Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
According to Buddhist principles, the “monkey mind” is a term that refers to being unsettled, restless, or confused. It is the part of our mind that holds us back the most. What do you think about the Monkey Mind?
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Three Ways to Tame the Monkey Mind by Sharon Danzger
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: The Monkey Mind and How To Tame it: Zac Gandara
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He’s an ex-Mormon, father of an elderly chihuahua, and a stand-up comedian and artist who launched his full-time career after being featured on the TV Show Last Comic Standing. We sit down to talk about the importance of stories.
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COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA:
Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit.
CONTACT THE GUEST: Emmett Montgomery
FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 211: Stories, Their Importance, and Terror to Our Society: Emmett Montgomery
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Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio.
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So often, we cause ourselves needless suffering by expecting someone to give us all of the love we need. Not to mention how much stress it puts on our relationships. What if you could cultivate the love you needed? Self-Love is real, and it comes as we heal.
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SHOW NOTES:
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Are Your Relationships Serving You Well, Self-Love: Zac Gandara
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
- Anne Lamott
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Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
It’s Thanksgiving in America if you’re listening to this on the day it came out. Even though the origins of this holiday are more about conquerors taking over indigenous people, I’ve decided to instead focus on the positive. LOL!
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10 Ways to Be a More Thankful Person
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: 10 Ways to Be a More Grateful Person: Zac Gandara
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Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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Emmett is back! He’s an ex-Mormon, father of an elderly chihuahua, and a stand-up comedian and artist who launched his full-time career after being featured on the TV Show Last Comic Standing. This time he’s worked through the grief of losing his mother and ready for another year of Sugar Plum Gary.
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COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA:
Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit.
CONTACT THE GUEST: Emmett Montgomery
FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 210: Processing Grief and Sugar Plum Gary: Emmett Montgomery
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New listener and Fellow Loser Kelley wants to know if I still believe in the Jesus they told me he was? Maybe it’s all just shattered glass? Perhaps we need a broader view of spirituality, of humanity.
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SHOW NOTES:
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
- Anne Lamott
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Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Kanye West is now visiting Mega-Churches like Joel Osteen’s with his tour, and it’s triggering. He says he’s the greatest that God created; Trump said the same thing of himself. Maybe Narcissists need their own church? Perhaps they already have it?
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Kanye Is Spreading the Gospel of Conspiracy Theories
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Kanye is Spreading the Gospel of What?: Zac Gandara
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Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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Paul Turcott has been through a lot as a US Navy Veteran and human being. In years of work, he has indeed found the path of his life that gives him fulfillment and the power to transform, grow, and heal. As a mystic, he's found many practices, even dance, to be therapeutic, healing, and magical.
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CONTACT THE GUEST: Paul Turcott Facebook
FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 209: The Magic of Movement, Dance, and Action in Our Lives: Paul Turcott
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This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.
Fellow Loser Phee, sends in a recorded message asking how we go about “coming out” of the religious closet while knowing it may hurt people's feelings? People that have looked up to us, people we have led.
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SHOW NOTES:
MONDAY MELTDOWN: How Do You Make Life Changes Without Hurting Others: Zac Gandara
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
- Anne Lamott
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Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Fellow Loser and podcast listener Jeremiah writes in and asks: Do we attract certain people in our lives? Is there any way to un-attract people into our lives? Do these things move us into action and propel our future in ways that we don’t know?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
What is Your Attachment Style?
Why Do People Have a Type?: Why do we keep winding up in the same relationship with the same type of person?
THINKING THURSDAY: Attachment Theory: Zac Gandara
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Do We Attract Certain People in Our Lives?: Zac Gandara
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Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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