Stumbling Through Enlightenment

During our Check-In this week, we speak with Jason, who is looking at his relationships. Jason speaks about differentiating between the relationships with his biological mother and the woman who felt more like a mother. Jason talks about looking into the positive aspects and experiences he had with his mother. We also explore the gratitude Jason feels for having found his “mom” and also some of th...

This week we check in with Edward and his progress through therapy as well as his need for more in life. Edward recounts his Christmas and how he utilized the things that he is learning about boundaries, and the trauma he experienced. We discuss the Fight, Flight, or Freeze reaction and break down the meanings which include responses such as Faun, Follow, and Please. At the end, we discuss how, th...

Disclaimer:  this special segment is about the January 6 attack on the capital building in the United States of America. This episode is not political,  and political views are not shared. This episode is solely based on the emotional and physical repercussions of witnessing the events that occurred on January 6.   In this special segment, Jason speaks about the events of Janua...

Jason tells us about his experiments with light filtering eyeglasses. He is finding the blue and amber ones are helpful for his eye fatigue while working on the computer, but he is concerned that it is blocking out the good light for his depression. The days have been very gray, and the weather has been chaotic which has influenced all our depression and especially Jason’s body. He is finding he i...

Lorri’s Back with another Check-in this week. This time she shares with us her Holiday experiences. Lorri explores with us the return of her Christmas spirit and the celebration that took place after years of bad Christmases. We talk about the both/and approach of being aware of the sorrow and feelings that this time of year brought her, but also the feelings of Joy that she found again this year....

Lorri starts off our podcast with a check-in around trauma responses while doing some research for one of our Deep Dives. Lorri shares with us her emotional experiences and how her Superficial Ego pulled her into a cycle of avoidance. Lorri also talks about her struggle with vulnerability. We learn some coping skills and take a deeper look at long seeded trauma and how it can affect our day to day...

Episode 37 – Is Work Working For You? Our Check-In this week, centers around Edward’s feelings of boredom and unfulfillment at work. Edward is trying to figure out what his boundaries are for life, especially when it comes to working. We discuss Edward’s past relationship with his job and how that affects his feelings on where he is now. The conversation takes a turn into Edward’s use of dreams an...

Lorri starts off our episode’s Check In with a dream she had about her significant other cheating on her. As with some dreams Lorri has a hard time shaking the feelings that this brings up. We talk about how our psyche can communicate with us through our dreams. We discuss the meanings we can take from the dream and Lorri shares with us how she navigated the aftermath not only with herself but als...

We start out this week’s Check in with a story from Edward about boundaries. Edward tells us about backsliding with his boundaries with his mother. He made a commitment with no regard to his personal needs. He was able to go back and healthily set a boundary with his mother, choosing himself over the drama and the enmeshment. The Deep Dive this week revolves around the use of algorithms in our soc...

Our Check-In this week begins as Edward shares some of his continuing experience navigating his anxiety, depression, and medication use. Edward has found that the medication has brought his anxiety to a place where he feels he can work with it. Jason shares some of his experience and advice from one of the med managers that worked for him. This starts a conversation about what “normal” feels like...

We start out in this week’s Check-In with our Thanksgiving stories. Jason starts us out with talking about his Thanksgiving being quite different this year due to COVID, but also the missing presence of his parents. Edward’s Thanksgiving was spent at work yet was nice and family-oriented. Lorri’s Thanksgiving was spent with a small group of family and ended with laughing around the television watc...

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we start out our Check-In with some gratitude and good news in our lives. Lorri Shares with us the reaction of people to her, now open, store. Edward shares with us another large sale in he is beginning Online business. This time an organic sale he was grateful for but not ready for. Edward also shares with us progress on his boundary setting with his mother. Jason te...

In this week’s Check-In Jason speaks about his reaction to an event that turned a place that was safe to him for so many years, to a place that is no longer safe. Jason and Lorri discuss the wonderfully warm days we have experienced recently and utilizing the time to finish up some chores around the house before winter. Edward is faced with an old trigger around money and seems to be handling it b...

This week’s Check-in starts by being all about sleep. Jason is battling with his arch-nemesis: sleep. Edward finds out that what he is experiencing for sleep issues right now is what most people live with regularly. Lorri and Jason share with us stories of their frequent bathroom breaks and sleeping habits. We then transition to speaking about bathroom routines, safety, and comfort. Our Deep Dive...

This week finds Jason still working with his garden, but also dealing with escalation at work. Edward speaks about his continuing experience being on medication for the first time in a long time. We discuss how to live with the absence of background anxiety that has been present for so long. Edward also brings up his current work with setting boundaries with friends and family. Lorri adds to the c...

check-inThis week’s check in, Jason is seeing green! The year-end harvest and garden clean up has left Jason hyper-focused. Edward talks about the shortening of the light and the experience of getting up before the sun. Lorri chimes in with the season of darkness comments and the discussion evolves from there. Lorri talks about unpacking her items in the new store, and new business thoughts going...

This week for our check-in Edward talks about his continuing journey through the mental health system. He speaks about working with his new therapist and a medication provider. He also shares a fun story about finding treasures and a resurgence of interest in selling online. Lorri relays to us her story about the deep work she is doing around boundaries currently. She speaks about some of her issu...

This week’s check-in finds Jason learning more about his employers. He had concerns which he voiced and received back an answer that made him feel like he wasted his time. We discuss how this feels and how he is handling the emotions that this brought up. Edward talks about a serendipitous event that spurs a bout of activity through repotting plants and planting mushrooms. Lorri tells about an eve...

This week’s check-in comes from a conference call with everyone in their respective homes. Edward starts off talking about the anxiety around starting therapy and catching up on Continuing Education Units for his work. Jason talks about planning his Anniversary and his reaction to some feelings that came up around it. Lorri fills us in on the continuation of her shop and some interesting moments i...

This week we decided to start our recording later in the day. Lorri starts us off by speaking about what precipitated that and how it affected her day. This leads into a discussion about sleep and a bit of insight into our day to day lives. Edward speaks about the realizations that have lately come about from his leaving of a high adrenalin career to one that is in most ways low key. Jason talks a...

Our Check-in, this week, starts out with new home improvement projects in Jason’s world. A tale unfolds of ups and downs, triumphs, and disappointments as Jason Shares with us the impromptu project in his living room. Lorri has similar news as work continues on her shop. She is installing flooring and cleaning out the old to make way for the new. Edward also has news to share, but of a more emotio...

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 storefront. 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 feeling from the community of people he lives near and works with. Jason excite...

This week we find ourselves all in a downtime 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 Kayaking adventures. Lorri speaks about some of the things that she is dealing with at the moment. Edward, who has been working through a bout of de...

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 conversation evolves into compassion, and how we speak with those around us which naturally leads to the topic for our three-part series on The Eight Fold Path. In our Deep Dive Segme...

We start off this episode, with a check-in that leads to a discussion of the deep blue ocean. We speak about fears around the ocean, the mysteries within that hold our fascination, and some of our experiences. We also speak about Lorri’s house projects and the progress she has made with them. Jason shares with us his continuing struggle around his disconnect with his body around a recent injury. E...