TIFU

After a rough year for my own mental health, I've decided I need to take a break from this podcast. I just don't know that I have anything else to say after 57 episodes. Peter will taking over from here. Please feel free to reach out still, I will respond to any emails or tweets addressed to me

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Today we just talk about the little things that make us happy, because sometimes that's all we have to get through the day.

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We all have intrusive thoughts from time to time, sometimes it feels like every day. These can lead to us spiraling into a cycle of negative self talk. We often worry that we aren't making enough improvements to ourselves fast enough and we tend to obsess over that stuff because we think if we don't, then we'll always be bad people and no one will like us. #anxietyisabitch. Just try to remind yourself that it's OK to take a break from your brain sometimes. It's OK to not constantly worry about "Am I a good person?" Especially because, in all actuality, you probably are doing just fine, your brain is just trying to convince you that you aren't.

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We recorded this like a month ago and I'm just now getting around to posting it, mostly because of a total lack of motivation to exist as a human being because of how cold it is. My apologies. I'm not even sure what else to write here, just, seriously, fuck winter. Also, Happy whatever holiday you celebrate for the winter solstice.

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It's been a while! Peter and I recorded this episode a while ago but debated putting it up or not because the sound quality isn't as good as it usually is for some weird reason we couldn't figure out. Anyway, we hope you enjoy it nonetheless as we discuss spiritual health as the fourth part of our "self care square." This was a really interesting episode to record as we both have different views on where spirituality comes from, but managed to come to an agreement on what spirituality means and how it helps us be more healthy people.

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Ok, we said we were going to do a 4 part episode on our concept we randomly came up with called the self care square, and we didn't lie. Here's part 3 on financial health. If you don't remember from last year, the other 3 parts were physical health, mental health, and spiritual health. We'll give you some of our own advice based on our own experiences. If you aren't where we are at in this regard, don't feel bad about that. Life is not a race.

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Peter and I sat down to record and I think we were both kinda slap happy and exhausted and this is what happened as a result. No real topic, no coherent train of thought, no actually decent content. I don't even really think we can call it an episode. If you decide to listen, don't say I didn't warn you. Sorry.

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Holy shit, we're at 50 episodes. Please ignore how many weeks it took. Today we talk about something that makes a lot of people anxious... conflict. Personally, any time I argue with someone I worry that they hate me. It's hard to remember that conflict is simply a part of life with other people, and the feeling of anger is not the same as hate.

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I stole the title from a lyric from a Life of Dillon song so don't sue me, I'm giving credit to the artist. In this episode we talk about staying in the moment. Ooh look, a butterfly! As Lao Tzu said, "If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present." I often find so many things to worry about, whether it's obsessing over that time I said "you too" in response to the waiter saying "enjoy your meal" or worrying about where you'll be in 5 years. It's like my brain needs something to feel bad about. Peter and I have been learning recently how much happier we can be when we learn to not give those thoughts our time and attention and stay in the moment.

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Yes, my cat actually dropped a little turd on my coffee table while we recorded this episode. Yes, I still love him. This episode is actually about shame and labels. People will often try to put their own labels on us so that we fit some mold they have in their mind. The problem with this is, oftentimes those labels don't fully fit us so we feel like we have to bend ourselves in uncomfortable ways to fit those molds. Thing is, who gives a fuck what people think we are? We are what we decide to be. We are our actions. And there is no shame in being who we are.

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