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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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34:37

Anxiety About Social Connection

Live Your Love Story ·

2023/06/06

Someone once observed how society was shifting its focus, as reflected in the names of popular magazines. First it was "Life" magazine. Then, "People." Then, "Us." And finally, "Self." This episode is a rambling discussion (and sometimes ranting) about various aspects of connection: our connection with groups, with each other, with ourselves. Siena and Toast Show Notes Find Siena and Toast on Instagram Find Siena and Toast on the web www.sienaandtoast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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28:31

Facing Divorce When You Have Young Kids: a Flower...

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2023/05/22

You’re probably not aware of this, because it’s only through personal referrals, but Siena does private one-to-one consultations with people, using her background in holistic health, coaching, and healing, to help them navigate life challenges. Part of this work usually involves flower essences, a type of holistic energy medicine. But what does this look like? How many flower essences does a client take? For how long? Which ones? The answers vary, because each person is unique, but in this episode

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29:40

161 Gluten-Free Bakeries in Portland, Oregon

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2023/05/09

This episode is gluten-free. If you love tasting and talk about pastries and doughnuts and bakeries, join us as we share our gluten-free adventures in Portland, Oregon. We talk about Kyra’s Bake Shop, Gluten-Free Gem, New Cascadia Traditional, and Mikiko Mochi Donuts. Show Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/161-gluten-free-bakeries-in-portland-oregon Find Siena and Toast on Instagram https://instagram.com/sienaandtoast Love cats? We do too! LoveandAboveCatClub.com Find books and oracle card

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30:35

Gratitude 2.0

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2023/04/25

Back in the ‘90s, gratitude as a practice, as a journal, was this fresh new thing. In this episode, we talk about how and why in the intervening years the whole “gratitude” thing got to feel overdone. And then we talk about some of the unusual, awkward, semi-crazy ways we’ve refreshed it for ourselves this year. We reference another episode in this ep, and that ep was titled "Do It Different: Using Teeny Tiny Goals To Make Bigger Changes" Show Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/gratitude-20 EP

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30:08

Rein In Reactivity

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2023/04/11

In this episode, we talk about some of our own personal triggers and the opportunities for improvement we've become aware of, for having smoother, more elegant interactions in our conversations and relationship. But first, a minor technical difficulty (Toast's fault) and some ruminating on the current popularity of the wolf cut hairstyle (heard of it? it's mullet adjacent). Shot Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/rein-in-reactivity Find Siena and Toast on Instagram

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43:09

Relaxation Is A Skill

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2023/04/04

Working and Relaxing are not opposites. In this ep, we talk about how Western Civilization's dread fear of aging and death seems to be behind our cultural issues around RELAXING, behind Predatory Productivity Culture, and, how that's a real bummer, because knowing how to relax can make you a more pleasant person to be around in general. Siena leads a mini meditation in Progressive Muscle Relaxation (at around 29:30). The main discussion topic starts at about 8:00 into this episode. Check out the

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38:39

Stories We Tell Ourselves, Pt. 3

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2023/03/28

In this episode, we go off! on how to NOT get pulled out to sea by the riptide currents of deceitful, delusional, or defeating stories, whether they’re stories from your own head, or from the culture that surrounds you. And we also share a contrarian take on typical inspirational pep talk, advice, and quotes. https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/stories-we-tell-ourselves-pt-3 Find Siena and Toast on Instagram https://instagram.com/sienaandtoast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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34:28

Stories We Tell Ourselves, Pt. 2

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2023/03/21

In this episode, we share how the personal stories we told ourselves about ourselves evolved over the course of our lives…so far. But even before we do that, in the beginning of this ep, we mention a story – and a short film about the story – of three very special giant sequoia trees here in Portland, Oregon. Their website is save-the-giants.org. Toast’s Old Story came from Evangelical Christianity. It was that The Bible was the truth about reality; including that gay, homosexual, LGBTQ+ people are

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34:52

Stories We Tell Ourselves, Pt. 1

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2023/03/14

We talk about the titanic power that stories have over our lives, and why rushing to make these stories make sense to us is not a good idea. A hit song by America’s first successful black pop songwriter comes into play. The song was written in 1896 and regained popularity in the 1920s! Sorta like how "Stranger Things" and TikTok made all these old songs from the '80s and '90s buzzy again! And we also talk a lot about Taco Bell. Show notes, including the actual song, are

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38:26

Let's Frustration-Proof Ourselves

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2023/03/07

WARNING: This episode contains talk about cat-related drama that only deep and genuine cat lovers will get. Please listen (and judge) accordingly. Also! A mystery prize is headed someone's way.... In this ep, we talk about: The dark side and the character weaknesses enabled by our on-demand streaming and smartphone lifestyle What can make Toast feel like a whiny little b* Cursive handwriting. Did you know kids aren’t being taught to write in cursive anymore? Who’s going to be able to sign

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33:55

The Struggle Is Real: Decision Fatigue

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2023/02/28

Are you irritable, impulsive? Do you procrastinate? Maybe it’s Decision Fatigue. When you’ve made too many decisions (and it doesn’t matter whether they’re simple or complicated), you get fatigued. It’s just what happens. In this episode, we discuss this phenomenon and what to do about it. Also, Toast is surprised when she learns what Siena thinks about her wardrobe. And, in case it comes in handy, the other ep we mention is "Why You’re In A Rut: The Need For

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37:48

How to Form a New Habit: Habit Bundling

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2023/02/21

It can be hard to form new, healthy habits. The good news is: you can probably take a habit you already have, to help form that new one! In this episode, we discuss Habit Bundling, a tactic for consciously building a new habit. Podcast Notes https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/152 Instagram https://instagram.com/sienaandtoast Find out more about Siena and Toast here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:00

Making Friends As An Adult

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2023/02/14

Just maintaining, let alone making, new friends, isn’t so easy as an adult. Amirite?! In this episode, we discuss "the 4 a.m. friend," the idealization of friendship, and “the liking gap.” We also take a much (much!) broader perspective to see how our entire economy is set-up to incentivize us away from the bonding social connections that would otherwise emerge naturally. As Charles Eisenstein has explained in his book "Sacred Economics," it does this through usury and interest-bearing debt. Our

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38:24

Why You’re In A Rut: The Need for Novelty

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2023/02/07

In this episode, we talk about feeling dead inside! 😃 And about being introverts, social distancing, getting out of a rut, and what all of this has to do with evolution. If you want to laugh at folks who are still social distancing and wearing masks in indoor public spaces, boy have we got the episode for you! Topics include: the TV shows Yellowstone, 1883, and 1923 the sexual and non-sexual meaning of “rut” feeling resistance to getting out of a rut the connection between variety and

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38:26

How to Do It When You Don’t Feel Like Doing It, Pt....

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2023/01/31

In this ep, we talk about Temptation Bundling, a tool for helping you do things that aren’t very fun, but that you know you should be doing. We share our experiences with it, and how it’s helped us even start to enjoy what started out as an unpleasant or intimidating task. We then go on to discuss the two different ways to apply Temptation Bundling, depending on whether the task is cognitively demanding or not. And finally, we acknowledge that "wanting to feel motivated" can be seen as an attitude

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44:44

Do It Different: Using Teeny Tiny Goals To Make...

Live Your Love Story ·

2023/01/24

Maybe you’ve found it hard to stick with resolutions or goals or new habits you’re trying to form. We sure have! In this episode, we share a teeny tiny, sneaky little trick that’s helped us follow-thru on all those good intentions. Also: Us! We could go to Mars! We make dinosaur noises What being Filipino has to do with setting big goals (for Siena) Pros and cons of big vs. little goals Teeny Tiny Goals are there to accomplish Larger Long Term Goals S.M.A.R.T. Goal: S: specific M: measurable A:

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31:38

Inviting Serendipity

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2023/01/10

In this episode, we talk about serendipity. Yes (for those who remember) the 2001 movie (remember?! John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale!) but also the word, what it means, the origin of it, how to experience more of it, and why focus and following through on plans is not *always* preferable to being distracted and being thrown off-course. http://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/147 Find Siena and Toast on Facebook Instagram @sienaandtoast Connect with Siena and Toast here Learn more about your ad choices

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43:11

Handling and Validating the Post-Holiday Blues

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2023/01/03

We talk about the post-holiday blues: how the values and habits of our society contribute to it, how it’s normal, how it can be a good and healthy thing, and more. If you're feeling more than 'just' the holiday blues, please know you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. It's free, confidential, available 24/7, and staffed by skilled, trained crisis workers. Episode notes are at https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/146 Find Siena and Toast on Instagram

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36:19

The Holiday Special with Siena and Toast

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2022/12/20

Merry Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka. This is the Holiday Special for Fans of Christmas Only. The fun, and foibles of Christmases present, and past, and heartfelt wishes for Christmases future. In this episode: What Will The Neighbors Think: Holiday Edition Pump Up The Jam: Bing Crosby Remix Relationship Challenge: The Tree-Decorating Test We talk about the olden days (The ‘70s & ‘80s), happy golden days of yore. And end the episode with a studio recording we did, of “Silent Night” with a

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41:05

Winter Solstice: Not Scary

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2022/12/13

In this episode, we chat about Winter Solstice and “being woo woo": it’s similar to being gay (and we would know), and how it’s also Not Scary. In fact, we play a fun little indoor game called Scary Not Scary at 22:32 into this episode. (Are goats scary?) Get ready for Winter Solstice with woo, and fun, and respect and reverence, too. Episodes notes: https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/144 Episode Do You Believe This Miracle https://sienaandtoast.com/podcast/21-miracleroses Find Siena and Toast on

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