In this episode, we chat about doing what you love and how that can positively affect the rest of your life. The ancillary benefits of pursuing your passion. And on the flipside, what can happen when you're working on something you don't love. Interesting back and forth, experiences from both sides are shared. Casual but candid per ushe'. 

You know when somebody is venting to you? And you feel obligated to provide solutions? There are other things you can do in those situations that might work, too. For example, sometimes it's better NOT to offer any help and just listen. Could be that whoever you're talking just wants a soundboard. Something to think about, interesting convo. 

Stemming from the Jim & Andy Netflix Special, Jamal and Aunty K talk about Jim Carrey's "free from concern" comment and how it applies to everyday life. Jamal is very intrigued by Jim Carrey's abstract ways, Aunty K not so much. Hilariousness ensues. 

A conversation about the ongoing chatter in our heads, our personal experiences with managing them, thoughts on how it can be limiting especially if the chatter (and constant filtering) never stops, why it's important to be aware of, and intuition/gut feelings and how it actually feels different than chatter in your head.

Show notes:

Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB15UFO5ebA 

The conversation today is around going with the flow... as in when you have definitive plans and something comes up or you just don't feeling like doing whatever you had planned to do anymore. Do you force yourself to stick to the game plan? Or go another direction? Jamal and Aunty K discuss there thoughts and experiences with these types of situations and how it can affect their days.

Show Notes:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-only-dead-fish-go-flow-anuradha-kamath/

A conversation about selfishness and how everybody is inherently selfish. There are plenty of times where being selfish is actually beneficial to you and the people around you. Both Jamal and Aunty K share examples from their lives and dissect the negatives stigmas around the word/meaning.

Jamal and Aunty K have a quick conversation around ego. They discuss their own experiences with ego and how it can affect their day-to-day and chat about some of the ways they work around it. They also touch on the relationship between ego and self-esteem. What are your thoughts on ego? Let us know at auntyanxiety.com. 

Resisting can make things a lot more difficult than they need to be. It could be resisting how you're feeling or resisting something that you don't want to do. Jamal and Aunty K talk about 4 types of resisting and share personal examples and solutions that work for them when resistance rears its ugly face. The books we reference at the end can be found on amazon, links below:

The Surrender Experiment - https://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Experiment-Journey-Lifes-Perfection/dp/080414110X 

The Untethered Soul - https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379

Dishcloth rules meaning funny/weird things that you believe as a kid that are just plain old false. Jamal and Aunty K talk about their own dishcloth rules, share some examples of other ones, and go back and forth on how to identify and move past them because they can be limiting at times. What are some of your dishcloth rules? Let us know at auntyanxiety.com!

"Nuggets" are things that trigger you, that set you off, that take you from 0-100 really quickly. So when you mine for nuggets you're looking for these things that set you off so you can dig a little bit deeper to figure out the reason and ultimately work to solve them. Everybody has things that bother them, things they're insecure about. This episode Jamal and Aunty Kathy share their own experiences with mining for nuggets and how it's positively impacted their lives. Links to resources that were mentioned in the episode are below:

"6 steps to help heal your inner child" - https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/09/23/6-steps-to-help-heal-your-inner-child/

"7 things your inner child needs to hear you say" - https://tinybuddha.com/blog/7-things-your-inner-child-needs-to-hear-you-say/