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In this episode of The Glorious Mess, Raymond and Carla reflect on early sobriety, self-blame, and the stories we tell ourselves about responsibility when things fall apart. Raymond revisits a moment that still carries weight waking up in a hospital in Las Vegas and the fragile terrain of early sobriety, where shame can eclipse context and healing rarely follows a straight line.

We talk about losing the social role that drinking once provided, the discomfort of no longer being the version of yourself others preferred, and the complexity of accountability when no story is ever one sided. The conversation holds tension without rushing resolution, making space for humour, discomfort, and honesty.

Messy, tender, and unresolved, exactly as promised.

New episodes every month. Recorded at Virage Studios.

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In this episode of The Glorious Mess, Raymond and Carla reflect on early sobriety, self-blame, and the stories we tell ourselves about responsibility when things fall apart. Raymond revisits a moment that still carries weight waking up in a hospital in Las Vegas and the fragile terrain of early sobriety, where shame can eclipse context and healing rarely follows a straight line.

We talk about losing the social role that drinking once provided, the discomfort of no longer being the version of yourself others preferred, and the complexity of accountability when no story is ever one-sided. The conversation holds tension without rushing resolution, making space for humour, discomfort, and honesty.

Messy, tender, and unresolved, exactly as promised.

New episodes every month. Recorded at Virage Studios.

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In this episode of The Glorious Mess, Raymond and Carla start with eye-rolling and somehow end up talking about power, disruption, and the politics of policing each other.

We unpack how collective exhaustion shows up in the body, why eye-rolling isn’t dismissal but a somatic release, and how constant demands for composure blur the line between harm and discomfort. From post-holiday doomscrolling to everyday moral surveillance, we question who benefits when frustration is redirected toward individuals rather than systems.

The conversation moves through call-out culture, respectability politics, and the quiet violence of compliance. We reflect on being labelled “disruptive,” why disruption is often necessary, especially in education, and how accountability can slide into surveillance when it loses its connection to imagination and care.

Messy, embodied, and politically awake exactly as promised.

New episodes every month. Recorded at Virage Studios.