Join Turg and Randy Z as they blow bubbles and exchange giggles with their guest Chris McMullen (aka Seth Brundle) — television personality, expert lifestyle content creator, chef and fashion professional — and discuss transitions, learning your lessons, establishing your worth and… Read More
Join Turg and Randy Z as they get to know their guest Veronica Meza Tolentino – President and Co-founder of Dude Be Nice a socially conscious and unique designer clothing company – and discuss the basics of leveraging your passion and creativity to start completely over while going through an incredible amount of change and… Read More
Join Turg and Randy Z as they journey through the avant-garde and the fear of being thirty in an era of experimentation and risk taking in exploring the depth of experimentation with their guest – songwriter, producer, and engineer Lorenzo Gordon – who shares his peculiar journey en route to his present day successes and Read More
Join Turg and Randy Z as they finally get around to discussing a topic that has been demanded by listeners near and far – making friends. When you hit 30, it’s not easy making friends. So how do you do it? Tune in and find out!
Join Turg and Randy Z as they chat with their guest Brenda Gonzalez – the co-creator of the Tamarindo Podcast and proud civil rights advocate – about growing up undocumented, caught between circumstance and the law and learning to maximize every opportunity to help adjust to a world that doesn’t quite understand your situation.
Join Turg and Randy Z as they identify that learning from change is an important part of the 30s – especially change that originates from the circumstances surrounding each of us throughout our journey. This week, their guest Betsy Aimee – the co-founder and Chief Content Creator of the Born in June Creative and host of The Currently podcast – gets deeply personal in sharing her life experiences from her 20s to her 30s. Read More
Join Turg and Randy Z as they rediscover the hardships of turning 30 all over again with their guest Jayce Baron. Jayce – an LGBT community thought leader, social entrepreneur and newly inducted member of Talk Thirty Nation – covers his wide range of experiences throughout his journey to share how his success has come about. Read More
Join Turg and Randy Z as they sit down with their guest Justin Riley as they discuss the obstacles toward our career and personal successes. When jobs get in the way of life and you’re forced to make a decision that may not agree with societal norms, what we eventually decide will redefine our 30s. Read More
So, it’s March of 2018. Turg and Randy have been on hiatus since late in 2017. This is the anti-climactic way in which we kick off the 3rd Season of Talk Thirty To Me. In this episode, they discuss how they broke into 2018 with somewhat of a new year funk. A lot has happened since our listeners last heard from their faithful hosts and a lot of those happenings have contributed to the funkiness plaguing your beloved hosts.
Randy has still been struggling to find a house to buy. It’s not that he can’t, but it almost seems as the world is actively working to thwart his home buying efforts. Turg, on the other hand, doesn’t know where his funk stems from. He tried hitting the ground running in 2018 and failed miserably to gain any sort of traction to help propel him through the first three months of the year.
Turg discusses his 2017 goal setting approach and how he maximized his execution during one of the most challenging years of his life. So, what changed? The answer is simple, sometimes we don’t know why things tend to plateau into this kind of funk consuming both Turg and Randy. It seems that no matter what was planned and supposed to happen didn’t happen. Is this a product of Turg and Randy’s doing or was it just coincidence?
Turg and Randy discuss careers and how sacrifice impacts all aspects of someone’s personal life to the extent that it has far reaching effects not realized right away. When do you throw in the towel and start looking for a change? Do you ride it out or make that change happen? Some tips to make sure we are not getting stuck in a funk:
Know your worth – either in the workplace or at home, make sure you have the confidence to reinforce your talents. Try to stay away from social media and environments that may weigh down on your confidence levels. Work to rebuild the trust in yourself.
Challenge yourself to succeed – the most beneficial thing to do is challenge yourself to succeed at a task or pursuit that has helped discourage you from moving on with your life. The first rule of getting defunkified is to set simple goals to accomplish, helping lead you toward you ultimate goal.
Keep your mind occupied – the last thing you need when you’re in a funk is an idle mind. Keep yourself busy by trying to stay active either in the gym or at home. Find friends and family members to support with your efforts. Try to disengage from social media as it leads to less activity overall.
Turg discusses his form of therapy by way of buying his happiness or distracting himself with projects. What did Turg do? He went out and bought a bike frame and built it up from scratch to try and distract himself. Did it work? Doesn’t seem like it did. And to make matters worse, it now serves as a constant reminder that he is stuck in a rut.
Randy mentions a key aspect of dealing with a funk – admit you’re in a funk. Being honest is the strongest tool to getting past this funk. The other thing he mentions is putting yourself to work. Again, another form of distraction therapy. When that didn’t work, he shut everything down and let himself heal. Taking time away from projects and obligations often helps us forget about the burdens that are associated with taking on too much. Not only is it beneficial to take a break, it could possibly reinvigorate your passion.
Therapy is a necessary part of growing older. It doesn’t always have to be looked at in a negative light. Sometimes finding a style that works for you is an important part of choosing the right therapy for you – as Randy puts it. Have you ever tried therapy, or another means of soothing over issues in your life? Is it something that you share openly with others or keep close to your chest?
Even though we are still on hiatus for the season it doesn’t mean we haven’t been working diligently to get everything settled for the launch of Talk Thirty To Me – Season 3. While things are still brewing in the background, the guys over at Life of Dad wanted to take some time to get to know me better. And of course, being a dad I obliged. I also took hold of the opportunity to get to know my fellow dad community as well as the two host dads – Art Eddy and Ryan E. Hamilton. It’s such an awesome community and I had a great time sitting down and discussing what it meant for me to be a dad – especially a Millennial dad.
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton bring on Anthony Turgman one of the co-hosts from the Talk Thirty to Me Podcast. They talk to Anthony about his goal is to become a leader of his generation as well as a role model to those around him. He actively challenges himself to become better at what he does everyday as well as continuing to grow his love and devotion toward his amazing wife and children.
So, tune in to the Life of Dad Aftershow Podcast as we discuss what it means for me to be a Millennial and a father; a topic that is becoming more and more relevant in society each and every day and, surprisingly, needs more attention.