Alchemy For Life

How do you have time for this? Have you heard this phrase? You typically hear this about a large project or something that is apparently time consuming. But that’s misleading. They are using the wrong word Life is made of three things™ – Time, Energy and Resources . The big secret is that mostly it’s not just about time, but about energy. We find time and time again (no pun inten...

Holistic To have a holistic approach is to consider all aspects of the whole . There’s nothing ooga booga or froo froo about that, and if you know me and this podcast you know we don’t talk about things that aren’t tangible. Being holistic is tangible. It just means that if there is a problem or an issue, you look at everything—like a doctor that doesn’t just prescribe meds...

Fate & Destiny Fate and Destiny mostly mean the same, don’t they? They’re sort of interchangeable—except for one thing: one makes you feel bad and the other makes you feel good. Free will It’ an age-old discussion, this talk of whether we have free will or not. What do you believe? Do you believe your actions today can change tomorrow, or is tomorrow going to happen regardles...

Hakan Berg is known as The King of Birds . He was a finalist on Britain’s Got Talent, and fooled half of Penn and Teller on Fool us. Hakan and I had a surprisingly philosophical discussion about laughter, trust, vulnerability, magic and being in the present. We made a discovery together about an element that seems to be missing from all self care and self love lists , but is probably most ne...

Mantras We all know what a mantra is—it’s that thing you repeat over and over again; it’s that guiding principle you have; it is those words you live by. Well I have one of those too. For me it’s “Seek First to Understand” and I don’t know if i live by those words or they just happen to describe how my brain operates. A helping hand If you are like me, then you...

Assume Assume : To suppose without information. Is this what you’re doing? is this what you have done every time you suppose without information? Or is this one of those words of power that we take for granted (no pun intended there). Label The word assume can be applied as a label to behavior. What makes it potentially dangerous and powerful is when it is applied to your behavior from an ex...

It’s such an innocuous word, isn’t it? Potential. It doesn’t sound like much when I say it by itself like that. But it’s the doorway to good and bad; to epic success or catastrophic failure. Let’s talk about what it means, what it does, and how it gives us a clue as to which successes—and failures—we may have chosen.

The comfort zone If you hire a coach, have a review or consider accomplishing a new goal invariably the comfort zone is going to come up. And the first thing that will be discussed is you leaving the comfort zone. It will be discussed as if it is a bad thing, even though it’s where you live. Leave it! But what’s the size of your comfort zone? What they don’t even consider is the...

The solution to all of your problems, past, present and future is to simply be Your Best Self. There. Done. There’s no podcast. It’s that easy. Reality and the thing you have to do first Oh, you’re still here? What’s that in your hands there… a chair? Put that down. Ok, no pressure here, but what do you need to do to be the best version of you? You have to know what t...

Robbin Castillo Robbin is a personal trainer, teacher and coach. He provides Ascension coaching , Holistic personal training and masterclasses . I normally do not feature coaches on my interviews (I tend to get a lot of requests for appearances on my podcast by coaches) but I approached Robbin because of what I saw on Instagram. His physical feats and exercises that were “just because I want...

You’re not alone. Here are do’s and don’ts for success in 2022. This bullet list and these resources will help you. 2022 and success – do’s and don’ts Don’t make resolutions. Make a goal with a system behind it. Become aware, then act on this awareness (that’s the whole premise of the podcast in case you haven’t noticed that yet). Don’t b...

Lets celebrate both today: Check out Balance and the Holidays . Check out a free course on AlchemyFor. Me – Do it to a F.A.U.L.T. Alchemy for Me is an online school meant for adults, but these kids are just so dang excited…

We have two subjects this Sunday – old news and new news. Old (but extremely important) News Around this time you are feeling an additional pull at your time, energy and resources . It’s the holiday season. Each year I give you a heads up and a warning about what is going to happen—and a way to deal with it. This year is no different . And since it’s no different, I think it&#821...

It’s #nanowrimo – 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡. Years back this month came to my attention as a number of people I knew “on the internet” were participating and writing 50,000 words in one month! WOW! I tried my hand at it and unlike a normal person I couldn’t just open Word or something, so I put effort into building a free writing site based on a point system to kee...

Everything is fantasy It is. Think about it. Everything. This doesn’t just apply to people who create something from nothing. This applies to everyone. That includes you. All people do this There’s no job that you can mention that doesn’t do this – bricklayer, marketing exec, race car driver, CEO, artist, writer, stay at home mom. You have to think about what you are going...

Hindsight is 20/20 We say that hindsight is 20/20 in that looking back on an experience already lived you can make some pretty intelligent, informed decisions, right? You can say what you would have done because you’ve already seen what you did do. But this looking back also has the down side of regret and remorse. Knowing what you know now you look back with even more information and pronou...

Do you have an audience? Some people are saying yes; some people are saying no. But you might be surprised. So people who create content—podcasts, music, painting, books—and people who gather people like musicians and speakers all have audiences, right? Well, they aren’t the only ones. You have an audience if you bring the pies for Thanksgiving, or regularly cook for your family, or even if...

So what color do you see in the main graphic for this podcast today? If you lived a very long time ago, you probably didn’t say “blue.” Why? Because blue is not mentioned in ancient texts. Does that mean their eyes couldn’t see it? Well, that was what scientists and historians thought until the works of Jules Davidoff , a psychologist from London. Working with a tribe in Na...

(Pause for eye rolls) This title makes even me roll my eyes but it is accurate. Whoa, I already demonstrated it. There are so many books and talks and podcasts about the power of this or that, and we begrudgingly trudge through it and see if there are any takeaways. Spoiler: usually not . But this time it’s different. Ooh, I did it again. Information vs. humor vs. sidenotes As I’ve sai...

Keeping secrets from yourself What? How can you do that? it sounds crazy. Well, it is a very real and serious condition when someone does indeed wall off a part of their brain and lives in denial of actions. There are dire consequences for the person and people around them I have seen this with my own eyes. But we are not going there today. A river in Egypt I could have asked “Do you lie to...

What would you do if all your tech was taken away?  If your loved ones were gone before you knew it?  What skills do you have to survive—without a government, a military, or electricity.  Are you ready for that?  And what would you do if the saviors of the human race came.  How would you react to The Saints?  And what would you do if your world was turned Upside Down. Thought Experiment…go J...

Chronic pain & Rare Diseases There are millions who suffer—for one reason or another—from chronic pain. It’s a pain that doesn’t go away and even for many who have sought help there’s no relief. For others they just don’t invest the Time, Energy or Resources (Resources is typically the limiting factor—let’s be honest) to find relief and just ‘deal with it.&#...

Your calendar I’ve found that the best ‘to do list’ isn’t a list but items on a calendar. That way not only do you have a list, but you can assign a time and length too. And if you don’t get a chance to do it in the alloted time you can adjust the length accordingly after the fact. It makes for a very nice historical record. it is this historical record that I am refe...

Creativity is/has a super power OMG I’m not going to say that. I’ve already spoken my peace on the whole [INSERT THING] is a superpower. News Flash: it isn’t. But being a ‘creative’ allows you to have something that ‘non-creatives’ do not have, and its liberating, empowering and downright wonderful. Creatives vs. non-creatives You know how I feel about lab...

What is ownership? We understand ownership in the traditional and physical sense. But there is another type of ownership, and our brain assigns it often when we aren’t looking . Thoughtful Consideration There are too many things / blogs / Articles out there that are based on just random interactions. This is normally not one of them. I’ve done 100+ episodes and they have almost all bee...