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Gregg Levoy is anauthor, speaker, and seminar leader. He is the acclaimed author of Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion and Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life, the latter of which is among the Workforce Information Group's "Top 20 Career Publications". He previously worked as a Behavioral Specialist at USA Today. Currently, he is a regular contributing author and blogger for Psychology Today. He frequently holds workshops about the business, educational, governmental, faith-based and human-potential industries as well as keynote presentations for audiences at prestigious organizations such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Microsoft.

Gregg joins me today to discuss the importance of self-inquiry and knowing your true self and how it impacts your ability to build healthy relationships. We discuss the importance ofnot just of listening, but also of having genuine conversations with yourself, especially in uncovering things you never knew about your character, your relationships, and the world around you. We share how being authentic means paying attention to signs within and around you — and preparing to hear self-truths from ourselves that may not always be pleasant.

"It's really that age-old idea that 'you can't love other people until you love yourself.'" - Gregg Levoy

This week on Relationships! Let's Talk About It:

• Knowing yourself through dreamwork, journaling, and asking questions about yourself.
• How to be a generous listener.
• Why having an ongoing, conversational relationship with yourself is critical.
• The meaning of self-reflection and understanding why some people don't turn their "receivers" on.
• What dreams actually tell you on a conscious level.
• How — and why — Gregg turned down an opportunity of a lifetime because of a dream.
• The benefit of journaling.
• The value of curiosity, not just about the world, but about each other.
• The crucial difference between evoking and provoking.
• "The alien game" and learning about yourself, your partner, and the world.
• The concept of "dating cities," and how "I like myself here" can be applied in multiple relationships in your life.

Connect with Gregg Levoy:

• Gregg Levoy website
• Gregg Levoy on Facebook

Join Us for The Power of Appreciation Workshop

Join Pripo and his wife, Yvonne Rainbow Teplitsky, on Sunday, November 11, 2018, in Asheville, NC to learn the secrets of unlocking the Power of Appreciation in your relationships. Genuine appreciation, regardless of how simple or profound, has been proven to bring an immediate shift in the quality and closeness of loving relationships. The Power of Appreciation Workshopwill teach you the necessary skills and fundamental process of enriching your relationship with your partner, deepening the connection, and enhancing the flow of positive.

To learn more about The Power of Appreciation Workshop, and to register, visit HeartShare Counseling & Consulting PCor call (828) 712-8398.

Sponsored by Still Point Wellness

Still Point Wellness is Asheville's premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point's world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before!

Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.comor call (828) 348-5372.

Mention the code:Pripoto receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®!

Let's Talk About It!

Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Relationships! Let's Talk About It- the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week's episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media!

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Gregg Levoy is anauthor, speaker, and seminar leader. He is the acclaimed author of Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion and Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life, the latter of which is among the Workforce Information Group’s "Top 20 Career Publications". He previously worked as a Behavioral Specialist at USA Today. Currently, he is a regular contributing author and blogger for Psychology Today. He frequently holds workshops about the business, educational, governmental, faith-based and human-potential industries as well as keynote presentations for audiences at prestigious organizations such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Microsoft.

 

Gregg joins me today to discuss the importance of self-inquiry and knowing your true self and how it impacts your ability to build healthy relationships. We discuss the importance ofnot just of listening, but also of having genuine conversations with yourself, especially in uncovering things you never knew about your character, your relationships, and the world around you. We share how being authentic means paying attention to signs within and around you — and preparing to hear self-truths from ourselves that may not always be pleasant.

 

“It’s really that age-old idea that ‘you can’t love other people until you love yourself.’” - Gregg Levoy

 

This week on Relationships! Let’s Talk About It:

 

• Knowing yourself through dreamwork, journaling, and asking questions about yourself.
• How to be a generous listener.
• Why having an ongoing, conversational relationship with yourself is critical.
• The meaning of self-reflection and understanding why some people don’t turn their “receivers” on.
• What dreams actually tell you on a conscious level.
• How — and why — Gregg turned down an opportunity of a lifetime because of a dream.
• The benefit of journaling.
• The value of curiosity, not just about the world, but about each other.
• The crucial difference between evoking and provoking.
• “The alien game” and learning about yourself, your partner, and the world.
• The concept of “dating cities,” and how “I like myself here” can be applied in multiple relationships in your life.

 

Connect with Gregg Levoy:

 

• Gregg Levoy website
• Gregg Levoy on Facebook

 

Join Us for The Power of Appreciation Workshop

 

Join Pripo and his wife, Yvonne Rainbow Teplitsky, on Sunday, November 11, 2018, in Asheville, NC to learn the secrets of unlocking the Power of Appreciation in your relationships. Genuine appreciation, regardless of how simple or profound, has been proven to bring an immediate shift in the quality and closeness of loving relationships. The Power of Appreciation Workshopwill teach you the necessary skills and fundamental process of enriching your relationship with your partner, deepening the connection, and enhancing the flow of positive.

 

To learn more about The Power of Appreciation Workshop, and to register, visit HeartShare Counseling & Consulting PCor call (828) 712-8398.

 

Sponsored by Still Point Wellness

 

Still Point Wellness is Asheville’s premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point’s world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before!

 

Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.comor call (828) 348-5372.

 

Mention the code:Pripoto receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®!

 

 

Let’s Talk About It!

 

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of Relationships! Let’s Talk About It- the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don’t forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media!

 

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Corey Costanzo is the co-owner of Still Point Wellness, an award-winning spa based in Asheville, NC offering world-class services including Salt Water Floatation - also known as sensory deprivation - Esalen Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Corey is a man of many talents and wears multiple hats. He holds a master's degree in Clinical Psychology with a special focus on Somatic Psychology and is a certified Esalen Massage and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. He is a licensed clinical addictions counselor, trauma and anxiety specialist, and mindfulness meditation teacher. Additionally, he is a music therapist as well as a talented didgeridoo player.

Corey joins me today to discuss how addictions affect relationships. He explains how couples can improve their relationship when an addiction is present and how to identify when an addiction becomes an issue. He also explains what non-addicted partners can do to help themselves in a relationship involving addiction and how insight and awareness can help addicted partners learn to make better choices and decisions that are aligned with their life goals.

"When there's an addiction in the relationship, it's almost as if there's a third-party that's in the relationship." - Corey Costanzo

This week on Relationships! Let's Talk About It:

• How addictions often drive a wedge between partners.
• The importance of non-addicted partners seeking help, counseling, and treatment.
• What is Al-Anon and how it helps relationships involving addictions?
• Signs of co-dependence and how it impacts your relationship.
• How co-dependences tendencies impact future generations.
• The difference between judging a person judging the behavior.
• The importance of setting boundaries.
• The difference between advocating sobriety vs. advocating moderation.
• How addictions impact trust.
• The importance of staying disciplined and focused on the long-term goal when facing relapses.
• How periods of addiction relapses can help identify what is "lacking" in an addicted person's life.
• How practicing mindfulness meditation can help non-addicted partners stay aligned with and empowered to hold their boundaries.
• Recognizing triggers that lead to addiction or relapse.
• How insight and awareness can help addicted partners make better choices that are in line with their life goals.
• How one person seeking help can lead others to do so as well.

Resources Mentioned:

• Al-Anon
• Headspace Meditation App

Connect with Corey Costanzo:

• Still Point Wellness

Sponsored by Still Point Wellness

Still Point Wellness is Asheville's premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point's world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before!

Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.com or call (828) 348-5372.

Mention the code: Pripo to receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®!

Let's Talk About It!

Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Relationships! Let's Talk About It - the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week's episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media!

Theme music provided by Adi the Monk

Corey joins me today to discuss how addictions affect relationships. He explains how couples can improve their relationship when an addiction is present and how to identify when an addiction becomes an issue. He also explains what non-addicted partners can do to help themselves in a relationship involving addiction and how insight and awareness can help addicted partners learn to make better choices and decisions that are aligned with their life goals.

Relationships are critical for creating a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life. They are all around us - from the people we interact with on a day-to-day basis to the animals and nature in our environment. Our relationships are built on the connections we forge with the people, places, and things in our life - whether that be the connections with our friends and family, our pets, or the emotional bonds we tie to items such as heirloom effects that have been passed down from generation to generation.

On today's episode, I share who I am, my background, and why I decided to launch the Relationships! Let's Talk About It podcast. I share what you can expect from each episode and guest conversation featured on the show as well as my intention to help more people forge deeper, more meaningful, and authentic relationships with those around them. I also explain what it truly means to build deep connections with your spouse or significant other as well as tips on how to forge more meaningful connections within your relationships.

"You cannot connect with somebody else if you are disconnected from yourself." - Pripo Teplitsky

This week on Relationships! Let's Talk About It:

• The impact that building connections can have on your relationships.
• How being authentic and vulnerable leads to creating deeper connections and more meaningful relationships.
• How your self-worth and self-compassion impacts the connections you forge with those around you.
• The impact of creating eye-contact while building connections and relationships.
• How hand-holding creates a deeper connection with your spouse or significant other.
• The role that compatibility plays on your relationships.
• The importance of listening and being present with your partner.
• The impact that playing and participating in fun activities with your partner can have on your connection and relationship.
• How showing appreciation of yourself and those around you helps develop stronger bonds throughout your relationships.

Sponsored by StillPoint Wellness

StillPoint Wellness is Asheville's premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point's world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation, also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before!

Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.com or call (828) 348-5372.

Mention the code: Pripo to receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®!

Let's Talk About It!

Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Relationships! Let's Talk About It - the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week's episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media!

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Andy Bosley is the co-founder of Yellowroot Farm CSA. He is currently studying to become an electrician, focusing on residential solar power. His journey into Men's Work initially began in 2004. Since then, he has become increasingly involved in projects that impact and improve the relationships men have with other men such as the ManKind Project and the New Warrior Training Adventure.

Andy joins me today to share his perspective on having healthy male relationships and how he became involved in projects like the ManKind Project. He shares his experience with the New Warrior Training Adventure and how it has impacted his relationships with other men in his life. We discuss the connection between a man's feeling of self-worth and their feelings of inadequacy and expressions of anger. He also shares how the concept of shadow work and inner emotional work can impact a man's relationship with their spouse, partner, or significant other as well as why women should encourage men to build healthy, authentic, and vulnerable connections with other men.

This episode will also help women that want to better understand men's thoughts and feelings on a deeper, more intimate level.

"Feeling heard is a way of connecting." - Andy Bosley

This week on Relationships! Let's Talk About It:

• His experience with the ManKind Project and New Warrior Training Adventure.
• The importance of men getting comfortable with being vulnerable around other men.
• The difference between "male bonding" and "male connecting."
• Understanding the pros and cons of "being right" vs. "being heard."
• The Shadow Work Concept and how it drives change in male relationships.
• The connection between a man's self-worth, feelings of inadequacy, and expressions of anger.
• Safe ways men can express their anger.
• How learning to safely express his anger has enriched his relationships.
• Why it is critical for men to find a safe space to be their authentic, vulnerable selves.
• How men can help other men overcome tendencies of grandiosity, narcissism, and depression.
• Why women should encourage men to build healthy connections with other men.
• How his relationship with his partner has benefitted from the Men's Work experience.
• The difference between feeling guilty and feeling shameful.
• How the work he has done internally has impacted the way he connects with and raises his children.
• The importance of allowing children to realize their feelings and emotions are normal and acceptable.
• The impact that modeling healthy emotional behaviors can have on young men and children.
• What it means for men to be deprived of intimacy from other men - beyond the sexual identity aspect - and why it's important for healthy male relationships.

Connect with Andy Bosley:

• Earthhaven Ecovillage
• Yellowroot Farm CSA

Sponsored by Still Point Wellness

Still Point Wellness is Asheville's premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point's world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before!

Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.com or call (828) 348-5372.

Mention the code: Pripo to receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®!

Let's Talk About It!

Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Relationships! Let's Talk About It - the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week's episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media!

Theme music provided by Adi the Monk

Andy joins me today to share his perspective on having healthy male relationships and how he became involved in projects like the ManKind Project. He shares his experience with the New Warrior Training Adventure and how it has impacted his relationships with other men in his life. We discuss the connection between a man’s feeling of self-worth and their feelings of inadequacy and expressions of anger.

One of the most common complaints in distressed marriages, partnerships, and relationships is that one - or both - people feel as though the other is not really listening to them. Mastering the art of listening is a critical component for improving your communication skills - and ultimately - your ability to deepen your connection with your partner and the people around you. On today's episode, I discuss the importance of honing your listening skills and how it can impact and improve your relationship with your partner as well as your friends, family, and colleagues. I explain what reflective listening is and how monitoring your self-talk can impact your ability to become a good listener for others. I also explain what it means to listen with empathy and how being present, curious, and interested in a conversation you are engaged in can impact the way the speaker feels as well as how it can help deepen the connection with them. "Listening and empathy skills are the hallmarks of good communicators." - Pripo Teplitsky This week on Relationships! Let's Talk About It:

• What is "true listening?"
• How being authentically curious and interested in your partner impacts your listening skills.
• What it means to "listen with the ears of the heart."
• How monitoring your self-talk during a conversation impacts your ability to be a present and empathetic listener.
• How to become a reflective listener.
• The difference between agreeing with the speaker vs. validating and acknowledging their experience and emotions.
• The importance of eye contact.
• Why it's important to resist the temptation to engage your thoughts that might interrupt the speaker's train of thought.
• Resisting the urge to fill moments of silence.
• The importance of being honest when you're distracted during a conversation.
• Getting clear on what the speaker expects from the listener.
• The correlation between your listening skills and intimacy.
• How breathing impacts your ability to listen and be present in a conversation.
• How deep listening creates authentic connections between individuals and partners.

Join Us for The Power of Appreciation Workshop Join Pripo and his beautiful wife, Yvonne Rainbow Teplitsky, on Sunday, November 11, 2018, in Asheville, NC to learn the secrets of unlocking the Power of Appreciation in your relationships. Genuine appreciation, regardless of how simple or profound, has been proven to bring an immediate shift in the quality and closeness of loving relationships. The Power of Appreciation Workshop will teach you the necessary skills and fundamental process of enriching your relationship with your partner, deepening the connection, and enhancing the flow of positive. To learn more about The Power of Appreciation Workshop, and to register, visit HeartShare Counseling & Consulting PC or call (828) 712-8398. Sponsored by Still Point Wellness Still Point Wellness is Asheville's premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point's world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before! Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.com or call (828) 348-5372. Mention the code: Pripo to receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®! Let's Talk About It! Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Relationships! Let's Talk About It - the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week's episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media! Theme music provided by Adi the Monk

On today’s episode, I discuss the importance of honing your listening skills and how it can impact and improve your relationship with your partner as well as your friends, family, and colleagues. I explain what reflective listening is and how monitoring your self-talk can impact your ability to become a good listener for others.

Corey Costanzo is the co-owner of Still Point Wellness, an award-winning spa in Asheville, North Carolina. He is a licensed clinical addictions counselor, trauma and anxiety specialist, music therapist, and mindfulness meditation teacher. He earned his master's degree in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Somatic Psychology. Additionally, he is a certified Esalen Massage and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner as well as a very talented didgeridoo player.

Corey joins me today to share how he is using sound and vibration as a tool to heal and transform the lives of those around him. He explains how sound helps in becoming more attune with your partner and its impact on the connection you build with them. He also explains how harmonics and vibrations influence partnerships, strategies to become more attuned to yourself as well as your partner, and how he uses the didgeridoo as a guided meditation tool in his philanthropic work.

"Attunement is a beautiful ingredient to the recipe of a successful relationship - and a successful life." - Corey Costanzo

This week on Relationships! Let's Talk About It:

• How he uses sound and healing as meditative tools to impact the healing and transformation process.
• Using the didgeridoo as a healing instrument in guided meditation sessions.
• The "Inside Out" meditation strategy and how it works.
• The history of the didgeridoo.
• How his guided meditation sessions with the didgeridoo at a men's detention center helped transform the lives of incarcerated men and trauma sufferers.
• The connection between emotional attunement and harmonic attunement.
• How attunement can be positive or negative.
• How being attuned to yourself - your knowing, alignment, and groundedness - impacts your ability to be attuned to others.
• Strategies to become attuned to yourself, your energy, and your personal space.
• The power of mental imagery, visualization techniques, and self-attunement.
• Designing your life with awareness and thought through mindfulness and attunement techniques.

Resources Mentioned:

• Touch the Sound Documentary
• Ear Hustle Podcast
• Light A Path Organization
• Asheville Community Yoga
• The Effects of Mental Imagery on Free Throw Performance study by The College at Brockport: State University of New York

Connect with Corey Costanzo:

• Still Point Wellness

Sponsored by Still Point Wellness

Still Point Wellness is Asheville's premier spa experience. Enjoy effortless relaxation and rejuvenate your body through Still Point's world-class services including Esalen Massage®, Salt Water Floatation also known as sensory deprivation, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Somatic Psychology. Experience the healing powers of deep relaxation like never before!

Schedule your first appointment by visiting www.StillPointWell.com or call (828) 348-5372.

Mention the code: Pripo to receive 10% off your first Salt Water Floatation and Esalen Massage®!

Let's Talk About It!

Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Relationships! Let's Talk About It - the show to help you forge deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships with those around you. If you enjoyed this week's episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your favorite episodes on social media!

Theme music provided by Adi the Monk