Threads Podcast: Life Unfiltered

**Long Episode warning** We had a our first guest in studio - Tyler Baum! Tyler is a very smart young man and brought lots of great insight to the show. Oh, did I mention he is our first super fan? He came up with the name of "Threadie." 

Quick recap of things we talked about:

1. Ben's son made a new friend after Ben encouraged him to hang out with "good kids."
2. Jason puked in the bushes while waiting for the kids to get on the bus.
3. Tyler enjoying the holidays with the family.
4. Ben lost his patience with daughter (again.)
5. Jason lacking an "attitude of gratitude"
6. Tyler botched wife's b-day
7. Lauren Daigle & a lack of discernment among American Christians: Lauren received some hate for being on the Ellen show and answering a question about gay people. Lauren is a Christian singer who is gaining traction in the mainstream music scene.

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We recorded this episode a few days after Thanksgiving, so we spent some time discussing what we are thankful for. We also talked about telling our kids that Santa is not real. Ben confronts Jason on the way he exaggerated and made Ben feel inferior. Ben and Jason share about how they are learning how to respect each others’ space in their friendship -- a friendship that began in early 2018.

Here are some of the items we discussed:

Current Event Links

• Why an attitude of gratitude can help your health
• Lying Less
• Homeless man gas money hero -- the story is fake!

Things We Mentioned on the Show

Calm App - gratitude study

Thankful chalkboard

Thankfulness Game

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*Veterans day thank you

*A veteran's plea - Brandon Donovan

*Ben tries a new church

*Jason's parents anniversary party

*Failure with family

*Current Events

     * What Vets want you to know

     *How Hate Thrives on Social Media

*Two Truths and a Lie

*Inspiring Quotes to get you through the day

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In our last two episodes, we swam out into the deep end and tackled the topics of mental health and fatherhood. These shows had a pretty big impact on our listeners, so we felt like we needed to spend some time wrapping up some conversations and reflecting on your feedback.

As we did that, we also revisited our old trusty show format of sharing our highs and lows from the last two weeks. Enjoy!

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

New way to share your feedback! Call (616) 238-0091 and leave us a voicemail with your thoughts. 

Current Events

• Jason - Anti-Vaxing / Autism
• Ben - Titanic 2 to sail in 2022

Random Conversation Questions

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On this episode, we focus on the theme of fatherhood. We share about our dads, and talk about the kind of dads we want to be. We discuss the impact that absent fathers have on their families and talk about how our dads’ parenting styles impacted us. We also took into consideration what happened in our dads’ lives that caused them to parent the way they did -- or didn’t.

We close out by sharing some “dad tips” that will hopefully inspire you to be a better dad (or mom!)

Here are some of the items we discussed:

Children’s well-being goes hand in hand with Dad’s mental health

The importance of roughhousing with your kids

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This was a pretty deep episode with Ben and I(Jason) We go deeper into the emotions of Depression and Anxiety. We talk about how it affects us and what we do to combat it.

Show links:

• Dylan’s ducks https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/georgetown_township_approves_o.html

• Ben: “I’m taking a mental health day” https://www.health24.com/Medical/Depression/Living-with-depression/im-taking-a-mental-health-day-20170711

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/magazine/why-are-more-american-teenagers-than-ever-suffering-from-severe-anxiety.amp.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/kristen_bell_says_she_smokes_w.html

Information about EDMR: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/emdr-what-is-it#1

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In this episode, Ben was a bit hyped on energy drinks that Jason got him hooked on. We both shared about different organizations that we serve as board members for. We talked about yet another snarky fight between the two of us, and even discussed evolution. We celebrated our kids' big victories and shared about our failures. Somehow we even managed to get on the topic of religious clothing like turbans.

Want to learn more about the organizations we serve for? Check out UTM (Ben) and YoungLives (Jason)!

Mentioned in the Show

• Heaven at Home Pet Hospice Care
• Ben - hardcore traffic enforcer at Susan G. Komen Michigan Race for the Cure

Enjoy the show.

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We had some special guests this week.......Our wives! Ben's and Jason's family were together over the Labor Weekend up at Jason's cabin and decided to record Threads!

We had some fun at the beginning and then we thought we were done but the wives were not going to have it. So we recorded for 30 more minutes!

Enjoy!

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This was a great show. We even had some tears! Ben spoke of his loss of his 3 foster kids years ago after they went back to their birth parents. Jason talked about his struggling relationship with his dad.

Here are some of the links of the things we talked about:

 Keys for kids: https://www.keysforkids.org/Programming/Keys-for-Kids-Daily-Devotional/Keys-for-Kids-App

 Dylan's ducks: https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/08/a_12-year_old_boy_with_autism.html

 Beer Delivery guys save suicidal man: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2956/Beer-Delivery-Men-Talk-Suicidal-Man-Off-Bridge-With-Offer-To-Share-A-Cold-Beer

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Thanks for joining us on Threads episode 4! We're one episode away from being listed on Spotify. On this show, we switched things up a bit in our format (which was difficult for Ben) but ended up having some pretty deep conversations. We covered a healthy portion of God stuff, talked about things that overwhelm us, and shared about some deep family stuff. Enjoy! Check out our website || Connect with us on Facebook

SHOW NOTES:

MATTHEW 7:6 - Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

THE MOONWALKING BEAR VIDEO

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