The Mind Unset

Matthew McConaughey said, "The best advice comes from people who don't give advice." So, let's talk about giving advice. We all have that friend or family member. Their life is a bit of a mess. They’re constantly embroiled in some sort of drama and they come to you for advice. Do you give it? This is a difficult position to be because you want to help but you’re reluctant to –...

Nashville's own Tayla Lynn is a singer/songwriter, actor, and mother. She joined me a few days after playing the Grand Ole Opry for the first time in celebration of her grandmother's 90th birthday. Her grandmother, or as Tayla lovingly refers to her, Meemaw, is none other than country music icon Ms. Loretta Lynn. "The end goal wasn't to be a country singer. It was to be a truth...

Marcel Proust wrote, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Episode 3 has me fighting through a creative block and I was about to give up until a little shift from convergent thinking to divergent thinking shook something loose.  There's nothing like a spur-of-the-moment road trip through Baja, Mexico, complete with military che...

From his early days as a bike messenger to a successful artist and content creator, Dustin Klein forged his way forward by doing whatever it took. These days, he's at the forefront of Portland's counter-culture art and cycling scenes. His YouTube channel, Everything's Been Done, has amassed over 65,000 dedicated subscribers who tune in every week. I spoke to Dustin about silencing t...

If someone asked you to tell your life story in five-hundred words or less, could you do it? That's not a lot of words. How do you decide what to put in or–more importantly–what you're gonna leave out? And where do you even start? At the beginning, most would say. But that's the problem. There are just so many beginnings.  How are you with new beginnings? How do you handle change? ...

Hey I’m Chris DiCroce, host of the Mind Unset and I’m obsessed with stories. Stories about people, places, and experiences. Fascinated by life outside the lines.  In 2012 – I stepped outside the lines; quit the rat race and sold almost everything I owned to move onto a 35-foot sailboat in search of something different. More meaningful.   The Mind Unset is a show for curious minds with an inquisiti...