Mind Over Millennial

Hey y'all - on this episode we discuss the holly, jolly holidays - work schedules, new year new me and Tess' news from 2021/2022, SHE'S SINGLE Y'ALL! Also, Lauren knows that Vegas isn't a state - Nevada is a state... Holler at Tess @mindovermillennialpodcast on Instagram! (Don't really)

Hi beautiful human unicorns! We took a break to get our lives together but we have a regualr cadence (we PROMISE) and to start out strong we're talking about the breakdown of TRADITIONS! Consider it a follow up to last years holiday episodes as we manuver this growing up thing. And a few fun new announcements to follow!

Hello Beautiful Human Unicorns! Tess shares a LOT of stories from her week in hell - we mean - Vacation! And we also get some spooky scary stories from her visit to the USS Lexington! Let us know whether we should do some more paranormal stories on Instangram or at MindoverMillennialpodcast@gmail.com! Love y'all!

Hello beautiful human unicorns! Lauren and Tess have decided to air the episode of when they played Never Have I Ever for YOUR enjoyment! Let us know your favorite moments from this episode or your own personal stories @mindovermillennialpodcast on Instagram or mindovermillennialpodcast@gmail.com for a chance to be featured and hear your story on the air! We wanna hear from YOU!

Hello beautiful human unicorns! You ever feel like your floating through the matrix or running in the rat race of life and like you're somehow still a fraud? You're in luck cause we do too! Listen this week on the imposter syndrome, some glitches in the matrix and our own predictions for our midlife crisis!

HELLO BEAUTIFUL HUMAN UNICORNS WE ARE BACK! We took some time off to soul search (what little soul we have) and decided we needed to be 100% genuine train wrecks and share it on you guys, kinda live. We thank you for your paitence and we are grateful that you listen. You can always find us at mindovermillennialpodcast@gmail.com or on instagram at @mindovermillennialpodcast for more.

Hey beautiful human unicorns! We are back with another bunch of offbeat nuggets of truth around seperating, suriving the first few years of marriage and tailoring yourself to one another - or maybe deciding to not have someone fit to you. Where does the pendulum lie for you with your partner?

Doctors beware! Lauren and Tess go on a tare about doctor horror stories, smelly superpowers and overall emotional adulting BS that you probably won't care about anyway but you listen to us anyway (and hopefully like us? Who knows) And no, this isn't an April Fools joke - this is really Lauren and Tess' life.

Hey beautiful human unicorns! Thank you for your patience, we worked to get you some episodes during Lauren's vaca but lets face it - who really wants to work on anything during vacation? Even a side hustle. BUT! Tess and Lauren decided to walk through boundaries because, let's face it, we all could use some. Especially now that Tess is back in the dating pool!

Hey beautiful human unicorns! Thank you for your paitence, we worked to get you some episdoes during Lauren's vaca but lets face it - who really wants to work on anything during vacation? Even a side hustle. BUT! Tess and Lauren decided to walk through boundaries because, let's face it, we all could use some. Especially now that Tess is back in the dating pool!

Bonjour Beautiful Human Unicorns! Lauren and Tess have answered your questions about how to make a Podcast and guess what? Lauren was full of Jameson and allergies so apologies for the stuffy nose! Hope you guys enjoy and we will see you on the next one!

Happy belated Valentines folks! You all are our Valentines this year and next year! Lauren was fed Tequila shots because Ian is home and Tess got to deal with politics, conversations about nothing and rambling that probably would have best been edited but we're keeping this 100 with y'all cause Valentines day is a sham! We love you guys and hope you enjoy the rambling!

Hey Beautiful human unicorns! Lauren and Tess are back with another Adulting is Emotional session about childhood friends! This week they talk about relationships that last, that don't last and that may have been better put in a past life - or as Tess puts it as a "reboot" of sorts! We hope you enjoy and thanks for your paitence cause guess what?! IANS HOME SO LAUREN WAS TOO BUSY TO EDIT ANYTHING! ;)

Hey beautiful human unicorns! Still hesitant to give us a listen? Just in case you want to get your feet wet, heres a snippet of what Lauren and Tess usually talk about, with a special guest Rachel.

Hi beautiful human unicorns! This week, Lauren and Tess interview Rachel K of Kustom Fitness & Nutrition on what she believes is the best way to stay motivated and get her opinion on BMI (spoiler, Lauren doesn't like BMI scales) and Tess tells all about the fun of BJJ and how to lose weight quick (and it freaks Lauren out)

Hello beautiful human unicorns; this episode is a smidge on the darker side for Tess and Lauren. The girls go into Sexual Violence, stories of their experiences and resources for any other people who would like help with the after stages of Sexual Violence. So, major trigger warning to all of our loves and all of our love to all of our survivors. Sources: https://www.rainn.org/public-policy-action https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf

Happy New Year beautiful human unicorns! To start off the new year, Lauren and Tess are back with another Offbeat Relationship Advice episode that goes in tandem with the MBTI episode from last week! We walk through the types of greek love, what they are, what their catalysts are and what they mean to us - and maybe you guys can relate? Have a wonderful, safe and happy 2021 folks, lets remember how to remain resilent and don't abuse those substances! Source: https://www.ftd.com/blog/give/types-of-love

Hi beautiful human unicorns! Merry Chirstmas and Happy New Year! Tess and Lauren talk through Myers Briggs, their personality types, their loved ones and Tess got another fluffy addition to her household! This episode is a LOOONG one but hopefully you'll like it? Who knows - what we do know is that you guys should let us know what YOUR personality type is, go take it at https://www.16personalities.com/ and then send us an email with your type at mindovermillennialpodcast@gmail.com!! Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarthur/2018/09/16/the-strange-history-behind-the-mbti-and-what-that-can-mean-for-career-owners/?sh=1d886fb02fb3 https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Jung/types.htm https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-carl-jung-4164462 16personalities.com

Hey beautiful human unicorns, here is a follow up episode to Surviving Your Own Thoughts where we discuss how to be resilient over the holidays, through Covid, through deployments and through bathroom encounters - yes you read that right. Sources: https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-resilience-2795059

Hello beautiful human unicorns! Tess teaches Lauren all about getting healthcare on the marketplace this week because SURPRISE - Ian may be changing career paths - at least for a little bit. Come on the adventure of learning all about health insurance, open enrollment and kindey issues! (Or, rather, finally having decent kidney function! Lauren is REALLY excited about it) Sources: https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/self-employed-health-insurance https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/hdhp-vs-ppo https://www.healthcare.gov https://www.thebalancesmb.com/finding-small-business-health-insurance-4767767 https://www.benzinga.com/money/self-employed-health-insurance/ https://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/private-health-insurance.asp

Tess and Lauren discuss #sayittillitstrue, Patrica the Trash Rat and technology woes of having Boomers as parents while being in the IT field. Did you get a Switch for Christmas? Cause thats on our list! I don't think Lauren and Tess have been very nice this year, though...

Hello beautiful human unicorns! Tess and Lauren go nostalgic again to talk about Holiday traditions in preperation of Thanksgiving and Christmas - but we mainly talk about Christmas...whoops! Remember to give us a like on Instagram at mindovermillennialpodcast and to send us some email to the gmail, cause we have another Adulting is Emotional coming up and we want to feature some of you!

Hi guys sorry for the delay, I know you missed us - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TESS! We recorded this episode after Lauren's birthday but we're releasing it (albeit late not on purpose) on Tess'! Learn about the fun of car buying and whether or not you're strong enough to operate a clutch in this weeks episode! Links to KBB, Cars.com and Car Gurus in show notes as well for anyone else looking for those resources. Links: https://www.kbb.com https://www.cargurus.com https://www.cars.com https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/loans/auto-loans/auto-loans-for-good-fair-and-bad-credit

Thinking about getting your masters? Are you a glutten for higher education? We start our series of Interviewing a Millennial with Glenn, a college friend of Lauren, who is pursuing his Masters! Lauren's super proud (and shocked) and wanted to share his experiences with the WORLD!

Hey guys, we know that this election has been far more stressful than most. While the votes continue to be counted, take a listen to our mini-sode on the Electoral College and learn yourself some things about history, the popular vote, why we vote on Tuesday and what Electors are - and no, they're not like Dementors.

Have any pet peeves? Some things just really grind your gears like slow walkers in the grocery store or the word "moist"? Tess and Lauren talk through some fun topics and hope you get riled up with them this month on Octobers Adulting is Emotional gossip session.

HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON AND FIRST HALLOWEEN/FAN PICK EPISODE! Thank you Luciano for the wonderful subject matter! Y'all, we LOVE Halloween - so much you could say it's almost cult-like. We appreciate our fan picker and it was SO much fun - we should do another! Send us your fan picks on Instagram or at mindovermillennialpodcast@gmail.com today! Sources: http://www.workingpsychology.com/cult.html http://www.workingpsychology.com/cult2.html https://medium.com/s/how-to-cult/why-do-people-join-cults-ecdf5c6af848 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cult-recruitment-why-do-people-join-them-what-techniques-are-used-lure-them-1557303 https://cultinformation.org.uk/question_what-is-mind-control.html https://www.heavensgate.com/misc/95upd96.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) https://www.heavensgate.com/

Do you know how to build credit? Do you know why credit is important? Do you even credit, bro? Have Lauren and Tess breakdown some hard truths about credit, why it's important and how you can safely build it (and set up future generations for success and beat the debt/poverty cycle!) Sources: https://marketrealist.com/2019/12/ray-dalio-credit-economic-machine/#:~:text=Credit%20leads%20to%20an%20increase,growth%20and%20adds%20to%20income. https://www.cnbc.com/select/steps-to-help-your-children-build-good-credit/ https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/credit-cards/secured https://thefinancialbrand.com/9002/are-checking-accounts-obsolete/41 https://wallethub.com/edu/cc/credit-card-interest-rates/52541/

Lose your jobs during Covid? Want a new job? Maybe you're more into the gig economy or trying to learn about it. We got you! Tess gives the skinny on all the jobs you can acquire during these unprecidented times - or if you simply like not having to wear pants on conference calls we have you covered there too...figuratively speaking. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOsR4hf1F0&feature=youtu.be https://www.lyft.com/driver/bonus https://www.salary.com/research/salary/alternate/lyft-driver-salary https://www.ridester.com/how-much-do-uber-eats-drivers-make/ https://www.vipkidteachers.com/mkt/faq/becoming-teacher https://www.cambly.com/english?lang=en https://www.onlineenglishteaching.com/palfish https://www.care.com/company-overview

Having a rough go? It's okay, we are too. And it's perfectly fine to grieve. Whether you lost a job, a pet, a person or even a stuffed Tiger named Little! This week, Lauren and Tess talk about what it's like to grieve and how you can get help or how you can cope while you're in the throws of it. Sources: https://www.healthline.com/health/types-of-depression https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/situational-depression#treatment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhoCdZFoktQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khkJkR-ipfw&feature=youtu.be https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/grief/understanding-the-stages-of-grief/ https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/blog/2013/03/over-40-life-experiences-you-might-have-cause-grief https://www.mskcc.org/news/coping-grief-7-things-remember-when-dealing-loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc

Sometimes you just need to gab about your week/month/year cause being an adult is strange - also what day is it anyway in 2020?! If you have your own stories to share or questions to ask send them to us! mindovermillennialpodcast@gmail.com! We will share our favorites on the air too!

Ever wish someone would just give it to you straight about relationships and dating in the 21st century? Want to hear some cringy worthy date stories? Wondering about self-esteem, self worth and your Pie Pan? Listen in to get the skinny on how Tess and Lauren manage to keep their sanity while dating (and even getting married) - a lot of it involves the Pie Pan! Sources: Tess & Lauren's lives.

With all the free time and the lonliess, who doesn't want a fur baby?! (Or, scaly baby, feathery baby, slithery baby) But is getting a pet the move? Is that the best decision right now? Take a listen and see how you can learn from our pet parenting (and google sources) and possibly find out what the best option for getting a new addition to your family is! https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-pet-statistics https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/7255-survey-examines-us-pet-ownership-demographics https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/05/27/as-millennials-near-40-theyre-approaching-family-life-differently-than-previous-generations/ https://usserviceanimals.org/register/emotional-support-animal https://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics https://www.labradortraininghq.com/labrador-puppies/adoption-vs-breeder-whats-best/ https://www.lifehack.org/510783/top-10-reasons-you-should-own-pet

Quarantine got you down? Been having an issue with that little voice in your head? US TOO! Learn from our mistakes (and google sources) as we embark on a new adventure of teaching you (and ourselves) survival tips, tricks and techinques to being an adult in 2020 and beyond! Sources: https://medium.com/@jayseb11/3-types-of-thinking-one-of-which-the-monkey-mind-is-the-root-of-all-suffering-2f0138ffe99a https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0501/p617.html DSM V wellbetogo.com https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/abn-abn0000410.pdf https://www.healthline.com/health-news/millennial-depression-on-the-rise#Millennial-who?