Welcome to episode 23 of Women you are not alone podcast. Today’s episode is on decluttering.  We talk mostly about how clutter grows on its own over the years, how each of us declutters. We even talk a little bit about why we keep all this stuff.  Please join my co-hosts today, Dianne Boettcher, Michelle Hillmeyer, Angela Middleton, Synthia Stanton Jones, Christine Mallory and Saundra King-Lee.  Come join us and find out you are not the only one with multiple moving stickers on boxes. 

Welcome to episode 22 of Women you are not alone podcast. It is a new year and we thought we would discuss how each of us approach planning for 2022.  We talk about our word for the year, priorities and give a hint about an upcoming episode.  Please welcome with me, Jan Hamby, Diane Boettcher, Saundra King, Susan Sherman and Angela Middleton. 

We often confuse "BUSYNESS" and "BUSINESS".  The former speaks to fodder that clogs our senses and distracts.  The latter speaks to posture and purpose.  When you are about business, your whole being aligns and shifts to a greater purpose and you allow nothing to take you off course.  When have busyness, anything that comes your way is fair game.  Sometimes, we allow busyness to come our way because there is something deeper we are avoiding--being alone; inner feelings of sadness or depression; or spiritual, not being where we should and not wanting to deal with truth.  There is a grace that comes with handling a loaded schedule associated with business.  Most times people focused on business will even carve out time for self-care.  But busyness is a downward spiral. 

Our last episode was on trust.  So we decided to take this episode one step further and talk about trusting yourself. I think you will find it interesting that all of us tended to trust others before ourselves early in our careers. We talk about how and when in our lives we started trusting ourselves more.  Please welcome with me today Michelle, Sindy and Angela.

We directed this towards new people that need to build trust in their organization.  Being out in the organization and being approachable are key.  Get to know the people who work for you and make your expectations clear.  Knowing your job, knowing your people and communicate. That is what builds trust!

Welcome to episode 18 of Women you are not alone podcast. We have added 2 new guests to our panel Saundra King an Army Veteran and Deloris Gibney an Air Force Veteran.    We recorded this on September 12.  This is because several us lost shipmates in the Pentagon on the 11th and it was just too hard to do this before that date.    We Talked about all aspects of grief and resiliency.  Part of our discussion surrounded why the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 was harder for us than some of the past.  We spent some time on how we grieve and how the mourning process is different for each of us.  We also talked about some resources that will be on our resource page.  Welcome to Podcast 18 on Grief

We felt very strongly that it was time to talk about Afghanistan.  If you or someone you know is struggling please call the National Crisis Hotline at 800-273-TALK (8255). As Diane said, you don’t have to be suicidal to call them – just struggling.  For additional resources reach out to https://hiddenheroes.org/news/lean-on-us/  .  Additionally I would like to give a shout out to  Theresa Carpenter and her Stories of Service Podcast on Utube. If you like our show, I am sure you will enjoy her podcast also.  If you would like to join us live.  Please go to https://womenyouarenotalone.com  and scroll to the bottom of the page where you can send us a note  We would love to have you.  Also we are working very hard to get 500 downloads by the end of August, so if you think of ANYBODY who might find the podcast helpful please send them a link. If you don’t know how to do that – send us a note – we will help you figure it out.

Ever had something that was not meant for others to hear.  Well apparently that was what our first hour  was today, because we were not recording.  We had the most amazing conversations, but apparently the world was not ready for all of that yet.  So we spent the next hour trying to get some of that conversation back and decided to do some more in depth conversations in the future so stay tuned.

My amazing hosts this week were Angela Middleton, Chris Mallory, Trish Neville, Susan Sherman and Michelle Hillmeyer. 

Thank you for listening to Episode 16.  Our next few episodes will be on “those damn hormones”, pain and depression, death and being strong and courageous enough to step back. 

If you would like to join us. Please go to https://womenyouarenotalone.com  and scroll to the bottom of the page where you can contact us to join us.  We would love to have you.  Also we are working very hard to get 500 downloads by the end of August, and we are REALLY CLOSE so if you think of ANYBODY who might find the prodcast interesting please send them a link. And if you don’t know how to send a link – contact us and we can figure it out together. 

An interesting discussion where we talk about all sorts of things.  Judgment and social media.  Everyone has an opinion, when do you get involved - or do you?    Do we even listen to others?

These days it seems that we are always judging each other.  So I thought a series on judgement would be useful.  Speaking of judging our next taping will be on mental health.  I and others will share their experiences and we will discuss the stigma's and fears around mental health.