Helping Episodes

The Art of the Compliment - Compliment vs Complement
April 18, 2022

The Art of the Compliment - Compliment vs Complement

How can a compliment open the doors to friendship or even save someone's life? We discuss in this episode of "The Art of the Compliment" as we understand the ways to establish joy, kindness, and sincerity and see how a compliment is an invitation to a beautiful friendship. What is the difference between COMPLIMENT and COMPLEMENT? We discuss this question and much more.
The Art of Conversation and SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
April 11, 2022

The Art of Conversation and SEL (Social Emotional Learning)

We discuss the art of conversation as the basis for the art of friendship, as we share three main components for conversing (Invite Insight Incite). We explore social-emotional learning and how we can feel and dance together no matter how difficult the topic of conversation or the particular life situation we may be in.#conversation, #Invite, #Invitation, #Insight, #Incite, #TheArtofConversation, #Social-emotionalLearning, #Theartoffriendship, #ESLhttps://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/
A Kind World - Finding Freedom and Truth During a Tumultuous Time, with Barry Lane
April 4, 2022

A Kind World - Finding Freedom and Truth During a Tumultuous Time, with Barry Lane

Our Kindness expert, Barry Lane is back to remind us that "Kindness is Truth, Kindness is Freedom."Barry soothes our nerves with his sweet songs (two new songs as we record live in Barry's studio - the second song is way at the end, so make sure you catch it) and words of wisdom as we navigate a possible WWIII, Civil War, life... and shows us HOPE and reminds us that everything is going to be OK.There are two new songs as we record live in Barry's studio - the second song is way at the end, so make sure you catch it.Barry: https://forcefieldforgood.com/Barry's book: https://www.amazon.com/Force-Field-Barry-Colleen-Mestdagh/dp/1931492298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491102856&sr=8-1&keywords=force+field+for+good+barry+lane
Guest: Barry Lane
Colors - How We Perceive Colors in Life and Color Translates In Our Connections with Each Other
March 28, 2022

Colors - How We Perceive Colors in Life and Color Translates In Our Connections with Each Other

Flowers evolve to be attractive to bees so that they can pollinate and they can reproduce themselves, which is if there's a lot of competition in the flower world, this is why you have such stunning orchids. It's because there's so much competition for bees because they can only pollinate so much in a day; the brighter and more colorful flowers attract the bees.But where did the perception of color come from and why is there such angst about color in our conversation and our lives?https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspace
Social Penetration Theory - Outlining the Stages and Layers of Friendship
March 21, 2022

Social Penetration Theory - Outlining the Stages and Layers of Friendship

Social penetration was theorized in the seventies by two sociologists trying to figure out how people become friends and attempting to categorize different kinds of classifications of friends. We break down five stages of friendship today to better understand our relationships.#ErwinAltman, #universityofUtah, #DolmasTaylor, #universityofDelaware, #socialpenetrationtheory, #sociology, #orientationphase, #affectversuseffect, #deepfriendships, #relationships, #stablestage, #de-penetrationstage, #conceptofself, #society, #friendship, #spiritualconnection, #socialmedia, #zoom, #exploratoryaffective, #socialexchangetheory, #successproposition, #costsandrewardsofrelationships, #Aristotle'sNicomacheanethics, #cottoncandyfriends
The Quiet Friend - Speaking Up in Defense of Others or Having Our heads in the Sand?
March 14, 2022

The Quiet Friend - Speaking Up in Defense of Others or Having Our heads in the Sand?

When is it OK to be quiet? When someone is hurting, is it OK to be quiet? When you know there is injustice, do you go about your day and just focus on yourself? If you lived in Europe before WWII and you noticed your friends and neighbors disappearing, would you go about your business and think, "Oh well, I am going to focus on my own breath and well-being and that is the outside world I have no control of"?????In our previous episode, our guest kept saying that we are not responsible for the world and that we are only responsible for ourselves. I TOTALLY DISAGREE. Although I know it is essential for a person to be well centered and strong in order to help others, I feel that we are interconnected and that we are here in life, together, and even if it is through some unseen force, I am here to help and provide comfort and support for all of life.Our talk today comes out of the last episode we did with Sharon  Caren. I got really quiet. for those of you who know me, well, I usually…
The Inside Job with guest Sharon Caren
March 7, 2022

The Inside Job with guest Sharon Caren

What would you love in life? What would you love? Isn't that a beautiful question to ask yourself, to ask your friends to ask people out there, what would you love?how do we raise our sense of wellbeing? How can we go from a fearful thought to, a blissful thought?When there's some crap in front of you, how can you switch that situation around? How can we do that? How can we go from fear-based to total bliss? How do you do that?Today we're going to get into how to have clarity and power in life, by first asking the question: "What would you love?"things that you can't see, just because you can't see them doesn't mean they don't exist.In this episode with spiritual coach, Sharen Caren, we discuss the importance of the inside job and the unseen force we focus on today is the Akashic records. We're going to talk about Meridian systems within our bodies that are not just within our bodies.To reach out to Sharon and receive a free chart:https://www.sharoncaren.com/To support…
Guest: Sharon Caren
Galvanized - How Our Friendships and Thoughts Change the World
Feb. 27, 2022

Galvanized - How Our Friendships and Thoughts Change the World

This is an URGENT message for today! Let's change what is happening right now!The world is a safe place, you guys (I KNOW, I KNOW... lately it feels and looks like it's the end of days. It's scary), but there's more to it. The world is also a loving, friendly place. The world is a small town and everyone is your friend. And there are all kinds of friends, each one with various amounts of capacities and areas of focused abilities and ways about them.In this episode, we provide a key to changing the world. We talk about how one man can create chaos and make millions of people experience terror. We talk about how one person also has the power to make everything GREAT! That one person is you. That one person is us. We talk about Nikola Tesla and remind each other of how truly powerful we are and how we can TOTALLY change the world in the midst of terrible things happening.We've been doing different episodes, "The Quiet Friend", "The Weird Friend", all the different types of friends.…
Friendly Step #3 - Maintaining the Friendship
Feb. 21, 2022

Friendly Step #3 - Maintaining the Friendship

Step three! DON'T WAIT! A quick 15-minute talk on what to do to maintain a friendship. Remember to go to https://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/ to let us know about your progress and support our show with a cup of coffee: https://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/support/
Gaslighting in America - That No-Good Friend with special guest Emily Powell Gilliam
Feb. 14, 2022

Gaslighting in America - That No-Good Friend with special guest Emily Powell Gilliam

This episode came about as our friend Emily was "Goodwill Hunting" and our conversation that began on Gaslighting in America. We laugh and we get scared and we ultimately feel empowered to live a good life, one in which we support each other and are mentally, physically, and socially healthy and good and we laugh again.Join this conversation about gaslighting, existential guilt crisis, how to deal with gaslighting at work and with friends and family, and also poop emojis.You will LOVE your new friend Emily Powell Gilliam!Emily Powell Gilliam is a designer of play objects and founder of Why & Wiser, creating artful games and gifts for clever kiddos and their grownups. To reach Emily:http://www.epgdesign.co/http://www.whyandwiser.com/https://www.instagram.com/epgdesignco/Please donate support to our show with a cup of coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspace
Friendly Steps Towards a Friendly Society - Wings of Desire
Feb. 7, 2022

Friendly Steps Towards a Friendly Society - Wings of Desire

Here is a quick episode of another fun technique to make the world better!Contact us! Let's talk! We want to talk! https://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/contact/ Also, COFFEE for Fawn and Matt???https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceYour experience matters to us. Please contact us and talk to us...https://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/and perhaps donate a cup of coffee to support our show:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
The Surrogate Friend
Jan. 31, 2022

The Surrogate Friend

What are we substituting in place of real friendship? How is this changing our society? Are we able to notice the spells that are cast in our lives and how they change our friendships? What are these spells? This is our conversation today.Your experience matters to us. Please contact us and talk to us...https://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/and perhaps donate a cup of coffee to support our show:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
Friendly Steps Towards A Better Society - 1  Brand New Day
Jan. 24, 2022

Friendly Steps Towards A Better Society - 1 Brand New Day

We're going to try something new and once in a while, there will be these short bursts of episodes, each one a task we'll complete to make our world better.Please reach out to us and talk to us:https://www.ourfriendlyworldpodcast.com/contact/Coffee for Fawn and Matt:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
After the Show Conversation with Joey Krikorian
Jan. 10, 2022

After the Show Conversation with Joey Krikorian

Join us for more conversation with our friend Joey as we get more relaxed and talk about Star Wars, pasta, geology, music, Armenia, and our next episode together and all the things we did not get a chance to talk about (about the root of why things happen the way they do).To contribute to our podcast, you can buy us "a cup of coffee" by leaving us a little something, or a big something ;) here:  buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
The Root of the Matter with Joseph Krikorian
Jan. 3, 2022

The Root of the Matter with Joseph Krikorian

to contribute to our podcast, you can buy us "a cup of coffee" by leaving us a little something, or a big something ;) here:  buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceWe welcome our friend Joseph Krikorian as we explore the Armenian culture and history.We're going to begin the root of the matter as we delve into coming from somewhere else and the ways of having to make our way in the world, all the while, carrying with us, all the emotions, the history, our stories, and our mapping out and figuring out a brave new one, a brave new world that is. Sometimes this is hard to do, especially with the trail of the people who came before us. Like our ancestors, grandparents, great-grandparents sometimes even parents, who may not have the stories or they do have the stories, but they're not passed down to us; all the why's, the how's and when's like, why did this happen? Not even knowing that we should be asking these questions because we have no idea, what happened in the past. What makes someone be…
The Art of the Map with the Magical Cartographers
Dec. 27, 2021

The Art of the Map with the Magical Cartographers

Today's topic is turning to friends for direction as we introduce you to 4 new friends-The Magical Cartographers (Ish, KJ, Jocelyn, and Mel). Today's art of friendship is the art of the map. Inside of each person is a map. It is there even before we are born, a way to get the full picture of the full landscape is to share what is contained in our hearts because it is our hearts that hold the latent image.Side note: If you would like to support our show: buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceTo reach your new friends from this episode:Jocelyn Lindsayhttp://www.jocelynlindsay.com/KJ Nasrulhttps://blissbeginswithin.comhttps://www.instagram.com/musingsonother/Mel Morrishttps://www.wtfwithmel.com/WTFHomeIsh ModakFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindfulworkingmom/?ref=shareInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ishmodakmdFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ishmodak/If you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
Perceiving Together and Overcoming Adversity with our Friend Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Dec. 13, 2021

Perceiving Together and Overcoming Adversity with our Friend Vanessa Brantley-Newton

With our friend and author/illustrator/singer/all-around artist extraordinaire, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, we discuss Perceiving together (also the meaning of Synesthesia), and overcoming adversity is the topic. We discuss thriving in life and building a toolbox for overcoming anything in life. We get into the concept of HOW WE ARE SEEN vs SHOWING PEOPLE WHO WE ARE. And of course, we get into the etymology of today's topic: OVERCOME.To reach Vanessa or learn more about her work:https://www.vanessabrantleynewton.com/https://www.instagram.com/vanessabrantleynewton/If you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
The Art of Creating a Loving and Beautiful World with Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Dec. 6, 2021

The Art of Creating a Loving and Beautiful World with Vanessa Brantley-Newton

the art of friendship; we've talked about the different kinds of friends, the art of friendship, people along the way who changed the direction of our path, our understanding of life, the trajectory of our heart. It happens in different ways. It could be good or bad. I'm really mostly talking about the good. We've talked about this on other episodes. For example, one of my favorite episodes that we did was the one on "The Weird Friend". remember Matt. That's where through the etymology and from our own personal experience, we understood the original and true meaning of the word weird, which meant, or means fate chance, fortune destiny, like totally magical.Some friends are people who meet us on the path for a few seconds. I think all meetings are all pre-planned meetings. Have you ever had a friend or been in the presence of a person who weaves magic all around?Have you ever had that friend with mountain-moving words; with such elegance and style, with great command, with power…
The Weird Friend
Nov. 15, 2021

The Weird Friend

Weird is not what you think it is. The word "weird" is normally defined asstrange peculiar disturbingly, different, or odd, right? No, this is not what this is. This episode is about the real meaning of "weird" and the power to control destiny, and the people that are our destiny and what becomes a magical fate.We get into history and mythology and discuss "Weird Sisters", The NORNS, the three fates, the goddesses who controlled human destiny. Who is in your life? who are these people? And are they an external force? Are they an internal force? Are they people that you meet along the way? Are they your friends? How does, how is your fate tied up in friendship? How does destiny work in this realm?Support our show by subscribing, telling others, and or with COFFEEhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
The Art of Paying Attention w/ Maya Holland of Tools for Teens - Working with Energy Medicine
Nov. 8, 2021

The Art of Paying Attention w/ Maya Holland of Tools for Teens - Working with Energy Medicine

This episode continues our series for teens with our friend Maya Holland, founder of Tools for Teens, a meditation-based healing service that provides teenagers with ways to navigate personal and social matters through the use of energy medicine. To sign up for privates, group classes and read her blog about attending University in London, visit mayasimone.com Website: mayasimone.com  Email: maya@mayasimone.com Instagram: @maya.hollandSupport our show by subscribing, telling others, and or with COFFEEhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
Guest: Maya Holland
The Art of Balance - with Maya Holland of Tools for Teens - Energy Medicine
Oct. 25, 2021

The Art of Balance - with Maya Holland of Tools for Teens - Energy Medicine

Today we are talking about energy balances and imbalances; how energy imbalances can result in physical things, how energy creates things, how thoughts create things.This episode continues our series for teens with our friend Maya Holland, founder of Tools for Teens, a meditation-based healing service that provides teenagers with ways to navigate personal and social matters through the use of energy medicine. To sign up for privates, group classes and read her blog about attending University in London, visit mayasimone.com Website: mayasimone.com  Email: maya@mayasimone.com Instagram: @maya.hollandSupport our show by subscribing, telling others, and or with COFFEEhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
Guest: Maya Holland
Miyamoto Musashi's Rules
Oct. 22, 2021

Miyamoto Musashi's Rules

Rules to live by!Support our show by subscribing, telling others, and or with COFFEEhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
Guest: Maya Holland
The Break-Up - How to Deal
Oct. 10, 2021

The Break-Up - How to Deal

Friend breakups are just as painful as romantic break-ups. We have some strategies and stories to share that will have you feeling better.Support our show by subscribing, telling others, and or with COFFEEhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn
Sawubona - Hello, We See you!
Oct. 3, 2021

Sawubona - Hello, We See you!

Sawubono is the South African Zulu word for "Hello, WE see you, and by seeing you, we bring you into being." Each person you meet, you're actually meeting their family and their ancestry, which means each one person is never alone. You are never alone. Not only are we meeting an individual, an individual person, but we are also meeting a lineage and we're giving respect to all of them.You can walk around the world. And it's not about you, depending on people's luggage and their experience; everyone sees you differently. So to be hung up on "how am I seen by this person or this culture," it's ridiculous because everyone has a different lens on it.This episode is about seeing.Support our show by subscribing, telling others, and or with COFFEEhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlyspaceIf you want a website like ours:https://www.podpage.com/?via=fawn