Welcome to Episode 15 of The Business Oddcast! This week we dive into reunions — the good, the bad, and the painfully awkward.

We unpack why reunions can feel like an unwelcome, unpaid performance reviews for your life: “Are you married? Happy? Winning?”. We talk intentional vs. accidental reunions, school-specific trauma, bullying, masking, sensory overwhelm, and the aftershock of rumination. Stuart shares the story of finally facing a school reunion (and levelling up his armour), while Hannah admits she’s heroically dodged every official invite, but has had a few healing run-ins in supermarket aisles.

Expect tangents (obviously), tips on pacing, boundaries, alcohol (or not), and planning a recovery day. Also featuring: the “staircase wit” problem, Facebook unfriending weirdness, tequila-Stu lore, and a teaser for our Christmas special. Come for the catharsis, stay for the honesty (and the chaos).

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TIMELINE

00:00:00 - Introduction. 00:00:40 - Hannah's update 00:02:51 - TOPIC OF THE WEEK - Reunions - unwelcome performance reviews of your life 00:03:48 - Outlining the topic of reunions 00:04:50 - Diving into the topic, full immersion, GO! 00:05:10 - Looking at the comparison Olympics... 00:08:55 - Stu's two types of reunions... 00:09:40 - Oh, and the F*ckin' school reunion 00:10:30 - Hannah's flashback moment - winning at life 00:12:40 - Let them (small unpaid shout out to Mel Robbins) 00:13:58 - Unpacking the challenging nature of a renuion 00:16:39 - The social expectation & baggage around school reunions 00:19:01 - Stu's memories of his school reunion 00:20:05 - TANGENT ALERT - Stu's redundancy story 00:21:55 - ...and back to Stu's school reunion trauma 00:26:20 - Staircase wit... 00:27:50 - TANGENT ALERT - Hannah's musing on school 00:30:40 - Has social media made reunions redundant or not a "big reveal"? 00:31:40 - The particular set of ND challenges with a reunion 00:35:44 - Including your partner can soften the experience 00:36:23 - Social anxiety, overwhelm abd rumination after the event 00:38:50 - TANGENT ALERT - Facebook unfriending 00:40:24 - Should you go to reunion if you're anxious? 00:41:10 - Your day after the reunion plan 00:42:23 - Rounding up the episode & a top tip! 00:45:40 - Conclusions and catharsis 00:48:29 - Outro and goodbyes 00:46:47 - Next Week: The Christmas Special 00:49:33 - The End

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