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May 8, 2024 18 mins
In this episode Jordyn discusses the importance of having support during tough times and shares what has helped her and her listeners through difficult moments. From video games to music, friends and family to self-reflection, Jordyn explores various coping mechanisms and sources of comfort. Join her as she delves into the ways in which different activities and relationships can provide solace and strength during challenging times.

Don't miss out on this insightful and relatable episode where Jordyn opens up about her own experiences and invites listeners to share their stories. Tune in for a heartwarming and uplifting discussion on finding support and resilience in the face of life's ups and downs.
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Straw Media. I'm talking talking,I'm talking talking. Hey, guys,
welcome back to the Jordan Jones Podcast. I'm your host, Jordan Jones.

(00:22):
And in today's episode, I wasinspired by Sadie Crowwell's new YouTube video.
She was telling her story. Itwas all about her life, what she's
struggled with, and she opened upand she was like, these are who
helped me through the hardest times inmy life and you are not alone.

(00:43):
And it was just really inspiring.And I feel like a lot of people
related to that video. And Ieven messaged her and I was like,
oh my gosh, your video isamazing. It was really well edited,
it was really well portrayed, andI don't know, it was just a
really great video. And so itgot me thinking, you know, you
know how many people in this lifehave gone through stuff and who has been

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there for them? And looking backon my life when I was down,
who was there to pick me up? Kind of thing? And I'm really
thankful for you guys. I'm thankfulfor you know, who's closest to me
at the hardest times in my life. I don't know, I feel like
people nowadays are a lot more gentle, even though it seems like maybe online

(01:26):
people bullies and cyber bullies, butI really feel like people around you nowadays,
even high schoolers and middle schoolers arenot as mean, and life has
just really been crazy for everyone.Everyone has their ups and downs, and
everyone has traumas and good days baddays. So that video just really made

(01:47):
me want to talk about this andask you guys, really who has been
there for you and what helped youand getting you guys maybe to open up
to me and keeping it anonymous ofcourse, being able to share everyone's stories.
Maybe this will help someone out there, or you will relate to it,
or this will just be another greatepisode of the Jordan Jones Podcast with

(02:13):
Macha. I really feel like sheshould basically be a part of the title.
Now right, Macha, But I'min my groutfit today. I didn't
like the top I brought and Iwas gonna go to the car to fix
it, and I found this jacket, so now we're wearing all gray.
Sorry about it, double episode day, but this is really comfortable. This
is the crop scuba from Lululemon.I've only gotten full size things from there,

(02:36):
even I'm very small, so youmight think that this is full size
on me, but it is cropped. See it's like right under my ribcage.
But these are also like high wasted. So okay, I know,
talking about my outfit, I guessI can touch on like my life too
though before we really jump in.My escapes from life have definitely been like

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video games for me. I wasplaying Halo Reach with my little brother when
I was probably eleven, twelve thirteen, and at that point, I mean
I didn't really know about like lifestruggles and stuff. So I'm not saying
like way back then, but Idid start playing then. Yeah, video
games have definitely been that thing thatit doesn't allow me to think of anything

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else. It's like where are thepeople, where's the loot? How many
people are left? Where should Igo? You know, especially like Fortnite.
That's kind of what I'm talking aboutnow. I do realize within like
maybe the past three four years,that you should definitely feel your feelings,
and so with that, I woulddefinitely say like long walks and thinking about
your life and the situation and thepros and the cons and stuff like that,

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clearing your head is really important tome. That's why I like to
go on walks and I also justlike walking, whether I'm sad or happy,
video games, walking, singing songsin the shower. I am one
of those people. But sometimes Ialso just like mouth it don't really like
I'm like singing and belting because I'mlike, I don't want my neighbors to
hear, so I'm just and thenI just like act like I'm like mad

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because I don't really have that emotion. I was mad recently though for the
first time wasn't really like any bigdeal. I was just like, oh,
I think I should be mad insteadof sad, but it was more
fun just kidding. I wasn't funat all. But what else helps with
me? Okay, Honestly, TikTokhelps me because I just like watch videos

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and I laugh or it's like givingme advice. It just knows exactly what
I'm going through, So TikTok doeshelp. One main thing is probably facetiming
my friends. That really helps me. Whether I'm talking about like the problem
or the issue or what's going onin my life or not at all,
and I'm just talking to them andcatching up. That really helps. And
I feel like that helps everybody.Just having a friend a nice phone call

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because when I'm like sad, Idon't really want to see people, so
not necessarily hanging out friends, whichmaybe I should get a little bit better
at, like get out of thehouse kind of thing, but when I
do, it's just like I wantto go on a walk. I don't
want to go to lunch with afriend basically open up to them and basically
like tell them everything that's going onor like what's on my mind, and
then it's just not enjoyable for them. So my like true friends, I

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guess I can call and tell them. Other than that, I don't feel
like you want to hear my problemsat lunch for an hour and then be
like, oh, finally I'm likegoing home. But those are probably like
my main points of things that helpme whenever I'm going through a rough time,
tough time, sad time. Ilike those things, so those are
important to me. I thought thisfirst one was so nice. They said

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my YouTube videos, that's so nice. I relate to that because I watch
YouTubers too. When I'm doing anything, I feel like I have like my
comfort YouTubers I watched for so long, like ten years, and Macha no
Licking, no lickings. I don'tknow if you're licking your incision. Okay,

(06:00):
I'm definitely happy that I can makesome of you guys happy, smile,
laugh, relate, or just entertainyou guys, because I know some
YouTubers you know have really helped methrough a rough time too. And how
I just mentioned Sadie's video stuff likethat does really help me. Thank you
for saying my videos. That wasvery nice. Another person said, my

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friends and family. Yes, alwaysyour friends and family. That's why I
always say, like, keep yourfamily close, because sometimes that is all
we got. A lot of peoplehave different relationships with their family, of
course, but yeah, I lovemy family and I will always just call
them and I'll play video games withmy brothers. Yeah. Like I said,

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I love facetiming my friends. Sothis one is kind of very relatable
for everybody, and I'm sure everyonecan relate to this, just like I
just said twice. Yeah, friendsand family definitely will help you get through
anything life. Okay, next one, I've started doing drawing and sketching and
art. It's been helping me.I'm not really the type to pull out

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and like draw but I do lovejournaling and I have this Mad Happy Journal.
I think it's called I mean,I know it's called like the mad
Happy Journal, but it's blue.They say what, I'm mad happy.
And it's like a self help book. I'm pretty sure. It like has
ratings of how your day was andhow you're feeling emotionally, physically, spiritually,

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and maybe something else, and thenit has what you did today a
highlight stuff like that. That islike something that I can relate to with
Like the whole drawing thing, itdoes help you feel better. Even watching
drawing videos on TikTok are so satisfying. It's so important to basically put your
phone down and do something else.So if this is something that helps you,

(07:55):
that is so cool. It's sogood, it's so creative. But
also if you haven't tried this,you should. You should try to draw
or write your feelings whatever, whateverkind of like getting your phone away and
doing something else, whether that's likemaking a Lego set or drawing. I
know that a lot of these typesof things help people. It's just very
cool to hear what everyone else hasto say about this. All right,

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this one says just my boyfriend,I'm gonna put this in like the significant
other category. Definitely having someone youknow that will greet you with open arms
and listen to your problems and bethere for you and support you is so
important in a relationship. I'm sohappy to hear that people feel so safe
in relationships too. I definitely relateto this one. I tell my boyfriend,

(08:43):
like, all these things that goon in my life and problems and
yeah, so having a significant otherobviously is not the most important thing in
the world or not for everybody.Some people are, you know, just
single. But this is something thatis important for me in a relationship,
is just being able to open upand feel safe just share things that are

(09:03):
going on in my life. Anda lot of people in relationships, I
feel like, don't have that typeof security and support and a partner,
and it's just nice to hear thatthey help you with things in life.
Next one, music and good people. This was written so many times,

(09:28):
submitted so many times. Music isdefinitely an outlet for everybody. There is
music for every category of your life, every emotion. I mean, I
listened to Olivia Rodrigo when I'm sad, when I'm happy, in the shower,
in the car. Sometimes I'm likeOh my gosh, she really understands
me this song I wrote. Iwrote this song. Does she have hidden

(09:50):
cameras in my room? What's goingon? Music just really helps. And
a lot of people also said likegoing on drives and listening to music.
I do like to listen to nomusic when I drive, put the windows
down and listen to the world andthe wind and the other cars and people.
I do love that too. Butyeah, like last night, I

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was in the bath and listening tomusic. It's just nice. It's just
nice that it can change your mood. It can put you in a better
mood. It can also just helpyou feel your feelings. It can help
you relate to things. And yeah, a lot of people said music,
So that is definitely a good submission. Next one is my inner faith and
self trust helped me. Yes,this seems like this person went through something

(10:35):
and you did a lot of selfreflection, maybe therapy, maybe writing things
down. You're kind of just likegrowing and evolving and you're in full bloom.
And I love this response. Ithink it's so important to understand things
yourself. It's like good to shareyour feelings and things you're going through with
your friends and family, but atthe same time, you kind of really

(10:58):
know deep down what you want andwhat's not okay with you. It's okay
with you. And this person's basicallysaying, like I got it. I
just thought that this one was sonice and special to be like I got
myself. Some people only have themselves. Some people have a million people in
their life, but they're only goingto trust their own and sync and they're
not going to tell anyone they're hardtimes and anything what they're going through.

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They're just going to rely on themselvesto get them through it and pick themselves
back up. So that is avery very good response. Next one is
music and walking on the Beach.I love this one. I love driving
to the beach. I love justbeing there alone. I haven't done it
in a while. I should probablydo it again. It is just really
nice. Touching the sand is avery similar feeling to touching grass. For

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me. It's like so grounding andI feel happy, feel happy when I'm
like sand and grass and grounded.Because I live in West Hollywood, there's
not much grass over here. WheneverI go to the beach, I get
to just run through the sand.I love it. I'm not one of
those people who are scared of thesand and hate it. Obviously when you're

(12:01):
done swimming, you don't want liketo be sandy. Why is my mother
calling me? It's like a phonecall too. What is this? Hey,
I'm filming my podcast. I'll callyou in like ten minutes. Bye.
What's the phone call? And shenever phone calls? That's crazy?

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I was like, what's wrong?But yeah, music, of course we
already mentioned that one. So justwalking on the beach. Sometimes I'm like
I need to live like on thebeach because I just want to wake up,
walk on the beach, walk onthe beach all day, look at
the sunset, walk on the beach. But yeah, I love this one
personally. Ooh, next one mydogs. My mother will definitely relate to

(12:46):
this one a lot. Sometimes.You know, she'll be home by herself
for weeks months, you know,without people over or whatever, and she's
okay because she's got her dogs andcats. She has six cats, like
six dogs or something. I can'teven keep track at this point, but
I literally never really knew what shemeant, and like felt with oh I

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missed my dogs and going home toanimals is you don't really realize that feeling
until you have your own with Macha. Oh my gosh, when she got
fixed and she wasn't at my housefor a couple hours and I went back
home when she wasn't there, itwas so sad. I cry to her,
I talk to her. She isthe best thing ever. And she

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obviously doesn't judge. Actually she probablyshe kind of does. She runs away
sometimes. But I love that yousaid dogs. Even when you're sad and
you see a dog walking on thestreet, you kind of just get happy
for like a second. The serotoninboost is so nice. I go to
plates and sometimes it would just bea dog there, and I'm like,
you needed that animal at that atthat point, like you needed to see

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something and they helped you. Andthey have like a fluffy tail. Today
I saw a Golden Retriever with afluffy tail, and I'm like, oh,
so happy. They're so happy.They like what they're like four legs.
They're the best. I love dogsand cats. Okay, this person's
had video games, so I kindof already said that, but also like
trying new video games I've been kindof doing recently. I've literally played Fortnite

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for ten years. Okay, likeeight years. So I've recently tried to
just get out of my comfort zoneand try other games because then it's just
something else, like new and funand different to try out. Okay,
the next one is joining a bookreading club and yoga. Yes, this
is so like self love independent hobbies. This helps so much when you're going

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through a hard time. My godmotheralways does yoga, and so does my
best friend's mom. It's just socool to hear them be talking about yoga
for like the past ten years ofmy life. But now like my generation
I feel like, is starting togo to yoga. I think that is
just so cool to go have likeyour own little hobby that you do,

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whether you know you're super busy andyou're a mom, or you know want
to just try it out because you'venever done it before. It also just
makes you feel so good. It'skind of like the walking thing to me,
Like I love going to pilates.It's not that like it's super hard
or it's super easy, or it'sgood for me or whatever. It's just
like going to do something really helpsme, like get out of the house

(15:22):
and meet new people that always hadhelped me. I've been going for like
two and a half years or something. And I love that book reading club.
Wow, that is so like notsomething I feel like I would do,
but I know how much people lovethem and how many books they go
through. Another way to meet newpeople and make new friends, So I

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love this one. I feel likethis is again so self love type.
Last two, a guy that I'mdating helped me when I lost someone close
to me. Yeah, it's kindof like similar to what we talked about
earlier, but I'm definitely happy thatyou had someone that's stuck with you and
helped you and was there for youat a really hard time. And then

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the last one is just I wentto the gym dot dot dot. The
gym obviously will help anything. Itmakes you feel better, it makes will
look good, feel good type ofvibe with that another way to meet friends.
And there's a lot of gyms thathave other classes too, so you
can try like cycling and maybe mattplates and personal trainer, or maybe they

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have like just a swimming pool andyou're doing is that aerobics or something water
aerobics, I don't know, butgoing to the gym and just having something
to look forward to and having somethingthat keeps you like on a schedule is
important, definitely will help you gothrough a rough time. Maybe that revenge
bod is what you're looking for andthat always helps look good feel good.

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Like I just said, well,Macha is now asleep and that is the
end of this episode. Thank youguys so much for watching. I will
see you guys next Wednesday with anew video again. Bye, guys,
love you you've been listening to theJordan Jones Podcast. Jordan's passion is to

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inspire, relate, and give youthat much needed one hour escape from life's
everyday struggles, your family, andWe're so glad you're here. Make sure
to like, rate, review,and subscribe. We'll be back soon,
but in the meantime find us onYouTube, TikTok and Instagram at Jordan Jones

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j O R d yn. Thisproduction is brought to you by straw Hut
Media, hosted by Jordan Jones,produced by Ryan Tillotson, edited by Daniel
Ferrera. Additional production help by CarolynMendoza, Ali Ahmed and Samir Gonchi.
Jeef ain't right like the diamond youare and see you next time on the

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Jordan Jones Podcast.
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