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On the Mic with Mike Peters is your place to meet some of the best up-and-coming comedians from all over the United States and hear about what they're doing with their lives. Stay tuned for a new comedian every Friday.
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"not that great" is a sporadic sports podcast hosted by Philadelphia-born/Cambridge-raised Kamil McMullen and some of his sport-inclined friends. The NFL, NBA, MLB, WWE, and other sports are fully in play, with the occasional journey into pop culture, entertainment, and interviews with special folks. Not That Great is produced by Kamil McMullen. Our sound engineer emeritus is Jamie Crawford. Contributors: Andrew Coleman, Ben Pearlman, Brian Goodwin, Tommy Brogan, Matt Fox, Alex Brown, Peter ...
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Welcome! Neff Inspiration is the new name for Steps To Sobriety. I am an Anaesthetist, Bestselling Author, Speaker, Show Host and an Alcoholic in recovery. I interview guests that have gone through hell and kept going. I talk to people who have had extraordinary experiences and learn from their lessons. I talk to ordinary people whose perseverance made them superheroes. This show demystifies mental health problems with the help of transparency, authenticity, humility and self-love. My guests ...
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Chris Gullo and the 44 Birds and Counting
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Chris Gullo started doing stand-up in Buffalo back in 2008 while in college and began his career in the wrestling business in 2011. He's still doing both, but outside of Asheville, N.C., now. He moved down there earlier in 2024 and began producing shows under Neon Moon Comedy. The flooding has slowed some of his progress, but he's running a benefit…
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494 Adam Peters: Path To Purpose - How Veterans Rediscover Their Mission
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As a strategic Veteran, Adam Peters brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective that resonates deeply with podcast hosts and their audiences. Adam’s journey from military service to entrepreneurial success is not just a personal story of resilience and transformation; it's a powerful narrative that offers invaluable lessons and inspirati…
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493 Owen Marcus: Beyond Stress - Transforming Men & Lives Through Emotional Physiology
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Owen Marcus started helping men because he realized he needed help with his relationships. His 30-year journey from leading men’s groups led to writing a book, a documentary film on his work and starting three businesses that adapt the science behind stress and trauma therapy, attachment theory, and leadership development to train men to succeed in…
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Will Abeles and the Pride of Hagerstown
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Will Abeles has been doing stand-up off and on since 2009. He spent most of that time in New York City, working in TV production with The Late Show with David Letterman and the Miss Universe pageant, before leaving in 2020. He moved to Nashville, Tenn., in 2021 and works the road routinely, so long as no deer get in the way. He grew up in Maryland …
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492 Theodore Henderson: Learn How Light Is Repairing The Brain
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Theodore A. Henderson MD, PhD is president and founder of Neuro-Luminance Inc, which is bringing revolutionary treatments to bear upon traumatic brain injury, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, post-COVID fatigue syndrome, and other brain disorders. He holds three patents and three patents-pending. Dr. Henderson is president of the International Soci…
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491 Jeremy Grater: How to embrace vulnerability as a strength
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Motivation doesn't show up. It's created. Each person is the cause of and solution to most of their own problems. Vulnerability is a strength. Life is messy but you don't have to clean it all up at once. Sometimes it starts with just clearing a path. Jeremy Grater lives in British Columbia. He’s spent the majority of the last decade experimenting w…
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490 Christopher Mack: I'm In Recovery, Now What?
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Christopher Mack has been in recovery for the past 24 years. I found that their is a dynamic to recovery and healing, and speak to groups and individuals about the evidence and process. I have worked on Skid Row in LosAngeles for the past 21 years which is the largest recovery community in the world. People are recovering from all types of trauma a…
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Adam Palmeter and the Mount Kilimanjaro Show
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Adam Palmeter grew up in Oneonta, N.Y., but started traveling after a break-up. He began doing stand-up in South Korea and has been all over the world -- literally -- ever since. He recorded an album, "Older Teenager," in Mexico City, met Arkansas comedian Raj Suresh at a show in Cape Town, South Africa, lived in New York City before moving to Chia…
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489 Martin Bodek: Zaidy's War: 4 Armies, 3 Continents. One Man's Impossible Story of Endurance
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Martin currently lives in NJ with his wife and three children. He is an avid marathoner, Wordler, vexillologist, and halvah aficionado. He is a technologist by day, and a writer by night. A freelance writer on Jewish interest topics for three decades, his work has been published in The Huffington Post, The Denver Po…
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Damon Tucker and the Taco Shop Shell
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Damon Tucker is a 32-year-old comedian and producer in Des Moines, Iowa. He got sober more than six years ago and decided to make another change in his life. He started doing stand-up three years ago and has been at the Portland Comedy Festival and the North Carolina Comedy Festival over the last couple months. He also runs a weekly open mic at The…
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10in10 Logan Hufford: Sexual Addiction: I can show you the way out
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Logan is a born & raised Alaskan, married to his gorgeous bride Carrie, who herself is a 4th-generation Alaskan; and together they are raising 4 amazing but crazy little monkeys. Their life is a simple one - they love their family time, their dogs, and exploring the beautiful Alaskan wilderness. Logan and his wife Carrie each lead Recovery groups, …
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487 Marcy Langlois: You Truly Can Overcome Anything and Live an Incredible Life
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Born with a cleft lip and palate, Marcy's childhood was marked by an excruciating series of surgical procedures—23 in all before the age of 18. Because she looked and talked different than other kids, she was relentlessly teased and bullied. Her journey into adulthood was marked by challenging, traumatic, and downright tragic waypoints: coming out …
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486 Pat Roos: Surviving Alex - A mother's story of Love, Loss, and Addiction
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In Pat’s words: My new book, Surviving Alex: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction (Rutgers University Press, May 2024). It would be useful to talk about my goals. And the two questions that drove my narrative: how to survive something trauma like this, and what might we have done differently? It's most useful to focus on what "we" more gen…
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Sean Day and the Memorable Trip to Binghamton
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Sean Day waited until he was 26 to start doing stand-up. All it took was a best-man speech at a wedding and a blackout at a bar to get him going. He did his first open mic in 2017 and was Rochester's Funniest Person in 2019 before moving to Phoenix for a year. He's been back in Rochester since 2021 and works all over New York, including the Comedy …
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485 Laura Mangum Broome: How to Move Beyond Adversity and Flourish in Life
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Laura Mangum Broome is a Resilience Coach and Author of "Flourishing After Adversity." In a five-year period, Laura overcame breast cancer, the loss of her oldest son, a heart transplant, and a sudden divorce after 27 years of marriage. Adversity makes you bitter or better. Laura chose better. From her experiences, she developed a 3-Step Resilience…
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484 Steve Wilson: Teetering on a tightrope - My bipolar journey
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As an energetic normal boy of nine, Steven W. Wilson would not have guessed that the most horrifying day of his life was lurking just months ahead. From that terrifying day when he was at the theater, to his suicidal ideations, his attempt to kill his father and his subsequent hospitalization, Teetering on a Tightrope sweeps the reader headlong int…
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Alex Brady is one of Buffalo's best comedians. He started back in 2016 and was able to use his experience as an English and social studies teacher to his advantage. He's been a regular host and feature at the Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo since 2019 and is running the Western New York shows for Next Stop Comedy, beginning with Ressurgence Brewing C…
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483 Craig Meriwether: Overcome Fear and Anxiety In Life & Program Yourself For Confidence
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Craig Meriwether is a mindset coach and clinical hypnotherapist helping people eliminate negative emotions and trauma so they can reach their full potential. Craig is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Medical Hypnosis Specialist, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) specialist, and Founder of Arizona Integrative Hypnotherapy helping people elimina…
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482 Nicole Poulton: How to get sober in 5 simple steps
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Nicole Poulton is an addiction and recovery coach, transformational speaker, entrepreneur and an inspiring survivor of sexual abuse. With over 12 years in the addiction and recovery field, Nicole has impacted over a million lives with her message. Currently, Nicole serves as a coach and mentor guiding individuals, teams and families through the tri…
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Aaron Kominos-Smith and the Big Bet on Himself
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Alex Kominos-Smith graduated from Cornell with an architecture degree and was ready to attend Columbia for a career in real estate, eyeying the type of good jobs that two Ivy League degrees should promise. But he chose to pursue stand-up instead. Now 18 years after hs opted not to go to Columbia, he's recording his first special on Saturday, Sept. …
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481 Eva Rodriguez: How Unexpected Tragedy Forced Me to Transform My Life and Health
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Eva Rodriguez is a former HR executive turned trauma-informed Certified Life, Health, and Weight Loss Coach for Millennial women. She teaches women all over the world how to lose weight without dieting and how to become strong from the inside out. Eva’s life came to a complete halt in 2015 when her fiancé and the father of her only child died in a …
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480 Birgitta Visser: The Journey Of Healing From Trauma To Empowerment
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Birgitta Visser is a modern-day mystic, guiding others on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. As a Soul Empowerment Coach and Divine Channel, she tunes into higher frequencies, delivering messages from the many Light Beings and Master Teachers. With her gift for Light Language Healing, she weaves light codes that activate transformation in…
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Alex Kaufman and the Drew Barrymore Complex
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Alex Kaufman is one of the best comedians working in Montana. Statistically, it's true. He started doing stand-up in Tacoma, Wash., back in 2014 and has been based out of Bozeman, Mont., for the last five years -- really putting that physics PhD to use. He's worked all over the country and produced shows under Bone Yard Comedy. He's coming to New Y…
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479 DK Ciccone: Hurting Does Not Equal Broken - Finding Resilience Through Movement
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Dana Karen (“DK”) Ciccone is a certified Pilates instructor who helps people in pain improve strength, mobility, and well-being in a weight-neutral environment. She’s also trained in pain reprocessing therapy through the Pain Psychology Center. Having begun her own journey with chronic back pain as a young teen, she has been exploring ways to help …
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478 Helen Sernett: Feeling Lost and Finding the Way Again - A Guide To Healing With Sleep
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Helen Sernett, founder, and host of the Sleep Lists podcast, was a non-profit fundraiser at the end of her rope struggling with a long list of medical issues. Underlying all of it was the fact that she could no longer get herself to sleep. With Sleep Lists she serves up bedtime dreams every episode by reciting a lulling list of similar items. Latel…
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Brandon Ciotti and the Troubling GIF Search
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Brandon Ciotti started doing stand-up in Utica, N.Y., after a really bad day. Starting at 33, he went into overdrive and went to open mics all over upstate New York. His family and friends made sure he was tough enough to handle the abuse. He's only a little afraid to try the slightly (or more?) offensive material. He'll be at the Crooked Mouth Com…
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477 Karoline Fischer: The transformative power of working with the subconsciousness via hypnotherapy
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Karoline Fischer is a trained MD who decided to train as an RTT Hypnotherapist as she found out personally how transformative this way of work can be. In her own words: I had worked my entire adult life with therapists for my own life, and when I found methods that worked with subconsciousness, transformation really started to happen in my life. I …
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476 Leslie Draffin: Microdosing Magic Mushrooms for Mental Health & Sobriety
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Leslie Draffin is an certified psychedelic guide, Integrative Somatic Coach, meditation teacher, feminine embodiment mentor, and podcast host who is passionate about helping people embrace their bodies, cycles, sex and psychedelics. She supports conscious souls who want to heal themselves through intentional microdosing, pleasure, womb reconnection…
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Patrick Logan and the Rapper Turned Comedian
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Patrick Logan is a relatively new stand-up around Richmond, Va. He spent 13 years rapping around town before turning to comedy when he was 32. He's gained some ground pretty quickly. He won three consecutive Clash of the Comics at the Richmond Funny Bone -- the third of which got him passed as a host at the club. He runs a monthly show at Another R…
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475 Pamela Wagner: Thriving After Trauma: Your Dream Life Awaits
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There's little that Pamela hasn't done yet at the age of 31. Just to mention a few accomplishments: She's been to 100 countries, bootstrapped and built a 6-figure agency with no entrepreneurial background, worked at Google, been featured multiple times in Forbes, got a Master's degree from Harvard Extension School, and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Pame…
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474 Carolyn Sophia Skowron: How to live as the most resilient authentic raw version of you!
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My name is Carolyn Sophia Skowron. I am someone who has always felt like an outsider. From a young age I struggled making friends, fitting in and being my true authentic self. I grew up feeling like I never fit in and never was good enough. I spent most of my life internalizing every situation. I always thought people didn’t like me. What I failed …
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Turner Sparks and the Perfect Blend of Soft Serve, Stand-Up and Ska
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Turner Sparks started playing in punk and ska bands when he was a kid and found stand-up back in 2009 when he was working in China. He opened a comedy club, then a Mister Softee business and both flourished until the government had other plans. He's been living in New York City for the past eight years and he's headlining shows all over the country…
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473 Lillian Easterley-Smith: You Can't Heal Addiction Without Healing Your Trauma
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Lillian Easterly-Smith’s journey is one of unexpected impact. Birthed from her own recovery from alcohol use and multiple addictions, her passion for helping others find true healing has become her life’s purpose. Lillian’s journey found her at the helm of two major non-profit organizations. She has authored multiple recovery curriculums and co-aut…
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472 Richard Craft: A Transformative Story of Identity Crisis, Job Loss and Recovery
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In this deeply profound episode, Richard Kraft, a devoted healthcare professional, bravely shares his harrowing journey from identity crisis, triggered by job loss during the COVID pandemic, to redemption and self-awareness. Richard talks about his roles in the healthcare industry, his inherent desire to help others, and how all these formed an int…
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Kevin McCaffrey and the Late Night Nerd
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Kevin McCaffrey has been doing stand-up for the last 18 years. He followed his girlfriend-now-wife, Jamie McCaffrey, from Ball State University to New York City and now he's one of the funniest guys there. He's a huge Cubs fan and has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, truTV's Greatest Ever, truTV Presents: World's Dumbest, Comedy Knoc…
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471 Mariam Elhouli: Finding your true self after suffering from adversity and depression
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Mariam Elhouli is an Australian entreprenuer , award winning author, international speaker, business mentor and film director. A mother of 5 who had her first child at 16 to many failed businesses in life to witnessing 3 wars by chance. Mariam's journey of battling depression while re building her life and finding herself is a spectacular story of …
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470 Michelle Reittinger: Healing and Recovery from Bipolar Disorder
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Having been diagnosed with bipolar in 1998, Michelle Reittinger spent the next 12 years on a roller coaster of manic and depressive episodes with therapists, doctors, psychotropic meds, hospitalizations, and suicide attempts. She was at her wit's end and felt humiliated, hopeless and lost. In particular, she was devastated by the toll it took on he…
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Drew Brooks and the Trip from Hostage to Hilarious
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Drew Brooks has been working all over the Harrisburg, Pa., stand-up scene over the last three years. He got into long-form improv comedy when he was in high school and spent 10 years before trying something more competitive. After two false starts and a couple Zoom shows, Brooks has established himself in the scene. He became the most recent winner…
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469 Shannon Sauer-Zavala: Nudge your personality for personal and professional success
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Dr. Sauer-Zavala is Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with people struggling with anxiety and depression. She is also an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky (UK) where she develops new treatments for common mental health conditions and tests them in rigorous clinical trials. Dr. Saue…
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468 Kim Korte: An Insightful Journey of Self-Awareness with Kim Cote
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Embark on an enlightening journey of self-discovery in this episode of 'Neff Inspiration' with our amazing guest, Kim Korte. Unlocking the mysteries of our brain and emotions, Kim guides us through an enriching discussion aimed at a better understanding of ourselves and our feelings. From her personal experiences with trauma, sorrow, and eventual g…
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Mike Quindlen and the Salesman's Second Career
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Mike Quindlen is one of the most important comedians in Baltimore. He stepped onto the stage at Magooby's in Timonium, Md., 13 years ago and won a contest. Then he started a monthly show at The Ottobar, the Second Saturday Shit Show, that's still happening today. He just wants the best for his city and scene. He ran the Ellicott Silly Comedy Festiv…
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467 Gabrielle Bovard: How To Cope Without Access To Mental Healthcare
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Gabrielle Bovard is a storyteller, advocate for authenticity, and the author of the upcoming memoir, "Waiting Room." She’s also the founder of the nationally recognized movement, Random Note Project, which she started when she was just 14 years old. After a major diagnosis and an unexpected breakup, Gabrielle needed mental health care. Instead of b…
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466 Tracey Yokas: How I healed inherited trauma and transformed my relationships
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In Tracey’s words: I've been on a healing journey for 25 years and it was just last year that the final puzzle piece fell into place. As someone who has been in and out of therapy for over 2 decades, I was shocked by the realization that my whole life, my whole adult self and all my relationships, had been impacted by the reality of my childhood. M…
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Rebecca Sanders and the Joke Triage
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Rebecca Sanders has been doing stand-up around Lexington, Ky., for about eight years. She took some time off following the pandemic, but she's back at it. Inspired by David Sedaris, Rebecca started by writing comedic essays and then quickly went to work after beginning her stand-up career. She did field pieces for the news show, "Hey Kentucky!" and…
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465 Hosein Kouros-Mehr: Addiction And The Default Mode Network: New Tools For The healing Process
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Hosein Kouros-Mehr, MD, PhD is an author and physician-scientist who has spent over two decades in cancer research and drug development. Thanks to his background, Hosein recognized the extraordinary ramifications of a recent scientific discovery: the default mode network (DMN), which encodes the human ego and influences our thoughts, emotions, and …
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464 Lesley Logan: Pilates: The Movement Meditation You've Been Looking For
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Lesley Logan is the world’s leading expert on how Pilates changes your life, and is the co-founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com. She has taught thousands of students, trained hundreds of teachers, lead workshops at global conferences, and supported companies such as the Associated Press and Balanced Body, empowering participants with movement and ha…
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Josh Wells and the Russian Biker Thanksgiving
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Josh Wells started doing stand-up about 15 years ago when a group of his musician friends needed a host. A big fan of stand-up when he was a kid, he found a place in the New Jersey scene around North Bergen. When he's not following NOFX all over the East Coast, Wells co-produces the Hell Yea! Comedy Show at the Wawa Social Club. He also publishes t…
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463 Rachelle Davis: Conquer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Unlock Vitality and Reclaim Your Life with the 4 Core Blueprint
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In the words of Rachelle Davis: From the earliest days of my life, I've been drawn to the healing power of nature. The rustling leaves, the scent of blooming flowers, and the gentle touch of sunlight—all whispered secrets of well-being. Little did I know that this fascination would lead me on a transformative path, shaping not only my own destiny b…
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462 Tom Spooner: Why Legal vs Illegal Substances are more Deadly for Warriors
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Tom Spooner is a Former Delta Operator and Warriors Heart Co-Founder/President whose service to our nation in the U.S. Army spanned nearly 21 years (1990-2011), primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan (including 12 deployments and 40 months in combat). His military career included time in the 82nd Airborne, as a Green Beret in the US Army’s 7th Special F…
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Rachel Daze and the Unwanted Feedback
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Rachel Daze started doing stand-up in October 2019. She's been traveling all over New York, giving audiences a good look at who she really is. Graduating from a 110-person class, she's found a good home on the stage. She's competing in Rochester's Funniest Person contest at the Comedy at the Carlson. She also runs a writer's workshop on Sunday. She…
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