The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week, I speak with Brent Michael Phillips. MIT-trained Brent was a successful software engineer and entrepreneur who suffered a series of significant personal setbacks. After years of failed treatments, he experienced a miraculous healing and dedicated himself to studying spirituality and energy healing. He s...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   I've never been much of a horseman. I've been scarred off them since my dog was once aggressively chased and kicked by one when I was a boy. But that, as they say, is another story. So I was intrigued to chat with this week's guest, Rosie Tomkins, a successful entrepreneur, author and now leadership coach. She kee...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   I interview Damian Hughes, host of the hugely popular The High Performance Podcast, academic, international speaker and best-selling author. I first heard him speak at a client we both share. He enraptured the audience with his humour, fantastic stories and insight. He combines his deep understanding of human psyc...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Gilbert Bates, multiple author and practitioner of Janovian Primal Therapy - a highly effective approach for resolving early trauma and leading a rich and love-filled life. Following a breakdown at age 46, Gilbert sought help by traditional psychiatric means. He was told he'd have to be on m...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Brent Pohlman, the author of 'Leaders Look Within' and owner and CEO of Midwest Laboratories. Brent started working at 15 in the company his father started and ended up in charge. Through decades of building on his father's legacy, Brent has learned that no matter what incentives you offer,...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   I've got a great one for you this week. I speak with the fantastic Fini Cooper, a Breathwork Therapist based in London. I first met Fini hosting the Wellness In The Wild festival, and her speech was brilliant. Despite being a part-time yogi for two decades, I hadn't realised the extent of the benefits of breathwor...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week we speak with Jason Lippert, President & Chief Executive Officer of LCI Industries (LCII), a New York Stock Exchange-listed company with 15,000 team members, over $5.2bn in yearly sales, and one of the world leaders in producing RV components. Jason has taken to heart  Bob Chapman 's teachings on lea...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I swing out with Andrew Genovese, a Dimensional Breathwork teacher/facilitator, sacred space holder, plant medicine guide, visionary, and New Earth Ambassador. On his journey to heal his traumas, Andrew found breathwork and now uses it to tap into the central nervous system to calm the mind and purify th...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Stoyan Yankov, productivity and performance coach and author of PERFORM: The Unsexy Truth About (Startup) Success. Stoyan has a fantastic life story to share. Starting in his native Bulgaria and pursuing a finance degree in Denmark, he discovered a passion for filmmaking that saw him eventua...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Garret Kramer, an author, coach and consultant with over 28 years of experience helping athletes, actors, and business leaders. What started as an inkling in the back of his mind that life was more than it was cracked up to be, Garret's work has led him on a path of self-exploration, discove...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week's Being Human episode guest is Dr. Vincent Esposito, a holistic doctor trained in chiropractic, nutrition, and herbal medicine. Dr. Esposito has a fantastic health journey that started during his time as a college athlete. Noticing an increase in body weight and the onset of gut issues, he started to dive d...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week we speak with Gillian McMichael, teacher, healer, coach and author of the book Coming Home: A Guide to Being Your True Self. Coming from a working-class background, Gillian's path from being an administrator and holiday rep to coaching at the highest levels in business is remarkable. A pioneer in the field,...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week’s Being Human guest is Sol Luckman, a confessed beachaholic and obsessive cultural creative. Preferring hard play over a so-called honest day’s work, these days in the New Abnormal, Sol spends his time on a new small island mostly bodysurfing, painting, and writing—not necessarily in that order and usually...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week’s Being Human episode sees the return of Michael Sahota, this time joined by with his wife Audree Tara Sahota. Michael and Audree are the co-creators of the SHIFT314 Evolutionary Leadership Framework™ (SELF), which provides a practical step-by-step guide for the inner and outer shifts needed to unlock Bu...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Niels Pflaeging, researcher and author on organisational leadership and transformation. Niels is a tour de force on a mission to create a world of 'Beta' organisations. He borrows the 'beta' concept from software development, where 'beta' systems are constantly being iterated. Beta organisation...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Andrew Thorp King, author of the book "FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure for Entrepreneurs, Creatives, and Authentics". Andrew has had a wild ride - from working a steel production line, to managing a hard rock label, to owning gyms and finance companies. We talk: How failure purifies Love...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Phil Simon, author, speaker and recognized authority on technology, collaboration, and the future of work. Phil predicts a growing gap between the workplace of the future and how we operated pre-COVID. In his latest book, The Nine, he outlines the major interlocking trends that will shape this...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week’s Being Human episode is with James Priest, exploring Sociocracy 3.0, the liberating approach to business based on the consent, not consensus, process. James combines extensive experience in sociocracy with 15 years of practice in the fields of holistic organizational development, facilitative leadership an...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Dr. Gerald Pollack, a man who is on a mission to challenge everything we know about water. We've always been told that water has three states: Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. Dr. Pollack's laboratory findings imply the presence of a surprisingly extensive fourth phase that occurs near certain surface...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Neil Markey, a man with a remarkable story. After serving in the US Army Rangers and doing three tours in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, he was discharged suffering from depression and PTSD. This led him to alternative well-being practices and he began a profound healing journey with mindfulnes...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with author, speaker, and therapist Tom Fortes Mayer.  In 2000, after a chance encounter with a holy man at the wind down of a rave in Goa, Tom experienced a profound event that changed how he viewed himself and his life. Since that moment, he has been obsessed with how these moments happen and has...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Lisa Bragg, author of the upcoming book Bragging Rights: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion.  Personally, I have had blocks around self-promotion, and it's something I still work on. However, it's a skill more and more of us will need as jobs become more abstract and pe...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Peter G. Klein, economist and co-author of Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company. Having been a veritable fanboy of super flat organisations since the start of my business career, this week we hear from the other side of the argument.  We talk: Myths and reality of 'bossless'...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Melissa Swift, author of the book Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace. Sawdust on the factory floor is the metaphor Melissa uses to describe the modern workplace. Just as un-cleared sawdust was a safety hazard in 1800s factories, our accelerated work regimes imper...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Liz Kislik, a management consultant, executive coach, and prolific Harvard Business Review and Forbes contributor. During her time consulting businesses of all types and sizes for over 30 years, Liz has developed a wealth of experience in dealing with workplace conflict. We usually think of con...