Good to Talk

In this episode, Jeremiah and E conclude their conversation about honoring emotions.   This Good to Talk is focused on how to share our emotions healthily within our communities.  Improving our self awareness and learning how to communicate our feelings effectively not only honors ourselves, but also the people around us. Reflection Connection Communication

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss understanding and experiencing healthy feelings through honoring our emotions.  We can integrate our feelings into awareness, think clearly about our judgements, and trust our instincts and actions to act responsibly.  When we honor our emotions, they can help us grow to see ourselves more clearly and lead healthier lives.

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss understanding and experiencing healthy feelings by honoring our emotions.  While most everyone enjoys happy emotions, painful ones can feel like they often impede relationships and hinder our personal growth.  Even for those of us who do not express our emotions outwardly, our feelings are still at the core of our lived experiences.  Understanding how to cur...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss what it means to feel grounded and confident in our pursuits while keeping Imposter Syndrome at bay.

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss Celebrating Pride in he month of June.  Pride is about authenticity and being proud to be oneself.  It is a celebration of life and community and it is inclusive.  Pride is also a protest of the status quo.  We approached this conversation seeking to make sense of how the broader world orients towards the LGBTQ+ community and celebrations of Pride, and the w...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss the five love languages outlined by the work of Dr. Gary Chapman.  Though these do not have significant scientific support, we felt they were still helpful to discuss as conversation starters for examining the many ways in which we love others and also receive love in return. Words of Affirmation Acts of Service Receiving Gifts Quality Time Physical Touch

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss the importance of travel.  Travel helps us connect to our selves and others while also helping to reframe the ordinary.

In this episode, Jeremiah and E explore friendship.  Friendship feels validating, honest, and kind and can look like sharing joys, experiences, and troubles.  Healthy friendship does not always include shared values, it isn't without conflict, and it isn't always available.  Please join us as we examine the importance of our relationships with our friends.

In this episode, Jeremiah and E explore what it means to share life and find joy in their passions.  Though this episode is very conversational and freeform, there are three main anchor points discussed: Know what you love Practice what you love Sacrifice for what you love

In this episode, Jeremiah and E wrap up the fourth and final installment of their series on critical thinking.  This episode also serves as part two of a discussion about wisdom, discernment. and the scientific method.  Here they explore the intersections of philosophy and science to examine how we arrive at truth. Using stoic principles and some major themes from various schools of philosophy, Je...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E continue exploring critical thinking.  Parts 1 and 2 were about logical fallacies and cognitive biases.  Now, part 3 moves  the conversation forward into philosophy and science.  The main branches of Philosophy are: Axiology: Study of the nature of value and valuation Metaphysics: Study of the fundamental nature of reality Epistemology: Study of the nature, origin,...

In this episode of Good to Talk, Jeremiah and E explore further into thinking critically by way of cognitive biases.   Cognitive biases are our systematic inclinations towards certain patterns of erroneous thinking or "irrationality."   The most important difference between biases and the fallacies discussed in our previous episode is that biases affect how you interpret and process info...

In this episode of the Good to Talk podcast, Jeremiah and E discuss eight logical fallacies to consider when thinking critically.  Logical fallacies are flaws in an argument that weakens the argument or makes the conclusion invalid. These flaws, which may be committed deliberately or by accident, include drawing of false conclusions, distortion of an issue, an erroneous line of reasoning, misuse o...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E look back on some of the year behind and explore what it means to set sustainable resolutions or goals for the future.  Setting goals with a sense of realism and intention can be incredibly helpful as we look ahead.  Jeremiah points out that in setting sustainable resolutions we must accept responsibility, find inspiration within ourselves, celebrate progress,  rema...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss ending the year well.  Though life tends to get extra busy for the last part of the year, it is important to be intentional with our time.  Making space for relationships, rest, and reflection can help the holiday season feel less chaotic and allow us to set our next year up with a sense of closure and catharsis.  Happy holidays from Jeremiah and E!  We wish...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss thankfulness and its benefits.  Thankfulness helps us evaluate our lives more accurately and reframe away from our brains' hardwired pattern of constantly looking for what's missing, instead shifting its focus towards what's happening in the present.  It centers us back to the now and empowers us to reconnect to the available options that brin...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss anger again, this time from the perspective of how to control it.  In approaching our own anger, it is important to consider it before it happens, be mindful of it while we're experiencing it, and to examine it after we've felt it as well.  Anger can not only be a tool for pointing us towards deeper emotions, but it can also help us strengthen our...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss anger, understanding it and how to communicate through it.  Healthy anger states, “I am angry because I am valuable and am not being treated as valuable.” It is connected to our sense of self.  Anger can get a bit of a bad rap, but it isn't a bad emotion.  It only becomes hurtful in the way that we use it and communicate with it.  Consider the differenc...

In this episode Jeremiah and E discuss how to more intentionally listen through the backronym  E.M.P.A.T.H.Y.  Empathy is the ability or practice of imagining or trying to deeply understand what someone else is feeling or what it’s like to be in their situation.  Empathy is often described as the ability to feel what others are feeling as if you are feeling it yourself.  Listening well requires: E...

In this, the third and last installment in our Vocation series, we approach finding a career from an existential perspective.   Jeremiah and E advocate for knowing self, staying in balance and trusting the process, and remaining open handed to new experiences.  This episode is structured around the Delphic Maxims inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.  Originally, they were said to have been...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E explore vocation through the lens of the Stoic philosophy of Summum Bonum.  We consider asking ourselves a question Alan Watts posed often, "what do we desire?" or differently put, "what makes us happy?"  We then add a secondary question of, "who does our desire serve, who does it help?"  Considering what makes us happy and how we can p...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss the topic of vocation through the first of three lenses.  This first part is focused on the normative, or big ideas, frame of reference.  We ask ourselves about our gifts and abilities, what our desires and dreams might be, and finally who might be our chosen community.  Or more simply phrased: "What are you good at?" "What do you like to do?&...

In this episode, Jeremiah and E talk about why the freedom to be different is so valuable.   Innovators, dreamers, visionaries, and really everyone can be a little weird.  It is good to find ourselves and live authentically. This enables us to express and create in beautiful new ways and ultimately benefits society by championing inclusivity, empathy, actualization, and freedom.

On this week's episode Jeremiah and E, discuss connecting with the self and finding intimacy with others.   Most of us have preferences in the ways we give and receive intimacy.  Knowing self and knowing others in your world gives you greater perspicacity in giving and receiving.  It is important to remember that there are no formal areas of intimacy, and all ideas of intimacy overlap and syn...

Safe and secure (I am safe) Loved and Valuable (I am lovable) Strong and Capable (I am enough) The tricky part for our self worth or the ways we value ourselves, is this is often taught to us first by our parents and caregivers and ultimately becomes our core beliefs, which are usually formed before the age of seven. These beliefs impact all kinds of our behaviors, both conscious and unconscious,...