Stop Hating Yourself

Carl shares one of his key motivations for starting the podcast. Catfish withholds his favorite recipe until Carl starts following him on Pinterest. We find out the hard truth about drug pushers in pharmacology and therapists who want to get people to come clean. Finally, art appreciation 80 (remedial). As Billy Joel says, tell her (and him) about it! The podcast that is! 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 week we talk about exercise and well-being with our second guest Michelle. She is a Generic Dance Workout* instructor here in Tucson and a Catfish friend for 20 years. Despite this Catfish has never been to one of her classes (what a jerk). We learn that no one can meet those fancy Presidential Fitness Challenges from the 80s, and the boys are peer pressured in to sharing their last names on air. *Compare to the active ingredients in Zoomba(TM) 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 encounters some unrequited fan love via DM on twitter. Carl embarks on some exciting new adventures. Also, Carl should get a new doctor. The boys discuss how to improve themselves while not being hard on themselves. Seriously, if you don't hate how you are, how can you get better? 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

Look at that, a lost episode from a month ago. Catfish tells how he gets his hair to work so well with his cans (that's headphones you sicko). Carl describes the many ways he's attempted to address his insomnia. And this week's affirmation is total garbage, so it fits right in with the rest. JUST SHUT OFF YOUR THOUGHTS!!! If we could do that we wouldn't need to do this podcast. Ya jerk. 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 made it to 10 episodes for real this time! To celebrate, Carl and Catfish welcome their first ever guest to discuss imposter syndrome. Athena is an expert at feeling like she is not good enough for her job, but she shares a bit about how to get through it. We learn that you can't spell demand without a man. And Catfish drops a jinx on Carl, forcing himself to have to do the intro on his own. #fakeittilyoumakeit 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

The topic from the fishbowl is childhood, so hoo-boy! We do a momfish check-in, which may become a regular thing. And finally, we discuss what it is to look like a farmer but to be a lover. Finally, we may say this is ep 10, but we clearly lost count. 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 we talk about why Carl hates writing, and why Catfish has been avoiding it. We also learn a bit about how Catfish's mom celebrates his birthday. This explains a lot. 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

The boys discuss the music and other media that indicates they might be in a bad place. Also, this is the first ep recorded after episodes started releasing to the public! Catfish makes Carl jealous by disclosing the free stuff listeners have sent him. Finally, they put Lao Tzu in his place. Subscribe, favorite, rate, comment, 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

They can't all be gems, folks. This episode we tried to record without a topic. How did it go? Well, we thought about titling it "Hate phlegm, a small salad, and some cottage cheese." It went that well. Carl thinks he has to carry the episode because Catfish is fasting. He really didn't need to. Catfish reads some tweets about mental health from people who would consider being forced to listen to this podcast a war crime. Rate and subscribe on your podcast service of choice. Looking for your favorite/most reviled Affirmations (or some other BS) @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter. Send your hatemail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Catfish goes deep on his upcoming month of fasting. Carl tries really hard to not be disrespectful. We learned, we laughed, and we got a little closer. And in the end Catfish likes the some other BS! @stophatingcast on instas and the tweets. Send your hatemail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

In this episode Catfish celebrates an anniversary and Carl describes the weapons he uses to beat himself up. Honestly this is a rambler, but at least it is a funny one. It ends with Carl challenging Catfish's issue with the Affirmation or Some Other BS, which doesn't really go anywhere anyway. @stophatingcast on instas and the tweets. Send your hatemail to stophatingcast@gmail.com

In this episode Catfish attempts to deflect the conversation from discussing his tendency to deflect. Carl is somewhat successful despite Catfish taking advantage of his willingness to talk about himself. Finally, Carl takes too much time reading the Wikipedia entry for this week's Affirmation or some other BS. Send your hate mail to stophatingyourself@gmail.com and check us out on insta and tweets @stophatingcast Subscribe and rate wherever podcasts are sold!

Catfish and Carl attempt to help themselves through recognizing self hating behaviors while they are happening rather than kicking themselves for doing it afterwards. Turns out Catfish uses manicures to prevent his particular behavior, and Carl just breaks his jaw so he can't eat without pain for a month. Carl also revokes his application for providing therapy in the state of Rhode Island because he learns the state has more than 7 people. These people are not professionals. Send your hate mail to stophatingcast@gmail.com and your favorite/hatorite affirmations or some other bs to @stophatingcast on the instas and tweets.

Our first episode, in which we introduce our self-help podcast (helping ourselves that is) to the world and brainstorm podcast topics for the future. Carl brings a number of thought out ideas, and Catfish brings a list he cribbed off some other website. We introduce our "Affirmations or some other BS" segment in which Catfish tears apart our listeners' favorite/most hated statements that are supposed to help or something. Submit your show ideas and affirmations (or some other BS) to stophatingcast@gmail.com or @stophatingcast on the instas and tweets.