The Ripples Pondcast

This episode is the audio track of a monthly Zoom call I have with members of the Team Ripples Patreon Community who support my work as a speaker, writer, and Rippler. We spent a full hour exploring how to THINK BETTER, FEEL BETTER, and DO BETTER when it comes to addressing the increasing toxic polarization that is heppening within our country, our communities, and ourselves.

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This is the audio recording of our monthly Zoomy Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community. Weshared several stories & ideas from my summer adventures. The notes and links from the session are pasted below. You can also watch the video replay here.

PEBBLE

Pixar's Inside Out 2 adds anxiety, embarrassment, ennui, envy, and a hint of nostalgia to the original team of emotions we got to know in the first movie: joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust. Trailer here.

BOULDER

3 sounds to stimulate the vagus nerve

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1004031721415676

1. hmmmmmm

2. ohm/aum

3. ha

PONDER

A. The Sonder of Musings...

I originally came across the word "sonder" in the mesmorizing 10 minute video called SOULFULLY BEAUTIFUL from Reflections of LIfe (who I first learned about from Grateful Living: https://grateful.org). I then learned the term SONDER, defined as "the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it. The word was coined by John Koenig, who compiled a compendium of created words in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and also created a short video just to unpack his special word Sonder.

B. Dementia is not a Death (Psyche.co article)

Dementia is not a death. For some, it marks a new beginning

C. 10+ Happy Songs

I originally stumbled upon a list of 10 songs that will make you happy based on research from a music psychologist

in articles in Inc. and Science Times. I put the 10 songs in a Pandora Playlist:

And then I stumbled upon this list on Spotify that also claimed to be "the 10 happiest songs" based on research.

D. Finally, the artwork I picked up from an adorable shop in downtown Frisco, Colorado called Stay Sunny Frisco

" It's all connected, you know.

Your gifts, your circumstances, your journey.

None of it is by chance.

Embrace it.

It's molding you."

~Ash Weisel

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Peace,

Paul

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We had a great time exploring the topic of PASSION, which we defined as:

PURPOSE in ACTION taking place in an ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT.

The notes and links from the session are pasted below.

If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here:

https://youtu.be/gBdrs1YDwjA

PEBBLE:

4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54785515-four-thousand-weeks

NPR (LifeKit) Interview with Oliver Burkeman

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rethink-what-you-spend-your-time-and-life-doing/id1461493560?i=1000538533513

BOULDER:

Daily Photo Cleanup: Open your photo app on your phone or laptop, and from a screen that displays all the photos enter today's date (month and day only: Feb 23) and sift through the photos taken on THIS particular day: reminisce, remove duplicates, and retain the extra precious ones. You'll miss some days, sure, but it's a great habit that will gradually reduce the size of your photo collection, and create a regular habit of gratitude and savoring!

PONDER

U.S. Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Well-Being

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html

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SLIDE DECK:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewzof45bo5lt6fn/Archeology_of_Passion.pdf?dl=0

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Blurb for Podcast/Acast

September Chat with UROCK Peeps

This is the audio replay of the monthly Zoomy Zoom I do with my UROCK (Patreon) Peeps;

you can also watch the video here

SHOW NOTES:

CENTERING

Sensory Countdown (5 Sees, 4 Touches, 3 Sounds, 2 Smells, 1 Taste)

PEBBLE

Hidden Brain Podcast w/Shankar Vedantam: Reframing Your Reality

Reframing Your Reality: Part 1 | Hidden Brain Media

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/reframing-your-reality-part-1/

Reframing Your Reality: Part 2 | Hidden Brain Media

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/reframing-your-reality-part-2/

BOULDER

Conference Wrap up (Project wrap up? Weekly wrap up?)

Ponder: What do I want to be thinking about as I leave?

Connect: Who do I feel called to connect with to discuss this more?

Act: What actions could I take to put some of these ideas into action?

Ponder: To me, By me, Thru me, As me

Resource Links

Four Stages of Spiritual Growth, buy Jenny Dsouze (May 17, 2021)

https://lifeism.co/four-stages-of-spiritual-growth

(includes a link to a 90 second summary directly from Beckwith himself: https://youtu.be/TAfOGQwFJak )

4 Stages of Consciousness, by Gwen Allison (May 14, 2020)

https://www.myspiritualbutterfly.com/post/4-stages-of-consciousness

(the author of this article also unpacks the 4 stages in this 22 minute video: https://youtu.be/da4y0MH1EMM )

Conscious Leadership Group

applied these 4 stages to leadership and I really like some of what they developed:

PDF with overview and chart: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=LYRctalK

They also have a great 4-minute video summary: https://youtu.be/I2dxdwfZkG4

Paul's Slides

https://2rpl.me/i/ToMe_ByMe_ThruMe_AsMe_1.jpeg

https://2rpl.me/i/ToMe_ByMe_ThruMe_AsMe_2.jpeg

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