Wes Bertrand

Complete Liberty Podcast

Society EN ↓ 263 episodes

Have you had it with "politics" and desire to live in a brilliantly better future? Are you curious about what can replace an age-old coercive organization trying to control you and your property, so that everyone can finally be respected? A dangerous myth perpetuates our political plight in America: The belief that we are free. In fact, scores of unjust laws daily violate our individual rights. Being regulated and taxed to fund governmentally monopolized services, under threats of being fined, arrested, punished, or even killed, necessarily sacrifices our needs for freedom and justice. In star...

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Wes Bertrand

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Episode 213 - Complete Liberty Inside Out audiobook Introduction and Chapter 1 13.05.2015 36:38

Visit the book's page at www.completeliberty.com to download the ebook for free (or purchase the softcover edition) Kindle edition here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XGSJHRA bumper music “KieronAgore - The Light (Fluence Remix)” https://soundcloud.com/fluencemusic

Episode 212 - Adverse Childhood Experiences and reflections on therapeutic solutions 16.03.2015 2:29:35

guest Matt - http://deadeasylife.com :) A Theory Of Objectivist Parenting by Roslyn Ross http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Objectivist-Parenting-Roslyn-Ross/dp/1502315548 Parenting like Ragnar and Kay: How to raise an individualist with high self-esteem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-8JDpT1mSM http://www.acestudy.org http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/ http://www.acestudy.org/yahoo_site...

Episode 211 - Roles and strategies of domination, traumatic experiences, and nonviolence 13.02.2015 3:02:24

In deepest gratitude to Dr. Rosenberg… http://www.cnvc.org/marshall-rosenberg-passed-life-saturday-february-7th-2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Rosenberg Pathways to liberation... http://radicalcompassion.com/matrix http://happinesscounseling.com/happiness-resources/ Power Under: Trauma And Nonviolent Social Change by Steven Wineman http://www.traumaandnonviolence.com http://www.threatm...

Episode 210 - Childhood trauma and its effects on adulthood and parenting 30.01.2015 2:34:13

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. http://www.amazon.com/The-Body-Keeps-Score-Healing/dp/0670785938 Power Under: Trauma And Nonviolent Social Change by Steven Wineman http://www.traumaandnonviolence.com some counters to "resource depletion" arguments... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance:_The_Future_Is_Better_Than_You_Think htt...

Episode 209 - The nature of trauma and nonviolent change and self-compassion 18.01.2015 1:39:03

Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior by Richard O'Connor http://www.amazon.com/Rewire-Overcome-Addictions-Self-Destructive-Behavior/dp/1594632561 NVC and Neuroscience : with Susan Skye, Sarah Peyton and Linda Rysenbry http://youtu.be/3GeXG4zodFo Susan Skye http://newdepths.org/programs/research/ Power Under: Trauma And Nonviolent Soc...

Episode 208 - Tribute to Nathaniel Branden on romantic love, self-esteem, and happiness 23.12.2014 2:30:04

Nathaniel Branden: Overcoming Barriers to Romantic Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJRCvItQ9c Judgment Day: My Years With Ayn Rand http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Day-Years-Ayn-Rand/dp/0395461073/ The Psychology Of Romantic Love http://www.amazon.com/The-Psychology-Romantic-Love-Anti-Romantic/dp/1585426253 If You Could Hear What I Cannot Say: Learning To Communicate With The Ones You Love htt...

Episode 207 - Language of love and life with connected communication 17.11.2014 3:31:37

second half replay… Chasing Greatness Part Two – Connected Communication http://rebootedbody.com/056/ with hosts Kevin Geary and Chris Stefanick… http://rebootyourkids.com/listen/ http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/the-virtue-of-selfishness-with-wes-bertrand Intimacy: Trusting Oneself and the Other http://www.amazon.com/Intimacy-Trusting-Oneself-Other-Osho/dp/0312275668 http://baytalinsaan.com/...

Episode 206 - The philosophy of self-esteem and the seventh pillar 29.08.2014 2:06:47

http://www.truthovercomfort.net/blog/2014/7/26/sex-drugs-libertarianism http://therenegadevarietyhour.podomatic.com/enclosure/2014-07-25T12_34_47-07_00.mp3 http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-299-supplemental-remember-to-be-kind-to-yourself-seriously/ Be Your Own Therapist (an hour talk at Google by a refreshingly no-nonsense Buddhist monk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nasIq4E9nNg http://www.r...

Episode 205 - Nurturing a child's self-esteem and Self-esteem in the schools 26.07.2014 2:38:13

Extended replay of... http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-276-nurturing-a-childs-self-esteem-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-7/ http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-282-self-esteem-in-the-schools-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-8/ http://happinesscounseling.com/happiness-resources/ bumper music "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE

Episode 204 - The practice of personal integrity 10.07.2014 2:27:36

Extended replay of... http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-273-the-practice-of-living-with-integrity-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-6/ Last night of PorcFest on FTL http://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/free-talk-live-2014-06-28/download http://nathanielbranden.com/product-category/self-esteem/ http://www.amazon.com/The-Six-Pillars-Self-Esteem-Definitive/dp/0553374397 http://happinesscounseling...

Episode 203 - The practice of living purposefully 12.06.2014 2:21:49

Extended replay of... http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-271-the-practice-of-living-purposefully-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-5/ http://nathanielbranden.com/product-category/self-esteem/ http://happinesscounseling.com/happiness-resources/ bumper music "I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)" by Michael Franti & Spearhead https://www.michaelfranti.com/

Episode 202 - The practice of self-assertiveness 25.05.2014 2:29:19

Extended replay of... http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-268-the-practice-of-self-assertiveness-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-4/ http://www.truthovercomfort.net/blog/2014/5/8/government-the-largest-terrorist-organization-in-the-world Chasing Greatness Part One: Authenticity http://rebootedbody.com/051/ Chasing Greatness Part Two – Connected Communication http://rebootedbody.com/056/ http:...

Episode 201 - The practice of self-responsibility 07.05.2014 3:04:26

Extended replay of... http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-266-the-practice-of-self-responibility-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-3/ http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-A-Language-Life/dp/1892005034 https://archive.org/details/NonViolentCommunication14 https://archive.org/details/NonViolentCommunication24 http://nathanielbranden.com/product-category/self-esteem/ http://happinesscou...

Episode 200 - The practice of self-acceptance 13.04.2014 2:32:46

Extended replay of... http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-262-the-practice-of-self-acceptance-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-2/ Connected Communication - An introduction by Newt Bailey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KfZpr8QM5w http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-A-Language-Life/dp/1892005034 https://archive.org/details/NonViolentCommunication14 https://archive.org/details/NonVio...

Episode 199 - The practice of living consciously 20.03.2014 2:30:00

This episode is an extended replay of: http://schoolsucksproject.com/260-the-practice-of-living-consciously-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-1/ http://nathanielbranden.com/product-category/self-esteem/ http://happinesscounseling.com/happiness-resources/ Couple helpful new nutrition books: http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease/dp/1592335217 http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Cl...

Episode 198 - Role of empathy in restorative justice 01.03.2014 1:49:16

Brett's and my continuing series on self-esteem pillars http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-266-the-practice-of-self-responibility-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-3/ my guest appearance on The Ed And Ethan Show http://edandethan.com/podcast/ed-ethan-96-conspiring-to-theorize/ Brett's guest appearance http://schoolsucksproject.com/257-supplemental-better-communication-with-ed-and-ethan/ Empat...

Episode 197 - Basics of nonviolence and restorative justice 09.02.2014 59:40

recent shows with Brett... http://schoolsucksproject.com/260-the-practice-of-living-consciously-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-1/ http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-262-the-practice-of-self-acceptance-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem-part-2/ Discussing about restorative justice with Kit Miller from the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence: http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/ http://a-path-with-...

Episode 196 - Statist justice as opposite of restorative justice 21.01.2014 53:29

http://reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/ I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System: A former prosecutor fights the law and lets it win. by Bobby Constantino http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/i-got-myself-arrested-so-i-could-look-inside-the-justice-system/282360/ http://www.strike-the-root.com/government-indicted-book-review-6 http://marcstevens.net/articles/...

Episode 195 - Restorative justice with and without statism 31.12.2013 1:26:33

The Little Book Of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr with Ali Gohar http://www.unicef.org/tdad/littlebookrjpakaf.pdf http://www.amazon.com/Little-Restorative-Justice-Books-Peacebuilding/dp/1561483761 http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/Restorative_justice Rethinking the Impact of Traditional Justice- Natalie DeFreitas at TEDxVancouver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx4ExrPT8Wg Restorative Practices t...

Episode 194 - Restorative justice instead of retribution and punishment 03.12.2013 1:14:18

http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/judgment-and-responsibility-with-darrell-becker-and-wes-bertrand The Importance of Self Esteem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMddcSVf28A http://www.truthovercomfort.net/video-archive/2013/11/28/wes-bertrand-the-importance-of-self-esteem http://therenegadevarietyhour.podomatic.com/entry/2013-11-21T14_21_04-08_00 Crime and Punishment in American History, revie...

Episode 193 - Voluntaryism as the future way, identity formation and reformation via volition 12.11.2013 1:43:27

Benefits of empathy for self, others, and systems http://happinesscounseling.com/2013/10/the-benefits-of-empathy/ Ten Reasons Why Libertarianism Is the Way of the Future http://strike-the-root.com/ten-reasons-why-libertarianism-is-way-of-future John Stossel's recent program http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/06/privatize-everything http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2013/11/07/privatiz...

Episode 192 - Discussion of the benefits of empathy 23.10.2013 1:45:36

Benefits of Empathy (page still in development) http://j.mp/UUZ1RR http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Benefits/index.htm Wes Bertrand and Edwin Rutsch explore the benefits of empathy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhonwQfAuwU Edwin's new empathy circles... https://www.facebook.com/events/452547791521372/ Nonviolent Communication: A Language Of Life by Marshall Rosenberg http://www.amazon.com/N...

Episode 191 - Peace, freedom, strength, and the Orwellian nightmare 08.10.2013 1:40:21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_orwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trotskyism http://archive.org/details/ost-english-1984-george-orwell-1937-dystopia http://archive.org/details/George-Orwell-1984-Audio-book http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory http://sens.org http://aynr...

Episode 190 - Malady of taxation, surveillance statism, and the killing fields 21.09.2013 1:15:16

Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams bemoan paying half of record $3.6 million prize money to tax man by Jim Slater http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/rafael-nadal-serena-williams-bemoan-paying-half-of-record-36-million-prize-money-to-tax-man/story-fnibcgxs-1226716205073 Rafael Nadal Vs Novak Djokovic Final Extended Highlights US Open 2013 [HD] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHbCLuEXfpM Little Brot...

Episode 189 - The needs underlying empathy 31.08.2013 1:23:23

I was a guest again on http://cultureofempathy.com with host Edwin Rutsch Wes: Human Centered Design Project: What are your needs for empathy? Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyDJQiMuruI Human-centered design http://dschool.stanford.edu/use-our-methods/ http://dschool.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BootcampBootleg2010v2SLIM.pdf George Packer: Can Silicon Valley Embrace Politics?...