Jennifer Sey has done a lot. She went to Stanford. She’s written two books. She was the chief of branding at Levi’s. Paul Shirley has also done a lot. He has an engineering degree. He’s written books, too. And he’s the founder of The Process. But the thing that brings them together to podcast is something they each did a long time ago: compete in elite athletics. Jen was the 1986 US Women’s Gymnastics National Champion. Paul played in the NBA. Their history in sports has allowed them a unique lens through which they see the world and what they see now is a world that could use more of what they learned about resilience: the ability to pick yourself up off the mat (or court) and keep going. The Bent Not Broken podcast explores hot topics, current events, and the lives of Paul and Jen with one goal in mind: helping its listeners think about how they can live life more fully and with less fear of failure.
We can't get away from suffering because life IS suffering. So how do we go forward anyway?
Self-soothing, recovering from bad days, and the harms of snow-plow parenting.
When is it resilient to quit and when is it resilient to stay?
Jen and Paul were both behind, when it came to dating and relationships. But their sports backgrounds taught them some useful lessons, too.
Jen (a former gymnast) and Paul (a former professional basketball player) had VERY different windows into the world of nutrition. They dig into issues of control as it applies to healthy eating habits and control at it applies to exceedingly unhealthy eating habits.
The inevitable introduction to the podcast and an explanation of its reason for being: training and incorporating resilience into our everyday lives. But then, quickly, Jen and Paul dig into questions of resilience in our work lives.
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