In this In Practice Episode, Lawrence shares he personal journey to self love. Taking his own life experiences as a teacher, he explores the ideas that helped him transform to a meaningful life of self-love.

Guest:
Lawrence C. Harris is a nationally recognized Youth Empowerment Speaker who helps teens and young adults break limiting beliefs, build unshakable self-worth, and rise above challenges. Drawing from his own lived experience overcoming childhood abuse, Autism, and C-PTSD, Lawrence shares powerful messages that resonate deeply with young people and the adults who support them.

To learn more about Lawrence, please visit:
https://lawrencecharris.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-harris-8b0177324
https://youtu.be/BHNS_D2PFoc?si=-ePvfKRSlkBFvLOT
Eventbrite: New Belief New You
Instagram: Lawrencecempowers

Timestamps:
3:30 – Personal Story – How Did You Get to Exploring Self-Love
8:10 – Concept – Exploring Healthy and Unhealthy Self-Love
9:30 – Strategy – Taking Yourself on a Date
11:20 – Concept – Showing Care For Others at Expense of Self
13:00 – Concept – Exploring Should Messages
16:30 – Concept – Connecting with Others for Self-Worth
17:00 – Prior Episode – Bowers Episode XX
18:00 Concept – Good Relationships Start with Loving Yourself
22:00 – Self Love Strategy – Journaling to Build Awareness
24:50 – Self Love Practice – Learning to Say No
27:20 – Personal Example – Learning to Say No
31:00 – Parent Strategy – Sprinkle Self-Care Strategies
32:40 – Parent Strategy – Plant Seeds, See How They Grow
34:20 – Concepts – Seeds Planted That are Actually Weeds
48:30 – Self Love Strategy – Make Your 10 and 80 Year old Self Proud

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Probably Not Famous IV: https://www.probablynotfamous.com/

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David explores personal stories that led him and his wife into marriage and business coaching. His stories shed light into strategies for successful relationships in dating, school, and friendships. We explore conflicts, awareness, and yes... lasagna!

Guest:
David Kiwimagi is the co-founder of Kiwi Coaching, dedicated to helping couples who want to work together strengthen their relationships and thrive as partners. David and his wife Alexis have built a thriving coaching business and marriage. The proven methods they share have helped hundreds of couples from feeling stuck and disconnected to deeply connected and thriving in both business and marriage.

3:30 – Personal Story – How Did David Find Coaching Relationships
8:13 – Helpful Relationship Ideas – Turn Unspoken Expectations into Agreements
8:40 – Helpful Relationship Ideas – His Business, Her, Business, Not Your Business
8:13 – Helpful Relationship Ideas – How to Win Every Argument
9:40 – Unspoken Expectations – Talk Outside of High Emotions
18:30 – Parent Strategies – Explore Expectations Before You Need Something
21:00 – Concept – His Business, Her, Business, Not Your Business
23:00 – Strategy – Making an Environment Where Someone Can Feel Welcome
26:00 – Concept – Focus on What You Can Control
32:00 – Concept – You and Me vs. The Problem (Not You’re Wrong)
37:00 – Concept – Reframing Problems
38:30 – How to Slow Heated Arguments – Take a Breath Break
39:46 – Concept – Most Arguments Rooted in Unsaid Expectations
42:00 – Idea – People Can Be Drains and Fountains
49:39 – Personal Practice – Not About Being Perfect
49:39 – Personal Practice – Learning Everyone’s Not Like Me

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Homage: https://homagebeats.bandcamp.com/

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In this In Practice Episode, Dr. Cottone and I talk about rivalries in sports and how sometimes they get more serious than intended. We connect our favorite rivalries to the concepts of Tribalism, to unpack how it shows up in sports fandom.

Guest:
John G. Cottone, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry within the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. His research—on psychotherapy outcome, executive functioning and the neurological correlates of schizophrenia—has been published in acclaimed peer-reviewed journals, including Archives of General Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. He has a youtube channel called MindCube 3D. He has contributed to Psychology Today, The New York Times, and The Washington Post and is the author of several books included: Who Are You? Essential Questions for Hitchhikers on the Road of Truth and Z-score: How a Statistic Used in Psychology Will Revolutionize Baseball.

To learn more about Dr. Cottone, please visit:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-cube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcuWgaynspx77K4vavXIRfw
mindcube3d@gmail.com

Timestamps:
4:00 – Idea – Adopting Stories of Teams You Root Foor
6:40 – Rivalries – Yankees and Mets
8:00 – Rivalries – Georgia and Alabama
9:30 – Idea – Big Brother Little Brother (Family Dynamics Play Out in Rivalries)
11:20 – Concept – Bringing Personal Attributes to Tribes/Teams
12:40 – Tribal Mentality – Wake Forest at Louisville
16:20 – Research - Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Experiment (Elliott, 1986)
17:45 – Heated Games – Georgia and LSU
19:30 – Idea – Connecting Rivalries to Politics
21:00 – Rivalries – Rangers and Islanders
16:00 – Connection Mentality – Tribalism can lead to connecting with people
27:00 – Concept – Dissonance within a Tribe
29:00 – Research - More Than a Game: Football Fans and
Marriage Equality (Harrison, 2016)
33:00 – Concept – Prioritizing Truth vs. Aligning with a Tribe
33:30 – Concept – Seeing Different Perspectives
35:00 – Concept – Reductionism in Tribalism
35:45 – Best Rivalries – Michigan v. Ohio State
35:45 – Best Rivalries – Celtics v. Lakers
36:50 – Best Rivalries – Alabama v. Auburn
35:45 – Best Rivalries – Cavaliers v. Warriors

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
G Mills: https://gmills.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast