ZM's Bree & Clint - Bree & Clint's After Party - 24th July 2024

Episode Date: July 24, 2024

Bree & Clint are sick and tired of their anxious minds. Ellie reminds them of a great book!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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iHeartRadio, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts The ZM Podcast Network I've got to put a note on that one that says do not play Why? I'm never ready for that one It's too intense.

And I always think about people in the car and like, oh, I might have a listen to my friends, Brianne Clinton, see what they're up to. And then all of a sudden. Oh, yo, yo. Oh, yo, yay. I wanted to talk about something because we, this is the third to last day that we'll have Ellie with us.

Yes. Oh, yeah. On the Brianne Clinton show. Again, you're leaving us again. Yeah, this is quite traumatic. Like I feel like I'm reliving the trauma Clint show again. You're leaving us again. Yeah, this is quite traumatic. I feel like I'm reliving the trauma that was 2020. Because if you don't know, if you're new to this podcast, if you're recent,

Ellie is an OG. She has been with this show since day one and you did the first two years and then you fucked off. I did. I sure bloody did fuck right off. But you are highly qualified and you are here covering Claudia who is on her month long OE Yeah

And now you're going to fuck off I am Are you sad? Are you going to miss us? Who are you going to miss the most? Yeah we've bonded We have bonded We have actually

Yeah no it's weird It actually feels really sad again To like leave again You're dodging the question Yeah That wasn't asking seriously. The bit that I was going to talk about is naturally when someone comes back that you love and that you miss, there's a lot of nostalgia

and there's a lot of reflecting and looking back. I know you and Bree have done a lot of that. You've looked at old memories. We have. Nostalgia is a very powerful feeling. A very powerful feeling. A very powerful feeling. Super powerful emotion. I read a quote about nostalgia last week,

which is so interesting trying to explain what it is. Because nostalgia is positive. Whereas you can look back at things from the past and not enjoy them, like bad things happened. But that's not nostalgia. That's not nostalgia. Nostalgia is pining for what used to be it's a it's a it's a lust for the past and i and people like why what is it why is it so

powerful and somebody said in this quote that i read that nostalgia is just memories with the anxiety of the moment that was there removed oh yeah true so you're not whatever was going on in that situation there's a certain level of you're not whatever was going on in that situation there's a certain level of anxiety about everything yeah about about every single moment in your life yeah but nostalgia removes that yeah and just remembers the situation as it was yeah that's nice which makes me think that if you could remove the anxiety from every situation the the present moment that you would be able to enjoy every moment of your life the way that you enjoy nostalgic memories.

I actually can't even remember a time that I haven't been anxious. Yeah. Like I can't remember a time where I have not felt anxious. Yeah. Maybe before, like maybe when I was like six or seven. Yeah, okay. Yeah, maybe. But like I think it's just always just because I am an anxious person

and there's good reason for that. But yeah, oh, God, I don't know what I'd do with myself. I feel like I'd have so much free brain space. Yeah, same. Do you feel like that? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, my cortisol levels would be lower. I just don't know what I'd do with it.

Neither. Yeah. It's funny because that's the lens through which you experience the present. Yeah. And if it's being sullied by anxiety, then you're not actually enjoying things. Totally. You know? Yeah.

And you know, one of the biggest, like, when I was watching the Michael Jordan documentary for the sixth time, The Last Dance. You sure you're ADHD? Yeah. I just love it so much. And the biggest thing that I got from that doco that just blew my mind, because I remember the first time I watched it, was this guy talking about why Michael Jordan was the player he was

and why he was one of the greatest players to ever play the game. And this guy was like, it's not because of his, like he was very talented and he had work ethic and he had all that. Don't get me wrong. But so many other players have that as well. It was his ability to be completely in the moment. He wouldn't think about what would happen if he missed that shot. He wouldn't think about a shot he just missed.

He would be present. It gives me goosebumps thinking about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. With how powerful. Like it would just be him being able to be in that moment at that time so he was able to score those under pressure shots yeah and able to play in the moment yeah so how do we get it i don't know but i really want it how do we get it what is the thing is it meditation i want it so bad you know what's a good book to read which i actually got both of you when i left four years ago thinking about this

yeah it's called the power of now and it literally is this concept never heard of it look when i bought you a book brie i knew you weren't gonna read it and that's fine um but it actually does talk about being able to just harness that one moment right now on it i remember ellie saying you guys would get a lot out of this book. And can I just say, I still intend to read it. That's okay. I still intend to read it. I don't. Four years later.

Just kidding. I knew that you may not read it, and that's okay, but that's just a gesture I wanted to give because it had a profound effect on me. And if you read it, you read it. If not, it's just a gift. Who's the author of the book? Eckhart Tolle.

Eckhart Tolle, that's right. And he's very much into meditation and Buddhism. It's that kind of concept, yeah. I wish I had the attention span. I'll try. I will try and find it and read a chapter tonight. That's my promise. Up to you though.

I don't want to pressure you to do that. A chapter. A chapter's not that much. Yeah. I'm a very slow reader. Oh, same. I'm such a- I'm like a three or four pages a night person.

I get embarrassed by how slow I am. Me too. I keep going back and reading the same line again. Yeah, same. I forget the line that I've just read, so I go back and how slow I am. Me too. I keep going back and reading the same line again. I forget the line that I've just read, so I go back and read it. I've got trauma from reading out loud in class, and I'd be super slow, and everyone's like, oh, could someone else read? Miss, she's so fucking slow.

There's a girl at our school who never recovered from reading out loud the book that we were all studying, and she had to stand up and read a page of it. And instead of saying the word organism, said orgasm and we were like 14 and we were like oh jimmy said orgasm oh jimmy you poor bitch oh you poor bitch oh no kids fucking suck oh they do do you read a lot of books ellie not really this is like i'm similar to you guys i don't really read i find it hard to focus But there's some books That I do attach to And then I just read it Really quickly

Yeah I just think If I Like I could be doing this But with pictures You know Amen You know

I love a documentary But your brain absorbs Things in different ways Like I love a documentary There's nothing more Like I love learning Same But I just

I can't learn through reading. Yeah, fair enough. It's not fair to everyone. It's just not a, I'm not a. I say this as not a reader as well. Can't or won't. I don't think I can. Like I actually, and I think it's my ADHD, they do say,

it makes it very hard to concentrate for long periods. Double drop and then hit the books. Jesus Christ. Big Saturday night. Double drop and then hit the books. Jesus Christ. Big Saturday night. Double drop on the... Double drop, hit the Lord of the Rings trilogy, start with The Hobbit. The Rubin...

Oh, God, I could not think of... That would be, like, actual torture to me. I'd rather be waterboarded. I'm reading The Hobbit at the moment. Are you? Oh, God, that's my worst nightmare. Yeah. Weren't you guys going to waterboard me?

Yeah, we wanted to. Sorry? What have I come back to? Would you let us? I asked if she could waterboard me. Just to see what it was like. Yeah, I would. Just to see how long you could last.

Yeah. Ella, do you know what waterboarding is? Yes. What is it? You shove water down someone until they die. No. Close. No. They get a shove water down someone until they die. No. Close. No.

They get a hose and they pour it down you. No. We'll waterboard you. You can find out. No, Ella's not cut out for waterboarding, I don't think. I'm good. No. I don't think we should waterboard anyone just to confirm that, okay?

All right? No, it was all just banter. You're not in charge. You're leaving. Yeah. We'll do it after. Okay, when Claudia gets back. Water, water.

Hide behind a door. Grab her. Jokes, guys. All right. Oh, dear. All right. Oh, that took a turn, didn't it? Yeah, it does.

I'm getting nostalgic for the time before we talked about that. I'm getting nostalgic for before we started this podcast. I'm getting nostalgic for being at started this podcast. I'm getting nostalgic for being at home, so I'm going to go there. See you at the party. Duh.