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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

All Episodes

00:47:01

The Death of a Relationship

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2020/10/21

This is a topic that has been on Leslie and Leslyn’s list since starting the podcast. If you’re in a relationship whether it be only a few months or many, many years, there are challenges to being in a relationship.They start off the episode discussing the relationship issues surrounding fidelity. Leslyn shares that a huge percentage of people who deal with fidelity never even reach counseling for these issues. Those that do, Leslyn starts off the couple’s therapy by stating that if the couple is

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00:34:07

Books that Changed Us

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2020/10/14

Episode Notes:Leslie and Leslyn begin the episode explaining their interpretation of ‘life changing’ when it comes to books that have facilitated in personal growth and retrospection. These books did not incite dramatic life changing events but instead planted the seeds to grow.Leslie’s first book recommendation is Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits by Gretchen Rubin. Leslie shares the quote, “How we schedule our days is how we spend our lives.” It’s the biggest

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00:33:20

Second Season Year In Review

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2020/10/13

On the last episode of Season 2 of Try This at Home, Leslie and Leslyn start off by reviewing some of the changes the podcast has faced in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and move into a reflection of the year as a whole. In the beginning of the second season, Leslie and Leslyn started by catching up and really defining the idea behind Try This at Home. The reasonings behind Try This at Home, and at this point the 80 Try This at Home’s that have been shared over the episodes, is to try to motivate

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00:42:57

Magic Marriages

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2020/10/13

Episode Notes:On last week’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn shared some of the major problems that married couples can face and decided to continue this topic to focus on some of the healthy relationship aspects that help maintain a happy marriage. Leslie starts off the episode by sharing some advice that has saved her relationship a few times. When Leslie and her husband disagree on something, whoever feels the strongest on the situation will be what they decide on. This requires maturity and a real

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00:34:07

Life Coach vs. Therapist: What you need to know

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2020/10/07

In recent TikTok Lives, Leslyn consistently gets the questions ‘how do we find a good therapist’ and ‘can I work with you’. While it is certainly important to find a good therapist, there is a difference between the needs and what professional you should be searching for. Therapists help clients work through their specific issues and often clients go in knowing some of the areas that need to be worked on. While life coaches usually help their clients stay on track with their goals and can be

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00:38:00

Finding Purpose

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2020/09/30

Why am I here? It turns out identifying your life’s purpose can actually increase an overall sense of wellbeing. Pablo Picasso believes, “the purpose of life is to give it away.” While Oprah has been quoted saying, “There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling it’s why you were born and how you become most truly alive.” To live your most authentic life you must be your most authentic self. You have to find yourself and ask where you are most engaged in your most

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00:46:10

Coping with Disappointment

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2020/09/23

On this week’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn cover the topics surrounding disappointment. Leslyn starts out by saying that disappointment is a fact of life and shares that if the listeners takes anything from this episode it should be that it’s really important to understand that you cannot and will not avoid disappointment.Disappointment is the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations. Leslyn likes to think about the research around disappointment

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00:36:32

Living with Regret

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2020/09/23

On this week’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn tackle regret and the ways that it impacts life and what we can do about it. It is reported that more than 90% of people hold onto a big regret in life. Regret by definition is a negative cognitive or emotional state that consist of blaming ourselves for a bad outcome that occurred, feelings of loss or sorrow on what could have been and wishing that we could undo a previous choice we had made.Leslyn shares that the fact of the matter is, the thing that you

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00:37:35

#232 Personal Growth - The Elevate Class

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2020/09/09

In this episode, we discuss…Show Intro [0:01]Introductions—Elevate! [0:12]Start of the Podcast [0:42]Something Missing in Life Coaching [2:19]Elevate Class Creation [4:53]Maintaining Sustainable Happiness [5:39]Where Counseling Got Its Start [6:59]What Is the Elevate Class? [10:57]Who Is My Best Self? [11:19]VIA Strengths Inventory [17:12]Self-Awareness [18:31]Self-Care [18:48]Mindfulness [20:17]Gratitude [20:43]Belonging [24:25]Love and Relationships [25:14]Spirit Selves [25:28]Redefine Happiness

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00:40:23

#231 - Empowering Women

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2020/09/02

Episode Notes:On this week’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn focus predominately on the ladies to ask the question, what does it mean for women to empower women? It’s an extremely interesting topic when really examining, it can get a little complicated. At the core, it’s really about the question, how do we lift one another up? Leslyn states that we often carry the “mean” girls scenario or attitude into adulthood where we try to compete against each other, and it can become really ugly. What is women

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00:36:25

#230 Victim Blaming

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2020/08/26

Recently on TikTok, a creator attempted to explain a side of what is called narcissistic abuse. A lot of viewers, especially those with experience with narcissist felt as though the creator was victim blaming. Victim blaming can be a very serious issue. We all know what victim blaming looks like in cases of assault and abuse but in today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn focus a big part on the victim blaming that is not as overt and in your face. Leslyn continues that we are all victims at some point by

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00:39:07

#229 Fostering Positivity

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2020/08/19

Life isn’t always easy sometimes it can be an outright job to foster positivity into a negative day. In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn share how you can build and sustain a positive outlook on life. The episode begins with Leslie sharing an experience of a day that she was feeling very negative and did not have her normal positive outlook. After recording the episode on Positivity, Leslie felt better and her outlook had changed but sadly the audio of the episode was not recorded. Leslyn shares

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00:40:22

#228 Bouncing Back - Building Resilience

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2020/08/12

Last week, Leslie and Leslyn discussed adaptation. In today’s episode, they focus on the bigger picture by covering the concept of resilience in more detail to facilitate with strengthening the listener’s own resilience. In the current world, it is important to observe that no matter what is happening for you right now, there are at least one or two blessing you can savor allowing you to adjust the lens on your worldview. Like gratitude, emotional awareness and optimism are needed to maintain

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00:31:41

#227 Those Who Adapt, Survive

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2020/08/05

In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn start by discuss Leslyn’s birthday plans for a milestone birthday. Leslyn shares that it is not going as originally planned, she was planning on going to Italy and being surrounded by loved ones. With the pandemic in full swing, her plans have had to change and Leslyn has adapted to an Italian night at home!With the pandemic, Leslyn shares that many seem to be concerned with their drinking and she wonders if it is a subconscious reaction to all of the stress

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00:35:50

#226 Cancel Culture

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2020/07/29

In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn tackle the term cancel culture coming from their discussion a few weeks back in episode on passive permission. So, what exactly is cancel culture? Leslie pulls a definition from The Telegraph where Tanya Gold defines it as so, “This is cancel culture. The phenomenon where if someone says something you think is appalling you not only protect but you also seek to remove the perpetrators livelihood and sometimes their life. Physical threats are important but are

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00:42:15

#225 Co-Dependency Explained - Red Flags and...

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2020/07/22

In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn sit down and discuss codependency after last week’s discussion on narcissism. Although we all have a little codependency in us, it can get unhealthy very quick and often times without us even realizing it.Leslyn defines codependency as a behavioral condition in a relationship. Codependency is a relational disorder where one person enables another person’s addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or underachievement. Codependency is an

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00:35:58

#224 Narcissism - A frank discussion

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2020/07/15

Episode Notes:In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn tackle narcissism. One of the reasons that Leslyn wanted to cover this topic is she has seen a lot of people on TikTok that have been suffering the consequences of having been in a relationship with a narcissist. What really is a narcissist?To be diagnosed as having a narcissistic personality disorder 5 of these traits must be met. Someone who has a narcissistic personality disorder has an exaggerated sense of self-importance. With this, they have

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00:35:58

#223 Living by Our Rules

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2020/07/08

Episode Notes:In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn share three of their top rules that they live by each day. It’s important to understand your three major values that you try to live by. Leslyn shares her first rule which is to live with integrity. Just like all the life rules shared today, a lot of things in life can fall under the heading of one major life rule.Kindness is one that both Leslie and Leslyn share and try to live by. Try to be kind and look at a situation from every angle while

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00:30:34

#222 Three of Our Favorite Things

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2020/07/01

Leslie starts off the episode joking about the ease of preparing for this episode as she loves shopping. In this episode, there are no affiliate links or sponsorships. Instead, you are getting Leslie and Leslyn’s full and honest opinion on some of their favorite finds recently.During the pandemic, we have seen nail salons closed for months on end. For Leslie, her first recommended item that she has really loved recently is Kiss Press-On Nails. Leslie shares that they have come in handy and have

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00:38:58

#221 Silliness and Joyful Living

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2020/06/25

Leslie and Leslyn agreed that the podcast needed an episode about something lighter. Our playfulness and silliness often are tampered down when we are adults. We are often told we are supposed to grow up and get serious. Leslyn points out that for some, this can actually bury a part of our personality that we use to cope with things. For the episode, Leslie had the idea of picking a few things on how they are each silly and living joyfully. These days, Leslyn is trying to be more fun and let go, so

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