What are we giving up because we avoid difficult conversations? w/Derek McCormick

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Jim McDonald

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🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Who really likes having difficult conversations? Does anyone actually like talking about subjects like death? But if we can’t talk about the hard things, how do we learn to move on? Derek McCormick, author of “Tea Time with the Reaper” and “Grim’s After Tea Desserts” joins us to talk about how is wife’s illness and death lead him to become an advocate for facing difficult conversations head-on. We break down ways to speak plainly about topics like illness and death, and what can be gained by actually doing it. You can find Derek on IG @teatimewiththereaper and his equipment designs at @havakdesigns and his books and podcast at the website teatimewiththereaper.com. Subscribe for updates about our new gym (Third Street Barbell) and apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Connor O’Neal. Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo.

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0:17.0	Or maybe what we think we know.
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0:22.5	wrong.
0:23.5	I'm Jim McDonald and I'm Mike Far.
0:25.0	Welcome to our show.
0:31.0	I am discovering that this computer, getting old, is getting old and doesn't like, doesn't
0:40.6	like having multiple things going on.
0:43.6	So like every, the last, I don't know, probably six or eight of these, the version that was
0:48.9	recording on the laptop has died.
0:51.4	And so we've been left with the version that's recording on the board, which is just fine.
0:56.0	I mean, nobody can tell, but, but, but me and it means I have to put it back together
1:03.4	every time.
1:04.4	My Mac blew up like four years into the game.
1:08.2	Really?
1:09.2	I think I'm a PC guy now.
1:10.4	This one is from 2012.
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1:14.6	And the other one is from like late 2014.
1:19.0	I guess mine's probably pretty old now.
1:20.6	Oh, no, mine's probably 2014.
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