Dear fellow white people; lets talk about the protests and the most common racist refrains and tropes. 

In this week’s episode, I cant keep the days straight. I recorded this interview with ST Rappaport on Tuesday June 2nd with the intent of releasing it as the weekly show on the 3rd. But, with everything going on in the world, I didn’t feel right releasing it so I held on to it and recorded the introduction on Thursday the 4th, not the 9th, as I mentioned in the intro. Anyway… this week I’m posting two Episodes, one on the 9th (Interview with ST Rappaport) and one on the 11th to talk about the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.

My guest this week is ST Rappaport. ST is Relationship Photographer, Creative Journal Expressive Arts Coach, founder of Genius Relationships and host of the LifePix Relationships Podcast. After observing, listening, and connecting with so many couples, ST is on a mission to find out what makes relationships work and how they can become extraordinary and is here to help as many couples as possible. For you free mini session, go to LifePixRelationships.as.me or find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifepixphotography/

Music in this week’s Episode is Distant Camera by Neil Young’s 23rd album Silver and Gold.

Find the video for this week’s conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZxDnlUwP47g

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In this week’s episode, I discuss the power of positivity as an act of resistance.

“With so much hate, anger, mistrust, and craziness in the world, positivity is an act of resistance against anyone or anything that exists to instill fear or insecurity… fight back with positivity.”

I also discuss the five things I’m doing to maintain my sanity in an insane world.

What are you doing to stay positive, to resist the negativity?

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In this episode, I discuss suicide, mental health, addiction, and the things I've learned from my brother Blake's death in 2016. The episode is bookended by Frank Turner's "Song for Josh," written after the suicide of DC's beloved 9:30 Club manager Josh Burdette in 2013.

"That's when I'll whisper to myself

Brother I miss you like hell" - Frank Turner, Song for Josh

https://frank-turner.com/home/

Be more kind, my friends.

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In this episode, Chris Walker and I discuss our feelings about loss, after the loss of my brother and Chris' mother. Through PMA, we can turn tragedy into an opportunity for growth. 

Chris - "the goal, the hope, the bottom line is for a world that is more than just tolerable to live in." 

We talk about our own friendship, forged in loss, and talk about overcoming addiction, Chicago, Wrigley Field, ALS, and the power of community. 

As for music, this week we hit on Pearl Jam, Tim Barry, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Dave  Hause, and Touche Amore. 

Music in this week's show: 

Tim Barry, Thing of the Past, from 28th and Stonewall. timbarryrva.com 

Pearl Jam, Release (Live) from Live at Wrigley Field, August 20. 2016 pearljam.com Pearl Jam, Given To Fly (Live) from Live from Wrigley Field, August 20, 2018 pearljam.com 

Touche Amore, ~, from Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me toucheamore.com 

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Welcome to the It's Hard To Know podcast. 

A podcast about finding your path on a journey to better living in a world with no easy path. On this podcast we'll discuss mental health, getting and staying in physical and mental shape, spirituality, art, music, food, and travel.

Your Friend in Service, 

Michael Hank

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