831: The Harrowing Hunt for a Housecat Houdini | Feedback Friday
May 5, 2023
A frantic four-day search unfolds as Gabe recounts the adventure of finding his missing cat, Drake, revealing heartwarming and humorous lessons. The discussion shifts to navigating authentic relationships, focusing on the importance of genuineness in personal connections. A listener grapples with familial tensions and cultural differences while seeking to bond with grandchildren. There's also a lighthearted dive into the challenges of re-entering the dating scene after a long relationship, especially for a recently single lesbian.
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Crisis Management
In crises, investigate every assumption and premise, avoiding "garbage in, garbage out" scenarios.
Challenge inherited opinions and perspectives, as they can be limited and potentially dangerous.
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Managing Grief
During crises, take action and pursue every lead, but also acknowledge personal limitations.
Springing into action helps manage grief by giving your sadness and anger a productive focus.
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Ambiguous Loss
Ambiguous loss, lacking closure or clear answers, is uniquely distressing and worse than a known bad outcome.
It forces acceptance of the situation and clarifies what's controllable, narrowing focus to essential matters.
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Gabe regales us with a tale of his disappearing housecat Drake, the frantic four days it took to find him, and the life-changing lessons learned along the way. Welcome to Feedback Friday!
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On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:
It was no trivial purr-suit when an unlicensed trapper named Gabe went on a confounding quest to rescue his missing cat. But what life-changing lessons did he learn along the way? (If cat stories are not your thing and you want to skip Gabe's gripping tale of woeful loss and profound recovery, you can fast forward to 29:04!)
You've come to realize that many of your past professional and personal relationships were built on transactional and inauthentic pretenses. Now that you're committed to being genuine to others as well as yourself, is it possible to request a do-over?
You'd like to have a closer relationship with your grandchildren, but your daughter-in-law's anger issues and cultural differences seem to have landed you perpetually on her bad side. What can you do to smooth things over?
As a single lesbian fresh out of a 10-year relationship, you're not ready to become a young first-timer's one-and-only. Should you get over yourself and just go for it, or let her go before you break her heart?
A tech recruiter offers more detailed advice to our listener from episode 800 who is so frustrated with their job search that it's affecting their mental health.
Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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