The Ripples Pondcast
Join Paul Wesselmann, The Ripples Guy, who shares quick splashes of inspiration and explores how even our smallest actions can have an ongoing impact on our lives, the people we connect with and the whole world. Are you in? Ooh, I hope so! Join Paul's Patreon Peeps to support Ripples and receive bonus content. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ripples. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Enjoy this replay of our March 2025 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info) We followed our usual format:
pebble (a resource that I've found useful in my work or life)
boulder (and activity I'm using personally or professionally)
ponder (a collection of information and ideas I've been pondering)
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
You can also watch t...
Enjoy this replay of our January 2025 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info) We followed our usual format:
pebble (a resource that I've found useful in my work or life)
boulder (and activity I'm using personally or professionally)
ponder (a collection of information and ideas I've been pondering)
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
Enjoy this replay of our December 2024 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community
We followed our usual format:
pebble (a resource that I've found useful in my work or life)
boulder (and activity I'm using personally or professionally)
ponder (a collection of information and ideas I've been pondering)
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
You can also watch the video replay.
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Spirited – Ripple (...
This is a condensed version of the We Got This resilience content that have helped lots of folks navigate challenge and change in the last four years, even the big, hard stuff that's come along lately.
RESOURCES:
PDF you can print out and fill in while you listen to this overview of the WE GOT THIS resilience content.
JPG IMAGE with all the information filled in:
Google Doc with information on how you can receive a WE GOT THIS St...
No matter how GOOD or how HARD your life has been lately, it turns out there are simple, proven techniques for creating feelings of joy, happiness, peace and gratitude. I'm excited to unpack some of the research and share a handful of easy, practical steps you can take to make your good days a a little more fun, and your hard days a little more bearable.
Enjoy this replay of the October 2024 Monthly Zoom with the Team Rippl...
Enjoy this replay of the September 2024 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community.
We followed our usual format:
pebble (a resource that I've found useful in my work or life)
boulder (and activity I'm using personally or professionally)
ponder (a collection of information and ideas I've been pondering)
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
You can also watch the video replay on YouTube
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This is the audio recording of our monthly Zoomy Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community. Weshared several stories & ideas from my summer adventures. The notes and links from the session are pasted below. You can also watch the video replay here.
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Pixar's Inside Out 2 adds anxiety, embarrassment, ennui, envy, and a hint of nostalgia to the original team of emotions we got to know in the first movie: joy, sadness, ...
This is the audio recording of our monthly Zoomy Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info). This month we followed up last month's "Why Can't We Get Along" talk on polarization with a deeper dive into some of the ideas and resources we touched on previously.
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay you can watch it on Y...
This episode is the audio track of a monthly Zoom call I have with members of the Team Ripples Patreon Community who support my work as a speaker, writer, and Rippler. We spent a full hour exploring how to THINK BETTER, FEEL BETTER, and DO BETTER when it comes to addressing the increasing toxic polarization that is heppening within our country, our communities, and ourselves.
You can access the resource document here: https://bi...
This is the audio recording of the February Zoom call with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info), exploring ideas about getting stuck, getting unstuck and making decisions when they are hard.
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Tara Brach’s Podcast Letting Go of Controlling – Part 1: The Path of Freedom
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862?i=1000643855201
"Let go of what has happened in the past.
L...
This is the audio recording of the January Zoom call with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info), where we talked about, the state of Ripples in the world and in our little corner of it. The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here: https://youtu.be/ikKSmyARHSs
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Washington Post's: "The Optimist" Newsletter
LAST WEEK:
This is the audio recording of the November Zoom call with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info), where we explored some simple, practical actions and mindset to more easily access inner peace.
Notes & Links below:
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We need a type of love that is a beautiful and hilarious series of high fives with the universe.
-Rainn Wilson, in his book “SOUL BOOM: Why we need a spiritual revolution”
This is the audio recording of the October Zoomy call with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info).
Notes & links below; If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here: https://youtu.be/Qxabxhbchhw
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Grateful Living https://Grateful.org
In times of turmoil and danger, gratitude helps to steady and ground us. It brings us into presence, and our full presence is perhaps the...
Befriending Procrastination: Moderinizing Your Mindset for Motivation
This is the audio recording of the September Zoomy call with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info).
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here:
https://youtu.be/9zqW2JJdA40
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Reminder Apps (& Just Record)
This is the audio recording of our monthly Zoomy Zoom with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info).
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here: https://youtu.be/ui_1TtgRvXc
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
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Approach life advice not like immutable laws but rather like trying on clothes. Some advice will fit you well and flatter you. Other advice ...
This is the audio recording of our monthly Zoomy Zoom with my Patreon Peeps (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info).
This month we shared different content in the two sessions, so this is PART ONE, recorded Tuesday, August 22, 2023
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here:
https://youtu.be/k0tBii20MfY
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Approach life advice not like immutable laws but rather like trying on clothes. Some a...
This is the audio recording of our monthly Zoomy Zoom with my Patreon Peeps.
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
You can also watch the Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UvVNrOVCWcg
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"I am not the sun at the center of anyone's solar system.
If I keep trying to put myself there, insisting that I am special and my life must have some sort of special meaning, I'll die in despair, or in delusion.
Once...
I had a great time exploring MINDFULNESS with my Patreon Peeps and a few guests.
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here: https://youtu.be/QRDTLfmxmzA
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Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation
by Bruce Tift
Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12400671-already-free
Tami Simon's Podcast Interview with author Bru...
We had a great time exploring the topic of PASSION, which we defined as:
PURPOSE in ACTION taking place in an ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT.
The notes and links from the session are pasted below.
If you'd prefer to watch the video replay, you can catch that here:
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4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54785515-four-thousand-weeks
NPR (LifeK...
This is the audio replay of the monthly Zoomy Zoom I do with my UROCK (Patreon) Peeps;
you can also watch the video here.
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How to do laundry when you're depressed (TEDx Talk by KC Davis
BOULDER
All the things (2pm reminder that lists all the "yucky things" that sometimes make me uncomfortable)
PONDER (Think Better, Feel Better, Do Better)
THINK BETTER
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