Your Friends
By Diana and Ben
Your FriendsNov 19, 2018
2020: PART 2
We review all the rest of it.
2020: Book Review (PART 1)
We intend to review the whole year but can't stop talking about books.
Winter Solstice
We're back! Among a bunch of other random things, we talk about what Winter Solstice is and why it's the holiday that we're celebrating this year.
Sharebears:
Black Pumas https://open.spotify.com/album/54SlWgNocRPhlZEFTYjOfW?si=MCZw8_qmQDam1WfOoAOgHw
The Allusionist: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-allusionist/id957430475?i=1000378638758
The Internet as a Library
Mentions:
Hannah Pasch author of The Milleneagram
The Holistic Pyschologist
Movie: I think We're Alone Now (watch for THE VIEW!)
AND as always Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff
(let's try this again) The Trees are Calling
Just talkin in the backyard like some fools.
Why We Left UPDATE
We've been podcasting for a year! It's time to give an update on why we left the Mormon church and reflect on how we felt about it a year ago. Thanks for listening friends!
Ben gets ambushed.
A Little Less Conversation
We just ramble. Enjoy.
Confusianity with Jay Kaslo
We have a guest on the podcast! Ben and Diana invite Jay Kaslo into the studio to record a double podcast. Jay runs the Confusianity project which includes a podcast, YouTube channel, and Instagram. Jay and Ben know each other from high school in Germany and have reconnected recently over their common post religious interests. Ben and Diana will be on the next episode of the Confusianity that comes out on Wednesday, check it out!
#ShareBears
The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death - Esther Perel
Stranger Things Season 3
Killing Eve
Secret Shift
**A secret formula to change your life!**
Ben shares his secret discovery that is creating momentum in his life and Diana shares her secret to peace.
#sharebear Fleabag! Go watch it now, it's only 26 minutes long. No seriously go watch now, it's shorter than our podcast.
Who Am I?
D&B talk about when telling a painful personal story is piling on negativity or supportive for those experiencing something similar. Ben found enlightenment through hiding something from himself and then finding it again.
#ShareBears
Boob Tube
Getaway Cabins and Diana's 1990s Summer TV schedule.
The one where Diana cries
Winter is coming, Share Bears, Rainbow Hair, Strep to the 4th power. Then we get into social media how it distorts our reality and can even make us feel things about ourselves.
Are we talking about YOU?
Diana shares a social media interaction that has been cause for much discussion. In response, Ben presents his Unified Theory of Communication. Who and what you are willing to give and receive in regards to communication. AND Humans love dried fruit!
Chasing the Dragon
Ben and Diana get real and talk about non-duality, ego, shadow self, and letting go of the ego. Come talk to us on Instagram:
Say More
**Bonus Episode**
Ben and Diana clarify "Yes and..." & "No, but...", plus additional Yes, and-ing techniques including "Say more..."
Share Bear: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
Yes, and...
Ben and Diana talk about their improv skills and the difference between "yes, and-ers" and "no-but-ers. The commune plans are furthered with the help of our fun and awesome friends.
Communal Living
**Naked meditation, ritual chanting, and fruitcake - secrets of communal living**
This week we talked about the importance of language, my silent retreat at a monastery, and what our jobs will be in both the parallel and future commune.
#sharebear The Monastery I went to.
**clickbaits provided by GhostRider
Casual Monday
Paths to Pastries
**How to eat all the pastries you want and still ROCK that bikini!**
What is the difference between a hike and walk?
Does anyone have any tips for how to have organic sustainability but in your "personal growth" life?
#sharebear
1. I'm sorry.
2. Cloud Cult
Read a Book (motherf*c$er)!
********Does s/he feel someone else's vibrations better than yours?********
We're pretty sure that the title speaks for itself.
Oops... an accidental episode about The Enneagram
This week we accidentally went all in on The Enneagram. What is it? What are our types? And how are we using for self-work? We also talk about music, playlists, cults, and Team Human (again).
Lo-Fi Beats (playlist)
Lucius (band)
Team Human (book)
The Complete Enneagram (book)
Choose Your Own Religion
**Blasphemous religious practices of your own making. PLUS one simple tip for making the BEST brownies. **
Thanks for coming to hang out with us on Your Friends Podcast. You'll notice that we have some special professional clickbait show notes provided by a friend of the podcast. This week Diana and Ben share some of their favorite things from the week. Ben tells a story about leaving another church and forming his own religion as inspired by Druids and the universe. A quote from Team Human was shared and we ask all of you "Do you make out with your long term partner???". Hope to see/communicate with you all too soon!
Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister
justOK 31 - RIP JustOK 8/6/18 - 3/17/19
The last episode of The JustOK Podcast. Why did we start? Why is it done? AND... stay tuned for our new podcast, Your Friends.
just OK 30 - I Quit.
D and B dance around what the actual topic of the episode is called and then declare an important life philosophy.
just OK 29 - Ben is 40!
As they drive from Phoenix to Tucson, D interviews B on some of the more important things he's learned in his 40 years.
just OK 28 - Two Hot Mics
D&B review past ideas to see if they've made any progress and B wonders if ideas can have different sizes. They also talk about partner check-ins, what people don't know about them, and a call for questions in celebration of Ben's 40th birthday.
Come talk to us here:
just OK 27 - Too Soon
just OK 26 - Under The Influence
B has a therapy breakthrough that gives B & D new ideas and A LOT to talk about. Options, self-confidence, trust, and how they all relate to Mormonism.
just OK 25 - Barbell Hippie
The middle way through our eyes and language. We are trying to balance discipline and love without getting stuck in dogma or inertia.
just OK 24 - Is this the last episode?
We finally have some ideas. We also talk about the examined life and our preferred paths for examination.
just OK 23 - Tour of Unbelief - Richie P Part 2
So many guests! The whole family talks about what was justOK this week. And finally everyone gets to hear the rest of the interview with Richie P.
just OK 22 - New Year New Gear
Why was 2018 such a bummer of a year? And what did we learn from it? We also share what we hope to get out of 2019... hint... FUN!!
just OK 21 - Whole 30
B&D discuss the Whole 30. What is it? What isn't it? B&D are gearing up for their 3rd Whole 30 starting January 1. Please let us know if you'd like to join us, everything is more FUN with friends.
just OK 20 - Radical Honesty
just OK 19- Chefs, bakers, and liars
just OK 18 - Brainwashing
Ta-nehisi Coates The Beautiful Struggle: ta-nehisicoates.com/books/the-beautiful-struggle/
Brene Brown Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto: brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Wholehearted_ParentingManifesto.pdf