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The MindShift Show with Pamela E. BloomfieldYou’re Right On Time – Trusting the Timing of Your TransformationWelcome to Your Transformation Journey with Pamela Bloomfield!In today’s heart-centered episode, Pamela reminds us of a truth that too many women forget: You’re not behind. You’re not late. You’re right on time.Whether you're an empty nest mom feeling uncertain, a professional woman navigating midlife changes, or simply someone longing for more purpose and joy—this episode is a gentle yet powerful message to trust the timing of your life.Pamela shares personal stories, coaching insight, and soulful encouragement for anyone who...2025-05-1601 minThe MindShift Show with Pamela E. BloomfieldMaternal Health After 40 – A Must-Have ConversationWelcome to Your Transformation Journey with Pamela Bloomfield!This episode is a powerful call to all dynamic, devoted women over 40—especially those navigating midlife, motherhood, and the empty nest transition. Whether you’re a businesswoman, professional, or lifelong nurturer, it’s time to put your well-being and purpose front and center.Join Pamela as she dives deep into the conversation we don’t have enough: Maternal Health After 40—not just physical health, but emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Learn how your life can flourish with aligned goals, renewed passions, and a road...2025-05-0909 min
Art + AudienceEp. 20: Mixing Family & Business: The Story of Gingiber’s Growth with Angie ClassenIn this special season finale, Stacie sits down with someone very close to her heart—her sister, Angie Classen. Many people know Stacie as the face of Gingiber and Learn with Stacie Bloomfield, but behind the scenes, Angie is an essential part of the team. Together, they share the journey of working as sisters, growing a thriving art business, and the lessons they've learned about trust, resilience, and navigating the challenges of running a company with family. This heartfelt conversation is filled with wisdom for creatives looking to build sustainable businesses—especially those who may be hesitant to ask for...2025-02-0729 min
Art + AudienceEp. 14: The Joy in Art: How Shelly Kim Turned Burnout into OpportunityIn this episode, Stacie welcomes the vibrantly passionate Shelly Kim, the artist behind Letters by Shells. Shelly shares her incredible journey from discovering art as a stress-relief hobby to building a thriving business that has embraced a multitude of creative outlets, including lettering, digital art, and DIY projects. Discover how Shelly navigated periods of burnout, found joy in artistic exploration, and learned the invaluable lesson of outsourcing to sustain her passion. Today on Art + Audience: Shelly’s Art Origin Story: How art transformed from a simple hobby into a full-fledged career. Initially, Shelly beg...2024-11-1222 min
Art + AudienceEp. 01: What is Art + Audience?In this first episode of ‘Art + Audience’, Stacie kicks off with a fun and heartfelt introduction. She delves into the often-glorified journey of building an art business, candidly sharing the struggles, failures, and triumphs that shaped her path. Through this podcast, Stacie aims to demystify the process of growing an audience and creating a sustainable art career, offering transparency, encouragement, and practical advice. Today on Art + Audience: Introduction to Stacie Bloomfield: Stacie introduces herself, sharing her background as an artist and entrepreneur. She started selling nursery art on Etsy in 2009 and now runs a mul...2024-06-1122 minThe MindShift Show with Pamela E. BloomfieldNavigating Life As An Empty Nester - Part 2Welcome to The MindShift Show! I'm your host, Pamela Bloomfield, dedicated to helping professional women over 40 streamline their to-do lists to gain more personal time while fulfilling their responsibilities. Thank you for joining me on today's episode as we discuss navigating life as an empty nester. With college season upon us, many of you may be facing this transition for the first time, feeling a mix of emotions.As someone who has experienced this transformative phase twice, I empathize with you. The empty nest—a term that evokes both deep thought and a tinge of melancholy—is a ch...2024-06-0608 minThe MindShift Show with Pamela E. BloomfieldThe Unscripted Life Of An Empty Nester - For Professional Women Over 40The Unscripted Life Of An Empty Nester - For Professional Women Over 40 Welcome to "The Unscripted Life," where I, Pamela Bloomfield, delve into the transformative journey of life as an empty nester for professional women over 40. In this heartfelt episode, I share my personal experiences of transitioning to an empty nest, exploring the emotional and psychological impacts of this life stage. Together, we will uncover practical strategies for rediscovering your purpose, reigniting your passions, and embracing this new chapter with confidence and joy. I also provide valuable insights on maintaining and nurturing relationships with adult children and p...2024-05-3010 min
Politics and Policy on the PotomacMartin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial TimesMark Bloomfield welcomes Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at Financial Times, about his new book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. Former Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers, who kicked off our webinar series, called Martin Wolf “the world’s preeminent financial journalist.” Ben Bernanke, Nobel Prize-winning former chair of the Federal Reserve wrote, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism is "an excellent thought-provoking synthesis of his views on democratic capitalism and how to fix it.” Martin Wolf is also the author of Why Globalization Works and The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve Learned—and Have Still to Learn fro...2024-03-2851 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacMichael J. Graetz, Professor Emeritus at Columbia and Yale Law SchoolsMark Bloomfield welcomes Michael J. Graetz, Professor Emeritus at Columbia and Yale Law Schools, on his latest book, The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America.Michael J. Graetz is a leading authority on tax politics and policy. He served in the US Treasury’s Office of tax Policy and is the coauthor of many books including Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth. Graetz received the Tax Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his "outsized impact on the tax policy community." 2024-03-0738 min
The Mindset MapThe Resilient Mindset Series - Ep2: Rachel Barber "Work with your brain not against it!"Liked this episode? Or have a suggestion for a future episode? Send me a text!"Work with your brain, not against it!"Welcome back to The Resilient Mindset Series.I believe a resilient mindset is one of the key elements to a successful business owner, if not THE most important, so what exactly is a resilient mindset? How can we develop one? And why is just so important?In this series of podcast episodes, each month I am going to be interviewing a truly inspiring female business owner who...2024-02-2757 minThe Mindset MapThe Resilient Mindset Series - Ep1. Naomi Holbrook: "We all have the power to change our story"Liked this episode? Or have a suggestion for a future episode? Send me a text!"We all have the power to change our story"Welcome to a brand new series of The Mindset Map Podcast - The Resilient Mindset Series. I believe a resilient mindset is one of the key elements to a successful business owner, if not THE most important, so what exactly is a resilient mindset? How can we develop one? And why is just so important?In this series of podcast episodes, each month I am...2024-01-3044 min
The Splash EffectWhy Meta Ads are NOT the best strategy for your eCommerce brandIf you’ve been in eCommerce, retail and brand building for any amount of time, you’ll know the ongoing advice is that the BEST way to grow your online orders is to scale your Facebook ads.
Or is it?
Common knowledge doesn’t mean best advice, and in my experience over the last 10 years of building brands, scaling your Facebook ads for your brand means two things:
A big top line revenue growth jumpMinimal to zero (and mostly below zero) profit
You probably already know this and have lived through this if you’re...2023-12-2205 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacJay Clayton, former U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionerMark Bloomfield discusses Proxy Advisors with Jay Clayton, Former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Jay Clayton served as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission from May 2017 to December 2020. He is currently a Senior Policy Advisor and Of Counsel to Sullivan & Cromwell. Mr. Clayton’s practice centers on corporate governance and financial regulatory matters, economic policy and government relations, and investigations. For over twenty-five years, Mr. Clayton has advised domestic and international financial institutions, market participants and government officials on various significant strategic matters and policy issues, including the world’s second...2023-12-0733 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacOren Cass, author of "The Once and Future Worker: A vision for the renewal of work in America"Mark Bloomfield welcomes Oren Cass, author of "The Once and Future Worker: A vision for the renewal of work in America." Oren is an opinion writer for the Financial Times and his work has also appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He worked previously as the domestic Policy Director for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, as a management consultant at Bain & Company, and an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Oren is the Executive Director of American Compass, a nonprofit with a focus on markets, workers, their families and communities. Jason Furman, the Cha...2023-11-0757 minThe Mindset MapThe Mindset Map TrailerLiked this episode? Or have a suggestion for a future episode? Send me a text!I bet you've heard people say that 'you already have everything within you to achieve whatever you want to achieve' and if you're anything like me you've probably rolled your eyes at that too! The truth is that the potential of every single one of us is truly and completely limitless but unfortunately it is not as simple as just blind faith and optimism that everything will work out! What we do need is that missing part of the puzzle and that...2023-10-2601 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacH.E. Francisco António Duarte Lopes, Ambassador of Portugal to the United StatesMark Bloomfield welcomes H.E. Francisco António Duarte Lopes, Ambassador of Portugal to the United States.Ambassador Lopes previously served as Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations since 2017. Prior to that, he served at Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon, where he was promoted to the rank of Ambassador in December 2015. Earlier, he was the diplomatic adviser to the Prime Minister.2023-10-2033 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacRobert Lighthizer, former U.S. Trade RepresentativeMark Bloomfield hosts Robert Lighthizer, former United States Trade Representative and author of No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers.Robert Lighthizer served in President Trump’s cabinet as the United States Trade Representative from 2017 to 2021 and was a deputy USTR under President Reagan. He has negotiated dozens of international agreements and practiced trade law for more than forty years. Bob Lighthizer also served as chief minority counsel and later staff director and chief of staff of the Senate Committee on Finance under Chairman Bob Dole.2023-10-1134 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacJohn Taylor, Professor of Economics, Stanford UniversityMark Bloomfield welcomes John B. Taylor, Ph.D., Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Professor Taylor is renowned for his expertise in macroeconomics and monetary policy. He is the author of "The Taylor Rule", an equation linking the Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate to levels of inflation and economic growth. Professor Taylor served as Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs under President George W. Bush and on the Council of Economic Advisers under President Jimmy Carter and President George H.W. Bush. Professor Taylor also served on the Congressional Budget Off...2023-07-0740 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacJason Grumet, CEO of American Clean Power AssociationMark Bloomfield spoke with Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association (ACP) on June 2. ACP is the foremost trade association representing the clean energy industry, with nearly 800 member companies to provide families and businesses with affordable, reliable energy made in the U.S., and powered by American workers. Jason Grumet is respected on both sides of the aisle for his innovative approach to impacting public policy. He joined ACP from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), which he founded and ran as president for 15 years. Grumet brings that same vision and passion to ACP, building on the passage of...2023-06-0129 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacJonathan Capehart, Associate Editor at The Washington PostOn June 1, Mark Bloomfield had a conversation with Jonathan Capehart, a Pulitzer-winning Associate Editor for The Washington Post. Jonathan Capehart has been an opinion writer at The Post since 2007. He was a member of The Post’s editorial board until 2022. He hosts the weekly Post podcast “Capehart” and the weekly Post Live show “First Look,” which is also streamed on Comcast’s Peacock streaming service. At MSNBC, Capehart is the anchor of “The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart,” which debuted on Feb. 18th, and “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart,” which has been on the air since 2020. His MSNBC special “A Promised...2023-06-0128 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacRep. Buddy Carter (R-GA)On May 22, Mark Bloomfield hosted Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) for “A Conversation on the State of Natural Gas Production and the Future of LNG Exports.”A committed public servant, Rep. Carter previously served as the Mayor of Pooler, Georgia and in the Georgia General Assembly where he used his business experience to make government more efficient and responsive to the people. Buddy is serving his fifth term in the United States House of Representatives and is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Budget Committee. He also serves as Vice Chairman...2023-05-221h 00
Bloomfield Presbyterian ChurchRising Hope - Together Forever1Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11 - Rev. Josh Hooker - Evening Service - Talks from the Agape Meal held in Bloomfield Presbyterian Church Hall as part of our Rising Hope Holy Week Services with St. Donard’s Church of Ireland and Bloomfield Methodist Church2023-04-0640 minThe Mindset MapEpisode 16 - International Women's Day SpecialLiked this episode? Or have a suggestion for a future episode? Send me a text!Welcome back to another full-length episode of the Mums' Night Out Podcast! This is a very special episode in celebration of International Women's Day where I select some of the best clips from my #mumbossmonday Instagram lives that I've been doing over the last few weeks over on my Instagram channel @rachelbloomfieldcoaching. This episode contains snippets of my conversations with Charlie Day, Alex Burnside, Sidney Macdonald, Aisling Owens-Nash , Lorna Taylor and Dr Jade Redfern.Mums' Night Out is...2023-03-1056 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacTheodore Boutrous, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP on Climate LitigationMark Bloomfield welcomes Theodore Boutrous, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for a conversation on climate litigation. Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and counsel for Chevron Corporation in the current state and municipal climate lawsuits. He is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.The New York Times has noted, Mr. Boutrous has “a long history of pushing the courts and the public to see the bigger picture on heated issues.” The Am...2023-03-0237 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacH.E. Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the US, on "United Kingdom-American Political & Economic Challenges"Mark Bloomfield hosts "A Conversation on United Kingdom-American Political & Economic Challenges" with H.E. Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the US. Prior to arriving in DC, Ambassador Pierce was the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York since March 2018. Prior to this role, she served as the Director General for Political Affairs and Chief Operating Officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, from 2016.2023-03-0235 minThe Mindset MapEpisode 15 - "I think dolphins have a very good life!!"Liked this episode? Or have a suggestion for a future episode? Send me a text!Welcome back to another full-length episode of the Mums' Night Out Podcast! In this episode we try out some ice-breaker questions that you might want to try on a Mums' Night Out in order to get to know each other a little more and have some fun!! This is a great way to get beyond the small talk so if you want to try out some of these questions with your Mum friends, then you can find the ones we used here.2023-02-2429 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacSebastian Mallaby on "The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future"Mark Bloomfield hosts a conversation with Sebastian Mallaby on his latest book, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future". Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An experienced journalist and public speaker, Mallaby contributes to a variety of publications, including Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and the Financial Times, where he spent two years as a contributing editor.2023-02-2435 min
Wildlife and Photography20 - Keep it localIn our line of work, we have ventured over a lot of the United Kingdom and parts of Africa. We really enjoy going and experiencing new places and wildlife to photograph. The thing about new places is they can be more than a little bit frightening. You don’t know what you have let yourself in for. Is all the time and money you’ve spent going to be worth it?Of course most of the time going somewhere new is worth the effort, but it is impossible to keep going to new places. So we have a fa...2023-02-2326 minWildlife and Photography19 - A year through our kitchen windowsEpisode 19 “A year through our kitchen window” What an odd subject for a podcast you may think. But we will take you through our kitchen windows and into the woods beyond, which are full of wildlife. The wildlife we are privileged to be able to watch day to day. To witness, dramas life and death struggles, going on just outside our kitchen windows. This episode contains a full year of extracts from our wildlife diary where we record the comings and goings in our garden.There has been a wee bit of a break in the regularity of p...2023-01-0950 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacJon Hilsenrath, Editor at The Wall Street Journal, on his new book, Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of UpheavalOn December 1, Mark Bloomfield hosted "A Conversation with Jon Hilsenrath, Editor at The Wall Street Journal, on his new book, Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval." Jon Hilsenrath is a senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, where he has written about economics and finance since 1997. He has worked as a writer and editor in Hong Kong, New York and Washington, D.C. Many of his stories have focused on causes and consequences of economic and financial crises. Jon was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2014 for his coverage of the Federal Reserve; was p...2022-12-0145 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacVince Molinari, Founder and CEO of FINTECH.TVOn October 20, Mark Bloomfield hosted Vince Molinari, Founder and CEO of FINTECH.TV for a conversation about blockchain, digital assets and impact investing. FINTECH.TV is a global media platform bringing you the latest in finance, blockchain, technology, sustainability, impact investing, SDGs, and ESG, with a studio presence at leading international exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and the London Stock Exchange, as well as distribution on Bloomberg Television, CNBC Africa and CNBC Arabia. This is the first of its kind platform featuring young, internationally diverse voices sharing their concerns and needs—framing thei...2022-11-2142 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacStavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to the United StatesMark Bloomfield joins His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States for a Conversation about EU Political and Economic Challenges. Ambassador Lambrinidis has served in his role since March 1, 2019. From 2012 to February 2019, he served as the EU Special Representative for Human Rights. In 2011, Ambassador Lambrinidis was Foreign Affairs Minister of Greece. Between 2004-2011, he was twice elected as a Member of the European Parliament with the Greek Social Democratic Party (PASOK). Ambassador Lambrinidis has also served as Vice-President of the European Parliament (2009-11), Vice-President of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Ho...2022-09-1542 minPolitics and Policy on the PotomacAlan Murray, CEO of Fortune MediaOn June 16, Mark Bloomfield spoke with Alan Murray, CEO of Fortune Media and author of the new book Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business. Alan oversees the business and editorial operations of the independent media company and is known for expanding its digital and conference franchises. He also writes a closely-read daily newsletter for Fortune, CEO Daily. Prior to joining Fortune in 2015, Alan led the rapid expansion of the Pew Research Center’s digital footprint as president of that organization. Before that, Alan was at the Wall Street Journal for many years...2022-06-1624 minWildlife and Photography18 - Our kit recommendations for macro photographyHave you ever stopped and wondered how close-ups of flowers, butterflies, etc., are taken? These pictures are the ones we repeatedly take regularly.Over many years we have tested many bits of equipment. Some have been a help; others have ended up in a box somewhere. In this episode, we will tell you what we carry with us. Why we do it and how we use it. Learn from our successes and failures. You’re going to be surprised by some of the equipment we use. But over the years, we have refined what...2022-05-2741 minWildlife and Photography17 - Trees, myths, legends and the science - Part TwoEpisode 17 part 2 of the wildlife and photography podcast “Trees, myths legends and the science”. We continue where Episode 16 left off with another five tree species, facts, and recent scientific findings, about how woodlands and the trees in them work together.Trees and the products we make from them have been part of our world and homes, for tens of thousands of years. We understand how important wood is when we look for furniture to make life comfortable. We burn wood to keep us warm in the cold or cook our food on. But we don’t really have a...2022-04-2944 min
Studio36 Life & MusicThe Dam StoreKen and William discuss the declining headcount at the Bloomfield home and William’s Seattle adventure with a museum trip and concert. Ken did a deep dive into the In Rainbows album by Radiohead; while William had his first experience with Sunrise Over Sea by the John Butler Trio. The segment ends with the presentation of this week's Listening Experience albums, which includes a creator and an 80’s glam band.2022-04-1435 min