This ep introduces The Rifle Range Guy {the first one} - a close friend of many years. I also share about meeting his ancestors, in their own house [this will be a multi part ep]. Ghost grandma loves her grandkid, and has a message for him.
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REFERENCES MENTIONED THIS EP:
"Twelve-step programs are mutual aid organizations for the purpose of recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions" -
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/12-step
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"13th stepping" - "It is when a person with more than one year of sobriety becomes sexual with a newcomer in recovery. " Had a difficult time finding a source that was global on this definition, this is close [in reference to what the 12 step "Nice Guy" tried, unsuccessfully]:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=13th%20stepping
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Tara Brach teaches Buddhism, with Western perspective. She discusses the spore as metaphor, and perhaps a tree or two. Major gratitude for Ms. Brach:
https://www.tarabrach.com/
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Mary Trump is a doctor of psychology, and wrote a book about her family, from a willfully educated perspective.
Her voice - https://twitter.com/maryltrump?lang=en
Her book - https://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Never-Enough-Dangerous/dp/1982141468
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Do You Need A Ride is a podcast by Karen Kilgariff and Chris Fairbanks. Smart, humble, silly, growing. Fave comedians in this house:
https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/do-you-need-a-ride
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Greg Proops is a comedian who humbles and inspires. From France to Belgium [Ms. Jennifer too], improv king brings joy, knowledge, and deep thought ~ swimming through giggles and weed ~
https://www.gregproops.com/blog/
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a comedy series of many decades, created originally by Joel Hodgson. Patton Oswalt is notably in the most recent incarnation of the series.
http://joelhodgson.com/
https://mst3k.com/
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POD DESCRIPTION:
This is the House on Valencia Street. This is a place where ghosts and psychics, with PTSD, exist, and I'm talking about it. Share time with a rare survivor, walking back to haunted rooms and space being claimed from long ago. This is from the survivor's perspective, communicated as I see fit, in a way that feels right, for me.
I do not offer advice here, I share what worked for me. I am not a professional therapist, this is just one case study, one perspective. Please seek professional help, if mental health issues need attention.
Language is explicit, Content Warning / Trigger Warning: ghosts, psychic ability, rape, incest, foster care, murder, emancipation, BDSM, therapy, lightning strikes, personal responsibility, Buddhism, recovery, codependency, domestic violence - and inappropriate humor, most likely.
Picture inset: This is me, so many years ago, standing in front of my mother's Impala, and the House on Valencia Street.
