Breaking the Chains

Sometimes, our opinions can blind us.    There was a time, when I was very angry with the Christian church, and very judgmental of most Christians, and when I had a list of objections to Christianity a mile long.  But even there, God reached out to me, and called me home in life changing ways.    I spent 10 years trying to get home to that God who touched my life, but not knowing the way.   In thi...

Today I needed to spend a few minutes talking about the holidays, and how the expectations the media puts on us don't necessarily reflect reality, and how that can sometimes lead to depression when we don't live up to them.  

It's been five years since Pam and I first moved to Tampa, Florida, so I asked her if she'd come on the show with me to talk about living here. We discuss both the pros and cons of living in Tampa, if Tampa is the best part of the state, and then we compare Florida with both California and Hawaii.   Then my "hater" friend John had to come on the show to share his hysterical point of view on why Fl...

It's basically been five years since Pam and I first moved here to Tampa, Florida.    W ith it being five years for both of us, I asked her if she'd come on the show with me to talk about how it's been living here in the Tampa, Florida area, both the pros and cons, and then compare Florida with both California and Hawaii.    Then my "hater" friend John had to come on this show to share his hysteri...

Last episode, I brought on a couple of my friends, April Hunter and Wade Williams, and we started a conversation around the seven deadly sins.  Today is part two, and we'll finish the conversation by covering some big ones… greed, lust, and pride.  But wait, there's more!   After relistening to it, I found myself going into a deep dive on certain aspects of lust that I wanted to try and understand...

Today I'm gonna bring you a fun conversation around the Seven Deadly Sins… and how learning to avoid them can make your life better.   In order to do this, I'm bringing on two guests, April Hunter and Wade Williams.   (April, you might remember from Episode 51 about Online Dating.)   The goal with today's show is just to make you think, because I think the danger is not thinking about them at all....

 Today we're gonna talk about my journey into church.   Now, I realize "church" can be a very polarizing topic, but I think this podcast truly has something for everyone, no matter how you feel about the issue.   Whether you love church, have major issues with church, or even if you've ever had a bad experience and then quit going, there's something here for you.   Even if you don't think anything...

We constantly hear about the importance of watching what we put into our body, but nobody ever talks about the importance of guarding what we consume with our minds.  Today, we're going to talk on that. We'll discuss the science of how our thoughts and behavior can be molded, without our conscious awareness.  We'll tell a story about our major media companies doing just that.  And, we'll talk abou...

We just finished a very divided presidential election.  I was curious how a nation could get so divided, with so much negative emotion, and with a total inability to either have peaceful conversations, or just say "to each his own".  So, I wanted to look into that, to understand the psychology behind it, in hopes that it could help me "break the spell" of that division.   One thing I really didn't...

Language is so useful to society, that the negative side of it is often totally ignored…   and that's that simple words can really shape our perception, and the framework of our language, can really cage our minds.   Today we'll discuss the many ways that words and language can do that, while sharing a ton of examples and scientific studies.   We'll also talk priming, hypnosis power words, neuroli...

A thought experiment about a possible link between pyramids and the Tower of Babel, leads to a line of thought about how words fall totally short with regards to understanding God. 

Where does our consciousness reside?  Is it in our mind alone, or is it something shared among us all?  Today I will give a well formed and well thought out argument, for a form of consciousness that is not only shared between all humans, but that permeates everything.  

This episode was originally supposed to just be about time, and it is about time, but it also branches off into a number of different areas which which expose major flaws in many things we've been led to believe, and our scientific establishment as a whole.  

This is one of the coolest podcasts I've ever done. We cover the world of online dating, the dirty tactics of Match, why you may not have had the luck you hoped for due to algorithms purposefully skewed, how to protect yourself and decipher fake profiles, the most common complaints from a he said/she said viewpoint, some funny stories and our winning pick for the best online dating app.  In additi...

Today I want to talk about a way of dealing with EVERY problem we face, as well as our lives in general, that will always end in a win… with love.  This isn't gonna just be a rah-rah show.  I'm gonna give specific examples.  We'll talk science.  We'll also talk metaphysics.  We'll share scenarios.  We'll talk philosophy… And I'm going to seriously provide an intelligent argument to convince you th...

A 10 year "saying hello" episode saying hello, answering some questions about the website, giving an update on things in my life, as well as sharing other items of interest

Today we are going to talk with Amanda, host of the Living the Aloha Life podcast, about hiking the Kalalau trail.  

Today we are going to talk about a lot of things within quantum physics that will blow your mind, including the double split experiment, the measurement problem, superpostion and entanglement.  I'm going to explain them in clear, easy to understand words.   Then we are going to talk about many theories within science based on trying to understand the results of experiments:  the Many Worlds Theory...

We spend a third of our lives asleep, and we dream for a large portion of the time we are asleep, but we have no solid idea of what dreams are or why we have them.   Today we're gonna talk about dreaming.  I'm going to bring you a lot of information related to what we do know, or think we know, along with what we don't know, along with my own thoughts on the subjects.   We are also going to cover...

An amazing show talking about perception vs reality, some of the most popular scientific studies on perception, the nature of reality in itself, and how you can use this information to better your life.

In this episode we talk about observation towers in the Tampa area and three popular biking trails. We share some cool alligator facts.  And then, we also have a conversation about people moving to Florida

Today we are going to talk about The Florida Conservation and Technology Center, a co-op between Tampa Electric, the Florida Aquarium, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the University of Florida.  They are doing a lot of awesome things there.  It's educational.  Its a blast to visit.  They've got some great trails there.  They've got an awesome observation tower there... a...

Today we are going to have some fun in the St. Petersburg area.  We will go hiking and kayaking at Weedon Island Preserve.  We will visit Sunken Gardens and compare it with the Florida Botanical Garden.  We will investigate some St. Pete Beach history by visiting the Gulf Beaches Historical Museum and the  St. Petersburg Museum of History.  We will have an awesome pizza on the pier at Spa Beach Bi...