Joy, Boundaries, and the Messy Middle — Season 14 Finale

[00:00:06] Hey there, listeners. Welcome to Sht That Goes On In Our Heads, the podcast where we normalize conversations around mental health. That's right. I'm Dirty Skittles, and alongside my amazing co-host, G-Rex, we are here to share stories and tips from our incredible guests. Each episode, we deep dive into struggles and triumphs of mental health, offering practical advice and heartfelt support. Because no one should feel alone in their journey. Join us as we break the stigma and build a

[00:00:33] community of understanding and compassion. Tune in, and let's start talking about the shit that goes on in our heads. Three, two, one. Welcome back to another season ender of shit that goes on in our motherfucking heads. I'm Dirty Skittles. The little giggle in the background is... G-Rex.

[00:01:04] She's let me loose, folks. I get to do an intro. This is why G-Rex does the intro. Just kidding. Look at us. Season 14. Season 14, and as our last season ender for 2025. How the fuck did this happen? I don't even... I don't even know. I don't know. I don't know. And what a fucking season.

[00:01:33] Oh, hell yeah. A goddamn season. I am still fangirling over who we got to record with. Yeah, I know you were. Like, you won't fangirl over that episode for the rest of your life. It's okay. I get it. Yeah, I mean, you know, I don't listen to any of the episodes after they air

[00:01:57] because I don't like to hear the sound of my own voice. But I did hear the clip you sent me before we aired episode one so that I could hear how ridiculous I sounded when I was freaking out to be sitting across from somebody who I grew up watching. Who you idolized? Yeah, I get it. But, you know, what was cool about this whole season

[00:02:24] is that we were reminded again that healing is nonlinear, right? Like, there's no straight path. And everybody, like, marches to the beat of their own fucking drum. Yeah. But they're still healing and still trying to, like, figure out their shit. And taking all that crap and turning it into purpose. And, you know, for me, this... I think this season gave people a lot of hope

[00:02:53] because we also talked a lot about, you know, finding your joy. Like, even on your shittiest day, you can still find joy. Yeah. It was really amazing to interview every single guest because it's like... I know this doesn't sound so silly, but it's just a reminder that we are all human beings. And it doesn't matter where you're from, what you do for work or living,

[00:03:22] how successful or unsuccessful you are. You're a human being at the end of the day. And we're all going through something or have come through something. And everybody has a story. And our guests, I think we are just so fortunate because they are on the same path to, like, talking about mental health and making it not so taboo and making sure everybody who's listening feels heard. And they're sharing things that they've learned.

[00:03:50] And that's so valuable to be able to learn from other people's experiences. Yeah. Because, like, when we've gone through our own stuff, right, you know, we were so, like, bottled up in our own heads that it was kind of hard to see through the fog that other people are going through this.

[00:04:10] And it was just so awesome to hear from our guests, you know, that made me feel like it's okay to be who I am and that I'm okay in my own skin. And that, you know, we've, you know, we've all learned about, like, protecting our healing, like, by setting boundaries. Like, who, you know, five years ago, boundary? Boundary what?

[00:04:38] Like, yeah, you can continue to walk the fuck all over me. But I don't let that shit happen now. Yeah. And it might have, at that point in time, might have been a word that you heard and you knew it was a thing, but not necessarily knew how to do it. Yeah. And now I know how to do it. So if I say no, the answer is still no. It was no when I said it and it's no again. It's still a no. It's still a no. And because, you know, like, I don't have that people-pleasing tendency in me anymore.

[00:05:06] And that's what, you know, kind of got me into trouble. You know, I didn't take care of myself. But as we record each and every episode, I learned how healthy it is to have those boundaries and that it's okay. And it's okay to, like, grow from my pain. And, you know, learning that, you know, connection like what we have, this is considered healing to me.

[00:05:33] And, you know, getting to record the episodes that we do one Saturday a month, this is seven hours of time that I get strictly with you. Yeah, I'm, like, fucking dead the next day, but... We both are. We both are. Like, and don't ever talk to me on a Sunday after we record because I... I'll send you a squirrel meme or something, but I know. I know not to talk with words. Don't talk with words. But sometimes when you talk with pictures, I'm like...

[00:06:03] No, you giggle. You saw the squirrel's nutsack in that security camera. I did. You know. I spit up all over my phone. I had taken a big drink of water. I spit up all over my phone. You know, thank God it's an iPhone. Okay? Like, I could just shake it out and it was fine. But, you know, it was such a fun season.

[00:06:27] And the coolest thing for us was we got this amazing guest by the magic of the internet and also by our podcast network. Somebody that we had been trying to get, you know, since we started this little podcast that has now turned into a monster. But in a good way. And we got to interview Mayim Bialik.

[00:06:55] And holy fuckballs, dude. Yeah. Yeah. I don't remember if I said it during that episode. But for our listeners now, I will tell you for me, I think why I fangirled so hard or why I was... You know, G-Rex, how nervous I was. I was a ball of nerves, y'all. Like, I normally when I'm... Like, this was anxiety. Okay? This was anxiety to the umpteenth degree.

[00:07:21] And normally when I feel this way, I want nothing to do with it. Right? Like, I want to run as far away from it as possible. But what was trippy for me was I felt like I was that little kid again. But wiser. Right? Right? And what I thought was so... And it's through the season, actually. And every season we record with all of our guests.

[00:07:49] What I've been discovering, as simple as it sounds, is that none of us have our shit together. We're just doing the best with what we have at the time. And so sitting across from somebody having this like weird trippy moment of feeling like I'm that little kid watching Blossom again. And understanding her as a person and her sharing just like the simplest shit of like, no, I wasn't confident. I wasn't a confident person.

[00:08:17] I felt so seen and so heard. Because for whatever reason, I think when we see people on TV or that are artists or anything like that, we just assume that they have figured it out. That they are outside of the norm. And so just to be able to hear her share that she wasn't confident during those times that I thought she was, was really cool. Yeah.

[00:08:39] And I love that she gave us a lot of information about talking about therapy and talking about mental health openly, just like you and I do, and how we need to, you know, remove that stigma. And, you know, also that, you know, actors and actresses and influencers, just like you said, they're humans. Yeah.

[00:09:06] And that they have messy heads, just like all of us. And I, I'm, since I'm about 20 years older than you are, I don't remember really watching Blossom. But I watched her in Big Bang. And, you know, strong, confident woman. And just talking with her was like, for me, like I had sweat in places where you probably should never sweat. I'm still cringing. I'm like, ugh.

[00:09:34] Like my neck was red. But she was just like so chill and down to earth and got, you know, we were laughing. And the best part of the episode, though, I think was. I already know what you were going to say. At the end of the episode, when she thought for sure that we were a married couple sitting in the same room. I felt like I was disappointing her. I was like, I am so sorry. Like I wanted, I wanted it for her, you know. Ma'am, I am as straight as they come.

[00:10:04] I tried. I did. You know, I did. Didn't. No. It didn't. No. But it was, you know, I, and just like thankful for her. And, you know, we did have to reschedule our original recording with her because, you know, life got lifey. And it was just, it was just a fun time for all of us and super appreciative that we got to do that. Such a good way to start the season. It was like, and I was like completely blown away.

[00:10:33] I, you know, I was nervous. You could all tell in my voice. And then we had Joe. And Joe was fun. Yeah. Speaking of full circle. So that's my note here. Like I felt I had full circle with episode one, but episode two, it was really going back and listening to it. I remember being in awe of him as well, because I'm like, wow, here's somebody who was coming back to a place where he started his journey.

[00:11:01] You know, like it was a part of his story. And now he's coming back to it too. So it's so cool to segue into that from my little fangirl moment of full circle. From your fangirl. And what was cool with Joe is, you know, he had childhood trauma himself. And now he's helping kids that are dealing with like the same types of trauma.

[00:11:27] And, you know, just being a good, like a good human around these kids. You know, giving them a fighting chance because there are so many adults out there that just want to cast them aside. And, you know. Yeah. It's almost like adults forget what it was like to be a kid or they just literally can't relate to a kid who's going through a traumatic experience or has a bad childhood.

[00:11:52] And so for him to be able to tap into that and provide that service and respect for those kids is really, really heartwarming. And like his quote, you know, that he said, you know, kids that are struggling aren't broken. They're hurting. Okay. Well, that's a sign for the adults in the room to step up. And like help these kids out. Like they are our next generation. Yeah.

[00:12:19] And, you know, think back to like when you were a kid and you were struggling. I mean, don't you want to help somebody else that's kind of going through the same thing? Yeah. I mean, as a parent who came from trauma as a child, in my childhood as a child, I try so hard to tap into my little nugget.

[00:12:44] Like when I see anything, like a hint of like, oh, something's going on under that surface. Right. Like you can kind of, at least I think I can kind of tell like when there's something brewing in there. Um, and if he is having a bad day, I tried to be gracious about it. Like there's something else here and I want him to feel comfortable. Like I want to know what's going on. I don't ever want to assume that he's just being a bad kid, you know?

[00:13:10] And he's probably not, you know, but he's a kid and, you know, little, little boys have hormones too. Just like little girls do. And, you know, little, little boys are, you know, they're trying, but, you know, you're such a, you're such a good mom though. And you're super in tune with his emotions and. That's my dude. That's my soulmate. You know, and, you know, just making sure that you parent with empathy.

[00:13:38] And I think that's, you're such a badass mom. I love you. Gotta break that cycle, man. Break it. And then we had Diane. Mm-hmm. Oh my God. I loved, loved, loved, loved, loved her. My note is, aww. She, she's such a little badass. And I heard from her after the episode went out and her kids listened to the episode and just loved it. Aw.

[00:14:06] And, you know, she was so proud that she, you know, got to come on our little podcast. And I'm like, we're not famous. Okay. Don't even say those words around us because it makes us cringe. But like, here's this woman who has rheumatoid arthritis, right? And has, like her, she can't use her hands very well. And she's just plugging along. And the stories that she told us, you know, she was funny. You, you know, you get that. What a life.

[00:14:37] Yeah. Like the whole, like, um, the whole Grand Canyon story and the hitchhiking. Yeah. Thought for sure it was Jeffrey Dahmer, you know, um, being able to laugh and just, you know, changing her mindset and doing, you know, doing the practice, like doing meditation and breathing exercises, but also laughing. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:15:05] I, I, I do think that there's still something so poetic about, about her whole story of like truly living life, right? Like truly going out there and doing what makes you happy and doing what feels right and, and, and not letting anything hold you back. Um, it's very beautiful. Yeah. She, she is one funny lady.

[00:15:26] And then we got to, we got to do B-side and B-side was such a great conversation. And, you know, talk about somebody who's living the challenges.

[00:15:48] He went from, you know, being healthy to now living, now he's wheelchair bound because of MS, but he didn't let it stop him. Like that's, that was like something that I gained from this, the season is like all these really hard things. Didn't stop people from living. Yeah. Yeah. And they're using it to, um, find their purpose, a different purpose now, I guess you could say.

[00:16:17] And, um, I, my memories of chatting with B-side was, um, and I remember telling my husband after we recorded that day, I'm like, he was so fucking cool. Like I, sometimes I have these moments where I'm getting to talk to people and I'm like, oh my God, I'm so happy. I'm hanging out with this person right now. Cause they're just so funny.

[00:16:39] And like, I think you find, um, you find people who have your same sense of humor or even like a little darker. And it like, it fucking lights me up. I love it. And, uh, I don't know. I just remember like just loving his vibe, loving the way he talked, just everything about him was just so wonderful. I loved it. I, I, I loved how, you know, he was, um, you know, talking about his mom and how she's like so Pollyanna.

[00:17:09] But he also like, you know, he just wants to like keep doing the thing. He still wants to keep doing music. He still, you know, he wants to keep changing that conversation just because he's in a wheelchair. It doesn't make him any less. Yeah. And like, we were talking about putting like snow tires on his wheelchair so he could go outside.

[00:17:30] But he also like, he found like, cause if you think about his story, like, I feel like he found his self-worth through this struggle because he had mentioned, you know, being with the wrong people before and like the wrong girl. Um, so him being able to find who he is and his worth through that struggle that came from kind of out of nowhere. Right. Yeah.

[00:17:54] And then I miss Tabitha because she actually became, she was before Robert or B-side, but talk about fucking cool as shit. She found us by going to, by listening. She found us through Apple podcasts, reached out to us. I reached back out to her. She was fangirling for like five minutes. She's like, I can't believe you, you, you actually responded to me and now you want me to be on the podcast.

[00:18:23] And I'm like, it, her story was so powerful and painful, but she was, she really wants to help people. And she, you know, she wants people to realize that, you know, talking about your, your struggles is actually okay. Yeah. Because our stories that we share on here, it helped her. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:18:49] And I think there's something, I don't know like the right word for it, but I remember before we even hit record, we, you know, kind of talked to her, I guess, for like a little bit. We kind of, I think for me, it's like trying to make them feel comfortable. Mm-hmm.

[00:19:33] I'm like, this is literally why we keep doing this is for people like Tabitha. Yeah. And I'm excited to hear back from her. And I know she's, she's going through a lot of healing. And didn't she also have like a very, there was like a serendipitous moment of like when we released the podcast. Yeah.

[00:19:55] So our, our very first episode, her father had passed away two years prior on the same day. Mm-hmm. And how it, how it really made that connection for her. It's like, you know, now is the time that I, I really need to focus on my healing. Mm-hmm. And like, I found this podcast and y'all are funny as hell. And, but also like real and made it super, super raw and beautiful.

[00:20:25] Raw and beautiful. And even though we, we laugh about some of the hard stuff, she said it's digestible. Mm-hmm. And like, there's not a lot of podcasts out there like ours. Right. We need a balance. That make it, you know, where we have that balance. And then we had Jewel and we were talking about friendship and belonging. And that's when y'all made me cry. It was, that was like the, the most, if y'all haven't heard that one and you just need like a really good heart warming.

[00:20:53] It's like a cozy cup of coffee or hot chocolate. Like that is the note I put for that episode because we just talked about how much we appreciated each other and made G-Rex cry. Yeah. Y'all made me cry. But, you know, it's important, you know, friendship. And, you know, we all need connection in this world. Whether, you know, it's a friend or a colleague or I'm even going to throw it out there. Like an AI chatbot, right? We all need connection.

[00:21:23] But like, I would hope that it's a real person that you're talking to and that somebody you can connect with and maybe go out for coffee or just talk on the phone. And I'm thankful I have that in you. Like, we're best friends. And we talk about shit people should never, ever, ever talk about. We laugh about shit you should never, ever laugh about. But that's how we are with each other. And like, you've helped me through some really tough times in my life. And I hope I did the same for you because...

[00:21:52] You did. You tapped into some shit recently that I was like, oh. Yeah. Is that what it is? You're like, well, actually, do you know what day it is? I don't know. But that's like things that like people who actually care about you and who listen to you. And like, you know, I don't think those as simple as that sounds, I suppose. Right. Somebody who cares and listens. It's not that easy to find.

[00:22:21] So when you find people like that... Hold on to them. Yeah. Yep. And like, you get through the good, the bad, the ugly, but like, you know, connection and friends are kind of what keep you going on a day-to-day basis. I mean, that's what kept me going for like the first three months after my attempt. It's the friends that stood by me. They actually like held me up because I couldn't hold myself up.

[00:22:50] And then we had our like kind of spooky one where we had Brenda on and from Horrifying History. And we got to teach you something new on that episode also. We taught you about the grounding method of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And you're like, what the fuck is that? And, you know, just being able to like dig into history and it was a fun episode. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:23:17] And it's nice to have guests who have that balance of like bringing something cool and fun and interesting, but also still having a focus on mental health and like literally teaching tools. I like that I can be vulnerable with our guests on the episode and be like, what is that? Tell me what that is. Like, I need to know. So it's really cool. I don't know. I think we're super fortunate to be able to do that with our guests. Yeah. 100%.

[00:23:43] And, you know, I love that how even though she's got anxiety and she's got OCD, she's got a badass podcast. And like if you listen to it, I'm a big history nerd. And the horrifying part is kind of freaks me out a little bit.

[00:24:03] But, you know, I just, I thought it was really cool for her to share that story and like how her podcast started and, you know, talking about, you know, therapy. Yeah. Like how we've all speed dated our therapists. Yeah. Every single one of us. Exactly. And if you don't know what that means, listen to a few of our episodes, but, you know, don't give up until you find somebody who can help. Somebody or something. Or something.

[00:24:30] Because there's other, there's other, there's other modes of therapy that you can do. Mm-hmm. And then we had Melissa. Mm-hmm. Loved, loved, loved Melissa too. She, it took her going to the emergency room three times. I know. To figure out what was going on with her. And anxiety, folks, is no fucking joke. Right. Right.

[00:24:57] But, you know, there are practices that you can put into your day to help you manage that anxiety. It's something I'm learning for myself now too. I didn't have a whole lot of anxiety in the last 10 years. Um, but now being a business owner, I actually have a little bit of anxiety and learning how to deal with that.

[00:25:19] Um, but she also, you know, talked a lot about like compassion and prioritizing yourself without, you know, without people making you feel guilty for saying no. Right. Right. That's, those are my notes. It's like peace and, um, finding a way to put yourself, or not put yourself first, but, um, knowing that what you need is important too and not feeling guilty for it. Yeah. Um, you've got to take care of yourself. You got to. You have to. You have to.

[00:25:48] And like protecting your peace, uh, you know, everybody is, you know, a lot of our guests have like said the same thing. Protect your peace. And if you don't know anything about boundaries now, now is the perfect time to learn about them. Never too late. Never too late. Especially, you know, with the holidays and all that other stuff that goes on. Oh yeah, that is, that's right around the corner, isn't it? Right around the corner.

[00:26:13] And then we had Arlene and I loved her because here is a woman, you know, that got burned out and she was like, I need to change. Yeah. And so she, she left law to become a coach. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. There's, it's, it's really cool.

[00:26:35] And I feel like we've had a few guests, um, talk about it, but it's really cool to hear somebody talk about how like, you know, I feel like to some degree we're all sort of chasing a, a title or chasing, um, a goal. And it's, it's not always like a good goal, right? Like a promotion or, um, working harder or longer or later or making more money, like all this stuff would kind of like just tie our worth into those things.

[00:27:00] And it's nice to hear somebody talk about how they had things like that and it still, um, didn't like make them happy. And, and you still have to kind of go out of your way to figure out what it is that is truly meaningful. And it's not always, you know, what you're doing at work. Yeah.

[00:27:22] And, you know, we got to talk about like the advice that I've been giving people lately is, you know, when you're looking for a new job, don't be like chasing the money and chasing the dream. Chase your joy because all the money in the world is not going to make you joyful. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. As long as your joy is not eating donut. I'm just kidding. Well, you know. I would like to be a donut taster and, ooh, can you imagine? I, I want to be a pizza taster. Oh.

[00:27:53] Yeah. We could be, uh, what do you call them? Food critics? Food critics. But I don't want to be pizza with like weird shit on it. Okay. Like I don't want pizza with like weird shit. Where do you draw the line? What's weird shit? Pineapple? No, I'll do pineapple. I'll do ham. I'll do pineapple. I'll do anchovies. Okay. I will not, however, do anything spicy and I can't do red sauce. What's that weird shit?

[00:28:20] Well, there's weird spicy shit. Like I'm not going to put like takis on my pizza. Ooh, I would. Sign me up. Great. That's your half of the pizza. Okay. Yours is all hot shit. I want something mild. Remember, my 62-year-old belly doesn't handle like spicy shit anymore. I love it. And then we had, I don't want to have a segue from spicy pizza talk and to Heather, but.

[00:28:51] Oh my God. My face hurt after we were talking to Heather. Like we laughed so much on that episode. But we also talked about stuff that doesn't get talked about a lot. And that's, you know, about like menopause and perimenopause and, you know, problems with people's menstrual cycle. Just being a woman. Being a woman. Yeah. Because being a woman is not everything that's fucking cracked up to me. I'm telling you. It's not.

[00:29:20] We go through a lot of shit. I, you know, this reminds me. Did you see the movie Barbie? Yes. And the actress, I'm pretty sure her name is America. Right? America. Her whole, her whole dialogue of like being a woman. I literally, every time I listened to her talk about how hard it is, I literally cry. Literally every time. And I'm very proud of myself because the last time I saw it was with Little Nugget. And that scene came on.

[00:29:49] It was actually Little Nugget, my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law. And I literally got teary-eyed and he asked why I was crying. And I was like, this is really difficult to be a woman. And he was like, oh. You know? See? You're teaching Little Man on like how to like recognize that. Yeah, it's hard. It's hard being a woman. It is. Fuck. And then we had Dr. Pete.

[00:30:17] Another one that we laughed because he was so cool. He was hella cool. Hella cool. Like this sports therapist. In the middle of a game. In the middle of a game. Like we had to like wrap up our interview pretty quick. Yes. We were very, we were watching. That was the only time we actually watched the clock because we were like, oh, he's literally in the middle of the game. He's got to go back out on the field. He's got to go back out.

[00:30:44] But I loved like how he has like, you know, building mental strength daily. And, you know. Your mind is a muscle. You got to work it out. Your mind is a muscle. And humor. Like humor. Like humor keeps things real. And like, I love this quote. He was like, fuck it. March to the beat of your own drum. Okay. I do that every fucking day. But you felt validated, I'm sure. I did.

[00:31:12] Because, you know, when I turned 60 two years ago, that's when I started like giving zero fucks about a lot of things. And I do. I march to the beat of my own drum. I'm, you know, I have a 12-year-old irreverent little boy living inside my body that comes out and plays every single day. Nice. But the rest of my body will tell you I am 62 and it hurts every day. And it hurts. From all that running that that little boy is doing.

[00:31:44] Lots of running that we're not really doing. But I also like thought it was really interesting about how now sports. Yes. In psychology. And psychology and how they have these psychologists on the field, you know, on the sidelines with these athletes. Athletes. Yeah. And just making sure like mentally they're okay. I mean, think about like all the football players out there that have CTE.

[00:32:12] Or, you know, when some shitty play happens and they come back and like smash their hand or their helmet on the bench. I mean, it's scary. I mean, athletes. I mean, it's scary. It's just scary because if you don't have, if you're not, I don't even want to say if you're not using it, but if you don't have that, like what do you have left? You know, like you're in a game and you're getting hurt. And then if it's causing this sort of damage, like you mentioned, and then you're going home

[00:32:41] and trying to deal with whatever's happening in your personal life off the field, like damn, it's great that we have resources out there now, but shit, I hope everybody is using them. I hope so too. And my hope is that, you know, this will filter down into like high school, you know, high school, middle school, elementary school sports, because, you know, kids today, kids need that, right? They need that, that stability of like. It just makes sense to have that.

[00:33:10] It just makes sense. Yeah. And then we had Angie and she closed out our season. And man, what a crazy life. She's, um, yeah, yeah. I mean, it was tough, right? But surviving through it all, making it, turning it around, right? Yeah.

[00:33:35] And, you know, part of, part of her story is that she, there was so much shame involved with her attempt. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, she said, and she said it, you know, healing begins when the shame ends. Yeah. And like, there's no shame in having a messy head. And I will, I'll say it again. You know, for me, part of like my story that kind of aligned with hers is, yeah, I felt shame

[00:34:05] and I felt weakness because I couldn't fix myself. But, you know, we, you know, she learned, you know, to set those boundaries and, you know, she's built this really amazing community and she's not hopeless now. I mean, she got to a point where she is really hopeless and, you know, we talked a lot about 988. And I think that it's something we need to keep bringing up because you would be amazed

[00:34:33] the number of people that still don't know about 988. Right. Well, I mean, yeah, I mean, we got to keep talking about it. I think I only heard about it from you. And now I know I'm very familiar with what it is. And I remember going to a local store by where I live and seeing this one vendor who has amazing merch, like shirts, sweaters. I love, I love the stuff that they have out there.

[00:34:59] But I remember seeing 988 on this sweater and that's all it said in huge font, right? Like these huge numbers, black and white. And I thought, damn, that's fucking cool. Yeah. And like that would be something I would wear in public because now more than ever, I think people need to understand that there are resources for you yourself if you're going through crisis. Yeah. Yeah. And wearing it proudly. And wearing it proudly.

[00:35:29] And especially if somebody says, hey, what's 988? Boom. Conversation piece. Yeah. And conversation piece. Hey, you want a business card? No, just kidding. Just kidding. Just kidding. But like this whole season for me was, you know, all about finding light in the cracks. And that, you know, even with like the really hard stories, we could still laugh. Yeah.

[00:35:54] And we still have like those almost like what the fuck moments because, you know, shit happens. And like the way that people react to things that happen in other people's life are sometimes kind of shitty. And, you know, I just want to make sure, you know, this episode airs in 2026 is that maybe

[00:36:19] for 2026, we really focus a lot on like kindness and, you know, being nice to your fellow human beings and helping where you can. And also like still finding your joy. Yeah. And making your passion your purpose. 1,000%. And I'm so excited for, you know, 2026.

[00:36:45] We have some amazing guests coming on for, you know, season 15, 16, 17. Like a whole bunch of more seasons. We're working on some good ones too. We are. And like if there's anybody you guys want us to bring on, please, please, please let us know. Or any topics too, like mental health topics. Like I have a bunch, I'm going to selfishly pull your ear on stuff, but yeah. Yeah. Well, I love that. You can pull my ear, but it's going to be from, it's going to be virtual.

[00:37:15] Okay. Because I am not getting on a plane anytime soon. I know. I know. And, you know, I just huge shout out to all our guests that we're on for 2025. Huge shout out to our listeners. Everybody that's reached out to us just to tell us that we're doing an amazing job. We, we appreciate you. And we get as much out of this as you do.

[00:37:42] I think selfishly, sometimes we get a little bit more. Yeah. Thank you all. All right, kids. Have a good year. Bye. Bye. Thank you so much for listening to this episode. I'm G-Rex. And I'm Dirty Skittles. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review this podcast. We'd love to listen to your feedback. We can't do this without you guys. It's okay to be not okay. Just make sure you're talking to someone.