Dwight and Patty are rehearsing for their UK acoustic tour with Stereophonics lead singer Kelly Jones. Patty has taken over the Patreon account. There is some discussion about the new songs in progress. There are three on their way! We have some awesome fan emails on this episode regarding Dwight’s health, fan do’s and dont’s, what we like and dislike about touring, whether or not we have a new album in the works, and more. Did you know that Patty has been featured in not one, but two hip hop songs? One is with Zeale and the other is with Air Dubai, and both have music videos! Listeners are starting to review the podcast, and that feels awesome. Dwight reads a few of our recent reviews, including one where we may have saved an actual human life. 🙏🏼 Email us at [email protected], review us on iTunes, follow us on Instagram @thedwightandpattyshow, and consider becoming one of our patrons on Patreon!

Patty shares random lyrical thoughts she’s jotted down in the last week. Dwight reads some recent podcast reviews that are awesome, and pushes our email address again just before diving into a new email from Rebecca. Where does our inspiration come from? Most of Patty’s inspiration comes from her own personal story. Dwight shares his observations of her process, and what goes into planning a tour. We reminisce on how our live show has evolved over the years, and then Dwight puts Patty on the spot: Do you want to tour anymore, Patty? What is pod touring? Patty and Dwight are thinking about touring as a duo again. If that interests you (or makes you mad), let us know in an email! Email us at mailto:[email protected]. Review us on iTunes or wherever you consume this podcast, and follow us on instagram @thedwightandpattyshow!

Patty is about to start her improv course. Extracurricular activities for Dwight means giving up time with his family. Patty and her husband are making an effort to be more social. She’s drinking more alcohol as a result. 🥂🍹🍸Are you filtering everything through a ‘lens of perfection?’ 👓 It’s okay to make mistakes! Theres no such thing as...the perfect tree. There’s no need to hide your true self. Let’s all just be authentic. FYI - Dwight is getting frustrated with the lack of emails from the podcast listeners. Thank you to everyone who has written us! Wonderful fan questions from Colleen! It’s tough to not try to be something that you love, and instead just be you. Side Note: If you share something with the world that isn’t you and doesn’t make you happy, inevitably that will be the thing that brings you success and you’ll be stuck sharing it with the world forever. Patty doesn’t like to sing and search for notes in front of Dwight, because she doesn’t want to look stupid. (Maybe improv will fix that.) Dwight shares some of his fears, and encourages Patty to have kids if she wants to. Every musical project Dwight works on, he approaches in vastly different ways. Music can be ridiculous and fun, and also deep and thought provoking. Maybe we’ll start writing some more dance tunes. If that interests you (or makes you queasy), let us know in an email! Email us at [email protected]. Review us on iTunes or wherever you consume this podcast, and follow us on instagram @thedwightandpattyshow!

Patty ruined her tea with too much honey. Dwight prefers his tea British style. 🇬🇧(Is that a foreshadowing?) A couple months after her sister’s death, Jen began studying at NYU. Healing has been a process. The Tisch School of the Arts sounds a lot like Hogwarts. Dwight makes a football comparison in understanding the different techniques of acting. Fun Fact: Patty and Dwight are both SAG-AFTRA members after being on the show, Hart of Dixie back in 2014. Auditioning is the worst, and it’s a catch 22, because for professional jobs you really need an agent and a manager.  (Jen got really lucky.) Jen scours acting websites, and submits herself for everything she thinks she’d be good at. Jen’s advice to aspiring actors: Get out there, do the work, and put in the time. Take classes! (That’s a great place to meet people.) People want to help each other, so ask for introductions. If you’re not booking plays, do showcases. You just never know. (Sidebar: You can’t be above doing the work. Patty and Dwight still ship out their own merchandise.) We all assume the worst so we don’t get let down, but we also believe in the power of positive thinking. Rejection can be hard, but get used to it! Voiceover work…Dwight wants to make a lot of money in the field. Is that possible? Patty is starting an 8-week improv class so she can be silly, let go and not take things so seriously. FAN QUESTIONS cover Jen’s morning routine, her day job, her favorite hair products, what she would tell her 20-year-old self and more. Jen is working on her own original pilot! We also talk about health and wellness re: being a partner to someone who is not well (i.e. Jesse Ruben and Lyme disease). Jen wasn’t a stranger to illness. Another ugly truth: The caretaker is the hero of the story, (i.e. getting praise and attention), but you can’t be everything to any one person. It takes a village! Jen and Patty both have experiences with eating disorders. Disordered behaviors (red flags) vs. full blown eating disorders. Positive reinforcements for negative behaviors. “I want to be someone who takes up space. The thinner I am, the smaller space I take up.” - Jen Jacob. “I place more value on my strength than on my size. Feeling strong feels better than feeling thin.” -Patty Lynn. Dwight wants clarity. It’s not difficult for any one person to answer for themselves. What is your intention? What is motivating you? Are you treating yourself with love? ♥️ Everyone is different. Listen to YOUR body. Like her husband, Jen runs marathons for charitable causes. She runs for Fred’s Team for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Follow @Jen.Jacob on Instagram by April 27, so you can see her post the fundraising page for 2019. Check out Jen’s appearance in upcoming films, Between The Lines and The Game! Oh and you can see her on Lena Dunham’s GIRLS in Season 3 as “Larraby Delayne,” and in Aziz Ansari’s Master of None as “Paola,” and so much more. Way to go, Jenny!

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We’re going back on tour. Did Patty manifest it? Regardless, we’re excited about the Kelly Jones solo tour in UK/Scotland/Wales with a few Stereophonics shows as well, and probably a couple acoustic shows on our own. This time, we’ll actually have merchandise! Side Note: Patty thinks Stephen Dorff from the latest season of True Detective is V handsome. Fun Fact: Dwight has had lunch with him. WE HAVE NEW PATRONS! WE HAVE FAN EMAILS! Reading opens up the word spigot for Dwight. “All you’re trying to do is get little sparks to explode…” Patty is reading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, and HIGHLY recommends it to any and all creative individuals out there. It’s a very easy read. Dwight claims he is starting another band, and he will not be recruiting Patty because she’s “such a pain in the ass.” (Dwight’s mic starts to die and he gets real pissed off.) We touch on the subject of dieting and health/wellness again due to a fan question. Too much of anything can be bad. Anybody that’s doing anything creative honestly is a source of inspiration for both of us. To end things, we dive into the depths of Patty’s brain. She was feeling really down on her creative self last week, and shares her thoughts from that dark moment when she couldn’t see the light. She wasn’t productive, felt like a failure and listened to all the negative thoughts her brain was feeding her, and we analyze those a little bit.

⁃Sometimes it feels like just another thing I HAVE to do.

⁃Sometimes it feels like an assignment from Dwight. (I want to live up to all the expectations! Weird daddy issue thing?)

⁃Sometimes it feels like a waste of time.

⁃Sometimes it causes me stress. (I feel frustrated when I don’t have any good ideas. Hormones?)

⁃This is stupid.

⁃What if I don’t buy into this idea of Resistance? (Or is that exactly what Resistance wants?)

⁃Is acting in the face of Resistance synonymous with doing the thing that truly makes you happy?

The only thing that holds Patty back is PATTY. Is acceptance the first step in “recovery?” Please email us your thoughts! Can you relate? Maybe you’re struggling creatively. What helps you? We want to know! Please email us at mailto:[email protected]. Review us on iTunes or wherever you consume this podcast, and follow us on instagram @thedwightandpattyshow!

Dwight almost died, but a cool lesbian doctor saved his life. We have tons of listeners now, but we’re lacking in reviews. PLEASE REVIEW US! Also, become patron, unlike Patty’s mom…(JK love you, Mom). Patty is finally taking over @thedwightandpattyshow instagram so it won’t suck as much. This week’s guest is a mega star actress with a ridiculous bio and fabulous hair. 💇🏻‍♀️Jennifer Jacob! (Previous guest, Jesse Ruben is her hubby. He clearly has good taste.) What is drama therapy? Jen’s first leading role was Cinderella at age 12, when her older sister was diagnosed with cancer, a desmoplastic round cell tumor to be exact. Here’s the ugly truth: her love of acting derived from a love of attention during that time in her life. We can relate. Having something to do, a passion to focus on in times of stress can be really helpful. We’re putting a pin in it right here, but tune into Ep. 13 as we dive into what it’s like being a working actor in New York, living with another creative, working on an original pilot, health and wellness and more!

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Dwight explains why he calls Rachel “Patty’s wife.” What is the psychology behind mean girls? You can tell when someone is living in the light, and it’s infectious! Dwight tries to make a new adult male friend. From Italy to a food truck in Austin, Texas...How? Rachel talks to plants. Patty plays it safe. Let’s learn about Ayurveda! What’s your dosha? Is Rachel straight? It’s a spectrum, Dwight! 🌈 We can all agree, when vegetarian and vegan food is prepared well and tastes amazing, we don’t even think about what’s not on the plate. Curcuma food truck is in East Austin, and business is good! Dude, how good is avocado?! 🥑 A little comparison between songwriting and recipe development; i.e. the ability to accept outside opinion, move past failures and celebrate your successes. What’s next? Brick and mortar + Launching the golden paste! (Is there a Tinder for commercial real estate?) People see success and see glamour, but you can’t be above booking your own show, or squeezing paste into your own tubes. If you agree food is medicine, follow Rachel on Instagram @eatcurcuma and @lunafixa!

Patty is feeling positive. Dwight introduces us to AMSR, (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response), and his top three most hated sounds. Part one of a conversation with Rachel Musquiz, chef and founder of Curcuma, commences. She is the first female and non-musician guest on the podcast, and Patty is in love with her. Dwight tries Golden Mylk for the first time ever on the mic. Rachel has plant based based diet. 🌱 Dwight eats meat. 🥩 He’s lost 14 lbs on Paleo, and feels great! We talk about Rachel’s origins in Northern California, her start in the music industry in New York City, crossing things off the list of accomplishments and hitting a burnout point. She takes a chance and ends up in an artist residency in Italy cooking for a large group of people. 👩🏻‍🍳 As a culinary artist there, it was the first time she thought of food an expression of her creativity. Part 2 of this conversation continues in the episode 11.

Part 2 with Jesse Ruben. Super supportive parents. Can jesse appreciate simple songs. Do people care about chords ? Writing alone is hard. Writing through noodling. Finding creative time in a small Brooklyn apartment is not easy when you are married. This girl is a keeper. Patty is taking notes?! When you get sick it comes on slowly. Lyme disease sucks. The sickness stops Jesse in his tracks. The we can project and it’s origins.

Jesse Ruben is our 3rd guest. Patricia has a brand new computer that she still hasn’t taken out of the box after two weeks. Jesse’s dad is Bert Reynolds?? Musical families create musicians. Everyone seems to hate piano lessons... And their Dad. Jesse immediately felt like he was supposed to be a songwriter for life when he picked up an acoustic. Jesse is def not punk but he does love Incubus...He’s still trying not to write John Mayer songs. Dwight cried during U2 and Patricia still cries a lot. Berklee College of music nervous breakdowns and bad internet.