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YOU’RE not f**cked up - the WORLD is. As women (as humans, really) the world can trick us into believing we’re doing life wrong, which keeps us small and siloed. But we don’t have to play along. Let’s make a plan together, shall we? We’re Ginny Gay and Brandi Lust - best friends and experts in mindfulness and adult learning. We’ve done the hard work of courageously engaging in self-exploration, healing, and expression— and in our pod you’ll be a fly on the wall for intimate, safe conversatio ...
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BONUS!! A Guided Practice: Connect to Your Inner Wisdom and Hope
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Join our Patreon community to listen to the full episode. In this special bonus episode, Brandi offers a guided practice that will help you connect with your inner wisdom and deep sense of hope. Follow Us: On Instagram Sign Up for Emails with Exclusive Content Spread the Good Word: Subscribe, Rate, and Review our Show (wherever you listen!) Share t…
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Practices and Tools for Building Hope in Difficult Times (Part 2)
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Join our Patreon community to listen to bonus episodes. In this episode, Brandi and Ginny share practical tools and strategies for cultivating hope. This deep and meaningful exploration of the multifaceted nature of hope emphasizes its role in fostering resilience and growth - not by skipping over but rather by facing and embracing our pain. Join G…
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How to Build Realistic Hope in Difficult Times (Part 1)
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Join our Patreon community to listen to bonus episodes. In this episode, Brandi and Ginny debunk common misconceptions about hope, emphasizing that it is not the same as Pollyanna optimism or wishful thinking. They highlight the active nature of hope, which involves a commitment to making the world better together. They also discuss how hope is not…
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Responding to Gaslighting in Communities (Part 2)
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Join our Patreon community to listen to bonus episodes. In this episode, Brandi and Ginny discuss how gaslighting happens in communities, alienating individuals who attempt to disrupt the status quo. Brandi tells the story of systematic gaslighting in a graduate program, which ultimately led to her leaving the school without a degree. In reflection…
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How to Recognize Gaslighting in Families (Part 1)
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Join our Patreon community to listen to bonus episodes In this episode, Ginny and Brandi dive deep into the topic of gaslighting within family relationships. Drawing from Ginny’s personal experience and their collective research, they explore the impact of gaslighting on individuals' self-trust and identity formation. They help listeners to: Gain i…
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How to Survive the Pregnancy from Hell
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Join our Patreon community to listen to bonus episodes In this episode, Ginny, Brandi and Jen Kemper (Brandi’s sister!) talk about how isolating the pregnancy experience can be - especially when it’s a difficult pregnancy. Jen struggled with an illness called Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and in this conversation she shares her personal experience wi…
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BONUS! Types of Highly Sensitive People: Which One Are You?
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Join our Patreon community to listen to the full episode. Did you know that different qualities can change how the highly sensitive person experiences the world? Learn this and more in our conversation about our HSP Scale results, and how they interact with the trait of High Sensation Seeking. Follow Us: On Instagram Sign Up for Emails with Exclusi…
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In this episode, Ginny and Brandi (both HSPs) share their personal experiences of living in a highly sensitive body and discuss insightful, cutting edge research that helps other HSPs take advantage of their unique brain and nervous system. They help listeners to: Recognize the importance of sensitivity and how it can be a powerful asset, inspiring…
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How to Respond to Abuse of Power: Practical Advice for Survivors - Part 2
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If you have ever been in a situation where another was willing to harm you for their own benefit, then abuse has happened and that person has become an abuser. In this episode, we talk about the process leading up to this abuse, helping listeners to identify warning signs. We also offer practical advice that empowers survivors to take back control …
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How to Respond to Abuse of Power: Our Stories of Survival - Part 1
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Abusers seek to isolate their victims and implement tactics to keep them silent and thinking that it’s “all in their head” or somehow their fault. However, when we talk about our experiences as victims of abuse, any false sense of shame is lifted and the experience is normalized; abuse becomes easily recognizable— and something we know how to stop.…
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After the loss of someone we love, we’re inevitably faced with the question, “How do I live with this grief?” In this episode of “Something to Normalize,” Ginny and Brandi offer some answers to this question. Through research and personal experiences with grief, they share strategies, powerful bits of wisdom, and practical tools they’ve discovered.…
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How to Navigate Grief: Our Stories of Love and Loss - Part 1
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In this special two-part episode of Something to Normalize, Ginny and Brandi each share their stories of losing someone central to their lives and the grief that followed. Grief can be a complex, unpredictable, overwhelming, and isolating experience. And there are so many misconceptions about what it “should” be like. What’s worse than grieving the…
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How to Turn Shame Into Connection: Why Normalizing Helps Us
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Have you ever felt like this? That showing vulnerability is weakness, that asking for help is a sign of incompetence, or that everyone else has the very thing you’re struggling with all figured out? These misconceptions can lead us to isolate ourselves and feel shame about our own struggles. Ginny and Brandi are here to share the power of normalizi…
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