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Episode #116: Melanie Joy Communicating Beyond Beliefs

Dr Melanie Joy is a Harvard-educated psychologist, celebrated speaker, and author of the award-winning book Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows, which has been published in 12 languages. Dr Joy is the eighth recipient of the Institute of Jainology's Ahimsa Award, which was previously awarded to Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Her work has been featured by numerous national and international media outlets, including the BBC, ABC Australia, NPR, and the New York Times. Dr Joy has given her acclaimed carnism presentation on six continents, and the video of her recent TEDx talk on carnism is in the top 1% of the most-viewed TEDx talks of all time. She is also the founder and president of the charitable organization Beyond Carnism and author of the books Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters and Strategic Action for Animals. 1. Veganism At that time, I had decided to become a vegan for health reasons. Reading this book, coupled with watching Earthlings, made me realise that the decision to not eat animal products had much broader implications with regards to animal suffering and the environment. 2. Carnism I loved Melanie’s views on Carnism and quickly saw the parallels to Alcoholism. Almost everything you learn on TTAA and Strive about Alcoholism being an invisible, violent, and dominant belief system comes from Melanie’s work. In this episode, Melanie and talk about the difficulties surrounding drinker v non-drinker communication, how to become allies, the damage of chronic conflicts, the importance of resilience, energy transference, and much more. Her new book Beyond Beliefs is brilliant. It’s one of the best communication books I have read, and the best in the business when it comes to navigating through this thorny issue of drinker v non-drinker communications (although Melanie focuses on vegan v non-vegan dynamics). Links Beyond Beliefs - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1944903305?ie=UTF8 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1573245054?ie=UTF8 Beyond Carnism- https://www.carnism.org/ Melanie Joy TEDx Talk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0VrZPBskpg

Episode #115: Kevin Kruse on Filling The White Space

In pursuit of the American Dream, Kevin Kruse started his first company when he was just 22 years old. He worked around the clock, literally living out of his one-room office and showering each day at the YMCA, before giving up a year later deeply in debt. But after discovering the power of Wholehearted Leadership and Extreme Productivity, Kevin went on to build and sell several, multi-million dollar technology companies, winning both Inc 500 and Best Place to Work awards along the way. Kevin is also the author of several books including the NY Times bestseller, We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement, Employee Engagement 2.0, and 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management. He is a Forbes Leadership columnist and was named to the Top 100 Business Thought Leaders list by Trust Across America. In this podcast, we talk about meaning & purpose, values, scheduling, and a whole manner of productivity related issues essential for filling the white space. Podcast Takeaways Kevin Kruse Website - https://www.kevinkruse.com/ Kevin Kruse Twitter - https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0985056436?ie=UTF8

Episode #114: Heidi Mayo on Liquid Language

Heidi Mayo is an artist, author, illustrator, teacher, and activist who lives in Plymouth, MA, USA. Her middle-grade novel, Nelson Telson – The Story of a True Blue Blood (http://heidimayo.com/old-heidimayo.com/index1.html) is enjoyed by readers of all ages. She's currently teamed up with scientists and educators developing a STEAM curriculum with a universe of teachable themes based on her book. Heidi is also the founder of Liquid Language (http://heidimayo.com/spiritblog/) her personal blog detailing her journey to become someone who doesn’t drink ethanol. And that’s what we cover in this podcast episode.

Ep 113: Andy Ramage From One Year No Beer

Andy started out as a professional footballer in the UK and later moved to Ireland, playing for Sligo Rovers, Finn Harps and Derry City to name a few. Since retiring due to injury at the age of 24, Andy moved back to the UK and co-founded Aalpha Energy oil brokerage. Andy’s passions are wellbeing and peak performance. He is a master practitioner of NLP, a mindfulness based awareness coach and is currently studying for a master’s degree in positive psychology. More recently he helped create OneYearNoBeer a 30/90 and 365 day challenge to put booze in its place oneyearnobeer.com. Podcast Takeaways One Year no Beer Website- https://www.oneyearnobeer.com/

Episode #112: Aeden Smith-Ahearn on the Benefits of Ibogaine

After struggling with substance abuse since his teenage years and trying many different traditional methods, Aeden Smith-Ahearn, needed something different. Why not give Ibogaine a shot? All other methods hadn’t done the trick. It saved his life preventing him from being a slave to heroin. Now, years later, he has helped thousands of addicts recover from heroin, opiates, alcohol, meth, through ibogaine treatments and this is the topic of our conversation. Podcast Takeaways Experience Ibogaine Website- http://ExperienceIbogaine.com Experience Ibogaine Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/experienceibogaine/

Episode #111: Scott Perry on Stoicism and Alcoholism

Scott Perry inspires people like you to achieve their potential as Artists. Adopting this posture requires developing your craft and delivering your work. With the lessons from Stoic philosophy, Scott helps you master the mindset of a thriving Artist. Cultivating your craft and sharing your work with purpose and integrity is challenging, but rewarding. Scott's done it for over 30 years as a professional musician and teacher and experienced a sense of flourishing every step of the way. He's here to help you do the same! In this podcast, we talk about death, creativity, artistry, rationality, logic, emotions, delusional beliefs, values, relationships, isolation, loneliness, worldview, Viktor Frankl gets a mention; so does Ryan Holiday, Seth Godin, and plenty of Stoic philosophers. Podcast Takeaways The Stoic Creative Personal Blog-https://thestoiccreative.mykajabi.com/blog The Stoic Creative Handbook by Scott Perry-https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07464C6CP?ie=UTF8 Scott Perry YouTube-https://www.youtube.com/user/ohpapamusic Stoic Creative Facebook Group-https://www.facebook.com/thestoiccreative/ You Were Born to Die-https://medium.com/pocketstoic/you-were-born-to-die-5a300694070b Ryan Holiday-https://ryanholiday.net/ How to be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci -https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/184604507X?ie=UTF8 Seth Godin-http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/ Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl -https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1844132390?ie=UTF8 Stoic Recovery Group- https://www.facebook.com/groups/stoicrecovery/ Stoic Quotes Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle. Some things are within our control and some things are not. - Epictetus Associate with those who will make a better man of you.- Seneca Love the humble art you have learned and take rest in it. - Marcus Aurelius Learning that does not lead to action is useless. - Epictetus What ought to be done must be learned by one who does it. - Seneca It's impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. - Epictetus Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together. Do so with all your heart. - Marcus Aurelius Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness. - Marcus Aurelius The whole future lies in uncertainty. Live immediately.ies in uncertainty. Live immediately. - Seneca

Episode #110: Rubin Naiman on Who's Been Stealing Our Dreams?

Rubin Naiman, PhD, is the sleep and dream specialist and clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. He provides therapy, training and consultation internationally, is the author of groundbreaking works on sleep and dreams, and blogs for the HuffPost. In our discussion, we talk about why people suffering from addiction are losing the ability to dream and how that affects us, why we suffer from wake-centrism and what it means to us, and plenty of tips on how to get a good night’s rest. Podcast Takeaways Rubin Naiman Website - https://drnaiman.com/ Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver - http://chindeep.com/2011/03/05/more-mary-oliver/

Episode #109: Belief Systems With The Vegan Strategist Tobias Leenaert

Tobias Leenaert is a longtime speaker, trainer, and strategist. He is also the co-founder and former director of the Belgian organisation EVA (Ethical Vegetarian Alternative), the first vegetarian/vegan organisation to receive structural funding from a national government. Under Tobias’ management, EVA launched a successful campaign that resulted with the city of Ghent becoming the first city ever to officially support a weekly vegetarian day. Tobias gives animal advocacy trainings worldwide together with Melanie Joy, for the Center of Effective Vegan Advocacy (CEVA). He is also co-founder of ProVeg International, a new international pro-vegan food awareness organisation with the mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50 percent by the year 2040. Tobias lives in Ghent, Belgium, with his partner, two dogs, and six cats. I invited Tobias on the show because there are clear parallels between being a vegan and someone who doesn’t drink alcohol. His book How to Create a Vegan World is perfect for how to create an alcohol free world. In the show we talk about forming opinions, the importance of communication, why the pragmatic approach works, cognitive dissonance, brainwashing, and some helpful advice on how to become vegan. Product Takeaways The Vegan Strategist-http://www.veganstrategist.org/ Email - tobias@veganstrategist.org How to Create a Vegan World by Tobias Leenaert-https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1590565703?ie=UTF8 Beyond Beliefs by Melanie Joy -https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1944903305?ie=UTF8 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy -https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1573245054?ie=UTF8 How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger -https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1447282442?ie=UTF8 Earthlings Documentary -http://watchdocumentaries.com/earthlings/ Nutrition Facts -https://nutritionfacts.org/ 10 Vegan Things I Recently Changed my Mind About -http://veganstrategist.org/2017/01/16/10-vegan-things-i-recently-changed-my-mind-about/

Episode #108: Rinat Strahlhofer on Being Flawsome

Rinat Strahlhofer, founder and Emotional Intelligence Officer, coach and blogger at Can You Tell Me About Yourself, is reinventing the way we hire. Hearing canned responses and the same old stories about work achievements get us nowhere. Who are you really? Performance is fine in theatre and sports but not within human engagement. We trust real, imperfect human beings who tell stories that resonate. Rinat wants to change how you hire by zooming in on who you hire. She believes you should only hire flawsome people and she tells you why. Rinat has a Bachelor degree in marketing and social science and has spent her career putting disruptive services and technologies into the hands of millions. Now she's disrupting the recruitment process. In this episode we talk about the fear that people with alcohol problems have of being authentic in the event a potential employer will learn the truth, the role that imposter syndrome plays in our lives, empathy vampires, and how to be totally and utterly flawsome. Product Takeaways Can You Tell Me About Yourself? - http://canyoutellmeaboutyourself.com/author/rinat_47s7u4f3/ Rinat Strahlhofer Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/canyouTMAY Brene Brown on Shame - https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame Steven Pressfield - http://www.stevenpressfield.com/

Ep 107: Wendy Reese Hartmann on Showing Up and Making The Commitment

Wendy Reese Hartmann is a 500 hour registered yoga teacher, mindfulness mentor, author, perspective prophet, clarity connector and host of The Whole Being Zone and Mindfulness Miracles on iTunes and Stitcher. She has been in the health and fitness industry for 24 years and teaching yoga for the past 15 years. She is author of the book "Alchemy of Yoga: Living yoga off the mat" and you can find that on Amazon and Audible. Learn more about Wendy at wholebeinginc.com. In our episode we talk about the important of showing up and making the commitment, how our results reflect our levels of commitment, my inner child, and why yoga is brilliant. Podcast Takeaways The Alchemy of Yoga - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0692784438?ie=UTF8 The Whole Being Zone Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/whole-being-zone-integrating-living-yoga-off-mat-wisdom/id1094671517?mt=2 Twitter - https://twitter.com/wholebeinginc?lang=en Laya Martin - https://www.layla-martin.com/laylahome/