Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch host this exploration of personal and collective practices that empower us to work together to help each other, our families, and our communities improve our resilience and readiness in a rapidly changing world.
Practicing Connection Podcast
Starting a Food Pantry for Military Families with Monica Bassett (S.4, Ep.8)
A conversation with Monica Bassett, founder and CEO of Stronghold Food Pantry, a resource for milita...
Find out more »Adapt, Flex and Be Resilient (S.4, Ep.7)
Tips on about how to adapt, flex and be resilient - one of the eight ways of cultivating community r...
Find out more »Hawaii’s Food Security Collaboration for Military Families (S.4, Ep.6)
The Food Security Hawaii Working Group is an amazing cross-sector collaboration to address food secu...
Find out more »Making Intentional and Deeper Connections (S.4, Ep.5)
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 5), co-hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk about making...
Find out more »Practicing Depolarization with Randy Lioz (S.4, Ep.4)
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 4), we welcome guest Randy Lioz to talk about the challenges pola...
Find out more »Grounding Yourself in Your Strengths and Values (S.4, Ep.3)
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 3), co-hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk grounding yo...
Find out more »Supporting Military Families with LGBTQ+ Youth with Cathy Marcello (S.4, Ep.2)
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 2), co-hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk with Cathy M...
Find out more »Building Capacity in Military-connected Schools with Dr. Ron Avi Astor (S.4, Ep.1)
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 1), Jessica Beckendorf shares highlights from her conversation wi...
Find out more »Replay of Working Out Loud (S.1, Ep.4)
In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore john Stepper's Working Out Loud fr...
Find out more »Coming to Reflection “On Slant” (S.3, Ep.9)
In this episode, we share the year-end reflections of some of our past collaborators. Inspired by ou...
Find out more »Replay of Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
For this episode, we talked to Shawn Trenell O'Neal, author of the upcoming MFRA course, "Introducti...
Find out more »Bjørn Peterson – Clarity, Courage and Creativity, Part 2 (S.3, Ep. 8)
In this episode, we talked to Bjørn Peterson about bringing clarity, courage and creativity to our ...
Find out more »Bjørn Peterson – Clarity, Courage and Creativity, Part 1 (S.3, Ep. 7)
In this episode, we talked to Bjørn Peterson about bringing clarity, courage and creativity to our ...
Find out more »What is Practicing Connection? (S.3, Ep.6)
In this episode, Jessica and Bob discuss the concept of "practicing connection" and the podcast and ...
Find out more »Heather Plett: On Holding Space and Mutual Liberation (S.3, Ep.5)
In this episode, we talked to Heather Plett about what it means to practice "holding space" for ou...
Find out more »Collaboration (replay)
In this episode, we explore different perspectives on collaboration. Is there a mindset that leads t...
Find out more »Practicing Informal Leadership (S.3, Ep. 4)
Our guest for this episode is Lauren O'Donnell (LinkedIn), a consultant with extensive experience ...
Find out more »Social Justice and Military Families (S.3, Ep.3)
For this episode, we talked to the authors of the upcoming MFRA course, "Social Justice and Military...
Find out more »Recognizing and Responding to Inequity (S.3, Ep.2)
For this episode, we talked to Allison DeMarco, author of the upcoming MFRA course, "What Can Family...
Find out more »Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
For this episode, we talked to Shawn Trenell O'Neal, author of the upcoming MFRA course, "Introducti...
Find out more »Questions for Reflection (S.2, Ep.6)
For our final episode of Season 2, we asked two of our guests from the past year to share one of the...
Find out more »Why Knowing Yourself Matters, Pt. 2 (S. 2, Ep. 5)
In this episode, we continue our discussion self-knowledge with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayd...
Find out more »Why Knowing Yourself Matters (S. 2, Ep. 4)
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 1), Jessica Beckendorf shares highlights from her conversation wi...
Find out more »Practicing Reflection (replay)
In this episode, we share some of the questions we find most helpful for reflection and our answers ...
Find out more »Warm Collaboration (S. 2, Ep. 3)
In this episode, we explore the concept of warm collaboration. In Nora Bateson and Mamphela Ramphele...
Find out more »How Networks Can Help Reduce Stress (S. 2, Ep. 2)
In this episode, Naava Frank and Ziva Mann, authors of the article "How to Reduce Stress and Increas...
Find out more »Celebrating (or at least dealing with) Failure (S. 2, Ep. 1)
In this episode, Jessica and Bob discuss the idea of "celebrating failure." While we know a healthy ...
Find out more »Collaboration (Ep. 2)
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