Season 1

Feb. 27, 2022

Episode 26 - What is Motivation?

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 26! Today, I have a question – What is motivation? Better yet, what motivates you? Are you someone who enjoys getting the job done for the sake of completion? Or are you someone who …

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Feb. 14, 2022

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Feb. 14, 2022

Episode 25 - Practicing Gratitude

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 25! Today, I want to talk about how to practice being grateful and how this can help turn a troubled mind toward a more positive light. We often get bogged down in the day-to-day …

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Feb. 1, 2022

Episode 24 - Voice Act Your Age!

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 24! Today, I want to share with you my interview with co-creator Chris Burnside and voice talent Stephen Gogol, and Jordan Lopez from Dayton Writer’s Movement’s The Hidden People audio dr...

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Jan. 24, 2022

Episode 23 - Jump into Skydiving

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 23! Today, I want to share with you my interview with Dr. Kevin Payne , social psychologist, data scientist, author, teacher, and skydiver who took charge of his own happiness after being...

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Jan. 17, 2022

Episode 22 - Do Be a Drag... Queen!

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 22! Today, I want to share my interview with Lala Luzious , The Snack of the Twin Cities, local drag performer, host of the Snack Size podcast , journalist for the Twin Cities Gay …

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Jan. 10, 2022

Episode 21 - Stinkin' Thinkin' Errors

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 21! Today, I want to talk a little bit about thinking errors or cognitive distortions and the impact they can have on our day-to-day experience of the world. I took a list from the …

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Jan. 3, 2022

Episode 20 - Plant-Based Food Fight!

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 20! Today, we will be sitting down with plant-based nutrition coach and host of the Win the Food Fight podcast , Michelle Vilseck , as we talk about nutrition for physical and mental heal...

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Dec. 24, 2021

Episode 19 - Santa's Coming

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 19! Today is an extra special, super serious, holiday-themed episode! Not really… today is my day to thank you for your support and tuning in each week. I’ll give a quick recap of what …

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Dec. 12, 2021

Episode 18 - MMORPGee, This is Fun!

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 18! Today we sit down with author and blogger, N. Daniel , who just recently released a new book, Burn this City to the Ground , which chronicles his mental health recovery and developmen...

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Dec. 5, 2021

Episode 17 - Me and YouTube

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 17! Today, we are going to be talking about starting your own YouTube channel as I sit down with Nathan Lockhart of the LockisLive Youtube channel and Expanded Thoughts Podcast . As I me...

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Nov. 22, 2021

Episode 15 - Fire-Spin to Win!

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 15! Today, we are going to be talking about hula hooping, fire-spinning, and other flow arts. We talk with Courtney Bussard of the Journey to Limitless podcast about how she decided to ta...

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Nov. 15, 2021

Episode 14 - I Want to Ride My Bicycle

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 14! Today, we are going to be talking about cycling. We talk with friend of the pod Matt Satterfield about his experience going from inquisitive beginner to trained long distance cyclist ...

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Nov. 7, 2021

Episode 13 - Honey, I Shrunk the Hobby

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 13! Today I want to talk to you about miniatures. No, not Warhammer 40K… although technically that would apply here… anyways. Today, we talk with Nyree Whittaker of the Stolen Our Hearts ...

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Oct. 31, 2021

Episode 12 - It's Witchcraft

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 12! Today I want to talk to you about witchcraft – no not the kind you see on a Netflix original series – real life witchcraft which, surprisingly, many of us may be doing …

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Oct. 21, 2021

Episode 11 - Fact or Fan Fiction?

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 11! Today I want to talk to you about the art of fan fiction as we sit down with Todd Uebele, creator of the Coffee with Jesus podcast, and avid sci-fi and fantasy fan …

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Oct. 14, 2021

Episode 10 - Brazilian Jiu Jits-Who?

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 10! Today I want to talk to you about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as we sit down with Nick Chernoff, co-founder of BJJ Pandas and co-creator of the BJJ Panda Journeys: Stories from the Mat …

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Oct. 7, 2021

Episode 9 - Cynics, Star Trek, and Saxophones

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 9! Today we are featuring our first interview! I speak with the lovely and funny Rachel Jones-Wild from The Cynic's Guide to Hippy Shit . We talk about her life as a cynic AND …

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Sept. 30, 2021

Episode 8 - I Want to Believe...

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 8! Today I want to explore another of my new hobbies that is perfect for Mabon and the beginning of Spooky Season: Ghost Hunting! In Part 1, I’ll give a little background on how …

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Sept. 24, 2021

Episode 7 - Podcasting is a Hobby?!

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 7! Today I want to explore my newest hobby: Podcasting! In Part 1, I’ll give a little background on how podcasting started and some developments over the years. In Part 2, I’ll share my …

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Sept. 9, 2021

Episode 6 - For the Love of a Dungeon and a Dragon

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 6! Today I want to explore one of my personal favorite hobbies: Dungeons and Dragons. In Part 1, we’ll talk about the origins and history of Dungeons and Dragons from its meek beginnings ...

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Sept. 2, 2021

Episode 5 - How to Find a Hobby

Show Notes: Welcome back for Episode 5! (Number 5 is ALIVE!). Today we are talking about the many avenues to finding new hobbies and getting our Weird on. We’ll talk about both online and offline ways to dig up some …

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Aug. 26, 2021

Episode 4 - Always Anxious...

Show Notes: Welcome back for the post-vacation episode. Today we are talking about Anxiety - my arch nemesis and my primary barrier to being named the coolest person on the planet. We’ll talk about what Anxiety is and what it...

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Aug. 12, 2021

Episode 3 - Ugh, Depression

Show Notes: Welcome back to another episode. Today we are talking about Depression and Sadness and how Finding your Weird can battle back against the beast. We’ll talk about what Depression officially is and what it can look ...

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Aug. 5, 2021

Episode 2 - What's Weird Anyways?

Show Notes: Welcome back to another episode. Today we are talking about our identity - secret or otherwise - that makes up who we are. We get into what the hell I actually mean when I say weird (a lot) …

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July 30, 2021

Episode 1 - How it Begins...

Show Notes: In this episode we talk about the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of this podcast adventure. I give a little background about me and my hopes for the podcast and what you can expect if you …

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