Me and We
In the “Me & We” podcast, we learn to develop our “me” as we influence our “we”. How do we have less suffering and more fun in whatever situation we find ourselves in? How do we take action based on our values? Can we be who we are with more ease? Hosts Bonnie Macbride and Mallika Bush share frames and tools with real-life examples, offering this podcast to help you access your life energy, make use of your emotions, and find more satisfaction in your life and relationships.
In season one, you will learn the 9 building blocks that Bonnie Macbride has developed. These frames and tools can be applied to every context through relationships, with a particular focus on primary, intimate partnerships.
Episodes
38 episodes
#37 - Working with Our Political Climate
Navigating Political Climate and Emotional ChallengesMallika and Bonnie discussed the challenges of navigating the current political climate in the United States. They explored how to manage emotions and make choices that lead to les...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:05:44
#36 - Summary Part 2
In Part 2 of their discussion on the 9 Building Blocks, Mallika and Bonnie dive into Blocks 5-9, exploring key skills for personal and relational growth.Topics Discussed:Building Block 5: Energy – Mallika and Bo...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:14:16
#35 - Summary Part 1
This episode marks part 1 of the culmination of "Season One" as we reflect on the heart of personal growth work, reviewing the building blocks and discussing upcoming shifts. Join us as we explore two guiding stances—the heart and the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:03:22
#34 - A Complete Unknown (Skill Application)
Skill Application with "A Complete Unknown" Episode Summary:Join us as we explore the fascinating dynamics and nuanced relationships portrayed in the Bob Dylan biopic. Using the "me" and "we" framework, we examine Dyla...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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43:42
#33 - Skill: EPIM and Resources/Energy/Needs
Bonnie and Mallika explore understanding these two skills through definitions and real-life applications.EPIM = Effort, Progress, Impact, MeritREN = Resources, Energy, NeedsWe can use these skills as part of our ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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49:06
#32 - Building Block 9: Claiming Truth and Self-Authority
Claiming something means we own it, even if it might not be true. The power in knowing "truth" helps us assert to ourselves internally (and possible to other's). We can develop a trust in ourselves when we have the ability to "claim truth...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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45:03
#31 - Skill: Repair, Opening the Gift, Giving to Self
We ARE going to get disorganized, we are going to get activated and "off the horse." The single most important place to reach for in our important relationships, and especially with intimate partnerships, is REPAIR.On ...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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51:07
#30 - Building Block 8: Organizing Self
This episode, Bonnie and Mallika begin to look at the skills needed for building an Independent Self:We can use the 3 Cs: Compassion (Empathy), Claiming, CuriosityPutting on our warrior suit: Relentlessly coming back...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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27:16
#29 - Protests At The Heart Of Our Growth
The heart of the creative process that allows us to grow is: receiving a protestWE ALLLLLL are ready to - not like something- complain- need something AND want to say something about it.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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21:24
#28 - It Ends With Us (Skill Application)
Bonnie and Mallika look at how we can apply the "Me & We" frames to the characters, Lily and Ryle, in the movie version of "It Ends With Us." How might Lily's friend or therapist support Lily with holding both her desire to sta...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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46:02
#27 - Real Life: Blake and Justin
Another "Real Life" application. Let's look at what we know about the current context between Blake Lively and Juston Baldoni. Bonnie and Mallika are not looking at who is "right" and who is "wrong" in this context. Instead, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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51:51
#26 - Skill: Pause, Owning and Asking, Resonating
The big question about protests - how can we respond that is NOT a counter protest? Bonnie and Mallika act out some examples of these skills using listener questions. Pause: How to pause a protest someone ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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37:07
#25 - BB7: Protests Part 2
There is protest happening everywhere, especially in the last 10-15 years. We don't have to be on the receiving end of blame and shame EVERYWHERE we go. But, it is important to open up this channel to receive when someone is daring to le...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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29:50
#24 - Building Block 7: Receiving A Protest
This is a turning point in this work. Everywhere we go, there are protests coming our way, protests from our partner, from our boss or our friend, or that we have sitting under the surface. This Building ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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29:22
#23 - Have You No Shame?
It's healthy to want belonging and to communicate our care for others, and shame might play a role in how we work together with others. We don't want to hurt others. And we expect others to orient to the "we" to some degree. When they don't mee...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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21:55
#22 - Key Differences and Listener Questions
There are important differences within the "we" to pay attention to. When we do pay attention to these, we can get a better sense of how to work with the "we." Three components to pay attention to: differences in . ....
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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40:06
#21 - Shame: Declarations and The Shame Wall
Getting out of shame is hard to do on our own. We do automatic, repetitive patterns with people, and they do it with us. We are so influenced by the context and those patterns, we all can use help from others to get us out of those hard places,...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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34:56
#20 - BB 6: Shame Continued (Part 2)
How do we reclaim the disowned parts that get linked with the feeling of shame, so we can have our emotional wisdom and our true selves, ready to go, with less suffering. How can we make use of our life-force energy (desire) and undo ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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43:32
#19 - Build Block 6: Navigating the Terrain of Shame (Part 1)
We all experience shame and it feels BAD! We don't even want to be seen. And we hide parts of ourselves that we associate with experiencing shame; we put them behind "the shame wall." Even good parts of ourselves can be disowned. How do...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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30:21
#18 - Listener Questions
Send in your own questions for us to work with on a future Listener Questions episode.MeandWePodcast@gmail.comA candid and conversational episode where Bonnie and Mallika respond to 4 listener questions. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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47:54
#17 - Skill: Boxing Others and Ourselves Into Our Dilemmas
How can we use our aggression that arises in conflict to "box" others and ourselves into a place of choice, a dilemma? How can we work with our differences in energy/desire? We are not suggesting you go out and try this on...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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26:22
#16 - Real Life: The One Word That's Triggering Everyone Right Now
BONUS EPISODE - Here in the United States, we are in the middle of a particular heightened context right now, October 2024. Can you stay with your experience in this episode? Can you get some clarity on the frames and skills? In th...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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39:05
#15 - Building Block 5: Channeling Energy
It's helpful to look at 3 channels which our energy might be in: WillingWanting Committing We often find ourselves in a dynamic with our partners of "more interest" and "less interest." This is a HARD place to...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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24:35
#14 - Skill: Strengths and Resources
How are we stronger in the broken places? How can we embrace our trauma, and claim the strengths and resources we have developed because of our traumas? Our creative system has developed the perfect responses to our contex...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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15:36
#13 - Skill: Good or Not Good Enough Context
When we start feeling like our context (work, partnership, etc) is not good enough and there must be something better, we often get pulled into thinking about action: do I say, or do I go? There is suffering here, in the ambivalence of action. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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18:52