A warm virtual welcome Dr. Sunil and I will hand over to you. Okay. First of all, today we're covering the significance of modeling in the era of digital transformation, especially with the digital connected world, the social media being part of our lifestyle, the human brain has been rewired. We prefer to have a vital information versus voluminous documentation, and we want to reach information, and it must be very visual and it must make some sense. With that context, let me introduce why modeling is a significant success factor for digital transformation. You already have introduced about me, so I'll not go through it. Disclaimer is a company policy. We try to keep the information as relevant as possible. At the same time, the digital world, we don't have the control. Okay. Just to come to my next slide, today we're covering basically about what is the driver's, which is really enabling modeling as a key concept. Then I'll be talking about, I'll take a case study. From the case record perspective, I'm going to introduce why we need a modeling aspect, and from there, why archimage the de facto modeling language in the world at this moment, and how a tool can complement for success. The digital transformation started the moment an organization start using any kind of a missionary for the business perspective. So said that the moment a company use technology as a landline or a typewriter, moving forward, we have a computer. So said that digital transformation is a continuous process. Organizations will be using technology as it emerges to give a better service, where is the operational cost to give a better service to the customers, and especially with the digital world, any services they provide must be accessible by a hand-to-device. So again, this is pre-COVID. So post-COVID companies realize is not only giving the services for the customers on any device, even the services we're offering must be able to be manageable remotely by the staff at the comfort of the home. This bought in its own market forces, that is the compliance that is required. Ideally, a staff was in a secured environment, but once a staff is working remotely, that too accessing some of the sensitive data of the company is a confidence issue. Again, security before the customer sitting at the comfort of an office with a secure network, but working from the home, it bought in its own security risk. Then coming back to the evolving technology, technology keeps on evolving unless, until we abstract the technology capability with the actual technology, it's not possible to have a proper message or proper way of implementing. What I'm getting is okay. Now, let us look at what is a global village. Can I screen? Can my slides be? Sorry. Let us look at what is a global village. Due to COVID, global virtual village is realized. So, I said that the staff are working remotely across the world which they're not traveling and communicating across. Just to look at the welcome message, if you look at the different various languages, it's hardly hard to understand. At the same time, if you have some kind of a standard notation, it's very easy to understand. I'm looking at the model, a picture worth a thousand words, and especially with technology becoming a commodity, systems are becoming more complex. So, unless until we use some kind of visual representation, it's not able to make real understanding of what is the outcome, or what is the expected for the customer. Looking at the digital transformation, 85 percent of the transformation project takes. One of the studies from PMI is mainly because of the communication. Again, from the APMG study, in 2017, 65 percent failed. Looking at the commonality, one of the key thing is communication between customers, developers, and the business. So, what's happening is the information is lost. There is a communication gap. The team spread across the globe is much more complicated, and systems are becoming more complex, is not able to comprehend with the current practice of documentation base, and users are not able to comprehend the requirements because various companies follow various practices. There's no standard. We are capturing the user information. Again, reporting is one of the costs. Let us look at what are the drivers for which is driving the standard modeling. Global outsourcing in 2019 was $92 billion. That is pre-COVID. With COVID, this will accelerate further in the coming years, because once companies realize they can able to get the work done remotely, so that the next phase we're looking at, why can't we offshore outsource? It becomes more complicated to have a modeling practice. Typical systems in a company is about 500. But as it becomes more as a service as a model, everything is a service as a model, it will be much more complicated. Then, worldwide spending in the cloud is $227 billion. Again, with COVID, it will be further accelerated. And companies moving their technical debt from their on-prem to cloud, they need to have a standard rotation to abstract the information. Again, software development has completely changed. What was like 5 or 10 languages? Now, we've got some 30, 40 standard languages across the enterprise, which need to be addressed in such a way that it can be comprehended by the people across the world. Of course, I covered about reworking remotely and office day in my earliest life. Let us take a bank case study. From there, I'll introduce why the modeling is essential. At the same time, why Archimede becomes a defect for modeling language. It's one of the opportunities we got. The company wanted to go to cloud. They already started their journey long back. And especially with the current scenario, looking at what's happening in the world, they want to really reduce the number of applications at the same time to move into the cloud for 60% of the workload. So then we looked at the current landscape, what the company was having. The company was having the current legacy system as well as the modern application, what was possible in the cloud. So already they had a spaghetti, they had one more spaghetti. They had an interactive practice, but unfortunately, the interactive practice, they were to solve documentation with and be explaining in the next slide. The current documentation was voluminous because companies generally have interactive architecture practices, but generally they don't follow a standard location. Then after this information was spread across multiple documentation, done by different team members. At the same time, they were using different modeling language. And if you go to any enterprise and which I have come across, even if it's typically in this customer also, which was a standard modeling language. Again, using visual, it is the creativity of the user to come out with innovative, look and feel for the customers, the business customers can be happy. So there's no standard convention and it was not possible to get a holistic view of the end result from. Then looking at the next scenario of offshoring, of course, every company nowadays, they have an offshored team or outsourcing. So they had a language barrier and every company's followed the concept of agile and they don't participate in the documentation. And again, the staff working remotely or the outsourcing company, they don't have access to all the documentation. And again, if the user want to get an concept of what is end-to-end, they need to be able to know multiple locations. And they're not able to get a single view of what is expected. Then we're able to convince the customer, you must go for the Archimate or as a standard to go across. Then let me explain what is Archimate. Some of you already know that. Archimate is a visual language. Again, it's got a standard iconography. So I can able to describe and analyze and communicate across the enterprise from business all the way to the implementation. Again, it address the concerns of the enterprise holistically. See, Togat is a specification of 132 pages, where Archimate is a 200-specification which can able to model whatever the specification of Togat to the customer can be modeled and represented. Again, Archimate keeps aligned with the time. So you can able to even changing a documentation versus a model is much more easier to manage. So customers still were not in a position to take our offering. So then we had some few workshops with various, we made various groups. So when we made with the first group for the business, then we told the business, see, there's only like few artifacts or few notations you need to understand. And again, any business you have a stakeholder, there are some functions, there are some process. So we explain, we show the notation. So once you understand this concept, easy to communicate, there's no ambiguity. The customers were happy for that. Then we had some sessions with the technical team. Then finally, what we told them is, see, this is following a concept of a standard language as in English. As a subject, what a enterprise can able to perform isn't worth. And again, what you perform, it generates a data which is required across the enterprise, right from the strategy to the implementation. So the customer was able to understand, Archimate, at least the concept of it. So once we able to convince the business as well as the technical team, then they told us we can go for this, is fine. Then again, the next hurdle, what we faced was how to go for a tool. So then we proposed the model, buy from strategy to the technology, architecture, how everything can be packed. And again, we bifurcated the poor architecture as well as supporting architecture with the cross cutting as project management as a separate layer. Then the next obstacle started for us. So why do we want to go for Archimate? Is there any other, why is there no other standard? Then we told yes, because Archimate is the only standard which is backed by the open group. Again, keep aligned with the change of the technology. Is an unambiguous language. Again, very important thing is, is able to visualize almost 80% of the use cases in enterprise. Again, it's the only language that business and IT can able to talk to each other because they're following a common convention. And the good news is absolutely free. So the customer were really enticed. Then we had the next obstacle. Is it everything is fine, but they're not ready to invest on it too. The problem of what was happening is, generally in enterprises, they use Visio as a modeling tool. And they generate the Visio, we are using Visio template, the Archimate notation. So then we told is humanly impossible to have without a tool to go for such a major transformation. Then afterwards, we told them the benefit of a tool. With the tool, it is possible to visualize and enterprise assets. Not only the current view, the future of what's going to happen, something like a 720 degree view of the enterprise. So again, we convinced them is going to ensure a consistency across the enterprise. It is going to give a collaborative environment between the enterprises. At the same time, business comes with new innovative ideas. With a tool in place, it is possible to have a standard simulation where the business can able to see what is the outcome. And especially with digital transformation, as I'm listening to our previous speakers, we're getting 4G, 5G, IOT, so much of the technology is coming in. So one of the key thing is, though companies are taking a digital transformation journey, at the same time, the way the technology is evolving, they need to change the technology strategy. Nowhere any company can have a strategy which is built in for four or five years, not even six months, the way the technology is changing. Especially with COVID, what we have seen is, whatever the digital strategy a company had, everything must be revisited and revised and updated. So said that the roadmap, what we do, only with that tool, it is possible to see what is the impact, what is the outcome of it. It's going to help us to make a better decision-making. At the same time to see what kind of technology suits the company. Then one of the advantage of Archimede, what Archimede gives is reusability. So the reusability can be ensured having a tool which makes the consistency as well as does it, can be back-to-back. One of the key thing with the end of the active practice, though it is sometimes in a company's in a dormant nature, and sometimes the company's matured, it is in a very commanding nature. But unfortunately what happens, companies have an EA practice, but without a standard notation and without a tool, it gives a false illusion they're following EA practice, but they're not getting the end result what is expected from an EA. And it was good, especially when the companies were going with the CAPEX model, where the technology, where the product lifecycle was 10 to 20 years, especially with cloud and everything a service model is very essential, critical to have the enterprise modelled across end-to-end and whatever possible assets need to be persistent in an EA tool, of course, following the standard notation of argument, such a way everything is visible. At the same time, whatever the KPIs which we identify, right from the strategy to all the way to implementation, it can be traced with argument which gives a notation right from the strategy to all the way to the implementation. At the same time, with the tool is going to make the provision much more easier. And one of the important things of EA was without argument, a typical enterprise, a consultancy if you go, we're producing about 100 to 100 pages of documentation. With EA tool, everything can be visualized and able to engage the customer to get a clear picture of what is expected. Then looking at the tool, sorry guys, there's one picture I missed out, okay, sorry. Then we look at the rationale of the tool. As you can see from the picture here, let us take an example of COVID now. When you look at the COVID, what's happening is if you want to represent the same diagram with a documentation. Here what is shown is it's a board. The board want the driver is COVID. They look at one of the driver is staff working remotely. Again, it's a positive and a negative. Initially it is a negative because the company was not able to work remotely. Then if you make an assessment, one is the regulatory compliance because the staff are working from the phone. Then looking at one more assessment, it can be a security breach, how to make an assessment for that. Then again, the next one is like the company got to investigate, oh, my staff is working remotely. Why can't we offshore outsource? Then again, they're going to look at the constraints. What is the regular requirement? Again, I can see the symbol here, it's an outcome. So then they realize, oh, post-COVID, we can be able to reduce the human dependency. Why can't we go for RPA? We'll be having less dependency on human and more of automation. So a picture worth thousand words, as you can see here. It's the same thing need to be done. It takes a multiple documentation, goes across the team. If you have a documentation, a proper notation, you can able to assemble the stakeholders in one room and able to get the things sorted out in a much shorter time. Just coming back to my last slide. So then again, the customer asked, which tools will be procured? There's so many tools in the industry. So we told them better to go for a tool which is certified by the open group. Again, go with a version which is the latest because that's fair, which supports all the notation what is required for an enterprise. Then of course, I cannot tell the tool which we qualified. At the same time, if you want to start with something, there's open source tool, Archie. They can try to utilize it. They're able to get the output, at least convince the customer what is expected. The summary of today is the key takeaway. Visual transformation is a continuous process. It will be ever evolving. At the same time to manage this transformation, you need to have some kind of a standard tooling practice. And especially with outsourcing and cloud, we can get key enabler, the teams to be spread across the world. So with that, unless until you have a standard tool backed up by open group, which is ArchieMate, and that complemented with a tool can increase the success rate of visual transformation. So I hope I kept my time. I'm just watching my time and went with it. So please, any questions you can type me out. I'm going to answer it once I finish my, once the question answers. So Neil, you've done a wonderful job. Thank you. And delivered a wonderful advertisement for ArchieMate, which is always music to my ears. So thank you.


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Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and a very special welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen. I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach. I'm on Weight Watchers and I count calories and macros. I'm really excited for today's video. It has been a hot minute since I did a Dollar Tree haul and a Dollar Tree snack haul to boot. With the holidays coming, with the economy the way that it is, inflation the way that it is, we need options for affordable snacks that fit into our Weight Watchers program, that fit into our calories and macros and believe it or not you can find some really great healthy snack options at your local Dollar Tree. On a side note, it's no longer the Dollar Tree, it's the Dollar 25 Tree, so everything is a Dollar 25 but overall there's some really great deals to be had. So I have not one, not two, but three huge bags of Dollar Tree snacks.  Make sure you're subscribed and your bells on because I upload five videos every single week. Let me know down in the comments if you want to see more Dollar Tree videos. If that's helpful for you in your budget to find healthy snacks or maybe what I eat in a day from the Dollar Tree, definitely let me know down in the comments. Check out the description box down below for nutrition coaching. I do offer personalized to you macros and calories. Highly recommend as well as one-on-one coaching if you would like to chat with me directly. Links, discounts to my favorite things. Come join our Facebook group. There's a lot of fun stuff happening as we end out the year and move into the next year. You're not going to want to miss it, so definitely come on over and join us there. So let's jump in. I have lots of Dollar Tree snacks to share with you. Full of refrigerated snacks. Two things I spotted in the refrigerator section. First are the balance breaks from the brand Sargento. Now if you buy these at your grocery store, they can be two to three dollars a piece and they're a dollar 25 at the Dollar Tree. So I picked up the cheese and crackers. This is Gouda and Sharp Cheddar Natural Cheeses with Trisket Original Mini Crackers. So it's basically a little cracker and cheese snack. Eight grams of protein, 170 calories. Of course, I'll put all the points here on the screen for you. These are amazing to take with you for quick easy snacks or part of a lunch. I will sometimes do these with a meat stick or beef jerky or hard-boiled eggs as part of a well-rounded protein packed lunch and you can't beat the price. They had several different varieties as well. And the other thing I grabbed were these little oh snap dilly bites. These are about a dollar 50 at Walmart. So it's a little bit of a savings at the Dollar Tree. And if you're already there anyways, you might as well pick up a couple because these are dill pickle snacking chips. Now there's 15 calories in here. It's zero points, 15 calories, not bad at all. And it is packed with these delicious little crunchy dill pickle chips, really good quality pickles, really great flavor, great taste, and you can't beat a 15 calorie zero point snack. Now digging into bag number one, beef jerky meat sticks are great, great finds at the Dollar Tree. I saw this one. I've actually never seen this particular one before. This is the Jack Link's turkey jerky and original flavor. There's eight grams of protein in here. 50 calories for the package. I love that it's pre-portioned so you don't overeat them. And it's turkey. They had beef, they had teriyaki, they had peppered I believe, but I figured the turkey would probably be the leanest lower calorie less pointed option. These are a killer deal for a dollar 25 and a great high protein snack. They also have a lot of nuts, trail mixes and things like that. You do have to be mindful of what you're picking up because most of their little patches of nuts and trail mix is several servings. And this is a brand I've never seen at the Dollar Tree. So this is the brand yoms, yoms. And this is the pecans. So it says roasted and sprinkled with black sesame and chia seeds. So these are the nutty chia pecans. Now this little package right here is one serving, which again is really nice. You don't have to worry about eating the package and then going, Oh my God, I just ate three servings versus one serving. It is 198 calories for the package. We know nuts are pretty calorically dense, but they are great macronutrient wise. There's some healthy fats, there's some protein, and they're a really satisfying snack. These ones I think are even better because they have chia seeds as well, which is such a great super food. They have several different varieties of the yoms snacks. I'm going to try these. And if I like these, I will definitely go buy some more. Now these were pretty fun. Now are these the healthiest snack? No, but listen, life's all about balance. We don't eliminate or restrict any foods on this channel. And I thought these would be super fun, great for kids, great for a sweet treat. These are the Fruit Loops Serial Straws. So it says fruity, crunchy snack for milk sipping fun. So it says there's a five count of the cereal wafer straws. Now the whole package is 230 calories. A serving is the whole package, but you could just have one, one of the five that come in here. And you're looking at like less than 50 calories per little straw. Again, a great treat, a great little dessert, a snack to take on the road. There were different types of the cereal straws, but this fruity, the Fruit Loops one sounded really good. I kind of want to open these and look at them and maybe taste test them. So here's what they look like. These are so cute. They're filled with like a white kind of filling. This tastes just like Fruit Loops and milk. Oh my gosh, this is delicious. Now this is another great lunch or snack option. And that's these little tuna packs that have the crackers, the tuna, the condiment, everything you need for a little meal or snack. This is the ranch tuna salad with crackers ready to eat. So the tuna salad itself is 100 calories. And then the little pack of crackers in here is 70. So 170 calories for the whole thing. There's six grams of protein in here. So not terrible. Is this enough for a whole lunch? Probably not, but it would make a really great on the go snack. I love that there's tuna fish, there's crackers, it's premade, it's ready to go. It's a single serve portable package. And these are another great option at the Dollar Tree. This is actually a three pack of the Wana Bana, Wana Bana. These are gluten free, mango and banana, fruit, puree, no sugar added. So the little pouch is 60 calories. These are great for kids. These are great for adults. I've been known to take these with me on the go. It's a great way to get in some fruit in a portable way.  Pair this with some protein. Again, a hard boiled egg, a cheese stick. You could even have the little fruit pack and the tuna fish. This would be an amazing lunch option and three of these for the prize. Great deal. Add number two. This is one of the things I pick up a lot when I want to snack from Dollar Tree. These are the So Natural Freeze Dried Fruit. They have a ton of different varieties. This is the mixed fruits. This is going to have bananas, blackberries, strawberries. It is 60 calories for the entire bag. All that's in here is bananas, strawberries, sugar and mulberries. Oh, they're mulberries, not blackberries. My mistake. There is sugar in these. So you are going to have to count points. Some of the dried fruits from the So Natural Brand at Dollar Tree do not have any added sugar. So if it is just freeze dried fruit, I counted as zero. This one I would actually count points for. And again, it is 60 calories, single serve pack. Great snack to have. Again, would be fantastic paired with this for a snack or a meal. Also, these two together, amazing snack. These immediately caught my eye. I thought that these sounded so good. These are from the brand Augustinos. And these are the many snack bites in tomato and oregano. Now, here's one of the things where this is not a single serve pack. So there's actually two and a half servings in here. A serving is 14 crackers. That's not bad at all. And it's 150 calories per serving. I thought that tomato and oregano sounded really good. I want to try these. I want to taste test these with you guys. So here's what they look like. They're actually really good size. It tastes like pizza. Oh my gosh. This legit tastes like pizza. I taste tomato, oregano. I taste cheese, like cheese pizza. Wow. These are better than I thought. So good. Oh my goodness. Just be mindful of your serving. Two and a half servings per bag. So weigh these out. Put them in a little Ziploc bag if you want to take them and stick to the serving. This was another thing I was pretty excited to see. And this is from the brand Sweet Chaos. And this is their Drizzled Popcorn Cold Stone Cake Batter. I mean, that sounds amazing. The bag is one serving. So that's really nice. It is 210 calories for the serving. It's gluten-free, free of artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. It's made with 100% real cane sugar and sea salt. Non-GMO popcorn popped in coconut oil. We got to try it. Look at that. Oh my gosh. That looks so good. Oh my goodness. Wow. This is amazing. It is sweet. It is salty. It's crunchy. The popcorn is super crunchy. This is like 10 out of 10. Now, this is the brand I've picked up a few times from the Dollar Tree. I really, really like their products. This is the Good Health Snacks. These are the Veggie Chips Sea Salted. So it says no artificial flavors and no synthetic colors. There is three servings in the bag. You get a lot of these per serving. It's 150 calories per serving or 410 for the entire bag. So these are just Veggie Chips, but these are more of like a chip shape. And then they have some sea salt. So here's what they look like. And it doesn't say, it says 28 grams or 30 of these is a serving. Wow. 30 of these for 150 calories. Just as good as I remember. Really crunchy. Really flavorful. Love these. This brand. Anything from this brand is really delicious. This is another thing I was pretty excited to see. I have picked these up at the grocery store before. These are the Harvest Snaps Baked Green Pea. This is the Zippy and Creamy Wasabi Ranch. You know I don't like spicy foods, but I love wasabi. I know. It makes no sense, but I love wasabi. And these are really, really great. The whole package is a serving. It's 260 calories for the bag. This is a good size bag. You could definitely split this into two servings and it would only be about 130 calories per serving. These are really delicious. They have multiple, multiple flavors of them. One of my go-to delicious crunchy snacks. I love popcorners and whenever I can find them at the Dollar Tree, I always grab a bag. These are the Kettle Corn. This is probably my favorite flavor of popcorners. Again, this is one serving, 230 calories for the bag. Break this up into two servings. It's only 115 calories. It's so good. It's like Kettle Corn popcorn in a chip form. Super delicious. If you haven't tried popcorners, highly recommend. The White Cheddar is really delicious. They also have that flavor at Dollar Tree. And the last thing in this bag is from Werther's. This is another thing I always like to pick up. These are the sugar-free caramels. I love the coffee ones. I love the soft caramels. I picked up just the regular caramel hard candies. You can have three of these for 45 calories. It's an amazing little just pop of sweetness after a meal or when you're craving something sweet. And three of them for 45 calories is amazing. There's two and a half servings per bag. And if you ate the whole bag, if you ate the whole bag, it's only 110 calories. So not bad at all. And these are just a great sweet treat to have on hand. Keep in your car. Keep in your purse for when you just need a little something sweet. We're on to the third and final bag. I thought this was a really, really fun to find. This is from the Fruit Roll-Up Ram. These are mini fruit roll-ups. So these are only 40 calories per fruit roll-up. The flavor is tropical tie-dye. I want to open these up. I want to see how big these are because they say mini. Oh, they're not bad at all. For only 40 calories, you're going to get five rolls in the box. So there's a good amount in there. And again, just a great snack for kids, a great snack for us. There's no artificial flavors and they are gelatin-free. Now, these are actually really, really delicious. And I was surprised to see these at the Dollar Tree. This is from the Sun Kiss brand. And these are their breakfast biscuits. So kind of like those Belvita biscuits, this flavor, so good. This is the Cranberry Orange. One pack is only 100 calories. There's five packs in the box. Here's the size of them. And you get two breakfast cookies in the little pack for 100 calories. I love to pair these with some protein. So maybe some eggs, a hard-boiled egg. You could do a string cheese. You could have this in a protein shake. It's a great breakfast or a snack. And like I said, the Sun Kiss brand, especially the Cranberry Orange, so good. And I was shocked to find these. It's another really fun find. I know my husband will be excited about these. These are actually from Mott's. These are just the Mott's fruit snacks. There's three little pouches in here. I picked up the berry flavor. That's 80 calories for one pouch. For all three pouches, the whole box, 230 calories. Great for kids. Again, great for a quick, easy snack.  And for 80 calories, you can't beat it. Now, if you love the fiber one bars, you have got to. And I mean got to pick these up. This is from the brand Sunbest. These are the fiber boost bars. So I picked up the lemon. This is my all-time favorite. They are 90 calories just like the fiber one bars. There are three bars in here. 90 calories apiece, one gram of protein, three grams of fat, pretty on par with the fiber one bars. And the lemon is so good. It tastes like lemon cake. So here's the size of the bar. Like I said, exactly like the fiber one bar. And you're getting this for $1.25. These are also really, really delicious. These are the breakfast sandwich peanut butter bars. So if you like those Nature Valley granola bars that have the nut butter in the middle, this is basically the same thing as those. This one is in peanut butter. Now this is really cool because these are 100 calories per pack with eight grams of protein. And you're going to get five packs of bars in the box. Here's the size of them. So pretty good size. There's only one bar in the pack, but it's double with peanut butter in the middle. These are absolutely delicious. And I love that you get eight grams of protein. And last, but certainly not least in this haul, are the water enhancers. Dollar Tree has so many great water enhancers. This is the Berry Blue from Jelly Belly. I haven't seen this one before. They typically have the Sun Kiss, the Hawaiian Punch. Sometimes they have Crystal Light, but this sounded kind of fun. You're going to get six drink mix packages for $1.25, five calories, zero points. If you have a hard time drinking your water, this is a great thing to add to it to make sure you're getting your water in every day. Listen, if you have to flavor it to drink it, do it. You're at least getting in your amount of water that you need every day. And these little packets are amazing to take on the go. So that's that Dollar Tree snack haul. Wow, we had a lot of things. My desk is covered with all the good stuff. Everything I taste tested was amazing. Don't sleep on the Dollar Tree with, like I said, the economy, the way that it is, inflation, the holidays coming, being on a budget. The Dollar Tree can be a really great place to shop for affordable, yummy, and healthy snacks. Let me know if you've tried any of these or what are your favorite snacks to pick up at the Dollar Tree.  Subscribe if you're not because I upload five videos every single week. And of course, let me know if you want to see more Dollar Tree content. Check out that description box for nutrition coaching, links and discounts to my favorite things. And don't forget to come join our Facebook group. Like I said, there's lots of good stuff happening as we end out 2022 and move into next year. I hope you have an amazing, amazing Sunday and I'll see you all in tomorrow's meal prep.


Children today are exposed to technology at a young age which can have both positive and negative effects on their development. Research suggests that too much screen time can lead to decreased attention spans, poorer language skills, and reduced physical activity. However, it can also help improve literacy and numeracy skills and provide access to educational resources. Therefore, parents need to monitor their children's screen time carefully and limit it to no more than 60 minutes per day for children aged 3 to 5, and no more than 2 hours per day for those aged 6 to 8. This article was authored by Vaishnavi N. Panjeti Madan and Prakash Ranganathan.


The psychology of love is one of the most interesting topics and one we're all curious about wouldn't you agree? And though it can mean something different for everyone that doesn't stop us from trying to better understand it and seeking to learn how to nurture it and those Psychologists have put forth plenty of ideas and theories about love what it is the many faces of it how and why it happens Something that maybe we don't explore enough is how love develops over time with that said Stick around to learn more about the five stages of love and why most people stop at three stage one in Factuation and early attachment according to clinical psychologist dr. Deborah Koshaba the earliest stage of falling in love has a lot to do with attraction in Factuation and early attachment often people will experience a strong sense of euphoria Being around the object of their affection and when their feelings are reciprocated life will seem all The sweeter for it. They'll get butterflies laugh more Flirt often and feel little else, but passion and playfulness This is usually everyone's favorite stage of love because it's all about fun and romance Stage two getting serious Enter stage two once the initial blow of first falling in love wears off couples will often start to get serious about their Relationship this phase is usually when a lot of big commitments are made like saying I love you for the first time or learning to Compromise with your partner couples who don't put in the work says psychotherapist and clinical social worker Alison Abrams will likely drift apart once their attraction wears off and may even find themselves getting infatuated with other people Stage three the crisis stage in a decades long clinical study on how the brain reacts to love Conducted by neuroscientist dr. Helen Fisher and clinical psychologist dr. Lucy Brown The more evolved part of the brain will start to take over of the couples have been together for a while Participants describe their love as richer deeper and more rooted in knowing the other person better Dr. Brown explains that this stronger bond is a result of facing a significant crisis together Which helped both parties see how much they've grown Changed and whether or not they can continue to grow together That's why this is often referred to as the make or break point of Relationships and why most people stop at this stage of love Stage four climbing down from the pedestal not all couples come out of the crisis stage and those that do don't always Emerge unscathed it's at this stage that the couple sees each other's flaws and weaknesses Most clearly but learns to forgive and accept one another in spite of them according to an article published by better help This stage is marked by a deeper commitment and strong feelings of contentment Because it is no longer a love held up by ideals of romance or passion But rather by a strong foundation of friendship trust and mutual respect Often couples at this stage are married have children or live together Stage five deep attachment and stability not long after the fourth comes the fifth and final stage of love Deep attachment and stability according to better help reaching this stage is quite a rare achievement As it means that a strong and lasting bond has been made the relationship has already reached a place of balance stability and continued emotional fulfillment the only thing left to do is to keep it that way by remaining Communicative honest and loving towards one another. They say nothing worth having comes easy. Well, that's certainly true when it comes to love It can be beautiful and enthralling. Yes, but far from the perfect fairytale Most of us may want to believe but having a good understanding of the different stages a relationship goes through Can help you navigate your way towards a more enduring and loving partnership So what are your general thoughts on this video or about love in general? Let us know in the comments down below if you enjoyed this video. Go ahead and share it with others until next time Thanks for watching and take care


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Thank you so much. Thank you so much, John, for that kind introduction and for your leadership. I obviously also want to thank Catalyst, its directors, advisors, staff and volunteers for putting together this tremendous event each and every year. And thank you to each and every one of you for being here with us tonight. When I was looking over the schedule for today's conference, I was impressed by the core themes that were selected or more specifically by the words that were used to describe the important work that your organizations are doing and hoping and needing to do more of. Those words of empowerment, accountability, courage and humility. These are the kinds of words, the kinds of values that build better communities, whether it's the business community and all those you serve or the political world and the citizens that we serve. Tonight, I'd like to talk about those four values and the ways in which my new government is working hard to make them a reality. But first I have to recognize someone who's an inspiration to me. Before I continue, I want to take a moment to talk to you about a woman who for me represents her values in everything she does. My extraordinary woman, Sophie. My extraordinary wife, Sophie. Sophie is a phenomenal mother, a fearless partner and a committed advocate for issues facing women and girls. Tomorrow, she's speaking at the Not the Cost event hosted by the National Democratic Institute. Sophie inspires me every day to be better and I would not be here tonight were it not for her leadership and her example. Merci Sophie. And of course, as she always points out to me, behind every successful man is a really astonished woman. Merci mon amour. As you know, empowerment is one of those concepts that's easy to talk about but challenging to put into practice. Anything that fundamentally shifts a power balance is going to take time, a lot of hard work and real dedication. I know this firsthand. I'm here this evening because I helped bring about Canada's first-ever gender-balanced cabinet. But before we arrived at that goal, we had to do an awful lot of work in the years that preceded it. Yes, it may be 2016 now and it was 2015 then and we do have progress to show for it. But we are where we are because of the hard work that we did in 2015 and in 2014, in 2013 and in 2012. When I first ran for the leadership of my party. You see, here's an interesting fact that I'm sure many of you are familiar with. Studies have shown that women are 50% less likely than men to consider themselves potential candidates for elected office. Of course, we didn't need a study to tell us that. We saw it firsthand every time we asked women to step up and run for politics. You see, when you ask a man if he wants to run for office, his very first question is, when do I start? But we found that when we asked a woman the same question, her first reaction was different. It was, really, why me? She'd ask if we were serious. She'd want to know why exactly we thought she was qualified for the job. I hear that from business leaders all the time. They encounter similar reactions when they're recruiting for executive and director positions. It's not just a politics where this is a challenge. What we did try is we launched a campaign called Invite Her to Run. We reached out to social media and other channels to ask Canadians to invite women they knew, leaders in their community, women who are already making their mark as hard workers, as connected business leaders, as people who are having an impact in the world around them to put their name forward to run for office. And to help interested women follow through, we had a process in place to help them figure out the next steps. And that was a really important step in pulling together the pool of talent needed to be able to say so casually and blithely, well, because it's 2015. As in so many situations, the work behind the scenes, the preparation, the dedication, the getting to a place where we were able to showcase that was really the important part of the story. One perfect example for me, the one that encapsulates the struggles with getting women to run was our fantastic Minister of International Trade, well known to many New Yorkers, Christia Freeland. She and I had many long conversations about the reality of working in politics and what the demands would be. I had to convince her to uproot her young family to move from New York to Toronto to run in the election and if she was successful then she would then have to move to Ottawa and further uproot her family. But the call to service was strong and after much soul searching and I know difficult conversations with her husband and her kids, she made the decision and not just me, but all of Canada is delighted that she decided to run because she's been an extraordinary asset to Canada and indeed to the world. But she's just one example of the extraordinary women we gathered, two of whom are here tonight, Patty Hydo, our Minister for the Status of Women and Jody Wilson-Raybolt, who is Canada's first ever Indigenous Attorney General and Minister of Justice. So the Ask Her to Run program was just an example of one specific program that I know has made a real difference. But as I said earlier, we are all accountable to future generations for the decisions and for the steps and processes we put in place to create a better future today. Now, many of you know I am a feminist and proud to call myself one. I know and believe that women can do and be anything they want. But I also know that meaningful cultural change can't and won't happen when only half of the population works towards change. Men need to act to set examples and to be role models too. My wife Sophie recently reminded me of this very point. I've always tried to make sure that my daughter feels empowered, that she understands that her gender does not and should never determine the limits of what she can accomplish.  Men have a critical role to play in demanding and supporting this societal shift. We need to speak out in support of gender equality. And gentlemen, we need to get comfortable identifying ourselves as feminists. Because at the end of the day, that's accountability. We are all accountable women and men. We are all responsible for making sure that the change we want to see around the boardroom table is a topic of discussion around the dinner table. Our daughters and sons deserve nothing less. So after empowerment, accountability, the third value, courage, is ostensibly why I'm here this evening. I say ostensibly because while some might see establishing gender equality around the cabinet table as a courageous move, it's not actually a frame that I'm really comfortable with in talking about courage. Is it really courageous to want to have a government leadership that more accurately reflects the people they're elected to represent? Is it courageous to want to diminish barriers by offering our daughters and sons effective and visible role models? Is it courageous to want to offer Canadian citizens the best possible result? Something we know happens when we have more inclusive representative approach to leadership. See, to me, those aren't markers of courage. Rather, just markers of the right and smart thing to do. See, for true courage, look to when a woman decides to throw her hat in the political arena, even after witnessing that hostile environment that so often awaits her. True courage is fighting for that raise because you know you deserve pay equal or greater to that of your male colleagues. True courage is standing up and demanding better representation, better treatment, and better opportunities. And those inspiring actions are that so many women take upon every day are what is true courage to me. Now, the final value presented for us tonight is humility. Now, it's important to take stock of the things we've accomplished together. A gender balanced cabinet, for example, is a significant accomplishment and one that I am especially proud of. But in highlighting our victories, we must also remain mindful of the important work that has yet to be done. See, Canada has a proud history of strong, ambitious women standing up and fighting for change and real, meaningful progress has always followed. But there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done. We need to do more than address... We need to do more to address issues that negatively impact women each and every day. Issues like pay equity, access to quality childcare and achieving parity, not just in cabinet, but in parliament as a whole. And further, the work we need to continue to do to stamp out violence against women right across our country and indeed around the world means we know we still have a massive mountain to climb but are absolutely determined to make a significant, significant steps towards that. Because in our humility, we should always remember the extraordinary position of privilege each and every one of us, certainly in this room, are in simply by being gathered in this beautiful room, in this great city. And if we have privilege, which we must recognize, we must use that privilege to be advocates for change both within our own communities and on the international stage. See, we need to remember always to challenge the status quo even though it may be what got us here tonight, but it is our responsibility always to be more inclusive, to expand opportunity and to always demand better of ourselves and of others. These four values, empowerment, accountability, courage and humility are not ones that we should embrace because they win us awards or because they make us feel better about ourselves. These are values that we should all seek to embody every single day because in doing so, we help build a world that delivers on the promise of greater equality. And equality, whether extended to an employee, a customer, a colleague, or a citizen, is not a threat. It is an opportunity. So thank you for recognizing the work that my government has done and recognizing as well that as much as I was able to do and my government was able to do, we only did it because Canadians made a choice to choose a more open, fair, positive way of doing politics. And that is certainly something that I hope resonates through political systems around the world. No, I'm not thinking of any place in this particular, don't I? But as wonderful as this recognition is, it is not an honour. It's a challenge.   Because we are all converts and we all know people who wouldn't be here tonight, who wouldn't think of being here tonight, who might not want to be here tonight. And those are the people that we are going to have to challenge. And if anyone, you challenge to step up and do more on gender equality, dares tell you, we've come such a long way, I don't think there's that much left to do, just tell them to ask any woman they know. Merci beaucoup ce soir. Merci beaucoup, mes amis. Thank you very much.