Jim Ellerymeyer and Producer Mike ask if you’ve ever felt it was your turn. How are we able to look from the outside in to improve our outlook on life and avoiding internalizing your negative perceptions?  Thinking objectively and honestly.  How is purposeful fixedness keeps limiting individuals and their divergent thinking?  How are we losing that ability as we live our lives and the way of thinking society puts us in? We explore neuro linguistic programming to help the language in your head to change your perception. 

We are snowed again once again and looking back at our friend Jayce Karr this week.

We were snowed in on Martin Luther King Jr Day and decided to reshare a great conversation we had with Professor Buzzkill in episode 228.

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back clairvoyant and empath Santina Grace as they discuss spirituality and gratitude.  How are we choosing this lesson in the “school of life”.  What are the little things in your life you can do to improve it. What is the illusion of separateness we see in the world and in social media? 

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back clairvoyant and empath Santina Grace as they discuss spirituality and gratitude.  Santina talks about her technique to calm herself when she is receiving too much energy that others can use. We also discuss connecting with technology and the false connection you can find and how she connects spirit guides and angels. 

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back clairvoyant and empath Santina Grace as they discuss spirituality and gratitude.  How we are working around fear in our lives as each helps with therapy and with energy.  How is the energy with our choices each day and how to we contend with getting stuck in patterns. Understand how knowing your intuition will help against targeted fear int he media. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his chat with Marine Biologist Maureen from Texas A&M.  They talk about her teaching experience this year. How did the Covid lockdowns change her plans and how did she make the best of the situation to stay social and learning? 

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back Marine Biologist Maureen from Texas A&M continue their discussion on the effect of plastics in the ocean.  What is she doing with her research and how is it conducted?  What can you do with dumping rules while boating?  How can she use her research to educate the public? 

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back Marine Biologist Maureen from Texas A&M to catch up with how her doctorate is going and discuss how her research is educating our understanding on climate change and plastic pollution on Texas beaches. How much plastic is in the ocean and how is it affecting the environment? Event cosmetic issues!  

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike continue their discussions on the human experience as Jim shares his experience in sharing with someone their mother had passed.  What are we doing to great memories and experiences and not being brought down with the day to day.  We recall our memories and moments from our trip to Ft Lauderdale. Who have had influences on us and our heroes we’ve discussed over the years who have overcome addiction and recovery. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are talking about the unexpected and the state of things heading into the holidays.  How did Jim handle being cut from the team at 9 years old that shaped his life in developing an “I don’t care” attitude.  How do we create a grounded sense of purpose. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike continue discussions about how many are dealing with the pandemics and finding themselves in a world of drugs and alcohol.  What happens when so many people don’t want to help those with addiction issues? How much strength does it take to to seek recovery.  We discuss All Elite Wrestling’s Jon Moxley’s high profile submission to rehab. Being a role model for others in recovery. 

Jim Ellermeyer his conversation with a panel of retail and support workers Amanda and Ronnie to talk about breaking points during the pandemic with work some of the high points of positivity with customers.  How will we look at the zeitgeist of the pandemic in the future?  How did this time change how they approach their time in life? 

Jim Ellermeyer his conversation with a panel of retail and support workers Amanda and Ronnie to discuss the issues they had with customers, losing loved ones and dealing with it along with being on the “front lines”, and what sort of support helped them through their time. 

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by a panel of retail and support workers Amanda and Ronnie to discuss how they dealt with working with customers during the pandemic over the last couple years in a computer retailer and grocery store, respectively.  How did customers react and treat workers in their space?  

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with Dr. Randy Bartlett of City of Bridges High School in Pittsburgh, PA.  We discuss isolation and community creating spaces to be themselves and time traveling in your mind as a teenager. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with Dr. Randy Bartlett of City of Bridges High School in Pittsburgh, PA.  The discussion further dives into being aware of yourself and your community. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with Dr. Randy Bartlett of City of Bridges High School in Pittsburgh, PA.  We investigate what functional things you can get our of high school to help your life.  How do students find agency and voices? Community outreach. 

Jim Ellermeyer invites Dr. Randy Bartlett of City of Bridges High School in Pittsburgh, PA to chat about what the high school is doing at the school to provide a space to develop students aware of social justice and explore.  How do teenagers deal with joys and experiences at that age in their development? How are we helping identity development?  Focusing on learning and recovery happening outside of the classroom and therapy office.  

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike discuss the idea of prayer in mindfulness. We talk about the general hopelessness and forbidding in the last year for individuals around the world. We return to our discussion on discussing dogma and spirituality. Jim recounts his experiences in psychiatric facilities talking with a priest.