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    A Swift Kick In the Ass

    A Swift Kick In The Ass, is a podcast about the forces that motivate us to create positive personal change. The thought provoking show discusses strategies to help the ordinary person achieve extraordinary change. The show was started in 2014 being hosted by lifelong friends John W. Curren and Tom Stewart. Tom died of brain cancer on 9/16/2020. John continues the quest to disrupt conventional thinking and find true freedom through living life on his terms.
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    Episodes (152)

    ASKITA E152 Eye to Eye With Real-I-T-Y

    ASKITA E152 Eye to Eye With Real-I-T-Y

    In this episode of A Swift Kick in the Ass, the last episode planned for 2023, John has you squaring off with Real-Important-to-You terms as he tells stories of his childhood aand answers what his Dad was thinking as he sipped his beer in the heat while his relatives froze. You may find out what is real important to John and this how.  Take a Listen and get living on your terns! Interested in creating a life on your terms? visit us at www.aswiftkickintheass.com

    ASKITA E150 Growing Change From the Inside Out

    ASKITA E150 Growing Change From the Inside Out

    In the episode of ASKITA, John talks about how your decision to change begins with a Boot Right to the Ass! Bad Things Happen. The world can wear you down.  You can get overwhelmed. If your world is crashing in around you, you will definitely benefit by listening to this episode and end with some specific things to do, approaches to think about and knowledge to enable creation of lasting change that makes your life worth living. Check it out or just keep sitting in your beanbag chair eating cheetos and getting cheeto dust all over. It's not a pretty sight. So it for others as much as you do it for yourself.

    ASKITA E149 Exploring the Dark Side of Nice

    ASKITA E149 Exploring the Dark Side of Nice

    In this episode of ASKITA, John explores the little understood nature of being "nice", kindness and how others may use this in not so nice ways. Have a listen and take away a list of actions you can either use to protections or leverage to change your terms. Not sure if I cussed in this one. But, if you are follower of this show, you know some of these topics are kid friendly. So be warned, this one exposes Nice for what it really is. And if you would be so kind, please leave comments about the show, nice or no so nice.

    ASKITA E147 Sugar Coating Your Mental Health

    ASKITA E147 Sugar Coating Your Mental Health

    In this episode John talks about how sugar turned out to play a much larger role in the state of his mental health than thought before. This is a hard discussion to have but one that is needed for both physical and mental health. Here are some of the articles referenced in the episode: 

    https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-erythritol

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/health/bad-diet-exercise-wellness/index.html

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/health/zero-calorie-sweetener-heart-attack-stroke-wellness/index.htmlA man playing the Kick the Sugar Blues

    ASKITA E134 Looking Paste the BS

    ASKITA E134 Looking Paste the BS

    Warning: If your kids don't know what BS stand for, you may not want them listening.  Or maybe you should. There is some language in those episode that is not kid friendly. But it is real discussion about the importance of really knowing your BS. Understanding BS and using it properly can help you live on your terms. Don't miss this episode.

    ASKITA E133 F'ing People Up With Change!

    ASKITA E133 F'ing People Up With Change!

    In this episode, John may drop the F-Bomb. There is just no better to talk about this topic without it. But you know it is for a reason. If you are trying to recreate your life by renegotiating your terms, you won't want to miss this one. It will motivate you to get your ass moving.