Mary and Karen have a conversation about passive aggressive behavior inspired by the article in Inc. Magazine by Justin Bariso entitled, "Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Brilliant 6-Word Phrase to Stop Passive-Aggressive Behavior and Strengthen Their Relationships."

Here are the takeaways:

#communicatekindly

#saywhatyoumean

#stoppouting

#passiveaggressivebehavior

#attacktheproblemnottheperson

After Mary attended a silent retreat, she sat down with Karen to talk about being silent, the noisy world and how we can communicate kindly even when we're not saying a thing.

Mary & Karen welcome Mary's son, Dan, to the show and her sister, Peggy, is back to talk about last week’s big football game. We’re all Philadelphia Eagles fans so it was a tough loss, but there were lessons learned.

Here are the takeaways:

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode. Please share, rate and review. We love hearing from you!

#communicatekindly

#itsaphillything

#philadelphiaeagles

#youwinsomeyoulosesome

Mary & Karen welcome Mary's big sister, Peggy, to the show to have a conversation about road rage. She has a story to share. Take a listen.

Here are the takeaways:

Let us know what you think. Are you a road rager or recovering road rager? Have you been a victim of road rage? We’d love to hear from you! Please share your stories with us. Leave a review, send us a dm or a voice memo on Instagram @mary.feldman or @mommcormick or send an email to m[email protected]. If this or any or our episodes resonate with you, PLEASE share with a friend. Thank you to all of our listeners who have let us know that you’re enjoying the podcast. We appreciate every single one of you so much. When you communicate, communicate kindly. And transform the world one conversation at a time.

Mary & Karen sit down with Josey, a college student who attempts to bridge the generation gap between us to help us understand what it's like for women & men to "date" in college in 2023.

Spoiler alert: we don't get it.😂 

Here are the takeaways:

And sadly, college students don’t know who The Jetsons are.😩

Let us know what you think.

Are you a college student that can share some insight into the dating scene?

Are you a parent who finds these relationships thoroughly confusing?

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a dm or a voice memo on Instagram @mary.feldman or @mommcormick or send an email to [email protected] and if this or any or our episodes resonate with you, PLEASE share, rate & review!

#communicatekindly

 #generationgap

 #talking

 #snapchatting

 #texting

 #datingincollege

Mary and Karen welcome Mary's dear friend and former roommate Kathleen Broderick to the podcast. Kathleen was made aware of the book "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. She shares how the four agreements resonate with her and how we can use them to live happier and more peaceful lives. Our takeaways this week are the four agreements:

1. Be impeccable with your word - to others AND to yourself

2. Don’t take anything personally - there’s so much freedom in that

3. Don’t make assumptions - ask questions - you don’t know what you don’t know

4. Always do your best - and ask yourself if you ARE doing your best

Share your stories about how the four agreements resonate with you. Send a dm or a voice memo on Instagram @mary.feldman or @mommcormick or send an email to [email protected]. Be sure to share the episode with a friend, rate and review.

Mary & Karen discuss the term "gaslighting" and how it's surfaced in their lives. They've been gaslit, they've been the gaslighter and during this conversation they come to question whether or not we can gaslight ourselves. 

Here are the takeaways:

And above all, don’t gaslight yourself!

Have you been a gaslighter or been gaslit? Do you think you can gaslight yourself? Please share your stories with us. Send us a dm or a voice memo on Instagram @mary.feldman or @mommcormick or send an email to [email protected] and PLEASE share this episode with a friend!

Mary & Karen meet for a virtual happy hour to chat about gossip, how it’s affected them and how, with practice, they are learning to not let it leave their lips.

Here are the takeaways:

1. If you’re feeling offended or defensive, PAUSE to help you feel clearer so that you don’t go down the rabbit hole of gossip.

2. It’s ok to speak up. Don’t let things fester. Speaking the truth doesn’t have to be unkind.

3. Sometimes you need to disengage from people. And that’s ok.

4. Don’t get lost in people pleasing.

5. It’s awesome when you get to a point that you’re so content within yourself that you don’t need to gossip.

Let us know what you think. Do you tend to gossip? Have you been a victim of gossip? What are ways that you’ve handled yourself in these situations and how do they make you feel? Send us an email at [email protected], dm me on Instagram @mary.feldman or Karen @mommccormick and be sure to follow us and subscribe to the podcast so that you don’t miss an episode! And please share, rate and review!

Mary & Karen welcome Karen's 22-year-old daughter to the podcast to introduce them to a new term to them - "Pick Me".

Here are the takeaways:

Mary & Karen discuss how dogs can be among the best conversation starters and how the unconditional love we get from our dogs and other pets can truly bring us humans closer to each other.

Here are some of the takeaways from this episode.

Let us know what you think. How has your pet enhanced your life and made you a better communicator? Do you have a story about how you resolved conflict with a neighbor? We’d love to hear it. Send your questions and comments to [email protected], or send us a message on Instagram @mary.feldman and @mommccormick.