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Working With What You Got: Before And After The Holidays With Laurie Smith, LMSW Jan 08, 2024

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Laurie Smith, LMSW to the podcast. Laurie was last on Season3, Episode 170 and Season 4, Episodes 37, 75 and 153. Laurie Smith, LMSW as obtained a BSW (University of Michigan-Flint); MSW (University of Michigan, Specializing in Community and Social Systems); LMSW (State Licensure in MI and AK); Diabetes Prevention Specialist; Healthy Hearts Care Manager (an IHS project); Certified Diabetes Educator, Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Addictions Informed Mental Health Professional; Complex Care Manager; Stanford Chronic Disease Self Management Facilitator; Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention; Integrated Harm Reduction Psychotherapy; SMART Recovery Facilitator; Human Rights Consultant; Little School of Big Change Alumni; Mentorship with National experts such as DeeDee Stout [Harm Reduction Expert | Dee-Dee Stout Consulting | California (deedeestoutconsulting.com)], Andrew Tatarsky [Services — Andrew Tatarsky, PhD] and Dr. Tom Horvath [A. Tom Horvath, PhD, Psychologist – Non 12 Step Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment (practicalrecovery.com)]; Author of LifeHacks: Tips and Tricks for Accessing Your Inner Resilience Life Hacks: Tips and Tricks for Accessing Your Inner Resilience – Kindle edition by Smith, Laurie. Self-Help Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.; Author Navigating the Storm Within: Cultivating Resilience and Growth through Nervous System Regulation; Owner Resilience Coach, LLC (private and group behavioral health practice [Resilience Coach | Counseling, Coaching & Enhancement | Plymouth, MI (resiliencecoachllc.com)]); Owner: Clouded Compass Coaching and Consulting, LLC; Podcast Creator: Clouded Compass Podcast. Neurodiverse, Survivor of multiple Traumas, Activist.
Great discussion regarding feelings and emotions that lead up to the holidays. We get distracted by our own expectations. We can be innocently neglectful towards our own needs. Does Christmas and family have to look a certain way? No. We have intergenerational trauma.
It's time to take your power back because you get to have a say in this story when other things that are uncontrollable are happening in your life. It's okay to check in with yourself to see what YOU need. It's physically exhausting to metabolize stress chronically and that is why we are all in a state of survival mode. Finding distractions for ourselves, go for a walk, listen to certain music; you have that choice. "I will not continue to harm myself further by neglecting my own needs," Laurie explains. This is the act of rebellion.
"Chronic illness does have a say in the level of relationship in the world that day : ability, fatigue but it doesn't have a say in our ability to internally keep and maintain our own wellness," Laurie states.
Laurie talked about her new e-book: "Navigating The Storm Within: Cultivating Resilience and Growth Through Nervous System Regulation.
To Reach Laurie Smith: lsmith@resiliencecoachllc.com https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass

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The Effects Of Girls Maturing Faster Than Boys And The Role Of Patriarchy In The Film, Barbie, With Author, Tim Goldich Jan 06, 2024

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back guest Tim Goldich to the podcast. Tim was last on Season 5, Episode: 24 and Season 4, Episodes: 149, 120, 80, 58 and 32. We last talked about the Comparing and Contrasting Misogyny v. Misandry and The Discussion of Fundamental Dualities.
Today we discussed how girls mature faster than boys and the biological reasoning for that involving the Early Hominin going back to 2 to 4 million years ago. We talked about group survival and females being the limiting factor in reproduction, keeping the species alive. This placed a great deal of power within the innate female. This creates Gynocentrism. We prioritize female health, safety and wellbeing. Tim quoted Elizabeth Hobson, "......where feminism has taken our Gynocentrism and weaponized it."
This led the conversation to discuss feminine power, male power and how the role of empathy evolved. This also showed such examples as scenes in, "A Few Good Men" and the film, "Doubt.
We talked about the film Barbie and how Patriarchy played a role as 'horses are just men extenders,' per Ken. Excellent conversation with Tim Goldich and more to come. Barbie was not in love with Ken and we all felt bad for him even though she was honest about it. Ken was just another accessory to Barbie. Or was he? Barbie explained to Ken. 'that it's Barbie AND it's Ken,' which gave Ken his own identity. The film Barbie opened up a lot of dialogue!
To Reach Tim Goldich: tagoldich99@gmail.com
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Tracy Armes, Stacey Sonnelitter And James Kelly Discuss What Really Happened On 12-12-2023 And The Importance Of Transparency In The Courts Jan 05, 2024

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Tracy Armes (Season 4, Episode 129), Stacey Sonnelitter (Season 5, Episode 2) and James Kelly (Season 4, Episode 55) back to the podcast. We discussed what REALLY happened on December 12th, 2023 and how the use of recordings and transparency is desperately needed in the, "family courts."
We also discussed how there was a change in Tracy Armes case when her Paralegal and ADA Advocate, James Kelly was jailed five minutes into the hearing for wanting to record. The other issue is the Guardian Ad Litem, Karyn Villar, nor Judge Alfred Graf care that Tracy's child has missed 96 days of school AND she has insurmountable EVIDENCE OF SPOUSAL/CHILD ABU$E. THEY JUST DON'T CARE.
Stacey Sonnelitter explains, "How can maintaining a transcript in all fairness to all parties be a crime when it is in all fairness? It is important to know that this is not a misogyny or misandry thing. The court looks at your financial portfolio, your political affiliations and how it benefits the court and is there a way to exploit you for money to maximize the Title IV-D Funding to the state, BECAUSE they WORK FOR THE STATE. That's why transparency is important. There are political ties. This isn't MEN against WOMEN, it is a MONEY issue. If you pit men AGAINST women, you are HELPING the courts. STOP."
Tracy states that, "Any Advocate is part of the problem and not the solution by putting salt to the victim's wound by financially draining them."
James also adds, "The work needs to be done. I am going to get louder and seek more support from legislators to put pressure on this problem. There has to be change: I want the Transcript Integrity Act. The judges are the personification of the state and they cannot give an impartial tribunal because of the federal INCENTIVE grant money for the collection of CHILD SUPPORT. Everybody's DUE PROCESS RIGHTS have been deprived across the board, because the state of NY wants to collect a half - billion dollars a year or more from the federal government. The judges violate the rights of the child to have an equal relationship with both parents to make that happen.
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Marissa Keira Maginnis, Founder Of #MeTooFamilyCourt: Living The Lie Based On Fraud In Family Court Dec 31, 2023

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Marissa Keira Maginnis is Founder of The #MeTooFamilyCourt Movement. Marissa's journey spans the domains of professional speaker, management and clinical research. Venturing into the creative realm, #MeTooFamilyCourt is crafting a narrative around TRAUMA. Marissa is weaving together a compelling book, screenplay, and comedy series to explore HEALING with both depth and humor.
Beyond her creative endeavors, Marissa is passionately engaged in networking and collaboration for the #MeTooFamilyCourt movement. She is spearheading a movement aimed at safeguarding children from abuse and creating a future that’s not just SAFER but also BRIGHTER for the generations to come.
Join in today's podcast as we uncover domestic abuse’s multifaceted endemic and Marissa’s impactful quest for empowerment and change.
To Reach Marissa Maginnis: Twitter: @MaslowMirror
IG: @metoofamilycourt
TikTok: @metoofamilycourtOG
877-7-MASLOW
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DISGUSTING Treatment In Family Court Of A Veteran And His Children, With James Sisco Dec 28, 2023

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back James Sisco to the podcast. He was last on the podcast Season 3, Episode 176 and Season 4, Episode 54. This case is tainted with players who need psychological evaluations, such as the Judges, opposing attorney and ex-wife. James is suffering through three years of egregious treatment at the hands of Judge Thomas P. Mann and Judge Penny S. Azcarate. Azcarate incarcerated James for not paying attorney fees to his ex-wife to the tune of $65,000.00 prior to James having not only back surgery and shoulder surgery, a STROKE as well. The extortion continues as well as the emotional and physical STRESS.
The "Psychologist for the children", Mary Lindahl, extorts $195.00 to "review" each Skype call James has had with his children. The Skype calls were taking a toll on James's health, due to the fact his ex-wife CHOOSES to end them when "she feels like it," as evidenced in Jame's TikToks. Like a demon possessed, she will whip that lap top around and away from the kids as she sits there, staring at him for a second or two and then turns off the laptop. But the court approves of this behavior, alienating a good father from his children and who needs to be there FOR HIS CHILDREN.
Other reporters have covered James Sisco's story besides myself. Julie Haskell and Michael Volpe covered segments of this ongoing legal abuse and false accusations from his ex-wife at TAXPAYER EXPENSE.
When will it end? There is a hearing on January 22, 2024, to decide how long the trial will be. James continues to be an advocate even after having a stroke and to be there for others who can't protect themselves. Because that's what a Veteran does. THE RIGHT THING. More to come in the future.
To Reach James Sisco: TikTok: comment.sense, email: jim@endoglobal.com, FaceBook: James Sisco
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Mr. Posner, Please Pay Up, With Brian Vukadinovich Dec 20, 2023

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Brian Vukadinovich to the podcast. he is the author of Motion for Justice: I Rest My Case and Rogues in Black Robes. Brian was last on the podcast Season 4, Episodes 69, 99 and 119 and Season 5, Episodes 13 and 37.
On our show today and he will discuss his pending federal court lawsuit against a very famous judge, Richard A. Posner, formerly of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago where he was on the bench for almost 36 years before he retired in 2017 over disagreements with the other judges about how PRO SE'S were being TREATED in the Seventh Circuit. He read about how Brian represented himself in a five day federal civil rights jury trial in 2016 and how Brian beat a team of corporation lawyers at the five day jury trial where he was awarded more than $200,000 by the jury for the school corporation's violation of his due process rights. When they terminated his employment as a teacher, and in 2018 Posner asked Brian to come work for him in his newly created company "Posner Center for Pro Se's" to help unrepresented litigants and agreed to pay Brian $120,000 a year to serve as the executive director of the Posner Center and to also provide advisory services to Posner in Posner's personal capacity. But Posner REFUSED TO PAY him for his work and Brian had to take him to court for BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Brian is representing himself and is battling lawyers from 3 DIFFERENT STATES (New York, Chicago and Indiana) in the case. Recently, there was a hearing in the federal court and Brian tried to get the judge to take JUDICIAL NOTICE of a PERJURED AFFIDAVIT that the New York lawyer, Justin M. Ellis, signed under penalty of perjury. When Brian tried to submit into evidence a CRUCIAL DOCUMENT that proved that the lawyer committed perjury on his affidavit, the magistrate judge, Joshua Kolar, initially didn't want to allow the document into evidence and abruptly adjourned the hearing. EVERYONE was almost on their way out of the courthouse and to the door. Out of nowhere, a U.S. MARSHALL approached him and told him that the judge wanted everybody back in the courtroom. The judge, after rethinking things over DECIDED TO ADMIT THE DOCUMENT into the record, and that's when it hit the fan: when the New York Lawyer started to WHINE and BACKPEDAL, trying to cover the perjury.
HOWEVER, magistrate judge, Joshua Kolar, has been NOMINATED to be a federal court of appeals judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago, the SAME COURT that Posner was at. Brian gave us some thoughts about what he thinks about the nomination of Kolar for the U.S. Court of Appeals and gave information about the process involved with federal judge nominations and what takes place before they can be seated on the federal judiciary. What the PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE of when judges are nominated for judicial positions is VERY IMPORTANT at TAXPAYER EXPENSE.
To Reach Brian Vukadinovich: motionforjustice@yahoo.com, www.brianvukadinovich.com and Twitter: @motion4justice
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Why Child Abuse Clearances Should Be Nationwide, With Leon Ives, Author Dec 19, 2023

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Leon Ives to the podcast. Leon is an owner and licensed Private Investigator for GBP Consulting, Investigative and Security Services, Inc. Author of, Vanished! How to Protect Yourself and Your Children - From all disappearances as well as sexual and physical assaults.
Leon is retired from the US Army after 10-years active duty and over 13-years in the Army Reserve. Career fields included Military Police (MP), Counterintelligence Agent (Cl/Agent), and Civil Affairs (CA) with assignments to Major Commands and Special Operations Forces (SOF). Active duty units included the 82nd Airborne Division; 197th Infantry Brigade; NATO Headquarters in The Netherlands; The Pentagon; and Defense Nuclear Agency. Reserve assignments included various Cl, MP, and CA units to include the 505th Military Intelligence Battalion (BN) and the 478th CA BN (Foreign Internal Defense/ Unconventional Warfare (FID/UW).
Systems are in place, criminal background checks for a variety of jobs. But, it's interesting that with all these systems that are in place, not everyone is getting a background check.
Leon wrote to North Carolina State about their Criminal background check trying to get clarification of people that come in contact with children and what clearance they need. They wrote back with a one line response. Leon wrote back for more details and received NO RESPONSE.
We discussed The Innocence Project and how frustrating it is in dealing with the government. Parents don't know who is REALLY coaching their children and parents should be vigilant in doing their own background checks. Leon stated, "I do encourage
parents are to monitor their children, it's not everyone's responsibility to protect your child, it's not the school or the police's responsibility, it's the parent. That parent is the first line of defense. If you have these situations with who is around your child, or a suspicion, you should be there. Don't drop your kids off at community activities and pick them up in an hour. You need to be there and be their watchdog."
To Reach Leon Ives: león.ives2014@yahoo.com
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The Money Court In Yonkers, NY, With Jessica Sarfaty Dec 16, 2023

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Slam the gavel welcomes Jessica Sarfaty to the podcast. Jessica is a Domestic Violence Survivor and Parental Alienation Victim. She too is battling the Yonkers, NY Family Court system. Her judge is Mary Anne Scattaretico-Naber, for Westchester County Family Court in Yonkers in the Ninth Judicial District of New York.
However, Yonkers, New York is known to be called, "City of Hell," for many reasons. As Jessica told her story of perjury and exparte communications with opposing attorneys and AFC (Attorney For Child), David Peck, the whole thing was sketchy from the beginning. The judge disregarded policy and procedure and Jessica asked the judge and the AFC to recuse and they would not. Apparently, David Peck stated her 'son's therapist said her son needed more time away from her.' This was not true as per counselor. That's perjury. When Jessica confronted this bald-face lie, Scattaretico-Naber defended him saying that she has worked with David Peck for over 10-20 years.
There was an order to Show Cause for two months that the judge didn't answer - but she was supposed to answer it in 30 days. What she did do was send it in the evening before trial..... How convenient.
Jessica's son is 18 and alienated from his mother as the father has turned the son against his mother. There was also Custodial Interference involved as well, but everything went unchecked. Yonkers is who can pay the most. It is a MONEY COURT. The verdict goes to the highest bidder.....
To Reach Jessica Sarfaty: jessicasarfaty@gmail.com
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Screw With Family Court And Get Screwed, With Rob Emert Dec 14, 2023

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Rob Emert to the podcast. Rob has gone through divorce and family court. He has a 16 1/2 year old son and a daughter. His son would like to live with him, and had, most of his and his sister's lives, However, things changed when DIVORCE happened. Rob believed, like many others that you will be treated FAIRLY in a court of law and the RIGHT THING will be done. But this hasn't been the case for Rob and his family. It has fallen short of a NIGHTMARE of gargantuan proportions.
Suffering an HEART ATTACK to the LAD with one stent two years into "Family Court," Rob almost died. Rob tried a Peremptory Challenge to Judge Patti Ratekin, and she flatly refused. Rob explains that they are profiting off of families that need the help the most and it is all fueled by money, power and greed.
Eloquently Rob told his story and explained the who knows who and how they are intertwined in collusion and his own arrest with his son watching. Rob was sentenced to jail for 90 days and didn't receive all of his heart medications, which is a HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION. Rob has been truly railroaded, and so have his children. But there is more to this story that will leave anyone dumbfounded by the lack of justice and humanity within the family and criminal court systems.
To Reach Rob Emert: robemert@msn.com
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Judge Incarcerates ADA Advocate: YOU Could Be Next, With Alisha Clark Walker Dec 13, 2023

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Alisha Clark Walker to the podcast. Alisha was last on the podcast Season 4, Episodes 65 and 102. Yesterday in Suffolk County Family Court, NY state, while in a custody hearing our friend, ADA Advocate and Paralegal, James Kelly, was held in Contempt WITHOUT bail by Judge Alfred Graf. Judge Graf then sentenced James Kelly to 30 days in JAIL for recording a case where he was an ADA Advocate for a mother who has suffered Domestic Violence. This happened within the first five minutes into the hearing. He was then arrested, placed in cuffs and taken to JAIL.
This has been the third Contempt without bail INCARCERATION in the last month. Alisha explained that less than 1% of complaints are entertained at the COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT. These COMPLAINTS are SEALED as well, so what is the CJC in NY HIDING? The complaints FALL ON DEAF EARS. They don't like ADA Advocates.
Apparently Judge Alfred Graf has a reputation for Judicial abuse and tyranny. Now, an ADA advocate sits in jail, AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE, for a frivolous reason.
Please show support for James Kelly to be released by calling Judge Graf at 631-740-3623 and write to the Court District Executive Warren G. Clark at adasuffolk@nycourts.gov.
To Reach Alisha Clark Walker: Facebook Alisha Clark
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