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This podcast episode features Trevor Muir, who shares his journey from a dark place to a place of strength and resilience. He opens up about his struggles, fears, and change of thinking that led him to seek help and transform his life. Trevor emphasizes the importance of sharing our emotions and seeking support, as well as learning to love and accept ourselves. He encourages listeners to put down the bat of self-judgment and fear, and to prioritize self-care and self-compassion. Through his own experiences and lessons, Trevor offers hope and inspiration to those who may be going through similar challenges. His story reminds us that even in our darkest moments, there is a path to healing and finding a more fulfilling life. ................................................................................................ Trevor is the president of Surepoint Group and the founder of the Surepoint Someday to Today initiative. He is laser-focused on building a culture of caring and believes to his core that authenticity and vulnerability are strengths. He strives to be an inspiring leader and knows that people help people best, by sharing their experiences. LINKEDIN - TREVOR MUIR YOUTUBE - SOMEDAY TO TODAY LINKEDIN - SUREPOINT GROUP ................................................................................................ Rising Strong podcast links: Get new episode notifications: bit.ly/risingstrongupdates Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/risingstrongpodcast Facebook page - send your reviews and comments via the 'comment' button here: www.facebook.com/risingstrongpodcast WIN SWAG: · Email a screenshot of your 5-star review for a chance to win some Rising Strong swag! Lisa@LisaKBoehm.com Remember to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode ................................................................................................... TRANSCRIPT: Host/Lisa: My favorite quote from today's episode is, if you're tired of being beat up, put down the bat. How profound is that? My guest today is Trevor Meer and he is going to take us step by step through his journey from the moment that he found himself laying on his bathroom floor, contemplating taking his life, his fears, his change of thinking, everything that he has done for himself to get to the place that he is today. My name is Lisa Baim. Welcome to rising strong mental health and resilience. Last November, I attended a conference about empowerment that featured some pretty big name speakers like Jack Canfield and Arlene Dickinson. It was an absolute incredible event. Today's guest was also at that conference and his short speech has stuck with me. In fact, his words impacted me more than anyone else's at the conference and I knew that I wanted to share his message with you too. Welcome to the show, Trevor. Trevor: Thank you so much. I'm honored to be here. And yeah, what touching, kind words to say. Thank you all. Host/Lisa: Truth so about twelve years ago, you found yourself on the bathroom floor with some pretty dark thoughts. Can you take us back to that time and tell us what was going on? Trevor: Yeah, I certainly can. It will be 13 years in May. 16, actually. I know the day I couldn't tell you the time when I shared on that. It was a time in my life where I had accomplished a lot and I had everything that people believe they want or need to be happy. I had a beautiful wife and kid. I'd been married for a long time. I'm close with my parents and my siblings. I had a strong friend network, and I was a part of a very successful business. But all that stuff had started to unravel on me at a time where financially had become quite stable as well. We had sold a big part of a business that I co founded at that time. Things started to disintegrate in my life and I ended up separated from my wife and in this fancy condo where I woke up on the bathroom floor that morning with an almost overwhelming desire to end my life. And the reality is, for years it had been leading up to that point and I had always kept everything inside of me. If you met me at that time, I was super positive. And if you asked me how I was doing, I would say good grade or awesome, which I still do today. But that morning when I woke up on the floor, I can still tell you almost 13 years ago the color of the tile. Like I can tell you the specs in the tile. I lived there for ten weeks I can tell you the color of the sink of the countertop. I can tell you every single detail about that bathroom. And I woke up on the bathroom floor, and I was starting to cry. And I had made a commitment about 20 years earlier that I was never going to have an emotional breakdown again because I had gone through a really bad breakup and my heart had gotten broken. And ironically, I was laying on the bathroom floor for what seemed like an entire day. It was probably 5 hours crying. And I got up and I looked in the mirror and washed my face and said, I am never going to let somebody let me help, have somebody make me feel this way again. And so I was starting to cry, and I got up and was washing my face because I was like, I am not going to cry. And I think for the first time in my life, certainly my adult life, I saw myself in the mirror. My eyes connected with my eyes. Host/Lisa: I'm just so curious why you were so hesitant to be honest with people, even leading up to finally meeting with a psychiatrist. You're even lying to him. Why that? Trevor: You know, I've reflected on it a lot, and I believe it's this, Lisa, as a man and as a person who grew up the way I grew up, and I think many of us do grow up the same way. I was never taught how to process my emotions. We never talked about emotions in my family. I learned a lot of amazing things from my family and from my dad, like work ethic and responsibility and accountability. And it didn't matter. We grew up on a farm. We had cows and chickens and pigs and grain, and it didn't matter how I felt. You had to get up in the morning and feed the animals. I recognize that now. I grew up being this guy who had this image of what I was supposed to be. I was supposed to be strong, and I was supposed to support my family. And those were just sort of absolutes. And what I never learned was that I was also a human being. And I was so afraid of everything. I was so afraid of judgment. I felt so insecure, I felt so inadequate. And I never wanted anybody to know that. I thought I would be judged, and I thought I'd be judged negatively, certainly as a man. And it didn't matter what I had accomplished in life. I had those feelings inside. And so when it comes right down to it, the number one thing was fear of judgment. And that was because I didn't truly accept myself for who I was, and I truly didn't love me. It's taken me twelve years to learn that, and I'm learning more and more about it, but that was the reality for me. And when I went to Dr. Gone, so that day that I woke up on the bathroom floor and I was looking in the mirror and it caught my eyes and I thought, what would I tell a friend if they said, I have all this stuff, but this is how I feel. I was like, I would say, I get it and both are real and please get some help. And I reached out for help, thankfully, that day. And as I shared, I googled and I saw a psychiatrist. And even at that moment, I was like, there is no way I'm going to a psychiatrist. I'm considering ending my life still at that point. And I was still so afraid of what people would think. I don't want people to think I'm crazy. And thankfully, the universe works the way it's supposed to. And I ended up seeing life coach, and I actually reached out to a life coach first, and she got back to me within half an hour, and she had a cancellation for the next day, which is unheard of. And when I went in to see her, turned out she was a psychiatrist. And she asked me how I was doing. I said, I'm fine. I'm good. And she said, what's going on? And I told her, separated from my wife, my son's not talking to me. I'm probably going to get kicked out of the business I co founded, but other than that, everything's good, and I'm just here to get some help to improve my life. And she was like, oh, my God, you're not good. And I said, no, I'm fine. And she said, no, you're not, and I can't help you. And she said, do not leave this office. She's like, please do not leave this office. I need to go get somebody, and I will be back in two minutes. Please don't leave. And I was like, okay, like, you're freaking me out. I'll stay. And she came back in probably two minutes with a great big man and put out his hand and said, hi, trevor, I'm Dr. Gonz. Nice to meet you. Anne says you're struggling with some stuff. And I was like, she's got me freaked out, like, I'm fine, though. And he said, no, I'm sure you are. Do you have ten minutes? And I went and chatted with them for ten minutes, and that was the beginning of the journey I went on, and that man helped save my life without a doubt, and, and did like the fact that she picked up on it and didn't let me leave that office because I was still playing the con even at that point. And it was all to do with fear and that I'd had my whole life. Host/Lisa: I think that so many of our listeners can resonate with that. I was actually at something completely different last night, but I was at an event at the end of the evening. We were asked to reflect on what we'd been talking about. And that's what came out of my mouth, too, is fear. I would not think of myself as a fearful person, a scared person, but we are all humans. Trevor: When was the first time you felt hope, like? Personally, I believe it was a defining moment. When I walked, I'd gone to Dr. Gonz for about ten sessions, I think, or so, maybe a few more, and he would ask me lots of questions. I was starting to feel better for sure. Like, there was no doubt that things were improving in my life and mostly in my mind. But I went in and sat down one time, and the first thing he said as I sat down was, trevor, how are you feeling? And I blurted this out. I said, how am I feeling? I've been insecure my whole life and felt inferior. I'm afraid of everything. I'm afraid of success and afraid of failure. I feel sad a lot, and worse than that, I mostly feel numb. And I am so lonely. I'm so lonely. I'm lonely when I'm with my friends. I'm loneliest, but I'm loneliest when I'm with my family, and I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. And I said that, and it's like the thing you say to your spouse, that you wish you had enough. And that's how I felt. And my mind was spinning, and I was thinking, oh, my God, I can't believe I just said this to this guy that I really respect and I look up to, and I thought, he's going to look at me and he's going to tell me that I should be more grateful and I need to change my perspective and look at all of the awesome things I have. And instead, he looked me in the eye and he said, oh, man, I get it. And he was like, if you would have told me anything else, I wouldn't have believed you. Thank you for being vulnerable with me. And that day, my life changed, and I left there feeling different. But I realized something after that meeting with him. I had never in my life been asked how I was feeling unless somebody knew I was sick or I'd been in the hospital because I broke a bone. Nobody had ever asked me that, and I had never asked another human being that. And those words, that sentence changes conversations. I use it a lot with people. I'll ask them how they're feeling instead of how they're doing, because even today, with all the awareness I have and all the work I've done and the place I'm at in my life, if somebody asks me how I'm doing, I will respond with good, great, or awesome every single time. Sometimes I'll catch myself and say, actually, I'm having a little bit of anxiety. I'm struggling with some things right now, but my immediate response is those three things. And if I ask somebody how they're doing, I pay attention to it. I will hear it. If I ask somebody how they're feeling, and especially when you just sit down, it's remarkable, the response. You'll get the difference in response most times. And I was like, holy ****. More people need to talk about their feelings, I believe because I had stuffed mine for so long that I ended up on a bathroom floor and wanting to end my life. And thankfully, I made a different choice that day. Host/Lisa: And I think words have power, as you say, I think part of our north american greeting, it's kind of like all hello, but it's, hey, how are you? It's kind of an extension, right? And we're not maybe always looking for a response, right? Like you can pass somebody on the sidewalk with no intention of stopping, hey, how are you? It's just kind of an extended hello. But you're right. When we can stop and just take even a beat, how are you feeling? Trevor: Yeah, it's incredible. Obviously, don't walk down the street and say, how you feeling? To everybody because there are casual pass bys and there's times where I catch up with my budies and I'm like, hey, how are things? And then we just kind of have our lunch or whatever. But there are times where I'll have a sense or we'll have a longer period of time and I'll ask somebody how they're feeling. And it's remarkable. I've shared this when I've spoke before, when I've been asked, how do I connect with my spouse, say, ask them how they're feeling and see what the response is instead of, how are you doing? How was your day at work? Especially with men, because we want to be strong in front of our wives and our family. We want to look like we have it all together and oftentimes I found that I was struggling inside and suffering inside, and my wife could definitely pick up on it, but she was the last person I was going to talk to about it. I mean, I was the supporter. It's not because I didn't love her, it's because I did. And my form of love was, I need to be strong. And so when all of this dysfunction was happening, I'm beating the hell out of myself, to be honest with you, because I'm like, I need to be stronger than this. And now I'm letting the people down that I love. And then I became my own worst enemy. I beat myself to death over all the things that I wasn't doing and wasn't being. And I had a mentor one time say to me, are you finally tired of being beat up? And I'm like, oh, my God, yes. He said, good, then put down the bat, trevor. It's like, wow. And so often we beat ourselves up way more than others do at reconnect. I just spoke and I did a keynote there. I shared about a poem that I wrote and why I wrote it. And it was about a fellow that I knew that passed away. And he was young and he had a lot of issues with addiction and stuff, and that's how I actually had met him, working with him on some of that. And he ended up getting going out and using again and ended up dying that night in an altercation. And his little boy, long story short, I went to his service and I just felt compelled to go. And I heard the pastor talking about what is life? And I wrote a poem called what is life? And then at the end, I ended it with, life is a gift from God up above and so it must be life surely is love. And I wrote that poem like 1 hour after I left the funeral. And the reason I remembered why I wrote it after, when I was reflecting here recently, and the reason I ended it that way is because at the end of the service, he asked if anybody wanted the pastress, if anybody wanted to say any words. And some of his friends went up. And then just as it kind of got silent, they sat down, heard this little voice, and this little boy said, mommy, I want to say something. And the place goes quiet and out walks this little boy. He turns five years old, and his mom says, okay, honey. And she's got a little girl in her arm. And Mark had two kids, and he loved them to the capacity he could love anybody. And this little boy goes up on stage and he grabs the mic and he says this exactly so stoically looking at us all, he said, I miss my daddy. He was a good man and I love him. And he handed the mic back and he walked back to his seat. There was not a dry eye. I still feel it. And I left there going, the problem wasn't that Mark didn't love his kids. The problem was he didn't love himself. That was the problem. And I asked everybody attending reconnect. I said, how many of you love somebody's hand went up. How many of you are loved by somebody? Everybody's hand stayed up. I said, how many of you love perfect human beings? How many of the people that you love are perfect? Like, how many don't make mistakes? And how many of you forgive them for the stuff they do wrong? And how many people love you in spite of the fact I'm assuming that you're not perfect either, because I'm certainly not. And then I talked about what my mentor said. Put down the bat. If you're tired of being beat up, put down the bat. We love others more than we love ourselves. We wear selflessness as a badge of honor in our society, and it's creating human beings and men especially, who stuff their emotions. And then we become full of anger and resentment and sadness and pain. And as I talked about at lead, what you're full of overflows in your pyramid. And for me, it was oftentimes sadness and despair or nothing, which was as bad. Host/Lisa: Hey, rising strong listeners, if you've been enjoying the inspiring interviews on the podcast, we'd love your support. To help us reach more listeners and hopefully gain some sponsorship. To do that, please, like, follow and subscribe wherever you listen to podcast. And here's a little extra incentive. Leave us a five star review and you'll be entered to win some cool rising strong swag. Your support means the world to me. Now back to the show. Trevor: When I went to Dr. Gonz, he had asked me to come in and make a list of my priorities. And I came in and I had my wife and my son, and I was back with Renee by that time, and my mom and my dad, my sisters and family and work was in there and some other things. I think I had about 20 things on the list. And he'd always said to me, you can't give what you don't have. And he's trying to get me to understand this, and he's talking about money and different things in business, but he's really talking about emotions. And I wasn't getting it. So I come in with this list of priorities, and I hand it to him and he says, that's a great list, trev, but where are you on it? And I was like, well, I'm kind of everywhere. And he said, well, fair enough. Humor me. Add your name. So I put my name just above work. And the only reason I did was because I'm like, this is a trap. If I put myself below work, he's going to call me out on it. And I knew that, and I wanted to get an a, but I actually believed it. I thought, what I provide to the people I love, like everybody above work, is financial stability. I can provide for them. It's a way of protecting them. And so anyway, I put myself just above work and I hand the list back to him, and he says, that's interesting. Why didn't you put yourself at the top of the list? And I said, I am not a narcissist who would put themselves at the top of the list. And he sold. And he said, yeah, well, that's the problem with human being strip. He said, very few people put themselves on the list, and even the ones that do rarely put themselves at the top. And then he said, have you ever saw a champagne glass pyramid where they pour the champagne and it flows perfectly to all the other levels to empty the bottle? And I'm like, yeah. And he said, have you ever saw them fill it from the bottom up? I was like, no. He said, I want you to close your eyes and visualize this and tell me what you see. And I said, well, I closed my eyes. Well, it's going to take more champagne. It's going to be inefficient. It's going to spill on the side, so the glasses are going to be sticky and there's going to be a mess on the table. And he said, exactly. And that's how you're living your life. He said, your champagne glass pyramid is your priorities. Your priorities make up that pyramid. So there's you, your wife and your son, your mom and your dad and your sisters all the way down. That's your champagne glass pyramid. And he said, you have your own pyramid, and your wife has her own, and your son has his own, and your mom has her own, dad has his own, and you fit into each other's. And what, you're full of overflows. You've been trying to fill your pyramid from the bottom up, but you're out of champagne and you're making a mess of your life and their life. Your champagne is messy. He said, go and start to do things that are healthy for you, to fill yourself up with forgiveness and acceptance and patience and love, and that's what's going to overflow. And that analogy changed my life. He gave me permission to be selfishly selfless, to go and do things that are good for me so that I show up as the best version of myself in the relationships that matter most. Even on the days that I don't show up as good as I have, on another day, when I do this, I'm showing up as the best version of myself that day. And it changed my life. It changed my wife's life. And we started to do things independently so that when we did things together, I use the mall analogy. My wife likes to go to the mall. And I heard this from Dr. Gonz. And I went home that night and I was like, oh, my. Like, I got this thing, and Dr. Gonz has told me that I need to start doing things that are good for me, and then it'll be good for you. And so I know I was going to go to the mall with you this weekend, but instead I'm going to go hiking with my buddy. That wasn't popular. She was not happy about that. She's thinking, I'm being selfish again, because I worked all the time, like 300 days some years. And when I took time off, she wanted to do something, and I'd say I'd do something with her, but she had to endure this. When I went to the mall with her, every time I'd go there and I'd want to show up. I'd want to show up patient, but I wasn't, and I'd go there. I don't like them all that much anyway. But I would walk between stores and I'd get into the store and I would literally be all smiles. And the ladies that were helping her would be like, you are so lucky to have a husband like him. Like, what a great guy. He's carrying your bag. And I'm smiling and talking to them, but in between stores, I was like a five year old child. I'd be like, I'm hungry. I'm tired. This sucks. I want to go home. Can I go to my truck? I wait in the truck. And by the time we left, I ruined her experience. I took the joy out of the thing that she liked, and both of us went home miserable. And so I said, look, that's what you're going to get again. That's the reality, because that's how it is. Every single pine and I said, so how about this? You go to the mall with your sister, I'll go hang out with Sean, go for a hike, and then I'll meet you there in the afternoon. So I'll just take a couple hours. And I showed up, and it was remarkably different. I showed up, and I didn't like being at the mall any more than I did prior times. But I had patience, and I wanted to spend time with her, and I wanted to add value to her day, to her experience. And at the very least, that day, I didn't take away from it. I'm not sure I added a lot of joy, but I certainly didn't take away from it for her. And we were like, holy ****, there's something to this. And it's the way we live our life now. Host/Lisa: We hear it all the time. But I think it is so true, and it ties in so nicely to your champagne analogy. But you cannot pour from an empty cup, right? Trevor: You can't give what you don't have. No, you just can't. Host/Lisa: In all this time, all this growth, what has been your biggest aha moment? Like, if you met somebody today who is really struggling, what would you say? Trevor: I would say, no matter how much you love yourself, love yourself more. And there are simple tools that you can use to do that. That I've learned more about that recently, again. But I would say, don't be afraid to share how you're feeling and in any area of your life. And if you give people permission to do the right thing, they will always do the right thing. And all we have to do is give them permission. And if you are feeling down, if you're feeling lost, if you're feeling lonely, people actually want to help. They actually want to. And the other thing is, and I share this with people as I get to know them, you are not alone. And that's not a catchphrase. You truly aren't. And when I was going through this process, and I was doing a lot of work on myself with some people that had gone before me, and I was getting together with these men that were older than me, and I'd go in and talk about my life, and I'd share. Oftentimes, it was like, today was tough and it sucked, and my wife is not nice to me. And it was a lot of that, right? I'd feel better when I left because I sort of vomited all the stuff that was in me. And I've been going a long time to meet with these guys. And one day, this person that I'm really close to. And he's a mentor of mine now, a giant in my life. He said to me, trev, it's awesome that you come and share. Like, we love seeing you. And I'm like, hey, thanks, man. And he said, but I have some good news for you. And I was like, like, what's that? He said, you no longer have to suffer from terminal uniqueness. And I was like, ouch. Like, at the moment, it was hard. And he said, you come and you share, and you have a different wife and a different son and a different house and a different job, and you live in a different area of town, but at an emotional level, when you share about how you're feeling, every single one of us can identify every one of us. And I went on a mission, Lisa, to prove this. I've traveled all over the world, and I've been on Kilimanjaro in Africa, working with. Hanging out with people who work harder than anybody I know to pack bags up a mountain that's so hard to hike, and they get $15 a day. And I've had the privilege of spending time with a multibillionaire that I got to know well and everything in between, from school teachers to farmers to business people. And I started to ask very similar questions when I was in Kilimanjaro, and I got to know the porters, and I'd go hang out with them, and I'd be like, a lot of them are young. A lot of them aren't. I'd be like, hey, do you have any? And, yeah, yeah. Do they drive you crazy? Like, do you ever get ****** at them? And it's like, yeah. Do you worry about them? Yeah. Why are you on this mountain doing this? Well, I would want to give my family a better life, and if I do this, I can send my kid to school. And I'm like, are you married, or do you have a girlfriend? Swing guy's like, I had a girlfriend, but she dumped me. Oh, man. How'd that feel? Terrible. And I've asked similar questions to everybody. I'm like, do you worry about your parents? Do you worry about your kids? And when I sat with the guy that I know, that's the wealthiest man that I know, and he's extremely wealthy, and I say, hey, man, he. And I know it's kids. I'm like, do you worry about your kids? Yeah, of course I do. Said, do you worry about your. I said. I said, do they drive you crazy? Yeah, of course. And you love them? Yeah. I said, have you ever been, like, have you ever been broke up with? And he started laughing. Of course I have. I had a wife that left me once when I was younger. And I'm like, how did you feel? He says, what do you mean, how did I feel? Chuff. It was terrible. My heart was broke. And I'm like, holy ****. We are all at an emotional level. We are exactly the same. If I tell you that I'm feeling sad, you have had moments in your life where you're sad. If I tell you that I've been in love, you've been in love. There's not one person that hasn't, at an emotional level that hasn't experienced emotions. And so we are actually way more the same than we are different. And an emotional level, we're exactly the same. We feel differently for different reasons, but we feel. Host/Lisa: And I think that is where the power of sharing our stories really is, the core of this next step that I feel like that we can take on a mental health level, because I think when we are vulnerable, we share our story. We share how awful we're feeling. It opens the door, and it gives other people permission to share their story. And that is where the magic happens. That's where the healing starts, and that's where these really important conversations come in. Trevor: Yes. And it's giving people permission to do the right thing. There kind of the tagline for my speech at lead was, turn your struggles into strengths. And that means, to me, that means share your story. Partly. It's also the worst day of my life, I tell people, was the day on the bathroom floor, and I never felt like I would feel worse than that, ever. But the darkest moment became the catalyst for change. My worst day of my life became the best day of my life. I'm so grateful for it now, and I truly am. And I say that right from my heart, because I could have continued to live in a state of numbness for another 20 or 30 or 40 years, however long I lived, and that would have been so much worse. So feeling the pain and going through what I had to to get the life I have today, I wish it on the people I love. I say to folks that I'm close with, I hope you never wake up on a bathroom floor with an almost overwhelming desire to end your life. But if that's what it takes, I hope that if you end up there, you make the choice I made. And that's what I pray for every day. But if that's what it takes to get you to change your life so that you have a life better than you can ever imagine. Then I hope that you end up there, because life is amazing, even though it's hard and parts of it suck. And I've come to realize that life is actually supposed to be hard. It's supposed to be hard, and I accept that today. And any meaningful pursuit in life is supposed to be really hard. And the more meaningful the pursuit in life, the harder it's supposed to be. And the universe will constantly check us to see how badly we want something. And it actually has to happen. Life has to be hard so that we can become the person that we need to be to grow into the person that we need to be to overcome the next challenge that comes in our life. I look at goals differently than I used to. I used to be like, the goal of the goal is the outcome. It's finishing. And it hit me that actually the purpose of the goal is to become the person that I need to be, to be able to achieve the goal. And I use a marathon analogy. If I'm going to go and run a marathon and I want to actually run the whole thing, I have to become a certain person to do that. I have to be disciplined. I have to get up. I have to train. I have to change my eating habit. I have to go to the gym. And if I do all of that stuff and I show up on the day of the marathon and the marathon gets canceled, it's actually not a big deal because I become the person that I needed to be that could run a marathon. So that's the purpose of a goal, is to become the person you need to be to accomplish the goal. And when you set big goals in life in any way, personally, professionally, inner growth, anything that you set as a goal, the bigger the goal, the harder it's going to be. And the universe will challenge you so that you become the person that you need to be to accomplish the goal. Host/Lisa: I feel much the same way, and I say this all the time. You talk about the universe. That is my feeling as well, that we are humans. We're living this human existence. I think we're all spirits by nature and that we all came here to grow. And the only way we grow is through the gross, hard, awful things. We don't grow when we're sitting on a beach sipping a mai tai and having a chocolate chip cupcake. That's everyone's goal in life, right? Yeah, but it doesn't really amount to much, really. And like you say, even reflecting back on my own darkest times. I wouldn't be the person that I am today without having gone through all of that. Trevor: Yeah. And it's so true. And I think everybody, if they reflect on their life to realize where they are, it's the same for everybody, right? So I've learned this. For me, I don't see cappiness and joy anymore. I see contentment. And for me, it's peace and contentment. And for me, that means that no matter what I'm facing, because there's going to be days and weeks and months. There's going to be hard times. I'm going to have sadness, and I'm going to have emotional pain, and I'm going to feel grief at some time, and I'm going to feel happiness and joy, and I'm going to be excited. And all of those things are actually fleeting. They come and they go, and they're varying degrees. But if I seek peace and contentment, I want to know that when I'm sad that I'm going to be okay. And when I'm really overjoyed, I want to know that I'm going to be okay. And that's why I seek contentment now. I'm like, life is going to happen, and I'm an emotional being, and I'm okay with that. I accept that. It's that I want to be able to go on that emotional journey. And if I focus on contentment, it helps stop me from trying to stuff the feeling of sadness and grief, the feelings I don't like. I'm like, I'm going to be okay. This is something I'm experienced, and it hurts really bad, but I'm going to be okay. I can be content in the fact that I'm feeling the feeling. It's a work in progress for me. I'm still a student of life, but I just can be like, I'm going to be okay. Host/Lisa: And I think that reminds us. I think when we've been through really awful, awful, awful times, part of our growth is being able to look back on that and say, at least myself, I've been through that. I am still standing. I am still here. For me, that was the worst. Losing a child. If I can get through that, dear God, I can get through anything. Trevor: Unreal. Absolutely. And things happen to human beings that are so horrific, and they find most people, or many, find a way through it and can find a way to use that to become a better human. And I have so much respect and admiration for people who go through things like you did by losing a child and can be the person that you. I know the things that put me on my knees and they were know not as painful of the actual experience. I felt like that, but it wasn't anywhere near that significant. And yeah, I admire you a lot, Lisa. When I watched this video and learned about life's supposed to be hard, and this lady just said it so eloquently to a woman's basketball team, I think, at Notre Dame. And she said, the purpose of life is not to have an easy life. If the people who want an easy life stand on the street corner and the buses go by them. And she said, the purpose of life, your life, is supposed to be hard. Any meaningful pursuit in life is supposed to be hard. And the more meaningful the pursuit, the harder it is. The goal of life is to learn to handle hard better. That is the purpose of life. You learn to handle hard better. And I use that analogy sometimes when I'm speaking to people and I'll say, when I was 13 years old and this girl that I had a crush on was moving away, or twelve or eleven, whatever I was, I was heartbroken. I saw, like, this girl that I love, and I thought, I am never going to feel worse than that in my life. But you know what? When I was 18 and my girlfriend broke up with me, I was sad for a day, not for weeks, and I didn't solve, I don't think it's about being harder. I think it's about learning how to handle hard better. You learn that life happens. I've stopped saying this is the worst experience of my life, because every time I've said it, the universe has proven to me that there can be more pain. Host/Lisa: Buckle up, Trev. Trevor: Exactly. Host/Lisa: So that's a perfect segue into my next question. And that is, what does resilience mean to you? Trevor: I think it's the ability to move forward in spite of the pain, in spite of where you're at. And I am now, like, I have got to a point in my life where I'm more proud of myself now for the days I show up when it's hard than when I crush the goal when it's easy. And it took me a long time to figure that out. Those are the days I should applaud myself. The days when I was going through stuff that was so hard in business at times and personally in my life, I would literally lay, and this is since in the last five years or six years, I would lay in the basement in the dark for a better part of a day in a fetal position because it was just under so much stress. And I would eventually be like, I don't get to quit. And I'd get up and I'd put my pants on and my socks and I'd go back out into life. And that was resiliency for me. It's like, this is hard and I don't know how I'm going to get through it, but I know I'm going to get through it. And I tell myself, I told our team that when we were going through a real bad financial time in sharepoint and I mean close to bankruptcy, and I'll be like, this is scary. This is our reality. We're in a lot of trouble. I don't know how we're going to get through it. And I'm scared, but I know we will. I know we will figure it out. And that's how I live my life now. I'm like, this is bad. It's scary. I'll give myself few moments to feel it. I'll lay on the couch for a little while and then I will say, it's time to get up. It's time to get up and go. I don't know how I'm going to get through it. I just know I will. Host/Lisa: Where can people find you? Whether they want you to come and speak or all of the great stuff. Trevor: That you've got going on LinkedIn or Facebook is actually the easiest. And I do respond to every single person who sends me a note on either of those platforms. I'm on Instagram, but I'm not very active on there and I will always get back to folks through those platforms and set up a time to meet if they'd like to. Host/Lisa: Sure, that's great. And I will put those links in the show notes as well for anybody who's listening. Trevor, your journey serves as an inspiration to all of us, reminding us of the strength and resilience of the human spirit. Thank you for your bravery and for shining a light on such an important topic. It's been an honor to have you as our guest. Trevor: This has been so awesome. And again, thank you for reaching out to me. It really means a lot to me, Lisa, and for all your kind words. That's incredible and I'm touched. Host/Lisa: My pleasure. Stay well and be resilient, my friends. Remember, you were made for.

Andy and Jon are joined by Chuff, from Well Chuffed Media. He's an automotive photographer by trade, and Andy's had the pleasure of his professional company (that sounds a bit sordid) on a number of photoshoots with work. Talk starts with Chuff's cousin's Mk2 Golf GTI, then moves into a string of Ford Cortina's, takes in a full list, made in conjunction with his Mum, and rounds up with mention of VW campers, and Volkswagen Jettas too. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did making it. Support the showWe'd love you to hear and share your stories, please tag and follow us on social media. www.instagram.com/mydadscar_podcastwww.Facebook.com/mydadscar podcastwww.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarIf you'd like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee' which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom. Get in touch with us direct - MyDadsCarPodcast@gmail.com

Cliffo and Bronte spoke to Carrie-Eileen Chuff, who lifts the lid on what it was really like to be a Nun. Subscribe on LiSTNR: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/cliffo-and-gabiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is it! The final episode of Season 6: Kaala & Chuff's Excellent Adventure. The two friends solved the biggest mystery in red panda history and learned a lot along the way. Today, we're going to wrap it up with a bow by talking about what we can do to help our red panda and snow leopard friends in real life, along with the other living things on earth.  (You can always go back to season 2-- the first episode is called “Calmness”-- to listen to the first part of their adventure!) Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List. - - - - -  Guess what?! Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook is available NOW at:  Barnes & Noble  Indigo Amazon.com and Amazon.ca  Books-A-Million Bookshop.org   Resources Owl Eyes: A Core Awareness Skill (Wilderness Awareness School)  https://wildernessawareness.org/articles/owl-eyes-a-core-awareness-skill/ How to Become a Youth Activist (Plan International) https://plan-international.org/girls-get-equal/how-to-become-a-youth-activist/ Talking About Activism your Child (Boston University) https://www.bu.edu/childrens-center/files/2020/09/Talking-About-Activism-With-Your-Child.pdf Get Involved: You Can Help (Red Panda Network) https://redpandanetwork.org/Get-Involved Red Panda Stewardship in Nepal (Earth Rangers) https://www.earthrangers.com/EN/CA/red-panda-project-2022/ Red Panda Facts (Red Panda Network) https://redpandanetwork.org/Red-Panda-Facts Red Panda Threats (Red Panda Network) https://redpandanetwork.org/Threats   Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                             Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: “Odyssey” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Questions? Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com

Mystery solved…? Kaala and Chuff still think that there's more to the treasure gemstones and talk to an elder red panda to find out more (hint: it has something to do with our third season…). Listen along to find out the final piece of this puzzle!  Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.   *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas. HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!    Resources The Three B's of Mindfulness: Breath, Body and Brain (Robin Phillips) Star Stuff (Peace Out Podcast) Are we made of stardust? (Natural History Museum) The Science of Head Massage: Why It Feels So Good (The Bodywise Clinic) What are the Benefits of a Head Massage (Healthline)   Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com  

What's friendship without a little FUN? Chuff helps her friends out today by getting them to relax and have fun together. In this episode, we play a game I call “Sound Story.” You'll hear these sound effects: rain, birds, bubbles, ice cream truck, friendly robot, children laughing, twinkling, and a “boing” sound.    How to play “Sound Story”: You can find some free audio sound effect files here and here. It would be fun to make your own sound effects (tapping your knees, rubbing hands together, crinkling paper, etc.).  Make or play a few sound effects. Fewer sounds for younger children, add more sounds for older children. The listener can close their eyes and listen to the sounds. Repeat them in the same order if they want to hear them again. Ask the listener to tell you a story based on the sounds they just heard. Switch and let them choose some sounds for you to use to create your own Sound Story! 

Sharing is caring…but is that all caring is? Kaala and Chuff find out more about why it's important to be a caring friend in this episode AND the friends figure out the next piece of the glowing gemstone mystery. We play a couple of mindfulness games focused on our sense of sight and hearing, and then practice one of our favourites, Loving Kindness Meditation.  Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.    *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas.  HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!    Resources Compassion: Empathy in Action: How to Raise Your Six-Year-Old to Treat Others with Compassion | PBS https://www.pbs.org/parents/learn-grow/age-6/character/compassion#:~:text=Compassion%20means%20we%20care%20about,is%20feeling%20sad%20or%20upset.   Empathy for Others | pip o. Gazette http://tinamalti.com/pipo/article-04.html What are Introverts Like as Children?: 7 Characteristics | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-secret-lives-introverts/201904/what-are-introverts-children-7-characteristics  Loving Kindness | pip o. Gazette http://tinamalti.com/pipo/article-10.html   Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com  

This week, Maureen hulks out - tearing a door off it's hinges, Jen gets scammed and Allyson reopens an old 4 cheese pizza-shaped wound between Maureen and Jen. I can only apologise for the chewing at the start.Buy Maureen's new book, Prisms of My Life, hereSend your Ask Allyson questions and problems into womentalkingbollocks@gmail.comSee Jen on tour with "The Optimist" at jenbrister.co.ukCatch Allyson live at allysonjunesmith.comGet everything Maureen at maureenyounger.comRecorded and edited by Impatient Productions. Artwork by Haiminh Le. Follow WTB on Twitter @wtb_podcast and on Facebook and Instagram @wtbpodcast. Hosted by @JenBrister, @AllysonJSmith, @MaureenYounger. Brought to you by @ImpatientUK. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Surprise! I'm sharing this episode early, just in time for the long weekend in Canada-- enjoy!] You can't have a friendship without trust, and Kaala and Chuff are building trust with their new red panda friends. Join us as we do a heart opener exercise and mindful breathing together. Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.  *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas. HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!    Full transcripts are available upon request. Email Chanel at hello@chaneltsang.com    Resources SEL Lesson of the Week: What is Trust? (YouTube, 1 min.) https://youtu.be/rE4Jcgky5Sw   Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com  

Kaala is not happy with Chuff today but feels better after taking some deep breaths and did S.T.O.P. (stop, take a breath, observe, proceed). The friends learn about how to have equality in their friendship by being respectful.  Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.  *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas. HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!  Resources Mindfulness STOP Skill (Cognitive Behavior Therapy LA) https://cogbtherapy.com/mindfulness-meditation-blog/mindfulness-stop-skill What is True Friendship? (BetterHelp) https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/friendship/what-is-true-friendship/   Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com  

Let's go! Kaala and Chuff have noticed that the treasure gemstones that they found (back in Season 2) have started glowing…what does that mean? Join them as they figure out this mystery and learn about friendship along the way. In this episode they learn more about why trust is important in friendship.   Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.   *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas. HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel   P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!    Resources Tips on Helping Your Child Learnt to Cooperate (Zero to Three) (https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/tips-on-helping-your-child-learn-to-cooperate/)   Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: This episode features music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat, as well as additional music arranging by Noah Glenn. Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com

What is altitude and how does it affect breathing? Join us as we take some mindful breaths and learn more about our red panda friends.  Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.   *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas. HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel   P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!    Resources About Red Pandas (Red Panda Network) - https://redpandanetwork.org/Red-Panda-Facts Altitude (National Geographic) - https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/altitude           Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com      

Our new season begins now! Listen to the trailer first before you dive into Kaala & Chuff's Excellent Adventure. This season, we join Kaala and Chuff as they figure out a mystery, learn more about friendship, and of course, practice some mindfulness along the way!  Follow Peace Out on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode! Get updates on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as our Peace Out Podcast Mailing List.   *NEW for S6* You could win a red panda plush toy! Peace Out is working with our friends at the Red Panda Network this season because we LOVE what they do to protect red pandas. HOW TO ENTER TO WIN A RED PANDA PLUSH TOY: 1. Subscribe to and rate Peace Out Podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.  2. Follow Peace Out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.  3. Complete the Red Panda Network's Red Panda Ranger Challenge for a chance to win a red panda stuffed toy from their Adopt a Red Panda* fundraiser page! Start now! Go to the Red Panda Ranger Challenge: https://redpandanetwork.org/For-Kids  There are 5 levels to complete (so start early!) and they'll email you an official Red Panda Ranger certificate when you've done all five. When you're done, fill in this form by July 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw!  You will have to upload a copy of your Red Panda Ranger certificate here using a Gmail address. If you do not have one, please email hello@chaneltsang.com with the subject "Contest." I'll draw TWO winners and they will be announced in our August 15th episode. Winners will be emailed that day.  Have fun and good luck! Chanel   P.S. I wrote a book! Preorder Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids now! Available August 15, 2023!            Peace Out Podcast Producer, Writer, Host                                            Chanel Tsang Sound Editing                                                           Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion   Music credit: Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail hello@chaneltsang.com

Join Louis Mendez, Sue Gallop and Joe Puddifoot as we look back at the 6 (six)-0 win over Shrewsbury - hearing from boss Dean Holden and defender Terell Thomas. Connor Brennan is this week's guest fan.This show was first broadcast LIVE via our new YouTube channel - and you can rewatch the video, or listen in your usual podcast places if preferredFor the fourth time, Charlton Live were once again among the nominees for The Football Supporters' Associations' Club Podcast of the Year award - thank you for your support! Our shows are available as podcasts via Acast, iTunes, Deezer and many other platforms. To contact us - email studio@charltonlive.co.uk or tweet @charltonlive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to talk about the elephant in the room... no not "Where has Cliff been?" or "Where is Chuff's cutting edge podcast on yogurt flavours?". I'm referring to Superman: The New Adventure of Superman. Is it one of the worst games of all time? This review is solely from someone who has played it in full on original hardware and isn't regurgitating what they once heard on YouTube. Let's do this!Twitter/Instagram: www.twitter.com/n64lifepodcast / https://www.instagram.com/n64lifepodcast/Discord: discord.gg/5ZRmTRJSAgemail: n64lifepodcast@gmail.comTwitch: www.twitch.tv/n64lifepodcastGraphics Credit: PitchNiormusic credit: www.twitter.com/JerdenCookePresenter/Producer: Cliff FosterTwitter: www.twitter.com/theamazingcliff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inverurie Locos under 20s manager Scott Buchan talks to Sean McAngus about his Dundee United youth days, title success, Chuff Chuffs, management success and much more.  

Welcome back everybody, the Bengals are in, football and sports fandom, defining your entire life and personality by a single thing, Bengals "chuff" apparently, Sam's getting wheezy, the goal of marriage, Microsoft buys Activision for $67B, Sony and Microsoft, the Game Pass stop-gap, Cory's dish-washing quandry, how food is served is almost as important as the food itself, Cory watched The Stand miniseries episode 1, Shite House Ep. 2 - "It's The Same Episode", Crust in the Wind - P.O.D. Edition, TV recommendations, what did we learn today?

How do we talk more openly about divorce? In the final episode of season one, veteran broadcaster Jane Garvey talks to me about her own experience of splitting up in the spotlight, why you should get on with your ex for the sake of your children, and how to kickstart your career when you reach ‘middle age', whatever that might be.   Jane almost needs no introduction. After launching Radio 5 Live she spent 13 years at the helm of Woman's Hour on Radio 4.  She now spends her days chatting about the chuff of life with her co-host Fi Glover on the soul-warming podcast Fortunately. She's shown that there is a demand for simple, honest, female conversation and friendship. Jane went through her divorce in the spotlight and she describes adjusting to life as a single parent with humour and honesty in her and Fi's new book, Did I Say That Out Loud?.   You can listen to Jane and Fi Glover's podcast ‘Fortunately' here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads / https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fortunately-with-fi-and-jane/id1220808096   And their book ‘Did I say that out Loud?' is available here: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Fi-Glover/Did-I-Say-That-Out-Loud--Notes-on-the-Chuff-of-Life/25632880 The audiobook has some added extras!    Social media Jane Garvey Twitter @janegarvey1  IG @janegarvey23    Liz O'Riordan Twitter @Liz_Oriordan  IG @oriordanliz  Website: www.liz.oriordan.co.uk   Don't Ignore The Elephant is hosted by Dr Liz O'Riordan, produced by Bird Lime Media in association with Elizabeth Richards.  

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Are you homely or buccaneering? Viv Groskop talks to broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey, co-hosts of the Fortunately podcast and authors of Did I Say That Out Loud? Notes on the Chuff of Life. They explore the horror of bar stools, the power of pinching yourself and the nervous nosebleed. They discuss being small, being authentic and why the show must not go on in all cases. And why Boris Johnson's overconfidence ought to encourage a generation of schoolgirls. Fi and Jane's book is out now. Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is also out now. @vivgroskop  

The EOM gang is back, with good old Chuff in person, Carolyn! The pals talk cheesy Confirmation photos, taking care of senior pets, parents taking their kids to comedy shows, and Johanna's family pay a visit! Johanna's very own mother makes an off mic guest appearance along with Johanna's sweet dog, Ruka! Stand Up Comedians Johanna POS Medranda, Carolyn PC Paul, and Connor MiddleGround Meade drop a fresh steamy episode every Thursday night for your audible and visual [YouTube] needs! Every week we cover current events, celebrity rumors, phact checks, and bad advice. Join us as we teach you nothing and show you the funny in everything. Let's cry. Let's laugh. Let's mother each other. See you next Thursday! Produced by Ellen Stachowicz | Recorded at HMC Studios IG @eachothers.motherspod @johanna.medranda @chuffschmitz @connormedian @david_she_roth --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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I read from chuff to chum salmon.     The word of the episode is "chukker".     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar 917-727-5757

I read from chthonic to chuff.     The word of the episode is "chuckle".     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/   dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar 917-727-5757

Here is another chat with a Uni of Hertfordshire alumni and this is the first chance I have had to talk to someone about the world of PR. Jen has been at Chuff Media for 10 years now and has grown with the business. It was lovely to catch up with her and to talk about how she got into the world of PR and what it takes to excel in that world. Apologies for the audio quality here. Had a few technical difficulties. Useful Links: https://www.instagram.com/jentwistle17/?hl=en https://twitter.com/jentwistle17 https://chuffmedia.com/ https://www.facebook.com/chuffmedia/ https://www.instagram.com/chuffmediapr/?hl=en Get in touch with me via: Email - behindthebusinesspod@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/dannychampion Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/danmchampion/

Pretty T would like to welcome only the adults to an episode of Atomic Mind Dump Nights. Brian discusses the vampire episode of a TV show about bikinis and banana hammocks. Allen is caught up in the modern day trend of building a medieval trebuchet. If DeLiRiOuS wants something thrown, he'll do it with his bare hands, and his superhuman throwing ability. Bobby admits that he is merely a chuff enabler, and not a chuff participant. Your jimmies may be rustled during this episode, fair warning.

Our first classic 3-man episode in weeks! Tune in as the boys Chuff, Stan, and Karl indulge themselves in Covid-19, music, and......predicting the future?!

Episode 84 of B.L.U.F.F, Freddie discusses Bowling, Documentries and Deaf Men Moaning. You can support the podcast by donating here: https://patreon.com/bluffpodcast You can also get merch here: https://bluffpodcast.dizzyjam.com We also have a Facebook page too: www.facebook.com/bluffpodcast 

Welcome back to a new episode of Two Old FUTs talking FIFA. Please let us know any questions or feedback on twitter @TwoOldFUTs. In this weeks episode we discuss:- Catch up- TOTY and the final  verdict- Headliners promotion - player predictions and how it might work- Answering questions from you guys- *New* Dryside has a challenge for Chuff

SPECIAL RELEASE! We’re putting out the first half of our last subscriber episode in order to tip the scales in the UK elections To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod.

They may have defeated the Basilisk, but that are still areas of the cave that our heroes are yet to explore, and dangers within besides. Will they find Lady Helaine within? And will they get any more clues as to her captors?

Warning: This podcast contains strong opinions, rants, words and complete and utter honesty. You wanted more, you asked for it and we are giving it to you - it's Loose Lips: Extra Lippy!Each Thursday we’ll be bringing you that little bit extra lip - more rants, more advice and more nonsense!On this week's Loose Lips: Extra Lippy, when pooing down an alley leads to marriage and kids, the importance of talking about our nunns, rants on filming concerts and men being dropped in dick extensions, and another strange object used to wipe your bum.-------Keep an eye out for new episodes every Monday and Thursday!Drop us an email: looselipspod@gmail.comSend us a voicenote: 07395 346 101Tag us: #looselipspod on Instagram and TwitterFollow us on Instagram: @luisazissman @annawilliamsonofficial-------A Create Podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fi and Jane are joined by comedian, actress, writer and host of the Griefcast podcast Cariad Lloyd to talk death, Jane Austen, celebrities in pet shops and famous people called Dick.

This week the guys are joined once again by the First Lady of the podcast, Megan Bain.   This weeks topics include Jordans new job, getting a dog, drilling your nut sack in half, Old Firm bets, Wetherspoons womans toilets, and much more..... Including Braw Or Naw, Football News, Watching/Listening This Week. If you wouldn’t mind subscribing to the show on iTunes, it helps the show out a lot and would be greatly appreciated. You can do that here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/monkey-sword-fight/id1346837791?mt=2 Follow us here on podbean: https://monkeyswordfight.podbean.com/ Don’t forget, the guys are always looking for your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch at: monkeyswordfightpodcast@gmail.com You can contact the guys on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/MonkeySwordFightPodcast/ Or on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/MSF_podcast SOCIAL MEDIA: www.twitter.com/Wagjuanpatrice www.twitter.com/_MDotts www.twitter.com/macapella @MissMeganBain Hosts: Jordan Patrick & Mike Dotts Guest: Megan Bain  Producer: Andy Macfarlane TIMECODE: 00:00:00 - Intro & Words With Dotts 00:02:00 - Sponsor Shoutout (Paul Patrick Plumbing & Heating) 00:02:30 - Listener Feedback & Social Media 00:07:20 - Current Events Chat (Incl: Asia Argento, #Me Too, Twitter, and much more) 00:48:54 - Football News Part 1 (Bryce Mitchell, Celtic’s problems, Rangers momentum and more) 00:56:40 - “The Flashback” (A hilarious look back at previous comments made on the show) 00:57:34 - Football News Part 2 (An Old Firm bet is proposed by Jordan) 01:16:42 - Braw Or Naw (Incl: Using the middle urinal, cologne in nightclub toilets, waffles and more) 01:27:21 - Watching/Listening To This Week (Incl: Man City: All Or Nothing, Night & Day podcast, Final Destination and much more)  

Kaala and Chuff have finally reached the top of the mountain! They’re about to find the treasure! But there are some surprises along the way…and more surprises to come as we wind down Season 2 of Peace Out! The second half of today’s episode does not have much movement so be prepared to get really comfortable while you listen during that part of our relaxation story! Enjoy!

In this episode, we talk about helping others. Our main characters are Kaala, a red panda, and Chuff, a snow leopard. Red pandas are an endangered species and snow leopards are a vulnerable species. You can learn more about both beautiful animals and how you can help at worldwildlife.org or another animal charity.

Zzzzz…Kaala and Chuff are very sleepy after a long swim and journey to meet another group of red pandas. As they rest and dream, we’ll do the same with some new breathing and gentle movement exercises. We end this relaxation story with a little lullaby, so this is a good one to listen to before bedtime!

Today we talk about being happy! Kaala the red panda and Chuff the snow leopard have met someone special…find out who in this relaxation story as we talk about the feeling of happiness! If our stories make YOU happy, we’d be very grateful if you’d consider making a donation to Bedtime FM. Go to bedtime.fm/support for more details or to donate. Our entire team is made up of parent volunteers so any donation you make will help keep the lights – and the mics— on!

Feeling sad doesn’t feel good…but did you know that sadness can help us sometimes? We explore the feeling of sadness in this relaxation story with Kaala the red panda and Chuff the snow leopard. Check out the sources we used for more information on feeling sad and how to help your children cope with that.

Jealousy is a hard emotion to deal with or even admit to being. It brings out negative feelings that make us feel bad about ourselves. Kaala is feeling jealous of Chuff in today’s story and has to deal with those feelings. Find out what she does and how you can get over the feeling of jealousy too. Check out the links below for more resources on jealousy including sibling jealousy. A relaxation story for children ages 5–13 years old.

Chuff chuff chuff! Warm up your bone marrow for more than half an hour's worth of content. Hands up who loves content? Well we do too. That's why we've done this content at you. We chat about some interesting news stories from the Evening Standard and waffle on for a bit. Then we get down and dirty on the fitness topic by going on about an Australian fitness instagram guru and whether she's right for the world and then take a look at the NHS's advice on how to stay fit. It's all superbly entertaining. The Mid 20s Crisis is side gig project that earns no money produces brilliant podcast.

Have you ever been in a bad mood or feeling grumpy and then realized that it’s because you were hungry or tired? Then you’ve been “hangry” before! Kaala’s new friend Chuff the Snow Leopard is usually very pleasant, but today she’s feeling hangry…I wonder how she’ll deal with that? We’re going to teach you a trick that parents or teachers may have used on you!

Colin and Chuff just want to have a nice show and talk about The Lego Batman Movie, but instead their radio waves get invaded from different dimensions!! Also Jonathan and his family are back with even more angst and more problems! Featuring: Colin Tandy, Ben Kurzrock, Chris Kim, Avalon Penrose, and Dewey Cassady. Hosts: Colin Tandy and Chris Kim CAST: Ben Kurzrock as The Blitz, Tina, A Wandless Wizard, Frozone Yogurt, Terry Gross, Paul F. Tompkins, Robot Hagrid, Jonathan the Angsty Teen Dewey Cassady as Tommy Vicadin, Scott Aukerman, Candace, Jonathan's Dad Hank Avalon Penrose as Heather, Jessica, Jonathan's Mom

Jonathan the angsty teen finds his way to the station to market his new punk mixtape on SoundPop, little did he know his parents would follow. Colin and Chuff are confused. CAST Colin: Colin Tandy Chuff: Chris Kim Jonathan: Ben Kurzrock Mom: Avalon Penrose Dad/Grandpa: Dewey Cassady

Down at the station, early in the morning, See the little puffer trains, all in a row. Here comes the driver to start up the engine, PUFF! PUFF! PEEP! PEEP! Off we go! Down at the station, early in the morning, See the little puffer trains, all in a row. Here comes the driver to start up the engine, CHUFF! CHUFF! TOOT! TOOT! Off we go! Down at the station, early in the morning, See the little puffer trains, all in a row. Here comes the driver to start up the engine, CLICKETY CLACK! CLICKETY CLACK! Off we go!

Pulsing & Throbbing With A Life Of Its Own Hello, and welcome to episode 219 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week we're returning to the world of Marvel Two-in-One as Luke Cage, Power Man tangles with both The Thing and a pair of giant green shins. It's the semi-tragic tale of Braggadoom, The Mountain That Walked Like A Man, that only gains its tragic nature if you ignore the multiple deaths and the sheer scale of city-wide destruction. We're asking only the most important questions on this podcast - just what do a plotter, two scripters, a penciller and an inker think a mountain looks like anyway? Joining us for this historic first team-up between Luke Cage and any member of the Fantastic Four is Joe Cunningham. He's the host of Cinematic Universe, a guide to comics adaptations on screens both big and small, and he joins us to investigate the relative sizes of boats and bridges, and to wonder just what would happen if this comic featured Chuff and Spack - The Mountains That Walked Like A Man! Cinematic Universe can be found at cinematicmultiverse.com, and Joe can be found on twitter where he is @JoeCunningham14 Send in your feedback to fantastic4podcast@gmail.com, leave your comments at the libsyn site, or at www.TheFantasticast.com. Follow us on twitter, where we are @fantasticast The Fantasticast is Patreon supported. Visit www.patreon.com/fantasticast to donate and support us. The Fantasticast is part of the Flickering Myth Podcast network. Original artwork by Michael Georgiou. Check out his work at mikedraws.co.uk Episode cover design by Samuel Savage.

Okay, so I've slacked off with the podcast over the past week or so. But there's been a good reason. Essentially, I've felt like something was missing. After sitting down and having some deep thinking time, I realised that my passion is not JUST this self-development and mindset stuff. But also the health, wellness and nutrition stuff I almost fell out of love with last year. The Bigger Vision! So the past few weeks I've been trying to spin both plates of setting up a health coaching business and doing this podcast. Then I realised I was screwing it all up because these two things actually fit together perfectly. So in this episode I tell you about how I'm building on this podcast to give you even MORE amazing info and inspiration. I want to inspire you to be the very BEST version of yourself, so you can take on the world with all the clarity, happiness and energy possible. And become a TRUE 'Enlightened Entrepreneurial Badass' in every sense of the word and in all facets. That means not JUST self-development 'mindset' stuff. But creating a foundation of optimal mind, brain, body and soul function. So you can live a kickass life. I explain further in the episode. Enjoy! You can listen via the player at the top of the page. Or head over to iTunes and subscribe there for Apple lovers, and over on Stitcher for non-Apple peeps. Love, Laughter & Light, Mike P.S. If you haven’t done so already, click here to join my Facebook group and engage with all the other dudes and dudettes in the Enlightened Entrepreneurial Badasses tribe!  

Happy All Hallows Day! With the season of horror behind us, the team are choosing to focus on the cheerier aspects of life, such as the apocalypse, half a toddler, the eradication of all things cinnamon Danish, Nicholas Cage, a dead man's legacy, pantomimes, botched head transplants, bulging pucks of fermented hell fish, and Millwall supporters. Youtube's own HowtizerBug joins for a quick bit of doom chanting.   Thank you to our community contributors Captain Sickbeard & Rikard for their topics.   Hosts this issue are Tom, Taz, Kel, Andy & Beth.   Tom would like to apologise for getting so drunk he turned into a bit of a plank that made no sense what so ever. Joke’s on him, hope you find it funny.   Taran’s novella on the Amazon Kindle Store! Walking Out: A Post-Urban Legend Go read more about the book and link to buy here: http://www.pottopicpodcast.com/news/walking-out-a-post-urban-legend/   Chris /HowtizerBug’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/HowitzerBug   Website: www.pottopicpodcast.com Email: emails@pottopicpodcast.com Twitter & Periscope: @pottopicpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/pottopicpodcast Tumblr: headgreebo.tumblr.com Instagram: @pottopicpodcast & why not use #pottopicpodcast & view our "Community Pics" on our site   Intro & Outro Music Credit: “Meatball Parade” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See site for more details: pottopicpodcast.com

Twisted's Darkside Podcast 101 MIKEY MOTION & CHUFF aka THE GRUESOME TWOSOME (UK) [ CAT: DARKPOD101] 01. The Gruesome Twosome - 02. The Gruesome Twosome - M's On 03. The Gruesome Twosome - Took Er Du 04. The Gruesome Twosome & Disturbia - Return Of The Warrior 05. The Gruesome Twosome - Mass Confusion 06. Disturbia - Killed Silence 07. The Gruesome Twosome - Ketamine Sway 08. Dj MadDog - Enter The Time Machine (Amnesys Re-Enter Rmx) 09. Dj MadDog - A Night Of Madness (Biorekk Rmx) 10. Miss K8 - Unforgetable 11. Evil Activities - Never Fall Asleep (Tha Playah Rmx) 12. The Gruesome Twosome - The Rock N Rolla 13. The Gruesome Twosome - Natural Born Killaz 14. The Gruesome Twosome - Kill Everyone 15. The Gruesome Twosome - Periods Of Insanity 16. The Gruesome Twosome - Devistation 17. The Gruesome Twosome - The Trigger 18. A-Trax - A Message From Mikey [ Direct Download ] Find more about the artists: http://www.facebook.com/Mikey.Motion.Official http://www.facebook.com/stephen.hinshelwood.5 Find out more about Twisted's Darkside Podcast: http://twisted.fm/podcast_darkside.htm ~TWISTED EVENTS LINKS~ www.twisted.fm www.facebook.com/twisted.events.official www.twitter.com/twisted_events www.youtube.com/user/TwistedEventsTV @twisted-events ~OTHER TWISTED SITES~ www.impactscotland.co.uk www.infexious.tv www.motormourhrecordz.com www.twistedartists.com www.ibizahard.com

Twisted's Darkside Podcast 080 BARTOCH (France) Darkside Glasgow Warm-Up Mix [ CAT: DARKPOD080 ] 01. Chuff & Mikey Motion - Natural Born Killaz 02. Lunatic & Miss Hysteria - Life Before Death (Bartoch RMX) 03. Bartoch & Marc Osmate - Hell's Kitchen 04. ID - ID 05. Lowroller - Erosion Mechanic 06. Cyane - Ass Social Bitches (Bartoch RMX) 07. Lenny Dee - Fucking Hostile (The Outside Agency RMX) 08. Negative A - Trash Talk 09. Bartoch - Californian Girl 10. Bartoch - Fuck XTC 11. Tieum - Ready to Party (EST RMX) 12. EST - Darkfallus 13. Stocker - Gamemaker (Bartoch & Cyane RMX) 14. Bartoch - Im the Danger 15. Bartoch - Magician Dancing 16. Damn & Ezlo - Disco Frequencies 17. Bartoch & The Punisher - Push it the Balls 18. UVC - is death (Tieum RMX) 19. Promo - Fuck them Followers (D-Passion RMX) 20. EST - Fuck off Haters 21. Bartoch - Eastcost Ravers 22. Al Twisted - Smash your Face (Bartoch RMX) 23. Negative A & Counterfeit - Ritual Killing 24. X-Mind & Zeta Reticuli - One Chance (Bartoch RMX) 25. Bangkok Raavers - Shemalle Roulette 26. Section Grabuge - Policia (RMX 2012) ~TWISTED EVENTS LINKS~ www.twisted.fm www.facebook.com/twisted.events.official www.twitter.com/twisted_events www.youtube.com/user/TwistedEventsTV @twisted-events ~OTHER TWISTED SITES~ www.impactscotland.co.uk www.infexious.tv www.motormourhrecordz.com www.twistedartists.com www.ibizahard.com

Ding dong:Episode Eighty OneIs mixing porridge with Alka Seltzer a dangerous activity for kids? Does Helena Bonham-Carter wear trackie bottoms? And what's all this got to do with the Queen's chuff. It's a Saturday Special.