Mentally Somewhere Else

In this heartfelt episode, we share an update on our mom’s journey through her second year battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. It’s been a year filled with challenges, triumphs, and countless moments of reflection. As we walk you through her progress, setbacks, and the little victories, we’re reminded of the power of gratitude—finding strength in small blessings and cherishing every shared moment. Join us as we explore what it means to be resilient and grateful, even in the face of life’s most difficult battles. This one is especially close to our hearts, and we’re grateful to share it with you.Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

WELCOME TO SEASON 3! In this episode of Mentally Somewhere Else, Mercedes, and Parker dive into the lessons we’ve learned as parents and the invaluable wisdom passed down from our own parents. In this personal start to the season, join us as we share heartwarming stories, unexpected parenting wins (and fails), and how our childhood experiences shape the way we raise our kids today. Whether you’re a parent yourself or reflecting on what you’ve learned from your parents, this episode will take you on a nostalgic and thought-provoking journey.Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Welcome to Season 3! We are so excited to be back with you here at Mentally Somewhere Else.In this special Halloween episode, we dive into the world of fear—both the irrational kind from childhood and the real-life terrors that leave us questioning what’s lurking in the shadows 👻.We start by asking, "What irrational fears did you have as a kid?" From there, we unravel a series of unsettling stories that will make your skin crawl. There’s the tale of an unexpected intruder in the most personal of spaces, a chilling photo that reveals more than meets the eye, a terrifying presence felt in the dead of night, and a heart-stopping moment every parent dreads.These stories will leave you on edge and questioning the safety of even the most familiar places. So grab a blanket, turn down the lights, and prepare for a frightful ride you won’t forget. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Get ready for a sleigh-full of laughs as we unwrap the comical (and a little tender) side of holiday traditions! 🎁 From awkward family parties to White Elephant gift exchange shenanigans, we're spilling the cocoa on the festive follies that make this season merry and bright. 🌟Tune in for:🕺 Ugly sweater party escapades🐾 Pets and the holidays: A recipe for adorable chaos✈️ Holiday travel hiccups+ much more.Hit play, share a laugh, and let us sleigh your holiday stress away! 🛷🤪Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!#HolidayTraditions #ComedyPodcast #TisTheSeasonToLaugh #FestiveFunniesOur Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎙️Ever had butterflies in your stomach before speaking in public? 🦋 Join us on Mentally Somewhere Else as we dive into hilariously relatable stories of performance anxiety! 😅🎤🤣 From stage fright fiascos to conquering the mic with comedy, we've got relatable stories that'll have you chuckling in no time. Whether you're a seasoned speaker or someone who gets nervous at the thought of speaking up, this episode is for you!Hit play, and have a laugh! 🤪Listen now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!#PublicSpeaking #ComedyPodcast #StageFrightNoMore #LaughWithUsOur Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Join us in a heartwarming and insightful conversation as we sit down with a truly remarkable guest - my amazing mom, Mykalene Shaw! She's sharing her inspiring journey through the ups and downs of breast cancer with grace, humor, and unwavering strength.🎗️ Together, we navigate her world, embracing vulnerability and resilience. Mykalene's wisdom and positivity will leave you feeling uplifted and motivated to tackle life's challenges head-on.🌸 Share to spread hope and positivity! 💕#BreastCancerAwareness #Inspiration #PodcastOur Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Are you ready? In this bone-chilling episode of Mentally Somewhere Else, hosts Parker and Mercedes delve into a collection of spooky stories submitted by our listeners and a few of our own. With every twist and turn, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat, eagerly anticipating what will happen next.So, grab a cozy blanket, dim the lights, and prepare for an unforgettable night of chilling tales, as your favorite podcast hosts guide you through the world of the unknown. But remember, these stories are not for the faint of heart!Listen and subscribe - if you dare! 👻🎧 #SpookyStories #PodcastEpisodes #ChillsAndThrillsOur Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Our annual spooky stories kickoff is here! We open up the spooky season with some truly chilling scary stories. These tales will make you think twice about sleeping with the blinds open, running with music at full blast, and overconfidently assuming the cause of the scary noise you just heard is just a rat, cat, or bird. We will be doing a submission episode to hear your own spooky stories toward the end of the month! Have your own scary story to share? Submit today on our IG or our submission form!Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

The dynamic duo is back for Season 2! Parker and Mercedes are so excited for this next chapter of Mentally Somewhere Else and we are so excited to have you join us. We kick things off with a much-needed life update and then top off our episode on a lighter note discussing our favorite and least favorite past trends.Just like last year, we are going to jump right into Spooky Season with our HIGHLY REQUESTED scary story episodes. If you'd like to submit your own spooky tale, you can submit via our Instagram link in bio, or here: https://bit.ly/MentallySomewhereElseSubmission Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Some people say that you should travel so that "you have stories to tell not stuff to show". WELL. When we asked for your travel stories and blunders, it was a storytelling. festival. From airplane delays to more foreign bathroom mishaps that we could have imagined, you all delivered plenty of follies that made us laugh. Thank you for all of your submissions and allowing us to go "Mentally Somewhere Else" with you this week.Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

If you are cry, cry, crying with your lonely heart thinking, "If there's nothing missing in my life, then why do these tears come at night?" then you might need this episode. Parker and Sadie are on a seasonal high reading your Lucky vs. Unlucky stories. Thanks for listening, we feel like the luckiest! Wishing you a pot of gold kind of day. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

To wrap up "love month" Parker and Mercedes are back with some hot takes on Valentines Day, the Super Bowl Halftime show, their personal icks, and share some things they LOVE that you should love too. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Your favorite duo is back to open "love month" with some movie-worthy meet cute stories! Honestly, your stories put the "cute" in "meet cute". We hope these get you into the mushy-gushy Valentines Day spirit. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Thank you, Alanis Morissette, for our episode title. It's true, you can't get married without something going awry, and the stories Parker and Mercedes read today prove it. Thank you to everyone who submitted their misfortunes, we wish you a blissful marriage–even if things got off to a clunky start. Here comes the bride–and a jam-packed wedding stories episode for your Thursday. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Happy 2023! We are back with a great interview with one of our favorite people! Bridger Shaw is our younger brother who is a giant inspiration to us. 6 months ago Bridger was preparing to serve a church mission in Canada when he got some life altering news–doctors found a tumor growing behind his eye on his optic nerve. This news brought a lot of ups and downs and change to his "plan" for where his life would be going. We interview Bridger about his story and learn from his amazing perspective, which is something we can all learn from when things don't go our way. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

SPOUSES IN DA HOUSE! We're back with our first guests and our favorite people in the world–our spouses, Cristel and Sam! Your meet-cute stories inspired us to share our own. We also share some of our favorite pieces of dating and marriage advice. Thanks for loving and supporting our love and our podcast!Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

The variety of jobs that you have in your younger years is SO random and diverse. We started off as a snow cone stand operator and skating rink party hostess... somehow we are now exploring our adult careers! Parker and Sadie share personal funny experiences from their early jobs and even some piping hot tea on a shady interview process with a local cookie company giant–both of which will surely leave you crumbling together. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Each of us has childhood memories that stand out from the rest. Today's light-hearted episode is a comical walk down memory lane.  Parker and Sadie go "mentally somewhere else" to revisit a few of these memories, laughing at the good, the bad, and the ugly. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Grab some tissues, Parker and Sadie are ready for Thanksgiving and the season of gratitude and your submissions about the nicest thing someone has done for you are sure start the waterworks. 🥺 🥺 🥺Pay it forward this week, do something kind for someone! Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Knock, knock. Who's there? YOUR AWKWARD DATE STORIES. Lock the door and hide the key because your stories make us laugh, cry, and shudder.Thank you for all the hilarious submissions, we are so grateful for your support!Next week, we will be talking about the nicest thing someone has done for you. Send in your submissions ASAP!Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Our first non-scary story episode had. us. rolling! In this week's podcast escape, Parker and Sadie read some of your most embarrassing moments and share a few cringe-worthy experiences of their own. Take some much deserved you-time to go Mentally Somewhere Else and laugh with us for a while. Up next, we'll be reading your best (or best worst) dating stories. We want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly! Send in your submissions via IG or our submission link to be featured!Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

We're here to add a little ✨pumpkin spice✨ to kick off your week and Halloween celebrations! Let's be honest, the scariest thing about Halloween being on a Monday is that we are expected to celebrate and then return to our normal lives the next day as if you didn't paint your whole face for your costume, eat a whole pound of Butterfingers, and stay up WAY too late watching a scary movie. The holiday whiplash is real. We hope that even though Halloween is on Monday, it is the BEST ONE YET with a bonus mini episode of spooky stories– perfect for putting you in the Halloween mood to celebrate tonight. Like these episodes? Share with a friend on INSTA! We'd love the shoutout 🧡. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

In our final full-length spooky season episode, we saved some CRAZY SCARY stories for you! Your stories about hearing voices coming from outside the window, a haunted happy birthday, an international robbery, and a truly traumatic abduction  will give you goosebumps to last you til' Halloween. Keep an eye out for our mini bonus episode on 10/31. Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

A ghost in the window, a man in the walls, a haunt in the gym–there are CHILLING stories at every turn this week! Comment and tag a friend you would outrun to escape a ghost (bonus if they are on crutches) or one you think would just enjoy this episode ;). Thank you for your spooky submissions. Don't forget to submit your final spooky stories for our bonus Halloween episode by Thursday! Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Episode Story TW: Sexual Harassment (16:18-20:05)Eek! It's FREAKY FRIDAY! Episode 3 of sharing your spooky stories left us with absolute CHILLS. From haunted houses to spooky sitter tales, we have a more variety to this weeks episodes than your childhood halloween trick or treat candy bag! #BringBackBabyBottlePopsOur Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

We're back! Episode 2 of our spooky season debut features one our most terrifying tales yet. The best part is that it's our own! (Netflix, please inquire about a movie deal and our story rights via email...) From voodoo dolls to homes with "history" 😅, boy do we have a show for you!Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14

Welcome to Mentally Somewhere Else and FALL! Ready or not, spooky season here we come. Parker and Mercedes start off the podcast with Halloween memories and some stories that are sure to scare your pants off! We hope you enjoy this seasonal premiere of our new podcast! Our Insta:@mentallysomewhereelsepodOur TikTok: @mentallysomewhereelsepodPersonal Accounts: Parker: @shawphotofilm TikTok: @parkershawtyMercedes: @mercedes-shaw4TikTok: @mercedessw14