Coffee in one hand, crochet hook in the other, mic on the desk, and cats underfoot — welcome to cozy chaos. I’m Stef: mom, maker, runner‑in‑training, and unapologetic chaos coordinator. We mix laughs, tangents, and real talk on parenting (kids and pets), creativity, and self‑care. Segments like Brews News, Shuffle Happens, and Stitch Happens make each episode a coffee date with a friend who gets the messy middle. New here? Ep 0 is just a Costco sample — start with Ep 5 for the full meal. ☕ Cozy ✅ 😂 Funny ✅ 📻 Segments ✅ 💡 Relatable
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This week we’re talking about trigger words — and not in the clinical sense. We’re talking about the specific words that have been so loaded with emotional charge that just hearing them shuts down your ability to think before you’ve even processed what’s being said. We break down the mechanism (yes, it’s Pavlovian, and yes, your fight reflex is the drool), who built it and who benefits from keeping you in reaction mode instead of asking the actual questions, and what it looks like to pause long enough to separate the word from the thing the word is pointing at. Because you cannot undo conditioning you haven’t clocked — and the pause you’re allowed to take is how you step around it.
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9 Oct 2026
Spinning Through Life Without Losing Your Stuff: Resilience and Humor
Resilience isn’t a superpower — it’s a skill. And one of the most underrated tools in that kit? Humor. This week we’re getting into what resilience actually looks like (not the throw-pillow version), why laughing at the chaos is a legitimate survival strategy, and how you build the bounce before you need it. Spoiler: it happens in the boring in-between moments, not during the crisis.
Music: “Don’t Worry” by Moire, provided by Uppbeat
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25 Sept 2026
How Nostalgia Gets Weaponized
Nostalgia feels like the most personal thing you own — it’s yours, it’s private, nobody can touch it. Except they can, and they have been for decades. This episode breaks down why nostalgia feels so good, how memory reconstructs the past rosier than it was, and how marketers, political messaging, and algorithms actively engineer that feeling to steer your choices. Plus a sausage gravy story that is the whole episode in one kitchen moment.
Music: “Don’t Worry” by Moire, provided by Uppbeat. ☕🧶
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