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Hey, we all have baggage. What matters is how we manage it. We can overfill our bags, zip it shut and never look at it or we can unpack it....
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Hey, we all have baggage. What matters is how we manage it. We can overfill our bags, zip it shut and never look at it or we can unpack it. Your hosts Michelle and Raquel will help you stay physically and emotionally healthy while dealing with the baggage in your life. With some humor, of course!
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14 MAR 2022 · Manage the baggage we all carry around! Raquel Ramirez, a licensed therapist and Michelle Wagner, RN talk about stress, how it affects us emotionally, mentally and physically, and how to manage it. And we will have a few laughs along the way!
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manager Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
Links for further info:
William J. Burke, Pedro G. Coronado, Catherine A. Schmitt, Kathleen M. Gillespie, Hyung D. Chung,
Blood pressure regulation in alzheimer's disease,
Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System,
Volume 48, Issue 1,
1994,
Pages 65-71,
Xu W, Tan L, Wang H, et al
Meta-analysis of modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2015;86:1299-1306.
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14 MAR 2022 · First full episode! What is stress? How does it affect us? What can we do about it? How we manage it does have consequences. Have a listen and have a laugh!
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
Links for further info:
Stress-related Development of Obesity and Cortisol in Women
Valentina Vicennati,Francesca Pasqui,Carla Cavazza,Uberto Pagotto,Renato Pasquali
First published: 06 September 2012
https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.76
Heart disease and cortisol
L. Sher, Type D personality: the heart, stress, and cortisol, QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Volume 98, Issue 5, May 2005, Pages 323–329, https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hci064
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28 MAR 2022 · Let's talk about Sex, Baby! A fun, informative and hilarious take on sex, why it's good for you, the ups and downs (no pun intended) of sex, catching feels, hooking up and getting down!
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
What is the Link Between Love and Oxytocin
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/275795
Giuseppe Benagiano, Sabina Carrara, Valentina Filippi, Sex and reproduction: an evolving relationship, Human Reproduction Update, Volume 16, Issue 1, January-February 2010, Pages 96–107, https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmp028
So, why is sex so good at helping you manage your baggage? According to a WebMD article, there are some serious health benefits of having sex. (Mayer Robinson, 2013)
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5 APR 2022 · Ah, dating. Rife with so many landmines, how could it NOT be stressful. Between looking cute, finding the perfect hunter to your gatherer and making sure they're NOT a serial killer, it's a wonder we still participate in this very stressful (and ancient) ritual. Laugh along with Raquel, Michelle and very special guest Darryl as they dissect dating, talk about how to pick a partner (it's like picking fruit!) and what you would do with your hot celebrity freebie.
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
This is Why Dating is so Stressful
Bibi Dietz
August 10, 2016
https://www.bustle.com/articles/175306-why-is-dating-so-stressful-11-experts-on-why-meeting-new-people-is-so-tough
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2 MAY 2022 · Relationships can be great, and they can be not-so-great (Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, anyone?) Your relationship can be delicious and satisfying like a big pile of crispy potato chips, or crappy like a big pile of shit. Raquel and Michelle discuss romantic relationships and how to manage the stress that is inevitable when in a couple. Do you withdraw? Do you pursue? What are personality disorders? Join us as Raquel and Michelle dissect different relationship and stress styles, talk about sex (of course), another celebrity freebie and have some laughs along the way.
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
Links for further info:
Quality of Relationships Can Affect Health, Indicated by Level of Stress Hormones, According to New Study
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2000/08/stress
What are the effects of stress on a relationship?
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2018/atp-relationship-stress
Emotion-Focused Therapy
https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/emotion-focused-therapy
Borderline Personality Disorder
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder
Personality Disorders
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/personality-disorders
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10 MAY 2022 · Relationships. We have them with everyone, everywhere! Are they the Collective or Intimate? How do you know when an acquaintance becomes your tribe? Join Raquel and Michelle as they not only discuss non-romantic relationships but go on their usual side-trips and discuss growing up in the 70s, 80s and 90s, MySpace (remember that?), youth-induced injuries while playing outside and other fun topics!
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
Links for further info:
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1 JUN 2022 · Just when we think things can't get worse...there's another school shooting. 21 lives lost in Uvalde, Texas. Managing your baggage may seem impossible right now. Join Raquel and Michelle as they talk about the importance of focusing on mental and physical health during these tough times, and remembering to laugh and love your friends and family, too. There are no answers to be had, but there is honesty and conversation and friendship.
Show Notes:
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
https://www.the-outrage.com/
Activists Shirts
https://www.shinesty.com/collections/all-mens-underwear
Men's Ball-Pouch Underwear
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/us/two-killed-in-shooting-at-a-nevada-middle-school.html
Sparks Middle School Shooting
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/27/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-timeline/
Uvalde School Shooting
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101
Parkland Florida School Shooting
https://www.britannica.com/event/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-shooting
Sandy Hook School Shooting
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/t/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.html
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/michigan-judge-weighs-charges-parents-who-bought-high-school-shooter-gun-2022-02-24/
Michigan Parents to be charged in school shooting for supplying gun to 15 year-old son
https://everytownresearch.org/report/the-impact-of-active-shooter-drills-in-schools/
The impact of active shooter drills in schools
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17 JUN 2022 · On today's episode, Raquel and Michelle discuss the benefits and pitfalls of women being able to do and be anything. Women are expected to bring home the bacon and cook it and serve it too! Caring for ourselves vs caring for others and how we can reconcile that with the expectations (and generational trauma!) passed down from our mothers. Plus, they solve the world's problems with a mailing list and sex toys, talk about the vagus nerve and primary emotions. This episode has a lot of info, and there's some laughs too!
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/113
The origins of Roe v. Wade
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/imposter-syndrome
What is Imposter Syndrome?
https://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/vagus-nerve
The vagus nerve
https://www.iamheart.ca/single-post/2017/07/07/the-5-basic-emotions
the 5 core emotions
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6 JUL 2022 · Today Raquel and Michelle speak with Sandy, a correctional nurse that gives amazing insight to working in a high-stress environment with incarcerated people. We learn what a "prison pocket" is, the boundaries some people that work with incarcerated people cross and why, and how to maintain your own mental health while working in a correctional facility (hint: it's all about self-care!)
Come and learn and laugh with Raquel, Michelle and Sandy. The United States has the highest level of incarceration in the world. It's important we all know a little bit about this big problem.
Show Notes:
Find us on Instagram: ManageYourBaggagePodcast. Twitter @manageurbaggage
Manage Your Baggage Audio Production is recorded, engineered, and produced by Darryl Jackson at VectraSound Studio in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, please go to:
https://darryljacksonmusic.com/vectrasound-studio
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Correctional Nurse
https://nurse.org/articles/correctional-nurse-tips/
Hey, we all have baggage. What matters is how we manage it. We can overfill our bags, zip it shut and never look at it or we can unpack it....
show more
Hey, we all have baggage. What matters is how we manage it. We can overfill our bags, zip it shut and never look at it or we can unpack it. Your hosts Michelle and Raquel will help you stay physically and emotionally healthy while dealing with the baggage in your life. With some humor, of course!
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| Author | Manage Your Baggage Podcast |
| Organization | Michelle Wagner |
| Categories | Mental Health |
| Website | - |
| manageyourbaggage@gmail.com |
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