It has been a wild ride through the first quarter of 2022. After making my 2022 New Years resolution, I decided to spend the first couple months focusing on myself and my goals. Self reflecting turned into a small revelation about my emotions regarding stress. During this episode, I redefine the meaning of stress, and where/why we experience struggle and burnout. 

In this episode, guest speaker, Terry, and I reflect on different situations we've experienced relating to "Prejudice." We provide a modern outlook on the outdated discrimination that we have encountered, along with many other people. Through exploring different topics, including race, ethnicity, and religion, we discuss the physical and mental harm that occurs through the ongoing prejudices, even in a progressive society.

In the summer of 2020, I decided to take a trip to Michigan by myself, which was the first time I have ever flown alone on an airplane. During this flight I was seated next to a woman, named Nancy, who had shared with my how she was visiting her son for the first time in 7 years after being released from federal prison. Despite my initial confusion and caution, I engaged in a conversation with her, which ended up lasting the whole 4.5 hour flight. Throughout our talk, she shared her stories relating to her childhood, arrest, case trial, children, jail time, and the current situation she is experiencing after being released. Throughout our talk, we established a strong connection and discover a big coincidence between her and I, relating to a past event I participated in. 

To be honest, this podcast is a mess, as it is hard for me to talk about the emotions I was experiencing on this flight, along with the current living situation Nancy is experiencing. Since this episode involves different topics including drugs, prison, and death, it is difficult to fully demonstrate how impactful this story has been for me. I did stutter quite a lot in the episode, which I decided to keep in this episode, because I truly am still speechlessness and emotional about Nancy's story.

 I hope this episode is a good eye-opener to remind you how we are all connected, despite our different backgrounds, life stories, and situations. The world is a better place when we show empathy to people by listening, supporting, and understanding others, because you never know the newfound perspectives you will discover. 

In this episode of Window Work, Josh and I have an open, unfiltered discussion about mental health and the pros and cons when you receive a professional diagnosis. In part one, of the two part "Unfiltered" series, we address the stigma of mental health and the fine line between exaggerated mental health and symptoms compared to day-to-day life dealing with mental health issues and differences. 

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Josh's Instagram: @itsjoshgefken ----- Victoria's Instagram: @victoria.grabscheid 

On today's episode of Window Work, I talk about the connection I've experienced between trust issues and better intuition. I share a story where my developed trust issues created a better sense of intuition, which essentially saved my life. On top of that, I have my first guest, and close friend, Darya, on the podcast to share her incite on how intuition helped her save the life of another person. 

In this episode, I share a personal story about an experience and the psychology behind the way the situation was resolved. January 2021, I was pulled over for speeding while driving on the 101, trying to get home during the Covid-19 curfew. Knowing I was going to be in big trouble, I went to court, only to receive a strange, but restorative, punishment that involved a passion I have and use daily. Breaking down the key points in this unique story, I develop a psychological analysis of the power of the new term I developed called, Passionate Punishment.

During this episode of Window Work, Victoria introduces herself and her podcast. She narrows her podcast topics down to four different words that start with the letter “P”: Psychology, philanthropy, philosophy, and personality. She explains the significance of each of these topics in her life and relates them back to the previous experiences she's had in her life.

After her introduction of herself and her podcast, she proceeds to explain four different metaphors that she has created about the definition of a window. Each metaphor is unique to her goals about what her podcast will do for her listeners and her mindset.