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 This weeks episode is sweet, interesting and gave me a few things to look into but my favorite moment might be this one right here! Fucking smile y’all! Thanks so much for sitting with me and taking all things trash.

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• Darryl talks about how he’s one of the only people in the world who wears a hat every day. 0:00
• Do you guys work automated or do you guys have to do everything? 4:09
• Dealing with the aftermath of 9/11 and the legacy of the twin towers. 10:23
• What’s the most valuable thing you found in the trash? 16:15
• Where do you find dead body parts in the dump? 23:10
• The mental health of the industry is the biggest problem. 28:17
• Waste management and injuries to workers. 34:40
• The curse of working constantly. 40:10
• Waking up at 330 in the morning. 45:22
• Waste Management’s old school green garbage trucks. 51:11
• Why they’ve been complaining to each other for 25 years. 57:23
• When he grew up, the Coast Guard was in full-swing. 1:02:17
• Alameda was only three and a half miles long when it was founded. 1:07:04
• When people were so much simpler before social media. 1:11:21
• Who takes the trash out to the barrel? 1:16:12
• Dishwashers don’t care if you’re an old guy. 1:21:24
• Waving at everyone and saying hello. 1:26:28

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 This week is a long but it was all too good to cut! Listen in chunks or listen while cleaning the house. Just be sure to listen! I have been calmed and cared for by Karen’s energy more than a few times but getting to hear her story was an honor. To understand her path and how she got or maybe always has been a calming care presence was brilliant! Enjoy hearing how Karen went from Rikers Island to Reiki master. 


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• Karen’s background. 0:00
• Karen’s background in corrections. 2:31
• His career has been based on conflict. 8:37
• It’s never too late to change your life. 15:06
• How did you get to where you are? 19:51
• My mother’s story. 24:03
• How Reiki has helped her manage her temper. 28:14
• Each thing you do is changing the vibration you’re operating at. 35:31
• Why do you have an opinion on why people do what they do? 43:52
• Don’t second-guess yourself. 49:09
• Making sure you’re living with intention in your moment. 56:33
• The power of hearing other people’s stories. 1:01:22
• When you’re insecure, it’s like the universe gives you lessons. 1:07:11
• There’s always something to guide you to whatever is best for you. 1:12:27
• Toxic positivity vs. good vibes. 1:18:12
• What is Reiki? How does it work? 1:23:50
• Why I’ve been so afraid of doing the podcast. 1:32:03
• The importance of sharing your story. 1:37:00
• How being honest with people has been a blessing. 1:43:07
• The importance of showing up as you are. 1:45:40
• The other day at the holistic caveat, where we were waiting for you to come in, I was talking to mypa and this girl turned around 1:50:07
• When you’re used to being this person, it’s all parts of you.

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 This week’s episode is both inspiring and emotional as Monica and I share the dark and light moments of life that have propelled us forward. 

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• Introducing Monica. 0:00
• Why not go to the Netherlands? 5:29
• What it’s like to be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t think like you do. 12:01
• Just because a relationship ends doesn’t mean it’s a failure. 17:31
• What’s the worst thing that happens when you move to another country? 24:38
• The days that have been the roughest for her. 28:19
• Volunteering with Empty Arms Bereavement Support. 31:50
• Why you shouldn’t judge someone because of who they are. 38:17
• What is polyamory? How does it work? 43:35
• You can’t sleep with both of your partners at the same time. 49:36
• The struggles of poly relationships and sex. 53:19
• Have you been a jealous person before? 59:38
• When we’re not together, it’s like we’re not expecting anything from each other. 1:05:04
• Knowing who you are and what you want. 1:09:40
• Getting out of your comfort zone is a way to figure out what you do and don’t want. 1:14:42

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 This week my gurl Brenda talk about finding your place, building community and finding yourself. 

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• Welcome to this week’s episode of. 0:05
• Common courtesy has gone out of the window. 4:31
• When you move to a new place, it’s difficult to form a community. 9:46
• Loss of opportunity and loss of connection. 14:25
• Children are supposed to listen to the stories our elders give us. 21:54
• It’s human nature to want to know things and to feel like you owe people an explanation. 27:48
• How to deal with unsolicited dick pics. 31:43
• Transgender people don’t have to look a certain way to be transgender. 36:17
• What made you do top surgery and not breast reduction? 41:04
• Can it just be kids issues and not trans issues? 43:00
• What are we doing putting stuff in kids’ bodies that we don’t know enough about? 48:02
• The hierarchy that exists in the transgender community. 52:43
• You don’t have to like every person. 57:16
• Don’t take over issues for any group of people. 1:05:15
• What’s next for you? Hormones. 1:10:36
• What’s next for Brando? 1:15:39
• Burning Man is like the ultimate life hangover. 1:21:16
• Burning Man Regionals. 1:26:32

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 Listen in while my Boo and I talk all things drag, love, and finding your authentic self.

• Trey’s origin story. 0:13
• What it’s like to know that your parents were doing the best they could. 9:00
• Did things get better with his parents? 13:58
• What’s the worst way to connect to someone? 17:30
• What happened after her breakup with her ex. 21:46
• Trey’s first mentor is. 27:54
• On her wedding anniversary, he made jokes at her expense. 33:55
• Moving to the San Francisco Bay. 38:56
• Working at the Federal Law office. 41:37
• What’s your auric bubble like? 47:04
• When you get to that point in your life where you’re like, “How did I get here?”. 53:16
• Boundaries are very important. 55:35
• It’s all about building trust slowly. 59:55
• Family is the only thing that matters. 1:05:10
• “All you’re trying to do is make yourself feel better.”. 1:10:28
• Don’t be rude to other people’s friends. 1:16:13
• How do I know how to trust myself on who to let in? 1:23:19
• When someone sees me that makes me uncomfortable, it makes me feel like I haven’t seen in the past. 1:26:00
• It would have killed me if I hadn’t left. 1:32:44
• When you’re in school, did you ever have a test where you had to learn a different key? 1:37:22
• Don’t get involved unless you are asked to. 1:43:14
• Drag shows are not always about sex. 1:52:59
• Don’t get me wrong, I don't like violence, but it’s not our job to fix it. 1:58:55
• When are we going to have gun control? 2:06:33
• Donald Trump’s wife is a flight attendant.

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 Kirkland and I get real about pain and what people mean when the my say you have privilege. 

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• Do more things on microphones. 0:00
• Donna doesn’t give a shit, she’s feisty. 2:52
• Don’t have a huge black population at the bar. 7:55
• Detroit vs. Oakland. 12:11
• What’s he worth? -. 19:18
• Sean Keeley is moving off of the online game. 21:54
• They don’t owe you anything. 29:18
• Every time she leaves her house, she has to think about getting murdered. 32:26
• How do you sustain your pain with your pain? 35:51
• What’s going to happen in the studio. 41:13
• Morphine and pain relief. 47:55
• Don’t take drugs. 52:09
• What do you need to do to help your sickle cell. 55:56
• How does a guy from Detroit fall in love with the Patriots? 1:00:50
• No bullshit in Boston. 1:05:20

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 Carrie and I get real about how hard and exciting transition can be!

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• Who Carrie is and how she got started. 0:00
• How do you find joy in your life? 8:27
• Can somebody come get me? -. 14:11
• If you don’t actively participate in those time periods, it’s not going to get better. 17:32
• How the pandemic threw a wrench into his life. 23:10
• “He who finds himself a joy does the winged life destroy. He who gives us the joy as flies lives in eternity”. 28:47
• Kiss the joy as it flies. 32:04
• People are so wonderful, they are. 36:39
• How do you let people back in after they’re no longer interested? 42:41
• Don’t let your brain take a backseat to your gut. 46:19
• Karen’s first experience with reiki. 50:32
• What’s the starting point of a health insurance fail? 55:51
• On the days that I don’t do those things I feel like the worst version of myself. 1:03:56
• Breaking away from codependency and being me. 1:07:29
• What makes you feel the most alive? 1:11:15
• What makes you happy? 1:17:49
• What makes Kelly happy other than dancing? 1:20:47
• The tension between women and light. 1:28:59
• Why are you getting that face on? 1:32:02
• The power of meditation to help you heal. 1:39:02
• It’s hard living with people. 1:44:37
• How do you figure out what works? 1:48:57
• What it’s like to have no cell phones in the 90s. 1:54:07

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 It was an honest raw fun conversation with my friend Tracie from breathing to finding your passion at any age. Thanks for hanging Tracie and enjoy everyone the go check out her songs on Spotify

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• Welcome to the show. 0:00
• How did Tracy get into respiratory therapy? 2:19
• Codependency is real and it’s an area of my life. 9:39
• Saying “no” to people. 13:00
• Once you put someone on an event, they’re probably not coming off unless there’s a terminal illness. 18:45
• Unvaccinated and high velocity oxygen. 24:40
• The second worst day of intubation. 26:28
• You can’t sit there and tell me what is wrong with this vaccine when you don't even know what is in it. 32:01
• You can be a good person by walking away from people. 37:25
• Auntie Whitney’s moment of truth -. 40:43
• What do you call it when you don’t know what your purpose in life is? 46:23
• Everything happens for a reason is more of a religious concept. 50:48
• The 10 commandments are not written in stone. 55:06
• People of God don’t have to be like that. 1:01:12
• What does it mean to be “gay”? 1:05:16
• Bisexuality is different for men and women. 1:10:29
• No one just wants to satisfy someone else. 1:15:07
• The process of becoming a respiratory therapist -. 1:18:24
• How burnout impacts and changes people’s lives. 1:22:56
• Growing up listening to everything from Merle Haggard to Barry Manilow. 1:27:12
• What is a barre chord? How does it work? 1:34:18
• What if it ever gets cut out?

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This week I’m sharing my conversation with Ryan Reed of High Striker Farm in Southern Maine. I was lucky enough to sit with Ryan after a private tour of his grow operation. Ryan and I get into all things cannabis. Our person experience and what we think about the cannabis community and cannabis in medicine. Join us at the kitchen table for a casual conversation over some local ciders and home grown flower. Find all the deets on the show page notes…