Manifestation Episodes
Sept. 5, 2022
Ethics part 4 "he who cannot draw on 3000 years is living hand to mouth."
Goethe said "he who cannot draw on 3000 years is living hand to mouth." We explore our history and think about this quote by Goethe as we wrap our ethics series. We explore so much, including Goethe, the four ideals, prosperity, the satisfaction of desires, moral duty, spiritual perfection, Lao Tzu…
Aug. 29, 2022
The Origins of Ethics and Its Influence on Friendship part 3
ethics and the origins of it, understand ethics, bringing it back to how it is affecting our friendships, how it is affecting our society, and basically ultimately our lives. Ethics is philosophical and it deals, it concerns itself with conduct in questions of good and evil in right and wrong.
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Aug. 22, 2022
Ethics and the world of Good and Evil, and Right and Wrong
Ethics is that weird branch of philosophy that concerns itself with conduct and questions of good and evil and right and wrong. And those four words good and evil, and right and wrong sound like they should be like, oh yes, good is right. And evil is wrong, but there are always shades of gray in be…
Aug. 8, 2022
The True Meaning of 'Martyr' and how it Affects Our Relationships
Fawn and Matt get into the etymology of the word MARTYR and figure out what it means within our various relationships within our culture and society.
July 18, 2022
Respect vs Kindness - The difference between the two and how to use both in friendship
Understanding what kindness actually is, as opposed to respect, means learning how we can use both in our relationships.
July 11, 2022
True North - How to Find Deeper Connections
We all have a compass needle within us knowing the true north. The direction that points directly toward the geographic north pole. This is a fixed point on the Earth's globe. That is the definition of true north. Like a compass points toward a magnetic field, your personal true north directs your …
July 4, 2022
The Art of Comfort
The whole sense of comfort and having a friend who is your witness in life is that there is a treasure in when you and a friend are not on equal footing when they are not in the thick of things that you're in the midst of. There's a balance. This is a balancing gift. This is one of the many ways th…
June 13, 2022
The Wabi-Sabi Friend, How to Appreciate Every Connection and Situation in Life
Wabi-Sab, the Japanese aesthetic principle embraces the imperfect and impermanent nature of all things; recognizing beauty in the flawed, the incomplete, and the broken. Beauty can be found beneath the imperfect surface. Wabi-Sabi is explored in friendship.
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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 be…
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 …
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 i…
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.
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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, "O…
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 …
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/
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!
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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…
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.
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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).
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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 ge…
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…
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…
Oct. 22, 2021
Miyamoto Musashi's Rules
Rules to live by!
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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.
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