Self Lovin with Aunty Robin
Join your eccentric Aunty 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?
Self Lovin with Aunty Robin
Self-Love Revolution with Aunty Robin with Moxie, Martinis, and Microsoft Vista
Ready to become unfuckable with? That's the revolutionary ideals at the heart of Auntie Robin's new podcast direction. Saying goodbye to Kicked Can Generations Podcast, she's embracing a fresh path focused on fierce self-love and challenging beliefs that no longer serve us.
Drawing inspiration from her great aunt who "gave zero shits" about others' opinions, Robin explores how genuine self-love creates an internal compass that makes external validation unnecessary. This powerful stance contrasts sharply with our current leadership and culture, where constant approval-seeking reveals a profound lack of self-worth.
Through vivid storytelling, Robin takes us on a journey through American decades—from the community-centered 1970s where local businesses extended credit based on trust, through Reagan's 1980s that ushered in corporate dominance and religious fervor, to today's struggle where multiple jobs barely support a basic lifestyle. Her Gen X perspective offers unique insights on how our relationship with work, community, and self-worth has fundamentally shifted.
The podcast delivers refreshing candor about dating, authenticity, and the courage to walk away from connections that don't resonate. "Not everybody on this planet has to like you, and you have to be okay with that," Robin advises, encouraging listeners to show up genuinely in all interactions to attract their true people.
Perhaps most compelling is her reframing of our current national breakdown as an opportunity: "All systems kind of have to come down and we get to rebuild it the way the people want to rebuild it." She particularly celebrates Gen Z for challenging corporate power structures and pushing for necessary change.
Whether you're questioning your relationship with work, wondering why dating feels so difficult, or simply tired of seeking validation from others, this podcast offers a roadmap to becoming confidently, authentically yourself. Join Auntie Robin as she helps us upgrade from our outdated "Microsoft Vista" operating system to a life based on self-love, authentic connection, and meaningful experiences.
Sometimes you gotta be adult in the room to say something. Silence = Death.
Hello and welcome to the KitKat Generations podcast with your Auntie Robin. Actually, this is a fond farewell to the KitKat Generations podcast with Auntie Robin. I'm going to let that one go. That was actually made in a different time period and, honestly, I can't even recognize that person who did that podcast. But it still has some good information on it. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to leave some of those episodes up and you can definitely check them out. If you want to know how to deprogram yourself, question your beliefs a little bit, discover about ancestral trauma, feel free and check that shit out. Okay, it's up there, it's waiting for you. Feel free to do it, because this is basically what I went through in order to get to where I'm at now, which is a healed ass. My ass is healed. What we're going to do is we're going to convert this podcast into something else. It's going to be a different kind of podcast. Let me just get out my Jack Black theme music app and play it's Self Lovin' with Auntie Robin.
Speaker 1:One of the reasons why I call myself Auntie Robin is because of my great aunt. She was an amazing woman. I mean, she was the only person that I ever knew that actually stood up for herself, gave zero shits and I do mean zero shits, what you thought about her and she was incredible. My mom absolutely hated her. I absolutely loved her Because she is one person that I never met anybody who had such moxie I mean, she had moxie, she could just, she was just delightful. She was not afraid to stand up to people, she was not afraid of just taking it and just going balls to the wall and enjoying every single minute of it and just had fun and joy of life. And it was really funny because one time my parents decided to drop me off at her house and she was going to watch me and she had a lake house, so it was really nice because we got to just sit on the dock. She basically sunbathed the entire time and I was able to just jump in the water whenever I wanted to and go for a swim, or I could go fishing off the dock and it was amazing.
Speaker 1:And one time she's just like honey, go make me a martini. And I'm just sitting here going like auntie, I don't know how to make a martini, I'm eight and she's just like oh, honey, honey, you need to have life skills. You need to have life skills. That's all there is to it. That's it. Your auntie is going to teach you how to make a martini. Come on, let's go.
Speaker 1:So she's teaching me how to make a gin martini and she even lets me try it. And I didn't realize what gin was and I didn't understand the herbaceousness of it, shall we say, and I'm just kind of like and it burned and I didn't understand it. She's just sitting here going like that's okay, you'll understand it when you're older and I'm like okay, so I was basically her bar back for the summer and it was just so much fun. She just let me be me so and it was just great time and she's a wonderful lady. I hope that I can honor her with having at least just a little bit of moxie and can show you guys that side and what that is like, because we need a little more moxie, because we can fight this shit. That's all I'm saying. We can fight this shit, something that I've noticed with the current administration, and it's not just the person in charge, it is every single person underneath.
Speaker 1:There is a serious lack of self-love within all of these people and, if you think about it, each and every single one of them has to have external validation in order to get the love that they feel. It's kind of sad, but think about it. Every single person needs external validation. If you truly love yourself, you don't need validation from other people. You trust yourself enough to know that what is right, what is wrong. Because you have an internal compass within yourself. Because, remember, if I have one finger well, actually, two fingers pointing at you, there are three fingers pointing right back at me. So I may be pointing at you, but I'm also pointing at myself as well, because I've had to come across these things and have tried to figure out how to heal those things within myself. And you want to know something by loving yourself fiercely and without question, I have been able to be unfuckable. Because you can't fuck with somebody who knows their worth, who knows their value.
Speaker 1:Trump doesn't know his value. He's still trying to prove to his dad that he's worthy of all this money. But how many times has he lost this money? How many loan negotiations has he had to do? That's about. The only thing he can really do is negotiate a loan. That's it. And when he does that, he's even lying about it. It's kind of sad, it's kind of depressing, but that's also his life and that's his situation. That's also his life and that's his situation. That's his circumstances and he has to deal with that. I can't deal with that for him. This entire fucking country can't deal with that for him. He has to deal with that within himself. Is he going to no At the AGS? No, he's not. He's 76. Or I don't remember how old he is, nor do I care, but this is part of the problem. We don't love ourselves and we need to start loving ourselves just a little bit more. It helps Squirrel.
Speaker 1:It kind of felt like the older generations have really done us a disservice over the years and it basically it's my parents which would be boomers. They haven't taught us well, they haven't served us well. They're at the end of their lives, to be honest with you, to be honest with you, and they're in power. But we're the ones next to be in power. My little ones, I really want you to think about what it is that you want in your life. What is it that you want within your government, what is it that you want to feel? Because life is supposed to be about experiences and it hasn't been that since I was a kid.
Speaker 1:Luckily, I have a unique perspective growing up in the 70s, so this is going to be a little segment that we call it's Storytime with your Auntie Robin Storytime. So welcome to Storytime with Auntie Robin Storytime so welcome to Storytime with Auntie Robin. So the 70s was definitely a different time era. Luckily, I got to grow up as a kid during this era, from basically childbirth to eight is when I was participating in the seventies. Now, a lot of times during the seventies kids were supposed to be seen, not heard. I did a lot of observing of the adults my parents, their friends, so basically the boomer generation. When they were my age now or younger, they definitely had a different way of life and I think that what we're doing now the younger generations and I got to say I got to give you guys props, serious props.
Speaker 1:Millennials. For those who had Gen X parents and boomer grandparents, my deepest apologies. We did you wrong Because you have to think about parenting. We did you wrong Because you have to think about parenting. We have a tendency to overcorrect the things that we think our parents did wrong. Think about that. So most boomer parents basically just let us run free range during the 70s and they were just like come back home when the lights come on. That was pretty much the family motto, I think, across the board for most gen xers, with a few exceptions.
Speaker 1:But it was just a really weird time period. Who you had, morals, you had love and compassion for your neighbors. You actually had communities back then, which is something that we really don't have now, and I believe that that is by design and has become more of a design as time has gone on, and it's something that we now have to back up and fix. Sorry, a lot of the stuff we have to back up and fix. Sorry, a lot of the stuff we have to back up and fix and make a little stronger, because there's definitely some holes here. The 70s was a lot more heart-led, I would say, than like the 80s.
Speaker 1:So I kind of vaguely remember some of the things that happened during the 70s and how interesting it was, because I remember my parents would actually buy their groceries on credit near the end of the month. Now, my dad was a high school art teacher, my mom, as all of you would say, a good little housewife. She stayed home with the children. We got paid at the beginning of the month and then by the end of the month. We would end up having to scrape by to get like groceries and everything like that. So what ended up happening is the local grocery store that we had would actually write in a notebook. They would write your name, how much in groceries you took if you were able to pay any of it today, and then the date that you were going to pay it back. They had this list and that was their credit list and my mom would literally just be like I only have like 25 bucks. It's just like can I put the other five on credit? And they're just like when are you going to get paid? And it's like the first of the month. Will you be in on the first of the month? Absolutely. So they would write it all down and then my mom, on the first of the month, would come in with the five bucks. It was nuts, but it wasn't just that. Like the local gas station would do that for us too, and other people as well, not just my family, other families within the community. They would seriously do this for us If you were a little short or something like that. You paid what you could and then you paid the rest back when you can, and the thing is is that you paid it because they were doing you a solid, so you have to do the solid, and it worked out.
Speaker 1:But then the eighties came around and Reagan took office and everything started shifting. All of a sudden, welfare was a problem. Like the moms on welfare were an issue. Actually, just families on welfare were an issue. They were feeding off the system, and this is when corporations, as well as religion, started their rise. Now, tv evangelicals were really starting to take off in the 80s and I swear to God, reagan had them over, and I swear that one of the reasons why we are at where we're at today is because they prayed for the soul of this nation to be saved. I'm not joking. I really honestly think that that is how they phrased it and I think they thought that they were the ones who was going to save this. But I don't think that's the way it's going to work.
Speaker 1:Just a little hint I grew up in religion. I grew up in a Baptist church. So I grew up in religion. I grew up in a Baptist church. My family took me because they said it was important to know what people are very passionate about, and one of those things is religion, and you need to know people's different religions in order to see where they are passionate about and what their morals and standards are. Now, moral and standards, now, I don't think really exist, and the reason why I don't think that they exist is because a lot of us don't love ourselves enough in this time period, because we have literally had corporations break us down in order to sell us more stuff, so they make us feel like shit in order to fill the void of the emptiness that we feel within ourselves that they created, we now can fill it with their shit. So that brand new car, that certain look you want to look, it's just like it is just to fill that empty void within yourself. But if you actually love yourself, you don't question that, you don't question your value, you don't question your beliefs. You actually have standards and you expect people to kind of raise up to those standards, and that, I think, is something that we are severely lacking. Hot take. But let's get back to Reagan Now.
Speaker 1:The evangelicals were praying for salvation of our great country. From there, what has ended up happening is that they have become into power. They have approached everything in the way of hatred and not loving your brother. So I kind of question your religion, because every religion says that you're supposed to go out and be a prophet for God. Now, when I think of a prophet for God, your actions and your words match. They speak together. So I am not out of alignment with God's words. My actions and his words match energy. I don't know of too many Christians right now who actually have that. I haven't seen it in a really long time since the seventies. Honestly, there's been a few people kind of scattered here and there, but it's very rare to actually see somebody truly authentically embracing that. Think about it. When was the last time you met somebody like that? It's been a while. It's been too damn long. Tell me I'm wrong.
Speaker 1:So from the TV evangelicals and the religious fervor of the 80s, we have now moved into the 90s. The religious fervor of the 80s, we have now moved into the 90s. Okay, so the 90s were even more so superficial than the 80s were. It was all about heroin, chic Grunge. Everything was just really dirty in the 90s for some odd reason and I never fully understood like why. It just didn't make any sense to me. The 90s were kind of yeah, fun in fashion, great in music, but just kind of shite in everything else.
Speaker 1:At this point, gen X is just getting into school, getting out of college and trying to start their careers. At this point, what has ended up happening is that the student loans that they had actually started becoming predatory loans while we were in school. Thanks, guys, appreciated that, and also thank you, biden, for fixing some of that and fuck the current administration for doubling down on uh, corruption. Thanks Also, in the nineties there was Woodstock I the revival, revival of woodstock, let's just say now this is just after gen x is getting out of college and we literally burnt that shit to the ground. That was not a joke. We literally burnt that shit to the ground. Thanks, lump biscuit, uh, my generation. We literally burnt that shit to the ground. Thanks, lump Bizkit, my generation.
Speaker 1:Basically, we burnt that motherfucker to the ground because we realized at that point that we had been lied to our entire lives that if you work hard, if you do well, you're do well. You know you're going to get that job, you're going to get that family, you're going to get that house, you're going to get that car, you're going to have a life and it's going to be glorious. It's just going to be so amazing. And you want to know something? There were no jobs when we got out of college. We struggled to find jobs. They kept saying that we're being lazy Squirrel. I'm just trying to tell you. This shit has been going on since I graduated from high school. In college, it has not improved. In fact, it has gotten 10 times worse. That is the only thing that has happened. Before the nineties, you could get away with one job, just one job, but by the time the nineties came around, you needed two jobs in order to make a living. Now I think we're up to like three or four.
Speaker 1:How are you supposed to have a life? You know life isn't supposed to be about work. Life let me give you a little hint here is actually supposed to be about lived experiences. You decide that you want to take part in. That isn't work. I want to take part in art. I want to take part in music. I want to take part in art. I want to take part in music. I want to take part in experiencing things the taste of food, how you grow the food. But this isn't what we get. Instead, we have all this processed food that isn't good for you in any way, shape, form or fashion, even if I try and do whole foods.
Speaker 1:Is it genetically modified? Because if so, if it's genetically modified, my body may not be able to break it down as much as I love. Okay, the fact that they were trying to solve world hunger and that was the original premise of this it was originally to solve world hunger in the African nations essentially is what we were told when we were growing up as kids that why they needed to modify grains is because if we modified the grains and made it more resilient, then it would be able to grow in many different environments and we wouldn't have any of these droughts or famines or anything like that. So this would kind of help reduce that. Okay, but now here we are, 30, 40 years later and we have an increase in gluten allergies. Did you ever think that maybe it's the grains that we're using, the stuff that we use to make pasta? It's wheat Modified, wheat, genetically modified. But the crazy thing was is that when they started doing this in the 80s, it ended up losing a lot of farms because of it, because the companies like Monsanto Squirrel.
Speaker 1:But I have mad respect for Gen Z because you have managed to do something that we tried but didn't do very well, but you are managing to piss off corporate America. Chef's kiss to you. It's beautiful. I have absolutely loved every single moment of watching them bitch about you guys, and it has been fantastic. You guys stay strong on this, please. It needs to change. It has got to change.
Speaker 1:It was shit when I was young, okay, and that has been 30, 30 years, okay, yeah, well, 33 years. So I'm 53., yeah, 33. Yeah, close enough. Math. Anyway, they just needed to figure shit out.
Speaker 1:It isn't supposed to be this difficult. Life really is supposed to be simple. Do you want to know what it is? I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Come here, come here. We are meant to live life and have experiences, not work experiences. Experiences, that is not just work. That is not just work. It is not just play. It is experiences. We have not really been allowed to do that and if you think about it like, our school systems are really just supposed to help us decide, as kids, what we like. I mean, that's it. It's just.
Speaker 1:Am I good at math? Am I good at science? Am I good at baking? Am I good at auto mechanics? Am I good at welding? Am I good at woodwork? At auto mechanics? Am I good at welding? Am I good at woodwork? Do I like building more? Do I like analytical stuff more? Do I like thinking with my brain? Do I like leading with my heart? What do I like to do? That's all that school is supposed to be. It's supposed to discover your inner abilities of what you're here to do for the planet. I mean, each one of us is part of a community and each one of us has a gift. Each one of us has a talent and you're supposed to discover that talent in in school, to figure out what it is that you can bring uniquely to the world. That is just from you. And you want to know something. Sometimes it's really small shit. It is like being a plumber and all of a sudden something bursts and you have to help out this person. And you do, and you want to know something. It makes a difference in their lives. It doesn't have to be huge. There's not like a huge global impact to everything that we do. Like a huge global impact to everything that we do.
Speaker 1:I just have a little side note here for Gen Z during story time here. I am so fricking proud of you guys. I really got to say this. You guys do not get enough credit. You have fucked with corporate America and, god bless, it has been delicious and beautiful to watch, and I really am. I am cheering you guys off from the distance, okay, because I want you to keep doing this, because the more you do this, the more corporate America realizes that they need to change and it's time we need change across the board. I mean, everything has just it hasn't worked in a long time because our belief system has changed and you can't work on an old operating system. We're operating on Microsoft Vista, okay, guys. Yeah, that's what. We're operating on microsoft vista. Okay, guys, I think we need to upgrade a huge, motherfucking global upgrade. So let's work on that instead of the bullshit.
Speaker 1:They're destroying everything. So I'm going to quote Mel on this. Let them. I don't like the way that they're doing it, don't get me wrong. It is cruel, it is hateful, it is bullshit what they are doing and how they are choosing to do it. But the thing is Is that All systems kind of have to come down and we get to rebuild it the way the people Want to rebuild it. Think about that. That's a different way of thinking about all this. Yes, they are completely destroying everything, but, my lovelets, it's okay. It's okay, we're going to help you rebuild.
Speaker 1:Gen X doesn't want to be in power. Gen X has never wanted to be in power. Gen X was just trying to survive. Okay, that's all that Gen X was trying to do. And those of Gen X who want to be in power, please step aside, be there as support. Let the younger generations, let the millennials, let the Gen Z, let the Gen Alpha, determine how we are going to do this, this new country that we're going to do, because, well, the country is basically being destroyed from the inside out, and that's okay, it really is. It's going to be hell. Don't get me wrong.
Speaker 1:The most shocking thing is that nobody is standing up to the power, no one is speaking truth to power, and the people who have spoken truth have been really great. So I want to congratulate Matt and Trey for good job, guys. A billion dollars for 50 fucking episodes. Good job, guys. A billion dollars for 50 fucking episodes. And you knocked that first episode out of the fucking park. I mean, you want to talk about speaking truth to power? That was hilarious and I enjoyed every minute of it. Same way with Stephen Colbert. Please, my brother, keep up the fight Until they kick you off in 10 months. Keep going, my man, keep going. That's all I can do is encourage the rebellion. I'm just a little person. Honestly, I have no power. I have no influence. Maybe a little, but I have no influence. Maybe a little, but I'm just starting. Yeah, I'm just starting. Let me repeat that again. I'm just starting to be the inconvenient woman. Yeah, you heard it. Heritage Foundation. Yeah, I'm coming for you, love you.
Speaker 1:Also, in the 90s, we also had a rise of girl power. Okay, the Spice Girls. Do I need to mention anything more than those lovely ladies? Ugh, who doesn't love the Spice Girls? Honestly, I enjoyed the shit out of it. It was so much fun. I mean, the women in music during that time period was magnificent. It was magnificent, loved it and loved that girls were actually being encouraged to find their power, to find themselves. I mean, we've never had that before. In the entirety of lifetimes, I've never heard of any time in which girls were actually raised to a higher level, of any time in which girls were actually raised to a higher level, and it was amazing and it was fun. But the thing is is that during that time period, we accidentally left men behind, we left the boys behind and we didn't question how they were doing, oddly enough, and I think that that has kind of raised ourselves to the male loneliness epidemic.
Speaker 1:I'm using air quotes because, guys, you gotta evolve. Women have been evolving for centuries. We have been oppressed since the dawn of time. But the thing is is that we need to change our attitudes about men and women because it no longer works. It's an old idea that no longer works and I think we need to realize that. But the great thing is is that we can change that, because that's a belief. A belief can be changed Just like that If you want it to. But you have to apply it, you have to follow it and your actions and words need to match up. Can you do that? Can you do that, guys? Try it. Try it, because I am going to have a section of this podcast is going to be challenging your beliefs, in which I'm going to totally ask you guys to challenge what you believe.
Speaker 1:Because, let's face it, dating sucks. It has been horrible. It has been terrible and, if I know, right here and now, after meeting you for like five minutes, that our vibe is not vibing. Why can't I just leave? Why do I have to be nice? Why do I have to sit here and stay and endure a however long date? Get rid of each other If you know, instantaneously just say look, this isn't working for me. I don't think that we are a right fit. I wish you well in your life, but I think I'm going to go. Have fun, enjoy your night and I'll see you later. Why can't we do that? Wouldn't that solve a lot of problems? I mean, you're not playing any games with this person. You're being honest. It's not that you hate them, it's just that you don't connect.
Speaker 1:And not everybody in this whole entire world are your people. That's a key thing right there. There's millions of people in this world. Not everybody is going to like you. Not everybody has to like you. Like you, not everybody on this planet has to like you, and you have to be okay with that. You have to be okay with that within yourself. Can you do that? That's something that you should strive for because, honestly, it is not personal. It should never be personal. That somebody doesn't like you, it's okay, it's all right. They're not your people.
Speaker 1:But when you're not acting as yourself, out in public, who you genuinely, truly authentically are, you will never find the right people, never. You have to show up as yourself on dates when you meet people for job interviews, otherwise you're lying to them. You're lying who you are, so you're not getting a genuine connection with people because you are not generally connected to yourself and you are externalizing that and showing that to the world and nobody is seeing the authentic. You Think about that. Something I forgot to say is that at the end of each episode I'm going to put up a pop culture list of all the music, art, theater, films and stuff that I have recommended. Check them out. You might like it, you might learn something. You might hate it, it's okay. All right, my lovelets, this is your Auntie Robin signing off.
