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PODCAST

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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00:41:45

#20 Electronic Communication; Rants and Tips

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2019/06/12

SHOW NOTES:For more than two decades now, electronic communication has infiltrated every corner of our lives. An entire generation has grown up with instant contact as an expectation. This episode is a conversation about the pros and cons of communicating electronically.Because Leslyn and Leslie are both business owners, they talk about the negative side of being constantly available as a professional and the implications of having being reachable 24/7. Leslie shares thoughts about a perception that

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00:42:37

#19 Listening like a Champ

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2019/06/05

SHOW NOTES:Communication is a skill that you turn into an art. Listening is at the cornerstone of that skill set. Sometimes there is a difference between listening to the sound of someone talking and actually ‘hearing’ what people have said. We are often distracted and not present as we engage in listening; particularly with the addition of electronics.Leslie and Leslyn share tips for listening based on the acronym of L.I.S.T.E.N and discuss experiences and antidotes to help you improve the

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00:23:31

#18 TTAH Unplugged

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2019/05/29

Show Notes:Leslie and Leslyn brainstorm ideas and share thoughts about future episodes in this unplugged episode. It’s a compilation of in-between recording sessions; sometimes silly, sometimes serious.The unplanned conversations can be dynamic and demonstrate thoughts and personality in very different ways than the more developed ideas presented in organized podcast episodes.They’ve decided to share some of those audio clips and you’ll end up feeling as if you are right there with them. Be sure to

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00:33:25

Communication Pitfalls

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2019/05/22

SHOW NOTES:Our communication series began in Episode 12 when we discussed Communication Styles, then we shared a list of rules to use when you talk with one another. We spent two weeks on getting defensive and how to address defensiveness and then last week we talked about how to have productive arguments. This episode describes the four pitfalls as described by John Gottman - a leading expert in marital relationships. He calls them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and we describe how they

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00:32:44

How to Win Fights

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2019/05/15

In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn start out by talking about the value of arguing. When couples - or people in relationships - confront issues, respectfully oppose, and seek resolution, they are not only demonstrating maturity but teaching observers that you can love someone and still disagree. It’s an important skill to teach children. When we withhold this demonstration, we allow a false impression to develop.They continue on to describe what a healthy argument looks like and most importantly,

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00:23:56

Getting Defensive - Part 2

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2019/05/08

In this episode, Leslie and Leslyn finish the conversation talking about several strategies to help you prevent defensiveness from disrupting your communication. We all get defensive. In fact, many of them are created in childhood to protect us from perceived threats. As we grow, they continue to root in our psyche until we are no longer aware of them. Like the fence in your backyard, we simply acknowledge it as part of the whole.In this second of two episodes, the discussion highlights the role of

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00:28:34

Getting Defensive - Part 1

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2019/05/01

In this episode, Leslie and Leslyn introduce the first few of several strategies to help you prevent defensiveness from disrupting your communication. We all get defensive. In fact, many of them are created in childhood to protect us from perceived threats. As we grow, they continue to root in our psyche until we are no longer aware of them. Like the fence in your backyard, we simply acknowledge it as part of the whole.In this first of two episodes, the discussion highlights the role of emotional

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00:28:10

8 Rules for Better Communication

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2019/04/24

From the proverbial “I” statements to suggestions on how to use feeling vocabulary more efficiently, they run through a variety of examples to help you think about your own dialogue challenges. Reminders about interrupting and listening more effectively are reviewed along with an investigation of what it actually means to ‘stay present’.They also talk about vernacular habits that commonly interfere with good communication; mistakes that many of us make when we’re emotionally charged. Understanding

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00:30:46

Communication Styles

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2019/04/17

SHOW NOTES:We learn to talk at somewhere between 1 and 3 years of age. We learn from our environment and initially develop a way of speaking that mimics our immediate surrounding with no regard for it effectiveness. Along the way our pattern develops based on the responses and interactions most apt to meet our needs. They tend to fall into four different categories:Passive:The Passive communicator rarely expresses as they don’t want to make waves or disagree with people. They avoid confrontation and

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00:28:05

Building Boundaries

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2019/04/10

Boundaries are important for emotional health. This conversation focuses on what a boundary is, how to set them, and what to do when they get crossed.Leslyn and Leslie offer examples and suggestions for those times when people pleasing becomes unhealthy. When we sacrifice our wellness for the sake of another’s happiness, we’ve more than likely breached our own boundary.They share how ‘givers’ allow themselves to be taken advantaged of and talk about how to set boundaries as a method of self care and

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00:27:43

Acceptance

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2019/04/03

Acceptance is defined as a “willingness to tolerate” when we don’t agree or approve of something. It’s more challenging than many of us want to admit for those relationships that are really close to home. While we tend to simply accept that our friends are quirky or different, it’s harder to apply the same liberties to familial relationships because our expectations get in the way.Leslie and Leslyn share stories and examples of acceptance to demonstrate the challenge and resolution when someone we

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00:31:21

Stand for Standards

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2019/03/27

When we are challenged with high expectations and when we are inclined to establish high goals for ourselves, it’s possible that we strive for perfection. Even though perfection doesn’t exist, striving for it can push us to go further and reach higher but not always. Occasionally, striving for perfection indicates that we’ve adopted unrelenting standards; a potentially unhealthy adaptation of internal expectations. Leslyn runs through a list of conditions that may indicate the condition. Their

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00:26:31

Talk about Expectations

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2019/03/20

An expectation is a belief that is centered on the future and may or may not be realistic. We’re told over and over again to lower our expectations or to release them all together but many of them are subconscious.Leslie and Leslyn share stories that demonstrate how embedded expectations are in our day to day activities and talk about how to notice them and then what to do with them when they interfere with the quality of our lives. They make the point that not all expectations are problematic and

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00:26:18

Should You??

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2019/03/13

SHOW NOTES:From the moment we develop awareness, rules guide us. We learn about standards, values, and expectations before we learn to talk. These elements become the list of ‘should’s in our life.These should’s establish the base from which our life is guided and some of them are quite central to ‘who’ we are. The problem with should’s is that many of them fail to make sense outside of the environment in which they were originally established but we continue to hold on to them.By the time we are

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00:28:29

When Quitting is a Win

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2019/03/06

Look around! It’s everywhere -- “never give up” “don’t quit” “just keep going” “just keep swimming” “persist” . These messages are obviously meant to energize and inspire us when the going gets tough in order that we might keep working towards reaching our goals. There is another side of that argument however. Nobody talks seriously about the other side of the coin, and that’s when you should give up, or quit. Sometimes, no matter how much persistence or grit or motivation you have, there are

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00:26:30

Toxic People - What to do with Them

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2019/02/27

SHOW NOTES:Toxic people pop up at unexpected times and in unexpected places. They are manipulative, judgemental unapologetic, don’t accept personal responsibility and rarely ask about you. They are inconsistent and may ask you to pick them over other long-standing relationships.When you spend time in the company of toxic people you may be affected by their drama, dread being around them or feel exhausted when they leave. They don’t accept your boundaries or respect your values, causing you to check

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00:24:48

Time Management - Make it Visual

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2019/02/20

In this episode, Leslie and Leslyn inform us that a big part of time management is making sure that there is room in your schedule to have flexibility. It's important to use a planner to write things down – a paper planner has been indicated to be more effective overall. The main idea is to create a visual for your time allocation.What kind of things go in a planner? Tasks and appointments are designated in your planner but not habits. The discussion illustrates variations of calendar strategies

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00:24:06

Self-Care is First Aid

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2019/02/13

In this episode of Try This at Home, Leslie and Leslyn talk about what self care is and also - what it isn’t. While we all may envision candlelight and a warm bubble bath, self care can also be a day spent doing dishes and running the vacuum cleaner.We introduce you to Guy Winch - the psychologist who coined the term “emotional first aid” and talk about why people are so inept in the category of self-care.We spend a bit of time talking about the discipline of self care and how we might fit it into

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00:23:42

The Power of Thoughts

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2019/02/04

In this first episode of Try This At Home, Leslie and Leslyn start the conversation by discussing the thoughts we think. They identify a few statistics that demonstrate the monstrosity of the topic but zero in on a few elements such as fearful and negative thoughts; mentioning some of the ideas presented by Rick Hanson in his book Hardwiring Happiness.They also discuss the fascinating story of Martin Pistorius who developed Cryptococcal meningitis and lost his ability to move or talk. Martin’s

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00:24:03

Get to Know Us

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2019/02/02

Leslie Sleesman is the founder and mastermind behind Limelife Planners, Inc., a company that designs and produces planners that organize your daily life. She is the mom of two boys and a girl as well as the proud wife of a university professor. Leslie considers herself a Christian woman who strives to balance the responsibilities of entrepreneurship and motherhood alongside being a loving partner and faith community member who never manages to do ALL of it, ALL the time but gets most of it done,

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