{"id":45430,"date":"2025-05-23T18:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/?page_id=45430"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:27:30","slug":"mike-farren","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/blog\/authors\/mike-farren\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Farren, FOCUS Contributor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45430\" class=\"elementor elementor-45430\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0072ba3 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0072ba3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f159c elementor-widget elementor-widget-slider_revolution\" data-id=\"60f159c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slider_revolution.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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