Incoming with Margie Avery

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions Acceptance is not the same thing as agreement, and forgetting that is costing us our peace. In this episode, I discuss why courtesy, patience, and civility seem to be disappearing—and why we should be able to disagree without trying to control one another. If you’re exhausted by constant outrage and division, this conversation offers a calmer perspective....

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions AI is everywhere right now, but how much of the hype is real? In this episode, I share my experience using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity for research, writing, and accounting work. I discuss AI hallucinations, privacy concerns, the reality behind the job-loss headlines, and some practical ways to use these tools safely and effectively....

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions Ever notice how five outlets can declare five different “best” cities—or how a celebrity is “broke” on Monday and “booming” by Friday? We dig into the mechanics behind those whiplash headlines and unpack why modern media often rewards your outrage more than your understanding. From clickbait tactics to the slippery use of “an unnamed source,” we map how at...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions Ever notice how our outrage shifts depending on who’s holding the megaphone? We take a hard, honest look at immigration, enforcement, protest tactics, and the stories we tell to excuse what we’d condemn in our opponents. The goal isn’t to score points—it’s to find the ground where compassion and consistency can both stand. We start by pulling immigration d...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions I examine how assimilation, legality, and faith collide in daily life, asking where respect ends and prejudice begins. Through personal stories and current examples, I argue for reciprocity, equal standards, and the courage to push back against one-way demands. • judging behaviors not entire religions • reciprocity as the baseline for respect • language, v...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions We hear a lot of anger directed at the President — but many of the laws people are frustrated about don’t actually start there. In this episode, we take a closer look at how Congress shapes major policies, why lawmakers play a bigger role in creating laws than most people realize, and how understanding that structure can change the way you look at current...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions So I'm back just in time for another election year and hopefully not a revolution. Unless it's a good revolution. This episode I'm just taking a high-level view of the factions in the United States and kind of in the world today. I'm not digging deep and economics or trying to solve the world's problems here. Just tapping into peop...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions Some days when you just don't feel good about your life you sit around and tear yourself down. Mostly because you're looking at the person next to you thinking they did it so much better than you did. Today I'm going to provide you proof that that's a lie. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get p...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions So I don't know if you heard, but apparently there's a Civil War going on at your local target. Today I use that as a touchstone to dig little deeper into the real issue going on here. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and found them to...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions The hint is in the title, today I am a little lighthearted with some innocent gossip. It is royal coronation news!  Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and found them to hit all the marks. Lots of techie gadgets and safety features.  They did give m...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions In today's episode, I get a little political and a little controversial, hoping it will shake you into thinking. I don't care what side of the issue you're on or what the issue is I don't have any respect for anyone who blindly jumps on the bandwagon. I have the utmost respect for someone who has researched and thought out an issue befo...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions I bet you never thought of being happy is something to be found. Too often, we let fear stop us from finding the life that we really want and therefore being happy. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and found them to hit all the marks. Lots of tec...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions Every day with bombarded with news in the feed on our phone and the opening screen, we turn on our computers at work. Despite everyone trying to tell us what bad journalism it is, we keep believing it. We have arguments with with friends and family about the topics that they raise in the news. Do you ever stop and apply real fat to it. Because that's...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions So you have addiction and then habits, sounds simple but it's not. I correct my previous statements on addiction and discuss what makes them so different . Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and found them to hit all the marks. Lots of techie...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions What consumes your mind controls your life so the saying goes. Today's episode I talk about the things that we a lot of consumer mind in our time. At the cost of our mental health. Share my thoughts on how to get around the political rhetoric in the not so educated influencers. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do no...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions No, I have not switched to a format about gardening. Talking about weeding wrong people out of your life choosing who is the pretty flowers and who is the weed invading your entire garden of your life. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and found t...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions The battle rages on for women. I chat about progress we have made and where we can do better. How we can advocate for ourselves and how we have to be vigilant that we are not giving away hard fought ground. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and fo...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions So the name is misleading, sorry there is no secret sauce. But there is a method. I delve into the roadblocks keeping you from mental happiness.  Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was in search of a safe cool helmet and found them to hit all the marks. Lots of techie gadgets and saf...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions You know, there's always a lot of talk in society about not coming down to hard on yourself. But the other side of that coin is not taking responsibility for anything for yourself. Today I talk about how you need to own things. Find your own flaws a little bit before you point out the flaws of the rest of the world, taking responsibility leads to havi...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions Don't know if you guys have been following the Senate hearings with ex Twitter executives, today I delve into that. A social media is taking advantage of us. How that goes against what I tell you is the path to having a happy life. Don't let anyone take advantage of you not even social media despite how fun it is Support the show Looking for a gr...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions We use the term influencers a lot today I talk about how dangerous it be how we can be negatively influence and why we need to do more of a run thinking. Also some new additions that I'm putting in the show and I'm gonna cover that in today's episode. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions The topic of addiction is so broad that I felt the need to do a second episode about it. Some things happened lately. They got me thinking about it from broader angles than where I first covered it since today's episode, I go a little bit more in detail. Some of the things that we count as addiction and some of the things that are addictive but we nev...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions If you've ever heard the term imposter syndrome, you're going to want to listen to this episode. I delve briefly into what the term means, and how I think that it impacts most of our lives in ways that we may not have thought. I give my thoughts on how you can combat its disruptive nature. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check ou...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions I dig deeper into what is actually needed to get rid of negativities and find happy. I talk a little bit about people bringing past negativity into their new life. Big public example, prince Harry's book release. People on social media espousing how to get negative toxic people out of your life in a horribly angry way. Support the show Looking for a g...

💬 Text Margie your thoughts or questions We talk a lot about addiction and society but it can sometimes get confusing what we're addicted to. This episode I talked about all of the addictions that most of us have in our life how to know if there ones that you need to shake today. Support the show Looking for a great bike helmet check out Unit .  I do not get paid in any way from them. I was...