back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. My name's Jen, I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach and I'm on the WW Blue Plan. Today I have October's favorites. I have some amazing favorites for you this month. I'm going to give you WW Foods, Beauty, Fitness, and a couple of household things. I have a lot of favorites. I seem to come up with quite a list every single month, which is awesome. So I'm here today to share with you my new very favorite things. I will link everything that I can find online down in the description box for you. If I can grab a code for you, I will leave that down there as well. So check out that description box to pick up a lot of these items. Also in that description box, you're going to find my nutrition coaching website. I offer macro and calorie calculation, which is so important to know exactly where you should fall every day when it comes to calories and macros. So I would definitely take advantage of that service. I also have group coaching and one-on-one coaching. So check out that description box for my website. You're also going to find the website for all of my recipes, links and discount codes to everything today, as well as all of my other very favorite things and the links to head over and join my Facebook group. We'd love to have you be part of that amazing supportive community. Speaking of community, make sure you subscribe here to my channel so you can be part of this community as well. I would love to have you. Also give this video a thumbs up if you love these favorites videos so you get lots of new exciting ideas and we have quite a list, so let's jump in. My favorite video with WW Food Favorites. Again, I have quite a few things to share with you. Favorite number one is this GT's Kombucha Living in Gratitude Fall Edition. So this is actually my very favorite kombucha of all time. It only comes out during the fall, so I generally stock up. You guys know I drink kombucha every day. Most days I drink a full bottle. Some days I don't. Some days I just have about a half of a bottle, but it really helps with prebiotic, probiotic, and gut bacteria. So I find that it has a lot of health benefits, plus for me it tastes absolutely amazing. This one is my favorite. So this one has apple, turmeric, carrot, and spices. It's delicious. I get a lot of questions on if I'm just starting to consume kombucha or I want to consume kombucha, what would you recommend? So I would go with a sweet flavor to start. Things like strawberry lemonade, guava, the strawberry passion. Go with those types of things that are a little less kombucha-y, if that's a word, and a little more on the sweet side. So it's a great segue into kombucha. But if you love kombucha as much as I do, this one, pick it up, grab it, stock up while it's here. Next up are some nut butters. I have found a couple of really delicious new nut butters and a brand that I have become literally obsessed with. Wild friends, peanut butter, almond butter, and flavored nut butters. This brand, I don't know what it is about it, but it is incredible. When I was in San Diego, we picked up just the traditional peanut butters. It's literally peanuts and salt. And I don't know what they do, but it is the best peanut butter I've ever had in my life. The texture, the taste, the consistency. So I went ahead and hopped on the Wild Friends website and ordered their seasonal flavor. So things like pumpkin spice peanut butter, chocolate pumpkin spice peanut butter, snicker doodle, and gingerbread peanut butter, all the things, and these are delicious. Now these nut butters actually contain sugar. Now the regular traditional peanut butter and almond butter do not. So if you do not want to add sugar, stay away from the seasonal flavors, but I highly recommend their regular peanut butter. It was absolutely incredible. As soon as I am out of the peanut butter I currently have on hand, this is going to be my go-to product for my nut butters. I truly love them. They're affordable. They are point-friendly, calorie-friendly, pretty similar to regular peanut butter, but there is something about the Wild Friends brand that is a notch above any other peanut butter or almond butter on the market.  You guys, I just discovered these. Now I've seen these all over social media, YouTube, Instagram. I just never tried them. They sent these to me and I love them so incredibly much. I featured these on my Facebook group. I told you guys all about them. These are absolutely delicious. Now, do they have the best ingredients? No, but for a chip, they have pretty darn good ingredients. They're delicious and they're made from peas. So it's a chip made from peas. So there are several flavors. They have this onion ring style. So this is similar to like a funion and they also have a similar style to like a cheeto. That's like a cheese curl. So point-wise, the onion-flavored pedos and these fiery, crunchy rings, all the rings are only two points for this bake in 70 calories. All of the cheeto type ones or the cheese curls, there's ranch, fiery and regular cheese that in my opinion is better than cheetos are four points per bake. And you guys, it's full. There is a lot of chips. There's a lot of rings in these bags for the smart points. I love these. I will definitely, definitely be repurchasing them. I am not even a spicy person and I love the fiery rings and the fiery, crunchy curls. So good. So way to go, pedos, a million out of 10 when it comes to your chips. Highly recommend these. These of course are linked down below as well with a discount for you guys. So head on over, grab yourselves some pedos. You won't be sorry. Who doesn't love a good chocolate? So this is the JoJo's guilt-free chocolate in the original flavor. So on the back of this, it says eat chocolate and be happy. This chocolate makes me happy. I picked this up from Costco. Now I know you can order this online as well. So I will link it down below if I can find it and find the most affordable price for you. But this is guilt-free chocolate. It is dark chocolate. But I'll tell you, it does not have that bitterness of regular dark chocolate. I find it to be really good. Now this original one is 70% dark chocolate, pistachios, almonds and cranberries. So there's a little bit of sweet from the cranberry, the crunch from the almonds and pistachios, and then of course, a milky chocolate. It is so good, you guys. It's seven points for one of these bars. I will pull one out and show you the size. They also have minis. And I'm going to see if I can find the minis as well, because I wanna order them. But this is the size of these bars. So they are good size. They're nice and thick. And this bar is seven points. Or you can have half of this bar for three points. But it is chocolate that has exceptional ingredients. I mean, exceptional ingredients. It's literally dark chocolate that has, of course, some sugar in it because it's chocolate, almonds, pistachios, dried cranberries, and hemp protein. That's it. Now there is a little bit of sunflower oil in the cranberries, which is how they dry and sweeten them. But overall, for a chocolate that tastes as good as dojos, this is clean, healthy and amazing. Highly, highly, highly recommend dojos. Next up is the seasoning. You guys know my love of Dax. I love that there's no salt, no MSG. It's great before way in. Great if you're watching your salt. It's a small business and I love to support as many small businesses as I can. And they have come out with a new spice that I have fallen in love with. This is the Pepper Pizzazz Dax Pepper Grinder. You can see that it has a grinder top. Now there is something about this pepper that is exceptional. It's the perfect pairing of black, green, and red pepper. It's so good. And it's fresh as fresh can be because you just grind it right onto your food as you're cooking. You guys, I am loving this. Like I said, I don't know what it is about this pepper, but it's exceptional. I love all of the Dax seasonings. Some of my favorites are the pumpkin spice. It's the best there is. The green zest, original red, taco night, Asian zing.  Of course, these are down below with a discount. Pick up the pepper pizzazz and trust me, it's gonna be the best pepper you've ever had. Next are Clio bars. Now you also know I love Clio bars. I've been eating the full size ones. They're about six smart points per bar. So these are the mini Greek yogurt Clio bars in vanilla. They also have the minis in strawberry. Now I found these at Walmart. They are only two smart points apiece. Now they're small, but they're only 60 calories with four grams of protein and two smart points. They are really, really good. I wanna say this box was $4 or $5, which is not bad because there's eight bars in this box. So not a bad price at all, but some good news on the Clio front is they have come out with a one gram of sugar Clio bar. So it's a Clio bar less sugar added. It comes in both peach and mixed berry flavor. I've ordered them, they are not here, but I'm going to insert a picture here of the new bars and I will link them on the Clio bar website down in the description box. Now they are not in stores yet. The only place that you can pick them up is off of the Clio bar website, but they are running a promotion right now and there is a link for 10% off, kind of a refer a friend link that I will put down below for you as well so that you can get 10% off and hopefully the free shipping promotion is still going on when this video airs. But if not, you can still get 10% off and try out the lower sugar version. But when you're at Walmart next, pick up the minis, they're really good if you just want a small sweet treat after a meal and you can't beat 60 calories, two smart points and four grams of protein. My next food favorite is a built bar. This is the flavor of built bar that was launched for October for the breast cancer awareness campaign. This is the new and improved strawberry built bar. This bar has real chunks of strawberries in it. I don't know what they did. I don't know how they did it, but this is by far hands down my favorite flavor of built bar. Now don't get me wrong, I liked the old version of strawberry. It was really good as well, but this one, there's just something about this that is so good. I don't know if it's the real chunks of strawberries, the reformulation, I couldn't tell you, but this is my all time new favorite flavor. And luckily this is one of the three smart point built bars. Can't go wrong, this is still on their website. It was a limited edition run, so I don't know how much longer it'll be on their website, but you can still purchase the strawberry and you can now purchase the built bites, their back and all of the flavors, including strawberry. And they are only two smart points per built bite. So all of that is on their website, and of course I'll link their website and 10% off in free shipping down below, but pick up the strawberry, delish. And my very last new food favorite are bagels. So these are the alternative Western bagels, the little mini pumpkin baglet. These are also very, very limited. They actually have already went out of stock and come back in, but these are the little mini pumpkin bagels. Now they have the mini bagels in other flavors as well. They are only one smart point per bagel. They are low carb, there's even a little bit of protein in there and they are delicious. My husband and I have been loving the little mini pumpkin bagels. Again, one smart point apiece, you can pick up any of the alternative bagels off of Western bagel. They are all only three smart points for a big full-size bagel. If you do choose the perfect 10 multigrain, they're only two points for a big bagel. But I kinda like these baby ones. I like to have one or two of these with my breakfast. Now when you go up to two, it actually does some funky Weight Watchers math and it's three smart points for two. But sometimes I just have one with a little bit of the Trader Joe's pumpkin cream cheese or my favorite butter or cream cheese for one smart point. So definitely check these out, get them while you can. Again, they are very, very limited edition. They did say when the second run sells out, they're gone for good for the season. So head on over to Western Bagel and pick these up. There's a discount down below for you. And a home item that I wanna share with you before we go into beauty. So first, let's talk about fitness. So you guys know that I love pre-workout. I take it every time before I go to Jazzercise. I just feel like I get a much better workout. I'm not as fatigued. I seem to have a little more endurance, a little more pep in my step at Jazzercise. So I have recently tried a new pre-workout that I am absolutely loving. Not only is it a great pre and post workout, it also contains essential amino acids, which is really, really important again for endurance and recovery after a good workout. And this pre-workout is from the Amino Company and it is called Perform and I have the blue raspberry flavor. So this pre-workout actually comes in two flavors. I have the blue raspberry and it also comes in grape. Now I have not tried the grape flavor yet. It is next on my list, but this stuff is so good. It tastes amazing. I love the blue raspberry. It definitely tastes blue raspberry, but not artificial blue raspberry if that makes sense because as we know, there's no such thing as blue raspberries. So generally it can be like a really artificial tasting flavor, not in the perform. It's actually really, really delicious in here. This stuff is awesome. So I take this before my workout. It helps provide mental clarity. Throughout your workout improves your athletic peak performance and it does all of the things that it says that it does. It really, truly is one of my very favorite pre-workouts. I also love the My Adventure to Fit, but I like to change it up and have a little bit of different pre-workouts. Now, if I am exhausted and I just know that it's gonna be a struggle through the workout, I always take this perform because it really, really just kicks my booty into gear and I have a fantastic workout despite being a little bit fatigued and tired when I go in. So I will link this down below for you guys. It is a startup business and it would be great to support them and like I said, they have perform, which is an amazing product. Next, I wanna talk about a fitness tracker. So you guys know that I do have a Fitbit, but I get a lot of questions on what type of fitness tracker would I recommend for you to purchase? Because sometimes things like Fitbits and Apple Watches are just out of our budget. So I have a fitness tracker that I have been using now for the last couple of weeks in place of my Fitbit. That is a fraction. And when I say a fraction, I mean a fraction of the price and it's awesome. And here it is. So it looks very, very similar to a Fitbit, but it's very different and it's very affordable. So I wanna tell you guys a little bit about this fitness tracker. For those of you that are looking for one and also hint, hint, this would make an amazing, amazing get. It comes packaged really nicely in a box. It includes additional bands and a USB charger, which is amazing, super easy way to charge. 24 seven health tracking. There's 18 exercise modes. It looks awesome. It's very fashionable. It has call and app notifications and it's compatible with Android phones and Apple phones. It tracks your steps, your calories burned, your heart rate and the amount of time that you stood in a day, which is something you don't find in other trackers. So as you can see, this fitness tracker for 45.99 has as many features, if not more than a Fitbit or an Apple watch. It tracks your sleep, your steps, your heart rate and it's compatible with both Android and iPhone users. So you guys, I'm loving this so much. The display is nice and bright. Really truly, in my honest, honest opinion, I would buy this before I would spend my money on a Fitbit or an Apple watch. Sorry Fitbit and Apple watch, but for less than $50, this tracker again has just as many features, is easy to use, comes with extra bands and in a box for easy storage. Again, you guys, Christmas is right around the corner. This would be an absolutely fantastic gift. And right now on Amazon, like I said, this fitness tracker is 45.99, but there is an extra 15% off coupon right now on Amazon. I'm going to link it down below, head on over and grab it while that coupon is still happening. You guys, Christmas, this is a great gift for you, for a friend, for your workout buddy, literally for anybody who's on a health journey, who's in need of a good quality fitness tracker, pick this up for them. You guys will not be sorry, I love it. And lastly, I have just one lone household item that I want to share with you guys. This is from Grove Collaborative and this is the Wrinkle Releaser Spray in Lavender. I love this wrinkle spray. So I generally buy the Downey one. This one knocks it out of the park. It smells amazing. It's actually Lavender and Rosemary. And what I do, whenever my clothes are wrinkly, I spray a little bit of this on there and hang it or lay it flat and literally the wrinkles are gone. It is so affordable and it's off of the Grove Collaborative website. They have everything from cleaning supplies to pet supplies, personal hygiene, household, you name it, they have it. I'm going to link a link down below for you that if you decide to join Grove, I've been a member now for a couple of years. It's super affordable for the yearly membership. It ships for free. You get free gifts with a certain dollar of orders. It's just a great company and they literally have everything. It ships to your doorstep within a day or two. It's here for me. So there is a link for a free Mrs. Meyers gift set which is valued at $35. I'll link it down below for you guys. But yeah, I love this stuff. I use a lot of products off of Grove but for Grove products, this one's my favorite. For today's favorites are beauty items. You guys know I love beauty items. So I'm going to actually start with an eye cream. So if you watch my most recent haul, I hauled the Boschia Killer Deal from Costco but there is another eye cream that I truly, truly love that I've actually been using since I didn't have the Boschia in hand. Now I think that this eye cream is a little bit better than the Boschia. It isn't as affordable if you can score that great deal at Costco. But as far as performance, it's a little bit better. And this is the beauty counter rejuvenating eye cream. Now you guys know I love beauty counter. It's a nice clean makeup. The government does not regulate or the FDA, I should say, does not regulate beauty products like they should. So beauty counter makes sure that all of their makeup, skincare, everything is clean, cruelty-free and they do not use over 1500 of the controversial beauty ingredients in their beauty products. So I love them. I use their skincare line and I have noticed an incredible difference in my skin with their line. This eye cream is incredible. It's actually very affordable for an eye cream and I love it. I use it at night. I put it under my eyes, the side over here where you get the crow's feet and even on my lid. I've noticed a huge difference with my eyes being more soft and supple and it's also helping prevent fine lines and wrinkles which who doesn't want that as we grow older. So I highly recommend beauty counter products in general but if you're looking for an affordable clean eye cream that works wonders, pick this one up. Next are vitamins. Now I have mentioned several times that I do like to take a sleep supplement or sleep vitamin. I have tried so many brands. I really like the Hello Bello brand. I'll insert a picture here. I find that one at Walmart but unfortunately it's never in stock. So recently at Target I found this one and I have to say it is right up there with my favorites with the Hello Bello and this is the Hems and Hers and this is their sleep vitamin. This is in the palm berry flavor. It is gluten free. There's no artificial ingredients and it's these little like sugar coated bears. They look like gummy bears with sugary coating. It tastes really delicious and I would say that this is in a very, very effective sleep gummy. I take two of these at night and it really helps me not only fall asleep but stay asleep. And these are pretty affordable compared to some of the other sleep gummies out there. I'll link these down below because I know that you can order them off of the main Target website and sometimes at my local Target I can't find them but they're always available on target.com so I'll link these down below. I recently did a video where I talked about truly beauty products. Truly beauty sponsored that video and sent me a lot of their products to try. Their Ossaiya your boobies line, the buns of glory line and their anti-cellulite line. So I am favoring all of those products but I have a couple of very, very favorites and that is actually their anti-cellulite line. You guys, I posted in that video before and after pictures after one week and two weeks of use and it's noticeably very, very different and I have continued to love and use these two products. Actually all of the products. So first is the truly anti-cellulite body mask and the truly anti-cellulite serum. So this is a resurfacing body serum. It has orange flower, retinol, apricot, vegan collagen and organic aloe boost. And then this is a mask. It's like a lotion with those same orange vibes as the serum. So what I do twice a day, in the morning and at night is first I put on the mask and then I put on the serum and I put this anywhere that I have visible cellulite that I don't wanna have anymore. So I've been using this a lot on my thighs and kind of under my booty. You guys, there's a huge difference. I'm going to insert those same pictures here that I put in that video and you can visibly see a difference and these are incredibly affordable. Less than $30 apiece. Now they were out of stock for a while. They were back in stocks. So hopefully they're still there when you see this video but I'll link these down below with a discount for you guys. But if you struggle with stubborn cellulite, now does it make it go away completely? No. Does it make a noticeable difference? Yes. So check this out. Along with all of the other truly beauty products, I truly love everything, no pun intended, that they sent me. If you follow me over on Instagram and if you don't, go follow me on Instagram. When I was in San Diego, I kind of filmed throughout my stories, my experience there and one of the places we went to was Lush. Now I've heard of Lush beauty products. I'd never been to one and I just found out you can actually buy them online. So I wanted to feature one of the products that I picked up that I'm obsessed with. I love this so much and I hymn and I haught about picking this up because Lush is expensive. Let's be honest, well worth it you guys. Well, well worth it. So this is the Revive Hair Moisturizer. Now I picked up the big container just because at the time I did not know that I would be able to find this online. And I will also tell you that I have a lot of hair and you use very, very, very little of this because you only put it on your hair from about here down. You don't wanna put it on your scalp because it will cause your hair to be shiny and greasy looking. You guys, I would buy the small one of this because this is about $50. It's amazing. I can put it on my hair wet or dry and it takes all the frizziness out. It makes my hair shiny and beautiful. It's a miracle worker because I have very dry, coarse frizzy hair. This, I can't believe how good it works. And like I said, you use very, very little so you could get away with the small jar. It smells incredible. It's kind of a yellow, like lotion like consistency. So again, you could put this on wet or dry hair or use it daily to kind of tame those crazy locks. You guys, I love this. If I can find this on the Lush website or anywhere online, I'll link it down below for you guys because again, if you have dry, coarse frizzy hair, get this. And last but not least, for October favorites is another beauty product. This is the Ultrasonic Skin Scrubber. So I'm gonna show you guys the box first and then I'll show you the actual product. Talk to you guys about it and if you made it all the way to the end of the video, we're doing a giveaway for one of these. So let me tell you all about this product and how you can enter to win it. So this is what the product looks like. Again, this is the Good Sky Skin Scrubber Face Ultrasonic Blackhead Remover and Gentle Poor Cleanser. This little guy looks like this. It has kind of a shiny spatula and it does charge by USB. So how this works is this spatula here emits nano waves and ultrasonic technology. And basically what it does is it puts out vibrations that help firm and tone your skin. I use this when my face is wet. You can use this with your facial cleanser. What I love about it is it has 30,000 vibrations per second. So as you're using it on your face, it's clearing out all of your pores. Any buildup of makeup or skincare products or icky, disgusting blackheads, without any pain, the vibration in this actually removes and cleans out your pores. It has three modes. The first mode is the Cleansing Mode. That is the mode that's going to open up all your pores, remove all of the makeup and skincare buildup and just really, really cleanse your face. The second mode is a Moisturizing Mode. So that's going to help your newly cleaned out open pores really absorb all of the skincare that you're putting on your face and let it absorb it and help make your skin soft and eliminate those fine lines and wrinkles. Speaking of fine lines and wrinkles, the third mode is the Lifting Mode. And this is the mode that's actually going to help decrease the fine lines and wrinkles on your face. Again, it contains a USB port so that you can charge it up. What I've been doing with this is I put this in a Ziploc bag in my shower and I just leave it in my shower because I shower at night, I wash my face in the shower so I use this there. I use all three modes. I cleanse, I moisturize and I lift with the scrubber in the shower and then I put it back in the Ziploc bag just to prevent it from being wet. You could also leave this out and do this when you get out of the shower in the morning, whatever your preference is, but it's recommended that you use this one to two times a week until you've used it regularly and then you can bump up the times of week that you use it. Make sure that you're not using this on your lips or around your eye area, but I'm loving it. It's been a great, great thing to have. It's extremely, extremely affordable, but we're also doing a giveaway. So thank you Good Sky for reaching out and offering to do a giveaway for today's video. So I'm gonna tell you guys how you can win one of these Good Sky Face Ultrasonic Scrubbers. Number one, comment and let me know why you wanna win. Number two, give this video a big thumbs up and number three, make sure you are subscribed to my channel and your bell is turned on. I will be double checking for that for the winner. So I'm going to be giving one of these away. So today is Sunday, November 1st, so happy November.  So make sure you check out that video to see if you win. I will also link this down below. It is super affordable, like I said, 21.99 on Amazon. You can't beat it and it works and I love it and I'm so happy that I have it. This is a product that I started one to two times a week and now I'm using it about five days a week and I've noticed the visible results and like I said, for the price, it's amazing. So make sure that you comment like today's video and you're subscribed and your bell is turned on to be entered in the giveaway. So that is everything for my October favorites. Again, make sure you get entered in the giveaway. You're going to love the product. It is absolutely amazing. So thank you again to Good Sky for putting on today's videos giveaway. I really appreciate it. Also again, for the giveaway, make sure you're subscribed and your bell notification is turned on. Thumbs up this video for the giveaway and of course, if you liked it and leave your comments down below, let me know what are the products that I shared with you in today's video that you absolutely are ordering now.  Thank you guys again so much for watching. Make sure you're checking out the description box for the links to everything I shared with you today as well as all of my other favorite things and the link to head over and join me on Facebook and also my Nutrition Coaching website. So thank you guys again so much for watching. Happy November. You guys, it's November, less than two months until Christmas and I'll see you all in my next video. Bye friends.


When you stay, the narcissist does this. You may have been thinking of leaving the narcissist, and it's like as soon as you made this decision, their behavior started to change.  It's worked for them in the past, so they assume that it's going to work for them now. They will present the illusion of value, and it's always exaggerated. It's always made to seem like it's more than what it actually is. When the reality is that you could get the same and so much more from millions of other people in this world, yet they expect you to believe that they are special or unique. They expect you to believe that you're not going to find anything better than them, because that is how they keep you under their control. That is how they keep you depended on them, by making you believe that they are unique, by making you believe that they are better than other people. When the reality is that there is hundreds of millions of narcissists in this world who are exactly like them, they all behave the exact same way, and yet they think they're different. They think they're superior in some way, but this is only to compensate for how they really feel about themselves.   It is an adaptation to a hostile environment in childhood, but deep down they know they don't deserve you.  It's not because they possess any real qualities or abilities, but when you think of leaving the narcissist, they will immediately sense it. They will be on to you, and they will quickly change their behavior in an attempt to secure you, because the last thing they want is for you to leave. They don't change their behavior because they care about you. They're not trying to build anything with you. This is just a manipulation. People who don't have any real qualities and abilities have to do this to get what they want. They have to lie to you. They have to create illusions. They have to use future faking, because they already know that they don't have anything of value to offer you. They don't have anything to share with you that you couldn't get from anywhere else.  It's either that or they coerce you into staying with them. They intimidate you by using force or threats. They put you in a state of fear or shame where you feel like you can't get out. Either way, it's designed to control you. It's designed to keep you under their influence and authority. And it's not going to be any good for you. It's not going to build you up in any way. All they can do is take from you. All they can do is trick you into investing your qualities and abilities into something that has no value, which means that you're never going to see a return on your investment. You will only find that your health begins to deteriorate. Your finances begin to diminish. Nothing good comes out of staying with a narcissist. It will only destroy you in the end. When you entertain the narcissist manipulation, you are entering their fantasy world. You are entering a world where they have the influence and authority.  You are under their spell. It's a mirage. It's an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved because it's only a fantasy. It's an idea with no basis in reality. But the reason why they hold on to the fantasy so strongly is because it's all they have. They abandoned who they really are a long time ago and created their false self. This character who is meant to be perfect. This character who is meant to be everything that you should want. But it isn't real. It's based on superficial things which only appear to be true or real until examined more closely.  They get these ideas or suggestions from people who they believe to be powerful and significant, desirable and attractive. And they see that those people are getting attention. Those people are getting what they want. And they want a piece of the action. They want some of the advantages that come from an activity, that come from taking on these ideas and suggestions. But that doesn't change who they really are. Narcissists have no foundational structure. They try to cover their stench with perfume. But it's really nothing more than a cover-up. They're just putting something on top or in front of something in order to protect or conceal it. They're trying to draw a veil over themselves. They're trying to prevent you from discovering the truth about what they really are. And they do that by using the manipulation because they want you to be a part of their fantasy world. Which is why they keep trying to lure you in with the manipulation. But you don't belong there. Which is why you cannot assimilate. Which is why you cannot absorb or integrate into their ideas or culture. Because you are real. And a real person cannot exist in a fantasy world for long periods of time. You're going to feel like it's not right. It's going to cause conflict and disruption. It's going to cause disturbance and problems which interrupt the event activity or process. Because you are not designed to exist in their fantasy world. You are meant to be free from control. Free from manipulation. But even when you realize this, it will not stop the narcissist from trying to pull you back in. Because despite what they have led you to believe, they are very attracted to you. They have an interest in you. You are very important to them. And that is why they cannot leave you alone. But they cannot come out of their world. Because then they would cease to exist. They can only exist in their world. And that is why they have to always pull you into it. They always have to make you a part of them. But they cannot reach you. They cannot connect you from a world that doesn't even exist. When you stay, it is very beneficial for the narcissist. It is very convenient for them. It allows them to get what they want out of you. But it is very damaging for you. Because you are giving them all of your care and attention. But they have nothing to share with you. They can only give you the illusion of value.   You will feel like you are being tricked.  Which isn't even of a satisfactory standard. Because they cover their stench with perfume. They conceal their true motives. They conceal their qualities and abilities. They make you believe they are so much more than what they actually are. And they don't even appreciate you. They can't even recognize your value. Because you need to have something of value. Before you can recognize another person's value. So in their minds, they think they can do better than you. They think you are not enough. And they have to keep you looking at yourself. So that you don't focus on them. And realize that they are not bringing anything to the table. Whatever crumbs a narcissist brings to you. You could get the same thing from anyone else. Without all the BS. Without having to deal with that attitude. Without having to deal with that lack of sophistication. Narcissists can be offensively impolite and bad-mannered. They complain about everything. They are very impatient. They are always scanning the environment for problems. They are always looking for something to criticize. Because they are very insecure. They are not happy with themselves. So they cannot be happy with you. And you will never be able to be happy with someone. Who cannot be happy with themselves. They have low self-esteem. So they always have to be in control. They have to maintain influence and authority over you. Because you are their source of supply. They are emotionally dependent on you. Their entire life revolves around you. They are very jealous of controlling. They always feel like something is being taken away from them. Which is why they have to hold on to you for dear life. Because they're afraid that you will no longer want to be with them. So they have to force you into being with them. They have to manipulate you. But then you're just going back into the fantasy world. You're just entertaining the illusion again. You're not building anything deep or meaningful. You're just being fooled by the illusion of value. They cannot communicate with you directly. They cannot interact with you outside of the fantasy world. Any time you have a conversation with a narcissist.  You cannot have a genuine conversation with a narcissist. The best you will ever get from them is an illusion. You cannot be vulnerable. You cannot be yourself by doing that around a narcissist. You are only putting yourself at risk of danger or harm. Because as long as you're trying to establish anything of meaning or value with a narcissist. You're only going to lose out in the end. It's like you've both made the decision to build a home together. And you supplied them with all of the bricks. But rather than using the bricks to build this home. They took them all for themselves. They used them for their own self-centered purpose. They used them for their own benefit or advantage. So you've just invested into building a life for someone else. You've helped them to be safe and secure. But now you're left without a roof of a yell head. You're left out in the cold. Because any time that a narcissist gets hold of anything that you give to them. Anything that you use to try to build something with them. They're only going to take it and use it for themselves. And that's exactly what happens when you stay with a narcissist.    You're giving power to something that is only going to destroy you in the end. Which is why it's so important to take back your power. Realize that you're investing in something. That is not going to benefit you. It's not going to improve your life in any way. The only person who is going to gain anything out of this situation is the narcissist. And that is why they're so attached to you. That is why they're so dependent on you. And while you may have been fooled by the illusion of value in the beginning, you're starting to wake up now. You're beginning to realize that there is no value other than what you give to them. And you're never going to see a return on anything you give to them. Because they're a poor investment, their value is only going to depreciate. When you stay with the narcissist and you invest all of your time, energy and money into them, it's not helping you in any way. You're not building anything significant or meaningful. It's like paying for a car that you can't even drive. Thank you for watching. I hope this video has hit it with you. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. If you would like to donate, my PayPal link is in the video description. Coaching inquiries. You can email me at coaching.narcsurvivor.uk. Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


Hi, my name is Casey Canfield and I'm an assistant professor in engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. I'm here to talk about framing transparency as an ethical responsibility and PhD data science. I teach a graduate level course called advanced engineering management science. This is a new course that I developed when I joined the faculty in 2018. And so far I've taught it twice. This course was largely inspired by the applied data analysis course I took from Alex Davis at Carnegie Mellon University. For the students, this is their first exposure to statistics, data science and programming in R. It's a small graduate level course that is required for all engineering management PhD students. In the second week of class, when they're still getting their feet wet with R, I introduced the concept of ethics and frame the importance of learning statistics in the context of scientific integrity. We talk about how data science doesn't just predict the future, it causes the future, which is a quote from Kathy O'Neill who wrote weapons of math destruction. She talks about how the most dangerous algorithms are important, scalable and secret. I encourage my students to work on things that are important and scalable because that's how you make the world a better place, but it should not be secret. So if we want to avoid secrets, we want to be transparent. As Richard Feynman put it, scientific integrity entails bending over backwards to show how you might be wrong. We want to document everything and make it public. I introduced the concept of the nine circles of scientific hell. Neuroskeptic drew this comic inspired by XKCD and Dante's Inferno. The levels range from overselling in level two, which is related to overstating the results of our analyses, to inventing data in level nine. In class, we talk about how there's this gray area between unethical data analysis and misconduct that involves intentional deception. We want to do ethical data analysis, which involves not deceiving our audience with statistics. Sometimes we have to worry about accidentally deceiving ourselves. There's lots of research about heuristics and biases that influence human perception. For example, there's confirmation bias, which is a tendency to focus on evidence that is consistent with our expectations and hindsight bias, which is a tendency to perceive events as predictable after they have occurred. These biases affect all people, including scientists. Before class, I asked students to read Silverjohn's paper, Many Analysts, One Data Set. I really like this paper because it goes to great lengths to show how there are many different ways to approach a single data set and even the most conscientious data analysts can disagree. This emphasizes that there's a structural problem that can best be solved with transparency. The graph shown here is from their nature paper that summarizes this work. Basically, they had 29 teams analyze the same data to determine if dark skin players are more or less likely to receive red cards in professional soccer games. Of the 29 teams, 20 found a statistically significant correlation between skin color and red cards. While discussing this paper, I highlight the implications of drawing conclusions, effective uncertainty, and how this relates to how they are going to do data science. So to address this problem related to all the degrees of freedom that a data analyst has, we need structural solutions. This isn't about getting rid of the bad apples. We talk about all the challenges for reproducible science and how there are opportunities to shift the environment in which we work to be more transparent. For the purposes of the class, we focus on developing skills related to pre-registering studies, understanding methodology, employing checklists for reporting, and making our code readable by other humans. After class, I have the students knit their first R notebook and ask them to write a paragraph about which of the nine circles of scientific hell sounds like the hardest to avoid and why. Most students focus on overselling and post hoc storytelling. I'd love to hear your ideas about how to teach ethical data analysis. I can be reached at canfieldci at mst.edu. I've also included the full references here. Thanks.


Hi, this is Dr. Urschow and let's talk about an overlooked cause of diarrhea. Now, diarrhea is one of the symptoms that can encapsulate IBS. And when it becomes chronic in nature, it can certainly become very inconvenient. And diarrhea, again, can accompany other signs of IBS, which may be gas, bloating, abdominal pain, just to name a few. And if someone has chronic diarrhea, certainly diet is one of the first things to look to. But if not diet and not something like an infection or overgrowth, like small intestinal bacteria overgrowth, for example, or some kind of intestinal infection, when those things have been ruled out, it's possible that someone may have malabsorption of bile.  And it's created into your small intestine to help with the absorption of fat. However, in some people, they have a syndrome known as bile acid malabsorption. And essentially what happens here is too much bile gets too far down the intestinal tract, so to speak. And when it does, it can cause diarrhea. Now, what's funny about this is oftentimes it's recommended for people to supplement with bile, to take a bile supplement to help tend to with diarrhea or with malabsorption. However, for people with this bile acid malabsorption, that may actually make them worse. And I'll put one study reference on the screen here that shows anywhere from up to 25 to up to even 50% of people with chronic diarrhea may have this bile acid malabsorption at the root cause of their diarrhea. So, how can you figure out if this might be you? Well, first, you should try a healthy diet, some sort of low allergen diet, something like a paleo diet or a low FODMAP diet can be a very good first step. Then, have evaluated SIBO, small intestinal bacteria overgrowth or any kind of other dysbiosis like Candida overgrowth or even an infection like Giardia or Cryptosporidium, common intestinal infections that can cause chronic diarrhea. If the diarrhea then persists this may be at the root cause. There's another cause of chronic diarrhea which can be inflammatory bowel disease, but this can actually be involved with inflammatory bowel disease due to how inflammatory bowel disease can damage the part of your small intestine that it's supposed to help reabsorb bile so that you don't have bile acid malabsorption which causes this diarrhea. So, in recap, having too much bile may be one of the causes of diarrhea. And, how can you then treat this or test this? Well, there are tests available but probably the most practical and also supported in the medical literature is a trial of a bile, what's known as a bile sequestrant or something that binds to bile, like a bile sponge. Now, there's a medication that can do this called cholesteramine and there are also natural agents like Google, Propolis, Boswellia. Many of these compounds actually are known to lower cholesterol. For example Google and Propolis are known to lower cholesterol and they do so actually by being a bile binder. So, if you're not sure about one of these herbs ability to bind to bind to bile, if it's a known cholesterol lowering agent that can help stir your interaction. Now, I wouldn't do this on my own. I would do this under the advice or counsel of a clinician because there are other things like I mentioned that can cause a chronic diarrhea that are important to have ruled out. But something to think about to bring to your doctor or discuss with your doctor is the potential of bile acid malabsorption as the cause of chronic diarrhea, which can be present in 20, around 20 to up to up through 50% of patients with chronic diarrhea. This can be at the cause according to the published medical literature. So, this is Dr. Ruscio and I hope this helps you get healthy and get back to your life. Thanks.


We're responding in this area because it's an area that's obviously at risk with very close by a major outbreak of cholera with some cholera cases in this part as well and at the same time it's a place where there's not many other actors and where we have established our presence since a while where we've been working in this place before building latrines, doing sensitization, so for us it was natural to focus on this place. The population here faces many challenges. For most there's been a very large demographic pressure on this community because most of the people here are IDPs that fled from Malacal, from the town when the conflict hit there. They come on top of a population that was already pretty vulnerable prior to this crisis. So the cholera, they came like a third layer of challenges. So that's one of the reasons why we try to focus on working in this area. We set up a cholera treatment center which is like a basic hospital that can deal with the people that actually have cholera. Everything that we do here has been in very much collaboration with the South Sudanese Red Cross. Really from minute one of this cholera outbreak we've been working together very closely because without this local buy-in and this local community that organizes itself through the South Sudanese Red Cross none of our response would have held and would have lasted for so long. We're working with awareness and the team that's sitting in the center here and the team on the sea side that's doing the rush for the people that are coming on board. With awareness, we're going from house to house. We're going from house to house. We're going from house to house. With awareness, we're going from house to house. We're going from house to house and we're going to- First, everyone's gonna do water this way. Our job is prenup that's all we do. We've won so many things on our hand. We've won so many things on our hands. We're lucky in this place, we showed what water has been surface-to- geography. We're not going to increase water that much, but in our natural water, it's very extreme. And so we are now going from one of the tolerance we received from theors Hello. Ladies and gentlemen, we've had enough. The people here are all from the village. We are all from the village. We are all from the village. We are all from the village. We are all from the village. We are all from the village. Today we are starting a distribution. And the distribution is very important. It is one of our bensions because the receive's up today is Angerakan. They can wash their hands with soap and clean water before eating the food. And the Angerakan also, they can put the clean water in this Angerakan for drinking. We, in Kodok here, we are ready for the cholera. If there is cholera, we have the power to take cholera away from our community. Because every family, every person here had information about cholera.


This is for those who want to be used by God, who want to see an increase of the power of the Holy Spirit in their life. I'm talking about the double portion anointing. Now we understand that every believer already has the Holy Spirit. Every believer already has the power of the Holy Spirit deposited in them. It was so since the moment you put your faith in Jesus. But I want to talk to you about how to walk in that power that you have been given. Go now to 1 Kings chapter 19. And we're going to look at the story of Elijah and Elisha. 1 Kings chapter 19, I'm going to start at verse 16. We're going to skip 17 and 18, and then go to 19 through 21. If you want to be spent for the glory of God, and you want your life to be used for his purposes to expand his kingdom, I want you to write in the comments section right now, use my life Lord. Let that be your public declaration. Let that be your prayer. Say it in faith. Use my life Lord. It's time we lay down our lives that the power of God might have influence in us and through us. 1 Kings 19 verse 16. Then anoint Jehu, grandson of Nimchi, to be king of Israel. And anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat, from the town of Abel-Mihullah, to replace you as my prophet. So here Elijah is being instructed to go and anoint Elisha. Let's go now down to verse number 19. So Elijah went and found Elisha, son of Shaphat, plowing a field. There were 12 teams of oxen in the field and Elisha was plowing with the 12th team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.  Elijah replied, go on back, but think about what I have done to you. So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them. He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh. He passed around the meat to the townspeople and they all ate. Then he went with Elijah as his assistant. Now let's go back to verse number 16. And as I said, we're looking at the story of Elijah and Elisha. And as we read through the scripture, we're going to glean truths concerning the double portion anointing. And then we're going to apply those to our lives so that we can continue to walk in greater measures of the Holy Spirit's power. Again, noting that that power is already within you. So you have that power. The question is, are you surrendered to God in a way that that power can flow? Now verse 19, excuse me, verse 16, we see that God is the one who instructed Elijah to anoint Elisha. This is the first thing we have to note. It does not come from man. The power of the Holy Spirit, the anointing, assignments, callings, ministries, none of these are man-made and none of these are man-given. Well, if they're genuine ministries, if they're genuine callings, they're not man-made. Man cannot anoint you without God's permission. Man is there for the ceremony of it, for the accountability of it. But ultimately, the power of the Holy Spirit is from God himself. It does not come from man. God uses man. It can come through man. But ultimately, callings come from heaven. And so we see that God was the one who instructed Elijah to go an anoint Elisha. So that's the first thing to note that callings are found in the presence of God. When God gives you an assignment, he may use someone to help guide you. He may use someone to help keep you accountable, that your character might be shaped so that you can handle your calling. He may even appoint spiritual leaders that will help to affirm what he's doing in your life. But ultimately, we must remember that callings come from God. Man does not anoint man. Only God can anoint man. So we see there first and foremost that God was the one who instructed the prophet to go and anoint his replacement. Now let's go down to verse number 19. So Elijah went and found Elisha, son of Shaphat, plowing a field. Now here's something that I've noticed about the Lord. Now keep in mind, I am not talking about salvation when I say what I'm about to say, because that can be confusing, especially if you know that I do not teach a works-based salvation. I teach a grace-based salvation. We are empowered unto holiness. God gives us a new nature and so forth. So in other words, we do good works. We live holy because he have saved us, but we recognize that those good works in and of themselves cannot do the work of salvation alone. So understand that when I talk about working, when I talk about not being lazy, in this particular context, I'm talking about as it applies to ministries and callings, not as it applies to salvation. So remember this, if you have a past, God can work with that. You have flaws and character issues. God can help you shape those that you might become more like Christ. You have doubts about yourself. You have insecurities. God can empower you with boldness to work through that. If you have obstacles, people coming against you, financial trouble, health issues, whatever it may be, God can work through it with you. But here's something that we must know about the call of God. Here's something that we must know about the anointing. It's not a popular truth. It may offend some, but the reality is this, God does not anoint the lazy. When God called Elisha, he was plowing the field. Well, think about it. When God called David, he was tending the sheep. When God called the disciples, they were fishing. They were fishermen, or some of the disciples were fishermen. When God called Isaiah the prophet, he was serving in the temple. Look throughout the Scripture, and whenever a man was called, you'll see that he was a man who was busy. He was a man who was doing something. He was a man who was making use of his ability, who was being a good steward of his time. Now, we know that God can use anyone. God can do whatever he wants to do. And no, I'm not saying that laziness is the one flaw that God cannot help you with. What I'm saying is that if we are to surrender to that laziness, then we choose to not do the work of ministry. And God still allows us to have our autonomy and free will. And so if we're unwilling, if we're spiritually lazy, if we're inactive in our callings because of the decisions and the choices that we make based on our own free will, then, of course, God will not force that calling upon us. Now, again, God can use anyone he wants. God can anoint anyone that he wants. But if we look at the pattern in Scripture, we see that God does not anoint the lazy. You have to be doing something. Now, I'm not saying that you have to be perfect. I'm not saying that there can't be a struggle with laziness or maybe a struggle with a lack of zeal. I'm saying that if we live the lifestyle of laziness, doing nothing ever, and we never get moving, we never are obedient, we never fulfill the instructions that God has given to us, then we make it very difficult to see the calling fulfilled in our lives. And God does not anoint the lazy. We see that Elijah was plowing a field. He was doing something. He was a person of work, a person of diligence. When God calls someone, he looks for someone who is diligent. Now, again, I want to reiterate so that there's no confusion. I'm not talking about salvation. That's a separate thing. God saves us, despite ourselves, as long as we put our faith in Jesus. But here I'm talking about the call to ministry. I'm talking about the anointing, walking in that power, walking in the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives. He does not anoint the lazy. Now, watch in verse 19 that Elijah threw the cloak on him. In other words, here is that affirmation coming to him. Elisha did not ask. God spoke to Elijah. Elijah went to Elisha and he threw his cloak on him. And Elisha responded to what was happening. Now, we need to balance these two thoughts because if we're not careful, they can seem to contradict one another. On one hand, we see that Elijah is a man of diligence, doing something. He's working. On the other hand, we see that he was not the one who pursued Elisha to begin with. It was God who, excuse me, he was not the one to pursue Elijah. It was God who called Elisha. And it was Elijah who threw the cloak. So we see that there is something to be said of those who recognize that they cannot call themselves into ministry. Yes, we should be diligent as I just said a few moments ago. Yes, we should be working as I just said a few moments ago. Yes, we should have our hand to the plow, so to speak. However, when it comes to the ministry, to the call of God, you cannot break into the ministry from ambition alone. Please hear what I'm about to say because our generation desperately needs to hear this. You cannot break into the call of God by ambition alone. Ministry, the anointing, is not a career choice. It's a calling. And I believe that many are ambitious about ministry because they perceive it as an avenue through which they can receive fame, fortune, status, importance, something to be admired about them. And if you look at ministry in that way, then often you're operating from ambition and you can't anoint yourself. You can't call yourself. So yes, on one hand, we are to be diligent working. On one hand, we are to be doing something for the kingdom. If you desire to be in ministry, of course, you desire a good thing. There's nothing wrong with that desire in and of itself. But watch the motives because ambition is quite tricky. And the flesh is self-deceptive. And so we must keep this balance to where we're not walking in laziness. We are being diligent about our callings. But at the same time, we recognize that the cloak is thrown at us. We don't necessarily pursue it first. That if we just stick to our assignments, we're diligent about what we know God has spoken to us, then He will bring the promotion. He will bring the next step. He will be the one to cause you to walk into something new. But God is the one who promotes. Do what's before you. Be diligent about what you know you have been assigned and allow the next assignment to come from God Himself. But don't try to force your way through the door with ambition alone. Elijah threw the cloak on Elisha. He did not ask for it, but he was being diligent.  Elijah replied, go on back, but think about what I have done to you. In other words, you have to take some careful consideration about the call of God. So let's recap just for a moment here. So far we've seen that the called are called by God, not by man. We see that the called are diligent. They're not lazy people. And God chooses, for the most part, as far as we can see in biblical patterns, God chooses to not anoint the lazy rather he calls the diligent. And then we also see balancing this point on diligence, that our diligence should not come from the place of fleshly ambition. We also must recognize that initiation ultimately comes from God. And there's nothing that we can do ourselves to force open doors that we're not ready to walk through. And then we see that it takes careful consideration. Think about what I've done. Think about it. Really take careful consideration about what you're stepping into. Think about the responsibility that comes from walking in the power of God. Think about the fact that if you continue to grow in your calling, that heaven adds to your responsibilities. That now there's a greater weight on you because of the responsibility. I heard it said that ministry is not a reward. It's a responsibility. Yes, there are wonderful things about ministry. Yes, being called by God comes with many benefits in the favor of God and so forth. That's wonderful. But on the other hand, we have to recognize that it's not about us receiving benefits. It's not necessarily just a reward. Ministry is a responsibility. Now, look at verse 21. I love this. So, Elijah returned to his oxen and slaughtered them. He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh. He passed around the meat to the townspeople and they all ate. Then he went with Elijah as his assistant. Now, what's he doing here? He took the plow, used it as firewood, and then he roasted all his animals. What exactly is happening here? He's burning his bridges, so to speak. He's making it so that he cannot look back. He's burning the plow. He's destroying his former means of sustenance. He's destroying that which he had up until that point totally relied upon to make a living. Now, that is the turning from that former life. That is the turning from his old responsibilities. That season, that chapter was coming to a close. The season was coming to an end and he was stepping now into a new dimension of his calling. But in order to step into the new dimension of your calling, you have to step out of the old. And sometimes that's uncomfortable. The old is familiar. The old is not as scary. We've learned to rely on some of the systems and some of the sustenance that comes from the old. But my friend, if you're not willing to take that step of faith, if you're not willing to step into the newness of what God has for you by burning the plow, by slaughtering your animals, by turning from it in such a way that you can never go back, then you cannot step into the new. You have to destroy the old bridges. You have to get rid of that safety net if you will, at least when you know God has called you. And it takes total commitment. In other words, I'm going to set my mind to this, and I'm not looking back. God does not call people who look back. And again, I'm not talking about salvation. I'm talking about the call into ministry. I'll put it this way more clearly. God does not promote you in your calling if you're constantly living in your past. God does not promote you in your calling if you're constantly living in your past. If you're constantly looking and longing for the things of old. No, it takes total commitment to set your mind on the things ahead and above, and to say, I'm going to pursue the call of God. I'm reading my life of the old means of sustenance and stability and reliability and familiarity, and I'm now turning to what God has for me. I'm stepping into the new. It takes total commitment. Now go over to Second Kings, because that's where the next portion of the story that I want to read to you picks up. Second Kings chapter two, I'm going to read verses one through six. When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal, and Elijah said to Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has told me to go to Bethel. But Elisha replied, as surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you. So they went down together to Bethel. Verse three, the group of prophets from Bethel came to Elisha and asked him, did you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today? Of course I know, Elisha answered, but be quiet about it. Then Elijah said to Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has told me to go to Jericho. But Elisha replied again, as surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you. So they went on together to Jericho. Then the group of prophets from Jericho came to Elisha and asked him, did you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today? Of course I know, Elisha answered, but be quiet about it. Verse six, then Elijah said to Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has told me to go to the Jordan river. But again, Elisha replied, as surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you. So they went on together. Here we see something quite interesting. Elisha wouldn't leave even though Elijah told him to go. There's some contention here. There's some conflict. There's friction between the two. Elisha saying, I want to follow you. Elijah saying, go away from me. And sometimes when God is getting ready to impart a double portion anointing on your life, there is contention. There is conflict. There is friction. This may even be the case between you and a spiritual mentor, a spiritual mother, a spiritual father. Sometimes it's the case and I'm not saying, please don't hear what I'm not saying. I'm not saying this was the case with Elijah and Elisha, but an example of contention can be something as simple as the spiritual mother, the spiritual father, doesn't quite want to let go and doesn't really want to give over something. And so there's contention, there's conflict. And that's, of course, speaking in the context of being the time for that. And sometimes people just want to hang on to something because they're not ready to give it up even though the Lord is telling them, impart that, hand that over, it's time for transition. And many times we've seen transition blocked because of certain people in certain positions not wanting to let go. That's again, not always the case. That's just an example of what contention can look like. And perhaps that may be something you're facing. There's contention that can come in other forms such as persecution, criticism, slander. Anytime there's promotion, there's contention. And here we see this contention, but Elisha stood loyal to the vision. Elisha stood loyal to the purpose. He had his eyes set on the price. He knew he wanted to walk in a greater measure of power. And so he persisted. Now look at verse three. The group of prophets from Bethel came to Elisha and asked him, did you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today? Of course I know Elisha answered, but be quiet about it. Now it's my contention that Elisha wanted them to be quiet about it, because he wanted to be the one who saw his master taken. And so there was a holy jealousy, a holy protection over his calling. Now we understand that there's godly jealousy and there's ungodly jealousy. Godly jealousy is based in love and selflessness. Ungodly jealousy is based in fear and selfishness. Now sometimes when people hear the word jealousy, it stirs something in them. They're offended by the word itself, but you have to understand that there's a godly jealousy and an ungodly jealousy. And here we see somewhat of a holy jealousy, a passion, a zeal for his calling. He wanted to be the one to catch the mantle. He's telling them, you be quiet. Go over there. I'm going to catch this mantle. Don't tell anybody about it. It's a love. It's a passion for that calling. Now it was about seven years between the time that Elijah tossed his cloak on Elisha and when Elisha received the double portion anointing. I'm going to read a verse to you from Luke chapter 16 verse 11. And if you are trustworthy, excuse me, if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? Now I'm reading that verse to you to illustrate a point. It's the principle of stewardship. Here we see Elisha being committed to somewhat of the natural expression of that ministry that God had given to Elijah. He was serving him in a natural capacity with supernatural results. And if God can trust us with what we have now, if hear me now please, because if you hear anything I'm about to say concerning the double portion anointing, I want you to hear this. If God can trust us with what we carry now, our integrity, our devotion to him, our motives, if God can trust us, entrust us with what we carry now, then God will increase and God will add to our responsibilities and God will entrust us with more. And so we see that's exactly what's happening here. Elisha was faithful. Seven years between when that cloak was thrown on him and when he finally received the mantle, but he was faithful in the practical. He was faithful in the spiritual. He was faithful when it came to his persistence. He was faithful when it came to honoring the man of God. He was faithful when it came to his diligence, to his focus, to his passion, to his motives. And here we see now something beginning to culminate. Go to verse seven of chapter two now. Verse seven, 50 men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River. Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. The river divided and the two of them went across on dry ground. They're walking in something supernatural here. Verse nine, when they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away. And Elisha replied, please let me inherit a double portion of your spirit and become your successor. Verse 10, you have asked a difficult thing.  But if not, then you won't. As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them. And Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, my father, my father, this is so powerful. My father, my father, I see the chariots and the charioteers of Israel. And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes into stress. Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River. He struck the water with Elijah's cloak and cried out, where is the Lord the God of Elijah? Then the river divided and Elisha went across when the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened. They exclaimed, Elijah's spirit rests upon Elisha. And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. There's a lot to take in here. First notice in 2 Kings chapter 2 verse 7 that the other prophets followed at a distance. They were disconnected from what God was doing in the life of Elijah. Elisha followed closely. The other prophets followed at a distance, which is why they weren't there to catch the mantle when it fell. Do you realize, my friend, that in every generation God is dropping mantles to the earth? In every generation, God is giving assignments to a people. In every generation, God is looking for servants whom he can use to expand the dominion of his kingdom. Are you walking closely enough with Jesus to be near and catch that mantle? Or are you allowing that mantle to fall to the ground? Then in verse 8, we saw that they walked through the water. This was a path that was created by God. The cloak struck the water. A path is created by God. This is God's divine hand leading him to the place of impartation. This is God's divine power being demonstrated in this moment. Only God can take you to the places where you catch the mantle. Please hear what I'm saying. Only the Lord Jesus can take you to the places where you'll catch that mantle. Now, verse 9, we see that Elijah asks Elisha first. What would you like me to do for you? There again, we see that the diligence and the service was paid off, but on God's timing. There again, we see the balance between diligence and ambition. We don't want to be so diligent that we're ambitious. I should word it this way, rather, we don't want to have the type of diligence that comes only from impure motives and ambition. We want holy diligence. We want to be working simply because we want to be obedient and allow God to open that next door. Here again, we see another example of that. The prophet asked him, what can I do for you? And he asks him for a double portion. He says, well, you ask a difficult thing. In other words, you don't realize what you're asking for. This is something that's going to cost you, and indeed it did. Now, verse 10, let me show you something else. Verse 10, you've asked the difficult thing. Elijah replied, if you see me when I am taken from you, then you will get your request, but if not, then you won't. There's a couple of reasons why I believe that is. Number one, he had to finish the journey. Many believers don't walk in their calling simply because they don't finish what God gave them to start. So they start well, they begin with passion, and then as trials come, as things begin to become complicated, as the glamour of ministry, if you will, begins to wane, now all of a sudden they're saying, well, I don't know if I necessarily want to go the full journey. But here, Elijah had to finish the journey in order to claim the mantle. Elijah had to finish the journey in order to claim the mantle. Now, there was something to be said of seeing the prophet go. Jump down to verse 12 to see this. So in verse 10, we see that he had to be present. He had to watch. He had to see his master taken. Why? Part of it again was because I believe he had to finish the journey. The other part, take a look at this in verse number 12. Elijah saw it and cried out. My father, my father, I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel. What's happening here? What's going on? What is he seeing? What he is seeing is the purpose of the assignment. He's capturing a revelation of what that mantle really means. It was a mantle to touch a nation, the nation of Israel. It wasn't just a calling for his calling sake. He wasn't just called to be a prophet so he could be looked to as a great prophet. He recognized here, I see it. I see the chariots. I see the charioteers. I see it now. They're of Israel. An assignment for a nation. He recognized he had to be given that revelation of the assignment in order to continue to receive that double portion. Please recognize the purpose of your assignment. The purpose of your assignment is to glorify Jesus. The purpose of your assignment is to expand the kingdom of God. The purpose of your assignment is see the lost saved, the captive set free, the sick healed. It is not for self. The assignment is not for self. It's unto a people. He saw the charioteers of Israel and he was given this revelation and now he recognizes it's about the nation. The assignment is to a people and you and I must recognize the same. The assignment given to us is to glorify Jesus and to reach a people. That's part of why I believe he had to be there to see his master taken so he could catch that glimpse, see the revelation, what this is really all about. And then in verse 13, we see the transfer take place. Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River. He struck the water with Elijah's cloak and cried out, where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? Then the river divided and Elisha went across. Now it's okay to honor what God has done in the past as long as you're looking forward to the future. Where is the God of Elijah? Where is the God of my master? Where is the God of my mentor? And so yes, Elisha is looking back to the God of his past. He's looking back at what had been done. He's looking back at his master's former assignment and he's saying where is the God of Elijah? So here we see that it's okay to honor the past. It's okay to look at past revivals and be inspired. It's okay to look at generals of the faith who have been used mightily of the Lord and say, Lord, I want to be used like that. Or God, I want to be used in a similar way.  Use me. Make my life count for the kingdom. It's okay to look back and honor as long as you're willing to continue to look forward. Finally, verse 15, when the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance would happen, they exclaimed, they exclaimed, Elijah's spirit rests upon Elisha. And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. When God anoints you with the double portion anointing, you don't have to go announcing it. You don't have to say, this is the mantle I carry. People just recognize it. I don't go around announcing the mantle that's been imparted to my life. I just let the Holy Spirit reveal it. It's not even really about that. The point I'm making here is, why announce these things? Why make it about us? No, let others recognize the calling upon your life. And the point being that mantle is evident. It comes with demonstration. When you begin to live a life that's surrendered to the Holy Spirit in this way, when you recognize where the calling comes from, when you're diligent about what God has given you to do without falling into the pit of ambition, when you honor the past, when you're diligent and you follow closely and you cling to Jesus and you live your life in a way that's surrendered like this, then that power becomes evident. You don't have to announce it. You don't have to declare it. You don't have to say, look at me and look what I carry. And again, it's not about that anyway. It comes with its own demonstration. Listen, the mantle does not fall on someone just because of who their parents are. The mantle does not come upon someone just because they married into a family. The mantle does not come upon someone just because they carry a title or spent X amount of years in ministry or because they have a large social media platform or because they're charismatic. No, my friend, the mantle comes upon those who are diligent about their calling, who cling to Jesus closely, who follow closely, not at a distance, who honor what God has done, who recognize, comes from him, and it's for his glory. Will you catch that mantle for your life? Will you live your life in such a way that there'll be a double portion that rests on you? If you'll do it, I want you to type amen in the comments right now. Father, I pray for that one who desires to walk in your power, double portion of your power. Lord, I pray you give them double portion surrender that they might have double portion power. Let your anointing flow through their lives in an evident way. I pray, cause them to see the fulfillment of their calling. Use them for your glory, Jesus. Help us to catch the mantle. 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Hi, everyone. Good evening. Did you get a chance to enjoy the food? Yes, great. Awesome. My name's John Fitzpatrick. I am now on my, I just celebrated my Google anniversary with Google last week, my first year with Google. Yes, and I am in charge of startup programs for Google Cloud across Japan and Asia Pacific. And what this really is, is this event for us was an opportunity for us to work closely with the team, Oiyi and Manny, who's standing right over there, on their efforts to help build up the Google Cloud Platform user group, which hopefully all of you are part of now. Can you raise your hands if you've actually signed up and are part of the user group? Only a few of you. OK, so great. Actually, this event is a great opportunity for us to help build up that user group. We think that that user group and what we do as part of building up the startup ecosystem development goes hand in glove, because in both cases what we're talking about is we don't want to come here and sell you. We know startups hate being sold to, right? What we want to do is help build community in and amongst startups that are using Google Cloud Platform that want to learn more about Google Cloud Platform and want to learn frankly from each other, which is where we had the inspiration to have folks like Carousel and Vicky come up on stage today and tell you their experiences, the good, the bad, the ugly of making transitions in technology, and some of the reasons why what it's like to be using Google Cloud at scale today as a very successful startup, or in the case of Vicky, a startup that made it through to acquisition by Rakuten. So I wonder how many folks here right now are actually running some kind of infrastructure on Google Cloud today? Can you raise your hand? Only a few of you. Actually, so I'm really glad that I put a few slides in here at the very beginning about why Google Cloud for startups. And that's where they'll take you through a few very basic slides about that. And then I'm going to explain to you also beyond this user group that we have here, some other ways that we can help you. If you are a startup right now, we're all about in the same way we support this user group today by finding a facility and maybe buying some catering. This is for the community and this is by the community. We try to support it with finding spaces, finding food and things like this. But we want to help startups at the early, early stage when you need that support to come together, find each other, and maybe even get credit and support. So I'll go into all that detail as well. Meanwhile, just to talk about Google Cloud, you may not have heard of us maybe three, four years ago. We weren't really on the map. I know that for a fact myself. I was working for Amazon Web Services for five years. I actually ran the startup ecosystem at Amazon Web Services before I came over a year ago and joined Google. It's really only in the last couple of years since Diane Green came on board to help build the Cloud for Google that we've really ramped up in an extreme fashion. And you're seeing some of that investment all over the world, really. And we are the biggest in many respects when it comes to network capacity, when it comes to peering locations, their ability to deliver content. This is built on the back of one of the largest internet companies in the world. So natural advantage is there. But we're able to take that capability and extend it to the larger community, which is what Google Cloud is all about. To that end, I wanted to point out, if I were up here speaking on the stage to you exactly this time last year, how many regions do you think we would have had in Asia? Can someone put out a guess? Three? Anyone else? Two? That man gets a prize right there. It's two. Which ones? Do you know which ones? It was Tokyo and Taiwan. Yeah, it was Tokyo and Taiwan, and that's it. Since then, we've launched Singapore. We've launched Sydney. We've launched Mumbai. And we have announced a couple other ones as well. Can you give me a guess on what the latest announcement was? And actually, I have brought up a couple silly prizes. I have unicorn poop for the person that can answer this correctly. So the unicorn poop goes to the person who can correctly answer what is the most recently announced region for Google Cloud in Asia. Sorry? Anyone? Go ahead. Incorrect. Singapore? No, we've got Singapore. I'm going to drop a hint. Hong Kong was announced recently, but it's not the most recent one. The most recent one was announced today. Someone's got to Google this. All it takes is a quick Google search, guys. Nope. Nope. Nope. Oh, you guys. Nope. But what the crazy thing is about this is all these places that you're saying, I think this is how fast we're growing, guys. In one year, we grew from two regions to add Sydney, to add Mumbai, to add Singapore. Who said Osaka? Boom, to the gentleman over there. Congratulations. I did Google that. But the reason I'm pointing this out is just to signal to you how fast this network is growing and how much Google is investing in this business. This business is here to stay for Google. This is what Google calls a big bet. When Larry and Sergey talk about putting more wood behind less arrows, this is one of the biggest arrows for Google right now, is where we're investing the most money. And so this community that we're building of 2,000-odd people here in Singapore today is going to continue to grow. We are going to be a serious force in this space. So we really, that's why we're endeavoring so hard to help you guys build this community, because it's going to be a big, big force in the space. And I'm pointing out one thing about the infrastructure capacity capability and things like that. That's one of the reasons, as a start-up, why you'd want to align with Google Cloud. Couple other reasons why. And the one I'm going to point out is just the commitment to open source. I think that if you look at some of the major clouds that are out there today, and the infrastructure that you can use, and look across all the players, I don't think you're going to find a player that is as committed to the open source community and interoperability as Google. And you see it just in this list of languages and operating systems and developer tools and data tools that we're committed to, the interoperability. But we're not only committed to that, but also the interoperability between the cloud platforms and cells with products that we open sourced ourselves, like Kubernetes. If you can think about two of the most popular open source platforms out there today that originated with Google, Kubernetes is one of them, right? I'm going to give my second dose of Unicorn Poop to whoever can tell me what the other highly popular platform is that we open sourced to the community. One of the most popular on GitHub today. Who said TensorFlow? That gentleman right there, you get some Unicorn Poop. There you go. That's right, I mean, these are some of the highest engaged communities in the open source community on GitHub. I mean, this is really something that we're proud of. And we really believe that these technologies, they're meant to be clouded on by the multitude of folks out there in the world. It's not a few engineers sitting in the back room somewhere in Google dreaming up what's next. It's all of you. It's when you let this technology go and you allow folks to innovate on it, it's when you create the magic, right? So again, it's Google, I think, that really stands heads and shoulders above the other kind of cloud ecosystem players with regards to this commitment. And finally, I mean, besides the open source aspect of things, the interoperability aspect of things, besides the overall size, the infrastructure, the speed of the network, and things like this, right? So the infrastructure commitment to open source, I think the other thing is startups you need to be concerned about is cost, right? And it shows right there all the different ways that you're saving money by using Google Cloud. But again, I feel like this is one of the ways that Google really does stand out in terms of our commitment to the reduction in cost structures. I mean, the way we bake in cost reductions through some of our pricing mechanisms in terms of the recommendations we'll make around right sizing and things like this, I mean, these are all ways that we stand out as a business. But beyond that, if you are an early stage startup in here today, this isn't even something that I want you to worry about right now, right? Because I run a program that will extend you as an early stage startup up to $100,000 in credits, so you don't have to pay any money right now. When you're getting started and just trying out a new idea, if you're two engineers with a GitHub account and an idea, I want to give you $3,000 to play around with that idea and see if it actually works, right? And that's a little bit different from the way we used to run startup programs in the past. I used to only extend these programs through VC firms and accelerators and incubators and things like this. But I want to reach deeper into the community and really find those technologists, those developers that want to try something out, want to try something new and see if it works.  And so for everyone who's in this room today, I mean, that's my offer to you right now. And I'll put a specific URL you can go in and apply it on the screen now. But start with $3,000. And then if this thing takes off, if you think it's got legs and maybe you start hiring another person or you join one of the accelerators locally, you join entrepreneur first, or you join whomever, we want to be able to then extend to you up to $20,000 and even further up to $100,000. This thing really starts taking wings. You get your first series A from WaveMaker. We want to be able to extend that additional capital, that infrastructure capital to you to continue to build your business when you need that capital the most, right, when you have the smallest amounts of money. So who qualifies for this? Again, to be clear, I mean, this is something that, this is for early stage startups. This is for startups that are series A and younger.  And we do have to have it so it's in certain sales territories, but Singapore is one of them. And important also that you haven't been coming back to the welfare credits again and again and again, right? You have to come to this program for the first time and kind of go through it. So there's a few different considerations there. But again, I'm going to encourage every one of you guys that can take advantage of this to take advantage of this. So this right here is the, that's the QR code and the specific URL that you can go to for the specific sign up for this program. Please do apply. And we want to help you get started on your journey. Let me know when you're looking around to see everyone taking the pictures right now. And I'm going to let you finish that. There's a couple other things that I want to point out on the screen here after this one. So when you're done, let me know. All right. My last piece of unicorn poop is going to go to the person who can guess to the closest thousand, how many thousands of people are part of the Singapore Cloud user group at this moment. Anyone want to make a guess? How many thousands of people are currently part of the Google Cloud Platform user group? 2,000? Who said that? Who said 2,000? That gentleman right there.  I'm going to throw it back there. Well, bad game. Sorry about that. So anyway, yeah. So we've got about 2,000 people in this user group now. And it's growing. And you've seen the investment we're making in Asia. We went from two on our way to seven in regions in Asia. And it's just going to continue to grow. The level of investment over a year was blistering. And that pace is going to continue. This group is going to grow massively, get in early, be part of the community. We really strongly encourage you to be contributors to the community the same way that Carousel and Vicky are contributing today. We want to see your startups on this stage talking about your experience with the Google Cloud. We want you guys to run this, organize this yourselves. This is not meant to be Google doing a dog and pony show for you. This is meant to be a community that gets together, talks to each other about best practices, the good things that are happening, the bad things that are happening. We want to create that sort of community. Folks like Hui Yi is leading the charge in this front. And Manny, out there in the blue shirt, are leading the charge on this stuff. So if you want to get more involved in the user group in Singapore, please go talk to them about how that can happen. And also please do, if you're not signed up already, please do sign up so you can get notifications about when we do the next one of these events. And then finally, Estee, my colleague over here, who helps me with startups. And also I want to call out Estee and Hui Yi for organizing this whole event from STEM District. Thank you so much for all the work that you did on that. I really appreciate it. Can we give a round of applause to those folks for all the work they did? Estee would like you to get a t-shirt, much like the one I'm wearing today. But first, she's going to ask you to perform a task. And that is to go to that survey and fill it out, demonstrate to her that you filled it out, and she will give you one of these fancy t-shirts. And with that, that's all I have for you at this point. I am now going to take this opportunity.  Are you going to make the next announcement? OK, great. I'll hand it back to Hui Yi right now. Thanks again, everyone, for showing up, looking forward to many more of these going forward. And thanks again for your participation. Appreciate it.


Project, couple day project. We thought I could get it done in one day, but it's a little more involved than let's say an Ikea piece. Thank you Costco for quality, but this is definitely a multi-day project. So we're calling it, it's getting a little windy out in Chile, but this is going to be the boys hang out in Fort and Castle. So it's coming along, it's coming along. Show me that. Those are good. Woo! Who's going to eat that cheese? Makes me feel numb. Runners out there, runners, do you shave your feet?  That's what the vlog, the storytelling every single day is all about. I shave my feet usually when I get above 60 miles a week because of blisters, because of general pain in my lower body, and so you've got to take care with massaging and taping and all that good stuff to help your feet stay nice and healthy.  Sorry. So good. Learning. Always learning. Demor household. Learning. Learning. Ooh, this ram. Hurting. That needs help. That is stuck. The nice part about electric toothbrushes, parents, is that they have timers inside built in for two minutes, which is what I guess dentists recommend. So you don't have to keep telling them over and over and over a billion times, no, two minutes is not up yet. So I just let the electric toothbrush do the work for you. That's our thesis in trying this, okay? Down low, okay, keep going, but in getting the back, prepping gear for another long run this week. It's all about the gear and the mindset and the mindset. See beauty, work hard.