This pandemic is affecting everyone around the world, even those with the most stable mental health. We talk about the different ways we have figured out to live with our anxiety (outside of the pandemic, at work, etc).  

Some resources that might help: 

1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy https://psychcentral.com/lib/in-depth-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/ 

2. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy https://psychcentral.com/lib/an-overview-of-dialectical-behavior-therapy/ 

3. The Energy Audit https://theenergyproject.com/offering/energy-audit-individuals/ 

4. Oak app Loving Kindness' meditation https://www.oakmeditation.com/ 

5. The Science of Happiness podcast https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/series/the_science_of_happiness 

6. "Unf*ck your Brain" book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34885438-unfuck-your-brain 

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying  home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is  the only way we can together address this together as regular people.  Please wash your hands, stay home, and take care!

We cover over a decade of reality show hits that we watched when TV was still a thing then recommend some other ones that might still be on! 

EARLY

Jersey Shore https://www.mtv.ca/shows/jersey-shore/

Laguna Beach https://www.mtv.ca/shows/laguna-beach/

Super Sweet 16 http://www.mtv.com/shows/my-super-sweet-sixteen/episode-guide

ANTM https://www.hulu.com/series/americas-next-top-model-302c282e-7c22-4a22-a97e-8c05f1958e86

Takeshi’s Castle https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374460/

LATER

Say Yes to the Dress https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/say-yes-to-the-dress/

Scam City https://decider.com/2017/08/09/cult-corner-scam-city/

How It’s Made https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/

Air Crash investigation http://natgeotv.com/int/air-crash-investigation

RECENT

Queer Eye https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037

Drag Race https://www.netflix.com/title/70187741

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying  home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is  the only way we can together address this together as regular people.  Please wash your hands, stay home, and take care!

Today we talk about the famous genre in pop culture: true crime! We have a lot to uncover from Netflix shows to podcasts to a very significant book in the history of catching a killer in decades old unsolved crime. 

WATCH

1. CRIMINAL NETFLIX 

- UK https://www.netflix.com/title/80216172 🧃

- GERMANY https://www.netflix.com/title/81020518 🧃

- FRANCE https://www.netflix.com/title/81020513 🧃

- SPAIN https://www.netflix.com/title/81020523 🧃

2. MINDHUNTER https://www.netflix.com/title/80114855 🧃

LISTEN

1. CRIMINAL (RADIOTOPIA) https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/criminal 🧃

2. DARK NET DIARIES (HOST: JACK RHYSIDER) https://darknetdiaries.com/ 🧃

3. SMALL TOWN DICKS (HOST: Yardley smith the voice of Lisa Simpson) https://www.smalltowndicks.com/ 🧃

4. MY FAVOURITE MURDER https://myfavoritemurder.com/ 🧃

5. CRIME JUNKIE https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/ 🧃

6. BREAK IN THE CASE (NYPD) https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/media/podcast/podcast.page 🧃

READ

1. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068432-i-ll-be-gone-in-the-dark 🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying  home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is  the only way we can together address this together as regular people.  Please wash your hands, stay home, and take care!

We go over longer books and short books you can start with while we all have this new resource in our life: time! We actually did more research this time and found out that the longest book ever written has 3 million words in it. Fun times. Here's more information on what we covered:

1. "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33600.Shantaram 🧃

2. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15823480-anna-karenina 🧃

3. WATCH: "War and Peace" on BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039wcdk 🧃

4. "Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1)" by Robert Jordan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228665.The_Eye_of_the_World 🧃

5. "Everything is F*ed" by Mark Manson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43808723-everything-is-f-cked 🧃

6. "It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38900866-it-doesn-t-have-to-be-crazy-at-work 🧃

7. "Deep Work" by Cal Newport https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25744928-deep-work 🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is the only way we can together address this together as regular people. Please wash your hands, stay home, and take care!

We kind of went off the rails a bit in this episode, but still on the topic of books and how to build good reading habits. Fafa shares about how you need to set your intentions while Dessy shares a tip about using half hour or hour deadlines and stick to it.

1. Goodreads Reading Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/11621-2020-reading-challenge 🧃

2. Matt Haig's Reasons to Stay Alive: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23363874-reasons-to-stay-alive 🧃

3. R.F Kuang's The Poppy War: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068705-the-poppy-war 🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is the only way we can together address this together as regular people. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME!

Part 1 of 3 (possibly more) of talking about books and how we grew up reading it and the #1 book for each of us that we consistently recommend to everyone without question. 

 1. “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens 🧃 

2. “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth” by Chris Hadfield https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18170143-an-astronaut-s-guide-to-life-on-earth 🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is the only way we can together address this together as regular people. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME!

We wanted to talk about our love for food and baking stories, podcasts, and series, and ended up deep diving on Great British Bake Off for the chunk of it. Find out our favourite cast from the different series, why we love the show, and why everybody loves talking about food as much as eating. Which I'm sure we're doing A LOT of during this quarantine period.

1. The Sporkful, "Is Sandwich Sexism Real?" http://www.sporkful.com/is-sandwich-sexism-real/ 🧃

2. Christopher Kimball, "Fake Food: The Billion Dollar Business of Food Fraud" https://www.177milkstreet.com/radio/chris-elliott-fake-food-rr 🧃

3. Great British Baking Show https://www.netflix.com/title/80063224 🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying  home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is  the only way we can together address this together as regular people.  PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME!

We go back to basics about why we started this podcast and tips about getting informed, relieving anxiety and stress! 

Staying Informed: 

1. World Health Organization Covid-19 Portal https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen 🧃

 2. Fighting Covid-19 with Epidemiology by Johns Hopkins University https://www.coursera.org/learn/covid19-epidemiology 🧃 

3. Science Vs https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs 🧃 

Taking Action: 

4. Nike Run Club app https://www.nike.com/id/nrc-app 🧃 Laugh with Us: 5. Buzzfeed Unsolved https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedunsolved/ 🧃 

6. Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend https://www.earwolf.com/show/conan-obrien/ 🧃 

7. Oprah's MasterClass http://www.oprah.com/app/master-class.html 🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is the only way we can together address this together as regular people. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME! 

It’s been three weeks on our side of the world we’ve had to stay home. Since we have heard “I’m bored!” so many times over video chats, here’s some things you can listen/watch while in self quarantine. 

1. We Have Concerns: https://wehaveconcerns.simplecast.fm/ 🧃 

2. Kingdom on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/kingdom 🧃 

3. Jordan Harbinger Show: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/alex-kouts-the-secrets-you-dont-know-about-negotiation-part-one/ 🧃 

4. Jordan Harbinger Show: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/jack-barsky-deep-undercover-with-a-kgb-spy-in-america-part-one/  🧃

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’re doing this so more people can cope with staying home, because staying home and staying healthy to #flattenthecurve is the only way we can together address this together as regular people. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME!