Building Authentic Relationships with Ryel Kestano

The Yes Collective Podcast with Justin Wilford, PhD

EPISODE #64 - This is our second time around with Ryel Kestano, author, coach, and CEO of ART International, the world's leading authentic relating training organization. We had to have him back on to kick off our February theme of building authentic relationships.

Nothing has a bigger influence on our emotional health than relationships. Yet how much time and effort do we spend on learning HOW to create and maintain rich, meaningful relationships? These certainly don't happen on their own. Thankfully, Ryel joined us this week to explain and demonstrate the art and science of authentic relating.

We talked about the natural tension we all face as children between staying true to our own authenticity and creating a secure attachment with our caregivers, what authentic relating is, the five practices of authentic relating, and how to use authentic relating in our lives. Ryel even walked us through an authentic relating demo!

If you care about deepening literally any relationship in your life then you're going to love this episode with the wise and wonderful Ryel Kestano.

Yes Collective is co-hosted by Justin Wilford, PhD and Jenny Walters, LMFT.

Justin Wilford, PhD, is a co-founder of Yes Collective, an educator, a writer, and an emotional health coach. He earned doctorates from UCLA (cultural geography) and UC Irvine (public health), and specializes in translating complex, scientific ideas into actionable programs for mental and emotional health.

Jenny Walters, LMFT, is a licensed marriage family therapist and senior expert contributor to the Yes Collective. She is a graduate of the Pacifica Graduate Institute and is the founder and director of Highland Park Holistic Psychotherapy in Los Angeles, California.