Surviving Empathy

Surviving Empathy

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Surviving Empathy episodes

  • How to Find a Happy Medium in our Thinking, in our Culture, and in our Lives to Achieve Greater Clarity, Happiness, and Balance in an Imperfect World
    In a crazy topsy turvy world we're all looking for comfort, balance, and validation. To find answers to our mortal questions, and to try to understand who and what we are, and what this world is to achieve greater clarity and purpose in life. Sometimes it gets hard to maintain our mental health, and sometimes it gets hard to see and understand other's attitudes and points of views. So, on this episode, I began to think about the yin and yang of life, and how we might be able to assess ourselves and this word to achieve greater understanding; and through that, greater comfort and happiness. This world has become divided so much, by the haves vs. the have nots, through racial and gender differences, through sociopolitical and socioeconomic differences, so that by the end of the day we tend to believe that diversity and differences are a good thing. So why is it then that we only seem to like diversity and differences when it's with people we agree with? At the root of our culture, politics, and economics, what is it that seems to be chipping people away from their kindness and understanding, and creating more division, hate, chaos, and more problems than we solve? At the end of the day, we all want to live in a better world, to be happier and more at peace with ourselves and with others, with a greater sense of purpose and clarity. So, at the end of the day, we have more balance in our lives. While hardly perfect, I think I came to realize what exactly is at the root of most cultural divisiveness, and at the heart of why people can't seem to ever find lasting comfort and happiness in their lives. This episode explores all the various things that contribute to our problems, and then we begin to address how we might change our lives and thinking to achieve more lasting mental health, happiness, clarity, comfort, and joy that can endure over time and hardships. 

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    1 hr 44 min
  • Paranormal Talk
    On this episode Rebecca and I talk about the paranormal as a field of study, from ghosts to cryptids, to witches, to mythic figures, legends, beasts, and lore. We want to try to separate fact from fiction, while maintaining our appreciation for cultural heritages, multiculturalism, and respecting legends and lore, while trying to figure out how ancient lore came to be, and to what extent legends and lore is based in reality, and to what extent cultures borrow from lore to create urban legends, myths, and ancient beliefs in the supernatural and cryptids. Lastly. we'll talk about the paranormal phenomenon and zeitgeist as an industry. and what the implications might be of oversaturation in our public arena.

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    1 hr 28 min
  • The Very REAL Science of Being an Empath, and How to Deal with Skeptics, Cynics, and Those who Might Judge and Attack Us
    This episode is all about the science of the empath phenomenon. There are actual biological factors which may exist which explains why some people are more energetically sensitive than others. We'll go into those factors, then talk about all the haters, skeptics, cynics, and people out there who may try to judge, scrutinize, and intrude upon us, and how we can deal with those folks in a mature and effective way. Thanks again for your support and patronage. We here at Chef Bry Comedy are trying to not only do a helpful and meaningful show for good folks, but we're also building a brand for my comedy, voice work, writing, and albums. At the end of the day, it's difficult for us to put ourselves out there like this, but we do it because we want to build a life and community of people who can be there for one another and find solutions to life's most grueling problems. Thanks so much for being a part of our little empath tribe. Empath or not, I think you guys will appreciate what we're trying to do here. It's all about empowering one another and fighting against regressive mentalities that break down the social fabric of society. To fight against regressive and oppressive people and systems which are trying to exploit, assault, insult, and harm us and our sensibilities. It's about being able to express your more sensitive side, while also building an inner strength that can endure the hardships and rigors of the real world as it really is, and try to build a world that humans truly deserve. 

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    1 hr 48 min
  • How to Remap Your Brain and Thought Patterns to Achieve Greater Happiness and Balance
    In this breezy and off the cuff episode, we take on a heavy topic but in a light and fun way about how we can change our thinking, to literally remap our brains and thought patterns to achieve greater happiness and balance. We're going to give you tips on how to change your thinking, in order to literally remap your neural pathways, in order to not let your own brain sabotage us, as we inadvertently so often do. We hope you guys are doing well! Join the conversation at @chefbrycomedy on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, or simply search for Surviving Empathy Podcast! Thanks so much for being a part of our little empath tribe! Self-described empath or not, we're here for all the misfits, the sensitives, depressives, introverts, fringe dwellers, creative types, and all those regular working-class folks struggling to stay afloat in these busy and cumbersome times. A show for regular people by regular people, because we've been there, and we are there! Please enjoy!

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    1 hr 38 min
  • Turning Your Sour Grapes into a Fine Wine
    On this episode I talk a little bit about how to turn all those negative feelings we get towards society, life, our job, politics, difficult people, negative self-talk about ourselves, jealousy, intolerance, etc., and transforming it into something more sustainable, meaningful, and positive that can endure, so we continue to grow as a person, and grow into ourselves and our wisdom and successes. That way we don't grow old and bitter, but we grow wiser, classier, more gracious, and grow into the kind of person we want to be. 

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    1 hr 55 min
  • A Big Ol' Talk about Ghosts
    On this Thanksgiving Day, we decided to dedicate this whole episode to the ghost phenomenon. What are they really, are they real, and what's with the fascination of it in pop culture popularity, and does it help or hurt the credibility of the paranormal as a field of study? We also talk a little bit about Skinwalker Ranch, and a video we watched trying to debunk it... unsuccessfully I might add! But first we talk a little about this show, and what drives our passion to talk about empaths, the paranormal, mental health, and real-life stuff? We explain what are motives and motivations are, who and what we care about and why. Happy thanksgiving you guys! Hope you had an amazing day!

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    1 hr 44 min
  • Empathic Burnout and Empathy Overload, and Finding Your Kindness and Composure after a Series of Bad Life Situations
    In this episode I talk about Empathic Burnout and Empathy Overload, and the differences and similarities between them. Empathic burnout being when an energetically sensitive person has reached their limit of compassion and kindness, and starts getting overwhelmed and triggered, changing their energy from good to bad. Empathy overload is when we care so much about another person or their problems that we start taking it on as our own. How do we manage our emotions when we just start to care too much for something that really doesn't directly involve us?  In the past couple of weeks Rebecca and I have been reeling from just too much stuff, too much nonsense, and too many bad things and negative feelings of life feeling unkind, unwinnable, and  insurmountable, as a result my topics have been a little bit more irreverent and "attitudinal" than usual. 

    But I wanted you guys to see that even empaths get upset from time to time, and that it's perfectly natural to allow yourself to get upset,  to feel anger and frustration, and to vent about these things, as it's all  a part of the natural process of dealing with grief and turmoil. But we must eventually turn things back around to arrive back in a good place energetically and emotionally once again.  I'm not ashamed to show you guys when I'm feeling sadness, anxiety, frustration, impatience, or despair. Social pressure tries to force us to want to bottle all these things up, as to not cause a scene or have people judge us. But at the end of the day, it's much better to process these things head on, in a direct and candid way, than to let these things build up over time, turning you into a pressure cooker that's about to explode.  I want you guys to know and see that I haven't lost my good nature, my kindness, my gentle heart, or my empathic  sensibilities, but there will always be times when we get downright tired people and things, and are forced to take a stand. But eventually, once we've processed our anger, fear, frustration, and grief, we must compose ourself to arrive back in a place of balance, to recapture our joy and happiness, and get back to our usual kind and giving self.  To recapture our energy of empowerment, joy, and calm.

    We can all go through these "negative" emotions, but we should never allow social pressure to feel guilt or shame about that, assuming we didn't hurt anyone. But afterwards, we must start the healing process, to get back to our kindness and compassion, before it callouses our heart for good. It's one thing to toughen up, it's quite another to become a lesser version of ourself, to let that big bad world our there change us and damage us to the point we lose something integral about ourselves. To become mean spirited and empty inside, all to protect our guarded and wounded heart.  We must not lose ourselves just because the worlds is sometimes harsh and unkind. We must find ways to process our emotions, then allowing those emotions to inform our decision making, so that we can continue improving, to live an emotionally healthier life. To continue moving forward rather than get stuck or risk moving backwards and regressing, making our life less empowered and balanced. 

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    1 hr 48 min
  • A Show about Nothing... Well, Sorta.
    On this episode I use the old sitcom Seinfeld, "a show about nothing," to make the comparison between that show and how I was raised. First, this episode being kinda "about nothing," in that, we just wanted this episode to be about all our problems and grievances, in order to keep this episode organic and unrehearsed. But I also compare the old Seinfeld sitcom to how I was raised, in that, the main characters were notoriously known for talking about people in private without their knowledge, and how that was considered  "a bad thing" in retrospect. But was it? I compare the show to how when I was a child, my mom and her best friend would talk about the absurd people they would meet and see while out on the town on a Friday night. The point being, there's a discernable difference between talking behind someone's back to be mean or cruel, and simply talking to make light or get things off our chest. This episode then takes an unexpected but revealing turn when Rebecca gets upset while we're recording, and I had to stop the show to attend to her. Afterwards, we return to the show to get people to see that we're all just real regular people dealing with real life problems, that having a podcast and being a public figure doesn't make us immune to the rigors of the world's hardships, dysfunctions, and inherent unfairness out there.  The through line  and point of this episode being that we all struggle, and that at some point, just because we try to be above the influence, we're all susceptible of  being hurt and discouraged by that big bad world out there. We often play it off and put on a brave face, but at the end of the day, we all want to be valued for who we are, validated for the good people we're trying to be, and appreciated for our hard work and efforts. That when all is said and done,  there is little difference between us all as people, other than the way we choose to give up or try harder, the ways in which we choose to react and how we choose to deal with life's universal hardships and difficulties. At what point is our hurt and pain our own fault or the fault of the world, and where do we draw the line in blaming our problems on some external tormentor and placing the blame, at least in part, on ourselves for not trying to heal and get better?

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    1 hr 18 min
  • Searching for Greater Clarity, Purpose, and Meaning in Very Busy and Uncompromising Times
    In this episode I slow it all down and tell you a little bit about myself and my upbringing in order to sort of deconstruct my life and childhood to arrive at who and where I am today. All of this is sort of a therapeutic exercise to find out about what shapes us  in order to find a greater understanding of ourselves in order to then find greater clarity, purpose, value, and meaning out of this life we're given. This world can be a mighty big and daunting place. Sometimes I find it helps to go back to the beginning, to inspect our lives from its start to present, to assess the past both historically and personally in order to find out truly who we really are, what we want out of life and why, and how to make the best out of our life in the here and now. 

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    1 hr 44 min
  • Everything Empath! An Episode for Empaths by Empaths.
    Rebecca and I talk about everything empath, from dealing with the real world to how to deal with mental health upkeep as highly sensitive people, to how to put up with hardship and harshness out there. We'll talk about blocking and filtering, the benefits of ritual and ceremony, and then, borrowed from an article by acclaimed Doctor and self-acclaimed empath and author Judith Orloff, MD, 5 protection strategies for empaths. It's always a light and fun show when my wife and cohost can be here to join us! We try hard to talk about real life things and real world strategies and techniques to better the lives, lifestyle, and mental health of our more highly sensitive people and those empaths out there like us. Thanks again for being a part of our empath community, our empath tribe if you will. Please enjoy!

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    1 hr 27 min

About Surviving Empathy

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Welcome to Surviving Empathy Podcast! You can find all our links at https://linktr.ee/bryarpatchmedia. We're all about empathy, kindness, empath talk, exploring the paranormal & weird stuff,…