Connexions

Connexions

By Jodi HildebrandtEducation
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Connexions episodes

  • 62: Loss & Grief
    Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt All of us, no matter our age or background, have experienced loss. It is a part of the human experience. How do we manage our experiences of loss? We can choose to block them and disconnect from self and/or others, or we can learn to grieve our losses and thereby experience connection to self, others, God / Higher Power, and Reality through our losses. Loss is meant to connect us in vulnerability, validation and connection. The rawness and “weakness” of the experience, and the lack of control over the loss, are invitations to connect. In this episode, Jodi explains why grieving is vitally important to living in connection with self, others and God / Higher Power. She teaches how to open oneself and be vulnerable in order to grieve one’s losses. After listening to this episode, you will be empowered to create connection in your painful experiences of loss that will inevitably come to young and old as a vitally important part of our life experience.

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    42 min
  • 61: Drama–Connection vs Disconnection
    Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt In this episode, Jodi explains in detail what it means to be connected vs. disconnected. With those definitions in place, Jodi tells another installment in her continuing saga of road-trip vacation experiences. In every experience, we each are constantly interpreting the experience and assigning meaning to various emotions, people, and other parts of the experience. Doing so in Truth means empathizing with self and others by staying open, emotionally honest, and connected with self. Or, we can become reactionary (go into drama) and disconnect from self and from the experience. Jodi tells about how she experienced both connection and disconnection within herself and coming from others around her in the experience.

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    52 min
  • 60: Fear & Perceptions

    In this episode, Jodi tells a story about an out-of-control experience she had in the jungles of Guatemala, where fear and panic drove an overwhelming desire to control her experience. She explains the mechanisms of control. In next week’s episode, Jodi will explain how to surrender control.

    Jodi finishes telling a story about an out-of-control experience she had in the jungles of Guatemala, where fear and panic drove an overwhelming desire to control her experience. Surrender is the antidote to the illusion of control. Jodi explains how to surrender control, and shares how she endeavored to surrender her fear/control in Guatemala.


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    1 hr 30 min
  • 59: Drama–Confronting vs Contention

    In this episode, Jodi tells a story about an experience she had while boating. She incorporates most of the principles & concepts discussed in previous episodes of the podcast, including how perceptions drive control, which creates the need to surrender, and how drama creates fear, and drives me to get angry, how co-dependency plays out as drama, and so forth. If you’ve been listening in to all of the past episodes, this episode will tie the concepts together for you. If you’re new to the podcast, listening to past episodes first (especially those covering the topics listed above) will support you to get more out of this episode.

    Jodi finishes her boating story and speaks in detail about the differences between contention and confrontation. Confronting is, in fact, a very loving, necessary, healthy behavior, in order to connect with self and others. Confronting is not automatically contentious. Contention is about drama, whereas confronting is about sharing.


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    1 hr 18 min
  • 58: Self-Love, Vulnerability, & Connection
    Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt All of us want to create intimate connection with others, and true connection requires connection to oneself first. In this episode, Jodi explains the ways we connect to ourselves through emotional honesty (integrity & accountability for what you feel) and self-care. She explains what prevents genuine connection, and gives examples from her own life, about staying connected to her emotions in the reality of vulnerable and uncomfortable experiences. Jodi answers questions from listeners and talks about some of the strategies she uses to care for herself physically, emotionally and spiritually. Connection is prevented by: Undealt-with trauma conflicts (drama) [Episode 26: Drama] Lack of education Resentments Control issues (out of control / being controlling) Taught not to feel emotions Fear / anger / blame If I don’t learn something different, I will repeat what I learned in childhood. I need to be taught how to connect. Much of the disconnect is because of lack of education. Many of us have no idea how to create it. Staying connected is facilitated by your ability to validate and be vulnerable. Connecting with self and staying connected happens when you live in your integrity and emotional honesty (accountability for what you feel). Emotional honesty creates empathy, vulnerability, validation, compassion, Reality, and accuracy within you.

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    49 min
  • 57: Unconditional Self-Love
    Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt In this episode, Jodi discusses the crucially important topic of self-care or self-love. When I love myself and care for myself, I hold beliefs and live a lifestyle where I see myself and all others as truly equal in value. Loving myself is, in fact, the only avenue to genuinely loving others. Self-care involves practicing principles of impeccable emotional honesty, vulnerability, validating, and surrendering. Through self-care, I learn about myself and I learn to love myself unconditionally.

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    29 min
  • 56: Connection vs Control
    What is the difference between connection and control? It may seem simple on paper however the majority of us struggle with seeing controlling mentalities and behaviors in our lives. Connection means being honest, responsible, and humble (HRH). Control is the exact opposite. When we lie to "make" child feel better about themselves we are attempting to control them and are disconnected. Connection cannot exist it with lies, irresponsibility, and pride. When we control we are acting very selfishly because "I want them to like me" rather than "I want to share the Truth with them and be connected." The Truth will set us free if we so choose.

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    1 hr 20 min
  • 55: Drama–Inviting Someone Out
    Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt Every moment, we are either connected (in Reality) or disconnected (in drama). When someone is in drama, they are not experiencing the accurate reality. To have the greatest opportunity to come back into reality, the person is in need of 3 things: Validation of their emotions Curious questions about their experience The Truth — Feedback (invitation to come back into reality) In this episode, Jodi gives multiple examples of how to invite someone to come out of drama and into the Truth through validation and feedback.

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    38 min
  • 54: Perceptions & Boundaries

    In this episode, Jodi differentiates between factual honesty (being truthful about external facts, such as “I have a blue car”) and emotional honesty (being truthful about my motivations and emotions, such as “I do not like the blue color of my car”). Boundaries are how we are emotionally honest with self and others. Emotional honesty means coming to know yourself. Knowing yourself enables you to create boundaries, which teach others (and self) how to interact with you in ways that are honest and safe.

    “Emotional honesty is what allows you to perceive your world accurately." Jodi answers more questions, including why “little white lies” don’t have a place in emotional honesty.


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    1 hr 12 min
  • 53: Healthy Relationships
    Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt. This podcast is a mixed bag of excellent questions on a variety of topics. How do you become comfortable with speaking up, when you don’t know for sure whether it’s healthy or in drama? What is the difference between co-dependency and addiction? How do I help my children understand these concepts (for example, drama). I tried to explain drama to them, however I felt like the content was a bit heavy. Would you please discuss how to give vocabulary and ideas that would be easier for kids to understand? What is the difference between setting boundaries, vs. lowering your expectations? How do you start knowing yourself? How do you tell if your perception is the truth, vs. your truth?

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    32 min

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We transform lives by teaching the principles of connection. Learn the tools necessary to connect with oneself and others.

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