Calm it Down
Episodes
Make Your Moments Matter
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Think about a day last week. Any day. What was your favorite day from last week? During the noise and the chaos of those seven days was there a moment...
Breaking Bad - Cracking the Code of Habits
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Habits. Patterns. Behaviors we’ve put in place purposefully or not. At the start of the new year we kid ourselves with our bravado of new ambitions....
Auld Lang Syne - a Cup o’ Kindness Yet
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Ah, the song that everyone sings until the third sentence as we fumble our way through...
Bah humbug - Ebenezer Scrooge, the Greatest Role Model of All.
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Heartless, egocentric, selfish; these are not the qualities we generally bestow upon role models. A role model is a leader, someone who avows empathy ...
Wish - The Four Letter Word
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wish. Has there ever been a word so empowering yet so debilitating? It’s the bedrock of fairy tells just as much as the downfall of dreams. “I wis...
Oh the Lives You'll Change - You Matter
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You. You've been 'there' since day one. You know your best days, your not-so-best days, your struggles, your success. And while some days you feel not...
Regrets Are So 15 Minutes Ago
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Calm it Down Podcast, we reframe the stumbling block of Regret. Believe it or not, Regret can be a Reward when we look at it the ri...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - The Walk in Someone Else's Shoes
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I just heard the first holiday song on the radio. It’s official. The holiday season is here. But, this year, everything is different. Listen to th...
Dear Insomnia, Go to Bed!
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Insomnia. It's the ‘not so sleeping giant in the room’. Exhausted, we climb into bed knowing we'll crash as our head hits the pillow until we don...
Do Absolutely Nothing, No Really
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We can't even climb out of bed in the morning without grabbing our phone. What'd we miss? Emails, news, FB reminding me it's someone's birthday? Wait...
Won't You Be My Neighbor? The Company You Keep is the Character You Become.
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we take a little inspiration from Mr. Rogers and a lot from Brad Montague's fantastic book "Becoming Better Grownups". When we st...
The Rating Game - Vincent Van Gogh Would Have Hated Instagram
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2 words; social media. Our lives are consumed by it. We've successfully entered a world where reality is wrapped in horseback rides at sunset, helicop...
Wax On, Wax Off - The Mundane Mastery of Mr. Miyagi / Dealing with Anxiety in 3 Easy Steps
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Life’s every query imaginable is just a touchscreen away. Umbrella or sunscreen? Google it! Dinner reservations via phone? Open Table! Birthday pres...
It's Okay to Cry
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It would be redundant to say this year has been one besieged with perplexities and uncertainties. Covid, civil unrest, emotional distress, a people di...
The Gratitude of a Chipmunk
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's redundant to say 2020 has been a doozy. The ups & downs have been like two kids playing seesaw on an emotional playground. In reality, though, w...
Calm007 - Keeping a Calm Mind in Midst of a Storm
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig. These 007 icons are the epitome of cool no matter the danger. But who needs ...
Crap Happens - Letting Go of Control - Part 2
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We plan, we schedule, we assume we're in control of our destiny but what do we do when those plans turn to poop? Life certainly has its share of disap...
A Coin Tossed Life - Letting Go of Control - Part 1
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Super Bowl 54 the Kansas City Chiefs met the San Francisco 49ers in Miami, Florida before a ruckus crowd of more than 60,000 fans. Spoiler alert, S...
You're Not Alone - Suicide - Special Episode
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Over 1 million Americans attempt suicide every year. Every 40 seconds around the world someo...
What Do You Say to a 10 Year Old?
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I go searching for inspiration in the most random of places, birthday cards. All in hopes of finding what really to tell a 10-year-old.
Life Lessons from a Snow Globe
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We take a few lessons from the star of the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy, as he shows us a most creative way of processing our thoughts.
Official Trailer - Calm it Down
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the Disney classic film, Finding Nemo, we learn from the character, Dory, a superpower technique in calming the mind. And while we all know 'Just K...