you know, this is just a really ugly situation. But I question whether whether they had a psychiatrist because that might have helped because they did have a really beautiful outside courtyard. I don't know that it would have been enough space. I mean, it was basically the size of an Olympic pool, so he could have run down and back and around. But I'm wondering if he would have felt like like a hamster on a wheel, just kind of going in a circle. But I like the trampoline idea. It depends on the context you're putting it in. It really does. If you're really treating it like, hey, this is, you know, a workout that we're doing together, like a training workout, if he was a big sports guy, then it could make sense for him. It just depends. As far as, I'd say it's unlikely the facility had one. And the reason being is in the place that I worked at, it's a hospital, so it was meant to be short term and that's usually how it goes. Oftentimes we see, rightly so, medication being a very last resort because it could take someone like him who is nothing's physically wrong with him. He's extremely physically active and it could mess with his balance and make it so he becomes a fall risk. So it's almost like you're borrowing from Peter to pay Paul when you're introducing medications. Oftentimes the folks that come to our hospital, they were violent, like they were spitting, they were fighting, hitting people, danger to themselves or others. Like it was very, very extreme situations where they'd be like, OK, like the drugs are like the very last resort to managing this. And I can understand in, you know, memory care or skilled nursing or something like that, it's challenging to have somebody so physically strong around with a bunch of frail people around, for sure. He certainly had quite a few of those. Yeah, he's really tall and then none of the caregivers, most of them, like 99 % of them were women and they weren't, none of them were more than average height. Most of us were pretty, yeah, we're talking like five foot two to five, six or seven at best. So it's not like they had like big, tall, you know, burly women to control him, which, you know, physically controlling him isn't really in the options either. But yeah, it was just, it was one of those situations where it's like, you know, his care partner was just at her wit's end and she was out of cell range because she was doing something for herself and their religious community. And so the fact that she freaked out that he couldn't get ahold of her was really unfortunate. But, you know, and I'm hoping that they learned something, you know, like all of this happened in like 2019 and then we had the pandemic and my mom passed away. It was like, oh, like, it was just, it was like a whole lot happened in a couple of years. But you were talking about violence. And so now we're going to shift back to mom, my mom. And the more we, so we talked a little bit about this, the more help she physically needed. Now, my mom walked fine with no AIDS. She had nothing physically wrong with her either. She had just had Alzheimer's for nearly 20 years. The more help she needed, the nastier she got. She didn't want people to help her. She didn't think she needed help. And if you pressed the wrong way, she literally scratched people and drew blood. So a little bit violent. They were always so surprised because like, oh, she's so easy going. I'm like, you're not talking about my mother. My mother was never easy going. She was, she was a very lovely, nice lady. Did lots of things for the community, loved her family and all that. But don't piss her off because that was a bad idea. And it did not help after Alzheimer's if you pissed her off. So I know we're kind of going back to lack of training, lack of time, lack of staff, which, you know, is actually has gotten worse since my mom passed away. But they never seem to be very good at diffusing the anger that came up kind of quickly. And it was always, it always made me feel so bad when she's, when she drew blood on the gal that took care of her. Because that gal put up with way too much garbage. So it's, go ahead. I was going to say, when you've got somebody who doesn't think they need help, that was the worst with my mom. It's like, you know, and I actually experienced it. We'd come back from, I always took her out. We went and watched kids in the park or whatever. This was what gave her the most joy. And we came back, she needed to use the restroom and she was, you know, she was still fairly continent, but she needed depends, just in case kind of thing. And as we all have happened, you know, her toe gets caught in the elastic and she's grunting and groaning and pissing and moaning, trying to pull the, first off, she crossed her legs and then tried to pull up the, you know, the incontinence underwear. And I'm like, I know exactly what's going to happen if I help her because she's going to get angry at me. And so I let her fuss and fume for a few minutes and I thought, this is ridiculous. And I went in and I said, oh, you just have your toe caught. That happens to me all the time. And I like grimaced and I bent over and I unhooked her toe and I literally backed up and stood up as quick as I could. Thankfully, I did not get smacked. That was what I was expecting. And I left the bathroom. I left her to do the rest of her stuff. She had her clothes back on. She comes back in her room, absolutely spitting mad. And I'm like, you know, this is ridiculous. It's not like I, I didn't even touch her. All I did was unhook the elastic from her toe, which, you know, if she didn't have Alzheimer's, she would have understood that that was the problem. But she was so mad. She was like, right, right, right, people come here. And she stomped out of her room and I thought, okay, well, I guess I'm going to go home now. And she made a circle around. The residents came back in her room. She goes, oh, hi, what are you doing here? I was like, oh, crap. Now we can start the visit all over again. Like, should have left a minute and a half ago. Oh, no. Oh, man. Yeah. So, you know, it's funny. I was actually having this discussion recently. I don't know if you've heard of Dan Salinger. He's pretty big on TikTok, like a really big caregiver on TikTok. I was just interviewing him on my Instagram. And we were talking a little bit about really how memories aren't quite as straightforward as a lot of people initially think. Something I really noticed with a lot of people with dementia, like all kinds of dementia, is that while the dementia stole the information aspect of their memories, and memories are really both comprised of both emotions and information. So you notice that a lot of the emotions behind their experiences would really linger. So, for example, if I'm sure if mom like so my thought when you're talking about mom is it's possible, maybe somebody else pissed her off earlier in the day, and she didn't necessarily hang on to the information of what made her mad earlier, but she was maybe hanging on to the emotion from it. And it's possible that maybe the her toe getting stuck in you helping her. She's like, no one respects me like this is just like the fifth thing that someone's disrespecting me with. And now my daughter's doing it to me like gosh darn it. For emotionally, her it feels like this is I'm just so tired of not having any control over my life, or I'm just so tired of like people telling me what to do all the time, talking to me like I'm a little kid, like just all those are very valid feelings of anger. But since the information gets like poof out of their brains, all it looks like is, wow, they're really overreacting to that being stuck in their pant leg. So sometimes it's not always the easiest to try to discern like, was I the fifth thing that pissed her off? Because she probably won't be able to tell you. But anyways, how I guess Dan and I came through that is he noticed that like maybe when after he got his dad to shower and his dad is mad, the anger would just kind of linger for a few hours afterwards, even when he completely forgotten he even had a shower. So it's just so, yeah, it's so interesting how all that works. It could be both helpful and unhelpful simultaneously as far as them forgetting things or the emotions lingering. So anyways, those are the thoughts I've had. The lack of control, something that she had. So she was the oldest of four kids. And so, you know, she was always responsible for the younger siblings. And I mean, I'm the oldest of two, so I can relate to that. My dad wasn't the easiest person. He, you know, he worked. My mom took care of my sister and I, and he kind of kept control of things. And whenever she wanted to do something, like if she wanted to repaint a room in the house, she'd think about it. She wouldn't talk to anybody, but she'd think about it. And then she would announce, tada, I'm going to do this. It sounded like, literally like it came out of the blue and I knew that it didn't because I think about things and then say, I think we should do X, Y, Z. Like our closet door, it's irritating. And it's like, we're going to put a barn door on here. So I talk about it, then I research it, then I share the research. So I'm not like, bam, we're going to do this. And it sounds coming out of the blue. So I don't think she felt like she had a lot of control, like her whole life since she was a teenager, probably, or maybe younger. Um, you know, like both my grandparents worked. So my, you know, both my uncles were kind of rowdy.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Specialized In-Home Care: Empowering You to Live Your Best Life
"Navigating the complexities of the healthcare system, especially post -hospitalization, can be a daunting task. But what if there was a way to manage these hurdles with the support of a specialized in -home care professional? Enter Dr. Samantha Benjamin Allen, who sheds light on the often -overlooked gap in healthcare for individuals transitioning from hospital to home. We delve into the benefits, challenges, and costs associated with in -home caregiving with a particular focus on finding the best care plans and treatments for your loved ones. Welcome to Fading Memories, the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had the start -up podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Specialized In-Home Care: Empowering You to Live Your Best Life
"Navigating the complexities of the healthcare system, especially post -hospitalization, can be a daunting task. But what if there was a way to manage these hurdles with the support of a specialized in -home care professional? Enter Dr. Samantha Benjamin Allen, who sheds light on the often -overlooked gap in healthcare for individuals transitioning from hospital to home. We delve into the benefits, challenges, and costs associated with in -home caregiving with a particular focus on finding the best care plans and treatments for your loved ones. Welcome to Fading Memories, the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had the start -up podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories.
Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from Bitcoin Hits $30,000 | Outperforming Market
"All right, so Bitcoin breaking 30k, this of course has a lot of potential impact on the market at large and how all of this is shaking out. There's a lot of mixed signals here. We're going to try to break through that all today. You guys are going to love it. My name is Paul Veron. Welcome back in the Tech Path. Let's jump over to one event that's happening right now. There's so many things happening right now. Pretty much all at the same time, it feels like. Jim Jordan fails to win the house again. This is the third vote. Jordan is not giving this up. Remember McCarthy, it took I think 15 rounds to get him certified in to the speaker role. The question is whether or not there's a lot of people that do not want Jordan in. Obviously he is not necessarily a, I won't say he's a positive crypto, but he has no opinion. But the other scenario that could play into this is we could see someone that is pro -crypto still. So you've got a couple of people that have jumped ship, and that is Don Bacon, voted for McHenry. Lori Chavez, DeRaymer also voted for McHenry. Brian Fitzpatrick flipped over to McHenry. This is a new vote against Jordan. And then McCarthy, Jennifer Kiggins also voted for McHenry. Mike Lawler, which we knew about earlier in the week. And then Marian Miller Meeks also for McHenry. So there's some new people within the Republicans now starting to put McHenry up at the top of the list here. Whether we see Jordan or McHenry jump in, McHenry would be very positive for crypto. He obviously, in support of the bills there in the house, most likely would get them through before these sessions close out and possibly get us some legislation before the end of the year. We'll see how that all comes together. Here I want to jump over to a clip from CNBC. And this was with Powell, and many of you have probably seen some of this. But I just want to play this clip real quick. So no, I don't think that there's a fundamental shift in the way that interest rates affect the economy. There may be some differences in this cycle because of what I mentioned. As I mentioned, we are seeing the effects where we expect to see them, which is interest sensitive spending and also asset prices to some extent and the exchange rate, which you're also seeing a strong exchange rate, which is disinflationary. So I don't think there's a fundamental change in the way monetary policy affects the economy. And again, it goes back to just very strong demand. We take the economy as it is. We take fiscal policy and the economy and all the things we don't control. They come to us, and we conduct policy always to achieve maximum employment and stable prices. So we just take what comes. The fact that we have a strong growing economy, a strong growing labor market, and inflation coming down, these are the elements that we want to see that to achieve the outcome we want. So I'm going to pause it there because he feels to me like there's a little bit of double speak there in the sense that there's still pressure from the Fed to continue higher for longer and also to try to achieve the 2 percent in terms of an inflation target. But at the same time, they're still saying, hey, these things are still happening in the economy when clearly that is not necessarily the case. We are seeing problems in the economy that are running up against us, and that's including job numbers, including the crackdown on credit, including the situation with what we've seen on mortgage backed securities. We are going to see a lot of implosion yet to come. And I think this is the thing that plays out. You look at a couple more tweets and this is where it gets confusing, I think, and then everybody's kind of in the same boat. Here's Kobe Easey talking about stocks are falling like a recession is coming. Home prices are rising like there's no recession with an 8 percent mortgage, by the way. Bonds are falling like the Fed is raising rates. Gold is rising like the Fed is cutting rates. And then you have oil prices rising like a major war is coming. That is very possible. And then tech stocks rising like there's no problem at all. So nothing really adds up. I agree that this is something we've talked about for I'd say the last year is that some of these things just don't make sense with what we've seen in this cycle. And remember that we've been on a run for many, many years. Well over that cycle of a seven year cycle before you see recessions, we're into 15 plus years now. And when you look back really at the last true recession in 2008, I mean, sure you could say the 2020 time was a slight one and maybe 22, but that was induced. The scenario will get into what kind of impressions or issues hit the markets to cause this to maybe shift in another direction, including a shift down. This was Garris Holloway kind of hitting on what I think is pretty close right here. Gold hitting resistance at about 1985, big level. Stock market hanging by a thread with a crisis on the horizon, yields continue higher. All that we know. And the Powell, of course, willing to break something, but history shows Fed won't be causes an epic meltdown. That's the question mark right now is what is that black swan that is in a war? Is it something happening in the job market? Do we see enough pressure from inflation and or credit crisis that could occur that really starts all of this to create that domino effect? The problem is there hasn't been major movement. It's in these little steps toward what many people have said is that we're still not out of the woods yet. However, with all of that happening, Bitcoin is outperforming everything. Traditional finance assets in 2023, Bitcoin is smoking the competition as high as $30 ,000 to on October 20th of this Friday moves markets to another correlation is the question mark whether we see it break away from traditional stock market. We'll see. And then right now, about 79 percent and 34 percent accumulated gains on year to date versus Bitcoin and Ethereum. That number is one to pay attention to. Let me zoom in on this chart right here, because this gets you pretty jazzed if you're a Bitcoiner right now. Almost 80 percent up, and that's where we at currently year to date from the beginning of the year. And then Ethereum struggling to keep pace at only 35 percent. And then you see some of the other assets, gold sliding up as 26 percent gain. I'm sure Peter Schiff will be happy about that versus NASDAQ and the SPY. So a lot of traditional finance assets not performing at the pace in which we've seen these risk assets perform. Do we see a structure here where we get that adjustment? Many traders, many analysts still believe that could occur. However, many people are also looking at a short term pump if we do get an ETF. So there's a lot still yet to determine. Watcher Guru says just in, SEC drops lawsuit against Ripple. Some people think this is one of the things that caused this pump, even though I do not believe that. This was the only thing. I think these are a cumulative effect on what's been happening overall from a global macro standpoint. Obviously what we're seeing in terms of conflicts. And then you have things like what's happening in China. Right here. You know, right here is Vale share cap. This of course, Dr. Bear. If you have a reasons I have mine, meaningful moves are always driven by liquidity. And the PBOC injects, this is basically China, injects record amount of liquidity overnight. Remember, there's been another major real estate failure in China. This is one of the big challenges past the Evergrande debacle that's occurred already, which has caused liquidity and also not a lot of trust in the financial system in China. So this is another factor that plays in it when you inject liquidity. Much like if this happened in the United States. Think about this, major bank failures, someone like a BlackRock or a VanEck having troubles. Those would create massive unrest within the population. That's the kind of thing that's happening right now in China. Zero hedge comes in when oil, gold and bitcoin are all flights of safety. Something is about to crack. That's a question. I don't know. I look at this. Yes, I agree with that there's a lot of pressure from the macro side of things. There's a lot of unrest, you know, you know, from when you look at conflicts around globe. And you also look at these cycles. So that's another factor that plays into it. All of this a very interesting time. But there are going to be some people that are being made millionaires in this run or billionaires in this next run. We are going to see that kind of impact. The other thing I want to hit on here is VanEck saying, well, hey, if a spot gets done, you know, in terms of an ETF and it gets approved, kind of zoom in on that for you guys a little bit so you can see it. What would you do? Would you buy it or not? Most people are saying when I say most, we're almost 60 percent saying yes, but there's a lot of people out there that are still in the market that is for the direct asset. Now this remember a spot, yes, that is direct asset as well. But it's a little bit different in the sense that I think it goes after maybe investors that who are not necessarily in their crypto curious or they're just getting into crypto for the first time. But I have a feeling that that will start to create them to quickly move into the markets on exchanges to buy Bitcoin directly and other assets, which I think all coins will be one of the big winners here as we start to see these markets start to shift. We're going to play a few clips here from Dan Tappiero. And this was one with Larry Fink and the ETF. Listen in. The Larry Fink turn for, I would say, institutional investors was very important. Do not underestimate that. Two years ago, he was very clear. He said Bitcoin is a fraud for money laundering or whatever it was. And we're thinking, oh, my gosh, how could he say that? Two years later, he says Bitcoin is a global asset and he wants the ETF. So I would not underestimate the importance of that switch and those comments to let's just say, you know, U .S. institutional capital, but also, I think, global capital. He's you know, it's a 10 trillion asset manager, very well respected. And it seems like every few months we get another turn like that. Some guy who was an ace here turned some. Yeah. I mean, even Dalia, you know, to a certain extent is also kind of repositioned into risk assets. So the fact that we've already seen Wall Street at its best with the big players such as Fink already spinning. Remember, there was a very interesting flip with Fink and that was the ESG issue. That, of course, would play against the potential of a Bitcoin ETF, because remember, so he obviously sees, meaning Larry Fink, obviously sees the future here, not in ESG, but in what we will see. And that is risk assets going forward and a lot of what we're going to see around just crypto in general. Let me play another clip for you guys. This is Tapiero also talking about the sector in general, listen to him. I just wanted a bet on the sector. And that was, so for traditional macro guy, I built a sector bet and it's a portfolio, you know, as I said, of 24 businesses now, 1 .2 billion. And we really are in the middle of this ecosystem, this growth stage. So it was, you asked me the question, how did it happen? Well, it happened slowly and then all at once. And then I put down everything, I got rid of everything I had in the traditional world. I don't have really much exposure in the old world anymore. Once you see the upside potential and how big the TAM, the total addressable market of this space is, everything else is really dull. I mean, you know, bonds and currencies, I mean, moving 10 or 20 percent, who cares? This is like a, this will be eventually a restructuring of how human beings interact with value. That's pretty big. You know, listen, I know everybody watching our channel, you already are drinking the Kool -Aid, most likely, but if you're new to the channel, this is probably an eye -opener for you. You're probably saying, wait a minute, what's about to change? Well, what Tapiero is referring to is really kind of shift of everything, whether it's tokenized securities or it's a blow up of how we see entertainment in the NFT space, it's a blow up on what we'll see in terms of projects starting to come out and a reinvention of the internet. So all of that is interesting because it's happening now and it's happening at a pace. I think I would disagree with him on sense that kind of slowly and then all at once, I don't think we've seen the all at once yet. Yes, it's growing, but it's still under a trillion dollar market cap in a suppressed bear market. So we're not really seeing the all at once yet, but we will. And that's the key that I think he is alluding to, lots of going on there. Let me jump over to this last clip. Actually, I have a couple more clips with him, but one on tokenized assets. Even this concept of tokenizing real world assets, RWAs, which has now become a little bit, has been growing a little more in vogue in the last six months, is still, we went from $100 million of assets tokenized to now $800 million in a few months. But it's $800 million. There are hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of assets. So, you know, and then you look at something like the stablecoin market, which literally three years ago was zero. And last year in 2022, you had $8 trillion of stablecoin settled, $8 trillion. Now, what in the traditional world goes from zero to $8 trillion in three years? At some point in the future, all things of value will sit on a blockchain and be in the digital asset ecosystem. And so that is something, a vision that's beyond just Bitcoin for payments, which is for six, seven, eight years. That's what people were focused on. I don't think anyone would have imagined how big and how fast things have grown.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Caregiving With Creativity: The Role of Improv in Caregiving
"Discover how Nancy Ann's unique life experiences have enabled her to bring joy, laughter, and an element of surprise to her everyday chores. From nursing to traveling to multitasking, she skillfully applies a dose of comedy to reduce stress and spread happiness. Hear how the concept of yes and can lead to creative problem -solving and how giving a sense of purpose to those we care for can unlock positivity. invaluable Nancy Ann's experience with Alzheimer's caregiving will leave you with a new perspective on living in the moment and appreciating the little things in life. Welcome to Fading Memories, the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years and when I went looking for answers, I had the start a navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. Through personal stories, expert interviews, and practical advice, we'll explore effective communication strategies, stress management techniques, and ways to cope with the emotional journey. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. Welcome back, everybody. Must be Tuesday again. I have something fantastic for you. Not that every week's not pretty good, but this week, extra special. So I really appreciate you giving us a little of your time. With me is Nancy Ann Hobart, and she is a nurse and a comedian. And she is going to talk about improv for health and or also how we can use improv for Alzheimer's caregiving. So thanks for joining me, Nancy. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. I just love living in the moment. And that's what it's all about. I have learned to do that a lot better as I've gotten older, but it was not easy with my mom. And I don't know if it was because of the, you know, parent child relationship that, you know, even in my 50s seemed to dominate our feelings, even though she thought I was her best friend. It was it was hard. It was very hard to just let go and be in her world because, you know, I had other things I had to worry about and think about and get done. So I'm a nurse and I plan. But then I always say my saying is don't worry in advance because I have friends that say, Oh, I can't make plans with you on Tuesday because it might rain. Well, it might not rain. So I just say don't worry in advance. You know, if it doesn't work on Tuesday, we could do it on Wednesday. And I know with older people, my mom was ill for a while in Pennsylvania. I flew back a lot during COVID. You don't want to know how many airplanes I was on. And I went back a lot. It was fine. I was fine. But it's true. It's like you think this is going to happen. You could plan it. But, you know, be open to new happenings, new experiences. That's my saying. Yeah. Yeah, I needed to learn to be open to new things because, as you're probably aware, you know, my mom is in late stage Alzheimer's. So getting her into the car, over to the park, out of the car, and she was very good at watching her feet while she walked. And she would literally walk 10 to 15 feet behind me. I could do nothing to fix that problem. And it terrified me that she was going to, like, trip over something and land on her face. And I was going to be the you know what, because I wouldn't let her catch up or, you know, and it's like, I could not get her to walk arm in arm. If I slowed down, she slowed down. If I stopped, she stopped. It was just like, But she wouldn't hold your arm like that for support? No, I'm sorry. I hated it. So I had a guest, Tammy, and I can't remember her last name at the moment. She's been on twice. We were talking before we recorded and she said, Wait, you said your mom was the oldest of four? And I said, Yeah, she was baking. She was keeping an eye on the children. You were one of the children. It's just kind of like her natural state. And I was like, Dang, I wish I'd known that. That was it. Then I could have turned around and play acted like, you know, and talked to her and it would have made sense. But I was just trying to get her to walk next to me. And I know they don't have peripheral vision, all the things but oh my gosh, it was just like the biggest. My mom was also the oldest and I'm an oldest. So when I would go back, I think I was the only one that would give her jobs. And they were little jobs. I said, Mom, there's a load of wash. I'm going to wheel your wheelchair over by the chair. And you can fold it. She was like, Oh, I like to do this because everybody else folds it the wrong way. I'm like, Well, you fold it the right way. So my sister goes, How do you get her to do jobs? I said, I just said, This needs to be done. That needs to be done. You can't stand at the kitchen sink. I could do that. But you could fold the wash. So it's just like, I think it's important to give them little jobs. You know, even if you don't call it a job, say we're gonna have fun with the wash now. You know, and who cares how they fold it. So yeah, I'm a job giver. I'm an oldest. You want a job? Come to my house. I'm the oldest also, but my sister was never compliant.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Caregiving With Creativity: The Role of Improv in Caregiving
"Discover how Nancy Ann's unique life experiences have enabled her to bring joy, laughter, and an element of surprise to her everyday chores. From nursing to traveling to multitasking, she skillfully applies a dose of comedy to reduce stress and spread happiness. Hear how the concept of yes and can lead to creative problem -solving and how giving a sense of purpose to those we care for can unlock positivity. invaluable Nancy Ann's experience with Alzheimer's caregiving will leave you with a new perspective on living in the moment and appreciating the little things in life. Welcome to Fading Memories, the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years and when I went looking for answers, I had the start a navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. Through personal stories, expert interviews, and practical advice, we'll explore effective communication strategies, stress management techniques, and ways to cope with the emotional journey. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. Welcome back, everybody. Must be Tuesday again. I have something fantastic for you. Not that every week's not pretty good, but this week, extra special. So I really appreciate you giving us a little of your time. With me is Nancy Ann Hobart, and she is a nurse and a comedian. And she is going to talk about improv for health and or also how we can use improv for Alzheimer's caregiving. So thanks for joining me, Nancy. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. I just love living in the moment. And that's what it's all about. I have learned to do that a lot better as I've gotten older, but it was not easy with my mom. And I don't know if it was because of the, you know, parent child relationship that, you know, even in my 50s seemed to dominate our feelings, even though she thought I was her best friend. It was it was hard. It was very hard to just let go and be in her world because, you know, I had other things I had to worry about and think about and get done. So I'm a nurse and I plan. But then I always say my saying is don't worry in advance because I have friends that say, Oh, I can't make plans with you on Tuesday because it might rain. Well, it might not rain. So I just say don't worry in advance. You know, if it doesn't work on Tuesday, we could do it on Wednesday. And I know with older people, my mom was ill for a while in Pennsylvania. I flew back a lot during COVID. You don't want to know how many airplanes I was on. And I went back a lot. It was fine. I was fine. But it's true. It's like you think this is going to happen. You could plan it. But, you know, be open to new happenings, new experiences. That's my saying. Yeah. Yeah, I needed to learn to be open to new things because, as you're probably aware, you know, my mom is in late stage Alzheimer's. So getting her into the car, over to the park, out of the car, and she was very good at watching her feet while she walked. And she would literally walk 10 to 15 feet behind me. I could do nothing to fix that problem. And it terrified me that she was going to, like, trip over something and land on her face. And I was going to be the you know what, because I wouldn't let her catch up or, you know, and it's like, I could not get her to walk arm in arm. If I slowed down, she slowed down. If I stopped, she stopped. It was just like, But she wouldn't hold your arm like that for support? No, I'm sorry. I hated it. So I had a guest, Tammy, and I can't remember her last name at the moment. She's been on twice. We were talking before we recorded and she said, Wait, you said your mom was the oldest of four? And I said, Yeah, she was baking. She was keeping an eye on the children. You were one of the children. It's just kind of like her natural state. And I was like, Dang, I wish I'd known that. That was it. Then I could have turned around and play acted like, you know, and talked to her and it would have made sense. But I was just trying to get her to walk next to me. And I know they don't have peripheral vision, all the things but oh my gosh, it was just like the biggest. My mom was also the oldest and I'm an oldest. So when I would go back, I think I was the only one that would give her jobs. And they were little jobs. I said, Mom, there's a load of wash. I'm going to wheel your wheelchair over by the chair. And you can fold it. She was like, Oh, I like to do this because everybody else folds it the wrong way. I'm like, Well, you fold it the right way. So my sister goes, How do you get her to do jobs? I said, I just said, This needs to be done. That needs to be done. You can't stand at the kitchen sink. I could do that. But you could fold the wash. So it's just like, I think it's important to give them little jobs. You know, even if you don't call it a job, say we're gonna have fun with the wash now. You know, and who cares how they fold it. So yeah, I'm a job giver. I'm an oldest. You want a job? Come to my house. I'm the oldest also, but my sister was never compliant.
The Crypto Overnighter
A highlight from 699:Warrens Bill, Chinas Mining Ops & SEC on Grayscale
"Good evening, and welcome to The Crypto Overnight. I'm Nick Ademus, and I will be your host as we take a look at the latest cryptocurrency news and analysis. So sit back, relax, and let's get started. And remember, none of this is financial advice. And it's 10 p .m. Pacific on Saturday, October 14th, 2023. Welcome back to The Crypto Overnight, where we have no sponsors, no hidden agendas, and no BS. But we do have the news, so let's talk about that. Tonight, we'll be diving into the legislative halls of the U .S. Senate, peeking behind the courtroom doors, and even taking a luxurious ride with Ferrari, all while exploring how the crypto landscape is evolving in response to these pivotal events. Buckle up, and let's get started. In a recent development that's stirring the legislative waters, the ties between the militant group Hamas and cryptocurrency have been a focal point in the U .S. Senate. This connection is lending significant energy to Elizabeth Warren's money laundering bill, which aims to tighten the noose around illicit financial activities involving cryptocurrencies. The allegations of Hamas utilizing cryptocurrency to fuel their operations have reignited concerns among U .S. lawmakers about the dark side of digital assets. This shadowy linkage is serving as a catalyst for Senator Warren's bill, which is now gaining traction in the Senate. This bill is seen as a crucial step towards bringing a semblance of regulation to the Wild West of cryptocurrency. In theory, it's designed to stem the tide of money laundering activities by enhancing the oversight on transactions carried out through digital assets. By doing so, it aims to strip away the veil of anonymity that currently shrouds the crypto realm, which has served as a fertile ground for illicit financial activities. However, the exact nature and extent of Hamas involvement with cryptocurrency remains shrouded in ambiguity. While the allegations have brought this issue to the forefront of legislative discussions, there's still a significant lack of concrete evidence linking Hamas to crypto -based financial activities directed at Israel or any other entities. This speculative nature of these allegations only adds fuel to the fire of the ongoing debate on cryptocurrency regulation in the U .S. This situation underscores the delicate balance between innovation and regulation. On one hand, cryptocurrency holds the promise of financial freedom and decentralization, ideals that resonate strongly with a large part of the global population. On the other hand, the potential misuse of these digital assets for nefarious purposes poses a serious threat that lawmakers are keen to address. Senator Warren's bill is a flat -out overreach. Full stop. It's a move that will stifle the innovation and financial freedom promised by cryptocurrencies. The recent developments surrounding the alleged crypto funding of Hamas have undoubtedly nudged this regulatory needle towards a tighter grip on digital assets. Senator Warren's bill symbolizes the growing concern among lawmakers about the potential misuse of cryptocurrencies for sinister purposes. The incident also serves as a stark reminder to the crypto industry about the uphill battle it faces in the quest for mainstream acceptance, especially when adverse events like this bring to light crypto's darker potential. Alright, that wraps up our deep dive into the legislative halls of the U .S. Senate and the dark corners where crypto and terrorism converge. If you're concerned about the impact of this news on your digital assets, you're going to want to stick around. Up next, we have a geopolitical thriller in the crypto mining world. Chinese bitcoin mines are springing up close to sensitive U .S. locations. It's a story that's sure to make you rethink the notion of friendly neighbors. And hey, if you haven't yet, do click that subscribe button and The emergence of Chinese bitcoin mines on U .S. soil has been stirring the waters of national security, igniting a discourse that extends far beyond the crypto realm. This scrutiny comes as some of these mining operations have been found to have ties with the Chinese Communist Party raising eyebrows over the proximity to critical U .S. infrastructure. One particular operation located next to a Microsoft data center that supports the Pentagon and an Air Force nuclear missile base in Cheyenne, in a note to a U .S. government committee, articulated the potential risk stating that the locations could provide advantage point for the Chinese to pursue intelligence operations. Although there haven't been direct indications of malicious activities, the scenario paints a picture of potential threat vectors stemming from the computing power of an industrial level crypto mining operation, especially with an unidentified number of Chinese nationals in close vicinity to strategic U .S. installations. Bit Origin is the company linked to the Cheyenne mine. They transitioned from a pork processing facility to a crypto data center. That's quite the renovation. The choice of location was reportedly influenced by an agreement with local utility providers, not the proximity to the Microsoft data center or the missile base. The ripple effect of China's 2021 bitcoin mining ban is evident. Many Chinese companies redirected their operations to U .S., especially to crypto -friendly states like Texas and Wyoming. The landscape shift also unveiled a complex web of connections with some operations having tied to state -owned entities concealed behind layers of shell companies. For instance, YZY Capital Holdings, controlled by a Chinese businessman and Communist Party member, acquired land near the Microsoft data center for bitcoin mining. Despite legislation like Texas' Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, which is infrastructure by businesses owned by foreign adversaries, the lucrative state incentives have kept the Chinese -tied bitcoin mining operations afloat. This situation unveils a gray area, where the operations, although legal, could place enormous stress on the grid and could be used in concert to wreak havoc. The narrative aligns with the broader geopolitical tension. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned that in the face of a major conflict, China could consider aggressive cyber operations against U .S. critical infrastructure. The extensive use of bitcoin mining machines from Bitmain highlights the dynamics at play. Bitmain is a dominant Chinese manufacturer with no direct government ties. That said, some exports were channeled through a subsidiary. That subsidiary listed its address as a Communist Party guest house. So that shows how things can become entangled. The lens through which the U .S. perceives the Chinese mining operations on its soil is tinted with national security concerns, underlining the broader implications of the crypto industry in geopolitical theater. The growing presence of Chinese bitcoin mines on American soil delineates a broader narrative of geopolitical maneuvering in the crypto mining landscape. The situation shows how real -world geopolitical frictions are testing the decentralization ethos of cryptocurrencies. Chinese mining operations, especially those with ties to the CCP, pose substantial security risks. Moreover, the situation also casts a spotlight on the regulatory gray areas surrounding cryptocurrency operations within the U .S., provoking a potential re -evaluation of legislative frameworks to better safeguard national interests. Furthermore, this underscores the ripple effects of China's stringent anti -crypto stance. As Chinese mining operations seek more lenient shores, the U .S. has become a significant player in the global crypto mining landscape. This transition also embodies a subtle, yet significant power shift in the global crypto economic framework, pivoting the access of crypto mining power from east to west. The dynamics also beg the question of how the U .S. will navigate the fine line of fostering a conducive environment for crypto innovation while mitigating the attendant national security risks. From geopolitical tensions to regulatory roller coasters, the SEC has dropped a bombshell, or rather opted not to. They've decided against appealing a court ruling in favor of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF. What does this mean for crypto's mainstream acceptance? Stay tuned to find out. But since you're still here, give us a thumbs up and make sure you're following us for more analysis. The unfolding situation surrounding the Grayscale Bitcoin exchange -traded fund has taken an intriguing turn as the Securities Exchange Commission decided against filing a last -minute appeal to challenge an August court ruling, consequently advancing the likelihood of crypto asset manager Grayscale launching a Bitcoin ETF. This step by the SEC, although not cementing the approval of Grayscale's application, surely signifies a perceptible shift in the regulatory dynamics. The crux of the matter dates back to when Grayscale sought convert its Bitcoin trust into a spot Bitcoin ETF, a proposal initially turned down by the SEC. This rejection led to a legal contest, culminating in an August verdict by a federal appeals court. The court deemed the SEC's disapproval as arbitrary and capricious, pointing out an inconsistency where the SEC had previously cleared Bitcoin futures ETFs for trading, yet opposed the spot ETFs proposed by Grayscale. This ruling nudged the SEC to revisit its stance on Grayscale's application. The window for the SEC to appeal the court's decision was ticking away towards a midnight deadline. However, as the deadline approached, the SEC chose not to contest the court's ruling. This does not automatically tip the scale in favor of Grayscale, but it amplifies the optimism within the crypto industry about the eventual nod for a spot Bitcoin ETF. This development sent a modest ripple through the Bitcoin market as well, as its price experienced a minor surge of roughly 1 .3 % in the moments following the news. A source familiar with the matter indicated that the SEC made the decision ahead of the deadline. SEC Chair Gary Gensler, earlier in the day, chose to remain silent about a potential appeal, declining to comment when asked about it during a press conference. Jennifer Shulp, the director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, emphasized that while the decision by the SEC is a step towards the potential approval, it is not a guarantee. The road towards approval could still encounter legal snags as the SEC could re -review and possibly deny the application on different grounds, potentially igniting another round of legal tug -of -war. The SEC's non -appeal may be indicative of changing tides in the regulatory landscape, changes that could possibly herald a new era of acceptance and recognition of cryptocurrency -based investment vehicles such as ETFs. This move, or lack thereof, by the SEC can be interpreted as a subtle nod to the legitimacy of Grayscale's ambitions, reflecting a potentially more open, or at least less adversarial, regulatory stance towards innovative crypto -based financial products. Gensler has been under pressure by members of Congress to start approving these things. That likely has heavily contributed to this non -action. Moreover, the SEC's silence could be seen as a tacit acknowledgement of the growing influence and acceptance of cryptocurrencies and related financial products within the mainstream financial ecosystem. It's a significant step that not only bodes well for Grayscale, but also sends a positive signal to other firms that might be eyeing similar ventures. While this development is a positive stride, it is essential to note that the road to a Grayscale spot Bitcoin ETF is not entirely clear. The SEC could re -review and deny the application on different grounds, starting the as a breath of fresh air in a heavily regulated and often unpredictable market. It offers a glimmer of hope for Grayscale and the broader crypto community that has long awaited such progressive regulatory measures. Now, who needs a weatherman when you've got the SEC and Coinbase? The regulatory forecast is cloudy, their relationship is stormy, and the SEC is demanding clarity. Up next, we delve into Coinbase's legal push for a clearer stance from the SEC on crypto regulations. If you're new here, you know what to do. Hit that subscribe button and ring the bell to stay in the loop.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Unforgettable Echoes: Unraveling War, Alzheimer's & The Quest for Belonging
"For those who haven't experienced that, who aren't living with mental illness or haven't had sort of trauma or that experience, I wanted them to be able to see what it's like to be living with that, right? And the book is structured very much in that way, in the sense of how it goes back and forth and sort of mimics the process of this healing journey. The book is really centered around sort of the question of what would you do if the person that you would normally turn to no longer recognized you. And in essence, what I've discovered, at least for me, is that memories are incredibly powerful and memories can both break us and heal us. In this episode, I have a captivating discussion with E. M. Liddick, author of All the Memories That Remain. In our conversation, Eric shares his personal journey of coping with post -traumatic stress disorder and the experience of caring for his father, who had Alzheimer's. From serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan, to dealing with his father's diagnosis, Liddick offers an insightful look into the complexities of mental health, re -humanizing those affected and the importance of making people feel seen and heard. Welcome to Fading Memories. A podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had to start a podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. Through personal stories, expert interviews, and practical advice, we'll explore effective communication strategies, stress management techniques, and ways to cope with the emotional journey. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Unforgettable Echoes: Unraveling War, Alzheimer's & The Quest for Belonging
"For those who haven't experienced that, who aren't living with mental illness or haven't had sort of trauma or that experience, I wanted them to be able to see what it's like to be living with that, right? And the book is structured very much in that way, in the sense of how it goes back and forth and sort of mimics the process of this healing journey. The book is really centered around sort of the question of what would you do if the person that you would normally turn to no longer recognized you. And in essence, what I've discovered, at least for me, is that memories are incredibly powerful and memories can both break us and heal us. In this episode, I have a captivating discussion with E. M. Liddick, author of All the Memories That Remain. In our conversation, Eric shares his personal journey of coping with post -traumatic stress disorder and the experience of caring for his father, who had Alzheimer's. From serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan, to dealing with his father's diagnosis, Liddick offers an insightful look into the complexities of mental health, re -humanizing those affected and the importance of making people feel seen and heard. Welcome to Fading Memories. A podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had to start a podcast to find them. Join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving together. Through personal stories, expert interviews, and practical advice, we'll explore effective communication strategies, stress management techniques, and ways to cope with the emotional journey. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Caregiver Connections: Exploring The Impact of Personalized Text Messages
"Imagine being able to reach out for support without the pressure of immediate responses or the need for lengthy conversations. That's the unique advantage of Help Text, text message support for caregivers. It's not just about practical advice, but it's about normalizing the feelings of loneliness and isolation that often come along with caregiver journeys. We are joined by Wanda Medina, a devoted caregiver for her husband Hector, who has early onset Alzheimer's. She shares her personal journey with Help Text from grief to caregiving. Welcome to Fading Memories, a podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had to start a podcast to find them. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. If you're looking for additional advice, be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's brief, gives you great advice, you can read it in less than five minutes, and you know where to find the link. It's in the website, on the show notes. We're working on subscriber -only information and specials, so you're not going to want to miss out. Unfortunately, it's part of our modern world that some people will look to prey on the most vulnerable members of our society. With modern technology, scammers have more avenues to exploit people than ever before. Americans over the age of 65, especially those living with Alzheimer's and dementia, are receiving an average of almost 200 unwanted landline calls every week. That's more than 28 calls a day from bad actors trying to defraud our loved ones. Even worse, nearly 10 percent of these calls have no caller ID, making it even harder to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent calls. Older adults are less likely to be tech -savvy and more likely to be home during the day to answer these calls. Please don't rely on notes by the phone as an attempt to stop a crime before it happens. You need IMP. IMP offers advanced call protection and a variety of other features to keep you and your loved ones safe from scams. IMP only allows wanted callers to ring through. Stopped are 100 percent of the spam, scam, political, fundraising, debt collection, and survey calls before a single ring. Traditional call blockers can't do this and neither can the do not call registry. Don't wait until it's too late. Protect yourself and your loved ones by going to www .joinimp .com. Now, on with our show. Hello, listeners! You know I appreciate you giving me some time. This week we are talking to Melissa and Wanda. Also, the link is in the show notes. And Wanda is a passionate advocate of help text and you're probably thinking, what in the heck is help text? And that is what we're talking about today. So, we're going to start with Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Why don't you tell us your title and a little bit about your background with the company? Sure. Thanks for having us. My name is Melissa Lunardini and I am Head of Clinical at Help Text. I'm also a former caregiver of two of my grandparents who I got to shepherd into their kind of final resting place during their actively dying stage and caring for them for many years in advance. And I also have a hospice background as well in bereavement. Part of my role is just to make sure that the texts that we are delivering to people who sign up for our caregiver product, for example, that those texts feel like we're addressing anticipatory grief but also how to better care for their loved ones during end of life and gentle reminders on how to take care of yourself because we know that it's emotionally and physically hard to be a caregiver.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from Caregiver Connections: Exploring The Impact of Personalized Text Messages
"Imagine being able to reach out for support without the pressure of immediate responses or the need for lengthy conversations. That's the unique advantage of Help Text, text message support for caregivers. It's not just about practical advice, but it's about normalizing the feelings of loneliness and isolation that often come along with caregiver journeys. We are joined by Wanda Medina, a devoted caregiver for her husband Hector, who has early onset Alzheimer's. She shares her personal journey with Help Text from grief to caregiving. Welcome to Fading Memories, a podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. I'm your host, Jennifer Fink. My mom had Alzheimer's for 20 years, and when I went looking for answers, I had to start a podcast to find them. This podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment. Let's share our experiences, find solace, and discover the strength within us. Get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with Fading Memories. If you're looking for additional advice, be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's brief, gives you great advice, you can read it in less than five minutes, and you know where to find the link. It's in the website, on the show notes. We're working on subscriber -only information and specials, so you're not going to want to miss out. Unfortunately, it's part of our modern world that some people will look to prey on the most vulnerable members of our society. With modern technology, scammers have more avenues to exploit people than ever before. Americans over the age of 65, especially those living with Alzheimer's and dementia, are receiving an average of almost 200 unwanted landline calls every week. That's more than 28 calls a day from bad actors trying to defraud our loved ones. Even worse, nearly 10 percent of these calls have no caller ID, making it even harder to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent calls. Older adults are less likely to be tech -savvy and more likely to be home during the day to answer these calls. Please don't rely on notes by the phone as an attempt to stop a crime before it happens. You need IMP. IMP offers advanced call protection and a variety of other features to keep you and your loved ones safe from scams. IMP only allows wanted callers to ring through. Stopped are 100 percent of the spam, scam, political, fundraising, debt collection, and survey calls before a single ring. Traditional call blockers can't do this and neither can the do not call registry. Don't wait until it's too late. Protect yourself and your loved ones by going to www .joinimp .com. Now, on with our show. Hello, listeners! You know I appreciate you giving me some time. This week we are talking to Melissa and Wanda. Also, the link is in the show notes. And Wanda is a passionate advocate of help text and you're probably thinking, what in the heck is help text? And that is what we're talking about today. So, we're going to start with Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Why don't you tell us your title and a little bit about your background with the company? Sure. Thanks for having us. My name is Melissa Lunardini and I am Head of Clinical at Help Text. I'm also a former caregiver of two of my grandparents who I got to shepherd into their kind of final resting place during their actively dying stage and caring for them for many years in advance. And I also have a hospice background as well in bereavement. Part of my role is just to make sure that the texts that we are delivering to people who sign up for our caregiver product, for example, that those texts feel like we're addressing anticipatory grief but also how to better care for their loved ones during end of life and gentle reminders on how to take care of yourself because we know that it's emotionally and physically hard to be a caregiver.
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 18:00 09-30-2023 18:00
"Love the feeling of getting more for less? The drop app lets you score free gift cards by shopping at brands like Ulta, Adidas, and Sam's Club. What are you waiting for? Download the drop app and get $5 with the invite code, get dropped 444. Fans, so we'll have to wait and see. Thanks Harry. That's Professor Harry First of NYU Law School. This is Bloomberg Law on Bloomberg Radio. I'm June Grosso. Stay with us. Today's top stories and global business headlines are coming up right now. Broadcasting 24 hours a day at bloomberg .com and the Bloomberg Business Act. This is Bloomberg Radio. The Senate is expected to quickly take up a stopgap funding bill that cleared the House earlier today. The question is on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed need plenty of the Chair, the ayes have it. The Journal stands approved. The House passed that 45 -day stopgap funding bill, 335 to 91. With overwhelming Democratic support as dozens of Republicans voted against it, White House official indicated President Biden would support the bill, which includes disaster relief and FAA authorization. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is requesting a gag order against former President Trump. It would limit what Trump could say publicly about the ongoing criminal cases against him. Smith initially asked for a limited gag order, but updated the request on Friday, citing Trump's threats against witnesses. Last week, Trump claimed General Mark Milley had committed treason and should be executed in the gag order request. Smith argued no other criminal defendant would be permitted to make such inflammatory public statements. Full weekend services up and running on New York City, subways and buses, despite historic rainfall and flooding that inundated the system on Friday. Jennifer Falsoni reports. Governor Hogle praising the efforts of those who kept the city moving on Friday as best as it could while.
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 12:00 09-30-2023 12:00
"Investment Advisors, switch to interactive brokers for lowest cost global trading and turnkey custody solutions. No ticket charges and no conflicts of your interests at ibkr .com slash ria. George Lavender, Marshall Louie and Jen Sargent for Wondery. I'm Hannah Miller and this is Bloomberg. Broadcasting 24 hours a day at Bloomberg .com and the Bloomberg Business Act. This is Bloomberg Radio. The clock is ticking on a government shutdown. Federal funding runs out at midnight with no deal in sight. House Republicans are meeting behind closed doors this morning to find a way forward after failing to pass a short term funding resolution on Friday. The Senate is set to vote at 1 p .m. on its proposed stopgap funding measure, but it's unclear if Speaker Kevin McCarthy would bring the measure to the House floor for a possible vote. L .A. Mayor Karen Bass is among those mentioned to fill Dianne Feinstein's U .S. Senate seat for the remainder of the term. Governor Gavin Newsom said in March he would nominate a black female if Feinstein retired before the end of her term. A spokesperson for Bass said at the time that the mayor would absolutely not consider stepping down to fill the Senate seat. Senator Feinstein passed away Thursday night. Full weekend service is up and running on New York City subways and buses, despite historic rainfall and flooding that inundated the system on Friday. Jennifer Polcioni reports. Governor Hogle praising the efforts of those who kept the city moving on Friday as best as it could, while some areas experienced the most rain seen in some 70 years, she says. Metro North, the LIRR, city subways and buses functioning a day after delays in suspensions as heavy rains poured into the Bass transit system. Hogle crediting M .T .A. leadership with planning ahead by rerouting trains and having pumps in place in advance to clear as much as possible.
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"jennifer" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"We're talking about science, Jennifer, and we're talking about the idea that, you know, ideologies, I mean, the Nazis said, this is truth. We don't care about reality and actual truth. We're creating a truth, a racial version of truth. We're trying to create a universe in our own image. And so what you end up doing is you end up tying yourself in knots because you say any science done by a Jewish doctor is Jewish science. So we're going to throw that away. So you end up trying to create a universe that it cannot be sustained. The science that the Nazis did eventually, of course, it eats itself. And that's kind of what is happening now when you have people motivated by money and other things other than reality and truth and the actual scientific method. So they're going off on these rabbit trails, but eventually they hit a brick wall. You can't reinvent the universe. You're stuck. I'll give you just one very specific example that goes back to the kind of one of the earliest stages of the sexual revolution, and that is the concern that there is a statistically significant increased likelihood of breast cancer for women who have procured abortions. That has been studied since the 1950s, all the way back into Japan. And studies across the world have found this statistical link. And there's an understanding of the scientific mechanism by which that might happen. Well, I interviewed a guy who is active in gathering that research. He told us in my interview with him, Eric, he explained how the National Institutes of Health basically suppressed that and came up with a consensus view that there is no connection, abortion is perfectly safe. And they did it by basically not inviting anybody who disagreed. Well, that interview that I did with him, YouTube took it down. YouTube censored my video about censorship. So if you want to see that, you can't find it on our YouTube channel anymore. You have to go to our locals channel where we have preserved that interview with Dr. Brin, because it's very important that we have a record, you know, that we have an accurate record of how they manipulated science. Well, again, it's so it's just so fascinating to me that all they can do is say, shut up, go away. I'm not interested in your truth or your facts or your science. They they can't win. They have to suppress the truth. And they have to but you know, the truth will out as Shakespeare said, the universe is created by God in such a way that eventually the truth will out it's inevitable. You cannot win playing against the house. God created the universe and the reality in which we live. So we're living in extraordinary times. And we have to speak out and we have to understand how it's happening, while it's happening, and we have to fight against it. And so I just want to thank you, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, for all you've been doing over the years. The book is The Institute.org. I assume they can get a copy of the sexual state there. But what else do they find at Ruth Institute.org? You can find you can Ruth Institute.org. You can certainly find this book and my other five books that I've written or co authored. And we recently put together an ebook, which is completely free. It's called refuting the top five gay myths. And if you download that ebook, you can get it just by sending us your email address, you know, basically, and we'll and we'll that no one is born gay. And people can change their sexual orientation and that therapy is not harmful to people. Okay. And those are very important things. Those things have been scientifically demonstrated. You need to see both people you need this to defend yourself. It's like now I want to do another hour. We don't have time. So people can find that what's the title again, the five, refuting the top five gay myths. Ruth Institute.org. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, thank you so much. Thank you, Eric. It's been a pleasure.Whatever you're saving up for a CD from Sandy Spring Bank lets you grow your savings at a 2.50% APY on an eight month CD special or 5.00% APY on a 14 month CD special. Learn more at SandySpringBank.com CD specials. Minimum opening deposit to earn the annual percentage yield is $500 for the eight month CD special and $2,500 for the 14 month CD special member FDIC.
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"The book is the sexual state where you touch on pretty much everything we're talking about here. We have to mention Freud because it's so interesting to me how most of us were raised to like trust science and Freud, who in many ways was a confused charlatan. I mean, just ridiculous. He used scientific language so that people would kind of listen to him like he's a scientist. And he had lots of theories and stuff. But at the heart of his theories is the idea that the sexual drive, the libido is everything, which is, of course, a lie from the pit of hell. If all you are is a creature designed to reproduce, you have no meaning. You have no intrinsic meaning. You're just an animal designed to reproduce. Then Freud would be right. And then all of his theories would be right. But it's a complete destruction of the idea that human beings are beautiful creatures made in the image of God with a divine purpose in our years on this earth. And it's fascinating how the world accommodated Freud and accommodated Kinsey and accommodated others who really spread these secular lies as though they were science when the fact is they are not science. Ultimately, they're anti-science. Yeah, it's funny you mentioned Kinsey because it's not simply that the secular world allowed Kinsey. And I show this in my book, The Sexual State. Eric, the Rockefeller Foundation financed his work. The Rockefeller Foundation promoted his work. A group of statisticians came together after the first Kinsey report and said, this is really stupid. This is bad sampling. It doesn't meet any of this ordinary criteria of scientific drawing conclusions from a set of data. This is a bunch of baloney. And the Rockefeller Foundation ground on continuing to promote him and support him. To this day, they have it on their website, how proud they are that they supported Alfred Kinsey. And honestly, if it weren't for the Rockefeller Foundation, Kinsey would be a two-bit bug doctor that nobody would ever heard of, a guy with a personal masturbation problem, because that's what he really was. And so I want to take what you said and just take it further, that it's not just that we accommodated these people, but there are people in positions of power and influence who promoted it. And I think there are three big reasons why this happened. One is for money, which we've already mentioned. There's certain people making money on certain aspects of sexual revolution. Second is power, the idea that you can have the opportunity to manipulate people. And three, personal self-indulgence. Let's not leave that off the table. There are plenty of... Jeffrey Epstein was not the first person to go off the table. And what this whole body of thought did was it gave people a set of excuses, permission slips, you could say, to do what people have always wanted to do, which is to cheat on their spouses and get away with it, and to have sex on their own terms and get away with it. That's what we all have, that we all have that fallen nature, that we want to misuse the sexual faculties that God has given us. And Christianity has always said, whoa, you don't get to do whatever you can get away with. Even if you can get away with it, you can't do that. And now you've got a bunch of people with scientific and credentials and money and so on saying, sure you can, no problem, kind of thing. And I think that's a big part of why we're seeing what we're seeing. It's astonishing how a handful of billionaires are financing the sexual revolution, Eric. There's no question about that. It is extraordinary. And I think that we want to say it again and again. I want to say it again and again. You're playing against the house. You can't win. Reality always wins in the end. You can spend all the money you want. You're never going to turn lead into gold. So if you're into alchemy, it's a mugs game. You can't win. And when you're talking about reinventing reality about who human beings are and spinning this yarn, this narrative that we are nothing, that we are these animals. I mean, this goes back to, obviously, to Darwin. We come from nowhere by accident. We're going nowhere. Our lives have no meaning. There's just this reproductive instinct that keeps the species going. And all of these lies, I mean, they're fundamentally lies because we are created in God's image. Our lives do have meaning. And I think what's funny to me, Jennifer, is that the more science actually learns, the more we learn the truth. In other words, science can go off on a rabbit trail, but eventually it has to come back as you're dealing with this thing called reality and you can't really, you can't get away from it too far. And I think that part of what we're seeing with the detransitioners, like I think that, you know, there's enough time. It's kind of like with divorce, like everybody says divorce is great. And then eventually you have the numbers and the statistics to show the harm done to children because of divorce. The same thing with the transitioning stuff that a lot of these people say, I made a terrible mistake. Why did you let me do this? Now I'm going to sue the doctors. I'm going to sue my parents. I'm going to sue who let me do this. So there's kind of a boomerang effect that eventually you begin to have to deal with what you've done. Well, I certainly hope that that's the case, because what we what we see is that the mistakes that people are making today are bigger and more destructive and harder to recover from than the mistakes that you and I made back in the sixties. You know, you and I are roughly the same vintage, I think, you know, and so we can remember when a lot of these new ideas came up and, oh, that sounds great, you know, and then you figured out for yourself like crime and what was I thinking, you know, why would I think that this would work? But, you know, when you chop off healthy body parts, that's a lot harder to recover from, from the broken hearts that so many young people have when they engage in the hookup culture. And that's been known for a long time, Eric. You know, I mean, I can remember reading research papers back in the nineties, you know, teenage girls being depressed over their hookups, you know, kind of a thing. So that's been known for a long time. And yet we still promote it. We're still, still talking about it, which, which makes me think, honestly, we're losing science. I mean, it's funny you keep bringing up alchemy and how proud we are of our modern scientists and stuff. If you really look at what's happening to us, science has become so politicized that it's not science anymore. You know, if the guy who writes the checks is the only guy who gets to say what the truth is or ultimately gets to say what the truth is, that's not science anymore. Science. I mean, actual science. I know what you meant, but, you know, but, but one of the big, one of the big casualties here is that because for a number of reasons, certain things are not allowed to be talked about. I mean, we've had videos taken down off our channel because for a break, we will come back for a final segment. Cause this is actually very important folks. We're talking about, we're talking about science and fake science, ideology, the Nazis were involved in it. The Soviets were involved in it. It's inevitable when you don't like God, you're going to have problems with the world they created and you're going to have a problem with science. We'll be right back.
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"Welcome back. I'm talking to Dr. Jennifer Roback-Morris with the Ruth Institute. What's the website for the Ruth Institute? Ruthinstitute.org. That's the easiest way to get to all of our things, but we also have, in addition to ruthinstitute.org, we have a Facebook page, just the Ruth Institute, and we also have a YouTube channel and a channel on locals, so you can find us all at those places. Your book is The Sexual State. What do you mean by that phrase, the sexual state? I call it the sexual state because, for two reasons. Number one, without the help of the state, we would not have the sexual revolution at all, okay? I mean, in my opinion, in my considered opinion, based on history and reason and evidence, it's a creation of the state, okay? The second meaning of the term is, of course, we're all in an over-sexualized state all the time now as a result of the sexual revolution. The subtitle of the book says how elite ideologies are destroying lives and how the church was right all along, okay? The sexual revolution, if you trace it back, it's been a rebellion against Christians' sexual ethics from the very beginning, a claim that all of the taboos against things, the Christian taboos, thou shalt not this and that, all of that was unnecessary, limitations on our freedom, the taboos are a problem, taboos are making people crazy and neurotic, let's just get rid of all that, everything will be fine, and that has been one disaster after another, actually, because those taboos actually protected something important, and we've lost sight of what that is, so we spend a lot of time at the Ruth Institute trying to draw that out for people, you know, to see what it is that, we've been taught that it's all negative, but in fact, the Christian tradition protects the interests of children, first and foremost, far better than any alternatives, and it also protects the interests of mothers and fathers in having an involved and intimate relationship with one another and with their children, you know, so that people can't be kicked out or separated from their children without some kind of very good reason, you know, so the Christian sexual ethic keeps that family together, that's really what it's about. And whenever, it's interesting, whenever you have an atheistic state, whether it's modern day China or the Soviet Union, it is always at war with God and with God's family, with the idea of the family, always at war with the natural, you know, one of the little platoons, the family, this, these things that are ultimately non-negotiable, God created the family, God created marriage, he created us male and female, and it's fascinating when you pull God out or when you pull away from God, you inevitably are at war with these realities and you are anti- woman. It's rather unbelievable. And you could also say in as much as we are now destroying women because of the transgender lunacy, we're destroying children because now obviously the transgender activists are doing what people would say almost mockingly, oh, they're coming for your children. Now they're actually doing that. It's an unthinkable Rubicon to cross. I didn't ever think that we would cross that line. And that I think the good news is that I think a lot of people are waking up because it has come to this level where crazy people are demanding that they should be able to talk to your little kids about what sex or what gender they are. I mean, that's a line that I think a lot of people that ordinarily would just be going with the flow, suddenly they say, no, I'm not going to buy this. Yes. And I'm glad you brought that up because they really are coming for your kids. And we're running a little campaign here in September for back to school, talking about how they're coming for your kids and exposing some of the things that are going on in the schools and just how bad things are. Eric, a little bit ago, I did a talk, actually it was for the eighth day symposium in Wichita, Kansas. I don't know if you're familiar with those guys. It's an Orthodox outfit. That's why I thought you might know of them. Anyway, they put on a symposium every year. They invited me to talk. And I gave a talk called Baked In From the Beginning, Pedophilia and the Sexual Revolution. And what I mean by that, I'm not saying all the sexual revolutionaries were themselves pedophiles. I'm not saying that. What I am saying is that the system they constructed was a system that systematically ignored the interests of children. And so therefore in their minds, in order to make this all okay, they had to redefine childhood. Okay. So you see this very early, you see with Freud, see Wilhelm Reich, you see with Kinsey didn't really say anything about this, but in their backs of their minds, they have the idea children are sexual beings. What children really need is the opportunity to experiment without judgment. Their parents need to leave them alone to do whatever they want with other kids. And if parents were just not freaked out, the kids would be fine. They wouldn't be upset by this. And oh, by the way, kids are so resilient. But if mom and dad decide to switch out their sex partners periodically, that's not going to bother the kids because the kids are really sexual beings themselves. And if mom and dad are happy, the kids will be happy. This is their redefinition of childhood. And that is exactly what is being taught in schools in the United States and schools around the world. The United Nations is explicitly talking like that. Children have sexual rights. That's how they talk. And this would be like, you know, teachers saying to kids in school, you know, why don't you spend recess playing in traffic? Like there's a lot of buses and fast cars and motorbikes. And why don't you just go out there? Because you're resilient and your parents don't need to know. Just do what you can do what you feel like doing. Everything will be fine. We know what would happen. And that's effectively what people are telling children to do when you tell children to experiment sexually. You're telling them to play in traffic. They're going to get harmed forever if they do this.
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"And then that's another whole dimension of this thing, the way men are taking over honors and awards and positions that should be for women. It's totally racial of women. And this is a way in which gay marriage, I mean, there are a couple of ways in which gay marriage really paved the way for transgenderism. And just as a historical fact, let me point out that as soon as gay marriage happened, within a year, they were already then talking in a big way about transgenderism. Within a year of that, the Obama administration came down with its directives, its dear colleagues letter that was supposed to be not really legally binding, but everybody knew that the Department of Education was going to be all over you if you didn't do what they said about the bathrooms and all that. In very short order after gay marriage, we have the whole push for transgenderism. But gay marriage had a way of, what do they say, erasing women. And transgenderism is all about erasing women, right? Two men, you got a guy like Dave Rubin and his boyfriend, Dave, and they talk about how, oh, we're preparing for these babies, and we're so enlightened, and we're so thoughtful, and we've got a whole freezer full of breast milk. And I'm sitting here going, okay, there was a woman who donated eggs to you two guys, or two different women probably. There were two different women who were surrogates for you guys. All this breast milk that you got from some other collection of women, you've probably got nannies and female role models and stuff like that. What have you done? But erase a whole batch of women who are biologically important to your child, and you've just wiped all those women out of the picture. Whereas mom and dad, when I had a baby and I was only blessed to have one baby, I was the egg donor, I was the gestational mom, I was the nursing mom, and I was there with that kid every day. And that's the human way of reproducing. We procreate. And we as Christians, I think we should insist on this, that the correct word is procreation. We procreate in cooperation with Almighty God. We don't just reproduce like rabbits. We are human creatures, body and soul, and God has something special in mind for us. Well, it's interesting because if you have a truly biblical view, which is a Hebraic view of the world, you understand that it's not a Gnostic view, it's not a Greek or an Eastern view that says, you know, body bad, spirit good. No, wrong. Like the Bible, you know, Jesus was enfleshed, incarnated, became a human being to ennoble and redeem humanity. God originally created us good. So the idea that we can somehow divorce ourselves from nature, ultimately, it's wanting to get a divorce from God, who's the author of nature. And people need to understand how this is connected, that to be grounded in our bodies, in our physicality, to be grounded in the world, not just looking at screens, not just manipulating images and pixels and ones and zeros, there's something fundamental. And we finally have technology to pull away from it. And we see that it's really wicked. It's not just, you know, like we're adding something or we're discovering something. We're really trying to divide ourselves from who we are intrinsically. I mean, the idea that a man could divide himself from being a man and become a woman. We know it's preposterous, we know it's impossible, but the spiritual impetus behind it is ugly. It's anti-God. Yeah, I think that's really true. I mean, because the Christian tradition, which is, again, this is the common heritage of the whole Christian tradition, right, is to say that we are creatures composed of body and soul made in the image and likeness of God. Okay. And so which part of that are we complaining about here, people? Come on, you know, I mean, this is what we think we are, right? And that's why I think, Eric, all these debates over sexuality and debates over marriage and these kinds of things, they're really asking fundamentally the question, who are we? You know, the early church had to wrestle with the question, who is this guy, Jesus? You know, is he God? Is he man? Is he one? Is he three? What the heck is going on here? You know, the early church spent, you know, four or 500 years getting all that sorted out. Well, we should know who Jesus is. You know, we have all that now, but we don't know who we are, right? We don't know who we as human beings are. We don't know making stuff up ourselves. Yeah. You know, inevitably it just doesn't work as well. I don't know. Have you ever noticed that, you know, stuff say it's like, you're, you're, it's like, you know, betting against the house. You're always God created reality. Now you don't believe that if you either there's no such thing as reality, which is an Eastern view, or you believe that you can manipulate reality. There's no fundamental reality. But the fact is keep trying folks, you're kicking against the goads. You can't win. You can't turn lead into gold. You can spend a few centuries goofing around and trying, but you won't be able to do it. It's reality. We're going to be right back talking to Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. The book is the sexual state. And you can find her at the Ruth Institute. We'll be right back.
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"Folks, welcome back. I'm talking to Dr. Jennifer Roback-Morse or just Dr. Jennifer Morris or just Jennifer Morris. Jennifer, welcome. Talking about, you know, what's behind the transgender. Yes. And you said it's a power trip. If people can get you to say that Bruce Jenner is a woman and always was a woman, they can get you to say anything. And it reminds me, since I'm talking about literary antecedents, in 1984, in the book 1984, George Orwell talks about the party Big Brother wanting to get people to say two plus two equals five. Why? Not because it's true, but the sheer power of getting someone to lie, to speak an untruth. It's ultimately demonic. I want to say that so people don't have to flip to the back of the book to check out what I think this is. It's ultimately demonic. It's pure power unmoored from reality. And it's just extremely dark. It's extremely dark. But your book is the sexual state. And I assume you talk about a lot of these things in the book, the sexual state. Yes. Yes. But before we go there, I want to go back to Frankenstein because you mentioned Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's funny you say that, Eric, because some of the detransitioners, Clay Cole, for example, said, I feel like a monster. I feel like a monster. This is the young lady. She just turned 19. And she had her, she started the transition process when she was 13, double mastectomy when she was 15, trying to start detransitioning at age 16. I had her on my show, my video podcast. And she has said publicly numerous times, I feel like a monster after what was done to her. Yeah. I mean, what they're doing, of course, this reminds me of when we were talking about the same-sex marriage debate. Nobody ever wants to talk about what we're actually talking about. Yeah, that's true. And when you had Phil Robertson, the patriarch of Duck Dynasty, referring to the act, the physical act of what same-sex is, everyone freaked out because you're not supposed to talk about that. You're supposed to frame it in terms of love and love who you want, whatever. And he referred to in these transgender surgeries. There was a case not long ago, maybe two months ago, I think it was in Denmark, where a young boy died. And even saying on the air, it's difficult to say it, I want to figure out a euphemism, but they were using a part of his rectum or intestines, this is these doctors, okay, to create, quote, unquote, a vagina for him. And as a result of that infection set in and he died. Here, that they're trying to create a vagina. I mean, ladies and gentlemen, biologically, do you understand how insanely complex our sexual extremely complex. And when you start looking at it, it's very gruesome, it's horrifying, it's repulsive. And then you have to ask Dr. Morris, how can these doctors live with themselves? We talked about the Nazi doctors, Mengele and others doing unspeakable things. How can these doctors do it? It's unbelievable. I think it's a case study in self-deception and power tripping. Similar case, the reverse case, I heard of a girl who wanted to be a boy, she wanted to be able to pee standing up. And so they tried to create the fake penis for her. And they used skin from her arm to construct this fake thing that of course can never be. And I just want to say to the audience for everybody to think about that. When Eric dies and I die, we're going to be, 100 years from now, we'll be nothing but bones. Somebody comes across Eric's skeleton, they will know it's a male skeleton. They come across my skeleton, they will know it's a female skeleton. And that's true of Richard Levine, who now calls himself Rachel and who walks around as the first female rear admiral or whatever it is that he is.
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"He, you know, it's not malleable. You know, you cannot really change what God created. And what we are dealing with now, as I see it, is a war on God and God's reality. There are people that are so horrified by God and by his reality, they want to undo it, they want to burn it down, they want to deconstruct it. And that's, of course, where we are with the transgender movement. It's lunacy. Anybody with ICC understands this is crazy, but somehow, and it's difficult for a lot of us to process, there are people taking this utterly seriously. There are doctors making millions of dollars. It's beyond anything we could have imagined 25 years ago. Yes, and I think you put your finger on a couple of things that are really important to draw out, and that is that we think because we have science that we can manipulate nature any way we want. And in particular, that we can remake human nature, you know, so we can remake the body as you're pointing to with transgenderism. But before that, we've been trying to remake the human desire for love, the human desire to be, you know, to be in permanent relationship, the bond between husband and wife, the bond between sex partners, which is completely natural. The whole body attaches, you know, when you have sex, when women have sex, their oxytocin gets rolling, you know, and we get attached to our sex partners. People attach to their babies. People are not indifferent to whether they're taking care of their own child or somebody else's child. And we're at war with all of that, you know. The whole abortion issue is trying to break down the connection between the mother and the baby, all the debates on marriage and the promotion of the hookup culture is trying to break down the bond between the husband and the wife, the mother and the father, the sexual bond, you know, which is designed by God to be permanent and to be loving and to be self-giving, not simply to be an instrument for physical pleasure, you know. And so we've been at war with all these things for so long. Well, this next step seems like a big yawn, you know, to the people who have kind of casually bought into all of this stuff, like, well, what do you mean? I could have sex with anybody I want. I don't have to keep a baby. If a baby comes, that's natural. I don't like that part of nature. So we're going to get rid of that. Well, why not erase the... So that's where people's minds are, Eric, you know, and so that's why I think it's important for us to, you know, to really go to the first principles, right? It's interesting. Two things come to my mind, you know, antecedents to this. We all, you know, those of us who live in the post-Enlightenment era, which would be all of us, we love to look back and mock. Oh, in the Middle Ages, they were involved in alchemy. Ha ha. Isn't that preposterous? What a joke. There were these people trying to use science, you know, to turn lead into gold. What idiots they were. Now we know that that can never happen and how dumb they were and how enlightened we are. And you realize transgender is just modern day alchemy. It's the idea that we can turn X into Y, that we can turn lead or lead into gold. It is not possible, but there are people spending millions and millions, billions of dollars trying preposterously to pull it off. So it's modern day alchemy. There's just no question that it is not possible and that in the future, at some point, should the Lord tarry in returning, people are going to look back and say, can you believe that people, can you imagine that human beings actually did this? Yes, I think that's exactly right. I think, you know, 100 years from now, people are going to look back on us and say, what were they thinking? What were they thinking that they thought they could get away with this? And, you know, another point about the transgenderism that really, I think, comes out of my book, The Sexual State, the subtitle of The Sexual State, Eric, is how elite ideologies are destroying lives and why the church was right all along. Okay. And basically, what you can see with transgenderism is that it is a top-down elitist thing. It's being driven by people with lots of money. It's being driven by the media. It's being propped up and promoted, actively promoted by the state, by agents of the government, which you can see, you know, if you want to go through examples, we can see all kinds of examples of that. The most recent being in California, California, basically trying to take custody of children if their parents are not sufficiently affirming, you know. And the point I want to make to all of your followers and listeners, Eric, is that there's no mass movement demanding transgenderism. There's no grassroots movement here. There's nothing bubbling up from the people. You know, it's all coming from the top down. And so now you have to ask yourself, why are they doing this to us? What are they after? You know, and you put your finger on one part of it is that some people are making a lot of money off of this. No question about that. But the other thing is I think for a lot of these people, Eric, it's a power trip. You know, if I can make you say Bruce Jenner is a woman, the 1976 male decathlon gold medal winner, if I can make you say that person is a woman and not only is he a woman now, he always was secretly a woman. He just didn't know it, you know, and now we know Bruce Jenner is a woman. People can make you say something like that. They can make you say anything, right? And so for some people, that's a big buzz. You know, that's a big draw to be able to boss people around with that. You know, when we're talking about antecedents, literary antecedents, one Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the idea that we can chop up body parts and create something that's, you know, the modern Prometheus. We want to be as God. So there's something demonic about it. It is also not possible because as we say, God created reality. These things are not possible any more than you can turn lead into gold. It isn't possible. So the story of Frankenstein is a cautionary tale. H. Charles wrote the Island of Dr. Moreau, which is very similar, folks, if you haven't read that one. But the idea that through science, we can manipulate things according to our own wishes. And as you said, Dr. Morse, it is a power trip for some people. We need to talk more about this. We're going to go to a break. Folks, don't forget MyPillow.com. Please use the code Eric. We'll be right back. For 10 years, Patriot Mobile has been America's only Christian conservative wireless provider. 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The Eric Metaxas Show
"jennifer" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Welcome to The Eric Mataxas Show. Did you ever see the movie The Blob starring Steve McQueen? The blood curdling threat of The Blob. Well, way back when, Eric had a small part in that film, but they had to cut his scene because The Blob was supposed to eat him, but he kept spitting him out. Oh, the whole thing was just a disaster. Anyway, here's the guy who's not always that easy to digest. Eric Mataxas. Hey there, folks. Welcome to the show. A number of years ago, somebody alerted me to the existence of one Jennifer Morris, who is the founder and president of the Ruth Institute. I had her as my guest at Socrates in the City. We've had her on the program a number of times, but it's been a while, and I'm excited to have her back to talk about some important things. So, Jennifer Morris, welcome back. Thanks for having me, Eric. It was great. That was back in the day when I talked to you at Socrates in the City. That was back when gay marriage was still considered a debatable topic, and now that's completely off the table and we're on to the next thing that we're all supposed to accept. That's the point. So, you talk a little bit about the Ruth Institute. You're the founder and president of that, and then I want to talk about your book, The Sexual State. It's all, unfortunately, very important, but I'm just glad to have you because people try to process this stuff, and you're one of the voices that's been processing it for a long time. Yes, yes. Well, thank you. Thank you for that. Yeah, so the Ruth Institute is an international interfaith coalition to defend the family and build a civilization of love, and we really are international. We really are interfaith, Eric. I have people working on my staff, actually, you know, who are Orthodox, Mormon, Jewish, evangelical, you know, but we're trying to defend the ancient Christian teaching that is the heritage or the common heritage of the whole Christian tradition, which is one man, one woman for life. Get married, stay married, only have sex with the person you're married to. You have to admit that would solve a lot of problems, you know, if we only had sex with the person we were married to, or even with our own bodies, which is what the whole transgender movement is about. So, the Ruth Institute tries to present a unified front explaining what's wrong with the sexual revolution, not just the thing that's happening right now, not just the thing that's happening in the last five minutes, but, you know, the 10, 20, 30, 40 years that led up to it there, so that people can have a comprehensive look at what's really going on here. And there's so much going on here, and I think that what I always say, at least the last year, I say it's about reality. God created this thing we call reality. In the founding documents, they say nature's God, the God who created nature, all that exists in nature.
How I Got Here with Dave Fiore
"jennifer" Discussed on How I Got Here with Dave Fiore
"And so he ran the restaurant for another year and retired. Okay. To take care of me full time. Right. Yes. Tell me about that relationship with your dad and what. Now see now I'm about to cry. And I know that you just lost your dad very recently. So yeah, take your time. First of all, I'm just so sorry that you lost your dad. Yes. Again, no rush. And we can come back to this or if it's too hard, we don't have to talk about it at all. I want to talk about it because I need people to know that a man can do it. Yeah. He did it. He did it. So what was your relationship like as a ten year old with a dad who was going to do anything? He had to to take care of you. He was mom and daddy. If I needed anything, you don't have to go to him. You come to me. If I had, you know, I started women a woman issues, you know? Yeah, growing up. Yeah. I can't tell you how to do it, but I can show you what your mom did. Four friends, if I mean, it was inseparable, because it was just him and I, everyone else was so much older, and they had their own families. Like, I have a niece that's my age. Indescribable. What would you say you learned most from him? To always take risk. He's the always tell me, Jennifer always take risks because the worst they can do is say no. And you'll just be back in the same position you were before you asked. What kind of context? Just in life, like I would be so scared to like, for instance, I would be so scared to ask him for money or something. He was like, just ask me. Just ask me. You know, you never know until you ask. And so he always like, don't ever be afraid to of the answer, no. Don't ever be afraid to not go for it. Always do what you need to do to make it happen no matter what. And so I apply that every day. Yeah. Every day. So, all right, I'm going to ask you there were no times that you were rebellious and given him the teenage girl thing at all. So when I was 16, so my mom died at ten, when I was 16, so for 6 years, life just went on. Right. You know, he tried to make it as normal as possible. Like, we had to pick up the pieces, and we really didn't talk about her as much. He would just talk about how much he loved his wife, how much, you know, if he could breathe breath in her body, he would. You know, he would tell me about the love for her that he had, but he never, my dad lost his mom at 6. So he never processed that, so he couldn't tell me or show me how to process it either. Life just kind of moved on. And so when I was 16, that's when I realized my mom was gone. Because we have just been going through the motions. Right. And so didn't really deal with it. We didn't really deal with it. It was just kind of, okay, pick up the pieces. Now we have to live life. But it's 16 the girls were getting ready for prom.
"You're In Charge: Conversation that Spark Change" with Glenn Pasch
"jennifer" Discussed on "You're In Charge: Conversation that Spark Change" with Glenn Pasch
"Thank you so much. This has been such a joy, such a pleasure chatting with you. And I know there's people who are going to want to reach out to both, I'm sure client dealers are going to listen to this and say, that's who I want to help me. But there's also people who want to connect with you as well. Maybe chat with you. How do they find you? Where's the best place for them to meet? Well, there's several places. You can always email me, Jennifer E dealer solution dot com. You can always find me on social or on LinkedIn and DM me. I always respond to all my DMs unless they're ads. That was ones I probably don't respond to. Is there somebody always trying to get you on LinkedIn? They connect and it's like, can I have two minutes of your time, Marilyn? Oh, I got a gun. And yeah, but now anyone that's looking for advice or they want to ask me about anything that has to do with anything we talked about today hit me up on any of those channels, that's the best way to go about it. We'll put them all in the show notes so this way you can find. But yes, again, thank you so much. This has been phenomenal. Audience, you know the drill, if you haven't yet, please subscribe to the podcast on apple or if you're an Android user over on Spotify. You can definitely jump onto YouTube to watch our conversation on the YouTube channel. Please if you did find value today, please share it out. I'm sure there's some folks out there that could benefit from what Jennifer shared today. It means the world to me that you're here. I know there's a lot of places that you can consume content, but the fact that you spend time with Jennifer and myself means the world to me. As always, as I say, at the end of every episode, you're in charge. But now Jennifer gave you a few more tips and tools to help you become better both personally and professionally. I look forward to seeing you on the next episode. Jennifer look forward to seeing you in person this year out on the trails and thank you again so much. Appreciate it. My pleasure. Thank you for having me. Take care. Yeah, me too..
Green Connections Radio - Insights on Innovation, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Careers w Top Leaders, Women
"jennifer" Discussed on Green Connections Radio - Insights on Innovation, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Careers w Top Leaders, Women
"Yes really they did. Anyway are is very unique government agency in several different ways first of all by the way. It is truly a bipartisan effort. From its very first proposal about sixteen years ago to win it finally opened its doors in two thousand and nine to today with very strong support today. Yes two thousand twenty one on both sides of the political aisle even in today's toxic environment. Rpi is also unique because designed around the innovation process from how it is structured as an organization to what and how funds energy related startups to. Who had hires and even how long they stay it. Even has term limits which means no one can stay longer than their term which i think is three and a half years regardless of their track record popularity or position. Imagine what would happen in your institution of that was the case to find out how this fascinating agency works and what we can all learn from them and how they are transforming how we power our world. I'd like you to meet dr jennifer kirby as i say she's deputy director and acting director of arp e. I could be here all day. Give you her bio but the short version is prior to joining our jennifer spent many years dow in various positions including as a program leader in their business and technology incubator and managing a global team as a business builder. Yada yada yada. You get the point. Jennifer is a physicist by training having earned her phd in material. science from the university. Of illinois urbana champaign and her master's in physics university of virginia and her bachelor's in.
Living the Law of Action Show
"jennifer" Discussed on Living the Law of Action Show
"First, everybody can forgive a crises if you can empathize first. Yeah. To show you care about other people, actually. And the other thing is, and this happens on a lot of podcasts is when you hire professional to create your messaging for you and you put that on your one sheet and that's what you're saying, you're going to deliver you better own. What's on a paper? Because I've had guests, come on, my different podcasts. And what they say they have the ability to do was crafted beautifully, they put a lot of thought, energy, and Financial Resources into creating this perfect pitch and this perfect Persona of themselves and they were not able to deliver at all and you just get a one shot. And, you know, the media is a small world. If you if you crash and burn in the media, everybody knows everybody and the same with the podcasting space. So yeah, make sure that you are ready to do, what you say you're going to do because it's okay to start at the beginning and work your way up. But it's not, it's not actually preferable, exactly. It's actually the way to do it. Absolutely. It has the way to death and and, you know, you have to be an action taker. You have to be able to break through your fears and being momentum and and take action and it's okay to adjust and pivot and that's really, really important. Absolutely seven Cardinal rules of Life home. Make peace with your past so it doesn't screw up your present. What others think of you is none of your business. Actually, I don't really like that one. I actually like that, it's descriptive of them that you Okay. How do you have these amazing quotes just off the top of your head? I'm so impressed. Jennifer. Yeah, you were amazing. You're a great guess. I'm so glad to have you here. I really want to thank you on your incredibly busy and I really am. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to be here in the living live action show. Thank you, rob. Now, you can reach out to Jennifer engagement down to reach out, please let her know the heard her on the leaving the live-action show, and thank you everybody for taking time out of your busy and precious day to listen to The Living the live-action show. I so appreciate it. Thank you for allowing me along with my very special guest. My friend Jennifer horspool, did touch your heart, move you inspire you remember, take time out to breathe off. Don't let fear stop you. Decide plan act, they conspired action. You deserve the happily ever after you got this job. I'm Rob actress until next time. Thank you for listening to The Living. The law of action show with mr. Action raw patches, please rate review. And I cried.
Real Estate Marketing Dude
"jennifer" Discussed on Real Estate Marketing Dude
"Hours i worked my clients lead essentially. Wait for me. If i wanted to go to europe for four weeks they'd say okay. We'll call you when you get back. and then i also had a plan b right into having this passive income streams in having wealth through real estate which is what we're selling to our clients agents need to be doing that and so yeah i don't know maybe maybe. Five percent of agents invest in real estate and so by really need to change this. The industry needs to change. And you should be building more passive income streams having building a recession proof business because the next recession is around the corner. When we don't know. But i think a lot of agents are gonna be put out of business if they don't have what we're talking about today it will. It happens every shift. You majors come. They go and they common go again. And then the ones who are actually running a business and view it as a that. They're an entrepreneur. They have their brand and those are the ones who always adopt and continue to grow. And that's why ninety percent of the business is still only done by ten percent of the agents and that stat has changed since dinosaurs roamed the earth awesome awesome. Show jennifer love it. You're a frigging killer guys jennifer once you go ahead and tell everybody how to connect with you and gimme a website and everything. Yeah yes and you want to connect with an email me at jennifer at agents invest dot com and our website is agent dot com redo a training program for ages that wanna work with investors. Like what her today and said okay. That was a lot. I need more information about.
Real Estate Marketing Dude
"jennifer" Discussed on Real Estate Marketing Dude
"Don't hire you for what you do. They hire you for how you do it. And i'm just i. We haven't met jennifer. Did i met you before the show we're going to. I guarantee you that we're gonna be thinking the same thing all right so we just talked three minutes of like presale for pre talk at a. Let's just oh fuck. I guarantee you that you generated that. Here's where the listeners locked in listings not locked in when she shows up the locked in when she gives them multiple options because instantly the homeowner goes finally someone. Who's not willing to take advantage of me. And i don't care how subtle it is or or on unconscionable are people don't even recognize that their brain going through this but it's because you have do really care what option they pick when you're monetize and them know. Here's the other thing that i love about. This is that you are actually like. You're doing it opposite. You're an investor that's down selling into a commission versus the other way around right and most people have their real estate agent hat on all day long and they don't want anything. So like jennifer's roach. Okay great i'll come on here. I'll buy your house right now but if you don't want me to buy a house then i'll listen you monetize it this way. It doesn't fucking matter does it. When did you What do you think is only to walk me through why someone would accept your offer over listed on the market because obviously you're offers a little bit lower and there's a cost of convenience you guys in not every seller wants to highest and best price. We have to get that mentality out of our brains. Sometimes people want convenience sometimes people are sometimes people are distressed and they don't have any of their options. Life gets in the way a lot of times. And that's generally my guess is those are the types of properties at jennifer Purchases but she's really doing is providing solutions for people to have house problems not services for people that need to.
Women and Crime
"jennifer" Discussed on Women and Crime
"They're using what's called relative judgment. Which picture looks the most like the person to looks like him but three looks a little more like him before. You're comparing each picker to each other. You're not using what's called absolute judgment by comparing each photo or person to your memory. So they use the simultaneous array for both the photo lineup. And also the live lineup. That's how it was done them. Pretty much sequential wasn't really Adopted or a introduced until much later. Here what i find interesting is research is now saying that sometimes. It's actually better to use a simultaneous because of position effects and because of cases when someone has a distinct feature. So we're kind of you see this a lot in research at say one thing out. Newer research is kind of questioning the older research. But when you have the quench lineup. You're showing one picture at a time. So some research says the position of the suspect or the potential perpetrator could lead people example. That the person is in position. One of a sequential versus position three versus position six. That's going to lead people to make less accurate identification. I see they're giving weight to someone who comes up first versus the middle. Okay got it either way. I think there's more of a consensus that's quench will is still the way to go. Then there's the weapon focus effect. Oh i heard this one before. Yes so this is when a witness and even more so happens when it's a victim to a crime. Diverting their attention to a weapon rather than who is holding the weapon this could be because we have high in stress responses and our memory doesn't work as well in these situations. You're focusing more an item that is novel so someone who doesn't have a lot of experience with a weapon this is going to affect them more because they're focusing on the weapon more we know in jennifer's case there was a knife so this is something that we have to take into consideration although like other witnesses. Jennifer had the opportunity to see her perpetrator for a longer period of time but remember he was not in the direct light and he would not turn to her when there were lights on thought. Then we have the cross race effect. Jennifer is a white woman. Her attacker was a black man. So meghan what does the cross race effect and we make poor eye-witnesses when we have to identify people of other races were better at identifying people interests within our own no matter what the races. You're absolutely right in almost half of wrongful convictions. That are based on this. Identification are cross racial and a majority of them are white victims and african american perpetrators got and this is not intentional and this is not related to someone's level of racism or bias because researchers have looked at that to see if the cross race effect is stronger for people who hold racial views. And it's not so it's not something that we can say a victim or witness is doing on any conscious level. Yup so this is really the perfect storm of eyewitness issues. We have the unconscious transference. We have the lineup array. Being simultaneous not sequential. We have cross race. We have weapon focus. This is not looking great so on august first nineteen eighty-four just days after the attack. Ronald cotton is arrested..
Women and Crime
"jennifer" Discussed on Women and Crime
"It turns out she knew them to see far so she was able to see him probably clearer than he believed. she could also referred to her boyfriend who being in germany. Which in fact was her brother who sent her postcards but clearly. He went through her personal items to have even known this after the attack. The perpetrator told jennifer that he needed her to come down and she told him that she was very much afraid of nice and asked if he could please put the knife outside. Wow so was trying to find a way to obviously get him out of the bedroom. How can i escape this situation. He actually did listen and he put the knife right outside the door but not there wasn't enough time that she could escape. She also s at this point if she could use the bathroom and he allowed her to do so but may turn off the light when she was in the bathroom she was looking around to see. What can i do. Fortunately there was a window unfortunately that when there was much too small for jennifer to escape she then asked if she could get a drink and she also offered him a drink again. This very smart. She's able to stay calm and just kind of play his game. She went into the kitchen and she was making lots of noise. He was in her living room. He turned on the stereo. Made some comment about being ready to party. He thought that this was going to be a good time. At the same time. Jennifer's planning her escape. She knows there is a door in her kitchen. So a member. I said she's making lots of noise hoping to kind of have him not notice what's about to happen. She also knew that if she turned on the lights he wouldn't go near her because he made sure to stay away from any light because he was trying to protect themselves from being identified so she made sure to turn on that kitchen light as well at this point she musters up the courage to run..
Virtually Amazing
"jennifer" Discussed on Virtually Amazing
"So by collaborating with other v as you can offer your clients better service. Everybody wins that way and i. I think that's best so great. Jennifer has been an absolute pleasure. Having you on. And chatting with you. And i'm sure this is going to be a very much listened to episode. They all seem to be at the moment. I keep saying this has been a fabulous episode. But then they've all been abused exits. I'm really enjoy myself than anybody else. I'm having fun. So that k then isn't it. It's any last words. Joe no apart from look forward to catching up with you on friday and our next month's divine but yes no it's it's it's really really lovely to be part of a you know a mastermind with jennifer and the other ladies and i totally recommend to our listeners to find their tribe. Whether that's just you know a weekly fortnightly check in with another. Va that they trust. Who can share those things with them because it is making a huge difference to us. A- groups i absolutely and it's funny. It's something i believe in so much that i've now now now. This week nord shane. Meyer muster minds for french-speaking expense signing up people at my memphis eight space says it looks like pretty much when we're gonna be folk last night about super exciting and it's something but i've cooled at the section of not yet site i. It's my way of giving back. That's brilliant absolutely brilliant and kudos. That you can do it in two language that you can. You can manage it infringe. Yeah how cool is that. I mean yeah. Brilliant having said that. I could do the same in everett so but it is definitely a skill. I just ask you a an anguished thing. That i found recently because we live in a very anglo area and we with english speaking people most of the time my husband doesn't speak the language I find although. I can't translate anything. Unlike can read anything out of socities newspapers to up my reading level. But i'm finding translating. I seem to be stuck in one language or the other. Does that happen to you jennifer. Not so much. I guess because i switch between which old ryon everyday. Yeah yeah. I find when..
Sci-Fi Talk
"jennifer" Discussed on Sci-Fi Talk
"Saying one apple. Take one On this edition of our new year's day marathon. We look at indy genre film and we had a. Here's a chat with jennifer reader. A director of a film called knives and skin. We talk just before the tribeca film festival in two thousand nine hundred and you wrote and directness. Welcome jennifer and How did this idea come to the feature. Bill knives and skin is directly related to a couple of recent shorts..