Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

An Update From Laura About a Chronic Illness

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  • Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and some real REAL talk this week.
  • But first: Taylor interrupts Pam's nighttime routine with a late night drop of The Tortured Poets Department. Does it live up to the hype?
  • Did Andrew just confess to murdering former members of the pod?
  • A not-so-fun update in the name of resiliency: Laura shares that she has multiple sclerosis (MS), what her journey to diagnosis looked like, and how she's doing now.
  • What it's like to move through the stages of grief and eventually reach a space of processing through humor.
  • We cover questions from our Patrons to go a little more in depth on Laura's experiences living with a chronic illness. Most important of all, we talk about the representation of MS in The West Wing, Laura's favorite show.
  • As we continue on this journey we call life, we'll face different hurdles that challenge our mental health. How are we all doing?
  • The panel shares what outlets help us get a mental break from the tough shit, and what resources we use to work through it.
  • Journaling, limiting distractions, mid-day walks, crossword puzzles are all things we here at the show use to break up our days and limit stress and anxiety.
  • Pam shares the 4-7-8 Breathing Method as well as the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Technique
  • This week's recommendations are good for the soul: donate to the Shepherd Center for World MS Day (Laura), Brick to help limit screentime (Andrew), and attending the yearly Record Store Day (Pam).


    • And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts:

    • "If your dog and a loved one were drowning and you could only save 1, who would it be?" "Umm which 'loved' one are we talking about?"
    • Inspired by a NYT Ethics column, we'll be playing a classic game of 'Would You Rather...?'
    • What's worse? Having legs as long as your fingers, or fingers as long as your legs? (We spend way to much time imagining how this would play out - absolute nightmare fuel.)
    • Andrew hits us with a super secret surprise question...

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