Episode 38 – Relating vs Comparing

Lorri starts off our podcast with a check-in around trauma responses while doing some research for one of our Deep Dives. Lorri shares with us her emotional experiences and how her Superficial Ego pulled her into a cycle of avoidance. Lorri also talks about her struggle with vulnerability. We learn some coping skills and take a deeper look at long seeded trauma and how it can affect our day to day lives long after we feel we have dealt with the issues. Our Deep Dive is actually a continuation of the conversation as it evolved into a conversation about the differences between relating with others and comparison as a form of controlling the conversation. We discuss the struggle of how to relate to others with differing experiences and traumas. The conversation touches on how it feels to be vulnerable when it feels like other’s attempts to relate to our experience come across as a comparison. Our Off The rails this week is a game of guess that word. Lorri and Jason use extraordinary brainpower guessing the meaning of different words in the English language. The game culminates in a hilarious journey through the word Quincunx, and the many different potential meanings of said word.