Hey pals! On this week's episode of "The Smoke Break", we hung out with the host of "Leave Your Troubles" Chris Hudson.

We began by tackling toxic positivity—you know it, you love it—and how it gives good vibes a bad name.

Then we moved on to "usefulness"—how we might sometimes tie our value to what we're able to contribute, and what happens when we maybe aren't in a place to contribute very much—what then?

Last up, we talked about being adaptable! Do you pivot easily, or are you locked in and struggle when plans change? Tune in to find out what we said!

Episodes drop weekly when our own mental health lets us. Thanks for listening.

Hey pals! On this week's episode of "The Smoke Break", we hung out with a true delight, Portland comedian Rachelle Cochran.

We started off talking about humor—which makes sense on a podcast about comedy, I guess—and about how we rely on it to get through these…questionable times.

Next up, we focused on joy—how do we define it, hold on tight to it, feel embarrassed by it, and fill our lives with it as much as we possibly can.

Finally, we landed on memory… do we struggle with memory? What are the pros and cons to having a good/bad memory? How does holding onto things we remember serve or hold us back?

Episodes drop weekly when our own mental health lets us. Thanks for listening.

Hey pals! On this week's episode of "The Smoke Break", we spent some quality time with Briauna Skye!

We kicked it off talking about friend breakups, which are possibly worse than relationship breakups—they linger in a special way, and are uniquely unmooring.

Then we followed that up with weaponized boundaries, which kind of became a conversation about something else when we realized we weren't totally on the same page.

And we finished up with radical acceptance, even though none of us are ninja turtles. Radical acceptance is a bitter pill to swallow sometimes, but it can also help move processing along—we often say "this is just what's happening now" to each other, which is sort of the same thing.

Episodes drop weekly when our own mental health lets us. Thanks for listening.