Amusing Podcast

We think everyone likes to poke fun and chat about the red and green flags of dating. Join us as we share some of our own obscure responses and divulge the juicy ones our fellow Musers have sent in.

Hold onto your hats because if your name starts with J you might be in trouble. Is wearing socks to bed weird? Should I call myself a plant mum or a dog dad? What's the deal with Hinge voice prompts? Could biting into ice cream be considered a superpower? How do we feel about watching true crime or sleeping with the fan on.

Find out all the goss in this weeks ep!

This week we take a trip down memory lane to muse about our past selves. What were we doing 5 years ago? How did we feel? What challenges did we overcome and how? What knowledge can the past versions of ourselves teach us? We each touch on a bit of the back story of our adolescence. Issy speaks about how she explored her emotions, found a true calling to follow and enjoyed the comfort of setting goals to work towards. Mel speaks on the challenges of finding herself, figuring out a career pathway and navigating a long term relationship. We reflect on the evolution of our friendship and dissect the wisdom we have each taken from our life experiences. Join us for a mashed up dnm and chit chat as we break down some life learnings!

Dribble time is back - apparently a fan favourite! Join us for another silly, goofy, light-hearted chit chat. We start off with a recap of our last episode from this series before we read some quotes from Kanye West and Homer Simpson to play a game of “Who said it?”. Turns out Kanye and Homer are more similar than you may think! We jump into a chat about sleep, share some of our most bizarre dreams and play a fun little game of would you rather, for which we have curated some tough questions to break down. Lots of laughs are included in this one, listen in so you don’t miss the fun!

Have you ever stopped to think about how powerful words really are? Words make up the vows at a wedding, famous speeches that have initiated revolutionary movements, laws that govern our society, knowledge that fills textbooks and importantly everyday language that we use to communicate our thoughts, feelings and emotions with ourselves and others.

Our internal monologue is written by the words we know and overtime the expressions we use tend to become habitual. We may not even notice if we often label ourselves as “stupid” or “dumb” or use self-critical language such as "I should do this" or "I must do this". It's very easy to speak negatively about ourselves and we are often our harshest life critics. How can we gradually rewrite these habits?

In today's episode we get chatting about self worth and how self-talk can influence that. We speak about language, dissect why it's often difficult for us to speak highly of ourselves and how our self worth can often be defined by external sources. The thing is, we are all good enough. So the question becomes, how can we help ourselves believe that? Listen in to hear our tips!

Strap yourself in! This week we break down possibly one of the biggest questions of human existence - What is the purpose of life?

Now, this idea has and will continue to be pondered forever. Some of us may find this question confronting or flat out stupid and don’t worry, we are here for all of those responses. This is a hard topic to digest and of course we are by no means philosophers with all, or any, answers but nevertheless we find these topics 'interesting' and rich with perspectives.

For many of us, our reason for being is defined by our values and goals, for others maybe we believe life has supernatural or inexplainable meaning and for some life has no meaning at all. Perhaps our upbringing or the social and cultural environments we are surrounded by heavily influence these perceptions, or maybe they don’t. Dive into some rabbit holes with us as we reflect upon one of life's biggest mysteries.

References:

Do you often feel like you have to ask questions to keep conversations afloat? Have you ever been ghosted? Do you think you are a person that goes above and beyond for others and it isn't always reciprocated? Each of us lies somewhere on the spectrum of the 3 interaction styles; giver, taker or matcher. This depends on whether we often give, take or trade value with others in our interactions. Now if you don’t know which you are, sit in on this chat! We believe understanding how we interact with others can help us become more conscious of our own values and foster more fruitful friendships.

Do the quiz to find out which one you are:

Give and Take quiz by Adam Grant

As we learn and grow through our 20’s we feel like it’s not uncommon to experience challenges within friendships or hit bumpy roads in relationships.

Perhaps a housemate is a bit messy and you feel some frustration building? Maybe an event or situation that makes you uncomfortable is unfolding and you are unsure how to communicate those feelings with your friend? Maybe you and your partner have some unresolved conflict that's niggling at you? Or you begin to resent your boss because they expect too much from you? Alternatively, maybe someone close has told you something you do that bothers them and it has left you feeling hurt?

In this episode we unpack different scenarios involving feedback and communication through our own life experiences. We question how we can best give and receive feedback in our own lives, break down on the do's and dont's of handling those sticky situations and overall attempt to highlight the value of gentle honesty in our relationships.

We are back this week with a bonus episode of a mini-series we've titled 'Dribble Time'. Join us as we have a light-hearted chit chat about anything and everything we have found entertaining over the past few days.

This week we look at humans as a species and think about how cute and weird they are. We trail off to discuss the pain of milky coffee and other things that are equally disappointing. Oh and did you know that people are out here leaving reviews on toilet roll and other basic groceries?

Life in our 20’s can sometimes feel confusing as we transition from school to full-time work, further study, travel plans or maybe just vibing. Perhaps these plans and passions can feel at odds with one another at any one time. If you are a person with many different interests and creative pursuits in life, then you may be a ‘multipotentialite’.

In this episode we unpack the term and discuss its relation to our own academic and career experiences. By seeking to identify if we are multipotentialites we aim to understand how we can use this to our advantage. Ultimately, we hope to alleviate an area of potential anxiety by understanding 3 core strengths of being multipassionate and how leveraging these skills can help us forge our own career paths.

Ted Talks:

Emilie Wapnick: Why some of us don't have one true calling

https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling

Taylor Aller: What if you have more than one passion?

https://www.ted.com/talks/taylor_aller_what_if_you_have_more_than_one_passion