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Get What You Need and Feel Good About It

Get What You Need and Feel Good About It

By: Darian Slayton Fleming: LCSW CRC
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 Abraham Maslow says that we all have basic human needs including physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem and self-actualization. We might think of self-actualization as living the best versions of ourselves. But in order to reach self-actualization, our other needs must be met first. Do you frequently feel misunderstood? Do you have a problem you need help solving? For so many of us, our various basic needs have been compromised through misunderstanding, fear, trauma, and eroded trust. These events shake our very sense of love, esteem and belonging. We are often unprepared for this and many of us don’t learn how to cope. Up until now this may have felt like the case for you. What if you could feel safe telling others how you feel and asking for what you need? Would you want more peace and joy in your life? Together we will explore tips, strategies, and resources that, when used mindfully and consistently, will improve our results, and enrich our relationships. In this podcast, you are sure to find a tidbit of information that will transform your life.Copyright 2025 Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • S2E12 - Self-Love

    S2E12 - Self-Love
    Apr 27 2025

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    Episode 23: Self Love Find Your Gems

    Meet Michelle Ballantyne:

    Michele grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, the 2nd of 6 children. She went to art school, married, divorced, married again, and has 9 children. Now she lives in Salem, Oregon. She went to Tom Brown Jr's Wilderness Awareness and Survival School called Trackerschool and found herself under all the layers she had built up around herself. She was a homemaker and mom most of her life. She just recently began writing and making art for others. Her writing contains stories from her life that have taught her things that changed her life for the better. Some are simple stories and philosophies, and some are almost unbelievable but true. She lives in a world of contrasts: her body sometimes hurts yet her soul delights in her daily life. There are emotional pains, too, that live within her and those are always present just below the surface, but she doesn't spend much time there. She entertains herself by making art and sharing her art and stories, reading to her son, reading about other people's lives, and enjoying nature. Her favorite quote is something she was told and shown in a meditation, "Our bodies are made of countless entities that have come together out of love to give us this experience." In meditation she saw that every particle is aware and cooperating and loves us.

    Michele’s website:

    https://www.MicheleBallantyneDesigns.com

    Her Blog is on her website and tells her story in book form, that grows week by week, with a new chapter that she sends out by email to her followers. She has another older blog site where she has lots of blogs about her life:

    https://www. MicheleBallantyne.com

    Email Michele:

    MicheleBallantyneDesigns@gmail.com

    Tom Brown’s Tracker School:

    https://www.trackerschool.com/

    I am a Certified Happiness Trainer

    https://www.embracehappiness.me

    To learn more about me:

    https://www.dsflemingcc.com

    Order a copy of my new book on Kindle or in Paperback:

    Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities

    Defying Death

    Order a copy of my first book in paperback or on Kindle:

    https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Speak+Up+For+Yourself%3A+Get+What+You+Need+and+Feel+Good+About+It&i=stripbooks&crid=1TGVTFEBCG839&sprefix=speak+up+for+yourself+get+what+you+need+and+feel+good+about+it%2Cstripbooks%2C164&ref=nb_sb_noss

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    48 mins
  • S2E11 - All Aboard

    S2E11 - All Aboard
    Jan 24 2025
    Read transcriptEpisode Notes Meet Ron Brooks: Ron Brooks is a graduate of Indiana University and a 30-year veteran of the public transit industry where he is focused on making bus, rail, paratransit, and other services accessible and equitable for everyone, including people with disabilities. Ron is the founder and CEO of Accessible Avenue, and he is the Senior Director for Policy and Stakeholder Engagement for UZURV, a Transportation Network Company adapted to meet the needs of people with disabilities. Ron is a frequent presenter and author on topics related to public transit accessibility, including accessible public involvement, digital accessibility, wayfinding to, from and within transit networks, autonomous vehicle accessibility, and strategies for modernizing ADA paratransit. He is a co-author of the book, “All Aboard – Conducting Accessible Community Involvement for Public Transit.” In his off time, Ron is a committed advocate within the blind/low-vision and disability communities where he serves on a number of Boards and committees for several non-profit community-based organizations. In 2023, Ron began serving as the Co-Chairperson of the Aging and Vision Loss National Coalition’s Transportation Working Group, which has been working to educate AVLNC member organizations and other blind/low-vision community constituents on public transportation accessibility issues and advocacy priorities. Impactful quote: In his book, “4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals,” Oliver Burkeman points out that the average person will live for 4,000 weeks (about eighty years). There’s not enough time in eighty years to do everything that society, our bosses, our friends, our families, and we, demand of ourselves. It’s necessary to recognize this and let a lot of things go. The only real question is: “Which things do we give up?” Ron’s Company Web site: https://accessibleavenue.net/all-aboard Ron’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-brooks-066b174/ Book page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/All-Aboard-Conducting-Accessible-Involvement/dp/B0DFMQY9LX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UKTAVTWC6273&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SqC1uWLbFsdiSCnBFVQcMg.9rLL56TSCyIGPvYKc1Gk3ZMa0cemZB5NBb6QsSW28Vs&dib_tag=se&keywords=all+aboard+conducting+accessible+community+involvement+for+public+transit&qid=1737061080&sprefix=all+aboard+conducting+accessible+community+involvement+for+public+transit%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-1 Free Course: Gearing Up for Transit: Options and Advocacy Skills for People who are Blind, or have Low Vision: https://nrtc.catalog.instructure.com/courses/gearing-up-for-transit UZURV website: https://www.uzurv.com Press Release About His Book: Media Contact: Ron Brooks, CEO | Accessible Avenue Connect@AccessibleAvenue.net (602) 616-1171 Book Launch: A Guide to Making Public Outreach Accessible for Everyone Including People with Disabilities. Written for the Transit Industry by Transit Industry Veteran, this Practical and Informative Guide has Lessons for Any Industry PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 30, 2024 – Ron Brooks lost his eyesight while playing a pick-up basketball game with friends when he was fourteen years old. Now, as a 30-year veteran of the public transit industry, Ron is a sought-after expert for his work to make public transportation more accessible and inclusive for everyone. Drawing on both his professional and lived experience, Ron teamed up with Kristen Joyner, one of the transit industry’s foremost experts in the areas of event planning, marketing, and training, to author a brand-new book, “All Aboard: Conducting Accessible Community Involvement for Public Transit.” When a transit authority or public agency designs, builds, launches, or makes significant changes to its public transit services or the infrastructure that supports it, there’s a requirement to communicate with the public in order to obtain comments. And while many public agencies do a good job with most aspects of community outreach and engagement, people with disabilities (who depend on public transit at much higher rates than other members of the public) are often left out of the process. In their book, Ron and Kristen, with help from contributing authors, Michelle Witman and Mary Liz McNamara, explain how different types of disabilities can impact a person’s ability to participate in traditional public outreach activities. The book lays out simple steps public agencies and transit authorities can take to ensure that their in-person and virtual meetings, presentations, reports, and other documents, and even their ongoing communication strategies can be made more accessible. And while many of the book’s recommendations can be implemented for little or no cost, they can make community outreach and involvement easier and more effective for virtually everyone. In her foreword to the book, April Rai, CEO of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, points out: “Implementing an ...
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    45 mins
  • S2E10 - Document, Document, Document

    S2E10 - Document, Document, Document
    Dec 19 2024
    Episode Notes

    Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 21 (10): Document, Document, Document: Written Records Trump Verbal Agreements

    Gary Ryan Blair:

    “Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them. https://www.everythingcounts.com/

    About Darian Slayton Fleming: I am a mom, a grandma, a widow, a therapist, an advocate, and author and a deep thinker. I am a bit of a comedian and a bit of a rebel.

    I m a woman with multiple disabilities who doesn’t let anything stop me. I own a home in Portland, Oregon. I operate a thriving therapy practice in which I encourage clients to find their voices and speak up for themselves, get what they need and feel good about it. Does your life feel like a roller coaster ride? Are you disappointed in yourself and others? Do you struggle with self-doubt, guilt, and shame? Do you feel powerless to change? I have been where you are. I have been deeply unhappy, happy for bad reasons and even happy for good reasons. Through the Happy for No Reason model for finding and maintaining true and lasting happiness I have discovered that I can be happy despite my circumstances. This is the definition of “Happy for no reason.” The key to overcoming unhappiness is changing your core beliefs, thoughts, habits, and behaviors. My mission is to encourage others to find strength and joy in present moments. I will collaborate with you to intentionally become empowered through: · Exploring and building on your strengths · Exploring and building on your interests · Exploring and building on your skills · Identifying hidden barriers to your success · Eliminating core beliefs that no longer serve you · Rewriting your story to Define what true, lasting happiness looks and feels like in the here and now. · Creating an empowered sense of self · Exploring and implementing your dreams · Living the life you love

    I am now a Certified Happiness Trainer.

    Coming soon:

    https://www.embracehappiness.me

    To learn more about me:

    https://www.dsflemingcc.com

    Order a copy of my new book on Kindle or in Paperback:

    Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKWCRVXD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YYN5DMX3FS12&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MhfjbxMdL7zLHR7pCWeJLA.SxxBBVYPwAutUDtb8puxbzkl0fHFsgEPeCsM2QmjdwI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Defying+Death%3A+Living+an+Empowered+Life+With+Multiple+Disabilities&qid=1729899459&sprefix=defying+death+living+an+empowered+life+with+multiple+disabilities%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1

    Order a copy of my first book in paperback or on Kindle: Speak Up for Yourself: Get What You Need and Feel Good About It: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Speak+Up+For+Yourself%3A+Get+What+You+Need+and+Feel+Good+About+It&i=stripbooks&crid=1TGVTFEBCG839&sprefix=speak+up+for+yourself+get+what+you+need+and+feel+good+about+it%2Cstripbooks%2C164&ref=nb_sb_noss Notes go here

    Find out more at https://get-what-you-need-and-feel-goo.pinecast.co
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    32 mins

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