Curiosity Continuum

(Part 2) Two Small Coins founders Erin and Jill go deeper into what practical help and care looks like for widows and share how you can be part of the solution.

Coming out of the gates, TSC is getting ready to fill 100 Christmas stockings for widows, showing care for the caregivers during the holiday season. Who do you know would be blessed by such a gift? Please share their name with Erin and Jill by visiting their website.

ABOUT TWO SMALL COINS

Two Small Coins is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization passionate about providing caring support to younger widows through practical helps, meaningful gifts, and relational connectedness in one of life's most trying situations.

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What would you do if your person suddenly passed away in the middle of raising a family? What would you do?

A special interview with the founders of Two Small Coins, Erin and Jill. Theirs is a friendship forged in shared suffering, and a shared heart to care for other widows in the midst of their flow of life.

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(Part 1) What would you do if your person suddenly passed away in the middle of raising a family? What would you do?

A special interview with the founders of Two Small Coins, Erin and Jill. Theirs is a friendship forged in shared suffering, and a shared heart to care for other widows in the midst of their flow of life.

ABOUT TWO SMALL COINS

Two Small Coins is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization passionate about providing caring support to younger widows through practical helps, meaningful gifts, and relational connectedness in one of life's most trying situations.

Coming out of the gates, TSC is getting ready to fill 100 Christmas stockings for widows, showing care for the caregivers during the holiday season. Who do you know would be blessed by such a gift? Please share their name with Erin and Jill by visiting their website.

Click here to connect with Two Small Coins

TSC Instagram  |  TSC Facebook

In this short episode, Josh takes a brief moment to pause and reflect on the last year and what that has meant for him. He also asks a simple question of you. 

Have you ever wondered if what you say is worthy to be heard? Even worthy to be spoken? Drill down into some of the situations and circumstances that make people feel they are or aren't worthy to be heard. We pull on some threads from the past and present to put this into context to start thinking about this dynamic topic in a new way.

How does the next generation see things? Can they adapt and meet the demands of the future? What's on their minds?

Are you verbose or to to the point with your words? How have you used silence to your advantage in terms of impact and outcome in a conversation? How do you listen when others are speaking? Do you speak up when you need to? How has this benefitted you?

Now more than ever, contextual awareness is key to understanding things.

How did things end up this way? Do you know why something is the way it is? Do you ask about the driving action of a situation? 

Have you noticed somebody's confidence to answer definitively does not actually match reality? Where have you noticed the gap the most? How would you fix it?

Context is key in properly perceiving and understanding people and the world around us. Listen to this conversation about Contextual Awareness, with a special guest intro by Sabrina.

You are Mario, waiting to time your jump across moving platforms at different times. Only forward, never back, or else that's the game. What do you do to time your jumps through life? When was a time you missed the jump? When did you land a big jump you didn't know would happen? How have you helped others jump?

Did you play Super Mario Bros. for the original Nintendo Entertainment System?

Do you like to tinker with things or leave it be? What are the most effective ways you have found to iterate and innovate things in your life? In what situations are you in the majority not wanting to listen to a sole voice, and in what situations are you the sole voice in contrast to the majority?

Do you overcomplicate things? Who do you know that can clearly and concisely convey thoughts and direction masterfully? Why should we care about such things?

Do you fear being wrong? What happens when we don't learn from it? How do you treat others when they are wrong?

Why do we need to modify models in the real world? What do you do to adapt something to make it practically work? How do you approach adaptation in your life and career? What's an example in your life of the impact of the iteration of the model?

Exploring how an old high school science project went down, your hosts talk about how they made it work and adapted along the way. What blast from the past project do you remember that made you learn a lot? Who did you work on it with, and what roles did you play? How did the project turn out?

Rest is not a four-letter word. Well, it is, but not a bad one. It's a good thing, and increasingly scarce, in today's world.

EDITOR'S NOTE: (Josh here) This episode is a very selfish one as I feel both Brian and I need to hear this again. Thank you for your continued support!

(Learning the new recording platform - thanks for listening for content!)

How has your position on the timeline of your life affect your wisdom? How has your perspective changed over time? What can you share with others that will help them leap in understanding beyond their years?

How do you think about the future - Dystopia or Utopia? Have you noticed how much you can stay in dystopia without the hope of utopia to drive you forward? Explore the hope of the endless good more expansive than the cosmos as we talk about the realities affected through the experience of Brian and Josh and their love of Star Trek.

Unepisodes capture the in-between talk of recording “real" episodes. Topics are fluid. Any takeaways are caught instead of taught. Come eavesdrop on our conversation!

Touching on: Speaking less, the cover of words, real-world processes, emotional objections to logical answers, filtered synthesis of improvement, acknowledgement of contribution of others, deferring change for reflection.

How can we disagree and still remain friends? Have you ever changed your mind drastically after humbly and actively listening, contemplating, and arriving at a very different answer?

For an example of a drastic change of mind, be sure to check out the case of J.Warner Wallace. 

Brian interviews Josh on the leadership principles and approach he used to become one of the best in the world for Gears of War 2, when he was under resourced and at a tactical disadvantage.

What are the hallmarks of a healthy community? What do you nerd out about that you would love to find others who share your nerdery and nerd out together? 

Did you receive proper validation as you grew? Where are you looking for that high fidelity feedback loop? How does it impact your life? What does it all mean? Whose words are big in your ears and why?

A personal episode with Josh, quietly ushering our fifth year of the podcast. 

Josh gives listeners a much asked for catchup on his reality, related to his house rebuilt after Hurricane Ian (it's a months long process, and still going!).

He also leans in with expectation for the roadmap ahead for the continuing Curiosity Continuum adventures.

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Join Brian and I (Josh) as we talk about experience and intuition. We both have some feelings about both of these topics and how the connect together to create enjoyment of an experience.