What an incredible year it has been. So many wonderful conversations with truly talented and hard working folks. I can't wait to bring you more in 2025 and to help more where and when I can.

If you had a chance to listen to any of the episodes this year, thank you. You also know that all of the guests I had on were truly amazing and inspiring. You can find all of them listed below:

Ep. 40 - Ann Alonso - https://www.instagram.com/arcasian__/
Ep. 42 - Zach Dayler - https://www.instagram.com/dayler/
Ep. 44 - Liz Clayton Fuller - https://www.instagram.com/ipaintbirbs/
Ep. 46 - Dom Laporte - https://www.instagram.com/driftmuralco/
Ep. 48 - Andrew Szeto - https://www.instagram.com/szetoszeto/
Ep. 50 - Brenda Dunn - https://www.instagram.com/artinjest
Ep. 52 - Leah Gibson - https://www.instagram.com/homebody_/
Ep. 54 - Gareth Davies - https://www.instagram.com/makerhouseco
Ep. 56 - Rachel Schneider - https://www.instagram.com/babe_rosss_art/
Ep. 58 - Vince Blando - https://www.instagram.com/cartoontherapy/
Ep. 60 - Matt Tweedy - https://www.instagram.com/toothandnailbeer/
Ep. 62 - Carrie Smith - https://crsmobilerehab.com/
Ep. 64 - Devyn and Derek Moses - https://www.instagram.com/mococustom/

This podcast is only as good as it can be with the help of every single one of these people. I am eternally grateful for them saying yes.

Here's to doing more cool shit as we move forward, but never forgetting to have time for a small breath and to admire exactly where you have come from.


Let me know what's going on: domorecoolshit.com


Thank you once again as well to the Doug Wallace (https://www.instagram.com/ol_fog_eye/) for creating and performing the music for this podcast.

You want to get some cool shit done you are going to have a more than a few things in your tool belt and one of those things is a great attitude. Having a great attitude is exactly why I was so excited to host Devyn and Derek for this conversation and to share it with you. It won't take you long to listen to this episode before you catch their energy and you understand why they have become as successful as they are. They have mastered the trade of building a thriving and supportive community, not only for themselves but for all kinds of creatives. They have done that, yes with positive and energetic attitudes, but also with consistency. From day one when they decided to start streaming and showing up, showing up for themselves and for others, they have not missed a day. Sure there are not so great days, but they chose this as work. Derek even said that is subconscious one day led him to just blurt out that after "work" he was going to do other things and both Devyn and Derek recognized that this was their path. I have always said and learned from others that when you truly enjoy what you are doing that you just keep doing it, no matter what. That is how you know.

I hope you enjoy this conversation, I hope you pull what you need from this conversation, and I hope most of all it inspires you to get out there and keep trying things even when you don't know what the outcome will be.

Thanks as always for listening (or watching.) I really appreciate each and every one of you who are on this journey to put more cool shit in this world.

Make sure and go check out MocoMade over at: https://www.twitch.tv/mocomade



Music is created and performed by: Doug Wallace

Cognitive fusion can seriously fuck us up. It can come in the form of anxiety, negative self talk, unregulated emotions, so much more and/or all of this together. So what is it and what can we do about it? Well cognitive fusion, simply put, is when we cannot separate our thoughts from who we are as a person. Cognitive fusion is the entanglement of our brain and our thoughts with who we are as individuals. Thus, COGNITIVE DEFUSION is all about releasing that thought pattern and helping us loosen the ties that these thoughts have on us.

If you can separate your thoughts from WHO you ARE as a person you can begin to examine these thoughts and poke fun at these thoughts. They can be OTHER. Cognitive defusion is about seeing the thoughts and NOT seeing the world through the thoughts.

Some of the practices I talk about in this episode are about

1. accepting the thought
2. noticing the thought
3. writing the thought down
4. making fun of the thought
5. making fun of your brain.
6. sharing these thoughts with a trusted friend.

This is long and tricky work but I hope you take it on because the more you practice it the better you get at it and I guarantee the happier and healthier you will be. If you are all those things then I absolutely am certain that you will make more space and room and time for MORE COOL SHIT!

Thanks again for listening to another episode, I hope you come back and that we can continue down our path of exploration and figuring out more fun ways to help more people do more cool shit.

Visit me at: domorecoolshit.com and let me know what you are up to.


Music created and performed by: Doug Wallace