Losing Our Religion

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. According to Buddhist principles, the “monkey mind” is a term that refers to being unsettled, restless, or confused. It is the part of our mind that holds us back the most. What do you think about the Monkey Mind? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Three Ways to Tame the Monkey Mind by Sharon Danzger THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: The Monkey Mind and How To Tame it: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA 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. Cal

He’s an ex-Mormon, father of an elderly chihuahua, and a stand-up comedian and artist who launched his full-time career after being featured on the TV Show Last Comic Standing. We sit down to talk about the importance of stories. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: SUGAR PLUM GARY TICKETS! COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. CONTACT THE GUEST: Emmett Montgomery FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 211: Stories, Their Importance, and Terror to Our Society: Emmett Montgomery LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! 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 R

So often, we cause ourselves needless suffering by expecting someone to give us all of the love we need. Not to mention how much stress it puts on our relationships. What if you could cultivate the love you needed? Self-Love is real, and it comes as we heal. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. ONLY 1 SPOTS LEFT! BOOK: Inwward by Yung Pueblo SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Are Your Relationships Serving You Well, Self-Love: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!] Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. It’s Thanksgiving in America if you’re listening to this on the day it came out. Even though the origins of this holiday are more about conquerors taking over indigenous people, I’ve decided to instead focus on the positive. LOL! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 10 Ways to Be a More Thankful Person THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: 10 Ways to Be a More Grateful Person: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through.: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA 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. Ca

Emmett is back! He’s an ex-Mormon, father of an elderly chihuahua, and a stand-up comedian and artist who launched his full-time career after being featured on the TV Show Last Comic Standing. This time he’s worked through the grief of losing his mother and ready for another year of Sugar Plum Gary. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: SUGAR PLUM GARY TICKETS! COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. CONTACT THE GUEST: Emmett Montgomery FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 210: Processing Grief and Sugar Plum Gary: Emmett Montgomery LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! 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 lis

New listener and Fellow Loser Kelley wants to know if I still believe in the Jesus they told me he was? Maybe it’s all just shattered glass? Perhaps we need a broader view of spirituality, of humanity. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. ONLY 1 SPOTS LEFT! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: The Shattered Glass of Belief: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!] 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 za

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Kanye West is now visiting Mega-Churches like Joel Osteen’s with his tour, and it’s triggering. He says he’s the greatest that God created; Trump said the same thing of himself. Maybe Narcissists need their own church? Perhaps they already have it? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Kanye Is Spreading the Gospel of Conspiracy Theories THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Kanye is Spreading the Gospel of What?: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through.: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA 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

Paul Turcott has been through a lot as a US Navy Veteran and human being. In years of work, he has indeed found the path of his life that gives him fulfillment and the power to transform, grow, and heal. As a mystic, he's found many practices, even dance, to be therapeutic, healing, and magical. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT! BBC Documentary: The Bibles Buried Secrets. CONTACT THE GUEST: Paul Turcott Facebook FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 209: The Magic of Movement, Dance, and Action in Our Lives: Paul Turcott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com

Fellow Loser Phee, sends in a recorded message asking how we go about “coming out” of the religious closet while knowing it may hurt people's feelings? People that have looked up to us, people we have led. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: How Do You Make Life Changes Without Hurting Others: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!] 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

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Fellow Loser and podcast listener Jeremiah writes in and asks: Do we attract certain people in our lives? Is there any way to un-attract people into our lives? Do these things move us into action and propel our future in ways that we don’t know? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: What is Your Attachment Style? Why Do People Have a Type?: Why do we keep winding up in the same relationship with the same type of person? THINKING THURSDAY: Attachment Theory: Zac Gandara THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Do We Attract Certain People in Our Lives?: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through.: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people li

Paul Turcott is a veteran of the United States Navy. He used his military education benefits to go to Art School and learn motion picture Post Production and Visual FX. He is a former Christian who grew to embrace his mysticism. This is his story. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA CONTACT THE GUEST: Message @ZacGandara FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 208: Magic & Mysticism: Paul Turcott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! 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 Co

The holidays are almost here. Are you ready for all that comes with that? I’m not; I’m not ok going another year acting like everything is ok. How can we engage this holiday season knowing that things are not “ok.” MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: break glass ceilings | transition through tough shit. ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: The Holidays are Coming, Will You Act Like Nothing is Wrong?: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : Get coaching now! 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

We stay in jobs, relationships, and communities that we're unhappy with simply because we’re scared of what we may lose by moving on. What if you could guarantee that your next move would be worth it? Would you take the next step, then? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 1:1 Coaching with Zac Gandara SHOW NOTES: BONUS EPISODE: Is This All There Is? There Must Be More. A Special Announcement: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed 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

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. After traumatic life events, we often need to set boundaries and disconnect with people involved in the experience. Setting those boundaries is key to our healing, but do we ever open the doors to someone from that place again? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: No materials mentioned in this episode, ask Zac a question. THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: How to Reconnect with a Person From Your Trauma: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed 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

Jerret Kobek is the author of numerous books, including I Hate the Internet, which has sold over 100,000 copies and translated into over ten languages. Today he comes on the podcast to talk about his new book Only Americans Burn in Hell. Alan Moore says it is, “Brilliantly funny, the best satire of our contemporary nightmare that you will ever see, and very possibly the last.” MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Only Americans Burn in Hell by Jerret Kobek CONTACT THE GUEST: Message @ZacGandara FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 207: Only Americans Burn in Hell: Jerret Kobek LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! 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 emai

We have good times and bad, but sometimes they're awful, and we feel alone. We feel alone in a crowded room. We feel alone in bed with our loved ones. We feel alone even though we have a gang of friends and family by our side. How can we heal this loneliness? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Life Cycles and Feeling Lonely: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed 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? Supp

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Natasha asks, "I'm curious how you went about building a sense of self during/after deconstruction." In this episode, we talk about how we find ourselves so we can begin to raise our sense of self and get our lives back. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Natasha asks a great question. THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Who Am I? Finding Yourself: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed 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? JOIN US WITH SUP

Rick’s lifestyle has put him around some amazing people. Filmmaker Errol Morris, the late Layne Staley from Alice in Chains, James Gandolfini from The Sopranos, Berret Martin of The Screaming Trees, and more. So grateful that he took the time to share things he's learned along the way. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: RICK KLU ART CONTACT THE GUEST: @RickKlu FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 206: The Adventures of Living Life Your Way: Rick Klu LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! 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 possibl

If you grew up in Christianity, you were told that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit would damn you for sure, but you better not do these sins either. Here is one person's version of the REAL seven deadly sins, and they’re not what you think. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Real Seven Deadly Sins sent in by @UpShift-BRZ via Instagram SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: The REAL Seven Deadly Sins: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed 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

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Do you believe in an inner child? Does it need to be healed? Dr. Nicole LePera says children have three core desires: to be seen, heard, and fully expressed as the unique individuals they are. Do you still feel that as an adult? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: INNER CHILD BY @the.holistic.psychologist BOOK: THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: My Inner Child?: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed 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