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Purposeful Social Selling

The Value of Peace #119

Jul 27, 2022

Today Kristen interviews three mastermind members who are in Round 2 of the Purpose and Profit 6-Figure Mastermind. They dive into how the industry and marketplace has changed in our post-pandemic world and how they’ve had to lead and recruit differently. They also cover how they each experienced Round 1 vs. Round 2 and how they’ve found peace in running their businesses.

Here are a few highlights:

  • Why slowing down to work on the foundations of your business is imperative to building a long-term successful business
  • The leadership shifts they had to make in a post-pandemic market
  • The different mindsets each of them were in when they joined and the different areas they had to heal in order to have peace
  • Learning that ‘hustle’ isn’t an action–it’s a mindset
  • How systems changed each of their teams and recruiting
  • How being in the room/container changes all areas of their lives: business, motherhood, partnerships, and more
  • How the safety of the container allows for big breakthroughs

The first round of the mastermind can feel jarring if you’re used to the hustle and grind of growing your business. But Nicole, Morgan, and Jenni leaned into that discomfort and decided to go all-in on both rounds. You can’t put a price tag on running a business from a place of peace. The mastermind container has helped each of these women create that experience from different experiences and tools from the mastermind. Listen in to hear their stories now!

Nicole Van Cleve helps women build wealth in every area of their lives: time, money, and life experiences. Find her on Instagram here: @niccivancleve

Jenni Barrett supports millennial moms who want more from life without the need to show up perfectly. Find out more here: pnwactive.com

Morgan Peitzman helps you create routines that can help you ditch overwhelm in your motherhood and homemaking. Find her on Instagram here: @morganpeitzman

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Transcript for Episode #119 The Value of Peace

Kristen Boss (00:05):

Welcome to purposeful social selling with Kristen boss. I’m your host, Kristen boss. I’m a mindset and business coach with more than 15 years experience in both the product and service based industry. I believe that social selling is the best business model for people wanting to make an impact while they make serious income. This is the podcast for the social seller, who is tired of feeling and authentic in their business and desires to find a more purposeful and profitable way of growing their business. In today’s social media landscape. In this podcast, you will learn what it takes to grow a sustainable business through impactful and social marketing. It’s time to ditch the hustle and lead from the heart. Let me show you the new way.

Kristen Boss (00:48):

Hey, I’m here with mastermind members, Nicole, Jenni, and Morgan, and I’m super excited about what we’re gonna be talking about today. Applications are gonna be opening up really soon for the mastermind, and I thought their stories would really serve the audience and E whether you join the mastermind or not. I think it’s important that you hear the lessons that they have learned. They are halfway through their second round of the mastermind with me, and they have had quite a journey. In fact, I was watching all of their application videos, not too long ago. I’m like these women are not the same women who applied nearly a year ago. All of you a year ago, Morgan, a little bit longer for you. We’ll talk about that. I’m excited about your story. So what we’re gonna do is I want my audience to hear a little bit, especially just how much has changed in we’re now in the post pandemic social selling era.

Kristen Boss (01:40):

So running a business is very different today in 2022 than it was in the height of 2020, when everyone was online, everyone was doing the things. And so you all have had to make shifts in your leadership and elevate your leadership to a post pandemic, social selling business and leading your team differently. And one of the things we talk about in the mastermind is shifting out of this short term, reactive thinking kind of operating spur of the moment, which often leads to burnout, fatigue, exhaustion. And, um, so what we, what we learn and what I teach you guys, is how to play what we call the infinite game. And that’s from Simon Sinek and how to play with the long game in mind. And there really is an unlearning in that it is deeply uncomfortable. And when you guys came for your first round, I kind of prepared you for that.

Kristen Boss (02:32):

I said, Hey, it’s gonna feel maybe painful in the slowdown because you have to see what’s going on in your business. Cuz if you’re going around with your hair on fire, you might be missing crucial things as to where people are slipping through the cracks. And if you wanna position yourself for growth, you have to be able to stabilize your systems, stabilize your foundation, your leadership, your coaching. So you go through all these foundational, you know, teachings in round one and in round one, it kind of of feels like a cluster. And we’ll talk about that. You guys can each share like what it felt like in round one for you versus round two, because part of what I was telling you guys, when you joined was I said, listen, part of slowing down is a precursor to speeding up later. We have to clean these things up in order to give you permission or so that you feel more confident with massive growth or onboarding new members without worrying about more attrition things, falling through the cracks and exhausting yourself more. So I’m just gonna have these ladies share a little bit about their experiences contrasting between round one, round two. And, um, they’ll kind of introduce themselves share, and I’d love for you ladies to share, like what brought you to the mastermind? Why did you apply? And we’ll kind of go from there. So Nicole, we’ll start with, you share a little bit about what brought you to the mastermind.

Nicole Van Cleve (03:51):

So I had been in previous coaching with another coach, um, some years on, into my, my journey with direct selling. I’ve been with my company for seven years and I loved the direction that it took, but it wasn’t the right fit for what I wanted to work in and teach my team currently. And so I had been looking for a new coach and I am a little bit of an internet sleuth. And so <laugh>, I found you through somebody else and I saw some things that she was doing and I was like, Ooh, I like that. Mm, okay. Interesting on that. I was like, who is her coach? That’s what I wanna know. And so I started stalking information like tidbits of nuggets, of information that she was giving out was basically what ended up happening. And I found out who you were and started stalking you on the internet.

Nicole Van Cleve (04:40):

<laugh> a lack of a better term. <laugh> sorry. I love it. Um, and that’s how I found you. And I just really resonated with how you are presenting our industry. Mm-hmm <affirmative>, um, and the love and support that you have for our industry and the grace and the enthusiasm. Um, not only for that, but for how to lead our teams more effectively with, um, more peace and understanding and stability and sustainability. And that’s what I had been trending towards for my team anyways. And so it just really aligned with where I wanted to go in the direction that I was moving.

Kristen Boss (05:15):

<laugh> speaking of your internet sleuthing. I still think it’s hilarious. Like I think we found out at the live event, round two, you showed me that you had found you and Morgan in your internet. SL had found a really old YouTube video of me. Like I think it so good. I think it was from like the first ever group coaching I had ever done. And I was wearing like a sparkly star Spangled headband meant for the 4th of July with heart pink, heart sunglasses, I’m chugging a smoothie. It was like, how, how you were like, I could work with her. <laugh> just beyond me, but I’m glad you did. And we died. I, I I’ll admit like I, my stomach was hurting at the live event when you’re like, oh, we saw that. I’m like, wait, you saw that. I thought thought I had hid it. I thought, like I had done my job and like hid all of the, you know, old coaching in the dark web and you guys went and found it. So, you know, kudos to your S sleuthing skills. So let’s talk about Nicole. Let’s talk about just what round one was like for you from the live event. And like, what were your big lessons from round one, would you say? Mm

Nicole Van Cleve (06:20):

That’s good. Okay. So the live event, the first round felt like drinking from a fire hose, just straight up. It felt like holy cow buckle up buttercup, what did I get myself into? And it was a lot of information to, it was such needed. I was so hungry and thirsty for it. Um, it was fantastic, but it was so much information. And within our industry, there is this gap, especially for higher income earners because we come into it and we bring these kind of bad habits that we don’t even know are bad habits that become even bigger, bad habits as your teams grow. And as your business grows and, and all of this stuff, because you’re kind of just winging it. And so you were like, Hmm, we’re gonna be done with all that winging business. And I was my game plan

Kristen Boss (07:11):

My winging has been working up until now.

Nicole Van Cleve (07:16):

And I was just like, oh no, we’re gonna have to burn it all down to the ground. I’m like, no, let’s take a, let’s take a little breather real quick. Um, so it did feel like drinking from a fire hose, but it really helped to fine tune and hone into the areas that I was like, okay, this is a gap within the, my business. And this is how I could better support my team even better. This is how I can better support my family and my goals with this business to coincide with what I want to give my family and how I wanna serve them. Mm-hmm <affirmative> um, and so that was some of the biggest lessons that I took away in the first round. Um, as well as all the let’s just be on the emotional therapy that comes along with being coached by you and in the mastermind.

Kristen Boss (07:52):

Were you prepared for that? Were you like, I didn’t realize that so much of that would come,

Nicole Van Cleve (07:58):

Uh, being an Ingram eight <laugh> no, uh, you wanna talk about feeling uncomfortable and vulnerable? Hmm. Mama don’t like some vulnerability. Um, so it was really, really hard to dig down deep and really ask questions and to get into the habit of doing that over and over again, kind like feeling like you’re fileting your soul open sometimes <laugh>, um, it’s not the most great feeling in the world, but that uncomfort uncomfortableness pushes you and grows you and really makes you to take, um, a stock of, of what’s going on in your business and how it’s either serving or hindering you.

Kristen Boss (08:36):

Mm. You know, it’s interesting. I think some people might hear that might hear like, oh, emotional work. I just wanna come and do the business. Like, I, I don’t know about that. Like, am I gonna be crying? I’m not real. I just, just gimme the strategy and the action plan. And it’s so funny. I don’t even say like, okay, today’s group therapy. Like, we’re gonna talk about your deepest, darkest stories. Like it’s not even that it’s like, as you are implementing the material, it comes up like there’s, there’s no way around it. I wish there was growth would be so much easier if we didn’t have to do those things, but it’s something I have to do as a coach. So, you know, what would you say? Like the importance of that work is cuz someone might hear that and be like, I don’t wanna do that. I just wanna talk about my business. Cause I feel like that might be 90% of the audience.

Nicole Van Cleve (09:24):

<laugh> if you are in the dark sale industry, there is no business without you. You are the central focus point of moving your business forward and you can’t move your business forward. If you don’t work on yourself, like that’s just what it comes down to. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. And as you’re going through, and you’re figuring out these stories that you’ve been telling yourself, or these thoughts that you’ve been having about your business or about yourself, and you see how this underlying ripple effect influences every decision that you make in your business or that you choose not to make in your business. Um, that’s, that’s where the magic happens. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. And while you initially don’t get in for it, it comes out naturally. And you, you come to the coaching sessions and you’re like, all right, girlfriend, let’s let’s do this today. Let’s let’s do it, bring it on. Um, and it feels better and it feels good.

Kristen Boss (10:15):

Mm-hmm <affirmative>

Nicole Van Cleve (10:15):

Yeah. And on the other side of

Kristen Boss (10:17):

It, that’s so good. I think you brought up a point, like it’s impossible to lead a team if you cannot lead yourself. So if you are not self-aware and understanding what makes you tick understanding why you have aversions to certain activities or why you have fear around certain things or why you have certain habits, cuz you know, you even mentioned, you’re like you come and you realize you have all of these habits that served you up until this point, but they, you can’t take them with you to the next point. And there it is painful undoing that part of yourself and letting it feels like you’re letting go of what has been working in order to try something new or like the next level of it. And it’s, I think a lot of people that’s where they’re afraid to let go of like, but it has worked for me up until this point.

Kristen Boss (10:59):

But then when we view it through the lens of sustainability, almost every person that I ask, like, but can you still see yourself doing this and carrying on five years from now three years from now, even two years from now and most people, they just start, they melt down, they just start crying. They’re like, Nope, can’t definitely not. I’m already hanging by a thread, which is where most people, a lot of people are when they come to the mastermind. I’m hoping in future rounds. We’ll see people before they’re burnt out, coming in before they feel like they have to do CPR on their business. But it is true. Like if you, you can’t lead others unless you know how to lead yourself and you can’t help others overcome their doubts, their insecurities, their fears, unless you’re willing to sit with your own doubts and insecurities and fears. And that’s what we do in the container. So good Morgan, let’s talk about your round. One of the mastermind also, let’s just talk you had, you had applied for the mastermind. I think the first one I ever the very first one in this, uh, yeah, at the beginning of 2021, I think January of 20, 21, you weren’t ready yet. And you came back for the next round, which was our kickoff was October of 2021 and you joined us. So let’s talk a little bit about your first round of the mastermind.

Morgan Peitzman (12:18):

Yes. So Nicole and all of her internet sleeping is actually the one that sent me your podcast. That’s how I found you. Nicole’s like, oh my gosh, you have to listen to this girl, like go binge all of her podcasts right now. And that was before we found, uh, the aforementioned video <laugh> and we still decided to stick around. So, um, yeah, so I just started binging all of your podcasts. This was like at the very end of 2020 mm-hmm <affirmative>. So my business was coming out of all of the explosion that happened in 2020 with the height of the pandemic. And I found myself in a really exhausted, burnt out place. I was so happy with like these results, but kind of like Nicole said, I had been just winging it up until that point and just viewing my business in these little 30 day chunks and kind of winging it here.

Morgan Peitzman (13:06):

And we’re gonna throw this together here and it, like you just said, it had worked up until that point, but I was exhausted. And so I really resonated with your message in your podcast. And I think it may have been a podcast episode or one of the, um, three day events that you had done where you talked about the mastermind. And so I remember applying and getting on even a, a zoom call with you and I had the invoice in my inbox for that round one and I, I just was not ready and I’m really, really glad that I made that decision because I would’ve made that decision out of desperation.

Morgan Peitzman (13:43):

I was so exhausted instead of fully owning that decision and that investment because at the time I had no concept of investing, I had no concept of like, oh, I’m running a business as a CEO. And I know we’ll talk about that was really like my big thing in round one. Like I just, I had no concept of that. And so my decision to invest, would’ve just been one of I’m desperate for something else instead of I’m gonna take myself seriously as a business owner and invest in my career. And I think I would’ve showed up very differently

Kristen Boss (14:18):

Yeah. From that place. So I showed up from like a needy scarce save me place instead of a empowered, responsible I’m ready to own this place. And I think that’s a really important nuance and that’s so good.

Morgan Peitzman (14:31):

So I joined the academy. So I did, I did work in the academy for those six to eight months mm-hmm <affirmative> and then approached my application in that, in the fall of that year. Um, very differently. Mm-hmm <affirmative> and really glad that I made that decision.

Kristen Boss (14:47):

Mm-hmm <affirmative> so let’s talk about your, your, your work in the first round. <laugh> let’s talk about your big lessons.

Morgan Peitzman (14:53):

Yeah. I mean, honestly, I could, I could name so many lessons, but when I was thinking about what does this boil down to? I think just overall I was not operating like a CEO mm-hmm <affirmative> I just I’m one of those that came into the business as kind of a hobby as something extra, you know? Um, my background’s in healthcare. I had a full-time job when I joined my company six years ago, loved my job, had no interest in leaving. It was not pursuing like a full-time career. And I caught the vision and I think that’s the story of so many mm-hmm <affirmative> that joined this industry. It starts as an extra, you know, $300 a month, which is wonderful in life changing. And then you catch the vision and see like, oh, this could actually be a career mm-hmm <affirmative>. And that was me.

Morgan Peitzman (15:39):

But I brought, like Nicole said these bad habits and even this bad mindset, like a very hobby mindset, a very, like, I just, I didn’t take myself seriously, I guess, is a good way to put it as a business owner. And so suddenly it’s the live event in Denver and it’s like, day one, like first time I raised my hand and then I’m just like sobbing about money and I’m like, wait a minute. We’re not supposed to be talking about money. Like we’re supposed to, like you said, I’m supposed to be getting all these tips for like my business. And that was kind of the catalyst where I think I just realized I’m not running this like a CEO. I don’t take my myself seriously. I don’t have set work hours. I was home with little kids working in the nooks and crannies and just like a frazzled mess. Instead of like, I’m a business owner, this is a serious investment. I’m going to take myself seriously. I’m gonna hire help with my kids so I can work. Like all these things I had just, it had never even dawned on me because subconsciously I still had this very hobby side hustle mindset.

Kristen Boss (16:38):

Yeah. And then we even talked about just with money, we talked about your business, money being business money, instead of it running all just over to the personal account to go wherever and maybe target maybe grocery store, but like, okay, no, this is a business. This is a company and I’m gonna run. I’m gonna run the dollars as if it’s a business and not just, you know, this a fun account. <laugh> a fun spending account, which is, and that happens for a lot of people. And here’s the thing. Like you were a healthcare worker, you were not taught, Hey, here are here’s business administrative skills in the healthcare world, unless you were in business administration for the healthcare sector, but you’re not taught those skills. And I think a lot of people, you know, when they come to social selling, like they’re retired teachers and they’re nurses, they’re in healthcare.

Kristen Boss (17:25):

They’re, they’re in education, they’re in sales or retail. They’re not taught. Here’s how to run a business. Here’s your profit, here’s your losses. Here’s your expenses. Here’s how to view investment. Here’s how to do those things unless they come, unless they’re a business owner elsewhere. So you kind of have to come. And I’ve, I mentioned this a few times for you guys, it’s just, it’s like coming and getting your MBA in direct sales. It’s like, okay, this is how, how we’re gonna run a six-figure business profitably and be smart about it. And also understand like I’m not gonna get caught in these 30 day cycles. I’m going to start, I’m gonna zoom out and start viewing this from quarters years. And we kind of, one of the things I challenge you guys with is just sitting with your three year vision to help, to help you have a broader perspective.

Kristen Boss (18:12):

So things feel less dramatic in the now in your business because when you don’t have the bigger picture, when something isn’t going well, or you’re implementing a new system or you’re, you know, selling a new concept to your team. Um, and we’ll talk about that too. But when you are doing those things, if you’re expecting an immediate return and you’re not thinking of your three year vision, it can feel incredibly exhausting and cumbersome. And that is something we’ve coached on as well is just like, Hey, and you guys do it with each other being like, Hey, let’s get back to your three year vision here. What does that mean? Like playing the infinite the long game instead of the short game. So part of that was definitely being like, okay, a business owner plays by a much broader scope than getting caught, like caught up in the day to day and the nitty gritty. So that was huge. And even this round, I think you’re even working on money at a different level as well. And I think you had a breakthrough just recently, and I know we’re talking about round two right now, but you kind of realized, oh, financial wellness actually has a direct and deep impact on how I show up in my business. Do you wanna add to that a little bit? Cause I think it was a huge breakthrough for you.

Morgan Peitzman (19:23):

Yeah, it was. So a lot of that work and round one was just in my mindset around not really money in general, but like handling my business money mm-hmm <affirmative> and I had to work through a lot of shame of like, how did I get to this point in my business that I don’t know how to do this, but I had to process that. And it’s exactly what you said like, well, because no one ever taught us that. Yeah, no, one’s teaching this to network marketers. Like, and now I’m like, I could, that’s a whole nother topic I could get like <inaudible> but so round one was a lot of like, okay, I’m a business owner. I’m gonna take myself seriously. I’m gonna keep up with my books. I’m gonna open this separate account, like all of that stuff. And so then almost having that mindset freed up to run the business side of things and round two, I’m working on a lot of like personal things with money. Like I’m getting coaching on like our personal family budget and my personal spending and how that does directly correlate to how I’m showing up in my business. And so it’s been really interesting because I never thought I’m gonna come invest $30,000 into coaching to figure out how to do my grocery budget, you know, but it’s, it’s like, just like Nicole said, like it all, it all runs together. Like mm-hmm,

Kristen Boss (20:42):

Morgan Peitzman (20:43):

How I’m doing at home and how I’m running my personal finances or how present I am with my kids or how I’m communicating with my husband or how I’m sleeping at night. Or it’s just all of these things really do impact how you show up in your business and how I’m able to show up as a CEO because all these other areas of my life are improving. If that makes sense.

Kristen Boss (21:06):

Yes. So good. I love that. Let’s hear from Jenni, Jenni. I’d love to hear just round one for you and what brought you over to the mastermind and we’ll kind of talk about the work you’ve done.

Jenni Barrett (21:18):

Yeah. So it’s interesting. I came to the mastermind, I think with a totally different mindset. So even when I stepped into the live event for the first time, I was like, I’ve got this, like, I’m fine. Like I’m gonna crush this. Like, and I, I headed into it with a mentality of still in that like network marketing. Like this is another thing that I’m going to crush and then I will move on to the next piece of my business. I found you because of your, um, I think it was your first three day event that we were doing. And this is one of the funniest stories I love now that I’ve invested so heavily into you. <laugh> and the coaching, because I accidentally clicked yes. To buy your extra, um, sales copy prompts. And I didn’t mean to, and I only wanted to spend the $7 and I was like, dang it.

Jenni Barrett (22:04):

I just spent $15 on that extra thing that I didn’t even want. And I’m so glad that I found that event because even though I stepped into that round one at feeling very confident and I had to I’ll talk about how round one was a bit of an ego check for me, but it was like, I didn’t know that there was another way to do the business. I, I truly thought that like the way that I was running my business, I thought that, you know, I thought that I was living the dream, getting to sit down and nurse my baby at three days old and like get to work on my phone. Like I was like, wow, I’m so lucky. Like most people, they, they can’t, they have to go back to the office at, at X weeks. And I three days old get to just sit here on my phone and now looking back, like that makes me feel so emotional because I’m like, that’s not the dream at all.

Jenni Barrett (22:48):

Like, <laugh>, that’s terrible. But I thought that that was the only way. And it wasn’t really until, um, I had just had my second daughter and I had signed up for the SSA and I started to kind of watch the videos and I, I, I dove really deep into self coaching and I had been doing the SSA for a while, but self coaching more so even than the modules, what, what was, is what was really changing me. And, and then the chance came up for the mastermind. And I remember messaging my friends in my business and saying, I think I’m gonna do it. I think I’m gonna spend the, that $10,000 and I’m, I’m gonna do it. And they’re like, really? Why, what do you think you’re gonna learn? And I just remember thinking like, and telling them I don’t exactly know, but I know that like, I’m so excited to figure out how to do this in a way that, like, it was something that you said about like, just having more like time and peace with your family. That’s what just absolutely hit me. I was like, oh my gosh, you can do that. Like, I can go on vacation with my family and just have a vacation and not like glamorize working on vacation. It was, it was so big to me. So,

Kristen Boss (23:54):

Oh my gosh,

Jenni Barrett (23:55):

Preach. That’s how I came.

Kristen Boss (23:57):

You just saying that like glamorizing working on vacation, I’m kind of like, yeah. Oh my gosh, wait, I see that. I see that everywhere. I see that being like, just sip on my P colada, working with my customers. I’m like, what if you just your peanut colada and without talking to anybody, like, that’s the dream, that’s the goal. So keep going. I just was like, dang, dang. Right.

Jenni Barrett (24:20):

It’s true. And I, and it, so really what happened in round one was it was, it was all unlearning for me. And it was also, like I said, it was, it was quite the ego check because I didn’t realize how much of, uh, the responsibility of where my business was, where my personal life was. Lots of things. Um, I didn’t realize how much of that. I was like outsourcing in a way I was thinking, this is not my fault. And I, I realized in round one, how much I’d done that up until that point in my business. And like I said, in my personal life, it was, it rocked me in a way that I was like, it, it was good and bad. Right. I had to process the feelings of, oh no, this is my fault. But then I also had that like realization where, and that was my breakthrough.

Jenni Barrett (25:06):

I feel like where I got to decide like, Hey, wait, I have my own back. That was like our phrase, right in round one, like we’re learning to have our own backs, but I got to know that like I was in charge and like Morgan said, I was like, wait a second. I’m not treating my business like a CEO at all. I I’m showing up as if everything is owed to me, I’m showing up as if my team needs to show up for me. Why aren’t they doing this? Why aren’t they doing this? And instead, I learned how to sit down and critically think of like, what is my part in this? What can I control? And it’s given me so much peace, because like you said, it’s, it’s not a fire drill when something goes wrong instead, I’m like, okay, well this has a logical explanation to it. Let’s dig in deeper and figure out where it is. And, and so, you know, in all of round one, I, I think that I, it was just peeling back layers of the onion of like me thinking, oh, this is all going wrong. And who’s false. Is this, and then stopping and saying, no, how is this my responsibility? So that was my big round one lesson is that it’s all in my control to a point. Right?

Kristen Boss (26:16):

Mm-hmm <affirmative> yeah. I think a lot of times I coach all of you, the, the whole room. I think something we constantly go over is like your business. Isn’t happening to you. It’s not something that like, you are out of control of where you feel like I, I can do whatever and I I’m helpless. I’m helpless to my business. It, it just does its own thing. And here I am just, I hope, I hope my team shows up. I hope this changes, you know, it’s just a slow season or those things you learn to change the narrative in the, the mastermind being like, well, what if I am fully responsible here? Not in a way that, like, we have to be careful with that, because if we make ourselves responsible for everything, then we can create a lot of shame. Like, I’m the problem, it’s me.

Kristen Boss (26:54):

But we really teach that from a, from an empowering place in the mastermind. Not like it’s your fault because you create your results. It’s more like, okay, well, let’s understand where, where are we contributing here? But from an empowered place, not a shameful place where we’re like beating ourselves up for weeks and not doing any work, but kind of being like, okay, well, what can I do here? What might actually be within my control? And what might I actually do? And what’s fun is I think I’ve seen each of you and I’m not sure if you did it round one or round two, I’ve watched each of you take completely unplugged vacations. Like you’ve been on trips. You have even prepared your teams prepared your systems and your businesses were working without you. You were no longer, you know, pina colada working with customer girls.

Kristen Boss (27:39):

You were like out of office. Here’s my out of office reply. I’ll see y’all in 10 days. And that was super fun for me to see as your coach, I’m like, this is it. This is the sustainable way for them. This is, this is the healthier way of doing business. That is the dream. So a lot of you did your work. Something we talk about in round one is like cleaning up a lot of things you learned to coach, you learned to lead, you learn to self lead through self coaching. And then we work. We get really nitty gritty on systems. We get really nitty gritty, especially on like, so that you can powerfully onboard new members without exhausting yourself and holding the hand of 75 new people from your team and being like, okay, well, how can I duplicate myself into a system without exhausting myself?

Kristen Boss (28:25):

So I think each of you got your milestone, one done in round one, which is the most important one. Because once you have that in place, you can onboard people and your team feels confidence to onboard people. It’s suddenly your team member, your down line. They don’t need to be the experts. They’re like, oh, I just, you mean, I just plug them in here and we just go and it changes things. So you all did that work round one. So now round two, actually, I gave you guys this recent coaching. I said, okay, everybody, it’s safe for you to speed up. Now just for the girls, for you, girls that have been doing your systems, doing the work and like time to speed up. And I actually want to go back to you, Morgan, because there’s something pretty fun happening right now. I gave you a little bit of coaching. I said, all right, it’s time. It’s time to speed this bus, this bus up. You’re ready to go share a little bit about what’s happened. <laugh>

Morgan Peitzman (29:16):

Yes. Um, round one was a lot of slow down to speed up, focusing on your systems, all this, like you said, which was really important for me because we had a lot of momentum and growth in 2020, but I had nothing on the back end to support all the growth that was happening. And so a lot of that kind of imploded and there was a lot of attrition. So that was really valuable work in round one. And I think I was afraid a little bit, bit to step back into the speeding up, because a lot of us have this story that have worked with you and are learning a different way to not work from this hustle, scarce energy than it. We suddenly then assign any growth or like my momentum, like, oh gosh, I don’t wanna hustle when it’s like, okay, no, like you always say hustle is never like an action that you’re doing. It’s the motivation, the

Kristen Boss (30:07):

Way of being mm-hmm

Morgan Peitzman (30:08):

<affirmative>, it’s like the way you’re being in that action. And so that coaching was like a big kick in the pants for me. And so I was like, okay, my team hadn’t done. Like I’m in a party plan business. And so my team hadn’t done like a booking incentive, or like a party incentive in a long time because I had assigned, oh, any momentum, challenge, incentive, wrong hustle. Can’t do that. But I’m like, no, how am I a totally different person and a totally different leader? Yes. In the way we can now do a booking challenge that is like light ears, better than one that I had ever done. And so we did it, um, Nicole’s team actually like kind of partnered with us, which was fun. And so we collaborated and it was amazing. The results were crazy. Um, like hundreds of bookings in 24 hours.

Morgan Peitzman (30:58):

And I went back in our group, which is one of the side note. One of the most valuable parts of the mastermind is the Facebook group where we all get to coach each other. Mm-hmm <affirmative>, it’s amazing. So I went back in the group for like an update and I’m like, you guys, like, that’s evidence that like we’re ready to grow. The team is ready. And now, because I slowed down in round one and have these systems in place, I have no worries about my team going out and executing all these events, onboarding a ton of new consultants. And I think I said in the group, like we can onboard a hundred people next month. Literally no problem with nobody falling through the cracks. And that is like light years away from where I was even eight months ago. So it’s really, really cool.

Kristen Boss (31:50):

Mm-hmm <affirmative> and what’s fun is you, all of you, you sampled running people through milestone one before you even did like a massive, you know, kicker, you know, incentive or anything like that. You’re like, I’m gonna run people through this system and see how they do it. And I think every single one of you have had brand new recruits that have gone through your milestone. One that got the promised results, what making their money back on their product or making their first hundred dollars going through this system without you holding their hand their whole way. They’re like they hit the milestone without me. And that is the goal. And most people think because you are kind of taught in, in a lot of circles in network marketing, like, no, you have to be very involved. You have to hold their hand the whole time. You can’t like let them be on their own.

Kristen Boss (32:34):

And so it kind of creates a lot of scarcity, even in your relationship with people you recruit. And so, so when you think about that as a six-figure earner, a lot of six-figure earners feel extremely burnt out and depleted. When they think about wait, I’m gonna have to recruit all these people and then hold everyone’s hand. Instead of now you guys have the energy and the capacity to run people through a system without it depleting and costing you. Right. Um, Jenny, I think you’ve had that same thing as well with your milestone one, I think you were saying like, yep, I’m recruiting and people are going through it and they are getting the results, right?

Jenni Barrett (33:09):

Yeah, yeah, exactly. And it took a while for me to get the confidence in like letting people go through it without holding their hands. But it wasn’t until somebody came to me and I had randomly realized that somebody had hit the second rank in the company and I was like, wait a second. Oh my gosh, what, what have you been doing? Right. And she’s she had been following the system. And that was a big piece of evidence to me that even while I was still obsessing over holding people’s hands through it and plugging them into it, somebody else was doing it without me. And they got, and they got results. So that was really cool.

Kristen Boss (33:43):

Mm. Love it. Nicole, what about your round two? Your work for round two? I mean, you did your booking incentive. Sounds like you did that with Morgan and that’s been amazing. What else has been kind of like your work in round two?

Nicole Van Cleve (33:53):

Um, I actually had more, even more personal work in round two than I did in round one. Cause again, like Jenny said, it’s peeling an onion, so you’ve got this onion and sometimes you don’t really know what’s under the next layer or what’s waiting for you just lurking. Um, and there was things in round one that I did not uncover that I didn’t, I happen to realize in round two that was holding me back and influencing my choices and influencing my decisions. And so for me, alongside of fine tuning, some of the things from round one and working on milestone two, um, I am also, uh, had worked through some more emotional, um, business sided things than I did in the first round, which was, uh, I cried. It was ugly for y’all. It was the ugly, ugly, cry. <laugh>

Kristen Boss (34:44):

Yep. We found the story. I remember that I coached you on it at the live event. I was like, we found the story and you got coaching on it and you were willing to be vulnerable about it. And I literally think, hold on, it was the next month. It was the next month you were like stories done. And here’s what I did about it. You seriously went out recruited like 10 people. I was like, okay, so we’re done with that story. Aren’t we? And you’re like, yeah, we’re done <laugh>

Nicole Van Cleve (35:06):

Yes, absolutely.

Kristen Boss (35:08):

So by the time this podcast airs, people will have learned that I’ve restructured the mastermind. It’s no longer, you know, invest every six months and just keep investing and keep going. And as long as there’s always growth and you could do that. And I had like, my epiphany and April is like, no, don’t like, this don’t want it. We’re shifting it. It’s designed to be, you know, two, six months round so that, you know, first round is a lot of unlearning. It’s a lot of cleaning up. It is the slowing down. And it makes so much sense when I’ve been telling you guys we’re gonna slow down and then when we’re gonna speed up, and that is especially after I’ve been watching your group, that is absolutely what we’ve been seeing is round one is, was the slowdown round two is like, okay, I’ve got my milestones.

Kristen Boss (35:46):

Now it’s about refining implementing and it’s time to go. And it’s also creating safety in going like, I think sometimes when people have burnt themselves out, they need to feel safe going for it again, realizing it’s safe for me to accelerate, put my foot on the gas pedal and it’s not gonna cost me because now I have all these things in place to protect me from burnout this time around, and now it’s sustainable. So now it’s, you know, structured, you know, 15 K each round, and then there’s gonna be an alumni community afterwards for you to continue the work. So you guys, because I know you guys are gonna be rocket fuel, come the fall, which is super fun. But you know, it’s an opportunity for you to stay in the work without you continuing to invest 15 K every six months. Now the structure is different and you know, I wanted to structure it in a way where it ma it felt like an MBA program, like 30 K total over a full year, which would feel for the lifetime of your network marketing career.

Kristen Boss (36:43):

It’s like all these skills you learn and you take with you forever. And I think that might help somebody if they’re coming in, they’re like, okay. Their expectations for the, for the mastermind. Cuz I do think people come to the mastermind with expectations of like, I’m gonna come here and it’s gonna rocket my paycheck up in the next 90 days. And they, and they get there. And when they bring those expectations, they become resistant to the necessary growth they have to do because there’s so much drama and expectation of like, well, I thought I was gonna move along faster. I thought my paycheck was gonna grow overnight instead of like, okay, but we have to clean all of these things up. So it kind of the, the restructuring of it allows for there to be a release of like, okay, so if it’s one year where things look different, but it creates sustainability for the lifetime of my network marketing career.

Kristen Boss (37:31):

And honestly I think I’ve told you guys this, like, even if you were to leave network marketing and going to corporate, you’d be able to land a corporate job because of what you’re learning, because it’s like an MBA. So can you guys speak to a little bit about maybe how that restructure is like favorable for somebody with their expectations? Like if they’re coming and being like, it’s gonna be great. Like I think you all had that at one point in your journey being like, okay, I thought it was gonna look this way and it looks different and you had to get coaching on that and feeling safe, being like, listen, as much as you wanna see your paycheck blow up overnight, we have to clean this up it’s necessary. And we can’t just rush to that. Um, Morgan, do you wanna speak to that a little bit?

Morgan Peitzman (38:11):

Yeah. This was a lot of my work. Um, my paycheck actually went down in round one. Mm-hmm <affirmative> I’m just gonna go ahead. And like people are probably like what <laugh> and you did another round. Cause I, so many people have that expectation. Like especially people that have like either are in the academy and are already getting coaching from you or even just the value that you bring to the podcast. It’s safe to assume like, okay, I’m gonna get, get into this $15,000 program with Kristen. We know she’s gonna over deliver. And so we have these expectations, like, all right, I’m gonna be in this room, this elevated room, my results are gonna explode. And none of us like we’ve been saying, realized so much of the work that was gonna have to happen before that. And so my paycheck actually went down round one mm-hmm <affirmative> um, because I had to slow down and clean a lot of that stuff up. But now, like I just mentioned, the groundwork is laid where now I’m like, okay, let’s go. Like I’m positioned now for my paycheck to explode in the next six months while I’m not like exhausted. And

Kristen Boss (39:10):

What’s the value of that to

Morgan Peitzman (39:13):

A lot of coaching. I’ve had a lot of money stuff over the last year and I even got coaching because of these expectations that I brought in and a little bit of this like success, entitlement that I found myself almost resenting the investment. And you were like, okay, Morgan, I remember you asked me how much would your business have suffered or what would your business look like if you were in this room and you didn’t make this investment, is it fair to say that your paycheck would’ve decreased by this much more? And I was like, yeah, totally. Mm-hmm <affirmative> and you’re like, okay, so what is this investment for one year worth to the lifetime of your business?

Kristen Boss (39:51):

Mm-hmm <affirmative>

Morgan Peitzman (39:52):

And I’m like, oh, and now I’m learning to reframe it where I’m like, I love this investment. I love this decision because of what it’s affording. It just goes back to that infinite game. Like you said, like having that long term vision for your business five, 10 years from now, this investment will be like a drop in the bucket. Mm-hmm

Kristen Boss (40:10):

<affirmative> yeah. And, and again, it’s like integrating, it’s integrating all parts. Like it’s not just your business, it’s literally all parts of you. And I’ve seen that for all of you being like, okay, like partnerships, relationships, home, life, your peace. Like, I can’t like your peace I think is probably it’s like, what is that? What is the value of your piece to you? And I think that’s been like the biggest work for a lot of people in the mastermind. So Jenni, can you speak a little bit about like peace for you? The value of peace for you and this, you know, you deciding to be here for a year.

Jenni Barrett (40:45):

So I remember when we first started and it was basically when you first started talking right at the live event and I was like, okay, I’m a lifer. And I had been so like sold on the fact that like, okay, Kristen’s gonna be my coach forever. Like I can’t imagine not being in this room. And so kind of on like what Morgan was saying, where it gives you like the opportunity to have that long term vision. That’s kinda what always picturing in my head where you said like, I wanna be in, you know, you need to plan for two rounds. You always said you need to plan for two rounds. Um, that I feel like gave me so much peace that I wasn’t like in a hurry in my first round. And then moving on to my second round, I was kind of thinking to myself like, okay, I’ve learned these lessons two parts, right?

Jenni Barrett (41:30):

Like one, if I weren’t to, to continue. And I had this one year under my belt, I have everything that I need. And I’ve learned to trust myself enough that I could do this. But also if I stay, um, like I know that I’m responsible for my results and I can continue to pull from this. So I just felt really confident in my decision either way. So I felt like us getting coached on, listen, this is the, you know, first six month round is not where you’re gonna stop the work. This, this continues on. You need to plan for two rounds that it gave me that piece. And gosh, peace in general has been like a really, um, a really, gosh, dang it a really big piece of my journey because it has, it has just like changed a lot. It’s, it’s changed the way that I’ve like showed up as a mom.

Jenni Barrett (42:19):

Um, you know, I’ve gone through some partnership struggles and changes and having this room and like having like not only the people to, to rely on because you really do the relationships that you build with your mastermind. Sisters is so much more than you can even imagine if you’re considering it because you know, you, you lay your heart out on a table and it’s the safest place I’ve ever been. Um, and so I was able to go through these changes with this room, but like I said, the piece that I’ve found in trusting myself as a mom and as a partner and just as a person in general has been so huge. Like I can go through a fit with my six year old and you know, no longer feel like completely helpless. And like, what am I doing wrong? Like, I’m the worst mom ever.

Jenni Barrett (43:08):

I now really truly have that feeling of like, I have control over this. I know what to do. Like I can use my thought models and you know, I can, I can coach myself and help coach her. It’s seriously. Peace has been, has been the biggest thing. I, I think I just told Morgan this actually we were talking on the last day of the month and it just came up. But I said that exact same thing. I said, I had the calmest month end I’ve ever had. I just, I just felt complete calm and peace in my body. And it wasn’t even like a, wow. I feel so calm. It was like, I didn’t even realize it until the first of the month that I had just ended the month where I said, wow, like that was, that was amazing. So peace, peace has been a big piece of my journey. I, I feel like I could talk about it for a really long time, but I’m so grateful to have just that all over calmness and confidence in myself and in my business, I feel like it it’s, it’s changed so much for me. I am a very, very different person than I was just about a year ago. You

Kristen Boss (44:05):

Are, you’re a different person just even from six months ago. And it’s just really fun as a coach to watch. But I think just this idea of piece, it’s something I feel very strongly about as a coach, just cuz I’ve heard the saying like if the cost of your piece, it costs too much and there are income levels where it’s like, if it, if this income level cost you your piece, it’s not worth it. So what we’re trying to do is marry the income you want with the piece you desire, not saying like, okay, cuz some co some people get to the place where they, and I’ve seen it in this industry over and over again. They think the only way I can have peace is if I leave or quit, that’s the only way instead of, okay, how can I have this business, this beautiful business and have peace.

Kristen Boss (44:48):

And also how can I pursue more in this business without fearing that it will cost me my peace, cuz some people they’ll, they’re pretty happy or content with where they are, but when they view the next level in their company or the next tier of income, they think that’s gonna cost me. It’s gonna cost me my peace. It’s gonna cost me my family. It’s gonna cost me my health, my emotions. And so they’re like, don’t want it. Whereas what you guys have learned in this mastermind is like, you now have every tool at your disposal to pursue with peace, to grow your profits with peace. And it’s fun, funny. I’m like maybe I should have called it the peace and profit mastermind, but the purpose and profit makes sense, you know, because, and it does require a shift in your thinking. It does require you to get out of the instant gratification cycle that I think tends to be the theme in network marketing. There’s a lot of instant gratification talk. There’s a lot of companies tend to glorify the speed, you know, who are they bringing on to talk to give pep talks? It’s the team that’s growing the fastest in doing the most. And so we tend to value speed more than sustainability, more than purpose. And so you all have these tools now. So Nicole, what about you? What about the value of peace for you?

Nicole Van Cleve (46:01):

Oh gosh. Um, it’s just been a huge transformation, not only for my business, but between my husband and I and my family to be really honest because, um, we have kind of been taught in network marketing this smash and grab mentality, like get everything in every ounce of it and every single second of it as quickly and as fast as possible. And um, so that’s not a great ideology or thought process to bring in into with it. Right? If you’re thinking about a longevity of, of a business, it’s not one day or one month or three months or one year it’s years, it’s multiple years of success and for meeting the needs and the goals of your family and the goals of your business and the goals of the people that tie themselves to you through your business, through your team and the people that you get to work with and your customers.

Nicole Van Cleve (46:51):

And I know for in nursing, you know, Morgan and I were both in nursing and nursing gave us so many great skills, like so many great skill sets that really helped us to propel our businesses and you know, in direct sales, but it also taught us how to manage fires. And that’s what we also brought into our business is manage the fires. And we were really good at that. Like I was a pediatric ICU nurse. I was really good at managing fires, but it was not really good at looking at the longevity of it and looking at the result of what you’ve gotten and reevaluating that result. It was just move on to the next thing. Let’s go to the next thing thing. Let’s go to the next thing. Instead of being like, no, why don’t we just fine tune what you already have in, in, in process. And what’s, what’s currently happening and see how we can make it better and fine tune it for you to drive your business forward instead of you having to reinvent the wheel every so often, like that’s exhausting,

Kristen Boss (47:45):

It’s exhausting, but it’s what a lot of leaders do. It’s they look at their results and they’re like, okay, something must be wrong. I just need to burn it all down, start all over. And actually what’s super fun. Is you all of you guys? I think we’re now, I don’t know. You’re, you’re all probably like nine months in with me. And like, you all have stuck with the things you built and now you’re reevaluating and you’re refining and I noticed you have energy for other things in your business. You have energy to give to your team, to coach, to grow to book parties. It’s like we’ve protected so much of your energy as well, which when you’re not depleting your energy. Yeah. You feel more at peace. And that’s partly why the whole process, why I was, you know, telling you guys be here for two rounds.

Kristen Boss (48:27):

And also, you know, this past round was 20 K and I sat with that. I’m like, do I wanna keep the rounds at 20 K? Like I could, but I was just thinking, you know what 30 K for a year just seems like to me as a coach, it feels like an over deliver for you guys. When I think about the, the lifetime of your network marketing career and that you get a sense of completion at the end, you get a sense of like I did it, I went through it, I got my, I got my training as a coach. I got all the systems training. And in the alumni community, you get access to all the new materials I’m gonna be creating so that you can stay up to date, stay up to speed. But part of the reason why I structured it that way is because I wanted to protect your piece as well.

Kristen Boss (49:05):

Because if we have someone that’s coming into the mastermind and they have a six month mindset and there’s so much we have to clean up and they’re also scarce and like, but wait, wait, wait, everything’s a mess, but I really need to grow my paycheck. I need to double it. Or I need to get it back to where it was in the height of the pandemic. These six months, what happens is their focus is, becomes all about that. And they feel unsafe to slow down, evaluate, take the time to create the systems, take the time to work on themselves. And so it becomes an incredibly stressful, miserable experience instead of when it’s like, okay, wait hold on. It’s supposed to look like this and feel like this my first six months. And then my second six months, I know all of you, like you saw it in the look of everyone that was round one at their live event.

Kristen Boss (49:50):

You’re I think you all said to them like, oh, we know what that’s like, you’re okay. That’s a normal feeling. You saw them all with their eyes wide open drinking from the fire hose, hearing, hearing it for the first time. And you guys are like, oh, this, it sits very differently. Round two. It’s way less overwhelming. And actually I know my work and now you it’s been fun watching you guys like really start kicking up your momentum and being like, okay, now it is time to do incentives. Now it is time to do booking challenges. Now it is time to be doing bonuses because I’m healthier. I’m better. And my systems are different. And it’s so funny. I think someone in the mastermind, I’m not sure who I coached on this, but they, they were feeling a little fear giving themselves permission to go for the next level.

Kristen Boss (50:34):

And they were just like, well, what if I burn out? I’m like, but are you the same person? Are you the same person? She’s like, oh, I’m not the same person. I was like, so is it possible? You would have a completely different experience. She’s like, yep. And it’s fun because I think there were two girls. I remember Amanda and she shared this in her, in the podcast as well. But you know, she had a lot of fear of growing and now she’s like ready doing it. I have zero fear. We’re going. And it’s fun to see that, but you can only get to that place when you’ve done the work, when you’ve slowed down and you’ve plugged all the ho holes in your boat figured out where the attrition is, why it’s going on, you’ve learned to own your data. You’ve learned to reflect.

Kristen Boss (51:10):

And you do your monthly evaluations as much as I’m sure you curse me at the end of every month, we’re doing them. Like why it’s where all the magic is. It always tells you, okay, this is why. And this is where we’re going. And it’s a really powerful CEO tool. So it’s been so fun watching you guys grow. You’re gonna be finishing up your second round and then hopefully we’ll see you in the alumni because that’s an option. It’s not like you have to. It’s something where I’m like, Hey, if you wanna continue the work, you can be in the alumni, super fun. But ladies, it’s just been such a blast to serve you. Watch you grow so much in your business. And also it’s really fun watching

Kristen Boss (51:45):

You guys at the start of the speed up process. So thanks for coming on today. I’m sure the audience loved it. We’ll see you guys with the next call.

Kristen Boss (51:57):

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Cranberry Apple Sangria Is A Fruity, Festive Cocktail For Your New Year’s Eve Bash

Cranberry Apple Sangria Is A Fruity, Festive Cocktail For Your New Year’s Eve Bash
Posted at 7:30 AM, Dec 29, 2021
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Festive drinks abound at this time of year, from midday mimosas to afternoon egg nog. They’re all fun, but sometimes it’s nice to mix things up a little — like with this cheerful cranberry apple sangria from Damn Delicious.

Perhaps best of all, the cocktail has an alcohol-free option so everyone can raise a glass and toast the new year!

Damn Delicious blogger Chungah Rhee suggests making the cocktail mixture in advance, then adding your preferred wine or other mixer when you’re ready to party. Meanwhile, we suggest hitting up your local spice store for the freshest, most flavorful ingredients to make this drink a holiday hit nobody will forget.

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Since this is a sangria recipe, there’s plenty of fruit in it. Get out the cutting board and start chopping cranberries, apples and oranges.

Once the fruit’s ready to go, it’s time to make the tasty syrup that flavors the cocktail. On the stovetop, dissolve sugar into cranberry-apple juice over medium heat, then set aside.

Now comes the fun part: Toss the cranberries and oranges into the syrup, then add in the warming holiday spices. Rhee suggests cinnamon sticks and rosemary sprigs, plus whole cloves and star anise pods. Basically it’s the stuff you’d use to make mulled cider or wine.

Let those ingredients hang out in the syrup for a bit, then discard the rosemary and cloves.

Pour the mixture into a pitcher (a big one). Add apples and a little more cran-apple juice. Make sure to refrigerate the mix for at least four hours — you’ll want that extra time for all the flavors to get acquainted.

When party time arrives, pour the sangria over ice, saving room for a glug of pinot grigio. Or, if you’re going alcohol-free, Rhee offers a lemon-lime soda, like 7-Up, as an alternative. (We could also see plain club soda or seltzer working well!)

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Isn’t she lovely?

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Sandpoint man accused of participating in Capitol riots to be released from custody

Mike Pope of Sandpoint, Idaho was arrested by the FBI on multiple federal charges Friday morning.

SANDPOINT, Idaho — An Idaho District Court judge released a Sandpoint man from custody following a hearing on federal charges related to his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6.

In a press release, FBI Spokesperson Sandra Baker said Mike Pope of Sandpoint, Idaho was arrested on a warrant issued by the United States Court of District Columbia. Pope surrendered to FBI agents after learning about the warrant for his arrest and was taken into custody without incident, Baker said.

During Pope's court appearance Friday afternoon, Judge Candy Dale agreed to release Pope on the conditions that he check in with pretrial services once a week, advise them of any travel outside of Idaho, he cannot leave the country, he cannot go to Washington D.C. unless it's related to his court appearance. He is also not allowed to visit the Idaho state capitol.

Pope will be released from custody after he is processed by the U.S. Marshals.

Pope was arrested on federal charges including obstructing or impeding any official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a capitol building, impeding passage through the capitol grounds or buildings and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building. The most severe charge he faces carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

The FBI also arrested Mike’s brother, William Pope of Topeka, Kansas, on the same charges, according to Baker.

William was booked into jail Friday morning and, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal, he is being held without bond on a federal hold order. The newspaper reports that he ran unsuccessfully for Topeka City Council in 2019.

William told a Topeka Capital-Journal Reporter on Jan. 11 that he was present when Trump supporter stormed the U.S. Capitol. The newspaper reported that William captured video inside the Capitol.

I was at the Capitol to exercise my first amendment rights and remain loyal to the United States of America,” he told the paper.

The newspaper reported that William was previously an adjunct leadership studies instructor at Fort Hays State University for five years before going to Kansas State University in fall 2019, according to Pope's LinkedIn page.

Pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol while lawmakers were trying to confirm the electoral college certifications, making Democrat Joe Biden the presidential election winner.

The mob took over the presiding officer’s chair in the Senate, the offices of the House speaker and the Senate dais. They mocked its leaders, posing for photos in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one with his feet propped on a desk in her office, another sitting in the same seat Vice President Mike Pence had occupied only moments before during the proceedings to certify the Electoral College vote.

One person was shot and killed, three others died after suffering medical emergencies. The following day, a U.S. Capitol Police officer died after he was injured during the riot.

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I am beyond excited to be living and working in the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado and for the Scripps National News Team. My family and I moved out here in June 2019 from Jacksonville, Florida, where I lived for about six years. Quite a change!

In Jacksonville, I worked for First Coast News, the ABC/NBC affiliate. I spent most of my time there working on the morning show, Good Morning Jacksonville, as a live reporter and one of the anchors. I covered several hurricanes, including Irma and Matthew, and traveled to the panhandle to cover Hurricane Michael. I also made national news posing with comedian and acting legend Bill Murray. It was his pants that were all the talk, but I was also in the picture. I also helped launch a digital program called #FirstCoastNow, a short newscast delivered through social media.

I got my start in television at KHQA-TV in Quincy, Illinois as a morning anchor, reporter, producer, and weekend weather anchor.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Illinois State University.

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Doctor explains how to handle cold, flu symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic

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As we head into cold and flu season, you can expect things will be handled differently at workplaces, schools, day cares and medical offices because of COVID-19.

Anyone with symptoms like a runny nose, a cough or sneezing will likely be asked to stay home.

“So, I think there's going to be a requirement for any of these symptoms for employee health at the workplace to take a larger role in screening patients probably a lot more testing,” said Dr. Scott Joy, Chief Medical Officer at Englewood Primary Care.

Joy spoke with us about how people should handle these symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. He recommends staying home for 24 hours when you have a cold without a fever.

If you have a fever, isolate for up to six days or until you've been fever free for a full 24 hours. If you're coughing or sneezing more than four times in an hour, you should probably stay home and see a doctor.

“We haven't had a metric like that before, so we're going to experiment with that data point and see what it does to our workforce and our clinic infection control over this season,” said Joy.

Joy also reminds people to get the flu shot.

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found people who got the vaccine had 25% fewer episodes of upper respiratory infections than those who didn't. That means fewer sick days from work and fewer doctor visits.

The hope is that COVID-19 measures like handwashing, mask wearing and watching your distance will lead to fewer respiratory infections overall. But should you experience those symptoms, you may be directed to urgent care centers instead.

The idea is to keep doctor offices sterile, so people with chronic conditions and other issues feel safe coming in to see their primary care physician.

“In the last couple of months, people that have been putting off their care, I just diagnosed a gentleman, new diagnosis with pancreatic cancer,” said Joy. “We're detecting breast cancer, heart disease blood pressure that is out of control.”

Urgent care centers are equipped with personal protective equipment and are typically faster, and cheaper than a visit to a hospital emergency room. But you should call your doctor's office first to see what they recommend based on your symptoms.


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• Prep Time 30 minutes
  • Cook Time 20 minutes
  • Serving For 4 people
  • Difficulty Normal

Recipe Ingredient

  • 15 pieces tofu pok
  • 1 cup cornflour
  • Filling:
  • 220g shelled prawns, diced finely
  • 110g garoupa fish fillet, remove skin and bones, finely chopped
  • 105g chicken fillet, minced
  • 85g water chestnuts, diced finely
  • Seasoning:
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 3/4 tsp chicken stock powder
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tbsp cornflour

  1. Make a half slit in the centre of the tofu pok. Turn the tofu pok inside out carefully without breaking it.
  2. Combine all the ingredients for the filling in a mixing bowl and mix in seasoning.
  3. Throw the mixture against the side of the bowl two or three times until it is sticky and springy in texture.
  4. Spoon the filling into the cavity of the tofu pok. (Make sure the tofu pok is not broken but it should stay in shape.) Fill up into a ball.
  5. Dust the tofu pok balls with cornflour before deep-frying in hot oil until crispy and lightly golden. Drain from oil and serve with chilli sauce.
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‘Be very patient’: How to navigate the months-long construction project which closes the Thor-Freya exit on I-90

SPOKANE, Wash. — You’ll need to plan ahead getting around I-90 because a major, months-long construction project starts Monday.

Exit 283B — The eastbound Thor-Freya exit will close for months as the city works to improve the surrounding streets.

One option to get around the closure is to take the Altamont exit. This means side roads will be more congested with drivers, so you’ll want to give yourself extra time.

“Be very patient, as well,” said Claude Ellington. He visits the Fred Meyer nearby around three times a week and is already planning ahead for the closures. “There’s a lot of traffic. It’s going to be really congested.”

Major roads will be off limits during various phases of the project which is supposed to go through June. You won’t be able to access Thor and Freya as easily. When Thor is off limits, Freya will become a two-way street and vice versa.

“Traffic is going to be stop and go, stop and go,” Ellington said.

The total cost for the update is a whopping $8.9 million. The city says they’re rebuilding the asphalt streets with concrete. They say the update will reduce the number of costly repairs in the future.

Another way to get around the mess will be to exit on 285 — the Appleway Boulevard and Sprague Avenue off-ramp. During the update, you will be able to visit the nearby businesses, but Ellington worries about how the detours, with high gas prices, will hurt people as they try to find a new way around until June.

“It’s just going to be really powerful for the purse,” he added.

This project will affect eastbound exits. All westbound exits on I-90 should remain open during this construction. You can read more about this construction project and how it will affect how you get around HERE.

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Merry Friendmas!

I threw my first Christmas Party last night! I have always loved this season, but this one has been especially difficult for myself and friends. Our studies have grown a lot harder and I feel like we have all been so focused on school that we haven’t had much time to see each other. We normally have weekly dinners together, but that fell out as the semester progressed and we got busy with exams and assignments.

So I wanted to throw a little something together to celebrate the end of finals and the end of this semester! This is particularly exciting for some of us as it’s the penultimate semester of our undergraduate careers. My finals this week were pretty brutal, but I am glad they are over and I can enjoy the company of my friends before we go our separate ways and enjoy the company of our families.

I wanted to keep the menu pretty simple since I wouldn’t have a lot of time to cook, plus it is a celebration so all I really wanted to eat was a bunch of junk food. I baked most of my cookies last weekend, partly for my enjoyment, partly for Andrew, and partly for the party so I mostly had to just throw thing in a crockpot or pull it out of the fridge!

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The Menu

  • Toasted Ravioli, served with marinara dipping sauce
  • Rotel Dip, served with tortilla chips (and whatever else you want to dunk this glorious spicy cheese dip with)
  • Vegetable Tray, served with French onion dip and ranch
  • Little Smokies, served in KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce
  • Crackers, cheese, and summer sausage tray

  • Banana Cream Pie
  • Brownies, with green icing and sprinkles to look like Christmas Trees
  • Milk Chocolate covered pretzels
  • White Chocolate covered pretzels
  • Peanut Butter cookies, with either a Hershey’s Hug or a Reece’s Peanut Butter cup in the middle
  • Haystacks, which are butterscotch coated chow mein noodles and peanuts

  • Hot chocolate
  • Jello shots, stacked in the shape of a Christmas Tree
  • Seagram’s Wild Berry, Strawberry Daiquiri, and watermelon flavored beers
  • Various assorted vodkas, rums, juices and soda (I am no bartender)
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Friendmas Outfit

A couple of weeks ago, I found this cute holiday skirt at Kohl’s that I just couldn’t pass up. It was originally $25 but I got it down to about $17 with some coupons that I had. I paired it with some black leggings since it’s a bit cold out and the skirt is a bit short, a black shirt, and some fuzzy polka-dot socks because my feet always get cold. If I were to have been going out, I would’ve opted for either some plain black flats or heels. I also had a green scarf to make the outfit less dark, but I ditched that because it kept getting in the way of my food, haha. Food before fashion!

The Party
We had seven friends over, which seems kind of small, but it was perfect for our tiny apartment. I’m not sure we could have fit many more. :P We ended up having waayyyy too much food. We didn’t even hardly touch the desserts I made!

We started out watching Jurassic World, though about halfway through we all got really chatty and didn’t pay much attention to the movie. It’s the booze talking. Then we did our Dirty Santa / White Elephant gift exchange. I ended up getting a cowbell. :D I keep teasing Andrew I’m going to ring it to make him come to me. :P We also gave out the presents we individually got for our friends.

We finished the night with Cards Against Humanity. Somehow earlier in the night, my grandpa’s racism came up as a topic of conversation, so I kept getting all the racist cards. My friends are terrible.

It was a really fun night. It’s something that I definitely want to continue in the future!

Just as a reminder, my blog survey is still open. I’d appreciate if you filled it out and it only takes a couple minutes. Now’s your chance to tell me my posts are too wordy or that I am the best thing since Kelly Clarkson. Thanks!

You Clean up Nice

I tend to clean up my blog when I have the least amount of free time to do so. Usually it’s a form of procrastination because at the end of the year, I have the desire to do some tidying up curiously right around finals week. The timing may not be perfect, but it is necessary and is something that I needed to do! I thought I would share some of the things that I’ve changed around here and some of the back-end things that you might not notice.

New Layout
A few months ago, I desperately knew that I needed a new design. I was tired of looking at the same theme and I felt that it didn’t accurately represent Jovers anymore. So I switched between a couple of ones I found online but none of them seemed to fit. So about a month ago I purchased my first theme! I have always been so wary of doing this because I think it’s silly to spend money when there are probably hundreds of thousands of free themes out there. However, with how much time I spend on here and how important this blog is to me, it was definitely worth it.

I didn’t have much time to tweak it at first, but I’ve recently worked with it to get it where I want. I updated the font sizes to be a bit bigger and the color to be darker to overall just make my posts easier to read. I updated some of the font faces as well since they seemed so squished. I’m really pretty happy with it! It looks very clean and open, which is what I wanted.

The only thing I’m having problems with is having my front page show recent summaries of my posts. I fiddled with the content.php file and changed “the_content” to “the_excerpt” which worked in the past, but for some reason this theme is making it so when you click on the individual post in the feed, it’s only showing a summary. So there is no way to read the whole post.Thoughts, anyone?

Updated the Emoticons
This was also a bit overdue. I loved the elephant emoticons but somewhere along the line they got squished and I just wanted something simpler. I quite like these! :D :P :) :O :( XD :heart:

Organized Categories and Tags
I finally reorganized my categories. Some of them should have been tags so I converted them over, merged a couple that were basically the same thing, re-titled some to either be more specific or more broad to encapsulate other categories, and have made some plans for future ones. I hadn’t used tags very often previously, but after reorganizing I should be using them appropriately now!

Cleaned out Drafts/ Some Old Posts
I’ve had several half-written posts in draft status that I knew I would never finish or publish, but felt like I needed to keep them for “history reasons” or something. So I deleted those. I then was going through my archives, and couldn’t believe how far back some of my posts dated (back to 2010!). This was something that I’ve been debating back and forth on because I feel like these posts are really important to me, for reasons I can’t explain. No one hardly views them, I’m not using them anymore, and some of them really make me cringe! The horrendous sentence structure and grammar and complaining – I just don’t feel like it reflects who I am anymore. Plus, I had written them at previous sites, so I feel they didn’t represent Jovers either.

So I decided to remove some of them. I changed all of the posts that I had written prior to moving to Jovers to draft status, because I wanted to go through them and make sure there really wasn’t anything there I wanted to keep. Then after getting comfortable with the idea, I deleted them. It sounds weird, but I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder! Plus, it’s nice to now go to my archives and see the first post I wrote here “Hello, World” right there at the bottom.

Updated Pages & Sidebar
Probably nothing that anyone besides me noticed, but I reworded some awkward phrases, added a few more links to social media, took a few away. Updated my About page a little bit and fixed my Goodreads widget which broke about a month ago and wouldn’t update the books shown.

Planning for Next Year
Reviewing what I’ve written over the year always motivates me to keep writing next year. It also gives me some new ideas of things to write and things I want to avoid writing. It’s also curious to note the big things that happened and the things that I consider important to me that I didn’t actually blog about. I’ve been reflecting over that and I think that will be a big improvement in my blogging next year.

Finally, I’ve decided to take after Holly and Georgie and post a blog survey. I think it will really show me my strengths and areas that I can improve. Also, I want to get to know my readers a bit more and see what you guys are interested in! I would really appreciate it if you guys could take it – shouldn’t take more than five minutes. I am very excited for what next year holds for!

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The panoramic terrace is at complete disposal of our guests to either consume breakfast during the warm seasons or enjoy a superb glass of Tuscan wine during a romantic sunset.
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Tania Segbefia travels the world with a bag full of courage and

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Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley

  1. Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley Board Meeting

    July 22, 2021, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    City Hall, Council Chambers

    Board meeting to discuss monthly updates, statistics, events, and shelter issues.

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  1. Marvelous Miniatures -- Summer camp

    July 19, 2021, 8:00 AM - July 23, 2021, 12:00 PM
    Multi-Purpose Studio

    Join the Museum of Art for an in-person summer camp experience about miniature dioramas. “Marvelous Miniatures” is a new summer camp for 6th-8th grade students to create a miniature landscape scene using common household items as components and tools. This type of art is used in tabletop roleplaying games and is also in decorative arrangements and ornaments. The camp is free and will take place at the Museum of Art Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23 from 8am-12pm each day. No previous art experience required. Supplies will be provided, and spaces are very limited. For more information or to register, please contact Bryan Lee at or 575-541-2217 by Saturday, July 10.

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    July 22, 2021, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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    Nurture your little one's love of science! Preschool-age children and their parent or caregiver are invited to investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. This program will take place outdoors in a shaded area. Registration is required for each month's activities. Email Stephanie at or call 575-522-3120 to register. Recommended for ages 2-5.

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  1. Quality of Life Policy Review Committee Special Meeting

    July 22, 2021, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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  1. Branigan Book Club Author Presentation

    July 22, 2021, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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    Lynn C. Miller, a New Mexico author will Zoom about her book "The Unmasking" –published in 2020, interweaves mystery, women’s history, and academic satire. Several female professors journey from “Austin University” to Silver City, NM to perform at a festival. They depict famous women from history: Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Victoria Woodhull. Hanging over them is the suspicious death of their college dean, an event they conclude was a murder. Contact the Reference Desk at or 575-528-4005 for more information.

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    July 22, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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    Come tell us about the books you have been reading and hear about what others been reading. For more information or to obtain the link to the online meeting, contact the Reference Librarian at

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    July 22, 2021, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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    Ages 9-12 learn a new skill and share your creativity with us! Part two of the Reverse Show and Tell program. You must have attended the Tell portion of the program to show what you created.

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    July 22, 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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    Teens Only! Join other teens on June 17th at 6 Pm for our first weekly D&D Club meeting. Beginners welcome! contact for more information

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