# action plan (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover action plan. Page: Feed: --- ## [Again. This Time with Feeling.](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/again-this-time-with-feeling) _2026-08-18 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ The purpose of discipline is its own disappearance. ## [The Pain Alarm Messaging I Don't Agree With](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-pain-alarm-messaging-i-dont-agree-with) _2026-08-18 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary Pain science often describes pain as a smoke detector that's become oversensitive. Dr. Ya-Ling explains where that idea is genuinely useful, why it doesn't apply to most of the pain she sees, and how applying it too early may help create the very chronic pain it was meant to address. Along the way, the real explanation for morning back stiffness. In this episode • Why low back… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-08-18.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [My Lab Panel: What I Order Twice a Year, and Why “Normal” Doesn’t Always Mean What You Think](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/my-lab-panel-what-i-order-twice-a) _2026-08-17 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ Fewer than one in ten American adults is metabolically healthy. ## [Low Back Training: My Back Pain Protocol. Saturday Action Plan](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/low-back-training-my-back-pain-protocol) _2026-08-15 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ I see a lot of patients with back pain... I have it too... These are the exercises I use to keep my back happy... well.. happier. ## [Civil Society and the IDB discuss the future of the South Connection Program in Brasília: Can South Connection turn a shared diagnosis into real change?](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/south-connection-brasilia-workshop) _2026-08-14 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ The IDB has made new commitments to strengthen participation and transparency under South Connection. The next test is whether these commitments translate into meaningful changes. ## [The Boring Stuff Wins](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/boring-especially-when-training-for) _2026-08-13 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ Boring habits builds consistency, and consistency is what actually drives capacity and changes lives. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210974512/49ca8b077a81b9d8df7806367a85a816.mp3) ## [Build a Life You Don't Want to Escape From](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/build-a-life-you-dont-want-to-escape) _2026-08-13 · Rich Mulder · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ Jari Roomer made zero dollars for eighteen months and delivered cars to make rent. Now he runs the most successful Substack growth program on the platform. Guest 008 of the Gentle Discipline Podcast. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210094343/6baaaf7ffcfb0d659b022ffdedd7c460.mp3) ## [The Truth About Food and Your Aching Joints](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-food-and-your-aching) _2026-08-12 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ Can you find the cure for your arthritic joints in the supermarket? ## [Show Me What You Made and I'll Stop Asking About Your Screen Time](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/show-me-what-you-made-and-ill-stop) _2026-08-11 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ You don't feel like shit because you spent two hours on your phone. You feel like shit because nothing came out of you all week. ## [Why I'd Rather See You Before It Gets Bad](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/why-id-rather-see-you-before-it-gets-bad) _2026-08-11 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary Dr. Ya-Ling explains the self-interested reason she keeps asking people to speak up about small things — and why the dramatic relief that looks so impressive in a treatment room is almost never the outcome she's after. This episode is about the difference between rescue and lasting change, and about the two reasons people wait. In this episode • Why arriving in crisis produces the… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-08-11.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AuL4I85u8sJU) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Intensity Belongs in Your Training: An Intro To Sprints, Strides, and Hills.](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/sprints-strides-and-hills-why-intensity) _2026-08-10 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ Today we're going to learn how to move fast... and why it's important. ## [Saturday Action Plan: Fun Power Training--Med Ball Slams](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/saturday-action-plan-fun-power-training) _2026-08-08 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ A FUN Way to Train Power, Balance, and Confidence ## [Did the World Bank and IDB address civil society’s concerns in their Full Mutual Reliance Framework?](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/world-bank-idb-full-mutual-reliance-framework) _2026-08-06 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ Now that both the World Bank and IDB have approved their co-financing framework, many core concerns remain unaddressed, and key questions about how it will operate in practice remain unanswered. ## [The Power Of Consistency](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/the-power-of-consistency) _2026-08-06 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ When 'training for life'-- consistency blows away intensity ## [Edgewalkers in a Deeply Complex World](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/edgewalkers-in-a-deeply-complex-world) _2026-08-06 · Rich Mulder · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ Dave Schoof spent 19 years in US counterintelligence and now hunts the anxiety humming under his clients' lives. For the successful and sleepless at 3am. Guest 007 of the Gentle Discipline Podcast. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209930886/c4afb2c41ae344fd662f98cb4347e242.mp3) ## [Module 14: Balance](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/module-14-balance) _2026-08-05 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ You lose balance much younger than you might think. Falls are a major cause of demise and disability. What causes a loss of balance, and how can we improve it? ## [My Best Friend Ghosted Me](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/my-best-friend-ghosted-me) _2026-08-04 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ So I wrote him a message that is unforgivable. Anger is a self portrait. ## [The 71-Year-Old Who Knew Not to Wait](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-71-year-old-who-knew-not-to-wait) _2026-08-04 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary One of the fittest patients on Dr. Ya-Ling's schedule came in to talk about a little stiffness in her back in the mornings — a complaint most people would never have mentioned. This episode is about why she did, and about the quiet cultural rule that says a symptom has to be big enough before it's allowed to count. In this episode • The 71-year-old patient who trains several times… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-08-04.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [The Two Ledgers: Measuring Your Consumption and Creation Habits](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/the-two-ledgers-measuring-your-consumption) _2026-08-04 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ Then providing an action plan based on the information you discover. ## [Healthy Knees Part 2: When Metabolism, Genetics and Alignment Meet Cartilage](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/healthy-knees-part-2-when-metabolism) _2026-08-03 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ Part 2 of your guide to healthy knees ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2Rb5Sl6cWygC) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Coming Home with Claire Franklin](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/coming-home-with-claire-franklin) _2026-07-30 · Rich Mulder · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ Growing up with narcissistic parents, the divorce story she overheard in a gym changing room, and the idea of irrelevance in relationships. Guest 006 of the Gentle Discipline Podcast. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209130928/08b7eecca8dc552e67ad0b4b90fdab91.mp3) ## [Episode 8: Walking Is NOT a Waste... and Walking With Weight.](https://howardluksmd.substack.com/p/episode-8-walking-is-not-a-waste) _2026-07-30 · Howard Luks MD · Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness_ In this episode, I trace the 10,000-step number back to where it actually started, a 1960s pedometer marketing campaign in Japan, and walk through what the current evidence actually shows about how many steps are needed to protect your health. ## [It's Time We Stopped Laughing at the Crazy Uncle Investment Portfolio](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/its-time-we-stopped-laughing-at-the) _2026-07-28 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ Land, gold, Bitcoin, and ammo to outrun the federal money printer. Receipts, plus the $300-a-month Build From Zero plan. ## [The Critic Who Caught Herself Being Critical](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-critic-who-caught-herself-being-critical) _2026-07-28 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary: Dr. Ya-Ling shares more of the patient-experience from this week's Substack—a woman who recognized herself as an Achiever, then a Protector, then a Critic at different stages of her life, and then caught herself judging herself for being a Critic. A warm, funny look at what happens when self-awareness turns into another round of self-judgment, and what to ask instead. In this… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-07-27.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [Summer 2026 Newsletter](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/summer-2026-newsletter) _2026-07-27 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ We're sharing some of our latest updates and analyses. ## [Where I'd Send a Friend: Plant Medicine Centers I Trust](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/where-id-send-a-friend-plant-medicine) _2026-07-22 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ A short and honest list. Firsthand only. Updated as I go. ## [Almost Everyone Steering the Future of Psychedelics is Giving Advice They Don't Take](https://gentlediscipline.substack.com/p/almost-everyone-steering-psychedelics) _2026-07-21 · Gentle Discipline with Rich Mulder_ The western medical system wants to bottle it, the traditional community wants to freeze it, and neither is grounded in any sort of reality. Plus the Costa Rica immersion that finally gets it right. ## [The New Pain Conversation Everyone's Having—And What It Misses](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-new-pain-conversation-everyones-havingand-what-it-misses) _2026-07-21 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary: Dr. Ya-Ling responds to a mind-body pain conversation making the rounds this week, arguing that naming your emotions and understanding what your body is doing in space are two different, equally necessary layers of pain coping. She also marks the book birthday of Fix the Fire Damage , now an award-winning title, and shares more on Pain-Proof Your Home™. In this episode: - A… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-07-20.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [The Protector Pain Personality: Trying to Do the Right Thing by Pulling Back](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-protector-pain-personality-trying-to-do-the-right-thing-by-pulling-back) _2026-07-14 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary: Dr. Ya-Ling closes out her three-part series on pain personalities with the Protector — not a timid pattern, but a genuine attempt to do things right and protect long-term well-being, with a surprise cost: movement and activity are often what quietly gets sacrificed to worry. She also reveals the offer she teased last week: Pain-Proof Your Home™, now open for founding… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-07-13.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [The Achiever Pain Personality: The Personality That Pushes Through—Until It Can't](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-achiever-pain-personality-the-personality-that-pushes-throughuntil-it-cant) _2026-07-07 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary: Dr. Ya-Ling introduces the Achiever—one of three pain personalities she sees most often in practice—the pattern of overriding pain signals rather than ignoring them. Plus: news on the newly-live audiobook and its new foreword, and a first tease of what's coming next. In this episode: The difference between overriding a pain signal and truly ignoring one Why the Achiever pattern is… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-07-07.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RE1jblLJnP30) _2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [BIC’s Statement on the World Bank Group’s Extension of the CCAP](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/statement-on-ccap-extension) _2026-07-01 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ BIC welcomes the extension of the World Bank's Climate Change Action Plan while calling for stronger implementation and accountability. ## [BIC’s Statement on the World Bank Group Board’s Interference with Independent Accountability](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/bics-statement-on-the-world-bank) _2026-06-30 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ BIC condemns the World Bank Group Board's unprecedented rejection of the CAO's independent findings, warning that the decision threatens accountability and access to remedy for communities. ## [What should IFC prioritize in its updated Sustainability Framework?](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/what-should-ifc-prioritize-in-its) _2026-06-29 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ As IFC updates its Sustainability Framework, BIC outlines key reforms to strengthen environmental and social protections and address emerging risks across its private sector investments. ## [How can the World Bank integrate climate action and disability inclusion in transport?](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/how-can-the-world-bank-integrate) _2026-06-25 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ BIC has updated and reissued a brief with new evidence from recent project monitoring work, offering recommendations for how the World Bank can better integrate disability inclusion in transport. ## [The Critic Pain Personality: when your self-awareness works against you](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-critic-pain-personality-when-your-self-awareness-works-against-you) _2026-06-23 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary: Every pain personality carries an unspoken pattern into the clinical encounter — one that shapes how pain gets interpreted and whether anything in treatment actually leads to relief. In this episode, Dr. Ya-Ling focuses on the Critic: the self-punishing narrative that operates underneath the description, why it disrupts the Five S's of Better Pain Coping™ at the very first step,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-06-23.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [How will appropriators support U.S. commitments to the MDBs in FY27?](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/how-will-appropriators-support-us) _2026-06-16 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ As the FY27 appropriations process progresses, BIC calls on Congress to meet U.S. commitments to concessional MDBs and remove language that attacks the MDBs’ climate commitments. ## [The one thing I'd teach every kid this summer — and why it works for adults too](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/the-one-thing-id-teach-every-kid-this-summer-and-why-it-works-for-adults-too) _2026-06-16 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ Episode summary: Researchers call summer the "skill-installation window" — and Dr. Ya-Ling makes the case for what's worth installing in it. In this episode, she introduces the Five S's of Better Pain Coping™ as emotional intelligence for your body, walks through See It (the foundational first S) for kids and adults alike, and explains why each pain personality type — Achiever, Protector, and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-06-16.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [Embedding disability inclusion in IFC’s Performance Standards review](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/embedding-disability-inclusion-in) _2026-06-09 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ IFC’s updated Performance Standards should incorporate clear requirements that recognize and address the barriers faced by persons with disabilities. ## [When your situation needs a different lens](https://everydaypain.libsyn.com/when-your-situation-needs-a-different-lens) _2026-06-09 · Conversations About Everyday Pain_ EPISODE SUMMARY Sometimes the most important clinical decision isn't what treatment to try next — it's recognizing when the current approach has reached its limit. In this episode, Dr. Ya-Ling shares the story of a 70-year-old patient whose shoulder pain wasn't feeling or moving as expected, and what happened when she brought in a different perspective. The lesson extends well beyond the clinic:… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaypain/Podcast_2026-06-09.mp3?dest-id=760660) ## [Introducing BIC’s New Website](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/introducing-bics-new-website) _2026-05-27 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ A new platform for research, accountability, and community-centered development finance. ## [BIC Provides Feedback on Draft Report Exploring a Potential Integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/feedback-on-iam-integration-draft-report) _2026-04-28 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ The Task Force’s draft report explores options for IAM integration. BIC highlights the need for strong policies, independent leadership, and a community-centered approach. ## [Reflections from the 2026 Spring Meetings](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/reflections-from-the-2026-spring) _2026-04-24 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ A recap of BIC’s conversations on accountability, reform, and remedy at this year’s Spring Meetings. ## [BIC at the World Bank/IMF 2026 Spring Meetings](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/bic-at-2026-spring-meetings) _2026-04-13 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ Join us throughout the week for various conversations on accountability, reform, and strengthening development outcomes. ## [Connecting South America at what cost? Civil society raises concerns over the IDB’s South Connection Program](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/connecting-south-america-at-what) _2026-03-03 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ As the IDB advances its South Connection Regional Program, civil society calls for stronger governance, social and environmental safeguards, and inclusive territorial planning. ## [Strengthening women’s inclusion in IFC’s Performance Standards Review](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/strengthening-womens-inclusion-in-ifc-performance-standards) _2026-03-02 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ As IFC reviews its Sustainability Framework, it should explicitly address how its projects impact women. Stronger safeguards would close persistent protection gaps. ## [Winter 2025 Newsletter](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/winter-2025-newsletter) _2026-02-27 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ We're sharing some of our latest updates and analyses. ## [The IDB’s 2026–2030 Climate Change Action Plan must deliver real climate action](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/the-idbs-2026-to-2030-climate-change-action-plan) _2026-02-13 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ As the Inter-American Development Bank develops its 2026–2030 Climate Change Action Plan, it must strengthen ambition, accountability, and Paris alignment across the region. ## [BIC proposes Key Performance Indicators to measure whether IFC and MIGA's Remedial Action Framework delivers real results](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/bic-proposes-key-performance-indicators) _2026-02-13 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ The new Interim Remedial Action Framework promises to improve how IFC and MIGA address harm from their projects, but risks becoming another feel-good initiative that fails to result in real change. ## [What went wrong in IDB Invest’s Pronaca project? Findings from the MICI Investigation, a landmark case on access to information](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/what-went-wrong-in-idb-invests-pronaca) _2026-02-12 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ A recent MICI compliance investigation examined IDB Invest's oversight of its financing to Pronaca and shares recommendations to address those harms. ## [How can the Corporate Scorecard be truly disability inclusive?](https://bankinformationcenter.substack.com/p/how-can-the-corporate-scorecard-be) _2025-12-22 · Bank Information Center · BIC's Substack_ The World Bank’s Corporate Scorecard reports “disability-inclusive” results, but inflates project beneficiaries. A better methodology is needed.