Hi friends and welcome to
NEWSTART Now. I'm your host
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Ron Gianonni. In the studio with
today we have a lovely young
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lady by name of Robin Brown all
the way from Idaho. Let's take a
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look at when she first arrived.
I wanted to come to Weimar for a
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time. I've had trouble; I'd lose
weight and then gain it back and
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lose it and gain it back. I have
always want to be a witness to
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honor God. So when I heard that
it was a possibility of coming
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here I was just absolutely
thrilled. The reason I'm coming,
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the list is long, but I need
to reverse a disease which is
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called NASH, which is non
alcoholic steatohepatitis. It's
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just metabolic disease that your
liver is fatty liver and it goes
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into cirrhosis if you're
not careful. So that and I want
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to lose weight. I have 10 grand
children and I want to be vital
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and vibrant with them. I have
other conditions such as rosacea
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and varicose veins. That's
why I'm here and I just want to
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honor God.
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Welcome back
friends. Hi Robin. Hi Ron.
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Thank you for being here. We
appreciate your willingness just
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to open up to the world. Tell
us a little bit about yourself.
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We know what you were looking
for when you arrived because we
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just witnessed that. However,
has the program met up to your
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expectations?
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Well when I came here I had very
high expectations and I realize
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that's part of my personality,
and they were probably too high.
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But everything that needed to
be received I have received here
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and I have enjoyed every moment.
I have loved it. In fact, a hate
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to leave. We had a group meeting
one day and someone called out
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how many of you want to go home?
And no hands went up because
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we've gained so much camaraderie
here and love that it's been
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very special.
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So let me ask you a question now
We know one of the reasons you
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came here was to lose weight.
Sometimes people are discouraged
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because they don't lose enough
weight. But let me tell you what
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happens here when we lose weight
We gain muscle at the same time
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because now we're using our
body in ways that we haven't for
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years. We're walking the
half mile loop. We're walking,
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several people eight, 10 miles
in a day. So you may lose 20
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pounds of excess weight, or fat,
but gain 10 pounds of muscle at
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the same time so do not be
discouraged because maybe you
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didn't lose all the weight you
wanted to. So how much weight
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have you lost?
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Well I lost 10 pounds. I
was kind of aiming toward 20 but
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when the doctor, we talked
about my knees; I have like bone
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on bone in some places on both
of them. He said take it easy.
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don't push too hard. We
don't want any injuries.
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Who's you doctor?
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Dr. Lukens.
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Dr. Lukens, oh good, good.
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I really appreciated his caution
because I tend to push hard. So
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I appreciated that.
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Well you know because this is a
life style, you will eventually
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lose that 20 and 30 and 40 and
whatever number it is that you
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want to get to. Because you've
taught your body a new way of
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life.
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That's right.
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And the rest is...
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I think I've finally come
to a decision that life isn't a
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marathon, it's a walk. And it's
a walk with Jesus beside you.
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Amen. And so I've lost the same
50 pounds a number of times,
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and then gained a little more
each time afterward. So I want
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this to be a lifestyle
this time, you know, and I have
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learned that here.
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Good. Now what about
blood pressure? How's your blood
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pressure?
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Well, I have a stubborn
blood pressure. It's gone down a
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little bit. But I'm not
discouraged. I'm not on any
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medication and it'll
come down as I lose weight.
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Good. Any other things
that you'd like to share?
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Yes I came with neuropathy and
a lot of pins and needles in my
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feet and pain. Walking was
painful and I lost my balance a
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lot. That's, I'd
say, 90 per cent better.
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Wow! That is wonderful.
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And I've regained my
balance and I don't feel so old.
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(Laughs) Yeah I can relate.
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So what did you like the
most about your 17 days here.
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The Christ-like staff. It's just
amazing. I mean every person I
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met here was so loving and so
Christ-like. You just felt like
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family almost immediately. And
with all of us that came here
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all in need, they just
ministered to us beautifully.
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I'm going to
hate to say goodbye.
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Did you have
one-on-one with our chaplain?
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Yes I did, yes I did. What I
appreciated the very most about
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him was that he was so honest,
so very dead honest about the
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struggles he had had and
it helped us all to be able to
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relate to the struggles we
have and that our victory is in
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Christ.
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Amen, amen. He's a wonderful
guy. I have Bible study with him
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on Friday mornings and I can
hardly wait because every week
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I learn so much.
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Yeah, he's very deep.
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Very, very deep. So how did you
relate to the food. Was there a
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big change in food. No there
wasn't a big change for me but
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one thing was more beans than
I've been eating before and I
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I was never hungry. We had two
meals a day here and I was never
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hungry. It was very satisfying.
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Because you were
eating the right foods.
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Yeah, eating the right foods.
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OK. Did you attend
the cooking classes?
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Yes, and I loved them. Yes.
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Isn't Michelle wonderful.
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Oh Michelle is wonderful.
She has so much energy.
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I know. You know she came
through the program. Did she
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show you? Yes. She came through
and she lost a lot of weight.
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Ah, it's wonderful.
Yeah she's beautiful.
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She's a beautiful girl, yes she
definitely is. So we're going to
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miss you here.
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I'm going to miss everyone here
too. I wish I could just package
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everybody up and
take them home with me.
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Lot of people say they want to
take Michelle home, you know, a
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chef, have someone cooking their
meals. But you know we will be
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in touch and you
please keep in touch with us.
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I want to thank you for taking
the time and being with us and
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being willing to share. And God
bless you. We'll be in touch.
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Friends don't go away. But
before we cut I want to thank
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each of you who have sent us e-
mail and letters and donations
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We really appreciate that. That
helps us stay on the air. Don't
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go away because Damon
Snead, Pastor Damon Snead,
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is up next.
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Every year in America there are
over one million deaths because
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of type diabetes and chronic
obesity. This includes heart
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attacks and strokes. That's
six and a half 747s crashing
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every day. What's even more
surprising is that the fix is
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easy. It's your life style.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could
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actually add quality years to
your life rather than dying one
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organ at a time. Obesity and
diabetes are the cause of over
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a million deaths per year. Most
diseases are reversible, because
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most diseases are life-style
diseases, especially type II
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and chronic obesity. Seriously
now, they can be reversed and
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the quality of your life can be
renewed. Call NEWSTART today at
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1-800-525-9192. You will see
dramatic changes in the first
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few days at our program
and you'll be on the road to a
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better, more robust quality of
life. The NEWSTART programs are
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simple and effective.
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Welcome back friends. Pastor
Damon, good to see you brother.
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Thank you friend.
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Now I want to talk about Robin.
Now here's a woman that when she
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first got here, she comes across
to me somewhat humble. I don't
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know how she was with you.
It seems as though she had some
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serious issues that she shared.
How she do on your one-on-one?
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Well she is humble and she
is very, I hate to use the word
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pious, for lack of a better term
She's a very spiritual, loving,
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kind woman. Yeah. That came
across really clear, she's very
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dedicated to serving God, but
as we spent time together, you
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know, I learned some terrible
childhood traumas she's got some
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PTSD, a lot of stress and
anxiety which is typical with
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someone like this. She told
me she said my eating, my health
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and lifestyle is stress related.
It was spiritually related.
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It was not being able to
synthesize those things of
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childhood that had manifested
themselves later in adulthood
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which causes all the terrible
lifestyle choices that brought
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her to this
position that she's in.
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So the eating, is
that like comforting food.
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Yeah, a lot of people do that.
I do that. If I get stressed out
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that is, used to be, anyway one
of my go to's. Stress, anxiety,
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depression, discouragement; food
is a comfort. And if you've got
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things in the past that you
can't get a hold of that can be
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a perpetual thing that you
don't even realize what's behind
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what's driving that issue, is
something that only God can take
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care of. Especially when you
get to that age where she is,
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the people, the situations, are
so far in the past you really
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can't rectify them
anymore but by spiritual means.
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Well as I see her going through
the program, as we've talked in
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last couple of weeks, she seems
to be dealing with whatever
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issues, and I know a lot of them
are private, you don't need to
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reveal. I understand
though that she's doing well.
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Yeah. You know one thing that
she told me in our counseling
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session, there were two things.
She wants to be a servant to God
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and she wants to be a good
grandmother. She wants to be
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there for her family. So
she knows she's making this step
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really not just for herself
but for God and for family. She
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wants to be around to be vibrant
she wants to be relative and
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that is such a great decision
that you can do, a selfless
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decision, because when you check
out of this world early for
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lifestyle issues, your selfish,
because you hurt people all
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around you. So to come here and
go through this program and make
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these changes for people that
you love is just a selfless,
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wonderful thing
that you could do.
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We ought to follow up on her.
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Yeah, yeah.
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and keep after her. I know that
everyone needs encouragement
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and maybe a reconnection with
the NEWSTART program. We to her
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represent NEWSTART although it's
not about you and I but we are
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representatives, so it would
to give her a plug now and then.
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So were you satisfied
with the outcomes with her?
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Yes, because she primarily got
the spiritual side of it. If you
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get that the health will follow.
If you know God can help me if
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I surrender. If I keep getting
back up on my feet when I mess
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up, and turn back to God and say
God forgive me for that but help
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he's not going to fail you. If
you get that combined with some
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good old human effort you're
going to make it and she will,
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she's going to do good.
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Amen, amen. It's good to hear
you say that because I feel that
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You know when I'm down and out,
about an hour ago I was in the
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very same situation. All I
did was pray and immediately I
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started to feel better.
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That's the only way. You can
hang onto it and drag you down
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or you can say God you know I
didn't mean that, let me ask and
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he will help you.
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Yeah, I wanted to buy a
chocolate bar, but there was
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nowhere to find one. One with
peanuts. I love chocolate. Oh
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my goodness. Well Damon, you
know, I know you're a busy guy
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and you take your time to come
over here and visit with us and
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being through these interviews
and I want to thank you. God
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bless you brother. Friends
don't go away. We'll be right
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Welcome back friends. Dr. Lukens
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Glad you are
here. Glad to see you.
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After all these years to see so
many people have miracles done.
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That's why I'm still here.
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How many years has
it been? Twenty-eight?
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Yeah.
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Wow! Congratulations! With
regards to Robin I've got to say
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this. A lot of times people come
here. They don't do as well as
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maybe someone who's here with
them and yet they don't do as
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well as the next guy. So we
have varying degrees of success.
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Would it be fair to say that
if people came here and learned
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what we do, learned the program
and stuck with it, they're going
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get healthier? Is
that a fair statement?
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That's a perfect statement.
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OK, well it doesn't get
any better than perfect.
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You know, the thing is that
people see these interviews,
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New start Now and in their mind
somebody says well I saw one
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where a person lost 30 pounds
in 18 days. I'd like the 20
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pounds that I gained over the
holidays, I'd like those to fade
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away so I'm going to go to
NEWSTART. I have to keep telling
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people because... This was a
four week program just before I
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came and one lady lost four
dress sizes in the 26 days and
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her weight was exactly the same.
I had to talk to her like a
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Dutch uncle because she
said I'm bummed out, you know.
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Well why? And she says because
my friends are going to ask me
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how much weight did you lose
and I'll have to... I would have
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told her just take your dress
and say who do I look. Then
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other people I think most we've
ever seen a cholesterol drop
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was somebody that had severe
high cholesterol like 1250. Wow!
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And his mother sent him here and
he was joking around the whole
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time and not really with the
program. But at the end of the
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program because of the way his
liver was reacting and so forth
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his cholesterol went down
to the high 300s. Wow! And I'm
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thinking why would a person ever
do anything different even if
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they just thought it was crazy.
Now with Robin, she came here
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because they told her that
she had heart disease, she had
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diabetes, but neither one
of those really fit into the
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scenario. She did have the high
cholesterol. We took her off the
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Statin. I wanted her off the
Statin so that she could find
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out what is my cholesterol
really because the Statins were
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lower the cholesterol but
they don't increase your life
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expectancy or you're the way you
get around and so forth. So it's
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all a matter of lifestyle and
I'm so happy that the Bible is
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filled with what we call the
eight natural remedies, one of
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them is supernatural. People
just get that. And then I have
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to tell the women too, I try to
tell them at the beginning and
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middle or something in the
session. Dr. Crane, when he was
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doing research here, four
women out of 10 women, their
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cholesterol will stay the same.
It'll go up while they're here.
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Wow! And if you tell them that
after they see their cholesterol
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has gone up they'll say hey
they're just shining me on, but
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it's true. Actually that's not
a lie but it's very close. It's
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37 percent, but that's
very close to four out of 10, so
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that's easy to do. So the thing
is in journaling to fill out the
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NEWSTART calendar and we see
people one of the first one's
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that I saw when I was here, he
was supposed to be dead in six
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months and he
got another 14 years.
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Fourteen years! Yeah. Well we
see over and over again people
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that are dying and they
wait to the last minute and come
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here. But with Robin, now we
didn't see a lot of evidence of
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much change with her and this
is the kind of individual that
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I'm talking about that sticks to
the program and all of a sudden
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it just starts peeling off.
She starts getting stronger and
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change happens.
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Yeah. In fact, people that are
really overweight, they may be
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totally on the program, and
we've seen this, for six months
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or 12 months and their
cholesterol stays the same
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they're on the strictest,
strictest and then suddenly when
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they've lost the weight
and they're stabilized, their
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cholesterol's down. Some of the
people that have lived here had
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heart disease and they more
recently done angiograms on them
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arteries are completely clear.
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Oh that's wonderful. You know
I don't know where the time goes
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but we're running out of time.
But I did want to take a moment
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and just thank you because I
know you're a busy man. And God
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bless you.
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And I'm glad you're doing well.
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Yes, thank you. Don't go away
friends. We'll be right back.
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Welcome to Weimar College
Update. Many people are not
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aware that Weimar has a full
higher education institution
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that is getting a lot of
recognition around the world.
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Weimar has a premed program
where you have the highest
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chance of getting into a U.S.
medical school and publishing in
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the peer review literature. We
also have a nursing program that
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is a nursing program that's
far beyond the just the regular
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nursing program where you also
have training in the spiritual
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part and how to take people
from health to him as well as
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training in the natural remedies
including nutrition and other
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types of natural remedies.
We also have a theology pastoral
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program where the pastor
comes out as a head of a medical
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missionary program or a
church that's going to emphasize
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medical missionary work. We also
have a business program that
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particularly emphasizes
health care administration and a
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Bachelors of Business that can
also have a leadership track.
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But one of the new things at
Weimar Institute is a program
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that's going to combine several
things. One of our professors
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who has been teaching here this
semester and doing a great job
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particularly in the psychology
side of things is Dr. Melissa
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Dalsich Garcia. Dr. Melissa
we're really glad to have you
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here today.
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Thank you, I'm glad to be here.
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Well tell us first of all what
you're doing at Weimar Institute
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now and where the
plans are going with it.
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Well I teach the psychology
classes, which is my area,
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that's what my PhD is in.
My goal is to prepare these
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students for a career to really
approach mental health with a
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Christian perspective to help
win that battle against the evil
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that is out there in the world.
So we're trying to get some of
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the core psychology classes
in such a very Christian and
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Biblical way that these
professionals, these young
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people go out as professionals
to fight the Lord's battles.
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Mental illness is at an all time
high in our society today and
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one of the reasons is because
spirituality is at an all time
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low. Yes. We're actually finding
out solid Biblical principles
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can actually help mental health
and Dr. Melissa I know you
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incorporate those principles
along with the research behind
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it in your courses, things that
you don't really get very easily
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any other place
besides Weimar Institute.
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So tell us a little bit about
this new developing program.
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Well this new program is liberal
arts emphasis. We're trying to
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create a degree that will give
some flexibility and prepare
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students for graduate programs
so they can go on and be
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successful, again, from a very
Biblical perspective. So it is
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an emphasis in core areas
and you can choose either a
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psychology emphasis which will
prepare you to go on to get a
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master's degree in counseling
and get licensed to practice
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therapy You can choose a
Christian education emphasis
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which will prepare them for
a career in SDA education with
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preparation to go on to get
state licensure if they so
choose. And they can
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also take a music concentration.
Once again, it's going to
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prepare them for
graduate programs in music.
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Music can be one of the
therapeutic principles that can
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help balance the mind.
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Indeed it can and one of the
professors here, Wenda Nasie,
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is very excited about the
potential for combining some
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of these concentrations as well.
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OK, so an emphasis in psychology
education and music. Could you
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potentially emphasize all three
of those if you were so inclined
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You could. The degree is
designed to be somewhat flexible
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so you're going to possibly
declare both a major and a
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minor, or to majors at the very
least. The rest would be filled
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up with electives. So you
could also tailor it if you very
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theology and want to do a
counseling degree and have that
00:27:02.38\00:27:06.42
nice background solid foundation
You can take extra religion
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classes or the same thing if you
want to focus on education in
00:27:09.76\00:27:12.89
religion, this would be part of
the electives. The concentration
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though you feasibly could
two at least of those major
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concentrations and combine
education and psychology which
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would be a very good practice
for those wanting to be school
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psychologists as well. So music
and education, those would go
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hand in hand if somebody wants
to teach at the elementary level
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for music and music and
psychology go together as well.
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Well this sounds very exciting
and I'm glad Weimar Institute
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is expanding in these lines.
Contact us at Weimar College if
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you're interested in this
new approach or this new degree
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program or any of our
other degree programs at Weimar
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College. Thank you for joining
us at Weimar College update.
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