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“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 3, Episode 8, Guest: Joie Seldon, Topic: Emotional Intelligence

Joie Seldon is the founder of Emotional Evolution Institute and the author of “EMOTIONS, an Owner's Manual.” She is an international life and professional success coach and EQ trainer. She brings 25 years of experience as an actor and acting teacher, 10 years as a somatic psychology therapist, and a lifetime of personal growth engagement to her innovative approach to teaching people how to release limiting behaviors and use their emotions as the powerful guidance system they are meant to be. She has worked with clients at companies like NASA, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Blue Shield, Dolby, and in a variety of professions.

Joie's website: https://joieseldon.com/

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“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 3, Episode 7, Topic: Coping During the Holidays

Rather than have a guest this episode, I’ve decided to devote this early December episode to Coping During The Holidays. This can be a difficult time of year for people, even for people who aren’t struggling otherwise. In our main segment I will share pro-tips to help you deal with Grief & Loss, Loneliness, Depression, Difficult Family Dynamics, General Coping Strategies and Self Compassion, and finally Coping Resources that are just a click or phone call away. This might be just the boost you need to help make this a happier and healthier holiday season!

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Thank you to our sponsor, Audible. Get your free month of Audible Premium Plus at https://www.audibletrial.com/VxVNWj

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 3, Episode 6, Guest: Lisa Christy, Topic: Choose Love Not Hate

Lisa Christy is the founder of Choose Love Not Hate™, a faith-based kindness movement that’s catching fire across Georgia and beyond. A clean comedian, author, and three-time survivor, Lisa uses her story-filled humor to remind people that love is louder, kindness is contagious, and purpose often shows up in unexpected places—like her garage, where God told her to start all of this. Through her speaking, writing, and daily acts of simple compassion, she’s showing communities that it truly matters how we treat each other.

Learn more about Lisa Christy and her meaningful work, and about how to become a Kindness Ambassador at https://chooselovenothate.com/

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Thank you to our sponsor, Audible. Get your free month of Audible Premium Plus at https://www.audibletrial.com/VxVNWj 

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway. 

Season 3, Episode 5, Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Rosner, Topic: The LOVE rEVOLution

Dr. Elizabeth Rosner, affectionately known as Dr. Roz, is a visionary leader and the heart behind LOVE rEVOLution. Through her work, Dr. Roz seeks to inspire and empower individuals to lead with love, compassion, and nonviolence. LOVE rEVOLution encompasses a range of initiatives, including DebtFreeDegree, Leading with L.O.V.E., and being a Nonviolence365 Trainer for The King Center. By integrating these elements, Dr. Roz offers a comprehensive framework for personal and collective transformation. Her mission is teaching 8 billion people to LOVE 8 billion people, one heart at a time. Discover the power of love-centered leadership and join her LOVE rEVOLution today!!!

Dr. Roz’s website: https://drroz.love/

The King Center’s “Be Love” campaign: https://thekingcenter.org/belove

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“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is a production of Meta Key Productions, all rights reserved. 

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Thank you to our sponsor, Audible. Get your free month of Audible Premium Plus at https://www.audibletrial.com/VxVNWj

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 3, Episode 4, Guests: Charle Peck and Dr. Cameron Caswell, PhD, Topic: Improving School Mental Health

Charle Peck talk with Matthew about their recent book, “Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution,” a revolutionary program to optimize student learning outcomes and well-being.

Charle is also the co-author of “The Language of Behavior: A Framework to Elevate Student Success,” She holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work, and is a 20+ year veteran in K-12 education. Charle is also a keynote speaker and host of the “Thriving Educator” podcast.

Dr. Cam is known as “The Teen Translator” and is an adolescent psychologist, parenting coach, TEDx speaker, and host of the “Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam” podcast. With over 20 years of experience and with a teen of her own, Dr. Cam combines professional expertise with personal insight to help parents stop yelling, start connecting, and rebuild trust at home.

Links for Charle Peck:

Books: www.ThrivingEducator.org/books

Website: www.ThrivingEducator.org

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-educator/id1677382954

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-language-of-behavior/id1777075576

X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlePeck

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlepeck1

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlepeck/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlepeck

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/charlepeck

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@charlepeck

Links for Dr. Cam:

Website: https://www.askdrcam.com/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-teens-with-dr-cam/id1524209790

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drcamcaswell

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcamcaswell

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBiER8Hwo8TLzfIXAnYYhYg?sub_confirmation=1

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.teen.translator

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“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is a production of Meta Key Productions, all rights reserved.

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Thank you to our sponsor, Audible. Get your free month of Audible Premium Plus at https://www.audibletrial.com/VxVNWj

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 3, Episode 3, Guest: Michael N. Nagler, Topic: Nonviolence

Michael N. Nagler is Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley, where he co-founded one of the first Peace and Conflict Studies Programs in the United States. In 1981, he also co-founded the Metta Center for Nonviolence, where he continues to dedicate his life to the values of nonviolence and spiritual discovery. He is the co-host of “Nonviolence Radio,” a popular radio show and podcast focused on exploring nonviolence, and has authored numerous influential books, including The Nonviolence Handbook and The Third Harmony. Learn more about Michael and nonviolence at https://www.mettacenter.org/

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Thank you to our sponsor, Audible. Get your free month of Audible Premium Plus at https://www.audibletrial.com/VxVNWj

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 3, Episode 2, Topic: How to accept others as they are/how to become more accepting of difference. If you’ve been with our show since the beginning then you might remember that in the first season we revealed that it is actually good for us - both mentally and physically – to be accepting of others. If that episode convinced you to be more accepting of others now you might still be wondering - but how do I go about actually being more accepting of others? Are there any tools that can help me do this? Well, the answer is yes, there are tools and techniques that lead to greater acceptance, and in this episode Matthew goes into them in wonderful detail. Listen/watch for details!

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World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org/

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Thank you to our sponsor, Audible. Get your free month of Audible Premium Plus at https://www.audibletrial.com/VxVNWj 

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social science show - now in its third season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway. 

Season 3, Episode 2, Topic: Group Agreements, Community Agreements, or Social Contracts. Can be called any number of things including Social Contracts, Covenants, Community Agreements, Group Agreements, Team Agreements, or Class Pledges, but the basic premise is the same. Essentially, a social contract is a list of agreements between a group of people about how they are going to treat one another and interact with one another. And even how they will resolve disputes. They are co-created by the group. Listen/watch for details!

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“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social psychology show - now in its second season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 2, Episode 12, Guest: Professor Matt Koschmann, Topic: Host Matthew David Vasko and our guest discuss how we can best communicate with others across our current cultural and political divide.

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“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is a production of Meta Key Productions, all rights reserved.

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This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of therapy at https://betterhelp.com/itmatters

If you have any questions about the brand relating to how the therapists are licensed, their privacy policy, or therapist compensation model, check out this FAQ: https://www.betterhelp.com/your-questions-answered/

“It Matters How We Treat One Another” is the social psychology show - now in its second season! Here, host Matthew David Vasko discusses all the various ways that we can improve our relationships with others - partners, children, parents, extended family, friends, coworkers, and all the different types of people with whom we share our beautiful and diverse world. Features include Inspiring News and The Quote of the Week. Find our premium content on our Patreon, including The Takeaway.

Season 2, Episode 11, Guest: Kia Afcari, Topic: Scientific Support for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). MDV and Kia discuss the overwhelming evidence in support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and how good it is for both companies and for individuals of all identities.

Kia is the Director of Greater Good Workplaces at GGSC. He has over 25 years of experience helping leaders, teams, and organizations all over the world with DEI and other collaborative change efforts. Kia’s TEDx talk on How We Can Reshape Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Together has over 77,000 views, and he was awarded Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s Silver Award for Innovation for his accomplishments in helping to shift the organizational culture of UC Berkeley’s 8,000 staff.

Links to resources mentioned in this episode:

Lily Zheng: A new model for DEI - https://hbr.org/2025/01/what-comes-after-dei

John A. Powel: "The Power of Bridging" - https://belonging.berkeley.edu/power-bridging

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