On this week's podcast, we talk about remembering details, from the little things to the big ideas. This is a podcast topic I've been wanting to talk about for a long time as it pertains to me and how I remember a lot of different dates of when certain things have happened in my life or others'. We talk about what kind of details to remember and the different perspectives surrounding what it means to remember details. We also discuss the effects of this on the giver and receiver of remembering details, along with ways to improve remembering the things we come across in our everyday lives.

On this week's podcast, we talk about the idea of speaking up. After a situation where I had to speak up recently, we talk about the importance of speaking up and why people tend to not want to speak up. One interesting idea discussed was psychological safety and being able to open up about oneself without fear of negative consequences. There are many ways we can work towards speaking up in order to find our voices and encourage people to speak their own voices as well.

On this week's podcast, we talk about a question I came across recently - "are you okay or just avoiding it?" This episode explores the idea of keeping busy to avoid feeling certain emotions or utilizing it as a coping mechanism for something that you are feeling. We talk about the signs that keeping busy is being used to avoid emotion or being addicted to busyness and how we can grow to face our emotions. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about burnout - a familiar feeling going around the people at my school right now. I figured this would be a good time to talk about the idea of its own, as I've mentioned it in episodes like "Out of Love" or "Wholly Invested." We talk about what exactly burnout is, its causes & effects, and what we can do when we're going to or currently experiencing burnout. Although it could easily be perceived as a "mind thing," it's up to use to recognize, reverse and maintain resilience in times of burnout. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about nostalgia: "a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past." As I try to process the nostalgic feelings from visiting my old high school and upgrading my phone, I look back on my negative experiences with nostalgia, specifically dwelling in the past and how self-destructive it can be. On the other hand, we also talk about my positive experiences with nostalgia like my self-continuity and feelings of consistency apparent in the memories I look back on. At the end of the day, the net effect of nostalgia shows that life has some kind of meaning. 

On this week's podcast, we continue a segment called Friday Phrases - a series where I talk about underrated words or phrases with deeper meanings tied to personal memories. The phrase that we talk about this week is the idiom, "ebbs and flows," a classic Abbey phrase that I use often. Just like ups and downs or peaks and valleys, ebbs and flows encompass the idea that life is always changing with constant fluctuations. With highs and lows, ebbs and flows teach us to learn from the various happenings of life and how it develops our lives. 

On the week's podcast, we talk about the idea of knots in our red strings - knots representing problems in the Japanese legend red string that connects us with our soulmate. We talk about how these knots are formed and how to remove them, since problems in our relationships typically don't just come about. At the end of the day, you can choose to resolve the knot or potentially accept that a red string doesn't connect us all. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about why I love birthdays! We got into where the idea of celebrating birthdays come from, why we may or may not doing it, and the significance of the day as a whole. Each of the people on this planet have of birthday that all have a different meaning to them, but a simple greeting might just make someone's day. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about the relationship between sarcasm and sadness. My personal experience from using a large amount of sarcasm reducing that and then being portrayed as sad has deeply impacted the way I go about life and the relationships I make. This insight into my life actually relates to a study correlating depression and anxiety with humor and sarcasm which emphasizes the relevance of this subject all aspects of life. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about the importance of asking for help. There are several reasons why we don't ask for help such as the fear of burdening others or being afraid of not receiving any help, but there are many ways to ask for help without directly encountering those fears. Although we can ask people for help in order to become knowledgable about our problems and situations, it's important to play our part in bettering our life since after all, it is our own problem we need help with and can reach out to others about how to solve it.