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The Worship Gathering with Jen King is the podcast where we talk about the things that matter when it comes to worshiping God through music. Worship leaders, followers of Jesus, anyone interested in learning about personal or corporate worship...this is for you!
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Outlawed

Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz

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In the wild west of abortion bans and restrictions, patients, families, and their doctors are being treated like outlaws. OB-Gyns and abortion care providers Bev and Jonas embrace the American tradition of fighting injustice by sharing their direct line to what’s actually happening in our homes and medical offices. Each episode’s powerful stories, experts, and resources help us grasp the aftermath of outlawing healthcare and how to talk about it with the people you know. Even with Uncle Bob. ...
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Dare To Speak: Difficult Conversations That Change Everything is for anyone who has swallowed their truth to keep the peace and paid the price for it. Hosted by divorce and breakup coach Eve Stanway, this podcast explores the conversations we avoid, the silence that builds resentment, and the courage it takes to finally speak. From relationships on the brink to the quiet moments where everything changes, Eve holds space for honesty, clarity and self-respect. These are real conversations abou ...
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In this podcast, executive coach Sharon Richmond interviews successful leaders who have applied their professional and personal growth to produce tangible business outcomes. They discuss challenges, lessons learned, and what has helped them guide their organizations to success. Sharon helps listeners supercharge their own leadership with coaching tips on how to apply the lessons learned from our guests.
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Saranne Segal is a conflict resolution advocate on a mission to create more harmonious workplaces. Peace at the Water Cooler is your go-to podcast for dealing with difficult people, managing toxic behaviours and how to have those tricky conversations with colleagues. With a background as a lawyer and mediator, Saranne brings decades of experience dealing with workplace conflict to each episode as she talks to experts, authors and employees.
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Conflict Skills

Simon Goode

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Simon Goode is a professional mediator and the host of the Conflict Skills Podcast, where he offers free resources and tools to navigate conflicts both in and out of the workplace. With a focus on practical strategies, Simon’s podcast addresses real-world scenarios, providing listeners with the tools to handle disputes effectively. In his recent episodes, he delves into the intricacies of workplace mediation, using case studies like conflicts between managers and staff members to illustrate ...
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Being Jewish with Jonah Platt is the hit weekly podcast that illuminates the vast, beautiful, and often unexplored tapestry of Jewish identity, through deeply honest and personal conversations with notable Jews and non-Jewish allies alike. Hosted by actor & advocate Jonah Platt, a trusted expert in contemporary Jewish culture, identity, and politics, Being Jewish seeks to engage, educate, and empower listeners to take full ownership of their identities and live as their proudest, most authen ...
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Your team's smart. But managing the personalities, politics, and pressure of leadership? That’s a whole other story. If you’re constantly putting out fires, struggling to get buy-in, or avoiding difficult conversations to keep the peace, Drama Free Teams is your new secret weapon. Hosted by trauma-informed executive coach Dr. Annie Campanile, PhD, this podcast helps emotionally intelligent leaders stop second-guessing what to say, and start leading conversations that create clarity, accounta ...
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Has a toxic person ever made your life hell at work?! Heck yea! But if we’ve all seen it - we’ve all done it, too! For a fresh and funny take on leadership, fulfillment, and engagement - join workplace toxicity expert and bestselling author, Kimberly J Benoit for the We’ve All Done It™ Podcast: Leadership Development Tips for New & Struggling Leaders. In this eye-opening series, get real about the role we each play in a toxic workplace and discover how we can kick toxic cultures from the ins ...
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The Resolution Room

Lowe Insights Consulting

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Welcome to The Resolution Room™ This is a space where conflict isn’t the end of the story—it’s the beginning of something deeper. Hosted by Dr. Nashay Lowe, founder of Lowe Insights™, this series explores how we move from chaos to clarity, break generational patterns, and use adversity as fuel for both personal and collective evolution. Each micro-episode delivers short, focused insights designed to turn tension into transformation. In just a few intentional minutes, you’ll gain practical to ...
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Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

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Maybe you’ve laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine.
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The Dad Manual is a fatherhood podcast hosted by Tony Cooper, featuring honest conversations with dads about the real, unfiltered journey of parenthood. This parenting podcast for dads explores everything from the excitement of being a first time dad to navigating the teenage years. As one of the best podcasts for expecting dads and experienced fathers alike, we dive deep into what it actually means to be a modern dad—the struggles, the growth, the mistakes, and the moments that change you f ...
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A Series of Difficult Conversations...

Bradford Hate Crime Alliance

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Bradford Hate Crime Alliance exists to support the victims of hate crime and to co-ordinate the network of reporting centres that work with us. Reporting hate crime is essential, but education is the key and our new podcast aims to raise awareness of hate crime through the sharing of lived experience as well as providing a forum to have the difficult conversations that need to be had about the issues that lie at the heart of hate crime in 21st Century Britain.
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Difficult Convos

Difficult Convos

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Nana and Chioma break through barriers as they appear and create an environment for tough conversations to be had. From birth, culture, religion, and everything in between, this is as raw, intimate, and down to earth as it gets.
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We’ve all had conversations that won’t leave us alone. The ones we wish had gone differently. The ones that left us second-guessing. Off My Chest is about those messy, unfinished moments. Each week, host Anitra St. Hilaire shares stories about the conversations that still linger. Sometimes it’s the one you wish you’d handled differently. Sometimes it’s the silence when you froze instead of speaking up. Sometimes it's someone who just treated you poorly. Unlike many relationship podcasts, thi ...
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“The secret of champions is in their stories” Listen to the inspiring stories of great people who have gone through challenging times and overcome them. Each episode is a huge dose of inspiration! Have you subscribed or favorited?
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Reflection on the go

Mirja Bang & Nina Albrektsen

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Are you busy and do you struggle with finding time for reflection? This mini-podcast gives you short audio-reflections you can use on the move. Between meetings, on the way to your job, leave your worries on the way home, and relax in the weekend. No 1-7 are reflections with powerful questions for reflection. No 8-10 are yoga and breathing audiofiles that help you relax and be refreshed.
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The Bridge: a Disagreeing Well podcast from University College London and Students' Union UCL tackles some of the most hotly debated issues of our time and provides practical techniques to bridge the divide between conflicting views. Each episode, our student hosts Lea Hofer and Tara Constantine, along with expert UCL mediator Dr. Melanie Garson, dive into a polarising question with informed and passionate guests with contrasting views. Tune in to better understand these critical debates, an ...
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In the Through Adversity Podcast, Rich Jones (The Lost Soldier) gets into it with guests about the course their lives have taken. Whether it’s about being a veteran of the armed forces, criminal justice reform, severe mental health issues, or other harrowing life experiences, Rich is here to explore what makes us all keep going.
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Health Raisers

Nadine Kelly

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Welcome to Health Raisers. Together, we thrive in our bodies, minds, spirits, intellect, emotions, and community. Bring your whole self to your whole life. It's a health revolution!
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Ed.

Andy Luster and Twyla Coy

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A podcast covering topics related to education, communication, and beyond. Smart and frank conversation about topics that matter to students, faculty, and community.
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If you can’t handle the truth you can’t handle this podcast. Just B with Bethenny Frankel is the best of your favorite self-made mogul – shrewd career smarts, a razor sharp sense of humor and a deep insight of how business and people work. Intermingling her own stories with conversations with thought leaders and cultural all-stars, Just B with Bethenny Frankel is a must for anyone looking for one on one time with Bethenny. From unapologetic takes on food, investing, relationships, fame, pare ...
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The Relationship Coaching School Podcast is for coaches, therapists, and growth-minded clients who want to master relationships and help their clients master relationships. Hosted by Jayson Gaddis, a world-class coach and trainer, this podcast dives into what sparks real change, what coaching methods actually work, and how to get results in our most important relationships.
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Success Express

Big Blend Radio Network

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Welcome to Big Blend Radio’s ”Success Express” Channel featuring podcasts and interviews covering Business & Career, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Law & HR, Education, Personal and Professional Development.
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Finding Sanctuary

HSH Initiative

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Hills Sanctuary House (HSH) - https://hshl.org.au/ Finding Sanctuary - your dose of insight into how we think and feel; and how you can find safe haven in your daily life. We get together with experts to chat about all things mental health, getting insights and understanding on the why's we do what we do.
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This is Difficult

Mariann Morell

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Life isn’t always smooth sailing - and that’s exactly why we’re here. I’m Mariann Morell, and ‘This is Difficult’ is the podcast where we dive deep into the messy, real moments that connect us all. From the raw challenges of motherhood to inspiring expert stories, we’re breaking down the barriers and having the conversations most people avoid. This is more than a podcast - it’s a community. Join me as we transform our struggles into strength, one episode at a time. In case you missed it, our ...
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Supervision Matters with Rita Sever

Big Blend Radio and Magazines

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Supervision Matters is a Big Blend Radio podcast covering Leadership, Supervision, and Human Resources with Rita Sever, a noted author, leadership coach, HR consultant, speaker, and workshop facilitator. New episodes air every 3rd Friday at 12pm PST / 3pm EST.
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Moving your career further, faster has been at the heart of Cascading Leadership since we launched early in 2022. We've brought forward stories of women, immigrants, and other members of the global majority who have risen to senior leadership and had them share their insights. The intent is to have the next generation of professionals accelerate their development and trajectory so they can achieve more in less time. Join us for lessons on organizational effectiveness, sales and marketing eff ...
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Sari Swears

Sari de la Motte

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Sari de la Motte is the host of "Sari Swears" and has been dubbed the "Attorney Whisperer" because of her unique ability to help attorneys communicate their real selves. Tune in every Friday for a new episode of the best fucking podcast on the Internet. I swear. (Like… a LOT. Parental discretion is advised.)
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Mental Health in Tech

Honest Conversations About Difficult Topics

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In this podcast series hosted by Schalk Neethling and Schalk Venter, the conversation revolves around mental health in the tech industry. Each episode features a guest who joins the hosts in an honest and open discussion about their personal struggles with mental health. The hosts and guests offer valuable insights into tech workers' challenges, such as burnout, imposter syndrome, and work-life balance. They also explore the stigma surrounding mental health issues in the workplace and discus ...
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Reinventing Church

Derek Sanford

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Follow one church's journey as they depart from modern church growth trends and reinvent themselves by equipping everyday Christians to live out their faith in real life. Find episodes and show notes at www.dereksanford.com/reinventingchurch
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ACOG Compassionate Conversations

ACOG Practice Management

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The companion podcast to ACOG's Compassionate Conversations series, this series is aimed at highlighting effective techniques and answering questions on having sensitive conversations around difficult topics for patients and obstetrician-gynecologists. Over the course of this series, we hope to empower patients and their health care professionals in having these difficult conversations and how to delivery care compassionately. To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our web ...
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Difficult conversations don’t fall apart because people don’t care. They fall apart because the words, the tone, and the fear underneath take over. In this episode, Eve Stanway explores what really happens when conversations feel too hard to have and why logic alone rarely helps in the moment. Eve shares her unique coaching approach, including how …
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In this insightful episode of Big Blend Radio’s SUPERVISION MATTERS Podcast, organizational coach and author Rita Sever (Supervision Matters & Leading for Justice) explores the critical difference between being nice and being kind in supervision and leadership. Rita explains how a culture of niceness can actually undermine communication, accountabi…
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For roughly half a century, the singer Rubén Blades has been spreading the gospel of salsa music to every corner of the globe. “You could say that Blades did for salsa what Bob Marley did for reggae,” says The New Yorker’s Graciela Mochkofsky. “He brought it into the global consciousness.” This year, Blades’s record “Fotografías” is up for a Grammy…
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This year will look EXACTLY like last year unless something deeper changes. MOST people don't fail because they lack discipline or ambition. They fail because they're chasing results instead of identity. You don't want the verdict. You want the feeling you think comes with it. And here's the part no one wants to admit: Willpower is trash. It runs o…
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Is your body a home or a billboard for public opinion? Today, we examine the painful, hilarious, and honest world of Damilare Kuku. Her novel, "Only Big Bum Bums Matter Tomorrow," asks if a physical fix is truly the ticket to visibility. For many, the pressure for perfection is a heavy trade for peace. We are diving into the mirror. In this episode…
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Jason Lemkin is the founder of SaaStr, the world’s largest community for software founders, and a veteran SaaS investor who has deployed over $200 million into B2B startups. After his last salesperson quit, Jason made a radical decision: replace his entire go-to-market team with AI agents. What started as an experiment has transformed into a new op…
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We get a taste of everything as Flavor Flav unloads to Bethenny on anything and everything we never knew about him. The reason for his sobriety, his name, the clocks, his connection to Eddie Murphy, his secret desire regarding Taylor Swift and why Miley Cyrus once slapped him across the face! It’s time we heard it all! See omnystudio.com/listener f…
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On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "California Employment Law" Podcast with San Diego attorney Ward Heinrichs, the conversation continues on the new and evolving California employment laws for 2026. This episode takes a deeper dive into Prop 22 and gig worker classification, new wage posting requirements, tip pooling rules, wage judgments, repaym…
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We're replaying one of our favorites from season 1 - an interview with Professor Katie Watson from Northwestern. She is the author of Scarlet A: The ethics, law, and politics of ordinary abortion and has been widely published in the medical literature regarding the ethics of reproductive health care. We discuss a variety of topics on today’s show i…
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When one positive pregnancy test changes everything, transformation becomes inevitable. Diego Kuri's life shifted the moment he discovered he was becoming a father. From addressing his relationship with alcohol to breaking cycles of rage and anxiety, Diego shares how fatherhood pushed him toward becoming his best self. Now co-parenting two strong-w…
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The way you speak to your children today becomes the voice they carry into adulthood. In this episode, Eve explores how our own childhood experiences quietly shape the way we communicate as adults, especially when conversations feel charged, emotional, or uncomfortable. She reflects on the messages we absorb growing up, the coping mechanisms we dev…
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Jayson examines why the masculine feminine framework often creates more problems than it solves. How can this framing be harmful for men? Why does trying to change your partner keep people stuck? What role does attachment play in relationship dynamics, and what is a better way to understand gender issues altogether? Jayson also reflects on his own …
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Thirty years ago, David Remnick published “The Devil Problem,” a Profile of the religion scholar Elaine Pagels—a scholar of early Christianity who had also, improbably, become a best-selling author with “The Gnostic Gospels,” from 1979. Pagels’s latest book, “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” is a summation of her lifetime of r…
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What shapes the voice you carry into difficult conversations? Long before conflict shows up in adulthood, our earliest experiences quietly teach us how to speak… or stay silent. In this episode, Eve shares a deeply personal part of her story, a childhood spent sailing around the world until the age of 11. A life without roots, routine, or certainty…
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Interested in joining this singles group to experience connection, no judgement and just a great time? email Rachel at [email protected] Rachel El Hage is known for her role as the coordinator and founder of the Road to Emmaus singles group. This initiative caters specifically to older singles over the age of 35, aiming to create a community…
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What happens when the hardest conversations go unsaid? In this opening episode of Dare to Speak: Difficult conversations that change everything, Eve introduces the heart of the podcast a space for the conversations that change everything, especially when silence has done more damage than words ever could. So many relationships don’t break because o…
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Every film begins with a story — and so does every company. In this cinematic conversation, Dr. Nashay Lowe sits down with filmmaker and creative strategist Cherise Lesesne to explore how storytelling and direction can transform the way we lead. From defining a clear vision to casting the right team and setting the emotional tone, Cherise unpacks h…
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In this episode, Dr. Nashay Lowe explores three topics funneling to on shared lesson: 1) myth of perfect timing, emphasizing that waiting for the right moment often keeps us stuck. She discusses 2) how scars can become beauty marks, shaping our depth and leadership, and 3) shares insights from her travels on how perspective shifts when we step outs…
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Matt MacInnis is the chief product officer and former longtime COO at Rippling, a unified workforce management platform valued at over $16 billion. We discuss: 1. Why “extraordinary results demand extraordinary efforts” 2. Why you should deliberately understaff projects, and how to know when you’ve gone too far 3. Matt’s transition from COO to CPO …
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Click here to register for Elena's upcoming session at the Navigating Uncertainty Leadership Summit. - Join us as Kimberly J. Benoit and Elena Agaragimova discuss the intricacies of wellness, productivity, and the impact of social media on our daily lives. This episode delves into practical strategies and insights to create a balanced, fulfilling l…
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Across the country, data centers that run A.I. programs are being constructed at a record pace. A large percentage of them use chips built by the tech colossus Nvidia. The company has nearly cornered the market on the hardware that runs much of A.I., and has been named the most valuable company in the world, by market capitalization. But Nvidia’s i…
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If you're a trial lawyer, you've probably been told some version of this: 🚫 "Don't be arrogant." 🚫 "Stay humble." 🚫 "Let the work speak for itself." Sounds right… until it starts shrinking how you show up. In this week's podcast, Coach K and I talk directly to YOU about a mindset trap we see all the time — the humble saboteur 🧠. It's the voice that…
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In this combined Parts 1 & 2 conversation, Jane Chen, co-founder of Embrace, shares how creating a lifesaving incubator company shaped her leadership. She reflects on values over outcomes, the toll of burnout, and why psychological safety must begin within a leader before it can be grown in teams. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you …
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We look back at Bethenny's conversation with Actress, singer/songwriter, activist and drag queen, Peppermint with a very personal discussion about her journey. Peppermint shares the details of having to come out twice, her unsuspecting role model and a very big detail that’s missing in reality TV. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information…
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In the tenth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc, FACOG and Gail Demmler Harrison, MD discuss congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV). They explore how healthcare professionals can support prospective parents through CMV diagnosis, provide compassionate care, and help families navigate caring for children with…
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How do you recognize someone who has actually earned wisdom? In this conversation, Jayson breaks down what makes an elder an elder. He explains why it has nothing to do with age or status, how real elders show emotional maturity, what it means to hold space without fixing or rescuing, and why outgrowing your parents is a part of becoming an elder. …
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Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The 4th Monday Series with Chris Hadnagy and Mike Holfeld. Chris and Mike will be covering cutting edge global news to help people remain safe, secure and knowledgeable in a world where it is hard to know what is real and what is fake news. Today, Chris and Mike are joined by Christie Hudson, a resident trave…
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This episode is a sermon on Romans 15:13 emphasizing hope, faith, and unity in Christ. The speaker explains that Jesus died and rose for all, urges believers to pray, forgive, and receive one another, and highlights the Holy Spirit’s power to fill us with joy and peace. Practical examples and encouragement are offered for daily Christian living—tru…
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Sander Schulhoff is an AI researcher specializing in AI security, prompt injection, and red teaming. He wrote the first comprehensive guide on prompt engineering and ran the first-ever prompt injection competition, working with top AI labs and companies. His dataset is now used by Fortune 500 companies to benchmark their AI systems security, he’s s…
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Click here to register for Jill's upcoming session at Navigating Uncertainty Leadership Summit. - In this episode of We've All Done It, host Kimberly J. Benoit sits down with HR professional Jill Alarcon to demystify the role of Human Resources in organizations. They dive into common misconceptions, the multifaceted responsibilities of HR, and prac…
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Greetings, I'm Dr. Clark, and I want to talk with you for just a little bit today, get you to take some notes, give you a little homework, something you can work on, some activity making. We're going to look at empathetic mindset shifting perspectives. Have you ever found yourself in a conversation where you felt that you were simply not getting th…
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