Doing Mister Rogers

What does supporting the black community mean for white people? What does it mean for black people? Learn how Mister Rogers and his friend Officer Clemmons (the Black Police Officer on the Show) give us an idea of one way to do it together. How do each of us do our part for racial injustice? How did Mister Rogers, how did François Clemmons (who plays that black office on the show)? Learn how their quiet, yet powerful actions broke barriers and helped lay groundwork for true integration after the 60s. François Clemmons ... who was he really? Learn all about his life with Mister Rogers, and outside the show, and how he overcame so much, and made a life long friend of Mister R himself. And forgiveness... how would you define it? Find out how differently each of us think about it, what it means in our life, your life, and if it has a role or not in our racially divided country today.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Ever consider divorce from your spouse? Ever been a kid of divorce? Are you divorced yourself? Most everyone fits into one of these categories, learn the impact it has on the kids involved, and how deciding to get a divorce or stay married may be the wrong thing to focus on when making sure kids are ok. Do you ask your kids (or the kids on your life) questions in hard times? Do you proactively inquire into what they are thinking or do you "talk" to them when you know something in their life is likely hard? Learn the difference between these things and how you can be a more effective adult in the process. Have someone selfish in your life that gets on your nerves? How do you respond to them when they are behaving selfishly, talking that way? Listen to the hard truths for us all about how we might be enabling these people in our lives and how they may perceive our behavior in return. Is there someone in your life that repeatedly behave in a way you don't like? How do you handle it, what do you do or say to let them know its not ok? Find out how not speaking up can mean you are giving up your power to change things, instead unwittingly co-creating the very thing you hate.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Is it a good feeling to know your alive? Do you look forward to doing it again tomorrow? Mister Rogers does, and what he knows, might make us a little happier in our own lives. Appreciating the moment, and learning from loss. Who do you spend your time with? Are they the people you genuinely feel good around, who leave you smiling and fulfilled? Or are they just people to pass the time, something to do something with? Or what about a "new" someone you are hoping will be something more? Where you spend your time matters, hear about what mix of the above might work best for you. What the heck do Masturbation and Graham crackers have in common? A LOT. Listen and you will be surprised, we promise. And why do you dream? Why do we have recurring dreams? What are yours? Learn why they may be important and what they may be telling you. Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

When you think about talking to your friend or your significant other, do you enter the conversation wondering what they might have to say, or want to talk about? Or do you enter it with what you want to talk about in mind? Most of us do the latter. But find out how starting conversations with curiosity could change your perspective on everything. How do you talk to yourself when you feel down or make a mistake? Do you call yourself names or berate yourself? You probably wouldn't say the same things to a friend how is feeling down, so why do we say it to ourselves... learn how treating yourself like a friend could change your whole attitude. Why do you get angry? When is the last time? Some experts say anger is simply a signal that something needs to change, to be addressed. Find out confrontation can actually be a good thing, and maybe anger is our first sign. And do you calmly maintain boundaries with the people in your life that you love? Most of us don't. Find out how many negative feelings can be traced back to our boundaries being crossed, and how much control we have around how that happens.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

How should we approach trying to create change? Should we speak up for what we believe, and how? How courage can show itself in many forms, and how change and standing up for what you believe can be accomplished in surprising ways. How different do you feel from your neighbor, what about the guy on social media you "hate"? Find out what you may have in common, and how it might make you feel when you see it. Are you smarter now than you were in your teens? What about in your 20s? Are you smarter than you older parent or relatives? Each stage of life brings something different, its own kind of wisdom. Learn what you might have gained, how you have grown, and what you still have to look forward to, it could change your whole perspective on growing old. And discover how much you're growing even as an adult, hear an interesting way to visualize that growth and look back on it.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Have you ever gotten frustrated with yourself? Wished you could do "better"? Find out why patience with yourself ("giving yourself grace" as some call it) can lead to a happier life. And how letting go, of your expectations and reliance on an outcome or a situation can help you lead a more balanced life. Ever listen to two people talk and find yourself smiling? What about after you talked with someone and you look back at how it felt? If you have, odds are the reason lies in authenticity and vulnerability. How seeing deeper into someone, how seeing their more vulnerable selves, can make us feel happy and connected. Wish you had more love in your life? Feel like you are seriously lacking? There is love all around you to find. Listen to where you might find it, about being brave to look there, and letting yourself acknowledge and enjoy it... even if it comes from some nontraditional places.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

The last time a random question popped into your mind, what did you do about it? Why not just curiosity, but following that thought can make you smarter. How do you feel when you learn or create something in the 'real world' through touch or contact, vs learning or creating something on a computer screen? Does modern sensory meditation give us some insights into why one may feel more 'calming' or satisfying than another? And why creating in the 'real world' may fulfill you more than online. What is happiness? Some people think there are many forms. Not just the smiling, laughing kind. How focusing on a task, following ones heart, and expressing your deepest self in any way that makes sense, can make you just as 'happy' as laughing with a friend. Hate being wrong? Most people do. But we learn through being wrong, there may be opportunity to show your inner strength to others... making them think highly of you even because of your mistake.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Do you remember peoples' names when introduced? Do you see people and 'things' as they are or how you "classify" them? Your process for how you perceive and interpret the world could be keeping you from changing and growing. Find out two simple things you can do, that will change how you view the people, and world around you. Ever buy something or take time to read something with the promise of it finally giving you that thing you most desire? Most people have. Find out how to NOT be swayed by an easy (but usually unsuccessful) solution, and where you might find your answers instead. Plus, learn a tip on how you might keep calm when those same urges to find your easy answer return. And what do you remember from your day usually? What are your most revisited memories of your childhood? Odds are they majority of them might have something in common. Find out something we all might do regularly to change the review of our day, our past, and our lives... that could change our whole mindset on our future to come.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Are you unconditionally loved? Do you love unconditionally? The concept of unconditional love may not be as simple as we might like, but for those of us still searching for it.... the place to truly find it, may be much closer than you think. Many of us have a memory of abandonment or rejection from something or someone we thought loved us, or at least should have loved us. Many of us carry the effects of that abandonment or rejection with us for years in our thought patterns and in our actual brain and biological make up. Learn what it may take to finally change those ingrained thoughts and feelings, and how simply stimulating your senses could be the key. One of our co-hosts takes time this episode to bravely share her own extraordinary experience of abandonment (as well as abuse) as a child from those she thought loved her, and the impact it has on her own views of love and acceptance today. We relate with our own experiences around unconditional love and our moments of having it taken from us or being rejected by it, and we show patience and understanding for everyone's experience of this most personal, human need.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

When is the last time you did something out of your normal routine? Something that disrupted your normal schedule or got you out of your comfort zone? Find out why it is so critical that you do these things, and how you can hold yourself accountable to do them, while actually enjoying yourself in the process. Should children always listen to adults? Should adults always listen to the "authorities" in their lives (bosses, leaders)? Find out how innovation and even your own happiness depends on us questioning these very things. And maybe have a different perspective when someone questions your authority:). When is the last time you tried to learn from your kids, from someone younger than you, from your pet?! We can be taught at any age, by anyone. Hear about how some of us learn from these non-authorities and how you might too. After all, we are adults learning from a kids show! You can find wisdom and insight anywhere.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

It is natural to feel fear in times of uncertainty, or in life in general... but what do we do about it? And better yet, what can it do to us? Find out how to get to the other side of fear, and what may be waiting for you there. Plus, how times of fear and challenge can bring out the best in us (including how it can bring out the best in you). Ever feel like your being "Needy", or you just need a hug? We all do, but is needing an extra bit of love really a bad thing? Mister Rogers has the answer, and we talk about it. Is "Vulnerability" a ugly word? Why it may be critical for relationships in your life, and even important in being able to effectively talk with your kids. Plus our favorite quote from Mister Rogers (which he stole from his mom btw), perfect for the uncertain times we are now living in right now.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Ever try to help someone, or an organization only to feel like they didn't appreciate it, or even got frustrated by your efforts? Find out why you might get that reaction, and how you have the power to turn it all around. And when is the last time you watched TV, or a Movie, or even saw an Ad with someone who looked like the woman working the cash register at your grocery store, or the guy who was in front of you in line at the gas station? We discuss the surprise of seeing "normal" people on TV, and what it means that it's a surprise at all. Anger is something a lot of us carry, we know we do. Why do we do that? Why do we carry around the weight of it when it's only us who must continue to bear that load (not the person or situation that triggered it, they forgot about it hours ago)? Find out how to let go, how to get rid of it, and why that is so important to do so.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Did Mister Rogers Know Meditation? Did he do "Mantras"? Sure seems like it sometimes, as he shows us again what we need to be saying to ourselves, and what we need to remember in order to feel good about our lives and who we are. And like finally admitting to someone a hidden fear or anxiety, we are reminded that talking about our fears make them smaller. Like the monsters under our beds as kids, our fears of today (viruses, politics, new experiences) can be lessened by doing one simple thing... and doing it with someone else! (ok... but get your mind our of the gutter, it's a kids show). And the man behind the show is more that what he may appear. Initially even to us podcasters, he seems strange, different... and in many ways he is, because he is already what we are all trying to become. Find out a little more about his special magic in this week's episode. The Neighborhood never looked so beautiful!Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

Let's face it, life provides many disappointments. It's not necessarily the disappointments that cause us pain, but how we handle them. And handling them well, takes practice and work. Learn how in this episode. And how much energy do you put in your relationships? Those closest to you vs those not so close? And what kind of energy or acts of love do you show them? Today's discussion includes becoming aware of which relationships get your energy, and what it might mean if the most important ones are getting less than they should. And different kinds of acts of love will resonate with different people, just because you may respond to an act doesn't mean another person will. Find out how to give the most impactful "love" to those in your life. And always, always know that you are loved and liked for you, not what you have, not what you have accomplished, but for what is underneath and will not change by anything you achieve or don't achieve. Packed full of nuggets, this episode is a feel good smorgasbord of enlightenment.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

How often in our busy lives do we ask for time to ourselves, or a minute to just think... and yet when we are waiting in a line or stuck in traffic, we just seem to get angry that we are being forced to "sit still"? This episode talks about being present and using moments of disruption in our lives as a time to take that time we so desperately need. We suggest ways to "trigger" this reminder to take a minute in these moments and relate the struggles all of us share around it. We also discuss being good at things, and comparing ourselves to others through competition. The differences between all us result in each of us being "good" at some things and "not good" at others. But these differences are created so that together, we can create the best possible whole. Hear and think about your own differences, how you handle others' "not good" skills and behavior sets, and what we may be missing when we do. Based on episodes regarding Pets and Competition, Kim and Meaghan are Doing Mister Rogers.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)

When was the last time you made a mistake? When was the last time you were scared, anxious or nervous? When was the last time you "got into it" with a friend, family member or colleague? And how well did each of those situations get resolved, how 'good' did you feel after? In our pilot episode we discuss how to view and handle making mistakes. How the world seems to respond to them vs how we choose to. With a little help from Mister Roger's skunk :) we dive into the fear of public speaking, social situations, that anxiety being visible to others in the world, and how we and the world differ in our responses to all of them. And of course, how we might handle them better in the future. Lastly, we talk about conflict. The cyclical fight with your spouse, that repeated friction with a close friend... conflict is part of every relationship, and believe it or not! Mister Rogers episode on conflict, sheds some insight into just how to get past it. Join us in our pilot episode, as Kim and Meaghan are Doing Mister Rogers.Support the show (https://www.doingmisterrogers.com/)