All The Wiser

Dr. Edith Eger is one of Kimi and Christy's new heroes, and they talk about their favorite "write it down on a post-it" moments. As a result of Dr. Edie's unimaginable story and circumstances, they explore the idea of comparative suffering and why it is so harmful. Christy explains why people measure and minimize their pain by comparing it to that of others. 

They talk about Dr. Edie's wisdom about "feeling the feeling" and the "power of and" when it comes to talking about our own struggles. The friends discuss the power of humor when 93-year-old Dr. Edie points out that her boobs and "high kick" are superb.

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With so many losing so much during the pandemic, how should we think about the nature of suffering? Holocaust survivor and psychologist Dr. Edith Eger has some powerful words to offer us. Her message? Concentrate not on what you lost, but what you still have. In this inspiring conversation, Dr. Edie reveals her greatest lessons on loss, rejection, the power of choice, finding strength in suffering, ways to think about guilt, and why the word “can’t” isn’t in her vocabulary.

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In this episode we talk about:

• Dr. Edith's experience while at Auschwitz.
• The role her faith played during her time there.
• How she turned her pain into her purpose.
• Discovering her inner strength.
• The foundation of her theory as a psychologist.

Dr. Edith is the author of THE GIFT: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life

and the NYT Bestseller THE CHOICE: Embrace the Possible

Episode benefitting USC Shoah Foundation

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In this mini-episode, Kimi and Christy discuss core values—what they are, what they are not, and why it’s worth knowing what matters most to you. 

Christy shares an example from her own life where returning to her core values helped her to lean into a new project with more courage and resilience. Kimi and Christy also share several simple strategies and a questionnaire to help you to identify your own values and to pivot toward what matters to you.  

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Today’s conversation was inspired by Jenna Miscavige Hill, the niece of Scientology’s most powerful leader, David Miscavige. Jenna found the courage at age twenty-one

to leave Scientology and to build a meaningful life based on her own chosen values, goals, and intuitions. You can listen to her life story here.

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At a ranch for the kids of Scientology’s most powerful members, you don’t get to see your parents for more than a few hours a week. In the military-style dormitories, children spend their days pulling weeds, hauling rocks, and evenings in Scientology studies. As the niece of Scientology’s most powerful leader, David Miscavige, Jenna didn’t know things like birthday parties or family vacations. She knew fear, work, and longing. But when you view people from the outside world as scary, how do you leave the only life you’ve ever known? And what do you find on the other side?

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In this episode we talk about:

• Growing up in the isolated world of Scientology
• What really went on at the ranch.
• Fear based teachings.
• Leaving the church.
• Re-entry into the world outside of Scientology

Episode benefitting The Edible Schoolyard Project

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Kimi and Christy discuss the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and the impact this has on our lives. 

Christy shares the healing practice of expressive writing — putting pen to paper (or recording on your phone) to make sense of your darker thoughts and feelings. 

This 20-minute exercise helps you put difficult life experiences into perspective and leads to a long list of benefits, including less stress, better sleep, enhanced mood and stronger immune symptoms. 

Learn about Dr. James Pennebaker's Expressive Writing Exercise here

This episode was inspired by inmate turned entrepreneur Dave Dahl (of Dave’s Killer Bread) and his ability to write his story of redemption - both “in his head” and on the back of a loaf of bread. You can listen to his life story here.

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You know him best as simply Dave, the baker and brand-visionary behind Dave’s Killer Bread. But Dave Dahl has had many identities in his life: inmate, art dealer, philanthropist, addict, entrepreneur, and criminal. He grew up in a strict Seventh-Day Adventist community, itching to break free, and later found drugs, crime and years of prison time; until one day Dave decided he’d had enough and asked for help. He grabbed hold of every opportunity he could to improve himself through learning, trying, failing and getting back up again, even in the worst of times. Get to know the real Dave in this inspiring conversation that may just kickstart a whole new attitude of passion and possibility. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Dave’s experience growing up in a Seventh Day Adventist family.
• His struggle with drugs, addiction, and incarceration.
• Asking for help with his mental health while his prison saved his life.
• How Dave’s Killer Bread was born.

Episode benefitting Constructing Hope.

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In our first A Little Wiser Season 2 Episode, Kimi, and co-host Christy Peterson, dive into the science of FORGIVENESS, including the unexpected health benefits, learning to go easy on ourselves, and accepting that forgiveness is a process requiring a long term commitment. Christy breaks down the nitty-gritty of forgiving and why this often difficult act is worth putting into practice. 

If you’d like further guidance on the practice of forgiveness, try psychologist Dr. Everett Worthington’s 5-step process - You can learn more here.

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Scarlett Lewis is the mother of 6 year old Jesse Lewis, one of the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in U.S. history. In the years since her son’s tragic murder, Scarlett has dedicated her life to the prevention of school shootings, and her work has reached people all over the world with its insightful, compassionate, and practical messaging, putting front and center the person desperate enough to commit such a heinous crime: a human being in pain.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What the first moments and days post-shooting were like.
• The roles that shock and love play during trauma.
• Returning home after the shooting.
• The process of forgiveness and healing.
• How all school shootings are preventable.

Episode Benefitting Choose Love Movement

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Jackee Taylor was put into the Federal Witness Protection program as a 7-year-old girl after her father, Clarence Crouch, a convicted killer and infamous member of the Hells Angels, turned and became a government informant. Jackee and her family have now been in Witness protection for nearly 40 years, but after a life full of hardship and struggle, she had enough and went public with her story - exposing the major flaws of the program and pushing for fundamental change. 

In this episode you'll hear:

• What it's like being coached into living a lie.
• How Jackee learns of her father’s secret.
• The struggles that come with a missing identity.
• Why the Witness Protection Program is fundamentally flawed.
• Jackee’s life mission to be the voice for others struggling.

Episode benefitting Project Healing Waters.

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