app01 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:59:37 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Fishing Without Bait: A Full Impact Mindfulness Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Social Work” https://fishingwithoutbait.fireside.fm/tags/social%20work Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0400 A mindful exercise. A look at ourselves. We recommend rest and relaxation. One way you can do this is to take up fishing. And for a truly mindful experience, try fishing without bait. en-us episodic It's about living a life without definitive expectations and learning to fish without bait. Humility Health and Wellness LLC. A mindful exercise. A look at ourselves. We recommend rest and relaxation. One way you can do this is to take up fishing. And for a truly mindful experience, try fishing without bait. no mindfulness, addiction, recovery, pittsburgh, alcoholism, alcoholics anonymous Humility Health and Wellness LLC. fishingwithoutbait@sorgatronmedia.com Building Community With Casa San Jose With Monica Ruiz | Episode 534 https://fishingwithoutbait.fireside.fm/586 9b50c0a0-1cca-47b6-bede-93fafd5a23e4 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Humility Health and Wellness LLC. full Humility Health and Wellness LLC. Jim Ellermeyer welcomes Monica Ruiz of Casa San Jose for Part 1 of a conversation about community, advocacy, belonging, and making sure people have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Monica shares the growth of Casa San Jose and reflects on confronting prejudice, creating meaningful conversations, and building a more welcoming Pittsburgh. We’ll return to the rest of Melissa Carey’s interview in the following weeks. 20:34 no <p>In Part 1 of this special conversation, Fishing Without Bait host Jim Ellermeyer sits down with Monica Ruiz of Casa San Jose to talk about advocacy, community, human dignity, and what it means to truly listen to the people you are trying to serve.</p> <p>Monica discusses her path as a social worker and how her work eventually brought her to Casa San Jose. She shares the organization’s beginnings with Sister Janice Vanderneck and its growth from a small operation working out of a church basement into an organization with more than 35 staff members serving communities in Allegheny County and beyond.</p> <p>The conversation explores an important distinction in Casa San Jose’s mission: advocating not simply “for” the Latino community, but “with” the community. Monica explains why people need the opportunity to speak for themselves and why assumptions about what others need can get in the way of meaningful change.</p> <p>Jim and Monica also discuss belonging, racism, fear-based thinking, privilege, immigration narratives, and the challenge of deciding when a difficult conversation is worth having. Monica reflects on being both proudly Latina and proudly American, the importance of having a seat at the table, and why changing systems requires people from affected communities to be part of the decisions.</p> <p>Throughout the conversation, the themes return to ideas at the heart of Fishing Without Bait: human dignity, openness, listening, compassion, and finding ways to move from frustration toward meaningful action.</p> <p>This is Part 1 of our conversation with Monica Ruiz.</p> <p><strong>Programming note:</strong> We’ll return to the rest of Melissa Carey’s interview in the following weeks.</p> <p>Subscribe to Fishing Without Bait on your favorite podcast player and join us each week for conversations about mindfulness, recovery, wellness, and creating a more positive life.</p> <p>Support Fishing Without Bait on Patreon and receive ad-free episodes:<br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/fishingwithoutbait" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/c/fishingwithoutbait</a></p> <p>Continue your mindfulness practice with “Learn to Fish Without Bait: A 365-Day Mindfulness Journal and Adult Coloring Book”:<br> <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/james-ellermeyer-lpc-ma-ncc-lpc/learn-to-fish-without-bait/paperback/product-6n9rd8.html?page=1&amp;pageSize=4" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.lulu.com/shop/james-ellermeyer-lpc-ma-ncc-lpc/learn-to-fish-without-bait/paperback/product-6n9rd8.html?page=1&amp;pageSize=4</a> </p> Jim Ellermeyer, Monica Ruiz, Casa San Jose, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Latino community, Latino community, community advocacy, advocacy, human dignity, belonging, representation, social work, social worker, community resources, mental health, human rights, difficult conversations, listening, compassion, mindfulness, mindfulness podcast, recovery, wellness, personal growth, positive living, community building, inclusion, identity, fear based thinking, privilege, civic engagement, Sister Janice Vanderneck, seat at the table, honesty open mindedness willingness In Part 1 of this special conversation, Fishing Without Bait host Jim Ellermeyer sits down with Monica Ruiz of Casa San Jose to talk about advocacy, community, human dignity, and what it means to truly listen to the people you are trying to serve.

Monica discusses her path as a social worker and how her work eventually brought her to Casa San Jose. She shares the organization’s beginnings with Sister Janice Vanderneck and its growth from a small operation working out of a church basement into an organization with more than 35 staff members serving communities in Allegheny County and beyond.

The conversation explores an important distinction in Casa San Jose’s mission: advocating not simply “for” the Latino community, but “with” the community. Monica explains why people need the opportunity to speak for themselves and why assumptions about what others need can get in the way of meaningful change.

Jim and Monica also discuss belonging, racism, fear-based thinking, privilege, immigration narratives, and the challenge of deciding when a difficult conversation is worth having. Monica reflects on being both proudly Latina and proudly American, the importance of having a seat at the table, and why changing systems requires people from affected communities to be part of the decisions.

Throughout the conversation, the themes return to ideas at the heart of Fishing Without Bait: human dignity, openness, listening, compassion, and finding ways to move from frustration toward meaningful action.

This is Part 1 of our conversation with Monica Ruiz.

Programming note: We’ll return to the rest of Melissa Carey’s interview in the following weeks.

Subscribe to Fishing Without Bait on your favorite podcast player and join us each week for conversations about mindfulness, recovery, wellness, and creating a more positive life.

Support Fishing Without Bait on Patreon and receive ad-free episodes:
https://www.patreon.com/c/fishingwithoutbait

Continue your mindfulness practice with “Learn to Fish Without Bait: A 365-Day Mindfulness Journal and Adult Coloring Book”:
https://www.lulu.com/shop/james-ellermeyer-lpc-ma-ncc-lpc/learn-to-fish-without-bait/paperback/product-6n9rd8.html?page=1&pageSize=4

]]> In Part 1 of this special conversation, Fishing Without Bait host Jim Ellermeyer sits down with Monica Ruiz of Casa San Jose to talk about advocacy, community, human dignity, and what it means to truly listen to the people you are trying to serve.

Monica discusses her path as a social worker and how her work eventually brought her to Casa San Jose. She shares the organization’s beginnings with Sister Janice Vanderneck and its growth from a small operation working out of a church basement into an organization with more than 35 staff members serving communities in Allegheny County and beyond.

The conversation explores an important distinction in Casa San Jose’s mission: advocating not simply “for” the Latino community, but “with” the community. Monica explains why people need the opportunity to speak for themselves and why assumptions about what others need can get in the way of meaningful change.

Jim and Monica also discuss belonging, racism, fear-based thinking, privilege, immigration narratives, and the challenge of deciding when a difficult conversation is worth having. Monica reflects on being both proudly Latina and proudly American, the importance of having a seat at the table, and why changing systems requires people from affected communities to be part of the decisions.

Throughout the conversation, the themes return to ideas at the heart of Fishing Without Bait: human dignity, openness, listening, compassion, and finding ways to move from frustration toward meaningful action.

This is Part 1 of our conversation with Monica Ruiz.

Programming note: We’ll return to the rest of Melissa Carey’s interview in the following weeks.

Subscribe to Fishing Without Bait on your favorite podcast player and join us each week for conversations about mindfulness, recovery, wellness, and creating a more positive life.

Support Fishing Without Bait on Patreon and receive ad-free episodes:
https://www.patreon.com/c/fishingwithoutbait

Continue your mindfulness practice with “Learn to Fish Without Bait: A 365-Day Mindfulness Journal and Adult Coloring Book”:
https://www.lulu.com/shop/james-ellermeyer-lpc-ma-ncc-lpc/learn-to-fish-without-bait/paperback/product-6n9rd8.html?page=1&pageSize=4

]]> Waterfall With Natalie Bencivenga | Episode 187 https://fishingwithoutbait.fireside.fm/190 b976ed27-d1d7-4d2d-a073-bee75b4d0417 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:00:00 -0400 Humility Health and Wellness LLC. full Humility Health and Wellness LLC. Jim Ellermeyer spends some more time catching up with Natalie Bencivenga about working with time as they do a time traveling exercise, talk about resetting your lives like our computers using exercise and yoga, applying action and effort, not worrying about what people think about her, and the cleansing energy of walking through a Waterfall. 22:45 no <p>Jim Ellermeyer spends some more time catching up with Natalie Bencivenga about working with time as they do a time traveling exercise, talk about resetting your lives like our computers using exercise and yoga, applying action and effort, not worrying about what people think about her, and the cleansing energy of walking through a Waterfall.</p> <blockquote>“If you want something to happen, you better do something to make it happen”</blockquote> <p>You can read Natalie’s work as part of P<a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/life/seen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ittsburgh Post-Gazette’s SEEN</a> and follow her on Twitter at @<a href="https://twitter.com/NBSeen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NBSeen</a></p> <p>Natalie is the cohost of The Broadcast Podcast. You can listen to her interviews at <a href="http://www.broadcast-podcast.com" rel="nofollow noopener">www.broadcast-podcast.com</a> .</p> <p>Subscribe to our Podcast on <a href="https://itun.es/i6Lv3J5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fishing-without-bait" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Iv4f7utkoynri57yuzsvewuj44m?t=Fishing_Without_Bait" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Google Music</a>, <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Fishing-Without-Bait-p823762/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TuneIn</a> or look for it on your favorite <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-download-listen-to-podcasts-android-ios-iphone/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Podcatcher</a>! Also, check us out streaming on <a href="https://michael-sorg-4djq.squarespace.com/#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The River's Edge</a> online radio! </p> pittsburgh, newspaper, social work, yoga, reset button, waterfall Jim Ellermeyer spends some more time catching up with Natalie Bencivenga about working with time as they do a time traveling exercise, talk about resetting your lives like our computers using exercise and yoga, applying action and effort, not worrying about what people think about her, and the cleansing energy of walking through a Waterfall.

“If you want something to happen, you better do something to make it happen”

You can read Natalie’s work as part of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s SEEN and follow her on Twitter at @NBSeen

Natalie is the cohost of The Broadcast Podcast. You can listen to her interviews at www.broadcast-podcast.com .

Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher! Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio!

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“If you want something to happen, you better do something to make it happen”

You can read Natalie’s work as part of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s SEEN and follow her on Twitter at @NBSeen

Natalie is the cohost of The Broadcast Podcast. You can listen to her interviews at www.broadcast-podcast.com .

Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Music, TuneIn or look for it on your favorite Podcatcher! Also, check us out streaming on The River's Edge online radio!

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