Gray Matters Radio With Michael DeVine

Let's face it...there is a lot going on in the world today and there are plenty of things to be anxious or upset about as a parent. But just because we are anxious or upset, doesn't mean your child has to be that way! Too many times in my office I have a parent calling me in a panic about how upset their child is about something or how worried they are...only to sit down with the child and find out that they really don't feel that way. To be effective as a parent we have to make sure that we are not projecting our own emotions on to our children. So how do we know when we are doing it? Tune in for today's show where we talk about the most common signs that we are projecting emotions on to others as well as how we can use mindfulness to back the train up and choose a more effective option. Listen in for tips that you can help you start making more intentional decisions as a parent right away

Near the top of the list of feedback that we received from parents were tips on how to help their kids reintegrate back into in-person classes. For this episode we discuss tips for dealing with their child's anxiety, lack of motivation, bad habits, electronics usage, atrophy of social skills, and lost time in preparing for college applicatiopns/jobs.

Have you ever really wondered what your counselor, psychologist, or therapist really thinks about the problems they see in their office? For the first episode in the new season listeners are treated to a rare opportunity to finally get an honest answer as to what their therapists really think of their kids addiction, anxiety, depression, and failure to launch issues.

After watching the ESPN Documentary The Last Dance, I found myself amazed with how Phil Jackson was able to manage to keep all of those personalities and egos in check while simultaneously winning 6 NBA Championships. It got me thinking about how sports in general has always been a lightning rod for the civil rights movement and not the Black Lives Matter movements and somehow through all of those tense moments in our history and present...teams were able to operate at a high level and work together no matter what.

If sports teams are able to do it why can't we find a way as a country to do the same? What is unique about sports teams and locker rooms that allow people even opposed to each other still find ways to work together? What is missing in our country that we can borrow from professional sports teams to help us do the same thing? To help us explore we invited renown sports psychologist Dr. Justin Anderson of Premier Sport Psychology onto the show. Dr Anderson has worked for years with professional and collegiate sports teams which affords him a unique perspective of the interpersonal and psychological makeup of a professional sports team.

What do we find out from Dr Anderson? You will have to listen to find out but I can tell you that Phil Jackson and aliens might be the solution

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

Part of getting older is being able to realize and admit that what you have been doing isn't working and being okay with not knowing how to fix it. That is the sum of how I have felt in the past few weeks watching America tear itself apart not only among party lines but alone racial and socioeconomic lines.

I will admit that I have felt guilty recently over my view that being color-blind was the best way to deal with racial in-equality because it only has led to what we are seeing on TV and in our communities. I want to be part of the solution so for this special episode of Gray Matters, I invited a long time friend of the show and one of my best friends of over 22 years Leon Cradle into the studio to have a hard talk about race in America.

More importantly we made sure that no question was left off the table and gave each other permission to be more blunt then we ever have before. Our hope is that by asking questions such as:
What do white people not understand about racial inequality that they should?
What is it that people are getting wrong about the protests?
Explain the anger and what is behind it?
Is looting getting in the way of the message?
Why is there some back lash towards white people who are joining protests or advocating online?
How do comments such as "thugs" Lowlifes" etc. have on people of color?
What white people are afraid to ask or do?
What can we do from here...what needs to happen right now?
What is your opinion of leadership in the black community right now?
Lastly, Is it detrimental to only look at these protests as being about race rather than also about economic inequality?

Our goal is to model how black and white people can talk to each other in a different way to start some level of understanding so we can move forward and most importantly come up with real solutions that are more than just putting duct tape on the problem and actually coming up with real change. We have to because our country will tear itself apart if we don't. Our common goal should be peace, understanding, and prosperity and every action should have that in mind...instead of not trying to look weak or trying to score political points or ratings.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

How many times have you heard people say that we need a new independent 3rd political party to run for president and to keep the Democrats and Republicans in check? How many times have we had a 3rd party candidate and they get labeled a selfish pariah that siphoned votes and handed it to the other candidate?

Exactly...we say that we want a 3rd party candidate but each time they run not enough people support them, their message doesn't change a damn thing, and they just end up causing more trouble then good.

So we decided to dive into this topic by inviting our good friend Dr. Eric Larson host of the new podcast The Amash Files into the studio for a joint podcast episode to discuss his good friend Justin Amash running for president on the Libertarian ticket and to discuss the psychology or mental roadblocks that get in the way of people supporting a 3rd party candidate for president.

We also interviewed 3 listeners from both sides of the spectrum to get their insights into their support or lack of support for a 3rd part candidate and how their honest insight might provide a 3rd party candidate the psychological road map to get voters over the hump and gain their support.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

In case you didn't know it, America is pretty divided and not even a killer virus can make us get along. The latest couples spat is a brewing war between the Liberate America's Economy movement and the Social Distancing movement where apparently each side thinks the other's plans will end America as we know it. Not exactly a typical couples counseling session where parents disagree over where their kid should go to school?

So what the hell do we do? Well for starters we need a different approach and a public debate where two people yelling at each other, not listening, and saying they are going to kill America is NOT the answer. So for this episode of Gray Matters we asked 3 simple questions to an epidemiologist, nurse, and a general contractor to not try to change their mind but to listen to them and get an understanding of what they believe about the shutdown, how they formed that opinion, and what they think about how politicized it it has become.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

So who is really behind the Covid-19 pandemic? Depending on what corners of the internet you live in, your answer might range from China, USA, Bill Gates, Democrats, Deep State, New World Order...hell I even saw theories placing the blame on Unicorns.

Okay...maybe not Unicorns but you get the point. So we wouldn't be Gray Matters if we didn't at least look under the hood of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories on the interwebs and try to find a way to apply a scientific methodology to weeding out what theories had any factual or plausible basis. Helping us in our quest to find some truth we invited our good friend Big B from The Cave Crew Radio Show to help keep Bill and I honest.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

With so much attention in the media being about NYC's death toll and President Trump's perceived lack of action in January, many parts of this country that are being affected by Corona Virus are not getting the attention that they need. That is why we are dedicating our show the next few weeks into telling the stories that the news is just not covering.

For this week, we invited our Colorado Snow For Life crew, onto the show to discuss what is happening out there in Summit Country. Joining us in The Gray is Founder Kevin Sayler, USA Junior Olympic Freestyle Skiing Coach Teddy Goggin, and Weston Back Country & Summit Country snow-boarding legend Zach Griffin

What do our boys tell us? To put their plight in perspective, 7.7% of all hospitality jobs are in Colorado and their #2 employer is ski resorts, restaurants, and hotels. So when that industry is getting kicked in the mouth as a result of the shutdown, you don't have to be a social scientist to realize how dire the landscape might be in Colorado after all of this.

But just like we are seeing across this country...people are stepping up to help out the local businesses...neighbors are helping out neighbors...people are just doing what needs to get done to save their community. There is beauty in all of this and the Summit Strong mentality is restoring my faith in humanity one story at a time.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

You know you live in odd times when there is a worldwide deadly virus pandemic and most people you talk to in America are more worried about the economy then peoples lives. Its not to say people don't care about the virus, it just speaks volumes to the damage the quarantine has had on the global economy.

So what will the economy look like in America 2.0? Depending on who you talk to its either going to be a economic wasteland or it will serve as a catalyst to finally address some major issues in our economy. So we wanted to get to the bottom of this debate and we do what any good American does when they don't don't have the answer...we go to our parents for the answer.

Join us as we invite our long time economic and foreign policy correspondent Richard "The Professor" DeVine onto the show where we tap into his MBA in Operations plus his 30 years of manufacturing and supply-chain experience to help us understand what data we should look at to predict what the economy will look like after all of this.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform