Jim Ellermeyer is rejoined by singer/songwriter Tim Vitullo to talk about discovering his road to a talented musician and building confidence.  How did it start to make sense when it seems like “everyone” plays a little bit of guitar. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are discussing “leveling up” your life just like Mike’s video games.  How are you building on yourself in your life? How are you gaining experience points? How are you making decisions on facts and not your version of experiences. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are reflecting on their journey with the Fishing Without Bait Podcast and why we’re here. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are back together as we discuss dealing with disappointment and the defense mechanisms we develop. How do we set expectations with ourselves and others? 

Jim Ellermeyer wraps up his chat with author and former combat sports fighter Vinnie Borelli !  We talk about pushing outside the comfort zone, what you resist persists, that first date with his wife, almost passing from MRSA, and motivation.

Jim Ellermeyer continues his chat with author and former combat sports fighter Vinnie Borelli !  We continue our talk about fear and motivation.  Vinnie talks about building the pillars and the pitfalls of Social Media and negative people around you.  How do you start the day with positively and set the tone in life and in the ring. Preparation, choice, and discipline.

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes author and former combat sports fighter Vinnie Borelli to the show! We talk about his rough upbringing as a child of Italian immigrants in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood.  We discuss losing his sister at a young age, heading down a path of pain and anger, asking why we’re waiting to be happy and the fear of failure. 

Jim Ellermeyer wraps his chat Thalia Gray from Pittsburgh Healing Arts who practices in Chinese medicine.  We talk about beginner’s mind, exploring the unknown, including how she got to Eastern Medicine and the future, chakra “energy reservoirs”, and their work environment. 

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes Thalia Gray from Pittsburgh Healing Arts who practices in Chinese medicine. We discuss and show (for our video version) the needles used to get people comfortable with acupuncture. How does it change the electromagnetic currents in the body and how do we determine someone who can benefit from the practice?

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes Thalia Gray from Pittsburgh Healing Arts who practices in Chinese medicine.  We talk about her journey in medical writing and background in archeology before finding her way to her practice. 

Jim Ellermeyer concludes his conversation Dr Fred Moss of WelcomeToHumanity.net as they discuss living well and what to do if you find you are doing harm and serial apologists. Fear stemming from our fear of death. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation Dr Fred Moss of WelcomeToHumanity.net as they discuss “I don’t know”, being heard, the 12 step world, joy as a mindset, separating from the medicine mindset and authentic listening.

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes Dr Fred Moss to the show.  Dr Fred discusses his transition from Dr Moss to Dr Fred and going from prescription writing to “undiagnosing” people and learning about communication and bringing it back to psychiatry. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his discussion with breast cancer survivor Katie “Dudders” Dudas to the show for an update.  What did she do to cope.  What were the biggest helping things people could do for her during the time.  Realizing she had a bucket list.  Her experience with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Pro Wrestling. With all of the changes to herself, how has she kept the fun in her life? How had this expanded her mindset to live life and take care of herself. 

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back breast cancer survivor Katie “Dudders” Dudas to the show for an update.  We discuss the early days when she was disclosing her diagnosis, how working with her care team gave her the information she needed to process, looking back on the process of dealing with being immunocompromised as Covid 19 was beginning to take hold, returning to normalcy after both Covid scare and recovery, and accepting the victories in this process.

This week we go back in our time machine to Episode 305!

Jim Ellermeyer is fresh back from Florida and discussing acceptance based on the Tweet of the Day.  How do you deal with uncertainty and the unpredictable in your day to day?  Jim and Producer Mike discuss issues around air travel that they had to handle recently. 

Jim Ellermeyer is talking about dealing with aggressive reactions in social media and in personal relationships and delivering an opposite emotion reaction. 

This week we go WAY BACK in our time machine to Episode 8!

This week we’re looking back at another of our favorite classic chats with David Pohl!