Stumbling Through Enlightenment

This week’s episode is all about Attachment styles. We begin by taking one of the tests that can easily be found online. We talked about the questions and answered them which gave us scores. The scores alone did not tell us much, but through some reading, and delving into the subject we have started the journey of understanding our individual attachment styles. Our Deep Dive is the explanation por...

This week we start off with Jason for our Check-In. Jason has shared with us in the past that he has a recurring nightmare. Every time he has had the nightmare it has been basically the same. This week Jason shares with us how his nightmare has changed. Instead of starring his wife it stars his biological mother. We talk about this breakthrough and what it means for him and the work he is doing ar...

Our Check-In this week is a fun life update for Jason and Edward. Jason has another adventure kayaking with the family on the river again. Having learned their brutal lesson from their last adventure, the family shortened the trip and went with the current. This of course made for a more pleasant experience. Edward’s week involved pulling a muscle in his side not just once, but three times. He did...

This week’s Check-in finds Jason getting closer to the wedding and vacation. Jason’s history with vacations has not always been positive, so getting ready for vacation is an emotional and mental chore as well as a physical one. Leading up to his vacation Jason questions a work situation he experienced. The conversation turns over to being human in the mental health field. We discuss it being ok sa...

In this episode, we start we start out speaking about the dangers of chickens crossing the road as Jason laments the eventual end of one of his free-range chickens. We then speak about our behaviors of how we walk with people and why. This spring we had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Denise Corell. Denise is a medium and psychic who shares her stories with us about triumphs and trials. She...

Edward checks in about his depression and some of the work he has been doing. Edward shares with us a difficult topic in his life. Relationships as a whole and romantic relationships specifically, are difficult areas in his life. Edward shares his anxieties at the prospects. Jason and Edward talk about the feelings associated and the need for growth. Jason tells us about his week and some good fee...

This week we continue our rewind series with our all-time most listened to episode. This episode is from our first season. Episode 013 – Healing the Shame That Binds You and A Deeper Look at Being an Empath In this episode, we start out speaking about the book “Healing the Shame That Binds You” by Dr. John Bradshaw. This life changing book unpacks unhealthy shame and differentiates between that an...

Jason is getting ready to attend a wedding with his wife in this week’s Check-In. The only challenge is trying to find something to wear. Jason doesn’t often “dress up” so finding clothes appropriately for a wedding is a little difficult. This is compounded by the fact that Jason has a hard time committing to an outfit that might not be as comfortable as he needs it to be. Jason talks about his ne...

This week we wrap up the overview of Buddhism from our first season.  This week we start out with good news. Lorri treats us with tails of her sick goat’s continued recovery, and the continuing work on her store front. When she tells us about a special glitter table she is working on, Jason introduces us to the concept of glitter bombs. Edward tells about the amount of support he has been fee...

As part of our Rewind series we continue to explore the Buddhist Eight Fold Path from Season 1. In this episode we focus on the ethical pillars. This week we find ourselves all in a down time emotionally but being able to appreciate some beautiful moments and episodes in our lives. We all agree that the waning light of the summer is starting to affect us. Jason brings us in with some stories of Ka...

While we are still on vacation we Rewind to part one of our first season special on the Buddhist Eight-Fold Path.  Episode 20 – The Buddhist Eight-Fold Path Part 1 of 3 This week we have felt particularly saturated and inundated with news of political, and world events. We speak about how it has infiltrated our lives in such a big way recently, and how we are working through it. The conversat...

This week, in our check in, Jason shares with us some challenges he has been having with his daughter and his concerns about it triggering him. Jason’s daughter has been shutting down recently. Sometimes when there’s conflict or uncomfortable situations that come up. Jason talks to us about being triggered and how he is experiencing the situation emotionally. Jason relates to us how being triggere...

In This episode we get a chance to sit down with Michelle and learn about her Ayahuasca experience. Starting out Michelle shares with us the story of her journey to Peru and what was going on in her life at the time, as well as the ups and downs during her experiences. We also get a chance to hear about how it has changed her life and what her plans are for the future. If you would like to reach o...

In this Episode we dive right into our review of the last year. We discuss favorite moments, surprises, ways we feel we've grown and much more. Please Join us for our year in review.

In this week’s episode we check in with Edward about progress he is making with tracking his emotions. A few weeks ago, Edward found himself caught in a bad space which, due to time blindness, he felt he had been in for far longer than he had. Since then, he has followed a suggestion from Jason to give him emotional context for the last few weeks. Edward also shares with us some of the good things...

We start out this week’s episode with Jason telling us that he is in a space of letting go. Along with some warmer weather that has prompted some “spring” cleaning, Jason has decided to let go of his flock of chickens. The warmer weather finds Jason and Edward tentatively hopeful that spring is around the corner and that summer is not far behind. This week’s Deep Dive centers around 10 adult relat...

This week’s Check In finds Edward in an interesting space. Having forgotten to restart his psych medications, Edward is experiencing a low and has been angry. Part of the Problem though, is that he feels like it has been this way since he got sick with COVID and stopped his medications. Jason reminds Edward that Just a couple of weeks ago Edward said he felt good and was getting things done. Throu...

Jason starts us off this week talking about his struggles feeling good enough. Jason has spoken about his dreams in the past. Today he speaks with us about what it feels like when he is having to separate the dream from reality. An altercation with his wife one morning sends him into a spiral after a night of dreaming. Jason talks about how he gets through it and how it affected his week. This wee...

This weeks Check-in comes at a great financial price. Jason starts us out with his story about an unexpected circumstance that cost him more than he had originally thought. Jason talks to us about a product he was having made. Usually, the process to make the product has a small yield for a certain amount of additive. However, the amount of product yielded was far greater than anticipated. Subsequ...

Our Check in this week, finds Edward continuing some work that he started while he was quarantined due to COVID. Realizing that the anger he feels now at certain events he lived through as a child, is only what he feels now as an adult. Having spent quite some time alone Edward started working through some of those childhood memories, trying to identify the emotions he was feeling in the moment an...

Jason starts us off with a check in about him dealing with the cold. The darkness and then the cold has made him wonder why he continues to live where he is. Jason identifies that because he moved so often when he was a child, he wanted to make sure that his children don’t have to go through that. The situation has left him feeling helpless. Jason and Edward discuss his plans to move once the chil...

This week we check in with Edward about life after COVID. Edward tells us that he did not lose his taste or smell but has lingering fatigue. To make it worse Edward is now experiencing true insomnia. Edward updates us on his decision not to go to work when asked, and we find out the reason why testing for COVID is not considered necessary by many organizations. Edward also shares with us the chaos...

Jason starts us off this week with some interesting news. Jason has purchased a snake! Jason has had a long-standing fear of snakes. As part of his working through that fear he decided to purchase a snake as a pet. He discusses with us the reasoning behind the fear and wanting to move through it. He also talk about the process of researching and learning about snakes in general, but also how to ta...

This week Edward is still under quarantine but feels well enough to do a check in through Zoom. Edward and Jason discuss what it was like for Edward to have COVID and how he is handling getting ready to back to work. Edward finds himself having his new work boundaries pushed as his manager is out once again due to COVID. Jason assists Edward with seeing how quickly he is giving up his boundaries n...

COVID has struck Stumbling Through Enlightenment. We are all doing well but have been unable to record. This week’s episode is a rebroadcasting of one of our most popular episodes from this last year. We hope to be back very soon with new material. This week’s episode finds Jason dealing with a situation that leads to a full-on panic attack. Jason has been preparing himself for an inevitable situa...