This week, Lindsie and Caroline discuss a few personal things close to them-when it's time to cut people off, dealing with family, personal well-being, and not feeling great mentally. We all have to find the time for ourselves, lest we feel kinda "slumpy" and burnt out.
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Feeling Slumpy

Lindsie Chrisley is a southern girl trying to navigate life while staying true to her roots, and true to herself. The Southern Tea is a weekly heart to heart with the listeners where Lindsie leaves nothing off the table. Being a boy mom, she knows when to not take things too seriously. With no topic off limits, this podcast is an ongoing conversation on life, career, family, faith, motherhood, and everything in between. Lindsie swears to spill the tea, the whole tea, and nothing but the tea.

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For this week's episode we pull from the vault of Southern Tea podcasts...
Lindsie is joined by the founder of Prison Professors, Michael Santos. While serving a 45 year sentence for a white collar crime Michael made a commitment to work towards prison reform and has continued to provide resources to anyone impacted unfairly by the prison system. Michael shares his various experiences throughout the years within the prison system, how prison camps need to be abolished, how he met his business partner Justin Paperny, the touching story of meeting his wife, and the system wide changes that he hopes to make. 
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ENCORE Mass Incarceration Is A Failed Experiment with Prison Professors' Michael Santos

Lindsie find comfort in learning more about depression and all the ways it manifests itself people. She talks about the time after her breakup and when she noticed something was happening to her. Kristen and Lindsie bond over their similar upbringings and how Lindsie does not judge her parents for the way they raised her. The recent news about conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel has Lindsie and Kristen a little confused and curious..
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My Life, My Decisions

Lindsie is blindsided by a close friend's actions which has led to a friendship breakup. Iris talks about friendship breakups being more hurtful in many ways than a romantic one. Today's stories include a murder-suicide between elementary school teachers, a real estate agent accidentally burning down a house, and Iris wants to know how different do couples have to be in an opposites attract scenario? Iris brings today's Weekly Tea story that just reinforces the argument that bachelor/bachelorette parties are a bad idea.   
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Friendship Break-ups & Opposites Attract Conditions feat. Iris

Lindsie shares an ongoing issue that she's had with Jackson that some may relate to. Today's topics range from Kate Middleston, An Ohio Chic Fil A owner driving to meet up with a minor he met online, and Walmart wants to charge to use self-checkout?? Crazy! What are your rules or standards for tipping? And a video on elderly people has Kristen emotional about watching her mom get old.
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Man of the House, Walmart Self-Checkout & Tipping Troubles

[TW: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ASSUALT, ABUSE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING]
Today we welcome guest Alexandra Ford, an anti-human trafficking advocate. Alexandra shares her personal story with sexual abuse, how it put her in the path of becoming a human trafficking victim and the work she does now with consent and online safety. Check out Alexandra Ford @TheLaughingSurvivor and her work @UprisingWYO
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Feeling Slumpy

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