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Matt McGee is an educational expert, tutor, and college admissions specialist. He is the founder of MRM Education - An elite tutoring and college admissions consultancy that aims to fosters academic curiosity, mental health, and confidence in students' - with the ultimate goal of admission into a top university. Matt is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and has over a decade of experience as a tutor. His intensive mentorship method helps students raise their grades and gain admission to Ivy Plus schools.
Matt and I talk about neurodiverse students, how technology impacts college admissions, some students he's helped get into great colleges, how he became a tutor, best practices for standing out to admissions, choosing the right college, building a business, how he got where he is today, and a lot more. For more on Matt, checkout his site mrmeducation.com, or on Instagram @mattmcgee_edconsulting and @mrmeducation.
Episode 0105 - College Admissions Anxiety, Neurodivergent Paths, And Using Your Voice
Hit subscribe and follow for more conversations with fascinating people and unorthodox teachers. See ya next episode!
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In 1989, Julie had a radical awakening. Her conscious experience changed indefinitely via shaktipat (energetic exchange of spiritual knowledge) in a lucid dream experience. She was gracious enough to join me on the podcast to share her fascinating experiences, heartfelt wisdom, and warm expertise.
She's a spiritual coach, author, teacher, and she also supports people going through kundalini awakenings. She has a podcast and youtube show called “Talking True” - and she works with those trying to manage and initiate change or direction in life.Julie shares a wonderful series of stories that lay out her spiritual experiences as a seeker. We also talk about meditation, Julies book-writing process, synchronicity, the self, manifestation, dreamworlds, awakening, psychic phenomena, avatar encounters, profound teachings, awakening, kundalini, shaktipat, yogis, changes after awakening experiences, spiritual maturity, the future of spiritual teachings, Julies Podcast 'Talking True', and much more.
“I was always looking for someone who I knew could speak to the truth of who I was beyond the story.”
“We walked in the back of the hall, and as soon as I entered into this space - I saw a Yogi, sitting cross-legged on a low wooden tucket at the front of the hall he had his eyes closed, he was wearing a white loincloth, he had a massive belly. And I recognized him immediately as being the one I had been searching for my entire life.”
If you dig the episode, hit like and subscribe - and checkout julies work here -
Julies books on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Julie-Hoyle/author/B08LQPSVZ7?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
'Enlightenment Myth Busting - Seeing Through The Lies That Bind'
'An Awakened Life - A Journey Of Transformation'
'Meeting the Shadow Finding Your Self - A Handbook On How To Transform The Dark Side Of Your Personality'
'Living An Awakened Life'
'The Shadow Work Diaries - How The Darkness You Fear Holds The Treasure You Seek'
'Wake Up And Say Yes! - A Practical Guide To Lucid Living & Lucid Dreaming'
& 'The Sacred Wisdom Journal Series' (guided writing journals)Connect with Julie here:
🪷 TALKING TRUE:
https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTruewithJulieHoyle
🐍UNDERSTANDING KUNDALINI SESSIONS:
https://juliehoyle.org/private-sessions
📚BOOKS TO SUPPORT YOUR AWAKENING & SELF-RECOGNITION:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Julie-H...Julie
https://linktr.ee/juliehoyleofficial
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Landon Smith is an artist mostly known for his alias “Dirtyzen”. A creative visionary & spiritual teacher, he hangs his hat in the world of music by interlacing a sub-genre of dubstep called ‘chillstep’ with philosophical spiritual talks from well-known masters. Landon takes the listener on a journey that seeks to liberate and amplify one’s experiential understanding of Eastern spiritual practices. He uses his inner calling of karma yoga to propagate insights for others on his various social media and art-hosting platforms. He has a quite eloquent eye for film, a trained ear for sound, and an exquisite way with words. Landon has devoted his life to the expression of spiritual passion through his art. He joins us on the podcast to discuss various spiritual topics, teachers, personal experiences, and the beautiful adventures of awakening into one’s true Self.
Teachers, subjects, and topics mentioned in this episode:
Ram Dass, Hinduism, Buddhism, Eastern Philosophy, Dzogchen, Advaita-Vedanta, Alan Watts, Terence McKenna, Mooji, Vishuddha Das, Gemstone Tarot, astrology, tarot-cards, psychedelics, discernment, the algorithm, non-dualism, the illusive self, the no-self paradox, spiritual bypassing, lots more Ram Dass (we both really, really love Ram Dass), toxic positivity, integration, intellectual vs. intuitive knowing, the path of the guru, the evolving path for all, placing God outside of one’s-self, scars, tattoos, and much more.
Chillstep is a sub-genre of dubstep music that is relatively slow and relaxed, which Landon pairs brilliantly with lectures from spiritual teachers. I find his mixes perfect for snowboarding, long drives, walks in headphones, morning listening, and hikes.I had an extremely great time hanging with Landon and discussing all this juicy spiritual stuff. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed having the conversation. Hit like and subscribe for future content, and we’ll see ya next episode.
For more on Dirtyzen, checkout his channels
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Dirtyzen?si=UIZZqIR6G-lsDQg8
Instagram: @Dirtyzen
SoundCloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/WUqKdc5jYU5JaQ2x8 (Landon’s favorite mix)
For more on Jacob, checkout Instagram & Tiktok: @Jacobfromtheinternet
Ram Ram!
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To skip solo intro: @11:03
In this episode, we get to meet Megan Hawkins, one of the Co-Founders of BetterU Psychedelic Therapy. She joins us from her home in Los Angeles, where she and her partner Derek Du Chesne have been recently working on opening the first brick-and-mortar location for BetterU.
Once an international model, Megan's life took a dramatic turn when she was shot at 19 yrs old. She entered the mental health system, was prescribed a mountain of medications, and like many, was overdiagnosed and overmedicated. Seeking solace from significant trauma, she left modeling for a career in mortgages and real estate, finding success but not fulfillment. Her battle with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and PTSD persisted until 2021, when she discovered the life-changing potential of ketamine therapy. Now, she's a support and integration coach at Better U Psychedelic Therapy, using her journey to connect with and guide others on their path to recovery.
The team at BetterU works with those suffering from PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression to strategically treat these disorders with a whole treatment plan that surrounds this substance known as ketamine. Ketamine is a psychedelic non-psychedelic that, when paired with the right set, setting, intention, and work - provides a very large percentage of its patients with positive results in their overall mental health.
Perhaps you've never heard of this 'ketamine', or psychedelic therapy even, and you've never taken psilocybin - and you're wondering 'Magic mushrooms to heal my depression?' 'A horse tranquilizer for healing trauma?' 'LSD to relax?' 'Molly for my grandpa's night terrors?' 'Dude, what?' - Well, strap in because this one is for both the newcomers and the seasoned psychonauts. We're here to talk about making a diary entry, taking dissociative drugs, putting on a full blindfold, and laying on your back while headphones dance beautiful music through you - and just how the heck that could possibly heal depression.I gave Ketamine Therapy a try myself a few months back. I found this company called "BetterU" and went through the whole process of 8 at-home sessions. I loved the way this company set everything up so well that I sent an email to interview one of them. Luckily Megan was available, and she joins us here to share her wisdom and perspective.
When Megan, at 19, found herself in a nightclub unknowingly sitting behind a well-known gangster, when there was an assassination attempt on that gangster from a shooter on the balcony above. Megan was struck by a stray bullet, and her life began to unfold quite differently from that night. She shares some of her personal journey and lays out how she's landed herself in the orbit of ketamine therapy and psychedelic healing many years later.
Ketamine isn't just about the dose or the drug, 'Set' and 'Setting' are as important as the substance. BetterU gives you the playbook and structure for the most fruitful set and setting. The setup that's done prior to the trip changes the entire thing.
I tried to shape this episode as informative to newcomers as a way of introducing Ketamine Therapy to those who haven't experienced ketamine, and emphasizing the difference between the use of Ketamine as a street drug/horse tranquilizer vs. in a therapeutic environment.
We start this episode with info about BetterU and Ketamine. Megan talks about what led to BetterU and we talk about the importance of taking Ketamine and psychedelics seriously, and the value of care and quality. She lays out the process of taking ketamine therapeutically, how long we take the drug, how many sessions per week, she lays out some fantastic analogies and examples that are easy to grasp and I try to add my personal experience as it relates to what Megan is explaining about Ketamine. We covered if you can go to work after a ketamine therapy session, if you can drive, if it hurts your stomach, it's safety, she talks about the process of setting up a trip, taking it with stimulants and medications, and if SSRI's and ketamine can go together. We talk about fasting, diet and preparation, about having a trip monitor, the importance of journaling for healing and how it seems to work, we talk about the music that drives the session, things to expect and experience during the trip, using the breath as an anchor, 'going crazy' and the fear of bad trips, those who shouldn't do psychedelics, some of the screening process, fear of the loss of control, Megan shares her traumatic experience that altered the course of her life, her journey of healing and suffering after the initial trauma and how it's changed her, shifting and adjusting to new identities and versions of ourselves, and much much more. For more on BetterU checkout their social media pages @betterucare and https://www.betterucare.com/
Their Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@ketaminetherapy?si=GRKXYfnJVSYPaZ7kSome notable quotes from the episode:
"We tend to focus on the big things that we're coming to this treatment for. 'I'm severely depressed, I have crippling anxiety, how do I get rid of these huge things?'. We want that magic pill to fix us and heal us. We want it to go away. But the way that this really works, is it starts off slow. It's the little things that start trickling in, they start compounding into the bigger things. Psychedelics, they tend to give us what we need, not necessarily what we want. A lot of the times we have to go through the things that we need in order to get to the things we want."
"I think that in life it's about 10 percent of what happens to you and 90 percent how you react or respond to things. Things are just going to happen. You could not have prepared for it, there's absolutely nothing you could've done to avoid it or change it. That's the way of the world. The world, it's got a mind of it's own, it's going to keep on spinning, so why get out and push?"
"You worked so hard to have this armor, to put on this mask, that protects you from any external threat. Not knowing that sometimes the biggest threat is inside our armor, it's inside our minds."
"It's not only just the physical set and setting that you're in, it's the MIND-set you're in going into it. If you're going into this feeling closed off, just like with any experience in life, the expectations or pre-conceived notions you go into any kind of experience with is more likely than not going to be the outcome." - "Yeah, you'll find ways to make that true."
"I lost my professional purpose, then romantic, then my last sense of freedom since when I had initially moved away from home. So at that point, that's where I hit my real rock bottom."
"Over the past 9 years I've been learning every step of the way. I'm never gonna not be learning, mental health is a journey not a destination. A lot of us don't tend to remember as often, we're like "I just wanna get here, then I'll be good!" but, it's like no, no, no - we're fluid creatures, we're constantly changing and evolving, always trying to be a better version of who we were yesterday. It's reminding people that it's so easy to be so hard on ourselves. "Why can't I just GET it together?" "Why can't I just be this?" "Why am I always doing this to myself?" - it's important to remember that the only way out, is through. You have to be patient with yourself, you have to give yourself grace. It is okay to not be okay."
"I'm working with patients, I'm talking with them, when they are that rock bottom place in themself when they're first coming to this treatment for whatever the reason is, whatever they've gone through, whatever pain or trauma...
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Keenan is a member of the city council in Kelso, Washington. He's a commercial insurance agent, he's held jobs in the non-profit sector, has been a pseudo-law enforcement officer, has been a parole and probation officer, he has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Law and Justice, holds an advanced certificate of municipal leadership, is Vice President of Kelso Rotary, is active in the Kelso/Longview Chamber Of Commerce, and is on the Cowlitz Economic Development Council Board. Keenan is kind, fun, intelligent and compassionate.
In this thought-provoking and fun episode, Keenan and I talk about a lot of things, including changing times, technological glow-ups, growing up, hard work, valuable lessons, love for the city, homelessness, finding a reasonable middle with different types of people, future plans, music, not making judgments from the fringe actors, intrusive thoughts, impulsivity, mindfulness for people down on their luck, strange law-structures, addictions, alienation, the importance of community, self-policing, skatepark environments, spray painting dicks, pride in our city, beautification, personal stories, silly jokes, the fucking weather for some reason, music festivals at The Gorge, flowers in Castle Rock, response to a few questions submitted online from Facebook, some perspectives from Keenan about his job and vision as a leader, future plans, fat camp surgery, feeling better, foot races, friendships, being imperfect, and much more.If you enjoyed the chat, hit subscribe to hear new episodes. Follow like and share your thoughts.
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"This is how a human being can change: There's a worm addicted to eating grape leaves. Suddenly. He wakes up, call it Grace, whatever, something wakes him, and he's no longer a worm. He's the entire vineyard, and orchard too, the fruit, the trunks, a growing wisdom and joy that doesn't need to devour." Rumi
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The interview starts at 22:36I was recently a guest on "The Spiritual Awakening Show" and the last 100 minutes of this episode is that conversation, where the first 22 is a solocast of me blabbering on about my spiritual puberty and hitting 100 episodes. I share my experience having what I've grown to know as "A Kundalini Awakening" and some of my journey along the way. A Spiritual Awakening is very personal and not for everyone to have to know or understand deeply, it is work done by the individual experiencing the change in consciousness. I find myself in a peculiar spot to share some of the journey through my online voice and reach, and that's what I am doing here. Thanks for listening!
More on Brent's show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx__XZx3hwg
“So, you have to ask yourself: do you think human creativity matters?Well, hmm.
Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about poetry, right?They have a life to live and they’re not really that concerned with Allen Ginsberg’s poems or anybody’s poems.
Until; their father dies, they go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart, they don’t love you anymore, and all the sudden, you’re desperate for making sense out of this life, and
‘Has anybody ever felt this bad before? How did they come out of this cloud?’
- Or the inverse; something great. You meet somebody and your heart explodes, you love them so much you can’t even see straight, you know, you’re dizzy.
‘Did anybody feel like this before? What is happening to me?’
And that’s when art’s not a luxury, it’s actually sustenance. We need it.
OK. Well, what is it?
Human Creativity is Nature manifest in us.
I believe that we are here on this star and space to try to help one another.
And first, we have to survive, and then we have to thrive.
And to thrive, to express ourselves, alright, well, here’s the rub: we have to know ourselves.
What do you love?
And if you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you, and it expands.
Whenever you talk about creativity, it can have this kind of feel that it’s just nice, or it’s warm or it’s something pleasant.
It’s not.
It’s vital.
It’s the way we heal each other.
In singing our song, in telling our story, in inviting you to say ‘Hey, listen to me, and I’ll listen to you,” - we’re starting a dialogue, and when you do that, this healing happens, and we come out of our corners, and we start to witness each other’s common humanity, we start to assert it. And when we do that, really good things happen. So, if you want to help your community, if you want to help your family, if you want to help your friends, you have to express yourself. And to express yourself, you have to know yourself.
It’s actually super easy.
You just have to follow your love.
There is no path.
There’s no path till you walk it,
and you have to be willing to play the fool.”
- Ethan Hawke
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Brent Spirit went through an unintentional spiritual process that is often called “Kundalini Awakening”. Since, he has begun playing the role of spiritual teacher and helps many going through the same or similar process, primarily through his youtube channel and podcast “The Spiritual Awakening Show”. He joins us on the show to eloquently lay out the awakening process in a way that is reachable and direct for many, he teaches about the various forms of the spiritual path from a place of gentle and clear understanding that is welcoming to all persons across all versions of the awakening path.
In this episode, Brent details with us his absolutely fascinating and turbulent experience amidst his transformation in consciousness over the last 15 years. He tells personal stories of mental health, depression, confusion, hopelessness, disassociation, dpdr, derealization, psychedelics, pitfalls with teachers, Zen sickness, having ‘no-self’, meditation abnormalities, heartbreak, living in a dreamlike state, self-love, energy shooting through his spine, transformation, eastern philosophy, catholicism, and much more. We also talk about healing, Joe Dispenza, the differences in various kundalini experiences, gurus, Shakti, Brent meeting "The Hugging Saint" named Ama, as well as offer lots of personal anecdotes and resources to aid those on the path.
Check out Brent's show “The Spiritual Awakening Show” here: https://open.spotify.com/show/72DRFO9phISD5s7djoAC2E?si=3d1a82a42b6d458a (About: Spiritual teacher and intuitive, Brent Spirit, shares his insights and various topics surrounding the journey of Self-Realization, Enlightenment, Kundalini Awakening, Meditation, Ascension, Lightwork, Non-Duality, Yoga, The Law Of Attraction, and more.)
and follow @BrentSpirit on Youtube and Instagram. BrentSpirit.comBooks and resources mentioned for those undergoing an awakening experience:
The End Of Your World (Uncensored Straight Talk On The Nature Of Enlightenment) - AdyashantiTouched By The Light - Dr. Yvonne Kason
The Spiritual Awakening Guide - Mary Mueller Shutan
Kundalini Vidya The Science of Spiritual Transformation (A comprehensive system for understanding and guiding spiritual development) - Joan Shivarpita Harrigan
The Cosmic Serpent (DNA and the Origins of Knowledge) - Jeremy Narby
Ram Dass - Be Here Now
The Power Of Now - Eckhart Tolle
A Path With Heart (A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life) - Jack Kornfield
Matt Kahn - various works on self-love
Aaron Abke - various works found on youtube
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Hit Follow/like if you enjoyed the episode! - Swami Nityananda is the spiritual teacher of the Awake Yoga Meditation community. Consecrated by Swami Shankarananda, her teachings helps listeners and readers connect with the reality of love, wisdom, liberation, joy, harmony, and kindness. People who meditate with her find Swami Nityananda practices a selfless way of living in the world that asks, "How may I be of service?" and models through open-hearted, generous, and effervescent guidance, a path for us all to recognize our own inherent divine qualities, and to see the same in everyone.
As Juniper Ellis, she is Professor of English at Loyola University, where she teaches American Literature and World Literature Written in English. She earned her PhD at Vanderbilt University. Her talks are filled with wisdom, good humor, and authenticity. She teaches nondual awareness and the yogic tradition in ways accessible to contemporary audiences who love real-life stories and examples of humans living beyond limits. She is the author of the book Tattooing the World: Pacific Designs in Print and Skin. Her scholarly articles have appeared in respected journals in many English-speaking countries and she has spoken to audiences in ten countries and been a featured speaker on NPR and Radio Ireland among many other platforms and podcasts.
In this chat, Swami Nityananda and Jacob discuss yoga and some of the philosophies of yogis, identity, the voice of the heart, death, non-dualism, awareness, oneness experiences, the flow state, various meditation teachings, how to be more of yourself, gettings boosts of spiritual energy, obtaining focus and clarity of pure creative energy, residing in the flow of joy and harmony, and much more. Swami brings a peaceful and welcoming presence, with a nice dose of joyful laughter.
Checkout more from her world here:
https://awakeyogameditation.org/
https://www.amazon.com/Awake-Awareness-Swami-Nityananda-Giri/dp/B0BNTXST81A couple of notable quotes from the episode:
"We become increasingly aware of wherever our pain points are, or our reactivity is, we become aware of those, and able to NOT react, and not enter into the lower frequencies of anger, fear, frustration, doubt, limitation - wherever we have humanly felt blocked before - that increasingly dissolves and melts away. We are bringing healing, compassion, wisdom, and awareness in." - Swami Nityananda
"Of course, if you are a human facing loss, there's an adjustment and it's really honest spiritually to say 'This is a big adjustment that I'm going through, and humanly I'm experiencing grief right now.' And it becomes much easier to move through it gracefully, to not push down the feelings, not deny them, but also to connect with that wholeness, if we're able to connect with that connectedness which goes so far beyond the physical." - Swami Nityananda
"Stay here. Every moment that you have to stay here in the body, stay here. Be fully here, and, when the time comes, do not fear. Absolutely do not fear." - Swami Nityananda
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Five and a half years ago Kevin's life drastically changed when a physical altercation at a sporting event led him to a path of sobriety. In this episode, we talk about the habits and version of himself that led him to that day, the life changes inside and out that he experienced around that time, as well as his journey being a business operator and leader since then.
He shares his experience and perspectives on wanting to bring positive change to the world, being an aspiring rugby player, AA, dealing with anxiety, aggression friend and familial support, therapy, addiction, repentance, self-discovery, leadership, faith, Jesus, gratitude, and much more. It was a pleasure to chat with Kevin and I thought his openness to share his journey was rather admirable and immensely interesting. Kevin is the President of “Black Sheep Business Consulting” - where he and his team help turn ideas into business plans and so much more. Check out their website at bsbcon.com.
If you enjoyed the episode, consider sharing with a friend or loved one who may also find benefit or clarity through Kevin's powerful story.
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Jordenelle is a friend and teacher. A Registered Nurse turned Usui Reiki Master speaking from a place of true freedom, we had an awesome chat. More bio on her below. In this episode, we talked about being of service, trauma, synchronicity, coincidence, frequency, growth, awakening, kundalini, and re-incarnation. We then spent the latter portion of the podcast talking about Jordenelle's experience traveling to The Amazon Rainforest for an ayahuasca plant-medicine ceremony, alongside her mother.
Jordenelle is a herbalist, Farmer, Healer, Earth Angel, Light Worker, Way-Shower, Matrix-Breaker, Ancient Wisdom Channeller, Creator, Modern Shaman, Kangen Water Teacher, Tarot Reader, Trauma Stopper, Entrepreneur, Spiritual Scientist, and so much more... She's free, I'm glad for the chance to catch her on the mic here at The Junkyard Love Podcast.
Give her a follow on insta for more (@cosmic_merrmaid)
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Hailing from the Pacific Northwest - Bobby Barrz is a Rapper, Studio Engineer, A Leader, and the CEO & Creator of BigBet Studios. This talk from Bobby is free game. If you have dreams or goals or aspirations... you'll EAT listening to this conversation. Bobby comes from a place of truth and authenticity and doesn't sugar-coat or add baggage to his wisdom. He speaks from the heart and works hard to get where he is. He's here to drop barrz about winning and playing the game. He shares his journey and what he's been learning along the way and offers some amazing perspectives to young men and aspiring dream chasers. We talk about personal responsibility, learning from mistakes, giving ourselves grace, growing and gaining muscle to conquer larger obstacles as we expand, moving forward as a man, and staying motivated and disciplined. For Bobby, this isn't just about music, it's about building a brand and a legacy. We explore our writing styles as artists, we talk about finding your voice, processing life through story and art, inspiring other people through our work, being a good example for onlookers, putting yourself into the right position to answer the call when it comes, music as therapy, being a community with yourself, sacrifice, and being true to your aspirations. If you enjoyed the episode, send to a friend! - we'll see ya next episode. Checkout more of Bobby and Big Bet here - https://linktr.ee/bobbybarrz?fbclid=PAAab0CovjjM5N34BGRhBWTGk_4i65IA59W1cMR4pZlSrsytMJnG122AwNUiQWhatcha not gon' do, is put yourself into a position to not answer the call when it comes. Get to work. Hit like and follow to stay up to date - for more content from the host, follow @jacobfromtheinternet
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Facts about John:- He’s given over $50 million to charity- Spent time in prison- rose from dirt poor to be a 1/3 of a billionaire- Singer/Songwriter who recorded with Grammy Winning Producers- Written two books- Lawyer, Environmentalist, Philanthropist, Taxi-DriverJohn Lefebvre is a poetically and externally successful man with a checkered past - he’s been a taxi driver, a lawyer, a convict, an activist, a third of a billionaire, a musician, an author, an environmentalist, a philanthropist, and more. This multi-millionaire jailbird owned 27 percent of “The PayPal of online gambling”, he’s worked with Grammy-winning music producers and he co-founded “DeSmog.com”, a blog dedicated to exposing climate misinformation campaignsJohn was a delight to speak with and we had a very interesting conversation with great responses and perspectives on every subject we roll through. He and I discuss some of the thoughts expressed in his books, generosity, wealth, perspectives of the mass, gratitude, success, ego, knowledge, sovereignty, transcendental meditation, marijuana, taxes, banks, freedom, government, the selfish wealthy, LSD, being wealthy, some exerts from John's recent book, glimpses of enlightenment, meaning, finding purpose, and enjoying the planet to save it. ‘With a multitude of unique experiences and insights, Johns mission is to use his stories and philosophies to help make the world a better place. He believes change starts now and wants to give the opportunity for others to learn from his experiences and live more fulfilling lives. John hopes to have people realize that there is no use in complaining, recognize how screwed up things may be, and identify how to move towards a brighter future for all of humanity.’Enjoy the convo and check out more of Johns's Work on his website here - https://www.johnlefebvre.com/Pickup his most recent book here (also on audible!) - https://www.amazon.ca/Alls-Well-Where-Thou-Earth/dp/0995904200/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Books mentioned: 'The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name' by Brian C. Muraresku, Some quotes from John amidst our convo:"Kids, don't drop acid until you're ready to be troubled"“Hoarding is the wanking of wealth”“The making love of wealth is the sharing of it”“When we’re generous with people they don’t bust our balls”“Here’s the difficult part of my theory Jacob: we have to use force.”“The thing that is the most precious to me in my whole life has fallen into my lap, no more than it has into everybody’s, and that thing is: being a conscious being in the universe.”“Be still, yet still be.”“Get out there and show some people some great music and then get back to work”(Full video available on YouTube) (Recorded 9/16/21)
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A solocast, for those guys who feel overwhelmingly anxious and depressed.
Just set your armor down for a second and let me talk to you.
I can only offer you my perspective, which is fueled by years of personal experience and learning about myself through books, lectures, videos, podcasts, conversations, determination, and action. I'm still on this 'mental health' path myself, but I know damn sure I'm not alone. Neither are you brother.
You just have to start listening.
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A charismatic-chameleon,
A wisdom-filled wizard,
A starry-eyed Scorpio,
it’s the great Roman Merrell!
In this episode, I’m joined by an old friend to explore a bit of our past… recent and far far away. Roman has lived an interesting and adventurous life up to this point, and his perception of the world is a wonderful one to know.
We catch up as Roman shares personal teachings and experiences from the last decade that have led him on a path of discovery and introspection about the universe. We speak astrology, the self, things we learned in our twenties, teens, and childhood, psychedelic experiences, being a Scorpio and an introvert, meta-perspective, voices in the head, alchemy, cognitive perception over the ages, being aware of awareness, various philosophies of the past, trauma, postcards to our Karmic family, lost lineage, retold histories, heightened intuition, fake crying, and much much more. I could've title this "Two Scorpio friends reconnect and talk about their place in the universe" but that didn't feel as catchy. If you love the wisdom and knowledge from Roman - check out his podcasts and art here:
Rising From The Ashes Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6fmYk1ZLuJSbCwVaPRZCns?si=9fece4a6688143d6
Moon Mysteries: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DLYhkZ1ZIsEiJNl2iTIOQ?si=a8671cec08654f36
GUSHMORR: https://open.spotify.com/artist/65iT1qNV8ArdVR3UL8zb8l?si=5VNX4p6QT4CjsLGXIZ5Mkw
If you'd love to hear more convos between Roman and myself - let us know! comment, share, and follow - thanks for listening!
Roman expands on the concept of:
"Millionaires don't have Astrologers, billionaires do."
"When I was a kid, I had this movie theatre in my head."
"There were these nuns, they would walk in through my ear, they would go and sit down in the seats in my head, watching what I'm watching, commenting on what I'm seeing, and I couldn't of been more than nine or ten years old."
"We are so in love with love, humans are love. Everything that we have down to our core, is a passion, it's a heartbeat, it's a feeling, and it's the vibration of unconditional love. When you separate all the layers, that's what it is. You get in tune with that by surrounding yourself with the things that make it easy for you to feel that love."
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Nike brings her valuable wisdom, firsthand experience, and elegant articulation to the podcast in this episode - she’s a Consultant specializing in family business where the torch is being passed down to a new generation. Our conversation moved very naturally through various topics including Nikes Bio, technological changes, personal experiences with businesses, the future of business, the melting pot of Austin TX, cognitive diversity, maintaining a growth mindset, and we weave through various philosophies of tech, leadership, culture, generational differences, legacy, and much much more. Certainly an episode for everyone, not just those in family business. Please hit subscribe/follow! Thanks for listening!
Here’s her bio:
“Nike Anani is a Speaker, Author and Consultant to NextGens that seek to lead their Family Businesses. She helps NextGens rise above operations into a non-executive board role with credibility, so that they are able to lead and formulate a plan to future-proof the business, becoming more effective change agents. Nike fuses her inside experience as a NextGen executive in her Family’s Enterprise, as a Chartered Accountant and as a Family Business Advisor to bring practical proven solutions to the table.
Nike has almost a decade of experience working in African family businesses, as a NextGen in her parents’ businesses and also as a co-Founder of several others. This inside experience as a NextGen birthed a passion to help others in similar shoes as herself in being effective change champions that collaborate with other family members and stakeholders in co-building legacy businesses that would outlive them.
After graduating from University College London, United Kingdom, with a degree in Economics in 2008, Nike worked at Deloitte London for 3 years in Corporate Tax International where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Thereafter
in 2011, she relocated to Lagos, Nigeria to work in her family’s businesses.
She is the co-founder of African Family Firms, a pan-African association of family businesses, and the author of “Building Resilient Family Enterprises”. She is a member of Family Firm Institute. Nike is rated as one of the top 100 Consultants globally in the Family Enterprise World by Family Capital, a leading online publication for Family Businesses.
She is happily married and a mother to two young boys, who are her biggest sources of inspiration to leave a lasting legacy on our world.”
Couple quotes from Nike in this episode:
“You want to plan as early as yesterday. it’s never too early for legacy planning”
“More Diverse teams, and true inclusion, leads to co-creation of better solutions.”
Episode initially recorded on 8-27-21, released for the first time here
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(first couple mins is self-promo, guest intro starts at 1:55)
Will Andes is wise, well-spoken, and full of welcoming perspective. A salesman with a constantly evolving good nature, this good-natured troublemaker joins the podcast from Philadelphia where he lives with his family and close friends. Amidst our time together here we weave through topics such as; physical and mental health, yoga, good teachings, pop culture, east coast vs. west coast minds, thinking towards growth, fatherhood, expanding capacities for love, the death of the Great Mac Miller, creating art, rules of artistry, privacy, free-speech, social-media, how to change perspective, contributions to the collective conscious, marriage, weddings, parental technology, we talk about A.I. Rappers, alleviating stress, being a control person, planning a future, various ways we’ve changed as we grew, advice to the younger self, healing trauma, spiritual awakenings, enlightening paths, being a leader, hierarchies, psychedelics, and mucho more-o. If you enjoyed the episode, hit subscribe and give it a like. Follow the Instagram @jacobfromtheinternet for updates on new episodes, clips, and more.
Books mentioned: Eckhart Tolle - The Power Of Now
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"Daniel Matalon is the founder of #IsThereEnough, a provocative new conversation about the intersection of survival economics and social justice. He is also the co-founder of Impact Launchpad, a UK-based venture studio for social impact incubation and development. Working from a book, a conversation, and a unique social research experiment that has taken him to 22 countries, Mr. Matalon is asserting that humanity’s biggest existential threat is not climate change, tribalism, or inequality but our inability to make agreement with each other at the level we require to address our challenges. His upcoming title, The First Agreement, is a historical and future-leaning look at economics, scarcity, and survival, that suggests that our drivers of incentive can be measurably built around human beings at the center of our economies, rather than the assets and resources we measure them by today."
In this episode, Daniel and I discuss what he's adding new to The Conversation, Buckminster Fuller, our warlike conversation type, the most surprising response to the question of "isthereenough?", power, war, common identity, laws and agreement, suffering, the IDW, conversations on Clubhouse, economic values, global citizens, those who want to make a difference, personal transformation, the life that lives within conversation, the last treaty humanity will ever need to sign, a decentralized approach to self-government, collaboration, awareness, taking care of humanity as a way of taking care of the planet, building a world game not a world order, making the world work, hopefulness and much more. If you enjoyed, hit subscribe and hit the bell to be notified of new episodes - look out for the book coming out early 2023.
isthereenough.org
(mentioned MarciaMartin.com, George Carlin Saving The Planet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c, )
IsThereEnough Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/IsThereEnough
Instagram - /danielmatalon/
LinkedIn - /in/danielmatalon/
Facebook - /danieltmatalon
Twitter - /danielmatalon
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"Spencer Hicks, Bachelor in arts of strategic communication; studies semiotics, enjoyed Hegelian dialectics and eats from the trash can of ideology."Various things that Spencer and I discussed throughout this convo:Philosophy, March Fischer, the state of modern society, hyper-realism, art, hauntology, Spencers' thesis, retro-futurism, cyber-punk, ontology, how art represents a culture, the roles of an artist to fight hegemonic belief systems, criticizing power structures, existential-dread, marxists criticisms, technology and robotic systems, ends of civilizations, kierkegaard, baudrillard, indoctrination, self-terminating systems, using the word 'inherently' too much, unusual behaviors we have, psychological quirks, Spencer shares what he’s been reading, listening to, working on and contemplating as of late, productivity, leaving a legacy as a trap, buddhist thought being captured by capitalism, self-help, I talk about myself a lot, remembering the nature of the self, Alan Watts and his book “The Wisdom Of Insecurity”, essentialism, David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom, propaganda, self-reflection, opposing political views, signs and symbols, personality, cognitive-miserliness, the apparent impossibilities of consensus, being wrong, The Intellectual Dark Web, Sam Harris & The Waking Up app, how we perceive one another, breaking stuff, nostalgia, the mandala effect, kundalini, and some more. If you enjoyed, consider hitting like or sharing with your tallest friend. cheerio“It’s just like having your eyes refreshed all the time” “I fundamentally disagree with myself last year, every year.” - Spencer Hicks
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Joining us from the Golden State - Zach Beach, MA, is an internationally renowned yoga teacher, best-selling author, poet, love coach, founder of The Heart Center love school, and host of The Learn to Love Podcast. He has taught and coached thousands of couples and individuals on how to deepen their love and connection and is the author of The Seven Lessons of Love and two poetry collections with a third out in June. He also has a Masters Degree in East/West Psychology and is actively dedicated to bringing more love into the world.
Through his work, he helps people lead happier, more loving, and more fulfilling lives and we discuss some of that wisdom in this episode. He brings his wise lens, knowledge, and articulation to us as we explore some thoughts around the ego, consciousness, suffering, wisdom, history, living with purpose, connection and belonging, mental and physical well being, mindfulness, living from the heart, unconditional love vs transactional love, perceiving time, the mind-body-connection, being caught in the mind, koans, the power of poetry, spiritual short stories, metta loving-kindness meditations and more. I am grateful to hear Zachs perspective on the human condition. Check out his previous works and look out for his newest collection "Pebbles" dropping in June.
Subscribe to catch the latest episodes as they release. Lots of awesome guests on the horizon.
Learn more at www.zachbeach.com or check out the links below
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