Stuff I Learned Yesterday

In 2008 I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Colitis is an autoimmune disorder where your body attacks the colon causing intense discomfort and it caused me to lose a lot of blood. I lost a lot of sleep most nights due to the pain and the stress over not knowing how I would ever feel better. There were many of those nights that i cried myself to sleep. I never wanted to shop anywhere unless I knew they had a public restroom with more than one stall. I would take a few trips to Southern California from Central California to visit friends and family. I can tell you what almost every public restrooms looks like along the way. I joked once that I was going to write a blog titled, “The Bathrooms along Interstate 5." Read More... The post 531- Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best, and Learn Something Along the Way appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Did you know you can have more than one cavity per tooth? As I said earlier, I found this out the hard way as a small child. Now before you pass judgement on my commitment to dental care, you should know it was completely, 100%, without a doubt, my parents’ fault. Don’t be too hard on them though. You see, I was the first child and my parents were cutting their teeth on the whole parenthood thing with me. In fact, they thought they were being very responsible new parents by protecting their young son from the harmful effects of candy. I wasn’t allowed candy in the early days of life, but was instead offered nature’s candy, fruit! Read More... The post 530- Dental Denial appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

The struggle is real. What used to be an ironic statement around our house has become a truism. My girl’s strength and independence have come under fire and she is battling. I am honored to fight and battle beside her. Read More... The post 529- My Daughter, My Hero appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

For the last couple of years my daughter has expressed an interest in planting a vegetable garden. We talked about doing something small like an herb garden and we talked about digging up a part of the backyard and planting some real veggies. However, nothing really came of it. This last spring I decided I would talk about it with her again and see if she was still interested in planting a garden. She was. Read More... The post 528- Looking at the Harvest appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday is a Friday Flashback. Friday Flashback episodes feature some of the most popular episodes of Stuff I Learned Yesterday. Today we go back to an episode that originally aired in July of 2014. It's an episode about perspective and observing the world around you. It’s Stuff I Learned Yesterday Episode 94- Awakening Your Awareness. Read More... The post 527- Friday Flashback: Awakening Your Awareness appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

When Darrell asked me to contribute an episode to the final season of Stuff I Learned Yesterday, I submitted an idea to talk about how my life goals are in a holding pattern due to not having a permanent job. Well, you know what they say about making plans. Life has a way of being unpredictable. I had no idea how much my life would change two weeks after that initial pitch. On Tuesday, October 18th at around 12 noon I got a very unexpected call from a local hospital. In my short life, I have received many calls like this because my parents have both had many health issues, especially in the last several years. But this time it was different. As I got ready to leave for my seasonal retail job, I got a call that my dad had taken a bad fall and was in the hospital. After the first call from the social worker I was in shock. I didn’t understand how serious it was and I had planned to still go to work. Read More... The post 526- Softly and Tenderly appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, T

Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday! My name is Emilee O’Leary and when I was little I used to take apart electronics to see what was inside and whether I could put them back together and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. In this episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday, I’m sharing a story about the long process I went through this summer in rediscovering the worth in work. Read more... The post 525- The Worth in Work appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

I wanted a change. I was mad at Mom, but I really don’t remember why. I know there had been too many changes in my life in a short period of time, and I wanted something else. I was only 5 years old, my father had died the year before, and his mother, my grandmother had rented the house across the street for several months before recently returning to San Francisco.  Read more...

For the last several years, my Facebook bio has said, "I am happily married to my wife, Kari. We have two great kids. I am the worship leader at Crosspointe Community Church in Edmond, OK. I am the owner of Pro Podcast Solutions and Golden Spiral Media." That bio contains five quick facts about me that represent the core of my life. My wife is Kari. I have two kids. I'm a worship leader. I own Pro Podcast Solutions. I own Golden Spiral Media. As of October 2, 2016, one of those things is no longer true. Which is it? Read More... The post 523- Standing at the Crosspoint of Change appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Today is the Friday Forum!! In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share contributions from Andrew and Jason. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 522- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

I am in my 14th year working in the office of a school. I feel very fortunate to have been there for that many years. During that time, you can imagine I have seen teachers and staff come and go, for good reasons and hard ones. I’ve seen my co-workers get engaged, married and have kids. I’ve seen them come back for visits after they retire. I know that this kind of love for the people and place is rare. But my school has been an environment of support and trust. We have gone through challenges and struggles along the way and there has been some hard times. Read more… The post 521- Facing Struggles Together appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Growing up my Mom was Queen of Tradition in the McGrail household. There were specific protocols for each major holiday and heaven help you if you tried to suggest anything that didn’t go along with the protocol. One of the ones that I remember very well was the annual spiced apples that were made every year at our Christmas Dinner—always served on Christmas Eve after the perfectly timed Moravian Lovefeast that could be at 3:30 but never later than 4:30 because that was throwing off the rest of the day’s schedule. Anyway, the apples…they were peeled, cored and served whole with a very delicious sauce in my great grandmother’s crystal dishes. They were quite yummy for sure. The other tradition was the annual cursing fest that was the putting on lights of our Christmas tree. My dad would find new and creative ways to get frustrated and there was always a plethora of new vocabulary words that I was not to share outside of the home.Read More... The post 520- Tradition! appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Ente

Life is like a connect the dots drawing. You don't know what your final picture will be, but it's slowly revealing itself as you connect each dot in your life. And if you take the time to look back, you can see how each one of those dots is connected to form the picture so far.Read More... The post 519- Connecting The Dots appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

2004 was a rough year for me. In fact, it's probably the most difficult year I've ever faced. It should come as no surprise that it's also one of the years I can look back on now and realize that it's one of the biggest learning seasons of my life. If you're a long-time listener of this podcast then you probably remember some of the events of that year. Things got rough near the end of January when my boss called me into his office to tell me that he had hired someone to replace me. Just a few weeks earlier, he had reallocated my huge workload and hired someone to work along side me. So when he then called me in to tell me I was being replaced, I was shocked. Read More... The post 518- The 180 Degree Life Lesson appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Today is the Friday Forum!! In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a contribution from Mike. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 517- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday! My name is Emilee O’Leary and this summer marked my first ever trip to the beautiful Rocky Mountains. I got to spend a week exploring the high-altitudes of Colorado with a couple of my best friends and now finally understand, first hand, why mountains are so breathtaking. This is just one of the many reasons I have for believing that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. In today’s installment of Stuff I Learned Yesterday, I’m excited to share the launching point of learning to feel like myself. Read more... The post 516- Be Nobody But Yourself appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Our lives are so much richer when we make the friendship investment. We are told that in an abundance of counselors there is much wisdom. Our friends can step in and help us see around roadblocks that dominate our vision. There is also wisdom in the saying that, when two fall they can pick each other up. Friendship is about picking each other up in the hard times. Life is hard and it not meant to be lived alone. We have to take the time to make the friendship investment. That investment can literally save lives, our own and others! Read more… The post 515- Friendship Investment appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

The Golden Spiral Media stable of podcasts has busted out with a lot of time travel goodness, especially with this season of television. “The Flash” on the CW and the Central City Underground podcast, hosted by Tony and Joe have been dealing with time travel for a couple of years now. We have two new shows now based on time travel, the Remaking History podcast for the NBC show “Timeless,” hosted by Karen and Doug and the Radio Static podcast for the CW show “Frequency,” hosted by SILY’s own Barb and her cohost Steve. I’m also loving “This Is Us” which isn’t time travel based, but whose storytelling, much like LOST, depends on keeping up with many timelines at once. I guess what I’m trying to get at is that there is a lot of television, especially genre TV, which is Golden Spiral Media’s wheelhouse, that is giving us as the audience a lot to dive in and think about what might happen when our timeline could go a little wonky. Have you ever had a moment or three in your life that you wish you could go back and h

Like many of you, I'm sure, I was not given a car for my 16th birthday. As I've mentioned before, I got my first car when I was 18 and only after I'd saved up enough money on my own to pay for it. I don't remember how much I paid, but I know that the car was a 1982 Ford EXP. That baby had a whopping 70 horsepower and a 4-speed manual transmission. I loved that car. Read More... The post 513- Off the Beaten Path appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Today is the Friday Forum!! In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a contribution from Jason. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 512- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.