Question Your Garden

an introspective podcast intended for exploration of self

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0001-The Garden Metaphor - An Introduction to "Question Your Garden"

I love metaphors. I tend to be more logically minded and metaphors help tap into that emotional side of me, to bring congruence and understanding to the things happening in my life. Here, I explain my perspective of the metaphorical garden (big thanks to Emily Nagoski !) and the overall goals for this podcast. Truthfully, it's a method I'm exploring for my own healing, however, I feel sharing my own struggles can help others feel less alone...less broken. So, have a listen and stick around for more! I've got some meaty topics lined up and I'm excited about getting to them! Transcript from the show: _____________________ Normally, this is where I give you a synopsis of what today's episode will be about, but...It's my very first episode ever! I kinda think we need to go over some background on why this podcast is even here, ya know? The short story, it's about personal development and self-exploration; mostly my personal story, really. I...

And So It Begins

I explain this in my first podcast but, I guess you need a reason to listen in the first place, eh? Synopsis? Anxiety. Restlessness. Wine. Deliberation over my continued inability to audibly speak the words that live in my head. Fear of failure. Realization that listening to podcasts helps me, some days. Realization that recording me speaking is less threatening than recording a video of me speaking. Throwing caution to the wind and deciding to research possible names and get to writing “script” outlines. And here we are. At the time of this blog post, I have about 8 episodes outlined with 4 more in queue. I’ve surprised myself here. I mean, I knew I had things to say, I just didn’t realize that over the course of a couple of weeks, I’d be able to knock out quite that much content. Let it be known that we should probably give ourselves a little bit more credit, eh? So, bear with me. I have some recording to do when I can pin down some quiet, private time to do so. Th...

0003-Emotion Stuffing - What it can mean for relationships and friendships

As Emily Nagoski notes in her book, " Come As You Are ", "We've locked ourselves, culturally, into our own fear, rage, and despair." See, we learn, somehow someway at a young age to inhibit ourselves so we better fit in – so we can survive. In this episode, I explore some of the nefariousness that emotion stuffing has contributed to in my life. Transcript from the show: _____________________ Today, I want to chat about emotion stuffing because I'm grossly guilty of it. Your mileage may vary, of course, but emotion stuffing has been a big player in my lost friendships and relationships over the years. What's emotion stuffing? Well, it's pretty much as it sounds. You're going about your life as usual and something happens, and this feeling creeps in that you don't like. Maybe you're not exactly in the space to deal with that emotion (maybe you're in public, like school or work) or maybe you just especially hate it (l...