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5 Signs You're One Bad Week Away From a Mental Health Crisis (Prevention Check-In) Look, I'm not going to sugarcoat this, sometimes we're barely holding it together and don't even realize how close we are to completely unraveling. One bad week. One shitty conversation. One more thing going wrong. And boom, we're in crisis mode. The thing is, most of us don't wake up one day and suddenly find ourselves in a mental health emergency. It's a slow burn. A gradual decline that we rationalize, minimize, and push through until we can't anymore. We tell ourselves we're fine, we're just tired, we're just stressed, it's just been a rough patch. Until the rough patch becomes our entire reality. So here's the thing, I want to talk about the warning signs. Not the polished, clinical list you'd find on some medical website, but the real, gritty signs that those of us who've been there recognize. The signs that say, "Hey, you're ...
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EPISODE CXL: AGENT OF THE APOCALYPSE

 When we look to religious leaders, motivation speakers, politicians, even GASP yoga teachers, we are looking for guidance for wisdom for help.  We are obviously trying to better ourselves and all these organizations talk about service.  However is service French for scaring the shit out of you and raiding your wallet.  We dive into this and I talk about my experiences in *checks notes* church. MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Metallica SEND ME YOUR MONEY - Suicidal Tendencies LOSING MY RELIGION - Trivium THE FEAR - Lily Allen (Stonehenge remix) HEART OF STEEL - Manowar

DRIPPING WITH GRATITUDE

  I’ll admit it: I’m saddled with consumerism just like everyone else. One of my specific vices is Starbucks. On their cups, they have a line about  "that first sip feeling"  and go on about the pure joy of it. It’s a marketing gimmick, but it actually sparked a deep realization for me. READ MORE

WISE ASS WEDNESDAY

How to Find Community as an Adult Without Feeling Awkward (5 Steps) Let’s just get this out there: trying to find community as an adult is brutal. Not “oh I’m a little shy at brunch” brutal. I mean that specific kind of brutal where you can be surrounded by people all day and still feel like you’re watching life through glass. Like, how did we go from bonding over juice boxes and being assigned the same table in elementary school… to this? Now we’re in our 30s and 40s, sitting on the couch on a Friday night, doomscrolling, telling ourselves we love our peace when the truth is we feel left out, disconnected, and kinda embarrassed about it. And the embarrassing part is the sharpest. Because saying “I don’t really have people” sounds like admitting you failed some basic human requirement. Like everyone else got the memo on how to keep friendships alive while working, parenting, surviving relationships, dealing with anxiety, depression, and whatever fresh hell the news served up this ...

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ELEVATOR VINYASA CHALLENGE
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RANDALL OAKS REC CENTER
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