The Needs Show

11/11/2020

We have parted ways with Kalisti Quix. We thank her for her contribution to the show and wish her well on her future endeavors.

19/01/2020

11/01/2020

Gender identity and expression are two different things.

https://realtransfacts.tumblr.com/post/176484990843

09/01/2020

There are many obstacles that LGBTQ couples face in their lives, but one of the Read more

07/01/2020

Other people's feelings about your boundaries are their own with which to deal. Be honest about what they are. It's okay to be you.

06/01/2020

‘When a basic part of speech like the pronoun becomes a vital indicator of social trends, linguists pay attention,’ says American Dialect Society

03/01/2020

03/01/2020

When you wake up tomorrow, hygeine, water, food, and do the Friday, January 3rd things.

03/12/2019

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30/11/2019

Focus on yourself.

29/11/2019

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Billy Dee Williams, who plays Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, talks gender identity, online bullying, racial breakthroughs and life-long creativity.

17/11/2019

Announcements:

Now that my knee is healed enough to start driving again, we are prepared to put out episode 5 this week.

In this next episode, we will be covering how to build your identity to a point that you are ready for autonomous connection.

Additionally, we've decided that we will be doing our own separate podcasts for our personal recordings to leave the Need Show's feed as only episodic content put out for the show.

We will be directing people to our personal content through the show once it is available.

- Rebecca

11/11/2019

Progress, not perfection.

Even on your worst day, you're doing your best.

You're alive and that makes you beautiful.

Thanks to Anna Cross for the photo; fb won't let me share directly.

- Rebecca Vitsmun

08/11/2019

Embrace who you are, be honest with yourself, and grow from that point.

05/11/2019

Rebecca talks about helping her son cope with the stress that comes when you work on something new, while coping with her own stress.

Podcast only. Rebecca helps her son cope with the stress that comes when you work on something new. She talks about coping with her own stress.

04/11/2019

Out of context quote from S1E1:

"It's a pretty flower but the petals expand out into... woah." - Kali

- Rebecca Vitsmun

Artwork Kalisti Quix

04/11/2019

Rebecca discusses the phrase, "I'm proud of you... The truth is, if most people really knew your story and all of the things you've been through, they'd probably wonder how you're still smiling."

She also discusses laughing and decides that she's going to outline her personal trauma. She finishes off with meeting her needs for food and water and discusses the problem with gulping and guzzling.

Podcast only. Rebecca experiences the first Halloween without her son since her divorce.

02/11/2019

Podcast only. In the first of many daily logs, Rebecca discusses the lessons she learned from her abortions that came into play in the loss of Cutie Lark Finchmun. Warning: plenty of tears.

Rebecca is somewhat cryptic at a few points in this recording and we will be revisiting this topic in more depth in a future episode.

From Rebecca:
"Not stated, but referred to more than once:
I wanted to keep the second pregnancy, but the "father" did not. I aborted for the child's sake, not for my own. When I say, "I didn't do it for me", it's because I sacrificed what I wanted for what I believed to be what was in the child's best interests."

Podcast only. Rebecca discusses the lessons she learned from her abortions that came into play in her loss of Cutie Lark Finchmun.

29/10/2019

NVC's Needs Inventory looks important, but it's hard to connect with the structure.

- Rebecca Vitsmun

Meme quote and artwork Kalisti Quix

24/10/2019

17/10/2019

Hey all, this is Rebecca. I am finally recovered enough to be putting time back into the show. Episodes 5 and 6 will release next week and we will be recording episode 7 at that time.

Thank you for your patience during my recovery!

16/10/2019

Quote from the first episode. Trying to work with one of the needs lists we ran into during our research.

- Rebecca Vitsmun

Meme quote and artwork Kalisti Quix

11/10/2019

Happy National Coming Out Day! If you are or aren't out, you are loved, you are valid, and we believe you are who you believe you are.

Happy to all of us full of , but especially to those of us still in the closet because we don’t feel safe or enough to. You are loved, you are seen, you’re not alone.

11/10/2019

Each person needs their needs met in their own way. Maybe you have certain needs that you don't need as much as some, or some that you need much more of than the average. It's okay to be the individual person you are with the needs that you have. The amount that you need each need is a part of your identity. It's okay to be uniquely you!

08/10/2019

Livestream recording Episode 5 of The Needs Show in Rebecca's playroom.

CW: Miscarriage, Funeral, Therapy, maybe other stuff

08/10/2019

Hey everyone, this is Rebecca. I had a miscarriage this weekend. Also, I was pregnant and I hadn't announced it publicly yet. I was 8 weeks and 3 days along.

Also, my son broke his arm last Tuesday. No episode last week for all the reasons in the world.

Going to be recording tomorrow. Glad to be getting back to it.

06/10/2019

Identity. You may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the connections you make as your authentic self will be more meaningful than any superficial connection you make while hiding. It's okay to be you!

03/10/2019

No one is ugly! That's not a thing! Every body is beautiful. Every face is beautiful. You don't have to do anything to be beautiful. You just have to be. Being is beautiful!

Her perfect response went viral.

28/09/2019

Comfort is an aspect of Peace, which is an aspect of Safety. Safety First!

26/09/2019

In this special episode, Kali and Rebecca talk about the list of needs they have developed for the show called The Well-Being List. You can find a copy of The Well Being List at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tEQzTZXwCgjfzzxid29KVeK9zUcJD1MNLKyvM2QrkUo/edit?usp=sharing

Kali and Rebecca talk about the list of needs they have created for the show called The Well-Being List. You can find the list at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tEQzTZXwCgjfzzxid29KVeK9zUcJD1MNLKyvM2QrkUo/edit?usp=sharing

25/09/2019

Our next episode will be on the needs list we have been developing!

You ready?

19/09/2019

In this impromptu episode, Kali and Rebecca dive into what it feels like to be triggered (while triggered), the very real affects of "harmless" posts that deny the needs of others, and the PTSD/CPTSD freeze response they've deemed feeling like a potato.

Unlike previous episodes, this episode has explicit language.

To learn more about Reality Therapy/Choice Theory this is a good place to start: positivepsychology.com/reality-therapy/

In this impromptu episode, Kali and Rebecca dive into what it feels like to be triggered(while triggered), the very real affects of "harmless" posts that deny the needs of others, and the PTSD/CPTSD freeze response they've deemed feeling like a potato. To learn more about Reality Therapy/Choice Theo...

19/09/2019

Your need for air is one of the most basic and immediately necessary needs you have and is an aspect of Safety.

The 3rd week of September is Peak Week for ragweed season.

Many asthma sufferers don't know this information. (I didn't!)

The third week of September is dangerous for asthma sufferers. It's when germs and allergens come together to make breathing particularly difficult. If only Peter DeMarco's wife Laura had known.