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Former LDS Members Needed for Forgiveness Perspectives Study

Forgiveness Hello, exmo world! I've been officially out of the LDS "church" for 10 years TODAY, and I've been doing a lot of thinking about the topic of forgiveness lately. I am currently writing a book about my experiences within the Mormon religion, as a former pill/ heroin addict, as a survivor of domestic abuse, and the knowledge I have gained both clinically and personally regarding totalistic worldviews. Much of my research as of late is taking me out of the forest of pathology into the raw, open clearings of emotional labor - and as I have been writing more on the subjects of my various healing processes, the pattern of forgiveness emerge over and over. Forgiveness of my abusers, forgiveness of my family, forgiveness of myself, and forgiveness for others still within the "church." Of course, a single perspective does not a proper dissection make. So I ask these questions, for science: How long have you been "out" of the LDS "church," and what does the term "forgiveness" mean to you? If you have been out of the LDS church for longer than 5 years, how do you feel now about the subject of forgiveness VS how you would have felt 5 years ago? How do you think you will feel in 10 years? If you lived within Utah or other Mormon Mecca (such as Rexburg or Buena Vista) and then moved away, how has your view of forgiveness changed, if at all? If you or your children were victims of abuse within the LDS "church," do you believe in forgiveness at all? If you feel like you cannot and will not ever forgive the LDS "church," leaders, or members for any reason after any amount of time, why not? Thank you for any input! Anger is okay, just remember that I am not asking out of defensiveness or judgement; I genuinely want to hear your perspectives, as mine has been largely sheltered from the social detriments of public opinion (I don't live near any Mormons and I have a normal job and normal life on the east coast, so I can just say "Mormonism is a cult" and everyone says "wtf is a Mormon?") Have a wonderful Thursday!

Women 50+ Entrepreneurs for Midlife Business Podcast - Women in the Middle

Today’s episode is with Karen Reb Rudel. Karen is a woman in the middle entrepreneur whose business adventure happened abroad rather than in her birth country of the United States. In this episode, you will learn: About an unexpected entrepreneurial journey into walking tours in Paris. Overcoming fear. Paying attention to the younger generation to learn from them. Connect with Karen at: https://lnkd.in/g3WR8233 https://lnkd.in/gviQxgwm https://lnkd.in/gtEaMJts https://lnkd.in/gs667mKV Connect with Suzy: Take the New Midlife Quiz!Get unstuck and learn what your future self is craving so that you can take steps to regret-proof your life! Free! Only takes about 90 seconds. www.midlifequiz.com Midlife Happiness Jumpstart Experience:Enjoy a powerful experience of tiny joys and big shifts! Get ready for 14 Days of Happiness “Boosts,” which are tiny, science-backed actions delivered to your inbox daily, with a private WhatsApp group for connection and sharing together. Each happiness boost only takes approximately 5 - 10 minutes or less and builds your momentum for more of the same. Feel more grounded, present, and connected to more happiness now! Sign Up Here Women in the Middle® Entrepreneurs: Are you a 50+ woman business owner or entrepreneur who’s dealing with navigating classic midlife issues that are affecting the way you run your business? We’re looking to interview guests just like you from a wide variety of different businesses! Apply now: www.midlifeinterviews.com . LISTEN HERE for iTunes and HERE for Suzy’s website. HAPPINESS BREAKTHROUGH COACHING SESSION: Imagine having a private 2-hour coaching call to get some solid clarity about what's holding you back and be confident about your next steps forward! Time for a breakthrough! Limited spots available. Book here . THE WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE® ACADEMY: The “Academy” is an exciting, life changing, 12-month, online group coaching program and community for midlife women. You will develop a roadmap to help you go from being unclear about what you want to be crystal clear about how to create a more fun, meaningful, and regret free next chapter! Head over to https://lnkd.in/giiww-Ht and apply and book your free call. I can help you find what’s missing so that you love your life after 50. WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE SHOP: https://lnkd.in/gT66eeAs BUY SUZY’S BOOK: 50 Ways to Celebrate Life After 50: Get Unstuck, Avoid Regrets, and Live Your Best Life:www.50waystocelebrate.com and Amazon and other online booksellers. Email your feedback: [email redacted] Enjoy the Show? Don’t miss an episode, subscribe via iTunes , Spotify, and all the places you listen to your favorite podcasts, including Spotify . Leave us a review on iTunes . Instagram: https://lnkd.in/gwNYPwPN Facebook: https://lnkd.in/gx4sVGCV LinkedIn:

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Speakers-Panelists on Hurricane Resilient Urban Infrastructure & Subway Maintenance

Our research group (Ziyue Li Yuyan (Annie) PanQianwen (Vivian) Guo are excited to announce two major opportunities under the Transforming Urban Underground Infrastructure (TUUI) Collaborative, led by Elise Miller-Hooks and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are looking for experts and collaborators to contribute to the following initiatives, please contact us if you are interested in it: Opportunity 1: Call for Speakers & Panelists Theme: Multi-Layer Infrastructure Network Response and Resilience under Hurricane Disasters We are seeking speakers from industry, government, and academia to share their expertise in our upcoming Spring 2026 Webinar Series. This AG explores the interdependencies between transportation, human behavior, and environmental systems during disaster phases. Two expert talks and one cross-sector panel. Insights will inform a state-of-the-art review. Opportunity 2: Improving Subway Infrastructure Maintenance Focus: Optimizing maintenance planning for underground rail systems (tunnels, tracks, power, and signaling). We are synthesizing global practices to support data-driven decision-making. Key topics include: Infrastructure degradation modeling & health monitoring. Vulnerability to natural disasters. Data integration and maintenance planning challenges. Global transit agency policies and the impact of aging systems on ridership. Goal: To synthesize global best practices and support resilient, effective management of underground subway infrastructure.

Case Studies Needed - Gilbert’s Syndrome & Homocysteine in FQ Toxicity

Biologist’s perspective: Are Gilbert’s Syndrome (Bilirubin) and Homocysteine the missing links in FQ susceptibility? Hello everyone, This is my first time posting here. English is not my native language, so please bear with me as I try to share my research and my wife’s journey over the last year. The Backstory: I am a biologist, and my wife was "floxed" in February 2025 after taking Levofloxacin for only 4 days. She suffered a severe CNS reaction: brain fog, suicidal ideation, depression, neuropathy in both upper and lower limbs (numbness rather than pain), and cardiovascular issues involving QT interval prolongation. In our country, FQs do not carry black-box warnings, and doctors treated her symptoms as "generalized anxiety." They prescribed Benzodiazepines and NSAIDs, which, as many of you know, severely exacerbated her condition. It took us 12 days and thousands of dollars (converted) in medical bills to realize that the Levofloxacin was the culprit. The Research & Findings: Since then, I have spent the last months studying clinical papers and monitoring her blood work. I’ve identified two significant indicators that I believe made her particularly susceptible to FQ neurotoxicity: Gilbert’s Syndrome (Hyperbilirubinemia): My wife has chronically high levels of unconjugated bilirubin. While bilirubin acts as a potent antioxidant, research (which I’ve been deep-diving into) suggests that at certain levels, it can potentiate glutamate neurotoxicity via NMDA receptors. Since FQs already disrupt GABA receptors and increase glutamate excitotoxicity, the high bilirubin seems to act like "fuel on the fire," explaining why her neurological "flares" are so intense. High Homocysteine: Her levels were significantly elevated, indicating a deficiency in the B-complex methylation cycle (likely B6/P5P, B9, and B12). Low B6 is critical because it is a co-factor needed to convert glutamate (excitement) into GABA (calm). Without it, the CNS remains in a state of constant "electrical" overload. My Goal: A Documentary and Data Gathering I am planning to produce a documentary to inform the public and the medical community about this neglected issue. I believe that people with these pre-existing metabolic "bottlenecks" (like Gilbert’s or methylation issues) are at a much higher risk for catastrophic FQ reactions. I want to ask this community: Have any of you been diagnosed with Gilbert’s Syndrome or noticed high bilirubin levels in your blood work? Have you checked your Homocysteine levels? Do you have a history of "allergic" reactions to other antibiotics (like Penicillin), which might suggest a slow Phase II detoxification in the liver? If we gather enough anecdotal data, we might be able to highlight a pattern that science is currently ignoring. We need to move away from the "anxiety" label and focus on the biochemical reality of these injuries. I look forward to hearing your experiences and sharing more of my findings. Some papers i've read if you guys wanna check out Fluoroquinolone-induced serious, persistent, multisymptom adverse effects GOLOMB 2025 An evaluation of reports of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin-association neuropsychiatric toxicities, long-term disability, and aortic aneurysms/dissections disseminated by the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency BENNETT 2019 Bilirubin Chemistry and Metabolism; Harmful and Protective Aspects VITEK & OSTROW 2009 The physiology of bilirubin: health and disease equilibrium. VITEK et al. 2023 TL;DR: My wife’s FQ injury seems tied to Gilbert’s Syndrome and high Homocysteine. I believe high bilirubin sensitizes the brain to glutamate toxicity. Looking for others with similar markers to help with research for a documentary.

Microplastics Health Impact Expert for Salt Coverage-The Guardian

I'm looking for an expert that could comment on this Guardian article about the overestimation of microplastics in the human body, as part of a piece I'm writing about - of all things - salt! Since there have been studies finding MPs in salt, I'm looking for an expert to help me tease apart the findings about studies on MPs, so I can give rational, scientifically-accurate expert comment on this issue in an interview. I wrote a previous feature on airborne MPs, and in fact from that reporting, when MPs lodge in the lungs, it's more serious than that which we ingest in food (including salt). I also note that this recent Guardian piece looks to be the worst example of environmental journalism I've seen in a while... titling it a "bombshell" finding, when it was DOW CHEMICAL who said that, not mentioning that Germany, where the main critic works, is Europe's biggest plastics manufacturer, and also not mentioning that the same writer (the Environment editor, apparently) wrote a couple weeks before, with no caveats and not quoting anyone else, "The human body is widely contaminated by microplastics. They have also been found inblood,semen,breast milk,placentasandbone marrow." And so this piece almost seems like his own overcompensation since there's now a bunch of critics on a VERY NEW field that's still working out its techniques. It seems like a hit piece on science by the plastics industry, underwritten by the Guardian editor who does not understand how science works. I did a highly referenced article for NIEHS a couple years back and inhalation is far more likely to result in MPs (not sure Nano) to get embedded in the lungs, and then distributed to the other parts of the body vs if ingested. https://lnkd.in/gsk33Y9i Please share, if possible! If you are an experts who can comment, let me know. Thanks in advance! https://lnkd.in/gTnehrPC

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Entrepreneurial Women 50+ for Women in the Middle Podcast Interview

Today’s episode is with Tricia Rose Burt. Tricia is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who unlocks her clients’ creativity, stories, and passion, helping them craft and develop clear, powerful messaging. In this episode, you will learn: • How you can go from conformity to courage with storytelling in midlife. • Why the riskiest thing you can do is play it safe. • Why creativity is essential to building not only a successful business, but also a more fulfilling life. • Why there is courage in community. Connect with Tricia at: • https://lnkd.in/ghzh4t9z • https://lnkd.in/gqc2qW93 • https://lnkd.in/gaGbBTHv • https://lnkd.in/gmyA8X8i Connect with Suzy: Midlife Happiness Jumpstart Experience:Enjoy a powerful experience of tiny joys and big shifts! Get ready for 14 Days of Happiness “Boosts,” which are tiny, science-backed actions delivered to your inbox daily, with a private WhatsApp group for connection and sharing together. Each happiness boost only takes approximately 5 - 10 minutes or less and builds your momentum for more of the same. Feel more grounded, present, and connected to more happiness now! Sign Up Here Women in the Middle® Entrepreneurs: Are you a 50+ woman business owner or entrepreneur who’s dealing with navigating classic midlife issues that are affecting the way you run your business? We’re looking to interview guests just like you from a wide variety of different businesses! Apply now: www.midlifeinterviews.com . LISTEN HERE for iTunes and HERE for Suzy’s website. HAPPINESS BREAKTHROUGH COACHING SESSION: Imagine having a private 2-hour coaching call to get some solid clarity about what's holding you back and be confident about your next steps forward! Time for a breakthrough! Limited spots available. Book here . THE WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE® ACADEMY: The “Academy” is an exciting, life changing, 12-month, online group coaching program and community for midlife women. You will develop a roadmap to help you go from being unclear about what you want to be crystal clear about how to create a more fun, meaningful, and regret free next chapter! Head over to https://lnkd.in/giiww-Ht and apply and book your free call. I can help you find what’s missing so that you love your life after 50. WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE SHOP: https://lnkd.in/gT66eeAs BUY SUZY’S BOOK: 50 Ways to Celebrate Life After 50: Get Unstuck, Avoid Regrets, and Live Your Best Life:www.50waystocelebrate.com and Amazon and other online booksellers. Email your feedback: [email redacted] Enjoy the Show? Don’t miss an episode, subscribe via iTunes , Spotify, and all the places you listen to your favorite podcasts, including Spotify . Leave us a review on iTunes . Instagram: https://lnkd.in/gwNYPwPN Facebook: https://lnkd.in/gx4sVGCV LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gy6u_x-7

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PSSD Case Studies & Patient Stories for NYT Magazine Feature

November 2025 Update Hello everyone, I've got yet another amazing month of progress to share with you. We’ve now got a New York Times Magazine piece on PSSD, official recognition of PSSD from Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, and several patient opportunities where a journalist, researcher, and a top podcaster are actively inviting stories on PSSD and topic suggestions. You’ll find all of this and plenty more awesome developments collected below! Patient Opportunities Huberman Lab is regarded as one of the top health/wellness/science podcasts globally. He very recently said he will be covering PFS- Suggest he covers PSSD! Fill out the suggestion form (takes less than a minute)! https://www.hubermanlab.com/faq/can-i-suggest-topics-for-future-podcast-episodes Cait Kelley, journalist with APM Reports and MPR News is seeking stories about antidepressant withdrawal/PSSD. https://www.reddit.com/r/PSSD/comments/1ovc6fq/journalist\_seeking\_stories\_about\_antidepressant/ A PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services would like to hear about UK patients experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) https://qualtricsxm4fhk9fwwp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV\_24dCgoNxLhpUqx0 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Policy & Progress The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia now recognizes PSSD, following in the footsteps of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration. https://www.npra.gov.my/index.php/my/component/content/article/465-english/safety-alerts-main/safety-alerts-2025/1527794-selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors-ssris-and-serotonin-norepinephrine-reuptake-inhibitors-snris-risk-of-persistent-sexual-dysfunction.html?Itemid=1392 We have now raised over $300,000 since the charity began in early 2023. We hit $200,000 in only March of this year. A major thanks to all our supporters! We couldn't do it and wouldn't be where we are without you. Donate now! https://www.pssdnetwork.org/donate Read the latest research update from Melcangi! https://www.reddit.com/r/PSSD/comments/1nqjy9q/pssd\_network\_update\_from\_melcangi/ Update on total Adverse Reaction Reports for PSSD in the MHRA yellow card reporting scheme- last year there were just 38, now we’re at 105! Raise this number with us to draw more attention to PSSD if you haven’t already in 2025! https://www.reddit.com/r/PSSD/comments/1p5pzr0/these\_are\_rookie\_numbers/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// PSSD In The Media NYT Magazine Article: More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years. (Over 500M visitors last month) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/magazine/antidepressants-ssris-teen-sexual-side-effects.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.0k8.G9x-.o1CVgaI0eirV&smid=url-share Joseph Witt-Doerring speaks about PSSD on the conservative political commentator Michael Knowles’ Podcast (2.56M Youtube Subscribers, 1.3M X Followers) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msNQWs5LbKM Joseph Witt-Doerring speaks about PSSD on the In Vivo Podcast, (19k Youtube Subscribers) hosted by Dr. Tim Gabor, a Biotechnology Professor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBQUE4SWCBg&t=1s Jan Jekielek, senior editor at Epoch Times (200K X Followers) makes post on X about PSSD https://x.com/JanJekielek/status/1984656421644906713 Portuguese Article from SicMulher on PSSD https://sic.pt/sic-mulher/saude-e-bem-estar/2025-11-13-o-impacto-secreto-dos-antidepressivos-no-desejo-sexual-dos-adolescentes-a684893b An independent news provider in the UK was looking for PSSD patients earlier this month for an article https://www.reddit.com/r/PSSD/comments/1ozf7xc/media\_request\_pssd/ Dr. David Cartland interviews PSSD patients Daryl and Roy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll\_QnLvpiJI //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// PSSD In Social Media Allen Frances, a major figure in psychiatry who was the chairman of the DSM-IV task force tweets about the recent NYT article in support of the idea of PSSD https://x.com/AllenFrancesMD/status/1988640036016054764 Instagram account your\_daily\_dose\_of\_newss (268K Followers) made a post about PSSD after a community member here on X user numbnotdumb99 reached out to them https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ31Xy9gjB6/?igsh=ZjJmbHM1cno4Mm4y&img\_index=1 Following this, NHS GP in London Dr. Gareth Patterson(15K Followers on Tiktok) made this video about PSSD after the same X user here, numbnotdumb99, reached out to them https://x.com/PSSDNetwork/status/1988336801061482812 Thanks for reading! next up- the End of Year update.

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