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Featured Episodes
- "Behind the Words: Exploring Communication, Context, and Connection"
- Eye of the Storm
- Connoisseuring Something Awful, finding beauty and humor in the unexpected and unappealing
- The War on Art and Friendship
- The Expert Syndrome Paradox
- You Were Right and I Was Wrong
- Be Yourself
- Meetups and Coolers
- "Kintsugi and Friendship: How to Heal After Heartbreak and Strengthen Bonds"
- "Like Hearted vs Like Minded: The Key to Meaningful Friendships"
- "Chaz Ebert on the Power of FECK: Transforming Lives with Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, and Kindness"
- "When Boundaries Break: Navigating Friendship Challenges and Personal Growth"
- The Art of Being INTERESTED, not Interesting
- "Connecting Across Differences: The Art of Making New Friends"
- "Breaking the Filter Bubble: Tech Tips for a Diverse Perspective"
- Lalochezia and the Filtered World
- Mental Fitness for a New World
- The World's Fair
- How to Voice a Community with Rachael Naylor
- "Travel, Friendship, and Rediscovering Passions: Through Mark Twain's Lens"
- How to Heal After a Friendship Breakup Lessons in Emotional Detox and Self-Discovery
- The Authentic Friend
- The Guest House
- Embracing Uncertainty - Nurturing Friendship and Peace in Troubled Times
- "Sacred Commerce, Sacred Friend: Navigating Friendship and Business for Lasting Success"
- Manifestation Dealer
- Navigating Friendship - The Frog and the Scorpion: Resilience and Perseverance in the Face of Adversity
- "Questioning Conversations and Authentic Connections: Navigating Friendship in an Ever-Changing World"
- Understanding Pain in Friendship
- "Finding Happiness and Deepening Friendships: Embracing Rituals for Everyday Joy"
- "Embracing the Enchanted Stranger"
- The Hostage Friend?
- "Processing Emotions Daily: A Guide to Compartmentalization and Friendship"
- An O.C.E.A.N of Friends - Understanding Personality Dynamics: OCEAN Test Exploration
- The Orange Peel Test
- "The 'Popular Friend' - Navigating Authenticity: The Pitfalls of the Popularity Game"
- The Art of Joy
- OKAY
- Unraveling the Art of Asking Questions: Engaging in Meaningful Conversations with Our Friend Barry Lane
- The Humanitarian Clown – Ali Cheff
- The Transient Friend
- “The Miraculous Friend – Unveiling Miracles: The Transformative Power of Unexpected Friendships"
- The Other Weird Friend - Cultural Diversity's Impact on Society
- Slow vs Fast Communication
- Navigating Awkward Conversations - Unveiling the Pitfalls of Clichés and Finding True Dialogue
- "Fright Bonds: Exploring the Fascination with Horror Movies and Human Connections"
- Niceness vs Kindness
- Friendship and Emotional Support, Lessons Learned from Prejudice
- Very Superstitious
- Urban Mobility Behavior - How the Way We Move Affects Our Friendships
- The Art of Joy – How to Marry Joy with Hard Times
- We Are a Murmur
- The Art of Hearing with Dr. Cathia Walters
- Transitioning from Point A to Point B
- The Art of Stillness
- Wasted Time - How Do We Enjoy Our Time Together?
- Living Your True Life: 5 Ways to Embrace Happiness and Fulfillment
- "Unlocking Your Potential: How to Improve Your Luck and Manifest Success"
- Building a Positive Circle: 5 Kinds of People for a Healthy Friendship & Thriving Community
- Living For the Soul's Benefit, While Living Large - How Not to Stress Out About Money and Life W/ Barry Lane
- Relationships and the 5 Rules of Improv
- "Breaking the Silence: The Art of Friendship and Fearless Storytelling"
- Desiderata - The Things Most Wanted or Needed
- The Not So United States and the Voice of the Middle Ground - with guest Ruth Jefferson
- The Ceremonies of Life and the Disappointed Friend
- The Art of Conversation and SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
- The Wabi-Sabi Friend, How to Appreciate Every Connection and Situation in Life
- A Kind World - Finding Freedom and Truth During a Tumultuous Time, with Barry Lane
- The Art of the Compliment - Compliment vs Complement
- The Gossipy Friend, how Twitter has destroyed our bond with one button; why friendship is so important and can save our society, especially right at this moment in time.
- It's Elementary
- The Party Pooper and the Expert
- Social Comparison Theory
- Harsh but Truthful
- IRL - Friends In Real Life
- The Art of Ceremony and the Value of Ritual
- The Auger
- The Art of Vulnerability
- Don't Blame It On The Pandemic
- Away with the Hard Times! We're Done with YOU!
- How to Argue Well in A Friendship - and Still Keep the Friendship
- Radical Acceptance for Friendships, Careers, and Life with Dr. Cathia Walters
- Don't Worry, Be Happy - A How-To Guide on Friendship and Wellbeing
- Social Penetration Theory - Outlining the Stages and Layers of Friendship
- Don't Take the Bait! - Seven Strategies for Tough Situations with Friends, Family, and People in General
- Galvanized - How Our Friendships and Thoughts Change the World
- Friendly Step #3 - Maintaining the Friendship
- Gaslighting in America - That No-Good Friend with special guest Emily Powell Gilliam
- The Art of Paying Attention w/ Maya Holland of Tools for Teens - Working with Energy Medicine
- The Surrogate Friend
- Friendly Steps Towards A Better Society - 1 Brand New Day
- The Root of the Matter with Joseph Krikorian
- The Break-Up - How to Deal
- The Art of the Map with the Magical Cartographers
- Perceiving Together and Overcoming Adversity with our Friend Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- The Art of the Story -
- Eudaimonia
- Intuition - The Art of the Start with Maya Holland - Tools for Teens
- Ego Amo Te
- The Favor
- The Art of Authenticity in Friendship - 4 Key Things to Notice
- Unseen Forces w/ special guest Rachel Chevalier
- Blockchain - How Tech Can Empower and Change Human Beings -#3 Social Responsibility
- Laughter is Medicine with Maz Jobrani, Tehran, and Mostafa Purmehdi
- A Kind World with special guest Barry Lane
- How to Tell What Kind of Friendship You have
- The Awkward Friend
- Play
- Respect vs Kindness - The difference between the two and how to use both in friendship
- Changing Our Narratives for A kinder, Friendlier World with Dr. Cathia Walters
- The True Meaning of 'Martyr' and how it Affects Our Relationships
- CONNECTED - Roundtable #3 Visualize This
- Blockchain - How Tech Can Empower and Change Human Beings - Blockchain: Utopia or Dystopia with Mostafa Purmehdi
- The Mentor
- The Origins of Ethics and Its Influence on Friendship part 3
- Earth Is A Small Town and Everyone Is Your Friend
- The FedEx Delivery
- The Notebook - A Happy Story
- Being A Good Host In the World
- Feeling Under the Weather
- The Confidante - The Art of Confession
- The Invisible Lines We Must Cross to Live a Fulfilled Life and Be Able to Create Great Friendships/Relationships
- How to Make New Friends When You Move to A New Place
- The Worst Friend - The Noble Friend
- Kindness Rules - The Top 5 Ways of Showing Kindness
- Lesson from the Blue Jay on Authentic Communication and Revealing Authenticity
- Ethics and the world of Good and Evil, and Right and Wrong
- The Gift
- Friends with Money with Farnoosh Torabi
- Peculiar
- How You End Is How You Begin
- 7 Ways of Rest Your Body and Mind Need So That You Can Be a Good Friend
- Ethics part 4 "he who cannot draw on 3000 years is living hand to mouth."
- Friendly Steps Towards a Friendly Society - Wings of Desire
- Understanding Nate from Ted Lasso
- Hypergrowth Mode Within Friendships and Relationships
- The Art of Comfort
- The Ethical Dilemma
- True North - How to Find Deeper Connections
- The Ikigai of Friendship - Moving to Everyday Meaning and Joy in Life
- Blockchain - How Tech Can Empower and Change Human Beings - Blockchain, ART, MUSIC, and NFTs with Mostafa Purmehdi
- The Strong Inner Compass with Maya Holland of Tools for Teens, Using Energy Medicine
- CONNECTED - Roundtable #1 - A Kind World
- The Art of Creating a Loving and Beautiful World with Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Sawubona - Hello, We See you!
- Apologia
- The Bonsai Tree - On Nature and How We Grow
- The Art of Community with Maya Breuer
- CONNECTED - Roundtable #8 BREATH
- The Yard Stick – How we measure up and what is the measure of a human?
- CONNECTED – Roundtable #5 – The Art of Creativity and Compassion
- CONNECTED – Roundtable #4 , The Reemergence
- Blockchain - How Tech Can Empower and Change Human Beings with Mostafa Purmehdi - Social Responsibility continues
- CONNECTED - Roundtable #2 - Greetings From Around the World - How we connect and see each other
- Conflict Resolution with our friend Rock (Rockwell Felder of SquadCast)
- Prosperare (Prosperity)
- All In the Family
- Survival of the Fittest and the Unlikely Friendship
- People Along the Way
- Official or Superficial Friendships
- Get Yourself Together!
- Love and Hate - How to Heal a Broken Heart with Barry Lane
- Me, We - The Shortest Poem in History and Muhammad Ali on Friendship
- The Art of Self Awareness
- The War of Art and Clearing Self-Hatred - Peeling the Onion to Love
- We Are Each Other's Messages in Water- Veda Austin
- Of Sound Body and Mind with Jacqueline Fusari
- Allowing People to Expose Their True Ways
- What To Do When Your Friends Break Up
- Believe!
- Unleashing and Untethering Self-Identity within Friendships/Relationships for Survival
- Moving Through Trauma, with Dr. Cathia Walters
- þetta reddast - It Will All Work Itself Out
- Tao Te Ching of Friendship Finding the exceptional in the seemingly unexceptional
- The Inside Job with guest Sharon Caren
- The Quiet Friend - Speaking Up in Defense of Others or Having Our heads in the Sand?
- The Art of Travel and Communication in Another Country - The French Connection, The Gift We all Have with Ray and Vanessa
- Colors - How We Perceive Colors in Life and Color Translates In Our Connections with Each Other
- Filling Your Cup by Allowing for Emptiness -How to let go and feel good
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Recent Episodes
- "Behind the Words: Exploring Communication, Context, and Connection"
- Eye of the Storm
- Rules for Radicals - Mind the Gap
- Connoisseuring Something Awful, finding beauty and humor in the unexpected and unappealing
- Resistance and Isolation
- The War on Art and Friendship
- The Expert Syndrome Paradox
- You Were Right and I Was Wrong
- Be Yourself
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