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    The Real Question

    The Real Question is a show that holds space for life’s tough questions. Each episode, a guest brings a personal question they’re grappling with, and Chaplain Mauricio Bruce helps them find an answer. This season, our focus is on future-oriented questions – those that start with ‘Should I…’ 

    Mauricio sits down with guests who are contemplating big and small changes in their lives — whether it’s habits, careers, or relationships. In every episode, he asks the pivotal question: “Who do you want to be and what’s the best path to get there?”

    The Real Question is produced by Not Sorry Productions, a feminist organization that produces podcasts, educational content, live shows, and immersive experiences with the explicit goal of addressing the spiritual needs of its participants. Through community, rigor, and ritual, we treat traditionally secular things as if they were sacred. To learn more about what we do, visit https://notsorryworks.com/


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    Should I: Remain Childless? May 05, 2025
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    There's certainly been a theme with our submissions lately! Just like our guest from Should I: Have a Child?, Emily feels pulled in two directions about having kids. She can imagine a very full life for herself either way. As she nears the end of of her biological opportunity for kids – is she ready to shut the door on that possibility?


    This week, Mauricio and Emily discuss how to make a decision for the future when it feels like that decision can never be changed.


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    Should I: Expand My Business? Apr 28, 2025
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    Brandon runs a successful restaurant group with his husband. Things are stressful, it’s a lot to manage, and they just got a great offer to open another restaurant in a hip part of town. Brandon is seriously tempted, but he’s also suspicious of his own temptation. Does he want to expand for the right reasons?


    This week, Mauricio and Brandon explore how various stories from our past influence our motivations for the future.


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    Should I: Invite My Dad to My Wedding? Apr 21, 2025
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    Natalie has been ‘low-contact’ with her dad for a while now – she doesn't reach out or put any effort into the relationship, but hasn't totally cut him out of her life. Her upcoming wedding is putting some pressure on that resolution. If she does invite him, and he makes a scene or disappoints her, it will hugely impact the joy of the day. But if she doesn't invite him, that feels like a big line in the sand about the future of their relationship.


    This week, Mauricio and Natalie explore how we continue to repeat the patterns from our childhood, even as we make progress on healing.


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    Should I: Change The Way I Talk About My Health? Apr 14, 2025
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    In the course of Sarah’s life, she often finds that she has to talk about her migraines. But the reactions she gets from people are frustrating and sometimes really hurtful. Can she take another approach to these conversations?


    This week, Mauricio and Sarah discuss the large and small ways that chronic illness interrupt life.


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    Should I: Have a Child? Apr 07, 2025
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    Our guest this week has always wanted to have a kid. He’s also aware that having a kid will totally transform his life! Is he willing to give up parts of his life to make room for a baby?


    This week, Mauricio and our guest explore how to make space for aspects of our identity that sometimes compete.


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    Should I: Quit Being an Atheist? Mar 31, 2025
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    About five years ago, River left Christianity. He felt constrained and needed space to explore and ask questions. Recently, he has been thinking about a return – but can he bring everything he learned on the outside back in? Or would he have to hide the new parts of himself to belong again?


    This week, Mauricio and River discuss the joys and drawbacks of religious community.


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    Should I: Continue to Travel to See Family? Mar 24, 2025
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    Meghan lives with her partner and daughter in Costa Rica, far away from the rest of their family. They travel frequently to see their family, but it always feels like a huge effort to do so. Should they quit traveling so much? Or would that deprive themselves and their daughter of necessary family time?


    This week, Mauricio and Meghan discuss the duty we feel towards family and how to balance that with our own self-care.


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    Should I: Quit My Bookclub? Mar 17, 2025
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    Elizabeth Rowe's bookclub reading has started to feel like homework. She loves to read, but after a long day of work she wants romance and adventure and fantasy. Her bookclub, on the other hand, wants Tolstoy. Should she leave the club?


    This week on the show Mauricio and Elizabeth discuss the importance of community space.


    Elizabeth Rowe is a leadership coach. She's teaching an upcoming class for Not Sorry called Discerning Success. Sign-up here!


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    Should I: Start Charging for My Work? Mar 10, 2025
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    Ray is graduating with a Masters of Divinity this year but they know they don't want to pursue a traditional path towards ordination. They do want to continue providing spiritual care and counseling to their community. But should they be charging for that work? Shouldn't care be accessible to people who need it, without being a financial burden?


    On today's episode, Ray and Mauricio explore what it means to have a calling and the complicated web of care, disability, and capitalism.


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    Should I: Have a Life Partner? Mar 03, 2025
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    Anna knows she wants to be a parent and she doesn't want to do it alone, but she's never particularly wanted a life partner. Should she reconsider that position for the sake of raising a child?


    On today's episode, Anna and Mauricio explore Anna's relationship to partnership and uncover some of the deeper anxieties at play for her.


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