Today’s podcast is a continuation of my reading of my new blog post, which you can see at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-two-2021 . I hope you enjoy the episode and the reflections I’ve pulled from the last three and a half months. I’ve come to really appreciate these articles and time for reflection. I hope you can see why. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care. More to come!

Today’s podcast is the first of a few that will cover my learnings from quarter two, for which you can find the full written version at mattbest.net/theplatform/quarter-two-2021 . This process of writing each night, reviewing all of my writings at the end of a quarter, pulling out key themes, then expanding on them, has been incredibly rich and insightful for me. I hope that you can pick up on that when engaging in these episodes. Thanks for listening, and I hope to see you for the next part! As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

A member of my closest friend group will be starting a new journey as he moves across the country at the end of the week. To honor him, we’ve spent some quality time together this week and have reflected on the meaning if this friendship we have built. This episode is an embodiment of that reflection. I hope you can relate to some aspects of your own friendships in what I mentioned here. It’s a truly beautiful thing. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about a person who is a top level professional in his field from whom I think we can all learn. He’s a rapper named Russ from Atlanta whose journey is a unique and inspiring one. I think you’ll find the takeaways I share about Russ can be applied to your own life in some area. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot to me. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a sneak peak at the longer piece I’m working on of my takeaways from journaling everyday over the last 3 months. As I did last time, I plan on going through these takeaways and expanding on them in a longer written piece, which I will read on the podcast. Today’s episode is a sneak peak of what expanding on a takeaway from the last three months might look like. I hope you enjoy the episode and find it valuable. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a whirling conversation through COVID, disparities in health outcomes, drug use, communities, history, our marginalized and minoritized communities, and a conversation we need to have. It was a wandering road, but it was a road that I think we need to go down as a society. I hope you enjoyed the conversation. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a discussion of common critiques to “new age” psychology, philosophy, and “self-help”, which I agree with but think lack a more complete picture. My discussion attempts to dive into additional details to complete that picture, or at least contribute to completing it a bit more. It was an episode I enjoyed doing and I hope you find it to be valuable. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about an idea I recently stumbled across but I think is a really valuable one. Before you start an endeavor, make a plan for when you will quit. Tune in to hear why doing this could be such a beneficial idea. I think you’ll find value in it. Thank you for listening. It means a lot to me. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about the great value of being vulnerable when sharing with others in conversation. Opening up in a vulnerable way is a practice that can teach us a ton about ourselves and others, which I walk through here in the episode. I hope you find it to be valuable and that you can perhaps apply some of what I said in your own life. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about the value of reading. It’s a habit I’ve had off and on since the end of high school, but each period of time in which I read consistently has brought me significant benefits. I’ve really started to notice this after getting back into reading more again over the last week or so, so I wanted to take some time to share with you. I hope you find it as valuable as I do and perhaps feel inspired to take it on as a habit. I give some tips on how to develop a reading habit at the end as well. As always, thanks for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.