Stop Hating Yourself

Happy Merry! As another thank you to our amazing audience, Carl and Catfish read off twelve Christmas-related affirmations for your listening pleasure on this,  Christmas itself. Look forward to carrying the spirit of Christmas around all year, like luggage.  Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Tell your friends! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Holiday episode! We release unto you this Christmas episode on the eve of Christmas! Listen as a Muslim and an Atheist discuss their loathing of this season to end all seasons. Catfish delves deep into his history with the holiday and his family. Carl lists his favorite songs of the season.  And none of us survive.  Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Tell your friends! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Anika Bakken joins the boys to discuss their mutual love/hate relationship with social media. She opens up about growing up immersed in various platforms, how her relationship with it has changed over time, and her goals to continue using it to help others. Catfish deflects per usual, but commits to the gag at least. And Carl continues working on his poor impression of a good interviewer. Follow Anika on Instagram @cinnamon_ghoul Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Tell your friends! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

You know what is happening a month from now? The Stop Hating Yourself first ever LIVE PODCAST RECORDING!!! And as you surely can guess the boys may not be too certain about this prospect. Carl shares his continuing health issues and Catfish adds another caveat to his online dating profile. And finally Catfish is challenged on just pointing out why white people suck during affirmations and other BS rather than addressing them substantively. Guess who writes these descriptions. Oh, learn more about Tucson Fringe Festival and how to get tickets at tucsonfringe.org Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Tell your friends! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

In this episode Carl and Catfish discuss two dead things: Former President George H. W. Bush and Catfish's chances on dating apps. Carl shares his appreciation for all those listeners who supported his Movember campaign. And finally, Catfish uses the Affirmation or some other BS to recruit friends for Carl. Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

In the most timely fashion, the boys discuss their anxieties around election time. Oh, the joy of new polling rules and locations, interacting with well-meaning volunteers, and remembering all those ballot measures. Sure, you could vote early, but what if it ends up provisional? And does your vote even really count? Finally, our affirmation comes from a long-time listener and really strikes a chord with Catfish. Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Thanks to all of our listeners! In the spirit of Thanksgiving and in appreciation of all our listeners, Carl and Catfish recorded a very special episode. In this bonus episode, Carl and Catfish each tackle an affirmation a minute for a full hour in rather gluttonous fashion. You'll have to listen to the episode to find out how. Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Holiday eps #ftw! It is the Thanksgiving week here in the US and Catfish and Carl talk a bit about how this holiday has influenced their mental health. Sure, that's what we'd write on the grant application. Yeah, we chat about Turkey Day loneliness and obligation anxiety along with unrelated nonsense. Plus, as always, we get in a good affirmation (or some other BS). Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

This episode the boys go back to the fishbowl, and what they find is... a topic to discuss! Plus Carl forces some more structure on the episode, whilst Catfish is impressed. Don't believe me? Listen and find out! Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

As far as milestone episodes go, this is one. Carl and Catfish discuss the State of the Hate after 25 whole episodes, what they like, what they want more of, and how much they love the audience. Yes, the audience, you folks, listeners, who listen to the episodes. They love you. They also share a pretty big announcement at the end if I don't say so myself. Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

No, Carl didn't make three glaring errors in the title. This episode announces Carl's November fundraiser for Men's Health. Carl is trying to raise $1000 towards suicide prevention and men's mental health through Movember.com Join up and/or donate at https://mobro.co/cjcase?mc=1 and join the Stop Hating Yourself Team at https://moteam.co/stop-hating-yourself?mc=1 Yeah, the 31 days was a mistake. You wanna make something of it? Catfish and Carl discuss losing a wheel, what health doesn't mean to them, and something else I'm pretty sure (I nodded off while listening tbh). There are a lot of ways physical and mental health interact, and for these boys, few of them are positive. That doesn't mean you shouldn't get your ass to therapy, or have a "Doctor" check your "Testicles," and that is what Movember is about. Don't let your bullshit bravado keep you from getting help. Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagr

Making up for last week's organized discussion with a professional therapist, the boys Catfish and Carl ramble on about their week and stuff that happened. Catfish had some disappointing news about a loved one, but he also had some success! Carl channels the antithesis of some Garbage lyrics. Everyone has a great time. And we end with a tripartite Affirmation or Some Other BS! Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

In this ep, Carl and Catfish talk to therapist Dr. Daniel Schulte about what things look like from a therapist's perspective. Dr. Schulte answers some listener questions such as who needs therapy (**spoiler** everyone does, but not all the time) and dating around to find a good match with a therapist. If you find yourself looking, check out psychologytoday.com or your State's Psychological Association, as well as your own Health Insurance Company's website (if you are lucky enough to have coverage). Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

In this episode we get deep into a complicated and delicate topic: getting a flat. We discuss how our parents handle getting flat tires and the different ways we have experienced flats in our lives. Carl almost cries while discussing the various tires he has lost in his life. And of course this is actually all about death and grieving. Finally the boys tear Mr. Rogers a new one. Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Who knew that a simple web search (or hashtag following) is all that is needed to find the easiest way to beat depression? Thank goodness for Tumblr! And oddly ordered lists! Also, we launched our website, but someone poached the one we wanted. Yay? Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

We welcome our fourth guest, Leigh Moyer! Unlike Carl and Catfish, who are only in this for themselves, she is actually helping people. She runs a drop-in support group here in Tucson called A Meeting Between the Ears every week. She tells us about what led her to start her group and what it is all about. Of course the boys can't help but ruin it with bad English accents and "improv". Check out more at https://ameetingbetweentheears.com Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl and Catfish successfully discuss their relationship with food and dieting while skirting openly body shaming themselves. This took effort people! Both of the guys have histories with food anxiety stemming from family, but in unique and different ways. Plus this week's #affirmationorsomeotherBS is actually helpful! Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Hi everyone! Remember how this podcast is helping ourselves while entertaining you? Well this one is all entertainment, baby! Catfish and Carl guest-starred on a semi-improvised DnD game in Portland put on by the Brass Bells Society. It was tons of fun! Apologies for some of the audio, we recorded on a phone. Check out Brass Bells on Facebook for upcoming shows and events. And of course, like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl and Catfish welcome their third guest, their friend Natalia! We discuss the cycles of hope and rejection, especially as they apply to performance art. Why do we do this to ourselves... Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

------------- Catfish and Carl will be performing LIVE at the Rose City Comic Con this weekend at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. They will be guest hosting two panels Friday and Saturday evenings. Come say hi! Friday, September 7, 6:30 PM LAIR OF THE DRAGON: A DARYL & DRAGONS ADVENTURE Saturday, September 8, 5:30 PM: ANSWER THIS! TRIVIA GAME SHOW ------------- In this episode a reader reaches out to us with a cancer problem. Then asks for our banking information. We take it all very seriously. We discuss routines as they relate to mental health and how they relate to donut availability. Finally, we don't tear up an affirmation for the first time! Like, share, comment, rate, and subscribe! Send your favorite/most reviled affirmations or other BS to @stophatingcast on twitter and instagram, like us on Facebook, and send hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com