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The closest relationships in our lives can sometimes be a salty combination of love and, well, alternatives to love. Navigating those relationships can be challenging because both men & women were never equipped with the emotional & communication skills to level up in the first place. In our wide-ranging conversation, Irene and I discuss: - The 4 Horsemen of a failing relationship - How to pick be...

Over the last few years we've layered a pandemic on top of the proliferation of social media and "always-on" hustle culture.  The result is that every human has become a little more aware of their own anxiety and the thoughts ceaselessly bouncing around their heads.  Dr. Brad Kelln and I discuss the theme of his book HACKING EVOLUTION: DITCH ANXIETY, GET HAPPY FOREVER including the concepts of clo...

It's not every day that a Christian Pastor chats publicly with an Atheist for an hour but that's what this is.  Pastor Mike shares his experience growing up within the Baptist church and learning, as a child, that he was gay.   Mike explains what that experience meant to him at the time and how he was treated within his local and academic community.     We also spend some time near the end of the...

If you haven't been paying attention, the plant-based movement is super exciting right now. There's a massive shift of resources, financial and intellectual, into the space helping to usher in a new healthier generation of alternative proteins.  If you're a vegan, vegetarian, or someone who thinks animal agriculture is out of hand, you'll appreciate today's guest Dr. Leah Bessa who is attempting t...

Jacqueline Gottuso is the strategic lead at ReThink Food, a New York based NGO that bridges the gap between good food that goes to waste and the demand for meals in the society around us.    She is passionate about creating lasting food systems that better connect foodservice partners with community-based organizations in need. Jacqueline and I also discuss her covid-era work as the founder of Fee...

I call Laura the Woman Who Does Whatever She Wants, because she has been a business owner, ghost writer, author, editor, writer's retreat host, podcaster and fully recovered nomad.  Laura left Australia in her early 20s to explore what more life had to offer and figured the rest out along the way. In this chat, we discuss how  her first attempt as a post-9to5er was a failure and she had to pivot (...

This week Dr. Karen Alter-Reid joined me to discuss her work with trans-generational trauma and why EMDR therapy has such a profound impact on those dealing with trauma. We also discuss the differences in minor and severe traumas, and how the COVID crisis created a "hum of threat" throughout the population regardless of how you viewed the pandemic. Dr. Alter-Reid is a clinician, teacher and the EM...

This week I chatted with Ash Glover-Ganapathiraju about all things regenerative agriculture, food systems, and why Arkansas is more dynamic than you think!  About Ash: Ash Glover-Ganapathiraju is the founder of Ojaswe Co. a social enterprise on a mission to creating climate-resilient food systems. In her 15-year career, Ash has launched consumer products for brands like Nestle and Starbucks. Drive...

Andreas Kambanis is the Founder/CEO of Nibble Apps .  Nibble Apps have built some of your favourite recipe and meal planning apps in the App store as they continue to innovate and improve their powerful apps.   Andreas started his entrepreneurial journey out of university by blogging about biking around London, England and slowly upped his business game and skillset over time.   We accomplished al...

Nessa is the author of Hacking the Code of Life, Epigenetics Revolution, and Junk DNA.   We cover all 3 of her books in this fun and lengthy chat  is equal parts focused and tangential.   Nessa has a PHd in virology, did her post-doctorate in Human Genetics and has also lectured on Molecular Biology.  In this conversation, Nessa is kind enough to walk me through exactly what epigenetics is, what i...

Adam Kozy is founder of SinaCyber, a consulting firm specializing in Chinese cyber intelligence Adam is former FBI and an alumni of CrowdStrike where he personally assisted in connecting over 20 in-progress cyber attacks to real-world cyber units and entities across China, North Korea, and Russia.  He is the author of the forthcoming book "Geeks, Spies & Criminals: How Chinese Intelligence is Hack...

Dutch author Sophie Poldermans wrote one of my favourite books in the last few years entitled, "Seducing & Killing Nazis" the very true stories and first accounts from dutch teenage heroines in WW2. https://www.amazon.com/Seducing-Killing-Nazis-Resistance-Heroines-ebook/dp/B07TMRTVBD/ Freddie and Truus Oversteegen were 14 & 16 when they joined the dutch resistance in the face of Nazi occupation. A...

For my first ever podcast episode I am joined by a close friend, Kendra Hollidge. Kendra is a trauma therapist who works as a private practitioner at Southern Ontario Counselling Centre.  She is also on the Mental Health Board of Ontario Kendra joined me on this episode to hear my experience with MDMA therapy and offer her perspective on the potential future of psychedelics in comparison to more t...