A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
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Work From Your Happy Place is the podcast that equips you with the tools, know-how, and motivation to live your dreams and find your happy place. Entrepreneur, Best Selling Author, Speaker, Trainer, Consultant and Podcaster, Belinda Ellsworth brings you conversations with others who have found their happy place in work and in life.
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The Ultimate Guide to Mentorship with Scott Jeffrey Miller
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In this episode of 'Work From Your Happy Place,' host Belinda Ellsworth interviews Scott Jeffrey Miller, a bestselling author, speaker, and podcast host. Scott shares his extensive experience from his 25-year career at Franklin Covey, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Thought Leadership. He now holds the pos…
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Top 10 Business Mistakes Series - The Fortune Is In The Follow Up
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In this episode of Tuesday Tips, Belinda Ellsworth concludes her series on the top 10 mistakes to avoid in business by emphasizing the critical role of follow-up. She explains that a lack of follow-up with new customers, current customers, and future leads is a major oversight. Ellsworth recommends having a specific system in place to manage follow…
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In this episode of Work From Your Happy Place, host Belinda Ellsworth introduces Andrea Nerep, co-founder of Petzbe, a unique social media app where pet owners share content from their pets' perspectives. Andrea discusses her journey from adopting her dog Angus in Sweden to creating the Petzbe app, successfully obtaining investors, and the importan…
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Taking Action and Continuous Improvement: Keys to Thriving as an Artist with Josh Pele
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Today’s episode features an interview with award-winning magician and mentalist Josh Pele, who shares his origin story and journey in the industry. He emphasizes the significance of saying yes to opportunities and networking to secure more gigs. The importance of finding one's niche and combining talent with business skills is highlighted. Belinda …
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Top 10 Business Mistakes Series - The Importance of Bookkeeping
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In this episode of the podcast Belinda discusses the importance of having a good bookkeeping system in business. She emphasizes that bookkeeping is not only important for tax purposes, but also for understanding the true profit of the business and managing expenses. Belinda shares her personal experiences of hiring a bookkeeper and the consequences…
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Getting Out of Your Head with Brian Sachetta
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Brian Sachetta is the author and owner of Get Out of Your Head®, a brand and book series that seeks to help folks overcome anxiety and depression. By trade, Brian is a software developer. He combines his experiences in the tech world with previous mental health battles to draw parallels between computer systems and the human mind and give readers p…
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Building a Supportive Team and Making a Positive Impact in the Toy Industry
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Risa Schwartzman, president and founder of Gridley Games and Cape Construction, discusses her background and involvement in the toy industry, focusing on educational STEM games. She emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and creating products that appeal to both boys and girls. Risa shares her superpowers of having a positive mindset, p…
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Top 10 Business Mistakes Series - Not Focusing on the Main Thing
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In this episode, Belinda Ellsworth discusses the eighth mistake people make in their work, which is not focusing on the main thing and getting caught up in urgency. She emphasizes the importance of setting goals and prioritizing tasks to ensure progress towards the main goal. Belinda shares her personal experience of sacrificing important tasks for…
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Was Babette's relationship with the Judge and Billie a polyamorous triad? Did Babette commit suicide? Wouldn't Babette's story be better told by someone less cis? Babette's house sounds super creepy, was it haunted? You share a lot of personal bodily details about Babette. Isn't that disrespectful? Was Babette aware the FBI surveilled her? What was…
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Unlocking Your Potential: How to Transform Adversity into Purpose with Kevin Hoover
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Have you ever had an event that upends your life? One of those things that makes you take stock of who you are, what you’re doing, and what’s most important? Today, Belinda talks with Kevin Hoover, who transitioned from corporate management to executive coach. Kevin's journey was spurred by personal circumstances, notably his son's cancer diagnosis…
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This final chapter includes details from Babette's FBI files and other supporting documentation that completes some gaps in her story. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 45 - Alaska / A strange reunion
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Near the end of silver trolling season, a chance dive bar encounter in Sitka loops back an unexpected figure from Babette's obsessions. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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At long last I read Babette's favorite book during a longlining season in the Gulf of Alaska. I become struck with its appropriateness while writing about our times together. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 43 - Late night croquet / The second kidnapping
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A poorly planned memorial to Babette is disrupted by emergency croquet with gutterpunks. Following an auto theft, another kidnapping unfolds. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 42 - Exodus III / Leaving the Tolman Street house
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After concluding final affairs, I make a final tour of Babette's house before ending my residence and moving on. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 41 - Duty and deceptions / The ashes return
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Babette's lawyers encounter difficulties and Bonnie Church brings me a surprising gift. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 40 - Instructions fulfilled / The house exploration
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Following Babette's wishes, Zoya and I scour the house and eliminate Canadian material yet many other items come to light only deepening the mysteries. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 39 - The second death / Babette's family
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Following Babette's sensational demise, Roselyn reveals her true identity. I also meet Babette's third wife and the Ellsworth family becomes inadvertently involved in the complex situation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Babette invites several favorite students over for a dinner party and afterward viewing one of her favorite films, Babette's Feast. She reveals her final scheme for tricking a church into honoring Hitler. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 37 - A lost sister - The game is afoot
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Babette discovers a long lost relative and begins strategizing their reunion. She also receives an alarming email from Canada as the game with Mother Superior ignites. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 36 - Babette returns - Christmas in Seattle
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After 9/11 delays Babette's return from France, she spends the holidays with my family in Seattle while suppressing her usual urges toward shocking people. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 35 - The house to ourselves / A sudden engagement
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While Babette summers in France, Zoya and I play house and she poses a question that allow one final moment of bliss before the world changes forever. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 34 - Bonnie Church / Canadian mysteries examined
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Babette's friend Bonnie from Canada visits and we exchange information. I learn even more about the mysterious Benedictine convent. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 33 - Adventures with Zoya and Annakiya
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I spend a night out with Annakiya introducing Zoya to the local stripping scene, yet things take an unexpected turn. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 32 - At the matinee / A colleague explains Professor Ellsworth
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Babette invites an old colleague out to view the film Chocolat, as her church harshly criticized it. I learn more about her life pre-transition and receive another warning. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 31 - Household turmoil / Babette's wrath unleashed
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A visit from my friend James leads to Babette turning her anger against me for the first time. We negotiate a new understanding, yet our relationship feels newly tenuous. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 30 - Entertaining Buenaventura
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Babette invites my friend and choreographer Buenaventura over for dinner. We entertain her with incidents from past performances and afterward I explain to him some of the cognitive dissonance necessary in my living situation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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My friend Annakiya invites me out for an evening of cruelty voyeurism which leads to some tense moments during a sex scam operation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 28 - The southbound train / Mother Superior
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On a luxury train trip together, Babette finally reveals more information about her Canadian convent. She admits to a secret scheme involving Mother Superior. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 27 - Visiting Yakima / Awadagin Pratt
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We visit Yakima again to see Babette's favorite pianist, but before the performance, her hospital injury returns, causing the lease relaxing Jacuzzi episode in my life. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 26 - Hospital break out / A late night visitor
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Babette awakens me under alarming circumstances and a bloody adventure ensues. We traumatize a Wong's Garden waitress after I break her out of the hospital. The following night another nocturnal adventure ruins my sleep. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Chapter 25 - Rehersal / Marching on Portland State
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I begin dance rehearsals as the Dance SS and lead an impromptu teenage mob against a Democrat Party fundraising event featuring the band Everclear and an anarchist drum line. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Annakiya invites me out for an evening and lets me observe her operate. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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While out dancing, I'm invited to take part in a Nazi themed gay dance performance. I find out more details on a late night political postering mission funded by the Reform Party who seeks to solve global crisis using transcendental meditation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Chapter 22 - The goddess of destruction
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A strange encounter in my creative writing class leads to another bizarre friendship. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 21 - History III / New lives in America
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Babette buys a hot tub and details life after her forced emigration from France. She describes falling in love with Billie Shoemaker, the wife of a prominent local judge. Judge Raymond Shoemaker came from the early 20th century freethinker movement and was best known as a fierce proponent of police accountability during his many years on the bench.…
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Chapter 20 - Salazar Manilla / A good night out
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I go out dancing solo at the Tonic Lounge and encounter a nocturnal jazzpunk from LA named Salazar Manilla. With his roommate Zoya, we dumpster dive on the way to the Civic, a notorious tenement building downtown. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Chapter 19 - A mystery unveiled / My heart breaks
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Bebette's friend Naomi spells out some obvious realities I'd missed regarding Babette's identity and my doomed relationship implodes. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 18 - The moon in my teeth / A new houseguest
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My failings as a romantic partner are on full display and Babette dismays at my clueless efforts. A friend of hers moves into our house over Thanksgiving. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 17 - A dinner party deception / I am in love
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Babette and I host our first dinner party together and she describes her favorite escargot recipe before pulling a wine switch on our guests. Afterward I invite a classmate out dancing to my favorite gothic club and we spend an unforgettable evening together. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Babette's enthusiasm for cinema leads to a late night dessert mission and political discussion. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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A weekend visit to hear the Seattle symphony in Yakima exposes more of Babette's eccentricities. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 14 - History II / The war years
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I hear more sensational stories about Babette's childhood in Europe during WWII from the Indian-Axis volunteers under Subhas Chandra Bose, her cousin little Foulques enlisting in the Waffen SS, Vichy collaboration amongst de Lareinty-Tholozon family members and how she survived the end of the war. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-…
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Chapter 13 - Visiting Shaniko and Wild Horse Canyon
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Babette takes me on a trip to the old Rajneesh compound, now under Young Life management, and begins stirring up trouble. We spend time exploring the high desert and my professor sustains a strange injury. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 12 - The Reichnicht / Religious studies
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Babette tells me about her relationship with the old Rajneesh Puram commune in Oregon. Our religious conversations lead to her favorite biblical historian S.G.F. Brandon and his excellent research on the subject. She presses me to read Jesus and the Zealots as an introduction. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: ag…
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My professor discovers DVD technology and we embark on a trip to Music Millennium in search of some operas. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Chapter 10 - History I / Babette's origins
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Babette reveals the curious circumstances involving her teenage birth mother Mildred Sweet-Holm in Yakima, plus the involvement of Germaine Bonnefont and Robert Brown Sr. The saga leads from upper class French society to revolutionary Ireland in 1919 and winds through the rural Northwest. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 o…
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I create a detailed list of overstocked pantry items and confront Babette with her hoarding. She reluctantly acknowledges food storage has become a problem and we arrive at a creative solution. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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My professor expands on her love for Marcus Aurelius. While dining at the golf course nearby, a dark view into my professor's childhood is exposed. Content warning: child abuse If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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Babette 7 - Religious mistresses / The convent
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I discover Babette maintains her relationships between multiple churches the way some lovers conceal affairs. If that isn't enough, she also announces her intention of joining a convent in Canada. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comAv Ross Eliot
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