[The episode has three friends in it: Joey Svendsen, Amy Alderman, and Hayne Griffin and Stoy Prioleau]

Joey stands up for himself when a peer calls him a "fake pastor" for not having time to engage in a conversation, uncharacteristically responding to this guy with a bit of abrasiveness. Joey ponders with his friends whether the confrontation was necessary, helpful or good. Amy, Hayne, Stoy and Joey discuss confronting others as well as their personal comfort levels with times when it's necessary for them to do the confronting.

When close relationships go awry, Joey articulates why solidarity and support from others feels like a need. Amy shares why she believes some people are garbage and are deserving of being ghosted, Hayne processes confrontations the same way he processes mowing the lawn, and Stoy recounts a lesson that stuck with him, when he learned to listen more and speak less.

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[The episode has three friends in it: Joey Svendsen, Amy Alderman, and Hayne Griffin]

Joey read a book that captures the American history of adolescent girls' commitment to having the best possible body. You can check out "The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls" here.

With some of the book's contents as the context, Joey, Hayne and Amy talk through women's arduous struggle toward gender equality and how far along society has come, while Joey now having read this book, admits ignorance to many aspects of the challenge for women.

Amy opens up about some personal body image issues, personally relating to the societal research spelled out in this particular book. Joey and Hayne try to explain why they are not sexually attracted to 20 year olds and Amy gives her best shot at explaining why she thinks they are not.

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[This is an episode of a new podcast called "Roster Music Club Podcast." traditional PWNA Episodes coming back soon to this feed]

Please go listen to this episode on:
Spotify / Apple Music / Amazon

Go join the Roster Music Club now by going to RosterMusic.Club. (TRY FIRST MONTH FREE)

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Go subscribe to the Roster Music Club's Podcast Feed and listen to this episode there: Spotify I Apple Music I Amazon

Hey, PWNA Listeners,

My brother and I, alongside Jeremy Gould of Rumors Are True Podcast, are starting a new music club, Roster Music Club.

You can join today for a discounted price, official start is May 1st.

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[This episode has Amy Alderman, Stoy Prioleau, and Joey Svendsen]

Joey brought up his lack of interest in the WNBA as well as his unmatched preference for women's gymnastics over men's gymnastics as an ice breaker in this episode; but the conversation evolved and carried on into what "being a boy" and "being a girl means," as well as the impact of nature verses nurture in such matters. Joey shares a bullying situation from middle school and Joey and Amy try to understand what Stoy means in his "every behavior is acceptable" tirade.

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Steadfast Summit Conference (March 28th & 29th, Charleston Southern University)

Jessie Evans, M.Ed., LPC joins the podcast to discuss her work of bridging professional counseling with faith. Her and Joey discuss experiences (good and bad) they've encountered in how the church handles mental health issues. They also reflect on personal struggles in their own mental health and in the process discuss EMDR therapy, the importance of sleep, perinatal OCD, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and what can be learned from the Inside Out movies. Lots to learn from Jesse Evans on this one.

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[This episode has Hayne Griffin, Stoy Prioleau, and Joey Svendsen in it]

Stoy is quiet and usually disregarding of politics but the recent "meeting" with Trump and Zelensky has his head swirling, motivating him to "talk politics" with some fervor on this one. Hayne is very distrustful of politicians, the media, the church, and people who are "bought." He also reminds us all of some ancient wisdom about fear. And Joey just had to use this episode to get Stoy's reaction on hearing the doctrine of Calvinism for the first time.

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[This episode has Chip Judd, Roy Jacques and Joey Svendsen in it. It originally aired on Mental Health + Mission of the Church Podcast]

Chip Judd, friend of this podcast having made numerous appearances on it through the years, has had quite the recent life journey that could have ended his life, given his lungs were failing him. It's a story of a tragic loss of life with some redemption in it. Chip's life is no longer in danger, at least no more than the rest of us, but this new health status of his and "second chance" at life, came with a price.

Chip will be connected in the profoundest of ways to one who lost his life to a battle with mental illness, this being one of the very life challenges Chip was put on this earth to help bring hope and life to.

After Chip tells this story, with a mutual friend Roy, Chip and Joey talk through many physiological aspects of grief involving the brain, including what Chip believes to be an overuse of medication for people battling through seasons of grief.

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