Episode 48: Health is Wealth (With Special Guest: Tyler Jansen)

     Yo Yo Yo, welcome back and welcome all to the DOPE Thoughtz Podcast with your favorite stoner couple!!! On today's episode we're visited by a very special guest- Tyler Jansen: Tyler by day is a licensed professional mental health counselor, and by the night one of the kindest people you will ever meet in life. Today we were lucky to discuss what inspired him to go into this field of practice and are there any pointers he has for us to help mitigate the stress we're all experiencing going into year two of Covid-19. On the more recent episodes we've tried to put an emphasis on mental health, so we wanted to bring on someone close to us and get more insight on how to deal with all these crazy emotions we could all be feeling right now.  While many of us may be finding it difficult to deal with our "new norm" as they would say it on the news- Tyler touches upon the importance of practicing mindfulness, as well as teaching us about a technique he calls "activation energy".     Another big topic of discussion was focused around Netflix's most recent documentary "The Social Dilemma"  and discussing our relationship with tools that can easily manipulate ones perspective of reality. As we explore these large encompassing topics we start to peel back the complex relationship with ones mental health and how we interact with the tools around us to make the world more accessible for everyone. We hope everyone is able to grab something from this episode and we you all continue to stay safe. Jah Bless ♥