With the rate of change and the pace at which we as individuals and society are evolving, cultivating inner strength is a venture worth pursuing especially if you want to be equipped to handle life’s challenges and develop true self-reliance. My guest today, Rick Hanson, was on the show back on episode 059 to talk about his book Buddha’s Brain: The …

It’s pretty tough to deny the fact that we are influenced by unseen forces, energies and frequencies that we can’t fully explain or describe from the rational mind. Frequencies, energy, and even emotion are an experience. Giving more attention to how we feel and tending to our personal vibration and choosing to come from what Penney calls our home frequency …

I invited Sarah Sherwood back on the show today to talk about adult attachment theory and adult attachment styles. I’m relatively new to attachment theory, but the little I have dug into it helped me start understanding my own patterns of relating and why they exist. The basic understanding of this theory is that how you regulate and experience yourself …

People in the academic realm, like many other areas of study, can’t seem to agree on what empathy actually is. Simply put, my guest today Karla McLaren’s goal with her work on empathy is not to contend, necessarily agree with or go against any of the research, but merely to make empathy accessible to regular people out in the world …

One of the most effective ways for me personally to drop into a different state is to turn on some tunes. Like life, I have my seasons in the days, weeks, and months where I’ll gravitate to different styles of music as if it’s conditioning a particular state of being. A few years back I stumbled on a song that …

In this week’s episode I wanted to share a little story with you because I realized in the last few weeks as I’ve been navigating some personal challenges in my life as well as some things in business that I found myself over focusing on the details… let’s call it the problem, the circumstances and trying to move around the …

Growing up, I can remember a huge emphasis and reward placed on having a strong intellect. While having a good head on your shoulders is an essential skill, the mind is a wonderful servant, but a horrible master. It wasn’t until later in life that I realized the vast skill set of emotional intelligence and what it really means to …

If you’ve ever felt flooded by strong thoughts and emotions, then this one is for you. Starting to create a healthy distance from strong thoughts and emotions is the first step to creating a more resourceful state where you can lower the stress response and work yourself into better feeling thoughts. Today I’ll distill a practice I use to loosen …

Language is a powerful shaper of our experience. The depth of training and knowledge most of us have when it comes to words stops at basic grammar.  I remember when I had my first powerful experience with language and consciousness, and how from that moment forward, my view of language was forever changed. Back on episode 065 I chatted with …

Language was the equivalent of my gateway drug into the personal development space about 10 years ago. I was already into fitness and health, and was working as a personal live in chef for the years prior. When I got a glimpse of the “non-physical” modalities like thought, language, and consciousness, I was hooked. In a soon to be released …