IS THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, A POPULAR MUSIC FESTIVAL IS PROVIDING A LOCAL SAFE HAVEN FOR LOCAL SONGWRITERS.

HOW 10 DAYS OF MUSIC IS JUST PART OF THE ARTISTIC OUTLETS AVAILABLE TO HELP PERFORMERS SPREAD THEIR VOICE.

ON TAPPING THE POTENTIAL OF THE MIND, A DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF HYPNOSIS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW A TOOL USED FOR MENTAL HEALTH IS THE PERFECT AVENUE FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING.

AND DIGGING UP SAVINGS DURING A TIME OF RISING FOOD COSTS.

THE PROGRAM THAT IS EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS HOW TO GROW THEIR OWN PRODUCE TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CONTINUES TO CULTIVATE IT'S PROSPERING.

ART SCENE, ONE EVENT HAS BEEN OFFERING A BEACH MINDED VOICE FOR ARTISTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE ISLAND HOPPER SONGWRITER FESTIVAL BRINGS 10 DAYS WITH MUSIC BEGINNING ON CAPTIVA ISLAND BEFORE SPREADING TO CAPE CORAL.

FORT MYERS WITH A WRAP-UP ON FORT MYERS BEACH HAPPENING THIS COMING SUNDAY.

WHILE THE EVENT DRAWS ARTISTS FROM NASHVILLE, AUSTIN AND BEYOND IT ALSO SERVES AS AN OPENING FOR LOCAL ARTIST TO BRING THEIR MUSIC TO A LARGER AUDIENCE.

>> I'M JOINED BY SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BASED SINGER, SONGWRITER.

>> THIS CLAIRE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN STUDIO TODAY.

WHAT A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

>> NOW I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A GROWING FAN BASE AND YOU HAVE PERFORMED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN YOUR MUSICAL JOURNEY?

>> I'M JUST ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SINGER, SONGWRITER.

REMEMBER, EVEN AS YOUNG AS LIKE 3 YEARS OLD.

I WANTED TO BE A SINGER AND THEN AS SOON AS I DISCOVERED SONGWRITING, I JUST PICKED UP A GUITAR WHEN I WAS ABOUT 11 AND I JUST STARTED TRYING TO WRITE SONGS LIKE, LIKE MY FAVORITE ARTISTS WERE WRITING THEM AND TRIED TO COPY THEM UNTIL I FIGURED OUT MY OWN VOICE.

>> AND HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE JUST SEE WHAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE MUSICAL SCENE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR BEAUTIFUL TALENTS.

>> THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH IN THE MUSIC SCENE HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY IN THE ORIGINAL MUSIC SCENE.

THERE'S SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS THAT ARE UP AND COMING AND THERE'S MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO SEE OUR SPACE IS POPPING UP THAT ARE FRIENDLY TO UP AND COMING.

AND SINGER SONGWRITERS.

AND MAYBE LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE LISTENING ROOMS POP UP BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PLACES FOR US TO MAKE A LIVING, WHICH IS WHAT I DO ON THE FULL TIME.

MUSICIAN YEAR.

AND YOU CAN FIND ME AROUND PLAYING IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND AND OTHER VENUES AND STUFF.

BUT AND I WOULD LOVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY FOR LISTENING AUDIENCE ISN'T GET MY OWN MUSIC AND IN A ROOM WITH PEOPLE AND I HAVE A STRONG RIGHT AROUND.

THAT THAT I'VE BEEN HOSTING FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS OR SO.

NOW THAT HAS STARTED THE DAY TO HELP INSTIGATE MORE OF THAT IN A FEW MORE OF POPPED UP.

BUT ON THE VENUE SITE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THAT HAPPENED HERE.

>> AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY VISIBLE IN THE LAST 7 DAYS AND WIND ARE TAKING PART IN THE ISLAND.

HOPPER, SONGWRITER FAST.

YEAH, AND I KNOW IT'S 10 DAYS.

USE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOU'RE PLAYING.

SO YEAH, THEY ASKED ME TO BE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND I SAID PUT ME IN COACH.

SO TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> SO THIS IS MY 5TH YEAR PERFORMING AT ISLAND HOPPER IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I DO ALL YEAR.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND ON THIS YEAR WHEN THEY INVITED ME BACK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I WAS SO EXCITED.

I HAVE AT THIS POINT.

I'VE MADE SOME FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT NOW IT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY REUNION.

EVERY TIME WE GET TO SEE EACH OTHER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COM AND I GET THAT LISTENING ROOM.

WE ALL GET THAT LISTENING ROOM EXPERIENCE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE COME FOR THAT REASON.

AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD FEELING WHEN WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE REALLY RESONATE WITH A SONG THAT'S PERSONAL TO YOU.

>> AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS FESTIVAL IS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

IT IS.

>> YEAH, IT'S THE FIRST WEEKEND.

>> THEY HAVE IT ON CAPTIVA ISLAND.

I LOVE THE CAPTIVA LEG.

>> OF SO BEAUTIFUL.

IT IS.

IT'S SO PEACEFUL.

>> IT'S A REALLY INTIMATE FEEL THERE THAT THAT WOULD JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH ALL THE TIME.

AND THEN IT MOVES TO CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF MUSICIANS LIKE BE PLAY.

AND IT'S A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR VENUES TO.

HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY IT'S DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS, WHICH IS WHERE ALL BE 07:00PM AT THE LUMINARY HOTEL.

AND AT THE POOLSIDE AND THEN REMOVING TO FORT MYERS BEACH.

THIS IS A TOUGH INDUSTRY.

IT IS TO MAKE MONEY AND AND YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL.

WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS?

>> I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH.

I JUST THERE'S NOTHING I'D RATHER DO.

I'VE TRIED TO QUIT MUSIC BEFORE.

>> AND I WAS SO UNHAPPY THAT IT JUST STARTED TRICKLING BACK INTO MY LIFE.

AND IT'S JUST A PART OF ME.

AND I THINK ANYONE HE REACHES THE POINT THAT I HAVE.

WE'RE NOT RICH.

IT MEANS I CALL MUSIC THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, A NONPROFIT BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE NOT.

SUPER WEALTHY.

IF IF WE'RE WEALTHY AT ALL WERE GETTING BY AND IF YOU'RE DOING IT AT THIS POINT, IT'S BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT SO MUCH.

AND WHAT MAKES ME PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT OTHER ARTIST IS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT FEEL THAT WAY, IT'S LIKE YOUR FAMILY AND YOU WANT TO BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND YOU WANT TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND YOU WANT TO SEE EACH OTHER SUCCEED.

>> WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU RIGHT INTO YOU?

SEEING?

>> SO WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?

MY SOLO MUSIC.

>> IS WHAT I WOULD CALL A BLEND OF FOLK AMERICANA AND SOUL.

SO I COME FROM A BACKGROUND I GREW UP WITH LIKE ROCK AND ROLL.

I LISTENED TO A LOT OF SLICK SEOUL, ARETHA FRANKLIN, MAVIS STAPLES.

AL GREEN, OTIS REDDING.

AND THEN I ALSO LOVE THE BEATLES AND I LOVE JONI MITCHELL AND I LOVE JAMES TAYLOR AND CARLY SIMON.

AND SO SOMEHOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN I LOVE A LOT OF LIKE MODERN INDIE ROCK, TOO.

SO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS START TO BLEND TOGETHER AND MAKES MY SOUND.

>> AND CLAIRE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN STUDIO.

AND NOW WE GET TO HEAR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE KILLING.

>> AS FALL BEGINS, SO DOES THE RETURN OF THE THEATER SEASON.

WE ARE NOW JOINED BY ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE WORLD OF ARTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

>> IT'S ALWAYS VIBRANT.

AND YES, IT IS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A WONDERFUL PLAY IN CAPE CORAL AT THE BELL THEATER CALLED.

>> GAME'S AFOOT.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

>> IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PLAY BECAUSE OF WHO IT'S PATTERNED AFTER IT'S BUILT AROUND AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM CHILE.

NOW IN 18 99, HE TEAMED UP WITH ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE TO ADAPT TO SHERLOCK HOLMES NOVELS FOR THE STAGE.

TO GIVE THE RENOWNED BRITISH DETECTIVE A DISTINCT THE THEATRICAL PERSONA.

JOE, LET DRESSED HIM IN THE DEER STALKER.

CAPTAIN, THE LONG TRAVELING CLOAK AND GAVE HIM THAT CURVE.

BRIAR PIPE AND MAGNIFYING GLASS BECAME HIS TRADEMARKS.

JOE, LET'S ALSO THE ONE WHO HAD HOMES SAY ITS ELEMENTARY.

MY DEAR WATSON AND WITH ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S BLESSING TO LET WENT ON TO PLAY THE PART OF SHERLOCK HOLMES OVER 1300 TIMES BETWEEN THE PLAYS PRAYER IN 18.

99 AND HIS RETIREMENT.

33 YEARS LATER.

TURNING TO WHAT THE MONIKER THE AMERICAN SHERLOCK HOLMES.

>> I READ THAT THE PLAY IS SET IN A CASTLE IN CONNECTICUT.

THAT SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING.

IT IS.

>> GILLETTE MADE A FORTUNE PLAYING SHERLOCK HOLMES WITH A PORTION OF HIS EARNINGS.

HE BUILT A 14,000 SQUARE-FOOT CASTLE ON 184 ACRES OVERLOOKING THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

HE NAMED THE EDIFICE 7 SISTER STATES BUT REFERRED TO IT AS THE PILE OF ROCKS BUILT FROM CONNECTICUT FIELDSTONE AT A COST OF 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN 1919, THE MEDIEVAL GOTHIC CASTLE IS 24 ROOMS WITH WOULD LIGHT SWITCHES, ROLL AWAY TABLES, PUZZLE LOCKS CRAFTING MIRRORS AND SECRET DOORS AND PASSAGE WAYS THAT ALLOWED TO LET THE SPYING IS GAS, INCLUDING ALBERT EINSTEIN AND CALVIN COOLIDGE.

IN ORDER TO TIME, DRAMATIC ENTRANCES FOR THEIR AMUSEMENT.

TO LET EVEN BUILT A QUARTER SCALE NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.

COMPLETE WITH BRIDGES TRESTLES.

>> AND A TUNNEL.

THAT'S FASCINATING.

TOM.

SO WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF PERFORMING ARTS THIS WEEKEND?

>> WELL, I HAVE THE VERY INTERESTING PLEASURE TO GO TO CYPRUS.

LAKE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS YESTERDAY TO SEE A PLAY THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING.

CARMEN, CHRIS ARE TEACHES THERES CYPRUS, LAKE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING A CLASS AND DEVISED THEATER.

NOW, INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH THE SCRIPT, DEVISE THEATER BEGINS WITH AN ENSEMBLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH.

EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES FROM ACTORS, DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, EVEN MUSICIANS.

ANOTHER PIECE OF ALL STREET IMPROVISATION TRIAL AND ERROR AND LOTS OF CREATIVE DIALOGUE.

KRIS ARDENHURST, THEIR CLASSES ARE CREATING A DEVICE PIECE RIGHT NOW TO CELEBRATE THE 100 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUREAU'S HOME IN FORT MYERS.

AND THIS WEEKEND, THEY'RE PERFORMING ANOTHER DEVISE PLY.

A MONSTER CALLS, WHICH IS BASED ON A NOVEL BY PATRICK NESS, ABOUT A 13 YEAR-OLD BRITISH BOY, HIS MOTHER DYING OF CANCER, KEEPS TELLING HIM HOW THEY FIND THIS NEW TREATMENTS GOING TO WORK.

BUT DEEP DOWN, HE KNOWS BETTER AND HIS NEED TO LET HER GO TRIGGERS NIGHTMARES AND WHAT YOU'RE TRAINED.

HIS BACKYARD COMES TO LIFE.

NOW, ALTHOUGH THIS PLAY IS PERFORMED ENTIRELY BY TEENS, A MONSTER CALLS IS THE MOST UNUSUAL AND ADDING GUARD PLAY.

YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR AND PERHAPS THE BEST PLAY TO COME TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SINCE THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, WHICH WAS ALSO DEVISED PLIGHT.

HERE'S THE NIGHTMARE SCENE FROM THAT PLY.

>> TOM HALL, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US UP TO DATE.

>> ON THESE REALLY AWESOME STORIES I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE EVERY THURSDAY AND I ALWAYS ENJOY.

THANK YOU, TOM.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND AS MORE PERFORMANCES POP UP ON THE CALENDAR.

KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE ART ACTIONS BY FOLLOWING TOM HALL ON OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

THE CONCEPT OF HYPNOSIS DATES BACK TO THE 18TH CENTURY.

THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS CLINICAL HYPNOSIS CAN BE USED TO HELP TREAT A VARIETY OF ELEMENTS FROM DEPRESSION TO FORMS OF ADDICTION AND EVEN PAIN MANAGEMENT.

BUT IT ALSO HAS ANOTHER USE ENTERTAINMENT COMEDIAN BOB LAW VERSUS HE USES STAGE HYPNOSIS AND COMEDY TO ENTERTAIN AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

LAUFER WILL BE PERFORMING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH AT THE ARTS CENTER THEATER ON MARCO ISLAND.

HE SAYS IT'S A SHOW THAT DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF THE MIND.

>> FOR MORE ON THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS, I'M JOINED BY BOB LAUFER.

>> IN STUDIO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> FOR JOINING US TODAY.

YOU ARE ON TO WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU DO TO WAS YOU.

>> STANDUP COMEDIAN AND HIT THAT TO US.

IT HURT OR HOW DID YOU END UP COMBINING THE 2?

IT'S A QUITE THE INTERESTING STORY.

I STORE STANDUP SINCE 2009.

>> ASHLEY WAS STARTED OPENING FOR PEOPLE AROUND 2011 STARTED GOING ON TOR AND UP OPENING FOR A HIT.

THAT STAGE A PROTEST THAT DOES THIS.

AND FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN OPEN FOR HIM NOT EXCLUSIVELY BUT A LOT.

AND HE KEPT INSISTING THAT I LEARNED THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE HE LIKE ME AND THOUGHT I DID I INSISTED I WASN'T GOING TO DO IT, BUT EVENTUALLY IT I REALLY SAW THE POWER OF IT.

AND I TOOK THE COURSE HE TEACHES A CLASS ON HOW TO LEARN HAVE HAD NO SUS AS WELL AS THE STAGE SHOW ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE KIND OF UNDER HIS WING.

AND THEN ONCE I STARTED, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

IT JUST KIND OF TAKES OVER YOUR WHOLE SCHEDULE TO ARE HARDLY EVER DO STAND-UP COMEDY.

NOW, THIS IS A AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLINICAL HYPNOSIS AND WHAT YOU DO ON STATE.

THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND THE SENSE THAT MY GOAL AS A STATEMENT TO THIS IS TO ENTERTAIN.

SO THURSDAY, 50 PEOPLE OR 1000 PEOPLE.

MY JOB IS TO ENTERTAIN THOSE PEOPLE WITH THE PEOPLE I BRING ON STAGE.

SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR OUT OF A SUBJECT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CLINICAL SITUATION WHERE YOU COME IN WITH AN ISSUE AND THEN I'M TRYING TO PICTURE ISSUE OR HELP YOU WITH YOUR ISSUE MANAGER.

PROBLEM THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT IN ARE LINKED BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDER HYPNOSIS DISCOVER THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA, IN FACT, THE REAL SHOW NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE IS A RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ESTERO.

I DID.

55 AND A PLACE SHOW WAS DONE.

LADY COME ABOUT THE SHOWS THAT I GOT TO TELL YOU.

I FEEL AMAZING.

I SAID THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

SHE SAID NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

SHE SAID I'VE HAD STAGE 4 CANCER FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I HAVEN'T FELT GOOD EVER.

BUT IT TOOK HER MIND WAS ABLE TO RELEASED THAT STRESS AND TENSION AND FIND A BETTER PLACE IN HER MIND TO WHERE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT BURDEN ANYMORE.

AND AT THAT MOMENT, I WAS JUST SO TOUCHED.

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOOR COMEDY FOR YEARS AND I NEVER HAD A CONNECTION LIKE THAT.

THAT'S JUST ONE STORY ABOUT 1000.

BUT JUST TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY AND DO SOMETHING NICE FOR THEM.

IT'S AND I PUT THAT IN AT THE END OF EVERY SHOW.

IF YOU VOLUNTEER, YOU GET A VERY GOOD PACKAGE OF GOODIES TO GO HOME WITH.

>> HOW DOES THIS PROCESS WORK?

WALK ME THROUGH IT.

>> FOR THE STAGE SHOW, TYPICALLY I WILL ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS REPRESENT A CROWD OF PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING PLANTS OR YOU HAVE PEOPLE YOU PICK.

I PICK NO ONE.

I ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS.

PEOPLE COME UP ON STAGE.

I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

NOW.

MIND YOU.

I'M A COMEDIAN.

SO THIS IS FUNNY THROUGHOUT.

THEN WE START WITH JOKES.

ITS FUNNY WHILE I'M EXPLAINING IT BECAUSE I'M ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, BUT I TAKE A VOLUNTEER.

EXPLAIN WILL AND THEN I EVALUATE THOSE VOLUNTEERS AS TO WHO'S GOING TO BE GOOD SUBJECTS FOR THE SHOW BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I COULD HIT HIGHS, YOU DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE SHOW BECAUSE THERE'S LEVELS OF HYPNOSIS OR 6 LEVELS.

SO THE DEEPER YOU CAN GO AND HAVE NO SAYS THE MORE YOU CAN I CALLED THE LOSOM 8 ESSENTIALLY.

SO WHEN I SAY OH, MY GOD, WE'RE ON A WATER PARK RIDE.

YOU BELIEVE WE'RE ON A WATER PARK RIDE IN YOUR MIND?

IT'S ISRAEL AS IF WE WERE THERE.

SO BUT THAT PROCESS HAPPENS IN JUST SUCH A SHORT PERIOD.

TIME OUT TO DETERMINE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOOD HERE, NOT AND THEN I ELIMINATE THOSE THAT ARE NOT SO I CAN HAVE A GOOD QUALITY SHOW.

>> BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

SO AS A SKEPTIC OF THIS.

>> HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK IN THE BRAIN WHILE THEY'RE UNDER OK WITH?

SO IT'S TAKING PLACE.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HYPNOSIS?

>> LIKE WE WORK OUR WHOLE LIVES.

WE WALK AROUND.

WE HAVE OUR CONSCIOUS MIND.

THAT'S WHAT WE USE.

THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES.

DON'T TOUCH THAT.

IT'S HOT GOING THROUGH THIS.

YOUR CONSCIOUS MINDS MAKING YOUR DECISIONS FOR YOU.

HIPNESS SOCIAL WAS AT THE MAGIC.

THERE'S A WALL BETWEEN THE CONSCIOUS AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS.

BECAUSE SUBCONSCIOUS.

WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING.

ANYTHING SOME CRAZY THINGS LIKE ALL.

I REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE TRYING TO WHAT HAPPENS AT NOSES BRINGS OUT WALL DOWN AND ALLOWS THE SUBCONSCIOUS.

MIND TO CONTROL YOUR BEHAVIOR IN THE CONSCIOUS ARENA.

AS I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC WAY TO PUT THAT.

IT'S MUCH MORE IF YOU READ IT KNOWS THIS STUDY.

THAT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED.

BUT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS THAT ALL THAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT WALL COMES DOWN AND NOW THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CAN COME OUT.

AND YOU CAN DO AMAZING THINGS.

THERE'S A TACTIC CALLED HYPER PLEXI.

THEY DON'T.

AND I'M BUT THEY USED TO TAKE SOMEONE LIKE YOU.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT YOU.

PUT YOU ACROSS TO CHAIRS WHERE YOUR HEAD IS UP HERE.

YOUR FEAR ON THE OTHER ONE AND SOMEONE MY SIZE WOULD THEN STAND ON.

YOU.

WE COULDN'T BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU'RE YOUR TIGHT AS A BOARD.

YOU CAN MOVE YOUR MUSCLES.

BECOME THAT FROM.

BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE.

I'M TELLING YOU THE POWER, THE MINDS OF CREDIBLE AND THEY I MEAN, IT WAS A LEGIT THING THEY DON'T ANYMORE.

OBVIOUSLY CAUSE THERE ARE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.

WHEN YOU START WATCHING.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THE TODAY.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

THAT WAS MY PLEASURE TO GET TO COME.

YEAH, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

FOR DATES AND TICKET INFORMATION.

>> FEEL FREE TO VISIT BOB LAUBER DOT COM.

>> AFTER THE BREAK, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO GROW A GARDEN.

MEET THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOWERING THEIR GROCERY BILLS BY ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND HARVESTING AS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CUT EXPENSES AND SAVE SOME CASH.

A GARDENING WORKSHOP IS GIVING CHARLOTTE COUNTY RESIDENTS THE KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO LOWER THEIR GROCERY BILLS FROM THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

WGCUS KATE CRONIN HAS MORE.

>> WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GROWING AND HISTORY BACKS THAT UP.

PEOPLE HAVE TURNED TO THE GARDEN IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP TO CUT COSTS AND RECONNECT WITH NATURE.

ACCORDING TO THE SMITHSONIAN PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO PLANT LIBERTY GARDENS THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR.

ONE DUE TO WAR FUELED FOOD SHORTAGES.

WAR GARDENS RETURNED IN WORLD WAR 2 AS A VICTORY GARDENS TO FEED AN EXPANDING MILITARY IN GROWING POPULATION 1942.

GARDEN FOR VICTORY GUIDE NOTES THAT VICTORY GARDENS HELPED FAMILIES SAVE ON PRODUCE AND IMPROVE MORALE.

THAT SAME RHETORIC APPLIES TODAY HAS THE WAR IN IRAN HAS DRIVEN UP GAS PRICES AND GROCERY PRICES COSTING AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS AN AVERAGE OF $1200 SINCE FEBRUARY 2026, ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, GARDNER'S PHYLLIS AND BRUCE JACOBS SAID THEY HOPE TO GROW THEIR OWN VEGETABLES TO LOWER THEIR GROCERY BILL.

>> WELL, ONE I THINK IS CHEAPER TOO.

THE MAIN THING I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY SHOULD AT A HEALTHIER OPTION.

>> GROCERY PRICES HAVE GONE UP.

33% BETWEEN 18 ACCORDING TO THE USDA.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR EVERYDAY GROCERY SHOPPERS LIKE YOU AND ME?

WELL, FOR SOME, IT MEANS TURNING TO COMMUNITY GARDENS LIKE THIS ONE.

THE AND AND CHUCK DEVORE, REGIONAL PARK IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY HOSTED A VEGETABLE GARDENING WORKSHOP FOR ANYONE HOPING TO MAKE THEIR THUMB A LITTLE GREENER MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER PHIL GAVE TIPS ON PICKING VEGETABLES TO PLANT WORKING WITH THE FLORIDA SUN.

>> AND WHAT SOIL IS BEST IF YOU HAVE A YARD?

>> WITH SOME SPACE YOU CAN PLAN YOUR OWN AND THAT'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

THE FIRST REASON IS YOU CAN ALLOW YOUR FRUITS LIKE IT IS AND PEPPER TO RIPEN ON THE PLANT TO.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER FLAVOR, BETTER NUTRITION WHEN THEY WRITE BEEN ON THE PLANT.

THEN YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE DISEASE RESISTANT VARIETIES WHEN YOU BUY THE ROAD SEED.

AND SO THEY WILL HAVE RESISTANCE TO SOME OF THE DISEASES THAT ATTACK US.

>> BUT WHY IS GROWING YOUR OWN VEGETABLES SO BENEFICIAL SOLIS BELIEVES HE HAS THE ANSWER FOR THAT, TOO.

I DON'T SAVE AS MUCH NOW AS I DID 20 YEARS AGO.

>> BECAUSE I REMEMBER AND YOU COULD BUY A SIX-PACK FOR $0.89 OF LITTLE FLAT.

NO, YOU'RE PAYING 5 OR $6.

A PIECE.

SO.

EVEN GROWING THE PLANTS, IF YOU DON'T GROW FROM SEED IS IT CAN BE EXPENSIVE.

BUT YOU STILL ARE GOING TO GET MORE POUNDS OF FUEL.

VEGETABLE PRODUCT THAT WILL COST YOU LESS THAN IN THE STORE.

PLUS, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW ORGANIC AND NOT PUT THE PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES THAT ARE ALL OF THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU BUY, ALL THE VEGETABLES IN THE START.

>> THE NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION REPORTS THAT SWITCHING TO GROWING YOUR VEGETABLES OVER BUYING THEM AT THE GROCERY STORE CAN SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BENEFIT GARDENING CAN REDUCE STRESS AND EVEN COUNTS AS EXERCISE BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUNSHINE ALSO LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE AND BOOST YOUR VITAMIN D INTAKE.

ACCORDING TO THE MAYO CLINIC PRODUCE JACOBS AGREED WITH THE BENEFITS OF GARDENING.

>> WE WILL ALWAYS BE FOR A GROWING THEM OURSELVES.

>> BUT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SUCCESSFULLY GROWN THEM.

UNTIL NOW.

AND THEN.

>> WHETHER YOUR GARDENING TO CUT GROCERY BILLS ARE JUST ENJOYING SOME TIME OUTDOORS.

GROWING YOUR OWN VEGETABLES HAS BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE.

BRUCE AND PHYLLIS JACOB SAID THERE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO GET GROWING.

>> CANTALOUPES WATERMELON, RED PEPPERS, BLUEBERRIES.

I'M AT POLLS FOR WGCU NEWS.

I'M KATE CRONIN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THAT MAKE SURE YOU HEAD TO WGCU DOT ORG WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

AND BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE, WE WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE MORE SONG FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

SINGER-SONGWRITER CLARE