Business Episodes
June 8, 2025
"Belonging: What It Looks Like"
In this episode of Our Friendly World with Fawn and Matt , we continue a kitchen conversation about belonging —what it looks like, what it feels like, and how it can shift depending on where you are, what you do, or even what you wear. From the close-knit community vibes of their old Santa Monica n…
May 4, 2025
Reclaiming Power: From Road Trips to Fart Rays
In this episode of Our Friendly World with Fawn and Matt, Fawn opens up about a quiet moment on a road trip that sparked a deep realization — are we always trying to get something from life, or can we instead offer something to the world around us? This thought leads to a bigger discussion about wh…
Aug. 19, 2024
"When Boundaries Break: Navigating Friendship Challenges and Personal Growth"
"When Boundaries Break: Navigating Friendship Challenges and Personal Growth"
In this episode of Our Friendly World, we dive deep into the complex world of boundaries and how they impact our friendships and self-worth. Fawn shares personal stories of navigating difficult situations, where her b…
Aug. 12, 2024
The Art of Being INTERESTED, not Interesting
This week's episode dives into the heart of what makes true connections flourish—genuine interest in others. Join us as we explore the power of curiosity and the importance of being interested, rather than just trying to be interesting. Through personal stories and relatable struggles, we uncover h…
July 29, 2024
"Breaking the Filter Bubble: Tech Tips for a Diverse Perspective"
"Breaking the Filter Bubble: Tech Tips for a Diverse Perspective" - How to pierce the veil of the wall that divides us as people and as friends.
In this week's episode of Tech Unfiltered, Fawn and Matt dive into the realm of unfiltered technology, exploring how to break free from algorithm-driven …
June 24, 2024
How to Voice a Community with Rachael Naylor
Fawn and Matt are joined by special guest Rachael Naylor, founder of the VoiceOver Network, as they explore how to build a community from the ground up using your voice and the transformative power of vulnerability and generosity. They discuss how openness fosters deep connections and creates suppo…
May 27, 2024
The Authentic Friend
Fawn and Matt's conversation spans various topics, all tied to the central theme of authenticity and perception. They discuss how life patterns repeat until addressed, the changing nature of sensory experiences, and the subjective nature of perception. They emphasize the importance of being genuine…
Oct. 16, 2023
Mama vs MOMA - The Feeling of ARTRAGE and How Our Presence Creates Ripples in the World
Every person is like a work of art.
Fawn has a not-so-friendly trip to a museum and experiences #artrage and goes to a totally different museum and experiences LOVE and INSPIRATION. Whatever we do in life can be a way to help one another, it's about helping one another. It's about human connectio…
Sept. 25, 2023
The Art of Integrity
When we think of integrity, we think of the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, blah, blah, blah. But it also tends to go towards the division; “I have integrity. You don't, I believe in such and such, and you don't. Therefore you don't have integrity.”This week we look at t…
Sept. 11, 2023
Wasted Time - How Do We Enjoy Our Time Together?
You are the 100% owner of your life i.e.: your time. This is your time. Spend it, invest it, bend it, enjoy it how you wish, with whom you wish. I'm purposely using the word invest because people are so freaked out about wasting time and I think that it's wrong. I think we should through caution to…
Aug. 21, 2023
Building a Positive Circle: 5 Kinds of People for a Healthy Friendship & Thriving Community
As we start thinking about friends, teams, and teammates we should strive for a team/community/friendships that espouse the whole concept of a rising tide lifts all ships. A rising tide lifts all ships. We look at the kinds of people that we should surround ourselves with and look at 5 kinds of peo…
June 5, 2023
þetta reddast - It Will All Work Itself Out
There are messages everywhere you guys! It's funny how messages will come to you. They come in the wildest ways and they come just right when you need them. So the message today is, don't worry, it's going to be okay. It will all work out okay. This week, we get the message from a few sources and o…
March 20, 2023
The Art of Self Awareness
The whole platform for our podcast is the art of friendship, and at the root is the art of communication.In discussing self-awareness, taking a look at ourselves and how we operate. Getting to know who we truly are, how we react to things, what our history is, why we think a certain way, why we act…
March 6, 2023
Don't Blame It On The Pandemic
I want to talk about the loneliness epidemic. People are talking about it like it's something that the pandemic brought about, but it's not. It has been here for a long time. The loneliness epidemic was here long before the 2019 pandemic, but people were more likely to speak about it, speak about t…
Feb. 27, 2023
The Auger
Today's topic is having anxiety about the future. Let's fix our mental and physical posture. Are we looking at the future that's not good but we're forced to pursue? This brings us to the one word for the podcast episode today, which is Auger. What does it mean and how can it help shape our fate? A…
Feb. 20, 2023
Me, We - The Shortest Poem in History and Muhammad Ali on Friendship
"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you haven't learned anything"- Muhammad Ali. " Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought nor sold, but its value is far greater than a m…
Jan. 30, 2023
Official or Superficial Friendships
I have an objection! I mean, they constantly say when people don't have friends when they're lonely, it's going to cause cancer. It's going to cause heart problems. It's like smoking 10 packs a day of cigarettes. It's like all they do is scare people. Thanks. Thanks for grabbing a headline and then…
Jan. 23, 2023
7 Ways of Rest Your Body and Mind Need So That You Can Be a Good Friend
Let's talk about rest. R e s t. We're always going, going, going! Doesn't the world to you seem like everything is speeding up faster and faster, and that time is going by incredibly fast, like a rollercoaster fast?Today's episode is on the value of rest and all the different types of rest we need …
Jan. 16, 2023
The Gift
Everything is a gift, but it's not your responsibility to accept every gift that's given to you. Just because someone offers you something, does not mean you have to accept it. The word "gift" has been around for a long, long time, and when you get into German and you break it down, it basicall…
Jan. 9, 2023
Understanding Nate from Ted Lasso
Someone you help out that you love, who also loves you may turn on you. We've all heard the term “hurt people hurt.” The people who have hurt in them, who've experienced some sort of abuse (emotional pain or even physical pain) tend to lash out. Not everybody does that, but it's kind of like having…
Jan. 2, 2023
IRL - Friends In Real Life
Friends In Real Life. We've spent so long sequestered where the relationships that we had had were primarily virtual. They were over the phone, they were on video chat, but they weren't tactile, they weren't "I'm right in front of you." So things like when I'm texting, I can curate. When I'm Facebo…
Dec. 12, 2022
Social Comparison Theory
Matt explores the findings of Leon Festinger who was trying to figure out how people like to arrange themselves into groups, peer groups, social groups, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And so he started really trying to get an understanding of what that means.
It's hard to measure yourself a…
Dec. 5, 2022
The Worst Friend - The Noble Friend
Today, we discuss a key perspective needed to recover from the betrayal of a very, very bad friend. Beyond devastation, beyond the level of betrayal, we can and will find our way back to our perfect selves.
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Sept. 19, 2022
How You End Is How You Begin
Why it's so important to end things on a proper note so that you can have a great new beginning; from friendships to jobs, to moving to a new place.
How You End is How You Begin