Surviving Empathy

On this fun and hopeful episode Rebecca and I talk about the crazy times we've found ourselves in and how we as regular people can find greater clarity, hope, passion, and fun in these unusual times. At the end of the day, we can't hinge our hopes on what's out there in the world, but what's right here in our hearts. We have to find the priorities, purpose, clarity and joy to persevere and overcome our own personal issues and find a greater sense of purpose and balance, be damned the haters, and be damned the weirdness going on out there in our culture and society today! Here's a big long fun episode all geared towards finding humor and heart, as well as life hacks and tips and tricks to deal in these crazy ass times!

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On this fun and irreverent episode, Rebecca and I first catch you up on our lives as of late, as we help my mom beat her cancer diagnosis. Then, we will talk about the Tennessee 3 and the little fires of authoritarian quasi-fascism cropping up around the USA, and what to do about it. Then, we'll share with you our imperfect lives with imperfect mental health, but at the heart of our happiness and balance lies one key ingredient; a wicked sense of humor! How we keep joy and humor front and center in a mad mad world. Lastly, we will catch you up on everything you ought to know about the modern UFO/UAP phenomenon around the globe in the year 2023, and more specifically, how the US government has changed its tune when it comes to the reporting of the phenomenon, and how we might finally get some transparency and functionality from a government that used to deny it at every cost to finally being a part of the solution.

If you like us, like what we're all about, or care about the mission and brand, you can help us by pitching in $1 or $2 toward the cause in our various tip jars on Link Tree or by becoming a patron on Patreon, or at minimal, simply by subscribing to Chef Bry Comedy! on our YouTube channel, as we finish up this last season of the podcast, then move to our new visual platform on YouTube! We are trying to grow, expand, and improve on a shoestring budget to be the kind of change the world needs. To know where the line of decency ought to be, to fight against systemic regressiveness, robust mental health for regular working folks, and to fight for best practices, functionality, and happiness in the modern world today for all people. But especially those who have always been a good person and got hardly anywhere for it.

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PART 2 of 2...

On this peppy spitfire episode, on a day when Rebeca was in a particularly rare "on fire" kind of mood, so I try to utilize her angst and life fatigue to tackle the important subject of, how can we heal our wounded soul after we've had just about enough bullshit and soul letdown after feeling overwhelmed by the totality of dumb, immature, dysfunctional, or hateful bullshit in the world today?! More specifically, when the accumulation of bad people and immature and awful nonsense in the world does a real number to our heart and soul, how can we put the pieces back together and feel good and empowered again after a string of emotional letdowns or one big letdown that appears to not want to go away?! What can we do to find catharsis, peace, and center again after an episode of emotional grief and heartache on a deeply emotional and spiritual level!? First, we will start with an article about what the function of emotions are in order to gain insight into what emotions are for and what they're all about. Then, we'll go down our BIG LIST of things that both HURT and HEAL our soul, after an emotional upset by something external. Then lastly, Rebecca with talk about an article about how to find real catharsis in life.

At the end of the day, what we are all trying to accomplish in this life is to find meaning, value, validation, and opportunity in life, to simply make the best of our circumstances and get ahead in this weird wild world. But there' so much BS nowadays that we often have to fight fight fight against the onslaught of so much nonsense, to get to where we need to be physically, mentally, and emotionally. This is a good fun irreverent episode you guys, especially if you enjoy it when we're a little bit fired up! For those who know us, I think you're going to get a kick out of this one, especially if you tend to agree with us! It's never about anger, hate, or hurting anyone! No, it's all about finding catharsis and the strength to fight fire with fire in a sometimes insane and backwards regressive social construct! We should always be fighting back, to be a little bit of a rebel, a renegade, but not to be a radical or extremist, oh no! But to fight for what's right and good in this world in a balanced and thoughtful way. Life is short, and we must find the strength and tenacity to defend ourselves and our happiness in a world that has no compunction with ruining your mental health or financial and emotional wellbeing. So, we fight back in a way that's positive, honest, and meaningful.

Please support us and support the cause! We're all about best practices, good mental helath, robust living, fighting against regressive and oppressive systems, and lifiting regular people up ouit of obscurity and into a better mindset and happier life in our culture and society today! We're good, kind people and we're always here to help. So please, small dollar donations are very much needed and appreciated to keep fighting the good fight, to educate where need be, and to contiue always helping regular folks find hope and empowerment in the world today. Thank you for your frinedship and support, it means everything to us!

Please subscibe to our brand-new YouTube channel at Chef Bry Comedy! where soon we'll be putting out thoughtful and fun videos full time! Links to everything are below.

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PART 1 of 2...

On this peppy spitfire episode, on a day when Rebeca was in a particularly rare "on fire" kind of mood, so I try to utilize her angst and life fatigue to tackle the important subject of, how can we heal our wounded soul after we've had just about enough bullshit and soul letdown after feeling overwhelmed by the totality of dumb, immature, dysfunctional, or hateful bullshit in the world today?! More specifically, when the accumulation of bad people and immature and awful nonsense in the world does a real number to our heart and soul, how can we put the pieces back together and feel good and empowered again after a string of emotional letdowns or one big letdown that appears to not want to go away?! What can we do to find catharsis, peace, and center again after an episode of emotional grief and heartache on a deeply emotional and spiritual level!? First, we will start with an article about what the function of emotions are in order to gain insight into what emotions are for and what they're all about. Then, we'll go down our BIG LIST of things that both HURT and HEAL our soul, after an emotional upset by something external. Then lastly, Rebecca with talk about an article about how to find real catharsis in life.

At the end of the day, what we are all trying to accomplish in this life is to find meaning, value, validation, and opportunity in life, to simply make the best of our circumstances and get ahead in this weird wild world. But there' so much BS nowadays that we often have to fight fight fight against the onslaught of so much nonsense, to get to where we need to be physically, mentally, and emotionally. This is a good fun irreverent episode you guys, especially if you enjoy it when we're a little bit fired up! For those who know us, I think you're going to get a kick out of this one, especially if you tend to agree with us! It's never about anger, hate, or hurting anyone! No, it's all about finding catharsis and the strength to fight fire with fire in a sometimes insane and backwards regressive social construct! We should always be fighting back, to be a little bit of a rebel, a renegade, but not to be a radical or extremist, oh no! But to fight for what's right and good in this world in a balanced and thoughtful way. Life is short, and we must find the strength and tenacity to defend ourselves and our happiness in a world that has no compunction with ruining your mental health or financial and emotional wellbeing. So, we fight back in a way that's positive, honest, and meaningful.

Please support us and support the cause! We're all about best practices, good mental helath, robust living, fighting against regressive and oppressive systems, and lifiting regular people up ouit of obscurity and into a better mindset and happier life in our culture and society today! We're good, kind people and we're always here to help. So please, small dollar donations are very much needed and appreciated to keep fighting the good fight, to educate where need be, and to contiue always helping regular folks find hope and empowerment in the world today. Thank you for your frinedship and support, it means everything to us!

Please subscibe to our brand-new YouTube channel at Chef Bry Comedy! where soon we'll be putting out thoughtful and fun videos full time! Links to everything are below.

https://linktr.ee/chefbrycomedy

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On this no holds barred episode we woke up today over it! lol Over life's silly daily madness! So, we decided that this episode should be spent talking about life's frustrations of all average regular working people, who put up with all the social media hysteria, political upheaval, and entitled attitudes in our culture and society today. We tlak about the madness of the political right, and how we must foster better attitudes and policies if we're going to beat authoritarian craziness. Lastly, we talk about the UAP/UFO phenomenon, and what our end game about that is.

Please support the show!

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On this fun episode Rebecca and I talk about "toughness" and strength in our culture, and the onslaught of uptight and insensitive attitudes in our culture and times, claiming to be oh so tough, when really, it's just perpetuating more problems and hateful attitudes, and how we can turn our inner-sensitivity into a superpower of strength, tenacity, wisdom, courage, and thoughtfulness that endures. We'll tackle liberalism vs conservatism, the culture of tough vs sensitive, and toughness for real vs fake toughness just to score brownie points, that's doing a whole lot of nothing in moving the needle forward for real regular folks in the world today.

This is our final season of Surviving Empathy Podcast. But don't despair! We're going to try our luck on the YouTube space! But we need need need need your help! Please, it's simple. Just subscribe to Chef Bry Comedy! - YouTube and in a short time, we'll be there putting out brand new content, including the brand-new podcast and YouTube show Chef Bry's Food for Thought, as well as paranormal TV reviews called Paranormal Roulette, and movie reviews as well! There's going to be all kinds of thoughtful and fun content there, including conversations about many topics in our culture and times today, from us, two realized empaths who care about you, and making sure people are living their best lifer now!

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On this very fun and enlightening episode, first Rebecca and I have some big news to share with you about the show, our future, and some serious medical news. Then Rebecca and I talk about how you can find balance between all of life's demands, from fitness and career, to activism and civic participation, to leisure and getting ahead in a way that's still fun and enjoyable that doesn't deteriorate your mind, body, and soul. We then talk about work vs play balance, the "pleasure principle" vs our "civic responsibility," and a balance between being happy and that need to always be right. Then lastly, we end on, why do people dabble in the playful weird world of aliens and UFOs, ghosts and ghoulies, bigfoot and cyprids, and all things "out there," bizarre, unexplained, and macabre?

It's all about finding cosmic perspective, spiritual groundedness and emotional comfort. To find balance, control, and meaning amongst the chaos. To explore and seek answers to that which defies easy explanation or understanding, and to satisfy our understanding of our place in the universe. At the end of the day, human beings have inquisitive hearts, restless spirits, and very real emotional and personal needs. A desire to find answers to both our innermost mortal queries and life's biggest questions in the cosmos. To somehow find happiness and balance between real world problems and our innermost spiritual and emotional needs.

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-Bry Russell

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On this very fun and enlightening 2-part episode Rebecca and I talk about our love and fascination for the paranormal, and how it's become our spirituality of sorts, in the sense that it appeals to our sense of curiosity and fascination with our place in the cosmos, the relationship of the physical and the metaphysical, our overall understanding of life and death, energy and matter, as well as satisfying that morbid curiosity we all crave in life, trying to get to the heart of what we really are as beings! Getting down to perhaps what this thing called life really is. Then, we shift the conversation towards our spiritual differences, society and different peoples and cultures, then tackle the tribalistic divisiveness in our culture we find ourselves in, that can't seem to accept our inherent differences. We want to arrive at a better place of emotional and spiritual satisfaction, gratitude, and inclusiveness, to maximize this life, and to appreciate the variety and the fascination that is living on this blue marble we call Earth.

Please get on board the conversation and our mission to make this world feel a little bit better and whole! Ways you can help:

1. Engage on our social media and share the show! Come to our social media to join the conversation!
2. Pitch in a buck or two, it ain't gonna hurt nothing, and helps us so much emotionally, and really does help maintain the mission, brand, and show!
3. Subscribe to the YouTube channel Chef Bry Comedy, and come watch our upcoming show "Chef Bry's Food for Thought!" as well as upcoming YouTube reviews, movie and paranormal TV show reviews, called Paranormal Roulette!
4. Be kind to us. Let us know if we're helping or that you like or relate to any of this! Be a part of our little community, our "Empath Tribe!"

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On this very fun and enlightening 2-part episode Rebecca and I talk about our love and fascination for the paranormal, and how it's become our spirituality of sorts, in the sense that it appeals to our sense of curiosity and fascination with our place in the cosmos, the relationship of the physical and the metaphysical, our overall understanding of life and death, energy and matter, as well as satisfying that morbid curiosity we all crave in life, trying to get to the heart of what we really are as beings! Getting down to perhaps what this thing called life really is. Then, we shift the conversation towards our spiritual differences, society and different peoples and cultures, then tackle the tribalistic divisiveness in our culture we find ourselves in, that can't seem to accept our inherent differences. We want to arrive at a better place of emotional and spiritual satisfaction, gratitude, and inclusiveness, to maximize this life, and to appreciate the variety and the fascination that is living on this blue marble we call Earth.

Please get on board the conversation and our mission to make this world feel a little bit better and whole! Ways you can help:

1. Engage on our social media and share the show! Come to our social media to join the conversation!
2. Pitch in a buck or two, it ain't gonna hurt nothing, and helps us so much emotionally, and really does help maintain the mission, brand, and show!
3. Subscribe to the YouTube channel Chef Bry Comedy, and come watch our upcoming show "Chef Bry's Food for Thought!" as well as upcoming YouTube reviews, movie and paranormal TV show reviews, called Paranormal Roulette!
4. Be kind to us. Let us know if we're helping or that you like or relate to any of this! Be a part of our little community, our "Empath Tribe!"

https://linktr.ee/chefbrycomedy

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On this very personal episode I talk about my depression, those people and things I think about when I think I'm losing the battle, my feelings in my darkest hour, and how I dig myself out of my depression to fight another day. Also, why I keep fighting for this show and who and what I care about.

Please support us, the mission, and the show and Chef Bry Comedy brand!

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