Mojo In The Morning

Lydia is Bringing Her Bear with Her

9 min
Mar 6, 20263 months ago
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Summary

The Mojo in the Morning show discusses Lydia's upcoming spiritual retreat where she plans to disconnect from her phone for the weekend. The hosts and callers share personal stories about sleeping with childhood stuffed animals, revealing widespread emotional attachment to comfort objects across different life stages.

Insights
  • Stuffed animals serve as emotional anchors across adulthood, not just childhood, with callers reporting 30+ year attachments
  • Sentimental objects tied to significant life events (hospitalization, loss of loved ones) carry deeper psychological value
  • Adults openly discussing comfort objects suggests shifting cultural attitudes toward vulnerability and mental wellness
  • Digital detox experiences are increasingly framed as spiritual/therapeutic necessities rather than optional wellness activities
Trends
Adult wellness retreats incorporating digital detox as core spiritual practiceNormalization of comfort objects in adult life across mainstream mediaGrowing discussion of mental health benefits associated with childhood comfort itemsReligious/spiritual retreats targeting young adults for life reflection and community building
Companies
iHeartRadio
Distribution platform for multiple podcasts advertised throughout the episode including No Grip and Burden of Guilt
Apple Podcasts
Podcast distribution platform mentioned as alternative listening option for advertised shows
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Mentioned as source where host Anna purchased her Yoda stuffed animal as an adult
Cedar Point
Amusement park where caller Amanda won a stuffed bear 40 years ago that she still sleeps with
People
Lydia
Show host attending weekend spiritual retreat; main subject discussing her childhood bear named Jiddu Bear
Bianca
Referenced by Lydia regarding the term 'Jiddu' meaning grandpa in their shared cultural context
Quotes
"His name's Jiddu Bear because my grandpa gave it to me before he passed."
LydiaEarly segment
"I used to, but then I felt like I was getting way too attached to it as I was getting older."
LydiaMid-segment
"I had really bad asthma when I was younger and I was in the hospital every Christmas until I was around like 11. And I had got him one Christmas in the hospital from one of the nurses."
Jen (caller)Caller segment
"Adults that sleep with stuffed animals are happier."
Dawn (caller)Caller segment
Full Transcript
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Hey, this is Wells Adams with By Order of the Faithfuls podcast, alongside my fellow faithfuls and co-hosts, Tamara Judge and Dolores Catania. The three of us have been watching this season of The Traders, and we've been inside that castle, so we have insight unlike many others. This season of The Traders may be the best we've ever seen. Listen to By Order of the Faithfuls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. But Lydia's going on a retreat this weekend. What's going on, Lydia? So I decided I was going to sign up for a weekend retreat just to get closer to God and spend a weekend away from my phone and my family. So I leave today after the show. And I was given a list of things to pack by the church. And I just feel like since I'm going to be so disconnected, I wanted to bring something from home with me on this retreat. so I decided I was going to pack my bear. Your bear? Tell us about your bear. Is that cold for something? No, like a teddy bear. Like a rose? Do you sleep with a teddy bear every night? Yeah, it sits bedside to me. Okay. Are you joking or are you being serious? No, I'm so serious. What's his name? His name's Jiddu Bear because my grandpa gave it to me before he passed. Oh. I can't have fun of it. No, you can. It's fine. You've had this bear for how long? I've had it since I was five. Oh, I'd be bringing that with me. So what was the list that they gave you Like what did they say you could take and couldn take They said to leave your phone at home but they did say you could bring your rosary a book a Bible a journal a pen So, well, you're going to travel with your phone, though. How far away is this? Is it in state or is it out of state? Yeah, it's only in Fenton. Okay, so you're going to bring your phone, though, in the car and stuff and then just leave it in the car for the weekend? Yeah. So you can't have your phone all weekend? They will collect it from me if they see it, so I might as well just leave it in my car. Okay. That's going to be very interesting to be without your phone for an entire weekend, but it's also going to be probably the most therapeutic thing that you're ever going to go through. Yeah. But let's go back to the bear for a second. Let's talk about this bear thing. I want to know if there are others that have a stuffy or a stuffed animal. I do. I sleep with one. Do you? Yeah, it's a Yoda. It's a little Yoda. Is it? From Build-A-Bear. I don't know. When I moved out, I just liked Yoda, and we were passing Build-A-Bear, so I got it. Is it more decorative, like a throw pillow? No, I literally sleep with it. So yours you got as an adult. It's not even like a childhood sentimental thing. And I would get more for sure. I love them. When you say sleep with it, like are you clenching it? Like if I turn on my side, I like to have like a pillow or something. I'll put Yoda under there. Lydia, do you clench Jethro? What's his name? Jethro. What's his name? Juju Bear. I used to, but then I felt like I was getting way too attached to it as I was getting older. Like, I have a best friend who brings her blankie with her when we go to Miami, and I just feel like her blankie. Like, the thing is a rag. I'm not even kidding. It's like a rag. Do you guys clean these things? Like, do you, or is your drool all over this thing from when you're eight? No, no, no. I will not clean this thing if it gets ruined. It has a certain smell, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. And your, again, is the juju? Is that what you're saying? Jiddu. Like, you know how Bianca calls her grandpa Jiddu? My grandpa was Jiddu as well. Wait, so is it the same guy that Bianca is? No, Jiddu means grandpa. It does, okay. Because I know it's weird when Bianca calls. I'm thinking, same guy. A grandpa bear. What if you brought Jiddu with you if he was still alive? Could you imagine? This is who I want with me. We're going on a retreat together. That is insane. That's pretty cool. I like that you're doing this. Lydia, I know you're not sexually. Well, I don't know if you sexually act. Are you sexually act? Do you have sex in your bed? I don't want to know. Okay. Because I know. Plead the fifth. Anna, have you ever, like, do you move your Yoda off the bed? I do. I take Yoda off if I know I have a guy coming over. Have you ever forgot? I don't know. Maybe with a guy that I've been seeing for a while. I do not want to know that the sexually active stuffed animal that you're bringing is going on a retreat with you. What's up, Jen? How you doing? I'm blessed. How are y'all? Love you. Fantastic. You also have a stuffed animal that you sleep with? I don't sleep with him. He stays in my closet so that he's safe. Oh, he's in the closet. Because I have a pit bull, so, yes, I have to put him in the closet where he is safe. Wait, you have a pit bull stuffed animal or a pit bull in your house? No the pit bull would eat it I assuming Oh okay Yeah yeah so I will not let my pit bull get to this because I will for real kill him Like this is like they always talk about like if you had a fire with the one thing you would grab you would do what I would grab Why do you think it's so sentimental? I've had him since I was like four. I had really bad asthma when I was younger and I was in the hospital every Christmas until I was around like 11. And I had got him one Christmas in the hospital from one of the nurses and he went with me every time after that. Wow. All right. And again, what is this animal? It's a... Oh, it's Dino. I call him Dino, but apparently I'm told it's Littlefoot from the land before time. I've never seen him. Oh, my God. Okay. Okay. All right. I'm with you now. Littlefoot is fire. Littlefoot's the cutest. Amanda, what's up? It's Mojo in the Morning Show. Amanda? Good morning, guys. Good morning. What's going on? um my brother won me a bear at cedar point when i was seven years old this year that bear is going to be 40 years old and i still sleep i'm surprised that one of those kind of bears held up yeah how does asbestos last that long right his nose is hanging by a thread those are the stuffed animals that always feel to me like they're stuffed with plastic grocery store bags do you know what i mean They're choking hazards for your kids. What's up, Dawn? How you doing? Hey, I want to tell you, I read a story recently that stated adults that sleep with stuffed animals are happier. Yeah, I saw that. What? Yep. Which was put on by a person that still sleeps with a stuffed animal. Come on. No, it was a scientific study, Mojo. Scientific, it was. It's like one of those studies I do all the time. I had a study of 10 people. Sheriff Luberkamp. That's who wrote the story. What's up, Kia? Good morning, guys. How you doing? Good. How you doing? I'm good. I have a stuff rabbit that I had since I was nine, and I still sleep with it. My husband just hates him. His name is Mr. Fluffy. Mr. Fluffy. You know why your husband hates it? Because that's getting more action than he is. Most nights, yeah. I love you guys I love you too Lydia I'm so happy for you and I know this has been something that you've been looking forward to and I think this is going to be really an awesome weekend for you thanks I hope I don't come back a none you guys want to have to do it could you imagine that would be wild honestly I would not be surprised one bit can I tell you there are many men Chaldean men who have gone on this same thing that Lydia's going on this weekend and have joined the priesthood went to seminary afterwards. I'm not trying to be funny, by the way. Lydia, if you came back and said you think you're going to make a life pivot, I would totally get it. And then ask for your blessing. That would not be out of the ordinary. There's going to be men at this retreat as well. That's all I'm focused on here. Kevin is going to be asking you all those questions right after the show is over with Bojo I don know if you saw our text but Colleen our boss said that she left her stuffed animal in her hotel room that she was just in and she's very sad because her stuffed animal. Colleen has a stuffed animal? A dinosaur. Colleen, I look at you so different. Hey, real quick, this is the best story of the morning, aside from all the good stuff that we did this morning, giving away a car. Congratulations, too. Again, it was Brad Muschler from Romulus, who won $25,000. Keith, oh, he hung up. Crap. Oh, what was his story? He's been watching and reading Kevin's cell phone. You know, I just, I thought about that, like, because I, you know, something cop up sometimes. So that camera right there has been filming us live all morning, and every time Kev's on the phone, he can read Kev's. That's what I said. Has everything been clean? I don't know. I think so, for the most part. Hey, Keith, anything that we should know about? Is Kev lying about not talking to girls during Lent? Yeah, I don't know. He was watching some video there. I'm trying to clean up my algorithm, Keith. That was Mojo and Chelsea. Hey, Keith, I want you. No, no, that wasn't Mojo and Chelsea. Mojo, he was that slim. Man, the trainer is doing his job. Listen to No Grip on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Nancy Glass, host of the Burden of Guilt Season 2 podcast. This is a story about a horrendous lie that destroyed two families. Late one night, Bobby Gumpright became the victim of a random crime. The perpetrator was sentenced to 99 years until a confession changed everything. I was a monster. Listen to Burden of Guilt Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to by Order of the Faithfuls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.