The Compassionate Achiever Podcast

Tracy, Pete and Chris highlight past episodes by discussing how season 4 will be both different and similar to season 3. Won’t you walk the “bridge” between 3 and 4 with us?

Can you be both naughty and nice at the same time? The TCAP crew, in this episode, not only explore the meaning of nice and tackle holiday stress, loneliness & depression but they also provide strategies for solving some holiday family problems and list their top three holiday films.

The articles discussed include:

https://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2017/11/20/your-biggest-holiday-problems-solved/

https://www.good.is/articles/history-of-nice-meaning

https://www.webmd.com/depression/holiday-depression-stress#1

It’s the giving time of year. This episode of TCAP is focused on several questions about giving. Is giving the same thing as compassion? Can you give too much? Should you ’sprinkle’ or ‘chunk’ your giving? Are different types of giving (i.e., money vs. time) better than others? The book discussed was Adam Grant’s Give and Take and the Nicholas Kristof article is “Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives” (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/opinion/sunday/kristof-holiday-gift-guide-2018.html)

Tracy, Pete, Chris and the newest member of the TCAP crew (Tina a.k.a. T-N-T) discuss the impact of social media on compassion and vice-versa. We hear a lot about the absence of compassion in social media but is it true? While some may start ‘flame wars,’ compassionate achievers put them out!

Racism, hate and the power of compassion. TCAP (The Compassionate Achiever Podcast) crew addresses the issues of racism and hate through the lens of compassion as experienced—believe it or not—by people and plants (yes plants). Tracy and Chris cover not only some history about racism (i.e., The Kerner Report called “The America of Racism” and the recent Milton Eisenhower Foundation report called “Healing our Divided Society: Investing in America Fifty Years After the Kerner Report”) but also recent statistics (i.e., from the FBI) and television shows focused on it (i.e., "Darren Brown: The Sacrifice” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUpNv9uNSI NOTE: on air we mistakenly called it “The Push,” which is another episode by Darren Brown). We can make a better world where racism is gone and compassion is everywhere. Plant article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831791-300-feedback-mean-words-wilt-plants-ikea-tells-schoolchildren/

It's that time of year again...no, not the replacement of your refrigerator's water filter...Thanksgiving! In the first installment of our second annual two-part Handling the Holidays special, Chris and Tracy lay down some strategies for keeping your gatherings with family and friends happy and heartburn free. From cutlery placement and seating arrangements to underage subway rides and discussion topic limitations they've got all you need to give thanks without receiving grief. Enjoy the episode and have a very happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at TCAP.

Compassionate Halloween? Is that even a thing? The podcast crew discusses how kindness is a part of Halloween and how some people and communities have turned Halloween into a compassionate holiday. Come join some compassionate ghosts and goblins in this special Halloween episode.

Who let the dogs out?! A different take of “Snakes on a Plane”! Our podcast crew discusses the depth of 'compassionate validity' of therapy, service, and emotional support pets. Should the difference between service dogs and emotional support pets be the dividing line for determining which animals are allowed in planes and/or in stores? Is there a link between petting a dog and the release of oxytocin (known as the moral molecule or cuddle hormone)? Find out why the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is our compassionate achiever of the week.

Education “reimagined" in a “combined” way. Our guest for this episode, Cath Fraise, is the founder of Workspace Education (http://workspaceeducation.org) where learning occurs through a combination of “unschooling” techniques. She explains how compassion, creativity, and innovation all play roles in creating an education space where “learning is reimagined” for not only the children but also their parents. Workspace Education is a place where learning and compassion are brought together to create success!

The crew of “The Compassionate Achiever Podcast” discuss the first season of the television show “The Good Place.” Tracy, Pete, and Chris explore questions such as “can you fake until you make it?” and “can you turn a ‘bad place’ into a ‘good place’?” There are spoilers for the first season so don’t blame us if we ‘forked’ up!