Mute Your Wonderwall Because I'm Clicking Things!
From Different, Not Broken by Lauren "L2" Howard
March 4, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 45
About this episode
Lauren discusses the impact of loud music on food, her relationship with keyboards, and the emotional challenges that arise during rest.
In this episode which is sponsored by our wonderful partners at Inflow I'm going on the record about something extremely important: loud music makes food taste bad, and I will not be taking questions or feedback on this. I support your live music. I will not consume it while eating my French fries. These are two separate things. I also have a feelings-based relationship with computer keyboards that started in approximately 1994 in a Radio Shack, has never ended, and apparently runs in the family. We also get into a question from Kayla in Tallahassee that stopped me: when I finally slow down, everything I've been avoiding emotionally shows up at once. Rest feels dangerous. I have thoughts on this — including the uncomfortable truth that you cannot outrun trauma, it is always there, and you are not smarter than it. (Neither am I. Trust me.) Plus I read a listener review that is basically the entire reason this show exists. The sensory case against restaurant live music Keyboard switches, lifelong fixations, and the difference between that and a hyperfixation When your kid inherits the trait you didn't mean to pass on Listener Q: why does rest feel like an ambush? You can't outrun…
Topics covered
- food and music
- emotional health
- rest and trauma
- listener engagement
Keywords
- live music
- French fries
- computer keyboards
- emotional avoidance
- trauma
Sponsors
Inflow
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Inflow
Places: Tallahassee
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