Foundations

In this episode Bryce and Becky explore  our relationship with food. Listen in as they chat about various aspects of our complex human relationship to food-basic survival, normalized eating, and the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders.

Our relationship with food offers us many opportunities for greater self-awareness!

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In this episode Becky and Bryce welcome two special guests from SAME Cafe (So All May Eat) to discuss self-awareness and food. 

Brad Allen Reubendale is the CEO of So All May Eat / SAME Cafe and Cory Wolin is the Executive Director of SAME Cafe Toledo.  They share the mission of SAME, how each of them found their way to SAME and how it has impacted their lives.

We go on to discuss how food is a powerful connector and conveyor/ stimulator of memory as well as a primary way to build community and dignity for all people.

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In this episode Bryce and Becky explore what it means to live a justice oriented life.  Justice orientation requires that we drill down to a deeper place below the surface level of  "should".  Frederick Buechner refers to that foxy place as an intersection: "the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep need meet." 

Listen in as Bryce and Becky chat about how justice issues are too vast and too important to show up trying to solve them out of a sense of guilt and fear. Justice issues require a deeper part of us to show up, something beyond our guilt and fear. It requires our heart, our soul, our fox.

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In this episode Bryce and Becky talk about boundaries. 
Listen in to find out:
-What are boundaries? 
-How boundaries are linked with needs
-3 steps to setting a boundary
-How solid boundaries lead to a deeper sense of wholeness and peace
-The most important rule about setting a boundary
-Some examples 

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In this Poetry Break  Becky and Bryce share a poem from Hafiz a 14th Century Persian Sufi Poet . You will hear them reflect on the poem titled: Dropping Keys. This piece invites us to juxtapose and ponder the mindset of the small person and the wise one.

You can find Dropping Keys  in the book, The Gift,  at this link:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/331522/the-gift-by-renderings-of-hafiz-by-daniel-ladinsky/

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In this episode Bryce and Becky welcome special guest Wendy Nathan to the show. Wendy is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the Toledo area.  She was recently recognized by the Ohio Counselor Association as Counselor of the Year as well (in 2021).

Therapy can provide a safe place for another trained set of eyes to help us see what we struggle to see and deal with on our own. That is one of the main ways that therapy can support us in growing our self-awareness.

This episode takes a look various threads related to therapy including:
 -what is therapy
-what are the differences between different therapeutic providers
-when to go to therapy
-what happens when it's time to be done with therapist or when we have to change providers

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In this episode Bryce and Becky welcome two new guest experts to the show to explore the topic of Grief. Dorothy Mockensturm, Managing Director of Good Grief of Northwest Ohio and Pam Przybylski, Lead Chaplain at Mercy St. Anne's Hospital help us explore this important topic.

This conversation is rich and full.  Tune in and discover:
-Why is talking about grief so hard?
-There are many faces of grief
-Grief changes you and it can teach you about yourself
-How grief is like a roller coaster
-Grief is an expression of our whole self coming out and saying "I'm here."
-Self- awareness invites us to get honest about how we are experiencing grief and it's many faces.

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In this episode Bryce and Becky explore the beloved American poet David Wagoner's poem "Lost." Times of being lost are common to the human condition.  Lostness offers us an invitation to slow down and connect with our true self more deeply.

This poem has a special place in Bryce's heart and he shares some of his personal experience about how this poem came to him during his own time of lostness.

You can learn more about David Wagoner here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/david-wagoner

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In this episode Bryce and Becky explore the topic of Empathy. 

You will hear them offer a definition of empathy (including some  etymology for all the nerdy word lovers out there). Also, they tease out the difference between empathy and sympathy and how empathy is linked to but different from compassion. They end the episode by modeling a little empathy building exercise that you can quickly employ in your life to build your empathy muscles.

Becky and Bryce also refer to a Brene Brown video and you can link to it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw

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In this episode Bryce and Becky introduce listeners to American poet Mary Oliver.

Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Winning Poet. The New York Times  acknowledged Mary Oliver as “far and away, this country’s best-selling poet.” Of special note for us as we record in NW Ohio, Mary Oliver was born in a small town in Ohio, and she  published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28.

Becky was drawn to share the poem "I Am Standing" which can be found in Mary Oliver's book titled, Evidence.  After reading the poem a couple of times, Bryce and Becky each share what's resonant including how nature has a way of calling us back to our true/ core self. Even the smallest creatures, if we dare to stand up and go be with nature, can transport us into a place of gratitude for our own and all of life.

You can go here for more info on this book of poetry: https://maryoliver.beacon.org/2009/12/evidence-2/index.html

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