Fishing Without Bait

Jim Ellermeyer takes us through the next 3 steps of the 12 Step Program including taking a moral inventory of your life, your resentments, being selfish or dishonest in an emotional relationship with another, working with a trusted person, and more!  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer takes us through the first 3 steps of the 12 Step Program from admitting your powerlessness over your addiction and identifying that with your authentic self, believing in a higher power and converting that into faith, and deciding to turn your life over to this higher power, and paying attention on purpose.  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Christopher Whitlatch concludes his discussion about dealing with bipolar disorder with Jim Ellermeyer with a discussion on listening, how his experience feels like a Tilt a Whirl, the symptoms to look for and how to start moving in the direction for treatment. Check out Chris’s story here: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.whitlatch/videos/10213769965455953/ You can also explore Chris Whitlatch’s Into Pittsburgh series on PCTV 21 ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHK1iDY4pk&list=PL4ckBngJbpZLR3V9xlK7kI5E6z5glNFKZ  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Christopher Whitlatch continues his discussion about dealing with bipolar disorder with Jim Ellermeyer including having the strength to accept help, the importance of having his partner in sessions from time to time and understanding what it is and what it isn’t when people think about mental illness.    Check out Chris’s story here: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.whitlatch/videos/10213769965455953/ You can also explore Chris Whitlatch’s Into Pittsburgh series on PCTV 21 ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHK1iDY4pk&list=PL4ckBngJbpZLR3V9xlK7kI5E6z5glNFKZ  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Christopher Whitlatch joins Jim Ellermeyer to discuss his decision to discuss his experiences with bipolar disorder as part of ConCamo at a story telling event. Chris discusses getting the bravery to talk about it with his professional background, initially seeking treatment, what the disease feels like and “chasing the tiger” and more.  Check out Chris’s story here: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.whitlatch/videos/10213769965455953/ You can also explore Chris Whitlatch’s Into Pittsburgh series on PCTV 21 ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHK1iDY4pk&list=PL4ckBngJbpZLR3V9xlK7kI5E6z5glNFKZ  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer is on location getting a new tattoo of our Podcast logo at the Velvet Tail Tattoo with Lindsey “LP” Potter.  Jim talks with us about the meaning behind that logo,and LP chats with us about relationships and how she handles those that  may be making a wise mind decision.  Find more of Lindsey's work at www.instagram.com/lp_inks/ ! Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his discussion with Sasha Zeleznik about Equine Therapy. How did we connect a horse to therapy?  What makes them appropriate for this?  How does this help with schizophrenia? What activities are involved interacting with the horse? Links from the show: https://www.pathintl.org/60-resources/efpl/249-eflp-definitions http://www.eagala.org/ http://www.gestaltequineinstitute.com/ http://okcorralseries.com/ You can contact Sasha at sasha.seclairer@gmail.com and through  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by Sasha Zeleznik. We begin our discussion about her background and finding her passion in horses, discovering their emotional reactions, the expectations of being confident leaders, whether they “time travel” and more.   Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio!

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by Dr. Matt Keener to discuss the tools of technology to help people in their lives and to be mindful of what it does, a look at how much technology has changed related to other things in our lives,  setting the rhythm in your life,  and more! 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his discussion with  Dr. Matt Keener to discuss expectations, using technology to break down barriers in your life, understanding the implications of the way we communicate over these new means, applying it to the medical community, and working with adolescents. Dr Matt Keener has been featured on stage at TedX 2013 and as part of Doctors on Demand.  Find out more about Dr. Keener at blackbird.health/drkeener/ Recommended in this episode: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport https://amzn.to/2Ef1oXw  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his chat with author Joshua Tarquinio, author of “The Rogue Mountains”.  We discuss accepting your creative “gifts”, arrogance vs confidence, the next book, and big advice for aspiring authors.  You can find out more about The Rogue Mountains at www.theroguemountains.com   You can purchase the book here: http://amzn.to/2FLbpkk  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his chat with author Joshua Tarquinio, author of “The Rogue Mountains”.  We discuss his background and interests that led to the themes in this project, challenging audiences with content, and how to restart a project.   You can find out more about The Rogue Mountains at www.theroguemountains.com   You can purchase the book here: http://amzn.to/2FLbpkk  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio!

This week Jim Ellermeyer is joined by author Joshua Tarquinio, author of “The Rogue Mountains”.  Joshua discusses the challenges of getting the word out about your self published book, making real choices (like writing a novel), developing characters in his book, and more as we discuss his book, dealing with characters and monsters after a supposed apocalypse.  You can find out more about The Rogue Mountains at www.theroguemountains.com   You can purchase the book here: http://amzn.to/2FLbpkk  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues to chat with writer and poet Sheena Carroll as they discuss “buying the ticket” to help herself, her mindful action plan, her influences with witchcraft, it’s closeness to nature and energy, the magic of speaking what we created.  Sheena also discusses working with Girls Write Pittsburgh and showing others how to explore their talents.  You can find more of Sheena Carroll's work online on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/akamissmacross/). Read her blog at magicalgirlcafe.blog and check out Girls Write Pittsburgh at www.girlswritepittsburgh.com !  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues to chat with writer and poet Sheena Carroll as they discuss her interests in Spacecraft, which both fascinates and scares her, giant robots and dinosaurs, her “Miss Macross” moniker from Robotech.  We also discuss comfort zones and escaping them.  We discuss her blog and writing and the concept of “Life Fatigue” and our use of our time. Mecha Depression Fest dealing with stress and making the decision to make a change.  Read more about “Mecha Depression Fest” here: https://magicalgirlcafe.blog/2017/11/21/mecha-depression-fest-2k17-an-overview/ You can find more of Sheena Carroll's work online on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/akamissmacross/). Read her blog at magicalgirlcafe.blog and check out Girls Write Pittsburgh at www.girlswritepittsburgh.com !  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer is joined this week by writer and poet Sheen Caroll to discuss her inspirations creativity to getting into writing, taking control of her focus into writing, dissociating ourselves with our active lives, and shares some of her work.  You can find more of Sheena Carroll's work online on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/akamissmacross/).  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Michael Sorg discuss the distraction of money in our lives. What happens if money is a barrier to our life goals? What happens if you keep the receipts for everything you buy in a month and look at them?  How do you change your thinking on how you use your money. How can we declutter our life?  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by co-producer of the show Missy Sorg to discuss how the show has helped in her life, what we can learn from the terminally ill children asked how they wish they had more time for, what we spend with the people who matter in our lives. We look back at the concept of the “ikigai” to find our purpose. Hecter Garcia - "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life" Doctor Asks Terminally Ill Kids What Gave Their Life Meaning: 'No One Loves Me Like My Mummy' ~ HuffingtonPost.com Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher! Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu.

We continue our discussion with Singer/songwriter Jasmine Tate and Jim Ellermeyer as we ask Jasmine the qualifications she looks for in other people, becoming a leader in Artisans, modeling behavior, those that produce art for therapy and change, and a special performance of “Coming Alive.” Read “What I Learned From The Grammys” on Jasmine’s blog! https://www.jasminetate.com/single-post/2017/02/13/What-I-Learned-From-The-Grammys Jasemine Tate is Singer/Songwriter, Blogger, Leader, and Speaker spreading her message.  You can follow her music and writings at JasmineTate.com and follow @jasminetatertot on Twitter and Instagram.  Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher!  Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu. 

We continue our discussion with Singer/songwriter Jasmine Tate and Jim Ellermeyer as we discuss further her story praying with teenagers at a McDonald’s. They discuss their own experiences with prayer and it’s purpose, time traveling and self validation, and more. Jasemine Tate is Singer/Songwriter, Blogger, Leader, and Speaker spreading her message. You can follow her music and writings at JasmineTate.com and follow @jasminetatertot on Twitter and Instagram. Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher! Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio! Intro music: “Life” by Tobu.