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Fishing Without Bait 252: The Mindset of Quarantine Culture

July 21st, 2020  |  17 mins 19 secs

coronavirus, covid-19, fake news, fear, mindfulness, quarantine

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are taking a look at this time of the Coronavirus from a mindset 30 years from now, the lack of information leading to minds of uncertainty leading to minds of anxiety, worry, and fear, finding good sources of information that will help navigate through the developing information and trying to understand other perspectives.

Fishing Without Bait 249: Self Identity with Toria Susan

June 30th, 2020  |  27 mins 53 secs

abracadabra, confidence, fear, insecurities, pittsburgh, singer, songwriter, thank you, toria susan, validate emotions, victoria colonello

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with singer/songwriter Toria Susan about a positive outlook, recognizing feelings, romanticizing the past, signing with Digisonic Records, and more. You can listen to Toria Susan’s music at https://soundcloud.com/toriasusan. Toria is a newly signed artist with Digisonic Records.

Fishing Without Bait 248: If You Say So with Toria Susan

June 23rd, 2020  |  28 mins 16 secs

abracadabra, confidence, fear, insecurities, pittsburgh, singer, songwriter, thank you, toria susan, victoria colonello

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by singer/songwriter Toria Susan as they discuss how she came to music and growing with entertainment and dancing, finding her voice, being positive, building confidence, pleasing others, and more!

Fishing Without Bait 243: Choosing Happiness with John Cihon

May 19th, 2020  |  27 mins 22 secs

12 step, coronavirus, covid-19, fear, lockdown, mindset, music, stay at home, strength, wise mind choices

Jim Ellerymeyer is joined by singer/songwriter John Cihon as they conclude their conversation this week. We talk about choosing to fixate one parts of the world, focusing on other’s failings against our own, what he chooses to do every day to influence his life, and romanticizing what could have been with things in his life that never came to be, exploring the cause of what brings one to addictive behavior, and talks about bonding with Perry Farrell over shared testicular cancer diagnosis and why he’s playing “Tahitian Moon” by Porno for Pyros. Follow John Cihon at www.facebook.com/johncihon.

Fishing Without Bait 242: What is Happening FOR John Cihon

May 12th, 2020  |  27 mins 49 secs

coronavirus, covid-19, fear, lockdown, music, stay at home, strength, wise mind choices

Jim Ellerymeyer is joined by singer/songwriter John Cihon. We chat about the things in his life that made him angry when younger from testicular cancer, marrying young, substance issues. We talk about deep in this episode about his relationship issues, fears, and how his son is currently dealing with his upset job and internship opportunities very well.

“Instead of happening to me, things are happening for me…we only grow through difficult things”

Fishing Without Bait 175: Making Changes with John Rodin

January 15th, 2019  |  23 mins 2 secs

fear, john rodin, life change, perspective, pro wrestling, serenity prayer

Jim Eellermeyer is joined by professional wrestler John Rodin to talk about turning his experiences into inspiration for others, how he came to the realization to change things, how unrecognizable his former self is, setting goals in professional wrestling becoming a trap, changing your perspective, and one of the biggest leap of faiths in his pro wrestling career.

Fishing Without Bait 166: Discovering Yourself with Joe Marchesani

November 7th, 2018  |  20 mins 29 secs

agoraphobia, fear, individuality, self confidence

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by yoga instructor Joe Marchesani about his relationship with himself, his wanting to be better than other people, learning how to speak to yourself, the feeling of the need to be cared for, and more!

Fishing Without Bait 145: James Buckley Discusses Domestic Violence

June 12th, 2018  |  16 mins

dialectic behavior therapy, domestic violence, fear

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by an old friend in musician James Buckley about his involvement with the Sing To Stop Domestic Violence event. We discuss the what leads to these situations, from the fear to the connections, the power of the offender, how the event reaches out to try to help, justifying abuse, the stories and more. 

Fishing Without Bait 143: 12 Steps Part 1: Admission and the Higher Power

May 29th, 2018  |  19 mins 40 secs

12 step, addiction, atheism, fear, mindfulness

Jim Ellermeyer takes us through the first 3 steps of the 12 Step Program from admitting your powerlessness over your addiction and identifying that with your authentic self, believing in a higher power and converting that into faith, and deciding to turn your life over to this higher power, and paying attention on purpose.

Fishing Without Bait 131: Spreading Writing with Sheena Carroll

March 6th, 2018  |  23 mins 19 secs

fear, girls write pittsburgh, mentoring, mindfulness, sheena carroll, writing

Jim Ellermeyer continues to chat with writer and poet Sheena Carroll as they discuss “buying the ticket” to help herself, her mindful action plan, her influences with witchcraft, it’s closeness to nature and energy, the magic of speaking what we created.  Sheena also discusses working with Girls Write Pittsburgh and showing others how to explore their talents.