ReSocial

For years, we've been told that purpose comes from finding your passion—that lightning-bolt moment when you know exactly what you're meant to do. But many of our listeners are still waiting for that clarity. They're navigating constant change, working in uncertain conditions, raising families in an unstable world, trying to build meaning when the ground keeps shifting. And they're wondering: Is purpose something you find, or is it something you build—moment by moment, choice by choice, through the relationships and work that matter to you?

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

Today I’m joined by author and psychologist Dr. Todd Kashdan. His recent work has fundamentally redefined what we mean by purpose in life. He's shown that purpose isn't about having all the answers. It's about how you engage with uncertainty itself. It's about direction over destination. And for people navigating a world that refuses to stay still, that changes everything.

Information about Todd: https://toddkashdan.com

“Provoked” with Dr. Todd Kashdan on Substack: https://toddkashdan.substack.com/

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Here's the difficult question: if you're already trapped, if your calendar is packed with non-promotable work and saying no feels impossible, what do you do? Waiting for your organization to change could take years. And in the meantime, your career is stalling. Your life doesn't look like you want it to. You're exhausted.

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

Today I’m joined by Dr. Linda Babcock, co-author of The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work. Her research reveals you have more agency than you think. It starts with one thing: seeing clearly what you're actually doing with your time. And then making conscious choices about what you want to keep, what you want to shed, and how to have that conversation with your supervisor. We’re going to talk about practical agency in a system that was designed to take it from you.

Check out Linda’s book The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work: https://www.thenoclub.com/

 Information about Linda: https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/people/emeritus/linda-babcock.html

 ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·        ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·        Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·        Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·        Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·        Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·        Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·        Connect with Anthony on:

o   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

We often talk about slowness as an idea. But for many of our listeners, it's not abstract at all. They're trying to slow down with their kids while schools demand constant achievement. They're trying to be present with aging parents while managing work. They're trying to care for their bodies when the culture treats health like another thing to optimize and rush through. Today we're going deeper into where slowness actually shows up—in the everyday moments that shape who we are and how we connect.

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

Today I'm joined by Carl Honoré, award-winning author and speaker, who spent his career as a journalist watching the world accelerate. But his real breakthrough came when he realized he was caught in the same trap. Carl's here to talk about what changed when he decided to stop, and what that shift revealed about how we connect with ourselves and each other.

Check out Carl’s book In Praise of Slow: https://bit.ly/4ybNt0V

Information about Carl: https://carlhonore.info

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Think about the best conversation you’ve had in the last year: the one that left you feeling closer to someone. It’s likely that in that conversation, you weren’t thinking about yourself at all. Why do those moments seem rarer than they should be and what would we have to change to have more of them?

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs. 

Today I’m joined by Dr. Jennifer Crocker, a renowned social psychologist, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recipient of the Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. Jenny has spent her research career studying self-esteem and how compassionate goals impact our quality of connection with others, leading to richer CMSRs.

Check out Jenny’s Substack “The Ego Equation” https://theegoequation.substack.com/

Information about Jenny: https://psychology.osu.edu/people/crocker.37

 ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·        ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·        Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·        Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·        Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·        Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·        Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·        Connect with Anthony on:

o   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Many of our listeners are caught in the machinery of modern life: the constant comparison, the pressure to appear successful, the narrowing of vision to what they can control. And somewhere beneath that, there's a longing for something bigger—a moment that reminds them they're part of a vast, beautiful, mysterious world. We've learned to suppress awe, to dismiss it as impractical, to push it aside in favor of productivity, but awe might just be the antidote to the isolation and anxiety that comes from a life too focused on the self.

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

Today I’m joined by Dr. Dacher Keltner, whose research shows us that experiencing awe literally rewires how we think, how we connect, and how we show up in our relationships. His work demonstrates that awe diminishes self-focused thinking, increases our sense of belonging, and opens us to the deeper patterns of meaning that hold our lives together. When you cultivate awe, you don't just feel better. You become capable of genuine, compassionate presence—the very foundation of CMSRs.

 Check out his book Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life: https://bit.ly/4exdApS

Information about Dacher: https://www.dacherkeltner.com/

 ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Many of our listeners are caught between two worlds. You're a parent trying to be present, but you're also responsible for something beyond your family—a team, a department, a vision. And if your work is public, if your name is attached to decisions, your family knows it. Your children see the criticism. Your partner watches the toll. You want to model integrity for your children, but you also want to protect them from exposure they didn't ask for.

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

I'm here with Alejandro Poiré Romero, former spokesperson for the Mexico’s national security strategy during the Calderón administration. Today, we're exploring something we don't talk about enough: what happens to relationships—family relationships, marriages, the way we show up as parents—when we're leading under pressure. And what happens when we choose to be honest with our children about who we are, even when honesty is risky.

Information about Alejandro: https://tec.mx/en/our-faculty/ecsg/alejandro-poire?srsltid=AfmBOorZNrEPSbxDLLyNbspdxQuYdvQgaQF8wj9zkhhPtTH3z_5MD827

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

If working from home is so exhausting, why do people prefer it? Why do organizations keep fighting about bringing people back to the office?

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

Today I'm joined by Dr. Kristen Shockley, whose NSF-funded research into remote work patterns reveals something surprising: people who work from home actually work the same amount as office workers. But they're spending the time they save differently. And some of those differences are genuinely healthy.

Information about Kristin’s research: https://harbert.auburn.edu/directory/kristen-shockley.html

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Many of our listeners are exhausted. They're managing invisible demands — a health transition, a shift in their body, emotions they can't quite control — while performing competence and calm at work. They're faking it because that's what the job requires, what their industry demands, what they've learned will keep them safe.

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

I'm joined today by Dr. Alicia Grandey, a distinguished professor of industrial-organizational psychology at Penn State University and the author of Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work. Her research shows that there's usually a reason why trying harder to manage yourself isn't working. When you spend your energy faking emotions instead of feeling them, you don't just burn out. You become invisible. You become lonely. The solution isn't more discipline or better emotional management. It's understanding what you need to feel safe enough to be yourself and recognizing that authenticity, not performance, is the foundation of real connection.

Alicia’s new book Emotionally Charged: https://bit.ly/42YBllr

More information about Alicia’s research: https://psych.la.psu.edu/people/aag6/

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Many of our listeners feel thankful for something in their lives: their families, close friendships, comfortable homes, good health. How many of us keep that gratitude to ourselves?

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

I’m joined today by Dr. Nick Epley, professor at the University of Chicago and author of the upcoming book A Little More Social. We’re talking about the choices that keep us more isolated than we need to be and why the connections we are most likely to avoid are the ones that would almost always reward us. I want to turn now to a specific form of reaching out that Nick’s research shows is both more powerful and more neglected than almost anything else we can do: expressing gratitude.

Nick’s new book A Little More Social: https://bit.ly/4wyGTAx

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3

Have you ever been in a conversation where you could feel—almost physically—that the other person wasn't trying to understand you, they were just trying to win? Most of us have been on both sides of that divide.

Hello, I'm your host Dr. Anthony Silard, and welcome to ReSocial—where we rediscover, reflect on and renew how we approach social relationships so we can develop Compassionate, Meaningful, Sustainable Relationships, or what we call CMSRs.

Today we’re speaking with Professor Juliana Schroeder, who teaches Negotiations and Conflict Resolution at Berkeley Haas. Her research reveals something counterintuitive: the way we approach disagreement is almost perfectly designed to fail. She's discovered what actually works in hard conversations—whether between teenagers from opposite sides of a conflict or two people in the same house trying to find their way back to each other.

Learn more about Juliana Schroeder: https://julianaschroeder.com

Psychology of Technology Institute: https://www.psychoftech.org/

ReSocial and Anthony Silard:

·         ReSocial on ABC/KMET with podcast links: https://www.kmet1490am.com/resocial

·         Are you willing to tell us what you enjoyed about ReSocial and what you think can be improved? Or any life challenges related to developing CMSRs you’d like to share? Email us your feedback at [email protected]

·         Anthony Silard’s Latest Book Love and Suffering: https://amzn.to/42kjCE3

·         Anthony Silard Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/48Drq8e

·         Two Free Books by Anthony Silard: https://bit.ly/3Rajkuw

·         Managing Loneliness Video Course with Anthony Silard: https://theartoflivingfree.org/course-managing-loneliness/

·         Connect with Anthony on:

o    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-silard-a305516/

o    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.silard/

o    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.silard.3