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We talk about the titanic power that stories have over our lives, and why rushing to make these stories make sense to us is not a good idea. A hit song by America’s first successful black pop songwriter comes into play. The song was written in 1896 and regained popularity in the 1920s! Sorta like how "Stranger Things" and TikTok made all these old songs from the '80s and '90s buzzy again! And we also talk a lot about Taco Bell. Show notes, including the actual song, are at https://sienaandtoast/podcast/stories-we-tell-ourselves-pt-1 And, as we mention, do not go to LoveandAboveCatClub.com ...unless you love cats.

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WARNING: This episode contains talk about cat-related drama that only deep and genuine cat lovers will get. Please listen (and judge) accordingly. Also! A mystery prize is headed someone's way....

In this ep, we talk about:

The dark side and the character weaknesses enabled by our on-demand streaming and smartphone lifestyle

What can make Toast feel like a whiny little b*

Cursive handwriting. Did you know kids aren’t being taught to write in cursive anymore? Who’s going to be able to sign their name? I mean really sign their name, not tap their finger on a docu-sign, which is the equivalent of scratching out an "X” on a parchment scroll.

Then we get into talking about what’s helped us dial down frustration in a way that feels more respectable and at least somewhat dignified and grown-up (as compared to being a whiny little b*).

Show Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/154

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Are you irritable, impulsive? Do you procrastinate? Maybe it’s Decision Fatigue. 

When you’ve made too many decisions (and it doesn’t matter whether they’re simple or complicated), you get fatigued. It’s just what happens. In this episode, we discuss this phenomenon and what to do about it. Also, Toast is surprised when she learns what Siena thinks about her wardrobe. And, in case it comes in handy, the other ep we mention is "Why You’re In A Rut: The Need For Novelty"

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It can be hard to form new, healthy habits. The good news is: you can probably take a habit you already have, to help form that new one! In this episode, we discuss Habit Bundling, a tactic for consciously building a new habit.

Podcast Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/152

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Just maintaining, let alone making, new friends, isn’t so easy as an adult. Amirite?! In this episode, we discuss "the 4 a.m. friend," the idealization of friendship, and “the liking gap.” We also take a much (much!) broader perspective to see how our entire economy is set-up to incentivize us away from the bonding social connections that would otherwise emerge naturally. As Charles Eisenstein has explained in his book "Sacred Economics," it does this through usury and interest-bearing debt. Our culture is now between worlds, that is, more of us have realized that the way our economy has been set-up is part of many problems, including this lack and difficulty of nurturing friendships.

Show Notes are here https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/151

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In this episode, we talk about feeling dead inside! 😃 And about being introverts, social distancing, getting out of a rut, and what all of this has to do with evolution. If you want to laugh at folks who are still social distancing and wearing masks in indoor public spaces, boy have we got the episode for you!

Topics include:

the TV shows Yellowstone, 1883, and 1923

the sexual and non-sexual meaning of “rut”

feeling resistance to getting out of a rut

the connection between variety and well-being

the famous Rat Park experiments on addiction

what our own Teeny Tiny experiments in variety have looked like so far

how our desire for variety comes from the same place as the drives for food and sex

why it makes spiritual sense for variety to feel good

Podcast episode show notes: https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/150

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