This week we welcome our very first guest on the podcast: the venerable Tim Beehler, right hand of the Attention Collection. We discuss a challenge we are starting to kick-off our March series, Enough.

What does it mean to have enough in our closets, our relationships, and our professional lives? Join us!

George Washington Carver had a secret garden. I didn’t know that when I sat down in Elementary school to scribble a few paragraphs in his honor. I just knew the CliffsNotes, the highlight reel. He was the peanut guy, right? 

In this episode, we explore his secret garden, and we ask, "What if everyone has some kind of secret garden? Beautiful and vibrant. Some better tended than others. Perhaps forgotten or neglected, but nevertheless worthy of attention and care?"

Featured:

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

"I bring everyone who has ever been kind to me with me. Black. White. Spanish-speaking. Native American. Gay. Straight. Everybody. I say, 'Come with me. I'm going on the stage. I need you now.'" - Maya Angelou

This episode is about taking note of everyone who has ever contributed to your life and bringing them along in your endeavors. 

Featured:

Maya Angelou on Oprah's Master Class

It can be tempting, the thought of giving up or giving in. It can seem like a lonely uphill climb some days, but we’re not alone. We stand beneath a 'great cloud of witnesses' who paved the way for us to be here now, in this moment.

In honor of Black History Month, may we celebrate how far we've come and draw strength for how far we've yet to go. 

We make choices every day, most of them without much thought, based on habit or impulse. What if we treated our daily options like job candidates and kept only the ones that helped further our lives?

A placebo is "a substance that has no therapeutic effect." It's a "measure designed merely to calm or please someone," and yet it's surprisingly effective. The truth is we use placebos in everyday life, whether we realize it or not. The trick is to recognize them, to take full advantage of their mysterious power, but also to see when we they've become a crutch. 

Will power is overrated. Take your placebos.

This episode walks through some strange and (seemingly) obscure places to make a simple point: You are not alone. But you might need to go first.

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This episode is about an 80's pop culture phenomenon, but it's really about what happens when we embrace our limitations.

For a deep dive into the creation of He-Man and The Masters of the Universe, check out this awesome show on Netflix!

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We don't become ourselves by ourselves. We are formed by the inputs of others, and by things like books, film, music and popular culture. To close out the year, Anthony shares a few of the inputs that had a hand in his formation in 2019, things that may inspire you as well.

Music:

One - Birdtalker

Fun Up Here - Mike Posner (feat. Logic)

Chillhop, Lo-Fi Hiphop

The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett

Film:

It Part 2

Peanut Butter Falcon

The Movies That Made Us (Netflix Series)

Books:

The Art of Possibility - Rosamund and Benjamin Zander

Pathways to Possibility - Rosamund Zander

Elevation - Stephen King

The Zen Commandments - Dean Sluyter

Web/Social:

swiss-miss.com - Tina Roth Eisenberg

Strange Planet - Nathan W. Pyle

Nikkolas Smith 

Most of the time we think of regifting as an unspoken yet widely practiced faux pas, an indication that the gifter doesn’t know the giftee very well. But, in another sense, regifting is the relational currency that brings us closer together. I’ll explain...

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