The Tea with A and V

This episode is short and sweet with a ton of substance. Adah and Vennela share how being restorative doesn’t mean just being understanding of others, it’s actually about creating space for all— including yourself.

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How do you define love? How about forgiveness? Are your definitions similar or different from those of the people around you? 

Inspired by Jay Shetty’s 8 Rules of Love, Adah and Vennela ponder these very questions on air.

Listen and discover how their definitions were molded from a young age, differ from each other, and are still being shaped as they continue to grow. 

Has your mind ever been blown by an experience that made you confront a part of yourself that you would rather avoid? 

Do you find yourself assuming the worst when deep down you really want to practice best intentions? 

Living in NYC has had its perks for A and V, but sometimes it brings out these extremely crappy feelings. Listen as Adah and Vennela discuss the thought process that goes on in V’s mind after an unexpected encounter with a stranger. 

You’ll learn why our minds bombard us with fear and why those fears turn to unimaginable thoughts.  

And we’ll teach you how to make peace with yourself and prepare for those unexpected but inevitable moments. 

Press play and gain a new perspective on why you do what you do. Who knows, you might even identify some boundaries of your own

Is the thing that makes you successful also the thing that gets you in conflict? 

From boomers to zoomers, we’re all navigating similar life’s questions, and yet showing up differently. Why is that? 

Press play and listen up as Adah and Vennela, a millennial and gen Zer, open up about their experiences. You’ll hear them share their observations and reflections on their values and identity, while also exploring how vulnerability can serve as a strength, but comes with a cost. 

Human-beings are complex. We can have multiple emotions existing at the same time. This also means that one person can also make us feel so many different things: proud, happy, excited, and even hurt. 

In this episode, Vennela shares with us how a conversation with her father impacted her thoughts, and how her thoughts influenced her feelings, which then got transferred to her boyfriend. So, if you’ve ever felt an emotional hangover after treating someone you care for with not-the-best-intentions, then you’re in the right place. 

Listen as we explore the realities of life, love, and the little versions of us that throw tantrums.

Seconds anyone? 

We’re back and ready to serve up the tea once again. Listen as we apply our conflict resolution skills to the shows we watch, books we read, and lives we live. 

Cheers!

How does Akouo compare to therapy?

In this bonus episode, A and V interview Nnamdi, one of Vennela’s close friends and a client of Akouo. Nnamdi has been with us since the fall of 2021 and was wiling to open up and share with our listeners about what his experience has been like with his 1:1 sessions. So, if you been on the fence about checking out our services or are curious about how these conversations go, then this is the episode for you. 

For more information or to schedule your free 30-minute intake, visit www.akouoconsulting.com, and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram (@Akouo Consulting).

Have you ever watched a show and had it resonate with something so deep within you that it made you reflect on your own life? In this episode A + V talk about Love, but not the kind that you are thinking of--nope. They talk about Love from the Netflix series, ‘You’. So, press play and prepare yourself as you get a front row seat to a conversation where A + V delve into why Love is relatable. You’ll hear them spill the tea on the good, the lovely, and the ugly. You’ll also learn about the Four Phases of the Human Experience and how we live through it on the daily, without even realizing. 

And don’t worry if you’ve never seen the show because they give a brief description of the scene without ruining the entire thing (just in case you want to watch it). For more information on what we do at Akouo, visit www.akouoconsulting.com, and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram (@akouoconsulting).

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* This episode was inspired by a debriefing session that V and I had while we were both binge watching You.

From democracy to conflict style, listen and learn more about Peter Arvo, the newest member of Akouo Consulting. Peter brings a unique perspective to Akouo and we’re so excited to introduce him to our listeners even when his responses totally and completely catch your hosts, A & V,  off guard. As the first interview episode, brace yourself for a complex yet meaningful conversation with a dash of humor. You’ll want to listen to the whole episode–especially the ending. We guarantee you’ll laugh and crave for more…Good thing this is just part one of a two part series. Be on the lookout for a follow up episode in March where we’ll dive a little deeper into the last question: what’s one thing you want to tell our listeners about conflict. For more information on what we do at Akouo, visit www.akouoconsulting.com, and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram (@akouoconsulting).

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It’s the difference between leaning in to challenges and avoiding them. Listen as your hosts describe the concept of a growth mindset, coined by psychologist Carol Dweck, how it shows up in their life, and why it’s relevant to conflict resolution. Hear Vennela talk about her journey from fixed mindset to growth mindset and how having the right community and support around her of like-minded individuals helps her maintain it. Adah shares how she had the support and community but needed to make a choice, and was only able to make that choice after a ‘Storge Strategy’ session. For more information on what we do at Akouo, visit www.akouoconsulting.com, and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram (@akouoconsulting).

Definition of growth-mindset taken from: https://www.edglossary.org/growth-mindset/

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