Today, join Raquel and Michelle as they discuss the very real stress that comes with going on vacation, and then coming back. It may be tempting to never want to leave again, but that's not sustainable! They will come up with strategies on how to keep the feeling of vacation going for as long as possible, and tips on making every day feel like a little private escape. Along the way, there will be inappropriate comments and shenanigans - as usual - as well as a sneak peek as to what you can expect coming up in season 2! Thank you to everyone for your continued support.

Show Notes:

Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

The Spirit of Aloha
https://mauisnorkeling.com/the-spirit-of-aloha/

12 Reasons Travel Can Be Stressful & Tips for Reducing Travel Stress
https://independenttravelcats.com/travel-stressful-tips-for-prevent-reduce-travel-stress/#:~:text=Travel%20stress%20is%20a%20feeling,having%20a%20negative%20vacation%20experience.

Join Raquel and Michelle as they complete part 2 of their LGTBQI series. They will also discuss monkey pox and dispel the myths that are out there. NO, it's not just a "gay disease." YES, we are all potentially at risk and it is still important to wash your hands! Laugh along as they throw in their usual brand of hilarity, talking about everything from wine, sex (of course) and even Mrs. Doubtfire.

Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

Links for further info:

The Trevor Project
Thetrevorproject.org

Our Center Reno
https://ourcenterreno.org/

Monkey Pox Info
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html

MRSA
https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/

C. Diff
https://www.cdc.gov/cdiff/what-is.html#:~:text=diff-,C.,6%20patients%20who%20get%20C.

V. Sattui Gamay Rouge
https://www.vsattui.com/shop/?productid=0DC0266B-637A-4200-90CC-E83D2A7B8C9C

Stephen Brower Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/stephenbrower/

Today join Raquel and Michelle as they discuss birthdays and religion. And the conversation, as always, devolves into belly dancing, wilderness survival, worm food and not being a judgment jerk. Also, Raquel and Michelle are starting their own religion! Come learn the rules, they are actually quite easy to follow!

Michelle and Raquel welcome Matt Kopicko, a member of the LGBTQI community. Matt has graciously agreed to come on the pod and discuss his trials, tribulations and successes navigating life as a gay man in modern times. Join Raquel and Michelle as they learn and laugh with Matt as he offers some amazing insights to being an Ally to the LGBTQI community.

Today Raquel and Michelle speak with Sandy, a correctional nurse that gives amazing insight to working in a high-stress environment with incarcerated people. We learn what a "prison pocket" is, the boundaries some people that work with incarcerated people cross and why, and how to maintain your own mental health while working in a correctional facility (hint: it's all about self-care!)
Come and learn and laugh with Raquel, Michelle and Sandy. The United States has the highest level of incarceration in the world. It's important we all know a little bit about this big problem.

Show Notes:

Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Correctional Nurse
https://nurse.org/articles/correctional-nurse-tips/

On today's episode, Raquel and Michelle discuss the benefits and pitfalls of women being able to do and be anything. Women are expected to bring home the bacon and cook it and serve it too! Caring for ourselves vs caring for others and how we can reconcile that with the expectations (and generational trauma!) passed down from our mothers. Plus, they solve the world's problems with a mailing list and sex toys, talk about the vagus nerve and primary emotions. This episode has a lot of info, and there's some laughs too!

Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/113
The origins of Roe v. Wade

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/imposter-syndrome
What is Imposter Syndrome?

https://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/vagus-nerve
The vagus nerve

https://www.iamheart.ca/single-post/2017/07/07/the-5-basic-emotions
the 5 core emotions

Just when we think things can't get worse...there's another school shooting. 21 lives lost in Uvalde, Texas. Managing your baggage may seem impossible right now. Join Raquel and Michelle as they talk about the importance of focusing on mental and physical health during these tough times, and remembering to laugh and love your friends and family, too. There are no answers to be had, but there is honesty and conversation and friendship.

Show Notes:

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

https://www.the-outrage.com/
Activists Shirts

https://www.shinesty.com/collections/all-mens-underwear
Men's Ball-Pouch Underwear

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/us/two-killed-in-shooting-at-a-nevada-middle-school.html
Sparks Middle School Shooting

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/27/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-timeline/
Uvalde School Shooting

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101
Parkland Florida School Shooting

https://www.britannica.com/event/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-shooting
Sandy Hook School Shooting

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/t/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.html
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/michigan-judge-weighs-charges-parents-who-bought-high-school-shooter-gun-2022-02-24/
Michigan Parents to be charged in school shooting for supplying gun to 15 year-old son

https://everytownresearch.org/report/the-impact-of-active-shooter-drills-in-schools/
The impact of active shooter drills in schools

Relationships. We have them with everyone, everywhere! Are they the Collective or Intimate? How do you know when an acquaintance becomes your tribe? Join Raquel and Michelle as they not only discuss non-romantic relationships but go on their usual side-trips and discuss growing up in the 70s, 80s and 90s, MySpace (remember that?), youth-induced injuries while playing outside and other fun topics!

Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

Links for further info:

Relationships can be great, and they can be not-so-great (Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, anyone?) Your relationship can be delicious and satisfying like a big pile of crispy potato chips, or crappy like a big pile of shit. Raquel and Michelle discuss romantic relationships and how to manage the stress that is inevitable when in a couple. Do you withdraw? Do you pursue? What are personality disorders? Join us as Raquel and Michelle dissect different relationship and stress styles, talk about sex (of course), another celebrity freebie and have some laughs along the way.

Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage

Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio

Links for further info:

Quality of Relationships Can Affect Health, Indicated by Level of Stress Hormones, According to New Study
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2000/08/stress

What are the effects of stress on a relationship?
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2018/atp-relationship-stress

Emotion-Focused Therapy
https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/emotion-focused-therapy

Borderline Personality Disorder
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder

Personality Disorders
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/personality-disorders