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EPISODE CXXX: THE JOY AND PAIN OF CHRISTMAS

 Christmas comes with ups and downs.  Highlights and low points.  Yet, we keep going and we don't just stop unless we have absolutely had enough.  So we touch upon that along with the positive memories and have some silly ass fun along the way

EPISODE CXXIV: ESCAPE FROM YOURSELF

We live day to day and some of us do the same thing everyday.  Life becomes mundane and boring.  Waking up, go to work, come home, make dinner, blah blah, blah.  Sometimes this is done as a way to keep us safe from harm.  But are we really poisoning ourselves living this way?  Let's explore shall we?

EPISODE CXXVIII: GETTING OFF THAT EDGE

 The world is crazy, and we are becoming crazier.  So how do we stop?  How do we find a way to co exist peacefully?  How can we live consciously?  What are the answers? I explore those here and become a little raw and honest myself about my own issues with dealing with people.
 

EPISODE CXXVII: MY PLAN FOR SUPER ANXIETY

We all have things that bring us large amounts of fear and anxiety.  I wanted to take a moment to talk about one of mine, a big one, hence the term "super anxiety."  Flying.  I really get wigged out when the plane takes off.  So I built a playlist to help me cope and it works.  Maybe a playlist will help you.  Perhaps this can inspire you to find something to get you through and eventually thrive through it which has been happening to me over the years of air travel. 

EPISODE CXXVI: A DIFFERENT THANKSGIVING

My family and I used to go there every Thanksgiving when the kids were younger.  I would love to get those days back, but I am grateful for them.  I think we can find anything to be grateful for if we look and I redid this episode which was a very obnoxious anti Thanksgiving episode, but I challenged myself to do something different.  I put my heart out to those who don't like Thanksgiving for whatever reason and want to let them know I see them, as well as try to find things to be grateful for together.

EPISODE CXXV: THE SUICIDE SHOW

TW: The title says it all
I talk about why people contemplate this and my own personal battles for suicidal ideation, and my own experience with self harm due to my erratic and impulsive behavior.  Why do we do it? Are we feeling alone?  We want the pain of life to stop?  We feel that the world is better off.  I dive in and of course examine why a final solution may not always be best. 

EPISODE CXXIV: SNAP OUT OF THE SNAP

It's easy to not see that we are spiraling out of control.  We think we are OK but then we start hurting people with our quick reactions and emotional outbursts.  We start snapping off and it can bring us to a very unfavorable place.  Maybe the hospital, jail or even worse the grave.  So how do we manage this?  I dive in and see if there's a way

EPISODE CXXIII: I HATE PEOPLE?

Have you ever heard yourself say that? I hate people!  Maybe some are pissing you are.  Maybe you're having a bad day.  Or maybe they are having a bad day.  I want to explore why we irritate each other so much and we let so much silly shit about us bother each other.  I guess this is another shot at a beautiful utopia, or just challenging people to live and think mindfully.

EPISODE CXXII: THE HAUNTING OF A LIFETIME

Sure scary movies, bumps in the night, and axe murderers could be scary.  However, there is nothing more frightening that keeping a costume on for the sake of not being your true authentic self.  We talk about the reasons we don't show ourselves to others and the fear of letting those go who don't accept us.  All with a little but of Halloween flair.  Why not?

EPISODE CXXI: THE NEW DAY

 We all have bad days, but we don't live in that day forever.  How do we move past the bad stuff that happens?  How can we stay mindful and use the intellect to tell us how to move forward?  Can we move forward knowing the new day, aka tomorrow is coming?  I look at those questions and more here.