Doing Mister Rogers
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -Discussing Hard Topics Like Loss, Work, Competition, Self-Love, and in the end Ultimate Happiness... Mister Rogers and his little Neighborhood of friends continues to teach us how to approach these hard challenges of life even into adulthood. His simple but effective approach allows even the most "mature" adults to still learn new perspectives on old subjects, and have a few laughs while doing it. On Doing Mister Rogers, two women embark on watching a new Mister Rogers Neighborhood episode each week and pick out the very adult and enlightening wisdom Mister Rogers and his cast of characters still manages to impart to them even at their most successful, accomplished and "enlightened"... and then they talk about it. More importantly, they have some laughs and some fun while doing it. Join us as we go old school. Laugh, Learn and Love a little more... by Doing Mister Rogers.
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Episodes
How Mister Rogers Supported the Black Community, The Strength and Sacrifice of Officer Clemmons (the Black Officer on Mister Rogers), and Forgiveness
June 10, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBWhat does supporting the black community mean for white people? What does it mean for black people? Learn how Mister Rogers and his friend Officer Clemmons (the Black Police Officer on the Show) give us an idea of one way to do it together. How do each of us do our part for racial injustice? How did Mister Rogers, how did François Clemmons (who plays that black office on the show)? Learn how their quiet, yet powerful actions broke barriers and helped lay groundwork for true integration ...
Talking about Divorce, Listening to Kids, Enabling Narcissists, and Co-Creating Behavior You Hate
May 27, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBEver consider divorce from your spouse? Ever been a kid of divorce? Are you divorced yourself? Most everyone fits into one of these categories, learn the impact it has on the kids involved, and how deciding to get a divorce or stay married may be the wrong thing to focus on when making sure kids are ok. Do you ask your kids (or the kids on your life) questions in hard times? Do you proactively inquire into what they are thinking or do you "talk" to them when you know something in their ...
Being Happy to Be Alive, Who You Spend Time With, Masturbation and Graham Crackers, and Why We Dream.
May 20, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBIs it a good feeling to know your alive? Do you look forward to doing it again tomorrow? Mister Rogers does, and what he knows, might make us a little happier in our own lives. Appreciating the moment, and learning from loss. Who do you spend your time with? Are they the people you genuinely feel good around, who leave you smiling and fulfilled? Or are they just people to pass the time, something to do something with? Or what about a "new" someone you are hoping will be something more...
A Curious Mindset in Conversation, How You Treat Yourself, What Anger is Signalling, and the Importance of Maintaining Boundaries
May 06, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBWhen you think about talking to your friend or your significant other, do you enter the conversation wondering what they might have to say, or want to talk about? Or do you enter it with what you want to talk about in mind? Most of us do the latter. But find out how starting conversations with curiosity could change your perspective on everything. How do you talk to yourself when you feel down or make a mistake? Do you call yourself names or berate yourself? You probably wouldn't say t...
Breaking Belief Barriers, We are All the Same, The Knowledge Differences of Youth and Age, and When do We Stop Growing
April 29, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBHow should we approach trying to create change? Should we speak up for what we believe, and how? How courage can show itself in many forms, and how change and standing up for what you believe can be accomplished in surprising ways. How different do you feel from your neighbor, what about the guy on social media you "hate"? Find out what you may have in common, and how it might make you feel when you see it. Are you smarter now than you were in your teens? What about in your 20s? Are y...
How Patience With Yourself Makes For a Better Life, The Magic of Genuine Connection, and Finding Love (In Places You Might Not Normally Look)
April 23, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBHave you ever gotten frustrated with yourself? Wished you could do "better"? Find out why patience with yourself ("giving yourself grace" as some call it) can lead to a happier life. And how letting go, of your expectations and reliance on an outcome or a situation can help you lead a more balanced life. Ever listen to two people talk and find yourself smiling? What about after you talked with someone and you look back at how it felt? If you have, odds are the reason lies in authentici...
Expanding Your Mind Through Curiosity, Tangible vs Technology, What is Happiness, and Finding Opportunity in Being Wrong
April 15, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBThe last time a random question popped into your mind, what did you do about it? Why not just curiosity, but following that thought can make you smarter. How do you feel when you learn or create something in the 'real world' through touch or contact, vs learning or creating something on a computer screen? Does modern sensory meditation give us some insights into why one may feel more 'calming' or satisfying than another? And why creating in the 'real world' may fulfill you more than onli...
Growing Through Listening and Observation, The Danger of "Easy" Solutions, and Changing Your Mindset to Positivity
April 09, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBDo you remember peoples' names when introduced? Do you see people and 'things' as they are or how you "classify" them? Your process for how you perceive and interpret the world could be keeping you from changing and growing. Find out two simple things you can do, that will change how you view the people, and world around you. Ever buy something or take time to read something with the promise of it finally giving you that thing you most desire? Most people have. Find out how to NOT be s...
Unconditional Love and Where to Find it, Abandonment and its Long Last Effects, and the Story of a Survivor
April 02, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBAre you unconditionally loved? Do you love unconditionally? The concept of unconditional love may not be as simple as we might like, but for those of us still searching for it.... the place to truly find it, may be much closer than you think. Many of us have a memory of abandonment or rejection from something or someone we thought loved us, or at least should have loved us. Many of us carry the effects of that abandonment or rejection with us for years in our thought patterns and in our ...
The Benefits of Trying New Things, Why Questioning "Authority" is Important, and How Much We Can Learn from Those We Teach
March 25, 2020 22:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBWhen is the last time you did something out of your normal routine? Something that disrupted your normal schedule or got you out of your comfort zone? Find out why it is so critical that you do these things, and how you can hold yourself accountable to do them, while actually enjoying yourself in the process. Should children always listen to adults? Should adults always listen to the "authorities" in their lives (bosses, leaders)? Find out how innovation and even your own happiness depe...
Fear and What to Do About it, Bringing out the Best in Us, and Vulnerability in Talking to Your Kids
March 18, 2020 22:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIt is natural to feel fear in times of uncertainty, or in life in general... but what do we do about it? And better yet, what can it do to us? Find out how to get to the other side of fear, and what may be waiting for you there. Plus, how times of fear and challenge can bring out the best in us (including how it can bring out the best in you). Ever feel like your being "Needy", or you just need a hug? We all do, but is needing an extra bit of love really a bad thing? Mister Rogers has ...
How to Truly "Help", Our Conditioning to Expect Beauty, and How (and Why) to Let Go of Anger
March 12, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBEver try to help someone, or an organization only to feel like they didn't appreciate it, or even got frustrated by your efforts? Find out why you might get that reaction, and how you have the power to turn it all around. And when is the last time you watched TV, or a Movie, or even saw an Ad with someone who looked like the woman working the cash register at your grocery store, or the guy who was in front of you in line at the gas station? We discuss the surprise of seeing "normal" peopl...
The Power of Repetition, Conquering Your Fears Through Conversation, and The Magic that is Mister Rogers
March 05, 2020 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBDid Mister Rogers Know Meditation? Did he do "Mantras"? Sure seems like it sometimes, as he shows us again what we need to be saying to ourselves, and what we need to remember in order to feel good about our lives and who we are. And like finally admitting to someone a hidden fear or anxiety, we are reminded that talking about our fears make them smaller. Like the monsters under our beds as kids, our fears of today (viruses, politics, new experiences) can be lessened by doing one simple ...
The Underlying You, Handling Disappointment, and What You Put Into Your Relationships
February 27, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBLet's face it, life provides many disappointments. It's not necessarily the disappointments that cause us pain, but how we handle them. And handling them well, takes practice and work. Learn how in this episode. And how much energy do you put in your relationships? Those closest to you vs those not so close? And what kind of energy or acts of love do you show them? Today's discussion includes becoming aware of which relationships get your energy, and what it might mean if the most imp...
Being Present, Accepting and Leveraging our Differences
February 20, 2020 21:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBHow often in our busy lives do we ask for time to ourselves, or a minute to just think... and yet when we are waiting in a line or stuck in traffic, we just seem to get angry that we are being forced to "sit still"? This episode talks about being present and using moments of disruption in our lives as a time to take that time we so desperately need. We suggest ways to "trigger" this reminder to take a minute in these moments and relate the struggles all of us share around it. We also disc...
Making Mistakes, Facing Fears, and Handling Conflict
February 20, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWhen was the last time you made a mistake? When was the last time you were scared, anxious or nervous? When was the last time you "got into it" with a friend, family member or colleague? And how well did each of those situations get resolved, how 'good' did you feel after? In our pilot episode we discuss how to view and handle making mistakes. How the world seems to respond to them vs how we choose to. With a little help from Mister Roger's skunk :) we dive into the fear of public spea...