Tears for Gaza amidst Disney rides and face farts (Ep.14)

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10/25/23 • 31 min

Kori starts things off with a bang - or rather a toot - relaying her latest mom-of-toddler antics, and Laura shares briefly her family vacation that involved Disney and dolphins. While Laura was in the happiest place on earth, Gaza experienced brutal attacks, bringing both Kori and Laura to tears - and feelings of anger. In this episode, the women acknowledge the complexity and nuance this topic deserves and promise to point to informed sources for better details, but they elevate values all of us should be able to get behind - liberation, full rights, protecting children and innocent civilians, peace, safety, hope for a future, as well as rejecting anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and genocide. Kori makes connections between Free Palestine and Black Lives Matters, and encourages us to remember more than one truth can exist at the same time, creating cognitive tension. The ladies share ideas for how we can impact change in this dire situation. Potential actions include voting, calling your federal representatives to demand a ceasefire and humanitarian aid, donating to nonprofits serving the region, learning and reading more about the history of the region, using your social media feed to call attention to human impacts, diversifying your sources of information, sending light, energy and safety for folks on the front lines of diplomacy and humanitarian aid, and most importantly, checking on the people in your Jewish and Muslim, Palestinian, Israeli, and Arab friends and family members - who feel their existence is threatened in this moment. Be kind, find common humanity, and avoid the temptation to oversimplify the matter to one good and one bad side.

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Adult children of divorce, Stockholm syndrome, and the Golden Bachelor. (Ep.13)

Keith and Laura share their experiences as adult children of divorce and Kori asks great questions and shares her noticings. We discuss infidelity, growing in maturity as well as growing apart, mental health and the impact of treatment, financial dependence, and sudden endings to what we considered solid ground for our whole lives. We all agree that it’s hard to think of our parents as flawed people, and also acknowledge that none of our parents are angels or demons - it takes two. In reconfiguring family structure, Laura and Keith share how they view themselves, their values, their interactions with their dads’ new significant others, and healthy relationships and boundaries after this formative experience. We share encouragement for those who share our experiences, and would offer to anyone - don’t just stay together for the kids! Laura reflects on the challenges of the timing of divorce: kids usually receive emotional support whereas adult children are expected to move on unaffected. Laura also shares about estrangement from her mother, her rationale for doing so, and why it’s so central to her parenting. Bonus content: Keith wants to nominate his mom for the Golden Bachelor - which Laura is of COURSE watching and cannot get enough of - or listeners can send eligible, kind, senior male information our direction for a full screening. 🙂 Laura shares about her dad’s days of going to the club while living in her house, Keith shares the mind-effery he experienced when his dad began acting counter to the values he instilled in his sons, Kori shares her family’s adorable personalized license plate, and Laura thanks her friends and her doctor that first prescribed an anti-depressant for her. Bless that man!

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Use your voice - ceasefire and Election Day (Ep. 15)

Episode 15 is a minipod because life has bowled us over. Fall is so very full and intense, and we know you know. Given our limited time, we wanted to encourage listeners to raise their voices in two important ways - to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to exercise their right to vote in elections.

First, Laura encourages us to not look away, and Kori reminds us that empathy is like a muscle that we have to exercise. Don’t harden your heart or lose hope, but call on your federal representatives to demand a ceasefire. Also continue sharing on social media, integrate diverse voices on your feed, and check on your friends. We’re reminded that Bravo TV shows, namely The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, are good entertainment but not the best place to go for life advice (hehe).

And second, Tuesday, November 7 is Election Day in the U.S. and state and local races matter so very much. These folks decide what’s legal/accessible in your state, your tax rates, what books are allowed on library shelves (!!!) and so much more. It’s hard to find good information about local candidates, so go to those impacted and for trusted voices in your community. For example, which school board candidates have endorsements of educators? Which are funded by political action committees and out-of-state money? Think critically and make choices that support expanded freedom - particularly for the vulnerable. And these races are decided by NARROW margins! As Snap sings, you’ve “Got the Powah!”

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