Str8Love Podcast

Jim and DP take an honest look into the dark places suicidal thoughts have taken both of them. While this is easily our darkest episode to date, it does end with some light. If you are feeling lost, alone or deeply depressed, please reach out to us via email. We are always here to listen. Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow us on Instagram  Give...

"....y ou yourself are the teacher and the pupil; you are the master; you are the guru; you are the leader. You are everything. To understand is to transform what is." //J. Krishnamurti DP and Jimmy do a book report on the "spirituality, self-help" based documentary, 'Kumare', and discuss what it means to follow, and what it means to lead.  Maybe they're one and...

This episode is more fulfilling and delicious than a bowl full of apple cinnamon Cheerios. DP & Jimmy start off by talking about how Jim would rather spend the night sleeping inside a bag filled with tarantulas instead of going to the photo shoot they have planned for this upcoming weekend. Then they try to strip away the layers of who we think we are in order to get in touch with our true ide...

How do you love yourself when it's hard to even like yourself? Self-Love is one of those concepts and practices that we can all benefit from exploring on a regular basis. DP and Jimmy may not have all the answers, but asking the questions is just as important. Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow us on Instagram  Give us a review on Apple or...

Jim and DP start off this episode by reliving their recent experience at the BLM protest they attended at the legislative building in Winnipeg. Then they veer off in a completely different direction and discuss whether or not they would choose to merge their consciousness with technology in order to become immortal.   Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happines...

In this episode, Jimmy and DP start things off by sharing a few personal stories about random acts of kindness, and how it feeds the soul. Then the guys jump head first into the Black Lives Matter movement that is rightfully rocking the United States of America.  Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow us on Instagram  Give us a review on Apple or S...

We've quarantined, isolated, distanced and sanitized. And now, we're back. The STR8.Love guys are happy to be recording, again - as they continue to search for familiarity in an unfamiliar time. We do a little bit of catching up from the last couple of months, and respond to a question from a male listener who wants to close the spiritual gap with his partner. Support the show Get your c...

DP and Jimmy are physically distancing themselves from each other, so they dug into the archives and uncovered an episode they recorded back in the fall of last year.  Listen close as we unleash the power of forgiveness.  Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow us on Instagram  Give us a review on Apple or Spotify Ask us a question, or leave us a vo...

Jim starts off the episode by spittin' a little conspiracy theory fire, before we share our personal views with the worldwide pandemic. We then go toe to toe on our opposing views and perspectives on what the STR8.Love Instragram account should be about, finishing up with some insightful commentary on the differences between guilt and shame. Don't worry, we're not breaking up.  Supp...

DP starts off this episode by talking about how much love was in the air during his 40th surprise birthday party. Then we unravel an Australian TV morning show program where the hosts openly mocked a wife and mother for being a genuinely lovely human being. The episode closes with a fresh perspective on the topic of perspective, where we explain how the world around you can be similar for everyone...

Jimmy and DP go deep on psychedelics, and share their own tales of how the use of certain substances has helped broadened their perspectives and opened their hearts. From the jungles of Peru to Jimmy's living room, hear about what it means to explore a realm that more and more people are willing to navigate. Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Fol...

....paint a penis on your house? The STR8.Love guys ramble on about Valentine's Day (also Derrick's 40th birthday!), Canadian culture and DP's "words to live by". We take a trip to the country of Bhutan to learn about Gross National Happiness, why the people of Bhutan so willingly embrace death and why there's wieners everywhere.  Support the show Get your copy of A T...

DP gets honest about a few pitfalls that he faced over the last couple of days, and how he willingly let things go from bad to worse. Then the guys delve into the depths of the connections between body, mind and spirit before making the astute observation that Usain Bolt was once a baby. Fascinating stuff.  Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow us...

DP & Jimmy address a very intriguing, and very real question from a listener about the pressures between the ideals of status over love. From there, the guys tackle addiction....to toxic relationships. Turns out, getting over an addiction to a toxic relationship can produce the same chemical reactions within your brain which is comparative to withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Because, Science....

Jim and DP go deep on self-Love, significant others, sex robots, social media and shower etiquette.  You also won't want to miss what's quickly becoming the "make Jimbo as uncomfortable as humanly possible" segment of our podcast.  Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow us on Instagram  Give us a review on Apple or Spotify Ask u...

Whatever your beliefs, whatever your traditions, whatever your convictions; the truth for us all speaks loudest from the heart.  From window shopping for meaning to the Bear Clan Patrol to compassionate robots the STR8.Love podcast knows there's always the choice of hope for the holidays. And, the future. Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Heart: Your Guidebook to Happiness Follow...

88 miles per hour? 1.21 gigawatts? Find out how Marty and Doc Brown harnessed the power of the flux capacitor to change the time-space continuum forever. Oh. No. Wait. Sorry. Join your STR8.Love hosts as they discuss the top five regrets of the dying and what it means to them. Not to mention a little bit of "time travel" of their own. Great Scott! Support the show Get your copy of A Than...

Delve into two separate but similar experiences on the path of meditation. How it started and where's it gone. How it makes sense and how some things just don't have an explanation.  A couple of first hand accounts on believing in what you can't see, getting uncomfortable (while relaxing your rear end) and jumping into the unknown.  Support the show Get your copy of A Thank-Full Hea...