Alex left CA where she and Miz were living together and moved back to PA. As Mizzle considers the possibility of moving back to Pennsylvania despite his thriving fitness and comedy careers in California, Miz and Meg explore his reasons and ramifications of this big decision. Miz' transformance drive leads him to voice some thoughts for the first time about facing major challenge with his family in order to keep integrating all parts of himself.

Miz and Meg discuss fame, gender and sexuality, plus how to avoid messing up the parts of your life you don't want to mess up.

In the last episode of Season 1, Miz and Meg continue to explore questions about how we nurture ourselves and our relationship, simultaneously. Miz shares how he is facing this challenge in a tangible way in his relationship right now, and how he and his partner Alex have navigated some tough intersections and divergence of needs. The role of empathy is essential in all of our relationship as we push up against each other's opposing needs, and Miz talks about how he and Alex have embraced empathy and generosity to keep growing, as individuals and as a couple by creatively designing their relationship structure. Miz and Meg leave us all with questions to consider about how to be more fully ourselves in our own relationships.

Relationships require that we give more even when we think we're giving all we've got. And this is also how relationships challenge and inspire us to grow beyond what we thought was possible. "Relationships are hard," so they say. But, what makes them so hard? And do they have to be? One of hardest tasks in adult relationships is balancing your own needs with your partner's needs.  With the infinite variation between human beings, every relationship is bound to hit obstacles related to differing needs, goals and feelings. On today's episode, Miz and Meg discuss how to communicate with your partner when both of you have strong feelings, how to make room for your partner when you want more space for yourself, and how to ask for what you need. Touching on topics like how introverts and extroverts can co-exist, and the importance of emotional regulation, this episode is one not to miss. Stay tuned til the end for specific action items to make immediate improvements in your relationship.

Today's episode ventures into a recent coaching call Miz had with writer and career coach, Penelope Trunk.  With Trunk's signature style of telling it like it is, Miz gets some brutally honest advice about how to focus his time and what he should do with his life. He finishes the call with a clear directive to get 4-5 hours per day of alone time and to focus on his comedy career. Bucking the trend of doing and producing more, Miz sets out to do and produce less.  Miz and Meg then discuss the benefits of boredom, how our brains need nothing-ness in order to create something, parenting trends based on this research and the value of meditation and sensory deprivation to create boredom. Ending with an action item that could result in all of us discovering our own personal needs for alone time, Miz and Meg have yet again captured our attention and our curiosity with their casual, connected conversation.

Another exploration of creativity, but this time Miz and Meg discuss how creativity feels and whether or not we all have it.  They look at how creativity has applications to improving our relationships and our sense of connection. By discussing how to remove our filters, take risks and try something new, today's episode ventures into a discussion of creative methods, discipline versus inspiration, and Ellen DeGeneres and Dave Chappelle's seemingly effortless yet demanding approaches to their comedy.  Open the door to your creative self with Miz and Meg as they expand our imaginations about what creativity actually means and how we can use to improve our relationships and our lives.

After watching a Ted Talk by Emilie Wapnick called "Why Some of Us Don't Have One True Calling," Miz and Meg both felt a sense of relief, comfort and calm that they didn't know was possible. Finally, after decades of feeling the pressure to specialize and focus on developing a single skill, the concept of the Multipotentialite emerges and undoes the aloneness of being of a generalist. Imagine a world where kids never have to answer the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" In today's episode, Miz and Meg explore the concept of the Multipotentialite, including the chemical reaction in the brain that occurs when we experience the feeling of something being "true" or "right."  As the modern marketplace moves towards valuing the skillsets of Multipotentialites, Miz and Meg examine the ramifications and potentials for creativity and freedom.

Miz and Meg start off talking about steady-state anxiety, but through examination and exploration of anxiety and stress, they rename this experience of constant low-grade anxiety, uncovering some behavior-change treasures along the way. They ask some tough questions about the primal function of anxiety, the trappings of decision fatigue and offer suggestions for reframing our narratives around our stressful and busy lives. This episode offers the potential for some relief and respite from the assault of stress on our systems in today's modern world.

One of the most essential tasks of all relationships is listening. Sounds simple, yet this is by far the hardest communication skill for most people. Many of us struggle to listen because we are eager to jump in to try to solve the problem or fix the feeling. Yet, most people report that they feel most understood and supported when they are heard completely and when their feelings are acknowledged. Miz and Meg scratch the surface of this topic on communication in this quick discussion on how to listen without fixing. Get a sneak peak now and walk away with an action-item to prepare you for the full episode on how to listen without fixing.

Being in a relationship challenges us to face our core issues in order to expand into our true selves. However, not all relationships seem to do this. The right relationship helps us to move closer to our best self. Other relationships challenge us in more survival-based ways. Miz and Meg discuss the differences between higher-order relationships vs. lower-order relationships, essential benchmarks to inform you as to which one you are in and how to let your relationship grow you up.

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