Positive Voices: How to Live a Happier, Fuller Life Realistically with Donna Hemmert

Brody hits us with the most common fears and phobias as well as the most RARE! Some of these you may have yourself, but others, you will not believe until you hear them! Join us for our second-to-last episode of the season! 

When the Brody is away, the Aussies come to play! This week, while Brody is camping in the Sequoias, Sarah brings in her Australian side of the family! In-laws Carolyn and David Jensen are in-house all the way from Melbourne and bringing a wealth of knowledge with them! 

Alongside Sarah's hunky husband Michael, the four of them discuss what makes Aussie language so unique and FUN AS HELL! We talk slang, colloquialisms and phrases and some random fun facts about the great country of Australia! 

Brody hits us with a DOUBLE feature! We talk about what it means to live a life of love, purpose and success as well as the happiest countries in the world! We talk the top countries rated for greatest life satisfaction, health score, stability, community, culture and more as we discuss how place matters when you think of a live worth living. 

Inspired by a real life glitch-in-the-matrix moment via "The Lemon Video" on TikTok, Sarah brings us real moments that made people think, "Are we living in a simulation?". 

Based off of the hit 1999 movie "The Matrix" in which the world was actually living within a computer simulation, we discuss not only real stories that people experienced but also the current science behind the possibility of living in a simulation AND what glitches would be and look like if that simulation were real!

Take a break and listen to story time in the MATRIX!

Brody bravely opens up about his and Holly's journey with infertility and what led them to IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). He talks about what IVF is, the costs, the hormones, the side effects, the mental load of such a journey and what he did and did not expect from this all-consuming time of life. 

While many routes of IVF exist, we focus on the IVF journey of those who have unexplained infertility: "When infertile couples or individuals have undergone all appropriate tests and no cause for their infertility is found". So while some couples may not have viable sperm or eggs to contribute to IVF, this episode discusses the journey a couple may experience if you do have those two components to contribute but still struggle to conceive. 

So many couples lives are upended by infertility. It is invasive and emotional and all-consuming of your time, energy and physical and emotional health. So take a listen and see what Brody has to say about staying hopeful through a decade of trying to conceive and how to keep your relationship strong as well. 

To those trying to conceive...baby dust! We hope you get your rainbow baby!

Sarah, in hopes of driving across country to Connecticut in the coming weeks, prepared for the trip by researching the weirdest and spookiest places to see in the great state of Connecticut, USA! 

We talk about paranormal locations like Seaside Sanitorium, the Jewett City Vampires, an abandoned fairy village in the forest, the birthplace of America's sweetheart: the Hamburger, lost treasure on the triple-cursed "Charles island" and more!

It will make you want to take a trip to Connecticut this weekend! 

Brody hits us with a banger of an episode on the importance of Gut health! We talk what is important for a healthy micro-biome, how your gut health relates to emotional well-being, better sleep, and more! We also shed light on our own gastrointestinal health issues and the tools and tricks of gaining a healthier micro-biome and thus, all-around healthier lifestyle. 

We also talk about poop. Like, a lot. Like, way to much information about poop. So, enjoy!

Brody and Sarah deep dive into the infamous Witch Trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts from 1692-1693. This small Puritan town became the site of one of America's first "mass hysteria" events called "Salem Panic," in which 150 people were jailed, and 20 people (mostly women), were hung on suspicion of dancing with the devil.

But what was the evidence of witchcraft that started this hysteria? The answers will surprise you! As will what current scientific theories exist about why women became "touched by the devil" AND some of the methods employed in the legal proceedings when the accused were subjected to "witch tests"! It's one for the history books!

Music over Mary Easton's Petition:  ZakharValaha from Pixabay

Brody and Sarah welcome Sarah's Grad school buddy Casey Mills, an up-and-coming actor, about the experience of budding actors in Hollywood. Our tall, dark and handsome, tattooed from neck-to-toe, vegan, straight-edge North Carolinian, gives us the inside scoop of acting: how long does it take to memorize lines? Did he have a stunt double in OZARK? What secret show is he working on with Donald Glover? How did he pretend to eat mushrooms on 'Nashville'  and play the bartender in the Post Malone/Jagermeister commercial whilst never having had alcohol or drugs in his life? What was it like having "sex" on screen? Has he been type-casted as a thug because of his tattoos? How did he get into acting? How did he lose 116 pounds for bigger, less stereotypical roles? What would and wouldn't he do to make it big? And of course, he rates famous actors in the business which will make you simultaneously MAD and AMUSED! You'll NEVER guess who is favorite Actor is!

Enjoy every minute of the fascinating escape into the world of becoming others on camera! You can follow Casey on social media at @hollywoodxmills
Casey's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7308315/

HERE'S HOW! Sarah and Brody, infamous for their ADHD antics of excitedly speaking over one another and changing subjects before finishing sentences, have a doozy of an episode today! Go on a wild and non-linear journey with us, as we aim to discuss Personality traits, with a major focus on Introversion and Extroversion!

We talk about: what the traits are, what they mean for your self-awareness, self-love, relationship upkeep and care, empathy and more! We walk through the varieties of personalities, both the challenges and strengths, in asking Brody questions aimed to find out his Personality type (an adaptation of the Myers Briggs Test-16personalities.com)! We even get into LOVE LANGUAGES and how important they are for any strong relationship, romantic or otherwise!

And in a shocking turn of events, we find out our extroverted duo are actually and Introvert and Extrovert...can you guess which one is which? Enjoy! (Especially if you have ADHD because it won't seem like as much of a train wreck :)

To learn more about yourself (and others), take the test here: https://www.16personalities.com/