Podcasts about being normal

The Power of Authentic Content Creation In this episode of the Audacious Mamas show, I discuss the importance of authenticity in content creation. In a digital world filled with templated and over-edited content, being genuine and human is what truly connects with audiences.  I share my personal experience with AI tools and belief that while these tools can be helpful, it's the unpolished, human moments that resonate most with viewers.  This episode encourages content creators and business owners to focus on being themselves rather than adhering to rigid templates, as authenticity can be a 'scroll stopper' in a world of artificial perfection. You're the brand and the voice, not AI. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Introduction: The Power of Being Normal 00:28 Welcome to Audacious Mamas 00:48 Content Creation Insights 01:42 The Role of AI in Content Creation 02:44 Authenticity Over Perfection 04:44 The Rise of Genuine "Normal" YouTubers 06:32 The Human Connection in a Digital World 08:44 Final Thoughts and Challenge What are your thoughts on AI vs. just doing you Boo?  Can you share a bit more of the unedited you if it means greater connection, less work, and more consistency? I double-dog dare ya!!  Let's make this an experiment and see what happens! I'll report back about what happens with my content if you do the same. See you in 30 to 60 days! Thanks for dropping by! Lots of Love, Steph xoxo

For this week's free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November join special guest Abigail Thorn (@PhilosophyTube) to discuss three disparate incidents in the UK that expose the relentless march of the War on Being Normal. That's right—three incidents in British politics that show the implacably deranged tenor of anti-trans politics in Britain, a position fully accepted by both major parties and the entirety of the media. And yet its proponents are miserable and convinced there's a grand conspiracy where every single organisation on earth that doesn't share 100 percent of their views has been infiltrated by their enemies. This sounds weirdly familiar, but if you say that out loud then Rosie Duffield gets to call an airstrike on you (we don't make the rules). If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepodcast *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo's upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)

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Bill Murray's behavior on the movie set for 'Being Normal' has caused producers to shut down production. Murray is said to have made inappropriate remarks that caused complaints from people behind the scenes of the movie.

Show Notes:It is always one of the fun joys of this podcasting thing that I get to invite on some of the people I love most in the world to talk with all of you. Meredith Luipasco is a pediatric nurse working in southern Alberta. She is also married to a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, and is the daughter of a paramedic and a nurse. She GETS the first responder thing. She has also been one of my best friends since the first grade. As we walk this Being *Normal* series, we wanted to dive into the ways in which front line work changes our ability to be "normal" in friendships and some of the ways both Meredith and I have learned to cultivate some normal within the not-normal of the work. Through this conversation there are some really valuable pieces that emerged, including things like: Valuing how our experiences shape us, and that we're coming from different places that inform us differently Managing our own self-importance and being careful about comparative suffering Protecting our own energy Naming our needs & "taking the cake" as Meredith so eloquently puts it Honouring that our needs change over time Identifying needs and looking for "close approximations" to find some fulfillment even if it's not the most ideal version all the time Communicating clearly, honestly and vulnerably with people in our lives Being flexible and adaptable to evolving life circumstances, needs and abilities Episode Challenge:Invest in your wellness and sustainability – for you and for those who care about you. Use coupon code BTBP100Off to get access to my Beating the Breaking Point resilience training program. This reduced rate is available until 11:59pm on Thursday March 10th. Click here to jump right to the registration page.Reflect on where you're at and what you might need by using our free Beating the Breaking Point Indicators Checklist & Triage Guide. Additional Resources:Learn more about the Beating the Breaking Point resilience program, including our no-risk money-back guarantee. If you are ready to take your resilience to the next level, register now using code BTBP100OFF now.Connect, Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share!Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram, or email me at support@thrive-life.ca. I love hearing from you! Subscribe and share this podcast with those you know. I appreciate every like, rating and review – every single one helps this podcast to be seen by other First Responders & Front Line Workers out there. Help me on my mission to help others just like you to not only survive, but to thrive – both on the job and off.

Today we are really pulling back the curtain on first response and front line work and naming the elephant in the room. You guys, I hate to be the one to tell you, but what you do is NOT normal. Ok, maybe that wasn't totally revelatory… Back in the fall I put out a request on social media and to those who follow me by subscribing to my email list, and I asked for you to tell me what you wanted to hear about on the show as I put together my plans for 2022 topics and interviews. And this topic was chosen by YOU. So today, as requested, I am launching this new series that I'm calling “Being Normal”. Over the coming weeks we are going to talk about the impacts the work has on our ability to be normal outside of the work in our friendships, in our intimate partnership relationships, in our relationships with our kiddos, and in our daily living activities. Not only will you be hearing from me, but I have lined up some fantastic guests to join me to share their experiences, wisdom and insights as we work at finding some normal in the very not-normal of the work you do.For today we are setting the stage for this awesome series and really working to name the ways in which the work is not normal, and…here's the harder part to swallow: Not only is your work NOT normal, but the longer YOU spend IN it, the more difficult it becomes to feel and be normal in your life outside the work AND the more uncomfortable you likely feel in spaces that are relatively normal. So – before we dive too far in today let me preface all of this by saying that I know normal is a word that comes with some judgements. When I use it for the purpose of our discussions throughout this series, I intend it to mean typical to the average adult person in everyday living and interactions. For instance, when someone sees something dangerous, crisis-related or chaotic unfolding before their eyes, the typical human response is wired to go AWAY from that scenario. Human beings are wired to limit exposure to risk, threat and potential for harm for the purpose of survival – that is how we're built and would be reflective of the average response. Part of what is NOT normal about your work is that you are trained and eventually re-wired to run TOWARD the danger, crisis or chaos. Not only that, over time that re-wiring can become increasingly hardwired in to not only run toward danger, crisis or chaos but to actually feel more comfortable IN danger, crisis and chaos, leading us to seek out or even create situations that satiate this craving. Can we just acknowledge that that's NOT normal? This is actually a piece I talk quite a bit about and work to breakdown in my Beating the Breaking Point resilience training program where we talk about the adrenaline rollercoaster and the way it changes our brain's pathways and responses over time. Neuro-physiologically you are changed by the work, we could map it, and normal-people jobs don't generally have this kind of functional impact on their actual neuro-biology. In preparation for today's episode, I spent some time brainstorming a list of things that are not normal about the work you do, and that result in creating some not-normal problems for you in your daily life outside of the work. Fun, right? My guess is that you might think of some others, and feel free to shoot me a message because I might circle back to them in another episode. Let's start with the parts of your job that are not normal:1.      If you work shift-work, shift-work is NOT normal. There is not a human on earth who is wired to engage in rotating shifts flipping between days and nights on 12 hour shifts for a 4 day 4 off set. It's not a thing. I get that emergencies happen 24 hours a day and that staffing needs to fairly distribute hours and all that jazz…but that doesn't mean anyone is built to withstand the demand of it – particularly long term. The physical fuck-up that comes from this has consequences – we talked about some of that during our episode with sleep specialist Dr. Glenn Landry on Season 2 Episode 12 – and those are not consequences that the average joe-citizen faces. Circadian rhythm disorders can lead to significant health concerns, as well as mental health impacts. 2.      Dark humor is NOT normal. I will be the first to say that dark humor is a requirement for survival in the work you do and there is no shame for using it. That said, it's also important to identify that it's not normal. Humour has always been a method of coping for humanity, regardless of what it's connected to, but humour grounded in human suffering isn't generally used by people in everyday life. We've likely all had those moments of exposing a dark humour moment in a room with people who don't get it and having that moment of shocked silence – that's a solid reflection of how not-normal this is. 3.      Running toward the danger rather than away is NOT normal. Like I already mentioned, human beings are wired first and foremost for survival. We have a deeply rooted genetic code that comes with generational learning that has trained us to go away from scary, intense, risky situations to keep ourselves safe above all else. Now, this one tends to be a bit of a combination of two factors: personal pre-work training factors, and then professional training factors. We need to acknowledge that some people enter the work BECAUSE they already feel wired to run toward the danger. Often this comes from personal experiences with intensity and potentially trauma that have trained us in our personal lives to frame a role that feels more secure, valuable or otherwise capable in high-risk, high-stress situations. To be totally honest, in my work I have found a disproportionate number of my first response and front line work clients have histories of childhood abuse, neglect, or trauma that led them to feel passionately about helping while simultaneously uniquely equipped to be in danger, stress and chaos because it has been all-too-familiar for so very long. Now this isn't everyone's story, but it is a story I hear a LOT. For others, as well as for those who come into the work training with some degree of comfort in the risk, the training does the rest. The training forces our brains to re-wire and teaches us to shut down or shush our normal human responses in order to choose to go toward the risk. While this is what allows you to be awesome at what you do, I'm also going to tell you that it comes with a cost. 4.      Being a part of everyone's worst day is NOT normal. I can't think of any other industry where every interaction is someone's worst day. Where nearly every interaction has some degree of life or death. That's NOT normal! Most other professions have measurable wins that show up on a semi-consistent basis that people can anchor to and feel reflective of their effort. There's something they can point to and feel good about. Walking into situations knowing that this is someone's worst day, over and over and over again, and experiencing the wins as few and far between and difficult to measure is not normal. 5.      Living a constant cliff-hanger is NOT normal. The adrenaline response of being on a call or dealing with a situation is one thing, but the worst is not knowing what happens once your part to play is done. As the dispatcher you may not know what happens once you're off the call, the fire fighter doesn't know what happens once the ambulance pulls away, the medics don't know what happens once they release to the hospital staff, the emerg staff don't know what happens once they stabilize and send off to whichever unit…each interaction is a cliff-hanger. And if you don't know, our brains don't love cliff-hangers. It's why we binge watch Netflix, to know what happens next and not feel left in the lurch.  6.      Crisis being your Tuesday is NOT normal. While a lot of industries have aspects of work that can include some amount of crisis, chaos or intensity – this is usually outside the norm rather than the status quo. Being promised uncertainty as the staple of your day is NOT normal. Doing this day after day after day does this weird thing where it makes the NOT normal feel normalized. And do you know what this does? It perverts our perspective of what normal is to begin with. It skews our reference point and convinces our brain over time that the very NOT normal pace and intensity and uncertainty of the work is just so very normal because we're in it and doing it all the time…and this makes ACTUAL normal things feel boring, bland, uncomfortable and unfamiliar. Talk about a topsy turvy upside-down world!Ok, that's my not-at-all-exhaustive list of ways your work is not normal…Now let's talk about the impact that comes from living in so much “not normal”:1.      Lacking normal reference points. What do normal people talk about anyway? I hear that question on a near-daily basis. When your sense of normal is so obviously not normal, it's hard to know how to make conversation with people who don't share that version of reality. We can struggle in social situations to know how to connect because we feel limited in sharing about the day or how work is going. We can wrestle with the voyeuristic interests of others who want to hear about the work but in a way that is really about the excitement or strangeness of the stories rather than a genuine interest about you or your lived experience. And if we do find something to talk about, it can be hard to feel connected or invested in caring about the responses of others because…2.      Normal people and normal life feel boring. Have you ever found yourself feeling a lack-luster response to normal life? Like it's boring, dull and lacking? Have you ever heard your friend or spouse or kid talk about a problem in their life and found yourself internally (or worse yet, outwardly) rolling your eyes at their concern about something so seemingly silly or insignificant relative to what you have seen or done or interacted with any given day of the week? Being exposed to the intensity of things you're exposed to gradually skews your perception of what your brain is willing to deem as significant. Think about it like this – when you first start working out, you likely have a lower threshold for hitting a certain heart rate zone. Because your body isn't used to working out, you'll hit a higher heart rate with relatively little effort because your heart isn't used to exercise and ramps up quickly. As you work out more, your heart strengthens and adapts and it will start to take more effort to reach a certain heart rate zone. The threshold for your heart rate is higher. Similarly, when you first start in the work your threshold for what it means to have a problem or feel stress will be relatively low. Over time, your system adapts and the threshold increases…but this means that lower level stresses won't register the same way they used to. This can lead to having difficulty feeling empathy for others in our lives, difficulty experiencing interest in things that we once did, and a host of other challenges.3.      Engaging in adrenaline seeking and shit-disturbing. Connected to normal life feeling boring, a tendency can emerge that provokes us to seek out more action. The work has you living in an adrenaline rollercoaster, which is equal parts awful and inviting. When normal life feels dull and we feel disconnected or not engaged, we'll tend to seek out connection and engagement. The problem is that this will often require some kind of adrenaline activation, so we can start causing problems in an effort to feel SOMETHING. In my practice I see this show up in all kinds of ways – risk-taking behaviours like new hobbies with an element of danger; novelty seeking behaviours like trying something new every other day and not sticking with anything; and what I call “poking the bear” behaviours where we'll cause problems or provoke arguments just for the sake of stimulation. 4.      The yo-yo. On the flip side of the adrenaline rush is often numb. Feeling disconnected and finding it difficult to be present can lead to missing out on moments, cues or connection to good and normal things in life. I hear so often about feeling disconnected from joy as I watch my kid graduate; missing conversations that might have been significant connect points but I just couldn't connect to it; feeling like I'm in a room with fun things going on but struggling to make myself be a part of it… We can know we want to be connected but struggle to make it happen. And this is where the real damage lives, because it's where we grow distance from the people we care most about, and often where we'll experience regret later in our lives that can be hard to reconcile or recover from.5.      Life on eggshells. Beyond some of the daily living and relational impacts of the work, it is also not normal to go places in your daily life and feel triggered. Having difficulty going to a party in a neighbourhood where I responded to that call; or going to the grocery store where I know x, y or z happened; or bumping into that patient at the pharmacy who I had to… The world is filled with reminders of times you had to show up and act, and daily life will put you in positions where confronting these are not optional. Most people do not have to face these kinds of triggers on such a regular basis or have them so pervasively spattered across their communities. For most people, work stays at work. Among the difficulties for First Responders and Front Line Workers is that it doesn't – it can't – and it leaves you walking through your life on eggshells waiting for the next thing to hit in whatever random, unexpected moment. This is not an exhaustive list. I'm sure that there are a host of other ways in which you might identify being impacted by the not-normal of your work that make your everyday life feel not-normal. If you hear yourself in some of the pieces I've mentioned today, I hope you stick with me through this series. I also hope you'll invite others you know to listen, because I can promise, it isn't just you that feels this and needs this. Over the coming weeks I'll be talking to some fantastic guests about how we work toward building back to some normal in our lives as it relates to friendships, intimate partner relationships, relationships with kids, and in our general everyday lives. We're going to try to be really practical to give you tangible tools to bridge into your daily life.Episode Challenge:Invest in your wellness and sustainability – for you and for those who care about you. Use coupon code BTBP100Off to get access to my Beating the Breaking Pointresilience training program. This reduced rate is available until 11:59pm on Thursday March 10th. Click here to jump right to the registration page.Reflect on where you're at and what you might need by using our free Beating the Breaking Point Indicators Checklist & Triage Guide. Additional Resources:Learn more about the Beating the Breaking Point resilience program, including our no-risk money-back guarantee. If you are ready to take your resilience to the next level, register now using code BTBP100OFF now.Connect, Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share!Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram, or email me at support@thrive-life.ca. I love hearing from you! Subscribe and share this podcast with those you know. I appreciate every like, rating and review – every single one helps this podcast to be seen by other First Responders & Front Line Workers out there. Help me on my mission to help others just like you to not only survive, but to thrive – both on the job and off.

Unit 14-2 Strength, Support, and Transgender Pride in The Art of Being Normal 大衛有個秘密，他想當個女生，他覺得不被大家理解，在學校還遭到霸凌，不過一次的霸凌事件讓他遇見拯救他的李歐。李歐是名轉學生，獨來獨往，沒有人知道李歐背後也藏著一個秘密。讓我們一起來看看大衛跟李歐的故事吧！

Unit 14-1 Strength, Support, and Transgender Pride in The Art of Being Normal 大衛有個秘密，他想當個女生，他覺得不被大家理解，在學校還遭到霸凌，不過一次的霸凌事件讓他遇見拯救他的李歐。李歐是名轉學生，獨來獨往，沒有人知道李歐背後也藏著一個秘密。讓我們一起來看看大衛跟李歐的故事吧！

Wonder how you could help your friend? We don't need a psychology degree - it's enough we are human. Because as a human you have the ability to BE present, to compassionately hold space for others. Curious about hearing more? Listen right now! -> The Summoning the Self course is out now https://spartanlifecoach-com.mykajabi.com/offers/6LTjhmzZ -> This is a brand-new course (as of August 2020) dealing with issues related to codependency, people pleasing, and more. (01:07) Danger of Bringing Back and Reliving Old Bad Experiences (02:45) Holding Compassion and Being Present (05:03) Reduce Suffering by Being Normal (08:25) Avoid "Invading", Yin vs. Yang Ways of Helping

Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the links at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Quote of the Day “There is no such thing as normal. The more you try to be like others the more you struggle in your journey. You are unique. Dare to be […] The post 74 – The Myth of Being Normal and the Art of Unique Design appeared first on .

In this entry, I don't give a hoot about what you think and neither should you. Being “Normal” isn’t something that should go away, but we should change what that means. What if instead of it having to do with alienating people for being unique and different, it actually has to do with how we treat other in an ever evolving society. Kindness, acceptance, and compassion as a common thing everyone shared in our culture, could you imagine that? Perhaps you should be. Help Support This Podcast: https://patreon.com/elenichols Website: http://houseofele.com Store/Art: http://eluded.ltd Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @elenichols Email: info@elenichols.com Music was provided by Damn The With Siren, featuring the song, “Big Mouth”, and was used with their permission. If you want to hear more of their incredible music, go to www.DamnTheWitchSiren.com.

Ghost Helpers -- apparently we are uninformed about crossing over and a bunch of us need an assist … So that's what Tina and Laura do. They also offer a course on Psychic Self Protection to deal with all of those who have not figured out - they are dead. Or they do know and are sticking around to stir the pot ...

In this episode we discuss the Adam Silvera/Becky Albertali collaboration, What If It's Us. We discuss whether we're team Arthur or Ben, and have a long discussion about punctuality. I'm super embarrassed to have realized that our discussion of punctuality does not include a discussion of class. Arthur comes from money; Ben does not, and I somehow managed to miss that when talking about the fact that Ben has to rely on modes of more affordable transportation. I wish we'd had this conversation, and I may ask us to get back together to record an amendment to this episode in the future. But feel free to take us to task for missing it here. We'd love to hear your take. Additionally, Lindsey suggests More Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle. Molly suggests The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon. Amy suggests The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson, every book by David Levithan, and Becky Albertali's books. Cash Money suggests The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding and From Twinkle With Love by Sandhya Menon.

Amy and Diana Preview the Spring Book Bingo Card! Listen to Ep 1 and Ep 2 for Bingo overview. And come join in the fun! Kwame- shout out about him Square Fish publishing company The Act of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson Source Publishing company - shout out to them BBC must read before you DIEEEE Harry Potter To Kill a Mockingbird The Hobbit Great Gatsby The Alchemist The Time Traveler's Wife Memoirs of a Geisha The Handmaid's Tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Count of Monte Cristo Winnie the Pooh Primal Leadership by David Coleman Good to Great by Jim Collins Novelization of a movie, video game, podcast suggestions: Plants vs Zombie Minecraft - authors vary Lore by Aaron Mahnke Adventure Zone by Clint McElroy Assassin's Creed by Matthew Miller Mary Poppins Novelization by Walt Disney Pictures Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

New Books coming from Junior Library Guild for December Diana and Amy chat about all the new books bought for the library at a recent fundraiser. So many great books! Books talked about: Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J Krosoczka Swing by Kwame Alexander Whiskey Words and a Shovel I and II by R.H. Sin A beautiful composition of broken by R.H. Sin Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobbs Royal Assassin by Robin Hobbs Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobbs Dear Martin by Nic Stone This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Illustrated by Fred Fordham Evicted by Matthew Desmond Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich and Steven Levenson The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Lore Dreadful Places by Aaron Mahnke Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer The Sisters of Winter Wood Rena Rossner The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson

Nowadays being Normal is not enough. Being Normal is average. Normal means you are overweight, bordering diabetic, sleep deprived, over stressed and under achieved.

The Art of Being Normal is a YA book by Lisa Williamson, published in 2016, about a young man named David who dreams of being a girl. This podcast breaks down many challenges associated with been a teenager who doesn't feel comfortable being their true self. Together, we explore the process of finding one's identity as well as balancing our own internal perception and external reality.

Cliff Bursch (Pastor Dan Bursch's dad) talks about how tweaking God's word is rejecting God. Yet even as we reject God, he sent His Son and chooses us.

Cliff Bursch (Pastor Dan Bursch's dad) talks about how tweaking God's word is rejecting God. Yet even as we reject God, he sent His Son and chooses us.

Cliff Bursch (Pastor Dan Bursch's dad) talks about how tweaking God's word is rejecting God. Yet even as we reject God, he sent His Son and chooses us.

Cliff Bursch (Pastor Dan Bursch's dad) talks about how tweaking God's word is rejecting God. Yet even as we reject God, he sent His Son and chooses us.

Cliff Bursch (Pastor Dan Bursch's dad) talks about how tweaking God's word is rejecting God. Yet even as we reject God, he sent His Son and chooses us.

Cliff Bursch (Pastor Dan Bursch's dad) talks about how tweaking God's word is rejecting God. Yet even as we reject God, he sent His Son and chooses us.

Getting Rid of Anger, Being Normal, San Diego Splash, Zipper Merge, Learn How to Live, Honesty Cafe, Loneliness, Thankful, Save the Alien planet, “Plandid” Pictures, Breaking Animal News, Back to School;   Quotes: “Being normal is exhausting.” “We know people are listening but they're not taking heed. The heed is not being taken.” “Loneliness is more destructive to us then smoking. That's why God built us for community and family.”

Are you living in the blasé middle ground? Lane and Ryan challenge the status quo every day by hustling through odd jobs, nomadic lifestyles, and property and business ownership. As Lane says, “I hate the word ‘should’, if you are shackled by this idea of how you should be and you can never explore what you could be.” Listen as Lane and Ryan share their marvelous adventures and insights on living without so-called normalcy, to find your own version of success. “Try almost everything you can. Even now, I don’t really have to work, but I do because I’m not the type of person to sit at home. Last month, I had four jobs, because I tend to try everything and find out what fits. I was offered four totally different opportunities, and I said yes to everything. They kind of weeded themselves out, and now I work a few days a week for a few hours. We’ve had several failures of course, and if it doesn’t feel right, walk away. But until it doesn’t feel right, give it a shot.” – Lane “There’s always an excuse. There’s always a reason you can find not to take that first step. It’s scary. We finally realized we’re gonna just do this, we’re gonna leave. And we committed to six months knowing we were gonna hate living in the van. But we committed to six months to get the experience. There’s never a right time. You’re never going to have all the boxes checked. There’s lots of growth, and opportunities for experience. Take the step.” – Ryan

In this episode, Gen and Bryan discuss life this week, and then get into the topic of Being Normal, and give tips and stories about it. Please subscribe and share! Jay & Silent Bob Get Old #167: https://goo.gl/Yb31aI Ways to contact the show: Website: Thecrazylifepodcast.weebly.com E-mail: thecrazylifepodcast@outlook.com Show Twitter: @thecrazylifepod Gen's Twitter: @genscrazylifeBryan's Twitter: @stewnamiBryan's Other Podcast: saltylanguage.comBryan's Blog: https://stewnami.wordpress.com/ iTunes: https://goo.gl/xsh8av Stitcher: http://goo.gl/BDeUCZ Intro Music is "Life Sux" by Henno @Idahenno