In this episode, comedian and tea enthusiast Jesse Appell of Jesse's Teahouse takes us on a journey from studying Chinese comedy to building an online tea business. He shares how navigating different cultures shaped his perspective on laughter, authenticity, and community. From mastering traditional Chinese cross-talk comedy to reinventing himself after a life-changing move, Jesse and host Brian Lowery discuss adaptation and the unexpected paths that bring meaning to our lives. For more on Jesse, visit jessesteahouse.com and for more on Brian and the podcast go to brianloweryphd.com.…
Send us a text Episode #39 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I explain how on earth I was hacked in the year of our lord, 2024. Yep, you heard that right. I talk about how I'm trying to learn something from this whole experience and how I maybe manifested it by accident. (Whoops:( ) It's really a take on trying to make lemonade from some nasty lemons. So, take a listen and commiserate if you too are going through it -- or get some relief that you're not in my situation. As always, it's a choose your own adventure experience. Also, feel free to report my hacked accounts to help a girl out. They are linked below! :) ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Facebook Manufacturing Outrage What it Takes to Get Back an Account from Meta Facebook Perhaps Guilty of Stoking Civil Unrest Abroad Meta -- The Tech Monopoly Meta Layoffs, Including Customer Service Optimistic Nihilism Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Movie High Taste/Low Skill Quote: “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it's normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through." ― Ira Glass --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- Timestamps: ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I d Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #38 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open up about my desire not to film today and my futile addiction to perfectionism (always to my own detriment). I also give my own spin on the notion that the grass is not greener on the other side and how social media makes me feel behind and depressed. It's really an ode to the idea that there's nothing more hollow than fulfilling someone else's dreams. So, listen to this pod -- and then go get those dreams, girl! [or guy, ambition don't discriminate here] !! As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Why We Procrastinate About The Things We Care About The Addiction of Seeking Perfection Using Anger as Motivation Humans Need to Belong (Sometimes to Our Detriment) Kinship Altruism Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky Introduction to Genetics and Evolution Coursera Class Rich Roll Podcast Clip about Showing Up on the Hard Days The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Joey Diaz On Rogan Richard lewis & Larry David -- A Match Made in Purgatory (in the best possible way) --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- Timestamps: ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment. Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #37 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss designing my own hodgepodge syllabus for my life-long education plan (or at least for the foreseeable future). I also muse on the sadness that is adulthood, how we "childify" America, and how to find the simple joys as a grown-up -- for me it naturally involves dry erase markers. It's a perfect combo of social commentary and self-betterment, what's better than that? :) Things mentioned: 75 Hard Impressionist Paintings of Leisure History of Leisure Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins Goggins on Leadership Rogan and Goggins the First Time Around BUD/S & Seal Training The Compound effect Keats' "When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be" Masterpieces of World Literature Class Goethe book I Bought Harvard Classics and Their Lore (including both the good and the bad) Goggins' Cookie Jar David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell Acromegaly and Goliath Diseases in the Bible The American Child Conundrum The Over-parenting Crisis You Probably Haven't Realized is a Problem The History of the Protestant Work Ethic and Puritanical America The Origins of Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps Existential America Returning Perhaps? Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Lo Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #36 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I embrace the unemployed yet somehow constantly busy life of a creative. I also muse on Harrison Butker's commencement speech and how repulsive I find that way of thinking and how to potentially use existentialism as the salve -- spoiler alert, it always comes back to existentialism. Just like for another YouTuber it always relates back to tuberculosis. :) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Scrivener The Stamet's Stack Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson The Baháʼí faith Dwight Schrute's Descriptive Personality Statistics The Office’s Rainn Wilson on meaning and happiness Harrison Butker's Speech The Religious Battle Behind Harrison Butker’s Culture-War Speech TikTok I filmed responding to Harrison Butker's speech Carl Jung Archetypes An Interesting Idea in Gender Existentialism Beauvoir | an overview The Importance of Crop Diversity Beyond the Binary in Nature Beyond the Binary in Nature 2 Simone de Beauvoir Books The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir A Hero's Journey Makes you an existentialist -- and Happier? --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- Timestamps: ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment. Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #35 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss being unemployed whilst keeping up my spirits -- and keeping myself busy. I end with an excerpt of my book that connects to the conversation, and I promise it relates. :) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Libby Library App Books by Eckhart Tolle Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Transcendental Meditation The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie What happened to Salman Rushdie, all from a book --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- Timestamps: ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment. Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #34 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss the limitations of love our modern society has created -- but I tried to end it with some tangible suggestions for actually fixing the problem. My rule to live by: You can't complain about something unless you're actively trying to work on it. As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: The Atlantic Babysitter Article Over-parenting article 1 Over-parenting article 2 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Book The Importance of Third Places Cul-de-Sacs in America A More Walkable Community --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:1 ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment. Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #33 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. this was filmed a month ago Join me, Alessandra, as I document a bout of depression mode in my life. It is a bit of woe mixed with, hopefully, some optimism at the end. Always a bit of happy entangled with a whole lot of sad. As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Social Contract Theory How to Revamp the Social Contract in our Modern World An interview about bullshit jobs Bullshit jobs book --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment. Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #32 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I try to repair my relationship with rejection and seek out getting no's in the wild. It's regular therapy alongside rejection therapy in 2024. As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Changes by Jax Anderson Lyrics: Scared to Start by Michael Marcagi Lyrics: Ohio by Stephen Markley The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton The B3 Chair John Ruskin's Essay "On Restoration" The story of the British Bicycle Racing Team & Marginal Gains Identity and the Concept of Change Cal Newport Video that includes deciding upon your values Atomic Habits by James Clear The Sopranos Severance CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life How Your Nervous System Works & Changes | The Huberman Lab Podcast Rejection Therapy Ted Talk 100 Days of Rejection Videos Playlist --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram How I host my podcast (affiliate link) Logo (affiliate link) ----------------- Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:19 Intro 01:20 - 05:58 What I've been listening to 05:59 - 20:58 What I've been reading 20:59 - 22:05 What I've been watching 22:06 - 24:50 What I've been learning 24:51 - 31:15 seeking rejection 31:16 - 39:20 Quotes & outro ----------------- FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment. Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #31 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I get real with myself and choose actual goals I can actually accomplish in 2024. It *actually" is new year, new me. As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Martyr by KiNG MALA Lyrics Ohio by Stephen Markley The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton The influence of Classical architecture in our modern world Tenets of Gothic architecture The two sides Le Corbusier The cult of le corbusier The history of Villa Savoye A darker history of Villa Savoye Visit Villa Savoye Atomic Habits by James Clear The Sopranos Severance What is a misogi? Weight gain and protection The Huberman Lab Podcast ------------------------- More videos about 2024 goals that I found inspiring: Fernanda Ramirez -- HOW TO CREATE A 2024 LIFE BINDER | the SECRET to creating your dream life + ULTIMATE vision board !! UnJaded Jade -- How I Set My New Year's Goals 2024 | free templates, vision board, reflections + resolutions Nicolas Berndt -- How To ACTUALIZE Your 2024 New Year Resolutions // 7 DAY PLAN Nike Erculj-- ELEVATE YOUR LIFE in 2024: Crush Goals, Design Your Best Life + Exit Lazy Girl Era for Good: --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Personal Instagram Ho Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #30 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I do a deep dive on my microdosing journey thus far. It's been a ride, to say the least. :) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. ---------------------- Things mentioned in the video: Diary of a CEO, Bryan Johnson interview mentioning Kernel Bipolar and psilocybin Pros and cons of psychedelics Esketamine for treatment resistant depression & https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/nasal-esketamine-works-better-alternative-treatment-resistant-depressi-rcna118841 Pyschedelics and their histories and misconceptions The theory of Charles Manson and MK ULTRA 1960s music scene, laurel Canyon and the role of drugs Timothy Leary, the "modern founder" of psychedelics John M. Allegro book about the Bible and psychedelics Native Americans and Psychedelics Panpsychism Conscious book Psychedelic research now & https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-robin-carhart-harris-the-science-of-psychedelics-for-mental-health Associated risks ------------------------- More books and articles and videos about psychedelics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (a novel about the experience of being on drugs by a gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson) Terrence McKenna and what he learned from psychedelics Benefits of microdosing with Joe Rogan and Paul Stamets Renewing research on psychedelics --------------- Links: Podcast Instagram Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #29 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss the concept of searching, muse about the magic that is serendipity and synchronicity + read a snippet of my book. 'Tis the season of self development and shedding victimhood. As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. Links: Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappiestsadpersonpodcast/?hl=en Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessandrakathrynsophia/?hl=en How I host my podcast (affiliate link): https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1303786 Logo (affiliate link): https://fvrr.co/3z01vUE Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #28 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. I'm back bb. Join me, Alessandra, as I make my very anticlimactic return, muse about where I've been + have an honest moment or two. It's really good to be back, you guys:) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. Links: Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappiestsadpersonpodcast/?hl=en Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessandrakathrynsophia/?hl=en How I host my podcast (affiliate link): https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1303786 Logo (affiliate link): https://fvrr.co/3z01vUE Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #27 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I close out the 2022 season, muse about my relationship with change + whine about people cutting down trees. This episode was definitely more sad than happy, but juxtaposition is the spice of life, right? :) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. Links: Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappiestsadpersonpodcast/?hl=en Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessandrakathrynsophia/?hl=en How I host my podcast (affiliate link): https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1303786 Logo (affiliate link): https://fvrr.co/3z01vUE Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #26 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open with the complaints surrounding my massive hangover, wonder if I will ever get over my imposter syndrome + question if there is such a thing as an ethical billionaire. This episode is all about the journey, baby. :) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. Links: Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappiestsadpersonpodcast/?hl=en Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessandrakathrynsophia/?hl=en How I host my podcast (affiliate link): https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1303786 Logo (affiliate link): https://fvrr.co/3z01vUE Support the show…
Send us a text Episode #25 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open with, of course, another ankle update, ruminate on why I hate my birthday + dig into my season of newfound discipline. This Thanksgiving episode, as always, is filled with high-highs and low-lows. :) As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com. Links: Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappiestsadpersonpodcast/?hl=en Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessandrakathrynsophia/?hl=en How I host my podcast (affiliate link): https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1303786 Intro/Outro (affiliate link): https://fvrr.co/3vNUJ2p Logo (affiliate link): https://fvrr.co/3z01vUE Support the show…
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