How can we develop more ease and authenticity inside ourselves? How can we build more capacity and resilience to face current and future difficulties?
And what if, the same methods for adding to our lives created better relationships and more effective leadership?
How much would you pay for this? But wait, don’t answer…
This episode is full of just the sort of conversation and questions you’d hear if you were hanging out with us in the kitchen. Kelly and I regularly rassle with these ideas around healthy personal growth, uplifting relationships and inclusive, sustainable community. We get pretty agitated about the topic and the possibilities and sometimes Bill the Cat has to come in from the living room to yell at us to quiet down.
Or maybe he’s just agreeing loudly. It’s hard to tell
We offer up this conversation with both great passion and great humility. Our passion comes from all the years we’ve been working through these ideas personally and professionally. Our humility comes from the fact that we are very human and are working through all of this ourselves. We are doing our best not to preach or lecture [though it might sound like it sometimes - we do get excited], but we think there’s something good and powerful in facing these uncomfortable truths and we want to talk it through with you, together.

Show Notes
References:

• Carl Jung
• Anima/Animus
• The Shadow
• Nonviolent Communication Book
• Set This House in Order
• Nominate Satchel at The Rocket Feather Podcast Page 

 Resources:

• Episode 34 with Matt Ruff
• Episode 19 with Rowdy Duncan
• Art Therapy Resources

Music Credits: Mixkit.co

What if parenting, teaching, or just hanging out with teens could be easier and less stressful. What if we adults could adopt a few simple techniques to help kids make good decisions, free up their own authentic wisdom, AND build closer relationships. 

This week, we’re talking with Adam Young. Adam spent 10 years as a classroom teacher and nearly as long as a mentor and program director for Boys to Men Mentoring. (The nonprofit org I used to head)
At Boys to Men, Adam was key to the expansion of our school circles - we talk about “circles” a lot in this episode. They are simply hour-long support groups consisting of 8-10 boys and 3-4 adults. At our peak, BTM was conducting 16 weekly circles in half a dozen schools. This model is in use in schools all around the country and the world.

These days, Adam is one of the principals of a new consulting and training program called Circle Dynamics Group. The Circle Dynamics Group works with schools to train teachers and education leaders to quickly build interpersonal connections that encourage trust and deeper conversation with students. They have an open set of workshops coming up July 21st - 30th.
You might want to strap in a little more tightly than normal this week. Some of the ways that Adam works with teens - the radical trust, the abandonment of adult privilege and power - might rock your world and your assumptions a bit.

SHOW NOTESReferences:

• Circle Dynamics Group
  
• Boys to Men Mentoring
  
• Niobe Way - Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
  
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 
  

 Resources:

• Validate in Place TEDx Talk
  
• Episode 28, How to Vote for Your Best Self with Stasia Rivera
  
• Episode 15 Better Together: Teens, Community, and Activism
  
• Redefining Strength Facebook Group
  
• RocketFeather Community Lab Facebook Group
  

 Music Credits: Music provided by Audio Library Plus

What’s it like for you when your beloved gets angry?  What about when it’s over something you did?  Do you panic?  Get defensive?  Throw blame?  Crumble?  Flee?
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How can we handle these inevitable moments in our close relationships in a way that actually deepens our connection and reduces the stress and trauma of a fight?

Kelly and Charles have been working in and on their marriage together for nearly six years. Before earning that street cred, Kelly earned a Masters in Art Therapy, and grabbed all the wisdom available from Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, etc. Charles studied nonviolent relationships and teaching and has mentored over 1000 youth and adults in communication, self-awareness, and accountability skills. 
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On this week’s podcast, we share results from the lab that is our marriage, in hopes that you will find it useful in your own relationships.

SHOW NOTES
​References: 

• RocketFeather Blog
• Brene Brown Podcast
• Blushing Cactus Photography
• Prescott Woman Podcast
• RocketFeather Community Lab

Music Credits: Chill Out Records - No Copyright Music