Losing Our Religion

We all go through funks. Times where we feel uninspired, frustrated with life. There are lots of people with products out there to take your attention, give you their answers, and take your money. How do we know who to listen to? It begins with knowing and listening to yourself. Knowing what charges you, what inspires you, and acting on that knowledge is empowering. Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. Follow, Read Blogs, and Hang Out with us on Facebook, Twi

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. We often spend a lot of time arguing about our opinions. I'm vegan! I'm Christian! Republicans are evil! Democrats are Satan! What if we looked at our opinions differently? Could we create a better society? BOOK MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R.Hawkins M.D. Ph.D. Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our link

Bobby Higley joins us again and we talk about hallucinogenic experiences and experiencing some weird spiritual stuff and some help for moving through depression and anxiety. DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Former show guests Little Bear and Tobias got married! Remember them? She is a Christian; he is a Satanist. Their story is a reminder of what humanity could be, open-minded, embracing our differences. Here's one way you could do it too. Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. Follow, Read Blogs, and Hang Out with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. Receive Weekly Communication and Encouragement: Join our email list. This podcas

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Maybe you’ve never thought about how we interact with one another, and why small groups and large groups can get weird when put under a hierarchal structure. What if we could be in community with one another. Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon

Bobby Higley grew up under the suppression of Mormonism. He busted that suppression right in the face and now he’s making people laugh and spreading his comedy seed everywhere. DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

When we need to set boundaries, we often begin with the toxic people in our lives, what if we started with us instead? The boundaries we give ourselves. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Boundaries & Protection by Pixie Lighthorse Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. Follow, Read Blogs, and Hang Out with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. Receive Weekly Communication and Encouragement: Join our email list. This podcast is ma

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. What if the thing we're wanting is actually the thing that won't sustain? There's so much we don't know and understand. How do we keep up with all of the research and information to make sure we're building a sustainable, wonderful life? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Fantasy That Puts All Relationships at Risk Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through o

After a very public, internet viral excommunication from the Presbyterian Church of America, Apollo engaged the trauma, committed to the healing, and has come out a better version of themselves. DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Remember when things made sense? When there was an anchor to hold on to? When you were certain of things? Life brings so much change. I’m tired of change. Certainty is an addiction, but it tastes so good. Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. Follow, Read Blogs, and Hang Out with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. Receive Weekly Communication and Encouragement: Join our email list. This podcast is made possible by the produc

Fixed version... Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. George Carlin was a stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic. He was known for his black comedy and reflections on politics, the English language, psychology, and religion. He had some nihilistic thinking that may be very helpful to some of us. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: George Carlin Job İnterview On Charlie Rose 1996 Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast ap

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. George Carlin was a stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic. He was known for his black comedy and reflections on politics, the English language, psychology, and religion. He had some nihilistic thinking that may be very helpful to some of us. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: George Carlin Job İnterview On Charlie Rose 1996 Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon

Apollo grew up in Florida, Presbyterian, and gay. When they came out, they were excommunicated, and their story went viral. DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

With all the stuff we fight about in this world, politics, abortion. Ever think we could stop trying to control each other's lives through government and legislation? Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. Follow, Read Blogs, and Hang Out with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. Receive Weekly Communication and Encouragement: Join our email list. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. ON TODAY’S THINKING THURSDAY WE DISCUSS: 1. What are we aiming to achieve with Critical Thought? 2. Perhaps the most crucial element of thinking critically is foresight: The Benefit of Foresight. "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - JOHN F. KENNEDY HELPFUL READING: Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or mess

Being with Mark Finley is like sitting with the Golden Age of Broadway royalty. He’s met and worked with icons. He’s lived multiple lifetimes. Living through the terror and prejudice of the 1980’s AIDs scare and more. DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Learn to embrace the things that you’ve been programmed to fear. We all have things programmed into us by society, religion, family, relatives, even government that give us fear. That fear was often meant to control us. How can we move past this programming to think for ourselves. “In new surroundings, one grows new eyes.” - Marty Rubin FULL NOTES ON LANDING PAGE MONDAY MELTDOWN: Embracing The Things You Once Feared: Zac Gandara Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Once we understand the theory of critical thinking, improving our critical thinking skills takes persistence and practice. Try this exercise and see how you can begin to think more critically. Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. Follow, Read B

I've never been starstruck with a guest before but drinking with Mark Finley was like hosting young Golden Hollywood. He's done so many things, met and worked with so many people; you'd think he's lived multiple lifetimes. Maybe he has. Enjoy and be entertained and inspired. DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

When we make changes in our live’s, the first to feel hurt by them are our family. The first to feel misunderstood is us. How do we navigate this? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late "If there is no communication, then there is no respect. If there is no respect, then there is no caring. If there is no caring, then there is no understanding. If there is no understanding, then there is no compassion. If there is no compassion, then there is no empathy. If there is no empathy, then there is no forgiveness. If there is no forgiveness, then there is no kindness. If there is no kindness, then there is no honesty. If there is no honesty, then there is no love. If there is no love, then God doesn't reside there. If God doesn't reside there, then there is no peace. If there is no peace, then there is no happiness. If there is no happiness - then there IS CONFLICT BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION!" - Shannon L. Alder Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Othe