Bridges Between Us

Bridges Between Us

By Matt ShenkerBusinessManagement
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Bridges Between Us episodes

  • The Power of Story with Dr. Angus Fletcher

    Themes: Power of Story, Culture Transformation, Education, Neuroscience of narrative


    Summary: Welcome to the kick-off episode for Season 2! This week I’m talking to Dr. Angus Fletcher, professor and author of Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature, about the science behind the great stories across time. Story is a powerful technology for spurring personal growth and improving our well-being. In this conversation we talk about the process of creating powerful organizational cultures, the science that our education systems neglect, the limitations of inherited societal gender norms, and how sharing stories can ultimately help us improve every aspect of our world.

    Links:

    Learn more about Dr. Fletcher 

    Order Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature

    Check out coaching options with Mattermore

    Follow Matt on IG

    1 hr 9 min
  • Purpose of the Podcast with Mathew Lazarus

    Themes: Empowerment, Podcasting, Pathly, Transformation, and Community  

    Summary: What if we had spaces that were dedicated to empowering us to live our fullest lives? What if we had communities that were committed to creating solutions for modern problems rooted in modern science? In this episode, Matt closes out Season 1 by sitting down with Pathly co-founder Mathew Lazarus to reflect on the purpose of the podcast. Matt and Mathew talk about the podcast's intentions, the power of Pathly, the foundational philosophy of Empowered Well-being, and share openly some of the big questions they're carrying in life right now. 


    Links:  

    Follow Matt on Instagram  

    Follow Mathew on Instagram 

    1 hr 36 min
  • Soulful Time Management with Dr. Elaine Kiziah

    Themes: Time management, joy, community, and journaling. 

    Summary: Dr. Elaine Kiziah is a friend who I’ve learned from for years now. She teaches, writes, and coaches on soulful approaches to time and life management — and about how to use journaling as a tool for transformation and spiritual deepening. Elaine is an award-winning trainer, and has over 20 years of experience in facilitation and leadership coaching, she’s a licensed psychologist, a musician, and the founder of Joybook — an online community and learning space with the motto, "Life is beautiful. Don't miss it."

    Links: 

    https://joybook.life/ 

    Follow Elaine on Instagram 

    Find Pathly 

    Follow Pathly on Instagram

    1 hr 1 min
  • Workplace Culture, Start-Ups, and Web3 with Charley Miller

    Themes: Workplace culture, organizational assessment, start-up businesses, Web3, Well-being 

    Summary:

    Today we’re talking with entrepreneur Charley Miller. He was a co-founder of Touchcast, he’s served as the Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Louisville, and most recently he’s the founder of OrgVitals, a business that works with organizational consultants to help businesses build culture. In today’s conversation we talk about his career journey, workplace culture, start-ups, and Web3.


    Links: 

    Charley's LinkedIn

    OrgVitals

    Visit the Mattermore Website!

    Follow Matt on Instagram 

    46 min
  • Calling Out Bypassing In the Spiritual Community with Zack Alexander
    Themes: Bypassing, spiritual community, toxic positivity, shadow work, & communal responsibility 
    Summary: 
    Zack Alexander is a Shadow-Work and Men’s Coach. He is passionate about helping people explore the unconscious-self and discover the mechanisms held within the subconscious that is driving unhealthy behavior and actions which are often rooted in unprocessed childhood wounding.
    Zack comes from a heavy history of childhood trauma that then led him into struggles around substance abuse, chronic-illness, and severe financial instability.
    In this episode Zack talks about his journey through college, law school, dark nights of the soul, shamanic healing, and his sharp criticisms of toxic positivity, harm, and spiritual bypassing littered within the spiritual and wellness community.
    Links: 
    Zack's Instagram 
    Visit the Pathly Website!
    Follow Pathly on Instagram 
    Follow Matt on Instagram
    1 hr 7 min
  • Heart Alchemy and Collapsing Systems with Catherine Ewing

    Themes: Energy psychology, trauma, EFT, tapping, feminine and masculine energetics.  

    Summary:  Catherine has worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Energy Psychology Practitioner/EFT, Certified Neurokinesis Practitioner, Certified Dream Coach® and Dream Coach Group Leader, Passion Test Facilitator, and Reiki Master. In this episode Catherine and Matt talk through her story of transformation and healing while diving into defining powerful topics such as EFT, masculine/feminine polarity, and trauma.  


    Links:  

    Catherine's IG: cewing144  

    Sacred Heart Alchemy Website 

    Follow Matt on Instagram 

    1 hr 14 min
  • Brain-Body Parenting with Dr. Mona Delahooke

    Themes: Behavior management, nervous system, parenting, Polyvagal theory, & education reform. 

    Summary:

    Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children’s challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families focused on correcting or improving a child’s lack of compliance, emotional outbursts, tantrums, and other “out of control” behavior. Science has taught us over the last three decades that these types of approaches are rooted in outdated information. "Behavior management" isn't only ineffective, it's harmful. In this episode, Matt and Dr. Delahooke talk about the challenges within our education system and the essential science of the nervous system that can lead parents to a guidebook on how to parent effectively. 

    Links:

    Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids

    Dr. Delahooke's Website

    Mona Delahooke's IG

    Matt's IG: @mindfulnesscounselor 

    Visit the Pathly Website!

    Follow Pathly on Instagram 

    56 min
  • Philosophy For Modern Life with Tom Morris

    Themes: Philosophy, Wisdom, Truth, & Leadership

    Summary:

    Tom is one of the world's top public philosophers and pioneering business thinkers. He's the author of over 30 groundbreaking books and is a legendary speaker whose electrifying talks reengage people around their deepest values and reignite their passion for work and life. Matt and Tom talk through some big questions in this episode, such as: "What is Truth?" and "What's the purpose of Philosophy?"


    Links:

    https://www.tomvmorris.com/ 

    More About Tom

    Matt's IG: @mindfulnesscounselor 

    47 min
  • Mindfulness For ADHD with Dr. Lidia Zylowska

    Themes: ADHD, Mindfulness, Dopamine, Meditation 

    Summary: Dr. Zylowska is a co-founding member of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center where she led the development of the Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for ADHD, a meditation-based training in self-regulation. She is the author of The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD. In this conversation she sits down with Matt to talk about mindfulness, ADHD, and caring for our lives. 
    Links: 
    https://lidiazylowska.com/
    The Mindfulness Prescription For Adult ADHD
    Matt's IG: @mindfulnesscounselor


    1 hr 11 min
  • What Sex Therapy Is with Michelle Burke
    Themes: Sex Therapy, Sexuality, Relationships, Trust, Intimacy. 
    Summary:
    Figures published in the Journal of Sex Research tell us that most people think about sex 10-20 times a day on average. Yet, despite sex being a healthy and important aspect of human life, talking about sex can be so vulnerable, scary, and anxiety-provoking that many simply don't. In this episode, Matt talks with Michelle Burke, a sex therapist, about what sex therapy is, what her work looks like, and how we can all improve our sex lives. 
    Links:
    ElmTree Counseling: https://elmtreecounseling.com/about-me
    53 min

About Bridges Between Us

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People are over-stressed and it's killing us, at work and at home. That's because our modern systems were not designed for the people within them. And while the science of well-being and performance has rapidly advanced in recent decades, few leaders have been able to put insights into practice in ways that sustain lasting behavior change.