The Thinking Knot Podcast

In this bonus episode during the season break, Cap shares his story The Blue Note and talks about opening up as a way of connecting to others. Please share feedback about Season One with Charles and Cap by filling out the feedback form at www.thinkingknot.com.

In this episode, Cap goes solo to share his favorite things from the first season of the podcast. Please help the friends decide if they should do a second season of the podcast by going to www.thethinkingknot.com and filling out a survey. We need your feedback!

In this last full episode of Season One, the friends talk about spirituality, love, and the intersection of science, faith and spirit. Along the way, Charlie discusses the symbols of religion and how friendship and spirituality go hand-in-hand. Stay tuned for the season recap and how you can help shape the next season of the podcast.

This episode was recorded several weeks ago, as Cap was coming out of quarantine and so the two friends are recording remotely. In this episode, Charles responds to an article that Cap found on the eleven things your therapist wants you to know. Using the article from Red Magazine as a starting point, Charlie discusses some different approaches that he uses when helping people who are looking to become less stuck.

The friends have some good laughs and a few contemplative moments as they discuss material written out on ten random and brightly colored cards. From Uvalde to finding wonder in your 'second life', Charles and Cap cover a variety of topics in this fast-moving episode.

In this episode, the friends discuss the feeling of helplessness, including some research as background and five things people can try if they are feeling helpless. Along the way, Charles talks about how to get into a conversation with someone who looks like they need a little help getting unstuck and Cap shares his realization of the most important thing needed to be a good listener.

In this episode, Cap gives an update on the gun legislation bill that was signed last week and then talks about his storytelling experience. Then the friends tackle the topic of happiness: what it is, how we achieve it, and whether it is better to be happy or content. Along the way, Charlie talks a little southern charm and tells us how he really feels about some of the Republican leadership.

It's another round of ten random cards, where Cap serves up bite-sized morsels from five different categories and then sits back and watches Charles try to digest them. How does Charlie feel about African proverbs? What season does Charlie identify with? And do his leg warmers still fit? You'll have to listen to find out as the friends spend 40 minutes talking about random stuff.

The friends are joined by Jeron B., to discuss why men are involved in the overwhelming majority of violent acts and how they can raise their emotional intelligence. In the discussion, there is an excellent analogy of pilots sharing areas of turbulence as well as the folly of turning an aircraft carrier in a bathtub.

In this, the second of two parts on Imposter Syndrome, the friends discuss how this phenomenon can start early in life and how it shows up to make us pretend to be something we are not - or to feel like we aren't deserving of the good things we earn.

In this special episode of the podcast Cap goes solo to address the epidemic of gun violence in America. For those who don't know where to start, some ideas are given about how you can get involved to help end the senseless slaughter of children. If you ever wondered where to start or what you can do, this episode gives some suggestions. Links that address sensible gun reforms and ways you can engage to force change:Brady UnitedTake the Sandy Hook PromiseDonate to the Sandy Hook Action FundLearn how the Prevention Institute is helping communities be proactiveStates United to Prevent Gun ViolenceViolence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis

In this, the first of two parts on Imposter Syndrome, the friends discuss how this phenomenon can start early in life and how it shows up to make us pretend to be something we are not - or to feel like we aren't deserving of the good things we earn.

In this episode, Charlie and Cap discuss meditation and what each has gotten out of it. They both give examples of how it has helped them with aspects of their lives and how it is a practice - which means we are continually working at it to improve our ability to achieve insight and stillness and connection.

In this episode, Cap throws ten random cards on the table and Charles picks a few to discuss. Among those picked is a reading passage on Imposter Syndrome, and a discussion about how to handle an offensive overheard comment. Join the friends as they talk their way through a few random questions.

In this episode, the friends discuss how to feel our way through self-reflection, using Cap's real life example of Pride. Along the way, Charles gives some examples of how thinking can impair feeling, by way of kitchen appliances and shares some writing that illustrates how we are taught early in life to figure things out through thinking, rather than through feeling.

Short trailer episode to give prospective listeners a taste of what the podcast is about.

The episode where Cap performs a psychological magic trick for Charles and then the friends have a discussion about loving yourself and forgiving yourself. Charles offers a different way of looking at self-forgiveness by getting ahead of regret.

Charles shares an activity based on a video you can check out here. The friends then discuss awareness and how conversations are challenging. Among the talk of linguistic limits and stadiums full of FUN, they tackle how friends who share few common beliefs can remain friends if they care enough to connect.For more of Charles' writing, you can visit https://www.owningourselves.com.For more on the Live for Wonder Network, you can visit https://www.liveforwonder.com.

In this episode, Cap follows Charles' recommendation and throws ten cards on the table so a random selection can guide the discussion today. The friends touch on tennis bad boys and cancel culture, discover a little more about Charles, and Charles reacts to a couple of passages from articles or books.For more of Charles' writing, you can visit https://www.owningourselves.com.For more on the Live for Wonder Network, you can visit https://www.liveforwonder.com.

In this episode, Charles shares one of his writings entitled A Fine Ally and tells Cap why being organized is just another crutch our thinking mind uses to distract us from just going with flow. The two respond to some listener mail (which strangely came in before the first episode was released). And then a conversation about how thinking gets us in trouble and how it can help us to examine how we can care more fully.For more of Charles' writing, you can visit https://www.owningourselves.com.For more on the Live for Wonder Network, you can visit https://www.liveforwonder.com.

In our first episode, we introduce ourselves, describe what the podcast will be about, get into some conversation around how thinking can get in the way of caring and discuss the Will Smith slap in the context of wanting to be a better person.For more of Charles' writing, you can visit https://www.owningourselves.com.