{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b8ccb68ccec9b8efe9e3b/6a63c749a51cbd54e26db362?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sunday Edition: Practicing Affirmations","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/690b8ccb68ccec9b8efe9e3b/53a752b1-6200-47d2-8608-9a5235360c1f.jpg?height=200","description":"Josh Gondelman invites his wife, author Maris Kreizman, into the Pillow Fort to test-drive real compliments and affirmations on each other.<br><br>What You'll Hear<br><br>Untangling the Difference: After a caller named Lucy stumped over the line between a compliment and an affirmation, Josh brings the debate home to Maris, and they work out where the surface-level nice thing ends and the deeper truth begins.<br><br>Practicing Out Loud: Josh and Maris try the exercise on each other live, trading affirmations about diligence and connection for compliments about newsletters, earrings, and the art of small talk done right.<br><br>The Compliments That Stick: From a stranger admiring Josh's secondhand sneakers on the train to Maris's advice for under-appreciated creative friends, they trade the kind of praise that actually lands.<br><br>CHAPTERS<br>00:00 Revisiting Lucy's call about affirmations<br>01:35 Welcoming Maris Kreizman to the Pillow Fort!<br>04:21 Practicing an affirmation and a compliment<br>08:00 What makes praise feel sincere?<br>11:53 Getting meta about real connection<br>18:29 Closing affirmations to the world","author_name":"Hatch Podcasts"}