The Art of Authenticity

On today’s episode we have the ultra-spiritual, JP Sears. JP is an emotional healing coach, a viral YouTuber, author, international teacher and speaker, and is releasing a book called How To Be Ultra-Spiritual: 12 ½ Steps to a Spiritual Superiority . JP uses humor and satire, to poke fun at “being spiritual” in the modern world. The Awaken With JP YouTube channel has accumulated over a hundred mil...

Are you afraid of being rejected? When you’re talking with someone, do you appease to their every whim? Do people think you’re nice? Maybe a little too nice? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we’ve got a problem. On this rebroadcast, we talk about it.

Gretchen Rubin is the author of Better Than Before , and has written about almost everything - from JFK to Happiness. But, she’s been obsessed with the question of our time: Why do we do the things we don’t want to do? Why are we unhappy? Essentially: why can’t we stop playing Candy Crush? The journey she took, as well as the answers, will surprise you.

For years, I did the wrong thing. Everyday, I worked, worked, and worked some more, but something was off. On this rebroadcast, I talk about why what I was doing was wrong, and how connecting to your truth and your actions, is a more surprising process than you think.

Mike Bundrant is an NLP Practitioner and the author of the book, Your Achilles Eel . From a master practitioner of NLP, we went deep into the secrets of what makes the mind tick, and why we’re so good at self-sabotage. On this rebroadcast, get ready to dive deep. 

On this rebroadcast, I go over an interesting question I received. It’s about a man who wants to be himself but doesn’t feel like he’s living his best life at his job. That’s to say: he hates his job. On this rebroadcast, we talk about how to deal with it.

Ryan Holiday is a bestselling author, media strategist, and author of Ego is The Enemy . But, there was a moment when he realized he didn’t want to be like the people around him. And this was his turning point. On today’s rebroadcast, we talk about the hidden flaw that everyone has, and - more importantly - what to do about it.

When I first read Pema Chodron, I couldn’t get past the first few chapters. Later, I realized: I was missing out on a genius. On this rebroadcast, I talk about Pema Chodron’s work, why you never really change, the nature of thoughts, and the life-changing insight that revolutionized my life (hint: it has something to do with the sky).

Danielle LaPorte is the bestselling author of The Fire Starter Sessions and White Hot Truth . And one day, Danielle started a branding company. Then, Oprah called. And then, she was fired. In this rebroadcast, find out what happened, and - in the process - unravel the hidden side of betrayal and authenticity.  

Today on the podcast we have Olivia Goldhill joining us. Olivia is a weekend writer for Quartz, with a focus on philosophy and psychology. Quartz is a digitally native news outlet, for business people in the new global economy. Quartz’s founding team includes veterans of some of the world’s highest-quality news organizations who have reported in 115 countries and speak 19 languages. Quartz publish...

Do you ever hear about this idea that each one of us matters in our everyday life, that each one of us is like a droplet in the ocean, a part of a wave and there's a universal energy? I think about these things and it sounds so nice and so abstract, but in the real world you wonder how is that possible. Can my actions actually impact others? Is there a ripple effect or do my actions make...

Today on the show we have Jaimal Yogis. Jaimal is an outdoorsman, award-winning writer, and frequent teacher. He is the author of Saltwater Buddha , a humorous coming-of-age memoir about running away to Hawaii at sixteen to surf, nearly becoming a Zen monk, and eventually winding up at Columbia Journalism School. The book was named a Best Summer Read by E! and turned into a feature documentar...

Today I wanted to chat with you about a conversation I was having with a client. He was telling me that he was feeling really good. He's said, "I'm just feeling really good." And I said, "Great! Why?" And I was excited to hear the news, and he said, "Well, I'm not suffering anymore. I don't know what to tell you." And I was sort of like, "Hmm? I'm not sure that that's what I was hoping to hear. I...

On today’s show, we welcome singer/songwriter, teaching artist, creative entrepreneur, host of the podcast Bare Naked Bravery, and cellist, Emily Ann Peterson. At the age of 17, Emily was diagnosed with a degenerative neurological hand tremor, the very thing she needed to continue doing what she loved. When this happened, Emily decided to focus on what does it take to overcome these insurmountable...

Have you seen the Movie Wonderwoman? In the movie, Wonderwoman has lived on an island without any clocks, watches, or even the use of time. When introduced to the concept, she finds it funny that we bound ourselves to this concept so tightly.  Most of us feel behind. This was a great opportunity to visit the idea of time, what our relationship to time looks like and how we can get a better ha...

Today we have Akshay Nanavati joining us. He is a marine corp veteran, he is also an adventurer and an entrepreneur. This guy has a story. I mean, he had overcome drug addiction, he went overseas and was in the Iraqi war, suffered from PTSD and had a serious battle with alcohol and drug abuse, which left him at the brink of suicide. In today’s episode, Akshay shares this, his story, and how he rev...

What is it for you? You wake up, you brush your teeth quickly, maybe unconsciously, grab some coffee. If you have children, you're dealing with the 5,000 things it takes to get them out of the house, fed, clothed, grabbing their backpacks, their shoes. If you live in a cold environment, getting coats, and hats, and gloves. If you have a high-pressure job, it's just about getting out of the house o...

Today we have a completely different show for you. We’ve got Zach Benson joining us. He is a TEDx speaker, full-time entrepreneur, and dancer and he has been a round four finalist on the hit show, So You Think You Can Dance. What’s so cool about today’s show is that I’m always talking to people who have a certain level of success in their life, they hit a turning point, they recognize, “I have to...

What is it that you are working to master? Is there something in your life that you are currently, actively, in the pursuit of mastering? Are you trying to run a marathon? Are you working really on in an instrument?  Are you asking your child to try to master anything; sports, music, math? Are you trying to become a great leader? Are you working on priorities, project management? Are you tryi...

Today we have Joseph Wilner joining us. Joseph is a licensed therapist and a life coach who also happens to be a drummer. When he turned 30 years old, Joe decided to honor a life-long passion of mine and commit to becoming a professional drummer. Although this may seem like an unorthodox career transition, he has decided that despite all the time and effort he put into going to school and followin...

I ask them a question; what is the biggest challenge that you're having in your life right now? I asked my list of subscribers and I was really surprised, the number one answer by far was fear, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, fear of getting started, fear of not finishing, fear of approvals, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear of every single sort. It made me think, here I am in a v...

Today on the show we have Deepak Ramola joining us. Deepak is the Founder and Artistic Director of Project FUEL, which is started when he was only 14 years old. At FUEL, life lessons are continuously collected, documented, thought about deeply, and then turned into interactive and performance activities. This ensures that you don't just hear someone's lesson in words, but that you actually get to...

Have a decision to make? Are you weighing out your pro and cons? Are you visualizing what you want, but don't know if you should? Are you feeling that something is off, but you can't make a change?  Decisions can be paralyzing. But if we learn how to use all the resources we have available to us, we can feel better about our decisions, see the right choice in front of us, and you can figure o...

Today we have Damian Mark Smyth joining us all the way from the UK. Damian and I had an awesome conversation about a topic that I feel so strongly about. It’s one of those people that you meet where your philosophies are so aligned. We talked about this inside out approach, that so many of us are looking to be happier, we look for more things on the outside world to make us feel better; chasing mo...

Pema Chodron talks about how, and I'll just quote her here, "We already have everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement." Which is kind of interesting, right? Because you're listening to this podcast, I do this work because I believe in self-improvement, so why is she saying that? She goes on to say, "All these trips that we lay on ourselves, the heavy-duty, fearing that we're...