Some things you should NEVER do

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Empathy is not all or nothing- like many things, it too is on a spectrum. Are you an empath? Signs that you are or are not 

Links:

https://study.com/academy/lesson/types-of-empathy.html#:~:text=Empathy%20can%20be%20seen%20as%20a%20type%20of%20social%20intelligence,emotional%20empathy%2C%20and%20compassionate%20empathy.

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-empathy-2795562#toc-signs-of-empathy

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/lack-of-empathy

https://psychcentral.com/health/why-do-some-people-lack-empathy#causes

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Aka shoot your shot. Or do 100 days of ‘Rejection Therapy’ like Jia Jiang to desensitize yourself to ‘no’ or rejection

How many dreams die in the womb out of fear of rejection? “Avoiding rejection doesn’t mean you avoid failure” 

Listen to find out how and why rejection is a good thing

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojujwmYFx5M&pp=ygUII2ppYWphbmc%3D

https://www.rejectiontherapy.com/100-days-of-rejection-therapy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22747928-rejection-proof?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8lZgs0jsb0&rank=1

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New Year, same you, but better… Based on New York Times Bestseller, The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson we cover the miracle that is you and divulge ways you are amazing that you probably don’t even know about. 

By the time you finish reading this sentence, your body will have created a million red blood cells. Your lungs, flattened out, cover an entire tennis court. You shed 1lb of dead skin per year… and more

Volume 1 covers chapters 1 & 2 from the brilliantly funny, entertaining, and enlightening book, The Body

“You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post

ALSO- Happy One Year Anniversary to us! Spoiler alert- one way you guys are amazing is by listening and supporting us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, which btw beats roughly 100,000 times per day 

Links:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43582376-the-body

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What would you do as a ghost? Would you solve your own murder? Maria and Gina discuss what kinds of ghosts they would be and Maria covers the thought provoking tale of the Greenbrier Ghost - the only known case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murder. Was it justice or a witch hunt? 

Links:

https://www.greenbrierhistorical.org/blog/the-greenbrier-ghost-reexamined

https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html

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Spicier ways to say everyday phrases. A repertoire of rustic refrains, if you will

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The heart wants what the heart wants. Stories of people undergoing whole a*s personality changes after receiving a new heart- and not just any new personality… the personality of the donor

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Earthy Stuff: https://www.instagram.com/olivia.parker.prints/

House: https://madeline.livianstlouis.com/

PT Chiro: https://www.healthsourcechiro.com/st-peters#gref

Links:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/epigenetics

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-leading-edge/202402/do-organ-transplants-cause-personality-change-in-recipients

https://www.sciencealert.com/eerie-personality-changes-sometimes-happen-after-organ-transplants

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-pseudoscience/donors-organ-donors-personality-lets-approach-sensibly

https://www.unilad.com/news/health/sonny-graham-terry-cottle-heart-transplant-suicide-667984-20240117

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202409/what-the-heart-remembers

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Eating an entire cake, switching places with their twin, giving their gf’s cat away, a justified bride, and more ‘Am I The As*hole’ stories with verdict

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Proclaimed to have killed “no fewer than 600 men” in 1600s Southern Italy, Guilia Tofana is considered both a sinner and a saint…depending who you ask

Links:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65094452-dark-waters

https://aspectsofhistory.com/giulia-tofana-power-poison/

https://www.historiamag.com/giulia-tofana-poisoner-murderer-saviour/

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Maria and Gina’s raw reaction to the St. Louis Mystic Fair including their experience with an Animal Communicator, Tarot Card readings, Bone Witches, Reflexology, Murder Doll, and more

Links:

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/empowered-healing-kc-enneagram-healing-16458626519

https://www.bonecarverstore.com/

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