This week I chat with Kate Stark, parent and child advocate living in Sheffield, UK. She started off helping new parents learn to use baby carriers appropriately, and was so good she now coaches and teaches new parents all sorts of things. Turns out, her work and beliefs touch upon…
Tag: brain
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 1: Facts
Not really, but on Mondays I will start over at the beginning by releasing all the FLASHBACK! Episodes in order from Episode 1: Facts. As I do this, I hope to rewatch and revisit these Episodes and figure out how to update them as we move forward with the Are…
Change is the Only Truth We Can Know
Denying This Prevents Individual and Societal Growth Forgive me for being a strong proponent of evolution. But, do what you know, right? In all my studies. All the naval gazing. The psychedelic experimentation. The ‘college’. All the Knowledge I’ve gained. The Experiences I’ve had. And whatever Wisdom resulted from all…
KEW Episode 80: Simplicity, Parsimony, and Occam’s Razor
Thank you for following along as we gear up for the ‘how-to’ section of the Are vs Should Problem. We spent over 30 Episodes outlining various elements within the Are vs Should Problem. Turns out this fairly universal issue has a lot going on inside. Because I let these Episodes…
KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Stephanie Mitchell
If you follow Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom you will be familiar with IFS. If you are not familiar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychotherapy model used to heal past trauma. In IFS, we view ourselves as being comprised of ‘parts’ that resemble siblings in a big family. These…
Preview KEW Episode 80: Simplicity, Parsimony, and Occam’s Razor
Simplicity: easy; not overly complex Parsimony: careful use of resources Occam’s Razor: the model with the fewest assumptions is best So, yeah. Life should be simple (not easy), parsimonious (nothing wasted), and reductive (few parts). Makes sense to me. And that is the skeleton of the KEW model of ‘living…
Preview KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Stephanie Mitchell
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Stephanie Mitchell this week. Stephanie is a psychotherapist, trainer, and consultant residing in beautiful Adelaide, Australia. She primarily works with complex trauma and psychosis and is very much focused on using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model to help people live better…
How Do You Know You’re OK?
The evidence I was looking for was there all along. Do you ever beat yourself up? Can you be your own worst enemy sometimes? Ever struggle with imposter syndrome? Feeling not good enough? Feeling like there’s something wrong with you. Well, I do those things, too. And during the decade…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 60: The Are vs Should Problem – Jobs and Careers
Do you love your job? Are you happy with your career? Many of us will answer no to both of these questions. And it seems to me we visit these questions at two key moments in life: When we leave the nest, usually around 18 years old Sometime in midlife…
KEW Episode 79: Less Struggle, More Calm
Have you ever really thought about what you want? I mean really sat down and asked yourself what you would change if you could? Maybe you said you want more money. Less time at work. More time with family. Longer vacations. A bigger house, better car, or fancier smartphone. If…