Thru Colored Lenses
What is confirmation bias and how does it color our worldview and expectations? What colors the lenses we see the world with? If we shift those lenses slightly—like tilting a kaleidoscope—can we see the world with new insight? Yaz and Rebekah use active listening and critical thinking skills to bridge the gap between differing perspectives, combating cancel culture with real talk about really tough topics. Don’t miss their colorful conversation where no holds are barred and no topic is taboo.
18. Thru Colored Lenses Reunion Episode w/Special Guest, Jon Carvallo
Yaz, Rebekah & Jon discuss how much the world and our own lives have changed since our backyard chat in 2020 that inspired the Thru Colored Lenses podcast. This is the last episode of the Thru Colored Lenses podcast...as you know it. Stay tuned for what comes next!
*Note: the Netflix special Rebekah repeatedly struggled to remember the name of:
The Social Dilemma
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
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17. Phone Sessions 2: Holiday Stress, Rittenhouse verdict, and more.
Yaz and I (Rebekah) live in different states now and with some recent computer issues, recording the podcast has been challenging, as of late. So today we bring you the second of our “Phone Session” podcasts. These are similar to our regular podcast but they are recorded on our phone when we are catching up with each other. We will be back to our normal studio recorded podcasts soon but we hated not being able to post anything and we keep having awesome phone conversations so we thought, why not invite our listeners into those conversations?
In this...
16: Phone Sessions 1- Propaganda, Masking children, censorship & Elite power grabs
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Yaz and I (Rebekah) live in different states now and with some recent computer issues, recording the podcast has been challenging, as of late. So today we bring you the first of our “Phone Session” podcasts. These are just like the regular podcast but they are recorded on our phone when we are catching up with each other. We will be back to our normal studio recorded podcasts soon but we hated not being able to post anything and we keep having awesome phone conversations so we thought, why not invite our...
15. Interview w/Rebekah on her Personal Growth Journey: Relationship Series-Self
Relationship series: an Interview with Rebekah
This week Yaz interviews Rebekah in a continuation of the relationship series. Much like Yaz in our last episode, Rebekah has gone through a lot of personal changes in the past year. And Yaz pulls no punches when asking about those changes. Tune in to hear (as Yaz would say) all the juicy details.
14. Interview w/Yaz on her Personal Growth Journey: Relationship Series Pt. 2
Relationship Series Pt. 2- Self
Joe Rogan said recently on the Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar podcast, “The more you take care of your own bullshit, the less you’re going to worry about other people’s bullshit. And the more you can enjoy things that you’re actually interested in. As opposed to spending time cultivating negativity which is so intoxicating. It’s so easy for people to get caught up in this artificial drama, ya know?”
Taking care of our own “stuff” can be hard when we are so focused on what everyone around...
13. Hey There, What's Your Sign? Relationship Series Pt. 1
Relationship series - Part 1 - Yourself
Aristotle said, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” As we start this series on relationships, we thought the first place to start would be our relationship with ourself. How do you embark on the journey to know yourself better? Some will look to faith, some will look to personality profiles, some will look to psychology and some will start with the philosophers of old. But any way about it, learning more about who you really are and what makes you tick will only bring clarity to the other relationships in y...
It's Time for a Huddle
This week, Yaz and Rebekah are talking about the claims that voter laws being enacted are voter suppression. But that’s just the jumping off point. Their discussion certainly isn’t one where they agree much of the time. But in the end, they agree on what success looks like and bounce some ideas off each other on how to get there.
The Success Sequence, originally from a study done by Brookings Scholars, Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, is discussed in this episode. Yaz and Rebekah aren’t saying that it is a foolproof method for everyone but tha...
11. Is Tanning Cultural Appropriation?
On this week’s episode, Yaz and Rebekah discuss the George Floyd/Derek Chauvin case and challenge each other on pre-conceived notions about race, police, and other similar topics.
The Hidden Brain podcast episode mentioned in today’s podcast is no longer available. Here is a short article by the same people as the original podcast: America's Changing Attitudes toward Gay People
On Thru Colored Lenses we often quote Brené Brown who says, “People are hard to hate up close. Move in.” We mentioned the Heineken ad from a few years back that illu...
10. Nacho Mama's Podcast
Welcome to Season 2! We are so glad you’re back with us. This season (2021) we will be doing a few new things:
First, we are not going to be aiming for a specific length with each episode. One of the unique benefits of podcasts is that it’s long format...you don’t just get sound bites but instead, you get to hear hosts and/or guests really delve into a topic. With that in mind, we are just letting each episode go for the amount of time that the conversation takes. Feel free to break it up ove...
Nailed It!: Expectations vs Reality
Search "Nailed it" in your favorite search engine and you'll be greeted with thousands of comparison pictures...what the project looked like on Pinterest next to what it looked like when the average person tried it. It's a perfect visual of Expectation vs Reality.
When it applies to relationships, it's important to define your expectations so you can determine if they are even realistic and if so, you can communicate them.
Yaz and Rebekah talk about getting down to the heart of what our expectations are, where they come from, and how to manage them. <...