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Don’t Give Up- Podcast #660

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Todd and Cathy Adams

Tv & Film, Arts, Society & Culture

4.9637 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Todd and Cathy discuss common sense gun laws that can make a difference, and discuss the work that Moms Demand Action and Founder Shannon Watts have done and are doing. They discuss how optimism is the recognition that something can be done, and also how taking care of yourself and taking breaks from the news are part of the process. They also discuss Cathy’s latest Zen Parenting Moment about Stranger Things and Kate Bush, and her recent interview with Lewis Howes on The School of Greatness Podcast.

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10:32 Intro to common sense gun laws

24:48 Background checks

37:40 What we can do when we feel overwhelmed by the news

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0:00.0

do do do do do do do do we go my name's Todd and this is Gabi welcome back to another episode of

0:08.7

Zen parenting radio this is podcast number 660 why listen to Zen parenting radio because you'll

0:15.9

feel outstanding and always remember our motto which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's

0:22.9

self-understanding.

0:24.4

On today's show, we're going to talk about, we were both inspired by an interview we heard on

0:32.1

Glennon Doyle's podcast.

0:33.1

Which podcast was that, my darling?

0:36.0

We can do hard things.

0:37.7

Oh, yeah.

0:38.3

You just said Glenn and Doyle's podcast, so you kind of already titled it.

0:41.2

But yes, we wanted to talk about, I think it was really more about talking about Shannon Watts and Mom's Demand.

0:48.4

And also not just that, but also how in the last couple weeks, there's been just a lot of, I don't even

0:59.8

like to call bad news anymore, just a lot of things that we know we need to fix, right?

1:05.3

And so, you know, in talking with Team Zen, you know, our group that are virtual community and just

1:12.7

friends and just reading everything, there is a feeling of people are like, what can I possibly

1:19.2

do, you know? And I just really kind of wanted to speak to that point. I think Todd really

1:24.3

wants to focus on some facts today, which I'm all in, about the truth,

1:30.1

about when it comes to what we actually can do as a country to stop gun violence.

1:36.9

And I also want to talk about emotionally how we can keep going in the midst of this tide turning because we still we have some you know it's not

1:49.1

just about gun violence it's about other things that are going on too in our lives so I just kind of

1:54.1

want to talk about it I don't know if I should use word hope or if it's about resilience or a mixture

1:59.5

of those things.

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