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The Voice Kitchen: where recipes & voice talent blend!Billie Jo Konze . Caramel Banana CakeI hope you enjoyed our last episode where VO Chef, Brandon Miller, shared his Mama’s Red Sauce! If you missed that episode, then I highly encourage you to give it a listen. Today’s VO Chef, Billie Jo Konze is a trained performer with almost two decades of professional stage, on-camera, and improv experience, but she’s the first to say that commercial VO is her true love. And with her real-life experience in the restaurant and hospitality industries, medical sector, and education, she’s a natural fit for IVR/Telephony, Medical Narration, and eLearning as well.2025-06-2647 min
The Heart of GriefI'm Glad It's Over. So Why am I Still Feeling Badly? A "Less-Than-Loved-One Loss."Send us a textSometimes when people are faced with changes or endings in difficult or painful relationships, they wonder why they are feeling badly. Why are they grieving a relationship that was not enjoyable or good for them? In this episode, Brian explains the feelings that can often follow the death of someone we call a "Less-than-loved-one." While this can be very confusing for the grieving person, there is a simple explanation for it. We are left with conflicted feelings about many things we wish had been different in the relationship.Brian e...2025-06-1512 min
The Heart of GriefIntegrating Loss Into Life: Keeping Connections Strong and Memories FondSend us a textProfessional grief counselors sometimes refer to the tasks of integrating grief into our lives going forward. The goal is to recognize the changes brought by a loss and incorporating the memories, influence and emotional/spiritual presence of a deceased loved one into our life. This is a right and worthy objective and professional care givers offer many suggestions of what this could include. For many grievers, however, there is a frustrating inability to move into these positive adjustments. Brian explains the common experience of "unresolved grief," how it prevents healthy integration and how t...2025-06-0110 min
The Heart of GriefGrief Following a Tragic or Traumatic Death: Cause Vs Loss.Send us a textFollowing a tragic, traumatic or completely preventable death, a griever's thoughts can become focused on the cause or circumstances of the loss to the point where they are missing out on a good grieving process for the loss itself. Recovery from the loss of a loved one calls for attention to the person who has died and to the relationship that has ended. The healing process remains essentially the same regardless of the cause or manner of death. This episode looks at why we suggest a conscious separation be made between the cause of...2025-05-1712 min
The Heart of GriefWill This GRM Help Me? Research Says It Will.Send us a textThe grief of loss happens to all of us. Sometimes that hurt digs in deep and keeps resurfacing. There are a lot of ideas and programs designed to help us find healing. What can we feel confident in to really help? That’s what today's episode is about ... Has the Grief Recovery Method® Program been shown to help? Does it really work? Brian reviews the evidence from academic research to convincing anecdotal support. Any way we look at it, this program offers measurable healing from the pain of loss.A...2025-05-0418 min
The Heart of GriefDeath of a Spouse: Honoring A Relationship, Finding Peace, Discovering Emotional Health. With Alain Parenteau.Send us a text In February 2022 Alain Parenteau's wife of 23 years died following a very difficult illness. For Al the addition of a series of other painful losses over a relatively short period of time left him very much aware that he didn’t posses the emotional tools needed to address the accumulated grief. Al’s journey through the Grief Recovery® program was not an easy one. He had some serious doubts about it but found it to be truly transformative. He moved from “I just can’t do this now” to “Let’s give it another try.” To “How is...2025-04-1739 min
Marietta Daily Journal PodcastCobb Tables Proposed 24-Townhome DevelopmentMDJ Script/ Top Stories for April 2nd Publish Date: April 2nd Commercial: From the BG Ad Group Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast. Today is Wednesday, April 2nd and Happy Birthday to Marvin Gaye ***BIRTHDAY – MARVIN GAYE*** I’m Keith Ippolito and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Times Journal Cobb Tables Proposed 24-Townhome Development Federal judge sides with Georgia in 'water wars' with Alabama Cobb PARKS Spring Arts Festival is April 26 All of this and more is coming up...2025-04-0208 minMarietta Daily Journal PodcastCobb Tables Proposed 24-Townhome DevelopmentMDJ Script/ Top Stories for April 2nd Publish Date: April 2nd Commercial: From the BG Ad Group Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast. Today is Wednesday, April 2nd and Happy Birthday to Marvin Gaye ***BIRTHDAY – MARVIN GAYE*** I’m Keith Ippolito and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Times Journal Cobb Tables Proposed 24-Townhome Development Federal judge sides with Georgia in 'water wars' with Alabama Cobb PARKS Spring Arts Festival is April 26 All of this and more is coming up...2025-04-0208 min
The Heart of GriefThe Meaning of Meaning in Grieving: The Promise of a Bigger PictureSend us a textBrian examines the idea of finding some meaning out of a difficult loss experience. What is meant by “meaning?” What do people look for in this regard? What do people find? What benefit does discovery or identification of some “meaning” bring to the griever? How does meaning fit into the perspectives of Grief Recovery? Does meaning accomplish resolution of the lingering pain and disappointments that are common following loss? G. Davis, Camille B. Wortman, Darrin R. Lehman, Roxane Cohen Silver, C. (2000). SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN LOSS: ARE CLINICAL ASSUMPTIONS CORRECT? Death Studies, 2...2025-04-0217 min
Things to do in AtlantaDiscover Atlanta's Vibrant Blend of History, Nature, and Entertainment - Your Guide to the City's Must-See AttractionsAtlanta, a city that seamlessly blends rich history with modern attractions, offers a diverse array of activities that cater to all interests and ages. As you plan your visit, here are some fun, entertaining, and unique things to do in this vibrant city.For those interested in outdoor adventures, the **Atlanta Botanical Garden** is a must-visit, especially during the **Atlanta Blooms** event, which runs from March 1 to April 30, 2025, featuring hundreds of thousands of tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and hyacinths. On March 22, the garden hosts a **Garden Party** with craft cocktails, elevated cuisine, and garden photography demos, making it a...2025-03-2205 minThings to do in AtlantaAtlanta's Vibrant Tapestry: A Weekend of Math, Music, Sports, and Cultural ExperiencesAtlanta, a vibrant city in the heart of the South, offers a diverse array of activities that cater to all interests, whether you are a music enthusiast, a sports fan, an art lover, or an outdoor adventurer.This weekend, March 14-16, 2025, you can indulge in several unique and entertaining events. For those fascinated by math and science, the Pi Day celebrations are a must-attend. At CAMP Atlanta and select Mathnasium Learning Centers, you can enjoy a Pi Day slime bar, free pizza, hands-on STEM activities, and interactive math games on March 14. Alternatively, head to Pittsburgh Yards on March 15...2025-03-1504 min
The Heart of GriefGrieving a Living Person: Finding Peace with a "Less-than-Loved-One" With Bob GaudetSend us a textThis is the first in a series of interviews with participants from our grief recovery programs. In this episode I’m talking with Bob Gaudet, a young man who came to recognize that many of the emotional challenges he was experiencing stemmed from a lost relationship with his long-estranged father, someone whom Bob refers to as a "living less than loved one." Bob’s story illustrates that- Grief is not just about loosing a loved one - Men often find it hard to seek help for emotion...2025-03-1541 min
The Heart of GriefCover Up or Open Up? Resolving Negative EmotionsSend us a textHealthy grieving requires that we address difficult emotions head on. Following a significant loss, our minds begin to review the relationship or the circumstances of the loss. Our various memories will prompt both enjoyable and distressing feelings. The enjoyable memories may lead to sadness that our loved one is no longer with us, yet the enjoyable memories themselves and the associated feelings are good. But what about the difficult memories and associated distressing feelings? Often, we hear from well-meaning people or think to ourselves “just focus on the happy memories… Just forge...2025-03-0115 min
The Heart of GriefDo Men Grieve Differently?Send us a textIt’s commonly wondered if men grieve differently than women. I want to explore this with the goal of better understanding the differences and achieving greater success in promoting grief care programs among men.While men are similarly equipped for emotional awareness and expression as women, recent science has revealed differences in brain function. This, together with well recognized differences in gender socialization, results in men tending to avoid addressing the deep emotions of loss. Are the differences real game changers? Are men able to do grief as well as ladies? Do...2025-02-0116 min
The Heart of GriefQOF Faith and the Freedom of Self ForgivenessSend us a textOur previous episode from Jan. 1, 2025 discussed the difficulty some people have with forgiving themselves for things done in the past. This is often connected to a loss either through death or some other ending of a relationship. Principles and steps were provided for finding release from the weight of self-disappointment.In this Questions of Faith episode, Brian adds insights from a Christian faith perspective. Trusting God's promises in Scripture leads to lasting freedom from personal regrets. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free." Gal. 5:1 Resources from Dr...2025-01-1515 min
The Heart of GriefSelf-Forgiveness: Granting Yourself the Same Compassion You Offer to OthersSend us a textWith this episode coming out on January 1, 2025, I’m thinking about the idea of new beginnings. Today’s topic offers an opportunity to step into something that holds great potential for living healthier and happier lives.Religion / psychology / science all speak of the importance of forgiveness for personal and relational health. We speak quite a lot about its importance in grief recovery. Forgiveness is a releasing of all anger and bitterness aimed at an offending person. The primary beneficiary is the person doing the forgiving. Emotional heaviness is lifted. New energy for...2025-01-0214 min