The Collective Journey

Meghan and Harry Won't Hear This But You Will

Who is ready for us to spill the Royal Tea on the Oprah Interview with Meghan and Harry? This interview was watched by billions of people across the globe. For the most part we had different opinions to bring to the table on this one. We discussed how Meghan spoke openly about going through depression and have suicidal thoughts during pregnancy. On one hand we would like to thank her for being so courageous and brave by sharing her personal experience. We put such an unrealistic pressure on women in society that the marriage and starting a family brings you every ounce of happiness that you could ever need or want. Which is not entirely true life is more complex than that and when women fall short of that "fairy tale of happiness" we often pressure them into feeling ashamed or embarrassed for not being entirely happy. In a way it gave all women all over the world who could resonate on some level with her overall experience permission to speak openly about their experiences without feeling ashamed or embarrassed 

 

On another hand it was disappointing to see that it took Prince Harry to marry and start a family to truly understand the complexity of racism and what it really looks like to be an advocate for mental health and not just a face for it. We were upset the interview didn't truly dive into anything he may be experiencing right now. It could of been a great shift for the male population in moving away from the "toxic masculinity" that we breed into society. 

 

Either way we wish them well in their new transition and what we wanted you all to take away this week is how important it is to never feel ashamed or embarrassed to ask for help when it comes to your mental well being. What does the flight attendant say when the plane is going down? Put your oxygen mask on first then help others. 

 

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What Is Reiki?

Have you ever seen a Reiki Provider before? Or are you asking "NO BUT WHAT IS REIKI?!?" Ok let's explain Reiki is a Japanese form of alternative medicine for energy healing. We had the opportunity to sit down with Reiki Provider Hazel Tomita who currently works at with MWR Yoga and Massage Studio on Pulaski here in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC). In this episode we get into what you need to know about Reiki and if could be for you or maybe not. Hazel shares her own journey with becoming a Reiki Provider and Courtney opens up about her personal Reiki session and how she met Hazel. Don't worry it didn't stop there she also shared her own life philosophies and personal mantras she goes by. If you're looking for a new perspective on life or fill stuck in some area this episode is definitely for you. 

 

 

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Have You Watched The Britney Spears Documentary?

We're dissecting and discussing the Framing Britney Spears Documentary this week. Have you watched it yet? The documentary is a huge call to mental health awareness that we need to take as a society. It was very interesting to look back at the interviews that were conducted with Britney Spears and how normalized it was to ask such age in appropriate questions. Was Diane Sawyer out of her lane for publicizing her personal breakup or was she being a good reporter? What happened to being a good human? After watching this documentary we realized how much "feeding the beast" is causing an uproar of toxicity. Do you think we've grown as a society and become more emotionally intelligent since then? Let us know!

 

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Becoming Parents Abroad in Europe

Today's a unique episode we decided to open up about our experience becoming parents in abroad. We just hit another milestone with our son and thought this would be the best time to share what this journey has been like for us. We share the details of what it was like figuring out whether we should give birth at the American Military Hospital or the Local German Hospital and why we chose the one that we did. We are very open and honest about what our birth plan was and why. We also share how Courtney went into early labor while visiting Luxembourg when her parents had just arrived for the birth. We always hear about the Mothers point of view on pregnancy but no one ever asks the Dad what his thought or postpartum concerns are so Courtney dived into that conversation with Abe to share his personal insights. 

 

Special Side Note from Courtney and Abe: Be kind after listening to our Birth Story we love delivering a very unrefined and unpolished message to you guys each and every week. We did not shy away from that this week either. We shared what our real thoughts were as we ventured through this new journey. This is a very sensitive subject as we understand for anyone that is a parent and we think all birth plans and birth stories are extremely incredible stories to be told as they are all different. Courtney took the time to open up very honestly on what her thoughts were behind our birth plan. Regardless of what your experience or plan may have been please be kind about ours and we will send you a thank you in advance! 

 

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Stocism and Stocks

IT'S ANOTHER MONDAY and we are dishing about Stocism and Stocks?

Brace yourself we are starting a book club we are asking you guys to join us in our reads! We just picked up "The Daily Stoic"  366 Meditations On Wisdom, Perserverance and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephan Hanselman. Two week's into this book and it's good AF as a matter of fact it's so good that we knew we needed to share it with you guys and get you all in on it too. If you're anything like Courtney you are probably wondering WTF Stoicism is and why should you be practicing it?! That's ok check out the cliff notes before you purchase if you're skeptical but it's worth your buck. Don't forget to tag us on IG if you join us in our new read. 

DISCLAIMER: Today's episode is not giving financial advice or guidance.

We share what our upbringing was like and how it shaped our individual financial knowledge today. We live in a fast paced society where having the latest and greatest is key to what we perceive as success. But how many of you listening actually take care of your piggy bank? How do you take care of it? Are you living paycheck to paycheck?  The Stock Market..some of us know exactly what we're doing and some of us are so incredibly intimidated by it we would never dream of the day we would be trading. Abe shares his journey in trading and what his key points are to finding good materiel to educate yourself to become a trader. A few takeaways from today's episode  1) invest in your financial knowledge game 2) be proactive with growing your piggybank  3) the most important lesson we both learned when we were younger was it is so important that YOU ARE ALWAYS ALIGNED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME FINANCIAL VALUES AND GOALS AS YOU! 

 

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Why You Should Be Practicing Yoga

How many times have you heard about yoga and thought..NAH not for me..not for me? Yoga is for everyone not just people who only drink green juices and shop at Trader Joes. This week Courtney dives into her yoga journey and how she's been in the "beginner" stage for 8 years but uses it more for relaxing and stretching. Some of us do not want to learn how to bend ourselves into a pretzel but ALL of us want to learn how to wind down properly and Yoga teaches you that skill. Abe dives in with all the skills and benefits Yoga can teach you. So catch up with us this week on why you should be doing Yoga! Also let us know what your favorite type of Yoga is and if you prefer to do it in a studio or home.

 

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Mercury in RX, Gamestop Hype, VR Headsets, Move Updates

Monday Monday Monday! The weekend is over already? Is anyone else going through some weird sh*t during Mercury in Retrograde? We are definitely looking for someone to drop some knowledge when it comes to this because we are both sort of clueless when it comes to Astrology. We couldn't avoid the Gamestop Hype so we got into that as well today. Do you own the Oculus yet? We also wanted to share with you guys our timeline to moving back to the United States and how close we are to finding out where we will be living next. Abe literally told me we get our list this week so keep your fingers crossed it's somewhere D O P E. 

 

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Evolve Your Generational Mindset

Join us this week as we F I N A L L Y brought on our first guest. I know you guys have been wondering if we were playing you or not with not bringing on a guest yet. But let's R E W I N D for a moment when we started this Podcast its original intentions was to share stories from our travels with all the people we've met along the way in life. We have traveled to so many places all over the world for work and for leisure. We were happy to pivot into bringing on our first guest. Arturo Rosales has served along side Abe since 2015 and has been a good friend of both of ours in Germany since 2018. He has an incredible story about growing up in California as an Immigrants Son, First Generation in the United States of America. He gets into the details about his families journey of what it was like being raised by parents who were from another country while not only immersing theirselves within American Culture but trying to raise a family. He took a moment to share his thoughts on us swearing in our First Madam Vice President. He also shared some truths on toxic masculinity he experienced as a young child through the world around him. It's always a good conversation when we have him around so be sure to check out this week's episode for more! 

 

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Time Thief

Monday Monday Monday, let's talk about how time can seem like it's your biggest thief. There's never enough time right? But how are you managing your time? We're getting into our time management hacks and how we maximize our extremely busy days juggling careers, relationships, parenthood and still finding ways to make personal time for ourselves. Yes it can be challenging but it can be done! 

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Think Like a Monk - By Jay Shetty

Power of Habit - By Charles Duhigg 

 

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De-Stress in Destruction

Sit back with us this week while we talk about how the New Year started off with complete unexpected mayhem and destruction. Despite what events are taking place in the world around us sometimes we have to unplug to keep our sanity in check. Gratitude Journals..Gratitude W H A T you are probably asking here us out before you say NAH I'M GOOD! A Gratitude Journal can help shift your mindset if you aren't in the write one. Mantras have you ever even heard of a Mantra before? Courtney discusses how the word Mantra was foreign to her until recently and Abe gets into his favorite Mantra. So what's yours? 

 

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