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Playing The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: Reflection Through Our First Year of PodcastingEpisode 52: Jai and I started brainstorming about podcast names and topic ideas in late 2020. In January 2021, we released our first episode and set a goal to release a total of 52 podcast episodes this year.WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT GOAL! Though it was quite an overwhelming goal in the beginning, we've made it to the finish line. This episode is very special to us because it signifies the commitment, the new skills we've learned, and the hard work we put in to get to this point. Not all episodes were good, but we were still consistent and growing after e...2022-01-0126 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: 5 Things 2021 Has Taught UsEpisode 51: 2021 has been an intense year, to say the least. Lots of laughs, cries, and all the other emotions you can think of.In this week's episode, Jai and I reflect on the triumphs we went through this year. 2022-01-0138 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFITNESS: 2021 USPA AV Desert Wars | Jai and Brennan’s very first powerlifting competition.Episode 50: Hi! Jennell here. In this weeks episode, we talk about the long-awaited powerlifting competition that Jai has mentioned countless times in previous episodes. He competes alongside his best bud and number one fan to our podcast, Brennan! He joins us in this episode as I interview him and Jai about their experience through the 2021 USPA AV Desert Wars. Competing in a fitness competition is no easy task. We discuss their entire journey starting from why they even decided to join this specific meet. They tell us about the different strategies they use to ensure th...2021-12-311h 07Playing The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: Six Lessons That Getting COVID Taught JaiEpisode 49: Jennell here! I've been out for almost two weeks because I got sick and tested positive for COVID which forced me to quarantine. That's okay because it gave Jai the inspiration for this episode!With me getting sick, it reminded him of when he had COVID back in August of 2020 and his time during quarantine. When you're by yourself during quarantine, you get lost in a lot of self-thought and you have no choice but to reflect inward. Listen in as Jai shares 6 new perspectives of what he learned during and after being sick.2021-12-0314 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtPRODUCTIVITY: Our 1 Year Reflection with Bullet JournalingEpisode 48: Bullet journaling is a method of personal organization that was created by Ryder Carrol. For Jai and I, it has shaped our lives completely. It has been 1 year since we've both implemented the bullet journal into our everyday lives. Bullet journaling is a safe space for us to document our lives in a small dotted notebook. It allows us to be productive through our weekly to-do lists, understand ourselves through the daily habits and moods we track and remind us of all the important things we need to remember through our future logs and much more.2021-12-0252 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Setting Realistic Expectations in LifeEpisode 47: "The less you expect, the happier you will be." Let's get real realistic.In many different aspects of life, we expect certain expectations. Most times those expectations may be too high or far-fetched. When that happens, it generally leads to disappointment and stages a negative impact on your mind. In this episode, we talk about five guidelines for setting realistic expectations in ya life. --------------------We release a new episode every week!You can connect with us on IG: @playingthehandyouredealt2021-11-1626 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFINANCE: How to Budget When You're BrokeEpisode 46: Being broke can seem like a never-ending cycle: We work long hours to receive a paycheck, just to spend it on bills and mindless transactions which lead to having no more money. Then we work more long hours and wait to receive another paycheck in two weeks. This is called living paycheck to paycheck.To get out of this never-ending cycle, we recommend budgeting. In this week's episode, Jai and I give 5 tips on how to budget when you're broke. They're very easy and helpful tips that anyone can start to implement today.Listen...2021-11-0941 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFITNESS: Using Motivation and Discipline to Achieve Your Fitness GoalsEpisode 45: Hey guys! Jai is back after battling bronchitis for two weeks.At the beginning of this year, Jai was motivated and set a goal to train 300 out of the 365 days. He has pushed to achieve this goal even though he's had an injury, no equipment, during vacations, and been sick multiple times.With the end of the year being in sight, he's on track to complete this goal because of the discipline he has created for himself. In this week's episode, Jai talks about motivation and discipline through fitness.Motivation is overrated...2021-11-0225 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: Questions You Can Ask to Know Your Partner BetterEpisode 44: Hiya! It's Jennell again.For this week's episode, I asked my girlfriend, Josie, to join me while Jai is out sick. We each gathered 10 questions and took turns asking and answering. It is very similar to the episode Jai and I did that consisted of the "36 questions that lead to love," but with a brand new set of questions.The reason for this is episode is because Josie and I have both been very busy and wanted to partake in some fun quality time together. These sets of questions allowed us to learn and...2021-10-2642 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: How To D.I.V.E. Into Your InterestsEpisode 43: Hi! Jennell here.As adults, we all fall into our routines and everyday habits. Sometimes we forget what it is we actually love or are interested in. We spend too much time, money, and effort to make a living that we often forget to live a little.In this week's episode, Jai and I talk about how to dive deeper into your interests. Jai came up with an awesome acronym to follow:D - Discovery phaseI - Is this something I’m really interested in?V - Do...2021-10-1922 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: Taking Yourself on DatesEpisode 42: Hey! It's Jennell again.In this week's episode, Jai and I give 5 tips on how to become more comfortable with taking yourself on dates.It all starts with making things easy and changing your perception of being alone. Instead of thinking, "aw man, I have to go by myself." Adapt to realizing that it's a luxury: you GET TO take yourself out. Once you've committed to doing it, take advantage of living in the moment. Then reflect and learn more about yourself - what it is you actually love, why, and how....2021-10-1334 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtPRODUCTIVITY: How We Use Social Media As a Tool and Not a DistractionEpisode 41: Hi! Jennell here.In this week's episode, Jai and I talk about the different strategies we do to use social media to our advantage and how we use it as a resource and not a distraction.The majority of us spend a lot of time on social media, it's almost inevitable. Similar to the saying that you are the average of the five people you surround yourself with, you are the product of what you consume on social media. A way you can use social media to benefit yourself is to surround yourself or "...2021-10-0530 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: You Are the Average Of the People Around YouEpisode 40: "Show me your friends and I will show you your future"Whether we recognize it or not, we are the result of the average of the people we surround ourselves with. What they say, we start to say. What they think, we start to believe. Their way of living can either lead you to success or failure depending on the type of goals and values you have.In the episode, Jai and I talk about the patterns and traits we've recognized with hanging around a negative average of people and a positive average people...2021-09-2838 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: How A Nurse Transitioned To Managing A Social Media Marketing AgencyEpisode 39: Hi guys! Jennell here. This week I have the honor of bringing on our second guest ever! My girlfriend, Josie. She has recently taken a huge change of direction with her career path and wanted to share with you all how she went from a nurse to a social media marketing agency.After high school, she took the career path of becoming a nurse. Unfortunately, after a few years, she became miserable and no longer loved what she did for a living. She left the field of nursing and took many career different paths to find...2021-09-2243 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFITNESS: Training With vs Without a GoalEpisode 38: Guest and good friend Brennan joins the podcast once again!Jai and Brennan discuss what it feels like to train with a plan, a goal, a fitness competition on the horizon. With their powerlifting meet only 8 weeks out they noticed three notable changes: a set program is great, your mindset is more focused, and a newfound love for a new discipline in the world of exercise, powerlifting.Listen in as they discuss the before and now for those three changes and more! --------------------2021-09-1436 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: Our Experiences With Burnout and Tips On How To Overcome ItEpisode 37: Have you ever worked so hard for days on end and felt burnt out? I think we all experience it at least once in our life. Jai and Jennell share times when they've felt burnout due to the career fields they were in. Even though most burnouts root from your profession, it can also play a huge affect on the following different areas of your life: mental health, physical health, and relationships.After discussing their situations with burnout, they share with you all some tips to overcome it! The first is to recognize it...2021-09-0730 min
Playing The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: Our Podcast Reflection Over An 8 Month PeriodEpisode 36: Today makes 8 months since Jai and Jennell have released their first podcast episode! They wanted to take the time this week to reflect on the impact this podcast has had our their lives.They've showed up every single Saturday even when they were tired, hungover, or just simply did not want to. The result of that has lead them to discover new things they never expected.Listen in to hear more about the three major categories they each reflect on: How they've become better versions of themselves, what they've learned from each other, and...2021-08-3138 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: The Traits Others See In UsEpisode 35: Jai and Jennell wrote down 4 character traits about the other person. After revealing what the character traits are, they take the time to recognize how or why they think these traits define who they are.The inspiration came from a video by CUT. Where two best friends paint each other and discuss how they view each other's body and personality.This was a fun exercise to acknowledge how others may possibly see you. As well as getting an outside perspective on yourself, in a constructive way.Ask a close friend...2021-08-2433 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: Leaps Of Faith And What We've LearnedEpisode 34: Jai and Jennell are back in the studio together after each recording solo episode over the past two weeks!This week's episode is all about leaps of faith and what they've learned from them. Leaps of Faith are moments you have to JUMP without knowing what the outcome will be. It comes with the hope that we won't fall and we'll make it to the other side. It can be a negative decision, but it can also be a positive decision. No matter what, there's always a lesson within it. They each chose to r...2021-08-1748 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: A Few Tips To Manage StressEpisode 33: We all go through stress. It's inevitable. A lot of the time we stress about the things we can't control. However, one thing we can always control is our attitude toward these negative situations we are stressing about.Jennell does a solo episode and gets a little vulnerable about what she has been stressing about lately. As she goes through this journey to get back on her feet and overcome stress, she shares with you all some of the things she's learned and has begun to practice. Listen in to hear the helpful...2021-08-1021 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: 4 Things Jai Learned About Love...The Hard WayEpisode 32: We choose to love. It's more than just a feeling; it's an action.This week Jai takes on another solo episode. Because of the hopeless romantic that he is, he's passionate of talking about love.Through his personal experiences of short and long relationships, he's learned a lot. He shares the four major lessons he discovered from going through these relationships.Building meaningful relationships and loving others is a huge part of life and some would argue that that’s all life is about.Listen in to what Jai has to...2021-08-0322 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: 10 of Our Bucket List ItemsEpisode 31: Laying on your death bed or sitting in your rocking chair with your 80 year old bones and arthritis, the last thing you want is to wish you were young again. In this episode, Jai and Jennell each shared 10 things that are on their bucket list. They took the time to think about the things they want to experience before they die or become too old to do so. Listen in to hear the crazy things on their list!First step to achieving things on your bucket list is to visualize it. The things on...2021-07-2733 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: A Check-In of Our Wins, Losses, and Folds.Episode 30: When someone asks us “How are you doing?” A common answer is usually, “fine”, “pretty good”, or “great”. But are they really? That question gets asked around a lot as a form of politeness and is never really meant to be answered. Today we change that! On this episode of the Playing The Hand You’re Dealt Podcast we dive deeper than ever into our usual 2-week check-in.--------------We release a new episode every week!You can connect with us on IG: @playingthehandyouredealt2021-07-2043 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: Creating a Healthier Lifestyle With Macros and Conscious EatingEpisode 29: This is pretty big! In this week's episode, Jai and Jennell welcome their very first guest and long-time friend, Brennan!Just like Jai and Jennell, Brennan has a fitness and weight loss journey of his own. They invited him to the podcast to learn a fresh perspective of a similar journey with different experiences.Listen in to learn about his personal experiences with macros and powerlifting and where he's at because of it. He covers the tools he has used to help me jump-start a healthier life and gives some examples of how to...2021-07-1326 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: How to Manifest a Career That Makes You HappyEpisode 28: July is here and they're back as always with another episode! This week Jai and Jennell share with you how they manifested their way to their current career fields! Are you currently in a job field that you hate? Or do you love the field you're in, but your boss is an asshole? The goal of this episode is to inspire you to change the current professional situation you're in if you're unhappy with it. Here are a few ways they encourage you to do so: take the time to understand why would want to...2021-07-0633 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Our 2021 Goals Check Up!Episode 27: We are already half way through the year! I’m not sure about you guys, but this year is flying by extremely fast. Just like most of you, Jai and Jennell created goals and set their intentions at the beginning of 2021. They decided to use this halfway point to recognize the goals they set and check in with themselves.What goals did you set at the beginning of this year? Are you happy with the progress you’ve made so far? Are there other goals that you want to accomplish? If so, it’s never too late to start!We hop...2021-06-2933 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: A Coming Out Story In Honor of Pride MonthEpisode 26: HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! This month is celebrated in honor of the Stonewall riots in 1969. Today, we celebrate with parades, parties, festivals, concerts to honor LGBTQIA+ voices and experiences. To contribute, Jennell and Jai agreed there's no better way to honor that than to create a Pride-related episode. This is a very special episode as Jai interviews Jennell and discusses the challenges and struggles she faced with coming out as a lesbian at an early age. She felt privileged that the people around her were accepting but still felt isolated. By sharing her story, s...2021-06-2235 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtDRUNK: Truth or Drink with Bottomless Mimosas at 11AMEpisode 25:The theme for this week is a little bit different than our typical categories. We have a DRUNK episode brought to you by bottomless mimosas at 11 AM. It's' Happy Hour somewhere, right?We wanted to switch up the pace a little bit and have some fun with it! We play a game called Truth or Drink that Jai discovered from the YouTube channel "Cut." With a deck of cards placed face down, we alternate flipping the top card and asking each other the question on the card. We must answer the question with the truth...2021-06-1539 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: 6 Life Changing QuotesEpisode 24: Quotes: They're just words, but they have a powerful way of conceptualizing our own thoughts and beliefs. They help to set a base on which you build your habits and values.In this week's episode, Jai and Jennell each share three life-changing quotes that have helped shape who they are. They explain what each quote is and why or how it impacts their life. At one point, it gets deep! One of these quotes forced us to go a little bit deeper into our own past traumas to help us realize the love for all the...2021-06-0830 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtPRODUCTIVITY: 5 Strategies to Help You Work Smarter and Not HarderEpisode 23: This week's episode is rough. Jai and Jennell struggled to get through this week's episode due to a lack of preparation and not giving this episode as much love as their others. They published it anyway as a reminder to you guys and a reminder to themselves that showing up and still doing the best you can is better than not doing it at all. On that note, in this episode, they discuss five strategies to work smarter and not harder! Simple things such as planning, batching projects, delegating tasks, eliminating "half-work" and constantly re...2021-06-0221 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFITNESS: Beyond the Beginner GainzEpisode 22: When you begin to work out the first thing you usually notice is losing fat. The double chin and love handle disappears. In the beginning, there's a higher incline of changes.However, when you've consistently put in the work, the noticeable physical changes decline. Some start to feel plateaued. That does not mean you've stopped progressing! Progress in the gym is not always going to be as apparent as when you started your fitness journey. There's more to a fitness journey than physical appearance. There are a lot of things that are often overlooked a...2021-05-2530 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFINANCE: Jai Paid Off All of his Credit Card DebtEpisode 21: HE DID IT! Jai paid off his remaining $3,000 credit card debt. With a big thanks to budgeting and a few other tricks, he was able to bring his 7-year credit card debt to $0. Most people don't know what to do when they open their first credit card line. How could they? It's not taught in school and most parents just suggest you never apply for credit. Jai struggled with this debt since High School, but he shares his experience about how the debt started, what tips and tricks he used to get out of it, and what he w...2021-05-1840 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Our 1 Year Journey Through the COVID-19 PandemicEpisode 20: March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. I think we can all agree that COVID-19 has changed our lives some way or another. We've learned new good and bad habits. We've transitioned from physical interaction to communicating online. We've also had to adjust to new ways of living.Jai and Jennell share their own personal experiences of what this past year has been like. Just like all of you, they've had to make adjustments during this time. They break this episode down into different timelines of 2020 and 2021, with the focus being on work...2021-05-1157 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: 5 Ways to Manifest Who You Want to BeEpisode 19: We all deserve to be exactly who it is that we want to be! Manifesting the life you want doesn't have to be as difficult as some may make it seem. As Jennell takes on her very first solo episode, she recommends 5 ways you can practice manifesting all the things you've always dreamed of. Turn your dreams into a reality! Define what it is that you want, plan and visualize your goals, take action, use positive affirmations, and eliminate what doesn't provide you value.Being in alignment with all of these things will make...2021-05-0421 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: Happy vs. Healthy FoodEpisode 18: This week is a very special episode as Jai takes on his first solo recording! As most of you may already know, abs are made in the kitchen. You can workout for 3 hours a day and 6 days a week, but if you're still eating like shit, it won't matter. You can't outwork a bad diet! Jai discusses happy vs. healthy food. For breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, he gives you guys a variety of healthy alternatives you can choose over foods that may not be the best for your health.With all that being said, choosing...2021-04-2731 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtPRODUCTIVITY: Our Top 5 Productivity StrategiesEpisode 17: We all have the same 24 hours in a day. How do you use it? Sometimes we wish we had a little bit more time in our day. In most cases, it's not time that we really need. It's creating systems and being efficient that will allow you to create a healthy work life balance and still be able to make time for the things you love.This week we wanted to recommend our top 5 productivity strategies. These tips are things we practice in our personal and professional lives. The five strategies we talk about are organization...2021-04-2032 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: How We Find Happiness in Everyday LifeEpisode 16: Life can suck, life can be boring, and life can be mundane. These are all facts, but another fact is that starting right now you can learn to enjoy the little things in your life that simply put a smile on your face. In this episode, Jai and Jennell list 20 little things that make them happy. What's listed are minimal effort, low investment, and easy things to incorporate into your everyday lives without another person or even a single cent. We hope to inspire you to make your own list incorporating what we discuss so that y...2021-04-1329 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFITNESS: What to Do When You're Lacking Motivation to ExerciseEpisode 15: Do you ever feel like you're trying hard to achieve your goals, but occasionally fall off track? A lot of us rely on motivation, but it's not always there. In this weeks episode we share personal tips and tricks that we use to overcome the voice in our head! Remember why you started, accomplish the small goals, and follow a routine are few techniques we recommend when you're lacking motivation.Feeling low on motivation shouldn't stop you from getting your workout done. Finding ways for you to accomplish your goals is important. We hope to give...2021-04-0646 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFINANCE: What to Do with Your Tax Refund and Stimulus ChecksEpisode 14: It's Tax season! Along with tax refunds, people have been receiving their 3rd stimulus checks. $1400 + your refund is a lot of money. It can be quite overwhelming when giving this amount at one time. That's why we created this episode to share our recommendations on how to manage it all: Save, pay off your debt, invest, gift to others, and treat yourself!We believe smart budgeting can add quality to your life and relieve you of financial stress. Listen in as we go more in-depth with our recommendations and even share with you how we personal...2021-03-3041 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Habits Tier ListEpisode 13: Everyday habits are what form our life. The simple things we practice each day seem minor, but they are the compound interest of who we choose to be. After coming across a YouTube video called "The Habit Tier" list, we decided to rank 15 of our own habits into an A, B and C tier list. A being life changing keystone habits.B being powerful habits that impact one of the four pillars: health, wealth, love or happiness. C being good habits that have some benefit to one of the pillars.A lot of...2021-03-2336 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: The One Occurrence That Changed Our LivesEpisode 12: For this week's episode, we get DEEP! Jennell and I take turns answering the question, “what one occurrence in your life has had the most impact on where you are now?”Our answers vary from 15 years ago to what seems like just yesterday, from moving states and experiencing a new lifestyle to losing individuals that we're close to. This week's episode is a must-listen if you ask me, but I'm probably biased.2021-03-1543 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtPRODUCTIVITY: Bullet Journaling for DummiesEpisode 11: Bullet Journaling (Bujo) is a method of organization that we've been practicing since 2020. We both were introduced to bullet journaling after reading James Clear's Atomic Habits. The bullet journal was created by Ryder Carroll. Instead of blank, lined pages, these journals are gridded with dots. This allows you to fully customize your journal in a way that works perfectly for you.With both of our journals being completely different, we share what our set ups look like and what works for us. We discuss how its changed our lives by helping us become more organized with...2021-03-0836 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtHEALTH: The Power of Saying "No"Episode 10: The word NO is one of the shortest and easiest words to pronounce, yet it's often one of the hardest to say. We encourage you all to challenge yourself and say no because every time you say no to others, you're saying yes to yourself.We discuss a TEDx talk from Heidi Alamikkelä, who is an entrepreneur, author, master of "no", and badass windsurfer. We also turn inward and reflect on past and recent times where we said yes when we should have or wanted to say no. Saying one word can do wonders for your m...2021-03-0237 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFINANCE: Budgeting For DummiesEpisode 09: This episode is all about budgeting! Budgeting is a topic that we're very excited to be discussing. Listen in for our budgeting for dummies crash course featuring YNAB's 4 rules, our budgeting habits, and our tips and tricks that we wished we knew when we started.If you want to age your money and finally break free from the paycheck-to-paycheck struggles, You Need A Budget (YNAB) is our top recommendation. It's not going to be easy at first, but your future self will be in a much better place financially if you stick with it. ...2021-02-2343 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFITNESS: Our Fat to Fit JourneyEpisode 08: Health and Fitness is the number one goal that we all have for the new year. We're already in the second month of the year and we're encouraging you to develop your fitness routine if you haven't already! In this episode, we talk about our ups and downs with our personal fitness journeys. Both feeling at our lowest in 2018, Jai felt at his worst after gaining happy relationship weight. Jennell felt at her worst dealing with depression and grief. Listen in to hear where we're at today, 3 years later, with our health and fitness. Discover wh...2021-02-1634 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: 36 Questions That Lead to LoveEpisode 07: Valentine's Day is coming up! In the episode, we share our answers to "The 36 questions that lead to love." We believe these questions are very powerful to get to know someone. Whether that's your significant other, someone new, or even just a friend. Listen as Jai and Jennell answer 15 hand-picked questions from the massive list that will definitely result in getting to truly know someone on a deeper level. Great for those individuals getting closer during this Valentine's Day. For the 36 questions that lead to love, here is the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37...2021-02-0846 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: What An Interdependent Relationship Should Look LikeEpisode 06: An Interdependent relationship is when two strong individuals are involved with each other, but without sacrificing themselves or compromising their values. A healthy relationship is finding the balance of who you are, what you like to do and keeping the relationship together as well. Jai and Jennell provide their opinions on what an interdependent relationship should look like by sharing their past and current relationship experiences.February 14th is right around the corner. This is the month that lots of new relationships start and some old ones end. No matter what your relationship status is...2021-02-0232 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtFINANCE: Our Past, Present, and Ideal Future with MoneyEpisode 05: In this episode, we talk about our relationship with money. We talk about the beginning of our relationship, how we're managing it now, and where we see our future with it. With the economic crisis we're going through now, we also give you a few ideas of how you could be making money now. But no matter how much or how little money you make, we recommend everyone to try budgeting! With budgeting, you create a plan on how you spend every single dollar you receive. This helps with determining if you have enough money for certain things...2021-01-2554 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtINSPIRATION: Why We Chose to Start a PodcastEpisode 04: 52 podcast episodes is our huge dedication for 2021. That's a big number, right? But when you narrow it down, it's just 1 episode a week for the year. In this episode, we discuss why we chose to build a podcast over other platforms. The reason is that we've tried other platforms and failed. Listen in to get insight on what we've failed on. We also share with you guys what this podcast means to us and why it's important: It's our creative outlet, we're building a professional relationship with each other, we want to commit to something while sharing our...2021-01-1840 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Debunking Common Top New Year’s ResolutionsEpisode 03: New Year, New Me. It's bullsh*t! We looked up the top New Year's Resolution Goals that most people set for themselves at the beginning of a new year. We discuss those goals with a bit of humor and offer some ways to tackle them or just make them plain better. Such as being more specific with your goals, creating better systems, and just simply taking things just a day at a time. The top resolutions we talk about are: - Fitness - Diet - Save Money - Read more - Being more social - Quit s...2021-01-1136 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Our 5 Goals for 2021Episode 02: HAPPY NEW YEAR! We made it through 2020. We're entering this new year feeling blessed to have made it another year. Why is it important to create goals at the beginning of the year? It's to provide clarity in the person we want to become. In this episode, we (Jai and Jennell) share 5 of our personal goals we've set for ourselves this year. With fitness, our podcast, finance, and career/school being our main focus. We dive into our goals being as specific as possible. We conclude this episode by giving you all some tips and tricks on how...2021-01-0436 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtLIFESTYLE: Our 2020 RecapEpisode 01: Crazy is an understatement for 2020. We've all encountered many challenges and difficulties, but as always, each person's journey is very different. Listen in as Jai and Jennell share their personal experiences with COVID-19 and how we dealt with the countrywide shutdown. We discuss our individual growth and reflect on some of our wins and losses for this year. With all the adversity that 2020 has thrown at us, we continue to defy our odds and figure out what is possible with the changes we're all having to embrace.Listen and enjoy our very first episode! We appreciate your support.2021-01-0433 minPlaying The Hand You're DealtTrailerTrailer: Two like-minded friends share their wins, loses, and folds in everyday life. Defying our odds and increasing our chances of success; playing the hand we're dealt.2020-12-2901 min