May 30, 2025 • 14 mins
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Wearing sunglasses before bed for better sleep.
You’re embarrassing your kids at their sporting events.
Become a Professional Patient
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Unknown (00:00):
Gib, hello and welcome to another episode of the
(00:10):
podcast. I'm Gib Gerard. Todaywe are doing yet another episode
that is one of my favoritethings that we do. Here are
select pieces from intelligencefor life, the radio show for you
in podcast form, where we justlet them breathe a little bit
more, we talk just a little bitmore. So hopefully you guys
enjoyed this stuff as much as Idid. This is my favorite version
of the show that we do. Soplease enjoy it here without
(00:31):
further ado, is intelligence foryour life with Gib Gerard myself
and John Tesh. SoGib did this just in. There's a
recent study that found that 20%a full 20% of dads embarrass
their kids when they yell andscream at their sports games.
100% you don't embarrass yourson. I Well, first he's doing
the same thing, right? Well,first of all, I'm coaching, so
(00:51):
I'm supposed to be yelling, butwhen I'm refereeing, I can see
it in the kids. In fact, I'vehad I've had players when I'm
coaching baseball where theylike getting literal arguments
with their parents were yellingat them from the sidelines, and
I can I see what happens totheir body
language? And we have a goodfriend, yeah, who we were just
hanging out with, who does this?
He does now. She doesn't, shedoesn't look at him anymore. She
(01:12):
has the soccer field. She justignores him, right?
Because they have the samepersonality. So she just, she,
she doesn't allow herself to getembarrassed. But as like a
referee and a coach who's on thefield with the kids, I can tell
you, I can sense when you'reyelling is not support, when
you're negative and when you'reyelling about calls and when
you're yelling for differentcalls and plays to go a certain
(01:33):
way. I can sense in the kids howtheir shoulders slump forward.
They do not enjoy it, and itchanges the whole temperature of
the game. Makes it a lot lessfun.
FYI, going to a lot of gamesthat your kids are playing in.
Yeah, it's not just 20% of dads.
No, it's loud. There's some loudmoms out there. It's a lot of
you, and there's some loudgrandparents, okay, all right,
we can talk about that later.
(01:54):
All right, from our datingrelationship files, Gib if they
had a do over we now know that40% of married couples say the
one thing they would changeabout their wedding is their
first dance song. I wonder why?
I think I've heard some weirdchoices. I mean, I made a weird
choice. I made a weird choice,you know, I I can't remember
yours. I was 24 years old, andwe chose at last by Ed James,
(02:20):
which at last, what was itwasn't that my parents
her first day, No, yours was,I'll be loving you.
Oh, always. Yeah, at last.
Oh, at long last. It's been 24years on this planet. Finally,
we found each other.
How do you feel? How do you feelabout these people who worked
(02:41):
for like, six months with awhole, like, a whole routine,
you know, then dad comes out anda grandpa comes out.
I feel like, if that's how youwant to spend your time and
effort, I like that so much morethan then spending, you know, a
million dollars on flowers,yeah, that's,
it's really impressive. I'm surethere's some injuries during
(03:02):
rehearsals, though, especially,I can't imagine me doing any of
that stuff. I tried to learn aline dance the other day, and I
just sat down. There's somebodyout there who broke their hip
doing wedding dance. Yep,there it is. Gib, we have been
doing this for a long time, andand I enjoy every minute of it,
and I enjoy every one of thesleep studies that we see, and I
see one now, according to arecent sleep study, if you have
(03:24):
trouble sleeping, the expertsare now saying you should try
wearing sunglasses two hoursbefore bedtime. That reduces I
know that reduces the lightreaching your retinas, so your
melatonin kicks in. I'm justthinking of me walking around
the house with with like at 830Mike. But look, think about
this. We've talked, how manytimes have we talked about
(03:46):
the fact that blue lights fromscreens, from television, from
computers, from phones, how thataffects your sleep and your
melatonin? We've even talkedabout how electric lights, you
know, just the light bulb ingeneral, has ruined our sleep
because we're now staying up sofar past when the sun goes down,
with those two things in mind,why wouldn't sunglasses be
helpful in terms of resettingyour natural circadian rhythms?
(04:08):
As soon as the sun goes down,you start wearing sunglasses
around the house because allthat, or at least get those
yellow lights for your lightbulbs in the house and turn them
down and dim them a little bit,because, of course, the
artificial light is keeping youawake. You've got to block the
artificial light. Makes senseagain, if you have
trouble, if you have troublesleeping, experts say, Try
wearing sunglasses two hoursbefore bedtime. Well, Gib, you
(04:28):
know, I love this. We now know,according to a Pew Research
study, that half of all adultssurveyed believe that prayer
affects their health in apositive way. Absolutely, yeah.
I mean, having been through a 10year successful cancer battle,
I've seen it firsthand. Sowe've talked about how being
quiet, like literally turningoff phones and not stimulating
(04:50):
your brain in any way, how goodthat is for you, even journaling
or talking about speaking thingsout loud to yourself. Off all of
these things that that arecompletely agnostic, that we
that we've reported on theirbenefits. Of course, prayer
would help. It does all of thosethings. It does all the things
that meditation does, plusthere's an added element of hope
that's associated with it. Andwhen we have hope, and we have a
(05:13):
when we have a belief in apositive outcome, it makes you
more likely to have positiveoutcomes. So you're gonna,
you're all of the things thatcreate stress in your body are
going to be less when you arepraying or meditating on a
regular basis. So of course,that's going to have a positive
effect on your overall healthoutcomes. Yeah. Well said.
John Tesh with the Master Mastercoffee engineer, Gib Gerard, we
(05:35):
were just on a little minivacation for my wife's birthday,
and he brought along his wholechemistry set, my whole setup,
yeah, and there was I found thisto be true. So what I'm about to
say, studies show that the smellof coffee, just the smell of
coffee, even just the beans,will make you a nicer person.
Well, yeah, it's theanticipation of that warm
(05:57):
beverage and all of the joy andhope that it provides. Of
course, the smell of coffee isgonna, is gonna make you more
positive. It is. It's anolfactory sensation. It has rich
aromas. Plus you get the cafeall of the antioxidants. It's
one of the only sources ofantioxidant in the standard
American diet is a cup ofcoffee. So yes, the anticipation
that comes with the smell, it'sgonna make you feel better.
(06:19):
Think about, think about what itfeels like when you go into the
coffee shop and you smell allthat. Smell all that coffee, how
you feel. I try to create thatat home, and I try to create
that on vacation. Was the two ofus this last week.
So your your wife, your kids,your dog and a coffee machine
are all drowning at the sametime. Which one never mind?
Pleasedon't make me to choose. I'm not
gonna. Please don't make mechoose
(06:41):
just the smell of coffee willmake you a nicer person.
Obviously my kids, obviously mykids. I have to say, people
think I'm insane right now,it's intelligence for your life.
John Tesh, hanging with Gib,Gerard and Gib, according to a
recent survey by two datingapps, one out of three married
women say they were disappointedin how they were proposed to
yes.
(07:04):
Oh yes, you did a great job. Ifyour wife is disappointed with
the fireworks and the wholerestaurant being rented out, you
know, you you definitely won.
But, I mean, first of all, Iwasn't sure if Connie was going
to say yes. I mean, becauseshe's that person, right, you
know. So I Yes, there was, therewas a lot of
stuff going on. I see a lot ofproposal fails online. It's a
very it's a common trend on onthe internet, on like tick tock
(07:26):
and Instagram would be a fail.
So where they say, No, you knowwhere, where the guy proposes.
There was one very famous onerecently where a guy proposed
while she was running amarathon, and she said, No, not
right. Now, this is my moment.
But look, so here's yourproposal needs to do.
A proposal needs about beingemasculated, well, but, yeah,
but it washer moment, and it when she
didn't want it to be about them.
(07:48):
She wanted her, it to be abouther.
I totally get it. And my face,I'm struggling right now, right?
So he wanted to make that aboutthem, and she wanted it to be
her moment, and I totallyrespect that. But here's the
here's what makes proposals notwork. But proposal doesn't work
if you fail to understand theperson you're proposing. You
have to understand them. Youhave to go big in whatever it is
(08:09):
that's most important to them.
Do they love hiking in theoutdoors? Then fine, you propose
at the end of a nice, big hike.
Do they love going to sportingevents? That's the only context
in which it's okay to propose asporting event, by the way, only
if she likes it. If you only youlike it. It does not count to
earn any kind of brownie points.
There you go.
All right, my friends, here wego. With three favors you should
never ask of someone you've juststarted dating. Oh, this comes
(08:32):
from relationship expert Alangold shirt. He says, Alan says
you need to wait until you'reserious about each other to ask
these things. Number one, couldyou pick me up at the airport?
Oh, that's it, depending on thecity. That can be a big
deal. I mean, Los Angeles, it'san it's an immediate, no, it's a
whole day. Yeah, that's youbetter be, you better be a
fiance. You better be betrothedbefore you ask somebody to pick
you up at the airport.
Affianced, yeah, it's, you know,it means it's like, that's the
(08:54):
verb form of fiance. You betterbe engaged before
you do that. Okay, next, wouldyou mind helping me move? Oh,
there is atrend where women start to date
guys just to get help moving,and then they ghost them, which,
by the way, I respect the game.
I respectyou guys are brutal. That's like
my friend, Lenny. You see whathe would, he would, Lenny, are
(09:15):
you there? He would, he would,he would date women like on a
first date. And if they orderedsurf and turf and they didn't
finish the whole thing, youwould
go crazy. Yeah, oh, yeah. Never,never get a second date.
And finally, hey, can you helpme with my yard work? Things You
Should Never ask if somebody youjust started dating. I mean, it
depends on the yard. If you'reliving in, like, if you're
living in an apartment, if thatjust means, like, helping scrape
(09:36):
out the window sill planter, butif you have, like, you know, 20
acres, then, yeah, that could bewhat's a no go.
Well, if it's a, if it's ariding motor, gets a mower, get
some popcorn. It's like you'reat the movies.
I love a riding mower. In fact,if anybody has a riding mower
needs help with the yard work,I'm your guy. Men or women give
us nothing to do with dating. Ijust like riding mowers. Here
(09:58):
is a business that's on theride. And you can do this as a
side hustle, if you want. AndGib, it's as far from a tech job
as you can get. It's mending andtailoring. Oh, so many, so many
people buying secondhandclothing now and keeping clothes
for a longer period of time. Ijust did this. I had a couple of
vests let out so I could looklike myself on the from the
(10:20):
Avalon show in 1995 more peoplelooking to have clothing
repaired. Google is also seeinga spike in searches for the
Japanese word sashiko, which isa mending technique where you
can see the stitching. Yeah, alot
of Japanese mending techniquesinvolve embracing where the
things have been mended. Sothere's a, you know, the broken
balls that you refill with gold.
And then there's this, thismending technique about look,
learning how to tailor foryourself. Will make, will make
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$40 clothes look like $400clothes if you have, like, a $40
t shirt or $20 t shirt that youbought off the rack, and then
you can tailor it just a littlebit. Take it in, let it out. You
are going to, you are going tolook like you spent $400 on a t
shirt. If you can do this foryourself, it is. You're gonna
make the clothes that you boughtcheap look like very expensive
(11:03):
clothes. I highly recommend, ifyou don't know how to tailor,
find a good tailor. It makes ahuge difference broken bowls
filled with gold. Yeah, there'sthis Japanese mending technique
where if a bowl breaks, insteadof trying to hide the seams, oh,
you repair the bowl with goldfor on all of the cracks, it
makes the brokenness morebeautiful. You know, how many
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pastors use that as a metaphorin their sermons? Yeah,
it's a lot. I like it. We'regonna talk summer traditions,
you know, Fourth of Julycookout, Pool Party to kick off
the season. We do a lot oftraditional stuff with our
family, with yes sir now withnine people, even just making
traditional summertime foodslike potato salad counts,
according to the University ofConnecticut, when we participate
(11:45):
in annual traditions, we feelless stressed because those
types of benchmarks and ritualsgive our brain structure
regularity and predictability.
Your kids love rituals. Loverituals. In fact, I read a
recent study that said that onein five kids don't remember, you
know, any of the other stuffthat happens, aside from the
trips and rituals that we gothrough as as a family when
they're young? So you know,they're not going to remember
(12:07):
the sporting events necessarily.
They're not going to rememberall of the school events you
showed up to, but they willremember the rituals, and we
talked about this before, evenlittle rituals like sitting down
and having dinner as a familyevery night improves, improves
grades, improves overall healthoutcomes. For kids through their
teenage years, they're morelikely to stay off of drugs and
gonna get better grades. If youhave these little rituals
(12:29):
throughout their lives, it'ssuper important. These
touchstones are important foreverybody.
And we just asked your kidswhere they wanted to go for
grandma's recent birthday, bigbirthday, and they and they
picked the same place we wentfour years ago, yeah? Which is
because you because they lovethat ritual. The same thing with
summercamp. Oh, yeah, exactly. Go back
to the same place every year,and it becomes a part of who you
are, yeah? Oh, nice.
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So here is a side hustle, GibI'd never heard of before. It's
being a standardized patient.
What if you'd like to be anactor? This could be for you.
It's a way to help train newdoctors. It's essentially an
acting job. You would be sogreat. You would always have
beriberi or Ricketts orsomething. You earn about 20
bucks an hour to portray apatient with various medical
(13:11):
conditions, conditions orsymptoms. You need to be able to
memorize the details of the caseand accurately portray the
symptoms, and you'll need to becomfortable with physical exams.
Okay, wait, I would love to dothis, but there was a whole
episode of Seinfeld where Kramerand his buddy were doing this,
and Kramer was so good, I think,at lupus, that they kept
typecasting him as lupus. So hekept trying to get out of it and
(13:33):
get a new part, because hedidn't want to be typecast for
one disease, or maybe he gotcirrhosis the liver, I can't
remember one thing, and he keptgetting it over and over and
over again. I would love to dothis, not even as a job like I
want to call my agent. Actually,I bet I'll Instagram, live it
you guys can see it.
So they give you the condition,right? You get, and you memorize
(13:56):
all the all of themanifestations, right? And then
the doctor or the makeup like,Why is your face? All y'all must
be jaundice.
I've got jaundice. Oh my gosh,we're gonna get you in this. I
can't wait. That's it for theshow today. Thank you guys so
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(14:39):
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You.
Gib, hello and welcome to another episode of the
(00:10):
podcast. I'm Gib Gerard. Todaywe are doing yet another episode
that is one of my favoritethings that we do. Here are
select pieces from intelligencefor life, the radio show for you
in podcast form, where we justlet them breathe a little bit
more, we talk just a little bitmore. So hopefully you guys
enjoyed this stuff as much as Idid. This is my favorite version
of the show that we do. Soplease enjoy it here without
(00:31):
further ado, is intelligence foryour life with Gib Gerard myself
and John Tesh. SoGib did this just in. There's a
recent study that found that 20%a full 20% of dads embarrass
their kids when they yell andscream at their sports games.
100% you don't embarrass yourson. I Well, first he's doing
the same thing, right? Well,first of all, I'm coaching, so
(00:51):
I'm supposed to be yelling, butwhen I'm refereeing, I can see
it in the kids. In fact, I'vehad I've had players when I'm
coaching baseball where theylike getting literal arguments
with their parents were yellingat them from the sidelines, and
I can I see what happens totheir body
language? And we have a goodfriend, yeah, who we were just
hanging out with, who does this?
He does now. She doesn't, shedoesn't look at him anymore. She
(01:12):
has the soccer field. She justignores him, right?
Because they have the samepersonality. So she just, she,
she doesn't allow herself to getembarrassed. But as like a
referee and a coach who's on thefield with the kids, I can tell
you, I can sense when you'reyelling is not support, when
you're negative and when you'reyelling about calls and when
you're yelling for differentcalls and plays to go a certain
(01:33):
way. I can sense in the kids howtheir shoulders slump forward.
They do not enjoy it, and itchanges the whole temperature of
the game. Makes it a lot lessfun.
FYI, going to a lot of gamesthat your kids are playing in.
Yeah, it's not just 20% of dads.
No, it's loud. There's some loudmoms out there. It's a lot of
you, and there's some loudgrandparents, okay, all right,
we can talk about that later.
(01:54):
All right, from our datingrelationship files, Gib if they
had a do over we now know that40% of married couples say the
one thing they would changeabout their wedding is their
first dance song. I wonder why?
I think I've heard some weirdchoices. I mean, I made a weird
choice. I made a weird choice,you know, I I can't remember
yours. I was 24 years old, andwe chose at last by Ed James,
(02:20):
which at last, what was itwasn't that my parents
her first day, No, yours was,I'll be loving you.
Oh, always. Yeah, at last.
Oh, at long last. It's been 24years on this planet. Finally,
we found each other.
How do you feel? How do you feelabout these people who worked
(02:41):
for like, six months with awhole, like, a whole routine,
you know, then dad comes out anda grandpa comes out.
I feel like, if that's how youwant to spend your time and
effort, I like that so much morethan then spending, you know, a
million dollars on flowers,yeah, that's,
it's really impressive. I'm surethere's some injuries during
(03:02):
rehearsals, though, especially,I can't imagine me doing any of
that stuff. I tried to learn aline dance the other day, and I
just sat down. There's somebodyout there who broke their hip
doing wedding dance. Yep,there it is. Gib, we have been
doing this for a long time, andand I enjoy every minute of it,
and I enjoy every one of thesleep studies that we see, and I
see one now, according to arecent sleep study, if you have
(03:24):
trouble sleeping, the expertsare now saying you should try
wearing sunglasses two hoursbefore bedtime. That reduces I
know that reduces the lightreaching your retinas, so your
melatonin kicks in. I'm justthinking of me walking around
the house with with like at 830Mike. But look, think about
this. We've talked, how manytimes have we talked about
(03:46):
the fact that blue lights fromscreens, from television, from
computers, from phones, how thataffects your sleep and your
melatonin? We've even talkedabout how electric lights, you
know, just the light bulb ingeneral, has ruined our sleep
because we're now staying up sofar past when the sun goes down,
with those two things in mind,why wouldn't sunglasses be
helpful in terms of resettingyour natural circadian rhythms?
(04:08):
As soon as the sun goes down,you start wearing sunglasses
around the house because allthat, or at least get those
yellow lights for your lightbulbs in the house and turn them
down and dim them a little bit,because, of course, the
artificial light is keeping youawake. You've got to block the
artificial light. Makes senseagain, if you have
trouble, if you have troublesleeping, experts say, Try
wearing sunglasses two hoursbefore bedtime. Well, Gib, you
(04:28):
know, I love this. We now know,according to a Pew Research
study, that half of all adultssurveyed believe that prayer
affects their health in apositive way. Absolutely, yeah.
I mean, having been through a 10year successful cancer battle,
I've seen it firsthand. Sowe've talked about how being
quiet, like literally turningoff phones and not stimulating
(04:50):
your brain in any way, how goodthat is for you, even journaling
or talking about speaking thingsout loud to yourself. Off all of
these things that that arecompletely agnostic, that we
that we've reported on theirbenefits. Of course, prayer
would help. It does all of thosethings. It does all the things
that meditation does, plusthere's an added element of hope
that's associated with it. Andwhen we have hope, and we have a
(05:13):
when we have a belief in apositive outcome, it makes you
more likely to have positiveoutcomes. So you're gonna,
you're all of the things thatcreate stress in your body are
going to be less when you arepraying or meditating on a
regular basis. So of course,that's going to have a positive
effect on your overall healthoutcomes. Yeah. Well said.
John Tesh with the Master Mastercoffee engineer, Gib Gerard, we
(05:35):
were just on a little minivacation for my wife's birthday,
and he brought along his wholechemistry set, my whole setup,
yeah, and there was I found thisto be true. So what I'm about to
say, studies show that the smellof coffee, just the smell of
coffee, even just the beans,will make you a nicer person.
Well, yeah, it's theanticipation of that warm
(05:57):
beverage and all of the joy andhope that it provides. Of
course, the smell of coffee isgonna, is gonna make you more
positive. It is. It's anolfactory sensation. It has rich
aromas. Plus you get the cafeall of the antioxidants. It's
one of the only sources ofantioxidant in the standard
American diet is a cup ofcoffee. So yes, the anticipation
that comes with the smell, it'sgonna make you feel better.
(06:19):
Think about, think about what itfeels like when you go into the
coffee shop and you smell allthat. Smell all that coffee, how
you feel. I try to create thatat home, and I try to create
that on vacation. Was the two ofus this last week.
So your your wife, your kids,your dog and a coffee machine
are all drowning at the sametime. Which one never mind?
Pleasedon't make me to choose. I'm not
gonna. Please don't make mechoose
(06:41):
just the smell of coffee willmake you a nicer person.
Obviously my kids, obviously mykids. I have to say, people
think I'm insane right now,it's intelligence for your life.
John Tesh, hanging with Gib,Gerard and Gib, according to a
recent survey by two datingapps, one out of three married
women say they were disappointedin how they were proposed to
yes.
(07:04):
Oh yes, you did a great job. Ifyour wife is disappointed with
the fireworks and the wholerestaurant being rented out, you
know, you you definitely won.
But, I mean, first of all, Iwasn't sure if Connie was going
to say yes. I mean, becauseshe's that person, right, you
know. So I Yes, there was, therewas a lot of
stuff going on. I see a lot ofproposal fails online. It's a
very it's a common trend on onthe internet, on like tick tock
(07:26):
and Instagram would be a fail.
So where they say, No, you knowwhere, where the guy proposes.
There was one very famous onerecently where a guy proposed
while she was running amarathon, and she said, No, not
right. Now, this is my moment.
But look, so here's yourproposal needs to do.
A proposal needs about beingemasculated, well, but, yeah,
but it washer moment, and it when she
didn't want it to be about them.
(07:48):
She wanted her, it to be abouther.
I totally get it. And my face,I'm struggling right now, right?
So he wanted to make that aboutthem, and she wanted it to be
her moment, and I totallyrespect that. But here's the
here's what makes proposals notwork. But proposal doesn't work
if you fail to understand theperson you're proposing. You
have to understand them. Youhave to go big in whatever it is
(08:09):
that's most important to them.
Do they love hiking in theoutdoors? Then fine, you propose
at the end of a nice, big hike.
Do they love going to sportingevents? That's the only context
in which it's okay to propose asporting event, by the way, only
if she likes it. If you only youlike it. It does not count to
earn any kind of brownie points.
There you go.
All right, my friends, here wego. With three favors you should
never ask of someone you've juststarted dating. Oh, this comes
(08:32):
from relationship expert Alangold shirt. He says, Alan says
you need to wait until you'reserious about each other to ask
these things. Number one, couldyou pick me up at the airport?
Oh, that's it, depending on thecity. That can be a big
deal. I mean, Los Angeles, it'san it's an immediate, no, it's a
whole day. Yeah, that's youbetter be, you better be a
fiance. You better be betrothedbefore you ask somebody to pick
you up at the airport.
Affianced, yeah, it's, you know,it means it's like, that's the
(08:54):
verb form of fiance. You betterbe engaged before
you do that. Okay, next, wouldyou mind helping me move? Oh,
there is atrend where women start to date
guys just to get help moving,and then they ghost them, which,
by the way, I respect the game.
I respectyou guys are brutal. That's like
my friend, Lenny. You see whathe would, he would, Lenny, are
(09:15):
you there? He would, he would,he would date women like on a
first date. And if they orderedsurf and turf and they didn't
finish the whole thing, youwould
go crazy. Yeah, oh, yeah. Never,never get a second date.
And finally, hey, can you helpme with my yard work? Things You
Should Never ask if somebody youjust started dating. I mean, it
depends on the yard. If you'reliving in, like, if you're
living in an apartment, if thatjust means, like, helping scrape
(09:36):
out the window sill planter, butif you have, like, you know, 20
acres, then, yeah, that could bewhat's a no go.
Well, if it's a, if it's ariding motor, gets a mower, get
some popcorn. It's like you'reat the movies.
I love a riding mower. In fact,if anybody has a riding mower
needs help with the yard work,I'm your guy. Men or women give
us nothing to do with dating. Ijust like riding mowers. Here
(09:58):
is a business that's on theride. And you can do this as a
side hustle, if you want. AndGib, it's as far from a tech job
as you can get. It's mending andtailoring. Oh, so many, so many
people buying secondhandclothing now and keeping clothes
for a longer period of time. Ijust did this. I had a couple of
vests let out so I could looklike myself on the from the
(10:20):
Avalon show in 1995 more peoplelooking to have clothing
repaired. Google is also seeinga spike in searches for the
Japanese word sashiko, which isa mending technique where you
can see the stitching. Yeah, alot
of Japanese mending techniquesinvolve embracing where the
things have been mended. Sothere's a, you know, the broken
balls that you refill with gold.
And then there's this, thismending technique about look,
learning how to tailor foryourself. Will make, will make
(10:43):
$40 clothes look like $400clothes if you have, like, a $40
t shirt or $20 t shirt that youbought off the rack, and then
you can tailor it just a littlebit. Take it in, let it out. You
are going to, you are going tolook like you spent $400 on a t
shirt. If you can do this foryourself, it is. You're gonna
make the clothes that you boughtcheap look like very expensive
(11:03):
clothes. I highly recommend, ifyou don't know how to tailor,
find a good tailor. It makes ahuge difference broken bowls
filled with gold. Yeah, there'sthis Japanese mending technique
where if a bowl breaks, insteadof trying to hide the seams, oh,
you repair the bowl with goldfor on all of the cracks, it
makes the brokenness morebeautiful. You know, how many
(11:24):
pastors use that as a metaphorin their sermons? Yeah,
it's a lot. I like it. We'regonna talk summer traditions,
you know, Fourth of Julycookout, Pool Party to kick off
the season. We do a lot oftraditional stuff with our
family, with yes sir now withnine people, even just making
traditional summertime foodslike potato salad counts,
according to the University ofConnecticut, when we participate
(11:45):
in annual traditions, we feelless stressed because those
types of benchmarks and ritualsgive our brain structure
regularity and predictability.
Your kids love rituals. Loverituals. In fact, I read a
recent study that said that onein five kids don't remember, you
know, any of the other stuffthat happens, aside from the
trips and rituals that we gothrough as as a family when
they're young? So you know,they're not going to remember
(12:07):
the sporting events necessarily.
They're not going to rememberall of the school events you
showed up to, but they willremember the rituals, and we
talked about this before, evenlittle rituals like sitting down
and having dinner as a familyevery night improves, improves
grades, improves overall healthoutcomes. For kids through their
teenage years, they're morelikely to stay off of drugs and
gonna get better grades. If youhave these little rituals
(12:29):
throughout their lives, it'ssuper important. These
touchstones are important foreverybody.
And we just asked your kidswhere they wanted to go for
grandma's recent birthday, bigbirthday, and they and they
picked the same place we wentfour years ago, yeah? Which is
because you because they lovethat ritual. The same thing with
summercamp. Oh, yeah, exactly. Go back
to the same place every year,and it becomes a part of who you
are, yeah? Oh, nice.
(12:50):
So here is a side hustle, GibI'd never heard of before. It's
being a standardized patient.
What if you'd like to be anactor? This could be for you.
It's a way to help train newdoctors. It's essentially an
acting job. You would be sogreat. You would always have
beriberi or Ricketts orsomething. You earn about 20
bucks an hour to portray apatient with various medical
(13:11):
conditions, conditions orsymptoms. You need to be able to
memorize the details of the caseand accurately portray the
symptoms, and you'll need to becomfortable with physical exams.
Okay, wait, I would love to dothis, but there was a whole
episode of Seinfeld where Kramerand his buddy were doing this,
and Kramer was so good, I think,at lupus, that they kept
typecasting him as lupus. So hekept trying to get out of it and
(13:33):
get a new part, because hedidn't want to be typecast for
one disease, or maybe he gotcirrhosis the liver, I can't
remember one thing, and he keptgetting it over and over and
over again. I would love to dothis, not even as a job like I
want to call my agent. Actually,I bet I'll Instagram, live it
you guys can see it.
So they give you the condition,right? You get, and you memorize
(13:56):
all the all of themanifestations, right? And then
the doctor or the makeup like,Why is your face? All y'all must
be jaundice.
I've got jaundice. Oh my gosh,we're gonna get you in this. I
can't wait. That's it for theshow today. Thank you guys so
much for listening. If you likethe show, please rate, comment
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and subscribe on Apple podcast,Spotify wherever you get your
podcast. It makes a hugedifference for us. If you guys
can do that also, ultimately, wetry to respond to every DM,
every mention of the show. Ifyou have a topic you want us to
cover, we'll try to cover it,because ultimately, we do this
(14:39):
show for you guys. So thank youso much for listening.
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