In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about:

• Coping mechanisms: are some worse than others? Where is the line?
• What happens when a planner can't make any plans?
• rachel's effusive declarations about indie sewing patterns
• Kendall's...disappointing COVID experience
• Why does it seem wrong to feel happy when people around the world are suffering?
• When it's helpful to compartmentalize
• Clarifying what you're actually feeling guilty about
• Happiness as self-care
• How much authenticity is too much, at work?
• The need for a mechanism for feeling hope
• Hitting that bucket list
• A song that changed the path of a life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXk5dXYw728
• A quick detour for hot tub recommendations and rap lyrics from Kendall
• The value of self-understanding, introspection, honesty
• Polarization for good and bad reasons
• Doing the little things that make you happy (like making a podcast with a good friend <3 )

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3