Society & Culture Episodes
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, …
Aug. 15, 2022
The Ethical Dilemma
In philosophy, ethical dilemmas, also called ethical paradoxes or moral dilemmas, are situations in which an agent stands under two conflicting moral requirements, none of which overrides the other. A closely related definit…
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.
Aug. 1, 2022
The Power of Music: How Gray Baldwin Uses Sound to Transform Lives
Music connects and touches us in ways we never thought possible. In this episode, you will learn: 1. How sound affects us physically and emotionally2. The different ways music can be used as therapy3. How our bodies react to…
July 25, 2022
The Art of Identity and Understanding and Our LGBTQAI2S+ Family
We are joined by Gray Baldwin, MA, MT-BC as we discuss the importance of identity in our society. Gray explains the definitions of LGBTQAI2+ and we have a heart-to-heart talk about healing. If you are going through stuff, th…
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 com…
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. T…
June 27, 2022
How to Tell What Kind of Friendship You have
There are three types of friends. There are those people who are friends with you because they get stuff from you. There are those people who are friends with you because of the way you make them feel. And there are the peop…
June 20, 2022
The Art of Authenticity in Friendship - 4 Key Things to Notice
Did you know that our cells, (the cells in our bodies) create light? Science today is telling us that even our cells emit light when they perform their functions. Neurons in the brain and spinal nerves have been found to pro…
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. Wab…
June 6, 2022
The Not So United States and the Voice of the Middle Ground - with guest Ruth Jefferson
The etymology of "Voice" is explored, plus...why we're so divided as a society, as a country, as a dot dot dot... (fill in the blank). Matt, talks about the techie side of things, how tech is responsible, how it contributed …
May 30, 2022
Filling Your Cup by Allowing for Emptiness -How to let go and feel good
This episode is on the art of the empty cup in many ways. We begin with the breath. So many times we're told to BREATHE! This may be advice that may be causing you more distress. The true way is to NOT TAKE the breath, but A…
May 23, 2022
The Art of Travel and Communication in Another Country - The French Connection, The Gift We all Have with Ray and Vanessa
We're all encoded with spectacular gifts, your fabulousness, your greatness translates wherever you go.
The BEAUTIFUL Vanessa Brantley-Newton is back, this time with her BRILLIANT husband Ray! They join us from their vacati…
May 16, 2022
The Gossipy Friend, how Twitter has destroyed our bond with one button; why friendship is so important and can save our society, especially right at this moment in time.
Sharing stories is the key to bonding. We explain the difference between sharing and telling a story. Then we get to the bad sharing which is another kind of storytelling/sharing (gossip) that destroys our bond, and we use T…