Monthly Archives: June 2012

Post Surgery

It’s been over two weeks since my last blog and most of you know that it is because I recently underwent surgery to correct what was called, Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
On June 12th I went in and had my tonsils and adenoids removed and they shaved my deviated septum. I spent the past 16 days in pain, unable to eat and feeling like someone punched me in the face with an anchor.
I would do it again in a heartbeat because it most likely saved me life.
Sleep Apnea is not just “someone who can’t get a good night’s rest”.
I was told in my sleep study that I stopped breathing on average 65 times an hour. I was basically choking to death at night. My oxygen level at night was so low, that I wasn’t burning fat or able to create muscle.
It’s been 16 days since my surgery and I have lost well over 30 lbs, sleep like a dream and have more energy than I’ve had since college. I even feel like my food digests better.
If you or someone you love has sleep apnea, go see an ENT and get a sleep study done. It just might save your life.
That’s the end of my preaching. Great blogs coming your way so keep your eyes peeled and spread the word about my blog.

iSocion: The Evolution of Social Networking

Millis, MA- iSocion, a new social networking site, launched the testing phase of their company yesterday bringing many questions from their beta testers as to the infinite possibilities this site can bring to a world full of people constantly struggling to understand each other.

iSocion is a fully functional and superior social networking tool which will enable users to actually change their own page layouts, filter the amount and type of incoming communication, and provide feedback and suggestions that will help to continuously improve the user’s experience in order to meet or exceed their expectations without destroying their privacy.

One of the key critical differences between iSocion and other media sites are the differences in their Privacy Policy, which many will find appealing. The default is PRIVATE!

In other words, you are in charge of how you want to see (or not see) other people’s information. iSocion users are not force-fed every status update from the 200+ people they have never even met or spoken to before on their friends list. Users can utilize as much or as little of the socionics aspect of the website as they want.

So what else separates iSocion from the thirty other social networking sites currently on the Internet? PERSONALITY. With other social networking sites it’s the same dog and pony show. Register, import your contacts, find your friends and chat with them incessantly about whatever it is that gets you through the day.

With iSocion, they make personality a big part of the picture, making it an interesting and unique functionality that nobody else has. When you first register you have to answer a series of questions that help decide which of the 16 personality types fits you best. You are then given access to a breakdown of how you function as a person in the world. You are then also compared to other personality types known as intertypes. Sound intriguing?

I took the test and was given the personality type of The Artisan. This made perfect sense to me and without breaking it all down (you’ll have to register on the site yourself to find out) I was able to see a little more into my own personality.

Now let’s add some friends. What are their personality types and even more interesting, if you match us together, what are our intertypes? How do we communicate effectively? iSocion raises the question of whether or not you really know your “friends” and how aware you are of the dynamics of your “relationships” whether they are at work, home, school or romantic.

It’s great to log onto a social network site and instantly add your 500+ “friends” but how well do you know them? Perhaps you didn’t know that a few of your “acquaintances” are actually more like you than you originally thought?

What are the benefits? First of all, let’s take dating and this by no means is a dating website. Wouldn’t you like to know if you’ve been dating the same “type” all of these years just to find out that your better suited for a completely different personality?

Maybe you are interested in the dynamics of your various friendships. Why does that one friend always argue with you? Why can’t you let them go? What is it about your relationship with them that you feel must continue?

Maybe you don’t care too much about dating or friendships but a boss or co-worker or even a client has presented himself as a difficult person to deal with. But you have to deal with them. Maybe knowing a little bit about the interdynamics of your personalities can help you get to that next level? Maybe you are an Empath constantly surrounded by Conqueror’s and you are looking to meet some of your own kind?

“Users will find Socionics useful and FUN, as they evaluate their own personality types as well as the interpersonal relationships that exist between them and those they interact with. As they become more familiar with the site, we hope users will realize the far-reaching potential that can also be applied to various Business, Educational, Medical and Research sectors as well; all while maintaining their personal privacy.”- Craig Domenicucci, CEO

So where did this genius concept come from? It came out of a branch of psychology that’s been around for over 40 years called Socionics. Socionics is a branch of psychology based on Carl Jung’s work on psychological types, Sigmund Freud’s theory of the conscious and subconscious and Antoni Kepinski’s theory of Information Metabolism. Socionics was founded mainly by the Lithuanian researcher Aushra Augustinavichute in the 1970s and is now evolving rapidly. Socionics also shares much in common with the work of Myers and Briggs, however there are circumstances when Socionics and MBTI® theory differ in a few significant ways.

Socionics is based upon the idea that we are all different in fundamental ways. One’s ability to process different information is limited by their particular type. A person’s behavior is dependent on a set of blocks called “psychological functions”. Different ways of combining and chaining these functions result in different ways of accepting and producing information, which in turn results in different character types. There are sixteen types.

The main advantage of Socionics is the Intertype Relations theory. Based on a person’s psychological type, it is now possible to anticipate development in human relationships with incredible accuracy. This makes it a very powerful tool when dealing with problems in relationships. Generally, a minimum amount of knowledge in Socionics is irreplaceable in any field of human activity where more than one person is involved, having to work or live together.

For example, I have been classified as The Artisan and a friend of mine as The Observer. When you put us together you get an intertype called a “Look-A-Like” relationship.

ILI- The Observer

SLI- The Artisan

I know you? You seem familiar…”

Look-Alike Relations are much like kindred relations in that partners have half their functions in common. This relation is “monoverted,” meaning that it consists of partners being both introverted, or extraverted types. Information exchange between the two happens from one partner’s conscious functions to the other’s conscious functions, with little or no subconscious stimulation, making this relation “repulsive” in nature. Look-Alike pairs also share the common rhythm of either “rationality” or “irrationality” depending on the two personality types. Partners will share a variety of interests and qualities, yet will embrace them in very different ways, etc…

This is just one example. There are sixteen types, sixteen intertypes and four quadrants. I could spell it all out for you but I think you’d have much more fun navigating it yourself.

Keep your eyes peeled for iSocion- Anyone. Everyone. All of us.

iSocion was created by CEO, Craig Domenicucci; CMO, Benjamin Brewin; COO, Charles Braman III; CTO, Rob Guimaraes; CRO, Nicholas Winslow; and CIO Kenneth Nichols.

For more information on iSocion

or to schedule an interview

email: pr@iSocion.com 

Artist Spotlight: Sadie Alexandru

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Sadie Alexandru

You recently made your debut as "Scarlett" on a recent episode of the four-time Emmy award-winning series MadMen on AMC. What was it like to be on set with veteran actors like Jon Hamm, Jared Harris, Christina Henricks and John Slattery?

They are all so seasoned and welcoming.  In the moments when it was time to work they were really focused and professional.  

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Check out MadMen tonight on AMC at 10pm EST. You won't wanna miss this episode! Keep your eyes peeled for Sadie Alexandru and feel free to comment tomorrow on her performance!

Artist Spotlight: Perfectly Normel People

FOOTLIGHT AND PICCOLO SPOLETO 2012 PRESENT

A NEW COMEDY FROM LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS

The Footlight Players is proud to present alongside Thomas Burke Heath &  Judy Heath the world premiere of their second play, Perfectly Normel People.

For Charlestonians and festival visitors looking to be a part of something special from the very beginning, be sure not to miss Perfectly Normel People, a comedy that asks, “Isn’t every family normal?” This is a hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy about what happens when a college freshman from Kansas moves in with a dysfunctional Italian family from Queens! This funny and poignant memory play takes place in 1981 around the loud, but loving Normellino Family. They have survived many losses in their inner circle and often deal with their pain through biting humor and arguing. When the protagonist young Hadley Smith moves in, a transformation takes place for the naïve mid-westerner, as well as for the hurting family.

Performances include May 25, May 31, and June 2 at 8 pm; May 26 and June 3 at 3 pm; and May 28 at 5 pm. Tickets are $26 for adults and $21 for seniors/students, and must be purchased through Piccolo Spoleto by visiting http://www.PiccoloSpoleto.com or by calling 1-866-811-4111

The talented cast of Perfectly Normel People includes: Sean Marino (Adult Hadley), Steven Cardinal (Adam, Stranger), Katie Holland (Brenda, Rainbow, Bernadette), Jacqueline Helmer (Mom, Clerk, Margaret), Bronson Taylor (Hadley), Scott Cason (Dad), Tripp Hamilton (Frankie), Lara Allred (Angela), Thomas Burke Heath (Johnny), Paulette Bertolami (Connie), and Ross Magoulas (Pops).

Biography:

It was less than a year ago that the Heath’s first show, The Sunset Years, sold out every performance during The Village Playhouse Summer Series. Their plan is to publish their plays and have them produced up the coast at other theatres and hopefully make it to New York. The husband and wife playwriting team originally met up in New York during a regional production of Murder on the Re-Run where they played sniping characters that hated each other and then the two would laugh off stage at the craziness of the plot.

After a year as just friends, Thomas took a chance and kissed Judy and they’ve been together ever since! They were seen on stage 14 years later with Robert Ivey in the Footlight Players’ production of London Suite, which was directed by Clarence Felder. Thomas has also appeared locally in Glengarry Glen Ross, Rounding Third, Speed-the-Plow and The Weir. He plays as the “bad” father in the film Liberating Jesse, which was shown at this year’s Charleston International Film Festival.

For their day jobs, Judy is a board certified psychotherapist and co-founder with Thomas of the Life Guidance Center in West Ashley, as well as the author of No Time for Tears: Surviving Grief in America and the children’s book, I Miss Matthew. She was recently named one of the 50 Most Progressive People in Charleston. Thomas is owner of Heatherwood Entertainment & Media and just finished directing a music video for Charleston Indie Singer/Songwriter John Thomas.

Footlight Contact:

Chrissy Oddi  Chrissy@footlightplayers.net

Playwright Contact:

Thomas Burke Heath  Thomas@HeatherwoodLtd.com

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