The Uppers Podcast

*Spoiler Warnings in this Episode* Predestination is a weird idea to conceive. It raises the question of whether we are all in control of our own destinies or left to fate. Do you even believe in Predestination and where you are now, is where you were meant to be? This came about from some new popular movies and shows. Loki and The Tomorrow War so some spoilers ahead as you listen. What is our destiny or is it all chaos and being created by every decision we make?  

How did the Uppers Podcast put this whole show together, you ask? Well we hit a learning curve from knowing nothing to publishing our own episodes. We scoured the internet to find the best way to do things. Some cost money, some work arounds, and always some luck got us to a happy end. If you're thinking about starting a podcast and don't know where to start, hopefully you find this episode and we can offer some guidance. You don't have to know all of this tech stuff but you have to know a teeny bit. So listen in and see how we put it all together!

This Episode is inspired by Ben's last few days of his trip. Let's talk about bad days, we all have them but HOW BAD is bad? We talk about some of our own bad days but we get into our resolutions to them. This makes it sound like we can handle better than most but we can't and there are days we will punch stuff, break objects, or yell at the ones we love most. We're all human so embrace it but don't let it steal your whole day.

What is this stuff!? Chase and Ben talk about crypto and what it is. Ben's been reading into this and began dabbling a few months ago. So let's pick his brain and see if he can get us all up to date on this new money. We are in no way experts on this subject but listen in as an intro/discovery topic.

Comfortability is safe, boring, and unprogressive. Our greatest heroes or idols have gone out of their comfort zones to face ridicule and objections. But that is the path to greatness and/or success. Do something that scares you, do something different today and you will find yourself feeling alive. Get out of the same old and stretch yourself. Growth comes from change.

We are who we are today from pivotal life lessons throughout our lives. Stemming from very early years to lessons we learn today. What we are, our decision making subconsciously pulls from these lessons to make our decisions now. The Uppers team speaks on a few of their remembered life lessons plus as always extra stories and insights. Embody to the good lessons we've learned and be better from the negatives.

Too many of us don't take our full (Earned) Vacation time from our jobs. Companies incentivize us to NOT take the time off. There's pressure from the work environment that makes us feel uncomfortable to even ask for it. We're afraid the work load when we get back won't be worth the time off. Well listen in and take that time off! You have earned it, your time is worth far more than any dollar amount and some time to yourself is more than deserved. What's money's worth if you can't spend it anyway?  

We all have a Vice or a Governor that proves to be some sort of hindrance in our lives. Well what if we got rid of that vice and where would be right now. Would you be ahead or even behind without it. A governor, much like in a golf cart, prohibits the machine from running too hard and breaking. Are these weaknesses in our lives here to stop us from burning out too soon or to keep us on our path?

Happy Earth Day everyone and have you seen Seaspiracy on Netflix!? After seeing this documentary, what better day to talk about it, because it gets crazy, and to remember our planet. Watching this made us all rethink how the world works and our impact on it. The Uppers Team chats about this eye opening documentary on this episode. We need Mother Earth but she doesn't need us so let's do our part and REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.

How do you feel love or what makes you feel loved? Our love language is a key part in filling our personal buckets. Sometimes our ways of showing affection are not received by our partners because their love language doesn't register that as feeling loved. Listen in and see how we, Chase and Dana, have completely different love languages and how it works but also too how to be aware of each other's. https://www.5lovelanguages.com/

What do we need to do before we die!? Is your bucket list made? Sometimes we don't think about the things that we truly want because we take our youthful years for granted. Maybe we're too caught up in what's going on right now. A bucket list made now may be the answer to redirect or help you stay on course towards our major bucket list items.

By Popular demand, Ben takes a solo episode and tells us about his Naked Bike Ride Event in Chicago. Yes, this is legal and an orchestrated event sanctioned by the city as Ben give us some insight. Sometimes we need everything stripped away from us to really start our journeys.

What on earth happened to make America outlaw alcohol!? Well let's dive into it as normal people and see why it happened and it's outcome. How does this compare to the recent legalization of Marijuana? And No, we don't go into great detail but it was an Era that makes us think, could something like this happen again or maybe it should? Enjoy the fun as we go through this quick history lesson of a curious event.

This Episode we interview our very own Ben as has finally departed on his Great RV Adventure. Ben began this journey at the beginning of Covid and sadly had to postpone. Now he's geared up and ready to take us all on this adventure!

The 3rd Covid Stimulus bill has been signed and most Americans get a $1,400 stimulus check this round. Let's throw caution to the wind and let's dream for a bit. We talk about how each of us would spend ours in the way it's meant to be spent, frivolously, to Stimulate this Economy! So let's take off the reality hat and think about how we can inject that $14 hundred into stores, services, businesses, and anything else you want.  

The Uppers Team does a "Would You Rather" session here. You can use this fun game to get to know people and maybe yourself a bit more. Would you rather have more time or money, what is important to ourselves? Is that focus aligned with our day to day lives?

Your inner voice, what is it always saying to you, what does it sound like, are you friends or enemies with it? Our inner monologue says a lot about how we see ourselves and sometimes it's not always what we want to hear but hopefully its a voice that can pick you up. Take control of your inner voice and make sure it's someone you want to be around because we're stuck with it!

During our meeting night we decided to just hit the record button and see what happens. This episode gives our listeners a behind the scenes look at how we come up and create our episodes. The organization, creativeness, and riffing are all an integral part of our spontaneous feel that you all get every episode. Listen in as no ideas are bad but there are definitely better ones. Have some fun with us during this episode and feel free to leave us any feedback if you heard something you like! 

It's the end of February and let's face it, we're all falling off the wagon for our New Year's resolutions. Listen is as the we share some awesome, flavor enhancing food swap ideas to help keep that diet right!

Intuition, instinct, trust your gut. We discuss the feeling of trusting our gut and how we each listen to it. Why don't we listen to it all of the time, what has stopped us from doing what our gut tells us. Do you listen to yours and how has it served? Thank you so much for listening and please feel free to leave a comment or topic you'd like us talk about through the link below: https://anchor.fm/upperspodcast/message