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  • 189: Ren Barlow | Melbourne Opera, Literacy Advocacy, And Protecting Your Energy
    • welcome Ren Barlow from Australia to episode 189 of the show
    • this one was recorded on my phone outside a restaurant in Beverly Hills, so the quality is a bit more phone quality with some background sounds from people
    • the associated video for this episode will be at this link
    • she has done work for Melbourne Opera, and done various singing gigs
    • one of her large pushes is for improvement in literacy for children, with literacy being the way for them to grow from their environment
    • she also illustrates children’s books
    • we talked about the importance of protecting your energy and being kind
    • a bit as well about books and a book recommendation
    • glad to have had her~
    • 11 min
    • 188: Farnoosh Brock | The Serving Mindset, Life Coaching, Juicing, And Yoga
      • welcome guest Farnoosh to episode 188 of the show~
      • I met Farnoosh early on in the blogging days, with her site Prolific Living
      • From her bio, “Farnoosh Brock went from electrical engineer and rising leader at a Fortune 100 to business coach, entrepreneur and CEO of her company, which she runs today with her husband. In her coaching work, she shows business owners, professionals, entreprenuers and leaders to choose serving over selling in order to build deep trust with their customers and profitable sustainable businesses for their employees and the future. In addition to her latest book, The Serving Mindset: Stop Selling and Grow Your Business (2018), she is the creator of Crack the Code to Get Promoted, an advancement leadership course for corporate professionals as well as the author of The Healthy Juicer’s Bible (2013), The Healthy Smoothie Bible (2014), and The Big Book of Healing Drinks (2019). Find out more at  www.farnooshbrock.com.”
      • we discussed her book that released November 6th, called The Serving Mindset, which is about being of service to build your business instead of attempting to sell to grow it
      • knowing about objections from customers, and your own pricing, is very important to maintaining and building your business
      • some topics about sales and value were included
      • we also covered bits on juicing and her yoga practice
      • glad to have her on the show~
      • 37 min
      • 187: Melissa Souza | Celebrity Styling, Clients, Personality, And Kindness
        • welcome celebrity stylist Melissa Souza to the show on episode 187
        • from her bio, she “is an established celebrity, editorial, and commercial stylist, and is the owner/founder of Haven Street Style Studio”
        • we talked about a variety of topics including her abilities and skills
        • discussed fashion and our time at Los Angeles fashion week, including some of the shows she liked
        • a bit about personality and features of Melissa’s
        • there was some material about kindness and its value in public discourse
        • her assistant Charmina joined in with a message about how to conduct onesself in life
        • You can find her material on her website
        • glad to have her on the show~
        • 48 min
        • 186: Jackfruit Effort, Doing Things Yourself, And Halloween Festivity
          • welcome to the episode known as #186
          • the topic of putting effort to open jackfruit
          • it’s not easy to eat like a banana, but worth it, like life
          • you get value out of trying things yourself
          • there are those moments of high effort where time stops
          • the more of these you work with, the better prepared you are
          • life is not light, and your ability to respond is key
          • Halloween is here and many will dress up and be creative
          • festivities in West Hollywood and across the lands
          • P.S. – guest post by Gary on the blog
          • 11 min
          • 185: Lara Zvirbulis: Mental Health, Improv And People Connection
            • Zvirby up in the building for episode 185
            • we went over the topic of mental health and concern for others
            • La talked about her helping of homeless people
            • She had made a care package for an individual she will find~
            • La has done improv and performs regularly
            • we tried doing an improv bit together but I am more about doing comedy improvically, which is different
            • discussed connection of people, and how we can reach out to others
            • we went over books we know of, and she liked You Are A Badass as well
            • glad to have La Zvirby on the show
            • 57 min
            • 184: The Return Of Los Angeles Fashion Week, And The People
              • Los Angeles Fashion Week is upon the Majestic Downtown in LA
              • The event continues its tradition of bringing together fashion, styles, models, designers, art, and people
              • I have seen some key individuals at the event including painter Crystal from episode 135 of the show
              • As well, Robby of future episode number ? had set up the event once more with assistance from others
              • Dancer and model Rayna from episode 140 up in the place and brought the flair
              • I like seeing people and meeting new people
              • I met another individual also named Crystal
              • May the fashion week continue to go smoothly with stylish shows of people with thematic ensembles
              • 12 min
              • 183: One Year Of The Armen Show
                • hello and welcome to episode to episode 183 of the show
                • it has been one year since I started the podcast on October 6, 2018
                • it is good to signify changing moments in time
                • we have had many guests and topics and series of discussions
                • on the way is continued science, guests, and happenings
                • there may be a more structured form of the show to happen
                • we look at making our own building among the other ones
                • glad to have had you all listening and joining thus far
                • to more~
                • 11 min
                • 182: Donald Barrett | Video Game Design, Adversity, And Church
                  • welcome Donald on episode 182 of the show
                  • discussed his entry into the video game design world
                  • you can find this individual at Insomniac Games
                  • we talked about adversity and what it can lead to
                  • the challenges from before lead to the strength of now
                  • included some content on relationships and/or relating with others
                  • socializing is a theme we brought up about reaching out
                  • we went over some books that Donald liked to read
                  • also Donald’s church-going and his interest in faith
                  • glad to have Donald up on the show
                  • 55 min
                  • 181: Character Building, Food Places, Simulation, And Self-Quotes
                    • 181 in the building
                    • character building with small efforts
                    • you have to live up to your own mini-goals
                    • also talked about food places that I have gone to
                    • some of the popular places to eat
                    • simulation theory concepts
                    • if in a simulation, we are not able to even go out of bounds
                    • make your own quotes
                    • you don’t need to be checking other’s quotes
                    • Los Angeles is not light
                    • 15 min
                    • 180: The Conversational Backpack As Your Toolkit For Socializing
                      • welcome to episode 180 on the show~
                      • this one inspired by idea from Mary M
                      • the conversational backpack is your way to connect with others
                      • you have your toolkit to work with
                      • you can bring variety, change in tone, and spontaneity
                      • you don’t want to be limited to one or two things when talking
                      • sticking to one tone will bore the other person at some point
                      • we want to be flowing and weaving like a river
                      • 12 min

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