Our guest this week is Rich Johns. Retired school teacher, tennis coach and storyteller. Coach Johns taught and coached for Saratoga Springs High School, here in the 5-1-8. We get the serve right into what Rich does and why. It’s that you Act with Respect Always. It’s the power of I & I.

Be it burned out buildings of an industrial collapse or the beautiful landscape of an open green space. Our rooms can hold different views just by opening a different window. The boundaries of wisdom lie within the the solitude of kingdom.

Our awesome guest this week is Lisa Scott. Lisa is a masters level licensed professional counselor and creator of the What’s Next w/Lisa podcast. A podcast about managing life for all us humans.

Your toxic inner core belief will pollute every garden you try to plant. Cultivating that garden will reinforce negative seeds. Our guest this week is Vicki Savini. She is a 5-1-8 resident and a mother, teacher, author, writer and coach. She is helping us pull the weeds.

Stigma is a negative mark or brand. Stigma can be a wall that blocks people from connecting. It can change our perspective about others and ourselves. It causes judgment and toxicity and often, shame.

Dr. Holly Schonberger DC is a Chiropractor who specializes in Network Spinal Analysis (NSA). This is a form of chiropractic work founded by Donny Epstein. It is a light and gentle technique that focuses on connecting with the central nervous system in order to free tension around the spine that is causing misalignment.

Gabor Mate says that hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. The action of escaping pain leads us to additional pain. Pain will lead us to seek comfort in whatever substance, action, idea or pattern we’ve learned to cope with life. Addiction is an avoidance that became a hinderance. What are we avoiding? Why are we avoiding? Like a moth to flame we are attracted to the light. Addictions are the fires. Our hurt is the kindling.

This week we are joined by Tatiana Gjergji. She is the Founder & President of Noteworthy Resources of Albany NY. Noteworthy Resources is located at 247 Lark Street 2nd Floor, Albany NY 12210. NWR hosts educational workshops, empowerment meet-ups along with support to individuals & their families throughout the Capital District here in New York. Tatiana facilitates workshops, support groups and teaches skateboarding lessons for beginners.

The waters of trauma, abandonment, self sabotage, grief can drag you under. If you drink that water it can not just make you sick. It can drown you. If there is blood in the water you can cause a vicious attack or a feeding frenzy. Don't drink the water, be like water.  Water is the most versatile resource we have. It can water our crops or cut through the hardest walls. It will always find the path of least resistance.To survive life waters you learn to surf or build a boat.

Jaime Fabroa is a suicide loss survivor, attempt survivor and shares her gift of loss with the world. Her purpose is to break the stigma surrounding suicide and standing tall to dispel the myths.