Breaking Up with our Bullsh!t

Episode 98: “You Can Take Your Breath With You“   With both of them about to take trips, Tawjy and JDK discuss how we can bear respond to - and prepare for - changes in environments so we can continue to stay present in the body and keep ourselves flowing when things are out of the ordinary.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Episode 97:  “JDK Apparently Doesn’t Like Turbulence”   JDK relates a recent experience he had in a meeting that did not go as he expected. What happened and why? How can we better approach situations where conflict or disagreement may occur? How can we better show up as facilitators in such situations. Take a listen and see what you think of their ideas!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...

 Episode 96: "Knowing Ourselves in the Workplace"   Our workplaces are where we spend significant amounts of time in our lives, and the many types of personalities and perspectives and backgrounds can make the workplace an environment that can be both motivating and challenging. How can we better show up for ourselves at work, and for our co-workers and superiors? How can we better work through th...

Episode 95: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"   It's the question every person in a romantic partnership doesn't want to ask OR answer. When it's so easy to look for external signs to tell us when to make the decision to end a relationship - from our friends, media personalities, and even our partners themselves - it can be tough for us to see the best starting point: ourselves. Tawny and JDK hit on...

  Episode 94: "Why Do We Withhold Happy?"   Tawny and JDK explore all the messages we get - and give ourselves - about our drive to find Happiness - even though it is something quite difficult to actually define! Are there better ways to frame the things we are seeking? How does our internal alignment with our individual values help us meet the external elements we encounter in life? How do we kno...

Episode 93: "Are We Really Putting Out Fires?"   When lots of external things come at us all at once, we can feel out of control and that we have to "put out fires" everywhere in order to be okay. This week, Tawny and JDK wonder aloud if we are setting ourselves up for unnecessary stress by how we label the challenges that happen unexpectedly. What if they weren't "fires" but, instead, were just s...

Episode 92: “Slow Down, Learn Fast”   If “an untrained brain will go negative,” then how can we “train” or brain to better handle our emotional states and reduce our BS stories? The key is, paradoxically, to get into the body first - to slow down in order to learn fast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Episode 91: “A Ruling On Manipulation”   Tawny and JDK take a close look at our common understanding and beliefs about what is and isn’t manipulation. What they discover and uncover suggests that we all do it, and it comes from the very human place wanting to get our needs met, but without vulnerability and transparency in ourselves and with others. Admitting this opens up an entirely new series o...

Episode 90: No Need to Second Guess   What is really happening in us when we second guess our decisions? When we make choices that don't work out as we'd hoped or expected? In this week's episode, Tawny and JDK posit a different way of understanding ourselves in relation to our choices; how well do they reflect our own values versus someone else's? How well do we welcome struggle into our lives as...

Episode 89: "I'm Bored" is a BS Story!    Tawny and JDK discuss how boredom isn't a real feeling; instead, it is more a state of avoidance of whatever is really happening inside us, underneath the BS stories that keep us disconnected from the creativity and curiosity we each can tap into for our own benefit. From a space grounded in our bodies, we can better see beyond the simple "boredom" label a...

 Episode 88: Wondering About Wondering   What would it be like if we approached things from a place of "wondering" rather than from a more outcome / controlling perspective? Tawny and JDK discuss the power of this perspective and approach in this week's episode, highlighting how the removal of arbitrary agendas from our relationships and in our own lives is one of the most beneficial results a "wo...

Episode 87: Simplicity Beats Complexity   How often do we make things in our lives more complex than necessary? Why do we do so? And what if we connected more with the reality of simplicity? What might that open up for us? Tawny and JDK tackle these and more questions in this episode, underscoring the power of simplicity to provide more ease, clarity, and resilience in our daily lives.  See Privac...

Episode 86: "The Art of Listening: To Ourselves"   Building off of last week's episode, Tawny and JDK discuss how we can learn to better listen to ourselves - it takes practice of getting into the body and learning to listen to what it tells us. This can help us better discern what is a BS story and what is actually true for ourselves in any given situation. What results from the practice of this...

Episode 85: "The Art of Listening: To Others"   We all want to "be heard" in our relationships, and we need others in order to be heard! So how do we become better listeners? What does that really mean when we do that from a place of attunement within the body? The results are far different than if we are only hearing from a thinking space. Tawny and JDK dig into these differences and what they pr...

Episode 84 - The "Flinging Your Poo" Series #10: "Finding 'The One'"  In the final installment of this special series, Tawny and JDK tackle the huge BS stories involved in - and which stand behind - the myth of finding "the One" person to spend our lives with, are destined to be with, etc. What are the roots of this "need"? How might we be BSing ourselves and avoiding reality? And what would we sa...

Episode 83 - The "Flinging Your Poo" Series #9: "I Am All Alone"   Tawny and JDK explore all the BS stories inherent in telling ourselves - from any emotional state - that we are "all alone." What gets in the way of connecting with others? Or, perhaps more importantly, with ourselves? What are some of the better questions we can ask ourselves to debunk those BS stories? See what you think of the p...

Episode 82: The "Flinging Your Poo" Series #8: "I'm Broken" There are few conceptual phrases that are more limiting than this one - seeing ourselves as utilitarian objects that can only be "used" until they break, leaving them as "no good." Tawny and JDK tackle this harmful bit of self-language in this week's episode, shining a light on how we actually really are - living things that grow and do n...

Episode 81 - The "Flinging Your Poo" Series #7: "I don't have the time!" Tawny and JDK explore all the assumptions and disempowerment that exist in how we tell ourselves we don't have enough time for "all the things" in our lives. What is actually happening when we say that? What are we giving away that we might keep to empower ourselves? How can we become more open to asking ourselves the tough q...

Episode 80 - The ‘Flinging Your Poo’ Series #6: Too Many Words  We often communicate with words, but when do a lot of words become the enemy of clarity, peace, and connection? How can we learn and be open to what FEWER words can reveal to us?  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Episode 79 - The ‘Flinging Your Poo’ Series #5: Imposter Syndrome    Tawny and JDK take a deep dive into the assumptions and BS stories inherent in the notion of “Imposter Syndrome,” which is really based on not allowing ourselves to be okay with being in a learning phase of some thing new. There are better ways to frame ourselves than as afflicted, and they are accessible to us at any time!  See...

Episode 78 - “Flinging Your Poo” Series #4: The Blame Game   We’ve all placed blame on external things -people, circumstances, etc - and thus have given away our power over what we really CAN control: ourselves! Listen in to Tawny and JDK as they discuss what happens when we focus instead on our internal states when we get grounded in our bodies. Hint: lots of far better stuff than the blame game...

Episode 77 - “Flinging Your Poo” Series #3: Flipping the Switch   Tawny and JDK explore how and why we often want our big life lessons to quickly flip us into a happier state of being instead of recognizing that it takes practice to build on those epiphanies and new skills. What are we trying to rush to get? Or to avoid? Are we fighting flow? See what you pull from this episode for your own life a...

Episode 76 - The "Flinging Your Poo" Series #2: Consuming the News   This week, Tawny and JDK wade into all the ways in which the flood of information that comes at us as news - from television, print media, the internet, podcasts, etc. - has put our era of humanity into an unprecedented level of anxiety about ourselves, the world, and our places in it. How do we avoid the pendulum swings of putti...

Episode 75 - The "Flinging Your Poo" Series #1: Getting Old   Tawny and JDK initiate a new special topics series that explores the big common sources of BS for all of us. To start it off, they explore the BS stories we tell ourselves around aging and enduring changes in our physical health, in our bodies, and in our capabilities. How many of those stories do you recognize? What if you could break...

Episode 74: “Focusing and Drifting Into Sleepytime - Sort Of”   Tawny and JDK talk and laugh their way through a wide ranging conversation that starts out focusing on focus then - ironically - meandering into a discussion about the power of sleep….and it’s help with focus. It’ll make sense when you listen! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...