Broadcasting pro, Lori Neff is back, as promised, and this time we have a great conversation spanning a few interesting topics and we have plenty of fun and laughter along the way too.
Visit Lori’s website HERE and make sure to listen to her new podcast that offers a variety of prayer exercises that can breathe fresh life into your devotional practice!
What was the biggest fiasco at Midday connection?
Why is just a 5 year window the ideal beauty apex for women we’ve agreed to anyway?
Will powdered wigs make a comeback?
Lori’s tale of the cringe-worthy “friend-date” gone wrong…
What makes a great friend and what might an improv class have to do with it?
And much more. ENJOY!
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MIN 1
The worst fiasco at Midday Connection
whoops!
MIN 3
What does a radio producer do?
MIN 6
Do people often try to trick the call in shows?
MIN 8:30
The stickiness of the one mean person in a sea of good folks.
Hate mail
MIN 11
Ellen DeGeneres is okay with herself and it’s served as an inspiration for being okay with people who don’t like us.
MIN 14
Being okay in your own skin. The 40 year old happy milestone.
MIN 15
Anne Lamott thinking about her looks.
MIN 16
Going through the body-consciousness and anxiety in one’s 20s.
MIN 17
I’m supposed to be upset about how I look so they can sell products.
MIN 17:30
Michelle Van Loon
The five years of life that is cherished as valuable.
MIN 18:30
Powdered wigs and white faces to reflect the value of aged beauty of the time. The construct of cultural beauty changes radically.
MIN 19:30
Dress hem lines changed because of health concerns.
MIN 21:00
Fashion, modesty and mindlessness.
MIN 23:30
Friendship was solace and rescue for me (Lisa).
MIN 25:30
Lori’s experience with friendships early on.
MIN 26:30
How personality played a part and how her wonderful college roommate taught her how to be a good friend and have a healthy fight / disagreement.
MIN 28:00
People would commonly ask “How do I find friends?”
“I feel disconnected and I don’t feel I have a best friend” was a common report from listeners who contacted Midday Connection.
MIN 28:30
Being intentional about finding and keeping friends.
MIN 29:30
Friends for a season.
MIN 30:00
The tale of a bad “friend date”.
Friendship is a vulnerable risk. The emotional risk is there.
MIN 34:00
The challenge of couple friendships.
MIN 37:30
How men and women do friendship differently and how personality plays a part.
MIN 38:00
Having a club or a project to build the friendship around.
MIN 39:30
How Lori got into Improv and starting having a blast.
The tools that improv brings.
MIN 42:00
Amy Pohler “Yes, Please”
NPR show improv.
“yes, and”
Learning to be with others. Life-giving. learning love and empathy
MIN 43:00
I see you and here’s something else. I’m not invalidating you. and I’m going to add to it and then you can add to it. A socially healthy mode of being.
Being authentic and flexible.
MIN 44:00
Teamwork and sometimes it goes a direction you didn’t think it would go. You have to let the spark go and help the other person and the team.
MIN 45:30
Ego crushing?
MIN 46:00
Do things ever get messy?
Trust in the team and trust that the good idea with come back around.
MIN 46:30
The hilarious Office episode with Michael Scott being bad at improv. (Season 2 / Episode 9)
MIN 48:00
Going with the process and not be tense about life and improv of regular life.
the fear block our creativity and the ability to be present in the ordinary moment
MIN 50:30
The improv mindset will help in friendship.
MIN 51:00
Thinking of things as play and roll with things.
MIN 53:00
My new book is here. I’ll be reading some excerpts from it on the podcast soon, so watch for a bonus episode very in a day or so.
It’s called FORKED: A Discernment Pocket Guide (for Choosing Between Two Good Things).
If you’re in the middle of a tough decision or at a crossroads season of your life, this is the resource for you. To read a sample click HERE.
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