Insights Into Things

Today in our Disney Detective, How a villain avoids breaking character plus, 50 years after opening and these workers never left
In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, the Galactic Starcruiser is getting its own comics, and just how dangerous would Dark Side Luke actually be?
And for our Entertainment News, William Shatner is finally reaching for the final frontier then a touching moment between Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga during his final performance.
And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

This week we’re talking about perfectionism and the malicious cycle it can lead us into. We’ll talk about how we determine if someone is a perfectionist and the signs to look for. We then evaluate the causes of perfectionism and some of the negative consequences of it. And finally we’ll look at how to address perfectionism and what parents can do to help.

Today in our Disney Detective, Disney thinks the rules about copying someone else’s work is different when they do it, then welcome to the new neighborhoods of EPCOT
In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a new way for lightsabers to change color, and George Lucas joins Hasbro’s Black Series
And for our Entertainment News, Johnny Depp is still whining that he’s being treated unfairly, plus Russel T Davies returns to the Tardis
And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

This week we’re going to talk about a term that is used a lot in the media but often misunderstood, Gaslighting. It’s thrown around a lot but most people don’t know that it really refers to a form of mental abuse that is far too widespread in today’s society. We’ll talk about what Gaslighting is, the origins of the term, signs that it’s happening and steps to stop it if it’s happening to you or a loved one.

Today in our Disney Detective, we’ll take a look at a 4 year old true gentleman in the magic kingdom, an an extra magical way to skip lines at the parks.  In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Hasbro newest wares are on display plus The Art of Star Wars the Mandalorian Season 2. And for our Entertainment News, Who’s going Around the World in 80 Days plus Netflix buys the chocolate factory and more. And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

This week we’re talking about teens and accountability. We’ll define what accountability is and how to hold teens accountable. Then we’ll talk about setting goals and how to help our teens realize those goals. Finally we’ll look at ways to help instill accountability in teens and help them make themselves successful.

Today in our Disney Detective, Say hello to “Yehaa Bob” and Dining 220 Miles above the Earth.  In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Is Darth Vader the way? Plus Old favorites from the Old Republic. And for our Entertainment News, Mobius in the Mansion? And TMZ sells out to Fox Entertainment. And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

On this week's episode we're talking Teens and Entitlement. We'll talk about what is the mentality of entitlement and it's clinical definition. We explore how entitlement mentality affects relationships. Then we'll look at signs of an entitled teenager and methods to fix entitled behavior before we wrap up with three tools for battling entitlement.

Today in our Disney Detective, some details on the reimagining of Splash Mountain, Is Disney losing Mickey Mouse? In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a Props bonanza at Walt Disney Archives, Star Fans suddenly wish the Luke Skywalker Cameo didn’t happen And for our Entertainment News, The stars of Cobra Kai react to a season 5 announcement, Honoring Chadwick Boseman’s legacy And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

This week we go off script a bit to deal with some issues. First we talk about a series of deadly tornados that blew through our area and actually our town in the wake of hurricane Ida. We'll talk a bit about how scary that was and the lingering anxiety of the experience. We'll also talk about the disruption the storms caused to everyone's life in the area last week which prevented us from recording our show during our regularly schedule time last week. Then we'll talk about some of the stress and anxiety of going back to school. We'll address the underlying anxiety and fear for our safety about in person learning during the ongoing pandemic. We'll look at some of the stress issues about having so many advanced courses and so little time to ourselves with Marching Band. Finally we'll talk about concerns and unresolved issues that are causing some stress and anxiety. We'll look at ways to tackle some of the problems, cope with those we can solve and look at what the near future holds for us and hopefully resolve some of the tensions and anxieties from the last two weeks.