Twisted Thinking

Twisted Thinking

Life is hard. Staying sane is harder. With relatable stories, realistic positivity, and plenty of self-deprecating humor, Twisted Thinking Host Kristin Waters aims to limber up your mind and help you rethink your struggles as she takes negative and frustrating experiences from her own life and twists them around to make them work for her. In addition, there's no shortage of healthy criticisms for some of the most popular positivity quotes, platitudes, and motivational memes based, of course, on nothing but pure opinion. Never miss an episode — subscribe to Twisted Thinking on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Episodes

June 23, 2024 14 mins

The one where Kristin gives an alternative to "Everything happens for a reason."

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A massive thank you to my patrons, without whom I would be lost.

Producers: TBF Gaming, Michael Turley

Supporters: Jennifer Lenihan

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The one where Kristin tries to explain why she's grateful for her grief during this Easter season. No strong warnings to be had here.

Audio is a little off and editing is a little weak, but I'll get the hang of things again after taking such a long break.

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March 24, 2024 7 mins

The one where Kristin tells you what's been happening and what's going to happen! SEASON 2, woooooow!

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February 5, 2023 8 mins

The one where Kristin reads you a short story and tells you how it might apply in real life.

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February 5, 2023 7 mins

The one where Kristin tells you what's going on for February and the upcoming few months. Season One Ending, Season 2 Beginning. Closing Patreon and moving to Supercast. New Podcast!

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January 15, 2023 13 mins

The one where Kristin has entirely too much to say about memes that don’t go into enough detail and she kicks herself for not making it a multi-episode arc. Also the one where she wonders how many people read the description of an episode before they watch it.

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January 8, 2023 10 mins

The one where Kristin talks about staying strong (and why it’s ridiculous).

Here are a few links to get you started on the way to learning about crying and what is good about it, as well as what is bad. The two scientific studies are long, but I think they’re worth the read. Not all the science is in agreement with each other and there are huge gaps of knowledge missing, but I stand by my opinion of crying being more beneficial than...

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January 1, 2023 13 mins

The one where Kristin goes over some stats from last year and makes a BIG new year announcement!

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December 4, 2022 10 mins

The one where Kristin gives her unsolicited opinion on the incredibly frustrating and misleading saying Love the sinner, hate the sin. 

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November 27, 2022 13 mins

The one where Kristin decides that doing what makes you happy isn’t always as good as it sounds. With examples.

Resources:

(Website by Russ Harris) The Happiness Trap (Book by Russ Harris: Amazon.com , Amazon.de , Google Books) - Disclosure, this is on my To Read list but I haven’t read it in full yet, only sampling, as well as the website information. I believe this to be in line with the idea I am sharing

(Podcast) The Happiness Lab...

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November 20, 2022 15 mins

The one where Kristin FINISHES the article titled ‘50 Positive Quotes To Make You Feel Happy’ by Emily Van Devender and gives her mostly unscripted opinions about how positive or negative they really are. That took a long time, thanks for sticking with me! Next week we are back to regular episodes people! I’m kinda excited. 

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November 13, 2022 9 mins

Next to last episode where Kristin goes through MORE of the article titled ‘50 Positive Quotes To Make You Feel Happy’ by Emily Van Devender and gives her mostly unscripted opinions about how positive or negative they really are. Dear God, we’re almost done, I promise.

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November 6, 2022 11 mins

The one where Kristin goes through YET MORE of the article titled ‘50 Positive Quotes To Make You Feel Happy’ by Emily Van Devender and gives her mostly unscripted opinions about how positive or negative they really are. 

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October 30, 2022 10 mins

The one where Kristin goes through more of the article titled ‘50 Positive Quotes To Make You Feel Happy’ by Emily Van Devender and gives her mostly unscripted opinions about how positive or negative they really are.

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October 23, 2022 10 mins

The one where Kristin goes through the first few quotes of an article titled 50 Positive Quotes To Make You Feel Happy’ by Emily Van Devender and records an entire episode with audio settings that have been unintentionally changed by an update. Apologies everyone! Also I know even the content is a little shaky in this one. Chalk it up to a series of unfortunate events. The next one will be better. Thanks for sticking with me!

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October 16, 2022 9 mins

The one where Kristin gets kinda preachy about love and why it’s never wasted on anyone and also why you’re allowed to love people who do bad things.

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October 9, 2022 11 mins

The one where Kristin talks about words and whether or not they can hurt you.

If your or someone you love are struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out:

National Suicide Hotline US - 988

Samaritans Helpline (UK)  - 116 123

For a list of Suicide Hotlines by Country click HERE.

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October 2, 2022 14 mins

The one where Kristin talks about intrusive thoughts and how they make it difficult, if not impossible, to follow the advice “Focus on the Positive”.

If you would like more information on intrusive thoughts in specific disorders, here is the search page full of interesting articles on various disorders including OCD and GAD (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/search-nimh?q=intrusive+thoughts)

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September 18, 2022 2 mins

The one where Kristin tells you what’s planned for the next two weeks and why.

Thank you to all the listeners, commenters, sharers, and everyone else! See you on October 2nd!

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September 11, 2022 11 mins

The one where Kristin shares why and how she could twist her wife’s pain around and be thankful for it, rather than bitter. 

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