Mind Your Thinker

About Mind Your Thinker

At Mind Your Thinker, PLLC, we help high-performing minds and teams sharpen focus, strengthen relationships, and sustain meaningful success. Through psychiatry-informed strategies and organizational insights, we partner with athletes, leaders, couples, and families to build clarity, resilience, and momentum — in competition, in business, and in life. Operating at the intersection of healthcare, organizational psychology, and performance, Mind Your Thinker uses evidence-based tools and people analytics to improve retention, engagement, and overall well-being. We create environments that are collaborative, psychologically safe, and efficient, honoring individual talents, gifts, and preferences while driving collective growth. The first season of Mind Your Thinker is a little lagniappe - conversations between myself and my grandfather, Frank Arena. His mind would always ask my mind, "what do you think?" He created a psychologically safe environment for our minds to have difficult conversations about money, healthcare, politics, careers, & family. Such an environment is the foundation of Mind Your Thinker, PLLC, and one which is conducive to the growth of individuals, groups, and organizations. Our Priority: The Minds of People

Publisher

Cori & Frank Arena

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Sept 2021

Latest episode

6 Jul 2023

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jul 2023

   Pensions & Power

   Are public servants truly serving the public, or are they finding ways to serve themselves? What happens when politics gets in the way of hiring qualified individuals for government roles? We're diving into these burning questions and exploring the consequences of controversial public servant pensions, hiring practices, and political patronage. In our eye-opening conversation, we discuss the evolution of public servant benefits and how their current pay and perks may be impacting taxp...

2. 

   13 Jun 2023

   Chalkboards & iPads

   Enjoy a multi-generational looks at learning and its hurdles. Our discussion ventures into the realm of charter schools, the role of parental involvement, and why persistence is a key ingredient to success in academic & professional settings. What was school like for our grandparents, and how has the education system evolved since then? Listen in on a captivating conversation as Frank reminisces about his experiences in elementary school and beyond. We take a trip down memor...

3. 

   10 Jun 2023

   Mental & Physical Therapy

   Why does society seem to rely more and more on therapists? Is it due to a lack of self-reliance, the decline of two-parent households, or even a misuse of therapy services? Uncover the complexities of therapy in today's world as we discuss the role of therapists, medical care, and doctor specialization in our lives. We explore the importance of primary care providers and specialists in our health journey, shedding light on the potential pitfalls of being "ping-ponged" between different medic...

4. 

   27 Dec 2022

   Madeline & Frank

   Madeline & Frank provide guidance on growing families and businesses. Although the episode starts abruptly, Grandmother Madeline is describing the difficult decision she made to switch cardiologists (for the first time in her 8 decades of life). This is the first episode of Mind Your Thinker, taking place on December 26, 2019.

5. 

   11 Sept 2022

   Life & Death

   Since June 9, 2022, we have been without Frank Arena. He used to say that the mind is a wonderful part of us. It can recall cherished voices, faces, and places. Those memories can be comforting when confronting the harsh reality of loss of our loved ones. Here is a little lagniappe he left us on May 29, 2022. la·gniappe | \ ˈlan-ˌyap , lan-ˈyap \ : a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase broadly : some...

6. 

   11 Sept 2022

   Keeping up with the Jonses' Things & Character

   Today's episode is on living within our means. keep up with the jonses. idiom : to show that one is as good as other people by getting what they have and doing what they do. people trying to keep up with the Joneses by buying expensive cars and clothes that they can't afford “Keep up with the Joneses.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20up%20with%20the%20Joneses. Accessed 11 Sep. 2022.

7. 

   28 Feb 2022

   Commitments & Compromising

   We are back to chat about the first step of marriage. wed·ding | \ ˈwe-din. : a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities. first known use: the 12th century. Today we get a blast from the past on weddings with Grandpa Frank. In the 1950's, wedding music costs were 23 bucks and the stories are priceless. “Wedding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding. Accessed 19 Feb. 2022.

8. 

   6 Oct 2021

   Discrimination & Disagreeing

   Today we discuss the topic of profiling where we agree to disagree. pro·fil·ing | \ ˈprō-ˌfī-liŋ \ : the act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits or tendencies//consumer profiling. specifically : the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of observed characteristics or behavior //racial profiling. First known use: 1980. "Profiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webste...

9. 

   20 Sept 2021

   Investments & Trees

   Today we discuss the history of the stock market, real estate and interest rates, the importance of consistency in investing, and the unknown future of cryptocurrency. in·vest·ment | \ in-ˈves(t)-mənt \ : the outlay of money usually for income or profit : capital outlay. First known use: 1774. “Investment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/investment. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.

10. 

    6 Sept 2021

    Crisis Management & Lagniappe

    The vision of Mind Your Thinker stems from Grandpa Frank's favorite question to his grandchildren during their visits from Kentucky to their grandparent's home in Chalmette, LA for as long as they can remember: "What do ya think?" The first episodes of Mind Your Thinker was from Cori & Frank's original podcast, "Today's Lagniappe." Frank, born in Louisiana the 1930's brings history and Cori, born in Kentucky the 1980's brings curiosity to explore the past, present, and future...

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