The Art Of Community Episodes
Aug. 19, 2024
"When Boundaries Break: Navigating Friendship Challenges and Personal Growth"
"When Boundaries Break: Navigating Friendship Challenges and Personal Growth"
In this episode of Our Friendly World, we dive deep into the complex world of boundaries and how they impact our friendships and self-worth. F…
July 29, 2024
"Breaking the Filter Bubble: Tech Tips for a Diverse Perspective"
"Breaking the Filter Bubble: Tech Tips for a Diverse Perspective" - How to pierce the veil of the wall that divides us as people and as friends.
In this week's episode of Tech Unfiltered, Fawn and Matt dive into the realm o…
July 8, 2024
The Art of the Party - "Making Memories: Planning Parties That Honor Friendship"
In this week's episode, "The Party," Fawn and Matt discuss an eventful weekend involving their next-door neighbors' lively party. While Matt was asleep, Fawn found herself alone and feeling both inspired and lonely by the fe…
July 1, 2024
The World's Fair
This week's episode dives deep into the concept of hope and community through the lens of historical and modern perspectives on World's Fairs. Join Matt and Fawn as they explore the legacy of World's Fairs, from their origin…
June 24, 2024
How to Voice a Community with Rachael Naylor
Fawn and Matt are joined by special guest Rachael Naylor, founder of the VoiceOver Network, as they explore how to build a community from the ground up using your voice and the transformative power of vulnerability and gener…
April 1, 2024
"Finding Happiness and Deepening Friendships: Embracing Rituals for Everyday Joy"
In this week's episode of "Perfect Days," Fawn and Matt dive into the importance of rituals and routines in finding happiness and deepening friendships. Inspired by a Japanese film titled "Perfect Days," the hosts explore ho…
Feb. 19, 2024
"The 'Popular Friend' - Navigating Authenticity: The Pitfalls of the Popularity Game"
In this week's episode, Fawn delves into the complexities of popularity and authenticity. She reflects on the societal pressure to conform to popular standards, observing how some individuals prioritize appearing popular ove…
Sept. 25, 2023
The Art of Integrity
When we think of integrity, we think of the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, blah, blah, blah. But it also tends to go towards the division; “I have integrity. You don't, I believe in such and such…
Aug. 7, 2023
Relationships and the 5 Rules of Improv
Have you ever found that you thought you were just kind of bebopping through and just doing your own thing, and then all of a sudden you discover that one of the frameworks that you have, even for communication, you're total…
July 24, 2023
Desiderata - The Things Most Wanted or Needed
The word and the topic of this week's episode are desiderata, a plural noun with a singular form. Desideratum means things wanted or needed.Desiderata is a famous poem written by an American poet, and lawyer Max Ehrmann in 1…
May 8, 2023
Unleashing and Untethering Self-Identity within Friendships/Relationships for Survival
As life happens, everybody fights, everybody argues everybody has a bad day. It's like people don't allow each other to flex and expand and contract. Oftentimes we get so focused and like we draw so much strength from things…
March 20, 2023
The Art of Self Awareness
The whole platform for our podcast is the art of friendship, and at the root is the art of communication.In discussing self-awareness, taking a look at ourselves and how we operate. Getting to know who we truly are, how we r…
March 6, 2023
Don't Blame It On The Pandemic
I want to talk about the loneliness epidemic. People are talking about it like it's something that the pandemic brought about, but it's not. It has been here for a long time. The loneliness epidemic was here long before the …
Feb. 27, 2023
The Auger
Today's topic is having anxiety about the future. Let's fix our mental and physical posture. Are we looking at the future that's not good but we're forced to pursue? This brings us to the one word for the podcast episode tod…
Feb. 20, 2023
Me, We - The Shortest Poem in History and Muhammad Ali on Friendship
"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you haven't learned anything"- Muhammad Ali. " Friendship is a priceless…