In this episode, Matt and Pat talk about hate and how it is appearing in families, cultures, politics, and societies today. 

In this episode, Matt, Pat, and Ashton discuss "signs". Each shares their perspective on where they look for hope, and what signals they interpret indicating things are always going to end up ok.

Matt and Pat explore the path of wondering what is next, and how they think through moving forward into a hopeful place. Matt challenges Pat to think about "when" his fulfillment will arrive instead of "if" it will arrive. Matt suggests to listeners to challenge themselves to choose hope, and make baby steps towards what they find fulfilling. 

In this episode Matt and Pat talk about the concept of Truth, how it relates to one's perceptions and also to factual evidence provided in situations. 

Matt and Pat discuss shame, and how it's permeating through our American society due to a series of tragic events that have occurred recently and in the previous years. 

This week Matt and Pat chat about wounds. When it comes to living your life to the fullest, it often means seeing your wounds and scars as things that shape you. As Matt describes it, "wounds are like chips off a stone block in the process of making a sculpture." However, not feeling through and exploring your wounds can sometimes hold you back, make you feel permanently injured, and feel hopeless to have or do more. 

False pressure can just burn you out and keep you down. In this episode Matt and Pat talk about good pressure, false pressure, and how false pressure can keep you tired and make you feel hopeless. 

In this week's episode Matt and Pat talk about Burnout, and not the kind that comes from going "full send" in a fancy sports car. Matt and Pat will dig into the feeling completely exhausted, unmotivated, and basically just hopeless about everything. To tie the episode off, Ashton (Matt's wife) joins the conversation and chats about what burnout looks like as spouse of someone who encounters burnout frequently. 

Matt and Pat talk about rejection, how it eats away at your energy, hope, and purpose. In this episode Matt and Pat will share some of their personal stories, and dig into the various ways rejection has shown up in family systems, their religious communities, and day to day work. 

In this episode Mat and Pat talk about Resilience, what it looks like, and how it feels in the moment of struggle. Resilience is substance, energy, and a state of being that helps you come back to your core beliefs... your purpose. Put short, resilience helps you fight for hope and keep it when you have it. Undoubtedly,  we all will fall, fail at something, and be subject to unfair treatment. Resilience is what keeps you from deciding to stay on the ground, and instead get back up and endure. To be hopeful, you must be resilient.