The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Midweek Motivation - November 12, 2025

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

Welcome to your Midweek Motivation!In this episode, Gina and Odette dive into the emotional weight many members are carrying as they hit Week 9. With grief, seasonal stress, and the mental fatigue of ...change piling up, they unpack why this time of year, and this point in the journey, can feel so heavy. From real talk about self-regulation in maintenance to how our thoughts shape our experience, it’s a candid check-in that reminds listeners: you’re not alone, your feelings are valid, and you’re doing better than you think.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I'm Gina Livy, and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams for my 91-day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews, and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on ACAST, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Music.
Starting point is 00:00:34 It's your maintenance midweek motivation. Some of my favorite conversations are taking place here. Wake up, look good, feel good, no matter what life throws out you. You've got this. How are you feeling today? Oh, gosh, I'm just trying to. I'm trying to get organized. How are you feeling today?
Starting point is 00:00:56 Oh, forget it. Yeah, I, today's a day. day. Today is a day. If it's Wednesday, if it's midweek, I'm not sure. It is a day. We are feeling it. I don't think I'm the only one feeling it. So let's talk about it. Well, Odette and I were just saying that she went back to this week last, last program and we were talking about, or last year this time, and we were talking about people who were feeling pissy. And I think I even like did a post about it. And in the group today, in the weight loss program, Kim joined me for the tweak this week. And she was a little pissy pants. She was like, she was a lot pissy pants. I was there for it. I loved it. I was like,
Starting point is 00:01:33 just girl, let's have a real talk. And I'm not a sugar coder. But normally Kim's a bit of a sugar coder. And she wasn't sugar coding today. And people loved it. They were there for it. I think you have to have real, real conversations. But then it occurred to me, there's a couple things going on week nine. You know, it could be like, yes, it's the long haul. We're feeling the crunch of the time left. We just want it done already. Plus the holiday season. And, like, I think no remembrance day is hard. I just don't know how you wake up and you're like, oh, today's a wonderful day on Remembrance Day.
Starting point is 00:02:08 Like, I don't know about you, both my grandparents were in the war, which is one thing, but they're not even around anymore, which is really sad, which is another thing. And but then we got Christmas looming. And, you know, it was a lot of stress with the Jays and Halloween and the time change. And I don't, it's a, you know, I don't know. I found it last night ago. I'd put my dog down. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:32 So you just had your dad pass away. Right? So many people are carrying grief. So I don't want to be like a Debbie downer or, you know, I don't want to also reg on any debby's. So I'm sorry about that. But I don't want to be a downer, I guess, today. But I think what's the takeaway? How we feel absolutely factors into our journey.
Starting point is 00:02:51 And universally, collectively, I think we kind of go through our feels together. I don't know. Is that a lot? Is that too deep? Do you want to switch gears? Talk to me. No, I'm here for it too. I'm here for this conversation. I think, you know, I was trying to think about our feelings and what's going on this week. And is it week nine or is it more than week nine? Like, what are we asking of our members and what are we asking of ourselves at this point? And like you said, like when we're talking week nine in the weight loss group or in the maintenance group, we're revamping. You know, we're asking to revamping. We're asking to change things up. We're asking you to shake up what might feel comfortable. And then on top of that here in the maintenance group, we're having you look at self-regulation. And what does that even mean?
Starting point is 00:03:41 It's not just about the food plan revamp. It's about revamping your whole day. It's about revamping how you're going about things and how you see things and revamp your thought patterns and revamp your behaviors, revamp your actions. And then like you said, we had Thanksgiving, then Halloween, then Remembrance Day. then that's not even your own personal shit going on.
Starting point is 00:04:00 And now we have the holidays coming. And I think, you know, people might be thinking about these holidays are going to look different to me than they did before or it's not going to be the same or they're remembering maybe past seasons of the holiday that could have been traumatic and, oh, gosh, that time is coming back again. I think it, yes, it's a week nine thing. I think it's a seasonal thing. I feel like it's a what's going on with me thing.
Starting point is 00:04:26 I think it's a lot. I think week nine, I have said more of this group, I think, than any group, that the universe is timing things exactly where we need them. And I feel like this revamp week of week nine, this week is exactly where we need it.
Starting point is 00:04:41 We've had a time change recently. We've had our first snowstorm where we are in Ontario. Like, there's just a lot of shit going down. And now we're asking you to revamp your whole way of eating and over-complicating how your thoughts and actions and behaviors. You know, I think it robs here, no matter what life throws at us mush on, when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat, so much going on at all time, stay positive. But yeah, and you know, I think it's what you said there, because I was reading that's comment the same time you said it's all how you see things, right? So you could see things, remember and stay. Like, look at what, you know, our relatives fought so hard.
Starting point is 00:05:17 So we could, we could be alive today and enjoy all the freedom that we have, right? Yes, it's sad. I need to put my dog down. But I got so many amazing. years with that dog she lived way longer than she should we we were told to put her down months ago and we've had months just full of joy yes the jays lost but that was freaking thrilling and amazing and yes the holidays are upon us but it's also a time of comfort and love and yes we had a snowstorm but what is better than turning your fire we were by our fireplace so we're lucky enough to have a fireplace in our living room we turned it on uh tony and the two kids we watched seven that old like man it was a serial killer movie but my one daughter's into that kind of thing but we watched this
Starting point is 00:06:00 old movie the fireplace was on um no the dog like jasmine was lying there and our other dog and our cat it was cozy and you're right right this is this is wanting to see the other side of that too like we can really dig our dig into all the negatives and when you say yeah like see the positive that's the awareness that we have it takes a lot of work to be in tune to be self-aware and connected with oneness. So you will feel the oneness, but you have the choice to how you see that oneness.
Starting point is 00:06:32 So collectively, yeah, we can all be kind of feeling like the change, the dark, the heaviness, the stress, but you also can choose how you are showing up and choosing to see that in that perspective, right?
Starting point is 00:06:47 Yeah, here's Pam. I used to be an avoider. Burry my head in the sandwich, shit hit the family, thanks to what we have learned here. We have the tools we need to feel the feels and thrive in the case. Also choose again.
Starting point is 00:06:57 You can, this reminded me to, I would say that to my kid who just woke up. I said, you have an opportunity to choose how you feel here. Do you want to choose again? Do you want to be Pisty Pants or do you want to like go and have fun and whatever? And you'd see them. They'd be like, oh, yeah, I don't want to do this. I want to do that. We also have the power to be able to do that to choose, to choose how we feel.
Starting point is 00:07:19 We can absolutely choose how we feel. Well, I turned that around, didn't we? Yeah. I think it's like choosing how you feel, what's your approach, what do you want to remember about it? I think that that is what we're, it's a revamp. It's a revamp of how you show up. It's a revamp of how you see things. You know, it's not just a revamp of the food and what's going on, which of course is always part of this week. It's always part of something. And, you know, just this week we're coming up on the, my daughter and I are coming up on the one year
Starting point is 00:07:49 anniversary of going to the heiress tour and we didn't know we were going to the heirs tour until like two weeks before we were going we were so privileged to be able to go and miller swift for those of yes right yeah yes so we're coming up on the one year anniversary of that and looking through our pictures and videos and thinking you know like oh i'm sad it's over and they're like no dude let's be excited we got to go like think of that experience we had and we'll never ever have that experience again, but it happened. You know, we got to be there and be part of it. And I think it's all in the way that you, like you said, you choose to see it.
Starting point is 00:08:28 You choose to approach it. You choose to just really appreciate it. And yeah, like you said, the snow was really crap. I had to be out there, you know, walking to and doing things. And it was just and it was so, it was cold and it was wet and it was mucky. But then it was refreshing and it was crisp and it had me thinking about, you know, my daughter's birthday's coming and the winter is kind of, it's. It can be a nice time.
Starting point is 00:08:50 So I think it really is about your approach and how you choose to see things. I like Sue's comment here. My November mantra is depression is not inevitable. So I can do things to prevent it. It sure feels like a fight sometimes, like trying to keep your head above water. But the fact that you are aware and then you have the skills to do something about it, that's a little different. I'm really struggling this week.
Starting point is 00:09:12 I haven't been feeling hot. I don't know what it is. I don't feel stress. It's not stress, which I'm so used to. But I think it's like, I think I'm low iron or maybe I got COVID. I don't know what it is. But you could see it. I just don't look.
Starting point is 00:09:26 Like I just, it's, I know it's there. And every day has been a struggle to be in a positive mindset. But it's, I'm working at it. But I feel like, I'm like, okay. And every day I'm like getting my head a little higher above water. But you're right. We have to know what we need. This comes down to supporting ourselves and knowing what we needing.
Starting point is 00:09:44 I think also we can't discount. I know we've talked about the time chase. we talked about the time change. I think we can't discount the lack of natural light, you know, how much that can really affect us. You know, the days being shorter, being a bit more dark, really looking for that, you know, that serotonin. Where is that coming from?
Starting point is 00:10:02 How can I get that? Where can I feel that, you know, that serotonin buzz from? I think really digging into where you're going to be able to create that too for yourself. I find, it's just reading your notes here, O'Don, you're talking about maybe you need to revamp your day, not just your meals, right? So that kind of falls in line with that. A lot of resistance to this, to this tweak this week. People just wanted to keep doing what they've been doing just because.
Starting point is 00:10:27 And I don't know. And I guess that's where we started with how we're feeling. And maybe this is one more thing you have to do. It feels harder to continue to move forward or what that might be. But the tweak isn't that much different, right? Like you were always focused on high protein. Now you can add protein and fat to your fruit. It's not adding it on top.
Starting point is 00:10:45 So make sure you're, it's always about just enough. in the moment. So if you were having a whole apple and now you, now you might want to have half an apple with some nuts and seeds or half an apple in a boiled egg or half an apple with some nut butter or whatever. Lunch and dinner are essentially the same. You don't have to make anything different. It's just about the focus. We talked about this on Monday. It's just about what you're focused on. Not necessarily you have to make a different lunch than you've been making before. And essentially, you're not eating any different. You're just switching up with the focuses at your meal and dinner. And then your afternoon is now just down from one snack, from two snacks
Starting point is 00:11:17 down to one snack, right? That slight bump up or emphasis on the protein and fat earlier in your day will help you feel more satisfied throughout your day. So it's not really much of a change, but people tend to be really resistant when it comes to this change. Yeah, I think that they're also finding their routine might be changing. Like if there was somebody who was really tied to the clock or there was somebody who, oh, yes.
Starting point is 00:11:41 Somebody who like, you know, ate certain things at certain times because it was comfortable. It's what I know. and they were calling it part of their routine, where, you know, routine is important. Flexibility is also important. I think it's also noticing when that routine needs to be revamped. You know, like I always eat my lunch at 12 o'clock. But now because I had protein and fat, I don't want to eat at 12 o'clock. Would I have to shake up my whole day now?
Starting point is 00:12:06 Like that's what I mean by also revamping your day. Like, yeah, your day's going to change. And this is the setup for later on. You know, this is a setup for when you are having. having certain foods at certain times of day because that's what you choose, not because you're on a program and being in tune to not being bound to the clock. If you have that freedom, if you understand that that flexibility, you know, sometimes just needs to be there, even, you know, not that so much you want to be flexible. Yeah. The flexibility needs to be there. Just a reminder that
Starting point is 00:12:36 this is the setup and the lead up for the personalizing the plan. If you remember, that is where you're checking in at every single meal and snack time and assessing if you're hungry and need to eat then what is the best option for you still following the guidelines protein at breakfast will always be your best option for example and then you could you eat maybe you're not really super hungry but you could eat so you're going to have a token amount and then there's you should eat so if you don't eat something at least a small token amount you're going to risk going too long without eating and so that's where you're checking in so this is really getting in tune not just with when to eat but also how certain food choices affect your satiety level so you're
Starting point is 00:13:15 you're going to feel more satisfied with that protein and fat than just, you know, just, like just the fruit on its own. You might just feel like fruit, you know, get replenishers your glycan stores quick and that's fine, but adding that protein in fat, it's going to make you feel more satisfied for longer. And so remember, this is the lead up and the setup to that, which those last two weeks, and again, if you're going to come back in January with us, fine, but that's where you want to personalize the plan.
Starting point is 00:13:39 That's the ultimate end game is lose your weight, maintain your weight, actively help your body um stabilize or solidify your weight and then that third stage of just living your life is just being in tune with when to eat what to eat how much to eat and essentially that's building on personalizing the plan that we're going to be introducing yeah i think this week too i wanted to talk about um like feeling the physical effects of the of the revamp i think you know if if this was somewhere you know maybe it was your first time doing it and you're just trying to do the tweak and trying to add in that protein and fat you're just trying to learn i think where we are now with our members of maintenance have been through this you know a few times um you know with the weight
Starting point is 00:14:22 loss journey and then now now it's really an amazing time to to level up a little bit to optimize a bit more and see how different types of fat and protein affect you so not just adding the not just adding it in but how does it affect you you know does a does an animal based protein feel heavier than a plant-based protein? Does, you know, fat, a fat that's coming from dairy feel different than fat that maybe is coming from avocado or coconut? I think this is really an opportunity that to really switch up those protein sources, switch up those fat sources and take it to that next optimizing level and really see how your body reacts that way. Yeah, like there's that great list. We keep posting the proteins, carbs, and fats, great list of not just like your traditional
Starting point is 00:15:05 proteins, but, you know, lots of great plant proteins. Your protein adds up. right like there's protein a little bit of protein in everything so but it but it adds up at the end of the day it's why you don't have to get caught up and counting and weighing and measuring your protein as long as you're following the program but I love that changing up your sources stepping out of your comfort zone and not just eating the things but really feeling the effects of how you feel after having those things I like this comment here um that you know I love this tweak it really teaches you to eat more protein throughout the day and it keeps you full too right and it's not even that you're eating more protein if you think about it because yet protein is always the focus at
Starting point is 00:15:45 breakfast now yes you're adding your protein to your morning snack but you're also taking your two afternoon snacks down to one and some people are having protein with their vegetables plus their protein in bed and their nuts and seeds so let's just say you stuck with your you stuck with your your um your veg snack and you had i don't know a dip or a boiled egg with it and then you just take that net snack and you add it to your morning fruit snack you're not really changing anything yet you do feel more satisfied just with adding that protein in the morning and then adding that making protein the focus out lunch so not that much big of a change people do tend to fall back into what they like what they love so this is a time to double up on that protein and again so you may
Starting point is 00:16:26 be saying well why weren't we doing that in the beginning there was a rhyme and a reason to why we were in science behind why we were just having that fruit quickly to replenish your glycogen stores here but this is again where we're headed is that you know being able to personalize the plan don't forget the water yes that don't forget all the other basic stuff right don't forget all the maximizing the drinking the water the managing your stress the sleep the moving your body all of those things too right and the leafy greens don't forget about those i think we i think we talk so much about protein and fat and veg right protein and fat and veg protein and fat and veg and then it's like oh i haven't had leafy greens in three days you know that's
Starting point is 00:17:06 that's got to keep those in there too so yes to the water and yes, it's a leafy greens. Maybe we don't mention it quite as much because we think people just got it. Yeah, that's a good point. And fiber, fiber, we need to talk more about fiber. Fiber is going to be the new protein. Like the next couple programs,
Starting point is 00:17:25 people will be talking about fiber out there because protein, yeah, great. Make sure you're getting enough protein. But fiber, you really want to make sure you get enough fiber in there. Any thoughts on warm water versus cold water? So, you know, one of the comments people are making is I'm really extra hungry in the evening with this change. And it could be that you're just dropping the ball in the water, especially with like now it's colder outside. I feel like I'm cold all the time.
Starting point is 00:17:46 Tony said to me on the other day, are you getting enough water? And I'm like, well, I'm trying to get as much in as possible with tea. And he's like, yeah, but I see you sip your tea. You're not sipping your tea the way you would drink your water. And he's right. Am I like, like my mouth is dry. Am I actually getting the same amount of water? I feel like I'm always drinking tea, but you sip tea throughout the day in smaller amounts that you would water whereas water yeah of course I'm still sipping but I'm like this you know drink drink drink drink fill it back up again as opposed to tea I'm drinking it I'm sitting there then it goes cold that I don't drink it then I have to go back up I have to put it you heat it up again or get some more it's just so no am I getting
Starting point is 00:18:26 am I dropping my the ball in water absolutely and so I think um what I like to do is just is to boil the kettle and then I drink the tea and then I'll come back later and fill up warm water. So I'll actually just like different variations of hot water, warm water, tepid water, and then I start all over again, right? Yeah, I'm definitely a room temperature warm water person this time of year. And, you know, even though if you want to flavor it, sometimes even lemon in warm water is not as appealing. So I'll do something like ginger or a cinnamon stick.
Starting point is 00:19:02 I know that doesn't sound typical, but those are things that you can add that are like warming spices that just, you know, it'll help to shake it up a little bit, change it up a little bit. If you feel like you're drinking this warm, tepid water all day, you know, and you can still jazz it up with warming spices or warming additions. It doesn't always have to be just lemon or just fruit. You don't think of those warming spices. Oh, I love that. That's a great idea.
Starting point is 00:19:24 That's a great time. Here's Karen. I think I fall into the not to let one night of indulgence turn into days or weeks of choices that do not align with your goals. This is a bit of an eye-opener to say it. Yeah. You know, this is sort of like also the, the holidays are coming. There's going to be, like, that's like saying, well, Halloween, fuck it.
Starting point is 00:19:42 I'm just going to eat all the candy until it's gone every day. Right. You know, there's always going to be something. There's always going to be something that is going to throw you off. It's not about staying on the track. And I know we say get back on track. It's not about it's, it's, there's, and maybe that's, and maybe that's, the wrong thing to say about, you know, back on track.
Starting point is 00:20:04 It's, it's about ebbing and flowing with life. And if so, if you indulge, then you, you know, you self-correct, not punish, not deprive, but they've been like, oh, okay, yeah, let me just, because one day of indulging is not, you can eat all of the things. You can eat like 50 donuts. You're probably still not going to gain any weight from that. You're going to feel sick. Your weight will be up for a couple days, but then it'll eventually come back down.
Starting point is 00:20:25 The problem is if you eat those donuts, plus then you, you starve yourself, deprive yourself. Then you were like, fuck it. Now I'm just going to eat this and do this and do this. and do that and, you know, the snowball effect that it has. So this is learning the skills to ebb and flow with life. Even while you're doing the maintenance program, the more you can minimize indulgences, obviously, the better because you really don't want to be challenged in the body.
Starting point is 00:20:44 But this is what that's all about. That's exactly it. Or even just recognizing you're doing it in the first place is like, ah, like that's amazing. Yeah. I think this is why this whole conversation, you know, self-regulating. I know you said self-correcting, self-regulating. This is exactly what it is.
Starting point is 00:21:01 it's about noticing that, you know, when you do have those indulgences, you're able to just move on. You're not getting, you just fall way off track that you have to get back on track if you do all the things. No, I'm just going to regulate myself a little bit. I'm just going to take a minute, think about it, and move on. You know, I think that's where members are really sitting. This is why I wanted to talk, you know, a little bit more about self-regulation today too, because members are really resonating with that, that it's not about avoiding all the challenges. It's not about avoiding all of the things that come up. It's about being able to bounce back from them understanding that that's what those are that they're just lips that
Starting point is 00:21:35 is just the ebb and flow like you said and being able to just bounce back from it having having the courage and the trust and the awareness to be able to just bounce back yeah that's so that's so important it's really profound honestly truly it's like it's it's habits you dip back into old habits you want to be like okay that wasn't working for me let let me start get back to my new habits that I've created right it's about understanding when you do you know want to indulge just It's a conscious choice. This is really good. I'm choosing to indulge, recognizing how you feel, and then helping your body recover from that indulgences.
Starting point is 00:22:08 You know, as we think about the new year, we don't want anyone stressing about what they're eating and when, just really self-aware. Sometimes we trash ourselves and there's regret. It's not like sometimes, like you can choose to indulge and then you can still regret it afterwards and be like, why? Like, yeah, why? But every time you realize that, you're going to do it less and less because you're going to know. Right?
Starting point is 00:22:30 And like, I still say this about wine. Like, it just take me 50-something years to realize, like, I just, it doesn't work well with me, but I keep trying it. You know, the wine's addicted to you. Maybe it's the opposite. Maybe you don't want the wine. Maybe the wine wants you. You know, I love it. But then if I continue to drink it and I feel like shit and then that's affecting my whole day, that's not a really great way that I want to live.
Starting point is 00:22:53 You know, I mean, obviously that's something a little bit more extreme. The same could go with eating at night. Eating at night is great. Eating at night is great. You know, these days, like I want to have some chippies and then it just messes with my sleep. And then I'm just like, why did I do that? In the moment, I wanted to have it. But then, okay, how many more days am I going to do that before I say, okay, Gina, knock it off.
Starting point is 00:23:13 Knock it off. What are people's favorite herbal teas? I was just reading that from Sue. That's going to be a great post tomorrow, Sue. We're going to find out for you. We're going to post it right after this. I like. Herbal teas.
Starting point is 00:23:31 I like that bengal spice, but I don't think it's not like, it's got caffeine in it. I like peppermint, but too much peppermint is like upsets my tummy even though it's supposed be. I love a good ginger tea with some fresh lemon in there. You remember the ginger tea we had in St. Lucia? Oh my God. I just go back there for a second. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:51 We can go back there in a few months. So, Dad, if you want. We were sweating all day, complaining about the heat all day. not complaining just you know wasn't always comfortable and then at night here we are drinking our spicy ass ginger tea by choice it was like ginger tea that was boiled ginger like yes it was amazing i'm gonna get some ginger that's gonna be my tea i'm gonna make some i'm gonna make some oh yeah david's tea oh yeah david's tea has a good one what's that one that tastes like um which one is it nut there's a nut tea yes that it was david's i have some downstairs actually i will
Starting point is 00:24:29 I'm going to put this herbal teas post up right after this and I will put the name of that. It's the nuts. It's the nuts one from David C. David C also, I believe, had one called Hot Lips and it was like cinnamon and had like a little touch of heat like cayenne or chili or something in it. It just made your lips more forever nuts. That's what it is from David's tea. Jody just put it up.
Starting point is 00:24:49 Thank you, Jody, forever nuts by David's tea. Yeah, Mary's saying celestial season and Spangale Spice is herbal. I don't think it is. I think it's got caffeine in it, but I love that. I love that. Also, David's tea is fucking expensive. I'm not trying to knock the tea. It's great tea. It's good quality. It's expensive. So, you know, you can always just add your own cinnamon spices and your stuff to, right, to your tea. But yeah, that net one is so like whenever I buy it because I might have a tea, my daughter is like a massive tea drinker. Like she loves, she's got like, she's got all the teas. We have a whole tea cupboard. And whenever I splurge on David's tea, only when it's on sale, she's like, oh, okay. because the box is big but then you open it and you only get like six or eight inside and then you're sad and you don't want to share it and like cheaper than a bag of chips or you know another treat that i think it's like you're you know like you get that tea and then you know and then i make those bags last like i'll double use the bag or whatever um yeah i like that that's a good tea i'm going to go make myself some ginger cut up ginger and put it in the freezer and drop it in the hot water i'm going to boil up some black friday coming up uh to shop david's tea oh that's a good tip that's a good that's a good tip. Yeah, I'm going to go do. I just do. I drink a decaf English breakfast all day is usually my go-to. I'm an English breakfast too. I do like English breakfast. Sometimes it's a little
Starting point is 00:26:12 touch of honey. David's super ginger. Yeah, David's got. Oh my gosh. So many. Okay. I'm going to definitely get this up. Everybody needs to go buy tea and enjoy it and black. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think yeah, that's what a great conversation. wow, this is such a turnaround. I started a conversation in a major downer now. I feel great. I'm going to go get myself a warm, cozy mug of tea and get ready for my next meeting and whatnot. So, yeah, this is how you do, right? And this is why community is so important and conversation is so important. We can get so in our head about things. And it's just a different perspective. And, you know, this could be even like, hey, you and I talked it out. But you could call a friend and be like, I am in a pissy mood. Help me get out of this mood. Don't commiserate with me. And, you know, or let's commiserate for like two minutes. And then let's think of things we're grateful for. Let's help me get out of this mood.
Starting point is 00:27:03 Help me see the other side of this, right? Let me see that. I'm not trying to be happy about putting my dog down. Someone was mentioning about a home service. So that's what we're doing. We get to pick a date and then, you know, the thought of that. But it's a, but again, I really want to dwell on. She was a rescue dog.
Starting point is 00:27:19 And so if I actually had to get her that day or she was on the docket to be, that was it. She was done. She'd been in for so long. They're like, we're not keeping her one more a day. So we literally saved her life. She had the best life. She lived most of her life leash-free.
Starting point is 00:27:35 She lived on the lake. She used to walk in the forest every day. She's made it through, you know, cancer and, you know, dog vestibular or whatever. And, you know, she had a friend. We got her, you know, our dog, Mika. She had a cat. She had children. She sleeps in a gorgeous plush bed.
Starting point is 00:27:54 Like, you know, she had a good life. She had a good life. So, you know, sometimes it's just really seeing the other side. Yeah. And I think at this point, you know, it's not the decision you want to make, but it's the kindest decision, I think, probably that you can make. Yeah. But that's said, you know, you can keep her going and then have a tragic end.
Starting point is 00:28:13 You could try to save her through surgery and then also have an end tragically where she'd have to, you know, has to wear a cone and she's going to take her forever to heal, even if it does heal. Yeah. Or am I not even That's what he said He's like this is the most humane way To you know
Starting point is 00:28:31 Whenever our co-organized work for lunch I tell them we have five minutes to bitch about work And then that's it Yeah, taking time to stress out Throughout the day like Atlanta says that Take time to stress the fuck out during the day Or take your moment and have your pity party But then actively seek out
Starting point is 00:28:46 Changing your perspective Not an easy thing to do And sometimes it's not appropriate You just want to be sad Be sad I'm not going to try to take that away from anybody at the end of the day, but just being aware, being aware of how, where we're at, what we need, how to support ourselves. And yeah, interesting conversation today. I'm here for it. Good. Well, I feel better. So thank you, thank you for my therapy session. I feel
Starting point is 00:29:09 better. Yeah, right. So we're rolling it to week 10 next week. Holy fuck. I know. It's gone quickly. I feel like it's gone quickly this round. This is because there's more action or it's, I don't know, I don't know what it is, but does it. It feels like it totally. But I think we're feeling like, yeah, it's week 10. Oh, my goodness. I can't believe it's week 10. But I'm like, okay, mom, I'm ready for week 10.
Starting point is 00:29:31 We're all ready for week 10. We've been showing up. We're here. We're ready for it. Bring it on. We're ready for it. All right, everyone. Have a fantastic.
Starting point is 00:29:39 Thank you so much. We appreciate you and your comments and coming to join us. I love these so self-indulgent. I love these conversations. I feel like I'm hanging out with friends, having really productive, insightful conversations. I hope so. Well, I feel better, so. All right, everyone, have a great rest of your day. We'll see you next time. Bye on it. Thanks. Bye.

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