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AmeriNZ 371 – Make believe

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016This episode won’t be for everyone: In response to a voice message, I talk about my grief journey, including how it relates to something I talked about last time. However, I also talk about things I haven’t talked about very much (or at all), and some folk may find it confronting. Look after yourself and skip this episode if you need to.

I’ll be back at the end of the week with an episode about New Zealand’s recent local elections.

There’s a bit of static in parts of this episode, and I thought about re-recording, but decided to just go with it (it wasn’t as bad as one I DID re-record).

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Links for this episode
”Guilt trap” – My blog post on dealing with so much stuff.
“Rewiring the Brain in Grief” – By Sophia Dembling, Psychology Today.

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AmeriNZ 370 – Springing in the rain

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016This is a general sort of update today, starting with the inspiration for the title of this episode. After that, was last week as bad as I thought it might be?

Today I talk a bit about delays to my projects, one in particular, and why that particular one was so difficult for me to deal with.

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Links for this episode
”The third horrible anniversary” – My blog post on the Sept 20, and the change that happened this year.
”Guilt trap” – My blog post on my turmoil behind the scenes.

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AmeriNZ 369 – Change and Consistency

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016Things have changed—a lot. That’s the main thing I talk about today.

At the end of the episode, I mention a project I began that’ll become a topic—eventually. Oh, and welcome to Spring!

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Links for this episode
”London Bridge is down” – My blog post on the Queen’s death.
”National transitions” – My blog post on the proclamations of the new king.
”Other big changes in New Zealand” – The changes to the Covid Framework in NZ.
”27 years ago today” – The annual post about the day I first arrived in New Zealand.

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AmeriNZ 356 – Eine schwierige Zeit

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016This is probably the most “me” episode in a very a long time. I begin today with the obvious: Talking about where I’ve been, and why I wasn’t podcasting. It was personal.

I move on to talking about what I’ve been up to (including what may have contributed to my difficult time): I’ve been working on projects, and there’s an update to the solar energy project. There’s even a health update.

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Links for this episode
“COVID-19: Vaccine data” – This is the official data from the NZ Ministry of Health, updated weekly.
“Estimated population of NZ” – This is the source of the population estimate I use to work out the percentage of New Zealanders who have been vaccinated. It is from States NZ, a NZ Government entity, and the estimate is updated every three months.
“The secret war” – The blog post I read.
“Powerful news” – My latest blog post on the solar power project.
“Trying again” – The latest blog post on my health journey.
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Guest Spot on ArcherRadio: ‘Catching Up With Arthur’

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Last Friday (my time), I met up with Paul of ArcherRadio so we could record a new episode for his show, and “Catching Up With Arthur” is now available. It’s a long episode (roughly an hour and a quarter), of which the first 45 minutes is a chat about where I’m at, my journey through grief, etc. Paul asked me the one question I think’s a sort of the “elephant in the room” because one no one has asked it before, though I bet a lot of people are wondering about it (I’ll talk about that question in an upcoming blog post).

Paul and I last caught up like this back in 2018 (and it was also a long episode). We both had some challenges along the way, and for me, I wasn’t really interesting interest in podcasting for the past 18 months. Things are changing for me in so many ways, and returning to podcasting is among the most public.

Paul and I have been friends for a very long time, stretching all the way back to when I was a brand-new podcaster back in 2007. More adventures are planned.

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Link for this episode
ArcherRadio

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