Zen Talk #141- Summertime Blues, Baseball, and Reluctant Partners
Hi everybody,
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Keep on truckin’!
Todd+Cathy
Discussion & Time Stamps
- 0:42 Weather
- 3:25 Baseball as a mindfulness practice
- 6:32 Centering
- 9:58 I’m worried my 11 year old son will be on his screen all summer
- 26:03 Deep dive into reluctant partners
Resources
Podcast Archive where we discuss summer schedules
The power of introverts | Susan Cain
Defining Your Recipe for Drama
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Chat
11:02:48 From Millie Hsi (she, her, hers) : Ryan has a new haircut!! Maybe not new but new to me.
11:06:16 From Elaine Vaughan : OMG…I think weather is soooo DEEP. I try each year to lighten it for myself…and geesh, it takes a lot of energy.
11:07:59 From Elaine Vaughan : Loved the 80/80 Podcast…
11:10:31 From Elaine Vaughan : 4
11:10:32 From Daryn : 6
11:10:37 From Millie Hsi (she, her, hers) : 6
11:10:41 From Sari Stricke : 2 thankfully
11:10:48 From Cathy : 2.5
11:10:49 From Todd Adams : 3
11:10:49 From Hansen, Sarah : 5 doing good right now
11:10:55 From Mimi : 6
11:13:13 From Todd Adams : who wants to go after mimi?
11:14:56 From Sari Stricke : I vote for longer camp hours!
11:15:50 From Elaine Vaughan : I have a question mostly directed at you Todd🙂
11:20:27 From Sari Stricke : I also need to change my approach / tone regarding screen time
11:21:47 From Todd Adams : https://zenpopparenting.com/archive/?_search=summer
11:23:30 From Elaine Vaughan : I think his balance sounds wonderful.
11:24:28 From Hansen, Sarah : I was an introverted kid and tried SO HARD to be extroverted as a young adult because it was an expectation set for me. It sounds to me like he’s telling you what he wants out of his summer 🙂
11:24:59 From Elaine Vaughan : Totally agree Sarah…I was that kid too…so yes.
11:27:02 From Todd Adams : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4&t=6s
11:27:10 From Sari Stricke : I also think the pandemic was like a 2 year “summer break” in a way of managing activities and screen time etc. so I’m trying to schedule my kids a bit more these days.
11:27:25 From Sari Stricke : So they have more access to other humans besides parents and sister
11:27:42 From Hansen, Sarah : NOPE
11:28:25 From Sari Stricke : I also think it’s nice to have more camp counselors, instructors, etc. around after so much home time. (for us)
11:33:49 From Sari Stricke : Also sometimes my husband is not the right person for the conversation… it’s part of the Ester Perel stuff about how you can’t get everything from your partner
11:34:32 From Elaine Vaughan : Totally Sari…I have a tribe for that too…alas, I sometimes WANT him to absorb the stuff…oh I want him too…
11:35:48 From Elaine Vaughan : Todd put in the chat what program you did…curious
11:37:18 From Millie Hsi (she, her, hers) : I think that’s the Conscious Leadership Group training.
11:40:43 From Sari Stricke : What Is the Paradoxical Theory of Change?
“This theory can be summarised as: change happens when a person becomes what they are, not when they try to become what they are not. In other words, we can’t make ourselves or anyone change in line with some ideal, but we will naturally change in an organic, meaningful and orderly way if we only allow ourselves and others to be as we and they truly are.”
11:49:28 From Sari Stricke : I am finding sports / baseball being a shared experience in the present moment. Especially baseball which moves so slowly.
11:54:34 From Sari Stricke : Dropping my agenda is my work right now
11:55:46 From Millie Hsi (she, her, hers) : YES, Sari! That is mine too. Dropping my agenda with my husband AND my kids. Everyone!!
11:56:44 From Todd Adams : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NFc7Nm1B9YyT23YBMHuKZVDmSvfyDxMj/view?usp=sharing
12:07:29 From Sari Stricke : Will do
12:08:59 From Todd Adams : https://zenpopparenting.com/events-directory/zen-mothers-day/
12:09:30 From Sari Stricke : Thank you!!