The Third Place

We need to continue to talk about racial healing and keep asking questions like, why we are here today, what we can be doing to move towards equality, and how do we heal the deep wounds and pain that we've caused one another?

We invite André Brown of racialjustus.com into The Third Place to talk through this hard topic, what his emotions were last year when he heard the horrific news of George Floyd's and Brianna Taylor's murders, and his guidance on how our society can begin to heal and move forward.

The Third Place is about creating space to have hard conversations. However, part of what is necessary for creating the element of safety required to even begin to discuss these difficult topics is first ensuring that our basic needs are met. The ability to engage in difficult conversations is also a sign privilege. If you’re hungry and worried about where your next meal will come from for you and your family, then you simply do not have the capacity to think about greater issues. You just need food. So, what are our basic needs? And, how can we do the work of first helping meet those needs before we try to engage in dialogue?

Over this past year, tensions with many of our relationships have been stretched, and this is especially true within many of our families. Today we invite Dee Marie of Calming Kids to talk about bringing the mindful practices of yoga into the family as a way to strengthen our bonds and to bring peace within ourselves and to others.

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What is The Third Place Podcast?

We could not be more excited about the interviews that are coming up in the coming months! There are so many amazing stories to share, experts in social sciences, and just beautiful people - all who have embraced the idea of The Third Place as a safe place for uncomfortable and hard conversations. 

One of the many questions that has come up from our listeners and our new friends is, "Where did the concept of The Third Place come from and how did you, Mary and David, meet?"

So, this episode is the story of where it all began :)

So many of us are hoping we are entering a season of UNITY. We have been through several difficult seasons and in their wake, we find ourselves not only divided as a country, but also among family and friends.

So now what? How do we move forward? Is unity just an idea that will forever be out of reach, or can we actually move towards each other? In this episode, Mary and David discuss how CURIOSITY and HUMILITY play major roles in how we approach conversations centered around rebuilding and reconnecting.

Last week's episode covered the history of Myers Briggs and the first two letters of the powerful, personality categorization tool.

Today's episode wraps up the two remaining letters of "preferences." Feeling versus Thinking and Perceiving versus Judging.

The Myers Briggs personality assessment began over a century ago from a mother-daughter duo as their way of bringing Carl Jung’s work to life.

Today, it is know as one of the most scientifically based assessments. What is it's history and how can learning how we perceive the world help us to have deeper conversations?

Learn how to decipher between the first two letters of the "preferences." Extroverted versus Introverted and Sensing versus Intuitive.

Have you ever been told that you need to change in order to succeed? These external voices can come from childhood or in your career, and our own voice is either silenced or awakened.

For those who dare to be different in a sea of sameness, Sunny Bonnell joins us and offers insights on how to navigate your own notorious personality traits which can lead to incredible breakthroughs and triumphs in business and in life.

You’ve heard it before… “New Year, New You!” We say screw that and instead suggest “New Year, Know You!” In this spirit, we kick off our January series on ways to truly get to know yourself. Our goal with dedicating a month to this content is to give everyone permission to first befriend themselves again as we are ever-evolving and changing beings. It is likely that the last year exposed parts of ourselves we had either never met, forgotten about, or rarely acknowledged. Whatever your experience, there is no time like the present to meet yourself again.

Over the coming weeks we will take deep dives into a variety of concepts, assessments, and tools that can support you in reintroducing yourself to yourself. Because when we are grounded in a sense of authentically knowing ourselves we can show up for ourselves and others more fully. It is our hope that from here, we can then move into tough, sticky topics that require us to be rooted in healthy and productive core truths about ourselves.