The Ripples Pondcast

Sherry Belul is a writer, gift maker, and life coach who gets excited about helping people find creative, intentional, and impactful ways to celebrate life and to express love for family and friends. Among her many gifts to the world, Sherry is the author of Say it Now: 33 Creative Ways to Say I Love You to the Most Important People in Your Life, and most recently, The Love List of a Lifetime: Your Essential End-Of-Life Planner.

Enjoy this replay of the February 2026 Zoom talk 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)

You can also watch the video replay here.

Pebble: Ezra Klein Podcast Episode: This Question Can Change Your Life: WHA...

Enjoy this replay of a special Zoom talk I gave on October 30th (please note this has different content than the October 28 talk; be sure listen to part 1).

For this presentation I created a Google Doc with the content we explored, and I also created a PDF version that you’re welcome to download and share.

You can also watch the video replay here.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ripples.

Enjoy this replay of a special Zoom talk I gave on October 28th (please note this has different content than the October 30 talk; be sure listen to part 2!)

For this presentation I created a Google Doc with the content we explored, and I also created a PDF version that you’re welcome to download and share.

You can also watch the video replay here.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ripples.

Enjoy this replay of our 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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Group Therapy documentary

Anatom...

In this lighthearted and thought-provoking conversation, Paul sits down with leadership trainer and coach Roach Finley to unpack key insights from The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute. Together they explore what it means to move from a “heart at war” to a “heart at peace,” how the “box” and “influence pyramid” shape our relationships, and why this book is more about being than doing. Along...

[PLEASE NOTE: I shared two different sets of content this month, so I recorded both sessions and published them as "Part 1" and "Part 2". They have DIFFERENT pebbles, DIFFERENT boulders, and DIFFERENT ponders, I promise!]

Enjoy this replay of our 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 perso...

[PLEASE NOTE: I shared two different sets of content this month, so I recorded both sessions and published them as "Part 1" and "Part 2". They have DIFFERENT pebbles, DIFFERENT boulders, and DIFFERENT ponders, I promise!]

Enjoy this replay of our 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 perso...

This is a different kind of episode for us; I invited my longtime friend Pidge (we've known each other since 5th grade!) to an experiment: we'd each bring a handful of questions to the table for discussion and exploration. The conversation went longer than we originally anticipated, but we had such a blast! I'm already wondering who I'll invite to the conversation next...

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ripples.

Enjoy this replay of our May 2025 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info)

The notes and links from the session are pasted below.

You can also watch the video replay here.

Intriguing article on Hope vs. Optimism

Slow Hope

Slow Hope post on Instagram:

Slow Hope: Rethinking Ecologies of Crisis and Fear, by Christof Mauch

This 2019 article lays out why and how the aut...

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.

You can also watch...

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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Quick ...

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, sadne...

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...