Introduction - Family History Drama 📝

When we look over someone else’s life, we are amazed, we are awed, we are emotionally bedazzled at the ordeals they survived and even thrived through. Their life was normal…for them. As your crazy adventures in life will be for you. Part of your ability to be emotionally bedazzled by the life of another is the capacity to FEEL them as they might have experienced their circumstances. They want their lives to be learned from and appreciated for whatever value you can extract of it. Please don’t let the lives of your ancestors be only a name on a family tree or a blip on the radar that fades with each generational reset. I’m gonna tell you a little secret…there is a profound superpower to be had in making the “Dia de los Muertos” an everyday occasion. Read your ancestor stories, share them with your children. Remember them. Feel them. Learn from them. Because??? Guess why, History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. 

Transcript

Well…Sunny beaches OF South Florida… Hello and welcome to Feeling Your Oats, the podcast celebrating Life & Meaningful Enthusiasm ……. I am your host Travis Heaton, and the only man I know who….. almost trusted his life trajectory to a cookie….Let me explain

I got a fortune cookie once that read “you have a quiet and unobtrusive nature.” I thought wow that’s so…nope…that’s totally not me. (Just a side note… If you take life advice from a cookie, there’s some serious disconnect from reality AND you need more home cooked meals)

If’n I was being totally honest this podcast space is mostly a self serving endeavor to keep me from jabber boarding my best friend…and to proVide me with an outlet to chitter chatter, spout off, have diarrhea of the mouth, get it outta my system, or just simply chew the cud. It’s her time out, your time with me, and my therapy…and you’re welcome. 😂

By nature and self nurture I’m a pathological optimist. And i am very aware of that. And i know myself well enough to take myself with a grain of salt. 

For me there are very few things more pleasurable than “Feeling my oats” by enabling my Meaningful Enthusiasm.

With the one exception of biting into a ripe & juicy peach 🍑 Oooolalah. Nothing is better than that.😉Anywho….

…Let me start by telling you what Feeling Your Oats is not, it’s not a zen project, or a sensory trough experience…I am not sure how in the heck you would podcast those anyway…. Rather Feeling Your Oats: , is all about “life in motion”, being “self-full” and extracting meaning from the seemingly ordinary…yunno the turnip moments. Enabling Meaningful Enthusiasm from life takes intent and grit, but the figurative and literal frequency that results from Feeling One’s Oats is so worth it. And it becomes habitual.

If you are looking for a dose of daily giddyup then this is definitely the feed bag for you. Believe it or not, as Gay Hendricks would say, “Life is an INSIDE JOB”. Meaningful living is all about being present & selfful. If your life feels mundane, chaotic, or like you are stuck in a Groundhog Day scenario…you are in good company. You might be surprised to discover that even ordinary folks like you are doing extraordinary things. They are showing up everyday. They are going about their regular routines in stellar fashion. They are championing life in the routine of details. Whether you are married, single, divorced, widowed, shacked up, knocked up, parenting, struggling, lonely, content, or just a mixture of all things human, there is absolutely something here for you.

What can you expect from the “Feeling Your Oats” Podcast? Good Question. 

-Why I wanted to be a fire truck when i grew up.

-Enthusiasm vs excitement 

-Why everyone should adhere to the #1 rule of surfing

-Divorce Ethics

-Why Love needs arguments

-7 relationship questions everyone should ask before, during, and in retrospect. 

-Raising Children who have lost a parent.

-Why I love attending funerals

-The Mrs. Spendlove Effect.

-Bleeding the Turnips of life

-Living in Active Addiction Recovery

-Why you NEVER want to be a “nice guy/gal”

-The analogy of weeds

-Why my son once referred to me as Judas

And Sooooo much more….

If you’re looking to be edutained or entertated you’ve hit the Jackpot.

Please…Come on in and make yourself at home.

Follow us or Subscribe, whatever it is you’re medium requires, and stay a while, we’d love to have you as part of our family. 

Just one last question…Are you “Feeling Your Oats” today?