Funnel Cake Brain Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:28:12 -0500 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2649574 en-us © 2026 Funnel Cake Brain yes 124e8f30-9378-5a18-ad10-e9862c21e204 michaeldavidcarpenter@gmail.com Carp episodic true Humorous and insightful self-improvement podcast focused on addiction, recovery, and self-actualization. 

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Mental Health, Addiction, Health, Sobriety, Humor, Comedy, Carp michaeldavidcarpenter@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/d6ehlllnp0bif2phmt8v5oij2myd?.jpg Funnel Cake Brain https://www.buzzsprout.com/2649574 Adjusting to the Disorder Adjusting to the Disorder Carp discusses rage-inducing tv mounts, mindsets and expectations that lead to misery, and some of the various diagnoses he's received, namely adjustment disorder, and how working with diagnoses as a tool for improvement rather than a label to identify ourselves with can be helpful in creating separation for growth. 

This episode focuses on openness and willingness to simply notice things and be willing to change. Reading out loud is also attempted and failed, but as we learned last week, practice makes perfect. 

]]> Carp discusses rage-inducing tv mounts, mindsets and expectations that lead to misery, and some of the various diagnoses he's received, namely adjustment disorder, and how working with diagnoses as a tool for improvement rather than a label to identify ourselves with can be helpful in creating separation for growth. 

This episode focuses on openness and willingness to simply notice things and be willing to change. Reading out loud is also attempted and failed, but as we learned last week, practice makes perfect. 

]]> Carp Buzzsprout-19773019 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0500 3336 full true Practice Makes Perfect Practice Makes Perfect The second episode of the podcast is actually the 6th dry-run attempt at figuring out podcasting. In going back through the practice episodes before publishing this one contained great content that was worthy of seeing the light of day. 

While this one doesn't follow exactly in the sequential order of things, it does contain useful exercises in NLP-type activities and discusses the importance of understanding the language we use internally that shapes our reality. 

]]> The second episode of the podcast is actually the 6th dry-run attempt at figuring out podcasting. In going back through the practice episodes before publishing this one contained great content that was worthy of seeing the light of day. 

While this one doesn't follow exactly in the sequential order of things, it does contain useful exercises in NLP-type activities and discusses the importance of understanding the language we use internally that shapes our reality. 

]]> Carp Buzzsprout-19772989 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2880 full true Syllabus Syllabus The first episode to get this podcast up and running! In this episode Carp discusses the plans for the show, a very brief history of his life, and the reason for the show's existence. 

Originally intended as a simple outline of things to come the episode evolves into a variety of other topics, which is a taste of things to come, as the show's ultimate format will be up to the impulses of the Funnel Cake Brain. 

So come along for the ride! Take some time to familiarize yourself with Carp, and his own personal best friend, Funnel Cake Brain, as they discuss how they've come to find themselves in the position they're in, and how on earth they plan on making it through this life. 

]]> The first episode to get this podcast up and running! In this episode Carp discusses the plans for the show, a very brief history of his life, and the reason for the show's existence. 

Originally intended as a simple outline of things to come the episode evolves into a variety of other topics, which is a taste of things to come, as the show's ultimate format will be up to the impulses of the Funnel Cake Brain. 

So come along for the ride! Take some time to familiarize yourself with Carp, and his own personal best friend, Funnel Cake Brain, as they discuss how they've come to find themselves in the position they're in, and how on earth they plan on making it through this life. 

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