Tricky Existence

Pearl and Jordyn are back with this week's Tricky After Dark episode. This week, we are SPILLING the tea with flirtatious screenshots from when Jordyn was a freshman in high school.

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Pearl and Jordyn are back this week to give their take on vaginal masturbation. Pearl is leading the session today, as she talks about her personal passion topic self-pleasure and masturbation. The two share where their education around masturbation came from and how that impacted their relationship with self-pleasure. They two talk about what tools and knowledge would be helpful to the youth of today to understand. There is a brief moment surrounding theatre kids and their sex lives, so sorry in advance. Then, they move into talking about what their relationship with masturbation looks like today, along with a brief discussion on masturbation in partnered relationships.

Referenced in this episode:
Previous Episodes: "2 - Consensually, Rock My Socks"
Media: Dipsea
Books: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Resources: Body Mapping, After Care
Toys: Plusone Air Pulsing Arouser
Blog: Coming Soon!

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Pearl and Jordyn are back with this week's Tricky After Dark episode. This week we are playing the card game We're Not Really Strangers.

Referenced in this episode:
Game: We're Not Really Strangers
Previous episodes: "10 - Attitude Adjustment"; "39 - TITLE"
TikTok: Breaking Up With Your Therapist
Gum-ball machine tattoo shop: Arch Nemesis 

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Join Pearl and Jordyn in exploring their personal relationships with relationships.

The two start the episode with a catch-up, it's been a min since the last recording session, before getting to the meat of the episode. The two start by celebrating the platonic relationships around them, and the people in their lives before diving into the tricky parts.

This week the hosts are exploring their romantic expectations and experiences and how those have been potentially impacted by the exposure they had to unhealthy relationships growing up. They talk about their personal growth from unhealthy relationships experienced in the past and how a lack of a blueprint to create healthy relationships impacts their future.

The two speak on the grief of what futures they thought they would have while holding space for the joy of where they currently are and what the future holds. They discuss the search for relationships that fit the daydream, and where that daydream comes from within our capitalistic society.  Get ready to examine your own experiences, and question your personal expectations for the relationship around you after this episode- can't wait for you to hear it!

Questions to explore this episode:
1. What are your expectations for a romantic relationship?
2. What has influenced these expectations?
3. How have your expectations changed over time?

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Music: Grow As We Go by Ben Platt
TikToks: Balance in A Relationship
Books: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas; The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Apps: Libby

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Pearl and Jordyn are back with this week's Tricky After Dark episode. This week, listen in as Pearl and Jordyn give personal health updates.

Referenced in this episode:
Books: Twisted Tale (series) by Liz Braswell
Shows: Wednesday (2022) (Netflix)
Music: Bang Dem Sticks by Meghan Trainor; Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor
Misc: Pelvic Floor Therapy

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Jordyn and Pearl are back with this week's Tricky After Dark episode. This episode is one of a kind (for now anyway...)!!

Ring in the new year by listening to the stories we shared, but didn't make the cut, and the moments we cut but HAD to be shared. It's a blooper reel of the ages, and you've GOT to hear this!

Jordyn and Pearl are back this week to give their take on New Year's Resolutions and intention setting.

Your hosts start out their episode celebrating their lives, specifically KitchenAid mixers and flannel sheets. You'll hear a follow up (more like a lifelong continuation) on the love between Jordyn and Pearl (still going strong fyi), insight into Jordyn's yearly letters and the outline of her intention setting for the year. She's got a process people!!! They talk about holiday season expectations vs reality, which leads into the importance of boundary setting during this time. They dip into the difficulties of this time. They explore the benefit of reviewing what was and was not working in the past year to allow for a clean slate that a new year can bring if you are ready to accept it. Also, they highly recommend burning shit. To wrap up this episode, Jordyn and Pearl share their own intentions for the new year... which somehow gets them into a little moment of recognizing the impact of their Christian Upbringings within this society. It's a goody!

Questions to explore this episode:
1. What do you need to hear? Write a letter to yourself.
2. What do you want to leave behind in this year?
3. What changes have you made that you want to continue with?

Mentioned on this episode:
Blogs: New Year Ritual & Practices; Review: Jordyn's 2022 Favorites;  New Year Letter (to be posted 12/26/22); Christine Hassler's Annual New Year's Ritual
Websites: Write A Letter to Your Future Self
Misc: Noodle's TikTok; Ecuador's “año viejo” (old year) or monigote tradition
Music: Never Felt Like Christmas by Lizzo; Someday at Christmas by Lizzo
Previous Episodes: "1 - Shitty Dad Shots"; "25 - Reclaim Your Time Through Affirmations"

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Jordyn and Pearl are back this week with their take on maintaining mental health during the election season. This episode starts, as many do by talking about books. The hosts then give Jordyn a space to toot her own horn, and Pearl to toot it back with a retraction to a previous comment made in an After Dark Episode. The hosts offer a behind-the-scenes at the Tricky Existence photo shoot with Paige (@paigeopnw) including some light choking play.

The two move into the meat of the episode by talking about their election involvement, their coping skills, and what their plans are for staying politically active but mentally sane during the ongoing and upcoming election season. They offer some tips and tricks to staying motivated and using your privilege while providing care for yourself during this time. Both share their experiences with the 2020 election and brush over the difference between experiencing politics inside and outside of a university setting. Also, fuck Kim Renolyds.

Questions to explore this week:
1. Why are elections impacting me in the way they are?
2. What can I do to make local changes?
3. How can I support myself and those around me right now?

Referenced this week:
Books: Book Lovers by Emily Henry, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Photographer Extraordinaire: Paige, @paigeopnw on IG
Previous Episodes : "28 - Activity Hanger (Tricky After Dark)" & "30 - For the Girls and Dylan (Tricky After Dark)"
Honorable mentions this week go to Carlee, Powell's Bookstore, and the alt title for this episode: Electing Not to Lose it!

Jordyn and Pearl are back with this week's Tricky After Dark episode. This week, Jordyn is giving Pearl a lesson on each of Taylor Swift's album openers.

Referenced in this episode:
Podcasts: "A Crossover Episode with Tricky Existence" on The Songwriter Diaries
Previous Episodes: "23 - We Don't Gatekeep Music Here w/ The Songwriters Diaries"
Movies: Someone Great (2019) (Netflix)
Music: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (2008) by Taylor Swift; Beautiful Eyes EP (2008) by Taylor Swift; Tim McGraw (2006) by Taylor Swift; Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021) by Taylor Swift; Mine (2010) by Taylor Swift; State of Grace (Taylor's Version) (2021) by Taylor Swift; Welcome To New York (2014) by Taylor Swift; ...Ready For It? (2017) by Taylor Swift; I Forgot That You Existed (2019) by Taylor Swift; the 1 (2020) by Taylor Swift; willow (2020) by Taylor Swift; Lavender Haze (2022) by Taylor Swift; Someday at Christmas by Lizzo

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Pearl and Jordyn are back to give their take on being in your twenties. 

Your hosts start of celebrating the existence of limeade and when toddlers swear. Then, they dive in with a conversation on the decade of life they are living brought on by Pearl sharing her feeling that being in your twenties means something different after the pandemic. Pearl expresses her experience of no one leaving space for us twenty-somethings to be affected and continuously impacted by the pandemic. This leads into some offshoots discussing the conflict with older generations, empathy towards changing language, and values between generations. Then, the conversation takes an unexpected turn and moves towards a personal story of someone newly released from prison and comments on the lack of reformative justice in the United States of America. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!