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Live Your Love Story

We’re just your traditional lesbian couple next door, but API (Asian-American Pacific Islander), and originally from Hawaii (born & raised). We’re married, and have been partners in life and music since 2001. We try to keep it uplifting, entertaining, and educational around here for the LGBTQ community and progressive allies. Our podcast is for fans of positive spirituality, holistic health, and being the best you can be. Living Your Love Story means cultivating a love for your life as it is, AND as

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104 How to Simplify Your Self-Care

Live Your Love Story ·

2020/07/28

Self-care can feel so overwhelming, like another thing to "get done." And yet we know we need TLC because wow, the stress of these times right? So, how can you simplify self-care so it doesn't become just another source of guilt or self-doubt? The blog post for this episode is at https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/104-how-to-simplify-your-self-care Join the email list at https://sienaandtoast.com/emailsignup –––– Our intention has always been to uplift, entertain, and encourage people,

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103 For Indigo Girls Fans Only

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2020/07/21

Full disclosure: only Indigo Girls fans will understand most of what we're talking about in this ep. The blog post for this episode is at https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/103-for-indigo-girls-fans-only Join the email list at https://sienaandtoast.com/emailsignup –––– Our intention has always been to uplift, entertain, and encourage people, especially fellow LGBTQers and progressive allies around the world, ever since we first started podcasting in 2007. Over the years, we’ve continued to

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102 Live Your Love Story: Your Part In The Story

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2020/07/14

“Live Your Love Story” is our motto, but what exactly are we thinking when we say that? This episode, we focus on the idea that “life is an unfolding story.” Stories and ideas we share in this ep include: unease about the (in)significance of your life You may not be able to change the world, but you can change the world for one person. life is not a math problem timeline of the human species "this or something greater still" The blog post for this episode is at

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101 Live Your Love Story: The Point Is Always Love

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2020/07/07

“Live Your Love Story” is our motto, but what exactly are we thinking when we say that? This episode, we focus on the idea that “the point is always love.” Stories and ideas we share in this ep include: how Toast has created fights in our relationship (!) “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” - Stephen Covey training in speaking and writing vs. training in listening listening so that your own feelings are influenced “All human behavior as one two things: either love, or a call

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100 Live Your Love Story: The Romance of Life

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2020/06/30

This episode is the first in a multi-part series about what we mean when we say “Live Your Love Story.” It’s our motto, but what exactly are we thinking when we say that? We begin to answer that question head-on, in this episode. This episode, we focus on the idea of “life as a romance.” The dictionary definition of romance is “a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.” The ideas we share in this ep include: mechanistic vs. romantic model of life inner workings unique to each

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99 Coming Out: Process and Our Stories

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2020/06/23

In this episode we give a super quick overview of the Cass Identity Model of the coming out process, and then each of us shares our personal experiences of coming out, which continues to this day. Siena was raised Catholic and attended an all-girls Catholic high school. Toast was raised as an Evangelical Christian. By sharing our stories, we hope it helps to encourage and affirm, validate and support you, wherever you are in your process. Because truly, it never ends! The blog post for this

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98 LGBTQ-positive Peace, Love, and Laughs: a Pride...

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2020/06/16

We recorded this episode on Fri. June 12, 2020, which marks our 92nd day of self-quarantine during the global COVID-19 pandemic, amid continuing protests in the United States and around the world against systemic racism, oppression, and police brutality. On social media this past week, author and activist Marianne Williamson posted this: “The more the protests are filled with dancing, singing, conscious conversation, serious analysis, creativity, art, peace/love and higher vibration, the more they

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97 Feel Tense? Here’s a Way to Unwind & Reclaim Your...

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2020/06/09

We recorded this episode on Sun. June 7, 2020, which marks our 87th day of self-quarantine during the global COVID-19 pandemic, and amid continuing protests in the United States and around the world, against police brutality and systemic racism. We cover: 🌸 when you enjoy and create beauty, it's a finger in the face of authoritarianism and helps combat it; keep on keeping on 🍰 baking "sort of good for you" brownies, and lemon cake! 🐈 a ghost cat is in our house ⚡️ intensity of the energies

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96: The Life-Affirming Rewards of Awareness

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2020/06/02

We recorded this episode on Sun. May 31, 2020, which marks our 80th day of self-quarantine during the global COVID-19 pandemic, and also the first week of historic widespread protests against police brutality and systemic racism in the United States. We discuss: your point of view affects how you feel activism looks different for everyone present day events can activate feelings about the past quitting coffee (?!) simple kindness means more during dangerous times what our soul values

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95: Manage Your Energy Through Surrender and Acceptance

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2020/05/26

We recorded this episode on Mon. May 25, 2020, our 74th day of self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the things we touched on, in this ep cabin fever, thai take-out, and at-home haircuts vodka, and Bear gives the episode the feel of a horror movie just for a sec Siena shares her experience of resisting vs. accepting a thing that just plain ol' needs to happen Toast shares her experience of resisting vs. accepting the limits on what she can get done The blog post for this

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94 Celebrations of Love and of Life

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2020/05/19

We recorded this episode on Mon. May 18, 2020, which was our 67th day of self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a List of Some of the Things We Shared Serendipitous sighting of a wild goose, in-flight and up-close A hate comment we got on Instagram: internal reactions Victims of COVID-19: personal stories Baking a grain-free birthday cake: yellow, three-layer, chocolate frosting Lesbian wedding: attending via Zoom Everybody’s quarantine experience is different

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93 Water Cooler Talk: Self-Quarantine Edition

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2020/05/12

This episode was recorded on Fri. May 8, 2020, which was our 57th day of self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. What’s been challenging and/or helpful to you during this time? That's the first question we ask. A few of the other topics we touch on: The stress of the uncertainty we see and feel, in many directions Psychological contrast between watching TV during dinner vs. not Highly Sensitive Persons’ and Empaths’ challenge with rude sun, and with hats Renaissance of homemaking:

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92 Celebrating Birthdays in the Era of COVID-19

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2020/05/05

We recorded this episode on Mon. May 4, 2020, which marks 53 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a light-hearted episode, but know that our hearts are always with you, as we all keep on keeping on, in this new era. Some of the topics we hit on this ep: Toast’s imitation of the sound a frog makes vs. the sound a toad makes Our remarkable human capacity to adapt Hawaii-related mentions: Boy’s Day, toads, and flying cockroaches Siena’s issues around her birthday and

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91 Thoughts On Loneliness

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2020/04/28

We recorded this episode on Sun. Apr. 26, 2020, which marks 45 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope this episode finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy. An abridged overview of the thoughts we share in this ep: Siena teases her healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe (vegan, grain-free, gluten-free, soy-free), which she plans to share with our email list on around May 1, 2020 Feeling lonely is not automatically a bad thing: just because you feel lonely it

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90 New Levels of Self-Care

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2020/04/21

We recorded this episode on Mon. Apr. 20, 2020, which marks 39 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Opening remarks (that don't directly relate to the main topic include): anyone else cleaning house more during our collective stay-at-home efforts? What about sorta freaking yourself out over owl legs? How about just cooking? The main topic of self-care during our collective COVID-19 quarantine era follows. Including: to wear jeans, or to stay in sweats? the phenomenon of

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89 Benefits of a Deeper, Quieter Life

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2020/04/14

We recorded this episode on Sun. Apr. 12, 2020, which marks 31 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. After some opening chitchat about who's zooming who, the service and sabotage of smartphones, and a cat lady card game, we turn to the main topic of quiet. One of the pleasant side effects of our various “stay at home” initiatives around the world has been cleaner air and water. Pollution can occur in many mediums: air, water, light, sound, and also – thought and emotion. A

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88 Ramblings About Smartphone Addiction

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2020/04/07

We recorded this episode on Sun. Apr. 6, 2020, which marks 24 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. It starts with chit-chat about the ongoing Toilet Paper Challenge, the joys of attending livestreamed virtual concerts, and moves into deeper topics like our species' need for a sense of community and belonging, the dynamics of in-person social interaction, and tying it all together: how smartphones both help and hinder the heart when it comes to genuine human connection with

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87 Be Kind

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2020/03/31

We recorded this episode on Sat. March 28, 2020, which marks 16 days of our self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Silly: the way different people sleep, cat toys that talk, cats that act like dogs, the Siena and Toast Toilet Paper Challenge: can you dispense your ration of squares in just one tug??? Serious: humanity's mid-life crisis or coming-of-age traumatic event, the power of technology vs. the power of wisdom and the reality of our mortal condition, what makes life meaningful The

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86 Spring Energy: The Next Evolution of Beingness

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2020/03/24

More obviously than ever in our generation, we humans are being invited (forced?) to consciously and seriously engage in the next evolution of our beingness. Who do we want to be? As individuals? As a society? As a species? What strange times, and what a strange episode. Lots of laughing, unintended jokes, and talking about cat toys that talk. Coming to you from self-quarantine in Portland, Oregon. Star Wars, Indigo Girls, and the new #NoPhonesInBathrooms campaign. The blog post for this episode

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85 COVID-19: How Quickly Things Can Change

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2020/03/17

In this episode, we share our thoughts from the midst of the onset of America’s experience with the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. We recorded this on Sun., Mar. 15, 2020, after a week of the most dramatic shift in the public’s awareness, concern, and action concerning covid-19. Join the email list at https://sienaandtoast.com/emailsignup Access Free Resources at https://sienaandtoast.com/free-resources The blog post for this episode is at https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/85-covid-19 Our

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