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30+ Farmers Markets in the Pittsburgh Region

I'm in the process of putting the 30+ Farmers Markets on the Free and Almost Free in Pittsburgh Meetup Calendar.  They are ALL OVER THE PLACE!    So have fun.  Kid Friendly and interesting ways MEET new people and get your groceries at the same time.
Cheers
Frank ;-)
Big Kahuna (ADMIN) of 5 Pittsburgh Meetup groups!
The Ultimate Guide to Pittsburgh Farmers Markets: 2019
http://www.goodfoodpittsburgh.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-pittsburgh-farmers-markets-2019/
May 4, 2019 by Madeline Quigley
Photo: Monongahela Farmers Market

Ah – a true sign of the season in Pittsburgh is the return of the city's Farmers Markets.

Spring through fall, Pittsburgh is fortunate enough to have Farmers Markets all over the city, every day of the week. Below we have rounded up a day-by-day guide to these markets. Enjoy!

Back again this year, local non-profit Just Harvest has a Fresh Access program at 21 different farmers markets around the city, where they offer a token exchange that allows shoppers to use credit, debit and food stamp cards at the farmers market. For those who have food stamps or SNAP assistance, Just Harvest offers an extra $2 to spend on fruits and vegetables for every $5 they spend at the farmers market.

Know of any farmers markets that we missed? Share with us in our comments, and we'll update the post!
Pittsburgh Farmers Market day-by-day guide:
Saturdays

Swissvale Farmers Market
Every Saturday, June 1 – October 26
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: 2036 Noble Street
At the Swissvale Farmers Market, you'll find locally-grown produce, baked goods, prepared foods, plus a variety of hand-made crafts and gift items. Vendors include: Jodikinos Farms, Hawk & Hen Gardens, Catchfly Gardens, Pitaland, Great Harvest Bread, Park Street Treats, Cobbler World, Just Harvest, Knitting By Pam and Donna, Meem's Knits, and Sky Blue Sky Studio.

Monroeville Lions Farmers' Market
Every Saturday, May 11 – November (Mother's Day – Thanksgiving)
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Monroeville Community Park, 2399 Tilbrook Road.
Vendors selling local produce, baked goods, meats and preserves. Vendors in the past have included: Pitaland, Paul's Apple Orchard, McKinney Family Farm, Larry Musser's Produce, Mish Meats, Ruk's Preserves and Harvest Valley Farms. A new vendor this year is Bushy Run Winery.

Sewickley Farmers Market
Every Saturday from April through November
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: St. James Parking Lot, 200 Walnut St., Sewickley, PA.
Typically, Merchants sell meat, locally-grown fresh vegetables, local honey, organic farms products, pierogies, pasta and more.

Mt. Lebanon Uptown Farmers Market
Every Saturday, May 11 – October 26
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Located in the Uptown Business District on Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon.
The Mt. Lebanon Uptown Farmers Market features 20+ weekly vendors of local produce, breads, meats, olive oil, honey, cheeses, arts and crafts.

Beaver Farmers Market
Every Saturday May – December
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Beaver Courthouse Parking Lot, 4th & Market Streets.
The Beaver Farmers Market is one of five Beaver County Markets open May through November. They feature fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, fresh-cut flowers and bedding plants.

Butler City Farmers Market
Saturdays, May 25 through October
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: 205 S. Chestnut Street, Butler
The Butler City Farmers Market takes place in an open-air space, featuring local produce, baked goods, crafts and more.

Mars Farmers Market
Saturdays, May through October
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Woodland Valley Church, 225 Crowe Avenue
Local vegetables and fruits, eggs, breads, baked goods, jams, jellies, crafts, jewelry, bedding plants, potted plants, flowers and more.

Ellwood City Farmers Market
Every Saturday, June 1 through October
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Beaver Avenue Municipal Parking Lot, 500 Block of Beaver Avenue, Ellwood City, PA
Vendors include farms with local fruits and vegetables, flowers, baked goods, snacks, live music and kids activities. The market is part of the Ellwood City Revitalization (ECR) project.

Bloomfield Saturday Market
Every Saturday, May 18 – November 2
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: 5050 Liberty Avenue
The Bloomfield Saturday Market features fresh fruit, vegetable, and locally-made goods, plus an event calendar loaded with special dates, follow their Facebook for updates on programming. This year, they're welcoming vendors such as: Barlow Bakes cookies, be.wild.er farm, Bitter Ends Garden, City Fresh Pasta, Freedom Farms, Gryphon's Tea, Hannah's Honey, Mediterra Bakehouse, Mill Creek Trout Farm, Paul Family Farms, Pigeon Bagels, The Pittsburgh Juice Company, Prohibition Pastries, Wise County Biscuits, Zeke's Coffee Pittsburgh, and more!

Ligonier Country Market
Saturdays starting May 18
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: 110 Andi Lane, Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15759
The market has over 130 vendors. Find all kinds of fresh picked produce, flowers, farm beef, poultry and eggs, specialty breads, pastries, hot cooked foods, honey, maple syrup, jewelry, purses, country crafts, wood items, pet items, dog treats, candles and much more.

Farmers Markets of Greensburg
Every Saturday starting April 27 – November
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – Noon
Location: Lynchfield Recreation Park & Rt 66N
A ton of local produce, as well as pork, jam, eggs, and more can be found at this market.

Sundays

Shadyside Farmers Market
Every Sunday, starting June 2 through September
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Liberty School lot (corner of Ellsworth and Ivy Streets, entrance at 635 Filbert Street).
The Shadyside Farmers Market will feature fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, chicken, beef, pork, fish, hummus, honey and flowers.

City of Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill
Sundays, May 12 – November 24
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Beacon/Bartlett parking lot
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

Monthly market in Larimer
4th Sunday of each month
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m
Location: Larimer Avenue Greenspace, Larimer Ave. & Carver St.
This market will run: June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27 and November 24.

Keystone Farmers' Market
Every Sunday May 19 – September 29
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: 1150 Keystone Park Road, Derry, Pennsylvania
Come by the Keystone Farmers Market for jams, vegetables, candles, soaps, fruit, and much more!

Mondays

City of Pittsburgh East Liberty
Mondays, May 13 – November 25
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: NEW LOCATION! Garland Parklet Lot on N. Euclid Ave.
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

Zelienople-Harmony Farmers Market
Every Monday, starting June 3 through October 14
Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Zelienople Community Park
Fresh fruits, vegetables from McKinney Family Farm, along with a rotating list of guest vendors.

Robinson Farmers Market at Holy Trinity
Every Monday, starting May 13 – October
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Holy Trinity, 5718 Steubenville Pike, McKees Rocks
Many vendors participate weekly, including: produce, dairy, ice cream, hummus, wine, whiskey, kettle corn, shaved ice, honey, baked goods, pasta, coffee, pressed juice, smoothies, goat cheese, gyros, jerky, olive oil, bread, and more. There will also be food trucks, prepared food vendors, live entertainment and more. In the past this market has been closed Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Beaver Falls Farmers Market
Every Monday, May 6 – November 18
Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Municipal parking lot, corner of 8th Ave. & 12th St.
Features fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, fresh-cut flowers and bedding plants.
Photo: Ellwood City Farmers Market
Tuesdays

Lawrenceville Farmers Market
Every Tuesday, June 4 – October 29
Hours: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Arsenal Park, between 39th and 40th Streets, and between Butler and Penn Streets.
The Lawrenceville Farmers Market has moved to Tuesday, and the date change comes as a result of a cooperative partnership with the Bloomfield Saturday Market. This new partnership will connect a small cohort of shared farmers and producers that will participate in both the Lawrenceville Farmers Market and Bloomfield Saturday Market, allowing community members two opportunities to shop with their favorite vendors.

City of Pittsburgh South Side
Tuesdays, May 14 – November 26
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: 18th Street & Carson Street parking lot
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

New Brighton Farmers Market
Every Tuesday, starting May 7 through November
Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: 5th Avenue & 12th Street, New Brighton, PA.
The market, located in the parking lot next to the Family Dollar, features fresh fruit, vegetables, plants, baked goods, and prepared foods.

Chippewa Farmers Market
Every Tuesday from May 7 – November 19
Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Chippewa United Methodist Church at the corner of Darlington Road and Shenango Road
Features fruits and vegetables about at the Pittsburgh farmers market, plus baked goods, meat, honey, fresh-cut flowers and bedding plants.

Latrobe Farmers Market
Every Tuesday from June 4 – September 24
Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Legion Keener Park (at Chestnut and Irving Streets)
Latrobe's farmers market features local vendors with produce, baked goods, popcorn, crafts and more.

Bethel Park Farmers Market
Every Tuesday from May 7 – September 24
Hours: 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: South Park VIP Parking Lots, directly off Corrigan Drive near the ice skating rink.
The Bethel Park Farmers Market offers items like Gyros, freshly made salads, BBQ sandwiches, cakes, cookies, breads, Kettle Corn, hummus, BBQ sauce, wine, whiskey, shaved ices, granola, breads, milk, cheese, yogurt, fruits, vegetables, and more!

Wednesdays

City of Pittsburgh Carrick Dairy District
Wednesday, June 19  – November 27
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: 1529 Brownsville Road
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

Mt. Lebanon Lions Farmers Market
Every Wednesday June 5 – October
Hours: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church, 975 Washington Road
Find local produce, fresh-baked breads and other food products. Previous vendors have included Wood Street Bread, Matthews Family Farm, Nellie's Middle Eastern Foods, Cinco de Mayo salsa, Gosia's Pierogies, Herbold Farm, Dilner Family Farm, and Pisarcik Greenhouse.

Peters Township Farmers Market
Every Wednesday, May 22 – September 25
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: St. David's Episcopal Church, 905 E. McMurray Rd., Venetia, PA.
Vendors will include Country Hammer Moonshine, Freedom Farms, Fresh From the Farm Juices, Garden Caravan, Wild River Kettle Korn, Wu's Shaved Ice, Hello Hummus, Kern Farms, Loafers Bread, The Olive Tap, The Pie Place, Simmons Farm, and more!

Ross Twp. Farmers Market
Every Wednesday through October, starting May 15
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church parking lot, 920 Perry Hwy.
Vendors will farms and greenhouses, prepared foods, baked goods, and local businesses.

Bellevue Farmers Market
Every Wednesday, June 5 – October
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Bayne Park, 34 North Balph Avenue, Bellevue, PA
A variety of fresh, locally-grown food as well as hand-crafted items sourced from local ingredients.

Aliquippa/ New Sheffield Farmers Market
Every Wednesday starting May 1 – October 23
Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: First United Methodist Church, 2816 Brodhead Road
Features fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, fresh-cut flowers and bedding plants.

Tarentum Farmers Market
Wednesdays starting June 12 – October
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Parking lot across from MedExpress and Dunkin' Donuts on East 10th Avenue.
Produce, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, pierogies, baked goods, BBQ, and more can all be found at the market.

Fox Chapel Farmers Market
Wednesday, June 12–Oct. 23
Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m
Location: Shady Side Academy Senior School, 423 Fox Chapel Road
Find locally grown fruits and vegetables, perennials and potted plants, gourmet baked goods, raw, unprocessed honey, old fashioned lemonade, small batch coffee, chocolate covered fruits and cheesecake, wood-fired pizza, herbal infused cleaning products, fresh mushrooms and more at this market! Some of the produce is from Shady Side's very own on-campus SSA Farm.

Thursdays

Market Square Downtown Farmers Market
Every Thursday, May 16 – October 31
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Market Square
The Downtown Market Square Farmers Market is  celebrating its 15th season! Over 30 weekly vendors sell fresh fruit, vegetables, organic milk and cheese, honey, breads, cakes, fresh-pressed juices, and other homemade food products are available for sale in Market Square every Thursday. The market also includes free afternoon concerts from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and special events, including Christmas in July, Irish Day, Navy Week, and the year-end Halloween bash.

City of Pittsburgh Beechview
Every Thursday, June 20  – September 12
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Broadway Ave. & Beechview Ave. parking lot.
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

Green Tree Farmers Market
Every Thursday from May 23 – October
Hours: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Green Tree Park, Lower Level, 905 Greentree Road.
The Green Tree Farmers Market features a stellar lineup of vendors, with local produce, plus jams, jellies, pies, olive oil, small-batch hummus, grass-fed beef and meats, flowers, plants, homemade fudge, kettle corn, fresh bread, and baked goods. In the past, vendors have included Simmons Farm, The Pie Place, Jose Quiroz Farm, Hello Hummus, Pennsylvania Dutch Foods and more.

Washington Main Street Farmers Market
Every Thursday, May 16 – October 31
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: 139 S. Main Street, Washington, PA.
The market offers fresh, locally-grown produce, including organic options, meat, eggs, dairy products, breads, pastas, salsas, and other prepared foods. Live music is also scheduled for more weeks. In the past, vendors have included BadAzz BBQ, Bread Spreads by Susan, Conover Organic Farms, Headacres Farm, Jodikinos Farms, Kern's Farm, Peanut Butter Bones and more.

Wilkinsburg Open Market
Every Thursday, June 18 – November 19
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: 733 South ave (South Avenue Methodist Church parking lot)
Farmers, crafters, artisans and prepared food vendors will be selling products, like fruits, vegetables and prepared foods. After the market, enjoy live music, food, and art on Thursdays for "Art in the Park" from 6:30-8:30pm in the Penn Avenue Parklet located on Penn Avenue between Wood St and Center St.

Murrysville Farmers Market
Every Thursday, June 6 – September 26
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: 3235 Sardis Road, Murraysville, PA
Featuring farm-fresh produce and vendors with baked goods, snacks, prepared foods and more. There will also be *new* Artisan Days at the Murrysville Farmers' Market on June 27, July 25, August 29, and September 26.

Upper St. Clair/Bethel Park Rotary Farmers Market
Every Thursday, starting May 16 – September 26
Hours: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: 2040 Washington Road, Upper St. Clair
Lots of local vendors make their home at the market. Previous vendors include Wild River Kettle Corn, Dillner Family Farm, The Paddy Wagon, Swope's Berries & Bees and more. The Market is held rain or shine.

Etna Farmers Market
Every Thursday, June 6 through October 31
Hours: 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: 437 Butler Street
The Etna Farmers' Market has been serving the community since 2007. The market sells farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, local honey, prepared foods, crafts, jams, pickles and more. Vendors include: Dillner Family Farm, Stein's Apiary, Just Right Sice, Nedal Gyro, and more.

Ambridge Farmers Market
Every Thursday from May 2 through November 26
Hours: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Route 65 & 6th Street
Features fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, fresh-cut flowers and bedding plants.

Verona Farmers Market
Every Thursday from June 6 through October
Hours: 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Verona Railroad Park, 736 E. Railroad Avenue
Verona's farmer's brings a great selection of local vendors to the Railroad Park. Additionally, in the past, the market has offered monthly "free yoga in the park" from 7-8 following the market.

Fridays

City of Pittsburgh Mellon Square
Every Friday, May 10 – October 25
Hours: 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Mellon Square, Smithfield Street & Sixth Avenue
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

City of Pittsburgh North Side
Every Friday, May 17 – November 22
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Allegheny Commons Park, East Ohio St. & Cedar Ave.
Features farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese and baked goods.

Monongahela Farmers Market
Every Friday June  through September
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Farmers set up on the cobblestone side street that runs along the side of Chess Park in Monongahela's Main Street District
Vendors include: Aunt Kims Jellies, Gimme Some Sugar cupcakes, Jimmy's Italian Ice, Sam's Gyro, Harden Farm, Triple B Farm, and more!

The Original Farmers Market (Bridgeville area)
Open every Friday in May, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from June through September, and every Monday and Friday in October and November
Hours: Starting at 5:30 p.m.
Location: 151 Parks Road, McDonald, PA
Vendors include Bayer Farm, Simmons Farm, Janoski Farms, George Bartkus Cheese, Debbies Deluxe Cookies & Cakes, Tim Wu Shaved Ice, Victoria's Fudge-A-Licious, and more!

Forest Hills Farmers Market
Every Friday, starting May 24 – October
Hours: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Forest Hills Presbyterian Church parking lot, 1840 Ardmore Blvd., Forest Hills, PA.
Managed by the Late Bloomers Garden Club, the Forest Hills Farmers Market features home grown produce, baked goods, and unique products for sale. Vendors include: ​Cherish Creamery, Bates & Hayes Concessions, Billy's Country Smokehouse, Harvest Valley Farms, Hello Hummus, Logan Family Farms, Monroe's Coffee, Olive & Marlowe, Pasta Bill, Sandhill Berries, and Wood Street Bread Company.

Farmers Market at The Block Northway
Every Friday June 21 – October 25
Location: The Block Northway, near DSW Shoe Warehouse in the South Atrium, Upper Level
Hours: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Plenty of vendors, including Freedom Farms, Vibo's Italian Bakery, Wigle Whiskey, The Olive Tap, handmade wares, and on the first Friday of each month a tasting with Farm to Table. There are also activities like Kids Day and Fall Fest.

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Fwd: are you making something silly too important?

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From: Susie Moore <susie@susie-moore.com>

When someone tells me that they're feeling low, I love to get to the bottom of it with them (and of course to the bottom of my own sluggish or low energy when it pops up). 🐌
Because of this fact, my friends often come to me when they need to talk something stressful out. It can be boyfriend trouble, comparison issues, business struggles, or even thinking they should just have more money or success at this stage of their lives.
I always have one goal when we talk it out - to bring relief.

Relief is one of the best human emotions there is. And luckily it's in reach almost all of the time. 💜

But we forget about it. 😲

Abraham Hicks says, "There can be 9 things going wrong in your life and 1 going right. If you focus on that 1 thing, you'll watch the others gradually turn around."
The not so great news? This works in the reverse, too. 9 parts of your life can be swimming along smoothly and 1 part isn't... and, yep! Watch as its ruins the rest of the good stuff.
(This can even show up as pure neglect of the good things as you focus all thoughts on the bad thing - us humans are nuts sometimes, right)?! 🥜

So here's a quick rule that helps bring relief in almost any situation:

Give yourself a damn break.
Yep. A break! Some slack! Some credit!
Stop making the silly thing so front and center, can you? At least for a bit? 
And stop being so hard on yourself.
Too often we give all of our attention to what we feel is lacking in our lives, or what we're doing wrong. When we do this, we fail to acknowledge what is right. And how well we're actually doing.
As you check in with yourself, you might realize some pretty awesome things in your life that you might not acknowledge, too.
No love in your life? Well, how about all of the love from your friends? 💕
Not thrilled with your body? 
Does it still allow you to hug your kids, show up at work, run around and accomplish a hundred things a day? 🏃‍♀️
Not sure about your career?
Think about the cool people you've met because of it!! 🤔
Apartment too small?
OK, but is it in a city you love? Is it still a marker of your financial independence? 🏠

What we choose to focus on expands. Starting with what's working is a critical foundation for you to attract more of what you want into your life. So be kind to yourself, acknowledge what's going your way, and recognize how far you have come. 🙌
Trust me, if you pay attention, it's much further than you think.
What can you enjoy about what's happening right now?

With all my love, 💕
Susie
Xo

This weeks podcast about water safety

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Just want to say sorry for getting behind and not getting any updated podcasts out to you. Here is a link to our most resent episode with Lindsay Pursglove with Swimtatsic Swim School of SW Florida. Episode 52 We are heading down to New Orleans to the NDPA conference if you are going to be there let us know, and we can connect while there. I'm working on a National Swim Campaign that many of you may want to know more about. I will be sharing with a few select people that we have appointments set with already, Plus a few are driving in that are not attending the conference to talk about this campaign in the New Orleans area. We are on a mission to save 185,000 live from drowning worldwide each year by June 15, 2029. We have developed the plan to go along with a message to hit this home. It's right up there with Click It Or Ticket and Don't Drink and Drive for examples. Not only the fatal drownings but almost 2 million people and families that are affected by nonfatal drownings each year worldwide, If your traveling to the NDPA catch up and binge listen to our podcast starting with. Episode 52 Next weeks episode we'll be talking with Audrey Dalton a survivor of a nonfatal drowning when she was a young child. Look for that episode #54 on Thursday April 18th

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Wayne's World: Q&A with WG: Renowned coaching professional Wayne Goldsmith joins Jason Pine on Radio Sport Mornings each Wednesday after 10am. This week, Wayne takes calls and texts

Fwd: Health update and SMM going away?

Big story. Had to share.

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From: Mike Dillard

Here's What Happened To My Health, And Why I'm Making Some Important Changes To SelfMadeMan Tomorrow... Hey Mark R, well this might just be one of the biggest and most personal updates I've ever had to write and share with you... Over the past few months, I've vaguely mentioned that I've been dealing some significant health challenges, but I haven't gone into any real detail. Well today I'm going to bring you up to speed, because it's forced me to make some significant changes to Self Made Man as a business that will take place tomorrow. I'm planning to do an entire podcast about what I've been going through once I'm back to normal and have a full story to share, but in the meantime, here's the short version… Six years of insane amounts of stress finally caught up with me on June 13th of last year, and it basically broke my nervous system, putting it into a fixed state of "fight of flight". As a result, I felt a little click in my brain one day, and lost my ability to physically fall asleep from that point forward. And when I say lost my ability to sleep, I'm not talking about difficulty, or even chronic insomnia. I'm talking about a physical inability to actually sleep no matter how tired I got. In fact, I went five straight days and nights without sleeping for a single minute no matter how many supplements or over the counter sleep medications I tried. Sleep deprivation is actually used as a form of torture by agencies like the CIA because the human body can only go 7-10 days without sleep before dying. And I got to that point. I can remember laying on my couch 5 days in, and realizing that if I couldn't figure this out in the next 2-3 days, I'd be dead. Imagine how you've felt when you haven't had sleep in 24 hours. Now imagine if that continued for a second day, and then a 3rd, and then a 4th, and a 5th… All without a single minute of sleep. I can tell you that the fear and frustration is maddening and incomprehensible. Thankfully at that point, my primary care doctor put me on a few medications like Xanax and Ambien which allowed me to get about 1-2 hours of "blackout" sleep a night, but I'd be up again as soon as they wore off. It wasn't real, restorative sleep though. It would allow my brain to turn off for 1-2 hours, but my body and nervous system were still firing away as if I was running away from a lion 24/7. By the second month, I was scared to death that things hadn't gotten any better. I spoke to doctor after doctor, and none of them had ever seen anything like what I was experiencing. I searched YouTube and Google for days, and once again, I couldn't find any answers or stories from others, which made things even worse because I felt completely alone and helpless. Hearing, "I've never seen anything like this before" from five different doctors isn't something you ever want to hear. I was afraid that I had incurred some kind of brain injury that was going to make it impossible for me to ever sleep again. Depression and the first thoughts of suicide I'd ever had started to creep in. If the problem continued, I had to come to terms with the fact that I'd probably end up disappearing from the world, and living with my parents, unable to function in any kind of normal capacity. And then in a moment of complete serendipity, I met a sleep doctor named Kirk and his partner Krisstina at Aubrey Marcus' house. It turns out that Krisstina had gone through the same thing 5 years ago. After 20 years of practice, she and I were the only two people Kirk had ever seen who had experienced this condition. It quickly became apparent that we were both cut from the same cloth. Our drive, ambition, and competitiveness drove our bodies past the breaking point. She felt a click in her head after speaking at an event, and couldn't fall asleep again for over a year. She ended up being hospitalized and nearly died as well. At some point, she'll join me on the podcast to share her story, but that night was a huge turning point for me, because she eventually found her way back to health, and back to sleep. I broke down in tears that night because meeting her gave me hope for the very first time in months. Since then, I've gone through neuro-biofeedback therapy, Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy, 9 ketamine IV sessions, float-tank therapy, nightly meditation, hypnotherapy, MDMA therapy, traditional counseling therapies, dozens of blood tests, EEG's, NAD+ therapy, and all kinds of diet and nutrition regimens. Thankfully, things got a little better after the Ketamine sessions. I was able to work my way off the pharmaceuticals, and replace them with a combination of supplements and CBD products that have allowed me to get around 3-4 hours of light sleep per night. After talking to Krisstina and Kirk during these challenge, there wasn't a silver bullet that "fixed" her. It was a slow process of many different therapies that finally reset her nervous system. Today, I'm almost 9 months into what has been the single most difficult challenge of my life. For the most part, I've had to live as a hermit the past year, giving up any form of social life, selling my race cars, and doing everything I can to keep my employees paid and the podcast alive. But it has also been one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had, because it was truly an intervention that finally forced me to deal with habits and traumas that put me in this condition. Without this experience, I'm confident that I would have never stopped the life of constant adrenaline and stress I'd grown used to for decades, which would have eventually led to a heart attack. It's forced me to give up caffeine, and alcohol. It's forced me to realize that life isn't about business, and it's forced me to change my habits and stories when it comes to success and money. As of today, I still haven't been able to fall asleep one single time without a handful of natural tranquilizers to calm my nervous system, but I've seen a good amount of progress the past few months. We'll be doing a brain MRI in the coming weeks to make sure there isn't anything serious such as a tumor that's behind all of this, and I'll be starting a few new therapies that should bring some positive results. At this point, my mind is mostly back, I can write the occasional email like this one, or record a short video, and I finally have enough energy to venture out of the house and take a short walk during the week. The work that I've done over the past 9 months will allow me to come back better, clearer, and stronger than I ever was before, just as it did for Krisstina, but I'm not there just yet. So what does this have to do with SelfMadeMan and the business? Well my vision for SMM when I started creating the platform and the classes two years ago, was to build it into a significant media/education company like SkillShare or Udemy. But the stress that I put myself through to bring EverGrow, and SMM to life almost killed me. So I've had to let go of that dream, and create a new one that acknowledges where I'm at today, and what I've been going through. Simply put, it is much more modest, but also more personal and meaningful. I'm letting go of the dream of building a $100 million publishing company, and getting back to doing what I love to do most… Personally learning, creating, and teaching. The single biggest joy and reward that I've ever had in life, is walking down the street, or through the hall of an event, and having someone walk up to me and say, "thank you, your book/course/videos changed my life". Sharing what I know so it can help others is what I'm here to do, so that's what I'm going to get back to. So what does that look like, and what does it mean for you? Well, the first thing that will be the most obvious, is that we're nuking the current SelfMadeMan.com platform next week. We spent over a year and $1 million building a completely custom platform that was designed to support millions of users. That platform costs around $30,000+ per month to maintain and develop, which isn't sustainable or necessary anymore. (And that's not including the content production which was about $10,000 per class). So we've spent the past three months migrating it to WordPress and ClickFunnels. From the outside, the platform will look 95% the same. Same format, catalog, class and podcast pages, etc. If I wasn't telling you about this, you probably wouldn't notice the difference. But it will take our development costs down from $30,000+ per month, to about $3,000. The biggest change that you will see, is that we're going to host the platform at MikeDillard.com, instead of SelfMadeMan.com, starting tomorrow when it goes live. Why the change? Well, my goal with SelfMadeMan was to build a brand and a company that I could eventually sell. That's why I'm not in any of the classes. But moving forward, all of the content I'm planning to produce will be done by me personally. I can't wait to get back to creating and contributing to the world. I have three books I want to write. I have over 100 YouTube videos mapped out, and a new course that I'd love to produce at some point this year as soon as my health allows for it. Everything I'm going to produce is going to be done by me, for you, so it only makes sense to build those assets and equity under my personal brand, because I'm never going to sell that work or the platform to another person or company at this point. If it's your name on the book, or you in front of the camera, you want to use that work to build your personal brand. Not a separate entity like SelfMadeMan. So that update will take place tomorrow, and you'll also notice some additional improvements… If you own List-Grow, 7FSP, or my Crypto course, those Master Classes will finally be available to you on the platform instead of through separate websites. You'll have one login, and access to everything in one place. Second, we're going to end all active monthly and annual subscriptions as of March 1st. We have 4-5 more classes that we're going to release once the new platform is up, and if you're currently a paid member, you'll be getting access to all of those. If you have a monthly or annual subscription in place, that will be cancelled on March 1st, so you'll never be billed again, but you'll continue to have access to all of the classes on the platform. Moving forward, we'll be offering them for sale individually, or as a complete bundle. Now as a part of this migration process, we'll be importing your contact information into the new system if you're a current customer. That means you're going to get an email tomorrow with a new password that you'll need to use to login. Obviously this is going to be a massive undertaking and I'm sure there will be a bug or two along the way, but we'll get those fixed as soon as possible. So that's what I've been dealing with for the past year in a nutshell. It's been an absolute nightmare in many ways, but also the single best thing that's ever happened to me in others, which I'll save for another chapter in this story :) Thank you for your patience, your understanding, and your support. Sincerely, Mike Dillard

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Fwd: WHO Nonfatal Drowning - Comments needed

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From: Rebecca Wear Robinson

The WHO has released the position paper on Nonfatal drowning.  Public comments needed!

Influence policy on Non-fatal Drowning today. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Your action is needed today: 1.  Review the newly released position paper on Non-fatal Drowning. 2. Comment on the paper on Non-fatal Drowning before 15 March 2019. 3.  SHARE this email with all of your colleagues in the field - on social media and by email.  #nonfataldrowning and #drowning Many thanks to our colleagues who worked on the report.  Consistency in terminology and sharing best practices are critical in ending drowning. Non-fatal Drowning Working Group Members: Dr Stephen Beerman Dr Joost Bierens Dr Tessa Clemens Dr David Meddings Dr Aminur Rahman Dr David Szpilman Background on the Position Paper from Dr. David Meddings of the WHO: "You may know that there has been discussion within the global drowning community aimed at improving the use of the phrase "non-fatal drowning". Based on these discussions a Working Group was established to carry this issue further. A very productive meeting about this topic was hosted by the Drowning Prevention Research Centre Canada in Toronto during August 2018. That meeting resulted in the Working Group developing a proposed categorization framework for non-fatal drowning. A few months were needed to further tweak the language and develop a users guide annex for the framework. The Working Group has agreed as part of our discussions in August last year that the Position Statement of the Working Group should be made available for public comment. Accordingly, the Position Statement along with a link for providing reviews has been posted on the WHO website at the following link: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/drowning/non-fatal-drowning/en/ The Position Statement is available for review until 15 March 2019. On behalf of the Working Group I would like to ask you to please take the time to download and review the Position Statement. My colleagues on the Working Group as well as myself would also be very grateful if you would please circulate this email widely within your networks."  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2019 Lioness Protects LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because we work together to end drowning. Our mailing address is: Lioness Protects LLC 312 Park Ave Unit 84 Clarendon Hills, IL 60514-040

Fwd: Love Yourself; Love your Heart; SWIM!

To learn more about swim events around Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, see 4Rs.org. 

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From: Shawn Slevin <shawn.slevin@swimstrongfoundation.org> 

        

In addition to toning visible muscles, swimming also helps improve the most important muscle in our bodies: our heart!

Swimming is an aerobic exercise, it strengthens the heart by helping it to become larger; making it more efficient in pumping — which leads to better blood flow throughout your body. 30 minutes of swimming a day can reduce coronary heart disease in women by 30 to 40 percent. Regular aerobic exercise can reduce blood pressure. Swimming raises "good" cholesterol HDL levels. For every 1 percent increase in HDL cholesterol, the risk of dying from heart disease drops by 3.5 percent. Studies have also shown that aerobic exercise like swimming can also keep the layer of cells lining your arteries flexible and in good shape.

Other benefits too:

• Want to help prevent diabetes? Swim! Men can reduce their risk of diabetes by an average of 6 percent for every 500 calories a week they burn in aerobic exercise. With just 30 minutes of breaststroke swimming three times per week, you could burn 900 calories — reducing your risk of contracting type 2 diabetes by over 10 percent. Vigorous exercise for women can lower their risk by 16% over inactive women. If you already have type 1diabetes, the aerobic benefits of swimming can be particularly helpful, as this type of exercise can increase insulin sensitivity.   According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetics should get 150 minutes per week, spread across at least three days per week, of moderate-intensity physical activity like swimming to aid glycemic control.
• Lower Stress + Higher Spirits = Better Brain all due to the release of endorphins, giving you relaxation and a "natural high". Swimming changes the brain through a process known as hippocampal neurogenesis, in which the brain replaces cells lost through stress.
• Swimming provides the chance to work out in moist air, which can help reduce exercise-induced asthma symptoms. It also relieves the condition overall by increasing lung volume and teaching proper breathing techniques.
• Swimming is now recognized as one of the biggest calorie burners around, and it's great for keeping weight under control. The exact number of calories you burn, of course, depends on your own physiology and the intensity with which you exercise, but as a general rule, for every 10 minutes of swimming: the breast stroke will burn 60 calories; the backstroke 80; the freestyle 100; and the butterfly stroke evaporates an impressive 150.
• Swimming puts the body through a broad range of motion that helps joints and ligaments stay loose and flexible. It's a great way to increase muscle strength and tone. Water is 12 times more dense than air. Propelling through the water acts as resistance exercise…which is the best way to build muscle tone and strength. Additionally, swimming has also been shown to improve bone strength — especially in post-menopausal women.
• Suffer from arthritis? Get into the pool. The water will support 90% of your body weight! If the pool is heated, the warm water can help loosen still joints. People with rheumatoid arthritis can receive greater benefits to their health after participating in hydrotherapy than with other activities. It's also been proven that water-based exercise improves the use of affected joints and decreases pain from osteoarthritis.
• Perhaps best of all…swimming can keep you from dying prematurely. Researchers at the University of South Carolina followed 40,547 men, aged 20 to 90, for 32 years and discovered that those who swam had a 50 percent lower death rate than runners, walkers or men who got no exercise. The study authors concluded that the same benefits would be received by women too.

What are you waiting for? Join a Swim Strong class for Safety and Health today!   www.SwimStrongFoundation.org

Shawn Slevin
Swim Strong Foundation
P.O. Box 701165
East Elmhurst, NY 11370

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Fwd: 2018 Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen Bicycle Ride

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From: Dirty Dozen

Dear riders and friends of Danny Chew:

Another year has gone by and this year's edition of the Dirty Dozen is fast approaching. You are invited to participate in the 36th annual running of the event, which will be held on Saturday, November 24th. Proceeds will benefit Danny, who is overall director of this challenging ride he co-founded. If you register by November 3rd you will receive an additional discount on your entry fee.

Here are some of the changes in this year's ride:

• New starting location. The ride now begins at the Rhododendron Shelter on Lake Drive in Highland Park. By straight-line distance this is less than half a mile to the north and west of the Bud Harris Cycling Track, and can be reached by traveling north on Stanton Avenue.

• Official-finisher ribbons will be mailed out after the event to ensure that all riders who certify their official-finisher status will receive one. Instructions for certifying official-finisher status will be included in your registration packet.

• Separate women's event. Women wanting to compete can choose to ride in either the first group, competing directly against the men in an open event, or in the second group, which is reserved for women only.

Here are the links for this year's ride:

Main 2018 event page: http://www.dannychew.com/ddinfo.html
BikeReg registration page: https://www.bikereg.com/dirty-dozen-2018
The main DD page is here: http://www.dannychew.com/dd.html
Starting location: http://maps.google.com/?daddr=40.4789109,-79.9104809

We hope you will be able to ride this year and conquer all of the hills.

Sincerely,
Jonathan Pratt

2018 Dirty Dozen

Video interview about water safety and SKWIM

• https://mark.rauterkus.com/2018/09/19/interview-about-skwim-and-water-safety/

Launching a website that challenges web visitors with a set of quizzes on water safety at https://SKWIM.us.

https://SKWIM.us

Dancing in the park

Catherine loves to dance in the park, and especially loves this group leader.

Fwd: Top-10 books, blogs and resources for triathletes

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From: Mikael Eriksson

This week I finally answer the question "What's your favourite book, blog, or resource related to triathlon?" myself. As you know, I ask that question of all my interview guests, but in EP#125 I give you my top-10 resource list (plus a number of honourable mentions). And Andy Blow makes a return appearance on the podcast to discuss how to train for Swimruns. Andy has competed in the World Championships and is also a former elite triathlete himself. We discuss both training to compete and training to complete, as well as some gear, nutrition and hydration strategies, and more. Enjoy! Top-10 books, blogs, and resources for triathletes | EP#125 Effective Swimrun Training with Andy Blow | EP#126 My Top-10 books, blogs, and resources Well, I won't give it away in this email, you'll just have to go to the shownotes page (click the link below) or listen to the episode in your podcast app to get the full list. But I'll give you some hints for my top-3, and you can have a guess before looking up the list. Email me if you got all three right, and I'll respond with a virtual pat on the back, m'kay ;) #3 is actually a few different books by an author who has not been a guest on the podcast before, although his name keeps coming up fairly regularly. And I've recently talked about bringing him on as a guest in the autumn, around the time of the release of his next book. So if you guess the author right, you got it for this item. #2 is related to swimming, and is a set of resources originating in Australia/the UK, depending on how you look at it... the man behind these resources has not been a guest on the podcast either. #1 is a single book that I mention a lot on the podcast, and many of the co-authors of the book are previous guests on That Triathlon Show. See if you guessed right, get the full top-10 list, plus my list of honourable mentions here: Top-10 books, blogs, and resources for triathletes | EP#125 Effective Swimrun Training Andy Blow, former elite triathlete and founder of Precision Hydration joins us to discuss effective Swimrun training. If you haven't given Swimruns a try yet, you absolutely have to do it! They are just incredible experiences that I always find reinvigorate my love for endurance sports. Some key takeaways from my discussion with Andy are: If you are "triathlon-fit", you can easily complete a Swimrun with a minimal number of specific swimrun workouts (3-5 of them is plenty). So if you just want to try one without taking focus away from your key triathlon events, that's fairly easy to accomplish. The distribution of swim training/run training when actually focusing your training on swimrun depends on your strengths/weaknesses in the respective sports. If you're equally strong across both, a 50/50 distribution is about right. If you have a clear weakness, the focus may shift towards that discipline, but if your weakness is in running, you don't want to increase the proportion of run training too much because of the increased injury risk. Andy's nutrition strategy in his Swimruns is quite different from what I described in episode 63. Andy relies heavily on the aid stations, and carry only a few spare gels on him. This means he has learnt to consume a large amount of energy in one go (e.g. a gel, a banana, some chews, and a piece of cake) and then let that fuel for the next hour or so, depending on how far it is to the next aid station. I like this strategy as you don't need to carry so much food, but it does sound like something that has to be practised diligently before race day. Listen to the episode here: Effective Swimrun Training with Andy Blow | EP#126 Keep training smart, Mikael That Triathlon show is sponsored by Precision Hydration. One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE Triathlon Sweat Test to get personalised hydration advice tailored to what you're training for. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW to get your first box or tube of electrolyte product for free.

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