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Back in the ‘90s, gratitude as a practice, as a journal, was this fresh new thing. In this episode, we talk about how and why in the intervening years the whole “gratitude” thing got to feel overdone. And then we talk about some of the unusual, awkward, semi-crazy ways we’ve refreshed it for ourselves this year.

We reference another episode in this ep, and that ep was titled "Do It Different: Using Teeny Tiny Goals To Make Bigger Changes"

Show Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/gratitude-20

EP 148 https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/148-do-it-different-using-teeny-tiny-goals-to-make-bigger-change

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In this episode, we talk about some of our own personal triggers and the opportunities for improvement we've become aware of, for having smoother, more elegant interactions in our conversations and relationship. But first, a minor technical difficulty (Toast's fault) and some ruminating on the current popularity of the wolf cut hairstyle (heard of it? it's mullet adjacent).

Shot Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/rein-in-reactivity

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Working and Relaxing are not opposites. In this ep, we talk about how Western Civilization's dread fear of aging and death seems to be behind our cultural issues around RELAXING, behind Predatory Productivity Culture, and, how that's a real bummer, because knowing how to relax can make you a more pleasant person to be around in general. Siena leads a mini meditation in Progressive Muscle Relaxation (at around 29:30). The main discussion topic starts at about 8:00 into this episode. 

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In this episode, we go off! on how to NOT get pulled out to sea by the riptide currents of deceitful, delusional, or defeating stories, whether they’re stories from your own head, or from the culture that surrounds you. And we also share a contrarian take on typical inspirational pep talk, advice, and quotes.

https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/stories-we-tell-ourselves-pt-3

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In this episode, we share how the personal stories we told ourselves about ourselves evolved over the course of our lives…so far.

But even before we do that, in the beginning of this ep, we mention a story – and a short film about the story – of three very special giant sequoia trees here in Portland, Oregon. Their website is save-the-giants.org.

Toast’s Old Story came from Evangelical Christianity. It was that The Bible was the truth about reality; including that gay, homosexual, LGBTQ+ people are awful, horrible, evil, perverted, and gross. Years Later: Her New Story is that the truth about reality is deeper, wider, more intricate, amazing, textured, spectacular, fascinating, and beautiful than what Evangelical Christianity teaches, and that being gay, homosexual, and/or LGBTQ+ is actually not at all awful, horrible, evil, perverted, or gross. The Old Story was one in which she was the main character. The New Story is one in which she’s not the main character. In the story that works for her, the main character is Life Itself, the life force, "the force that through the green fuse drives the flower." 

Siena’s Old Story was that she was a victim who got punched and fell down on the ground. Her new story is that she got punched, fell down on the ground, and then got back up with a sparkle cape! Her new story also includes that she’s lucky, she’s blessed, and and she’s fortunate. 

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