Schooling Struggle

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All Aboard!! In this episode the guys focus on what they have discovered about holding tightly onto things (a.k.a. luggage) in our figurative lives. This entails emotions, thoughts, judgements, and perspectives we may not need to carry throughout our lives. Also, dogs and robot helpers! Also covered are deep thoughts brought on by meditation, how we do our best as we ride the train of life… diving for lobsters, generational gratitude and much more. Hit us up at [email protected], just to say hello, share feedback, or make guest suggestions.

Walking (if we are able) is good for many things in life, physically and mentally. In this installment we welcome (back) Doug and his friend Eli. Their winding tale involves friendship, challenge, discomfort, planning, expectation, resilience, and realism. How what sometimes begins with a simple idea, helps us navigate so many other aspects of life that we cannot always perceive when starting something new.

Iaen Ellis - Todd's youngest son joins the show to chat about a myriad of topics including challenges that accompany growing up with ADHD, starting a new life across the country, and takeaways he can utilize from a lifetime of his father's modeling.

In this 2nd edition of "Story-Time with Mr. D." Pete takes us back to age 12 when his disdain for the dentist was at an all time high. He shares how he craftily navigated childhood trips to the dentist chair and what he learned along the way.

The guys share some recent physical and emotional struggles they have each been navigating as of late. The conversation melds into the role that pain plays in human lives. Todd & Pete cover a range of topics under this umbrella such as what can be learned from pain, it's challenges, and specifically 14 benefits of pain.

Grounded Series Episode - Guest Nick Wolfe

Peter invites Mr. Wolfe to share struggles and what lessons they have held for him. From homesteading to child rearing, and attacks of anxiety among all stops along the way. Wolfe has a wealth of interesting insights and approaches to all things mindset.

If you're new to the show, we (Peter and Todd) mix in our own struggle experiences into a mosaic of messiness, weaving in direction and depth.

Habits. What they are, where they come from, and how we can impliment new ones in our lives. Leveraging four steps from James Clear's guidance, Peter uses Todd as a subject, in real time to vet and explore the steps. Todd's topic is trash (literally), rather taking the trash to the road for pickup. How we speak to ourselves, the way we identify as something, this is the first step. As the other steps unfold, so too does our conversation within the context of our respective lives and how our habits evolve as well as other around us.

Full of tactical tips about starting, stopping, and replacing habits.

James Clear's summary of Atomic Habits

Definition: grounded - Sensible and reasonable

Adjective. If you say that someone is grounded, you mean they understand the importance of ordinary things in life.

Heather Pogue (mother, wife, & teacher) shares what keeps her grounded throughout the midst of strife and life challenge. She discusses the nuances of navigating the challenges that accompany teaching in inner city Chicago and beyond.

Heather also discusses the tactical approaches she takes to remaining calm when life gets overwhelming and the habits she strives to instill in an effort to be the best version of herself.