Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Destin Direct and Gary Redden

January 20, 2018 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Destin Direct and Gary Redden

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Gary Redden
DestinDirect.com,
CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH DESTIN & 30A BUSINESSES

WHAT WE DO: We help businesses of all sizes & types increase their sales & profits by attracting more new customers at less cost. Take a tour, www.DestinDirect.com.

HOW WE DO IT: We reach a large & diverse audience that includes tourists, local residents, vacation home owners, convention attendees, businesses & people relocating. We do this through search engine optimization, community involvement, publicity, social media and advertising.

IT’S NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS: The site is widely used by local residents & vacation home owners looking for businesses that can provide the products and services they need for themselves, their home, investment property, car, boat, travel and other things.

HOW WELL DOES IT WORK? Our average advertiser has been on the site about 8 years, some for 15. A good way to judge advertising effectiveness is how long it runs.

WHO WE WORK WITH: Just about every type of local business regardless of size or the type of products or services they offer.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE OR LEARN MORE. Contact us: info@DestinDirect.com or 850 217 3880.

WHAT’S NEXT. We’re developing a national network of standardized community directories similar to DestinDirect.com that will operate under the brand name WhatsWhere.com. They’ll be interconnected through a central hub and will include both resort destinations and metro areas.

MY BACKGROUND: Co-founder and managing director of Redden Communications, Inc. which develops and operates online community directories including DestinDirect.com. Over 20 years experience in investment banking & investment management.

Former test pilot on military and corporate jet aircraft, offshore helicopter pilot & corporate chief pilot.

Former military pilot experienced with multi-engine fixed wing aircraft & helicopters. Graduate of 3 military pilot training programs.

Destin Direct is a certified travel site for vacation planning information in Destin, Sandestin, Seaside and Santa Rosa Beach.
We hope you enjoy the local beaches, boating, fishing, shopping and seafood restaurants.

DestinDirect.com, 6 Okeechobee Court, Destin, FL 32541
E-mail: info@destindirect.com Phone: 850 217 3880 Fax: 850 837 3491
Member of the Destin Chamber of Commerce and Walton County Chamber of Commerce.

Pensacola Business Radio: Gallery Night Episode with Guests Fish.In.The.South.- Swag, Bagged and Tagged!

November 17, 2017 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Gallery Night Episode with Guests Fish.In.The.South.- Swag, Bagged and Tagged!

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The word South is not a bad word. I was raised here my entire life, starting in Tallahassee and now residing in Panama City. The word South is a culture, not one of a negative nature but one of the exact opposite. I was taught respect, to say yes sir and no mam. To help an elderly person take their groceries to their car. To hold open that door, to always have ladies go first. To show a woman respect. I was taught to turn the other cheek. To have family dinners every night and talk about our day. To support one another and one’s community. To be a better man. This mentality is not just in the South. It is a mentality that is world wide, but I learned it here in the South. The man above in the picture is a close family friend. A man we call uncle in my family. He is a retired fire captain from Detroit. There is rarely a man as good as him. Here is a man who served his community for many years, never asked for anything, and only looked for a way to make it better one day at a time. His wife was telling me a story one day, a story that truly speaks to the Southern way of life. She couldn’t find him one day, had been calling him and wondering where he was. He was bagging groceries and helping the elderly take them to their car. He didn’t work at the grocery store, he didn’t do it for money. He did it because it was the act of a good man. Because he is a good man. Something you don’t see anymore. Something that we have long forgotten. Something that we need to bring back. The word South is not a negative word. We just have to show the world what it really means. Fishing has brought me back to that mentality. To the right mentality. Help someone, do something right, do something to make someone understand that good people do exist. When you buy a shirt, or a hat, or anything else, wear it with pride. Wear it with respect and be that better person. Show the world that the word South, is something to be proud of. Something everyone should have a little bit of in them.

KP Reddy with The Combine, Adam Jones-Kelly with Conway, Todd Stanton and Manori De Silva with Stanton Law LLC

August 1, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

KP Reddy with The Combine, Adam Jones-Kelly with Conway, Todd Stanton and Manori De Silva with Stanton Law LLC

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KP Reddy / The Combine

Co Founder

K.P. Reddy is a venture capitalist, angel investor, and AEC space expert with over 20 years of experience in disruptive innovation. He is a globally-recognized expert on advanced technologies including Building Information Modeling (BIM), Collaborative Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Applications and Cloud computing. Currently K.P. is the CEO of SoftWear Automation Inc, a leading developer of robotic sewing automation that promises drive down the cost of apparel and textile manufacturing while increasing quality and speed to market for retailers. He also serves as Partner at The Combine. The Combine partners with enterprise organizations and technical founders to convert their promising intellectual property into viable, scalable businesses with a strict focus on achieving aggressive IRR and multiple targets.

K.P. is a respected expert in helping organizations accelerate change and growth through his highly sought after coaching and startup catalyst programs. IBM, Coca-Cola, UPS, and Cox Communications have all enlisted his services. He served as the Interim General Manager for one of the country’s top startup accelerators, Atlanta’s Advanced Technology Department Center at Georgia Tech.

In 2012, K.P. published BIM for Building Owners and Developers, a book on the adoption of advanced technology in the infrastructure space employed by leading companies and universities.

K.P. is also a prolific public speaker delivering addresses to audiences at universities across the U.S., various tech and startup events in the Southeast, and SXSW.

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Adam Jones-Kelly / Conway

President

Adam Jones-Kelley is a leading expert in cross-border investment and corporate expansion strategy. He has worked with Conway, Inc., for 17 years and served as President for four. Prior to becoming President of Conway Adam managed the award-winning international magazine Site Selection.

He has broad experience in economic development publishing and marketing, has been a featured speaker at events around the world and has been interviewed for various news media in the US and Europe. Adam has consulted for dozens of government economic development agencies on six continents, helping them position themselves to attract domestic and foreign corporate investment and create jobs.

Adam is also an accomplished writer, having produced original content for Site Selection magazine, OnSite Travel and The FDI Report.

Over the last four decades Adam has visited 80 countries, 78 of which he’s really enjoyed. A deadly parasite in Ghana nearly killed him, as did stepping in front of a tram in Prague, adventures which he dutifully chronicled for the aforementioned OnSite Travel.

Adam grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and Auckland, New Zealand. He and his wife, renowned photographer Soo Jones-Kelley, reside in Peachtree Corners, a suburb of Atlanta where they’re raising a pair of rambunctious kittens.

This idyllic life leaves Adam a little restless. He’s an avid adventure-sport enthusiast who enjoys activities such as bungee jumping and diving with sharks, and does philanthropic work for endangered and abused animals.

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Todd Stanton/ Stanton Law LLC

Founder

Building upon his decade of big law experience with the reputable firms of Fisher & Phillips and Bryan Cave (formerly Powell Goldstein), and demonstrating the same entrepreneurial drive he admires in his clients, Todd founded Stanton Law LLC in Atlanta, Georgia. Seeking to combine the quality of large firm representation with the flexibility, responsiveness, and cost-effectiveness of a nimbler shop, Todds practice remains dedicated to the employer side of the employer-employee relationship. From on-boarding new talent and assisting with the development of workable job descriptions, personnel policies, and compensation plans, to guiding clients through sticky disciplinary, performance, and leave issues, to executing respectful and amicable separations, Todd provides practical bottom line-oriented legal advice to small and medium-sized employers.

As legal counsel, Todd is focused on helping companies avert employment-related issues without sacrificing managerial efficiency. In most instances, a proactive approach to employment issues can prevent months of disruptive headaches down the road. When the inevitable disputes do arise, however, his litigation experience allows his clients to consider all available options to efficiently resolve the problem. He regularly represents employers in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies such as labor departments, equal opportunity and human rights commissions, and employee safety administrations.

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Manori de Silva / Stanton Law LLC

Attorney

Manori de Silva is qualified as an attorney in England (solicitor) and the United States. She has spent the last decade assisting businesses and executives with a variety of employment and commercial matters. Manori uses her understanding of cultural differences to help European companies to do business in the United States and American companies navigate the complex web of worker protections in Europe. She also represents clients in actions to have foreign country monetary judgments recognized in the United States. Following her studies at the Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands, Manori worked as a recording engineer as well as writing music and editing radio and television commercials for large businesses in the Netherlands. She then attended law school in the U.K. and subsequently joined the London office of an international law firm, where she advised global brands and senior executives on hiring, termination, discrimination, redundancy, and dispute resolution issues. After moving to the U.S., Manori passed the Georgia Bar and worked for a boutique firm in Atlanta, providing counsel for the U.S. subsidiaries of European businesses on a variety of commonly encountered legal areas; these included hiring, termination, non-disclosure agreements, restrictive covenants, company policies, and discrimination. Manori is fluent in Dutch and proficient in French.

Renee Walsh with Wiithyu and Thomas Harpointner with AIS Media

July 25, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Renee Walsh with Wiithyu and Thomas Harpointner with AIS Media

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Renee Walsh / Wiithyu

Founder and CEO

Renee is a native of Washington, DC, and earned her degree in Public Communications and Marketing at American University. In the past 10 years since college, Reene has held several management and lead positions in marketing for companies such as AirWatch where she was responsible for both digital and traditional marketing, branding, and revenue management initiatives.

With an idea in hand for an online service, Renee made the leap from the corporate world to full-time entrepreneur.

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Thomas Harpointner / AIS Media

CEO

Thomas Harpointner is founder & CEO of AIS Media, Inc., an Atlanta-based, award-winning digital marketing firm. Thomas is a recognized subject matter expert on digital marketing strategy development and execution.

Thomas has served as a keynote speaker at trade organizations, conferences, and corporate events. He has appeared on Fox Business, Bloomberg Television, CNN Radio, CNBC, The Advertising Show, The Today Show and many other TV and radio programs. He’s been featured in publications such as Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, CFO, AJC, Fortune, and Wired.

At AIS Media, Thomas consults executives at leading companies on digital strategy. He’s led hundreds of digital marketing initiatives for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations such as AT&T, Synovus Financial, Emory Healthcare, Wake Forest Innovations, Pfizer, and Maui Jim Sunglasses. Under his leadership, AIS Media has been recognized with dozens of prestigious industry awards.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors Features Colin E. Blalock

July 21, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors Features Colin E. Blalock

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

Colin E. Blalock / JONES AND KOLB, CPA

Shareholder

A shareholder with Jones and Kolb since 1986, Colin's practice concentration is in tax controversy, nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial businesses and individuals. His prior experience includes working with the Examination Division of the IRS in Atlanta. Colin is a member of the AICPA, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Georgia Society of Association Executives, the Financial Planning Association and the

Atlanta Alumni of Revenue Agents. Colin is a Past President of the Georgia Society of CPAs and the Past Chair of the Gulf Coast Tax Exempt/Governmental Entities IRS Advisory Council. He currently serves as a Trustee (Past President) of the Georgia Federal Tax Conference. Colin is a prolific speaker on tax topics and facilitates several roundtable discussion groups. He is very active in his community serving on the Board of Directors of the Fowler YMCA and Chair of the Finance Committee at his church.

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Co-Host)/ bbr Marketing

President

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

Chris and Jessica Simms with High Five Filter Company

July 18, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Chris and Jessica Simms with High Five Filter Company

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Jessica Simms / High Five Filter Company

Founder

1998 DePaul University Grad- Journalism degree

Background in pharma/medical device sales as well as sales training for managed care health plan (BCBS of AL) started High Five Filter Co with Chris Jan 1. We sell air filters to commercial business (HVAC companies, property managers, Paint Booth operations). 5% of our profits go towards veteran out reach programs.

Chris Simms / High Five Filter Company

Founder

US Army Green Beret and Ranger that is a combat tested and proven leader. Experienced in multicultural and high-risk environments, risk mitigation, IED/C-IED operations and forensic exploitation, crisis management and training/business development. Strong acumen track in logistics and operations. A trainer of trainers, a builder of networks, focused on the art of managing people and processes. Entrepreneur and Philanthropist.

MILITARY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

US Army Sergeant First Class/E-7

Acitve Duty 1999-2002

National Guard 2002-Present

Iraq Jan 2015 – August 2015:

•Senior Engineer on Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 2124. Advised Coalition and Peshmerga leadership up to the General office level on best practices to mitigate ISIS/ISIL tactics, techniques and procedures.

•Conducted over 30 named, combat operations.

•Provided strategic planning and execution for all sensitive site and forensic exploitation to US and Peshmerga senior leadership.

•Joint Training Support for 100+ Peshmerga Officers in IED/C-IED operations.

•Implemented successful policies and procedures to improve logistical operations, safety and consistency on the battlefield.

Afghanistan October 2012 – March 2013:

•Advised the ANASFQC Commander on how to develop and deploy training tactics for Afghan Special Operation Soldiers.

•Conducted combat operations against Taliban and Al-Quada forces.

•Planned, organized, and executed security details for US and Afghan military leaders.

•Led a cross-functional team of US and Afghan Personnel that used the SEEK II and other exploitation avenues to maintain camp security and validate future Afghan Special Forces and Commando candidates.

Colombia, South America May 2007 – September 2008:

•Team member of Operation Willing Spirit/Jaque to free American hostages from FARC control.

•Provided personal security for Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón and his family.

•Worked at the US Embassy for 2 months as a liaison between military, government and civilian officials.

•Worked with and Trained Colombian National Police and Lancero (Colombian Rangers) soldiers in security, mobility, Counter mobility and demolition operations.

Iraq Invasion March – June 2003:

•Southwest Asia Operation Iraqi Freedom.

•Personal security detail to Defense Intelligence Agency officials.

•Conducted sensitive site exploitation (SSE) in search of chemical munitions and weapons of mass destruction.

Other Military Schools and Awards:

•Exploitation Analysis Organic managers course

•Combat Infantry Badge (CIB)

•Special Forces Qualification Course (18C)

•Ranger

•Jumpmaster

•Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Instructor

•Survival Escape Resistance Evade (S.E.R.E. ) Level C Instructor

•Gryphon Group Mobile Force Protection

•Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)

CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Co-Owner/Operator CrossFit East Cobb, LLC May 2009-Present:

Affiliate opportunity to support personal beliefs in physical fitness and take advantage of a niche market trend early in its lifecycle.

•Standardized and managed staff, program, and membership development.

•Coach members, troubleshoot and put a plan together to motivate member success.

•Build local network of supporting businesses, including Reebok.

•Financials, marketing, and construction.

•Consistent 25% annual business growth.

United States Training Center, (Formally Blackwater Worldwide June 2009-March 2010):

Responsible for selection, assessment, integration and training of Afghanistan National Policeman (ANP).

•Leadership development and advanced field training with Small Units. Training focused on Small Unit Tactics, Marksmanship, Medical, Search and Seizure, and Vehicle Check Points.

•Advised and assisted the Afghanistan Border Police Commanders on mission essential tasks including operational tactics, techniques, and procedures regarding the safest and most efficient way to successfully employ men in the battlefield.

•Conducted site surveys of, and personal security to proposed sights in order to expand the operational capability of the Afghan National Police in depth.

Lead Instructor, Tate Incorporated December 2006-September 2008:

•Worked in a blended team of both military and civilian team members teaching, implementing and instructing survival and evasion tactics.

•Designed and implemented the Survival Escape Resistance and Evasion (S.E.R.E.) level C course at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

•Taught Evasion tactics, firearms marksmanship, crisis action planning and basic/advanced survival skills to US Army Green Berets, Rangers and Aviators.

NON PROFIT EXPERIENCE:

Founder/Director, Fitness Fueling Awareness (FFA) June 2013 – Present

•FFA is a fundraising organization to encourage athlete participation in local community causes.

•To date FFA has donated more than $50,000 to Cystic Fibrosis (Emory Research Center), Lift Up for Autism, and the Special.

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WIT Atlanta Features David Bingenheimer with Mohawk Industries

July 14, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

WIT Atlanta Features David Bingenheimer with Mohawk Industries

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David Bingenheimer / Mohawk Industries

CIO

Highly motivated self-directed leader , results driven in business operations and information technology, with extensive industry background spanning operations, manufacturing, sales, field service, and financial services. Enterprise system (SAP, Oracle, Siebel, Hybris, SiteCore, Sterling WMS, SAP CEC, SAP Cloud 4 Sales, SAP Cloud for Service) implementation and support experience in a global environment, hands on experience with application development, application support, enterprise application integration, and infrastructure analysis on multiple software platforms and technologies. Focused on delivering business value, developing high performing teams, and continuous improvement.

Extensive experience in aligning strategic business objectives with technology enablement and transformational change. Ability to create strategic plans and execute at all levels. In depth understanding of Six Sigma, CMMi, and various business operating systems to deliver customer quality and operational initiatives. Can successfully work within a global matrix organizational structure.

Sandy Welfare / WIT

Sandy Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).

Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the Controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including serving as Accounting and Treasury Manager in Singapore (1999-2000) and then as Senior Manager in Australia and New Zealand (2000-2002). Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as Senior Manager of Global Financial Services.

In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as Director of Operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as Managing Director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail.

Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She serves on the board of several non-profits, including Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Cliff and son, Soloman.

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Dr. Andrea Bowens-Jones with IDG Vision Consulting and Training and Maria Resuta and Jackie Waice with Urban Tree Cider

July 13, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dr. Andrea Bowens-Jones with IDG Vision Consulting and Training and Maria Resuta and Jackie Waice with Urban Tree Cider

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Your Most Trusted and Respected Source For #ProBusiness Talk in Atlanta. With Hosts Stone Payton and Lee Kantor

Tune in LIVE Monday and Wednesday 10am and always on at AtlantaBusinessRadio.com

Dr. Andrea Bowens-Jones / IDG Vision Consulting & Training

President/CEO

Dr. Bowens-Jones is a high-performance leader and skilled developer of top talent. She spent over 15 years at Procter & Gamble in R&D leadership roles and has held various leadership positions in volunteer organizations. She has served on national and local boards, including the Polymer Division of the American Chemical Society as a Graduate Student Liaison.

Dr. Bowens-Jones has her PhD in Polymer Chemistry and cares deeply about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education and inspiring the next generation of technical leaders. In 2004 she developed the Resident Scholar Program (RSP) while at Procter & Gamble Company. RSP is a unique job-shadowing program for minority youth interested in careers in STEM. It is now a premier program for talent pipeline development at Procter & Gamble for which she received a number of awards. The program expanded to Duracell Company in 2012. She continues to expand the effort through the RSP Corporate Affiliate Program.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of IDG Vision, LLC and Certified John Maxwell Coach, Speaker, and Trainer, Dr. Bowens-Jones passionately uses her gifts, talents, and experiences together with John’s proven leadership methods to inspire, develop, and grow people to become the highest expression of themselves. You can follow Dr. Bowens-Jones’ teachings on her video blog, “Coffee Break w/ Dr. Andrea” or the local newspaper, eMetroTimes, servicing East Metro Atlanta.

Dr. Bowens-Jones and her husband, Chester, have 3 daughters. They reside in Conyers, GA.

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Maria Resuta and Jackie Waice / Urban Tree Cider

Owner and Manager

Urban Tree Cidery is a true labor of love crafted by the Resuta Family. Tim and Maria were both certified as Master Cider Makers at the Cider and Perry Academy in Gloucestershire, England before founding Urban Tree out of Tim’s spirited passion for all things cider.

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center Presents The Shrimp Tank

July 12, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

KSU Entrepreneurship Center Presents The Shrimp Tank

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Where can a young entrepreneur figure out how to turn their dreams into reality? Just take a step into the Shrimp Tank. The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

Shaquille Wiggins

Shaquille is a network marketing professional and pioneer of movements that set thousands of people all over the nation on a path of financial freedom. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Shaquille is the fifth of seven children. The benefit of having older siblings was the ability to watch them make mistakes and learn from them. Knowing that going to school and working a job didn’t necessary equal success through observation Shaquille knew something more was needed. Still considering Shaquille got a job at Chipotle and was attending Georgia Gwinnett College full time. Looking for opportunity Shaquille found network marketing. The idea of being a business owner and not working for money excited him until the focus switched from personal financial freedom to the task of liberating those around him.

#2 distributor in the south east region for Wake Up Now, Inc

Founding member and owner of Novae

Executive producer of movies (Couples Therapy, TBA)