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Try This At Home

Leslie Sleesman and Leslyn Kantner

We live in a big crazy world. Try This At Home is a series of conversations about real life living and ideas to make it better.

health self-help

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00:40:52

#220 Coping With Negativity

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2020/06/17

Negativity can have a major impact on our mental and physical health. It can be an extremely toxic element to our overall wellbeing. In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn discuss some of the types of negativity and how you can cope while neutralizing the negativity that comes your way. Leslyn shares that the most important thing that we can do with negativity is neutralize it. If you hear a negative voice, being able to inject a positive voice is good for your energy. If we do not neutralize the

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00:39:15

#219 What You Don't Know

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2020/06/10

Leslie and Leslyn begin this episode of Try This at Home with heavy hearts. At the time of recording, there has been over 9 days of significant heartbreak in our country. With that, Leslie and Leslyn wish to discuss how you can start to learn what you do not know. This phrase, “You don’t know what you don’t know” was used in a 2002 speech by Donald Rumsfield.Leslyn shares that when you finally understand the pieces and you realize the range of this issue; you realize that we don’t know what we don’t

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00:32:53

Book Review; Finish by Jon Acuff - A guide for...

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2020/06/03

Leslie and Leslyn both can identify as being perfectionist. Leslyn shares that she has had a long list of projects that are still waiting for her to come back to. Leslie admits that being a perfectionist can something be ridiculous. She uses the example of her best friend who is super talented at scrapbooking. Leslie’s perfectionism used to hinder her from even attempting to scrapbook as she was scared that her pages would never be as good as her friends. This brings the important realization that

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00:48:24

#217 Financial Management - The Basics

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2020/05/27

With 36 million people on unemployment and a world uprooted by a pandemic, Leslie and Leslyn thought this is a good time to talk about organizing your life from a financial perspective. Leslyn spent 20 years as a financial advisor and there are some basic tenets to feeling financially safe. Today, she is bringing some of that knowledge to the table to help you create a sense of comfort with your personal finances.

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00:38:28

#216 What is a 'Truth'??

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2020/05/20

In this episode, we discuss…Show Intro [0:03]Introductions—Truths [0:14]Start of the Podcast [0:48]Managing Pandemic Life [1:35]Relevance of a Heavy Topic [3:05]Daring to Know [3:59]What is Relativism? [4:27]Setting the Stage [6:19]The Truth Condition [8:06]Difficulty of Finding Objective Truth [9:54]The World is at Your Fingertips [10:57]Observing How People Receive Information [11:51]The Importance of Fact Checking [14:02]Confirmation Bias [15:23]Getting a Well-Rounded Picture [16:27]The Need to

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00:46:17

#215 Can Education be a Mid-Life Crisis?

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2020/05/13

In today’s episode, Leslie turns to Leslyn for advice on going back to school. Like so many women, Leslie did not finish the level of education she aspired to when she finished high school. Now, with a happy, established life, Leslie contemplates going back to school. This decision can bring up a lot of questions and even spark fear in some. Leslie uses this episode to interview Leslyn about her personal experience with a non-traditional college experience.Leslyn started her school journey right out

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00:44:04

#214 Conspiracy Theories; What gives them life?

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2020/05/06

A theme of this show is often to discuss why people behave and/or think the way that they do.Leslie and Leslyn share their interest in learning why people would buy into ideas that seem to fall far outside what is considered within the “norm”. The Covid-19 pandemic has generated a number of theories that have since grown into full-blown conspiracy theories. Leslie and Leslyn explain how these conspiracy theories facilitate in finding a reason for the global pandemic.After reviewing several different

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00:44:15

#213 Pandemic Life - Civil Liberties vs. Public Safety

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2020/04/29

We’re living in a time like no other. Many of the issues raised by the Covid-19 pandemic are pushing boundaries we’ve taken for granted. Leslie and Leslyn share a clip from a number of protests from people who are voicing their opinion on being able to go back to work and how they feel forced to stay home by the government. What is common among these protests is the opinion of civil liberties being infringed on. But what really is a civil liberty?It’s described as a “state of being subject only to

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00:29:55

#212 - Passive Permission - What is it?

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2020/04/22

Coming back to our regularly scheduled episodes, Leslie and Leslyn discuss the provocative question that arises when we decide NOT to act on a situation or behavior we disagree with. Essentially, by not acting, we are giving our permission for the situation or behavior to continue to exist. Our inaction in the situation becomes a passive way of permitting the situation.Consider this example, you go out to dinner and your waitress gave well... a kind of lousy service. If we were to leave a tip even

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00:35:49

#211 Our Need to Connect - The Human Experience

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2020/04/15

Leslie and Leslyn start today’s discussion reflecting on last week’s topic of social media and how it can play a big role in today’s human connections. You may ask yourself, why is social media so enticing? Why is there an addiction and what’s so great about it? The simple answer is connection. Leslyn compares it to why people love reality television. It’s real people, living lives that we feel we can relate to and in turn have a sense of connection.They start the discussion of human connection with

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00:44:12

#210 Pandemic Life - Our Finest Hour

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2020/04/07

Leslie and Leslyn spend this week’s discussion bringing the listeners some good stories that have arose in these concerning times. Last week, discussions of offering grace to others and the stress relief during this time were given. This week, Leslie and Leslyn felt it was much needed to bring some of the positive aspects, as we remember that we are all just doing the best that we can right now.The episode begins with Leslie and Leslyn sharing a clip to illustrate the ability to choose to look for

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00:35:00

#209 Discussing Pandemic Life & Grace

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2020/04/01

Taking a moment to put the regularly scheduled episodes on hold, Leslie and Leslyn spend this week’s discussion on what everyone has been thinking about. The COVID-19 Global Pandemic. It’s a crazy time that is filled with a lot of anxiety, fear, grief, and uncertainty. Leslie and Leslyn wanted to dive into these feelings that surround the major event that must be addressed.As the new norm of totally drastic changes, there will be feelings of uncertainty. Leslyn wanted to share a webinar she recorded

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00:33:29

#208 Social Media - Changing Humanity?

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2020/03/25

The episode begins with Leslie sharing her own love/hate relationship with social media, especially when it comes to her businesses. Managing a business social media can be frustrating specifically with the constant struggle of trying to stay in the confines of the platform’s algorithm. Leslie shares how her planner business has nineteen thousand followers, but her posts are only being shown to about a thousand of them! The day-to-day social media use can also bring conflicting emotions, Leslie

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#207 Big Magic - A discussion about the book &...

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2020/03/18

Elizabeth Gilbert first became a sensation with her book; Eat, Pray, Love that was on NY Times Bestseller list for fifty-seven consecutive weeks! In 2015, Gilbert released Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Leslie and Leslyn both loved the book and sent it to their loved ones to read and ponder. In this episode, Leslie and Leslyn share what they loved about Big Magic and the great tips that they took away from the book. They start the discussion with speaking about Elizabeth Gilbert’s vision,

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00:38:17

#206 The Making of Friendship

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2020/03/11

In this episode, we discuss…Leslie and Leslyn start this episode of Try This at Home, discussing their oldest friendships to date. What is your longest friendship? They both thought that it was significant to see what the professionals had to say about friendship. Shasta Nelson, the author of Friendtamicy, is mentioned as Leslyn feels Shasta’s input really resonates deeply. “Friendship intimacy is where two people both feel seen in a safe and satisfying way.” Leslyn often sees how influential

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00:29:53

#205 What is normal?

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2020/03/04

What is Normal? Today’s episode centers around this complex question. Leslie and Leslyn begin their discussion considering topics such as: how to define normal, what is seen as the norm in society, and why there are so many problems with how we look at it today. Leslyn shares insights into the reasoning behind why we feel the need to have a normal outlined in our everyday life, how we are unknowingly connecting the word to value, and what we see as right and wrong. At the end of this episode, Leslie

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00:36:28

#204 Do you Subscribe?

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2020/02/26

What kind of modern conveniences do you enjoy? In today’s world, if you want it, there’s a subscription service for it! Today, Leslie and Leslyn share the subscription services they are loving at the moment with a few other great shout-outs. Leslie and Leslyn start out the episode talking about Stitch Fix a personal styling subscription service that comes right to your door! They both use this service and have the Style Pass. It eliminates the need to even go to the mall, as you are getting hand

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00:37:44

#203 Time for Thinking

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2020/02/19

The episode starts out with a discussion of what a think week is and the benefits it can produce. Leslie shares a story, where her birthday present to her husband was to send him on a think week. Leslie got this idea from watching Netflix’s Bill Gates Documentary. A clip is played from the documentary where a think week is described. Melinda Gates, Bill’s wife, explains that a think week allows her husband to have time to slow down, write, and find the way that he wants lead. Bill Gates has been

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00:26:52

#202 Random Kindness

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2020/02/12

Leslie and Leslyn begin today’s discussion talking about Leslyn’s late husband, Harlan, and what his final wishes were. Her partner of 10 years did not want to have a funeral. He was a very connected individual with lots of people who were impacted by his passing in the community. Leslyn was faced with overwhelming disappointment when she voiced that he did not wish to have a funeral. Harlan’s greatest wish was to spread peace and happiness. He believed, as many do, that kindness is the seed to

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00:26:17

#201 Starting Season Two with a Catch Up

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2020/02/05

Back for Season 2 of Try This at Home, Leslie and Leslyn catch up after a long break, reflecting on the previous year while anticipating the new year to come. They focus on some of the goals they would like to accomplish this year in life and for the podcast. Leslie and Leslyn give you a sneak peek into some of the topics for this season as well as some valuable additions to the podcast that will keep you wanting to come back for more every Wednesday! Leslie and Leslyn have many captivating topics

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