Helping Episodes
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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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 in…
Sept. 27, 2021
1 Year Celebration
We are celebrating one year of talking about the art of friendship around the world. And today we have with us what I promised on the very first show "The Mentor" that explains this whole podcast; that our girls would be in on the episodes. They have been working behind the scenes and the past year…
Sept. 20, 2021
The Favor
This episode came about as we had a guest that was so hateful and wrongly accused Matt of "manipulation" because he likes to present people with favors. Wanting to clear things up from that conversation, Fawn wanted to make sure Matt explained (before he was so rudely cut off), one of the many ways…
Sept. 13, 2021
Apologia
We begin with Socrates and the history and meaning of "APOLOGIA". How we should defend what we believe is true. We use Socrates as an example of the result of what happens when we go against the status quo. How can we stay safe and sane?And when mistakes happen, how do we apologize? How should we …
Sept. 6, 2021
The Bonsai Tree - On Nature and How We Grow
Bonsai trees are intended to bring the core aspects of nature: balance harmony, and simplicity. It's said that when we consider the natural flow of the environment, these three characteristics, should anything occur to disrupt it (nature) will always restore itself. There is always a natural harmon…
Aug. 30, 2021
Ego Amo Te
The English word ego is the Latin word for, “I”. Literally translated, ego means "I". If you were to write, "I love you" in Latin, you would write "ego amo te"
It's interesting how people feel the need of having that triumph over you. Why does that happen? It probably comes from some trauma w…
Aug. 23, 2021
Revolution vs Evolution and the Art of a Coherent Community During Turbulent Times
This episode we focus onRevolution vs Evolution and the Art of A Coherent Community During Turbulent Times and we begin with the etymology of revolution: to turn; to roll back. The definition is really revolt, which originally meant to renounce allegiance, which is really interesting since we're al…
May 12, 2021
CONNECTED - Roundtable #3 Visualize This
Roundtable #3
Today we celebrate our friend, Beth Hewitt’s book “The Power of Scripting” which teaches exactly how to go about having the life we dream of.
We speak of visualization and the utter joy and delight of a moment.
We also come together to create a vision for a better world.
Oct. 5, 2020
Survival of the Fittest and the Unlikely Friendship
We begin with Rumi as food for thought and get right into it. Fawn challenges Darwin’s theory and uses the unlikely friendships as an example of how wrong Darwin’s theory is. Nature relies on cooperation and mutual aid, not competition. It's not about competing for survival. We're here to help each…
Aug. 31, 2020
All In the Family
Could the loneliness epidemic have been rooted initially from the family unit, where we learned how to treat each other? As the family dynamic has changed over the last few generations, so now have friendships. Fawn and Matt also discuss the role of the corporate/job world and how that has influenc…
Aug. 31, 2020
Being A Good Host In the World
Fawn and Matt talk about treating the outer world (and your inner world) as your home and everyone in it as your special guest.Treating strangers, people you know, to people you work with and even advisaries as if they are your guests and assuming the role of a party host and creating a space to ha…
Aug. 31, 2020
People Along the Way
Fawn and Matt share stories of friends along the way that shifted everything in their lives for the better. Fawn gets emotional about her friend "Subculture Joe" (Jason) and how he made a profound impact on her and on the city of Seattle. Fawn and Matt also debate free will as Fawn shares her thoug…
Aug. 26, 2020
The Mentor
Fawn describes how "Be Friendly World" and this podcast began and the mentor who was the catalyst. She describes Santa Monica, the kind of utopia that existed within a community in Los Angeles and how after traveling around the world as a documentary photographer she noticed the growing disconnect …