The Kicked Can Generations Podcast
Join your eccentric Auntie Robin for this monthly podcast In which we will embark on what is called the Hero's Journey, to discover our true authentic self. For this revolution we are going to look at our belief systems, how we respond to things in our lives, learn how to control our emotions, learn how to heal our past trauma, connect back to your authentic self, and learn how to listen to your own inner voice instead of others. We will be utilizing a variety of methods based in Psychology, Cognitive Behavior therapies, Somatic exercises, Breathwork, various meditation, as well as a pinch of spirituality, learning what brings us joy, how to use your emotions as a tool for a better understanding of ourselves.
I am doing this podcast cause this last election I watched as the political parties of this country used our anger and frustration at the world in order to gain power. As a proud card carrying member of Gen X, I can tell you this all started when we were kids and has only gotten worse over the last 50 years. The current administration has several plans that they want to force through during their term. But every force has to deal with counter-force. Yet, Power, TRUE POWER is unmovable and is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests. Well the tempest lands Jan. 20th, and they want to keep us divided and angry so we don't rise up. But I have radical, bat-shit crazy, revolutionary idea that can change with world, and it starts with you. We have forgotten how to live OUR lives for ourself, and instead have succumbed to programing, ideal and traditions that have been passed down to from previous generations. The true revolution this time needs to start from with in each one of us. We must break from the past programing, and ideals that have been passed on to us. Cause the real reason we are angry is because we no longer believe or want the same things as the Boomer and generations before. It is not who WE are. But WE need to know WHO we are in order to CREATE a new future that Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha and every generation after us can thrive in. This is the last time the Boomers will be in charge, giving us 4 years to figure out what we want for our future. But before we do that. We need to clear out the bullshit programing from the world, our families, our friends, our work. The founding fathers original motto for the United States is a Latin phrase E Pluribus Unum or Out of the Many, One. And that is what I ask of all of you. We need to become ONE, but one with ourselves first. We need to see who are we and what do we believe in, we need to develop radical self love for ourselves, we need to clear out the programing that previous generations have put upon us, to see what we believe in, and to create something that has never done before. So we need to heal ourselves. So We The People, the many, can become one. So lets start a revolution and become one with ourselves. You ready my lil punks?
The Kicked Can Generations Podcast
Breaking Free
Boundaries blur between personal growth and societal anxieties in this raw exploration of transformation. Your Auntie Robin pulls back the curtain on her journey through therapy, marriage dissolution, and family reconciliation while drawing surprising parallels to our cultural moment.
The realization hits hard - this podcast has been documenting a profound personal evolution. Robin shares her practice of reparenting her inner child when facing fears and how she's come to accept that her elderly parents will never provide the emotional nurturing she needed. This revelation offers a powerful framework for listeners navigating their own family complexities: acceptance without requiring forgiveness.
The conversation takes an unexpected turn as Robin addresses young men directly with a heartfelt apology from older generations. While girls have been empowered since the 1990s, boys were unintentionally left behind, creating confusion about modern masculinity. This generational oversight doesn't mean female empowerment was wrong - rather that everyone deserves liberation from restrictive gender roles. Robin makes a compelling case that emotional suppression manifests physically as disease, affecting people across gender lines and providing biological evidence for abandoning outdated norms.
As Robin navigates selling her house, securing an apartment, and finalizing her divorce, she models authentic vulnerability by acknowledging her own shortcomings. "We can only do the best we can in that moment," she reminds us, while demonstrating how to grow through imperfection. Join this journey of becoming - becoming more authentic, more aligned with personal values, and more intentional about building genuine community. Keep it real, keep it punk, and discover how embracing your true self naturally attracts the connections you're meant to have.
KEEP IT PUNK, My Younglings!
Hey, my younglings, my little punks. It is I, your Auntie Robin, coming to you from the awkward lessons from my life, so welcome. Once I released the last episode, season two, episode three, I had an odd realization, one besides being relieved that I made it through that episode, because for some odd reason it was a minefield I did not want to go through. Yay, self-doubt and imposter syndrome. It's times like these. I wonder if my brain has the bandwidth for the shit that is life and what it is throwing at us right now, and I'm sure that you can relate to that. The other realization that I had is holy shit, I started doing this podcast September of 2024. This was a few months after talking to my soon-be ex about stepping up his therapy, because I felt like there was a distance growing between us because of my therapy. And once I got the courage to finally talk to him about it, he blew up at me. Then, in October, I tried to get him involved in the podcast, thinking, oh, this is something we can do together and maybe it'll bring us closer. After that episode, I realized I don't know if I can make this work.
Speaker 1:Then the election happened, had an awkward, intense Christmas with family because I had to go contact with my family for a bit, for like a year, and I had to try and heal all the crap inflicted from them. But then I had an epiphany during this time period that my parents are not capable, at 80 something years old, to give me the love and the respect that I need, and they're never going to be able to. And that's what it is. But there's also like a ticking clock of like how much time I get to spend with them. So I need to come to peace with our past and realize they did the best that they could with the knowledge that they had at the time. But I don't necessarily have to forgive them for their hurts and transgressions that they did, but accept the fact that they will never be able to give me what I need. In the past or even now, I had to learn how to reparent myself by talking to my inner child when I got scared and having to tackle something that I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing, which is a lot. Recently I recorded this whole fucking process and I didn't even realize until April's episode dropped. I just started doing last week some cringy ass videos. I'm trying to get used to be being seen again. It's a fucking hot minute since that has happened, and I'm being encouraged by my ancestors and my spirit guides to do that, even though it scares the ever loving shit out of me, because I'm sure this is going to be a shocking detail to you.
Speaker 1:But I have been bullied my entire fucking life, and not just from others. My worst bully was actually myself. Trust me, you can say anything more horrible than what I have said to myself back then. I can't even entertain that thought of berating myself anymore, for why do I want to make myself feel like shit? That is not the point in life. It is to have experiences and to evolve and expand. But here I am facing my delightful little and not so little fears that I can't die from. Some days you just gotta grow a vagina woman up, and I'm about to show you how badass Gen X women really are. Goddammit.
Speaker 1:I know it doesn't make much sense to focus on ourselves and not the world right now. Trust me, the political BS will still be there when it's all said and done when it's all said and done. But if you want to know why, you just need to look at JD Vance and our current political situationship. How can he go from hating Trump, saying that he's America's Hitler and that, as a Christian, everybody is watching us when we apologize for that man? One if you consider yourself a Christian, you should have standards, morals and boundaries that reflect your Christian faith. At least, that is what the good book says to do. Live as a beacon of your faith. Two Trump has not changed. Jd all of a sudden is Trump's boy. I know and understand that people can change their minds, but Trump has not changed. So why does JD Vance change his mind then, especially if he's calling himself a man of Christian faith? The only thing I can come up with is that he thinks that he's doing this for career advancement.
Speaker 1:And if you can be that easily swayed from your religious faith, then what do you stand for, jd? As the old saying goes, if you don't know what you stand for, you will fall for anything, especially if it gives you status, money or power and power. And that, jd, is what is leading you. But we have power in each of us and we need to find that power in ourselves and cultivate that so we can follow what we, the people, not what others want us to believe. Me, as well as other younger generations want social justice, equality, health care for all, affordable housing and a better work-life balance balance.
Speaker 1:As this is a little side note here to my young men who fully support Trump and the white wing branch of the Republican Party you deserve an apology from the older generations. Since the 1990s, girls finally got elevated and encouraged to find girl power, if you will. Girls finally got elevated and encouraged to find girl power, if you will. And we, unfortunately and unknowingly the world kind of left you behind. This was not an intentional slight, my dudes. This is not premeditated to hurt or stifle you. But here we are. You are now hurt and feeling confused about what your role is in the world, guys, and that generally has taken a few decades to realize. We fucked up on that. I need you to understand this. We did not fuck up on the fact that girls needed to be taught about their power. I need to emphasize that. But the fact that we left you behind is what the previous generations need to apologize for. So here it is from an old motherfucker my boys, my younglings, my millennials, my Gen Z, my Gen Alpha men, z by Gen Alpha Men, I and the generations before me deeply apologize for leaving you behind and left you floundering in your own darkness just looking for any kind of attention. Whether it's good or bad, that was not what should have happened, but shoulda, coulda, woulda is not going to fix this shit.
Speaker 1:Now we fucked up and we have found ourselves hating anyone who is different than you, sadly. So I'm asking you what is it that you truly believe? Do you really hate someone because of the color of their skin? And if so, how can you hate something that they cannot physically change about themselves? That is not a choice a person gets to make, the same way with women, so why hate on someone for that? Do you hate anyone who is different, smarter, better looking than you? Well then, maybe look at yourself and see how you can better improve yourself and step up. Dudes, which means it's something that you can also unlearn, because my dudes, masculinity and the male role in the world has been so ingrained into your programming.
Speaker 1:Men must be the breadwinners, provide for the family to be leaders, to be in charge, to show strength and dominance and suppress their emotions. But over the last several years, we've come to the realization that suppressing one's emotions isn't exactly good for anyone and often is the cause of dis-ease in your body. Women show disease that suppresses our immune system, which protects our health system, which protects our health, but when you're not feeling protected in your life, this shows up as lupus and other immune-compromising diseases. Repressed emotions also tax our nervous systems, with anxiety, depression, leading to more serious disorders like MS, parkinson's, epilepsy. So I think we can all agree that suppressing one's emotions is a bullshit belief, for we are here to face our emotions and clear them out occasionally. So welcome to the party men.
Speaker 1:Women have been clearing out cultural bullshit for what seems like a millennia. I know that that's an exaggeration, but goddamn, it just never ends with the bullshit that is and this is the problem we need to find a solution to. We are working on outdated norms from eons ago. They don't work anymore. The majority of us do not have a staff of people working for us to make our lives easier. We are all put into gender roles that we didn't define and, to be honest with you, why does it even need to be defined? Why do we have to define everything? And if so, why is life not reflecting that? That's a question I would really love answered. And if the real goal in life is to have life experiences, then why is it not reflected in the modern mirror? Just because it has been done this way forever doesn't mean it has to continue. We can be the change we want to be. It is time the world reflects our vision, not others from the past. That, quite frankly, doesn't work anymore.
Speaker 1:So, my punks, what are we going to do about this? By figuring out ourselves and our beliefs, we can finally become one with ourselves, and once we are one with ourselves, we can build our communities, because we are truly authentically being us us. Well, they can leave, and the ones that are meant for us will be with us, which is the whole fucking point. I'm going to leave you on that note because I'm still knee deep in bullshit and this mama has got to get this house packed. But at least things are moving forward. I've got an apartment lined up, the house is sold, we have a closing date and a date for divorce court, so full steam ahead.
Speaker 1:My younglings, sorry again for this flaky ass bullshit that I have to put you through. Please be aware how much I hate doing crap like this, but we all have to admit sometimes we can't physically do everything all at once. We can only do the best that we can in that moment. But this will be something I will be working on in myself, because I hate it when people do this kind of bullshit to me. So why the fuck am I doing it to you? Is what I will be working on during this next month.
Speaker 1:So we'll see how this improves. See, this is how we improve. This is how we try to be better than the day before, and it's okay to say I have fucked up. We all have, and I'm sure we'll all do it again. You just got to dust yourself off and get back and try again. So I hope you'll join me again next month as I am becoming something Not exactly sure what I'm becoming, but we're becoming. So follow me to see how the journey goes, and if you want to start your own journey, let's do it my little punks, but remember, keep it real, keep it punk, and I'll see you next month.
