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Mini Episode: Consistency

The importance of consistency in behavior change. Consistency of action is critical. It's amazing what a series of small steps taken day after day can do.

 
"What you do every day matters than what you do once in awhile"- Gretchen Rubin
 
"A jug fills drop by drop"- The Buddha

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative" -Oscar Wilde

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This week we talk to Rabbi Rami Shapiro about perennial wisdom

Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award-winning author, poet, essayist, and educator whose poems have been anthologized in over a dozen volumes, and whose prayers are used in prayer books around the world. Rami received rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and holds both Ph.d. and D.D. degrees. He has created a synagogue, worked as a management consultant for Fortune 500 companies, and got initiated into the Ramakrishna Order of Vedanta.

In addition to writing over 30 books, Rami writes a regular column for Spirituality and Health magazine called “Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler” He also host his own podcast Essential Conversations with Rabbi Rama.

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In This Interview Rabbi Rami and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • How the good wolf can teach the bad wolf
  • Why Rabbi Rami is a Jew
  • How wisdom comes out of dialogue
  • The importance of thinking critically & paradoxically
  • The four components of perennial wisdom
  • The idea of spiritual maturity
  • The role of Believing in Something vs. Experiencing Something

 

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This week we talk to Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde

Johnette Napolitano is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.

Johnette is currently a resident of Joshua Tree, California. She composes music for films and works as a gallery artist, specializing in working with discarded and reclaimed materials. She also takes care of rescue horses.

Her latest record is called Naked and her book is called Rough Mix.

Chris and I have been huge fans of her work for over 25 years.

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In This Interview Johnette and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • Channeling negative emotions into art.
  • The role of our environment on our moods.
  • Finding the right balance between repressing and indulging our moods.
  • Flamenco dancing.
  • The danger of denying the spiritual side of ourselves.
  • How relevant "God is a Bullet" is today.
  • Willing her property to The Desert Land Trust.
  • Being rejected early in their career.
  • The song "True"
  • Paradox and Contradiction.
  • How cliches are cliches for a reason.
  • Fear of missing out.
  • Working with Harold Budd.
  • Using social media in a positive way.
  • The mystery of life.
  • Her new three song EP.
  • Moving out of Hollywood.
  • Her new song "Here"
  • The things she does to comfort herself.
  • Who "Joey" is about.
  • The lesson that has taken her the longest to learn.
  • How life can end at any minute and learning to appreciate it while we are here.
  • How every moment is precious.
  • That sleep is the sex of the new millennium: you'll be lucky if you get any.

Songs featured in this episode:

God is a Bullet

True

Here

Joey

 

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Kerry Patterson- The One You Feed

 

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This week we talk to Kerry Patterson

Kerry Patterson is the four-time New York Times best-selling co-author of Crucial ConversationsCrucial Accountability, Influencer, and Change Anything.

He received his doctorate from Stanford. He has been featured in more than 150 print and radio programs, including MSN Career Builder, and CNN. He is also the co-founder of VitalSmarts, an innovator in corporate training and leadership development. He is a recipient of the Mentor of the Year Award and the 2004 William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumni Award from Brigham Young University.
 
His latest book is called The Grey Fedora.

In This Interview Kerry and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • What a crucial conversation is: stakes are high and emotions are strong.
  • What is happening in the brain during conversations that are emotional.
  • The role of the amygdala.
  • How moving from anger to curiosity helps defuse tense conversations.
  • The one question we should ask ourselves before entering any disagreement.

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This week we talk to Justin Sullivan from New Model Army

Justin Sullivan is an English singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and lyricist of the British rock band New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 together with drummer Robert Heaton and bassist Stuart Morrow in their hometown of Bradford, Yorkshire. In the early 1980s he performed under the stage name of "Slade the Leveller". Their latest record is called Between Dog and Wold released in 2013.

The New Model Army record, Thunder and Consolation, is one of our favorite records ever. Eric says it is in his top 5 of all time.

In This Interview Justin and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • Whether we really live by our values.
  • How money doesn't make us happy but we still chase it
  • That human systems mimic nature.
  • New Model Army songs about the weather.
  • Nature vs. Nurture
  • How much people can actually change.
  • How education helps make the world more interesting and enjoyable.
  • The inevitability of change.
  • How it's always the ones that want to be saved that do all of the saving.

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Scott Gornto- The One You Feed

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This week we talk to Scott Gornto about the stories we tell ourselves

R. Scott Gornto, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist and Expert on Relationships and Personal Development. Scott works with Individuals, Couples, Families, Groups and Businesses. His recent book is called: The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Stop Jumping to Conclusions. Free Yourself from Anxiety. Transform Your Relationships

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Brigid Schulte is an award-winning journalist for the Washington Post and Washington Post magazine. She was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize. She is also a fellow at the New America Foundation. She is a regular contributor to the She The People blog and has written for Style, Outlook, and other outlets.

She writes about work-life issues and poverty, seeking to understand what it takes to live The Good Life across race, class and gender.

Her recent book is called Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

In This Interview Brigid and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • How being overwhelmed never goes away.
  • What "The Overwhelm" is.
  • How it's not the amount of stress but how we feel about it.
  • Busyness as a badge of honor.

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This week we talk to Bob Proctor about thought and action

Bob Proctor is an author, lecturer, counselor, business consultant, entrepreneur, and teacher  of positive thinking, self-motivation and maximizing human potential. In that endeavor, he follows in the footsteps of such motivational giants as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale and Wallace D. Wattles.

He is the author on numerous book including the international best-seller You Were Born Rich, his latest book is called The ABC's of Success.

He was prominently featured in the book and movie, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.

In This Interview Bob and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • The paradigm that feeds the bad wolf.
  • His feeling on the movie The Secret.
  • The Law of Vibration is the primary law over the Law of Attraction.
  • That positive thinking alone does not deliver.
  • The belief that we get what we think about it is a myth.
  • How a little bit of knowledge is dangerous.
  • How whatever we impress on our mind, we express outwardly.
  • That we must have discipline as our most basic attribute.
  • Being able to give ourselves a command and then following it.
  • That the real problem is that we do not understand ourselves.
  • Changing the core paradigm.
  • His view on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
  • How we never learn about who we are in the formal education system.
  • Whether there is more to a spiritual life than desire and wanting.
  • That humans are creative beings.
  • The two good reasons to want money.
  • The devil's best tool.
  • The damaging power of discouragement.
  • Rising Above our circumstances.
  • How we either react to life or respond.
  • The space between stimulus and response.
  • That when we re-act, the other person is in charge.
  • Dealing with our emotions in a conscious fashion.
  • The value of reading biographies of famous people.
  • The room of windows versus the room of mirrors.
  • Avoiding the obligation mindset.
  • Dissatisfaction as a creative state.
  • That grandma was wrong.
  • The power of persistence.

 

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Rick Hanson- The One You Feed

 

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This week we talk to Dr. Rick Hanson about hardwiring happiness into our brain

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence as well as Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love  and Wisdom and Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time.

He is the Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and an Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he's been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.

An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, Dr. Hanson's work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, CBC, Fox Business, Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, and O Magazine, and his articles have appeared in Tricycle Magazine, Insight Journal, and Inquiring Mind.

In This Interview Rick and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable.
  • His latest book: Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence.
  • That feeding the good wolf is a daily habit.
  • How it's our responsibility to feed our good wolf- no one can do it for us.
  • How frequently our brain changes.
  • Experience-dependent neuroplasticity.
  • That our brains are like velcro for the bad and Teflon for the good.
  • Deciding what we cultivate and what do you restrain.

 

 

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This week we talk to Jackie Warner about using exercise and food to improve low mood

Jackie Warner is best known as the star of Bravo’s “Work Out” and “Thintervention”

Jackie is one of the world’s most sought-after fitness experts. She wrote two New York Times Bestsellers, This is Why You’re Fat (and How to Get Thin Forever), and 10 Pounds in 10 Days. Her new is book This is Why You’re Sick and Tired. Jackie has contributed to over thousands of articles, making her the among the most quoted fitness authorities globally. She also stars in several best-selling DVDs.

 

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In This Interview Jackie and I Discuss...

  • The One You Feed parable
  • Her new book: This is Why You Are Sick and Tired
  • Monitoring whether our energy brings happiness or sadness to others.
  • Using food and exercise to improve depression.
  • The prevalence of toxicity in our cells.

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