The One About Anxiety and FRIENDS-Episode #734
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Cathy and Todd discuss the loss of Matthew Perry and the significance of Chandler and the TV show “FRIENDS” for our generation. They also share strategies for addressing anxiety with children, focusing on normalizing, accepting, and preventing emotions from becoming overwhelming.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:45) Emasculation & men
(00:11:19) Anxiety
(00:23:11) “Write it down” technique
(00:26:35) Other anxiety minimization techniques
(00:29:49) Bill Hader on anxiety
(00:33:02) Zen Parenting Conference, TeamZen Circle, and Zen Parenting, THE BOOK
(00:34:42) Matthew Perry
(00:57:55)Friends trivia
(01:07:45) Todd’s outro music (Friend’s Theme)
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Todd, it's Halloween. |
| 0:02.0 | Technically, it's the 30th, but when you're listening, it's probably the 31st. |
| 0:06.0 | It's Halloween. |
| 0:07.0 | It is Halloween. |
| 0:08.0 | Basically all weekend has been Halloween, so... |
| 0:10.0 | It's very scary. You are not scary this year for Halloween. |
| 0:16.0 | No. What are you? |
| 0:17.0 | I am red. The color red. |
| 0:19.0 | What does that mean? Explain. It's sign Explain one of the Taylor Swift albums that came out about, I don't know, seven or eight years ago. |
| 0:26.6 | You're not red. |
| 0:27.9 | You're the red scarf. |
| 0:29.5 | Well, I'm wearing a red scarf. |
| 0:31.2 | Right, but you are the red scarf. |
| 0:33.0 | I am. |
| 0:33.5 | Sure, well, the representation. |
| 0:34.7 | I will embody the red scarf. |
| 0:36.9 | Because I am the snake from rep. |
| 0:41.0 | Big reputation. |
| 0:42.5 | Big reputation. |
| 0:44.0 | Ooh, you and me, we got a big reputation. |
| 0:46.6 | Ah. |
| 0:47.5 | Have you heard about me? |
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