Today, I talk about losing my best friend at age 18 to suicide, my behaviors afterwards which were very hurtful towards others and detrimental to myself, and how they shaped me into who I am today, Im grateful for it all and I hope you can relate to it - Rory

I talk about my fear of embracing others pain/emotion for my actions and Ryan sheds some perspective on the situation - Rory 

This episode my brother and I express our gratitude towards each other and relive some powerful memories that shaped our relationship today. We now have our website where we share out group ritual structure. If you're interested check it out at cultivatingconnectionsvt.com  Thank you all so much for your support!

Today my brother and I get deep when we talk about my past overdoses. We discuss the shame that we felt in the past and how it's shaping our present life in a positive way. Thank you all so much for listening, we appreciate the chance to express ourselves and encourage you to reach out to us if you can relate to what we talk about. 

In this episode Rory and I discuss behaviors and how they can serve either to connect us or to disconnect us from each other, ourselves, and the present moment. We use examples from our own lives to highlight the importance of understanding our intentions behind our behaviors. We have been making a conscious effort to cultivate more behaviors that connect us, while reducing our reliance on disconnecting to cope with discomfort. Thanks for tuning in, and enjoy. 

Hello, my name is Ryan. My brother Rory and I decided to create this podcast Cultivating Connections as an attempt to create more connections in our lives. Most of our lives we have been disconnecting from ourselves, and others. This has led us into depression and substance abuse problems. We have realized at the core of our problems is our inability or unwillingness to connect. Most of our behaviors serve to disconnect and distract us from the moment. Our goal through this podcast is to cultivate a deeper connection with our emotions and intuition and at the same time cultivate deeper connections as brothers. We hope we can connect with some listeners out there as well. In this intro, we talk about why we decided to create a podcast and some of the things we will talk about here. Thanks for listening.