Fishing Without Bait

Jim Ellermeyer  continues his conversations with our friend Katie Dudas about dealing with breast cancer over the last year.  We talk about how she dealt with depression, participating in some young adult breast cancer groups and finding common ground, the treatments she went through, her experience receiving radiation, going through this process without health insurance and how she used apps to help navigate anxiety with mindfulness practices. Follow Katie’s Cancer Journey on her Instagram Account by following @katemariepgh. You can also see her as a weekly contributor at www.AwesomeCast.com. Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back our friend Katie Dudas, who has been recovering from breast cancer since our last conversation.  We talk about the shock of the first phone call about the diagnosis on Christmas Eve 2019, reacting after just gone through the process with her mother’s breast cancer, contending with losing her job, and insurance, just days prior, the therapy process, attempting to continue to work with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the development of the Covid-19 Pandemic just as she was starting to reveal her diagnosis.  Follow Katie’s Cancer Journey on her Instagram Account by following @katemariepgh. You can also see her as a weekly contributor at www.AwesomeCast.com. Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

James Ellermeyer continues his conversation with pro wrestler Jayce Karr as we chat about how he determined to pursue his dream to become a pro wrestlers after recovery, what it takes to start training in the Iron City Wrestling Academy under Chris LeRusso, paying your dues, the background of alcohol use professional wrestling and how he hopes to lead by example.  Listen to last week’s episode where we talked about Jayce Karr’s path down addiction and recovery. You can follow Jayce Karr on Twitter (@thejaycekarr), Facebook, and Instagram (@jayce_karr) Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

James Ellermeyer welcomes pro wrestlers Jayce Karr as we begin discuss how his path through addiction and recovery transpired, how he succeeded, if only for a brief time, while coping and how it fell a part.  We discuss battling with relapses, and more as he found his path to work in behavior therapy and professional wrestling. Tune in next week as we continue our conversation with Jayce Karr about what it takes to become a professional wrestler and debut during a pandemic. You can follow Jayce Karr on Twitter (@thejaycekarr), Facebook, and Instagram (@jayce_karr) Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

James Ellermeyer welcomes illustrator David Pohl to discuss his time working on Mr Rogers Neighborhood with Fred Rogers as a scenic artist, what that entailed, how he got the job with his persistence, his experiences and discussion with Mr Rogers, his influence, how his own father had influenced people as a school teacher, and more!  Check out our previous episode 274 where we talked with David Pohl about his path into becoming a career artist. David Pohl’s work can be found at www.davidpohl.com.  You can also follow David on Instagram at @houseofpingting Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

James Ellermeyer welcomes illustrator David Pohl to discuss his adventure into creativity, his current work as a collage artist, influences of Dr. Seuss and grandfather, cartoons and comic books, perceptions via Archie comics and Mad Magazine, when do children shed creativity, contending with doubters about his career choice, planting his feet finally in Pittsburgh, working with the Atlantic Monthly, a serious burn injury, juggling being a musician as an escape from his art and exploring meditation. Stay tuned for the next episode as we talk with David about his time working on Mr Rogers Neighborhood! David Pohl’s work can be found at www.davidpohl.com.  You can also follow David on Instagram at @houseofpingting Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

James Ellermeyer welcomes back clairvoyant Santina Grace to discuss guardian angels, both share their own experiences after a ski accident,  becoming in tune with our chakras and inner energy, quantum physics, proof of an afterlife, and more!   Santina Grace is a self described Intuitive, Psychic, Medium, and Healer. To reach out to us via our contact form at www.FishingWithoutBait.com. You can also find out more about Santina’s classes at www.themillvalehouse.com and www.innerrootspgh.com. Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

James Ellermeyer welcomes back clairvoyant Santina Grace as we discuss about the human experience during the pandemic, perspective, how some people may be empathic and not know it, precognitive dreams,  our primal instincts adapting to modern life, and active meditation. Santina Grace is a self described Intuitive, Psychic, Medium, and Healer. To reach out to us via our contact form at www.FishingWithoutBait.com. You can also find out more about Santina’s classes at www.themillvalehouse.com and www.innerrootspgh.com. Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with our friend Liss Victory about helping themselves and others, including Jim’s own place as a practicing Quaker and buddhist philosophies, the Pope, Hinduism, and more! You can experience Liss Victory’s music at www.LissVictory.com and follow her live streams for music and news by following Liss Victory on Facebook and Youtube! Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with our friend Liss Victory in New York City as we talk about hopefulness, dealing with depression and the feeling of “doom” circulating in the world, separating conspiracy with fact in her News Podcast project, The BROAD Cast News, in the case of the pandemic, her conservative roots, and how not taking care of herself hinders her ability to help others.  You can experience Liss Victory’s music at www.LissVictory.com and follow her live streams for music and news by following Liss Victory on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lissvictorymusic) and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/c/LissVictory/videos)! Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer is checking in with our friend Liss Victory in New York City to talk about her continued experience during the pandemic, the state of mind, or zeitgeist, of the city compared to Pittsburgh and Erie, PA, what it takes to make a move like this, visualizing what you want to do, and the action and effort to accomplish your goals.  You can experience Liss Victory’s music at www.LissVictory.com and follow her live streams for music and news by following Liss Victory on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lissvictorymusic) and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/c/LissVictory/videos)! Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer dials in to check in on Producer Mike as he’s been traveling across the country to reunite with his wife as part of his mother’s retirement trip during one of the most tumultuous times in the country.  What has been that experience of “connecting the in between” spaces of the country.  Sorg Across America Day 1 Video  (https://youtu.be/Utyp5mFGWaU) #SorgsAcrossAmerica on Twitter  (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Sorgsacrossamerica&src=typed_query) The Wicket Tracker on Google Earth  (https://earth.google.com/web/data=MicKJQojCiExVXNBN0dmN3c2VkRDM1FoNlIyMEU0RGZuWmRvNmJOc3Q6AwoBMA?authuser=0) Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike come from the pre-election past to discuss about the different between concern and worry as well as the methods that work for YOU to be successful in addiction recovery, wanting quick solutions, and the comfortable answers.  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer his conversation with fellow counselor Gloria Rodriguez-Ransom as they discuss the disparities among minorities in the mental health system, the stereotypes that she sees with the latin community, stubbornness, stigmas in medication, the places in Pittsburgh that can help the bilingual population in mental health, the importance of self care and the difficulty in taking their own advice as counselors, coping with “Americanizing” of immigrant children in the family, how can you be an ally as a white person in your community.  Resources for Pittsburgh bilingual population assistance: Casa San Jose East Liberty Family Healthcare CenterLatino Community Center  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by fellow counselor Gloria Rodriguez-Ransom as we discuss her upbringing as a Puerto Rican in Pittsburgh, her development growing up, the cultural shift, defining “latino” and where Puerto Ricans fall into the mix, and white privilege.  Resources for Pittsburgh bilingual population assistance: Casa San Jose East Liberty Family Healthcare CenterLatino Community Center  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his chat with Equine Therapy practitioner, Shanna Aughenbaugh, as we learn about her entrance into the Equine therapy world and how the Equine Assisted Psychotherapy had developed, what a session would look like for the participant, working with youth and patients with autism, finding where she belongs, taking risks in her life as a first generation college student, and more!  Check out our first part of this discussion Shanna on Episode 263! Learn more about what Shanna Aughenbaugh is doing in Equine Therapy at www.divineinteractionsefw.com and via Namaste Holistic Counseling at www.namasteholisticcounseling.com Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by a self proclaimed “Christian Cowgirl” and Equine Therapy practitioner, Shanna Aughenbaugh, as we discuss how she connected with horses in her life, how they respond to people, horses as herd animals, her faith,  learning to ride, losing her first horse suddenly, and her support system who encouraged her to stay in the horse world.  Stay tuned for part 2 of our conversation with Shanna next week as we discuss Equine Therapy further.   Learn more about what Shanna Aughenbaugh is doing in Equine Therapy at www.divineinteractionsefw.com and via Namaste Holistic Counseling at www.namasteholisticcounseling.com Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are discussing dealing some of the current events as we enter a month from a very heated election including the concept of “gaslighting ‘. How is this concept being used on a grand scale, or more localized to break down an individual. gas·light /ˈɡaslīt/ verb gerund or present participle: gaslighting manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity. Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer is back and celebrating 22 years of sobriety as we reflect on the point where he finally accepted and received help with his obsession to use drugs and alcohol.  We discuss the 12 step program’s influence in his success, giving advice to others who are not accepting, willingness to change, telling his mother he was going to get help, the one individual that helped him with tough love and choosing to help others.  Further reading  The Doctor's Opinion: The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous Study Guide: Study Guide That Explores Solutions For Alcoholics And Drug Addicts  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!

Jim Ellermeyer is giving some STRAIGHT TALK as we discuss our “3 AM Friends”, why do we feel obligated, love, sympathy, interpretation, connecting with other humans.  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!