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The super secret Christmas episode

Published on: 25th December, 2025

Shhhhh! Come in and have a listen to your gift. Don't tell anyone....

Transcript
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You have found the super secret, special episode reserved specifically for

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Christmas Day of different, not broken.

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This is a very, very brief episode.

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You might have been directed here by LinkedIn.

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You might have been directed here by your phone saying, Hey, this

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jackass posted a new episode.

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I don't know.

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Either way.

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Happy to have you here.

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We're talking about something incredibly special today, and

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this one will be very, very brief.

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But if you've been following along on LinkedIn follow, and I've dropped some

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subtle hints throughout the last probably four to five months of this year.

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Fun time, mouth running that I do.

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we have been building a private community, a super top secret private community.

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It's so top secret that I talk about it fairly regularly, go with it.

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but I have never announced the name of it.

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We have never shared anything specific about it, except that we were

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piloting a Supertop secret community.

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I said once we got to 50 members, we would cap it and then all of a sudden

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we were at a hundred members and now we're at 170 members, which is according

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to math, slightly more than a hundred.

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we've tried it out.

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We have created this super cool little corner of the internet that is

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reserved for my fellow weirdos who are welcome at any time and at all times.

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our community is called Quirky and it is community for the eh t social.

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it is the best little corner of the internet and it is now

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open for anyone to sign up.

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The only rules are you can't be a cantankerous Jan hole.

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you are welcome in whatever version of yourself you bring.

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As long as it's not a cantankerous Jan. but it is a really fun little

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place to talk about life, meet other people who are just like you, who

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are looking for connections, but don't ever wanna leave the house.

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or very rarely wanna leave the house.

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That might just be me.

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I don't know.

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It's possible that everybody else leaves the house and it's just me.

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That's like, this is a great place because I don't have to put shoes on.

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I have not checked that part.

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We do have a fair number of squabbles about pens, you

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can sign up@alwaysquirky.com.

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This is my Christmas gift to you is that we are opening this

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publicly for the first time.

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that's wild.

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and all the information is there.

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you'll go through a signup process.

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You'll get approved, it's free.

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there will eventually be other things that you can get in the community.

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Lots of stuff going live after the first of the year.

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But if you just want to hang out with some cool, fun people, who with no expectations

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of shoes or pretense or masking or any of that, you can find it@alwaysquirky.com.

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We'll be talking about it a ton more here.

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You'll find out more about it on my LinkedIn.

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Obviously, read the rules.

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Make sure that you're down with not being a cantankerous Jan Hole.

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But other than that, we can't wait to hang out with you if you celebrate

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Merry Christmas, if you don't.

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Mary, whatever you celebrate.

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I'm Jewish, so obviously, hanukkah's over.

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but happy, whatever you celebrate or happy, nothing.

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You're allowed to celebrate nothing.

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Remember, holidays are made up, but this is my made up holiday gift to you.

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You can find it@alwaysquirky.com.

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A-L-W-A-Y-S-Q-U-I-R-K y.com.

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me mean it.

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Different, not broken
You’ve spent your whole life feeling like something’s wrong with you. Here’s a radical thought: what if you’re not broken - just different?

Welcome to Different, Not Broken, the no-filter, emotionally intelligent, occasionally sweary podcast that challenges the idea that we all have to fit inside neat little boxes to be acceptable. Hosted by L2 (aka Lauren Howard), founder of LBee Health, this show dives into the real, raw and ridiculous sides of being neurodivergent, introverted, chronically underestimated - and still completely worthy.

Expect deeply honest conversations about identity, autism, ADHD, gender, work, grief, anxiety and everything in between.

There’ll be tears, dead dad jokes, side quests, and a whole lot of swearing.

Whether you're neurodivergent, neurotypical, or just human and tired of pretending to be someone you’re not, this space is for you.

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