Try this on for size... it's Episode 63 with Taz! In this week’s episode, we welcome Jovona Neal (aka Taz) to the show, who starts us off with a story of finding joy in the time of quarantine (0:30). We then talk about how Philip met Jovona when she joined as a student at the Possible Project (5:00), before jumping into where we are all at (7:00). As for our main topic, we discuss what we are currently doing to balance our mental health in quarantine (9:10), including our coping techniques (9:50), survival strategies (11:30), being compassionate to ourselves (13:50), analyzing our journey to mental health balance (16:00), ranking the generations in terms of self-awareness of emotions (20:45), what we plan to try/keep trying going forward (25:45), and our final thoughts (33:30) before trying on for size some things in the Dressing Room (43:10). We hope you enjoy!

Try this on for size... it's Episode 62: The Movement & Social Media! In this week’s episode we welcome Katherine Raker to the show and talk about her high school years with Phil(0:55), and where are we all at? (i.e. new jobs, going back to work in the office, and moving) (3:40). We then begin our discussion of the intersection between social media and the racial justice movements going on in America right now (10:50), our initial reactions to the social media response (12:15), #blackouttuesday (16:00), checking our knee jerk reactions to be “visible” (19:45), how to call white people out (23:40), the world outside our bubbles (29:50), engaging the white moderate (32:35), examples of strong social media usage (37:30), White voyeurism (43:30), and finally our social media commitments going forward (49:40). We then conclude with The Dressing Room (52:10) and some Shout-outs (55:40) as always. We hope you enjoy!

Try this on for size... it's Episode 61, The Create Quarantiners, with first-time, and very special guest Steph Durwin (aka Box of Birds). In this week’s episode we begin by hearing Steph’s first-hand account of his partner’s virtual graduation and a cockroach (0:35), before welcoming him to the pod (3:30) and then sharing a little bit about where we are all at (4:30). We then jump into our main topic: how are we flexing our creative muscles in quarantine (10:10)? Incidentally, we also talk about whether not working influences creativity (12:15), how pre-quarantine creatives are faring compared to us “normal folks” (14:25), understanding ourselves emotionally (18:30), pandemic silver linings & how much to reinvent society (21:00), and the impact of physical spaces on creativity (29:30). We then close it out with some Dressing Room items(33:00), and a huge S/O to Steph for providing us with our start 4.5 years ago (36:00)!

Happy Birthday to our dear co-host and friend Jim Kaberna! Love, Try This On For Size Community