The Third Place

We just days away from Election Day, and we are in a hyper season of US vs THEM thinking. Is this really how politics is supposed to be??? Is there a better way? - to disagree, to wrestle with big issues, to live all together as Americans??

How can we embrace the messy, middle grey as a place of hope and healing as we walk through this season? CAN we have healthy disagreements with family and friends? How can we simply just get through the coming weeks?

The second of our two corresponding interviews following our episode, "Not IF But WHEN - Being Prepared for Difficult Conversations." Join us as we interview Sonam Kline, a professor of Cyber Psychology and the New Jersey Institute of Technology as we take a clinical look at how our body responds during conflict.

The first of two corresponding interviews following our episode, "Not IF But WHEN - Being Prepared for Difficult Conversations." We are honored to have Sara and Misasha from the Dear White Women podcast join us as we unpack difficult conversations with empathy and compassion.

We find ourselves in a world textured with heightened emotions. From COVID, to race and gender issues and to our current political climate, we more often find ourselves in challenging, emotionally charged situations. Often, in these difficult moments, our emotions go straight to a fight or flight response, which only adds fuel to! So why does our mind work this way?

Understanding why and how our minds respond to heightened emotions will help us to put small actions in place to be prepared for tense conversations that are bound to happen. Because, it’s not IF they happen, but WHEN. And when they do, how can we prepare our responses and truly use difficult and charged conversations to deepen our relationships and find the grey, messy middle of the THIRD PLACE?

Interview that follows Ep 11! Please welcome our friend Kirsten Moorefield, co-founder of Cloverleaf.me as we further unpack the topic of Personality Assessments!

“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” - Eckhart Tolle

As we think about being the change we want to see in the world, we have come to realize that it first begins with an understanding of who we really are. And who we are is VERY complex! Personality assessments can be great tools to better understand how we think, process information, interact with others, and identify what motivates us. There is no perfect test, but they can be great tools to begin to unpack how we see the world and ultimately how we can change, adapt and better the relationships around us.

Interview that follows Ep 9! Please welcome our friend and PR guru Sabina Hitchen as we further unpack the topic of Fear and Insecurity!

We’ve all heard it… that inner voice… “Who am I to do this? I’m not an expert! I’m not good enough!” From starting a business, to parenting, to putting art into the world; whatever it may be, it’s all creating something that others will see (and judge). While it’s easy to assume that the most “successful” people have never heard that voice or they already mastered how to quiet it, trust us when we say, everyone hears it… And it’s a voice that will show up again and again.

So what do we do with this voice? How do we push through and persevere? Can we silence it? Better yet, can we befriend this voice? In this episode, we talk through how to unpack our fears and insecurities so that they don't keep us from bringing our unique gifts to the world.

Anger, often viewed as a negative emotion, is a response that comes from within. Oftentimes, we are misled to think that anger is something that happens to us, not something that happens within us. In “Beautifully Angry” we invite you in to explore how anger can be a powerful energy that we can tap into, and how it can transform into something so powerful and beautiful, and to truly be used as a catalyst for change.

Is anyone NOT in chaos right now??? All of us, even those of us that are doing well, are in the midst of so much uncertainty. In this episode, we will recognize the chaos, and talk through different tools and techniques to find quiet in the noise, many of which can be small micro moments.