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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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#40 - Parenting Tips and Tricks from the Trenches

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2019/10/30

In the final episode of 2019, Leslie and Leslyn wrap up their parenting series by sharing a crowd sourced collection of parenting tips and tricks. They reached out to their social media following and asked the question “what’s the best parenting advice you’ve ever received?” and share many of the comments that were offered.Leslie and Leslyn comment on the collected ideas if they have personal experience with it and add their own from a combined 45 years of parenting experience.Additionally they

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00:39:17

#39 - Effective Discipline; Tips & Tricks

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2019/10/23

Leslie and Leslyn have been talking about parenting and no such discussion would be complete without a few words about disciplining! Leslie begin by pointing out that no one thing will work with all children; a fact that frustrates parents to breaking points.A discussion about consequences begins with the point behind behavior modification - the goal of discipline. Is there a difference between girls and boys? How do you find that ‘thing’ that will make an impact and foster desirable behavior. When

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00:32:18

#38 Raising Responsible Kids in an Era of Entitlement

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2019/10/16

This episode focuses on raising children who don’t express a sense of entitlement. Much of the focus is about raising kids with an understanding of financial responsibility in a time where advertising and social media tickles our need for instant gratification. Leslie and Leslyn break down many of the challenges that exist in our current culture from the entry into a cashless society, the impact of social media, and the ‘disposable’ mentality that permeates young minds.The conversation is yet

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#37 Dealing with Parenting Guilt

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2019/10/09

Leslie and Leslyn spend this episode talking about all the ways that we - as parents - make mistakes. First of all… we don’t know what we don’t know. Secondly, most of us simply do the best we know to do and learn along the way, and lastly… even when we think we have it figured out, a kid comes along that doesn’t follow any of the rules!This episode challenges those ideas we thought were great and helps us find peace with the ideas that weren’t as much. They share successes and failures in hopes

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00:43:18

#36 Fear Based Parenting

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2019/10/02

As time goes by, the number of things that parents seem to be worried about seems to be growing exponentially. Is the world really more dangerous or are we simply more aware of life’s dangers? Did Helicopter parenting rise out of our culture or has our culture risen from fearful parents?Leslie and Leslyn talk about different styles of parenting through fear from Helicopter parenting to Defensive parenting. They explain that many of these dysfunctional parenting tendencies stem from our own

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00:37:23

#35 Getting Mixed Messages?

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2019/09/25

This week Leslie and Leslyn are spouting off about the mixed messages and double standards that we are constantly exposed to on a daily basis. They come from everywhere and we probably have a few ourselves.It’s interesting to think that some of the gender related messages that we think have been squashed are alive and well in the hearts of some people. They tend to be exposed at embarrassing or inconvenient moments. Even when people don’t intend to convey a sexist remark, the embedded ‘mixed

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00:34:55

#34 Understanding the Ego

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2019/09/18

Most people have negative connotations when it comes to thinking about the ego but it’s an important part of our personality. Leslyn runs through the Freudian elements of the Id, the Ego, and the Superego to help us understand the tenets of personality from an academic perspective. From instinct, to consciousness, and then morality, the ego parts help us socially exist in the world. However, it can go very wrong.This discussion focuses on the consciousness elements of the ego - that part of

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00:35:04

#33 Creating and Keeping Emotional Intimacy

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2019/09/11

Emotional intimacy is that connection you share with someone close in spirit; it’s the feeling part of a relationship that allows you to feel safe. The relationships that allow you to be the most authentic; to be you without judgment or criticism.Emotional intimacy can be difficult in intimate and/or romantic relationship. Yet, it’s the single most important feature of a sustainable relationship. It needs to be nurtured and readily available.In the challenges of our day to day life, we tend to

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00:34:20

#32 Facing Fear

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2019/09/04

We are all hardwired to feel fear. It’s part of our survival instinct and while most of us consider it from a physical perspective, it applies to our emotions as well. When we don’t feel emotionally safe, we create defense mechanisms that protect us. Anxiety, control issues, and many negative emotions are rooted in fear.Leslie and Leslyn spend this discussion sharing stories and antidotes about feeling fear, digging into the roots, and offering strategies on how to overcome them. Generally, when we

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00:39:45

#31 Motivation Insight; How to get going

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2019/08/28

Today we’re talking about motivation in a follow up to last week’s conversation about habits. An inability to get motivated isn’t always about depression, it’s often a sign of priority or desire. It’s very difficult to find motivation for something that is misaligned from our own value. Additionally, it’s challenging when we can’t find a path to the end goal and we are stuck. Sometimes, our brains shut down because we simply run out of emotional gas and the lack of motivation is a signal that we

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00:31:03

#30 Build Better Habits

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2019/08/21

This episode starts with the announcement of Leslyn’s book which, was recently published and is available on Amazon.com. They move on to the discussion of habits and share tidbits about the science behind why we develop habits - even the bad ones.Of course, the question on most people’s mind is how to break bad habits and/or how to build better ones. Leslyn and Leslie talk candidly about the most necessary ingredient for both. The dive right to the root element of desire and debate the legitimacy of

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00:32:09

#29 Living an Authentic Life

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2019/08/14

Leslie starts this episode sharing some thoughts from a therapy session years ago. Leslyn explains her “totem pole” theory about depression, anxiety, and living an authentic life. The conversation steps into gear as the ladies discuss character strengths and how they support authentic living. Listeners are directed to a web location where they can identify their strengths and the discussion elaborates on how they support good living.The term ‘authentic’ is explored as each of them share stories and

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00:37:40

#28 Why are we here? More on Reincarnation

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2019/08/07

Leslie and Leslyn dive further into the conversation of reincarnation and consider possibilities of why souls may return over and over again. The supposition is based largely on work from Dr. Brian Weiss and Dr. Roger Woolger, both experts in the field of past lives. The conversation centers on their contention that we return to learn Love and perfect our human capacity for it.Leslyn shares how her personal research over several decades has shaped her philosophical and spiritual views. Leslie’s

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00:39:28

#27 Is Reincarnation a 'thing'?

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2019/07/31

As an introduction to the possibility of reincarnation, Leslie and Leslyn introduce their audience to Dr. Brian Weiss, Dr. Ian Stevenson, Roger Woolger, and Dr. Puryear - researchers who have spent entire careers investigating the potential that our souls come back again and again. They consider the question of whether or not our souls are ‘reborn’ into different bodies throughout time with the underlying goal of perfecting our ability to know the virtue of “love”.Leslyn shares stories of personal

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00:45:24

#26 Break Free From Judgment

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2019/07/24

In this episode, Leslie and Leslyn share stories of judging and also of feeling judged. They explain that the practice of being judgmental is rooted in personal pain that gets triggered. As is typical with their suggestions, it is recommended that the first step in breaking free from judgment is to raise awareness of one's tendency to be judgmental as well as those times when we feel the recipient of judging attitudes.They share expertise from professionals who recommend identifying the type of

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00:36:59

#25 "Inspired" More

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2019/07/17

In the final episode of our discussion motivated by Rachel Held Evan’s book ‘Inspired’, Leslie and Leslyn center their discussion on curiosity about the stories we hold onto and questions we might benefit from asking.They elaborate on some key points from the last few chapters of the book and challenge a few habits of Fundamentalist clergy. Some of the basic elements of modern organized religion are discussed and contested. They debate the use of the pronoun “he” to reference God and contemplate how

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00:33:03

#24 Continuing to be "Inspired"

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2019/07/10

Leslie and Leslyn begin by discussing the challenging question “What is a day?” as it pertains to the Creation story in the bible. Can we believe in science and the bible at the same time? This conversation starts by challenging some basic thoughts while we share our individual views.How do you envision God? We sit back and share ideas of ‘what’ God may be. We share thoughts on why religion personifies God and what kind of challenges that presents.Rachel Held Evans speaks about the bible and the

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00:44:45

#23 Inspired Inspiration

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2019/07/03

Rachel Held Evans stirred a lot of controversy before she died with her book “Inspired” where she challenges the literal understandings of biblical stories. She describes the Bible as “a living breathing captivating and compounding book” that continues to offer guidance and instruction but not when taken literally.We start the series by sharing our personal faith journeys and begin a debate About the rule of the Bible in those journeys. It’s not a conversation about what’s right or wrong or a

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00:22:47

#22 Affirmations

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2019/06/26

SHOW NOTES:What is an affirmation? By definition, an affirmation is “the action or process of affirming something” as well as “emotional support or encouragement”. In the New Thought movement, an affirmation is defined as “a carefully formatted statement that should be repeated to one’s self and written down frequently”. As they are formulated, attention is directed so that they are “present tense, positive, personal, and specific”. It’s something you say to yourself… it’s an “I am” statement or an

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00:28:38

#21 Complaining Might be Killing You

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2019/06/19

SHOW NOTES:This episode is based on an article from the website The Learning Mind entitled “How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity and Literally Kills You”. We found it absolutely fascinating and immediately thought of some people who suffer from Chronic illness and realized that they tend to be vocal pessimists.Leslyn and Leslyn dug into the research and explain the key points.1. “Synapses that fire together wire together.”Thoughts are electrical signals that move through the brain. As

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