Misfits & Wanderers
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Love Persevering: Exploring Grief
“But what is grief if not love persevering?” -Vision (from the Marvel Studios series WandaVision)
In this episode will focus on grief. I was inspired for a couple of reasons, the first being that the 12th anniversary of my mom’s passing is approaching as of the release of this episode. Also, I’ve come across a number of people who have been struggling with the idea that their own grief processes are ...
Today’s guest is Logan Nellis. Logan is a Divine Masculine Leader and Coach Inspiring People through Aligned Inner Wisdom, Love, and Intuition
This was a powerful conversation where we discussed what is meant by Divine Masculinity, what it is and what it is not, and the struggle to find that level and balance. Of course, we need to find balance with the Divine Feminine but we also need to allow our masculine to feel seen and truly e...
(Titled with apologies to Van Hagar)
Asking the question while motivated by seeing a large amount of heart signs and being reminded that ultimately, when we release all the mental, social, and other junk, all we want is to love and be loved.
Which then made me wonder how people knew and felt they were loved. How do you know? How do you feel? What does it look like?
Of course, I asked the question on the socials. I'll share some of tho...
Michelle is a powerful intuitive and medium based in Washington State. She provides readings and workshops and has done speaking engagements where she taps into her gifts to provide clarity and healing for many.
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Michelle and I talked about a number of different ways we're at a crossroads...
A tale of a round trip flight that was a no good, bad ,terrible, awful experience.
It is also a tale of celebration. I could have let my emotions take over and made the situation so much worse, and ruined my trip in a number of ways. And yet, I didn't give in at any point. In the losses, I'm taking the win.
There are also cameo appearances by "Susan" and "Dude Karen" (with apologies to those named Karen who didn't ask for this and h...
Sharing with you a cautionary tale in too many acts, a story from my own past where I saw what I wanted to see and took off toward what felt like a dream opportunity, but was in reality a nightmare. If only I paid attention to the first red flag, or the tenth.
Anyway, allow me to gift you some laughs and a lesson. I hope you enjoy it a lot more than I did.
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An episode in two parts: "Lost" and "Found"
The first segment, the Lost, is about loneliness in the current landscape. Discussing how that, along with pain and fear, are the underlying epidemic not really addressed because we are too busy fighting over how to not treat the assorted symptoms. Those are painful in and of themselves and include the increase in violence, suicides, the struggles with mental and physical health, and of co...
Thoughts inspired after reading "Be That Kind of Person", a piece from Nikita Gill
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The purpose of thi...
Three short stories from holidays past, each bringing an important lesson. From a piece I originally wrote in 2019.
Wishing you peace, joy, love, and kindness for you and yours, whatever your holiday, however you spend them.
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I was forwarded a story that served as a reminder that often, no matter how amazing you are, some people are just going to be unable to see it.
It reminded me of an experience from the theater days of my youth, and I shared that story. Enjoy.
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We learned “fight or flight”, then “freeze”. In this episode we explore “fawn”.
Fight, Fight Freeze or Fawn. Our body’s automatic defense mechanisms that activate when the primal mind (in particular the amygdala) senses danger.
Fawning is the behavior most of us know as people pleasing. Seeing it as an automatic defense changes the way I looked at it and made me look at a number of things in a different way.
Talking Victimus Maximus. Lot of us know him. I certainly do...
Tends to convince us to frame situations gone wrong so that we are the big victims, that the world is out to get us, blah blah blah. He's convincing, for sure...
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Thanksgiving.
A time for gratitude, a time for demolishing all kinds of goodies, and yes-a time for drama, judgment, and other shenanigans.
Here is a guide to navigating through it all as seamless as possible, and maybe the urge to choke someone out over a flatscreen on Black Friday won't be quite as strong.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Celebrating Good Ol’ Charlie Brown. Still as stand-up of a guy as it gets.
This is simply a tribute with the understanding that all rights to the name and character belong elsewhere.
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This episode is called "Emotional Sunburn", and it focuses on how for many of us, the understanding that rejection has nothing to do with us and can serve to support us on our path, while true, can be a devastating thing for the brains of many of us to process, and we can not only struggle with regulating emotionally but it can really hold us back with taking steps in all areas of life.
While not an official diagnosis (DSM, etc.) it...
This was asked to me point blank.
My answer surprised me, and also led to to a clarity I’d sensed for years yet couldn’t describe.
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Life is muddy, no matter how much we want to keep it clean and easy.
What if that was okay? What if the mud is okay?
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Feeling seen, feeling understood, feeling like not only other people are truly listening to you, but that you're able to be fully present for yourself.
It's a simple act in theory but it can be very hard in practice for a number of reasons. Sometimes the manner somebody is trying to be seen violates boundaries. In other cases it forces us to look at things within ourselves that we quite frankly would rather not.
This gets a bit scatt...
There’s plenty of reason to feel anger. Certainly, in this current climate.
Anger needs to be seen and heard and is a powerful and important teacher.
It needs to do its job. But then it needs to be free to be sent on its way.
When it overstays its welcome and hijacks our logic and blocks out our consciousness...well, look around.
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Tha...
Saw a bumper sticker that said "Save Me From the Savers"...I got what they were saying. Or not. Either way I was inspired to riff on it.
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