I'm Jay Fidel. This is Think, Take, Away. And we're doing a lot of shows about important things these days. Today, we're going to do a show about the history of epidemics, which is very relevant to our time with our historian, our chief historian, if you will, John David Ann of HPU. Hi, John. Welcome back to the show. Hey, Jay. Great to be back. Yes. How are you feeling, Jay? I'm feeling fine. I have no temperature. I do not have a dry cough. And my lungs are just dandy fine. How about you, John? I'm feeling okay. I'm actually fighting a cold, but I'm pretty sure it's not the coronavirus. Yeah, don't breathe on the microphone, if you don't mind. And after the show, we're both going to wash our hands. Hey, this is the advantage of remote broadcasts. We invented it just every time. Everything is remote. Well, anyway, let's talk about history, because I think we forget sometimes, and it hits us in the eye like a pizza pie, and we don't realize that a lot of the strains and aggravations and frustrations and fears that we experience now with coronavirus have been present in other epidemics before. In fact, the history of humanity is rife with epidemics, academics and epidemics, all of them. Let's not confuse those two. There is a difference, I hope. Anyway, John, tell us about some of the early epidemics. Right, right. So the current, what is it? I saw a 60-minute show on the coronavirus last night, and one of the experts said, yes, we are in a pandemic now. The difference between an epidemic and a pandemic as an epidemic is regional or national, and a pandemic is global. So I think we are in a pandemic situation. You know, it's the coronavirus is quite contagious, death rates at, sorry, not to be crude about it, but mortality rates of anywhere between 0.4% and 4%. And so it seems terrible, right? It is, it's frightening, actually. There's no doubt about it, that it's frightening, and we're all scared. But when we look at the history of epidemics, then it's not that we take comfort in other people dying in the history of death from these epidemics. But honestly, I think it can kind of tamp down some of the fear that human beings survived some of the worst epidemics, the worst epidemics in the history of the world. Yeah, there must be a word for it. You take solace in the notion that there are others who have the same problem. It's like shot in Freud, but it's not quite, it's a little different than shot in Freud. It's like a historical empathy or something. You know, if we have more historical empathy, I think what we'll see is this is a true crisis, but we've been through a lot worse than this. So I think that the most famous of the epidemics, at least among historians, of course, is the Black Death. And the Black Death is otherwise known as the plague. And it was caused by a bacteria called pestis. And the plague was transmitted, I mean, it's very different from the coronavirus. Coronavirus is transmitted. It's a virus, first of all, that's transmitted in the air, and by germs sitting on tables and shaking hands, that kind of thing. The Black Death of the plague was caused by a flea, which had this bacteria on it. And the flea was transmitted by rats. The fleas would jump onto rats.  And that's how human beings were infected with the plague. So, and of course, the origin of the plague is in the step region. We used to think it was China, but scholars have more information about this. They've actually been able to exhume plague-infested corpses in France, do DNA testing on them, get a better handle on what this bacteria actually looks like. And they've concluded that actually the plague started in somewhere in the steppe, the Eurasian steppe. This is the area today, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, the former Mongol Empire, which became a series of Khanates that run by the Genghis Khan's sons. So we think the plague originated there, and then it traveled with trade. And so the Silk Road actually became the major pathway for the plague to enter into the Middle East and then into Europe. So the plague came through the steppe region, ended up in Crimea, in the city of Kaffa. That's where the first major plague outbreak was. And the, believe it or not, the Mongols were actually laying siege to the city of Kaffa. And the plague broke out in their camp. And they, then, this is kind of gross, sorry, but they actually put their own corpses onto catapults and catapulted them into the city, beyond the city walls inside the city. And then the residents of the city got sick and they were able to conquer the city this way. Oh, that is gross. Yeah, that's disgusting. Man's humanity to man, for sure. And actually we've seen this over history that, especially in warfare, that conquistadors and soldiers have actually used things like smallpox-infested blankets and used them as kind of part of a military strategy to conquer these, conquer indigenous populations. So it happens again and again, and history is now it's not widespread. So there you see a picture, and this is one example of it. Actually, we don't know that the conquistadors, the Spanish conquistadors, including Cortez, actually used blankets that were infested with smallpox deliberately.  You get blistered inside your mouth, and it's a very painful disease. And we think with smallpox that death rates were somewhere between 50 and 80 percent of, sorry, 30 and 80 percent, maybe even 90 percent of people died of smallpox, depending upon all kinds of conditions. So how did it come to an end? Were affirmative steps taken to stop it? Did we learn anything? Yeah, so with smallpox we developed a vaccine. And today, actually, there's hardly any smallpox because people get vaccinated against the disease. But the disease still exists. And astonishingly, some people have decided not to get the vaccine. And so the smallpox is kind of having a little bit of a comeback because people are worried about getting these vaccines. And you know, this is how you prevent epidemics is with these vaccines. But back to the Black Death. So when we look at the smallpox, it's 30 to 80 percent death rate. It's similar, actually, for the Black Death. So the Black Death actually comes into Europe through the port of Kaffa. And then rats, of course, there's lots of shipping going on between Kaffa and other parts of the end of the Silk Road, the European end of the Silk Road. And so these ships sail into European ports. They sail into Genoa. They sail into, so the plague gets into Italy. They sail into the ports in Spain and Portugal. And so the Spanish get the plague. And then there are ships that go to England and France. And then it spreads. So it spreads really being. What are we talking about, the 14th century? That's correct. 1349 is really when the plague decimates Europe. And so it spreads via shipping routes. And then it also spreads from shipping from port cities into countryside areas, because there's lots of trade going on between these large cities and small towns and villages in Europe. And interesting, so we're talking about maybe up to 60 percent of the population of Europe dies from the plague between 1349 and 13, about 1351-52. Why not everybody? Well, so not everybody was exposed to the rats and the fleas, right? Not everybody had the fleas jump onto them. That was really the primary transmission route. So if you didn't have fleas, if you were clean yourself very well, then you were not likely to get the plague. So 90 percent of the population of Europe is rural in this time period. And that means that most of the deaths took place, not in cities, but in the countryside. So this is kind of a surprise. We usually, we assume it was about contact, right? And so in crowded cities, then you'll have more contact. And this is how the plague spread. Well, that's not the way the plague spreads. So, and in fact, Europeans in cities thought this might be how it spread. And so shopkeepers closed up their shops and, you know, this kind of thing, kind of contact-oriented and isolation-oriented measures like we're doing today with, some places are doing today with the coronavirus, but it really didn't work with the plague because people didn't understand the mode of transmission. Now, there were some people who understood it better and they, for instance, corpses were burned.   So, but the plague, of course, it's the worst. I mean, it sets Europe back by maybe 300 years. Europe at that time in the 1300s is actually experiencing a population explosion. There was the rise of kind of merchant cities and then small towns and tradesmen and farmers who were actually beginning to sell their products to commercial areas. All of this stopped with the plague. There were maybe a thousand villages in England that were decimated and actually just basically depopulated completely. So, so the plague is very interesting. One might ask the question, well, how do I know this? I mean, you know, it was a long time ago. Actually, there were, we know this from censuses that were taken in that time period. And also in the countryside, manorial registers were done, birth records, this kind of thing. So, the data is actually better than one would assume in terms of this, the black death of the 1340s. Well, you know, I can imagine it's hard to put us back there, you know, real time. But, you know, right now, I came from a lunch where everybody in the restaurant was talking about coronavirus. I mean, really. Right, right. Not even politics came close, everything as coronavirus.  It was the one thing that dominated their lives. They had to figure out what was going on. They had to survive. They had to commiserate over those who didn't survive. So, I'm sure it occupied the same, you know, 99% of your conscious thought than as it does now. Yeah, I think so. But maybe the big difference is, you know, the question of why, right? The question of the cause of it. Yeah. Since Europeans really didn't understand the cause of the plague, they didn't have any concept of bacteriology at that point in time.  So, which caused a lot more misery than, you know, solve the problem. But it probably motivated at least some people to make inquiry, maybe not immediately because the technology wasn't up to it. But as time went on, people could remember well enough what happened with the plague so that they, you know, put some effort into trying to figure out more about medicine in general. Yes, of course, this happens eventually. I'm not sure it's the plague so much. I mean, honestly, the most people in Europe in this time period put the plague up to an act of God. God's angry with us. Therefore, he's punishing us. Why don't Eric, why don't we bring up the picture of the dance of death? There it is. So, Jay, this was a common representation of the plague. There were a number of these drawings that were done. And, of course, the thing about the plague is that it affected everyone.  And this image is known as the dance of death. And in the dance of death, everyone was equal. Yeah. Well, that still exists today with the coronavirus. Everybody's subject to it. But what I find interesting is a vice president, you know, suggests that the power of prayer, you know, we can deal with this through the power of prayer. And that goes back to the dance of death, doesn't it? It's really fundamentally no different than explanations for the Black Death in the 1300s that was put up to the God's punishment for misdeeds. So yeah, I mean, some of this, you know, when people get afraid, I wouldn't depend upon their rationality at this point, right? Fear is its own thing and it produces some pretty crazy outcomes. But what's your next epidemic? Let's talk about your next one, because certainly it doesn't stop at the plague. Right. So the Black Death is really horrible for Europe and it sets Europe back this tremendous amount. But really smallpox, when we look at smallpox historically, smallpox is a disease that Europeans develop immunity to. And then when the Europeans begin to travel in the late 1400s, Columbus in 1492, and then lots of Europeans in the 1500s, then the smallpox is one of those diseases which is transmitted to the New World. And as we saw in the picture, and there it is again, the victims of the Aztec victims of smallpox. And so, and New World peoples have very few diseases. They don't, we think they've lacked even the common cold. So when their immune systems are exposed to the smallpox, they have no defense to this smallpox, measles, other kinds of diseases, and the flu, which Europeans would survive pretty easily. But honestly, the Native Americans died in droves. So we're talking about over, over about a century, we're talking about a depopulation of up to 90% in the New World. So we think the New World population was enormous. The indigenous peoples of North and South America might have been in the range of 80 to 100 million people. And, and within a century, they're that population is down to less than 10 million. So this is, you know, when we think about the European conquest of the New World, we usually think about it in military terms or, you know, cultural terms, economic terms, actually disease is the biggest factor in this conquest. When the Aztecs began their fight against Cortez, about three months after they began the active military, you know, action against Cortez, the small, smallpox broke out in their, in, in Tenochtitlán, the big city that they were trying to defend. And sure enough, you know, they were decimated by it was probably the biggest reason why Cortez was so easily able to overcome the Aztecs. I mean, he had 200 warriors for heaven's sakes. And they had, you know, they had armies in the thousands. So it's disease. I mean, it's a simple explanation, but it's a really powerful explanation. So a small note to that is a wasn't smallpox one of the diseases, perhaps the main disease that raged through the native Hawaiian community and population in the 19th century brought from Europe and the East Coast. Exactly. So it's not like these disease vectors end, you know, with, with Cortez or with, or a century later, you know, with the depopulation of North and South America, that Europeans can continue to spread these diseases. And, you know, it's devastating, you know, and yes, in the, you know, in the Pacific, the 19th century is well, there's actually we have some evidence that even at the time of Captain Cook, there are diseases, especially venereal diseases. And so they're spreading. And then in the 19th century, you have these other European diseases that that decimate the Pacific population here in Hawaii. We think there were up to maybe half a million, maybe 400,000 native Hawaiians who lived in the Hawaiian Islands. And by the late 19th century, this number is minuscule by comparison. It's maybe it's under, I think it's under 20,000 at this point. So yeah, yeah, yeah, it's, it's, this is a, it's kind of an it's, it's, it's a topic, it's a topic that has a lot of study among historians. But honestly, I think the general public doesn't think about it much. So I think when I get out of this, at least so far in your discussion, is the word endemic occurs to me, which is, which means after you've finished with the pandemic, and now it's like inculcated into the species, it goes on and on and on forever. And we, we as a species learn to deal with it. And I, and I think that's where we are today, isn't it? We have learned from each one of these epidemics. Right. So I mean, in the 19th century, then Europeans begin to figure out that these diseases are caused by pathogens, bacteria, viruses, you have the development of knowledge about these things. And this makes a huge difference. The beginnings of this actually, you can kind of date this to the 1850s in London, which had a massive cholera outbreak. And a doctor there named John Snow rejected the prevailing assumption which was cholera was caused by bad air. A miasma is what it was called. And, and this was, this was the most widely accepted explanation for cholera. Snow said, no, that doesn't make sense to me. So he actually did a study of the households where people died, linked them to a water pump, a well that was right in the middle of this square. And then they dug up the well, found that there were some bricks missing from the well, and there had been intrusion from a house next door in which a sailor from India had come, had brought cholera and had died from cholera in that house. And of course, the house had its own septic system within the house. And that had leaked into this well and caused this cholera outbreak. So Snow is actually instrumental in helping us to understand how he was an early, maybe the earliest epidemiologist helped us to understand how this disease spread. And of course, this is crucial for our understanding of all kinds of diseases today, including the coronavirus. How do these things spread?  And this is what John Snow did in the 1850s cholera outbreak in London.  In other words, here we are with coronavirus and everybody says, you know, the common person says, wait a minute, this is the 21st century. We have science. We can deal with this. We have, we can, we can splice the genes. We can, you know, do, we can, we can learn everything and make chemistry that nobody could make before. Why are we having this? We shouldn't be having this. But you know what? I think back in the old day for all these earlier epidemics, it was a similar process. We've had this before. Let's try out what we did before and see if we can stop this one. But it was always different. That's the problem. It's always different and science at the time cannot necessarily catch it. Well, look, we're a lot better prepared now than they, than, for instance, Londoners were prepared in the 1850s. So, so, you know, it's, it's kind of hard to compare that. But, but so our preparation is much better, but we're still humans. We still react in strange ways. I mean, you know, I'll admit myself when I, when this first started thought, ah, let's not worry about, we're overreacting to this, right? And actually, now I think, maybe we're not overreacting to this in the public health community is right, that we should have, we should have had more testing in the United States earlier. We should have had more rigorous identification of folks who are coming into the country and more, you know, kind of trying to stop it at the borders kind of thing. Well, that's another historical thing that seems to repeat itself. Most of these epidemics, they have their way with us. They have their way and they, they kill a lot of people before they really get our attention.  Or we, we finally, after being frightened for our lives, we finally developed the medicine. I mean, you could probably find this path, this combination of phenomenon, a phenomenon on every one of these things, same kind of thing. First, they burn themselves out, then we figure it out later. Well, Jay, let's, let's do a 20th century example. For instance, the Spanish flu of 1918. Now, this is the flu, which is maybe similar to the coronavirus. But the thing about the Spanish flu is it happened during World War I, and you have lots of camps with soldiers in them, and you have soldiers at the front. So you have these natural breeding grounds for the Spanish flu. So the Spanish flu was devastating. We think that up to 50 million people died from the Spanish flu. Made somewhere between, well, at a low, maybe 5% at a high, maybe even 20% of, of those who contracted the flu actually died. So, and the difference with the Spanish flu is that it affected young people and infants, as well as, you know, middle-aged people. And it didn't affect older people as badly. But so, you know, part of it is, as a community, what do we know, and how do we respond to what we know? Well, at least, at least we're not, you know, at least we know enough now that we don't, we're trying to prevent people from congregating in, in spaces where there's a lot of people in very tight places, which is what happened in the Spanish flu. But, you know, as I said, people get afraid that, you know, that, you know, the president, of course, is worried about economic consequences. So he downplays it. I mean, but it's a, it's, it was unfortunate. Look, it's, when the president says, oh, it's a hoax, you know, made up by the Democrats, this is not good. This is, this is actually bad for those who are actually, you know, public health officials and those who are actually trying to prevent and slow down this epidemic.  Well, there's a takeaway and we're almost out of time. So we, we should deal with the takeaway here. Given all the historical background we have, which is not complete, I think, some of these things happen, you know, way back before it was possible to write them down. But given all the background we have, what, what is the best, the best state of mind, the best approach from all that we've learned by the government, those who lead us and by the individuals who are ultimately the victims. Right. So, you know, I think what we can learn from the history is that, hey, we've been through this before and fear doesn't help. And we've been through a lot worse than this and we survived it. So we're going to survive this. I think, you know, let's, let's work on our common sense. Let's listen to the experts. We live in an age of science. So thinking that somehow this is an act of God, that's, you know, that's nonsense thinking. Okay. So let's, let's let the scientists do the, you know, the experts do the talking and, and follow their advice and, and we'll get through this. So to me, that's the biggest thing is that, you know, we have to understand that we've been through this before. And, and we've made a lot of those same mistakes before. And, and we really need to pay attention to our public health community. So yeah. And to rise above it, because you keep using the term we, and I think you mean in that context, we the, the species, we the community, we the, the nations of the world. And we may not include you and me because we could be victims. And so you have to think larger than your own self. Yeah, let's not use this for political game. Okay. This is going to affect Democrats and Republicans the same way. Let's, let's not do that. Let's actually treat this for what it is. It's a very serious virus and, and we want to protect people. And, and, and, you know, I think we can get through this thing if we work together. Here, here. Thank you, John, David and always appreciate your perspective and, and your lens of history. Thank you so much. You are welcome, Jake. Aloha. Now go wash your hands.


So you know that new relationship that you're in where you're already fighting? Well the bad news is that it's not going to get better, but there is some good news to this as well. So make sure that you stay tuned and watch this entire video. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution. So whether you are somebody who is in a new relationship where you're already fighting or if you are somebody who knows somebody who just got into a new relationship and they're already fighting like please do me a favor and share this video all right because we're going to talk about these types of relationships where they go and what you can do to resolve this issue all right. So help get the message out there. So one of the downfalls of many people is that they absolutely hate being alone like you might be this person I know I used to be this person we're being alone and not being in a relationship is just misery right like we just always need somebody there the problem with this is that we lower our bar we lower our standards and when somebody comes across whether it's Mrs. Wright or Mr. Wright you know what I mean we cling on to this relationship and because of our fear of being alone we stay in this new relationship where fights are already happening and we're miserable and we're hoping for them to get better. Now I will say this I've done other videos about toxic relationships and bad relationships and what you could do to improve them. I have an entire playlist called The Broken Picker which I will link up in the info card above so make sure that after you're done with this video if you're somebody with relationship issues make sure that you check out that playlist. What happens when you get into this new relationship where you're already fighting it's this kind of delusion that we create where we stick around and we think that things are going to get better and yeah this is actually something that I talked about in a video called Stop Dating Broken People like sticking around waiting for somebody to change is one of the worst things that you can do and the way I like to put it is think about this the last time that you made some drastic change like really drastic change and I'm not talking about like oh I go to the gym now or oh I switch the type of foods I eat I'm not talking about one of those I'm talking about legitimate changes to your personality your beliefs the way you react to things think about the last time that you made a really solid change to your idea of who you are right because the chances are that if you haven't made one of these amazing drastic changes the chances are that somebody else that you're in a relationship with they're not going to either especially if it's a new relationship like I do want to take a second and acknowledge like this video I'm really talking about new relationships like if you're married or you've been in a long-term relationship you have kids or whatever it is like there are ways to work these things out you know what I mean this is more directed towards people who keep getting into bad relationships and sticking around way too long so there's two big problems with this the first problem is is suffering from this delusion that this is what healthy relationships are like let me give you an example from the start of your relationship you start fighting you're bickering you're arguing you're getting angry you're getting upset but then you're working things out right so you're sitting in here and you have this idea that oh well this is what healthy relationships are healthy relationships face their issues and they talk about them and they work on them together right that is true that is what happens in healthy relationships but it's much different when you get into a brand new relationship and all of these issues are coming up left and right that is a major major red flag the second part of this the second thing to really understand is most of these fights should have never ever ever happened in the first place like if you are constantly getting into fights and having to sit down and resolve them like this is you're starting off on a very very bad path because most of the time what this means and it's something that is so normal it's so normal what this means is that you guys weren't compatible you're not compatible and that's okay that's okay you know what I mean but people get into these things and they don't realize that every argument that you're getting into is ridiculous and a lot of them has to do with just your personality's clashing you know what I mean let's look at it this way okay let's say that you kept doing something that kept opening up a wound and cutting you cutting you cutting you cutting you right but you're good at stitching it back up right like you're gonna focus on the fact that you're good at stitching it back up but you're not addressing the fact that you keep cutting yourself in the first place you see what I mean that's kind of what's happening in these brand new relationships where you're constantly having these pretty ridiculous fights keep in mind keep in mind that no wedding has ever had the bride and groom get on the mic and say this you know when we first met all we did was fight but eventually things got really good and it turned into a healthy relationship like that is something that nobody has ever said you know what I mean like if it starts off that bad it's a bad relationship to be in in the first place and what you really need to recognize is this that if it's happening now is most likely not going to change but so many people stay in these relationships purely based on fear okay so let's break it down let's talk about the two major fears real quick so the first fear of why you won't leave this relationship even though it's off to a terrible start is that you are afraid of being alone you are so afraid of being alone that you stick around in this bad relationship hoping and lying to yourself that it's going to get better number two the other reason why you're staying in this relationship even though it started off very very bad is because you are so worried about what people in your life are going to think right you're worried that your your mom or your dad or your sister or your brother or your friends or your co-workers they're going to look at you and say oh look at them they just had another failed relationship you're so worried about what other people will think that you stay in this bad relationship so here's a topic that i i really need to make a lot more videos on okay and this is what it is the longer you waste your time on this bad relationship that has been doomed from the beginning the more you are missing opportunities to be with the potential right person like let that sink in for a few minutes think about how much time you are wasting on this person where you've been incompatible from the get and how many other opportunities you're missing out on trying to fix something that is going to continue to stay broken at the end of the day here's something that i often have to think about in all aspects of of life but that's related to the situation that you're in right now okay what we always have to remember is that time is our most precious asset okay time is something that we will never ever get back every single one of us has one life just one life to live so why are you going to continue to waste time on something that isn't making you happy right like think about that we waste so much time and like you don't get those years back and the problem is the problem is is that a lot of these relationships and these delusions that they're going to get better you know and and what a healthy relationship means this ends up turning into a marriage this ends up turning into the people having a child together and now you're stuck in this relationship even longer so what you need to do is especially when it's early in the relationship is get out okay get out of this relationship face your fears we can talk about those fears in another video but you need to get out of it and quit wasting your time because the sooner you get out of it the sooner that you will meet the right person for you so again again if you think that this video might be helpful to someone that you know please share it share it to give somebody that you know a little bit more clarity okay share it on facebook twitter or whatever you guys are using just share it and let's get the message out there that people do not have to waste their time staying in a bad new relationship okay anyways i would love to know your thoughts on this subject or how much time you've wasted in a 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It's gonna be a permanent staple from now on Hey, what's up guys it's Josh here today I want to do a little review on this sorbet light zeolite zeolite might be in my top three favorite supplements And I might permanently use this from now on I've kind of done more of a deep dive on to zeolite in my other video So this is just gonna be a little bit more about this brand and what this does for me and the basic effects that I personally Get from zeolite basic rundown is zeolite It's kind of like a cage and it has like a magnet inside and it sucks up Basically positively charged molecules that are actually bad if molecules are positively charged in our body It's bad. I don't know why and then you end up peeing out the zeolite So basically just removes these heavy metals and ammonias from your bodies and it's got so much other Kind of lure and backstory to it apparently it was used a long time ago to purify water when people were getting sick apparently zeolite is used alongside chemotherapy to help with the Carcinogens that are the problem the things that you're putting in your body because of the chemotherapy I think the zeolite helps to like neutralize things like that. So it is very well documented my first time trying it I tried it in capsules. I think this is a supplement. You need to take a large dose of you know with the capsules I was being very Conservative and I didn't really notice it too much I felt a little bit better recently I ordered like a bigger jug of this and it wasn't as fine as this This is more of fine zeolite. I think the more fine it is the better I'm not too sure but the last one I ordered was pretty nice. I really I enjoyed it. That's a pretty good experiences I saw this brand right here and they had the more fine kind I decided to try it out and I just absolutely love this stuff I'm blown away by it guys and there is kind of like a nasty little side story that I have to include with this and That is that this pretty much got rid of a tapeworm in my body And I did not know I had a tapeworm recently I was taking some parasite cleansers and really nothing came out So I'm not sure if the parasite cleansers loosened up the parasite. I have I really don't know or what's going on I don't have any knowledge of it. I had no idea I had a parasite But I did look up this online and apparently zeolite destroys tapeworm eggs and any sort of worm eggs in your stomach I don't really know about destroying an actual worm. I think it would maybe I don't know It was a few days in when I first started taking this and that was I was just absolutely shocked and obviously ever since then I've had a little bit better energy. My stomachs just felt a little bit better overall surprise surprise So that is a kind of an extra benefit if you know somebody who may have some stomach issues may possibly have some worms I mean, I had no idea I've had them. I've never been out of the country I don't eat anything really fishy or crazy and you know, I ended up getting them and they could kind of Reproducing your body as terrible as that is so it's good to you know have something to fight it there The main reason I want to take it every day two reasons is how it makes my skin feel now When I would first take it a while ago. I just felt lighter the next day I felt like I you know something was on my shoulders and I just took it off You know what I mean? It's supposed to balance like alkaline your body is supposed to alkaline your blood I just feel a little bit better once I take it just a little bit more clean a little bit more clear when I'll take like a Big handful of like my thigh or something just grabbing it My skin didn't feel bad before it just felt like normal skin pretty good When I take zeolite for a couple days and I grab my skin it feels unlike I've ever felt it before it feels so soft And so just light like there was stuff in my skin that made it more just a little more thick just a little more like Something's in it when I grab my skin just feels so like there's nothing there Which is a weird feeling because nothing felt bad before and my skin just feels great And then a lot of times also under here they clear up the little dark patches under my eyes So I really appreciate that anyways guys this is probably going to be a supplement that I purchased constantly all the time This one was pretty affordable. I think it's about $25 Also too when you get into it I recommend taking a large large dose of it just because this is supposed to suck up a lot of heavy metals and Toxins as well So let's say your body has lots of heavy metals and lots of toxins if you take a little bit of it It's gonna pick up one toxin and if it comes across a toxin that's worse It will drop this one and then pick up this one So you basically just moved one toxin around in your body But if you you know take enough zeolite It'll be able to get everything and it'll flush everything out and there'll be no chance of it grabbing one and then Releasing one to grab more positively charged one. So anyways guys zeolite. It's gonna be a permanent staple from now on I just really like how clear my skin feels I really like that I overall feel like my blood is cleaner I feel like I'm more alkaline and my skin feels better It's just overall a fantastic supplement and I also recommend a high dose when you're starting out But anyways guys run there were the 50,000 subscribers and I couldn't do without any of your guys help You guys are the best having a great day out here. Hopefully having a great day at home See you all in the next video. Peace


most of us trying to get always new clients and get more sales from new clients and we always forget about the old clients about the clients who already trusted on us and already believing us and already bought from us so why it happens and what to do to get all these old clients to buy from us again and not lose this clients and only trying to get new clients always because the old clients are people who we can still make more money from them more and more and more and finally this is our consistent clients which we want to save and want to make more money from them so in this video we will talk about how to get much higher customer retention rate and how to get much more sales from our old clients from the clients who already bought from us in the past I'm your posing a moment to your photo DS so let's go and let's see how to do it on the right way so the way to do this is by sending to our clients three messages to the buyer after the sale already created actually after we sent the product to the buyer this is the one method the second method is to give a great customer support even after the sale appears actually I know a lot of people and a lot of dropshippers who are making only pre-sale customer support this means that after the client bought from them they never answered them again and this is a terrible mistake so I want to show you in this video about the first method about how to give a good customer support using three automatic messages to the buyers and how to write these messages from the right way so I created a talk for you you will get these three messages to your Facebook Messenger you have a link here under the video just click on the link and you will get these messages ready for you and then you can just integrate them to your dropshipping system so I will go over these messages now so you can understand the messages and know how to edit them on the right way and how to work with them in the right way so the first message is a message about this that we already send the item to the buyer some interesting and important things on this message the first thing is their name personalization we want to talk with our client by their name everybody likes his own name and everybody want to hear his name on the message he don't people don't want to feel like a bot a bot send a message to them and on this way it seems like more much more professional and much more personalized the second point here is this line this is very important because we write here however in highly demanding periods such as holidays season seasons it may be it may take a bit longer we want to write in our message that sometimes it can be delayed in our shipping because this way we cover ourselves and this way our client expecting to get a packaging each time but they know that there can be some problems and it can take much more time so this is the second point and the third point is please reply to this message if you have any questions this is very very very very important you want to write to your clients don't forget to reply to message because this way they will just reply and they will not put a negative feedback because you write them if you have any questions any problems please reply to the message this way the client feels like you really care about them and they will just reply to the message instead of just put you a negative feedback on your ebay store the second message is a message which will be sent after the tracking number updated on ebay so some important things here here again the personalization it's very important to put here the tracking number and also sometimes I recommend to add a shipping carrier it means that not only tracking number also a shipping carrier and you can also add here a link to a site where they can track it but actually it's enough to send on this way so they can just like it on ebay so by the way don't send the link just send a name of the site or something like this the other important thing here is the feedback you already it's very very very very important to put a link where they can leave you a positive feedback and also just write here that if that you're really happy to get this positive feedback just be open for your clients be honest with them and write them really this is really something which helping to my business please leave a positive feedback so this is the second message a second about the tracking number and we also starting to request their positive feedback the third message is this this message will be sent to the buyer after after this that the product delivered to them and here we just request a positive feedback and we also want to write that these feedbacks are very important for us so the client will not leave us a negative feedback by mistake because they don't know how it can affect our business I want to show you how these messages are important look at this example so here the last message will be sent after 10 days to the client and let's see what happened here it's crazy see here that when the second purchase from the same client was appeared on the 21st of November and we can see here that after 10 days because these messages after 10 days the client came and bought from us again and then again this is crazy because in this way one sale was changed to four sale so actually we made four times more profit this is really amazing and this is an example of how it's important to give a good customer support and send the same messages to the buyers I hope that you like this video write in the comments what do you think about these messages to the buyers don't forget to grab your free gift it's here under the video just click on the link there and you will get the messages directly to your Facebook messenger I hope that you like this video see you in the next videos bye bye


Band-aids can help when you get hurt, but what of the wounds you cannot see? Emotional abuse might not be visible, but being constantly wounded emotionally wears you out, leaving scars internally. Emotional abuse can have a traumatic impact on the nervous system. Research now includes the impact from emotional abuse as CPTSD, or complex post-traumatic stress disorder, a variation of PTSD that happens because of trauma that is ongoing and where you cannot leave the situation. Here's a list of signs that you've been emotionally abused to help with early identification of abusive relationships. Number one, a kingdom of isolation. Whether it's from a partner or even parents, emotional abuse has the tendency to leave you feeling sapped. Researchers theorize the emotional abuse may contribute to the development of conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome. Living each day walking on eggshells leaves you feeling drained. Emotionally abused people withdraw to feel safe. You begin to dread social interaction of any kind. As you have little strength to answer for any conversation you had or an action you took that the abuser did not approve of, you can take the form of isolation where you don't go out or speak to anybody. It may also be to try to avoid or become invisible to the abuser in hopes that the abuse will stop. Number two, the reign of worthlessness. Emotional abuse can alter your perception. You can spend years thinking you're worthless. I'm not good enough, I don't matter. Emotional abuse leads its victims to play these thoughts on repeat. Researchers have demonstrated that emotional abuse is strongly associated with low self-esteem, more so than other forms of abuse. The insults and criticism gradually eat away at the victim's sense of self-worth. You begin to see yourself through the eyes of all those insinuations and even blame yourself for the abuse. Number three, the fortress of avoidance. Growing up in a strictly controlling environment, you struggle with being vulnerable. You learn to use secretive behavior as an escape route to avoid conflict. A study shows these individuals adopt avoidant attachment style. You were taught to disregard uncomfortable feelings and as a result, you're now quick to avoid such situations even as an adult. You avoid connection whenever possible to minimize further hurt. It's difficult for you to open up to someone. Research shows this can take a toll on your relationships as you try to brush everything under the rug instead of addressing the issues. Number four, the non-stop blame game. Is it normal for you to apologize to inanimate objects like a chair or a sofa after you accidentally bump into it? Do you blame yourself for things out of your control? Research has shown that an abuser often tries to shift all blame and guilt onto the victim, making you believe that the abuse is your fault. Add this to the supposed reinforcement of outside events, the victim comes to believe that they are the cause for everything and so automatically apologizes for anything that goes wrong even when there's no way to control or know about the situation at all. Number five, a battle of frequent outbursts. It's a hard pill to swallow when someone close to us constantly blows hot and cold, serving as a tool for intimidation. According to research, this emotional push and pull can leave you feeling rejected, confused and frustrated. You become extremely hyper-vigilant, being afraid to make even the smallest mistake. You overanalyze everything to try to minimize chances of conflict. The anxiety of keeping things in control leaves you feeling extremely wound up and so you can break down even at the slightest hint of things going south. It can also be expressed as anger instead of sadness. Although suppressed emotions of violation developed throughout abuse come out when you feel like all your efforts want to waste. And number six, conceal, don't feel. Does it seem like you're moving through the motions of life with little to no enjoyment or do you feel like you can't connect with people normally because you just don't feel like yourself? Every word that flies towards you registers as a dart on your emotions. The brain interprets emotional abuse as trauma and hence triggers mechanisms to help you cope. One such coping mechanism is emotional numbness. Studies show that people who were emotionally abused as children are more likely to experience emotional dysregulation, including emotional numbing as adults. Victims use this as an escape switch for the distressing situations faced in an emotionally abusive relationship. You learn to seal away your feelings in an attempt to protect yourself and detach from painful feelings related to the situation. It's scary to reach out for help, but it's one of the best ways to end the cycle of abuse and get your life back and you're worth it. If you found this video helpful, be sure to share it with others who might need to hear it. For more related videos, don't forget to subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification bell. Thanks so much for watching.


For the whole organization, I feel like from just my experience this year, everyone's pulling in the same direction and everyone wants the same thing. At the end of the day, we want to win the world series. So I think it obviously helps that everyone's pulling the same strength.


Hello everyone, welcome to another NARC Survivor live video and in this one we're going to be talking about What you need to do if You want the narcissist to chase you and before I begin I just like to say that I completely understand Those of you who want the narcissist to chase you after everything that you've been through with them how they gave you these Fake dreams of a possible future with them They strung you along They manipulated you and then they devalued you they made you feel like you're nothing and and Some of you you may be craving their validation You just want to feel like you matter to them You want to feel like they care and Some of you may just want to get revenge you may want to punish them After what they did to you so I completely understand completely understand that and That is why I decided to create this video because I know that a Lot of you want to know You want to know How you can make the narcissist chase you so I'm going to tell you in this video what you need to do First you have to hook them in There has to be something That gets their attention so You have to know what they like You have to know what they want what they desire and then become that and This could be physically Mentally emotionally sexually You need to be What they're looking for and then you need to Communicate with them you need to give them a taste of it So that they know what it's like So that you can Hook them and Law them in and then once you've done that you need to mix it up There needs to be hot and cold So once you've given them a taste Then you need to be distant and you can even give them the silent treatment Just don't talk to them for a few days Because then that will really make them think about you a lot they're gonna be wondering What you're doing And who you're with They will obsess over you Because remember narcissists are naturally Very obsessive people They can't let things go Things dominate their minds very easily They become fixated on things Often for no apparent reason So that's really what you need to do. You need to Just be hot and cold But you have to give them a taste of something in the beginning Something that they like they need to experience it Because that's really what's gonna hook them in Otherwise they're gonna forget about you very quickly Because for many narcissists it's so easy for them to get supply elsewhere so Yeah, they will forget about you very quickly But when you give them a taste It leaves something for them to chase after So that's very important to give them a lot of your attention in the beginning and to find out what they want and give that to them And then withhold it leave them to chase after it while Still making them think that It is obtainable for them You don't want to cut yourself off completely and make them think that there's no chance of Being with you or Just having whatever it is that they want Because again if you do that they will forget about you very quickly It has to be Within their reach So yeah, I know this is kind of dark It's pretty manipulative as well, but that's really what you need to do If you want the narcissist to chase you it's not something that I really advise My advice would be to just move on and forget about them Don't try to punish them or get revenge. Let karma deal with them and You really shouldn't even want or desire For them to chase you or For you to even want to be around them. I mean remember we are talking about narcissists you Someone who is self-absorbed and lacks empathy Someone who is arrogant and entitled grandiose They think they're the best thing since sliced bread, but they never want to do anything for you You have to ask yourself sometimes. Why would you want someone like that anyway? You should want someone who loves and cares for you Someone who wants to give you the world someone who is Obsessed by you just being you without you having to manipulate them or play tricks and If they're not already obsessed with you just being you then You should question what you're even doing with them It's clearly you're not gonna find a future in anything Other than that other than someone who loves and adores you and I think that's what you really want especially those of you who are empaths and you Put out so much of your energy Into other people until you become depleted You want someone who can reciprocate that back to you? and I get that and You're never gonna find that as long as you have a narcissist in your life because they take up all of the Capacity That could otherwise be used for someone else when one door closes Another door opens We often Stare at the door that is closed But we don't see the one that is open for us Sometimes you just have to look and see if the door is closed then Find another door that is open one that Offers an opportunity for you an opportunity for growth and development For what you really want because I I don't think I've ever heard in Hundreds of coaching sessions that I've done I've never heard anyone say that they were actually Satisfied Being with a narcissist I've never heard anyone say that they were happy with that They always wanted more something to think about Because the truth is you're never gonna get what you want for it for from a narcissist You're just not you can find that within yourself or within someone else, but Not for me a narcissist They can't be that they can't do that Remember, it's all about them. It's all about what are you gonna do for them? It's not about an equal exchange or reciprocation. So that's something to keep in mind When you're thinking about Trying to make the narcissist chase you. I mean just think about what kind of person You're trying to get to chase after you. I mean, yeah, they might chase after you But they're never gonna be who you want them to be They're just not and the sooner you accept that The better it will be for you so Just keep that in mind If you are thinking about Making the narcissist chase you but yeah, I do hope that this video Can be helpful for you Remember my videos are Mainly for educational purposes. It may not always be For practical use But I hope it was helpful. I hope it helped you to learn more About this disorder if it was then please give it a thumbs up down below. I appreciate it I appreciate you all Please share this video Subscribe and I will talk to you in another one very soon