Culture Episodes
Dec. 19, 2022
Hypergrowth Mode Within Friendships and Relationships
What is Hypergrowth Mode in Friendship? What happens if someone's not growing and you've grown or you are not growing and the other person has grown; if you have an open mind about it, you can still connect and be together. …
Dec. 12, 2022
Social Comparison Theory
Matt explores the findings of Leon Festinger who was trying to figure out how people like to arrange themselves into groups, peer groups, social groups, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And so he started really trying to get…
Dec. 5, 2022
The Worst Friend - The Noble Friend
Today, we discuss a key perspective needed to recover from the betrayal of a very, very bad friend. Beyond devastation, beyond the level of betrayal, we can and will find our way back to our perfect selves.
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Nov. 21, 2022
It's Elementary
We can think of each person and ourselves as a different kind of element (earth, fire, water, air, and space), and explore how these elements work together. Some elements love each other; they support and nurture each other …
Nov. 14, 2022
Harsh but Truthful
We're talking about telling it like it is, not being worried about looking ugly, and not allowing ourselves to get so offended. Everyone goes through moments where they get offended in a friendship. But have you noticed that…
Oct. 24, 2022
The Confidante - The Art of Confession
we all need someone that has our back. We all need someone to confide in. Today we explore the meaning of CONFESSION and realize that it is something more than a religious act; that it is a way to release negativity from our…
Oct. 17, 2022
Feeling Under the Weather
A reminder from Goethe: For five minutes a day, look at something beautiful, listen to something beautiful, and think of something beautiful, especially so when you're not feeling so well.
This week we focus on what to …
Sept. 25, 2022
Earth Is A Small Town and Everyone Is Your Friend
This is our very first episode in a public place with in-person live conversations at the local coffee shop!!!!!!!!!!!! Wanting to lead by example, Fawn and Matt share their meet-cute moment on their friendships with Mariann…
Sept. 19, 2022
How You End Is How You Begin
Why it's so important to end things on a proper note so that you can have a great new beginning; from friendships to jobs, to moving to a new place.
How You End is How You Begin
Sept. 12, 2022
The Party Pooper and the Expert
A toast: "Here's to those who wish us well, and those who don't can go to hell."
Don't let those turkeys get you down. I love turkeys. You know, when we talk about people we don't like and we compare them to pigs or cows or…
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, prosper…
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…
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.