S4E13: Holiday Greetings and Podcast Updates

In this episode, Juliet and Brent discuss the current season of the podcast, emphasizing the importance of catching up on previous episodes, especially during the busy holiday season. They highlight the International Dyslexic Association and encourage listeners to revisit episodes they may have missed.

 

Chapters:

 

00:00:07 | Introduction: Solar Flares, Energy Shifts, and Fatigue

00:01:37 | Mercury Retrograde, Self-Awareness, and Emotional Turmoil

00:02:48 | Personal Anecdotes on Cycles and Coincidence

00:04:54 | Coincidences, Connecting Dots, and Purpose in Relationships

00:06:28 | Self-Awareness Requires Information and Diagnosis

00:07:18 | Holiday Break Announcement and IDA Episode Review

00:08:59 | Recommended Interviews: Steven Keys (S1E8) and Others

00:10:20 | Season 2 Interviews: Chris (The Brit) and Ryan (The Firefighter)

00:11:29 | Season 3: Montgomery & Bradley, and Dr. Jacob

00:13:41 | The Core Mission: Helping "The Kid in the Chair"

00:14:36 | Holiday Stress and the Difficulty of Returning to School

00:15:23 | Stress, Cortisol, and Shorter Lifespan in the Learning Disabled Community

00:16:55 | The Anxiety of Undiagnosed Co-occurring Conditions (ADHD & Dyslexia)

00:17:23 | Happy Holidays, Catching Up, and Final Thoughts

 

Transcript:

00:00:07:03 - 00:00:34:07

Unknown

Welcome back to word blindness. Just like fully exposed. This is Julianne Hahn here with my co-host, Brant Sobel. How are you? I think that question should be flipped around the other way. So. Okay, so I was I wanted to say this as a recording because I want to see the so everyone the viewers can get your expression when I say this.

 

00:00:34:12 - 00:00:59:06

Unknown

So anyone that follows like astrology or the universe, we just had some massive like shifts that haven't happened in hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. And they're called solar flares. Okay, so we had like huge where if you actually look at the charts, the like, that's why we could see the Northern lights. So the energy that is out in the universe right now was higher than it has been in forever.

 

00:00:59:06 - 00:01:17:03

Unknown

So if anyone's listening to this and they're like, well, I don't believe in it, but holy fuck, now I do believe in it because I've been like really struggling or like, really sad or like crazy energy or just like maybe their stomach was bothering them and they're like, there's nothing current, there's all these different things. I know I've thought you're going to have a bigger reaction.

 

00:01:17:05 - 00:01:37:08

Unknown

However, like some people that get really affected by energy, like maybe they needed to sleep a couple days, like three days straight and like, we're like, I just can't get out of bed. I can't do anything. So I've been affected. I, I was grandma, actually, so the last couple of days I'm so tired. Okay. So I don't know.

 

00:01:37:10 - 00:01:58:19

Unknown

Well okay. But you did say it. And so there's a slight like you're like no, no, she she said it. Yes. But it is because she's aware. Well see I can't because she said I can't believe it. Now she's there I know we're here now. Elizabeth is aware. She's very aware of herself and her body, and especially as she's getting older, like when she gets to be my age, she's going to be so fucking self aware.

 

00:01:58:19 - 00:02:21:05

Unknown

It's going to be like, incredible. So there are people that are into it, but also people like Mercury's in retrograde, so there's a lot of communication issues happening, a lot of electronic stuff happening and all these flares. I have been just like a truck has hit me, like ran over me like 35 times, like it is. I'm like, oh my God.

 

00:02:21:05 - 00:02:48:02

Unknown

Like, okay, let's, let's let it up. And just one thing after another after another. Just being like, okay, all right. Okay, okay. I'm just going to keep breathing and thank God I'm not drinking or doing drugs because I would be fucked up, like for days on end. Never heard the word Mercury retrograde till you started stalking me. So I love I love that that you heard a word from me.

 

00:02:48:04 - 00:03:14:14

Unknown

Don't believe it. You know and Elizabeth software problem. Yeah. As you guys as women don't ever try to tell me you guys are aren't watch ups. After this conversation we had before we, we started, you know, taping and these podcasts, she's listening to. There's no men podcasts that are like that, like so. Well okay, I can send you some men deep podcasts.

 

00:03:14:14 - 00:03:35:03

Unknown

Oh, actually, I can't wait for the man. I can sync up with another man, you know? Right. He's. You're talking about your menstrual cycles, right? Well, you know, it's funny, Penelope's in my menstrual cycle. Used to fight each other, and I'd be like, oh, my gosh, of course, they normally just get on the same page. I was like, when I, when I lived in my house with all my sisters, we were on the same.

 

00:03:35:03 - 00:03:59:15

Unknown

Why are you messing with my period? Oh my God, it was actually we laugh about it now, I do, I forgot to tell you a story before we start taping. Oh, okay. Well, can you tell me afterwards on how you can tell me now? Is it appropriate? This is our holidays. This is like, we're, looking at, looking at houses that, you know, gotten her parents looking to buy a house.

 

00:03:59:15 - 00:04:28:11

Unknown

So we're going through her kind of her history, and she tried to get her number of years ago to move to, Oh, by us in the burbs. You know, the house she told her to buy? Who told you? Elizabeth told, her sister to buy this house. And that was Nikki's. Oh, really? Yeah. Especially if she bought that.

 

00:04:28:13 - 00:04:54:00

Unknown

She bought the house when it got That's so interesting isn't it. A small world. This again like that's she crazy. Okay. And I could go down that like coincidence like why things happen. I mean, don't even get me started because I'm already. I've been like, d like, nice to go there. But it was, Yeah. That's so interesting,

 

00:04:54:02 - 00:05:09:11

Unknown

Well, and so that's the thing that things do happen for a reason. I believe that there are. I don't think there's coincidences. People come into your life for reasons you believe in that. No, no, no, that 100%, you know, everybody comes in your life does have like a reason. If I can poke you in the eyes or nod, poke you.

 

00:05:09:15 - 00:05:32:08

Unknown

Yes. God, everybody comes in your life for a reason. I agree with that. And no coincidences. Some are supposed to stay for a short period of time, some for a long time. Yes. Okay, I love that. Look at you, mister. Involved. Have you always believed that? You know. No. Yeah. Yeah, obviously, for a number of years now, once you can start connecting dots and understanding what those dots mentioned and.

 

00:05:32:08 - 00:05:49:12

Unknown

Yeah, so I agree with you on the coincidence. And, you know, they gave me your life for a reason. You may be short, maybe a day, maybe. Yeah, maybe a quick high, maybe some trigger, something that did something. But there's other people. It's supposed to be life. Not, you know, forever. You know, like, you know, people get divorced, right?

 

00:05:49:13 - 00:06:08:22

Unknown

That, you know, not forever. But there's a purpose to that. And then there's some people that are there long term. Yeah. I 100% agree with that. And I love that and I, I've always like if you but also self-aware people know that I'm really pointy today. Self-Aware people know that. And a lot of people are not self-aware.

 

00:06:08:22 - 00:06:28:04

Unknown

So they don't even give them their themselves a chance to, like, think about it. Right? Like, oh, wait, oh, I see why that dot is connected. Oh wow. That's why that person came into my life. And I, I mean, I love that shit. I can talk about that shit all day long. Well, you know, but the salt, you'll never be self-aware until you have the information.

 

00:06:28:04 - 00:06:52:20

Unknown

And that's what we talk about all the time, right? Like you just asked if you always believe that. Right? I what's the saying? The older you get, the wiser, right? You know, you look back, right? But you're not going to look back unless you understand yourself. Right? So you can't be as self-aware if you don't understand. Right? If you don't understand why you did that or why did I date that guy?

 

00:06:52:20 - 00:07:18:05

Unknown

Or why did I marry that girl? Or like, why did I go down this path? And why did I do this? And you, if you don't understand that you can't solve flat right? And that's where, you know, obviously in what we talk about daily is getting that diagnosis, getting that understanding. You know, once you have that, then you can start believing.

 

00:07:18:07 - 00:07:45:04

Unknown

Exactly I love that preach. Okay. So today because this is coming out and I can't I also I can't even think I'm like I literally am like a moron. I should be wearing your hat. Seriously. So when this comes out, the episode right before it, which is I can give you the I can give you the number.

 

00:07:45:06 - 00:08:07:02

Unknown

Season four. Right. When? Season four. Yeah. Season four. It will be episode 11. And we talk about Ida. And so what we want you guys to do is really Ida is the International Dyslexic Association. Their new description. We're going into the holidays. So we're coming up on Thanksgiving. We're coming up on, you know, all the holidays.

 

00:08:07:03 - 00:08:24:02

Unknown

I'm just was going to start to name them. But we're not all the holidays holiday season. So we wanted to give you guys a chance to catch up because we've had a lot of people be like, oh my God, there's so many good ones. And during the holidays we're all so busy, we don't want you guys to miss anything that's like, really, that you're going to want to miss and then, you know, have to go back.

 

00:08:24:06 - 00:08:39:06

Unknown

So we're going to give you a break. But what we want to do is wish you a happy holidays. And then we want you guys to go listen back. If you hadn't heard the idea, one episode, season four, episode 11. Go back and then go back to some of the ones that maybe you didn't get a chance to do.

 

00:08:39:06 - 00:08:59:22

Unknown

A lot of the interviews have been really hitting home with people. We did a lot of interviews in season one, and then they're kind of peppered throughout. You guys can, you know, go back and go through those. Do you want to add anything? Now the interview is always, you know, or gives you need you know, you need perspective.

 

00:09:00:00 - 00:09:31:00

Unknown

You know, we've we're just actually young on a call talking about, you know, Steven Keys. Yeah. You know, that was probably one of our top five best podcasts. And it was, you know, his his emotion, his rawness. He is episode eight. So season one, episode eight. Yeah. So when we started it, then we went right into.

 

00:09:31:01 - 00:09:57:15

Unknown

October and I again, I can't even do the timelines. I just can't even do it. But we interviewed, we had four interviews for Dyslexia Awareness Month, and season one. And that was a great one. And then we interviewed like 18 was an interview, 23 was an interview all in season one. So season 131 like there was definitely a couple in here.

 

00:09:57:20 - 00:10:20:09

Unknown

And then season two, we launched with, Chris, who is the the Brit that's dyslexic. Well, I haven't seen his stuff pop up lately. It's probably just for them changed, right? Yeah, yeah. For him. Yeah, yeah. Just run the marathon. Yeah. Oh. He did okay. So he saw that. Okay. Yeah, I saw that. So I need to see that.

 

00:10:20:11 - 00:10:50:21

Unknown

Yeah. And he talks. He does like funny things with like he's he's good to great guy. Yeah. Yeah he was great. And he does some great you know great stuff out there. But you know and you know we talked about narrative version right. So you two different aspects on that interview. Well yeah. Awesome. Yeah. And then like for season two, we also have the firefighter that I Max and again I'm forgetting everyone's name, so I really apologize I Ryan thank you I mean I'm literally I, my brain is not working.

 

00:10:50:21 - 00:11:05:01

Unknown

It's like I'm stuttering today I was at my workout this morning and my trainer goes, what did you just say? And I was like, I actually don't think those were real words. She's like, they hundred percent were not real words. And I was like, and I'd said a whole sentence. I was like, you would think that they're. I was like, on drugs.

 

00:11:05:02 - 00:11:29:04

Unknown

No, I just I'm not. I didn't sleep, so that's a really great one past 50. Yeah. You know. Fuck off. Which I thought he was turning 50. So that's I was like, oh, you're turning 50. How are you feeling? And then he yelled at me because he's going to be 49, still a baby. And then, season three, we start with, Montgomery and Bradley, which my, my son and my nephew.

 

00:11:29:04 - 00:11:57:05

Unknown

And then we also have Colleen. He's in there. And I would, you know, the then, Montgomery and brothers, you know, kind of stands on a pedestal by itself just just to hear, of the two, two kids are doing well that are, you know, diagnosed every young age, family. Yeah. You got a raw perspective of a couple young kids in the middle of their and their journey and, in there.

 

00:11:57:06 - 00:12:20:10

Unknown

So it was a pretty cool, prospect to sit back and listen to listen to them. That would also be interesting to get them back on when they're because now they're finishing their first semester of second year. When I listen back, I'm like, oh, I don't know if everyone's in the same spot. I mean, they're all right. So listen, I'd love to hear if they're if they're up to doing it.

 

00:12:20:12 - 00:12:35:22

Unknown

I think they would be. I think they would. I think you should. If they're up to it, then I. Yeah, for sure. We'll we'll find a time to jump on when, when they're home and do, episode two of, a year, one a year later. Yeah. Call it that. You know, call it, you know, call it.

 

00:12:35:22 - 00:13:01:21

Unknown

That's exactly a year later. Yeah. Okay, I love that we're going to definitely do that. And then in season. So season three, we also had Doctor Jacob who we've done some I've done some stuff on Super Bowl Foundation, Instagram, everyone. I mean he's restoring. Yes. Yeah. He's he's and he's really evolving and really sharing little snippets like I really enjoy his stuff because I'd be like, I didn't put it in those words.

 

00:13:01:21 - 00:13:23:12

Unknown

I love that. Like he really breaks it down. Yeah. He doesn't you know, he does a great job breaking it down. And, definitely saying in a different way than how you and I see things, you know, or, you know, a professional show. And he's great. Yeah. And then we're going to have some more. We have like, we have probably like four people that for a year.

 

00:13:23:13 - 00:13:41:07

Unknown

So they were going to be on the, on the, on the podcast. Right. I think it's four actually. I was texting with I was at one. No he didn't respond. Yeah. Right. We're going to fall back up with yeah. I mean, and that wasn't so much that it was like they were nervous to be on. It was more that our tires time.

 

00:13:41:07 - 00:14:11:22

Unknown

We never were. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then again. So go back. Listen, you know, if you're new to this, it's all about the kid in the chair. That is what our mission is. Everything that Brant has built with the foundation is, is it going to help the kid in the chair? So anything, any partnerships, anything that we've ever done or he has ever done or any people he's ever got involved with is the bottom line is it can help the kid in the chair.

 

00:14:12:00 - 00:14:36:18

Unknown

And if the answer's no, even if it seems like it's a great idea, it's a a fuck off in his in his in. Not really, but, no, no, it's kind of brought him in right now. Oh, no. That's exactly my thoughts. Yeah, yeah. It's. Yeah, you're talking holiday season obviously brings up a lot. Your family's.

 

00:14:36:18 - 00:14:56:09

Unknown

You got a lot going. Everybody's got a lot going on. But then, you know, was our talking more last night? School. I hated school, but then you give me a break at 2 or 3, we break. You know how much more I hate school? I know, so then, you know, the kids got, you know, anxiety of that going back.

 

00:14:56:11 - 00:15:23:11

Unknown

Y'all take some, like, a Christmas break. A couple week break. Takes some. The first week to decompress and get away. Right. You know, the week you get away, then all sudden you're back during our nights and it's 100 times harder than it was last time. It really is. And one of the episodes that we're going to be recording is really going to be on kind of, and I'm going to use the word longevity, since that's what I've been talking to my other worlds.

 

00:15:23:16 - 00:15:42:22

Unknown

But just about the stress and what it does to the body and mental health and how the numbers show that people with learning disabilities life span is shorter, and I have my whole philosophies on that. I don't think their philosophies, I think they're actually facts. But I'm going to say my philosophy is I'm going to say it. You're going to be like, no, that's actually a fact.

 

00:15:43:00 - 00:16:04:08

Unknown

You didn't come up with that. But there's so many different things linked to that. Like if you think of your bodies and stress all the time, what that does to you, and that's how you are when you're walking into a situation, being on the side is not flight or fight, flight or fight and your cortisol levels and cortisol, there's so much being studied about cortisol right now.

 

00:16:04:10 - 00:16:31:21

Unknown

I mean, in the brain so much stuff in the longevity space. That if you think a little kid, you know, a little kid going into school, not realizing that they are even their quarters of a quarter of all levels are high because they don't understand. But then when you take it through, as we've talked about, like what we would do when we know we were going into school, how we can get out of something, how we can read people, how we can oh, I don't want someone to find out.

 

00:16:31:21 - 00:16:55:23

Unknown

And all these different things. And if you're going through this undiagnosed for the majority of your life, think about those levels every day. Yeah. Well, actually, I just looked at my papers and I was doing so I research here on this and you know, one and nine ADHD now. Right. How many of those. So 7 million kids right now have ADHD.

 

00:16:56:01 - 00:17:23:19

Unknown

78% have something else going on. Dyslexia dysgraphia. So when you don't you know those are just, you know, crazy numbers. But if you don't understand that part of you, the anxiety just builds and you end up like me. Yeah. And so that's why we do this. That is why we have these conversations. So happy holidays.

 

00:17:23:19 - 00:17:37:01

Unknown

Happy catching up. We'd love to hear what resonates, what you guys want to hear after the new year. You know, we're going to as I said, we're going to be recording behind the scenes. We're just not going to put them out because we're going to give everyone a little break to catch up. And if you already caught up, I'm so sorry.

 

00:17:37:01 - 00:17:58:00

Unknown

You're gonna have to listen to reruns if if you like it that much. We're not thinking of you. Do you have anything to say at the end? I'm leaving now on a diet right there. Okay, perfect. Like, rate review and share. You don't know who needs to hear this. I have a good one. And we'll see you in 2026.

 

00:17:58:00 - 00:18:01:02

Unknown

How fucking crazy is that for?