For Thought's Sake

What responsibility do content creators have to put trigger warnings on their content if everyone is responsible for themselves and their own consumption? Do mantras and affirmations have more potency when they correlate to astrology? What does your body/mind/spirit need to feel in order to integrate? 

Does the holiday season make you a bit anxious? Us too. Between office parties, family gatherings, and countless other social situations, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and overstimulated.  In this episode, Alex and AJ provide skills to help you respond to the behaviors of others and take care of yourself, including: tricks for getting out of conversations, skill rehearsal, and going inward to become your own peacemaker. It's all about giving your brain options instead of orders. 

Kaley Hatfield (@kaley_hatfield) is a professional dancer and health and wellness coach. In this episode she discusses how she was conditioned to be her harshest critic and how she has learned to overcome that. She believes that health encompasses mind, body, and soul and becoming your healthiest self starts with unearthing your real reasons for wanting change. When people come to her saying they want to get in shape, they usually have surface level reasons, but lifestyle changes are for the long game. It is up to us to make the decision to continually choose ourself in working towards lifestyle changes and goals that are motivated from a deep intrinsic place. You can find Kaley here: www.kaleyhatfield.com 

Alex and AJ have both had an increase in energetic and spiritual experiences lately and discuss what they have been feeling in regards to them. Alex and AJ’s human forms are data driven and it makes it a challenge to trust their intuitive and divine guidance since they don’t take spiritual encounters lightly or treat them with whimsy. AJ has been receiving messages through clairvoyance and clairsentience, while Alex has been seeing auras again. They also discuss the difference between anxious thoughts and guidance, and how spirit, intuition, and the souls of others try to get your attention through music.     

Alex and AJ discuss fitting in and feeling a sense of belonging with others. Whether it's at work, with a group of friends, or even with a perceived identity - how do we feel like we belong? And are we the ones creating a false reality with our own judgements about how well we fit in? Join us as we come up with different theories about what it means to fit in and whether we actually want to fit in. This episode brings up a lot of questions and will probably need to be followed up with a Part 2 episode! We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this topic, too! @alexandrajthomsen @forthoughtssake

Alex and AJ recap Season 1 of For Thought's Sake. Join them for some behind the scenes stories and hear the spooky reason why they didn't release an episode about sleep and dreams. They also discuss how rage was a motivator to finally record the first episode of the podcast, how the entire season was guided by intuition and finding flow, as well as things to get excited about for Season 2!  

Stephanie Neutze is an energy healer, vegan & gluten free baking queen, lover of pottery, and deep feeling human. She is striving to simplify her life and in this episode she shares exactly how she is doing that. Her checklist for simplifying her life includes things like: asking your heart and body what it needs each day, setting boundaries, and having accountabili-buddies! Stephanie says, “Simplifying doesn’t necessarily mean deprivation or living without, but it may mean living more mindfully, leaning into what lights you up, and listening to the whispers of your heart.” If you’re feeling the need to find your way back to yourself, this episode is for you!

When Alex was 12 her whole life flipped upside down. Her youngest sister was born and she moved from city life in Canada to rural life in central California. In this episode, Alex describes how she mentally became a "mother" and skipped over her teenage years in true 13 going on 30 fashion. Tune in to hear her theory about going back and reliving a time in your life that you didn't fully experience. 

Do you find it difficult when in a relationship to practice your own self-care for fear of seeming selfish or inconsiderate for not meeting your partner's needs first? In this episode, Alex and AJ discuss all things codependency. They go through clinical and "buzzword" definitions of codependency, signs to tell if you are in a codependent relationship, and what is needed in order to be okay with filling your bucket first. Hint: it involves honest communication, intention, and navigating your own headspace. 

Kevin Meehan calls himself a corporate dropout. He left the tech world six months ago and is in the process of figuring out what he wants to do next. In this episode, Kevin opens up about his current journey where people are questioning his choices and he feels like he's trekking through an existential wilderness. We discuss consciously choosing what makes you happy, how to handle the opinions of others with grace, ways to combat fear of the unknown, and following your internal compass.  

When we are anxious, stressed, or experience trauma, our bodies are often the first thing to alert us to something being wrong. Sometimes the aches and pains in our bodies are really a manifestation of what is going on subconsciously in our minds. In this episode, Alex shares the story of how she discovered an early childhood trauma that disguised itself as undiagnosable leg pains. With time and patience Alex was able to rid herself of the mysterious pain that plagued her for twenty years. 

Kelsie Koziol is a professional dancer, aerialist, fire performer, and acrobat who knows that her outward sexiness stems from her internal honesty and vulnerability. In this episode, Kelsie shares her journey from depression and substance abuse to actively choosing the life she wants. We discuss embracing your sexuality and your body, rewiring thought patterns, and being your most authentic self despite how others may perceive you. 

Alex Cantone is the creator of The Conscious Parent Guide (@theconsciousparentguide), where she helps parents navigate the world of parenting with ease through a more conscious lens. She is a developmental specialist, inclusive education advocate, intuitive healer, and human design chart reader. In this episode, Alex and Alex discuss what conscious parenting is, how settling for trying to parent just a little bit better than our parents did isn't going to cut it, and how our aversion to a child's behavior is often a reflection of something we need to address within ourselves. You'll definitely want a pen and paper to write down the many nuggets of wisdom in this episode! 

What happens when Alex and AJ don't talk for a month? This episode is what happens! We aren't your typical peeps catching up on what's been going on in our day to day lives. Instead, we bounce around thoughts and ideas. In this episode we discuss: body image, monogamy and polygamy in the animal kingdom, the Five Love Languages, martyrdom in relationships, Alex's body shaming experience, and using television as a coping mechanism. 

In the first ever episode with a guest, Alex interviews Taylor Marsden! Taylor (aka @copywritertay) is a freelance copywriter who has been living the boss babe life since 2014. She is the OG when it comes to being a digital nomad and knows a thing or two about how to keep yourself motivated when you are your own boss. In this episode, Alex and Taylor discuss the struggles that come along with being a freelancer including: how to maintain your own health and wellbeing, how to find connection with others, and how to motivate yourself to be the female entrepreneur you always dreamed you’d be.

What do you do when your head is spinning? After the turmoil of that Mercury Retrograde season, Alex now feels like her life is a bit out of sorts. AJ comes to the rescue to help her process through what to do when you feel like you are drowning and don't know how to keep your head above water. They discuss their respective experiences throughout March (when Mercury was in retrograde), how to calm your nervous system, anxiety and depression in relation to motivation, how "should" is a bullsh*t word, how we need to be wary of the ways we use social media, and the importance of having a support system in place when you are in the thick of it. 

High school sweethearts. Married at 20. Divorced at 27. Reunited. Separated. Reunited. . . The story of this Twin Flame journey is a doozy! Tune in as Alex embarks on her first solo episode to share the story of her journey with the love of her life. 

In this episode, Alex and AJ discuss the ways we experience anxiety when it comes to friendship. In deeper relationships that you care about. how do you interact with someone when you have your own life circumstances going on that hinder you from being the friend you think you are expected to be? How do you handle the anxiety that may result from asking those questions? Alex and AJ open up about the ways they handle friendship which includes boundary setting, what it means to have expectations, reciprocity in friendships, and the role of fate, synchronicity, and the universe when it comes to friendship. They also discuss anxiety in relation to how we interpret text messages and social media responses from friends, which can actually be similar to the anxiety we may feel when face to face with friends. At the end of the episode they go through a checklist of questions you can ask yourself to help make decisions in regards to participating in social events with friends when you are experiencing anxiety surround