December 19, 2024 • 41 mins
In this special Christmas episode of 'The Mental Funny Bone,' Sarah and Christine celebrate their final episode of the year with laughs and a heartfelt review of their journey. They discuss taking a two-week break before returning rejuvenated in 2025. The hosts share amusing anecdotes, such as Sarah’s experience with Dan Harris’s meditation session and Christine’s exploration of different meditation techniques. They delve into the importance of not worrying about others' opinions and the benefits of meditation and self-improvement. The episode wraps up with reflections on their successful year of podcasting, their goals for the future, and maintaining a sense of humor amidst life's challenges.
How to find mental health help when you're struggling. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
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Sarah (00:03):
Hello, and welcome to the Mental Funny Bone.
I'm Sarah
Chris (00:07):
And I'm Christine, and neither of us is, medical,
mental health professionals.
we are, however, very gifted at,providing insights into how, we
can be better people.
Sarah (00:22):
gifted.
Yes, I like it.
I like them.
and welcome to the specialChristmas episode.
Yay.
Chris (00:29):
Huzzah! We've
Sarah (00:30):
we,
Chris (00:30):
it!
Sarah (00:31):
yeah.
So today I'm going to just givethem a little rundown.
Today's going to be a tiny bitdifferent.
because this will actually bethe last episode of the year.
we're going to take the lastcouple of weeks of December.
I'll say off, but that's notreally what's happening.
We're going to
Chris (00:48):
You can say off.
You can say off.
We don't need to let them behindthe curtain that much.
We're going to take two weeksoff.
Sarah (00:54):
we're going to take two weeks off and then we'll be
back, back and even better in2025.
Chris (00:59):
I'm going to read the text I sent you minutes ago.
Sarah (01:02):
Okay.
Chris (01:03):
take your time.
I'm playing games on my phonebecause I give the fuck up with
this year already.
Sarah (01:07):
And to which I responded, you almost made it through the
whole year, so I feel likeyou're not really giving up like
all that early or you give up on2025 already.
question mark.
Chris (01:19):
And I said, I'm going to make 2025 my bitch.
So I am going to rest up a bitand then come back and tackle
this with a new sense of vigorand purpose.
also just, just to confirm theMichael Gervais book, Gervais,
Jervas,
Sarah (01:39):
Whatever.
Ava.
Chris (01:40):
Jervas,
Sarah (01:41):
Sier.
Chris (01:42):
Michael Jervasier, his book, Tasting Like Delicious
Whiskey,
Sarah (01:47):
is, that what Sier is?
I have no
Chris (01:48):
what's the one that tastes like oranges?
Sarah (01:51):
grand Monet
Chris (01:52):
That's it.
Kervasier and Garmoni aredefinitely different
Sarah (01:56):
I think they're different.
I think so.
they both end with a,
Chris (01:58):
They don't, they put them with R.
Sarah (02:00):
you know what I mean, Dick?
Chris (02:02):
Anyway, Michael Gervais, The Art of Mastery, The First
Rule of Mastery, The Art of NotGiving a Fuck About the Mastery
of Other People.
Whatever book this is.
Sarah (02:12):
it's the first rule of mastery, not worrying about what
people think of you.
Chris (02:16):
Exactly.
Sarah (02:18):
Bingo.
Chris (02:18):
I read the part one of it, and it's really good, and
when we get into that in the newyear, we're going to be, citing
Jumbo and quoting him a lot,cause this book is almost all
about how nobody gives a shitabout you.
Sarah (02:32):
I love it.
Which I should, real quick makea shout out to my husband,
because he did say to me theother day, Hey, and this is me
paraphrasing.
So when he hears it, he won'ttell me that's not what I said.
But he said, Hey, just so youknow, you guys talk about nobody
caring and, like I care.
Chris (02:52):
Oh, no,
Sarah (02:53):
And I, said, that's not exactly, you're missing the
point and not in a mean way.
I didn't say it.
I probably did say in a meanway.
Shit.
It's that's not what it's notcaring.
We know that you care and welove you for that.
We know that you care.
And my dad cares.
it's just the fact it's morenobody like that stranger out
there doesn't give a fuck whatyou look like in those pants.
Chris (03:13):
No,
Sarah (03:14):
You should be more worried about how they're
pinching your own belly.
Chris (03:17):
Yes, that is the whole premise of this book.
Is that you can up yourperformance and you can up your
mental well being byunderstanding that you need to
focus on the stuff that you havecontrol over.
And people's opinions about whatyou're doing do not fall into
(03:41):
that category.
And, I read some stuff todayabout how you're limiting what
you can do in the world ifyou're always afraid, to try
something because you thinksomeone will think it's dumb or
stupid.
Sarah (03:55):
Amen.
Amen.
Hey, I have, I know that wetalked a little bit about what
you're going to jabber about onthis call, but, I just wanted to
throw out there that we have todiscuss how Dan Harris loves me
and said my name.
Chris (04:06):
Oh my god, yes.
Do that now.
Do that now.
Sarah (04:09):
So this goes along the lines of, how much you limit
yourself if you're afraid to doshit because you're afraid of
what you're going to look like.
I am super, super good at notsaying shit cause I don't want
to sound dumb.
like I do it at work.
And even when I say a shit, I'llbe like, this might sound dumb.
I'm sorry.
if this is stupid.
so I need to start, stop doingthat.
(04:30):
But anyway, I'm on the Substackapp, with Dan Harris.
And, last Wednesday, I believeit was, I don't know, last week,
he put a little note out thereto all of his followers that he
was going to do a livemeditation session and then,
answer some questions.
And he asked us, on his post inSubstack to, throw out any
(04:52):
questions that we had for him.
And so I was like, Oh, thatwould be cool.
Like I have 8, 000 of them, butall of them are dumb.
That's that was my exact thoughtlike I can't like they're all
stupid.
They're all really elementaryand super basic Like he's gonna
want to answer that shit.
And then I thought wow I justread about this last night that
(05:13):
I shouldn't be doing this andI'm limiting myself.
you know what fuck this shit I'mgonna get sweaty palms and I'm
gonna write a question right outhere for everybody to fucking
see and I did, and then I got onthe live meditation the
following day and did a livemeditation with Dan Harris.
That's so fun.
And then he read my question andanswered it out loud.
Chris (05:33):
and he said your name.
Sarah (05:34):
He said, my name, he said, this one's from Sarah.
And then he said, I don't knowyou, but it sounds like you're
doing everything right so far.
Just keep doing what you'redoing.
Chris (05:44):
There you go.
You can't ask for more thanthat.
Sarah (05:47):
my hands are sweating a little bit just talking about
it, but.
it's really cool because I didsome shit that, scares the shit
out of me.
keep doing it because the rewardof that was really awesome.
not only hearing my name, andhaving to watch it later, the
recording, cause I didn't hearwhat he answered.
Cause I was so excited that heread my question.
Chris (06:04):
I'm like, I can't listen anymore.
Sarah (06:06):
I literally went, Oh, anyway, but it was really, it
was just a really coolexperience and it's something
just, joining that meditation, Iwasn't even going to do because
I, again, felt like I didn'tbelong there cause I'm new and
I'm dumb and all of that shit.
But, I'm super glad Iparticipated in it and I highly
suggest Christine or anyone elsethat's following Dan Harris on
(06:28):
Substack that, you participatenext time.
It's really, it was really cool.
Chris (06:33):
that is amazing.
And, while we're on Dan Harris,while we're on the meditation,
while we're on trying to be 10percent happier in our lives,
How is your practice going?
Your meditation practice?
how are you faring this week?
Sarah (06:48):
I would like to, so a couple of things, need to do
better when I don't exercisebecause that's when I meditate
every day is right after Iexercise and I don't exercise
every day.
Like the weekends I don'texercise.
So then I get lost.
So I need to do better.
and one of the questions I askedDan Harris.
Chris (07:06):
I was just raising my finger to write down a point.
Sarah (07:10):
okay.
So I'll Continue.
Okay.
So I'll continue.
So one of the questions I askedDan Harris was how many times he
meditates and if he schedules itand he thinks blah, blah, blah.
so what I would like to startdoing is do a little bit of
meditation in the morning and alittle bit of meditation before
I go to bed.
just small little things.
so I've been doing the regular10 minutes like during the week,
(07:31):
but I'm not doing it during theweekend.
So I need to I need to get intothe habit of doing it seven days
a week.
And doing that morning and nightand then maybe in between a
little bit here and there
Chris (07:42):
Stop
Sarah (07:42):
and I am
Chris (07:44):
Whatever you're tapping is really loud in my ears.
Sarah (07:47):
wow That's funny because I wasn't even tapping anything
But it's funny that you saytapping because my next thing
was going to be I've been tryingthe tapping meditation
Chris (07:56):
What?
That's weird.
Sarah (07:58):
Michelle mentioned it when we did our interview with
her I forget the, it's calledEFT, I think.
And it's not electronic fundstransfer.
emotional something, anyway.
check it out online.
I.
a little, I'm still trying to, Idig it like I'm still trying to
get there, but it's the thing.
Do you remember she was
Chris (08:19):
Oh yeah.
Thank you.
Sarah (08:20):
So here's your tapping.
Yeah.
So you're
Chris (08:22):
I don't hear that at all.
Sarah (08:23):
you're tapping here, you're tapping here, you're
tapping here, and it's doinglike affirmations.
if you're having an anxious day,so you can say, all right, I'm
feeling very anxious.
I'm feeling very anxious.
Yes.
But.
Even though I'm anxious, I lovemyself.
Like it goes through it.
Like you're basically forgivingyourself, for the things that
you're annoyed with or for whatyou don't like about yourself.
(08:45):
what was the other one?
Just, what's it called?
When I'm mean to myself.
when I say I'm dumb,
Chris (08:50):
mean to myself.
Sarah (08:52):
yeah.
So it has a, there's a shit tonof them on, what's it called?
YouTubes on the YouTubes.
Chris (08:58):
On the YouTubes,
Sarah (08:59):
So I've been, so I tried that.
I would like to give it a fewmore times before I say, I'm not
sure it's my thing.
But I'm giving it a try.
So all in all, all in all,everything's going well.
I would like to up my game.
Chris (09:11):
Yeah, how do you up your game?
Do you just meditate longer,meditate more frequently?
Is that how you're
Sarah (09:17):
That's My plan My plan is to not increase the,
Chris (09:21):
Duration?
Sarah (09:22):
but to increase the, the sessions, frequencies, that's
it.
So that's what I was lookingfor.
I would like to do, in themorning and in the evening and
maybe throw a little fiveminutes and those morning and
evening ones, I'd like to juststick with the 10 minutes.
Cause I feel like I'm doingpretty good there.
I also saw a gentleman and youcould take note of this too.
(09:43):
you don't have to take note ofit.
I already did.
I, on my favorite, morning talkshow, Good Morning America,
Robin Roberts and GeorgeStephanopoulos, or as I say in
my head, George Snuffleupagus,
Chris (09:55):
do.
We all do.
Sarah (09:57):
they were, talking about, trans.
Fuck, I wrote it down and I knowI didn't spell it And therefore
I can't remember TranscendentalDivine
Chris (10:07):
Transcendental.
Sarah (10:09):
Yeah, something like that.
a guy named Bob Roth.
So I was like, Ooh, is that, Iwas like, Ooh, is that Mike
Tyson saying Bob Ross?
No, guy's name is Bob Roth.
R O T H.
But I cannot say it now withoutthinking about Mike Tyson that
interview he did and walked awayand his ass was showing.
anyway, and he has.
(10:30):
And his, they were talking aboutstrength and stillness
meditation.
And he talked about a bunch ofreally cool stuff that I want to
look up there is on Friday,1220.
It is some tour, some sort ofmeditation day that I meant to
look up before we started.
talking, but I didn't get achance to.
And the initiative that he workson is Meditate America, which
(10:51):
from what I grasp, again, Iwanted to look it up, but I
didn't get a chance.
Meditate America is aninitiative to, work with
insurances.
Chris (11:00):
Oh, is this still Bob Roth?
Sarah (11:02):
Yes.
yes.
Chris (11:04):
this is why we shouldn't have a podcast.
Because this poor guy, he didn'tdo anything wrong.
He didn't do anything that.
Sarah (11:10):
Yeah.
The name's just while we're off.
That's it.
Chris (11:13):
Listen, some people have speech impediments, some people
stutter.
Sarah (11:17):
So anyway, there's that.
of shit that we have to lookinto, but that's what I saw on
Good Morning America today.
And George and Robin weretalking about their meditation
and how they meditate.
And,
Chris (11:29):
oh sure.
Sarah (11:31):
George made a statement that I thought was really cool
and they were talking about howpeople said they don't have time
to do it.
And George was like, I think itgives me extra time because I'm
calmer and I'm more And I'm notfocusing on things that I should
not be focusing on that are outof my control and it gives me a
much better perspective.
And therefore I feel like I havemore time in my day.
Chris (11:51):
I think executives will tell you that same thing.
there, there is still the sameamount of time in the day.
whether or not you're doingthings that are productive for
you, or if you're pissing aroundon the internet comparing the
quality of digital calendars.
Sarah (12:08):
Yeah.
Chris (12:09):
Like both of these are things that can get done during
the day, but, if you'remeditating, you're probably
making it so that you're morefocused, more productive, more
efficient.
That is the way that I'mstarting to look at, exercising.
So I felt amazing.
every day this week, these twodays where I have done the yoga,
(12:31):
where I've done the yoga beforework
Sarah (12:33):
Yeah.
Chris (12:34):
and.
I'm getting back into the grooveand it, it always, surprises me
how much I like to do it andthen how easy it is for me to
not do it.
I don't know what part of mybrain forgets, I don't know.
Sarah (12:46):
part of the brain that, that.
deteriorates during sleep.
So what part of brain is that?
Cause it.
happens like I've been, I'vebeen working out midday, like
during my lunch break.
I, it, my afternoons are great,but then my morning, like I'm in
my PJs all morning and it'smostly because I'm lazy and
(13:08):
really like to sleep.
And so I sleep to the lastminute, get up and work in my
PJs, then go work out.
but my doctor, gave me aprescription for some vitamin D.
Yeah,
Chris (13:19):
that is so funny.
My, my friend Maggie B, youmight remember Maggie B and,
Jeandog, they both texted meyesterday, to see about,
supplements.
That maybe Olivia and I had anyexposure to while we've been
going on our sort of mentalhealth journeys.
apparently one of the childrenrefuses to see the counselor or
(13:43):
take any medication.
So they're trying maybe, atleast something to help with a
bit of relief.
Maggie B had asked me about, B12vitamins.
And I'm like, Olivia takes oneevery day because it turns out
that she doesn't have enough in
Sarah (13:59):
yeah.
Chris (13:59):
blood or lymph nodes or inside, whatever part of the
body stores the B12, there's notenough there.
and she finds that's prettyhelpful.
Like she can tell the differenceB12 supplements.
Sarah (14:13):
Yeah.
That's what I'm pretty sure it'sa vitamin.
I have, I didn't pick it up yet.
but it's some sort of supplementthat will make me not super
sleepy all the time.
Chris (14:21):
right.
B12 also in Red Bull, so I'lljust drink like four of those
sugary drinks a day and feel thesame.
I'm, again, I have to feel, Ifeel the need to remind the
people, we are not medicalprofessionals.
We will exchange texas, texts,with our roommates from high
school, or college, about thisshit, but we don't know, I don't
(14:41):
even know where you keep B12,like you keep it in your liver?
is it a spleen?
I was a math major, y'all.
Sarah (14:46):
haven't, I haven't a clue, have not, haven't a clue.
I just said the doctor, I'llbrag a little cause apparently
my cholesterol is phenomenal.
I phenomenal
Chris (14:58):
The best cholesterol.
These cholesterol numbers havenot been seen in a middle aged
woman such as yourself in
Sarah (15:06):
ever.
No, ever.
That's how good it is.
that's how good it is.
It's the best.
anyway, yeah, I got, my bloodwork is really awesome.
and in the last two years, whichis, When I last two years is
when I've lost the weight.
So I have lost 60 pounds in thelast two years.
So we were comparing my bloodwork from 2022 to 2024 and in
(15:31):
2022, I'm pretty sure everythingwas off the charts.
And my sugar was off the charts.
My cholesterol was terrible.
Like everything that you couldpossibly be awful was awful.
And now like last year it gotbetter, and was still all in
good range, but now it's likefucking amazing.
So yay for me.
but the doctor asked me anyother concerns and I was like,
(15:52):
no, I feel pretty good.
except for I don't know if it'sthe time change that it just
really having a tough time with.
And I said, I'm not sad, I'm notdepressed.
It's not that.
But I could sleep for probably22 hours a day.
So
Chris (16:06):
she said, yeah, how about some orange juice?
Oh
Sarah (16:09):
she was like, let's look at some vitamins.
So she sent me in some vitamins.
I have to go to the pharmacy topick them up anyway.
Chris (16:17):
you get them, they're Flintstone shaped so badly.
Sarah (16:21):
Me too.
And they're chewable and theytaste like the Flintstones.
that would be, and then I'd ODon them.
I was always afraid when I waslittle, I was going to OD on
them because I would just liketo eat them because they tasted
good.
Chris (16:32):
delicious.
That's how you get kids to takevitamins.
Sarah (16:36):
you have some meditation story.
Chris (16:39):
I do.
So I am, oh, I know why I wrotethat down.
I am using an app for mymeditation journey.
So I'm using an app calledWaking Up.
And it is, the brainchild of aguy named Sam Harris, who then I
fell into a giant hole.
I'm like, how are these twobitches related?
And, they're not.
Sarah (16:59):
They're not,
Chris (17:00):
They're not, they've talked, there's like interviews
with, Dan and Sam, but theydon't, they're not related.
Sarah (17:06):
I
Chris (17:06):
so disappointed.
So disappointed.
I, he probably was.
Cause everybody was on thatpodcast at one point or another.
But these are like.
Meditations and then you get,you get some lessons on
meditation.
So it's not just sit down andmeditate and do what I say.
It's sit down and meditate andthen let's talk about why we do
(17:27):
this particular thing inmeditation and what that kind of
brings to the table.
And.
Sarah (17:33):
I like that.
Chris (17:34):
it's the thing that i've been listening to In the shower
instead of a podcast like thelittle lessons are like
individual nuggets and you canhave an entire playlist of
different things like how to Notbe so worried about what your
clothes look like or how to dothis particular thing.
They're in like little chunkslike that.
really nice.
(17:54):
But Saturday's meditation, I'msitting down and I had just done
yoga in the living room.
So I'm sitting down like crosslegged on my little yoga mat, my
little hands up ready to acceptthe messages from the earth or
whatever.
See if I can get one of thesedrones from New Jersey to come
and land on my hands, whateverit takes.
And this meditation starts out,like all, like they all do,
(18:15):
they're like, Oh, close youreyes.
Concentrate on when you feelyour breath.
associate some sort of meaningto your breath.
count it or call it a name.
recognize the thoughts.
Try to create the space ofconsciousness.
And then he was talking aboutthe space of consciousness.
Like we tend to think about thatas the stuff behind our eyes.
The stuff that's inside of ourhead.
(18:36):
And he's okay now open your eyesand he's like everything in your
field of vision is also yourconsciousness He's so don't get
so stuck in the fact that yourconsciousness is just the shit
that happens inside of your headYour consciousness is everything
that is happening around youYour consciousness is your
interpretation of the signalsthat your brain is getting And I
(19:00):
thought that was the craziestthing that I had ever heard and
I was like, whoa, whoa wait,dude, I'm looking at a fucking
Christmas tree, this isn't myconsciousness, and then, I
thought about it for half asecond after I was arguing with
the voice in my head, and I waslike, no, it's absolutely right,
because this is how my eyes, howthe nerves, and the light are
(19:23):
being interpreted by my dumbassbrain.
So it puts a new perspective ontrying to get in touch with your
consciousness.
I'm always in touch with theconsciousness, right?
Like I'm always trying to takethings in and understand and
interpret what's happening, justlike my eyeballs are doing that
with the image of the Christmastree.
(19:44):
It was, I don't think I'mexplaining it all that great,
Sarah (19:47):
No, I am it makes sense to me.
But yeah, I get what you'resaying.
Chris (19:51):
I was like, wow, yeah, that's like the reality that I
live in every day is a constructof what my brain is creating.
And if I can choose to have mybrain interpret things in a
slightly different way, then myreality changes.
And I was like, that is prettyeffing profound.
Sarah (20:12):
Awesome.
Chris (20:13):
that is cool.
That is something that a nerdlike me can hang their head on,
rather than going kumbaya allthe time, and trying to figure
out more of the fluffy stuff.
I'm like, and even like talkingabout consciousness, I was like,
what kind of hippy dippybullshit have I wandered into?
Sarah (20:33):
Yeah.
Chris (20:33):
the beginning of me arguing with it was like, no,
that's a Christmas tree, I canclearly see it.
Sarah (20:38):
Yeah, it's hot.
It's tough to get past that.
Chris (20:41):
I don't know.
It's awesome.
I'm
Sarah (20:43):
But once you do it's.
wow, how cool is that?
Chris (20:47):
popped up like multiple times this week.
Like this morning I'm in theyoga class and I'm like, I'm
going to put my foot down thatmy foot's tired.
Like I'm tired.
I'm not gonna be able to holdthis pose.
And I was like, no, that's justyour brain.
That's just an interpretation ofyour reality.
So why don't you just live inthe reality where you keep your
foot up?
Lazy ass.
Sarah (21:06):
Yeah,
Chris (21:06):
I was like, there's no need for name calling.
I'll just keep my foot up.
Sarah (21:09):
Yeah.
See here, I'd be like, eh,
Chris (21:15):
my foot down like five of the other times, but it was just
realizing
Sarah (21:20):
But use your brain, like you think about it now.
It's not just a, Oh, I don't,I'm not
Chris (21:25):
Put my foot down, put
Sarah (21:26):
I'm gonna put my foot down.
That's fine.
You think about it instead ofjust resigning yourself to oh,
okay That's what's happening.
Boom.
No, but why is that happening?
Why am I thinking that what'sgoing on?
So there's much more of athought process and that's why
they talk about Controlling thatreaction.
It's not just immediatelyreacting.
It's back and saying, why am Igoing to react that way?
Chris (21:46):
It was so it was really interesting for me.
I will say that I haven'tmeditated since then.
So
Sarah (21:52):
that's okay.
again, daily ish
Chris (21:55):
I'm building a
Sarah (21:56):
man, Dan Harris says all the time.
Daily ish.
So you just have to, you know,do
Chris (22:02):
a practice.
I have to give it another hook.
Like taking my medicine getshooked to drinking the coffee.
Cause that's something Iliterally do every day.
And It used to be like when Iwas doing the yoga at home in my
living room, I would just sitthere for another five minutes
because of inertia.
I'm like, if I just sit here, Ican do the meditation.
Now I gotta find, I gotta find abetter hook for the meditation.
Sarah (22:24):
Yeah.
I think that's where I am.
Chris (22:26):
brushing my teeth?
Is it just sitting down in myoffice chair and literally
spinning it around away from themonitors and cameras and shit
and looking at my Hogwartscastle made out of Legos?
Sarah (22:37):
Fun.
Chris (22:38):
that wouldn't hurt anybody.
Maybe.
I'll have to go back to myatomic habits and see if I can
build one, around thismeditation practice.
Sarah (22:46):
That's what I was going to say.
It goes back to the habitstacking.
Chris (22:50):
Man, we covered a lot of territory this year.
Sarah (22:53):
We sure did.
And I thought of somethingearlier that I was like, Ooh, I
want to talk about that as partof our 2024 review that I think
I just decided that we're doing,but I can't remember.
Chris (23:08):
Is it letting go of enough of the feedback that we
get that isn't awesome andpositive?
And being able to show up everyweek and continue to do this,
even on some weeks where I'mlike, this is the dumbest thing
we've ever decided to do.
No one listens.
No one wants to hear thisbullshit.
Sarah (23:27):
I think that's pretty fucking cool.
What I wanted to do, like howmany we've done an episode every
week
Chris (23:33):
Every week.
Sarah (23:35):
March
Chris (23:36):
Mhm.
April.
Sarah (23:38):
pretty effing awesome, right?
Chris (23:40):
It is pretty cool.
we are amazing in ourconsistency.
Sarah (23:45):
and we're going to get amazing in every, not
everything, but in, in othershit too.
Chris (23:50):
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to doubling down and
understanding that some of thestuff that we talked about in
the beginning, like if youremember performance driven and
purpose driven, some of thatstuff is really gonna come front
and center for us, the two ofus, I think, in the new year.
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When we look at, when we look atwhy we keep doing this and we
look at What do we really wantto accomplish?
And I think at the beginning, atleast for me, I was like, I want
to accomplish a bunch of peoplelaughing at what I have to say.
I want to accomplish a bunch ofpeople liking what I do.
I want to accomplish, having athousand followers and being
(24:33):
able to sell merch and go ontour.
I want to be famous.
And now I'm like, you know what,it is a lot cooler than that.
Like our, when we started, we'relike, let's do something that
actually has an impact andleaning back on that, it's not
about what people think aboutthe podcast.
And I like it, you like it.
Lots of people have told us thatthey like it.
(24:53):
It's more about what do we wantto contribute to the podcasting
world?
And how do we want to have apositive impact?
How do we want to keep Throwingout episodes where at least one
person says, Hey, thanks fortalking about that.
Cause I feel a lot less alone.
And that really resonated.
And that really gave mesomething to think about for the
(25:14):
whole week.
Other than you guys are, youwere funny.
Sarah (25:17):
are funny.
You guys swear a lot.
Chris (25:20):
we do swear a lot.
Correct.
Correct.
but I
Sarah (25:24):
of it, but I think we help people by being funny.
Chris (25:28):
Yeah,
Sarah (25:28):
that's who we are.
Chris (25:30):
And I think, the.
The approach that we take andthe interesting thing about us
is that we try to Do both thosethings.
We try to be, we try to be funnyand we try to approach it with
a, with kind of a little, alighthearted, Hey, let's look at
this shit.
That's pretty crazy and fuckedup and pull out the things that
got us through.
And a lot of that for both of uswas the ability to look at it
(25:52):
and at least laugh a little.
Sarah (25:54):
Yeah, I can't imagine.
Yeah.
Chris (25:58):
No, I can't imagine coming home from visiting my
child in Western Psych and notbeing able to call you and be
like, they took her underwearand giggle at that.
that's just funny.
And being able to reset who I amas a person by laughing about
some of the things that werehappening at that point in my
(26:19):
life.
Even though, very horrible otherstuff was happening, being able
to connect with you and connectwith David and everyone else who
was supportive, that stuff isimportant in letting other
people know that you don't haveto suffer by yourself either.
you might not be our bestfriends, but we want to make you
laugh,
Sarah (26:38):
Yeah, we want to make you laugh and our email is always
open for anything.
Chris (26:44):
Gastergirls at gmail.
com, in case we haven't said itin a couple of episodes.
Sarah (26:49):
I don't think we have.
I think we gave up.
Chris (26:51):
Throw in the towel.
Sarah (26:52):
Fuck it.
Chris (26:53):
we have, we did get good feedback this week.
I will say that I was with abunch of work people and the
work people will occasionallytalk about the podcast.
And every time I mentioned it,people are like, you should have
me on the podcast.
And I was like, I definitelyshould.
That would be hilarious.
Hilarious.
We had, that would have to be adifferent podcast all about
people that I work with, buthilarious.
Sarah (27:15):
but cool.
Chris (27:16):
But yes, we'll definitely do that.
and it's so funny because the assoon as you say what it's about
They're like, oh my god.
I have had this trauma that Iwill now share with you and I
was like, Yes, maybe you shouldbe on the podcast like
legitimately.
Maybe you should
Sarah (27:31):
Yeah, it's pretty awesome.
Pretty awesome.
I've, I've been trying this newthing at work where I actually
ask people and want to know howthey are.
Chris (27:37):
Where I'm being actually kind.
Sarah (27:40):
yeah, and I, one of the girls, and of course it's not, I
work in a support role.
I talk to lots of people, notall of them.
I'm going to be like, Hey, let'stalk.
but yeah, one of my coworkers,she was like, Hey Sarah, how are
you?
And I was like, do you reallywant to know?
I don't care if you want toknow, if you want to know, I'll
tell you if not, then we'll justsolve your problem.
Like it's cool.
It's totally cool.
And I forget whatever it wasthat I was talking about.
(28:02):
And I think mine was just realstupid and brief.
And then I said, but how areyou?
And we ended up talking for 45minutes maybe and about like
serious shit that she was goingthrough and then not just her
but some stuff with her daughterand she didn't know we had the
podcast.
I told her about the podcast andthen she actually asked me like
a couple questions like for someadvice.
(28:24):
And
Chris (28:25):
Oh, I love it.
Sarah (28:26):
it was a really nice conversation and that's the
second time that's happened witha coworker just out of saying,
yeah, but how are you?
And I'm not asking that justbecause we're on the phone.
Like, how are you really?
and I just think that, I thinkthat we forget sometimes that
we're allowed to do that.
And yeah, we're busy with ourjobs, but, nothing is more
(28:47):
important than taking a minuteand talking about what's going
on and for real, what's goingon, not just, yeah, I'm busy.
I'm fine.
if that's what you feel you gotto do, you got to do, but.
If someone wants to open up andtalk about, some real life, like
we should be there.
And we also have the opportunityto open up ourselves.
Chris (29:06):
I can say without a doubt, one of the most positive
things that's come out of thisyear is doing this podcast and
appreciating being who I am allthe time.
Do you know what I mean?
there's so much, there's so muchless need or, opportunity to
(29:26):
mask.
Who I am when I have to be, Ihave to be this.
this is who I am because I'mtalking to you.
And it's really hard for me topretend to be anything else when
we're talking and, and sendingthat out into the world just
gives me a basis for how toapproach things maybe
differently at work than I wouldhave a year ago.
(29:48):
Do you know what I mean?
Sarah (29:49):
100%.
100%.
Chris (29:52):
that is really, truly the gift of doing this podcast,
reading the books that we'veread, understanding a little bit
more about what makes my braintake the way that it does,
actually starting therapyinstead of talking about how I
should go to therapy.
all of that.
I feel like a completelydifferent and better person than
(30:17):
last year.
So I didn't intend to do thislike a deep dive introspective,
episode.
This wasn't like a very specialepisode of the Gaster Girls.
I was like, hey,
Sarah (30:27):
a real quick one.
And
Chris (30:29):
let's call it in.
Sarah (30:30):
Yeah.
Hey, we're done for the year.
See ya.
Chris (30:33):
Bye bye.
Sarah (30:34):
Here we come instead.
,this is what
Chris (30:37):
But, what a nice way to wrap up.
I appreciate everyone thatlistens, and even if you're
listening because you sat nextto me at a soccer game and
thought I was funny, I'm in.
I love it.
I can't get enough of, gettingthe, getting the real person
that I am out there for morepeople to see.
It makes me happy.
Sarah (30:56):
Yeah.
It's been a great year and Iwould like to point out that all
these great things have happenedand we haven't really even of
course we've tried, we've putour time in and thrown an
episode out every week, but liketruly for both of us, we haven't
really gotten into it.
So I am looking forward to, tonext year and years to come.
I think that we're ontosomething here and we should
(31:18):
probably keep doing it.
Chris (31:20):
Yep, I agree.
I agree.
Yeah, this has been a whole yearof, let me figure out what this
is for me, and then let's, yeah,I am really looking forward to
like I said, doubling down andputting in more work.
into what we're putting outthere and understanding that
we're enough to do that I thinkis the big takeaway from this
(31:41):
year where?
At the beginning of the year.
I might have been like, oh,yeah, don't it's yeah, it's no
big day it's nothing and I thinkthat the two of us are fully
capable and You know at a pointin our lives where we can do the
work And not feel like we haveto self deprecate all the time
these days.
yeah, I'm gonna do the work, I'mgonna put together a good
(32:03):
episode, and we're gonna releasethat, and you guys are gonna
like it.
And we're still gonna be true towho we are.
So I am really looking forward
Sarah (32:11):
gonna be funny and we're still gonna say fuck.
Chris (32:14):
Jumbo is still our dad, Nita is still our mom.
Sarah (32:17):
don't.
Chris (32:18):
we can't I don't know.
The part of being authentic towho we are is having these
hilarious stories.
Sarah (32:25):
Yeah.
And we'll continue to have them.
Chris (32:28):
so I talked to your mom, or I talked to your dad today,
and he didn't quite know whereyour mother was.
So
Sarah (32:33):
my favorite.
Chris (32:35):
he was like, free range Anita.
Sarah (32:37):
Free range Anita.
There she is,
Chris (32:40):
There she
Sarah (32:40):
which makes me like, just think of her as a chicken
Chris (32:43):
I can
Sarah (32:44):
and not the gaster kind of chicken, like the actual
Chris (32:47):
Ew, shut up.
Ew.
Ew.
for those of you who might benew to the podcast, when we were
growing up our mother called,our vaginas chickens.
Sarah (32:58):
So that's something you won't be able to unhear.
good luck
Chris (33:01):
There you go.
Sarah (33:02):
evening.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Chris (33:04):
ha.
Fuh.
Cheese.
Sarah (33:09):
pull out right there, right?
Chicken parm.
It has that cheese, the ricotta.
Yeah, that might have somericotta.
I don't think it has ricotta.
Chris (33:19):
Stop it.
Alright, we're done.
No,
Sarah (33:24):
wanted to talk about today?
We're not gonna yeah, it wassupposed to be a short episode,
but yeah.
Yeah.
Chris (33:31):
we have to cut out all the pauses in the places where
we say, and 10, 000 times.
So they usually eight minutes ofa 40 minute episode is us going,
yeah, but,
Sarah (33:40):
And I've realized that ends up cutting out like a word
in our last episode.
It cut out, there were at leastthree spots that I was like,
fuck it cut out what I actuallyneeded to say.
Fuck.
Chris (33:52):
you just have to use your context clues, guys.
We'll get better at that in thenew year too.
Sarah (33:56):
It's fine.
It's fine.
It's fine.
All right.
Merry Christmas.
Happy Hanukkah.
Merry Kwanzaa.
Chris (34:03):
Oh.
Sarah (34:04):
What else is
Chris (34:05):
before we go, I bought all the ingredients to make the
Chex Mix, so
Sarah (34:10):
I love that Christmas Chex Mix.
Chris (34:12):
I will be having Chex Mix for every meal from now until
January 5th.
Sarah (34:17):
I actually just like the darker Chex.
Chris (34:21):
The wheat
Sarah (34:22):
like the thinner, darker, if you could just make me a
batch of just that.
Chris (34:27):
Oh, that is actually a fantastic idea because it is
also my favorite.
I don't know why I want tocontinue to put myself on the
wheat checks hunt like diggingaround through the stick
pretzels
Sarah (34:38):
like you're making it so you can make it whatever you
want.
and that, those are my favorite.
Like they seem to collect allthe goodness a little bit better
than the rest of them.
Chris (34:46):
they
Sarah (34:47):
Like everything else.
Like peanuts.
Peanuts don't collect anything.
Like they're just worth it.
They just take up space.
Chris (34:53):
Yeah, they're worthless see the peanuts are I don't know
i'm gonna put cashews in minebecause they're tastier so
Sarah (34:58):
Ooh.
Cool.
I
Chris (34:59):
Class they should join up a little bit.
So
Sarah (35:02):
When we were little, when we lived in Elizabeth, one of
the snacks, one of the snacks Iwould make, because I loved the
Chex Mix so much, like whateverwe had, maybe it was just chips
sometimes, I would take theWorcestershire sauce because
that's how you, right?
And I would take theWorcestershire sauce and mix it
in with butter and, seasonedsalt.
(35:25):
And, exactly.
That's the, and I would dip shitin it.
that was My dip.
I would make a dip out of that.
Or I would just throw, Oh, I putit on popcorn.
Chris (35:33):
My god.
My god.
Sarah (35:35):
I used to also take butter and mix it with sugar and
just eat spoonfuls of it.
Chris (35:41):
I don't know why we'd have a problem with cholesterol
or weight in our later years atall.
Sarah (35:46):
Mom, I want a sweet snack.
Just get some sugar and butter.
I'm fairly certain she neversaid that, but they definitely
never stopped me from doing it.
I also used to use toothpicksand mommy's lighter to roast
baby marshmallows.
Chris (35:59):
I don't know what to say to that one.
I don't think I was in the homewhen that was happening.
we were feral.
I mean, and our parents reallycared about what happened to us.
We were still feral.
Sarah (36:12):
this I mean I may have been doing that shit like late
night like when I came home andthey were already in bed.
So lord knows what I was doingbefore I came home.
Chris (36:20):
Mer, we don't know because we were out in a field
with a keg somewhere.
Sarah (36:24):
We were my
Chris (36:26):
You're a Mount Vernon.
Sarah (36:27):
A friend of mine and I were recently talking about the
kids just smoking the weed pens.
I was like, these kids have itso easy or they're totally
missing out.
Like they have, they don't knowwhat a resin ball is.
Chris (36:39):
Not talking about this.
I have a job.
Sarah (36:42):
you are no fun, whatever.
Chris (36:45):
But kids these days do not understand.
Sarah (36:48):
no, we had to work for it back in the day.
Chris (36:50):
Oh my God, I don't know.
I don't know what you're talkingabout, but yes, we did.
Sarah (36:54):
We sure did.
Separate shit out.
Chris (36:57):
other Gasser family traditions.
I also brought all of the boardgames upstairs so we can play
board games.
Sarah (37:03):
Good, good.
I'm excited.
Chris (37:05):
Yeah, all ready for And I've also talked about the Feast
of the Seven Fishes.
Even though we're really bad atbeing Catholic and
Sarah (37:15):
Is it Catholic?
I thought it was just Italian.
Chris (37:17):
no, they're same.
Same.
I think
Sarah (37:20):
Okay.
Chris (37:20):
hard for me to separate the two
Sarah (37:22):
Like I thought the Feast of Seven Fishes was just
Italian, like I thought that wasan Italian tradition, not so
much just Catholic, but I
Chris (37:29):
the Catholic part is, the Catholic part is that you're not
supposed to eat meat onChristmas Eve.
That's the Catholic part.
Sarah (37:36):
thought that was
Chris (37:37):
are like.
No, that's Good Friday.
That's Lent.
It's also Christmas.
Oh my God, you're so much worseat being Catholic than I am.
Probably because you converted.
Yeah.
so I remember the one year yourdad was like, you know what?
since we're not that Catholicand fish is horrible.
And the one year you're thelibertini side of the family fed
(37:59):
us spaghetti sauce with cannedtuna in it.
Which I can still, like that wasthat pause is both of us like
tasting it.
Sarah (38:08):
was both of us throwing up in our mouths
Chris (38:10):
I know and
Sarah (38:11):
I would rather eat chicken and talk about and refer
to it as a vagina while I waseating it.
Then think about tuna fishpasta.
Chris (38:21):
And I think they didn't tell us That the pasta sauce had
tuna in it until you took like amouthful and by that point you
had a shit ton of it on yourplate because it was normally
delicious meat sauce and nowyou're stuck and now you're
trying to find a way to get ridof this food on your plate
without actually consuming tunafish pasta but I think your dad
(38:42):
came up with the idea of let'sdo instead of seven fishes let's
do seven meats
Sarah (38:48):
yeah, I think, that was pretty recent.
That wasn't
Chris (38:50):
no that was definitely post children for both of
Sarah (38:53):
Yeah, that was pretty recent.
I should mention, just becauseNoah loves this story, to real,
not real, cause we're reallyItalian, but to fancy Italians,
the feast of the seven fishes islike a really good meal, because
they have like lobster and thecalamari and like the Fancy
fish.
(39:13):
I like to call ours.
It's the Ghetto Seven Fishes.
literally
Chris (39:18):
Smelts.
Sarah (39:19):
it's a can of smelts.
We have the tuna fish pasta,which is literally just red
sauce with tuna, canned tuna init.
Chris (39:28):
it's bad in your brain,
Sarah (39:30):
it's worse.
It's worse.
in person.
the anchovy pasta, I dig.
I like the anchovy pasta, but Ilike the anchovies, so that
works out.
And it was really Just whateverdaddy could order from market
day for a while.
It's like the pecan crusted,
Chris (39:47):
Oh, tilapia.
Tilapia.
Tilap.
Sarah (39:49):
anything you could like Gordon's fish sticks.
Chris (39:53):
Seven fishes, kids.
We're
Sarah (39:55):
But the, the story that Noah loves to tell is in his
mind, the seven fishes was thelobster, the calamari, the
really good fish.
And I talked about the sevenfishes and he was coming to our
house.
and he, it was really bad.
It was a really bad experience.
It did not go as he thought itwas going to go.
Chris (40:15):
did you guys have to stop at like fast food on the way
home?
Sarah (40:18):
Yeah.
I don't really remember causeI'm sure I was drunk when we
left, but I'm fairly certain we,got in the car and he was like,
what in the fuck was that?
What was
Chris (40:27):
Hello.
Welcome.
Welcome to our feast of theseven meats now.
And we had like prosciutto and
Sarah (40:34):
much
Chris (40:34):
spicy ham, capicola,
Sarah (40:37):
Yeah, super set.
Oh Noah's coming in
Chris (40:42):
salami.
Sarah (40:43):
us talking about the food or you're coming in to tell us
to stop?
Noah is telling me it's wrong.
I think what are you talkingabout is wrong?
Chris (40:55):
doesn't matter.
Oh,
Sarah (41:00):
he thought there was still,
Chris (41:02):
right.
No.
Sarah (41:03):
I never said seven fishes.
I just said, we're going to goeat Italian food.
And he was like, yeah, boy.
no.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
That's what my sister asked ifwe stopped.
Yeah.
So I guess we stopped somewhereon the way home.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So there's Noah, everybody.
Chris (41:22):
Noah!
Sarah (41:23):
So he left now.
I love that he's, he, I think hejust sits out there and listens
to us record.
He said, it's the first time Iwas at home.
Okay.
Anyway.
All right.
Let's wrap her up.
Chris (41:34):
Yep, I think that's it.
you guys, we love you.
We appreciate you.
we can't wait to, do better nextyear.
Not that we're doing bad, but wecan't wait to, really do some
good stuff.
We're excited about it.
Sarah (41:46):
Amen.
All
Chris (41:47):
Alright, I'm gonna hit the stop button.
Love you.
Sarah (41:49):
Love you.
Bye.
Chris (41:51):
Love you.
Bye.
Wait, I gotta turn my mouse on.
Hold
Sarah (41:55):
Where's my mouse?
Hello, and welcome to the Mental Funny Bone.
I'm Sarah
Chris (00:07):
And I'm Christine, and neither of us is, medical,
mental health professionals.
we are, however, very gifted at,providing insights into how, we
can be better people.
Sarah (00:22):
gifted.
Yes, I like it.
I like them.
and welcome to the specialChristmas episode.
Yay.
Chris (00:29):
Huzzah! We've
Sarah (00:30):
we,
Chris (00:30):
it!
Sarah (00:31):
yeah.
So today I'm going to just givethem a little rundown.
Today's going to be a tiny bitdifferent.
because this will actually bethe last episode of the year.
we're going to take the lastcouple of weeks of December.
I'll say off, but that's notreally what's happening.
We're going to
Chris (00:48):
You can say off.
You can say off.
We don't need to let them behindthe curtain that much.
We're going to take two weeksoff.
Sarah (00:54):
we're going to take two weeks off and then we'll be
back, back and even better in2025.
Chris (00:59):
I'm going to read the text I sent you minutes ago.
Sarah (01:02):
Okay.
Chris (01:03):
take your time.
I'm playing games on my phonebecause I give the fuck up with
this year already.
Sarah (01:07):
And to which I responded, you almost made it through the
whole year, so I feel likeyou're not really giving up like
all that early or you give up on2025 already.
question mark.
Chris (01:19):
And I said, I'm going to make 2025 my bitch.
So I am going to rest up a bitand then come back and tackle
this with a new sense of vigorand purpose.
also just, just to confirm theMichael Gervais book, Gervais,
Jervas,
Sarah (01:39):
Whatever.
Ava.
Chris (01:40):
Jervas,
Sarah (01:41):
Sier.
Chris (01:42):
Michael Jervasier, his book, Tasting Like Delicious
Whiskey,
Sarah (01:47):
is, that what Sier is?
I have no
Chris (01:48):
what's the one that tastes like oranges?
Sarah (01:51):
grand Monet
Chris (01:52):
That's it.
Kervasier and Garmoni aredefinitely different
Sarah (01:56):
I think they're different.
I think so.
they both end with a,
Chris (01:58):
They don't, they put them with R.
Sarah (02:00):
you know what I mean, Dick?
Chris (02:02):
Anyway, Michael Gervais, The Art of Mastery, The First
Rule of Mastery, The Art of NotGiving a Fuck About the Mastery
of Other People.
Whatever book this is.
Sarah (02:12):
it's the first rule of mastery, not worrying about what
people think of you.
Chris (02:16):
Exactly.
Sarah (02:18):
Bingo.
Chris (02:18):
I read the part one of it, and it's really good, and
when we get into that in the newyear, we're going to be, citing
Jumbo and quoting him a lot,cause this book is almost all
about how nobody gives a shitabout you.
Sarah (02:32):
I love it.
Which I should, real quick makea shout out to my husband,
because he did say to me theother day, Hey, and this is me
paraphrasing.
So when he hears it, he won'ttell me that's not what I said.
But he said, Hey, just so youknow, you guys talk about nobody
caring and, like I care.
Chris (02:52):
Oh, no,
Sarah (02:53):
And I, said, that's not exactly, you're missing the
point and not in a mean way.
I didn't say it.
I probably did say in a meanway.
Shit.
It's that's not what it's notcaring.
We know that you care and welove you for that.
We know that you care.
And my dad cares.
it's just the fact it's morenobody like that stranger out
there doesn't give a fuck whatyou look like in those pants.
Chris (03:13):
No,
Sarah (03:14):
You should be more worried about how they're
pinching your own belly.
Chris (03:17):
Yes, that is the whole premise of this book.
Is that you can up yourperformance and you can up your
mental well being byunderstanding that you need to
focus on the stuff that you havecontrol over.
And people's opinions about whatyou're doing do not fall into
(03:41):
that category.
And, I read some stuff todayabout how you're limiting what
you can do in the world ifyou're always afraid, to try
something because you thinksomeone will think it's dumb or
stupid.
Sarah (03:55):
Amen.
Amen.
Hey, I have, I know that wetalked a little bit about what
you're going to jabber about onthis call, but, I just wanted to
throw out there that we have todiscuss how Dan Harris loves me
and said my name.
Chris (04:06):
Oh my god, yes.
Do that now.
Do that now.
Sarah (04:09):
So this goes along the lines of, how much you limit
yourself if you're afraid to doshit because you're afraid of
what you're going to look like.
I am super, super good at notsaying shit cause I don't want
to sound dumb.
like I do it at work.
And even when I say a shit, I'llbe like, this might sound dumb.
I'm sorry.
if this is stupid.
so I need to start, stop doingthat.
(04:30):
But anyway, I'm on the Substackapp, with Dan Harris.
And, last Wednesday, I believeit was, I don't know, last week,
he put a little note out thereto all of his followers that he
was going to do a livemeditation session and then,
answer some questions.
And he asked us, on his post inSubstack to, throw out any
(04:52):
questions that we had for him.
And so I was like, Oh, thatwould be cool.
Like I have 8, 000 of them, butall of them are dumb.
That's that was my exact thoughtlike I can't like they're all
stupid.
They're all really elementaryand super basic Like he's gonna
want to answer that shit.
And then I thought wow I justread about this last night that
(05:13):
I shouldn't be doing this andI'm limiting myself.
you know what fuck this shit I'mgonna get sweaty palms and I'm
gonna write a question right outhere for everybody to fucking
see and I did, and then I got onthe live meditation the
following day and did a livemeditation with Dan Harris.
That's so fun.
And then he read my question andanswered it out loud.
Chris (05:33):
and he said your name.
Sarah (05:34):
He said, my name, he said, this one's from Sarah.
And then he said, I don't knowyou, but it sounds like you're
doing everything right so far.
Just keep doing what you'redoing.
Chris (05:44):
There you go.
You can't ask for more thanthat.
Sarah (05:47):
my hands are sweating a little bit just talking about
it, but.
it's really cool because I didsome shit that, scares the shit
out of me.
keep doing it because the rewardof that was really awesome.
not only hearing my name, andhaving to watch it later, the
recording, cause I didn't hearwhat he answered.
Cause I was so excited that heread my question.
Chris (06:04):
I'm like, I can't listen anymore.
Sarah (06:06):
I literally went, Oh, anyway, but it was really, it
was just a really coolexperience and it's something
just, joining that meditation, Iwasn't even going to do because
I, again, felt like I didn'tbelong there cause I'm new and
I'm dumb and all of that shit.
But, I'm super glad Iparticipated in it and I highly
suggest Christine or anyone elsethat's following Dan Harris on
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Substack that, you participatenext time.
It's really, it was really cool.
Chris (06:33):
that is amazing.
And, while we're on Dan Harris,while we're on the meditation,
while we're on trying to be 10percent happier in our lives,
How is your practice going?
Your meditation practice?
how are you faring this week?
Sarah (06:48):
I would like to, so a couple of things, need to do
better when I don't exercisebecause that's when I meditate
every day is right after Iexercise and I don't exercise
every day.
Like the weekends I don'texercise.
So then I get lost.
So I need to do better.
and one of the questions I askedDan Harris.
Chris (07:06):
I was just raising my finger to write down a point.
Sarah (07:10):
okay.
So I'll Continue.
Okay.
So I'll continue.
So one of the questions I askedDan Harris was how many times he
meditates and if he schedules itand he thinks blah, blah, blah.
so what I would like to startdoing is do a little bit of
meditation in the morning and alittle bit of meditation before
I go to bed.
just small little things.
so I've been doing the regular10 minutes like during the week,
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but I'm not doing it during theweekend.
So I need to I need to get intothe habit of doing it seven days
a week.
And doing that morning and nightand then maybe in between a
little bit here and there
Chris (07:42):
Stop
Sarah (07:42):
and I am
Chris (07:44):
Whatever you're tapping is really loud in my ears.
Sarah (07:47):
wow That's funny because I wasn't even tapping anything
But it's funny that you saytapping because my next thing
was going to be I've been tryingthe tapping meditation
Chris (07:56):
What?
That's weird.
Sarah (07:58):
Michelle mentioned it when we did our interview with
her I forget the, it's calledEFT, I think.
And it's not electronic fundstransfer.
emotional something, anyway.
check it out online.
I.
a little, I'm still trying to, Idig it like I'm still trying to
get there, but it's the thing.
Do you remember she was
Chris (08:19):
Oh yeah.
Thank you.
Sarah (08:20):
So here's your tapping.
Yeah.
So you're
Chris (08:22):
I don't hear that at all.
Sarah (08:23):
you're tapping here, you're tapping here, you're
tapping here, and it's doinglike affirmations.
if you're having an anxious day,so you can say, all right, I'm
feeling very anxious.
I'm feeling very anxious.
Yes.
But.
Even though I'm anxious, I lovemyself.
Like it goes through it.
Like you're basically forgivingyourself, for the things that
you're annoyed with or for whatyou don't like about yourself.
(08:45):
what was the other one?
Just, what's it called?
When I'm mean to myself.
when I say I'm dumb,
Chris (08:50):
mean to myself.
Sarah (08:52):
yeah.
So it has a, there's a shit tonof them on, what's it called?
YouTubes on the YouTubes.
Chris (08:58):
On the YouTubes,
Sarah (08:59):
So I've been, so I tried that.
I would like to give it a fewmore times before I say, I'm not
sure it's my thing.
But I'm giving it a try.
So all in all, all in all,everything's going well.
I would like to up my game.
Chris (09:11):
Yeah, how do you up your game?
Do you just meditate longer,meditate more frequently?
Is that how you're
Sarah (09:17):
That's My plan My plan is to not increase the,
Chris (09:21):
Duration?
Sarah (09:22):
but to increase the, the sessions, frequencies, that's
it.
So that's what I was lookingfor.
I would like to do, in themorning and in the evening and
maybe throw a little fiveminutes and those morning and
evening ones, I'd like to juststick with the 10 minutes.
Cause I feel like I'm doingpretty good there.
I also saw a gentleman and youcould take note of this too.
(09:43):
you don't have to take note ofit.
I already did.
I, on my favorite, morning talkshow, Good Morning America,
Robin Roberts and GeorgeStephanopoulos, or as I say in
my head, George Snuffleupagus,
Chris (09:55):
do.
We all do.
Sarah (09:57):
they were, talking about, trans.
Fuck, I wrote it down and I knowI didn't spell it And therefore
I can't remember TranscendentalDivine
Chris (10:07):
Transcendental.
Sarah (10:09):
Yeah, something like that.
a guy named Bob Roth.
So I was like, Ooh, is that, Iwas like, Ooh, is that Mike
Tyson saying Bob Ross?
No, guy's name is Bob Roth.
R O T H.
But I cannot say it now withoutthinking about Mike Tyson that
interview he did and walked awayand his ass was showing.
anyway, and he has.
(10:30):
And his, they were talking aboutstrength and stillness
meditation.
And he talked about a bunch ofreally cool stuff that I want to
look up there is on Friday,1220.
It is some tour, some sort ofmeditation day that I meant to
look up before we started.
talking, but I didn't get achance to.
And the initiative that he workson is Meditate America, which
(10:51):
from what I grasp, again, Iwanted to look it up, but I
didn't get a chance.
Meditate America is aninitiative to, work with
insurances.
Chris (11:00):
Oh, is this still Bob Roth?
Sarah (11:02):
Yes.
yes.
Chris (11:04):
this is why we shouldn't have a podcast.
Because this poor guy, he didn'tdo anything wrong.
He didn't do anything that.
Sarah (11:10):
Yeah.
The name's just while we're off.
That's it.
Chris (11:13):
Listen, some people have speech impediments, some people
stutter.
Sarah (11:17):
So anyway, there's that.
of shit that we have to lookinto, but that's what I saw on
Good Morning America today.
And George and Robin weretalking about their meditation
and how they meditate.
And,
Chris (11:29):
oh sure.
Sarah (11:31):
George made a statement that I thought was really cool
and they were talking about howpeople said they don't have time
to do it.
And George was like, I think itgives me extra time because I'm
calmer and I'm more And I'm notfocusing on things that I should
not be focusing on that are outof my control and it gives me a
much better perspective.
And therefore I feel like I havemore time in my day.
Chris (11:51):
I think executives will tell you that same thing.
there, there is still the sameamount of time in the day.
whether or not you're doingthings that are productive for
you, or if you're pissing aroundon the internet comparing the
quality of digital calendars.
Sarah (12:08):
Yeah.
Chris (12:09):
Like both of these are things that can get done during
the day, but, if you'remeditating, you're probably
making it so that you're morefocused, more productive, more
efficient.
That is the way that I'mstarting to look at, exercising.
So I felt amazing.
every day this week, these twodays where I have done the yoga,
(12:31):
where I've done the yoga beforework
Sarah (12:33):
Yeah.
Chris (12:34):
and.
I'm getting back into the grooveand it, it always, surprises me
how much I like to do it andthen how easy it is for me to
not do it.
I don't know what part of mybrain forgets, I don't know.
Sarah (12:46):
part of the brain that, that.
deteriorates during sleep.
So what part of brain is that?
Cause it.
happens like I've been, I'vebeen working out midday, like
during my lunch break.
I, it, my afternoons are great,but then my morning, like I'm in
my PJs all morning and it'smostly because I'm lazy and
(13:08):
really like to sleep.
And so I sleep to the lastminute, get up and work in my
PJs, then go work out.
but my doctor, gave me aprescription for some vitamin D.
Yeah,
Chris (13:19):
that is so funny.
My, my friend Maggie B, youmight remember Maggie B and,
Jeandog, they both texted meyesterday, to see about,
supplements.
That maybe Olivia and I had anyexposure to while we've been
going on our sort of mentalhealth journeys.
apparently one of the childrenrefuses to see the counselor or
(13:43):
take any medication.
So they're trying maybe, atleast something to help with a
bit of relief.
Maggie B had asked me about, B12vitamins.
And I'm like, Olivia takes oneevery day because it turns out
that she doesn't have enough in
Sarah (13:59):
yeah.
Chris (13:59):
blood or lymph nodes or inside, whatever part of the
body stores the B12, there's notenough there.
and she finds that's prettyhelpful.
Like she can tell the differenceB12 supplements.
Sarah (14:13):
Yeah.
That's what I'm pretty sure it'sa vitamin.
I have, I didn't pick it up yet.
but it's some sort of supplementthat will make me not super
sleepy all the time.
Chris (14:21):
right.
B12 also in Red Bull, so I'lljust drink like four of those
sugary drinks a day and feel thesame.
I'm, again, I have to feel, Ifeel the need to remind the
people, we are not medicalprofessionals.
We will exchange texas, texts,with our roommates from high
school, or college, about thisshit, but we don't know, I don't
(14:41):
even know where you keep B12,like you keep it in your liver?
is it a spleen?
I was a math major, y'all.
Sarah (14:46):
haven't, I haven't a clue, have not, haven't a clue.
I just said the doctor, I'llbrag a little cause apparently
my cholesterol is phenomenal.
I phenomenal
Chris (14:58):
The best cholesterol.
These cholesterol numbers havenot been seen in a middle aged
woman such as yourself in
Sarah (15:06):
ever.
No, ever.
That's how good it is.
that's how good it is.
It's the best.
anyway, yeah, I got, my bloodwork is really awesome.
and in the last two years, whichis, When I last two years is
when I've lost the weight.
So I have lost 60 pounds in thelast two years.
So we were comparing my bloodwork from 2022 to 2024 and in
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2022, I'm pretty sure everythingwas off the charts.
And my sugar was off the charts.
My cholesterol was terrible.
Like everything that you couldpossibly be awful was awful.
And now like last year it gotbetter, and was still all in
good range, but now it's likefucking amazing.
So yay for me.
but the doctor asked me anyother concerns and I was like,
(15:52):
no, I feel pretty good.
except for I don't know if it'sthe time change that it just
really having a tough time with.
And I said, I'm not sad, I'm notdepressed.
It's not that.
But I could sleep for probably22 hours a day.
So
Chris (16:06):
she said, yeah, how about some orange juice?
Oh
Sarah (16:09):
she was like, let's look at some vitamins.
So she sent me in some vitamins.
I have to go to the pharmacy topick them up anyway.
Chris (16:17):
you get them, they're Flintstone shaped so badly.
Sarah (16:21):
Me too.
And they're chewable and theytaste like the Flintstones.
that would be, and then I'd ODon them.
I was always afraid when I waslittle, I was going to OD on
them because I would just liketo eat them because they tasted
good.
Chris (16:32):
delicious.
That's how you get kids to takevitamins.
Sarah (16:36):
you have some meditation story.
Chris (16:39):
I do.
So I am, oh, I know why I wrotethat down.
I am using an app for mymeditation journey.
So I'm using an app calledWaking Up.
And it is, the brainchild of aguy named Sam Harris, who then I
fell into a giant hole.
I'm like, how are these twobitches related?
And, they're not.
Sarah (16:59):
They're not,
Chris (17:00):
They're not, they've talked, there's like interviews
with, Dan and Sam, but theydon't, they're not related.
Sarah (17:06):
I
Chris (17:06):
so disappointed.
So disappointed.
I, he probably was.
Cause everybody was on thatpodcast at one point or another.
But these are like.
Meditations and then you get,you get some lessons on
meditation.
So it's not just sit down andmeditate and do what I say.
It's sit down and meditate andthen let's talk about why we do
(17:27):
this particular thing inmeditation and what that kind of
brings to the table.
And.
Sarah (17:33):
I like that.
Chris (17:34):
it's the thing that i've been listening to In the shower
instead of a podcast like thelittle lessons are like
individual nuggets and you canhave an entire playlist of
different things like how to Notbe so worried about what your
clothes look like or how to dothis particular thing.
They're in like little chunkslike that.
really nice.
(17:54):
But Saturday's meditation, I'msitting down and I had just done
yoga in the living room.
So I'm sitting down like crosslegged on my little yoga mat, my
little hands up ready to acceptthe messages from the earth or
whatever.
See if I can get one of thesedrones from New Jersey to come
and land on my hands, whateverit takes.
And this meditation starts out,like all, like they all do,
(18:15):
they're like, Oh, close youreyes.
Concentrate on when you feelyour breath.
associate some sort of meaningto your breath.
count it or call it a name.
recognize the thoughts.
Try to create the space ofconsciousness.
And then he was talking aboutthe space of consciousness.
Like we tend to think about thatas the stuff behind our eyes.
The stuff that's inside of ourhead.
(18:36):
And he's okay now open your eyesand he's like everything in your
field of vision is also yourconsciousness He's so don't get
so stuck in the fact that yourconsciousness is just the shit
that happens inside of your headYour consciousness is everything
that is happening around youYour consciousness is your
interpretation of the signalsthat your brain is getting And I
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thought that was the craziestthing that I had ever heard and
I was like, whoa, whoa wait,dude, I'm looking at a fucking
Christmas tree, this isn't myconsciousness, and then, I
thought about it for half asecond after I was arguing with
the voice in my head, and I waslike, no, it's absolutely right,
because this is how my eyes, howthe nerves, and the light are
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being interpreted by my dumbassbrain.
So it puts a new perspective ontrying to get in touch with your
consciousness.
I'm always in touch with theconsciousness, right?
Like I'm always trying to takethings in and understand and
interpret what's happening, justlike my eyeballs are doing that
with the image of the Christmastree.
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It was, I don't think I'mexplaining it all that great,
Sarah (19:47):
No, I am it makes sense to me.
But yeah, I get what you'resaying.
Chris (19:51):
I was like, wow, yeah, that's like the reality that I
live in every day is a constructof what my brain is creating.
And if I can choose to have mybrain interpret things in a
slightly different way, then myreality changes.
And I was like, that is prettyeffing profound.
Sarah (20:12):
Awesome.
Chris (20:13):
that is cool.
That is something that a nerdlike me can hang their head on,
rather than going kumbaya allthe time, and trying to figure
out more of the fluffy stuff.
I'm like, and even like talkingabout consciousness, I was like,
what kind of hippy dippybullshit have I wandered into?
Sarah (20:33):
Yeah.
Chris (20:33):
the beginning of me arguing with it was like, no,
that's a Christmas tree, I canclearly see it.
Sarah (20:38):
Yeah, it's hot.
It's tough to get past that.
Chris (20:41):
I don't know.
It's awesome.
I'm
Sarah (20:43):
But once you do it's.
wow, how cool is that?
Chris (20:47):
popped up like multiple times this week.
Like this morning I'm in theyoga class and I'm like, I'm
going to put my foot down thatmy foot's tired.
Like I'm tired.
I'm not gonna be able to holdthis pose.
And I was like, no, that's justyour brain.
That's just an interpretation ofyour reality.
So why don't you just live inthe reality where you keep your
foot up?
Lazy ass.
Sarah (21:06):
Yeah,
Chris (21:06):
I was like, there's no need for name calling.
I'll just keep my foot up.
Sarah (21:09):
Yeah.
See here, I'd be like, eh,
Chris (21:15):
my foot down like five of the other times, but it was just
realizing
Sarah (21:20):
But use your brain, like you think about it now.
It's not just a, Oh, I don't,I'm not
Chris (21:25):
Put my foot down, put
Sarah (21:26):
I'm gonna put my foot down.
That's fine.
You think about it instead ofjust resigning yourself to oh,
okay That's what's happening.
Boom.
No, but why is that happening?
Why am I thinking that what'sgoing on?
So there's much more of athought process and that's why
they talk about Controlling thatreaction.
It's not just immediatelyreacting.
It's back and saying, why am Igoing to react that way?
Chris (21:46):
It was so it was really interesting for me.
I will say that I haven'tmeditated since then.
So
Sarah (21:52):
that's okay.
again, daily ish
Chris (21:55):
I'm building a
Sarah (21:56):
man, Dan Harris says all the time.
Daily ish.
So you just have to, you know,do
Chris (22:02):
a practice.
I have to give it another hook.
Like taking my medicine getshooked to drinking the coffee.
Cause that's something Iliterally do every day.
And It used to be like when Iwas doing the yoga at home in my
living room, I would just sitthere for another five minutes
because of inertia.
I'm like, if I just sit here, Ican do the meditation.
Now I gotta find, I gotta find abetter hook for the meditation.
Sarah (22:24):
Yeah.
I think that's where I am.
Chris (22:26):
brushing my teeth?
Is it just sitting down in myoffice chair and literally
spinning it around away from themonitors and cameras and shit
and looking at my Hogwartscastle made out of Legos?
Sarah (22:37):
Fun.
Chris (22:38):
that wouldn't hurt anybody.
Maybe.
I'll have to go back to myatomic habits and see if I can
build one, around thismeditation practice.
Sarah (22:46):
That's what I was going to say.
It goes back to the habitstacking.
Chris (22:50):
Man, we covered a lot of territory this year.
Sarah (22:53):
We sure did.
And I thought of somethingearlier that I was like, Ooh, I
want to talk about that as partof our 2024 review that I think
I just decided that we're doing,but I can't remember.
Chris (23:08):
Is it letting go of enough of the feedback that we
get that isn't awesome andpositive?
And being able to show up everyweek and continue to do this,
even on some weeks where I'mlike, this is the dumbest thing
we've ever decided to do.
No one listens.
No one wants to hear thisbullshit.
Sarah (23:27):
I think that's pretty fucking cool.
What I wanted to do, like howmany we've done an episode every
week
Chris (23:33):
Every week.
Sarah (23:35):
March
Chris (23:36):
Mhm.
April.
Sarah (23:38):
pretty effing awesome, right?
Chris (23:40):
It is pretty cool.
we are amazing in ourconsistency.
Sarah (23:45):
and we're going to get amazing in every, not
everything, but in, in othershit too.
Chris (23:50):
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to doubling down and
understanding that some of thestuff that we talked about in
the beginning, like if youremember performance driven and
purpose driven, some of thatstuff is really gonna come front
and center for us, the two ofus, I think, in the new year.
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When we look at, when we look atwhy we keep doing this and we
look at What do we really wantto accomplish?
And I think at the beginning, atleast for me, I was like, I want
to accomplish a bunch of peoplelaughing at what I have to say.
I want to accomplish a bunch ofpeople liking what I do.
I want to accomplish, having athousand followers and being
(24:33):
able to sell merch and go ontour.
I want to be famous.
And now I'm like, you know what,it is a lot cooler than that.
Like our, when we started, we'relike, let's do something that
actually has an impact andleaning back on that, it's not
about what people think aboutthe podcast.
And I like it, you like it.
Lots of people have told us thatthey like it.
(24:53):
It's more about what do we wantto contribute to the podcasting
world?
And how do we want to have apositive impact?
How do we want to keep Throwingout episodes where at least one
person says, Hey, thanks fortalking about that.
Cause I feel a lot less alone.
And that really resonated.
And that really gave mesomething to think about for the
(25:14):
whole week.
Other than you guys are, youwere funny.
Sarah (25:17):
are funny.
You guys swear a lot.
Chris (25:20):
we do swear a lot.
Correct.
Correct.
but I
Sarah (25:24):
of it, but I think we help people by being funny.
Chris (25:28):
Yeah,
Sarah (25:28):
that's who we are.
Chris (25:30):
And I think, the.
The approach that we take andthe interesting thing about us
is that we try to Do both thosethings.
We try to be, we try to be funnyand we try to approach it with
a, with kind of a little, alighthearted, Hey, let's look at
this shit.
That's pretty crazy and fuckedup and pull out the things that
got us through.
And a lot of that for both of uswas the ability to look at it
(25:52):
and at least laugh a little.
Sarah (25:54):
Yeah, I can't imagine.
Yeah.
Chris (25:58):
No, I can't imagine coming home from visiting my
child in Western Psych and notbeing able to call you and be
like, they took her underwearand giggle at that.
that's just funny.
And being able to reset who I amas a person by laughing about
some of the things that werehappening at that point in my
(26:19):
life.
Even though, very horrible otherstuff was happening, being able
to connect with you and connectwith David and everyone else who
was supportive, that stuff isimportant in letting other
people know that you don't haveto suffer by yourself either.
you might not be our bestfriends, but we want to make you
laugh,
Sarah (26:38):
Yeah, we want to make you laugh and our email is always
open for anything.
Chris (26:44):
Gastergirls at gmail.
com, in case we haven't said itin a couple of episodes.
Sarah (26:49):
I don't think we have.
I think we gave up.
Chris (26:51):
Throw in the towel.
Sarah (26:52):
Fuck it.
Chris (26:53):
we have, we did get good feedback this week.
I will say that I was with abunch of work people and the
work people will occasionallytalk about the podcast.
And every time I mentioned it,people are like, you should have
me on the podcast.
And I was like, I definitelyshould.
That would be hilarious.
Hilarious.
We had, that would have to be adifferent podcast all about
people that I work with, buthilarious.
Sarah (27:15):
but cool.
Chris (27:16):
But yes, we'll definitely do that.
and it's so funny because the assoon as you say what it's about
They're like, oh my god.
I have had this trauma that Iwill now share with you and I
was like, Yes, maybe you shouldbe on the podcast like
legitimately.
Maybe you should
Sarah (27:31):
Yeah, it's pretty awesome.
Pretty awesome.
I've, I've been trying this newthing at work where I actually
ask people and want to know howthey are.
Chris (27:37):
Where I'm being actually kind.
Sarah (27:40):
yeah, and I, one of the girls, and of course it's not, I
work in a support role.
I talk to lots of people, notall of them.
I'm going to be like, Hey, let'stalk.
but yeah, one of my coworkers,she was like, Hey Sarah, how are
you?
And I was like, do you reallywant to know?
I don't care if you want toknow, if you want to know, I'll
tell you if not, then we'll justsolve your problem.
Like it's cool.
It's totally cool.
And I forget whatever it wasthat I was talking about.
(28:02):
And I think mine was just realstupid and brief.
And then I said, but how areyou?
And we ended up talking for 45minutes maybe and about like
serious shit that she was goingthrough and then not just her
but some stuff with her daughterand she didn't know we had the
podcast.
I told her about the podcast andthen she actually asked me like
a couple questions like for someadvice.
(28:24):
And
Chris (28:25):
Oh, I love it.
Sarah (28:26):
it was a really nice conversation and that's the
second time that's happened witha coworker just out of saying,
yeah, but how are you?
And I'm not asking that justbecause we're on the phone.
Like, how are you really?
and I just think that, I thinkthat we forget sometimes that
we're allowed to do that.
And yeah, we're busy with ourjobs, but, nothing is more
(28:47):
important than taking a minuteand talking about what's going
on and for real, what's goingon, not just, yeah, I'm busy.
I'm fine.
if that's what you feel you gotto do, you got to do, but.
If someone wants to open up andtalk about, some real life, like
we should be there.
And we also have the opportunityto open up ourselves.
Chris (29:06):
I can say without a doubt, one of the most positive
things that's come out of thisyear is doing this podcast and
appreciating being who I am allthe time.
Do you know what I mean?
there's so much, there's so muchless need or, opportunity to
(29:26):
mask.
Who I am when I have to be, Ihave to be this.
this is who I am because I'mtalking to you.
And it's really hard for me topretend to be anything else when
we're talking and, and sendingthat out into the world just
gives me a basis for how toapproach things maybe
differently at work than I wouldhave a year ago.
(29:48):
Do you know what I mean?
Sarah (29:49):
100%.
100%.
Chris (29:52):
that is really, truly the gift of doing this podcast,
reading the books that we'veread, understanding a little bit
more about what makes my braintake the way that it does,
actually starting therapyinstead of talking about how I
should go to therapy.
all of that.
I feel like a completelydifferent and better person than
(30:17):
last year.
So I didn't intend to do thislike a deep dive introspective,
episode.
This wasn't like a very specialepisode of the Gaster Girls.
I was like, hey,
Sarah (30:27):
a real quick one.
And
Chris (30:29):
let's call it in.
Sarah (30:30):
Yeah.
Hey, we're done for the year.
See ya.
Chris (30:33):
Bye bye.
Sarah (30:34):
Here we come instead.
,this is what
Chris (30:37):
But, what a nice way to wrap up.
I appreciate everyone thatlistens, and even if you're
listening because you sat nextto me at a soccer game and
thought I was funny, I'm in.
I love it.
I can't get enough of, gettingthe, getting the real person
that I am out there for morepeople to see.
It makes me happy.
Sarah (30:56):
Yeah.
It's been a great year and Iwould like to point out that all
these great things have happenedand we haven't really even of
course we've tried, we've putour time in and thrown an
episode out every week, but liketruly for both of us, we haven't
really gotten into it.
So I am looking forward to, tonext year and years to come.
I think that we're ontosomething here and we should
(31:18):
probably keep doing it.
Chris (31:20):
Yep, I agree.
I agree.
Yeah, this has been a whole yearof, let me figure out what this
is for me, and then let's, yeah,I am really looking forward to
like I said, doubling down andputting in more work.
into what we're putting outthere and understanding that
we're enough to do that I thinkis the big takeaway from this
(31:41):
year where?
At the beginning of the year.
I might have been like, oh,yeah, don't it's yeah, it's no
big day it's nothing and I thinkthat the two of us are fully
capable and You know at a pointin our lives where we can do the
work And not feel like we haveto self deprecate all the time
these days.
yeah, I'm gonna do the work, I'mgonna put together a good
(32:03):
episode, and we're gonna releasethat, and you guys are gonna
like it.
And we're still gonna be true towho we are.
So I am really looking forward
Sarah (32:11):
gonna be funny and we're still gonna say fuck.
Chris (32:14):
Jumbo is still our dad, Nita is still our mom.
Sarah (32:17):
don't.
Chris (32:18):
we can't I don't know.
The part of being authentic towho we are is having these
hilarious stories.
Sarah (32:25):
Yeah.
And we'll continue to have them.
Chris (32:28):
so I talked to your mom, or I talked to your dad today,
and he didn't quite know whereyour mother was.
So
Sarah (32:33):
my favorite.
Chris (32:35):
he was like, free range Anita.
Sarah (32:37):
Free range Anita.
There she is,
Chris (32:40):
There she
Sarah (32:40):
which makes me like, just think of her as a chicken
Chris (32:43):
I can
Sarah (32:44):
and not the gaster kind of chicken, like the actual
Chris (32:47):
Ew, shut up.
Ew.
Ew.
for those of you who might benew to the podcast, when we were
growing up our mother called,our vaginas chickens.
Sarah (32:58):
So that's something you won't be able to unhear.
good luck
Chris (33:01):
There you go.
Sarah (33:02):
evening.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Chris (33:04):
ha.
Fuh.
Cheese.
Sarah (33:09):
pull out right there, right?
Chicken parm.
It has that cheese, the ricotta.
Yeah, that might have somericotta.
I don't think it has ricotta.
Chris (33:19):
Stop it.
Alright, we're done.
No,
Sarah (33:24):
wanted to talk about today?
We're not gonna yeah, it wassupposed to be a short episode,
but yeah.
Yeah.
Chris (33:31):
we have to cut out all the pauses in the places where
we say, and 10, 000 times.
So they usually eight minutes ofa 40 minute episode is us going,
yeah, but,
Sarah (33:40):
And I've realized that ends up cutting out like a word
in our last episode.
It cut out, there were at leastthree spots that I was like,
fuck it cut out what I actuallyneeded to say.
Fuck.
Chris (33:52):
you just have to use your context clues, guys.
We'll get better at that in thenew year too.
Sarah (33:56):
It's fine.
It's fine.
It's fine.
All right.
Merry Christmas.
Happy Hanukkah.
Merry Kwanzaa.
Chris (34:03):
Oh.
Sarah (34:04):
What else is
Chris (34:05):
before we go, I bought all the ingredients to make the
Chex Mix, so
Sarah (34:10):
I love that Christmas Chex Mix.
Chris (34:12):
I will be having Chex Mix for every meal from now until
January 5th.
Sarah (34:17):
I actually just like the darker Chex.
Chris (34:21):
The wheat
Sarah (34:22):
like the thinner, darker, if you could just make me a
batch of just that.
Chris (34:27):
Oh, that is actually a fantastic idea because it is
also my favorite.
I don't know why I want tocontinue to put myself on the
wheat checks hunt like diggingaround through the stick
pretzels
Sarah (34:38):
like you're making it so you can make it whatever you
want.
and that, those are my favorite.
Like they seem to collect allthe goodness a little bit better
than the rest of them.
Chris (34:46):
they
Sarah (34:47):
Like everything else.
Like peanuts.
Peanuts don't collect anything.
Like they're just worth it.
They just take up space.
Chris (34:53):
Yeah, they're worthless see the peanuts are I don't know
i'm gonna put cashews in minebecause they're tastier so
Sarah (34:58):
Ooh.
Cool.
I
Chris (34:59):
Class they should join up a little bit.
So
Sarah (35:02):
When we were little, when we lived in Elizabeth, one of
the snacks, one of the snacks Iwould make, because I loved the
Chex Mix so much, like whateverwe had, maybe it was just chips
sometimes, I would take theWorcestershire sauce because
that's how you, right?
And I would take theWorcestershire sauce and mix it
in with butter and, seasonedsalt.
(35:25):
And, exactly.
That's the, and I would dip shitin it.
that was My dip.
I would make a dip out of that.
Or I would just throw, Oh, I putit on popcorn.
Chris (35:33):
My god.
My god.
Sarah (35:35):
I used to also take butter and mix it with sugar and
just eat spoonfuls of it.
Chris (35:41):
I don't know why we'd have a problem with cholesterol
or weight in our later years atall.
Sarah (35:46):
Mom, I want a sweet snack.
Just get some sugar and butter.
I'm fairly certain she neversaid that, but they definitely
never stopped me from doing it.
I also used to use toothpicksand mommy's lighter to roast
baby marshmallows.
Chris (35:59):
I don't know what to say to that one.
I don't think I was in the homewhen that was happening.
we were feral.
I mean, and our parents reallycared about what happened to us.
We were still feral.
Sarah (36:12):
this I mean I may have been doing that shit like late
night like when I came home andthey were already in bed.
So lord knows what I was doingbefore I came home.
Chris (36:20):
Mer, we don't know because we were out in a field
with a keg somewhere.
Sarah (36:24):
We were my
Chris (36:26):
You're a Mount Vernon.
Sarah (36:27):
A friend of mine and I were recently talking about the
kids just smoking the weed pens.
I was like, these kids have itso easy or they're totally
missing out.
Like they have, they don't knowwhat a resin ball is.
Chris (36:39):
Not talking about this.
I have a job.
Sarah (36:42):
you are no fun, whatever.
Chris (36:45):
But kids these days do not understand.
Sarah (36:48):
no, we had to work for it back in the day.
Chris (36:50):
Oh my God, I don't know.
I don't know what you're talkingabout, but yes, we did.
Sarah (36:54):
We sure did.
Separate shit out.
Chris (36:57):
other Gasser family traditions.
I also brought all of the boardgames upstairs so we can play
board games.
Sarah (37:03):
Good, good.
I'm excited.
Chris (37:05):
Yeah, all ready for And I've also talked about the Feast
of the Seven Fishes.
Even though we're really bad atbeing Catholic and
Sarah (37:15):
Is it Catholic?
I thought it was just Italian.
Chris (37:17):
no, they're same.
Same.
I think
Sarah (37:20):
Okay.
Chris (37:20):
hard for me to separate the two
Sarah (37:22):
Like I thought the Feast of Seven Fishes was just
Italian, like I thought that wasan Italian tradition, not so
much just Catholic, but I
Chris (37:29):
the Catholic part is, the Catholic part is that you're not
supposed to eat meat onChristmas Eve.
That's the Catholic part.
Sarah (37:36):
thought that was
Chris (37:37):
are like.
No, that's Good Friday.
That's Lent.
It's also Christmas.
Oh my God, you're so much worseat being Catholic than I am.
Probably because you converted.
Yeah.
so I remember the one year yourdad was like, you know what?
since we're not that Catholicand fish is horrible.
And the one year you're thelibertini side of the family fed
(37:59):
us spaghetti sauce with cannedtuna in it.
Which I can still, like that wasthat pause is both of us like
tasting it.
Sarah (38:08):
was both of us throwing up in our mouths
Chris (38:10):
I know and
Sarah (38:11):
I would rather eat chicken and talk about and refer
to it as a vagina while I waseating it.
Then think about tuna fishpasta.
Chris (38:21):
And I think they didn't tell us That the pasta sauce had
tuna in it until you took like amouthful and by that point you
had a shit ton of it on yourplate because it was normally
delicious meat sauce and nowyou're stuck and now you're
trying to find a way to get ridof this food on your plate
without actually consuming tunafish pasta but I think your dad
(38:42):
came up with the idea of let'sdo instead of seven fishes let's
do seven meats
Sarah (38:48):
yeah, I think, that was pretty recent.
That wasn't
Chris (38:50):
no that was definitely post children for both of
Sarah (38:53):
Yeah, that was pretty recent.
I should mention, just becauseNoah loves this story, to real,
not real, cause we're reallyItalian, but to fancy Italians,
the feast of the seven fishes islike a really good meal, because
they have like lobster and thecalamari and like the Fancy
fish.
(39:13):
I like to call ours.
It's the Ghetto Seven Fishes.
literally
Chris (39:18):
Smelts.
Sarah (39:19):
it's a can of smelts.
We have the tuna fish pasta,which is literally just red
sauce with tuna, canned tuna init.
Chris (39:28):
it's bad in your brain,
Sarah (39:30):
it's worse.
It's worse.
in person.
the anchovy pasta, I dig.
I like the anchovy pasta, but Ilike the anchovies, so that
works out.
And it was really Just whateverdaddy could order from market
day for a while.
It's like the pecan crusted,
Chris (39:47):
Oh, tilapia.
Tilapia.
Tilap.
Sarah (39:49):
anything you could like Gordon's fish sticks.
Chris (39:53):
Seven fishes, kids.
We're
Sarah (39:55):
But the, the story that Noah loves to tell is in his
mind, the seven fishes was thelobster, the calamari, the
really good fish.
And I talked about the sevenfishes and he was coming to our
house.
and he, it was really bad.
It was a really bad experience.
It did not go as he thought itwas going to go.
Chris (40:15):
did you guys have to stop at like fast food on the way
home?
Sarah (40:18):
Yeah.
I don't really remember causeI'm sure I was drunk when we
left, but I'm fairly certain we,got in the car and he was like,
what in the fuck was that?
What was
Chris (40:27):
Hello.
Welcome.
Welcome to our feast of theseven meats now.
And we had like prosciutto and
Sarah (40:34):
much
Chris (40:34):
spicy ham, capicola,
Sarah (40:37):
Yeah, super set.
Oh Noah's coming in
Chris (40:42):
salami.
Sarah (40:43):
us talking about the food or you're coming in to tell us
to stop?
Noah is telling me it's wrong.
I think what are you talkingabout is wrong?
Chris (40:55):
doesn't matter.
Oh,
Sarah (41:00):
he thought there was still,
Chris (41:02):
right.
No.
Sarah (41:03):
I never said seven fishes.
I just said, we're going to goeat Italian food.
And he was like, yeah, boy.
no.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
That's what my sister asked ifwe stopped.
Yeah.
So I guess we stopped somewhereon the way home.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So there's Noah, everybody.
Chris (41:22):
Noah!
Sarah (41:23):
So he left now.
I love that he's, he, I think hejust sits out there and listens
to us record.
He said, it's the first time Iwas at home.
Okay.
Anyway.
All right.
Let's wrap her up.
Chris (41:34):
Yep, I think that's it.
you guys, we love you.
We appreciate you.
we can't wait to, do better nextyear.
Not that we're doing bad, but wecan't wait to, really do some
good stuff.
We're excited about it.
Sarah (41:46):
Amen.
All
Chris (41:47):
Alright, I'm gonna hit the stop button.
Love you.
Sarah (41:49):
Love you.
Bye.
Chris (41:51):
Love you.
Bye.
Wait, I gotta turn my mouse on.
Hold
Sarah (41:55):
Where's my mouse?
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