Anyone else cleaning house more during our collective stay-at-home efforts?
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A lifestyle like this builds people who are richer in life, stronger in spirit, and therefore, more useful in a crisis.
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We recorded this episode on Sun. April 6, 2020, which marks 24 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chit-chat about toilet paper rationing moves on to deeper topics about the capacity for human connection: how it can be facilitated but also desensitized by smartphones, social media, and the âalways-onâ culture.
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We recorded this episode on Sat. March 28, 2020, which marks 16 days of our self-quarantine. Silly and serious thoughts from the era of COVID-19.
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More obviously than ever in our generation, we humans are being invited (forced?) to consciously and seriously engage in the next evolution of our beingness. Who do we want to be? As individuals? As a society? As a species?
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We recorded this episode on Sun. Mar. 15, 2020.
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We yak about various natural things: flower petals, feeling balooby (what, you donât know what that is? listen in!), and our wheat and gluten-free pasta alternative from the world of Japanese cuisine.
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A raw food that our cat Bear loves (and heâs picky)! Toast gives a sermon/pep-talk about politics. And we share our delight at sighting deer (a novel thing for us, since we were born and raised in Hawaii).
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A rambly discussion about how we each (differently) deal with changing behavior patterns in our own selves.
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We hope you feel a kind of strength and solidarity, just by hearing our stories. Maybe you can relate, maybe you've had similar thoughts and experiences. Each of us is stronger when all of us are "in this life, together, and for each other." This is us, stepping into that.
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In this episode, we have a pretty wild conversation all about raising our standards in life, health, relationships...all in a healthy and âfeel goodâ way. We talk about what prevents us from raising those standards, healthy and and unhealthy ways of going about it, and we even quote the Declaration of Independence (and Jesus) on it. And of course, we share examples from our own lives.
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This is the kind of stuff that happens all the time âŚin the lives of dykes and lesbian couples, anyway. The point is: if you deal with this stuff and are still able to be a responsible adult, who treats others with respect and kindness, youâre already winning.
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We first address why we decided to NOT talk about sex on the podcast (until now) since first starting it in 2007. Thatâs when George W. Bush was still President of the United States! Hint: it has to do with establishing the full humanity of LGBTQ people in the mind of society at large.
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We all know how it feels to be dragged down by âincompletesâ in our life, whether theyâre simple to address (hang that picture, already) or dicey (try and apologize again in person, or just let it go?). In this episode, we talk about both.
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Seven things you can do to help cultivate awake-ness and alive-ness, and make it more of a habit than say, going numb, dozing off, and missing your precious and passing life.
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What âWords For The Yearâ are, how to use them â how weâre using them â and how to avoid the sneaky way they can sometimes sabotage your peace of mind (so watch out!).
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We share a really funny story, thatâs also smelly, and to be honest, pretty inspiring in an extremely common, normal kind of way. If you want inspiration thatâs super applicable in super normal everyday life, listen in.
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Welcome to an experimental episode. Super casual, just done on an iPhone, no music at all (except for Toast bursting out in song a few times). Just sharing with you some cozy holiday-themed chit-chat /âtalk story,â and sending you our most heartfelt (listen to the ep to hear why) wishes and prayers for a safe, happy, and holy holiday.
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In this episode we discuss the difference between 1) staying actively engaged in the fulfillment of your dreams 2) suffering under the oppressive pressure to achieve and 3) suffering the oppressive numbing of repetitive routine. Also: a scientific reason for why fire is a common way to describe the sensation of our primal drive for progress and growth. And finally: two Challenges/Exercises to re-light âThe Fire Inside.â
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Weâre not against progress or growth, itâs just that we recognize how valuable it is to define progress and growth in a more holistic and sustainable way, one that honors, affirms, and strengthens the life force within each of us. Listen to learn about âsky moments,â and why Siena thinks Lifetime will be the first T.V. network to feature a gay couple as the main characters in a holiday-themed movie.
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