This week we talk to Robbie Vorhaus about following your heart

Robbie Vorhaus is widely recognized as one of the top three reputation and crisis experts and advisors in the world.

In This Interview, Robbie Vorhaus and I Discuss:

• The One You Feed parable
• The choice we face in every moment
• How if we feed our ego we are always alone, if we feed our heart we are always connected
• How you have to start now
• The math of One Less, One More
• Add one more good thing to your life each day and do one less thing negative thing
• Why we fail at major life transformation when we try to do too much at once
• The uniqueness of every human
• Doing less of what is no longer working for you
• Facing the fork in the road
• How there will always be resistance to our dreams.
• Committing to being our own person
• Following our heart
• The process of becoming
• How much choice do we have in our mood?
• The power of curiosity
• The power of small changes
• The crying Zen Monk
• If you think you are enlightened spend a weekend with your family
• Dealing with the perception of others
• How we tend to judge people by their worst moments
• Not allowing others to define us
• Do we want to be dust or ash?
• How wealth and fame do not necessarily bring happiness
• Committing to being our own person and being authentic

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The #1 Mistake Most People Make When Trying to Change Behavior

This week we talk to Mary O'Malley about awakening to the world around us

Mary O’Malley is an author, teacher, and counselor whose work awakens others to the joy of being fully alive.  Her inspired and transformative approach to compulsions offers a way to replace fear, hopelessness and struggle with ease, well-being and joy. Through her individual counseling and coaching, books, classes, retreats and ongoing groups, Mary invites people to experience the miracle of awakening.

Acknowledged as a leader in the field of Awakening by many Mary clearly sees both the big picture and the details of human patterns and conditioning.  She possesses an extraordinary ability to understand and connect with people. And she is skilled in empowering people to work with difficult mind states resulting in greater inner awareness and presence and a greater capacity for joy.  Eckhart Tolle says, “Thank you, Mary, for your contribution to the evolution of human consciousness.”

Her latest book is called What’s In the Way, Is the Way: A Practical Guide to Awakening.

In This Interview, Mary O'Malley and I Discuss:

• The One You Feed parable
• The intertwining of good and bad, the yin and yang
• Dealing with eating problems
• How what we fight, we empower
• Creating a relationship with the dark side
• The impact of the early years of our lives
• The conditioned self
• How we are addicted to struggle
• Being present to life instead of thinking our way through life
• The "low-grade suffering" that permeates our lives
• The storyteller in our minds
• The Four Let's- Let Life, Let it Be, Let it Go,
• Learning to not listen so closely to the storyteller in our mind
• The difference between being here for life and being in a conversation about life

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This week we talk to Dan Harris and Oren Sofer about mindful communication

In This Interview, Oren Dan and I Discuss:

This week we talk to Colin Beavan about being happy AND changing the world

Colin Beavan’s writing, speaking, consulting and activism have encouraged tens of thousands of people to examine their lives to discover what’s really important to them.

He is among the world’s best-known spokespeople on environmental issues, consumerism and human quality of life. He was called “one of the ten most influential men” by MSN, an “eco-illuminator” by Elle Magazine, a “best green ambassador” by Treehugger.com, and his blog was selected as one of the top 15 environmental blogs by Time Magazine.

Colin has appeared on The Colbert Report, Good Morning America, Nightline and countless other TV and radio shows.

Colin’s latest book is How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness that Helps the World

In This Interview, Colin Beavan and I Discuss:

• The One You Feed parable
• The illusion that we are separate from this world
• How to give energy to what is true for you
• How to give less energy to what is not true for you
• His experience as "No Impact Man."
• The martyr, victim, scoundrel, and hero
• The four psychological needs we need to satisfy to be happy
• Intrinsic vs Extrinsic goals
• The stories we tell ourselves about the world and our lives
• Analogical Thinking
• The ukelele approach

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This week we talk to Steven C Hayes about getting out of our minds and into our lives

Steven C Hayes is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. He is an author of over 35 books and over 500 scientific articles. He is considered one of the founders of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

In 1992 he was listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th “highest impact” psychologist in the world. His work has been recognized by several awards including the Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applications from Division 25 of APA, the Impact of Science on Application award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

He is best known for his book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

In This Interview, Steven C Hayes and I Discuss:

• The One You Feed parable
• His book, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
• That you know if your thoughts are good or bad by the fruits that they bear
• The ACT approach to therapy
• The difference between pain and suffering
• The importance of putting the human mind on a leash
• That suffering comes from when we mishandle the present moment, and we amplify certain thoughts and feelings
• The meaning of Cognitive Fusion: when we can look only from our thoughts and not at our thoughts
• The importance of and various types of contemplative practice
• Various diffusion techniques (listed in a free episode download!)
• The concept and practice of experiential avoidance
• The full impact of acting for "short term gains with long term pains"

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This week we talk to Aaron Anastasi about not listening to the voices that hold us back

Aaron Anastasi is a Southern California native who graduated with a master’s degree from Princeton where he studied philosophy and psychology.

He’s also a serial entrepreneur with online businesses such as Superior Songwriting Method, Signing Success, and the internationally recognized, Superior Singing Method, an online singing lesson program that grosses seven-figures annually.

Having a love for adventure, he was a pro snowboarder in Vail, Colorado, scaled Glacier Lake mountains in Bolivia, and cut pathways through the jungles of Contagem, Brazil.

Along with being a Los Angeles based actor and filmmaker, Aaron is also a prominent success coach for clients in industry-leading roles, ranging from film directors to marine biologists to TEDx speakers. His new book, The Voice of Your Dreams,was recently released.

In This Interview, Aaron Anastasi and I Discuss:

• The One You Feed parable
• The limiting voices in our head
• The "You don't have what it takes" voice
• Instead of asking "Do I have what it takes" ask "Do I have the capacity to find the resources I need to be successful"
• The fixed vs growth mindset, again
• How the limiting voices often appear as reality
• How inspiration and passion often arise while we are in action
• Waiting on inspiration is a mistake and a misunderstanding of how it works
• The importance of just getting started- the hardest part is right before we start
• Breaking things down to very small chunks to help us get started
• Recovering from pessimism
• The old Hemmingway trick- Finishing while you still have one idea left

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A native of South Dakota, Robert Sessions earned a B.A. from Drake University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan.  Before focusing on photography, for more than four decades he taught at Kirkwood Community College, Grinnell College, Luther College, and the University of Minnesota in Duluth.

As a photographer he works frequently with his wife, travel writer Lori Erickson. Together they produce Spiritual Travels, a website describing holy sites around the world, and Holy Rover, a blog hosted by Patheos, the world’s largest website on religion and spirituality. His photos also appear regularly in publications that include the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette and Group Tour Magazine. He is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers.

In addition, Sessions is the author of Becoming Real: Authenticity in an Age of Distractions and co-author of Working In America: A Humanities Reader.  He has also published several dozen articles on environmental philosophy, the philosophy of work, ethics, and the philosophy of technology.

He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

In This Interview, Robert Sessions and I Discuss:

• The One You Feed parable
• His new book, Becoming Real: Authenticity in an Age of Distractions
• That authenticity is something fundamental that is at the heart of what we are all seeking
• How authenticity is impacted by variables found on the inside as well as in the world surrounding a person
• The three main distractions that get in the way of authenticity
• That work is a major context within which we discover ourselves
• How bad habits surrounding technology can get in the way of being our authentic selves

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This week we talk to Rick Heller about secular meditation

Rick Heller is the author of the new book, Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy — A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard.

Rick leads weekly meditations at the Humanist Community at Harvard.

Rick received a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT

In This Interview, Rick Heller and I Discuss:

This week we talk to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein about the relevance of philosophy in today's world

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is an American philosopher who is also a novelist and public intellectual. She is the author of ten books, many of which cross the divide between fiction and non-fiction. She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton.

Her latest book is called Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, an exploration of the historical roots and contemporary relevance of philosophy. In the book Plato is brought to life in the 21st century and demonstrates the relevance of philosophy by arguing with contemporary figures such as a software engineer at Google headquarters, a right-wing talk show host, an affective neuroscientist, and others.

Goldstein is a MacArthur Fellow, has won the National Jewish Book Award, and numerous other honors. In September of 2015  she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House.

In This Interview, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and I Discuss: