The Uppers Podcast: Recent Episodes
By Dana Ben and Chase
Welcome to the Uppers Podcast! Come with us on our podcasting adventure - as we try and make your day just a little better. Meet the Uppers Team; the fitness fanatic, super mom, Dana, the intellectual, nerdy but loving Chase, and Ben, because we all have that friend who always seems to be doing weird stuff but we love em anyway.
Spoiler Warnings in this Episode Predestination is a weird idea to conceive. It raises the question of whether we are all in control of our own destinies or left to fate. Do you even believe in Predestination and where you are now, is where you were meant to be? This came about from some new popular movies and shows. Loki and The Tomorrow War so some spoilers ahead as you listen. What is our destiny or is it all chaos and being created by every decision we make?
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How did the Uppers Podcast put this whole show together, you ask? Well we hit a learning curve from knowing nothing to publishing our own episodes. We scoured the internet to find the best way to do things. Some cost money, some work arounds, and always some luck got us to a happy end. If you're thinking about starting a podcast and don't know where to start, hopefully you find this episode and we can offer some guidance. You don't have to know all of this tech stuff but you have to know a teeny bit. So listen in and see how we put it all together!
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This Episode is inspired by Ben's last few days of his trip. Let's talk about bad days, we all have them but HOW BAD is bad? We talk about some of our own bad days but we get into our resolutions to them. This makes it sound like we can handle better than most but we can't and there are days we will punch stuff, break objects, or yell at the ones we love most. We're all human so embrace it but don't let it steal your whole day.
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What is this stuff!? Chase and Ben talk about crypto and what it is. Ben's been reading into this and began dabbling a few months ago. So let's pick his brain and see if he can get us all up to date on this new money. We are in no way experts on this subject but listen in as an intro/discovery topic.
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Comfortability is safe, boring, and unprogressive. Our greatest heroes or idols have gone out of their comfort zones to face ridicule and objections. But that is the path to greatness and/or success. Do something that scares you, do something different today and you will find yourself feeling alive. Get out of the same old and stretch yourself. Growth comes from change.
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We are who we are today from pivotal life lessons throughout our lives. Stemming from very early years to lessons we learn today. What we are, our decision making subconsciously pulls from these lessons to make our decisions now. The Uppers team speaks on a few of their remembered life lessons plus as always extra stories and insights. Embody to the good lessons we've learned and be better from the negatives.
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Too many of us don't take our full (Earned) Vacation time from our jobs. Companies incentivize us to NOT take the time off. There's pressure from the work environment that makes us feel uncomfortable to even ask for it. We're afraid the work load when we get back won't be worth the time off. Well listen in and take that time off! You have earned it, your time is worth far more than any dollar amount and some time to yourself is more than deserved. What's money's worth if you can't spend it anyway?
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We all have a Vice or a Governor that proves to be some sort of hindrance in our lives. Well what if we got rid of that vice and where would be right now. Would you be ahead or even behind without it. A governor, much like in a golf cart, prohibits the machine from running too hard and breaking. Are these weaknesses in our lives here to stop us from burning out too soon or to keep us on our path?
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Happy Earth Day everyone and have you seen Seaspiracy on Netflix!? After seeing this documentary, what better day to talk about it, because it gets crazy, and to remember our planet. Watching this made us all rethink how the world works and our impact on it. The Uppers Team chats about this eye opening documentary on this episode. We need Mother Earth but she doesn't need us so let's do our part and REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.
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How do you feel love or what makes you feel loved? Our love language is a key part in filling our personal buckets. Sometimes our ways of showing affection are not received by our partners because their love language doesn't register that as feeling loved. Listen in and see how we, Chase and Dana, have completely different love languages and how it works but also too how to be aware of each other's.
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What do we need to do before we die!? Is your bucket list made? Sometimes we don't think about the things that we truly want because we take our youthful years for granted. Maybe we're too caught up in what's going on right now. A bucket list made now may be the answer to redirect or help you stay on course towards our major bucket list items.
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By Popular demand, Ben takes a solo episode and tells us about his Naked Bike Ride Event in Chicago. Yes, this is legal and an orchestrated event sanctioned by the city as Ben give us some insight. Sometimes we need everything stripped away from us to really start our journeys.
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What on earth happened to make America outlaw alcohol!? Well let's dive into it as normal people and see why it happened and it's outcome. How does this compare to the recent legalization of Marijuana? And No, we don't go into great detail but it was an Era that makes us think, could something like this happen again or maybe it should? Enjoy the fun as we go through this quick history lesson of a curious event.
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This Episode we interview our very own Ben as has finally departed on his Great RV Adventure. Ben began this journey at the beginning of Covid and sadly had to postpone. Now he's geared up and ready to take us all on this adventure!
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The 3rd Covid Stimulus bill has been signed and most Americans get a $1,400 stimulus check this round. Let's throw caution to the wind and let's dream for a bit. We talk about how each of us would spend ours in the way it's meant to be spent, frivolously, to Stimulate this Economy! So let's take off the reality hat and think about how we can inject that $14 hundred into stores, services, businesses, and anything else you want.
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The Uppers Team does a "Would You Rather" session here. You can use this fun game to get to know people and maybe yourself a bit more. Would you rather have more time or money, what is important to ourselves? Is that focus aligned with our day to day lives?
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Your inner voice, what is it always saying to you, what does it sound like, are you friends or enemies with it? Our inner monologue says a lot about how we see ourselves and sometimes it's not always what we want to hear but hopefully its a voice that can pick you up. Take control of your inner voice and make sure it's someone you want to be around because we're stuck with it!
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During our meeting night we decided to just hit the record button and see what happens. This episode gives our listeners a behind the scenes look at how we come up and create our episodes. The organization, creativeness, and riffing are all an integral part of our spontaneous feel that you all get every episode. Listen in as no ideas are bad but there are definitely better ones. Have some fun with us during this episode and feel free to leave us any feedback if you heard something you like!
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It's the end of February and let's face it, we're all falling off the wagon for our New Year's resolutions. Listen is as the we share some awesome, flavor enhancing food swap ideas to help keep that diet right!
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Intuition, instinct, trust your gut. We discuss the feeling of trusting our gut and how we each listen to it. Why don't we listen to it all of the time, what has stopped us from doing what our gut tells us. Do you listen to yours and how has it served?
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Living life without regrets seems like an unreachable feat because we all feel we could have changed something in our past to affect our present or future situations. The Uppers team discusses this but on how to accept your past and own it. You wouldn't be where you are without your past, bad or good. Your past has no inclination of where you CHOOSE to be in your next moment. With the right outlook, any past mistakes or what we may call regrets can be turned into fuel or are life tools to conquer our future. Living a life without regrets is anything but impossible.
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What does Valentines Day mean to you? Does it stress you out as much as every other human on earth! Great! Fantastic! Take a 30 minute break from stressing out about it and listen in as we discuss the upcoming holiday, what it means to us, what it has meant to us and things to help you plan the perfect Valentines Day.
Also stay tuned at the end for a special Valentine's Day surprise.
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This episode the Uppers Team looks back at their 20s and compare it to their current young 30s. How different were you then to now and would you have done anything different to alter your current path. I think we all would but we never know what we don't know. Sometimes life is meant to live.
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Kolbe A™ result is a perfect score. In fact, they all are. Your conative attributes define the way you take action and your approach to productivity. Understand your unique attributes as strengths and leverage them to do more, more naturally, in every aspect of your daily life. Dana, Ben, and Chase go over their results and try to explain the significance of understanding each other and how we all get things done differently.
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Old friends are what they are old FRIENDS. Don't be afraid to reach out and just chat. Why doesn't Chase reach out more, why is Ben so good at catching up with everyone in his phone book, Why is Dana SO GOOD at keeping track of old and new friends. Give us a listen and think of someone you haven't spoken with for too long and give them a call. We all need more interaction lately so let's catch up!
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We have our very first guest on the show, Allison Nielsen discussing, our Personality traits and communication styles. The Uppers Team took the PCM test that basically creates a self manual for us by classifying our Personalities. Allison has been working with this system for the past 3 years with her company. This system is used throughout government bodies, large corporations, and non profits.
Understanding ourselves, what makes us tick, and what can calm us down is a huge step forward in having a more successful day. Our personality language is not the same as our colleagues or partners, so to understand their personality can better help us communicate to each other and ultimately be more successful!
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The lottery is a long shot but someone wins it, what if that someone was you!? In this episode we talk about what we would do with the money and how we would spend it. Sometimes we need some dreaming fuel so listen in and start imagining!
Listen in till the end for a nice little last thought.
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How do we all take care of ourselves? What small things do we do to ensure our happiness is met everyday? Dana has quite a regiment so listen in and maybe some small self care actions can make a large difference in our day.
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Random Night 1 was such a hit with everyone we decided to do another round of it. This time we get to know each other a bit more with some questions for the team. Definitely worth a listen, especially at the end!
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How do we set goals or how do we even know how high to reach, are you a dreamer or a realist? We all have vastly different comfort zones as we discuss through the episode. The biggest question is how do YOU reach your goals?
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A question we're all asked or dreamt about as we're kids. Then we grow up a little more and what does that old dream turn into? No matter how plain or out there the idea is it is never wrong nor is it too late!
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What stresses out the Uppers team!? Stress is all around us and triggered differently from person to person. Especially after the holidays! Let loose, relieve some stress yourself and listen in.
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We started this episode looking forward to delayed or new events in 2021. What are you looking forward to next year? Then Dana and Ben turn it into New Years resolutions for 2021 and honestly we all need some. Go to a store, be with people, eat at a restaurant. Whatever yours is we're behind you!
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C'mon, we all are Tim Allen or Bob Villa through our home DIY projects. We talk about our fails and successes from our pasts but the one take away is you have the internet to teach you how to do anything. It's okay to fail but even better to gain experience. Chase and Dana built a basement and Ben built a house, start DIYing
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The Uppers Team discusses retirement and what that term means these days. Why do we work so hard for it, why do we have to be old to get it, can this be done better? Listen in and feel free to leave comments on your thoughts.
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What better than to sign up our good buddy Ben for Bachelorette. Ben didn't know before hand but he's a good sport about it. He's looking for love and the best place to do that is on National TV. Listen in for some very funny moments on this one.
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A vacation is always an Upper! What is your definition of a vacation, what do you need out of a vacation to truly bring glory to the term? Listen in and lets go over Chase and Dana's trip to see Ben. One thing for sure, Vacations give us life long memories.
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2020 has been weird and it's going into the holidays. We talk about what we're doing, how it's changed, and is this isolation okay for this year.....?
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This ones a questions that I think we all ask ourselves at some point and in no way is the Uppers Team qualified to answer that for you. But asking the right questions may get us all a little closer to our answer. "Spoiler Alert" We definitely do not have an answer for you by the end of this show, just in case you are wondering.
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Oh man! This is a wild card episode, you don't know what you're getting here. Sure, we can think of a topic every episode for you but shooting from the hip may land or crash for us. This episode was a lot of fun, let us know if we should do more of these or never again.
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What are we all afraid of?! Spiders are one thing but what about the big stuff? In this episode we try to talk about fears and how hard it is to overcome them. Fear is built into us for survival but it's easy to stay alive nowadays so what is Fear supposed to protect us from in this 21st century?
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Diet has many meanings depending on the person. Listen in, find out what it means, how we eat, and is food even good for us? Spoiler alert, we're not experts but not too many people are in this realm.
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We all have them but may not acknowledge them, we're talking about Bad Habits. Listen in as we call each other out on our bad habits, and can we fix them!?
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The little things in life are what matter......right? Today we talk about little things that keep us going and the nuggets of Joy they bring. It's time to pay them their dues and shine the light on them this episode.
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Move that Body! You'll get 3 very different routines out of the team here. We all need to move but make sure it fits you and what you want out of a workout. Make it fit YOUR schedule and the rest will come. It's all about enjoying it and not making it something we dread.
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Welcome to the Uppers Podcast! Come with us on our first podcasting adventure - as we try and make your day just a little better.
Meet the Uppers Team, the fitness fanatic, super mom, Dana, the intellectual, nerdy but loving Chase, and Ben, because we all have that friend who always seems to be doing weird shit but we love em anyway.
This episode Chase forgot to introduce himself - So that's Chase
"If you don't follow up with it, it's just a thought" - Ben R.
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